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A Mood, A Thought, A Feeling
The first book from designer Huh is designed in three parts. Part one is an exploration of the seven moods that Huh deems essential to design: conviviality, peacefulness, joyful, cozy, verve, romantic, meaning. For example, convivial spaces are ones that feel buzzy, excited, and alive, like an artist s salon. Use lighting to draw people together and seating arrangements to connect. Peaceful interiors are refuges to be by yourself, with yourself, reading with a cup of tea on a rainy day, in a chair with a view of a forest, surrounded by warm, natural textures and quiet colors. Joyful rooms are effervescent and whimsical, with bright happy colors and wallpaper that makes you smile. Coziness is about creating safety and warmth, spaces that hold you tight and together, that encourage intimacy and depth and demarcate a transition from public to private. Rooms with verve are stylist and confident. They should feature daring, exciting choices to make people talk with a bold curation of objects and odd juxtapositions. Romantic is moody, nostalgic, filled with faded chintz, pretty vignettes, weathered and worn. Meaning is about incorporating the personal, the familial. Objects that carry stories are important here the heirlooms that tell us where we came from and who we are. Lovely curated bookcases and ephemera. Part two, A Thought, explores three full projects: two recently completed townhouses on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and in Brooklyn, as well as an elegant Park Avenue apartment. And part three of the book, A Feeling, features an immersive dive into Huh s recently completed country house upstate, from the pattern-filled rooms to the gardens and grounds, with seasonal entertaining stories.
Dear Memory
"Groundbreaking . . . Chang's lyrical experiment memorably evokes an individual family's time capsule and an artist's timeless yearning to shape carbon dust into incandescent gem." —NPRNow in paperback, from the poet who “resurrects mediums” (The Millions), a collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations. For Victoria Chang, memory “isn’t something that blooms, but something that bleeds internally.” It is willed, summoned, and dragged to the surface. The remembrances in this collection of letters are founded in the fragments of stories her mother shared reluctantly and in the silences of her father. They are whittled and sculpted from an archive of family relics: a marriage license, a letter, a visa petition, a photograph. And, just as often, they are built on questions that can no longer be answered. Dear Memory is not a transcription but a process of shaping and being shaped, knowing that when a writer dips their pen into history, what emerges is poetry. In letters to family, past teachers, fellow poets, and to the imagination itself, Victoria Chang offers a model for what it looks like to find ourselves in our histories.
Washington Is Burning
Washington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump's Washington - a grotesque carnival of corruption. Andrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation's political system. Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on arms. After the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development. The American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.
Lessons From a Lifetime
A NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis keepsake collection, featuring tributes from Margaret Atwood and Neil Young, captures the essence of a revolutionary life as it celebrates the legacy of environmental icon David Suzuki. Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime, Suzuki shares pearls of wisdom and hard-earned lessons for the next generation of activists, alongside personal stories and heartfelt contributions from his friends and family, his admirers, and even his opponents, including:Margaret AtwoodNeil YoungJane FondaElizabeth MayJustin Trudeau… and many more. In words and photographs, Lessons From a Lifetime shares David Suzuki's journey from surviving internment camps as a Japanese-Canadian child to becoming North America's most trusted voice in science communication. The book charts his years as a geneticist and superstar professor at the University of British Columbia; his dedication to demystifying complex science through his public broadcasting work, especially his beloved CBC Television program, The Nature of Things; his founding of The David Suzuki Foundation; and his unparalleled dedication to standing up for Indigenous and environmental rights, a dedication that continues today. A stunning tribute to a fearless truth-teller who transformed how we understand our relationship with the natural world, Lessons From a Lifetime belongs on every bookshelf. Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
Unsung Heroines
Why are there so few public monuments honoring women? Unsung Heroines shows it's time to claim that space!Women are grossly underrepresented in all of the Bay Area's public spaces, but not because they didn't exist! Did you know about Charlotte Brown, a Black woman in San Francisco who in 1863 took the city's transportation system to court for forcibly removing her from a streetcar, and won her landmark case? How about the first Chinese-American woman to register to vote, Clara Chan Lee, who went on to start the Chinese Women's Self-Reliance Association? Or Barbara May Cameron, a Native American writer, photographer, and activist who co-founded the first gay American Indian liberation organization? How many other notable women who deserve public recognition have been written out of the history of our regio? rawn from award-winning journalist Rae Alexandra's KQED Arts & Culture series, "Rebel Girls From Bay Area History," Unsung Heroines is a collection of 35 short profiles honoring the contributions of a diverse group of women from San Francisco, the East Bay, and the greater Bay Area, from the very first years of the founding of San Francisco to the present day. Educators and organizers, adventurers and entertainers, these inspiring women had a profound impact on our region. Together, their stories constitute a new telling of the history of Northern California from the vantagepoint of women who made a difference. A reader's perspective will be permanently altered by the realization of just how many of these untold stories have been lost to time, encouraging them to scan their own environment for traces of women whose stories deserve to be recovered and told.
