Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola Alvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century art. After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic ... |
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"Каменният град" е сборник, включващ разкази и публицистика. Първата част съдържа 10 избрани разказа, които представят различни гледни точки към заобикалящата ни действителност в духа на критическия реализъм и бичуват недостатъците на нашата съвременност. Написани са увлекателно, с характерната стилистика на епохата. Втората част включва избрана публицистика от юридическия сайт на авторката, където разглежданите теми за домашното насилие, семейните отношения и сложността на връзките е разширена в психологически, юридически и социален аспект. Мариана Праматарова е родена в гр. Панагюрище, Пловдивска област. ... |
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The year is 1547. In London, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. One day they meet and their lives change forever. What happens when the two boys wear each others clothes? Why does the prince need the help of a poor man? Who becomes king when Henry VIII dies? And how can a beautiful gold object save the prince? Mark Twain's classic story of two young boys who swap lives has the answers. "A few minutes later, Tom was wearing the prince's expensive clothes and the hat with purple ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... "The rich collection of almost one hundred portraits - weighty but serene, ambiguous but lucid, playful but sober is the most recent addition to a diverse documentary oeuvre that has taken Salari around the world several times, from Afghanistan to Mexico to the discreet networks of his fellow Iranian-Canadians. Both technically and artistically accomplished, as well as socially and psychologically astute, this series is finally being exhibited on the turf of its heroic and mysterious subjects." Thomas Waugh, PhD Professor, Film Studies and Interdisciplinary ... |
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Based on the story of Desmond Bagley. Retold by Ralph Mowat. ... On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her... and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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The much-anticipated first book in a brand-new duology by New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo . Face your demons or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a ... |
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Face your fears, fight the battle. Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. Fight the battle, save the kingdom. With war looming, Harper struggles to help Rhen find a path to peace. Meanwhile, Lia Mara, newly crowned queen of Syll Shallow, begins to question if she can be the ruler her country needs. As the two kingdoms come closer to conflict, loyalties are tested, love is threatened and an old enemy resurfaces in this stunning conclusion to bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer's Cursebreaker ... |
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The Sunday Times bestseller. ... 66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today, Dr. Steve Brusatte, one of the leading scientists of a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 150 million years. The world of the dinosaurs has fascinated on book and screen for decades - from early science fiction classics like The Lost World, to Godzilla terrorizing the streets of Tokyo, and the monsters of Jurassic Park. But what if we got it wrong? In The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, top ... |
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Интерпол търси помощта на криптолога и професор по история Томаш Нороня за разследването на убийството на Хауърд Доусън – ръководител на американската антарктическа станция. Доусън става свидетел на най-голямото доказателство за глобално затопляне, виждано от човек, но преди да успее да напише доклада си е убит. Задачата на Томаш е да разшифрова посланието оставено от убийците – 666, библейското число на Звяра. Мисията на професора ще го отведе до далечни точки на света. Животът му ще бъде в опасност многократно. Залогът е глобалното затопляне, изчерпването на световните запаси от петрол и апокалиптичня срив, който би ... |
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Съставители: Донка Петрова, Герасим Петрински, Росица Йорданова , Мина Тасева-Бенчева. ... Сборникът в чест на 75-годишнината на проф. д.ф.н. Донка Александрова отразява широтата на интересите и постиженията ѝ и "реториката с нейните много лица". В книгата читателят ще намери текстове, написани от учени от целия свят, с които проф. Александрова се е срещнала през своето житейско пътешествие. ... |
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Умален модел на ветроходен катер Hunter, построен за британския флот през втората половина на 17 век. Катера е бил използван и за брегова охрана. Оригинално описание: British armed cutter 1797 The Hunter is a well equipped cutter, built for the British Navy in many, more or less similar copies, in the second half of the seventeenth century, to face the smugglers, who, incidentally, were the first to use this type of ship (it seems that the English shipyards built them in couples: one for the smugglers and one for the Customs…). Of course the Hunter was used also as coast-guard and for military functions of port survey, ... |
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Прецизна система, създадена и изпитана в продължение на 30 години, за да осигури на прилагащия я финансова свобода, учейки го да създава и инвестира парите си. Разказана от предприемач, който е изградил империя от нулата. Хиляди предприемачи в Италия и по света посещават ежемесечните курсове на OSM International на Паоло А. Руджери , за да стабилизират и управляват бизнеса си. Сега цялото нужно знание е събрано в една-единствена книга!"Проблемите на икономиката не се разрешават с по-голяма икономика. Разрешават с по-големи ценности. Личностното израстване идва ПРЕДИ богатството. Изковаването на собствения характер ... |
