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Take your partners, please. Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear: in Joanne Harris' first collection of short stories the miraculo us goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. This is an eclectic selection of tales for our times that shows a side to Joanne Har ris you have never seen before. So go on, be tempted. After all, it's only dancing.

Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. It's Halloween and the Otherhands are enjoying the Annual Pumpkin Hunt. And there are preparations to be made for the Great Halloween Ball. Minty is all a-fluster. Solstice is busy spraying fake cobwebs everywhere. Valevine is in charge of disorganising everyone's carefully laid plans, and Cudweed seems hungrier than ever and oddly preoccupied with 'fresh b rains'. In fact when Silas, Valevine's long lost brother, turns up with Samantha, the Otherhands would be well-advised to check out their guests. It's not long before wily Edgar works out that there's a preponderance of vampires and not all of them h ave false teeth. Just when he's about to solve the latest mystery at Otherhand Castle, the lights go out...Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk

Time passes everywhere. The illustrated book ON TIME addresses visually the interaction of time, culture and people in the global context. In the course of her travels, designer Alexandra Martini has assembled a collection of photographs of timepiece s over the last 15 years. These images have now been, in the true sense of the word, chronologically assembled in book format: Each minute is represented with an image of a watch or a clock, beginning at 12.00 noon and ending at 11:59 in the evening. The photos preserve moments in more than 40 countries on all continents, showing familiar and strange locations, in everyday and unusual situations. ON TIME creates connections with their own dynamics between continents and cultures, inviting to a j ourney through time and space. It is a multilayered volume that one will return to again and again, perusing the timepieces and lingering at the locations.

This is the first and only historical atlas to present global history in a series of uniform world maps, so allowing complete and instant comparability between different periods and regions. For example, when did modern humans first colonize differen t parts of the world? What was happening in China when Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire? What was the global reach of the great religious faiths at the time of the European Reformation? Covering the whole of human history from six mil lion years ago to the present day in 56 specially commissioned world maps, this is the perfect book for quick reference and a highly appealing and authoritative overview of the human story for the 21st century.

Drawing on George Harrison's personal archive of photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, Olivia Harrison reveals the arc of his life, from his guitar-obsessed boyhood in Liverpool, to the astonishment of the Beatles years, to his days as an i ndependent musician and bohemian squire. Here too is the record of Harrison's lifelong commitment to Indian music, and his adventures as a movie producer, Traveling Wilbury, and Formula One racing fan. The book is filled with stories and reminiscence s from Harrison's friends, including Eric Clapton, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and many, many others. Among its previously unpublished riches are photographs taken by Harrison himself beginning in the mid-1960s. It is a ric h tribute to a man who died far too young, but who touched the lives of millions.

Set in Italy during World War II, this title tells the story of a bombardier named Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. It offers a satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.

A source book of visual ideas and strategies for visual communication How to Solve any Creative Brief: An A Z of Ideas explains the key ideas, sources of inspiration and visual techniques that have been used throughout design history. Aimed principal ly at the student market, the book shows where ideas and inspiration come from and helps unlock the reader s creativity, providing numerous strategies to help solve creative briefs and design problems. Using an upbeat, dynamic and easy-to-understand A Z format, the book reveals techniques that can be exploited to deliver ideas with greater impact, with each entry offering a different starting point. Entries include everything from Intuition and Instinct to Happy Accidents and Hidden Messages, an d feature a section explaining how to use the idea or technique, providing readers with an infallible tool kit of inspiration. Including hundreds of inspirational quotes from creative people and packed with great examples of advertising campaigns, po sters, book and magazine covers, illustrations and editorial images, this indispensable creative primer also includes previously unpublished photographic work.

This book explores influential designers sketchbooks as a truer reflection of a designers thought processes, preoccupations, and problem-solving strategies than can be had by simply viewing finished projects. Highly personal and idiosyncratic, sket chbooks offer an arena for unstructured exploration, a space free from all budgetary and client constraints. Visually arresting objects in their own right, this book aims to elevate sketches from mere ephemera to important documents where the reader can glean valuable insight into the creative process, and apply it to their own practices. Featured designers include Ralph Caplan, Nigel Holmes, Chris Bigg, Eva Jiricna, Jason Munn, Gary Baseman, Marian Bantjes, and many others.

The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark Ones prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unravelling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to spill out of the Blight. Perrin Aybara is haunted by spectres from his past. To prevail, he must find a way to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it for ever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long l ost. The end draws near. Its time to roll the dice.

A golden relic, containing an ancient manuscript that could change the course of history, has been hidden in a monastery, but nobody knows where. One determined man sets out to find this sensational artifact and to trace its origins. His quest takes him to a scientific intelligence organization in London, a Middle Eastern outpost, and a Crusaders' castle in a French village, as layer by layer he reveals the religious mysteries inside the Shrine of Sacred Secrets.

