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The Underground Railroad
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016AMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' Guardian'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' Observer'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year' Stylist 'Dazzling' New York Review of BooksPraised by Barack Obama and an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017.Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North.In Whitehead's razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But its placid surface masks an infernal scheme designed for its unknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher sent to find Cora, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world. As Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once the story of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly powerful meditation on history.
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Dans ces Bras-la
De mme qu'il existe un éternel féminin" pour certains hommes, Camille Laurens semble tre la recherche d'un "éternel masculin". Une image de l'homme qui lui renvoie l'image de la femme qu'elle est ; qu'elle n'est peut-tre pas sre d'tre. Car, malgré le mot "roman" inscrit sur la couverture, on comprend vite que cette narratrice-l est étrangement familire de son auteur. "La vérité, la vérité vraie, c'est que j'écris aux hommes, pour les hommes, pour eux. L'écriture est le fil qui doit nous unir. Ecrivant, je me signale leur attention. Sujet : moi. Je suis pleine d'hommes, voil le sujet." L'homme, ce mystre insondable qui la renvoie l'énigme d'elle-mme. De son propre aveu, Camille Laurens ne croit pas aux amitiés féminines. De l ne pas aimer les femmes…il n'y a qu'un pas. Un pas qu'elle ne franchit pas, probablement parce qu'elle a en commun avec son personnage d'avoir deux filles qu'elle aime passionnément. Mais elle se trompe, elle écrit aussi pour les femmes. Sinon, pourquoi auraient-elles tant de plaisir la lire ? Au fond de chaque femme se niche cette question : qu'en est-il de l'identité féminine ? Sommes-nous seulement "la femme de…", "la mre de…" ? Et dans quel autre contexte que la maternité, que la séduction menant l'abandon passionné de l'homme, pouvons-nous tre sres de notre place dans le monde ? De prime abord, Dans ces bras-l ressemble un livre sur les hommes, mais c'est la recherche d'elle-mme que la narratrice part. Elle est en qute permanente de la preuve qu'elle existe. Les hommes seuls semblent pouvoir la lui donner. Avec une belle écriture, rythmée, forte et précise, puissante et délicate la fois, qui emporte le lecteur dans une autre vie, sa vie, Camille Laurens montre néanmoins qu'elle n'est pas dupe de leur faiblesse, de leur violence, parfois. Dans un monde défini par les hommes, quel choix les femmes peuvent-elles avoir ? Leur ressembler, leur donner naissance ou les séduire, pour s'approprier un peu du monde. L'hérone se cherche dans les yeux des hommes qui traversent sa vie…dans ces bras-l, dans ces yeux-l… En a-t-elle trouvé une parcelle ?--Laure de Montalembert-- "
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Graphic Design History
Now in its second edition, this wide-ranging, seminal text offers an accessible account of the history of graphic design from the nineteenth century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the book makes an important critical contribution to the subject by presenting graphic design and typography as deeply embedded in the fabric of society in every era. This distinctive approach enables Stephen Eskilson to discuss the evolution of graphic design in light of prevailing political, social, military and economic conditions, as well as nationalism and gender. After surveying typography from Gutenburg to Bodoni, he traces the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the influence of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Craft movements on the graphic arts. In the richly contextualised chapters that follow, he chronicles the history of the early twentieth-century modernist design styles, the wartime politicization of American and Soviet regional styles, the Bauhaus, the rise of the International Style in the 1950s1960s, and the post-modern movement of the 1970s1980s right through to the challenges facing the worlds designers today. This second edition has been carefully reviewed and updated to best reflect contemporary scholarship. In addition to 75 new colour images, there is a revised final chapter that includes an up-to-date survey of the wealth of aesthetic, conceptual and technical developments in graphic design over the last few years.
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The Traitor's Emblem
The Straits of Gibraltar, 1940. In the heart of a storm at sea, Captain Gonzalez rescues a group of German castaways. When the storm subsides, their leader gratefully offers the captain a strange-looking emblem made of gold and diamonds, in exchange for safe passage to the coast of Portugal. Decades later, in 2002, the son of captain Gonzalez will receive a substantial offer for the emblem. He will not sell it, but he will learn from the buyer the astounding story behind this mysterious object:... Munich, 1919. After his family falls into disgrace, 15-year-old Paul Reiner and his mother work as servants in the palace of Baron Von Schroeder. Full of despair, Paul dreams of the heroic father he never knew. But one night, seconds before committing suicide, Paul's cousin reveals a terrible secret. Paul's father didn't die in the First World War, as he had always been told. He was killed by someone very close to him. This discovery turns Paul's world upside down and from that moment, Paul sacrifices everything to discover the truth behind his father's death. Based on a true story, THE TRAITOR'S EMBLEM is an epic novel about family betrayal, impossible love and the price of revenge set against the menacing backdrop of Depression-era Munich and the rise of Nazism.
