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Calculating the Cosmos
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will end. He considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid. Mathematics, Professor Stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient Babylonians. He describes how Kepler's work on planetary orbits led Newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of Mars inspired Einstein's theory of General Relativity. In crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each other. Eighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the Big Bang theory of its origins. This in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energy. But does dark matter exist? Could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? These are among the questions Ian Stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmology.
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The New Homesteader
Starting with the Kitchen Garden, Nick and Bella Ivins discuss designing and planning a plot then move on to choosing and planting fruit and vegetable crops. Next, in The Orchard, they explain how to plant and tend an orchard as well as soft fruit. Animals covers the topic of livestock, including bees, chickens and other small poultry and rearing lambs and pigs. The Garden shows how to make any additional outside space productive by planting a wildflower meadow, a small woodland and even a nuttery. Following on, The Outbuildings takes a closer look at the places at the heart of a successful homestead - the barn, the woodyard, the workshop and the store, where summer produce is stored to keep the homestead going during the lean winter months. Finally, in The Farmhouse, Nick and Bella move on to the hub of the homestead, the backdrop for day-to-day farm life. The farmhouse kitchen is the place where produce is preserved, bread is baked and dairy products are produced. Other sections address homestead housekeeping with natural cleaning products. Whether you dream of starting a homestead in the city, the country or the suburbs to become fully or only partially self sufficient, The New Homesteader puts that dream within reach.
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Trespass a history of Uncommissioned
The city as canvas: How self-expression, politics, and protest reclaim the streets Made in collaboration with its featured artists, Trespass traces the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, not just as a fringe visual movement but as a social phenomenon and central expression of youth. With an exclusive preface from Banksy, Trespass, now available as a popular Reader's Edition, presents the full historical sweep, international spread, and technical developments of the street art movement. Featuring key works by 150 artists, it connects four generations of street practitioners, incoporating both niche artists such as Miss Van and noteworthy names as Jean Tinguely, Keith Haring, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Gordon Matta-Clark, Billboard Liberation Front, Guerrilla Girls, and Banksy. The book is set out in thematic chapters that engage with the central theme of 'trespassing'. While images of the works are allowed to speak for themselves, each theme is prefaced by a brief essay to provide thought-provoking context to the history, politics, protest, and illicit performance of self-expression in the social space. Writers include Anne Pasternak (director of public arts fund Creative Time) and civil rights lawyer Tony Serra. "
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Amazon made its mark sending new books quickly in nice, smile-embossed boxes. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the world's store, where everything is available to everyone, usually in 24 hours. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and drive and revolutionized retail the way Ford revolutionized manufacturing. Brad Stone has been given unprecedented access to Amazon employees, both current and former, to give readers the first fly-on-the-wall narrative account of the world's largest online retailer. In a club of tech business innovators that includes Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, Bezos stands out for his hyper-competitive business strategies, which are leading Amazon to current ventures from hardware like e-readers and tablet PCs, web hosting for some of the world's most valuable companies, book publishing, and even a top secret space program. The Everything Store will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company and its genius creator.
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Kouzelné malování bez barev modré
Stačí vzít jen štětec navlhčený ve vodě a postupně jím přetřít všechny části obrázků. Vykouzlíš barevné obrázky bez použití barev. /16 omalovánek A4
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Kouzelné malování bez barev žlté
Stačí vzít jen štětec navlhčený ve vodě a postupně jím přetřít všechny části obrázků. Vykouzlíš barevné obrázky bez použití barev. /16 omalovánek A4
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A ruha - 100 ötlet, ami örökre megváltoztatta a divatot
A ruha című könyv a divattörténet 100 úttörő modelljének bemutatásán keresztül tárja fel a divat múltjának és jelenének folyamatos kölcsönhatását, nem feledkezve meg az egyes darabok későbbi újraértelmezéseiről sem. A XIX. századi európai öltözködést forradalmasító Joséphine császárné empire stílusú ruháitól kezdve Christian Dior New Look sziluettjén át Mary Quant miniruhájáig valamennyi ruhadarab a viselettörténet egy-egy mérföldköve, melyek segítségével nyomon követhető az egyes divatötletek születése, majd évszázadok alatti újjáalakulása. A könyv feltárja a tervezők és a korszakok közötti kapcsolatokat, és lehetővé teszi, hogy az olvasó felismerje az egyes hatások jelentőségét, felfedezze az eredetiség varázsát, ugyanakkor áttekintést kapjon a divat történetéről.
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Wonders of the Solar System
Taking readers on a breathtaking visual and scientific adventure, renowned physicist Brian Cox reveals the Solar System as you have never seen it before: from Saturn's moons, where giant ice fountains spout into space and oceans are made of liquid methane, to Jupiter, where storms rage that are twice the size of Earth and giant super-volcanoes dominate its tortured moon of Io.
