This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it. We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the story of how we ... |
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Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record prices of tens of millions of dollars at auction. Yet as he was painting the canvases that would subsequently become these sell-out modern masterpieces, van Gogh was battling not only the disinterest of his contemporary audiences but also devastating bouts of mental illness, with episodes of depression and paralyzing anxiety which would eventually claim his life in 1890, when he committed suicide shortly ... |
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Traditions and their Transformations in the British Cinema of the 90s, of the 20th Century ... Writing this book was a strange journey over bridges across different cultures. The title is a metaphor of the hybrid, intellectual and anti-spectacular british feature cinema from the end of the 20 th century with affinity to egalitarianism, minimalism of the "short form", archetypal imagery and hedonism. It is a triumph of the expansive yough's counter-culture with it's intrinsic intolerance of authority, power and cliches. The transformation of tradition in the context of instability of the national- ... |
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За феновете на "Цар Лъв" от "Top Trumps" са събрали образите на любимите герои от анимацията в тази настолна игра с карти, която води началото си от класическата "Война". Събери приятелската си компания и се забавлявайте със Симба, Нала, Зазу, Муфаса, Тимон и Пумба и другите животни от филма! В кутията ще намерите 30 карти на английски език с картинки на героите от едноименната поредица "Цар Лъв", на които има 6 различни показателя за сравняване - "Laughter" (Смях), "Emotion" (Чувство), "Fear" (Страх), "Excitement" (Вълнение), " ... |
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"The Bachkovo Monastery" edition is an original guidebook. It not only gives information but also introduces in a fascinating manner the readers and the visitors of the monastery to its richness and multilayered historical, religious and cultural heritage which made the cloister world-famous. The book presents every aspect of the magnificent thousand-year old monument which combines three cultures - Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian. The precise and inspired description of the author illustrated with many pictures manages to represent the unique atmosphere of the monastery. The examples of the church fine and ... |
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Hannibal meets Mistborn in Marina Lostetter's "The Helm of Midnight", the dark and stunning first novel in a new trilogy - "The Five Penalties", that combines the intricate worldbuilding and rigorous magic system of the best of epic fantasy with a dark and chilling thriller. In a daring and deadly heist, thieves have made away with an artifact of terrible power - the death mask of Louis Charbon. Made by a master craftsman, it is imbued with the spirit of a monster from history, a serial murderer who terrorized the city. Now Charbon is loose once more, killing from beyond the grave. But these ... |
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Досега у нас английско-български оръжеен речник (военнотехнически) не е издаван. Това е първият сериозен опит да се запълни тази празнина.Единственият издаден английско-български технически речник, макар и много подробен, почти не съдържа военнотехнически термини. Българската военна терминология се е формирала главно под влияние на германската и руската терминология. В тази терминология широко са застъпени и чисто български термини, създадени на базата на българската лексика.В последно време навлиза английската терминология. Тематично речникът обхваща термините на лекото стрелково (огнестрелно) оръжие, тъй като те са ... |
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Solutions based on "Geometry in figures" by A. V. Akopyan. ... This book contains the solutions of one of the best collections of elementary geometry problems - "Geometry in Figures" by the Russian author Arseny V. Akopyan. The purpose of this book is to serve as a resource for teachers and students interested in Olympiad Geometry. Math enthusiasts, explorers and researchers could also benefit from it. We believe this is an excellent material for preparation for Mathematical Olympiad, from once on a local scale up to the International Mathematical Olympiad. Учебно-помощната система "Геометрия в ... |
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The Bulgarian oil-bearing rose may be this country's unofficial symbol, yet it grows in just a narrow patch of land squeezed between two mountain ranges. Known as the Valley of Roses, this region deserves to be explored and visited for more than its aromatic flowers. With its rich ancient heritage, stunning summits and peaks, traditional towns and villages, historical sites of national importance, remnants of Communist-era megalomaniacal projects in various stages of dilapidation, and a vibrant community preserving the traditions of yesteryear, the Valley of Roses is Bulgaria in a nutshell. With breathtaking ... |
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This book devoted to the major holidays of Christmas and New Year in the traditional calendar of the Bulgarian people from the late 19th and 20 th century. ... |
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Речникът предлага: 2 словника: испанско-български и българско-испански; 18 000 думи и словосъчетания; 16 000 изречения, илюстриращи употребата на всяка дума в контекст; ясни указания за ползване на речника с обяснения за графичните знаци и примерни извадки на статии; определителен член пред съществителните; таблица с модели на спрежение. ... |
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Балсамът за след бръснене от серията Bulgarian Rose for Men на Българска роза има успокояващ ефект върху кожата на лицето и действа омекотяващо. Той подпомага естествените защитни функции на дермата и оставя чувствен мъжествен аромат. Свойства на активните съставки в балсама Bulgarian Rose: розово масло и розова вода - притежават регенериращи и хидратиращи свойства екстракт от бамбук - овлажнява и тонизира кожата витамин E - защитава и подпомага противовъзпалителните процеси екстракт от алое вера - подхранва и овлажнява ментол - охлажда и успокоява раздразнена кожа ... |
