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The Ajanta Caves
A revised edition of a classic title, now with digitally restored photographs, showcasing the finest surviving examples of ancient Buddhist art. Since their chance rediscovery in 1819, the breathtaking paintings and sculptures of the Ajanta caves have inspired and delighted experts and amateurs alike. Ranging in date from the second century BCE to the sixth century CE, these ancient Buddhist artworks rank among the world’s most important cultural treasures.
Benoy K. Behl captured the beauty and luminosity of these works using long exposures and natural light and now presents them here digitally restored to show the paintings closer to their original glory than ever before. The exquisite murals, depicting the tales of previous incarnations of Buddha, scenes of princely processions, and fantastical birds and beasts, provide virtually the only evidence of painting styles that first developed in India and remain crucially important to the understanding of Buddhist art throughout Asia. On UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites, the Ajanta caves survive as a potent symbol of the great beauty of India’s rich artistic past. This new edition provides for the first time a view of some of the masterpieces of Ajanta painstakingly digitally restored by Behl.
Sensitively carried out, the restoration makes the paintings clearer without interfering with their original grace and nuance, leading to a deeper appreciation of their artistry. Accompanied by expert commentaries to fully immerse the reader in the cultural context of the murals, The Ajanta Caves will help preserve the legacy of the glorious art of Ajanta for years to come. 225 color illustrations
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"Nem ismerte meg, mert Airdrie hajótörést szenvedett s több évet töltött egy lakatlan szigeten, az itt átélt nélkülözésektõl és szenvedésektõl megöregedett és úgy megváltozott, hogy még Rosamund sem ismert rá. - Én tudom, megismertem volna, ha az én férjem lenne - mondta Annie mély meggyõzõdéssel. - De kié hát a gyerek? - Hát Airdrie-é. - Ezt már régen tudjuk. De hát ki az anyja? - Magától értetõdik, hogy Rosamund. - Nem tudtam - Annie fülig elvörösödött -, hogy Rosamundnak gyermeke volt. - No, most tudod, de ne gondolj semmi rosszat, mert õ Ardrie-nek törvényes felesége: öt év elõtt a törvény szabályai szerint egybekeltek. Mi ezt nem akartuk elhinni, s a te kedves nagynénéd elhitette Rosamunddal s velem is, hogy a gyermeke meghalt."
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Pathless Forest
The incredible of one man's obsession to find and protect the world's largest flowers
As a child, Chris Thorogood dreamed of seeing Rafflesia - the plant with the world's largest flowers. He crafted life-size replicas in an abandoned cemetery, carefully bringing them to life with paper and paint. Today he is a botanist at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden and has dedicated his life to studying the biology of such extraordinary plants, working alongside botanists and foresters in Southeast Asia to document these huge, mysterious blooms.
Pathless Forest is the story of his journey to study and protect this remarkable plant - a biological enigma, still little understood, which invades vines as a leafless parasite and steals its food from them. We join him on a mind-bending adventure, as he faces a seemingly impenetrable barrier of weird, wonderful and sometimes fearsome flora; finds himself smacking off leeches, hanging off vines, wading through rivers; and following indigenous tribes into remote, untrodden rainforests in search of Rafflesia's ghostly, foul-smelling blooms, more than a metre across.
We depend on plants for our very existence, but two in five of the world's species are threatened with extinction - nobody knows how many species of Rafflesia might already have disappeared through deforestation. Pathless Forest is part thrilling adventure story and part an inspirational call to action to safeguard a fast-disappearing wilderness. To view plants in a different way, as vital for our own future as for that of the planet we share. And to see if Rafflesia itself can be saved.
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Everything you could possibly want to know about wine, in one fully up-to-date A-Z volume!
The Oxford Companion to Wine is a uniquely comprehensive and in-depth A-Z reference book on every aspect of wine: more than 4,000 entries covering topics from history through geography, geology, soil science, viticulture, winemaking, packaging, academia, technology, and regulations to people and places, tasting, writing, and the language of wine. The system of cross-references takes the reader from one entry to another, showing how all these topics are interconnected in the fascinating story of wine in its most traditional and modern forms.
This new fifth edition, which benefits from the knowledge and experience of over one hundred new contributors, all experts in their field or geographical region, is expanded by 272 new entries, and every existing entry has been reviewed, updated, and polished. The text is more international than ever, written for wine lovers of every persuasion, including those who love wine but want to know more in order to increase their enjoyment of this endlessly fascinating liquid, and those who are intent on studying wine, professionally or privately. This is a huge treasure trove of knowledge, for the first time breaking the barrier of one million words, but the alphabetical format and the links between the entries make it easily navigable, and the language, while not shying away from complex science, is intended to open the door to every curious reader looking for answers on every question they have ever wanted to ask about wine.
