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Drawing Blood
Artist, stage designer, political cartoonist, and satirist, Gerald Scarfe has given us some of the most famous and controversial images of the 20th century. During a prolific career that spans more than four decades, he has worked with an eclectic mix of English and American icons: from Pink Floyd to Disney, Private Eye to Time, The Sunday Times to The New Yorker. This, the first collected volume of his work in more than 20 years, showcases the works that have established him as one of our foremost cultural commentators. From the whiplash satire of his political cartoons to his harrowing portraits of the Vietnam War, and from his spectacular set designs to his many contributions to films, this spectacular visual memoir offers an astute and irreverent view of the personalities and events that have shaped modern times.
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56,10 €
Birds Of Passage
Energetic and cosmopolitan, the Batrakani family fate is entwined with that of their adopted land, Egypt, as it is caught in the upheavals of the 20th century. Georges Bey Batrakani is the patriarch of this family of Greek Catholic, French-speaking Syrians, living in a Muslim Cairo run by the British. He is driven by the need to achieve the wealth necessary for the luxury he craves. His chosen method is to manufacture the tarboosh, or fez, worn by every member of the Egyptian establishment. As long as the tarboosh holds sway, the family flourishes. But in 1952, everything must change. Egyptians take the reins of power for the first time since the pharaohs, and the tarboosh becomes an anathema. The Batrakanis, birds of passage, their love affair with Egypt at an end, must move on to a new exile elsewhere.
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KURT WEILL
Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated, a large-format biography of one of the 20th century's most innovative composers The legendary iconoclast Kurt Weill has become figure central to the cultural life of the twentieth century. An artist known for his relentless exploration of the boundary between "high" and "low" art, Weill left behind a treasury of classical music and unforgettable songs such as "Mack the Knife" and "Alabama Song." Working with Bertolt Brecht and others, he used musicals such as The Threepenny Opera to address the most serious of social and political issues. In a lavish style suitable the subject, Kurt Weill explores the author's life with more than 900 photographs, many in full-color, from archives in five different countries, and in-depth scholarship by Weil expert David Farneth, to form this essential addition to any theater or music lover's collection.
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Lacná kniha Taligás (-90%)
Bécs, 1728. Egy Taligás nevű ember járja Európa országútjait, és éppen a Gnómok házához érkezik. Nem lehet tudni, honnan jött, merre tart, csak azt, hogy úton van: szavakkal és könyvekkel kereskedik, szaval és fél. Bécsben Wolzbein titkos tanácsostól rejtélyes küldetést kap: egy süketnémának tűnő fiút kell magával vinnie Szeged feszültségekkel terhes városába. A hosszú úton elkíséri őt Barbara Strozzi, az üvegbe zárt gnóm is. Taligás maga sem tudja küldetése célját. Szegeden régi ismerősök várják őket: egy sánta gyertyaöntő, az ő mindig táncos lánya, valamint Róth, a kiismerhetetlen püspöki titkár, aki nagyszabású tervet igyekszik megvalósítani, miközben a város is készülődik. Vajon láthatja-e még Taligás bécsi szerelmét, Paulinát?
Darvasi László legújabb regénye A könnymutatványosok legendája és a Virágzabálók testvérdarabja. A Taligás krimibe illő nyomozás a szegedi boszorkányperekről, ugyanakkor mágikus realista utazás az emberi lélek kiismerhetetlen tájain. Megrázó és megejtő látomás a szorongásról és a szenvedélyről.
"És akkor azt tettem, hogy kivettem a taligából egy könyvet, aztán még egyet, a tűznek adtam őket. Könyvekkel gyújtottam be. Nem akartam meghalni. Élni akartam. Ennyi volt. Tudtam, mit égetek el, miféle szavakat és mondatokat adok a tűznek, magamnak. De nem bánom." (részlet a könyvből)
Darvasi László 1962-ben született Törökszentmiklóson. Számos műve franciául, németül, csehül, törökül, horvátul, románul lengyelül, szlovénul és hollandul is megjelent.
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Voivod - Forgotten In Space (Box Set) 6LP+DVD
KDO: Voivod pocházejí z kanadského Quebecku a patří k silné čtyřce trash metalových kapel ze země s javorovým listem ve znaku (dále ještě Sacrifice, Razor a Annihilator). Voivod začínali v osmdesátých letech a soustředili se na speed metal. Jejich zvuk se však postupně měnil, Voivod vstřebali vlivy progresivní metalové hudby i trash metalu a na jejich základech postupně vystavěli vlastní originální styl.
