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Gods and Heroes in Art
As archetypes of human virtue and vice, the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome have figured prominently in Western culture. In art, they have been portrayed time and time again, especially during the Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical periods. This volume aims to help museum patrons and art lovers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are each described in entries summarizing their distinctive stories, their special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each entry is illustrated with reproductions of works of art in which the god or hero is pictured, giving readers a chance to examine images of the character and come to understand the work of art better. The guide first surveys the pantheon of the Greco-Roman world, then focuses on characters from the Trojan War and the Odyssey. The next sections describe kings, philosophers, warriors and other historical figures. The work concludes with indexes, including a list of iconographic symbols associated with the subjects, and a bibliography of essential resources.
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King Tut. The Journey through the Underworld
The Boy King’s Journey through the Underworld
Tutankhamun’s royal voyage into paradise, as told by ancient Egyptian treasures
Buried in the 14th century BCE but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create an intricate picture of how people of the time viewed the perilous journey to paradise, a utopian Egypt that could only be entered following the final judgment.
When acclaimed photographer Sandro Vannini started his work in Egypt in the late ’90s, a technological revolution was about to unfold. Emerging technologies enabled him to document murals, tombs, and artifacts in unprecedented detail. Using the time-consuming and strenuous multi-shot technique, Vannini produced complete photographic reproductions that revealed colors in their original tones with vivid intensity. Through these extraordinary images, we discover the objects’ quintessential features alongside the sophisticated and cleverly hidden details.
In collaboration with a series of international exhibitions beginning in Los Angeles in 2018, this comprehensive guide marks the centenary of Carter’s first excavations in the Valley of the Kings. Many of these invaluable works were damaged during the 2011 Egyptian uprising, some destroyed altogether?but fortunately endure in their full, timeless glory through Vannini's photographs.
From offerings and rituals to Osiris and eternal life, Vannini’s portfolio covers all facets of ancient Egyptian culture ? but it is Tuthankhamun’s unique legacy that dominates these images. With texts by the photographer and chapter introductions from scholars in the field, Tutankhamun. The Journey through the Underworld puts much-debated mysteries to rest. The learned yet accessible forewords come from distinguished Egyptologists including Professor Salima Ikram and David P. Silverman, a researcher of over 40 years standing. Insightful narratives, resplendent images, and a contemporary standpoint make this title a fitting tribute to the boy king’s odyssey, illuminating an epoch that spanned an unimaginable 6,000 years
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Cured
The inside story of The Cure Coming of age in Thatcher's Britain in the late 70s and early 80s was really tough, especially if you lived in Crawley. But against the grinding austerity, social unrest and suburban boredom, the spark of rebellion that was punk set alight three young men who would become one of the most revered and successful bands of their generation. The Cure. Cured is a memoir by Lol Tolhurst, one of the founding imaginary boys, who met Robert Smith when they were six. Lol threads the genesis of The Cure through his schoolboy years with Smith, the iconic leader of the group, and the band's most successful era in the 1980s. He takes us up to the present day, a riveting forty years since the band's inception. The band's journey to worldwide success is woven into a story not only of great highs and lows but also of love, friendship, pain, forgiveness and, ultimately, redemption on a beach in Hawaii. Cured highlights those parts of the creative journey that are not normally revealed to fans, incorporating many first-hand recollections around Lol's personal odyssey. From suburban London to the Mojave desert, Cured brings an acute eye for the times to bear on a lifelong friendship, with tales of addiction and despair along the way. Cured is the story of a timeless band and a life truly lived.
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Lacná kniha Nitky času
Klíčová osobnost poválečného světového divadla, režisér Peter Brook, vzpomíná ve svých pamětech na události, které určovaly jeho uměleckou dráhu - od šťastného dětství v rodině ruských emigrantů, přes dobrodružné divadelní i filmařské začátky ve válečném Londýně, ohromující rané úspěchy na poli operní i shakespearovské režie, až k experimentům, k nimž ho v šedesátých a sedmdesátých letech přivedla jeho neumdlévající touha dobrat se nejhlubších kořenů divadla. V knize nechybí vzpomínky na setkání (ale i tvůrčí střety) s velkými osobnostmi poválečného evropského divadla (např. S. Dalím, L. Olivierem, G. Jacksonovou, J. Moreauovou). Nejcennější na Brookově autoportrétu je však sám pokus o záznam vlastní vnitřní cesty hledajícího umělce.
