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The Death of Francis Bacon
A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.
'A little masterpiece.' Irish Times
'Luminous.' Observer
'One of our most exciting writers.' The Spectator
Madrid. Unfinished. Man dying.
A great painter lies on his deathbed. In seven extraordinary written pictures, untethered from reality, Max Porter translates the explosive final workings of the artist's mind.
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Those Kinds of Girls
Double standards are about to get singled out. As lead reporter for her school newspaper, Eden has covered her fair share of stories. So when intimate photos of seven female students are anonymously emailed to the entire school, Eden is determined to get to the bottom of it.
As she digs deeper into the mystery, Eden is shocked to discover not everyone agrees the students are victims. Some argue that they're 'those kinds of girls' and 'brought it on' - and the school's administrator is more concerned about protecting the school's reputation than its students. With the anonymous sender threatening more emails, Eden needs to act quickly.
Banding together with the seven young women to find the perpetrator, the tables are about to be turned . . .
The girls are fighting back. Natalie Walton's empowering and sparky debut is a feminist mystery story - perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Netflix's Sex Education.
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Live This Book
Do you want to spend more quality time with the people, ideas and passions that matter most in your life? In an age of weightless, disposable digital products, here's a book to help you live more fully: that invites you to explore your beliefs, ambitions, friendships, memories and flights of imagination. A mixture of inspiration and reflection, it's unlike anything else you've seen before: a beautifully crafted object blending text and design into something for you to make truly your own. Downloading a million digital books won't make you happy - but carrying this one with you might.
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Oxford World´s Classics)
A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St. Aubuert is imprisoned by her evil guardian, Count Montoni, in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines, terror becomes the order of the day. With its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, The Mysteries of Udolpho is a fascinating challenge to contemporary readers.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Wisdom of the Ancients
THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMES
From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors.
For all we have gained in the modern world, simple peace of mind is hard to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with complexity and conflict, we are told that our wellbeing relies on remaining as present as possible. But what if the key to being present lies in the past?
In Wisdom of the Ancients, Neil Oliver takes us back in time, to grab hold of the ideas buried in forgotten cultures and early civilizations. From Laetoli footprints in Tanzania to Keralan rituals, stone circles and cave paintings, Oliver takes us on a global journey through antiquity. A master storyteller, drawing on immense knowledge of our ancient past, he distils this wisdom into twelve messages that have endured the test of time, and invites us to consider how these might apply to our lives today. The result is powerful and inspirational, moving and profound.
OWC Portrait of the Artist as Young Man
Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo ' So begins one of the most significant literary works of the twe
ntieth century, and one of the most innovative. Its originality shocked contemporary readers on its publication in 1916 who found its treating of the minutiae of daily life indecorous, and its central character unappealing. Was it art or was it filth
? The novel charts the intellectual, moral, and sexual development of Stephen Dedalus, from his childhood listening to his father's stories through his schooldays and adolescence to the brink of adulthood and independence, and his awakening as an art
ist. Growing up in a Catholic family in Dublin in the final years of the nineteenth century, Stephen's consciousness is forged by Irish history and politics, by Catholicism and culture, language and art. Stephen's story mirrors that of Joyce himself,
and the novel is both startlingly realistic and brilliantly crafted. For this edition Jeri Johnson, editor of the acclaimed Ulysses 1922 text, has written an introduction and notes which together provide a comprehensive and illuminating appreciation
of Joyce's artistry.
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Boney M - Essential Boney M 2CD
Boney M. je nemecko-karibská vokálna skupina, ktorá sa špecializuje na disco a funk, ktorú vytvoril nemecký hudobný producent Frank Farian, ktorý bol hlavným skladateľom tejto skupiny. Pôvodne sídlili v západnom Nemecku, štyria pôvodní členovia oficiálnej zostavy skupiny boli Liz Mitchell a Marcia Barrett z Jamajky, Maizie Williams z Montserratu a Bobby Farrell z Aruby. Skupina vznikla v roku 1976 a popularitu si získala počas disco éry na konci 70. rokov. Od 80. rokov 20. storočia vystupovali rôzne zostavy kapely s rôznym personálom.Skupina predala viac ako 100 miliónov nahrávok po celom svete a je známa medzinárodnými hitmi vrátane „Daddy Cool“, „Ma Baker“, „Belfast“, „Sunny“, „Rasputin“, „Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord“ a „ Rivers of Babylon“.
