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Death and Resurrection in Art
This title presents a gloriously illustrated exploration of 3,000 years of the iconography of death and resurrection in world art. As one of the unavoidable realities of human existence, death is also one of the oldest and most common themes in art. From Egyptian tomb paintings and battles scenes on Greek vases by anonymous artists, to depictions of the crucifixion of Christ by Renaissance masters, to contemporary encounters with these subjects by artists such as Damien Hirst and Andres Serrano, this new volume in the "Guide to Imagery" series examines three-thousand years of the iconography of death and resurrection. While focusing on the Western artistic tradition, this volume also looks at many works of art from Asia, Africa, and Oceania as it explores depictions of death and resurrection - including violent death, ceremonial tributes to the departed, allegorical depictions, and the journey to the afterlife.
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23,70 €
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Pinstripe Planet II
Since Pinstripe Planet's 2006 publication, the pinstripe scene has grown immensely, and here's the record of the scene's growth for new and old aficionados. The world’s best pinstripe masters in the U.S., Japan, UK, Europe, and Australia have new work to show. Significant new artists have emerged on the scene since the last edition, and they are showcased here as well. Not only are the works brilliantly photographed, the book also explains how artists first found inspiration, how they work, and where their influence can be seen. Cutting-edge art galleries are now beginning to treat pinstriping as worthy of recognition by serious collectors. This book is part of that trend—essential for anyone into the Kustom car and culture scene, for existing pinstripers looking for new sources of inspiration, and for new aficionados of one of the most visually exciting aspects of the counterculture.
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Nocturnes
Take his hand and follow him into the darkness ...John Connolly, bestselling author of seven brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a volume of chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears - lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons. Framing the collection are two substantial novellas - THE CANCER COWBOY RIDES charts the fatal progress of a modern-day grim reaper, while THE REFLECTING EYE is a haunted house tale with a twist and marks the return of private detective Charlie Parker, the troubled hero of Connolly's crime novels. This edition contains two additional stories - THE CYCLE and MR GRAY'S FOLLY - not previously included. NOCTURNES is a masterly volume to be read with the lights on - menace has never been so seductive ...
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7,98 €
8,40 €
Suicide Squad The Rebirth Deluxe 2
There's something rotten in Belle Reve Penitentiary, and it's not just the swamp water leaking into the basement. Someone in the Suicide Squad has turned traitor, leaving America's deadliest super-team open to attack from a vast international conspiracy bent on destroying everything that Task Force X director Amanda Waller has built.
Considering that "The Wall" relies less on loyalty and trust and more on brain-implanted bombs to control her crew of conscripts, finding the culprit is going to be a tall order. Any one of the rogues in this gallery--including Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Enchantress and Killer Croc--would almost certainly climb over a pile of their teammates' corpses for the chance to escape.
But even when she's down for the count, Waller has a few aces up her sleeve, including 1) the deranged Kryptonian war criminal, General Zod, and 2) her own unequaled, bloody-minded ruthlessness.
Bending Zod to her will, however, means striking a bargain with one of Superman's deadliest enemies--and one of the only people on the planet smarter and more tenacious than Waller herself. But no matter how powerful the leverage she finds to use against him, in the end Zod kneels for no one. Will Waller's plan to make this living weapon of mass destruction a full-fledged member of the Suicide Squad live up to its enormous potential? Or will it literally and figuratively blow up in her face?
Acclaimed author Rob Williams is joined by artists John Romita Jr., Tony S. Daniel, Riley Rossmo, Giuseppe Cafaro and Stjepan Sejic in Suicide Squad: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2. Collects Suicide Squad #9-20 as well as the one-shot Suicide Squad Special: War Crimes, written by the Squad's own original gangster, John Ostrander!
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33,20 €
34,95 €
Monster High-Szörnyöltöző-Abbey Bominable és Clawden Wolf
Mit tennél, ha beszabadulnál a Monster High gimi szörnyeinek öltözőjébe? Vad, vibráló összeállításokat kreálnál, vagy visszafogottan sziporkáznál a ruha- és sminkkölteményeiddel? Most a matricák és a képzeleted segítségével mindezt megteheted! Két szörny - két könyv az egyben, csak fordítsd meg! Merész, kihívó, szokatlan, vagy sportos elegáns, szikrázóan eredeti - most te lehetsz a szörnyek stylistja! Itt minden belefér, mert a Monster High-ban a fura a menő!
