"For a person to write a book like this, he has to love art, passionately and selflessly, and to love, of course, the artist as well. The author possesses these qualities in full measure. But even with the love, enthusiasm, and admiration that permeate the entire book, it in no way amounts to a glorification, veneration, or canonization of Zlatyu Boyadzhiev’s image. Quite the opposite - the author has succeeded in keeping a necessary distance, allowing him the opportunity to combine an up-close and a distant view of the artist. He doesn’t carve a monument, he doesn’t paint an icon; rather, he presents a dynamic image, ... |
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Multilingual Edition. ... The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalis edition. Celebrated architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are presented alongside young up-and-coming creators from all over the world. Filled with plans, renderings of proposed projects, and stunning architectural photography, this is nothing short of an encyclopedia of eco-design. From a water treatment facility to an art museum, ... |
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Ever heard of surrealist fine dining? This must-have reprint of Les diners de Gala reveals the exotic flavors and elaborate imaginings behind the legendary dinner parties of Salvador and Gala Dali. With recipes from such leading Paris restaurants as La Tour d'Argent and Maxim's, a special section on aphrodisia, and bespoke illustrations from Dali himself, this book is at once an artwork, a practical cookbook, and a delicious morsel of multisensory pleasure."Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste... If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating ... |
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On a day in 1821, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a wife and mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too. Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of the Brontes of Haworth then? Branwell died young, but his sisters became famous writers. But they did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame. Only their father was left, alone with his memories. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven ... |
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"The book is intended for use by Cl+ users of the English language and in this case University students. It may be assumed that the students will have the background knowledge of the subject Political Science before they use this book. The book is intended as a course book giving them, the students, practice in using all aspects of the English language, Speaking, Use of English, Reading, Listening and Writing. The purpose of the book from the student perspective should be a tool which they can use to enhance their learning experience. This I believe is something that the writer tried to do. Students need to have a ... |
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Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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The award-winning author of The hate u give returns with a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech and fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you. Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But when her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Bri finds herself at the centre of controversy and portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it - she has to. Even if ... |
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Don't let love pull you under. For fans of Nina LaCour and "The Spectacular Now", a powerful coming-of-age story about a girl with creative aspirations and the boy who charms his way into her life, centering on themes of addiction, loss, and the tumultuousness of first love and how to find strength when everything falls apart. Ever since her mom's cancer scare, Hadley hasn't been one for taking risks. And after seeing her sister go through one too many heartbreaks, she definitely has no interest in dating. Hadley just wants to keep her head down and enjoy the rest of high school with her friends, ... |
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Здрави без лекуване, дълголетие без болести."Новите знания, които представям в настоящата книга, ще дадат възможност за оцеляване и по-нататъшно развитие на човешкия вид. Това твърдение изглежда много смело, но когато прочетете книгата, ще разберете че това е така, защото тя е посветена на здравето, а здравето е най-важното в живота. Ще ви запозная с откритие, което окончателно предлага възможност да живеете по-здрави и по-добре. Досега сте прочели много книги и списания за здравето, но не сте намерили решение и не знаете как да се излекувате. Написани са десетки хиляди книги за човешкия организъм, здравето, ... |
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В книгата е представена една от най-ранните пиеси на Роланд Шимелпфениг, написана през 2001 г., в която са представени отношенията между колеги в един голям концерн. Една млада жена има амбиции за своята кариера, но по-възрастната ѝ шефка решава да ѝ попречи и дори да я прогони от службата. Двама връстници се сблъскват, защото жената, която е талантлива и с амбиции, не допада на мъжа, олицетворение на закостенялост, маскирана като грижа за реномето на фирмата. Двама самотни мъже на различна възраст разговарят за живота си, но крият един от друг амбициите си да получат възможност да заминат на работа в ... |
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"Истинско удоволствие е да прочетем тази книга, която разглежда напредъка в разбирането ни за структурата на материята. Авторът е не само експерт в областта, но и внимателно изследва различните гледни точки за това как наистина са се стекли събитията." Питър Хигс, Нобелов лауреат по физика за 2013 г. "Франк Клоуз умело успява да обясни сложната квантова теория на полето на всеки заинтересован. Това е същинско постижение за един физик-теоретик! Още по-ценното е, че знае как да разкаже една наистина вълнуваща история. Загадката за "безкрайния пъзел" на практика обхваща цялата квантова ... |
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Една класическа приказка оживява във вълшебна книжка с триизмерни елементи. Обущарят и жена му тъкмо решили да се разделят с обущарското си ателие, когато една сутрин изненадващо открили вътре великолепни нови обувки... Книжката е луксозно издание с твърди корици и 3D елементи, които допринасят за още по-приятното изживяване при четене на малки деца. Размерите ѝ са 20 / 26 / 2 cm. Дизайнът на книгата е дело на Лора Гарнърбърт, а илюстрациите - на Самара Харди. ... |