The Society of the Screen
How a lifelong engagement with experimental art informed the brilliant Czech-Brazilian philosopher Vilem Flusser s early vision of a world dominated by glowing screens. Predicting the importance of technology and images in the twenty-first century as early as the 1970s, Vilem Flusser warned, the basic structure of our thinking is about to experience a mutation. The bewitching images and screens that surround us could lead toward a centrally programmed, totalitarian society or another, better one characterized by dialogue and collaboration among humans and new forms of intelligence. In this book on the idiosyncratic and prescient Czech-Brazilian philosopher, art historian and critic Martha Schwendener explores the profound effect of art on Flusser s thought. The Society of the Screen reveals how Flusser s lifelong engagement with experimental practices from abstract painting and concrete poetry in Brazil to video, cybernetics, and photography in Europe and the United States as well as his extensive involvement with the Sao Paulo Biennial informed his belief that we were moving from history a civilization informed by linear writing into post-history, dominated by technical images. The book delves deeply into how Flusser s ideas evolved, particularly in correspondence and collaboration with artists like Mira Schendel, Fred Forest, Wen-Ying Tsai, Harun Farocki, Louis Bec, and Karl Gerstner.
The Funeral Portrait: Welcome To Suffocate City - Deluxe Edition
Join us for the tale woven by acclaimed writer Leah Moore, from the songs and videos by The Funeral Portrait. Irving Westhound, a driven man on a mission, tries to discover why the kids of the town are unable to resist the siren call of the Cults' enigmatic leader before it's too late!DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES:Oversized hardcover deluxe edition graphic novel (12"x12")Slipcase for graphic novelOne of four limited edition trading cards (randomly assorted)Three exclusive art prints
Fungi and Human Life
The incredible, hidden role of fungi in our livesFrom beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Fungi and Human Life explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts and molds inside and all around us. Nicholas Money takes readers on a guided tour of a marvelous unseen realm, describing how our immune systems are engaged in continuous conversation with the teeming mycobiome inside the body, and how we can fall prey to serious and even life-threatening infections when this peaceful coexistence is disturbed. He also sheds light on our complicated relationship with fungi outside the body, from wild mushrooms and cultivated molds that have been staples of the human diet for millennia to the controversial experimentation with magic mushrooms in the treatment of depression. Drawing on the latest advances in mycology, Fungi and Human Life reveals what scientists are learning about the importance of fungi to our lives, from their vital role in supporting the ecosystems on which we depend to their emerging uses in lifesaving medicine.
My Cute Cousin Always Gets Her Way Vol. 2
What was meant to be a brief stay with family in the countryside for the summer has been suddenly extended! When Nozomu’s sister joins them, she finds her brother under assault from their tomboyish younger cousin Sou, and the antics are only escalating. As Nozomu learns to appreciate rural life, Sou finally starts to reflect on their “innocent” interactions. With the two getting closer, and with Nozomu’s return to Tokyo fading into the distance, his lively days with his clingy cousin aren’t going away anytime soon.
The Layered Home
'I often think about the Albert Hadley pointer that "a room should feel collected, not decorated", writes Benjamin Raynaert in his new book, before taking us on a tour of British, European and American homes that embody this idea.... Benjamin has insightful conversations with the creative individuals behind these spaces - who also offer tips on how to master the seemingly effortless layered look.' House & Garden'If you choose one playbook rule, let this be your guide: Layers plus personalization is the combination that creates absolute spatial magic. Nothing else comes close.' Benjamin RaynaertTo magazine editor and stylist Benjamin Reynaert, more is more when it comes to the home. The more patterns and colours combined, the more preloved pieces scooped up at the right time, the more surfaces to display treasured objects, the more a house will feel like home. Layers are key to achieving this maximalist alchemy. It's not a look that can be bought all at once, but one developed over time, leisurely and with intention, as you stay mindful of your space's personality. Most of all, layering a home requires listening to and respecting your own instincts and taste. To help train your eye, Benjamin takes you on a journey through exquisitely decorated homes lived in by creative and curious people. From the UK and France to the USA, these homes artfully integrate patterns, colours, textures, art, furniture, and objects to create interiors that are as unique as the people who live in them. More than 200 photographs capture home tours of stunning maximalist homes, and Benjamin's interviews with his favourite tastemakers reveal tips and tricks on collecting, arranging objects, and modifying rooms over time. Brimming with beauty and smart advice, The Layered Home shares how to curate interiors filled with warmth and endless visual interest by embracing abundance, imperfection, and craft. The end result: a gorgeous home that tells your unique story.
