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William Blake: The drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy
Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing, on a deeper level, the soul's path towards salvation.
In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist William Blake (1757–1827) produced 102 illustrations for Dante’s masterwork, from pencil sketches to finished watercolors. Like Dante's sweeping poem, Blake's drawings range from scenes of infernal suffering to celestial light, from horrifying human disfigurement to the perfection of physical form. While faithful to the text, Blake also brought his own perspective to some of Dante's central themes.
Today, Blake’s illustrations, left in various stages of completion at the time of his death, are dispersed among seven different institutions. This TASCHEN edition brings these works together again, alongside key excerpts from Dante's masterpiece. Two introductory essays consider Dante and Blake, as well as other major artists who have been inspired by The Divine Comedy, including Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Doré and Auguste Rodin.
With a close reading of Blake’s illustrations, and 14 fold-out spreads to allow the most delicate of details to dazzle, this is a breathtaking encounter withtwo of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption.
The authors:
Sebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a corresponding member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed Professor of Early Modern Art History at Vienna University.
After studying in Pavia, Bologna and Geneva, Maria Antonietta Terzoli taught at the universities of Geneva and Zurich. Since 1991 she has been a professor at the University of Basel, where she is head of the department of Italian Studies. A philologist and interpreter of literary text, she specializes in Italian literature.
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I Am Not Here To Give A Speech
Penguin presents I'm Not Here to Give a Speech, the complete speeches of Nobel laureate and beloved novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez collected and published in English for the first time. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has charmed generations of readers with his distinctive and richly expressive style. His talent for language is seen here as never before, in the public speeches he gave throughout his extraordinary life. These speeches chart Marquez's growth as a writer and orator, from an early talk given as a teenager graduating high school to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize. They offer new insight into the workings of the author's mind, drawing a portrait of Marquez as a writer and as a man. This is a rare gem from a writer who touched readers across the globe. I Am Not Here to Give a Speech is a must-buy for anyone who ever fell in love with Macondo or cherished a battered copy of Love in the Time of Cholera. Praise for Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "The greatest novel in any language of the last fifty years". (Salman Rushdie on One Hundred Years of Solitude). "Should be required reading for the entire human race". (New York Times on One Hundred Years of Solitude). "A masterpiece". (Evening Standard on Chronicle of a Death Foretold). "As a reading experience it is completely magical". (Observer on Living to Tell the Tale). "It asks to be read more than twice, and the rewards are dazzling". (Observer on The Autumn of the Patriarch). "Marquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do". (Salman Rusdhie on Collected Stories). Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia in 1927 and studied at the National University of Colombia. He worked as a journalist in Colombia, Rome, Paris, Barcelona and New York. He is the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Love in the Time of Cholera, The General in His Labyrinth and many more. Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 and died in 2014.
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Hasított fa - A világrendszer-elmélettől a globális struktúraváltásokig
A tanulmánykötet Böröcz munkásságának kronologikus keresztmetszetét adja, benne számos olyan tanulmánnyal, mely magyar nyelven még nem jelent meg. A kötet egyetlen helyen, kényelmesen elérhető formában közli a szerző munkásságának a magyar olvasó számára legrelevánsabb részét.
A világrendszer-elméleten belül Böröcz a magyar történeti szociológia, különösképpen Polányi Károly - és tágabban a magyarországi modern szellemi hagyomány legnagyobbjai, Bartók, Ady vagy Jancsó Miklós - által ihletett, sajátosan közép-európai megközelítésmódot képviseli.
Böröcz József a világrendszer-elmélet harmadik generációjának egyik vezető alakja, ezen belül a történeti-regionális elemzés szószólója, aki 2004 óta az MTA doktora, jelenleg a Rutgers Egyetem szociológia tanszékének egyetemi tanára. Világszerte az egyik legtöbbet idézett magyar társadalomtudós. 1995 és 2007 között a Rutgers Magyar Intézet első szakmai vezetője, 2005-2006-ban a Chair in Global Ethics tiszteletbeli professzora a Genti Egyetemen. 2005- ben megkapta a Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend Lovagkeresztje kitüntetést.
Harminc éves társadalomtudományos munkásságának egésze Magyarország, Kelet-Közép-Európa és Európa globális pozíciójának meghatározására, helyes kontextualizációjának elméleti és empirikus kérdéseire, és ezeken keresztül a világ főbb átalakulási tendenciáinak megértésére irányul.