Professor Cox takes you on a journey of discovery where alien worlds become places you can see and explore. He introduces you to the planets and moons beyond our world, finding the biggest and most bizarre and powerful natural phenomena. He visits some of the most spectacular and extreme locations here on Earth to unveil what our planet can reveal about the wonders of the Solar System.
Employing his trademark authoritative yet down-to-earth approach, Brian explores how these previously unseen phenomena have dramatically expanded our horizons with new discoveries about the planets, their moons, and how they came to be the way they are.
Includes 500 diagrams and full-color photographs
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Richard Meier
Lightness in glass and white. On the 50th anniversary of Richard Meier's firm, this is a complete retrospective. From his early days as one of the "New York Five," Richard Meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture; this updated 2013 trade edition of the XL version is published in the occasion of the firm's 50th anniversary. With the Getty Center and more recent buildings such as the Jubilee Church in Rome, Meier has established a reputation for expanded the horizons of contemporary American architecture while maintaining his rigorously rational approach to design and detailing. Known for carefully conceived grid plans and frequent use of white, Meier is a master of light, space, and volume, able to adapt his style to very different circumstances and locations. The entire span of Meier's career, newly updated for this edition, is included in this exceptional volume, created in close collaboration with the architect, the author, and the eminent graphic designer Massimo Vignelli. This spectacular monograph displays Meier's work in unprecedented size and brilliance, and features a preface by the noted Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza.
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Design Ideas for Your Home
Draw inspiration from a range of classic properties, from cosy cottages to country houses. Practical information on working with colour, pattern, texture and light to make the most of your indoor space. National Trust protects over 300 historic houses across the country, making this beautiful sourcebook a unique reference for decorating your home. National Trust's Alison Dalby draws on some of their most inspiring historic properties and holiday cottages and provides advice and tips on how to use colour in your home, with sections on green, blue, red and yellow to black and neutrals. She looks at how to use pattern with fabrics and wallpapers and describes how to make the most of lighting in your home. Finally, sections on accessories and displays will show you how to style your rooms with your treasured possessions to create your own look. This practical guide is a sumptuous source of creative ideas, revealing how to recreate or adapt some of the National Trust's most gorgeous interiors while retaining your own individual style.
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Relativity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
100 years ago, Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: if you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier; travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be squashed thinner than a CD without feeling a thing - and live for ever. And that was just the Special Theory. With the General Theory came even stranger ideas of curved space-time, and changed our understanding of gravity and the cosmos. This authoritative and entertaining Very Short Introduction makes the theory of relativity accessible and understandable. Using very little mathematics, Russell Stannard explains the important concepts of relativity, from E=mc2 to black holes, and explores the theory's impact on science and on our understanding of the universe.
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A sikeres vizsgázás titkai
Ezt a könyvet azoknak ajánljuk, akik szeretnének... - hatékony memóriafejlesztő technikákat elsajátítani - tanulási készségeikben fejlődni és jobb vizsgateljesítményt nyújtani - a gyorsolvasásban, jegyzetelésben és tanulásban hatékonnyá válni - különleges ötleteket kapni az egyes tantárgyak és az idegen nyelvek tanulásához. A könyv számos olyan technikát mutat be - a képi memóriától az asszociációs technikákon keresztül a láncmódszerig -, melyek ismerete elengedhetetlen a memóriafejlesztéshez és a sikeres vizsgázáshoz. Elénk tárja a tanulási képességek fejlesztésének legeredményesebb módszereit,segít a kitűzött célok elérésében. Megmutatja, hogyan mozgósítsuk és használjuk ki maximálisan képzeletünket. Ennek segítségével és a különböző, hatékony olvasási, gyakorlási technikákkal kombinálva képesek leszünk sikeresen vizsgázni, nyelvet tanulni. Néhány fejezet a tanulás konkrét területeire koncentrál, bemutatva például az évszámok megjegyzésének legkönnyebb módjait, vagy azt, hogyan igazodjunk el tudományos fogalmak között, valamint hogyan készüljünk egy prezentációra a lehető leghatékonyabban. Módszereit alkalmazvanem csak sikeres vizsgázókká válunk, hanem csillapíthatatlan éhséget érzünk a tanulás iránt. Ehhez kívánunk: Jó étvágyat! Dominic OBrien hihetetlen emlékező tehetségéről ismert. Nyolcszor nyert memóriavilágbajnokságot, 1994-ben az Év Agyának választották Angliában, majd 1995-ben pedig Memória Nagymesterének. 2005-ben életműdíjat kapott. 2010-ben a Memória sportvilágtanács igazgatója lett.
