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From the groves and vineyards of Provence to the dry hills of California, the farms of Australia and the forests of Canada, Gilles de Chabaneix's stunning photographs capture the distinctive rural architecture, homely decorative schemes, awe-inspirin g landscapes and rustic details that make country living universally desirable. In this comprehensive exploration of the pleasures of country living, traditional and contemporary elements are treated with the same sympathetic eye: an airy, minimalist sitting room looks out on an ancient piazza; bunches of herbs and antique tools hang from rough-hewn beams beside a roaring fire; a stone floor, worn smooth with age, shines through the sleek glass top of a modern dining table, where a bowl of fruit from the local market awaits a guest. More than a comprehensive sourcebook of decorative ideas, for anyone who dreams of living in the country or is lucky enough to live there already this is the ultimate guide to timeless rural living: beautiful, r egional and quirkily individual.

Bringing together an innovative new generation who are creating the aesthetics of the next decade, all the artists featured are making waves in the contemporary art world. 100 New Artists features the new themes, media, imagery and ideas emerging in contemporary art practice. Embracing painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, performance work, collage, video and new technology, the book's artists range from Madrid to Athens, Los Angeles to Paris, Berlin to Sao Paulo. There are members of the Bowery school of New York's Lower East Side such as Agathe Snow, the new wave of underground Berlin artists that include A-zlem Altin, and new installation artists in Tokyo like Teppei Kaneuji. This is a vital new wave of art - post conceptua lism, post-minimalism, post pop. Not only a snapshot of art at this moment, 100 New Artists is a place to discover the people who will define our aesthetic future

Advertising is changing fast, in order to hold its own in an ever-changing media landscape. The traditional channels of TV, press and poster simply won't reach some target audiences. Instead, clients demand project-specific solutions involving social media networks, stunts in public places, street propaganda and more. This book showcases the varied and inventive tactics that are being used today by big-name brands, non-profit organizations and individuals to promote themselves, their ideas and t heir products. Projects include: giant afro combs stuck in topiaried shrubs to promote a play set in a barber shop; an inflatable pig wedged between two skinny Manhattan buildings to advertise dental floss; musical grooves in a road, only audible if you drive at the safe limit of 40 mph and street buskers launching a new Oasis album in New York. Over 70 international campaigns are featured, grouped according to their approach: Stunts, Street Propaganda, Sneaky Tactics, Site-specific campaigns an d Multi-fronted attacks.

Roth continues his string of small, antiHoratio Alger novels (The Humbling; etc.) with this underwhelming account of Bucky Cantor, the young playground director of the Chancellor Avenue playground in 1944 Newark. When a polio outbreak ravages the ki ds at the playground, Bucky, a hero to the boys, becomes spooked and gives in to the wishes of his fiancée, who wants him to take a job at the Pocono summer camp where she works. But this being a Roth novel, Bucky can't hide from his fate. Fast-forwa rd to 1971, when Arnie Mesnikoff, the subtle narrator and one of the boys from Chancellor, runs into Bucky, now a shambles, and hears the rest of his story of piercing if needless guilt, bad luck, and poor decisions. Unfortunately, Bucky's too simple a character to drive the novel, and the traits that make him a good playground director--not very bright, quite polite, beloved, straight thinking--make him a lackluster protagonist. For Roth, it's surprisingly timid.

This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertaining and intelligent, it provides a concise history of the subject, and is also a fascinating resource to dip into. Arranged in a broadly chronological o rder to show the development of architecture, the ideas that comprise the book include innovative and influential concepts, technologies, techniques and movements. Each idea is presented through interesting text and arresting visuals, and explores wh en the idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day

Like its successful predecessors 10x10 (published in 2000) and 10x10_2 (published in 2005), 10x10_3 is a comprehensive overview of contemporary world architecture. Generously illustrated, this volume presents 100 of the world's most exceptional emerg ing architects, selected by 10 esteemed members of the international architecture community. Arranged alphabetically by architect, the book features more than 1,500 illustrations and approximately 250 buildings and projects from the past five years, including recently built work as well as competition entries. The result will be an up-to-the-minute collection representing the best of both global and regional architecture around the world

"Futurescapes" is a major resource aimed at practitioners, enthusiasts and students in the realms of landscape, architecture, urban planning and design that profiles the fifty most exciting and innovative landscape and garden designers working today. From China and Australia to the USA and Europe, these individuals and studios span the whole spectrum of contemporary practice on landscape and garden design, from the most ecologically minded garden designers to those working at the boundary of art , design and nature. Like its successful predecessor, "Avant Gardeners", this lively volume contains inspiration for everyone from amateur gardeners to urban policy-makers, from plant enthusiasts to landscape designers.

100 Ideas that Changed Fashion chronicles the most influential fashion ideas through which womenswear has evolved. Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, the book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. But rather than just documenting these changes in fashion, it crucially explains why they happened. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, t he book will be entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

Included are luminaries such as Magnum members Bruce Gilden, Martin Parr, and Alex Webb (who are still seeing what is invisible to others, as Robert Frank put it), along with an international group of emerging photographers whose individual biograp hies illuminate the stories behind their pictures of New York, Tokyo, Delhi, or Dakar. Four thought-provoking essays and a global conversation between leading street photographers explore the compelling and often controversial issues in the genre. A select bibliography and a resource section for aspiring street photographers complete the book.

