Гонкур за разказ 2010 ... Можех да нарека тази книга и „Любовни разминавания”. Като Анри и Катрин, хората се губят по коридорите на времето, почти никога не изживяват едни и същи чувства едновременно, а трябва да понасят болезнени разминавания. По този начин се разминават отровителката и свещеникът... По този начин Грег, морякът, забравя да бъде баща, докато дъщерите му са още деца. По този начин Аксел и Крис са прекалено различни един от друг, за да се харесват, а когато се променят, това се случва симетрично, което отново възпроизвежда дистанцията... Ако един ден обясненията ни помагат да разберем с какво сме се ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Известните жени в историята" на издателство "Емас". ... Днес името Марозия е известно на малцина. Нито императрица, нито принцеса, тя остава настрана от вниманието на официалните хроникьори и историята я забравя. Но средновековните историци наричат нейния век "saeculum obscurum" - "тъмният век", а модерните - "епохата на порнокрацията". В основата на тези мрачни понятия стои една жена - Марозия. Родена в семейство на сенатор, Марозия няма шанса да бъде властимаща, ала има божите дарове: красота и ум. Без царски произход, но предопределена от ... |
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When cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees a naked man on the side of the road, she doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire--but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life. ... |
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Over one million copies sold in Japan. ... A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life. Our narrator's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week... Because how do ... |
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George Orwell 's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101. 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, ... |
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Изданието е триезично - на английски, немски и френски език. ... With more than 400 canine portraits, this book is both a picture tribute to our favorite four-legged friend and a unique history of dogs in photography. From the 19th century right through to today, we see how the camera has been the key witness to our timeless affection for dogs, capturing their beauty, character, joy, and abiding friendship. In celebration of the world's favorite animal, we bring you over 400 photographs of or about dogs. With pictures from the 19th century to today, the collection includes works by Man Ray, Eric Fischl, Wolfgang ... |
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Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art's innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and trailblazed new ideas. A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism. Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. ... |