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An unprecedented publication showcasing Gucci as never before, including thought-provoking essays, commentaries, and authoritative anecdotes along with previously unpublished contemporary and archival photographs. Published in conjunction with the opening of the new Gucci Museum in Florence, Gucci is the ultimate celebration of the world-renowned fashion house. Told through a loose grouping of words, concepts, shapes, and moods, the book tells its story through new conceptual forms and the free links between images, symbols, and objects. Edited by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, with essays and inserts by contributors including Katie Grand, Peter Arnell, Rula Jebreal, Christopher Breward and Stefano Micelli, Gucci: The Making Of is a dynamic record of a much-coveted brand that will be a must this season for anyone with a love of fashion and an interest in contemporary culture. This comprehensive volume showcases the genius of the fashion house through an exclusive lens with inside looks into the inspirations behind the design. This gorgeous book designed by Arnell offers an in-depth look into Gucci’s origins, identity, influence, and innovation, including fabrication methods and appropriation of signature materials, past and present, and its influence among high society and Hollywood. The book is a heartfelt and personalized tribute to the heritage and influence of this iconic, multifaceted brand. In recognition of its ongoing partnership with UNICEF and the release of this luxury edition, Gucci will make a donation of US $250,000 to support UNICEF's Schools for Africa initiative.

In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever. Now Orcs, Dragons, Goblins, and Trolls all vie for supremacy over the scattered, warring kingdoms -- part of a grand, malevolent scheme that will determine the fate of the world of

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The Hamlyn Classic Chefs series is a celebratory collection of some of the most admired chefs the world has to offer - noteworthy not only for their pioneering approach to food, but also for their dependable, uncomplicated and trustworthy recipes. Rose Elliot comes from a family of three generations of vegetarians and is regarded as one of the world's finest vegetarian writers with over 50 books to her name.

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest fictional detective in the world. The hero of 56 short stories and four novels, he is so convincing that letters still arrive at 221b Baker Street seeking his help, and when it was thought that he had died in his clash with the evil Professor Moriarty ('the Napoleon of Crime') young men in London wore black armbands. This handsome edition, bound in real cloth, with head and tail bands, a ribbon marker, top edge gilt and a gold-blocked jacket, presents all of the short stories, many illustrated by Sidney Paget, who prepared these drawings for the original publication in "The Strand Magazine". It also contains the four novels: "A Study in Scarlet" in which Holmes and Dr Watson first meet, "The Sign of the Four", "The Valley of Fear" and the chilling masterpiece "The Hound of the Baskervilles". This title features Introduction by David Stuart Davies, former editor of "Sherlock Holmes: The Magazine".

The Hamlyn Classic Recipes" series is a celebratory collection of some of the most admired chefs the world has to offer - noteworthy not only for their pioneering approach to food, but also for their dependable, uncomplicated and trustworthy recipes. This definitive cookbook contains over 75 signature recipes accompanied by beautiful photography. In this elegant collection of Italian cuisine, you'll find delicious traditional dishes such as Bucatini with pancetta, Beef braised in Barola, Calamari stuffed with rice, parsley and garlic and Pistachio ice cream.

Under the expert guidance of Patrick Cox and Eric Lanlard, cupcakes have received a sultry and seductive makeover, and Cox Cookies & Cake is far sexier than the average cake shop. The edgy atmosphere of its Soho home is ravishingly reflected in the cakes it produces - from Mrs Nickolchuk's Nanaimo squares to cupcakes bejewelled with skulls and gothic black frosting. Oozing sexy Soho, this book features 80 recipes from classic Bling cupcakes and chunky chocolate chip cookies to all-time favourite cheesecakes and brownies. Edgy design and graphic photography make this a voluptuous and completely delicious new take on cakes.

Desať životopisov panovníkov z celého sveta odhaľuje prekvapivé a často nepovšimnuté vplyvy v životoch slávnych. Dozvieme sa , kým sa inšpiroval Alexander. Veľký, Henrich VIII., Alžbeta I, Ľudovít XIV. či Katarína Veľká. Texty sú doplnené komiksovými ilustráciami.