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Hands Free Mama
"Rachel Macy Stafford's post "The Day I Stopped Saying Hurry Up" was a true phenomenon on The Huffington Post, igniting countless conversations online and off about freeing ourselves from the vicious cycle of keeping up with our overstuffed agendas. Hands Free Mama has the power to keep that conversation going and remind us that we must not let our lives pass us by." --Arianna Huffington, Chair, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ DISCOVER THE POWER, JOY, AND LOVE of Living "Hands Free" If technology is the new addiction, then multi-tasking is the new marching order. We check our email while cooking dinner, send a text while bathing the kids, and spend more time looking into electronic screens than into the eyes of our loved ones. With our never-ending to-do lists and jam-packed schedules, it's no wonder we're distracted. But this isn't the way it has to be. In July 2010, special education teacher and mother Rachel Macy Stafford decided enough was enough. Tired of losing track of what matters most in life, Rachel began practicing simple strategies that enabled her to momentarily let go of largely meaningless distractions and engage in meaningful soul-to-soul connections. She started a blog to chronicle her endeavors and soon saw how both external and internal distractions had been sabotaging her happiness and preventing her from bonding with the people she loves most. Hands Free Mama is the digital society's answer to finding balance in a media-saturated, perfection-obsessed world. It doesn't mean giving up all technology forever. It doesn't mean forgoing our jobs and responsibilities. What it does mean is seizing the little moments that life offers us to engage in real and meaningful interaction. It means looking our loved ones in the eye and giving them the gift of our undivided attention, leaving the laundry till later to dance with our kids in the rain, and living a present, authentic, and intentional life despite a world full of distractions. So join Rachel and go hands-free. Discover what happens when you choose to open your heart-and your hands-to the possibilities of each God-given moment.
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The Map and the Territory
Like all of us, though few so visibly, Alan Greenspan was forced by the financial crisis of 2008 to question some fundamental assumptions about risk management and economic forecasting. No one with any meaningful role in economic decision making in the world saw beforehand the storm for what it was. How had our models so utterly failed us? To answer this question, Alan Greenspan embarked on a rigorous and far-reaching examination of how Homo economicus predicts the economic future, and how it can predict it better. Economic risk is a fact of life in every realm, from home to business to government at all levels. Whether we're conscious of it or not, we make wagers on the future virtually every day, one way or another. Very often, however, we're steering by out-of-date maps, when we're not driven by factors entirely beyond our conscious control. The Map and the Territory smartly updates our forecasting conceptual grid. It integrates the history of economic prediction, the new work of behavioural economists and the fruits of the author's own remarkable career to offer a thrillingly lucid and empirically based grounding in what we can know about economic forecasting and what we can't. The book explores how culture is and isn't destiny and probes what we can predict about the world's biggest looming challenges, from debt and the reform of the welfare state to natural disasters in an age of global warming. Alan Greenspan's approach, grounded in his trademark rigour, wisdom and unprecedented experience, offers a master class in economic decision making. Alan Greenspan was born in 1926 and reared in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. After studying the clarinet at Juilliard and working as a professional musician, he earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in economics from New York University. In 1954, he cofounded the economic consulting firm Townsend-Greenspan & Co. From 1974 to 1977, he served as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Gerald Ford. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed him chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, a position he held until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of the number one International bestseller The Age of Turbulence.
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Toast
The ultimate canvas for sweet and savory culinary creativity. 50 seasonal recipes that reimagine the "bread and butter" of cuisine with simple ingredients in surprising ways. Easy enough for breakfast, yet suitable for brunch, lunch, dinner and even dessert, the possibilities of heaping beautiful seasonal ingredients on bread are limitless. Organized by season, Toast features 50 recipes from savory to sweet that unleash the power of fresh ingredients and simple techniques guaranteed to impress and satisfy any kitchen audience on any occasion. Award-winning food writer Raquel Pelzel's relatable and accessible recipes span generations and cultures, and shatter expectations of what this humble favorite can be. Broiled or char-grilled, pan-fried or deep-fried, a good slice of bread is the ultimate platform to showcase your culinary skills. Toast will teach you to simply and effectively wow friends and family with creative, delicious combinations of ingredients from summer tomato salad, or pickled shrimp and avocado, to roasted squash and molten cheese, poached egg and fried pancetta, or even s'mores. So much more than just bread and butter, toast is experiencing a global renaissance. Professional chefs are seizing on the creative potential of a beautiful canvas of bread and delivering sophisticated culinary masterpieces that showcase their own brilliant palettes. Toast invites home cooks to join the ranks of renowned chefs in their experiments and even brings some of their recipes to life with contributions by 8 celebrity chefs including Hugh Acheson, Deb Perelman (The Smitten Kitchen), Fergus Henderson (St. John) and more. As simple or as sophisticated as you want it to be, yet always comforting and nourishing, Toast is perfect for those looking for seasonal, market-inspired recipes, or gourmet treats presented in an approachable manner. With something for every palate and occasion, this is the ideal book for new and seasoned cooks alike as well as everyone from college students and recent graduates to newlyweds and empty nesters. Artisanal toast is a hit in the media with features on Today, GMA, and NPR, and on the pages of The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Guardian, and Bon Appetit.
