Over the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went on to pioneer a spiritual, emotive, rhythmic use of color and line and is today credited with creating the first purely abstract work. As much a teacher and theorist as he was a practicing artist, Kandinsky's interests in music, theater, poetry, philosophy, ethnology, myth, and the occult, were all essential components to his painting and engraving. He was involved with both the influential Blaue Reiter and Bauhaus groups and ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Ned Halley. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Trapped in a stifling marriage, Anna Karenina is swept off her feet by dashing Count Vronsky. Rejected by society, the two lovers flee to Italy, where Anna finds herself isolated from all except the man she loves, and who loves her. But can they live by love alone? In this novel of astonishing scope and grandeur, Leo Tolstoy, the great master of Russian literature, charts the course of the human heart. A masterpiece of realism and illuminated by irresistible characters, "Anna Karenina" is among the best-loved of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Ross Poldark features an afterword by novelist Liz Fenwick. Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham's sweeping saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century. First published in 1945, the Poldark series has enthralled readers ever since serving as the inspiration for hit BBC TV series, Poldark, Returning home from grim experiences in the American Revolutionary War, Ross Poldark is reunited with his beloved Cornwall and family. But the joyful homecoming he had anticipated turns sour; ... |
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Making right desicions when you don't have all the facts. ... Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time. There's always an element of luck that you can't control, and there's always information hidden from view. So the key to long-term success (and avoiding worrying yourself to death) is to think in bets: How sure am I? What are the possible ways things could turn out? What decision has the highest odds of success? Did I land in the unlucky 10% on the strategy that works 90% of the time? Or is my success attributable to dumb luck rather than great decision making? Annie Duke, a ... |
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Introduced by Judith Flanders. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Poems for Christmas" is an exquisitely produced gift anthology which is guaranteed to get anyone in the festive spirit. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library , a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by Judith Flanders, author of Christmas: A Biography. Through the generations, poets from William Shakespeare to Thomas Hardy and from ... |
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This will end in flames... The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they ... |
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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author. ... Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that ... |
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"Колелото на времето" се върти и вековете идват и си отиват, оставяйки спомени, които се превръщат в легенди. Легендите заглъхват в мит и дори митът отдавна е забравен, когато породилият го век се върне отново. Докато Колелото се върти и ветровете на съдбата бушуват по земята, Ранд ал-Тор се бори да обедини държавите за Последната битка, когато Тъмния ще се освободи и ще излезе наяве в живия свят, и да освободи капаните, поставени от безсмъртните Отстъпници за непредпазливото човечество."В "Колелото на времето" има нещо повече от обикновени приключения. Робърт Джордан притежава толкова ... |
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Бягайки от Ебу Дар с похитената Щерка на Деветте луни, Мат Каутон разбира, че не може нито да я задържи, нито да я остави, че както Сянката, така и цялата мощ на империята Сеанчан са се впуснали в смъртоносна гонитба. Перин Айбара иска да освободи жена си Файле, пленена от Шайдо, но единствената му надежда може да се окаже съюза с враговете. Може ли да остане верен на своя приятел Ранд и на себе си? Заради любовта си към Файле, Перин е готов да предаде душата си. При Тар Валон Егвийн ал-Вийр младата Амирлин на въстаналите Айез Седай налага обсада на ядрото на силата на Айез Седай, но трябва да спечели бързо и с колкото ... |
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"Колелото на Времето се върти и вековете идват и си отиват..." Колелото на Времето плени цяло поколение читатели и се превърна в международен бестселър. Сега Робърт Джордан ни носи вълнуващия единадесети том в този разтърсващ фентъзи епос. Самата тъкан на реалността изтънява и всички знамения сочат, че Тармон Гай-дон, Последната битка, е неизбежна. Ранд ал-Тор трябва да се подготви да се опълчи на Тъмния. Но преди това трябва да сключи примирие със сеанчанските армии, чиито сили подкопават мощта му. И все пак сеанчанците са само едно от препятствията по пътя му. Перин е сключил своето отчаяно примирие със ... |
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Една сутрин Аманда поглежда в огледалото и вижда нечие друго отражение... Книга първа от поредицата "Дарба". ... Девет тинейджъри. Девет тайни. Девет сили, които могат да променят света. Аманда Бийсън е Злата царица в училище "Медоубрук". Ти си никой, ако не си нейн приятел. Но една сутрин страхотната, популярната Аманда поглежда в огледалото и вижда нечие чуждо отражение. Тя изживява ужаса на живота си – озовала се е в тялото на Трейси Девън, най-смотаното и загубено момиче в цялото училище... Аманда има тайна. Тя има дарба. И не е единствена... ... |
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A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter's life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn't closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining ... |