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Baby Do You Wanna Bump
02. Daddy Cool
03. Sunny
04. No Woman No Cry
05. Ma Baker
06. Belfast
07. Rivers Of Babylon
08. Brown Girl In The Ring
09. Rasputin
10. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
11. Painter Man
12. Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holiday
13. Gotta Go Home
14. El Lute
15. I'm Born Again
16. Bahama Mama
17. I See A Boat On The River
18. My Friend Jack
19. Children Of Paradise
CD 2:
01. Felicidad (Margherita)
02. Gadda-Da-Vida
03. Malaika
04. We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)
05. Going Back West
06. Jambo-Hakuna Matata (No Problems)
07. Somewhere In The World
08. Kalimba De Luna
09. Happy Song
10. My Chérie Amour
11. Young, Free And Single
12. Stories
13. Megamix (Extended Version)
14. Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)
15. Ma Baker (Boney M. Vs. Sash!)
16. Daddy Cool '99 (Boney M. 2000)
17. Barbara Streisand (The Most Wanted Woman)
Gods of the Stadium-Dieux du Stade
The ancient Greeks thought the gods dwelled on Mount Olympus. We can confidently report that they’ve moved to the Paris Rugby stadium! Elaborating on the photographs taken for the popular calendar of the same name, these tantalizing images feature players of the famous international rugby club, the Stade Français Paris, in all their unclothed glory. Tony Duran’s work worships the human form, whether in his sexually charged nude studies, his sensual fashion photography, or his inventive celebrity portraiture. Duran has taken his signature style to Dieux du Stade, where he transforms the athlete into graphic sensual male form.
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Čo vám hovorí vaše telo, 2. vydanie
Kniha Čo vám hovorí vaše telo je dlhoočakávaný austrálsky bestseller o alternatívnom spôsobe liečenia. Odhaľuje tajomstvá signálov, ktoré vysiela ľudské telo, podrobne rozoberá a vysvetľuje psychické, emocionálne a energetické príčiny mnohých zdravotných ťažkostí. Krok za krokom privádza na cestu životnej zmeny a posilnenia, na ktorej objavíte posolstvá, ktoré vám chce telo odovzdať, porozumiete tajnej reči chorôb, odhalíte negatívne myšlienky a emócie a zbavíte sa ich a naučíte sa ako využívať pri liečení vplyv farieb. Inna Segal je autorkou intuitívneho liečenia pomocou vizualizácie, medzinárodne uznávanou liečiteľkou, profesionálnou rečníčkou, spisovateľkou a televíznou moderátorkou. Medzi jej klientov patria lekári, vrcholoví manažéri, odborníci z rezortu zdravotníctva, herci a športovci.
The Antarctica of Love
They say you die three times.
The first time for me was when my heart stopped beating beneath his hands by the lake.
The second was when what was left of me was lowered into the ground in front of Ivan and Raksha at Bromma Church.
The third will be the last time my name is spoken on earth.
"A haunting portrait of the starkest meanings of love and family. Stridsberg's literary talent left me awestruck" Kate Reed Petty, author of True Story
"A disturbingly beautiful book" Expressen
Inni lives her life on the margins, but it is a life that is full and complex, filled with different shades of dark and light... Until she is brutally murdered one summer's day, on a lake shore at the heart of a distant, rain-washed forest.
On the surface, this is the story of the moment her life is violently extinguished - a moment that will never end, not ever - but it is also about the time before, and about the lives that carry on afterwards. It's about her children, her parents, her childhood of neglect, her volatile adolescence, and the chain of choices, tragedies and accidents that lead her to a life on the streets and take her into the wrong crowd, the wrong places and, finally, the wrong car with the wrong person.
Sara Stridsberg's new novel is about absolute vulnerability, brutality and isolation. At times disturbing, this is a devastating story of unexpected love, tenderness and light in the total darkness.
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Defy Me
The breath-taking and heart-pounding fifth instalment in the incredible New York Times and UK kindle bestselling SHATTER ME series. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard and Leigh Bardugo.
She was never meant for you.
She was never meant for any of this.
That girl was sentenced to death the moment I named her Juliette.
Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is.
Nothing in her world is what it seemed. She thought she'd defeated The Reestablishment. She thought she'd finally taken control of her life, her power, her pain. But a lifetime of lies unravelling before her has changed all that.
Stronger, braver, and more resilient than ever, Juliette must fight for life and love. But first she has to survive the war being raged against her mind.
She has to remember who she was.
Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She is also the author of the ravely reviewed A Very Large Expanse of Sea. he was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book. You can find her online just about anywhere at @TaherehMafi.
