Най-пълният и автентичен портрет на Judas Priest, създаван някога! Това е единствената биография, която разказва цялата история на групата! Тази епична книга за Judas Priest включва над 50 интервюта с видни музиканти, продуценти, служители в звукозаписни компании, журналисти, приятели от детинство и бивши членове на групата. Предговорът е написан от първия вокалист на Judas Ал Аткинсън, който за първи път споделя своите спомени за трудното начало на бандата през онези години и лудите преживявания от турнетата. Това е пълната история на Боговете на метъла, която разказва за ранните им години, техния апогей, срива през ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything ancient too: beautiful palaces; high mountains and hot springs; cherry blossom in the spring; quiet gardens with water and trees. ... |
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Retold by Nicole Irving. ... The story of Hachiko, Japan's most famous dog, begins in the early 1920s, when he comes to live in Tokyo with Professor Ueno. Hachiko loves his new master. When the professor takes the train to work every morning, Hachiko goes with him to the station - and when the professor comes home in the evening, his faithful dog is always waiting. Hachiko soon has many friends in the streets of Tokyo - people like Nobu, the young son of a food seller. Life is good for Hachiko - until one day, everything changes... Here, Nobu tells the true story of Japan's most faithful dog. Classics, modern ... |
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When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the fortyseven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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"Класическото будо не е нещо незначително, започнато за забавление или от каприз. То не трябва да се тренира за лично удоволствие или социално развлечение. Тези, които използват доджото за самоизтъкване, показна гордост, социално издигане, бъбрене или клюкарстване, вече са се провалили в проумяването на факта, че дълбочината на класическото будо надминава любовта към собственото аз. Класическото будо е потвърждаване на традиционните японски ценности, чиито обективен характер е културен. Човек, който не е японец и който отказва да бъде пояпончен, е съветван да не се захваща с изучаване на класическо будо, защото ... |
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What happened in Tokyo!? The first artbook from Tokyo Genso, an artist active in Japan and internationally. Tokyo Genso is a creator who depicts a ruined city of Tokyo with stunning creativity. Here is an ephemerally beautiful world where impossible scenes of the future stimulate the imagination. The charm of these works lies in the fantastical worldview, in which various scenes from contemporary Japan, including Shibuya 109, Shibuya's Scramble Crossing, Asakusa, Tokyo Skytree and Ginza, are reduced to ruins. ... |
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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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Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... A survey of Japan’s contemporary architecture scene. Japan's contemporary architecture has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than eight Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize. Since Osaka World Expo’70 highlighted contemporary forms, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Tadao Ando's geometry put Japanese building on the map, bridging East and West. After his concrete buildings, figures like Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Kazuyo Sejima pioneered a more ... |
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Collections of documents. Edited by: Evgeniy Kandilarov, Soyoung Kim, Svetla Karteva-Dancheva. ... This collection of documents is dedicated to the relations between the European Union and the East Asian region, which includes three of the EU strategic partners in East Asia: China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The EU's rising interest in Asia has been largely based on the economic and political importance of Asia in the post-Cold War period, as well as the impact that it has had on Europe's own international relations. The whole Indo-Pacific region is rapidly evolving and is becoming the centre of ... |
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The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion in Poland and ended in August 1945 with surrender of Japan. That global military conflict involved all of the great powers and most of the world’s nations. There were two opposing alliances: the Allies (USSR, Great Britain, USA etc.) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). Second World War in Europe was fought on three fronts: Eastern, Western and Italian. The most bloody and devastating fights were on the Eastern front. The war ended with the total defeat of the Axis powers. Shortly after the outbreak of the war Hitler's Germany managed ... |
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Over one million copies sold in Japan. ... A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life. Our narrator's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week... Because how do ... |
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Всеки град има своите любими кървави спортове. Някои си падат по боя с петли, други задоволяват низките си страсти, гледайки гладиаторите на арената. Пристанищният град Хейвън се забавлява с най-мръсния и кървав спорт на света - политиката... Хоук и Фишър - две печени ченгета в един град, разкъсван от магии и безредици. Хоук властва над улиците с бойната си брадва, Фишър умело борави с меча и камата. Те са съвършените защитници на закона, владеещи и силата на магията. Саймън Ричард Грийн е роден на 25 август 1955 г. в Брадфорд на Авон, Уилтшър, Англия. Завършва през 1976 г. Университета на Гринуич (Thames Polytechnic) ... |