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Overkill - The Atlantic Years 1986 – 1996 6LP
KDO: Overkill jsou thrashmetalová skupina z amerického New Jersey založená roku 1980, která se pojmenovala po jednom z alb legendárních Motörhead. Jejich unikátní zvuk vychází z kombinace punk rocku a Nové vlny britského heavy metalu. Byli jednou z prvních kapel, která se upsala velkému labelu. V jejich případě se jednalo v roce 1986 o značku Atlantic.
CO: Tato kompilace mapuje působení Overkill pod značkou Atlantic a obsahuje šest alb vydaných u tohoto labelu. Jedná se o tato alba: Taking Over (1987), Under the Influence (1988), The Years of Decay (1989), Horrorscope (1991), I Hear Black (1993) a W.F.O. (1994), tedy druhé až sedmé album v diskografii skupiny, alba, kterými se Overkill stali jednou z nejúspěšnějších metalových skupin světa přelomu osmdesátých a devadesátých let dvacátého století.
LP1
1. A1 Deny The Cross
2. A2 Wrecking Crew
3. A3 Fear His Name
4. A4 Use Your Head
5. A5 Fatal If Swallowed
6. B1 Powersurge
7. B2 In Union We Stand
8. B3 Electro-Violence
9. B4 Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues)
LP2
1. C1 Time To Kill
2. C2 Elimination
3. C3 I Hate
4. C4 Nothing To Die For
5. C5 Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher
6. D1 Birth Of Tension
7. D2 Who Tends The Fire
8. D3 The Years Of Decay
9. D4 E.vil N.ever D.ies
LP3
1. E1 Where It Hurts
2. E2 Fast Junkie
3. E3 The Wait-New High In Lows
4. E4 They Eat Their Young
5. E5 What's Your Problem
6. F1 Under One
7. F2 Supersonic Hate
8. F3 R.I.P. (Undone)
9. F4 Up To Zero
10. F5 Bastard Nation
11. F6 Gasoline Dream
LP4
1. G1 Dreaming In Colombian
2. G2 I Hear Black
3. G3 World Of Hurt
4. G4 Feed My Head
5. G5 Shades Of Grey
6. H1 Spiritual Void
7. H2 Ghost Dance
8. H3 Weight Of The World
9. H4 Ignorance & Innocence
10. H5 Undying
11. H6 Just Like You
LP5
1. I1 Shred
2. I2 Never Say Never
3. I3 Hello From The Gutter
4. I4 Mad Gone World
5. I5 Brainfade
6. J1 Drunken Wisdom
7. J2 End Of The Line
8. J3 Head First
9. J4 Overkill III (Under The Influence)
LP6
1. K1 Coma
2. K2 Infectious
3. K3 Blood Money
4. K4 Thanx For Nothin'
5. K5 Bare Bones
6. K6 Horrorscope
7. L1 New Machine
8. L2 Frankenstein
9. L3 Live Young, Die Free
10. L4 Nice Day…For A Funeral
11. L5 Soulitude
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Does Noise in my Head bother you?