El Iluminado
In this entertaining, thought-provoking detective graphic novel set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a fictional Ilan Stavans seeks to solve a murder and locate a lost manuscript by a prominent 16th-century Crypto-Jew burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition. When young Rolando Perez falls to his death from a cliff outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, the mysteries immediately begin to accumulate. Was he pushed or did he jump? What might Rolando have been so desperate to protect that he would sacrifice himself? And what does a colorful concha pastry have to do with any of thi? n the midst of the investigation, Professor Ilan Stavans arrives in Santa Fe to give a lecture about the area’s long-buried Jewish history. He’s looking forward to relaxing afterward with an evening at the opera, but his presentation on “crypto-Jews” attracts unexpected attention, and soon Ilan is drawn into a desperate race to find the long-lost documents that might hold the key to Rolando’s death. His amateur sleuthing leads him to taco joints, desert ranches, soaring cathedrals, and, finally, deep into the region’s past, where he encounters Luis de Carvajal, also called “El Iluminado.” In a sixteenth-century tale of martyrdom that eerily echoes Rolando’s, Carvajal fled Spain for colonial Mexico at the height of the Spanish Inquisition, searching for his religious heritage—a hunt for which he, like Rolando, would pay the ultimate price. In El Iluminado, esteemed literary critic Ilan Stavans and author and illustrator Steve Sheinkin present a secret history of religion in the Americas, showing how thousands of European refugees have left a trail of ghostly footprints—and troves of mysteries—across the American Southwest. This paperback edition includes a new afterword recounting the amazing events that occurred after the original publication, including the real-life discovery of the long-lost memoir of Luis de Carvajal and its restoration to Mexico.
The Art of Seduction - A csábítás művészete
A The 48 Laws of Power bestseller szerzőjétől egy lenyűgöző kézikönyv a csábításról, a hatalom legárnyaltabb és leghatékonyabb formájáról.
Amikor a művészet szintjére emeljük, a csábítás, a hatalom közvetett és finom formája birodalmakat buktatott meg, választásokat nyert meg és nagy elméket taszított rabszolgaságba.
Merüljünk el a csábítás folyamatának huszonnégy manőverében és stratégiájában, a szertartásban, amelynek során a csábító uralma alá hajtja a célpontját.
Most megérthetjük, hogyan "Tegyük költőivé a jelenlétünket", hogyan "Tartsuk őket bizonytalanságban, hogy mi következik" és hogyan "Sajátítsuk el a merész lépés művészetét".
A csábítás művészete éppen olyan nélkülözhetetlen, mint A hatalom 48 törvénye, egyúttal a meggyőzés elengedhetetlen bevezető könyve, amely a történelem legnagyobb fegyvereinek egyikét és a hatalom végső formáját fedi fel.
Az élet ócska örömei
A Halkirálynő újra akcióban!
Óvja, vigyázza a nyeregbe visszalendülő nyomozónőt, Denisa Wryt.
,,Lelövésem következményeként a főnökség főleg ,,családi jellegű gyilkossági ügyek" felderítésére kötelezett. Úgy határoztak, hogy hosszabb ideig nem engednek szervezett bűnözéssel kapcsolatos rémtettek közelébe. Szerintük azok túlontúl veszélyesek számomra. Szintén szerintük most még lazításra van szükségem, nehogy elkapjon a poszttraumás stressz-szindróma, szövődményképpen. (Mellesleg rég elkapott. Nem kötöm az orrukra.)
Oké, de akkor miért is küldtek a kisportolt macsókat is kidöglesztő rehabra? S vajon a kőkemény kiképzés terápia következtében nem lettem brutálisan túlképzett a (főleg) családi jellegű gyilkossági ügyekhez?
(Családi gyilkosság? Ez nem oximoron? De az, ha elhisszük, hogy a család csupa áhítatos szeretet, egymás iránti odaadás és jóság. És nem oximoron, ha realisták vagyunk.)
Ami a saját famíliámat illeti, bizonyíthatóan legalább három generációra visszamenőleg nem fordult elő egymás (tettleges) gyilkolása. Verbálisan és trükkös módokon persze nyilván akadtak próbálkozások, végtére senki sem szentéletű, még a szentek sem, elég csak átbogarászni az életrajzukat, menten kiderül."
Denisára egyszerre két családi gyilkossági ügyet is bíznak, és azok mindegyre ágas-bogasodnak. Végül megállapítja, hogy az emberiség is egy nagy család.