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4,38 €
4,61 €
Rules of the Game
The explosive final novel in the Endgame trilogy, by New York Times bestelling author, James Frey. Two keys have been found. The strongest Players are left. One final key remains to win Endgame and save the world. For Sarah, Jago, Aisling, Maccabee, Shari, An, and Hilal, Endgame has reached its final phase. The third key, Sun Key, is all that stands between one Player saving their line - or perishing along with the rest of the world. And only one can win. West Bengal, India: Maccabee is Playing to win. He has Earth Key and Sky Key and he is determined to find Sun Key. But in Endgame, fate can turn in the blink of an eye. He must Play carefully. He must watch his back. Kolkata, India: An Liu is Playing for death. His goal: stop Endgame, and take the world down with him. Sikkim, India: For Aisling, Sarah, Jago, Shari, and Hilal, their mission is to stop Endgame. Sun Key must not be found. No matter what they're Playing for, all of the remaining Players have one thing in common: they will end the game, but on their own terms.
The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton
'Glorious on so many levels' A J Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird
'Full of hope and charm' Libby Page, author of The Lido
'A hymn to friendship, to getting back up and finding happiness where none seemed possible' Katie Fforde
`An indulgently emotional and beautifully written story about new starts' Daily Mail
The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton is the story of a woman who has her heart broken, but then puts it back together again in the most uplifting and exquisite way.
Between the simple melody of running her violin shop and the full-blown orchestra of her romantic interludes in Paris with David, her devoted partner of eight years, Grace Atherton has always set her life to music.
Her world revolves entirely around David, for Grace's own secrets have kept everyone else at bay. Until, suddenly and shockingly, one act tips Grace's life upside down, and the music seems to stop.
It takes a vivacious old man and a straight-talking teenager to kickstart a new chapter for Grace. In the process, she learns that she is not as alone in the world as she had once thought, that no mistake is insurmountable, and that the quiet moments in life can be something to shout about ...
'Brilliantly and movingly written' Dorothy Koomson
'An impressively powerful debut' Claire Frost, Fabulous Magazine
'As elegant and uplifting as a classical sonata, with added kick from its unforgettably quirky characters. I was both engrossed in and moved by this fabulous debut' Catherine Isaac, author of R&J Book Club pick You Me Everything
'A moving, beautifully written, uplifting debut about mending broken hearts through friendship. The twists and turns make it impossible to put down' Sarah J. Harris
'What a total joy!' Fanny Blake
`This book was so different from anything I've read before... it was beautiful, uplifting and really taught me a thing or two about the world of stringed instruments... The characters are diverse, the setting beautiful and the subject matter unique' Fabulous Book Fiend
'An absolutely beautiful read' Heidi Swain
'I adored this book! Exquisitely crafted, it's a compassionate, heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting tale of Grace and David's complicated love that will keep you turning the pages. Read it. Like some of Grace's decisions, it's an absolute triumph' Fionnuala Kearney
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14,73 €
15,50 €
The Bridge (new cover re-issue)
The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, you'd think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you've left behind. Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, THE BRIDGE is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos and elegant absurdities.
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11,88 €
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Férfi erő
A népszerű párkapcsolati tanácsadó, Robert Augustus Masters világszerte több ezer férfinak segített már fontos önismereti kérdéseket feldolgozni és szembenézni saját árnyaival, múltból hozott sérelmeivel. A Férfierő című könyve olyan kérdéseket feszeget, amikről általános pszichológiai aspektusból kevésbé szoktunk elgondolkodni – és most kifejezetten a férfiak szemszögéből nézhetünk rá a témára. A férfilét alapkérdései kerülnek terítékre.
Milyen az igazi férfi? Milyen az igazi maszkulin erő? A szakértő minden olyan témát feldolgoz, ami a férfi társas működéséhez, önismeretéhez, önfejlesztéséhez szükséges.
• Hogyan befolyásolhatja a múlt a jelenünket?
• Hogyan használhatjuk jól a minden férfiban munkáló egészséges és egészségtelen szégyenérzetet?
• Hogyan lehet a sebezhetőség az erő forrása?
• Érzelmi műveltség – egy alapvető készség a kapcsolati jólléthez
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11,31 €
11,90 €
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The Golem and the Djinni
If you were bewitched by The Night Circus...If you were mesmerised by A Discovery of Witches...If you were enthralled by Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell...You will be enchanted by THE GOLEM & THE DJINNI Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master, the husband who commissioned her, dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York in 1899. Ahmad is a djinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Though he is no longer imprisoned, Ahmad is not entirely free - an unbreakable band of iron binds him to the physical world. The Golem & The Djinni is their magical, unforgettable story; unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures - until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. But a powerful threat will soon bring Chava and Ahmad together again, challenging their existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice.
