The essential companion to the Harry Potter stories - fully revised and updated. ... A copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" resides in almost every wizarding household in the country. Now Muggles too have the chance to discover what the Puffskein eats and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. ... |
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In endless odes to the female form, Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920) traced elongated bodies, almond eyes, and his own name into art history. His languid female subjects are as instantly recognizable as they are startling, sensual, and swan-necked. Modigliani's unique figuration corresponded to his own personal idea of beauty, but drew upon a rich variety of visual influences, including contemporary Cubism, African carvings, Cambodian sculptures, and 13th-century painting from his native Italy. Although most renowned for his nude females, he applied similar stylistic techniques to portraits of male artistic ... |
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Winner of The 2023 International Booker Prize. ... In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flaneur named Gaustine opens a clinic for the past that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time. As Gaustine's assistant, the unnamed narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to scents and even afternoon light. But as the rooms become more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people seek out the clinic as a time shelter, hoping to escape from the horrors ... |
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Пред българските читатели е феноменалната книга на Сима М. Чиркобич "Сърбите сред европейските народи", която идва, за да запълни една огромна културна празнина в познанието ни за съседите. Със своята забележителна ерудиция Сима Чиркович стига до цялостно хронологично представяне на по-важните аспекти от историческото развитие на сръбския народ от заселването му на балканските територии на Римската империя през VII век чак до най-ново време, историографски опит да се осветли съществуването на сърбите, като се вземат предвид факторите от изключително значение за възникването, развитието и запазването им като ... |
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Продължението на Plovdiv Fantasy Guide. В него главни герои са Филип Македонски и генерал Гурко. В това издание авторите се опират на реално съществуващи факти и исторически събития от богатата и пъстра история на града, пречупвайки ги през погледа на типичното Майна Town усещане за света. Книгата отново е изградена на основата на графични новели (комикси), които са допълнени от ретроспекции от осемхилядната история на града, започваща от неолита, та чак до наши дни. Екипът, който стои зад книгата, включва художници, сценаристи и историци. Сред тях са: Тодор Карагяуров, Станислава Груева, Димитър Петров, Йордан ... |
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"The Third Chimpanzee" was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses fascinating questions. If we share more than 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, how is it that we can write, read, talk, build telescopes and bombs, while we put our speechless and bomb-less close relatives in cages and zoos? What can woodpeckers teach us about spacecraft? Is genocide a human invention? Why does extinction matter? Why are we destroying the natural resources on which we depend for survival? ... |
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Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. Scale addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human lifespans and the increasing pace of life, but also encourages us to question the world around us. Why can we live for 120 years but not for a thousand? Why does the pace of life continually increase? Why do mice live for just two or three years and elephants for up to 75? Why do companies behave like mice, and are they ... |
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Though numbering just 35 known works, the œuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times bestseller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson, and record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington. Vermeer's subjects focus on daily domestic activities, from letter writing to music playing to preparations in the kitchen. The scenes astound with their meticulous detail, majestic planes of light, and with Vermeer’s extraordinary ability to draw out narrative intrigues. In such ... |
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The Laser A1+ Workbook contains comprehensive coverage of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, while review sections reinforce the material previously learnt. The Workbook comes complete with an Audio CD making it an ideal partner for extra practice or homework and this version comes with a key. The vibrant topic-based units cover the lexical and grammatical syllabus of the Breakthrough to Vantage level of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework. The course integrates development of all the language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and regular revision sections check continuous ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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“ История на българите ” за първи път ще представи летописа на народа ни, а не на българските земи, както повечето досегашни научни трудове. Амбициозният проект е съвместно дело с издателство “Знание”. Сред редакционния съвет на мащабния исторически труд изпъкват имената на водещи наши учени и историци – проф. Д-р Георги Бакалов , проф. Д-р Георги Марков , проф. Д-р Григор Велев доц. Д-р Емил Александров, доц. Д-р Трендафил Митев и доц. Д-р Райна Гаврилова . Идеята на авторите не е да пренапишат или изопачат конкретните факти, а да коригират отдавна наложени погрешни становища и да предложат на настоящите и бъдещите ... |
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To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective human story. For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. ... |