The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Aerosmith frontman. Finally, all the lurid tales of debauchery, sex, drugs and rock n' roll are told straight from the horse's lips as The Demon of Screamin' describes his unimaginable highs and unbelievable lows as lead singer of the biggest rock band in the world. Prolific frontman, rock icon and sex symbol, Steven Tyler is a living legend. With his raw, sharp-edged vocals, musical versatility and unprecedented song writing skills, Tyler has, as lead singer of Aerosmith, sold millions of records and played sell-out concerts to as many as 450,000 people. Now, at last, he tells his own story, taking us on a wild rollercoaster ride through the bust-ups, binges, orgies and good old American excess in the jaw-droppingly honest, in-your-face way that only Tyler can. Following a fateful meeting with his 'mutant twin' Joe Perry in the summer of 1970, Aerosmith was formed!and the rest, as they say, is rock history. They released their first album in 1973, and by 1976 Aerosmith had gone from being nobodies to massive to off the radar, making history as a multi-platinum, chart-topping band. But with great success comes great excess. Nicknamed the Toxic Twins for their insatiable appetite for drugs, booze and women, Tyler and Perry got caught up in the glamour of self-destruction - smashing each other up with guitars, having seizures and passing out on stage. By 1980 it seemed that the band and its members were set to implode, but after successful stints in drug rehab, Aerosmith were back on track and better than ever. But although he may have given up his wicked, wicked ways, Tyler still enjoys talking about the bad old days. He has so many outrageous stories to tell, and he's gonna tell them all. All the uncensored, head-spinning tales of debauchery, sex, booze, transcendence and chemical dependence you will ever want to hear. As raucous, intoxicating and edgy as his music, this is the most outrageous rock n' roll autobiography of all time.
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10,99 €
Does Noise in my Head bother you?
The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Aerosmith frontman. Finally, all the lurid tales of debauchery, sex, drugs and rock n' roll are told straight from the horse's lips as The Demon of Screamin' describes his
unimaginable highs and unbelievable lows as lead singer of the biggest rock band in the world. Prolific frontman, rock icon and sex symbol, Steven Tyler is a living legend. With his raw, sharp-edged vocals, musical versatility and unprecedented song
writing skills, Tyler has, as lead singer of Aerosmith, sold millions of records and played sell-out concerts to as many as 450,000 people. Now, at last, he tells his own story, taking us on a wild rollercoaster ride through the bust-ups, binges, or
gies and good old American excess in the jaw-droppingly honest, in-your-face way that only Tyler can. Following a fateful meeting with his 'mutant twin' Joe Perry in the summer of 1970, Aerosmith was formed!and the rest, as they say, is rock history.
They released their first album in 1973, and by 1976 Aerosmith had gone from being nobodies to massive to off the radar, making history as a multi-platinum, chart-topping band. But with great success comes great excess. Nicknamed the Toxic Twins for
their insatiable appetite for drugs, booze and women, Tyler and Perry got caught up in the glamour of self-destruction - smashing each other up with guitars, having seizures and passing out on stage. By 1980 it seemed that the band and its members w
ere set to implode, but after successful stints in drug rehab, Aerosmith were back on track and better than ever. But although he may have given up his wicked, wicked ways, Tyler still enjoys talking about the bad old days. He has so many outrageous
stories to tell, and he's gonna tell them all. All the uncensored, head-spinning tales of debauchery, sex, booze, transcendence and chemical dependence you will ever want to hear. As raucous, intoxicating and edgy as his music, this is the most outra
geous rock n' roll autobiography of all time.
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20,99 €
Oxford Dictionary of Internet (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Who is a typo pirate? Are they related to fat clients? And what is shovelware? The rapid rise of the Internet has changed our language. This dictionary allows you to keep up with those changes by concentrating in-depth on Internet terminology. Featuring over 3,600 jargon-free entries, from the thousands of new abbreviations, technical terms, and user-jargon to terms associated with e commerce, security, and the use of the Internet for business purposes. Useful appendices include country codes, popular emoticons, and popular chat room and email abbreviations. This reference book will prove invaluable to anybody working with information technology from the general Internet user to employees in the industry.