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Germany around XL
This book rediscovers the very first color "photographic" images of Germany and with them a precious period of turn-of-the-century peace and prosperity. The images, dated from between 1889 and 1911, derive from the private collection of Marc Walter and, like TASCHEN's bestselling American Odyssey, are further rare examples of the Photochrom process, the first technique to obtain lithographic prints from a black and white photo negative. Spanning the length and breadth of Germany, this collection of almost 800 pictures transports us along the Rhine, through the mystical Black Forest, to the spa town of Baden-Baden, and to the historic cities of Bonn and Cologne. We travel through Hanover and Thuringen, over the rolling Alpine landscape, up the Elbe from Sachsen, through Dresden, Leipzig, Potsdam, Berlin and Hamburg, and over to the charming seaside resorts of Ostsee and Nordsee. Along the way we take in the castles of Louis II, exquisite architecture, everyday rural life, traditional regional costumes, as well as the infrastructural advances of modernity, from mountain trains to glistening boats out at sea.The result is a remarkable testimony to pre-war Germany and a time in which beauty and hope, not hostility and hardship, defined the land.
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Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon - The Greatest Movie Never Made
The Greatest Movie Never Made
Ten books in one tell the fascinating tale of Kubrick's unfilmed masterpiece
For 40 years, Kubrick fans and film buffs have wondered about the director's mysterious unmade film on Napoleon Bonaparte. Slated for production immediately following the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick's "Napoleon" was to be at once a character study and a sweeping epic, replete with grandiose battle scenes featuring thousands of extras. To write his original screenplay, Kubrick embarked on two years of intensive research; with the help of dozens of assistants and an Oxford Napoleon specialist, he amassed an unparalleled trove of research and preproduction material, including approximately 15,000 location scouting photographs and 17,000 slides of Napoleonic imagery. No stone was left unturned in Kubrick's nearly-obsessive quest to uncover every piece of information history had to offer about Napoleon. But alas, Kubrick's movie was not destined to be: the film studios, first M.G.M. and then United Artists, decided such an undertaking was too risky at a time when historical epics were out of fashion.
TASCHEN's tribute to this unmade masterpiece makes Kubrick's valiant work on "Napoleon" available to fans for the first time. Based on the original 2009 limited edition which featured ten books hidden inside of a carved out reproduction of a Napoleon history book, this publication brings all the original elements together in one volume. Herein, all of the books from the original edition are reproduced in facsimile: correspondence, costume studies, location scouting photographs, research material, script drafts, and more. Kubrick's final draft is reproduced in its entirety.
The text book features the complete original treatment, essays examining the screenplay in historical and dramatic contexts, an essay by Jean Tulard on Napoleon in cinema, and a transcript of interviews Kubrick conducted with Oxford professor Felix Markham. The culmination of years of research and preparation, this unique publication offers readers a chance to experience the creative process of one of cinema's greatest talents as well as a fascinating exploration of the enigmatic figure that was Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Válečná banda DVD
2015 / Akční, Válečný / 84 minut / USA
Jedinou šancí je vítězství!
Armádní kapitán se skandální minulostí Jack Wosick (Luke Goss) dostane šanci napravit si reputaci v čele bandy ztracených existencí přezdívaných War Pigs. Jejich úkolem je podniknout tajnou misi za nepřátelské linie a vyhledat a zmocnit se nacisty vyvinuté super zbraně - těžkého dělostřeleckého kanonu V3, který by znamenal nepřekonatelnou výhodu nad Spojenci. Ostřílený veterán 1. světové války Jack musí své nové mužstvo vycvičit, velet mu a vydobýt si jeho respekt, aby z nich za asistence kapitána Hanse Picaulta (Dolph Lundgren) a německého antifašisty ve službách francouzské cizinecké legie plukovníka A.J. Reddinga (Mickey Rourke) udělal fungující průzkumnou jednotku.
Hrají: Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Luke Goss, Ryan Kelley, Noah Segan, K.C. Clyde, Steven Luke
Režie: Ryan Little
Kamera: Ty Arnold
Hudba: Alex Kharlamov
Scénář: Adam Emerson, Steven Luke
Zvukové formáty: česky Dolby Digital 5.1 / anglicky Dolby Digital 5.1
Titulky: české
Obrazové formáty: 16:9
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Örvény - Freyja & Huldar esetei 2.
Egy iskolában tíz éve elástak egy időkapszulát. A benne található fogalmazásokban a diákok leírták, milyennek képzelik a jövőt. Csakhogy a gyermeki elképzelések közé egy fenyegető üzenet is került, amely hat, monogrammal jelölt ember halálát jövendöli.
