Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces that changed art history forever. Famed biographer Giorgio Vasari considered him the pinnacle of Renaissance achievement. His peers called him simply Il Divino (the divine one). This book provides the essential introduction to Michelangelo with all the awe-inspiring masterpieces and none of the queues and crowds. With vivid illustration ... |
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Dr. Alexandra Glavanakova received her MA and PhD degrees at Sofi a University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, where she has been a tenured lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies for over 20 years. She teaches courses in American and Canadian culture and literature, in digital culture, multimodal writing, and literature in the age of the Internet. Her publications have explored the major cultural shift in literacy, education and literature under the impact of digital technology. Posthuman Transformations: Bodies and Texts in Cyberspace explores the re/positioning of the human body and the evolution of the ... |
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Забравените дарове на природата. ... Напоследък все по-често се говори за чудото на суперхраните. Но какво точно представляват те и кои са българските суперхрани? Какво ги прави по-различни от останалите храни на трапезата ни? Каква е специфичната им роля за здравето и нормалното функциониране на човешкия организъм? Можем ли да си ги позволим и как най-добре да ги използваме? В тази книга Георги Жеков отговаря на тези и на други важни въпроси в обичайния си интересен, познавателен и четивен стил. Ще се изненадате колко богато е разнообразието от български суперхрани и колко достъпни се оказват те за всеки, който реши да ... |
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A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt's major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged access to the artist's archive. With top quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous golden phase when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to ... |
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Дълбоки води, тъмни тайни... "Много пъти си мислех да ти кажа истината, Ева. Но всеки път ме спираше едно и също нещо..." Ева е толкова влюбена в съпруга си, че когато една сутрин Джексън изчезва в бурното море, тя отказва да повярва - нито вещите му на брега, нито описанията на свидетелите, нито полицейското съобщение за намерен удавник не могат да я заставят да приеме загубата. И мисълта, че остава сама. Изгаряна от болка, тя импулсивно си купува билет за самолета и от Англия потегля за далечния остров Тасмания, за да потърси среща с отчуждените роднини на съпруга си. Пътят я отвежда пред прага на Сол - братът ... |
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Бестселър на Ню Йорк Таймс. ... В края на 90-те, малко след падането на комунистическия режим в Русия, страната отваря врати за външния свят. Колин Таброн посещава тези необятни и често негостоприемни земи, за да види с очите си Сибир такъв, какъвто го е превърнала историята. От Монголия до Северния полярен кръг, от селото на Распутин на запад през тундра, тайга, планини, езера и реки пейзажът ни очарова и вглъбява. По пътя си авторът се среща и разговаря с местните хора за всичко – за живота и семействата им, за политическия режима в Русия, за щастието и неволите, за красотата на страната им, чиито богатства варварски ... |
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The year is 1547. In London, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. One day they meet and their lives change forever. What happens when the two boys wear each others clothes? Why does the prince need the help of a poor man? Who becomes king when Henry VIII dies? And how can a beautiful gold object save the prince? Mark Twain's classic story of two young boys who swap lives has the answers. "A few minutes later, Tom was wearing the prince's expensive clothes and the hat with purple ... |
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Winner of The 2023 International Booker Prize. ... In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flaneur named Gaustine opens a clinic for the past that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time. As Gaustine's assistant, the unnamed narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to scents and even afternoon light. But as the rooms become more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people seek out the clinic as a time shelter, hoping to escape from the horrors ... |
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The following course focuses on the basic aspects of the tourism destinations development, their characteristic features, specific development and management, as well as on their positioning and promoting. DMOs have particular significance in the terms of modern requirements to destination management, their models and management practices are essential for the development of tourism at the meso and macro level. Because the focus of the training course are the economic universities where tourism is studied, attention is not paid on highlighting the natural and anthropogenic resources of the destinations, but on the good ... |
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A graphic exploration of how our brains work with other brains. Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, in this pleasing mix of wonder, genial humor, and humility, they tell the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research, and new frontiers of social cognition including diversity, prejudice, confidence, collaboration, and empathy. Working with their son Alex Frith and artist Daniel Locke, the Friths ... |
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From the World of H. P. Lovecraft. ... Divine the future with the ancient forgotten gods of Lovecraft! Established by H. P. Lovecraft in the span of a few short stories, the Cthulhu mythos has been incorporated into popular culture and contemporary fantasy production, most recently in HBO's hit series Lovecraft Country. Made by connoisseurs and lovers of Lovecraft, Abrams is honored to present the first tarot deck solely dedicated to this special universe. This complete tarot contains 78 illustrated cards, including 22 major and 56 minor arcana. All decks will be packaged with a 32-page booklet that will help with ... |
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Film Tie-In. A Netflix Film. ... Soon to be a major film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith. A compelling and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die. Theodore Finch constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself, but each time something good stops him. Violet Markey exists for the future, counting the days until she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief for her late sister. When they meet on the ledge of a tower, what might have been their end turns into their beginning. It's only with Violet that Finch can truly be himself - a funny guy who's able to find ... |