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New Nomads
The life of urban nomads places new demands on cities, buildings, residences, and working spaces. This book presents temporary architecture and flexible room and furniture concepts, as well as the fitting tools and fashion, for a generation that feels at home in every corner of the globe. Today's internet generation no longer needs a home. It is mobile. It works six months in a shared office in Berlin, spends the summer in a caravan in Chile, and shows up just in time for the next project at a temporary desk for a client in New York. Growing up with the internet and digital tools means living and working differently. Aside from a functioning wireless connection and good coffee, we developers, designers, musicians, journalists, and other creative entrepreneurs need, above all, inspirationnew ideas, contacts, and international exchange. So they travel from one co-working space to the next, alternating countires and continents, as well as accommodation, friends, and cultures. The New Nomadsdocuments this trend, in particular showing the architecture, interior design, modular furniture, and multi-functional tools that this nomadic generation has developed for its own specific needs. Divided office floors with flexible uses, temporary living and working spaces that move with the nomads, multi-functional objects that are at once chair and storage space, table and bed, or cupboard and desk are all featured in the book. The necessary infrastructure is not hidden away but becomes the distinguishing design feature. Compactness and functionality meet a high standard for aesthetics, sustainability, and material. Representatives of this nomadic generation can be found across the globe. They leave traces, especially in major cities but also in transportation hubs. The sleeping pod at the airport is booked on short notice due to cancelled connecting flights. Desks, meeting rooms, showrooms, and catering are available or a few hours or days at a time if necessary. Experimental thinkers develop mobile units that can be used in conjunction with existing infrastructures or on their own. Putting down roots now means acquiring a weekend abode, a community garden, or a tree house. Through these innovative types of room concepts, furniture, and clothing, a multi-functional temporary living space becomes a nomadic home. What might currently be perceived as an exception is, in fact, rapidly becoming the rule. The new requirements that this creates for architects, interior and product designers, city planners, and employers are made clear in this book.
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Mrs Moneypennys Financial Advice for Independent Women
"Finally, a book that talks about money in a way that's accessible, useful and - crucially - interesting. Mrs Moneypenny walks us through the perils and pitfalls of personal finance and makes a persuasive case for the need for gender-specific advice for independent women everywhere". (Justine Roberts, CEO, Mumsnet). Get a money makeover from the legendary FT columnist, Mrs Moneypenny, author of Mrs Moneypenny's Careers Advice for Ambitious Women. Why do personal finances present such a hurdle for women? And what can we do about it? In her bestselling book Mrs Moneypenny's Careers Advice for Ambitious Women, Mrs Moneypenny stressed the importance of financial literacy and introduced the idea of a 'financial finish line' - or how much money you need in your lifetime. But how do you know what 'enough' looks like? And how do you get there? In the essential and punchy guide Mrs Moneypenny's Financial Advice For Independent Women, the hilarious and wise Mrs Moneypenny shows you how to set your own financial finish line, and then how to go about reaching it. From increasing your income to cutting your bills cutting your grocery bills, from starting a business to saving a pension, she gives practical, easy ways to think about your money a
nd take control of your life. Whether you're struggling to remember what interest rate you are paying on your mortgage, or are an entrepreneur trying to raise the finance for your business, this book will inspire you, inform you, and above all, empower you. "Clever, wise, funny and necessary. This book should be by every woman's bed". (Jeanette Winterson). "This is just the book I wish someone who cared about me and my indigent future had pressed into my clueless hands when I was in my twenties". (Rachel Johnson). For over 14 years Mrs Moneypenny has been entertaining readers of the Financial Times with her weekly column. She presented the Channel 4 series 'Superscrimpers', and the Mrs Moneypenny show has run at the Edinburgh Fringe, off Broadway and the Hay Festival. She is the author of Mrs Moneypenny's Careers Advice for Ambitious Women. Heather McGregor owns and runs Taylor Bennett, the executive search firm. She is a committed philanthropist in the area of employability and social mobility, having founded the Taylor Bennett Foundation in 2008, and is currently the chair of Career Academies Foundation.
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Les Particules élémentaires
La Mort d'Olivier Bécaille " C'est un samedi, à six heures du matin, que je suis mort après trois jours de maladie. " Ce singulier état de torpeur qui frappe la chair d'immobilité alors que l'intelligence fonctionne toujours, est-ce cela la mort ? Olivier Bécaille semble bien en faire l'expérience : son corps ne lui obéit plus, mais sa conscience continue de percevoir les faits et gestes de son entourage. Soudain, c'est la panique : et si on l'enterrait vivant ? Découvrez un Zola inattendu à travers ces quatre nouvelles peu connues : " La mort d'Olivier Bécaille ", " Nantas ", " L'inondation " et " Les coquillages de M. Chabre ". Sur un ton tour à tour grave et satirique, elles abordent des thèmes chers à la littérature réaliste du XIXe siècle, tels que l'ambition sociale et les moeurs bourgeoises ou la vie en province.
