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The Secret Language of Flowers
A beautifully illustrated gift book that explores the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers throughout history
Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.
Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience. But how does the significance of flowers vary across cultures and at different points in history? And what makes certain flowers special?
The Secret Language of Flowers explores the meaning of more than 80 flowers, tracing their history as symbols and charting their role in folklore and mythology around the world.
Uncover the rich and fascinating histories of individual flowers - the sunflower, for example, which was regarded by the Aztecs as a symbol of war, but became a symbol of devotion in 19th-century painting due to the fact that it "turns its head" to follow the sun. Learn about the function of flowers in society, from the practical to the playful - flowers have been used as remedies - to soothe burns and aid digestion, for example - and as a means of sending cryptic communications.
From the humble marigold to the complex orchid, the flowers in this book are arranged by season. The rose is celebrated in a dedicated chapter, reflecting its popularity in a variety of cultures and societies.
Quirky, accessible, and informative, The Secret Language of Flowers is an entertaining guide to the rich stories that lie beyond the seductive aromas and dazzling beauty of flowers of all kinds.
The World of Freddie Mercury Puzzle
Piece together the world of Freddie Mercury in this jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of his life and songs. From his childhood in Zanzibar and England to his meteoric rise to rock stardom with Queen and his tragic death from AIDS, there’s a galaxy of stars, friends, lovers and cats to explore. Discover why Freddie Mercury remains the Champion of the World.
Puzzle Shape:
Rectangular
Piece Count:
1000
Artist:
Jenner Smith, Timba Smits
Part artist, part graphic illustrator and part letterer, Timba Smits blends a distinct love of music and mid-century style with contemporary design aesthetics.
Additional Information:
Includes fold-out poster
Sturdy and attractive box
Puzzle Dimensions (in):
27 x 19
Puzzle Box Dimensions (in):
10.25 x 10.25 x 2
The Weapon is Love (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 146) (EN)
The Earl of Rockhaven calls on his friend the Vicar, the Reverend Simon Wolverham, to ask if his beautiful daughter, Lucinda, will pretend to be his own daughter, Muriel, who is away in Scotland staying with her aunt. tFortunately the girls have similar looks and Lucinda could easily be taken for Muriel.
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Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang CD
Tracklist:
1: Bring da ruckus
2: Shame on a nigga
3: Clan in da front
4: Wu-tang: 7th chamber
5: Can it be all so simple/intermissio the way we were
6: Da mystery of chessboxin'
7: Wu-tang clan aint nuthing ta f' wit c.r.e.a.m. as long as i've got you
8: Method man
9: Protect ya neck tearz after laughter (comes tears)
10: Wu-tang: 7th chamber - part ii
11: Method man
12: Part ii
13: Method man (remix) skunk mix
Heroes' Feast Flavors of the Multiverse
Explore the cuisines of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse with more than 75 delectable new recipes from the New York Times bestselling authors of Heroes’ Feast.
Never adventure on an empty stomach! From the D&D experts behind the bestselling Heroes’ Feast comes Heroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse,a mouthwatering cookbook stuffed with eclectic fare for solo adventurers and party quests alike. This culinary tour presents original recipes inspired by regions and settings from across the Forgotten Realms and beyond. All seventy-six dishes, developed by a professional chef from one of the country’s top test kitchens, are delicious, easy to prepare, and composed of ingredients readily found in our world.
The immersive recipes in Heroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse are perfect for sharing and entertaining. Dishes are organized by location with options for every occasion—especially game nights!—including
• otherworldly appetizers such as Talyth and Goldenstars
• savory main courses such as Steak of the Deep and Eldeen Banquet
• alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages such as Elverquist and Kaeth
• and desserts such as Green Ice Rime and Vada’s Vanilla Bean Buns
Adventure has never tasted so good!
Playing the Spanish Billionaire
CEO of Barcelona’s most luxurious hotel, Mateu Espasa, prides himself on always delivering a five-star experience, but more, he must land his hotel in the hall of fame. His family depends on it. So, when he discovers hotel reviewer, London Montgomery, is a guest, he poses as a local tour guide to make sure she enjoys her stay. But soon, London's admirable sense of duty for her work and passion for his city makes Mateu want her just as much as he needs that review.
Working non-stop to cover her mother’s medical bills, an exhausted London Montgomery is determined to have a little fun on her business trip before she cracks. With her to-do list in hand, she bumps into a man at a local market who fits #1 on her list: Kiss a hot Spaniard! But she soon discovers the charming man is really CEO of the hotel she’s reviewing. If it's games he likes, she's willing to play and decides to see just how far he’ll go to make her dream vacation five-stars, but there's more to Mateu than cava and caviar, he's a dedicated family man willing to do anything for those he loves, and when London falls head over heart for both, she realizes this isn’t a game either will win.
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The Woman in Black
The first of a series of detective novels featuring "gentleman sleuth Philip Trent," later published under the title "Trent's Last Case."
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0,88 €
The Drawings of Vincent van Gogh
The Drawings of Vincent van GoghArranging by theme, from drawings of humble harvesters to beautifully rendered depictions of landscapes, pensive life studies to memorable sketches of the famous Yellow House, eminent art historian Christopher Lloyd encourages readers to consider the artist’s drawings from a fresh viewpoint: documenting successes and failures, experiments, trials, and disappointments.