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Ármányos sárkányos
"Egyik évben különösen szép, enyhe őszi idő köszöntött a környékre, és a Bömbi-fa virágot bontott. Sok-sok kicsi piros virágot, a virágokból pedig szép pirosas termést érlelt, ami fürtökben csüngött az ágain. Ekkor hangzott fel először az a mély, búgó, vibráló hang, amit azóta minden őszön hallhattak az itt élők. De nem csak az emberek, mert ez a különös hang varázslatos hatással bírt az élőlényekre. Ahogy megszólalt a Bömbi-fa, megindultak felé a nyulak, pockok, egerek, jöttek a cinegék és verebek, jöttek még az őzek és szarvasok is! Futottak, szökdécseltek, szaladtak, ügettek, repültek egyenesen vagy cikk-cakkban, de mind jöttek, egymást nem bántva, szelíden, jöttek mind a Bömbi-fához!" (részlet a könyvből)
Ebbe a békés, varázslatos világba tör be Ármány a sárkányával, Rettentő Mennydörgéssel, hogy meghódítsa azt. A rettenetes sereg ellen csak az összefogás segíthet: emberek és törpék, óriások és állatok együtt küzdenek, hogy sok furfanggal és merészséggel legyőzzék a támadókat...
Az Ármányos sárkányos szereplőivel már megismerkedhettek az olvasók a Sárkányszelídítők meséskönyv lapjain. Most új kalandok, új csodák és új győzelmek részeseivé válhatunk a történetek olvasásával.
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9,13 €
9,61 €
Art Brut Collection: Body
This third volume (after Vehicles and Architecture) in the series titled Art Brut The Collection
accompanying the Biennales de l'Art Brut, includes only works from the Lausanne Museum,
some of which have rarely been exhibited.
The book contains a large number of drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures,
reflecting the manifold representations of the human body in Art Brut, while paying close
attention to the intimate relationship the artists have established with their creations.
These works represent a sort of hand-to-hand combat; they are "battles" in which no quarter
is asked or given between the creator and his own image and unique personal history. For
some the body is the refuge of a complex intimacy, for others it is a prison from which to
escape or even a storehouse of energy that needs to be set free and transformed.
Rarely exhibited or published, Jean Dubuffet's prisoners' tattoos reveal how creations lying on
the margins of art's traditional subject matter held a magnetic attraction for the founder of
the concept of Art Brut, the core of the Lausanne Museum's collection. The great "classics" of
Art Brut, such as Aloise Corbaz, rub shoulders with more recent discoveries, such as Eric
Derkenne's body-faces, or the all-powerful "nuclear trans-sexuality" of Giovanni Galli. The
doubling of the self and a play of mirrors highlight the instinctive search for identity typical of
Josef Hofer and Robert Gie. Whether dismembered and fragmented in Giovanni Bosco's
work, or tightly gathered in cosmic unity in Guo Fengyi's creations, the body gives form to a
perpetual flux that art can exploit to express existential experience.
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The 1,000-year-old Boy
The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER.
'A wonderful story' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
There are stories about people who want to live forever.
This is not one of those stories.
This is a story about someone who wants to stop...
Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy - except he's 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England.
Obviously no one believes him.
So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live...
... which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die.