Praise for the Shatter Me series:
"Dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. I dare you to stop reading." - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series
"Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." - Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series
"Tahereh Mafi's bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young adult literature - or any literature!" -Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Praise for A Very Large Expanse of Sea:
'This is a gorgeous book. It's tender and fierce, beautiful even as it depicts some ugly truths. The prose is passionate and honest, unsentimental and big-hearted. The very best books move you to reconsider the world around you and this is one of those. I truly loved it.' - Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of Everything, Everything
'A raw yet astoundingly elegant examination of identity, loneliness and family that is unflinching in its honesty and power. Tahereh Mafi holds nothing back - and the reader is better for it.' - Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author of Ember in the Ashes
'A Very Large Expanse of Sea reads like a beautiful heart - one that shines and aches and yearns, and above all else, one that loves fiercely against all odds. Years from now, you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you experienced this. A transcendent story about truth, love and finding joy.' - Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series.'
Monet - The Triumph of Impressionism
No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye!" who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object.
It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of color. Whether it was through his early interest in Japanese prints, his time as a conscript in the dazzling light of Algeria, or his personal acquaintance with the major painters of the late 19th century, the work Monet produced throughout his long life would change forever the way we perceive both the natural world and its attendant phenomena. The high point of his explorations was the late series of water lilies, painted in his own garden at Giverny, which, in their approach towards almost total formlessness, are really the origin of abstract art.
This biography does full justice to this most remarkable and profoundly influential artist, and offers numerous reproductions and archive photos alongside a detailed and insightful commentary.
The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Applique
Popularly known as "The Quilter's Bible", "The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Applique" provides an unique and inspiring overview of these popular crafts. Covering every process and answering every technical question, this book uses over 1,000 easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations to break down techniques in detail. There are comprehensive instructions on how to create different styles of quilt as well as other projects, including various items of clothing. The book also includes scores of traditional patterns as well as basic templates from which to work. In addition to these, there are ideas to encourage the user's imagination and creativity through trying unfamiliar techniques and design variations. This essential guide is perfect for both the experienced needleperson and the complete beginner, with its combination of clear instructions and detailed illustrations.
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Survival of the City
From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and well being. Yet most of us live or work in cities. They are a vital part of both local and global economies and shape the lives we lead and our interactions with others. How can we adjust to this new reality and what lessons can we learn from the past?
In this urgently relevant book, leading experts Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, examine the history and future of the global city. They argue the biggest threats are those we have created ourselves - inequalities in housing, health, work and education - and that we need to address these as a matter of urgency if our cities are to continue to thrive and drive economic growth and prosperity. They conclude by proposing some practical measures that governments and citizens need to act on to ensure the survival of the city around the world.
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Call of the Night, Vol. 14
Antisocial, dorky boy seeks fun-loving, sexy vampire for blood-sucking and transforming into her minion.
One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! Especially when he meets flirtatious Nazuna. Except that she's a vampire. That's okay. He wants to become a creature of the night too. But transformation doesn't come that easily...
To sign up for his class trip to Hokkaido, Ko has to, well, go to school! His estranged friend Mahiru decides to travel to the island as well, along with an unwelcome companion (unwelcome to Ko and company, that is). And things only get worse when Ko's fanged female followers join him and Akira on the train ride there!
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Call of the Night 9
Antisocial, dorky boy seeks fun-loving, sexy vampire for blood-sucking and transforming into her minion.
One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! Especially when he meets flirtatious Nazuna. Except that she’s a vampire. That’s okay. He wants to become a creature of the night too. But transformation doesn’t come that easily...
The tragedy of vampire hunter Anko’s past and her former relationship with Nazuna is finally revealed. But old ties don’t always lead to new ones… Then, on Halloween, while Ko suffers through a date with Rila, Anko goes on a rampage—and our gang of vampire frenemies isn’t her only target!
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AC/DC - Razor's Edge Ltd/HQ LP
Tracklist:
1.Thunderstruck
2.Fire Your Guns
3.Moneytalks
4.The Razor's Edge
5.Mistress For Christmas
6.Rock Your Heart Out
7.Are You Ready
8.Got You By The Balls
9.Shot Of Love
10.Let's Make It
11.Goodbye And Good Riddance To Bad Luck
12.If You Dare
Lacná kniha Four Gothic Novels: Castle of Otranto, Vathek, The Monk, Franken - OWC Four Gothic Novels (-70%)
Macabre and melodramtic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numerous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences. This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.
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The Yellow Book
' "She's an adventuress. Yes, an adventuress, but an end-of-the-century one. She doesn't travel for profit, but for pleasure." ' Offering an entertaining introduction to the fin-de-siecle, this selection from the notorious magazine The Yellow Book includes stories and poems by famous writers such as Arnold Bennett and John Buchan, brilliant pieces by lesser-known writers such as Ada Leverson and Ella D'Arcy, and illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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