Primarily self-taught, Van Gogh’s approach to drawing was instinctual, but he soon recognized the importance of mastering the grammar of art, as well as materials and techniques, in order to expresshis emotional responses to a subject as vividly as possible. With examples from the artist’s voluminous and highly charged family correspondence, sketchbooks, and comparative artworks, this engaging study outlines why drawing is central to Van Gogh’s oeuvre, and equal to the intensity and reputation of his paintings.
Featuring works from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and many other important collections in Europe and the United States, this beautifully illustrated volume offers an extensive interpretation of the artist’s drawings, beyond what has been published to date.
The Definitive Book of Body Language
What people say is often very different to what they think or feel. Now, with THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE, you can learn to read others people's thoughts by their gestures. It sounds implausible, but body language is easy to pick up and fun to use. Find out: How to tell if someone is lying How to make yourself likeable How to get co-operation from other people How to interview and negotiate successfully How to choose a partner Learn the secrets of body language with Allan and Barbara Pease, bestselling authors of WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS.
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9,92 €
The Forward Book of Poetry 2024
This is poetry for our times. The Forward Book of Poetry is the indispensable annual guide to contemporary poetry. In bringing together the best new work published in the UK and Ireland, as chosen by the jury of the annual Forward Prizes, this anthology offers a vital overview of the literary landscape to seasoned poetry lovers and new readers alike.
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13,95 €
The Lodger
A haunting mystery tale that revolves around the Jack the Ripper murders, this novel was the basis for several films, including a 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent film featuring Ivor Novello in the title role.
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The New Testament 9 - Galatians (EN)
The book of Galatians is a Pauline Epistle (letter from Paul). It was written by the Apostle Paul about 49 A. D. prior to the Jerusalem Council which had taken place in 50 A. D. This quite possibly could have been Paul’s first letter. The key personalities of this book are the Apostle Paul, Peter, Barnabas, Abraham, Titus, and false teachers.
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5,99 €
Wasting Time on the Internet
Using clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith's manifesto shows how our time on the internet is not really wasted but is quite productive and creative as he puts the experience in its proper theoretical and philosophical context. Kenneth Goldsmith wants you to rethink the internet. Many people feel guilty after spending hours watching cat videos or clicking link after link after link.
But Goldsmith sees that "wasted" time differently. Unlike old media, the internet demands active engagement-and it's actually making us more social, more creative, even more productive. When Goldsmith, a renowned conceptual artist and poet, introduced a class at the University of Pennsylvania called "Wasting Time on the Internet", he nearly broke the internet.
The New Yorker, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Slate, Vice, Time, CNN, the Telegraph, and many more, ran articles expressing their shock, dismay, and, ultimately, their curiosity. Goldsmith's ideas struck a nerve, because they are brilliantly subversive-and endlessly shareable. In Wasting Time on the Internet, Goldsmith expands upon his provocative insights, contending that our digital lives are remaking human experience.
When we're "wasting time," we're actually creating a culture of collaboration. We're reading and writing more-and quite differently. And we're turning concepts of authority and authenticity upside-down.
The internet puts us in a state between deep focus and subconscious flow, a state that Goldsmith argues is ideal for creativity. Where that creativity takes us will be one of the stories of the twenty-first century. Wide-ranging, counterintuitive, engrossing, unpredictable-like the internet itself-Wasting Time on the Internet is the manifesto you didn't know you needed.
Grave Digger - Symbol Of Eternity (Mediabook) CD
Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. The Siege Of Akkon
2. Battle Cry
3. Hell Is My Purgatory
4. King Of The Kings
5. Symbol Of Eternity
6. Saladin
7. Nights Of Jerusalem
8. Heart Of A Warrior
9. Grace Of God
10. Sky Of Swords
11. Holy Warfare
12. The Last Crusade
13. Hellas Hellas
CD 2:
1. The Clansman's Journey
2. Healed By Metal
3. The Clans Will Rise Again
4. Lawbreaker
5. The Roundtable
6. The Curse Of Jacques
7. Season Of The Witch
8. Excalibur
9. Rebellion
10. Witch Hunter
11. Heavy Metal Breakdown
B. J. Harrison Reads The Velveteen Rabbit (EN)
It is Christmas and a little boy receives a gift – a velveteen rabbit. Although the other toys look down on him, the rabbit is happy to be with the boy. They are constant companions and it seems like nothing can worsen their days. But then the boy gets sick and the doctor insists that all the toys get burned because they may be infected.
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The Tell-Tale Heart
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the hallucination that the man's heart is still beating under the floorboards.It is unclear what relationship, if any, the old man and his murderer share. It has been suggested that the old man is a father figure or, perhaps, that his vulture eye represents some sort of veiled secret. The ambiguity and lack of details about the two main characters stand in stark contrast to the specific plot details leading up to the murder.The story was first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories.
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The Rise And Fall of Athens
Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work
What makes a leader? For Plutarch the answer lay not in great victories, but in moral strengths. In these nine biographies, taken from his Parallel Lives, Plutarch illustrates the rise and fall of Athens through nine lives, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. Plutarch ultimately held the weaknesses of its leaders responsible for the city's fall.
His work is invaluable for its imaginative reconstruction of the past, and profound insights into human life and achievement. This edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation, fully revised with a new introduction and notes by John Marincola, now also contains Plutarch's attack on the first historian, 'On the Malice of Herodotus'.
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The Apartment Next Door
A story of the U.S. Secret Service, into which Mr. Johston has woven mysteries more enthralling than in "The House of Whispers."
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The Gospel according to me
I've always been looking for Sense. It seems to be God. Despite people trying to write their opinions into the Bible, He managed to make sure that in His book there were such thoughts and indications for us that He wanted.
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7,49 €