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10,97 €
11,55 €
Unexpected Guest
A new full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play, presented in the new Christie livery. When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the South Wales coast, and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheel-chair bound husband, a gun in her hand. She readily admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story. But is it possible Laura Warwick did not commit the crime after all? If so, who is she shielding? As the gallant unexpected guest, Michael Starkwedder, looks for other enemies of the dead man he certainly isn't disappointed by a lack of possible suspects -- all with very potent motives...
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9,15 €
9,63 €
Virage Serre
Un accident de la circulation, tout ce qu'il y a de banal. Une route de campagne, un virage serré, une voiture qui verse dans le fossé, l'hôpital... Fatalité ? Imprudence ? Ou délit d'un chauffard qui a pris la fuite ? Comment savoir ? Tavernier conduit l'enqute. Et tant pis s'il n'en a plus le pouvoir - l'officier de police judiciaire vient de prendre sa retraite. Mais la victime est une proche. Et, comme ni la gendarmerie ni le procureur du tribunal local ne semblent pressés, il ne peut compter que sur son il de félin et sa ténacité pour débusquer la vérité. Son il de félin ? Les apparences sont parfois trompeuses, comme l'apprendra Tavernier, que l'on retrouve avec son amour du vélo et des chats, son mauvais caractre et sa manie de traquer les impuretés de langage.
Guild Wars - A végzet pereme
A végzet szólította őket - és ők választottak.
Tyria sötét zugaiban az őssárkányok felébredtek évezredes álmukból. Először Primordus érkezett, aki felkavarta a Mélységet, és az asurák kénytelenek voltak a felszínre menekülni. Fél évszázaddal később Jormag ébredt fel, aki kiűzte a nornokat az Északi Didergőcsúcs-hegység fagyos tájairól, fiakat és fivéreket rontva meg. Egy nemzedékkel később Zhaitan emelkedett fel egy kataklizma kíséretében, ami átformálta a kontinenst, és vízözönnel sújtotta Kryta emberlakta országának fővárosát.
Tyria fajai a végzet peremére sodródtak. Hősök ütköztek meg a sárkánycsatlósokkal, de őket is megrontották, és az ellenség oldalára álltak. Seregek vonultak a sárkányok ellen, de elsöpörték őket. A törpök egész fajukat feláldozták, hogy legyőzzenek egyetlen sárkánybajnokot. A halandók kora hamarosan véget ér.
Eljött a hősök ideje. Míg Tyria fajai széthúznak, hat hős egyesíti erejét, hogy népükért harcoljanak: Eir, a norn vadásznő, akiben egy művész lelke lakozik; Snaff, az asura lángelme és becsvágyó segédje, Zojja; Rytlock, az ádáz és száműzött charr; Caithe, a halálos sylvari, aki mélyre temeti titkait és Logan, az emberek vitéz őrzője, akinek hűsége megoszlik. Együtt alkotják A Végzet Peremét. Együtt válaszolnak a hívásra. De elég lesz, amit tehetnek?
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11,50 €
Various - Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2 2LP
KDO: různí interpreti
CO: Alba "Cumbia Cumbia 1" a "Cumbia Cumbia 2" vyšla samostatně v letech 1989 resp. 1993 na značce World Circuit. Tento legendární label zaměřený na "world music" pro ně čerpal z nahrávek kolumbijského vydavatelství Disco Fuentes z let 1954-1988. Cumbia je synonymem pro tradiční kolumbijskou hudbu a tanec. Obě alba nyní vycházejí pospolu v limitované edici na červeném resp. modrém vinylu.
