Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Ned Halley. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A baby is found by wood nymphs in the forest of Burzee. They raise him as their own and give him the name Neclaus. When he grows up, Neclaus has to leave the forest so he makes a home for himself in the laughing valley of Hohaha, where he lives amongst humans for the first time. He discovers there that many children are very poor and neglected so, to cheer them up, he whittles wooden toys as gifts. Eventually he makes presents for all the children and so the story of Santa Claus is born. Fashioned as a whimsical fairy tale, & ... |
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Робърт М. Пърсиг е автор само на две книги, но още първата - Дзен и изкуството да се поддържа мотоциклет - с излизането си през 1974 г., се превръща в истински бестселър и му носи световна известност. На пръв поглед сюжетът е елементарен: мъж и неговият дванайсетгодишен син предприемат пътешествие с мотоциклет през Америка. Постепенно разказът прераства във вълнуваща одисея в търсенето на истината за същността на битието, в един модерен епос, където откриваме фундаменталните въпроси и отговори за това как да живеем. Романът, определен от критиката за една от най-значимите творби в американската литература, е преведен ... |
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The present textbook is intended for the students with a Master's educational qualification degree and doctoral students. It introduces the basic morphological knowledge about the human body and human anatomy, which is necessary for the completeness of their education. The intent of this textbook is not to teach clinical practice, but to guide you in learning and appreciating the anatomy of the human body, the anatomical language and principles that will be needed in your medical career. The textbook helps to make anatomy rational, interesting and directly applicable to the clinical problems encountered in medicine ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. Второ преработено издание. ... Учебникът е предназначен за подготовка на бакалаври и специалисти във висши и средни учебни заведения по дисциплината "Теория и устройство на кораба". Той е съобразен изцяло със съответната програма на Международната морска организация за подготовка на вахтени офицери и с елементи от програмата за капитани и главни механици. Корабоплаването изисква добро владеене от командния състав на специализиран английски език. От тази гледна точка учебникът е замислен и като помагало при изучаването му. Идеята да се съпоставят на съседни ... |
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What if we could improve our ability to predict the future? Everything we do involves forecasts about how the future will unfold. Whether buying a new house or changing job, designing a new product or getting married, our decisions are governed by implicit predictions of how things are likely to turn out. The problem is, we're not very good at it. In a landmark, twenty-year study, Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed that the average expert was only slightly better at predicting the future than a layperson using random guesswork. Tetlock's latest project - an unprecedented, government-funded forecasting ... |
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This Ravenclaw House Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its wit, learning and wisdom. As the Dark portent of Sybill trelawney's prophecy hangs over Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts. Ravenclaw Luna Lovegood's friendship brings Harry much needed relief, with her amusing theories on every subject - and her unforgettable debut Quidditch commentary... Each Ravenclaw House Edition features vibrant sprayed edges and intricate silver foiling. The stunning cover design has a cameo-style portrait of the Half-Blood Prince as the central ... |
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Edited by Marcus Clapham. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. Whether in the patriotic enthusiasm of Rupert Brooke, the disillusionment of Charles Hamilton Sorley, or the bitter denunciations of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, the war produced an astonishing outpouring of powerful poetry. The major poets are all represented in this beautiful Macmillan Collector’s Library anthology, "Poetry of the First ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by John Grant. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, he and Frollo's mutual desire for her puts them increasingly at odds, before compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results. An emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" is ... |
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Following up on the best-selling cookbook Les diners de Gala , in this delightfully eccentric guide the surrealist master shares his passion for the gift of the gods. The book explores the many myths of the grape, in texts and sensuous and subversive works by the artist, always true to his maxim: "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets". Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dali phenomenon, Les diners de Gala, Taschen presents the artist's equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala. A Dalinian take on pleasures of the grape ... |
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"In a fast paced world with media focused on single, dramatic images there is the danger that extended documentary work like that of Babak Salari’s may be missed in the rush for the next great cover shot. Salari’s photographs, by contrast, require us to slow down and savour the moments he has rendered on film. Like any story, the best way to experience “Remembering the People of Afghanistan” is to be conscious of the telling and willing to let ourselves be affected by it. Salari’s photos form a rich, complex story told in a soft voice. It is the story of a people recounted with empathy and respect. At times, it is ... |
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The Ultimate battle begins on Ravnica. ... Teyo Verada wants nothing more than to be a shieldmage, wielding arcane energies to protect his people from his world's vicious diamondstorms. When he's buried alive in the aftermath of his first real tempest, the young mage's life is about to end before it can truly begin-until it doesn't. In a flash, a power he didn't know he had whisks him away from his home, to a world of stone, glass, and wonder: Ravnica. Teyo is a Planeswalker, one of many to be called to the world-spanning city-all lured by Nicol Bolas, the Elder Dragon. Bolas lays siege to the city of ... |