CO: Speciální box skupiny Voivod „Forgotten In Space“ obsahuje 3 alba (Rrröööaaarrr, Killing Technology, Dimension Hatröss), která v letech 1986-1988 natočila pro label Noise, doplněná na dalších discích o dema a živé nahrávky i DVD s koncertními snímky.
LP1
1. A1 Korgull the Exterminator
2. A2 Fuck Off and Die
3. A3 Slaughter in a Grave
4. A4 Ripping Headaches
5. A5 Horror
6. B1 Thrashing Rage
7. B2 The Helldriver
8. B3 Build Your Weapons
9. B4 To the Death
LP2
1. C1 Killing Technology
2. C2 Overreaction
3. C3 Tornado
4. D1 Forgotten In Space
5. D2 Ravenous Medicine
6. D3 Order of the Blackguards
7. D4 This Is Not an Exercise
LP3
1. E1 Experiment
2. E2 Tribal Convictions
3. E3 Chaosmongers
4. E4 Technocratic Manipulators
5. F1 Macrosolutions to Megaproblems
6. F2 Brain Scan
7. F3 Psychic Vacuum
8. F4 Cosmic Drama
LP4
1. G1 Experiment (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
2. G2 Tribal Convictions (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
3. G3 Chaosmongers (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
4. G4 Technocratic Manipulators (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
5. H1 Macrosolutions to Megaproblems (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
6. H2 Brain Scan (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
7. H3 Psychic Vacuum (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
8. H4 Cosmic Drama (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
LP5
1. I1 Korgüll the Exterminator (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
2. I2 Ripping Headaches (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86) / 3. I3 Blower (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
4. I4 Fuck Off and Die (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
5. J1 Tornado (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
6. J2 Iron Gang (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
7. J3 War and Pain (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
LP6
1. K1 Warriors of Ice (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
2. K2 Nuclear War (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
3. K3 Overreaction (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
4. L1 The Helldriver (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
5. L2 Ravenous Medicine (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
6. L3 Voivod (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
7. L4 Thrashing Rage (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
DVD
1. Ripping Headaches
2. Voivod (Live, Jonquiere Cultural Center QC, Canada, 01/27/84) [To the Death!]
3. Thrashing Rage (Live, NYC, N.Y., USA - 05/05/86) [First U.S. Show]
4. Korgüll the Exterminator (Live, Long Beach, C.A., USA - 06/13/86)
5. Ravenous Medicine (Video Shoot)
6. Ravenous Medicine
7. Killing Technology (Live at The Token Lounge, Westland, MI, USA 14/05/87)
8. Cockroaches (Live at Rössli Azmoos, Sargans, Switzerland 06/11/87)
9. Overreaction (Live at Rex Club, Paris, France 01/12/87)
10. Interview (One)
11. Tribal Convictions
12. Experiment (Live at The Axiom, Houston, TX, USA 10/12/88)
13. Psychic Vacuum (Video Shoot)
14. Psychic Vacuum
15. Macrosolutions to Megaproblems (Live at Fender's Ballroom, Long Beach, CA, USA 03/12/88)
16. Chaosmongers (Live at Anthrax, Norwalk, CT, USA 09/11/88)
17. Interview (Two)
18. Astronomy Domine
19. Overreaction (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
20. Experiment (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
21. Tribal Convictions (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
22. Chaosmongers (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
23. Ravenous Medicine (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
24. Korgüll the Exterminator (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
25. Technocratic Manipulators (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
26. Macrosolutions to Megaproblems (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
27. Nuclear War / War and Pain / Warriors of Ice / Voivod (Medley) (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
28. Brain Scan (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
29. Psychic Vacuum (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
30. Intro (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
31. Thrashing Rage (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
32. Ripping Headaches (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
33. Warriors of Ice (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
34. Korgüll the Exterminator (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
35. Condemned to the Gallows (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
36. Fuck off and Die (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
37. Nuclear War (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
38. Voivod (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
39. Suck Your Bone (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
40. The Helldriver (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
41. To the Death (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
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New Drawing On The Right Side
A fully revised edition of the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you feel you have little talent and you doubt you could ever learn, or you enjoy drawing but have not been able to get much beyond a childlike level, this book will give you the skill you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist or artist-in-training, it will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception. This 20th-anniversary edition of 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' has been dramatically revised, with more than fifty per cent new material, including: Recent developments in brain research that relate to drawing. New insights on the use of drawing techniques in the corporate world and education. Instruction on self-expression through drawing. Ways to step beyond black-and-white drawing into colour. Detailed advice on applying the five basic skills of drawing to solve problems.
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Modern Garden Design
Gardens in the 20th century reach back into the Victorian era and forward into the age of Land Art. This survey, from Europe to South America, and Japan to the US, takes in many familiar designers including Robinson, Jekyll, Jensen, Farrand, Sessions, Mawson, Church, Sorenson and Jellicoe. The book traces the revolutionary post-war period - the Harvard rebels, Eckbo, Rose and Kily, Noguchi, Burle Marx and Barragan - and the powerful influence of the Scandinavian landscape designers. The garden city is given close attention, from late Victorian Britain, through the Greenbelt Towns in the American Midwest, to the latest regeneration of urban centres worldwide. Notable artists and architects also feature here: Monet, Le Corbusier, Mondrian, Wright, Mies van der Rohe and Gaudi among others. Land artists have brought landscape and the garden into the 21st century and include Robert Smithson and Kathryn Gustafson in the US, and Richard Long, Andy Goldsworthy and Ian Hamilton Finlay in the UK.
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Helmut Newton, A Gun for Hire
Helmut Newton once said, “Some people’s photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that’s fine. But that’s not why I do them. I’m a gun for hire.” (Newsweek, 02/02/04) This prosaic proclamation from one of the 20th century’s most celebrated photographers is not a little shocking, but nonetheless firmly positions Newton as the no-frills image-maker that he was. His work is so powerful, so striking, that it defies categorization. In refusing to call his work “art,” Newton leaves us free to do so, and judging from the amount of museum and gallery shows that have featured his work, it is clear that the option has been widely exercised. This book brings together a selection of Newton’s fashion catalog work from as early as 1962 through 2003 and his last editorial photographs for US and Italian Vogue—all work he made as a “gun for hire.”
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46,14 €
Film Posters Of The 30S
The 1930s was the cinema’s age of innocence, a time when the emphasis was on escapism and entertainment. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn were Bringing Up Baby, Busby Berkely’s precision-drilled chorus girls were Flying Down to Rio, Fred Astaire was donning his Top Hat, and John Wayne was climbing on the Stagecoach to stardom. As this stunning collection of poster art reveals, it was also the decade of the illustrator, with Al Hirschfeld, Hap Hadley, and Alberto Vargas setting new standards in graphic design. Color may have only just begun to appear on cinema screens, but on the hoardings outside, the hues were bold and dazzling as never before. Tony Nourmand is co-owner of the Reel Poster Gallery in London and a poster consultant to Christie’s, Graham Marsh is a designer and art director. Together, they have produced Horror Poster Art and Science Fiction Poster Art, and collections of 20th-century film posters by decade.
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14,16 €
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The 20th Century Art Book
Following in the tradition of Phaidon's "The Art Book", this is an illustrated dictionary which presents in alphabetical order the work of 500 great artists from the 20th century. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of a key work and a short text about the work of the artist. From figures such as Monet, Cezanne, Picasso and Dali at the beginning of the century to Pollock, Beuys and Hockney in the middle years, to innovative contemporary artists including Hirst and Koons, this dictionary provides a comprehensive listing from A-Z. The book reveals the works that make up the art of this century, including oil paintings, watercolours, prints, collages, sculptures, ready-mades, installations, performances and videos. Full glossaries of terms and artistic movements are provided, alongside a directory of public museums and galleries where the works can be seen. Detailed cross-referencing of artists, styles and subject matter completes this reference, which is suitable for teenagers and adults alike.
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39,93 €
Die Langsamkeit
RomanErscheinungsjahr: 20046. Aufl.Aus d. Französ. v. Susanna RothGewicht: 155 gr / Abmessung: 19 cmVon Kundera, Milan / Übersetzt v. Roth, Susanna"Ein hohes Lied auf die Kunst der Verführung" singt Milan Kundera in seinem Roman. Er erzählt darin zwei Liebesgeschichten, die im Abstand von mehr als zwei Jahrhunderten spielen. Schauplatz ist jeweils dasselbe französisches Landschloß, wo ein Schriftsteller der Gegenwart mit Ehefrau eine turbulente Nacht verbringt, und hier auch geht ein junger französischer Adliger des 18. Jahrhunderts seinen amourösen Abenteuern nach.Wo viele Menschen zusammenkommen, bleibt erotische Spannung nicht aus. In einem französischen Edellandgasthof treffen einander Teilnehmer eines internationalen Symposions, in dessen Gefolge Medienleute und Pariser Schickeria-Intellektuelle und schließlich ein Ehepaar, das nichts anderes als ein genüßliches Wochenende verleben möchte. Keineswegs wollen alle immer das eine, manche aberauch. Eine fröhliche Liebesnacht dürfen aber nur ein Chevalier und seine Gespielin verbringen, die sich aus ihrer Rokoko-Novelle Nur eine Nacht in diese gemischte Gesellschaft verirrt haben. Diese beiden hatten Phantasie und Geduld genug, sich für ihre Liebesspiele Zeit zu lassen.
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The short Oxford History of English Literature
The Short Oxford History of English Literature, 2e provides a comprehensive beginner's guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day in one volume. Separate chapters trace the development from Beowulf to the post-modern fictions of Seamus Heaney and Angela Carter and include a new section on late 20th century prose and British and Irish poetry of the 60s. The History provides detailed discussion of Old and Middle English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing. Discussions of key writers and works are combined with analysis of the impact on literature of contemporary political, social, and intellectual developments. The book includes Scottish, Irish, and Welsh writers, and it asks about the future of the canon in the light of the fragmented condition of British writing in the post-imperial period.
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Marillion - Fugazi (Deluxe Edition) 3CD+BD
KDO: Britská skupina Marillion patří k nejznámějším představitelům progresivního rocku. Kapela vznikla v roce 1979 a stala se pojítkem mezi post-punkovou vlnou a progressive rockovou scénou. V osmdesátých letech se stala komerčně nejúspěšnějčí neo-prog rockovou formací! Dráhu Marillion lze rozdělit na dvě etapy –před a po roce 1988, kdy skupinu opustil původní frontman Derek William Dick zvaný Fish.
CO: Rozšířená reedice druhého alba skupiny Marillion nabízí kromě nových mixů původní nahrávky také koncertní záznam zkanadského Montrealu zroku 1984.Vychází ve variantách 4LP nebo 3CD+BR.
Tracklist:
CD1: 01. Assassing (2021 Stereo Remix) [07:01] 02. Punch and Judy (2021 Stereo Remix) [03:22] 03. Jigsaw (2021 Stereo Remix) [06:49] 04. Emerald Lies (2021 Stereo Remix) [05:08] 05. She Chameleon (2021 Stereo Remix) [06:53] 06. Incubus (2021 Stereo Remix) [08:30] 07. Fugazi (2021 Stereo Remix) [08:02] CD2: 01. Assassing (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [07:28] 02. Punch and Judy (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [04:03] 03. Jigsaw (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [06:34] 04. Script for a Jester's Tear (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [09:00] 05. Chelsea Monday (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [08:15] 06. Emerald Lies (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [05:21] 07. Cinderella Search (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [05:47] 08. Incubus (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [09:00] CD3: 01. Charting the Single (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [07:02] 02. He Knows You Know (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [05:56] 03. Fugazi (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [09:11] 04. Forgotten Sons (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [11:03] 05. Garden Party (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [06:35] 06. Market Square Heroes (Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, 20th June 1984) [10:46] Blu-Ray: 01. Assassing (2021 Stereo Remix) [07:01] 02. Punch and Judy (2021 Stereo Remix) [03:22] 03. Jigsaw (2021 Stereo Remix) [06:49] 04. Emerald Lies (2021 Stereo Remix) [05:08] 05. She Chameleon (2021 Stereo Remix) [06:53] 06. Incubus (2021 Stereo Remix) [08:30] 07. Fugazi (2021 Stereo Remix) [08:02] 08. Assassing (2021 Stereo Remix) [07:01] 09. Punch and Judy (2021 Stereo Remix) [03:22] 10. Jigsaw (2021 Stereo Remix) [06:49]
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A Portnoy-kór
"Éjjel és nappal, munkahelyen és utcán - harminchárom éves, de ma is úgy jár-kel a városban, hogy kocsányon lóg a szeme. Kész csoda, hogy egy taxi még nem lapította palacsintává, ahogy délidőben átkel Manhattan főútvonalain. Harminchárom éves, de ha egy lány keresztbe teszi a lábát a metró szemközti ülésén, ma is fixírozni kezdi!"
Így vall magáról Alexander Portnoy, ez volna az ő "gyógyíthatatlan" betegsége, a Portnoy-kór. A főhős azonban egyszersmind kívülről is látja magát, és rendkívül szórakoztató módon, finom öniróniával ecseteli beteges megszállottságát. Azt mondhatnánk, hogy Woody Allenre hasonlít - csak hát Philip Roth Woody Allennél sokkal korábban, még 1969-ben alkotta meg ezt a figurát.
A regény olyan átütő sikert aratott, hogy a "Portnoy-kór" az irodalmi körökön kívül is fogalom lett; ma már orvosi szakkönyvekben is előfordul mint szakkifejezés.
"Maga a műfaj, az önmarcangolás legalább Szent Ágostonig visszavezethető, mivel azonban időközben Freud és a freudizmus kialakított egy sajátos szókincset a szakszerű lélekkibelezés céljára, a szalonbaloldali amerikai értelmiségi zsidó lett a téma mestere, és Herzog, Bellow, Malamud meg Woody Allen nagyon pontosan leírják a Portnoy-kórban szenvedők hátterét és álmait. Többek közt azt az elképzelést, hogy nekik is jut egy szerencsétlenné tehető szőke "siksze", mint Arthur Millernek Marilyn Monroe."
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10,93 €
11,50 €
Moronic inferno
A collection of essays on America by the author of London Fields, Money and Yellow Dog.At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. As an adult he has approached that confusing country from many arresting angles, and interviewed its literati, filmmakers, thinkers, opinion-makers, leaders and crackpots with characteristic discernment and wit.Included in a gallery of Great American Novelists are Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Joseph Heller, William Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Paul Theroux, Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. Amis also takes us to Dallas, where presidential candidate Ronald Reagan is attempting to liaise with born-again Christians. We glimpse the beau monde of Palm Beach, where each couple tries to out-Gatsby the other, and examine the case of Claus von Bulow. Steven Spielberg gets a visit, as does Brian de Palma, whom Amis asks why his films make no sense, and Hugh Hefner’s sybaritic fortress and sanitized image are penetrated.There can be little that escapes the eye of Martin Amis when his curiosity leads him to a subject, and America has found in him a superlative chronicler.
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The Prisoner Of Zenda (Peguin Readers, Level 5)
Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
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Lacná kniha Moronic inferno (-90%)
A collection of essays on America by the author of London Fields, Money and Yellow Dog.At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. As an adult he has approached that confusing country from many arresting angles, and interviewed its literati, filmmakers, thinkers, opinion-makers, leaders and crackpots with characteristic discernment and wit.Included in a gallery of Great American Novelists are Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Joseph Heller, William Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Paul Theroux, Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. Amis also takes us to Dallas, where presidential candidate Ronald Reagan is attempting to liaise with born-again Christians. We glimpse the beau monde of Palm Beach, where each couple tries to out-Gatsby the other, and examine the case of Claus von Bulow. Steven Spielberg gets a visit, as does Brian de Palma, whom Amis asks why his films make no sense, and Hugh Hefner’s sybaritic fortress and sanitized image are penetrated.There can be little that escapes the eye of Martin Amis when his curiosity leads him to a subject, and America has found in him a superlative chronicler.
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1,16 €
11,58 €
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Wild Swans
Through the lives of three different women - grandmother, mother and daughter - this book tells the story of 20th-century China. At times scarcely credible in the details it reveals of the suffering of millions of ordinary Chinese people, it is an unforgettable record of tyranny, hope and ultimate survival under conditions of extreme harshness. In 1924, at the age of 15, the author's grandmother became the concubine of a powerful warlord, whom she was seldom to see during the 10 years of their marriage". Her daughter, born in 1931, experienced the horrors of Japanese occupation in Manchuria as a schoolgirl, and after their surrender joined the Communist-led underground fighting Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang. She rose to be a senior Communist official, but was imprisoned three times. Her husband, also a high official and one of the very first to join the Communists, was relentlessly persecuted, imprisoned and finally sent to a labour camp where, physically broken and disillusioned, he lost his sanity. The author herself grew up during the Cultural Revolution, at the time of the personality cult of Mao and the worst excesses of the Gang of Four. She joined the Red Guard but after Mao's death she was to become one of the first Chinese students to study abroad."
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This is the true story of how Nick Leeson caused the collapse of Barings Bank. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
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