Huldar, aki elvesztette vezetői pozícióját a rendőrségnél, úgy véli, ezzel a piti üggyel akarják távol tartani a valódi nyomozói munkától. Ugyan valószínűtlennek tartja, hogy bárki valóra váltaná kamaszkori fantáziáit, a biztonság kedvéért a gyerekpszichológus Freyja segítségét kéri, hogy kideríthesse, valós-e a fenyegetés. Nemsokára döbbenetes dolgok történnek: levágott testrészeket találnak egy kertben, majd meghal egy férfi, akinek monogramja egyezik a fenyegető üzenetben található egyik monogrammal. Megkezdődik a versenyfutás az idővel: Huldarnak és Freyjának meg kell találnia az üzenet íróját, azonosítania kell a potenciális áldozatokat és a gyilkost, amíg nem késő.
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A kuflik és a mohamanyi
Újra itt vannak a kuflik! Őket már jól ismeritek. Na de ki lehet a mohamanyi? Valaki, aki nyöszörög és panaszkodik, mert olyan régóta nem talál mohát, hogy már egészen elszürkül. A kufliknak pedig nem szokásuk cserben hagyni azt, aki segítségre szorul!
Ám az elhagyatott réten alig van moha. Lehet, hogy itt már csak a varázslat segít?
Ha pedig már így belejöttek a mohagyűjtésbe, Valérnak is segítenek kitalálni, mit gyűjtsön furcsa alakú dobozába.
A kuflikkal mindig izgalmas az élet, irány az elhagyatott rét!
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Lacná kniha Letný ostrov
Pred desiatimi rokmi Rubyna matka Nora odišla od manžela a svojich dvoch dcér. Ruby sa s ňou odvtedy nerozpráva. Nora, uznávaná poradkyňa v oblasti morálky a duchovna, sa ocitne na titulných stránkach bulvárnej tlače a Ruby dostane ponuku, aby o matke napísala. Predtým ju však musí znova spoznať. Obe odchádzajú do domu, ktorý patrí rodine a nachádza sa na Letnom ostrove. Návrat domov však nikdy nie je jednoduchý a ani Nora nie je takou ženou, akú si Ruby po všetky tie roky predstavovala. Je múdra, zraniteľná, vtipná a zúfalo sa chce zmieriť so svojimi dcérami... Žena, ktorá stráži rodinné tajomstvá, čo celkom zmenia Rubyn názor na seba, rodinu a jediného muža, ktorého kedy milovala. Vtipný, smutný, clivý, no najmä strhujúci príbeh, brilantne rozohráva celú škálu emócií, spájajúcich všetkých rodičov a ich deti.
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The Souls of China
'Masterfully opens up a little explored realm: how the quest for religion and spirituality drives hundreds of millions of Chinese' Pankaj Mishra
'A fascinating odyssey ... a nuanced group portrait of Chinese citizens striving for non-material answers in an era of frenetic materialism' Julia Lovell, Guardian
'The reappearance and flourishing of religion is perhaps the most surprising aspect of the dramatic changes in China in recent decades...this is a beautiful, moving and insightful book' Michael Szonyi
In no society on Earth was there such a ferocious attempt to eradicate all trace of religion as in modern China. But now, following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is awash with new temples, churches, and mosques - as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty - over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality and is still searching for new guideposts.
The Souls of China is the result of some fifteen years of studying and travelling around China. The message of Ian Johnson's extraordinary book is that China is now experiencing a 'Great Awakening' on a vast scale. Everywhere long-suppressed religions are rebuilding, often in new forms, and reshaping the values and behaviours of entire communities.
Ian Johnson is as happy explaining the wonders of the lunar calendar as talking to the yinyang man who ensures proper burials. He visits meditation masters and the charismatic head of a Chengdu church. The result is a rich and funny work that challenges conventional wisdom about China. Xi Jinping, China's current leader, has put a return to morality and Chinese tradition at the heart of his ideas for his country - but, Johnson asks, at what point will the rapid spread of belief form an unmanageable challenge to the Party's monopoly on power?
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Middlesex
In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry-blond classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them leads Callie to su
spect that she is not like other girls. In fact, Callie has inherited a rare genetic mutation. The biological trace of a guilty secret, this gene has followed her grandparents from the crumbling Ottoman Empire to Detroit and has outlasted the glory d
ays of the Motor City, the race riots of 1967, and the family's second migration, into the foreign country known as suburbia. Thanks to the gene, Callie is part girl, part boy. And even though the gene's epic travels have ended, her own odyssey has o
nly begun. Sprawling across eight decades - and one unusually awkward adolescence - Jeffrey Eugenides' long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of d
esire. It marks the fulfillment of a huge talent, named one of America's best young novelists by both GRANTA and the NEW YORKER.