In the Lives of Puppets
From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.
New for paperback! This paperback edition includes the poignant short story 'Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!' set in the same extraordinary world.
*A New York Times, Sunday Times and Indie Bestseller*
*Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction*
In a small home, built into the branches of a tree, live a human named Victor and three robots. These are a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, a small vacuum desperate for love and attention, and a fatherly inventor-android named Giovanni Lawson. Together they’re a family, hidden and safe.
Then Vic salvages an unfamiliar android labelled ‘HAP’. He learns that Hap and Gio share a dark past, where they hunted humans. And Hap unwittingly gives away Gio’s location. Before they know it, robots from Gio’s former life arrive – to capture and return the android to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams.
The rest of the unconventional family must travel across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning. Or worse, reprogramming. Along the way, Vic must decide if he can handle his feelings for Hap – even if they come with strings attached.
Inspired by Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.
What Hunts Inside the Shadows
Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash.
Book two in the Of Flesh & Bone series!
Once, I fell in love with a man who deceived me.
For weeks, he stood by my side, twisting his words into pretty half-truths. He enraptured me with his smooth temptation, leaving no corner of my being untouched. He consumed my mind and my body, then finally claimed my heart for himself. But Caelum's true identity is terrifying enough to bring me to my knees.
Then, I discovered the truth of who he is.
Caldris is whispered in the Nothrek wind. The legend we only speak of with hushed words, in shuttered rooms, for fear of drawing his wrath once again. His intentions are a mystery, his desires impure, and he seeks to shackle me to his side for all eternity. With the Wild Hunt as our guard, he points us back to where it all began: the village of Mistfell and the boundary where the Veil once shimmered in the wind.
Now, another secret crouches, poised to change everything.
The Mist Guard have been sworn to keep us from crossing into Alfheimr, and from treading Faerie soil, even if innocents must pay with their lives. They have orders to resurrect Mistfell's shimmering barrier, but, once again, there's a greater cost than what has been revealed. Once, the people of Northrek blamed me when the Veil fell.
Soon, they'll want me to pay the price the magic requires.
Lacná kniha Elie Wiesel
Rozhovory s človekom, ktorý prešiel peklom a s neoblomnou vôľou sa konfrontuje s tými, čo odmietajú nazývať veci pravými menami. Rozhovory sa týkajú lásky, zla, exilu, smrti, cirkvi, konca komunizmu, Číny, Indie a spirituality.
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Barbie-Kúzelný módny salón
Uži si mnoho zábavy s maľovankami, inšpirovanými najnovším filmom Barbie a kúzelný módny salón. Vezmi si ceruzky, pastelky a vyber sa s Barbie do sveta módy.
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Lacná kniha Barbie-Kúzelný módny salón (-90%)
Uži si mnoho zábavy s maľovankami, inšpirovanými najnovším filmom Barbie a kúzelný módny salón. Vezmi si ceruzky, pastelky a vyber sa s Barbie do sveta módy.
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KRALOVA MILENKA
Hlavní hrdinkou nového románu Barbary Cartland je mladičká Angličanka Paulina, která žije kdesi ve střední Evropě, v knížectví, kam byl její otec jmenován vyslancem. Protože má přístup ke dvoru, brzy se seznámí se stejně starou princeznou Margaritou.
Princezna musí jednoho dne odcestovat do Ruska, kde se má provdat za velkovévodu, carova bratrance. Jako svou společnici si vybere právě Paulinu. V St.Peterburgu žije Margaretin bratr Maximus, který slouží jako důstojník v carově armádě. Maximus a P
aulina se do sebe zamilují, ale car Mikuláš I.. má s Maximem jiné plány. A protivit se despotickému carovi znamená doslova hazardovat se životem.
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Zakon Lasky
Hlavní hrdinkou románu je mladičká Angličanka Paulina. Žije v Altausku, v knížectví ležícím ve střední Evropě, kam byl její otec jmenován vyslancem. Protože má přístup ke dvoru, brzy se seznámí se stejně starou princeznou Margaritou. Princezna musí
jednoho dne odcestovat do Ruska, kde se má provdat za velkovévodu, carova bratrance. Jako svou společnici si vybere právě Paulinu. V St.Petersburgu žije Margaretin bratr Maximus, který slouží jako důstojník v carově armádě. Maximus a Paulina se do se
be zamilují, ale car Mikuláš I. má s Maximem jiné plány. A protivit se despotickému carovi znamená opravdu velký hazard
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Barbie Kouzelné příběhy
Vydejte se s námi do kouzelného světa Barbie! V této knize najdete hned čtyři příběhy, které si můžete přečíst před spaním. Společně s Barbie se vydáme na výlet do módního salonu v Paříži, s mořskou vílou Luminou prožijeme úžasné podvodní dobrodružství mezi perlami, s mladou baletkou Kristyn se přeneseme do děje slavných baletů Giselle a Labutí jezero a nakonec se se statečnou Korinou dozvíme, co je třeba umět, aby se z obyčejné dívky stala pravá mušketýrka.