Normální a patologická láska
Autor se ve své knize věnuje hlubinné analýze milostných vztahů. Zabývá se různými formami lásky od sexuálního vzrušení přes erotickou touhu až po zralou lásku, přičemž se opírá o psychoanalytické teorie Sigmunda Freuda a jeho následovníků. Zkoumá, jak vývoj sexuality ovlivňuje vztahové vzorce a jaké faktory mohou vést k patologii. Kniha se tak soustředí na dynamiku lásky v jejích různých podobách – od zralé sexuální lásky až po poruchy, jako je narcismus, agrese nebo masochismus. Kernberg ukazuje, do jaké míry jsou nevědomé psychické obsahy a jejich aktivace odpovědné jak za vztahové konflikty, tak za ty nejvíce vzrušující momenty milostného života člověka.
Sedm smrtelných trnů
V království Aragoa je magie zločinem, za který se platí životem, a této hrozby nejsou ušetřeni ani studenti Vanderberghovy akademie. Viola Sinclairová svou magii stínů odmalička skrývá, protože dobře ví, že ji to může stát všechno. Královna však její tajemství odhalí a pověří svého nejchladnokrevnějšího zabijáka, aby ji během sedmi dní zabil. Pokud to neudělá, zemře on sám. Jenže i zabijáci mají svá tajemství. A kvůli nim jsou ochotni porušit všechna pravidla – i kdyby měl svět lehnout popelem.
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Chlieb anjelov
Chlieb anjelov je doteraz najintímnejšou spoveďou legendárnej umelkyne Patti Smith. V tejto spomienkovej próze nás autorka vezme do čias svojho dospievania, keď sa v nej pod vplyvom Arthura Rimbauda či Boba Dylana rodila umelecká vášeň. Sledujeme jej fascinujúcu cestu od písania prvých básní až po zrod ikonických piesní ako Dancing Barefoot či Because the Night, ktoré navždy posunuli hranice rockovej hudby a poézie.
Príbeh však pokračuje aj za svetlami reflektorov – v tichu domova v Michigane, kde po boku svojej životnej lásky Freda „Sonica“ Smitha nachádza útočisko v rodinnom živote a tvorivej samote. V čase bolestných osobných strát zostáva v jej živote jedinou konštantou písanie. Táto kniha je svedectvom o sile predstavivosti, ktorá dokáže premeniť bolesť na nádej a všednú realitu na čistú mágiu. Patti Smith sa nám opäť odhaľuje ako večná tuláčka, ktorá žije pre slovo a písaním vdychuje život všetkému okolo seba.
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Obezita je nemoc
Obezita není váš osud – je to nemoc, kterou lze překonat. MUDr. Evžen Machytka ukazuje, proč nejde jen o jídlo a pohyb, ale o složitou souhru těla a mysli. Nabízí sedm kroků, moderní metody a praktické tipy, které vám pomohou změnit životní styl, získat zdravou váhu a udržet ji dlouhodobě. Vykročte na cestu ke zdraví ještě dnes!
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MASOVÝ HROB JI PŘIVEDE NA STOPU ZVRÁCENÉHO VRAHA…
Když je v zamrzlém jezeře nedaleko Stillwateru nalezeno tělo sedmnáctileté Keshy Williamsové, je na místo přivolána zvláštní agentka FBI Nikki Huntová. Stopy po škrcení na krku oběti jasně vypovídají o tom, že se jedná o vraždu. Dívka byla navíc unesena ze stejného obchodního domu, ve kterém před rokem Nikkinu dceru ohrožoval sériový zabiják Mráz.
Policie je přesvědčena, že pachatelem je Keshin přítel Dion Johnson. Nikki si tím ale není tak jistá. Místo činu a chladnokrevný způsob usmrcení jasně ukazují na někoho, kdo nezabíjel poprvé. Její noční můra se naplní poté, co je v blízkosti jezera odkryt masový hrob.
Agentka je vržena do nemilosrdného závodu s časem. Zvrácený vrah totiž ve svém konání rozhodně nehodlá přestat a nejspíš už si stihl najít příští oběť. Dokáže ho Nikki vypátrat dříve, než bude pozdě?
Krimi thriller pro fanoušky Roberta Dugoniho, Karin Slaughter, Lisy Gardner a všechny čtenáře, kteří se od knihy rádi nedokážou odtrhnout.
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Co zůstane, když se život ztiší a všechno nepodstatné odpluje? Reportérka a dokumentaristka Lea Surovcová naslouchá lidem, kteří se ocitli v náročné a pro některé závěrečné etapě. V jejich vyprávění se zrcadlí radost, láska, lítost, hrdost a mnoho dalších emocí. Deset rozhovorů tvoří mozaiku života, který se pomalu uzavírá, ale přesto zůstává plný světla. Součástí publikace jsou i jemné ilustrace Lucie Charvátové.
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