Publikácia Rakúsko-Uhorsko / Habsburská ríša v rokoch 1867 - 1918 približuje pravdepodobne najvzrušujúcejšie obdobie rakúsko-uhorskej ríše v moderných dejinách. Zobrazuje moc, vplyv a osobnosti vládnucej rodiny Habsburgovcov, ako aj zložitý svet ich monarchie, v ktorej vedľa seba existovali výrazne odlišné národy, jazyky a náboženstvá. Obsiahla štúdia dualistickej monarchie od siedmich popredných historikov predstavuje moderný pohľad na toto kľúčové obdobie prostredníctvom analýzy politických, sociálnych a kultúrnych aspektov ríše od jeho prekvitajúceho hospodárstva cez nepokojné národnostné pohyby až po kultúrne dedičstvo dodnes badateľné v štátoch, ktoré sa v súčasnosti rozkladajú na bývalom území monarchie. Špeciálna kapitola je venovan á aj územiu a dejinám Slovenska. Vyše 400 farebných fotografií poskytuje fascinujúci obrazový dokument jedinečného obdobia v dejinách.

Kedysi slávna herečka Janet Douglasová, teraz lady Nairnová, požiada režisérku Kate, aby režírovala predstavenie Macbetha, ktoré nielenže chce uviesť na svojom zámku v Škótsku, ale chce pri tom použiť niektoré rekvizity (nôž, zrkadlo a kotol), ktoré sa spájajú s touto hrou. Kate súhlasí, no len čo príde do Škótska, kde sa zídu aj s ostatní protagonisti hry, začne sa prejavovať záhadná kliatba. Kate nájde na kopci nad zámkom telo Lily, vnučky lady Nairnovej, no o chvíľu ju stretne živú a zdravú v zámku. Zakrátko sa ukáže, že o pôvodný rukopis Macbetha má okrem lady Nairnovej záujem aj niekto iný, a to za každú cenu. Kate sa jedného dňa zobudí sama na kopci so zakrvavenými rukami a neskôr v ten deň nájde mŕtvu ženu, pričom všetko nasvedčuje t omu, že išlo o rituálnu vraždu spojenú so starodávnou pohanskou obetou. Postupne sa hromadia úmrtia, objavujú sa náznaky na dávne obrady, k slovu sa dostávajú nadprirodzené prvky.

Kedysi slávna herečka Janet Douglasová, teraz lady Nairnová, požiada režisérku Kate, aby režírovala predstavenie Macbetha, ktoré nielenže chce uviesť na svojom zámku v Škótsku, ale chce pri tom použiť niektoré rekvizity (nôž, zrkadlo a kotol), ktoré sa spájajú s touto hrou. Kate súhlasí, no len čo príde do Škótska, kde sa zídu aj s ostatní protagonisti hry, začne sa prejavovať záhadná kliatba. Kate nájde na kopci nad zámkom telo Lily, vnučky lady Nairnovej, no o chvíľu ju stretne živú a zdravú v zámku. Zakrátko sa ukáže, že o pôvodný rukopis Macbetha má okrem lady Nairnovej záujem aj niekto iný, a to za každú cenu. Kate sa jedného dňa zobudí sama na kopci so zakrvavenými rukami a neskôr v ten deň nájde mŕtvu ženu, pričom všetko nasvedčuje t omu, že išlo o rituálnu vraždu spojenú so starodávnou pohanskou obetou. Postupne sa hromadia úmrtia, objavujú sa náznaky na dávne obrady, k slovu sa dostávajú nadprirodzené prvky.

Štvrté pokračovanie príbehov nechutného pána Guma. Začítajte sa do strašidelného rozprávania o Polly a starom schátranom mlyne dolu pri rieke. O tajomstve, ktoré skrýva a prečo v ňom strieh-strieh-striehne pán Gum! A čo všetko vlastne vie stará mama. No jednoducho hrôzy nad hrôzy.

Sklár z Murána, zasadený do renesancie a súčasnosti, je ľúbezný román odohrávajúci sa v najkrajšom meste na svete, v Benátkach. Sklárstvo je životnou silou republiky a benátske zrkadlá sú vzácnejšie než zlato. Corradino Manin, najväčší umelec spomedz i muránskych sklárov, predá svoje metódy a aj dušu francúzskemu kráľovi Ľudovítovi XIV., aby uchránil svoju utajovanú dcéru... O niekoľko storočí neskôr Nora Maninová odchádza z Londýna, rozhodnutá vyučiť sa sklárstvu v meste svojich predkov, no jej slávne priezvisko ju dostáva do nebezpečenstva. Norin osud sa spája s osudom slávneho predka a na svetlo sa dostávajú zradné rodinné tajomstvá.

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