The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings together some of the best examples of self-portraiture to explore the genre's evolution over the centuries as well as the enduring questions of selfhood and self-representation that have besieged human experience for centuries before social media and the selfie. Is a self-portrait of an artist a medium of reflection? Or is it merely a black void, the "false mirror", as the Surrealist René Magritte entitled his 1928 painting of an eye? How much does it impart ... |
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1943 година - окупирана Гърция. Мисията е проста: да се заловят укриващи се евреи. Но в една отдалечена ферма СС щурмбанфюрер Ерих Крол се натъква на нещо неочаквано - светилище на Александър Велики и делва, пълна с вода, която притежава мистериозни свойства. След като заграбват съкровището, нацистите се покриват... Наши дни - Лос Анджелис. Известната археоложка Нина Уайлд и нейният съпруг, бившият командос Еди Чейс, са потърсени от млад мъж, който ги предупреждава за планиран грабеж на току-що откритата гробница на Александър Велики в Египет. Но преди да има възможност да им обясни повече, той е убит от издирван ... |
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Плюшеният книгоразделител е симпатичен приятел с очила, който ще се превърне във вашия нов домашен любимец. Косматият разделител ще направи четенето ви забавно и приятно. А когато решите да оставите книгата ще можете по лесен начин да си отбележите страницата, която последно сте прочели, посредством закачливата опашка. ... |
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Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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Учебна система „Objective IELTS“ „Objective IELTS“ е учебна система в две нива, която осигурява стабилна подготовка за успешното полагане на сертификатния изпит IELTS (International English Language Testing System) . Системата подготвя и за двата варианта на изпита – Academic и General. Двете нива на учебната система „Objective IELTS“ са: Intermediate – покрива ниво B2 от Общоевропейската езикова рамка Advanced – покрива ниво C1 от Общоевропейската езикова рамка Системата осигурява между 60 и 80 учебни часа на ниво, които могат да бъдат увеличени с материалите от учебната тетрадка и приложения към учебника ... |
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Изданието е триезично - на английски, немски и френски език. ... Created in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation, this book reveals hundreds of instant pictures by the artist. From self-portraits to still lives, anonymous nudes to New York high society, from Cabbage Patch dolls to Dolly Parton, Keith Haring to Audrey Hepburn, these impromptu images offer a unique record of the Pop Art maestro's world. Before there was Instagram, there was Warhol. Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge ... |
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"I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear." Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all... An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times ... |
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An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame from bestselling Folk of the Air author Holly Black , with stunning full-colour illustrations by Rovina Cai. Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue... Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. The No. 1 Bestselling author Holly Black takes a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic High King, Cardan, told only from his perspective. This new instalment in th "Folk of the Air" series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that haveenchanted ... |
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От автора на "Проницателят" и "Съкровищата на пътешественика". ... Дори само едно от тези решения може да промени живота ни към добро. Какво би станало, ако приемем и седемте? Анди Андрюс изминава дълъг и нелек път, докато се превърне от бездомник в "една от най-влиятелните личности в Америка", както го определя вестник "Ню Йорк Таймс". Изследвайки разликите между обикновеното и изключителното, той изучава стотици биографии, а когато славата го спохожда, общува с най-успелите хора в Съединените щати, в търсене на онова, което ги е извело до върха. Резултатът: седем основни ... |
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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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#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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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |