Hľadanie: Pretending
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Tout est fatal
En octobre 1999 sortit chez Albin Michel, et depuis en format poche, un ouvrage remarquable, 999, le livre du millénaire des maîtres du fantastique, anthologie de vingt-neuf nouvelles écrites par les grands maîtres actuels du fantastique contemporain. De ce recueil où l'on ne trouvait pourtant que du bon, sinon du très bon, l'on se souvient surtout d'un texte. Une nouvelle au thème archi-classique – une histoire de tableau hanté –, mais d'une efficacité proprement redoutable. De qui était ce texte qui survolait tous ceux des meilleurs auteurs ? De King, évidemment. De King que l'on finira bien par reconnaître pour ce qu'il est si on le débarrasse des oripeaux (ou des ornements ?) obligatoires de la littérature de genre : à savoir, un formidable écrivain descripteur de la vie des gens simples, des communautés humaines, des détails anodins de la vie quotidienne américaine. Toutes proportions gardées, il y a du Balzac chez King – et si King vous décrit un vide-grenier à Ploucland ou une chambre de motel crasseux, vous êtes persuadés que King passe sa vie à faire les brocantes et à arpenter l'hôtellerie de troisième zone. Le texte en question s'intitule "Quand l'auto-virus met le cap au nord" et il est présent dans Tout est fatal, ce nouveau recueil de nouvelles entièrement écrit par l'ogre (dans le sens de boulimique d'histoires) du Maine. C'est donc l'occasion de lire, ou relire cette nouvelle simplissime et bluffante, et de se demander pour la énième fois comment il fait pour pouvoir toujours transcender les poncifs du genre... ou des genres, car Tout est fatal joue sur diverses tonalités : fantastique, polar, dark fantasy, roman noir, horreur, suspense... Bien sûr il y a toujours ce fond horrifique propre à King, et même un inédit relié à l'univers culte de La Tour sombre. Bref, comment fait-il, lui qui prétend avoir du mal à écrire des nouvelles ? Comment fait-il pour nous donner cette impression terrible de familiarité, gage de la plausibilité de ses histoires invraisemblables ? Ce n'est pourtant pas faute qu'il nous l'explique, au point que sa voix est devenue comme familière. Que ce soit dans ses mémoires, Écriture ou dans tout recueil entre chaque texte, il revendique clairement l'usage des thèmes rebattus , il expose comment lui vient à chaque fois "l'idée", sinon chez qui il l'a "piquée" , allant jusqu'à évaluer lui-même son résultat, se jugeant sévèrement. Au détour de ses explications, de ses confidences (une peur de ses enfants , la mort de sa mère , un périple à moto , une réflexion sous la douche), King lâche de belles choses, comme celle-ci dans l'introduction de la nouvelle éponyme (laquelle n'est pas sans rappeler une des historiettes horrifiques et courtes du Fantômes et Farfafouilles de Fredric Brown ) : "Les histoires sont des artefacts : non pas des choses créées, des choses que nous fabriquons (et dont nous revendiquons la paternité), mais des objets préexistants que nous allons dénicher." Bref, ce serait simple. Tout existe et King n'aurait qu'à se servir, mais voilà : il a avoué un jour à un journaliste qu'il estimait être efficace parce qu'il continuait à avoir encore et toujours besoin de vérifier avant de s'endormir que ne se trouve aucun monstre sous son lit. Aussi, de fait, la proximité presque candide des rapports qu'il entretient avec le lecteur participe de son "efficacité" – si elle n'en est pas la marque de fabrique. Inutile, donc, de passer en revue ici le "contenu" des nouvelles : vous avez déjà lu ce qui s'y trouve. Il y a rarement des idées neuves chez King. Il le dit lui-même. Revenants, autres dimensions, diable en goguette, crimes abominables, pouvoirs maléfiques, auberges hantées, etc. Sauf que King s'accapare chaque thème de façon quasi définitive. Le jeu consiste alors à se demander, une fois tout recueil de King refermé, de quelle nouvelle on se souviendra encore dans plusieurs années (l'auteur de ces lignes se souvient comme si c'était hier de "Desintox Inc" du recueil "Danse macabre" paru... en 1982 et non pas en 1989 comme indiqué dans le livre). De Tout est fatal, laquelle vous marquera ? Celle du collectionneur de graffitis ("Tout ce que vous aimez sera emporté") ? Celle du diable et du pécheur ("L'Homme au costume noir") ? Celle du livreur de pizzas aux pouvoirs diaboliques ("Tout est fatal")? Celle de la chambre d'hôtel hantée ("1408"). Ou alors mémoriserez-vous à jamais le fameux "Un tour sur le Bolid", texte qui déchaîna les médias lorsque King prétendit le vendre sous forme d'e-livre ? À vous de lire. King a dans sa palette une frousse qui correspond à chacun. Et c'est de la bonne. --Francis Mizio
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Frida Kahlo - An Illustrated Life
One of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an icon of courageous womanhood, Frida Kahlo lives on in the public imagination, where her popularity shows no signs of waning. She is renowned for both her paintings and her personal story, which were equally filled with pain and anguish, celebration and life. Thousands of words, including her own, have been written about Kahlo, but only one previous biography has recorded her fascinating, difficult life. Frida Kahlo by Maria Hesse offers a highly unique way of getting to know the artist by presenting her life in graphic novel form, with striking illustrations that reimagine many of Kahlo's famous paintings.
Originally published in Spanish in 2016, Frida Kahlo has already found an enthusiastic audience in the Spanish-speaking world, with some 20,000 copies sold in just a few months. This translation introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the traumatic accident that would change her life and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right. Maria Hesse tells the story in a first-person narrative, which captures both the depths of Frida's suffering and her passion for art and life.
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A-ha - Hunting High And Low (Expanded Edition) 4CD
KDO: Norské trio se zformovalo v roce 1982. Do celosvětového povědomí se dostalo v polovině osmdesátých let, kdy si skupiny všiml producent John Ratcliff. Debutové album Hunting High And Low se stalo v roce 1985 jedničkou v rodném Norsku, dvojkou na britských ostrovech a dosáhlo na patnácté místo v Americe. Kapela, kterou tvoří Morten Harket (zpěv), Magne Furuholmen (klávesy) a Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (kytary), byla velmi úspěšná i v dalších letech a patří k nejpopulárnějším skandinávským interpretům všech dob.
CO: K třicátému výročí vydání debutu norských A-ha přichystalo vydavatelství Rhino slavnostní vydání alba. Desku nyní připomíná znovu v rozšířené verzi obsahující všechny čtyři disky z reedice 2015 a editovaný booklet. Na jednotlivých CD najdete zremasterovanou originální verzi desky, nejrůznější demosnímky, remixy, singlové verze skladeb apod.
CD1
1. Take on Me (2015 Remaster) [03:46]
2. Train of Thought (2015 Remaster) [03:48]
3. Hunting High and Low (2015 Remaster) [03:44]
4. The Blue Sky (2015 Remaster) [02:36]
5. Living a Boy's Adventure Tale (2015 Remaster) [05:03]
6. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (2015 Remaster) [05:07]
7. And You Tell Me (2015 Remaster) [01:52]
8. Love Is Reason (2015 Remaster) [03:07]
9. I Dream Myself Alive (2015 Remaster) [03:08]
10. Here I Stand and Face the Rain (2015 Remaster) [04:33]
CD2
1. Lesson One (Autumn 1982 "Take on Me" Demo) [2015 Remaster] [02:41]
2. Presenting Lily Mars (Naersnes Demo) [2015 Remaster] [02:57]
3. Sa Blaser Det Pa Jorden (Naersnes Demo) [2015 Remaster] [02:34]
4. The Sphinx (Naersnes Demo) [03:46]
5. Living a Boy's Adventure Tale (Naersnes Demo) [05:03]
6. Dot the I (2015 Remaster) [03:20]
7. The Love Goodbye (2015 Remaster) [03:25]
8. Nothing to It (2015 Remaster) [03:42]
9. Go to Sleep (2015 Remaster) [02:12]
10. Train of Thought (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [04:19]
11. Monday Mourning (2015 Remaster) [03:06]
12. All the Planes That Come in on the Quiet (2015 Remaster) [03:03]
13. The Blue Sky (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [03:16]
14. You Have Grown Thoughtful Again (2015 Remaster) [02:28]
15. What's That You're Doing to Yourself in the Pouring Rain (2015 Remaster) [02:39]
16. Take on Me (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [03:11]
17. Hunting High and Low (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [03:08]
18. I Dream Myself Alive (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [03:04]
19. And You Tell Me (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [01:56]
20. Here I Stand and Face the Rain (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [03:53]
21. Love Is Reason (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [02:22]
22. The Blue Sky (2nd Demo) [02:36]
23. Never Never (2015 Remaster) [03:16]
24. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Demo) [2015 Remaster] [04:08]
25. Presenting Lily Mars (Rendezvous Demo) [03:28]
CD3
1. Take on Me (Original 7" Version - 1984) [2015 Remaster] [03:18]
2. Take on Me (1984 12" Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:46]
3. Stop! and Make Your Mind Up (2015 Remaster) [03:03]
4. Take on Me (1985 12" Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:46]
5. Take on Me (Instrumental Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:49]
6. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (7" Mix) [2015 Remaster] [04:45]
7. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (1st Extended Version) [2015 Remaster] [07:09]
8. Driftwood (2015 Remaster) [03:05]
9. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (2nd Extended Version) [2015 Remaster] [08:25]
10. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Instrumental) [2015 Remaster] [06:35]
11. Train of Thought (7" Remix) [2015 Remaster] [04:17]
12. Train of Thought (U.S. Remix) [2015 Remaster] [07:03]
13. Train of Thought (Dub Mix) [2015 Remaster] [08:34]
14. Hunting High and Low (7" Remix) [2015 Remaster] [03:46]
15. Hunting High and Low (Extended Remix) [2015 Remaster] [06:03]
CD4
1. Take on Me (Video Version) [2015 Remaster] [03:44]
2. Train of Thought (Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [04:12]
3. Hunting High and Low (Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:42]
4. The Blue Sky (Alternate Long Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:41]
5. Living a Boy's Adventure Tale (Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [04:54]
6. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Alternate Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [05:48]
7. And You Tell Me (Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [01:54]
8. Love Is Reason (Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:01]
9. Dream Myself Alive (Early "NYC" Mix) [2015 Remaster] [03:06]
10. Here I Stand and Face the Rain (Early Mix) [2015 Remaster] [05:05]
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Clapton Eric - Forever Man 2LP
KDO: Anglický hudebník, zpěvák a skladatel je hned třikrát zařazen v rock'nrollové síni slávy: jako sólový interpret a jako člen skupin Yardbirds a Cream. Během své kariéry získal 19 cen Grammy a několik Brit Awards, slovutný časopis Rolling Stone jej zařadil na druhé místo v žebříčku 500 nejlepších kytaristů hudební historie.
CO: Deska Forever Man mapuje třicetiletou sólovou kariéru jednoho ze zásadních hudebníků dvacátého století. Vychází v několika konfiguracích, mimo jiné i jako 2LP.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/JxPj3GAYYZ0
LP 1-A
1. Gotta Get Over [4:38]
2. I've Got A Rock 'n' Roll Heart [3:13]
3. Anyway The Wind Blows [3:56]
4. My Father's Eyes [5:23]
5. Motherless Child [2:57]
LP 1-B
1. Pretending [4:43]
2. Little Queen Of Spades [4:57]
3. Bad Love [5:14]
4. Behind The Mask [4:48]
LP 2-A
1. Tears In Heaven [4:30]
2. Change The World [3:55]
3. Call Me The Breeze [3:07]
4. Forever Man [3:14]
5. Riding With The King [4:23]
LP 2-B
1. It's In The Way That You Use It [4:12]
2. Circus [4:11]
3. Got You On My Mind [4:30]
4. Travelin' Alone [3:56]
5. Revolution [4:01]
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Clapton Eric - Forever Man 3CD
KDO: Anglický hudebník, zpěvák a skladatel je hned třikrát zařazen v rock'nrollové síni slávy: jako sólový interpret a jako člen skupin Yardbirds a Cream. Během své kariéry získal 19 cen Grammy a několik Brit Awards, slovutný časopis Rolling Stone jej zařadil na druhé místo v žebříčku 500 nejlepších kytaristů hudební historie.
CO: Deska Forever Man mapuje třicetiletou sólovou kariéru jednoho ze zásadních hudebníků dvacátého století. Vychází v několika konfiguracích. Verze 3CD je členěna studio-live-blues.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/JxPj3GAYYZ0
CD1 - studio
1. Gotta Get Over [4:38]
2. I've Got A Rock 'n' Roll Heart [3:13]
3. Run Back To Your Side [5:18]
4. Tears In Heaven [4:30]
5. Call Me The Breeze [3:07]
6. Forever Man [3:14]
7. Believe In Life [5:06]
8. Bad Love [5:14]
9. My Father's Eyes [5:23]
10. Anyway The Wind Blows [3:56]
11. Travelin' Alone [3:56]
12. Change The World [3:55]
13. Behind The Mask [4:48]
14. It's In The Way That You Use It [4:12]
15. Pretending [4:43]
16. Riding With The King [4:23]
17. Circus [4:11]
18. Revolution [4:01]
CD2 - live
1. Badge (Live) [6:42]
2. Sunshine Of Your Love (Live) [8:45]
3. White Room (Live) [6:05]
4. Wonderful Tonight (Live) [5:20]
5. Worried Life Blues (Live) [5:19]
6. Cocaine (Live) [6:07]
7. Layla (Live - Unplugged) [4:39]
8. Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out (Live - Unplugged) [3:44]
9. Walkin' Blues (Live - Unplugged) [3:34]
10. Them Changes (Live) [5:05]
11. Presence Of The Lord (Live) [5:15]
12. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live) [4:38]
13. Goin' Down Slow (Live) [5:35]
14. Over The Rainbow (Live) [5:38]
CD3 - blues
1. Before You Accuse Me [3:56]
2. Last Fair Deal Gone Down [2:36]
3. Hold On I'm Coming [6:20]
4. Terraplane Blues [3:37]
5. It Hurts Me Too [3:17]
6. Little Queen Of Spades [4:57]
7. Third Degree [5:09]
8. Motherless Child [2:57]
9. Sportin' Life Blues [3:31]
10. Ramblin' On My Mind [5:14]
11. Stop Breakin' Down Blues [2:30]
12. Everybody Oughta Make A Change [3:16]
13. Sweet Home Chicago [5:18]
14. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day [3:28]
15. Hard Times Blues [3:45]
16. Got You On My Mind [4:30]
17. I'm Tore Down [3:03]
18. Milkcow's Calf Blues [3:50]
19. Key To The Highway [3:40]
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Depeche Mode - Exciter (Deluxe Edition) CD+DVD
Depeche Mode je hudobná skupina, ktorá bola v roku 1980 založená v Basildone v Anglicku. Skupinu dnes tvorí: Dave Gahan (spev a spolautorstvo skladieb)a Martin Gore (klávesy, gitara, spev a hlavný autor skladieb). Ich hudobný štýl by sa dal najlepšie charakterizovať ako synth rock, alebo taktiež synthpop (používanie umelých zvukov, vytváraných syntetizátormi a samplermi). Stali sa jednou z najvytrvalejších a najúspešnejších hudobných skupín, ktoré sa objavili počas New Wave a New Romantic éry. Vďaka svojej inovatívnej tvorbe, nahrávacím technikám a popularizácii vzorkovania (angl. sampling), ovplyvnili mnoho súčasných hudobníkov. Ich album Violator z roku 1990 je považovaný za klenot elektronickej hudby. Hoci sú významní pre modernú techno scénu, zostávajú naďalej pri alternatívnej hudbe. Až 54 skladieb skupiny Depeche Mode sa dostalo do rebríčka UK Singles Chart a 17 ich albumov bolo britských rebríčkoch umiestnených do Top 10. Skupina Depeche Mode má na celom svete predaných viac než sto miliónov hudobných nosičov. Časopis Q zaradili Depeche Mode do svojho zoznamu „50 kapiel, ktoré zmenili svet!“Televízia VH1 ich dala na 98. miesto svojho zoznamu „Stovky najväčších umelcov všetkých čias“. V decembri 2016 dal magazín Billboard skupinu Depeche Mode na desiate miesto zoznamu najlepších umelcov klubovej tanečnej hudobnej scény.Skupina Depeche Mode bola nominovaná do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame v rokoch 2017 a 2018 a uvedená do nej bola v roku 2020.
Exciter je desiaty štúdiový album, ktorý bol vydaný 14. mája 2001 v Spojenom kráľovstve u Mute Records a o deň neskôr v Spojených štátoch u Reprise Records. Album produkoval Mark Bell a podporilo ho Exciter Tour, jedno z najúspešnejších turné kapely. Exciter debutoval na deviatom mieste v UK Albums Chart a na ôsmom mieste v Billboard 200, pričom za prvý týždeň v Spojených štátoch sa predalo 115 000 kópií. Bol to jediný album Depeche Mode, ktorý debutoval vyššie v Spojených štátoch ako v Spojenom kráľovstve. V apríli 2006 sa Exciter predalo viac ako 426 000 kópií v USA a získal certifikáciu zlata od asociácie Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA);získal tiež certifikáciu zlata v Kanade pre zásielky 50 000 kusov.
Tracklist:
CD:
01. Dream On
02. Shine
03. The Sweetest Condition
04. When The Body Speaks
05. The Dead Of Night
06. Lovetheme
07. Freelove
08. Comatose
09. I Feel Loved
10. Breathe
11. Easy Tiger
12. I Am You
13. Goodnight Lovers
DVD:
01. Dream On
02. Shine
03. The Sweetest Condition
04. When The Body Speaks
05. The Dead Of Night
06. Lovetheme
07. Freelove
08. Comatose
09. I Feel Loved
10. Breathe
11. Easy Tiger
12. I Am You
13. Goodnight Lovers
Additional tracks
14. The Dead Of Night (Live, Paris, October 2001)
15. The Sweetest Condition (Live, Paris, October 2001)
16. Dream On (Live, Paris, October 2001)
17. When The Body Speaks (Live, Paris, October 2001)
18. Breathe (Live, Paris, October 2001)
19. Freelove (Live, Paris, October 2001)
20. Easy Tiger (Full Version)
21. Dirt
22. Freelove (Flood Mix)
23. Zenstation
24. When The Body Speaks (Acoustic Version)
A Short Film
25. Depeche Mode 1999 - 2002 (Presenting the intimate and delicate side of Depeche Mode)
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Merde Happens
Paul West is in deep financial merde. His only way out of debt is to accept a decidedly dodgy job that involves him touring America in a Mini, while pretending to be typically British. Also in the car is Paul's French girlfriend, Alexa, and his American poet friend, Jake, whose main aim in life is to sleep with a woman from every country in the world. Preferably in the back of Paul's Mini. But as the little car battles from New York to Miami, and then heads west, leg-room turns out to be the least of Paul's troubles. His work is being sabotaged, his tour plans are in tatters, and his love life becomes a Franco-American war zone. And as Paul knows better than anyone, when you mix love and war - merde happens...
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VSI Animal Rights
Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research. Animal Rights distinguishes itself by combining intellectual rigour with accessibility, offering a distinct moral voice with a non-polemical tone.
The Crimson Moth
Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli's latest romantic fantasy.
On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can't help but find herself falling for.
Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?
Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch…is falling in love.
Medieval Horizons
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions of recent centuries created the modern world.
We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating book, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world - expanded dramatically. Life was utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, marking the transition from a warrior-led society to that of Shakespeare.
Just as The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the era as a whole. It outlines the enormous cultural changes that took place - from literacy to living standards, inequality and even the developing sense of self - thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as a revolutionary age of fundamental importance in the development of the Western world.
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Braun
The definitive history of Braun – the pioneering German electronics brand that changed the face of modern design
Since 1921, Braun has been shaping the way we live through timeless designs that are simple, useful, beautiful, and designed to keep. Unlike many brands before it, and many more that followed, Braun created a culture of design – underpinned by a set of functional and aesthetic principles – that went on to have worldwide impact. Across 3 sections and more than 500 images, the book charts the company’s defining moments, core identities, and key characters, together presenting the most comprehensive history of Braun ever published. Featuring brand-new photography of Braun’s most iconic products alongside never-before-published archival images, drawings, advertisements, internal documents, and correspondence, in-depth narrative texts interweave the Braun story with the cultural and political history of Germany, providing new context and insight into one of the most famous product design brands in the world. With profiles on key members of the creative and leadership teams that reinforce Braun’s design legacy and the importance of the people behind the process, Braun: Designed to Keep unpacks the brand’s core values – such as simplicity, usefulness, and longevity – that changed the way household products are perceived, designed, and used.
Takashi Murakami
This fresh look at artist Takashi Murakami takes on the “monstrous” themes of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane, in works from the past decade.
One of Japan’s leading contemporary artists, Takashi Murakami (b. 1962) is known for a wide-ranging practice that encompasses not only fine art but fashion, consumer products, curation, and entertainment. Founder of the Superflat movement, Murakami makes art that is larger than life, boldly colored, and buoyant, with a Pop sensibility that draws inspiration from anime and manga.
But beyond the happy flowers and kawaii characters that have defined Murakami’s career lurk darker manifestations: the sharp-toothed, multi-eyed monsters that have increasingly become the artist’s vehicle for expressing the effects of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane. This book explores these themes in works from the last decade, presenting a disquieting vision of monsterized beings born in an era of unprecedented environmental, political, and social turmoil.
Conversations with Murakami and essays by Laura W. Allen, Hiroko Ikegami, and Masako Shiba deconstruct what monsters mean to the artist and reflect on new directions in Murakami’s sculpture and the genesis of his recent NFT projects. The book features lavish color illustrations, a plastic jacket, dyed edges, and four gatefolds.
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This Mortal Coil
Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age, and where famine could be just one bad harvest away, to one where in many countries excess food is more of a problem than a lack of it. Why have the reasons we die changed so much? How is it that a century ago people died mainly from infectious disease, while today the leading causes of death in industrialised nations are heart disease and stroke? And what do changing causes of death reveal about how previous generations have lived?
University of Manchester Professor Andrew Doig provides an eye-opening portrait of death throughout history, looking at particular causes - from infectious disease to genetic disease, violence to diet - who they affected, and the people who made it possible to overcome them. Along the way we hear about the long and torturous story of the discovery of vitamin C and its role in preventing scurvy; the Irish immigrant who opened the first washhouse for the poor of Liverpool, and in so doing educated the public on the importance of cleanliness in combating disease; and the Church of England curate who, finding his new church equipped with a telephone, started the Samaritans to assist those in emotional distress.
This Mortal Coil is a thrilling story of growing medical knowledge and social organisation, of achievement and, looking to the future, of promise.
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Rihanna - And the Clothes He Wears
- A guide to the style of Rihanna, a 21st-century fashion icon
- Over 100 pictures of Rihanna and designers who have influenced her sartorial taste
- The perfect gift for fans and fashionistas
“I grew up on a really small Island, and I didn't have a lot of access to fashion, but as far as I could remember, fashion has always been my defence mechanism. Even as a child I remember thinking, she can beat me, but she cannot beat my outfit.” - Rihanna, accepting the CFDA Fashion Icon of the Year Award in 2014.
From the author of the runaway bestseller Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears comes a new, fresh look at style icon Rihanna.
Rihanna has learnt how to define her own terms whatever she does – whether in the worlds of fashion, music, beauty, philanthropy, business, or activism, she is both muse and creative, a collaborator and pioneer. To date she has 135 million Instagram followers and counting. In 2022 at the age of 34, largely because of her Fenty Beauty empire, she became Forbes' youngest self-made billionaire.
But it is her personal wardrobe and the way she wears it that embodies Rihanna's charisma, integrity, and humor most: everything she does reflects what she wears herself. She is a risk-taker, but as she said on the red-carpet in 2014 “you will never be stylish if you don't take risks.” The gamble has paid off. Rihanna's mix-and-match method of wearing high fashion and streetwear, young designers and vintage, hip-hop classics, and avant-garde custom-made pieces, has meant that she has equal footing in both the music and fashion industries. Chairman and CEO of the LVMH group, Sidney Toledano says she is: “a style icon for today's generation”.
The breadth of Rihanna's fashion knowledge and style is astounding. In Rihanna and the Clothes She Wears, Terry Newman steps into the world of this fashion icon by examining her style. From couture catwalks to her own empire Fenty, political statements to high street casual, this chic book fizzles with facts about Rihanna's styling choices, presenting the star's most revered looks. With quotes from key designers, this is the perfect gift for any fan.
Architecture of the Islamic West
An authoritative survey situating some of the Western world's most renowned buildings within a millennium of Islamic history
Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Cordoba, the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, the Giralda tower in Seville, and the Alhambra Palace in Granada, belong to the Western Islamic tradition. This architectural style flourished for over a thousand years along the southern and western shores of the Mediterranean-between Tunisia and Spain-from the 8th century through the 19th, blending new ideas with local building practices from across the region.
Jonathan M. Bloom's Architecture of the Islamic West introduces readers to the full scope of this vibrant tradition, presenting both famous and little-known buildings in six countries in North Africa and southern Europe. It is richly illustrated with photographs, specially commissioned architectural plans, and historical documents. The result is a personally guided tour of Islamic architecture led by one of the finest scholars in the field and a powerful testament to Muslim cultural achievement.
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Data Design
Data Design: Visualising quantities, locations, connections is a lively and comprehensive introduction to data visualisation, illustrated with 199 instructive data displays. The book is for designers, journalists, editors, writers and anyone concerned with presenting factual information in a clear and effective way.
Data Design highlights the key qualities of good data visualisation: accuracy, simplicity, and clarity. In this spirit, Per Mollerup discusses information design with great clarity. The proposed data displays are as simple as possible, and every graphic element is there to convey meaning. This book is not about data decoration.
Data Design can be read from cover to cover, but it doesn't have to be. It can also serve as a reference guide. Each of the data displays included is explained in such a way as to clarify the problems to be addressed and the method by which to address them, enabling the reader to develop the skills with which to improve their data visualisation designs.
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Wizard
"["Wizard"] brings the many complex facets of [Tesla's] personal and technical life together in to a cohesive whole.... I highly recommend this biography of a great technologist." --A.A. Mullin, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, COMPUTING REVIEWS"[Along with "A Beautiful Mind"] one of the five best biographies written on the brilliantly disturbed." --WALL STREET JOURNAL""Wizard "is a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives." --NEW SCIENTIST"Marc Seifer is an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century... mak[ing] us understand not only the man, but also the times in which he lived. . . . [A] masterpiece." --NELSON DEMILLE"The author presents much new material... [and] bases his book on a large number of archival and primary sources.... Underneath the layers of hero worship, the core of Seifer's book is a serious piece of scholarship." --Ronald Kline, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN "Seifer has done a remarkable job going through all the Tesla manuscripts... ferret[ing] out hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles in which he traces out Tesla's public image [and] offers a reasonable reconstruction of Tesla's emotional world. . . . Seifer has significantly advanced our understanding of Tesla." --Bernard Carlson, author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age, for ISIS"It is my opinion that Dr. Seifer leads the world as the most authoritative of all the Tesla researchers." --J.W. McGINNIS, President, International Tesla Society"Far and away the best job among Tesla biographies." --Jeffrey D. Kooistra, INFINITE ENERGY""Wizard "is ... utterly absorbing with chapters charting all stages of Tesla's life.... Seifer treats his prodigious subject with sympathy and realism." --NEXUS"Wizard... presents a much more accurate... picture of Tesla.... [It] is thorough, informative, entertaining and a valuable addition to electrotechnological history, past and future." --ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES"In modern times, Tesla may be enjoying a comeback thanks to books like "Wizard."" --THE NEW YORK TIMES"Here is a deep and comprehensive biography of a great engineer of early electrical science. Indeed, it is likely to become the definitive biography of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla. .... Highly recommended." --AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
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