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The Modernist
After going through an eclectic, baroque, and iconic phase, today s design is again taking its visual cues from functionalism and pragmatism. Young graphic designers and illustrators are working in a way that is influenced by the principles of classi
c modernism. They avoid excess or exaggeration to create enduring work of the highest quality. The Modernist is a collection of work in graphic design and illustration that is created with minimal intrusions. The deliberately limited palette of color
s, tools, and geometric forms that it uses makes the work seem both contemporary and timeless. The book makes clear that today s work does not simply copy the classic design of the 1960s and 1970s. Rather, it seamlessly includes the best aspects of t
he 1990s such as vector graphics and construction. Although computers do not dominate this design, they are clearly used as tools to play with elements that did not yet exist in the past and to merge the components and styles at hand in the best poss
ible way. The Modernist documents the current trend of a reduced, matter-of-fact, and practical design approach. It presents examples of unobtrusive but effective design solutions that appear to have been created in a past era. Instead, the book show
s that it is only our idealistic conception of modernism that gives earlier work attributes that it never actually had.
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Waiting for Robert Capa
A gorgeously written, ENGLISH PATIENT-style novel about the real-life romance between the war photographers Robert Capa and Gerda Taro during the Spanish Civil War. Already optioned to be the next film by Michael Mann (PUBLIC ENEMIES, THE INSIDER, MANHUNTER, COLLATERAL). Love, war and photography marked their lives. They were young, anti-Fascist, good-looking, and nonconformist. They had everything in life, and they put everything at risk. They created their own legend and remained faithful to it until the very end! A young German woman named Gerta Pohorylle and a young Hungarian man named Endre Friedmann meet in Paris in 1935. Both Communists, Jewish, exiled, and photographers, they decide to change their names in order to sell their work more easily, and so they become Gerda Taro and Robert Capa. With these new identities, they travel to Spain and begin to document the Spanish Civil War. Two years later, tragedy will befall them -- but until then, theirs is a romance for the ages. Based on the true story of these legendary figures and set to be the next film by award-winning director Michael Mann, with Eva Green starring as Taro, WAITING FOR ROBERT CAPA is a moving tribute to all journalists and photographers who lose their lives to show us the world's daily transformations.
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Mosolyog a napsugár, madár dalol, itt a nyár
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A(z) Mosolyog a napsugár, madár dalol, itt a nyár (Könyv) szerzője Lukács Józsefné, Ferencz Éva.
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The sweep of a century, the hand of history, three women whose lives will never be the same again. As the twentieth century dawns, so begins one of the most dramatic periods in the history of South America. Women are emancipated, Che Guevara and Fide
l Castro free Cuba, the Perons take power in Argentina, and three generations of Firielli women are to live, love, and fight for their independence and freedom. Pajarita is the founder of the dynasty, born into a rural village and constantly chafing
against its narrow confines. A love-match with a circus performer offers her escape, but she is trapped in a cage of another sort when her husband becomes a monster. Her spirited daughter, Eva, enters a world shaken by revolution. Fleeing childhood a
buse, and alienated from her mother, she heads to Buenos Aires, but the glittering circles she moves in cannot erase the memories of her past. Her daughter, Salome, driven by political passion becomes a guerrilla fighter, but her idealism turns to tr
agedy when she is captured, and brutalised. From bohemian Buenos Aires to the hills of Rio de Janeiro; from tangos to demonstrations; from the broad sweep of history to the intimate lives of the Fierelli family, THE INVISIBLE MOUNTAIN traverses a cha
nging South America, in which some things - love, family, hope - continue forever.
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Greatest of All Time
Universally acclaimed as the greatest sportsman of the modern era, someone who transformed not just his sport but the cultural status of athletes everywhere, Muhammad Ali still towers over the "sweet science" of boxing, more than three decades after announcing his retirement. Acknowledged as one of the most remarkable personalities of our time and undoubtedly the most popular sporting personality ever, his status as the finest heavyweight champion to grace a ring is beyond all doubt.
To honor this living legend, TASCHEN created an epic book, as powerful and vibrant as the man himself, a phenomenal artefact that reflects the scale of Ali's many achievements: GREATEST OF ALL TIME - A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI is a book with the power, courage, depth, creativity and dazzling energy of its extraordinary subject. Containing thousands of images—photography, art and memorabilia—from over 100 photographers and artists, 2 gatefold sequences, original essays as well as the best interviews and writing of the last five decades round off the picture of the Champ, this monumental publication is finally available in an affordable, unlimited edition.