Verity je sem-tam neposlušná, ale snaží sa hovoriť vždy pravdu. Toto svoje pravidlo poruší, keď sa stratí jej milovaná mačka Mabel. Verity ju objaví na druhý deň vo svojej skrini. Mabel však cez noc zomrela. Babka s ockom sa o smrti nerozprávajú a ke ďže sa s ňou Verity nechce rozlúčiť, rozhodne sa, že z Mabel urobí múmiu. V škole práve preberali staroveký Egypt a tak mala všetko presne naštudované.

Piata avenue v New Yorku je skvelá adresa, bývajú tam, prípadne sa o to usilujú hrdinky tohto románu. Schiffer Diamondová, herečka tesne po štyridsiatke, všetkých urputne presviedča, že v prípade žien, ktoré majú štýl v krvi, vek nehrá úlohu. Rozmaznaná a sebaistá Lola sa snaží stoj čo stoj dostať medzi obyvateľov Piatej avenue 1. Annalisa do vyšších kruhov patrí, no v podstate nimi opovrhuje. Zatrpknutú Mindy, ženu neúspešného spisovateľa, prestáva baviť úloha živiteľky rodiny. A v „jednotke“ žije aj krásna a inteligentná Enid, ktorú jej stĺpčeky plné klebiet vyšvihli až do apartmánu na najvyššom poschodí, odkiaľ všetko vyzerá trochu inak ako v bežnom svete...

Jane Eyrová, najznámejšie dielo Charlotty Brontëovej, je román, kde je hlavnou postavou mladá rozprávačka, drobná, nie práve krásna, ale inteligentná a čestná anglická sirota. Dej románu prechádza niekoľkými obdobiami: Janino detstvo v Gatesheade, kde jej život strpčujú teta a jej rozmaznané deti. Jej pobyt a vzdelávanie v Lowoodskej dievčenskej škole pre chudobné dievčatá a siroty, kde si získava priateľky, ale trpí nedostatkom - či už stravy alebo príjemného prostredia, jej pôsobenie ako opatrovateľky v sídle Thornfield Manor, kde sa zamiluje do svojho zamestnávateľa Edwarda Rochestera, obdobie strávené s rodinou Riversovcov v Moor House a Mortone, kde ju jej chladný bratranec-kňaz požiada o ruku, a jej opätovné stretnutie a manželstvo s milovaným Rochesterom v jeho dome vo Ferndeane. Čiastočne autobiografický román je plný spoločenskej kritiky a pochmúrnych gotických prvkov. Na vtedajšie pomery bol veľmi pokrokový, pretože nekopíruje len zásady romantizmu, ale miešajú sa v ňom aj nové, realistické prvky a motívy.

Boris Filan vydáva knižku, aká sa píše roky; a preto sa dá aj roky čítať. Formou dialógov Majstra so žiakom , bonmotmi a anekdotami si uťahuje zo všetkého vážneho. S neobyčajnou otvorenosťou hovorí svoje názory na lásku, na priateľstvo, na hriechy. S pochybňuje všetko, čo sa tvári ako dôležité. Tá knižka je čistá a zábavná ako vodka. Lákavá, sladká aj trpká ako hrozienka a mandle. Je radostná a nebezpečná ako sex bez ochrany.

Tri novely Dušana Dušeka z filmárskeho prostredia spája predovšetkým ústredné slovo z názvu knihy – láska. No nejde v nich len o lásku, či lásky medzi ženami a mužmi, o všetky jej láskyplné podoby. Autor sa pokúša dotknúť, dostihnúť a dolapiť aj všetky ostatné prejavy vrúcnej a úprimnej náklonnosti k tomu, čo človek v živote robí, čo okolo seba vidí, čo všetko zažíva, čo pri tom cíti, aby to mohol podať, posunúť, či pošepkať aj ostatným ľuďom. Potešiť ich. Proste: ponúknuť holú vetu o láske.

Nová séria skvelých nálepkových kníh, ktorá ponúka pestrofarebné ilustrácie, viacnásobne použiteľné nálepky a utierateľné lesklé strany.

Výber poviedok populárneho slovenského scenáristu, básnika a spisovateľa Dušana Dušeka. Dušekové poviedky sú poetické, často humorné, ale vždy láskavé a nezvyčajne ľudské. Z reality života si vyberá všedné i bizarné postavy a figúrky, ku ktorým má dôverný vzťah. Púšťa ich do príbehu, ozvláštneného veľa ráz iracionálnym prvkom, ktorý však neodvádza príbeh a postavy od reality, ale naopak - pomáha hlbšie pochopiť realitu života, ktorá má i svoje tajomné dimenzie, odjakživa fungujúce v individuálnom a kolektívnom vedomí.