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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Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, this fantastical and heartfelt first book in a new trilogy from critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson follows a girl who must defeat thirteen evil witches. Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks's mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters. All her life, Rosie has known this... and turned to stories for comfort. Then, on the night Rosie decides to throw her stories away forever, an invisible ally helps her discover the Witch Hunter's Guide to the Universe, a book that claims that all of the evil in the world ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features eleven of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went on to ... |
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Мулти-платиненият международен артист и текстописец Джош Гробан ще издаде делукс версия на обичания си коледен албум "Noel". Излезлият на 9 -ти октомври, 2007 г., номиниран за Grammy коледен запис, остава един от най-добре продаваните коледни албуми за всички времена, с продажби над 7.5 милиона копия в целия свят. Новият албум ще съдържа 13 парчета от оригинала, както и 6 допълнителни нови песни, 4 от които са съвсем нови, непоказвани досега записи. Новите песни в албума: "White Christmas" - красива нова песен, записана с оркестър от 70 души, в Abbey Road, Лондон; "Christmas Time Is Here& ... |
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Това е първото издание на бандата с новия вокалист Джеф Гът. Въпреки, че са една от най-добре продаваните групи от 90-те години с платинени записи и награда "Grammy" зад себе си, китаристът Дийн Делио казва: "Това ново въплъщение на "Stone Temple Pilots" е фокусирано върху това, което предстои. Най-добрият начин за нас да почетем миналото си е като градим над него и продължаваме да правим нова музика." На въпроса какво да очакваме от предстоящото турне, Робърт Делио отговаря: "С цялото това време и опитът, който имаме, почувствахме, че трябва да се върнем назад в 30-годишния ни каталог, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features some of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went ... |
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In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along ... |
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The book featured 3D models of historical monuments. ... A legend has it that in Roman times there were strongholds here that guarded the way to the magnificent Nicopolis ad Istrum. When the barbarians invaded, they besieged and destroyed the great city. Then the Romans settled in the fortresses. Under the fortresses, there were large tunnel-connected dungeons. The Romans carried the treasures of Nicopolis to the galleries. They fortified and managed to hold the fortresses for some time. When they had to retreat, they made lethal mechanisms in the galleries and smeared them with poison. Then they masked the secret ... |
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For the first time ever, a very special edition of the classic masterpiece, illustrated throughout in colour by the author himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 150 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume hardback edition contains ... |
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Иво Върбанов /1972 г./ от деветгодишна възраст живее, учи и свири предимно в чужбина - в Милано и Лондон - Кралската музикална академия, където специализира със стипендия на фондация “Ротари” /САЩ/. Концертира в много европейски страни. За своя български компактдиск е избрал шедьовъра на Мусоргски “Картини от една изложба”. Произведението не само поставя разнообразни технически и интерпретационни трудности пред пианиста, но изисква вярност към самобитния стил на великия руски творец, вникване в специфичната образност на творбата, умение да изгражда монументален цикъл в който точно трябва да бъдат изведени опорните точки ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by John Grant. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, he and Frollo's mutual desire for her puts them increasingly at odds, before compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results. An emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" is ... |
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Слънчобранът на Mountain Buggy е специално създаден за детски колички Urban Jungle и Terrain. Той е изработен от лека проветрива материя с фактор на слънцезащита 78% и UV филтър 81%, с които ще предпазите детето от ярките слънчеви лъчи. Освен това слънчобранът може да се използва и като мрежа против насекоми, която надеждно ще защити вашето дете от ухапвания от комари и насекоми по време на разходка. А за максимално удобство отварянето му се осъществява чрез цип в предната част за по-лесен достъп до детето. Важно: Цената е само за слънчобрана, без детската количка. ... |