Today, seven years after the publication of GOAT, we are proud to publish this affordable edition at last so that Ali’s genius can be shared with the widest possible audience. Smaller in size but not in impact, this new version brings the people’s champ to the people.
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What Would Audrey Do?
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Audrey Style" comes a charming guide to Audrey Hepburn?inspired living for the modern woman Audrey Hepburn epitomized grace and style, not only in her appearance but in her very essence. Whether in fashion, relationships, her work on the screen, or for UNICEF and her home life, there is no one more worthy of imitation. How did she do it? "What Would Audrey Do?" is the answer: a complete Audrey primer, with rich anecdotes and insight from the people who knew her best, and Audrey-inspired lessons in loveliness, including: - Dating advice from the woman who enjoyed romances with John F. Kennedy, William Holden, and Albert Finney - What made her an icon, and how to apply her style choices to twenty-first-century clothes, makeup, and accessories - Raising children, trying to raise husbands, and making home life balanced in every way - How to travel, what to pack, and maintaining your cool on the road - Using renown (long before Angelina and Bono got all the press) to help others around the world - Insight into her rich interior life and the discipline, intelligence, and generosity that made her so compelling In an era fraught with selfishness, flamboyance, and sensational headlines, Audrey as a role model is precisely what the world needs.
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Amazing Rare Things
All artists have pondered and been inspired by the natural world. This book, which includes fresh, lucid, and thought-provoking texts by one of the natural worlds best-loved commentators, examines the relationship between five masters of the art of natural history and the worlds they chose to portray, from Leonardos studies of plants and animals to Cassiano dal Pozzos immense Paper Museum; and from the microcosm of an English garden to the new worlds of the Americas. The great voyages of discovery of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brought European artists face-toface with new and exotic plants and animals, and created an intense interest in the way nature was investigated and recorded. In Amazing Rare Things, Sir David Attenborough explores the history of natural history. With expert curators from the Royal Library, he examines the contributions of four great artists and one pre-eminent collector to this era of extraordinary scientific advances. Beautifully illustrated with a selection of exquisite drawings and watercolours by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby; and with works collected by Cassiano dal Pozzo, this book examines the engagement between art and nature, from Renaissance Italy to the New World of the Americas. This unique and fascinating book shines a light on the role of artists in our exploration of the natural world.
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Ancient Worlds
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Lacná kniha Angelique: Marquise des Anges (-90%)
le château du baron de Sancé menace ruine. Angélique, sa seconde fille, m?ne une existence ? demi sauvage dans les bois et marais du Poitou. L'enfance heureuse d'une petite fée, malgré la mis?re qui guette, les brigands, la Fronde et ses troubles... Quand son p?re la fait sortir du couvent de Poitiers, Angélique découvre qu'elle est promise au riche et inquiétant comte de Peyrac, que l'on dit boiteux et balafré. Pour sauver sa famille de la mis?re, quel autre choix lui reste-t-il ? Et si le complot ourdi contre le roi, dont elle a été témoin, avait déj? scellé son destin ? Au coeur du XVIIe si?cle, une enfant part ? la conqu?te des libertés qui feront d'elle une femme. Un demi-si?cle apr?s sa création, la saga picaresque d'Anne Golon n'a rien perdu de son pouvoir de séduction et de subversion.
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Decouverte 0 Chien at Chats
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Lacná kniha Cuentos de Eva Luna (-70%)
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Galaxis Útikalauz stopposoknak - A világ leghosszabb trilógiája öt részben
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Plains Indians
Accompanying a ground-breaking exhibition, this is the first comprehensive survey of the magnificent artistic traditions of the Plains Indians. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky celebrates the extraordinary beauty, power, and spiritual resonance of Plains Indian art throughout time. Richly illustrated, this monumental volume includes a wealth of masterworks from European and North American collections, ranging from a 2,000-year-old Human Effigy stone pipe to a 2011 beaded adaptation of designer shoes. Works of art collected centuries ago by French traders and travellers are presented together with those acquired by Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition of 1804-6, along with objects from the early reservation era and contemporary works based in traditional forms and ideas. The distinct Plains aesthetic-intertwined with the natural world, ephemeral, and materially rich-is revealed through an array of forms and mediums: painting and drawing; sculptural works in stone, wood, antler, and shell; porcupine quill and glass bead embroidery; feather work; painted robes depicting figures and geometric shapes; and richly ornamented clothing and ceremonial objects. Many nations are represented-Osage, Quapaw, Omaha, Crow, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, Blackfeet, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Mesquakie, Kansa, and others. With newly researched texts by leading scholars, this important book charts the continuum of centuries of artistic tradition and reflects the significant place that Plains Indian culture holds in European history and in the heritage of North America.
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