2LP (červený / modrý vinyl - limitovaná edice):
LP1:
1. A1 Rodolfo y Su Tipica RA7 - La Colegiala,
2. A2 Gabriel Romero - La Subienda,
3. A3 Armando Hernandez y Su Conjunto - La Zenaida,
4. A4 Adolfo Echeverria y Su Conjunto - Amanciendo,
5. A5 Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros - Navidad Negra,
6. A6 Conjunto Tipico Vallenato - Cumbia Cienaguera,
7. B1 Rodolfo y Su Tipica - Tabaco y Ron,
8. B2 Gabriel Romero - La Piragua,
9. B3 Los Immortales - La Pollera Colora,
10. B4 La Sonora Dinamita - Se Me Perdio la Cadenita,
11. B5 Los Warahuaco - El Pescador de Baru,
12. B6 Conjunto Tipico Vallenato - Cumbia Sampuesana,
LP2:
1. C1 Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros - Cumbia del Monte,
2. C2 Combo los Galleros - Soledad,
3. C3 Los Guacheracos - Baila Rosita,
4. C4 Los Corraleros de Majagual - Llora Acordeon,
5. C5 La Sonora del Caribe - Noche de Estrellas,
6. C6 Los Cumbiamberos de Pacheco - Santo Domingo,
7. C7 Sonora Dinamita - Ritmo de Tambo,
8. C8 Lito Barrientos - Cumbia en Do Menor,
9. D1 Andrés Landero - Cumbia India,
10. D2 Combo los Galleros - Tabaco Mascao,
11. D3 Los Corraleros de Majagual - Cumbia Campesina,
12. D4 Clímaco Sarmiento y Su Orquesta - Cumbia Sabrosa,
13. D5 Montería Swing - La Samaria,
14. D6 Los Guacharacos - Esperma y Ron,
15. D7 Los Gavilanes de la Costa - Los Gavilanes,
16. D8 La Sonora Cienaguera - La Piojosa
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The Wristwatch Handbook
Despite the functional obsolescence of the mechanical wristwatch (our phones and computers tell more accurate time) the early 21st Century has seen a boom in the development, production, and appreciation of all things horological. Whether it is presented to the collector as an alternative investment, as a feat of micro-mechanical technology, or as a showcase of artisanal mastery, the mechanical wristwatch has never possessed more forms, functions or facets than it does today. The Wristwatch Handbook is written from the epicentre of a renaissance, a place in time between the Quartz revolution and the rise of the smart device - where the mechanical wristwatch is the antidote to the microprocessor and the permanent buzz of your inbox. From the multi-axis tourbillion, to the split-second chronograph, to the sidereal sky chart, The Wristwatch Handbook covers it all and does so with more than 470 rich illustrations from over 90 of the World's leading brands.The book is separated into two sections. The first section provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the mechanical movement.Its chapters explore power, transmission, distribution and regulation illustrating the basic concepts before considering the innovation and complexity that takes place further toward the cutting edge.
From the fifty-day power reserve, to the constant force mechanism, and the 1,000Hz mechanical escapement, section 1 will allow the reader to understand and appreciate what is happening beneath the dial of their watch. Section two allows the reader to take this understanding and apply it to the vast range of complications (functions) that exist in modern horology. Each chapter showcases a distinct category of complication. For example, the regatta timer, pulsometer, and monopusher chronograph join a host of others in a chapter entitled 'Recording Lapses of Time'; The power reserve indicator, dynamograph, and crown position indicator are featured in a chapter for 'Power and Performance Indication'; The moon phase indicator, annual calendar, and planetarium can be found in the 'Astronomical Complications' chapter.Once the functional categories are exhausted, the final three chapters explore whimsical complications that have little regard for practical function, novelty time indication, and the 'super-complicated' watch - a rare breed of timepiece that houses an intimidating host of complications featured throughout the book.
Upon completion of The Wristwatch Handbook the reader will be able to identify even the most exotic complication from across the room, and be able to share their appreciation and understanding of what makes it so useful and compelling. The Wristwatch Handbook is "brand agnostic", using only those watches that most aptly illustrate the given subject-matter. As a consequence the book places equal emphasis on the classic and the cutting edge, on watches produced in large volume or exclusive runs, by industry-leading technology or at the hand of a master. In doing so the book provides an unparalleled range of watches from over 90 brands, allowing the reader to determine for themselves which brands, complications, and styles they will build their collection from.
Britania 2005/atlas velky RAC
Scale 4 miles to 1 inch A4 road atlas with clear, detailed road mapping. As well as the clear, easy to read main mapping there is also a range of large scale urban maps showing a selection of roads both numbered and named. MAIN FEATURES Detailed 4 mile to 1 inch road mapping of the whole of Great Britain, displaying clear easy to follow, colour classified roads on a white background. FEATURES * Clear, detailed road mapping at 4 miles to 1 inch * Distance chart in miles and kilometres * Route planning map of the British Isles * Road mapping of Ireland at 16 miles to 1 inch with city centre plans of Dublin and Belfast * Urban area maps at 1.25 miles to 1 inch and city centre street plans of: London Southampton and Portsmouth Cardiff and Newport Bristol Merseyside Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Edinburgh Glasgow
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13,84 €
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