An illustration collection that compresses the worlds you admire and depicts them as miniature worlds! Fantasy worlds unfold all around within small spaces like gardens. This is a collection that introduces 26 illustrators from Japan and overseas and the illustrations they draw that are brimming with originality. There are about 180 illustrations featured in this collection. The worlds that the artists want to depict are condensed, and even if they're small, they're still well worth seeing! In addition, commentary from the artists themselves explaining their worldview is also included. This book is not only ... |
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The comprehensive guide to the Star Wars galaxy. Containing more than 2,200 entries from the most current Star Wars film and TV series, discover the vital facts about iconic characters, creatures, locations, vehicles, and technology from a galaxy far, far away... This in-depth title reveals comprehensive histories of 1,200 characters, from icons like Lando Calrissian and Leia Organa to lesser-known individuals like Max Rebo and Therm Scissorpunch. From terrifying rancors to adorable porgs, learn about more than 100 fascinating creatures. Chart your way through the galaxy with more than 275 entries on locations, ... |
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Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny sequel to "The House at the Edge of Magic". Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvellous, magical House, and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships. There's only one problem: the House is nervous about travelling - and gets the hiccups! Bouncing from world to world with every "HIC!", they finally land at the championships, only for Flabberghast to have an unfortunate run-in with square number nine, and find himself faced with the terrible Tower at the End of Time. But maybe here ... |
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Двуезично издание - на български и английски език. Съставители: Ноеми Стоичкова-Иванова, Надежда Стоянова, Владимир Игнатов. ... Сборникът е резултат от международната научна конференция Литературните поредици - конструиране и деконструиране на канона, проведена онлайн на 26 - 27 ноември 2020 г. Тя беше вторият форум, организиран по проекта Текстове от маргиналията: памет и употреби (започнал през 2019 г.) към Факултета по славянски филологии на Софийския университет Св. Климент Охридски. Именно тази конференция утвърди представата, че продуктивната в последните около три десетилетия тема за литературната периферия ... |
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Ready for Planet English is a 10 unit course designed to introduce students to the global context of the English language develop and develop essential skills such as critical thinking, communication, and collaboration through interactive texts and multimedia resources. Ready for Planet English: Comprehensive Skill Development: focuses on developing all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing with clear explanations and structured practice. Grammar Mastery: provides clear presentation and practice of essential grammar structures. Authentic Media Integration: utilizes authentic and ... |
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Faculty of Classical and modern Philology. ... "Shakespeare’s Wordplay and Possible Worlds" proposes a novel possible-world approach to the complex interpretative potential of Shakespeare’s wordplay. The approach is based on the observation that in Shakespeare multiple significations of ambiguous words or syntactic structures often cohere with other apparently unambiguous words or syntactic structures and thus project parallel cognitive scenarios. ... |
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How did i fall? Easy. He turned my world upside down. Fast-paced and sizzling with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance, My Fault is the first book in international bestselling author Mercedes Ron's Culpables trilogy. This suspenseful YA series untangles the threads of love, trauma, and secrets, perfect for fans of Ugly Love and After. Seventeen-year-old Noah Morgan loves her quiet, normal life in Toronto. But when her mother returns from a cruise unexpectedly married to a billionaire and announces they are moving to L.A., Noah is suddenly shoved out of her comfort zone and into a glittering world of illegal ... |
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Immerse yourself in the yokai images and their mesmerizing detail showcased over more than 500 pages in this epic collection! Lurking beneath the global obsession with manga and anime, there is a world of Japan's yokai monsters, mutants, and vengeful mononoke spirits, which have long held people's imaginations in their terrifying grip ever since the Edo period (16th - 19th centuries). These fearsome creatures are now gathered together in this gorgeous new release that, for the first time ever, shows many enlargements of these masterpieces! Selections include over 60 works chosen from the collection at the Yumoto ... |
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The book at hand, Living in Two Worlds - Bulgarian Czechs in the Village of Voyvodovo, explores the Czech Protestant community that once lived in the north-western region of Bulgaria in the first half of the XX century. The authors examine various aspects of this vibrant Czech community in Bulgaria, such as their religiosity, kinship, language, and architecture, thus providing valuable insight into the nature of this rather unique group. The book shows how the Czech village of Voyvodovo, founded in 1900 by migrants from the village of Svatá Helena (in what is today Romanian Banat), developed into a rather distinct ... |
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The fate of the world rests on a blade's edge. Fighting beside her band of unlikely companions, Corayne is learning to embrace her ancient lineage and wield her father's powerful sword. But while she successfully closed one of the Spindles, her journey is far from over. Queen Erida's army marches across Allward with her consort, Taristan, right beside them, opening more portals into nightmarish worlds, razing kingdoms to the ground. Corayne has no choice but to assemble an army of her own if she's to save the realm as she knows it. But perilous lands await her and the companions, and they face assassins, ... |
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Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be ... |
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In traditional societies, the individual exists only as far as taking its place in a group, a place that is often destined from birth in a social hierarchy. It is governed by the collective beliefs, rules and norms shared by all present that are not in dispute, because they come "from above" - transcendence based on social connections and "pre" - mythical past and valuable. The modern man of the XXI-the century chooses his preferred beliefs and values in a pluralistic world, where conflicting values co-exist and are subject to the critique of reason. The past is no longer a perfect world, ... |