Píše sa rok 612 a mladý britský úradník Aelric, ktorý sa stal senátorom a dôverníkom cisára Herakleia, prišiel do Alexandrie. Má zabezpečiť dodávku egyptského obilia do Konštantínopola a presadiť nový zákon o pôde, ale v meste mu na každom kroku hati a plány rozhádané vládne frakcie a sprisahancami. Do Alexandrie však mieri aj dávny Aelricov nepriateľ, ktorý údajne hľadá náboženskú relikviu s mocou zvrátiť priebeh perzskej vojny, a Aelric musí opäť využiť všetok dôvtip, šarm a strategický talent, aby prežil.

Desať životopisov panovníkov z celého sveta odhaľuje prekvapivé a často nepovšimnuté vplyvy v životoch slávnych. Dozvieme sa , kým sa inšpiroval Alexander. Veľký, Henrich VIII., Alžbeta I, Ľudovít XIV. či Katarína Veľká. Texty sú doplnené komiksovými ilustráciami.

Román Emauzy rozpráva príbeh o štyroch sedemnásťročných chlapcov, ktorí uviazli v dusivej, nepríjemnej realite. Na prahu dospelosti sa zmietajú medzi pevnými hranicami tradícií a vlastnými rozhodnutiami s fatálnymi dôsledkami. Pohybujú sa medzi školo u a miestnym kostolom, pri omši hrajú na gitarách, a ako dobrovoľníci pomáhajú v nemocnici. Do ich mentálnej výbavy patrí neotrasiteľná viera v Boha. Jedného dňa sa ako víchrica vrúti medzi chlapcov ich spolužiačka Andre, najprv sa zmocní ich myslí, potom ich sŕdc a napokon aj ich tiel. Všetci štyria jej postupne prepadajú a odhaľujú zmysel bolesti, sexu, dokonca aj smrti.

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Published for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' So begins Jane Austen's perennially popular novel in which the prejudice of Elizabeth Bennett - surely one of literature's most engaging heroines - meets the pride of Mr Darcy as they pit their wits against each other in this classic tale of romantic misunderstanding. Published for the first time in flipback classics - so now you can always carry an Austen in your pocket

Vlado Petric, former detective in war-torn Sarajevo, has left his beloved homeland to join his wife and daughter in Germany, where he scratches a meagre living among the dust of former conflicts on the building sites of the new Berlin. Returning home one evening, he finds an enigmatic American investigator waiting for him in the small apartment he now shares with his wife and daughter. The investigator, Calvin Pine, works for the International War Crimes Tribunal, and he tells Petric that they want him to go to The Hague. It doesn't take Petric long to accept, especially when Pine tells him they are after a big fish: one of the men who they think is responsible for the terrible massacre of Srebrenica. What Petric doesn't know is that he is also being used as bait to lure into the open a murderer from the previous generation; a man whose activities in the Second World War makes the current generation of killers look like amateurs. As Petric travels from modern-day Germany, through the ruins of Bosnia, to the peaceful hills of southern Italy where bitter, unresolved tensions still crackle beneath the surface, the stakes become all too personal. And he soon finds that investigating the mysteries of the past can be every bit as dangerous as finding his way through the war zones of the present.

Full of mischief, valour, ribaldry, and romance, "The Arabian Nights" has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved Shahrazad whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending - a thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume contains the most famous stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multi-volume translation, and unlike many editions, the more adult ...

My mother asked me to go with her to sell the house'. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was twenty-three, emerging as a young man and experimenting as a writer, when his mother asked him to come with her, back to the village of Aracataca, back to his grandparents' house and the memories of his Colombian childhood. In this first part of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's memoir, the Nobel prize-winning author returns to the atmosphere and influences that shaped his formidable imagination and formed the basis of his world-famous, and much-loved, ...