`Boasts all the ing redients of a great book: brave kids, bold storytelling and a blistering plot. Full of humour and heart' Abi Elphinstone, author of The Dreamsnatcher
`The 1000-year-old Boy is a breathtakingly epic story that you won't be able to put down. In Alfi e, Ross Welford has created an unusual and fascinating boy who you are rooting for right from the fi rst word. An original, surprising, moving and compelling read - I loved it' M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy
`A wonderful story told with Welford's trademark warmth, wit and cleverness. Another great read from one of my favourite middle-grade writers' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars
`A cracking story about family and friendship that spans all ages' Christopher Edge, author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
`Delightful, charming and fi lled with humour. This is a unique and uplifting tale of a boy who lives a thousand years, yet still remains young at heart' Peter Bunzl, author of the Cogheart Adventures
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8,95 €
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole
"So wait," said Cosmo. "If we go in that door, we might exit on the other side of the galaxy?"'"I don't know," I said. "But we currently live in a tub in a black hole, so what do we have to lose?" When eleven-year-old space mad Stella Rodriguez shows up at NASA to request that her recording be included in Carl Sagan's Golden Record, something unexpected happens: A black hole follows her home, and sets out to live in her house as a pet. The black hole swallows everything he touches, which is challenging to say the least - but also turns out to be a convenient way to get rid of those items that Stella doesn't want around. Soon theugly sweaters her aunt has made for her all disappear within the black hole, as does the smelly class hamster she's taking care of, and most important, all the reminders of her dead father that are just too painful to have around. It's not until Stella, her younger brother, Cosmo, the family puppy and even the bathroom tub all get swallowed up by the black hole that Stella realizes she has been letting her own grief consume her. And that's not the only thing she realizes as she attempts to get back home... From the author of Confessions of an Imaginary Friendcomes an astonishingly original and funny adventure with a great big heart. Praise for Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: `Cuevas's novel brimming with metaphors, gorgeous imagery, and beautiful turns of phrase considers the fate of devoted but invisible companions. Have tissues on hand for the bittersweet ending.' Publishers Weekly, starred review `Alternately amusing and philosophical, this quirky read will get kids thinking about love, loss, and life' Booklist
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9,50 €
River Cottage Every Day
Putting food on the table for the family quickly and economically doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hugh's approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing, working family, or busy young singles and couples for that matter. Breakfast, baking, lunchboxes, quick suppers, healthy snacks, eating on the move and weekend cooking for the week ahead - all these, and more, are covered in River Cottage Everyday. As Hugh says: 'I have honed the River Cottage approach to food over a decade now, and I believe passionately that it is relevant to everybody, every day. I intend to tempt and charm you towards a better life with food - with a set of simply irresistible recipes that just happen to be seasonal and ethical.'
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17,01 €
17,90 €
Higher Gossip
"Higher Gossip" presents John Updike's last collection of essays, poems and short stories. 'Gossip of a higher sort' was how the incomparable John Updike described the art of the review. Here then is the last collection of his best, most dazzling gossip. Influential reviews of Toni Morrison, John le Carre and Ann Patchett and expert critique on exhibitions of El Greco, Van Gogh and Schiele are included alongside previously uncollected short stories, poems and essays on his 'pet topics'. Following earlier prose collections "More Matter" and "Due Considerations", Updike began compiling "Higher Gossip" shortly before his death in 2009. Displaying his characteristic humour and insight on subjects as varied as ageing, golf, dinosaurs, make-up and his own fiction, the delightful "Higher Gossip" bookends a legacy of over fifty celebrated titles.
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12,83 €
13,50 €
Autophoto
The camera's romance with the car: a photo history Autophoto explores photography's longstanding and generative relationship to the automobile. Since its invention, the automobile has reshaped our landscape, extended our geographic horizons and radically altered our conception of space and time, influencing the practice of photographers worldwide. The book shows how the car provided photographers with new subject matter and a new way of exploring the world. It brings together 500 works made by 100 historical and contemporary artists from around the world, including Robert Adams, BrassaI, Edward Burtynsky, Langdon Clay, John Divola, Robert Doisneau, William Eggleston, Elliott Erwitt, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Anthony Hernandez, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Joel Meyerowitz, Daido Moriyama, Catherine Opie, Martin Parr, RosAngela RennO, Ed Ruscha, Hans-Christian Schink, Malick SidibE, Stephen Shore and Henry Wessel. Capturing formal qualities such as the geometric design of roadways or reflections in a rear view mirror, these photographers invite us to look at the world of the automobile in a new way. Autophoto also includes other projects, such as a series of car models that cast a fresh eye on the history of automobile design, created specifically for the Fondation Cartier show by French artist Alain Bublex, plus a comparative history of automobile design and photography, essays by scholars and quotes by participating artists.
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46,55 €
49,00 €
Railsea
On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. The giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one's death & the other's glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham senses that there's more to life. Even if his captain can think only of her obsessive hunt for one savage mole. When they find a wrecked train, it's a welcome distraction. But the impossible salvage Sham finds there leads to trouble. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.
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9,98 €
10,50 €
Farther Away
The new book of articles and opinion from Jonathan Franzen, author of 'Freedom' and 'The Corrections'. Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom' was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement with life in America in the 21st century. Now, a new collection of Franzen's non-fiction brings fresh demonstrations of his vivid, moral intelligence, confirming his status not only as a great American novelist but also as a master noticer, social critic, and self-investigator. In 'Farther Away', which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, the writer returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him. Whether recounting his violent encounter with bird poachers in Cyprus, examining his mixed feelings about the suicide of his friend and rival David Foster Wallace, or offering a moving and witty take on the ways that technology has changed how people express their love, these pieces deliver on Franzen's implicit promise to conceal nothing from the reader. Taken together, these essays trace the progress of unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important issues of our day. 'Farther Away' is remarkable, provocative, and necessary.
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9,98 €
10,50 €