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Garden Mosaics
One of the most long-lasting and hard-wearing artforms, mosaic pieces are perfect to make the most of your outdoor room. Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual and enduring way. The extensive techniques section shows you how to choose and use the right tiles for your environment. The range of tiles on the market today is better than ever, and the book makes the most of the wealth of new materials available such as spangled tiles or inexpensive but authentic gold-leaf tiles. As you progress, you can develop your own creativity with tips on tile- and colour-matching that allow you to adapt the projects to make pieces completely unique to you and your garden. All suitable for beginners, the 25 projects in the book range from simple decorative pieces, such as the enchanting, simple child's footprints and butterfly stones to practical and sturdy weatherproof pieces, including a trompe l'oeil chequered mosaic tabletop and delightful planters that will add colour to your garden even in winter.Some projects, such as the nightlight, can be finished in under two hours.
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Magyar lakok: Kárpátalja
"Most induló, ötkötetesre tervezett sorozatunk a határon túli magyarságot, a határon túli magyar területeket, ha tetszik, a "magyar lakokat" választotta témájaként. A nyitó album Kárpátaljával ismerteti meg az olvasót - vállaltan szubjektív, de az informatív adatokat, tényeket sem nélkülöző szemszögből. A térség kihívásait, mindennapjait, kultúráját, földrajzát, politikáját és történelmét, az anyaországhoz fűződő személyes viszonyt, a csillagporos emlékeket egy olyan szerzőpáros tárja elénk, amely a térség szülötteként a saját bőrén tapasztalhatta meg, hogy milyen is kárpátaljai magyarnak lenni.
Határon innen.
És túl." (a Kiadó)
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Beyond the Ice Limit
BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now... With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth. Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed. But this was not all. The tragedy revealed something truly terrifying: the meteorite they tried to retrieve was not, in fact, simply a rock. Instead, it was a complex organism from the deep reaches of space. Now, that organism has implanted itself in the sea bed two miles below the surface-and it is growing. If it is not destroyed, the planet will be doomed. There is only one hope: for Glinn and his team to annihilate it, a task which requires Gideon's expertise with nuclear weapons. But as Gideon and his colleagues soon discover, the "meteorite" has a mind of its own-and it has no intention of going quietly..
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BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now... With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth. Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed. But this was not all. The tragedy revealed something truly terrifying: the meteorite they tried to retrieve was not, in fact, simply a rock. Instead, it was a complex organism from the deep reaches of space. Now, that organism has implanted itself in the sea bed two miles below the surface-and it is growing. If it is not destroyed, the planet will be doomed. There is only one hope: for Glinn and his team to annihilate it, a task which requires Gideon's expertise with nuclear weapons. But as Gideon and his colleagues soon discover, the "meteorite" has a mind of its own-and it has no intention of going quietly..
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Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing
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BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and 3.6 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show you how to move beyond competing, inspire your people's confidence, and seize new growth, guiding you step-by-step through how to take your organization from a red ocean crowded with competition to a blue ocean of uncontested market space. By combining the insights of human psychology with practical market-creating tools and real-world guidance, Kim and Mauborgne deliver the definitive guide to shift yourself, your team, or your organization to new heights of confidence, market creation, and growth. They show why nondisruptive creation is as important as disruption in seizing new growth.
BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is packed with all-new research and examples of how leaders in diverse industries and organizations made the shift and created new markets by applying the process and tools outlined in the book. Whether you are a cash-strapped startup or a large, established company, nonprofit or national government, you will learn how to move from red to blue oceans in a way that builds your people's confidence so that they own and drive the process.
With battle-tested lessons learned from successes and failures in the field, BLUE OCEAN SHIFTis critical reading for leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs alike. You'll learn what works, what doesn't, and how to avoid the pitfalls along the way. This book will empower you to succeed as you embark on your own blue ocean journey. BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is indispensable for anyone committed to building a compelling future.
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New City
The last 25 years or so have witnessed redevelopment in the City of London on an unprecedented scale, following the deregulation of the financial markets, the so-called 'Big Bang', in the mid-1980s. As the City has earned its place as a true global financial centre, the majority of its office space has been rebuilt, and developers have taken a more adventurous approach, commissioning such leading British and international architects as Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel and Richard Rogers. New City is the first book to examine in depth the creation of one of the world's largest collections of cutting-edge architecture - not just the prestigious office blocks that have changed the skyline, but also cultural institutions, retail sites and public spaces. Following an introduction that explores the context for the rebuilding of the City, the main part of the book is divided into 12 concise walk-throughs of the major areas. Authoritatively written by a former urban planner and with all-new photography throughout, this is an indispensable architectural guide for professionals and the public alike.
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David Bovie is Inside
David Bowie is a pioneering artist and performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums, and been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts. This is the first book produced with access to the David Bowie archive of performance costume, ephemera and original artwork by the artist, which is brought together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations. The book traces his career from its beginnings in London, through the breakthroughs of Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and on to his impact on the larger international tradition of twentieth-century avant-garde art. Essays by V&A curators on Bowie's London, image, and influence on the fashion world, are complemented by Christopher Frayling, Mark Kermode and Philip Hoare on film; Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender and decadence; and Jon Savage on Bowie's relationship with William Burroughs and his fans.
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