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OWC Kalevala
The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry that was to last into the nineteenth century. This poetry provided the basis of the Kalevala. It was assembled in the 1840s by the Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot, who took 'dictation' from the performance of a folk singer, in much the same way as our great collections from the past, from Homeric poems to medieval songs and epics, have probably been set down. Published in 1849, it played a central role in the march towards Finnish independence and inspired some of Sibelius's greatest works. This new and exciting translation by poet Keith Bosley, prize-winning translator of the anthology Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic, is the first truly to combine liveliness with accuracy in a way which reflects the richness of the original.
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M Train
From the National Book Award?winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as ?a roadmap to my life.? M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo?s Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer?s society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York?s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer?s craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith?s life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids,M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today. From the Hardcover edition.
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Childhoods End
Soon to be a Syfy miniseries event "Childhood s End "is one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of "2001: A Space Odyssey "and many other groundbreaking works. Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel about first contact gone wrong has come to be regarded not only as a science fiction classic but as a literary thriller of the highest order. Spaceships have suddenly appeared in the skies above every city on the planet. Inside is an intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior alien race known as the Overlords. At first, their demands seem benevolent: unify Earth, eliminate poverty, end war. But at what cost? To those who resist, it s clear that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. Has their arrival marked the end of humankind . . . or the beginning? Praise for "Childhood s End" A first-rate tour de force. "The New York Times" Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master. "Los Angeles Times" There has been nothing like it for years; partly for the actual invention, but partly because here we meet a modern author who understands that there may be things that have a higher claim on humanity than its own survival. C. S. Lewis As a science fiction writer, Clarke has all the essentials. Jeremy Bernstein, "The New Yorker""
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A kuflik és a nagy eső
Emlékeztek meg a hét kuflira, Zodonre, Belabara, Hildara, Tituszra, Valerra, Pofankara, no meg Fityircre? Az elhagyatott réten laknak hét kis üregben a kuflikupacban, és egész nap hempergőznek, bukfenceznek es heverésznek. A kuflik visszatértek! Hatalmas eső szakadt a nyakukba, elárasztotta a rétet, es ok mindenfele fura alkalmatosságon csónakáznak a tóvá vált réten. Vajon sikerül visszajutniuk a kupacba? A második történetben a Bujócskázás Világnapját ünnepelheted meg a kuflikkal es keresgélés közben felfedezheted az elhagyatott rét minden érdekes lakokat es növényét a réti zselétől a lábascsigáig.
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M Train
National Best Seller From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.” M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer’s society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York’s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer’s craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith’s life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today. From the Hardcover edition.
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Beyond The Stars
A collection of short stories from a stellar line-up of Irish authors and illustrators, edited by bestselling author Sarah Webb. The anthology is completed by a final winter-themed tale from the winner of HarperCollins' competition for young writers, which will be illustrated by Irish Children's Laureate, Niamh Sharkey. 12 wintry tales of wonder, from the funny to the ghostly, from the heartfelt to the action-packed - there is something here for everyone to love...Written by some of the most outstanding talents in children's fiction today, including Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Derek Landy and John Boyne, and with stunning illustrations from the likes of PJ Lynch, Chris Haughton and Niamh Sharkey, to name but a few. This is a gorgeous hardback that no family bookshelf should be without. All profits go to Fighting Words - the Irish Story Centre in support of Creative Writing for Children and Adults. Fighting Words was inspired by Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia project in the USA, as have been creative writing centres all over the world since then, including Milan, Stockholm, London, Barcelona and Sydney. All of these creative writing centres are informally linked together - they communicate regularly, sharing ideas and experience.
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Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
In this eagerly awaited sequel to the international bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, world renowned leadership guru Robin Sharma will teach you how to restore trust, commitment and belief within your organisation, while simultaneously changing the way you live your life in the process.
A practical guide to visionary leadership and an inspiring fable, Leadership Wisdom is the true sequal to the international bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.
It follows the story of Peter Franklin, a frustrated owner of a struggling digital software company. Just as things start to seem hopeless for Peter, a young monk appears at his door, offering sure-fire advice on how to turn the fate of his business around. Peter is astonished to learn that the monk is in fact his long-lost friend Julian Mantle, returned from his extraordinary Indian odyssey and ready to share his timeless wisdom for visionary leadership.
Expressed in an easy-to-use eight step system of practical lessons, this inspiring and illuminating parable will teach you, amongst other things, how to:
* Create team focus and unity* Increase profitability and efficiency* Be creative and innovative under pressure* Inspire and develop your team* Touch people's lives in a positive way
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