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Forever Barbie - The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll
Barbie is a strong, independent doll. But is she a feminist icon? It’s complicated.
Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie’s impact has been revolutionary. Far from being a toy designed by men to oppress women, she was a toy invented by women to teach women what was expected of them, for better or for worse. Whether tarred-and-glittered as antifeminist puffery or celebrated as a feminist icon (or, at any rate, an important cultural touchstone in understanding feminism) Barbie has undeniably influenced generations of girls.
In Forever Barbie, cultural critic, investigative journalist, and first-generation Barbie owner M. G. Lord uncovers the surprising story behind Barbie’s smash success. Revealing her low origins as “Bild Lilli,” a risqué doll for adults sold as a gag gift in postwar Germany, Forever Barbie traces Barbie’s development and transformation, through countless makeovers and career changes, into an international pop culture icon and now “traditional toy.” Though not every doll in the line has been a hit?with pregnant Midge and Growing up Skipper among the more intriguing disasters?Barbie’s endurance, Lord writes, speaks as much to Mattel’s successful marketing as it does to our society’s overall ambivalence toward femininity.
With new accessories, including a preface on the latest developments in the Barbieverse, Forever Barbie “will make you think of America’s most celebrated plastic doll in ways you never have before” (Susan Faludi).
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Rosen Blood 4
Rescued from a horrendous carriage accident, Stella becomes imperiled by her saviors-a group of impossibly gorgeous young men who thirst for her blood.
After a horrific carriage accident, Stella Violetta awakens in a Gothic mansion to find that her saviors are gorgeous young men. The manor's residents let her stay as a maid, but Stella soon realizes that their allure hides a savage thirst.
Desperate for Stella's affection, Yoel stabs Levi, who reconsiders his desire to protect the other nonhumans. Stella searches through Rosemary's notes to find a way to awaken Yoel after the incident and uncovers clues about why Levi's been shedding tears of blood. Are any of Rosemary's "children" really capable of love?
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Nights of Plague
An epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers.
1901. Night draws in.
With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria, the twenty-ninth state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. There are rumours of plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress.
But plague is not the only killer. Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe, and the future of a fragile empire is at stake.
Tóparti villa
Amerika ügyeletes hősének kiáltják ki Harris őrmestert, mert megakadályozta az elnök elleni merényletet. A férfit szárnyára kapja a hírnév, és a sajtó minden lépését követi. A katonai mentős úgy dönt, elmenekül a gyűlölt firkászok elől barátja tóparti házába, ahol megváltozott külsővel, magányosan morzsolgatja a nyár hátralévő napjait. Arra azonban nem számít, hogy a szomszéd villába beköltözik Kate, a munkanélküli újságíró a magatartászavaros kisfiával. Aaron a mamájával együtt azonnal belopja magát a férfi szívébe, nem utolsósorban azért, mert anya és fia befogadja a csellengő bakfist, Callie-t, aki a környékbeli nyaralókat takarítja. Amikor mindenki örömére már-már összemelegedik a két szomszéd, Callie váratlanul rosszul lesz, a gyanútlan Kate pedig közli a férfival, hogy folytatni szeretné az újságírói pályafutását, már csak a szenzációs téma hiányzik...
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Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Colour
Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color traces the experiments in color and black-and-white photography of the young Meyerowitz, a pioneer in the history of color photography.
An early advocate of color photography, Joel Meyerowitz has impacted and influenced generations of artists. For fifty-eight years, the master photographer has documented the United States’ ever-changing social landscape.
During the late 1960s, Meyerowitz carried two cameras: one loaded with monochrome stock, the other with color. Just how, when, and why American fine art photographers switched from black-and-white image-making, prized within the gallery system, to color photography, once seen as the preserve of tourist photography, has been the cause of much debate.
In Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color, Meyerowitz tells the story of his early days as a photographer when he was told that serious photographers took black-and-white pictures. "But why," he asked, "when the world is in color?" He then bought a color camera and various rolls of film and began to experiment with color techniques: a passion he continues to pursue.
194 illustrations / 120 in color