In 1947 Christian Dior rocked the fashion world with his New Look, which dominated postwar fashion and firmly secured the name of his house in the minds of the public and the industry. Based on new research, this absorbing and beautifully illustrated book examines the seminal years of Christian Dior, 1947 to until his death in 1957, from a truly international perspective. Dior drew on historical models of femininity and utilized the unique skills of the Parisian haute couture in textiles, embroidery, cutting, and sewing techniques to produce stunning designs that captured the new mood of optimism after World War II. Dior also designed and marketed ready-made luxe lines and broke new ground by creating and controlling innovative licensing...
ISBN: 978-1-85177-578-1
Издательство:
V&A Publishing
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Gocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion. Described in verse with all Dahl`s usual gusto and illustrated in suitably lurid style by Quentin Blake.
The Chechen War was supposed to be over in 1996 after the first Yeltsin campaign, but in the summer of 1999 the new Putin government decided, in their own words, to "do the job properly". Before all the bodies of those who had died in the first campaign had been located or identified, many more thousands would be slaughtered in another round of fighting. The first account to be written by a Russian woman, A Dirty War is an edgy and intense study of a conflict that shows no signs of being resolved. Exasperated by the Russian government`s attempt to manipulate media coverage of the war, journalist Anna Politkovskaya undertook to go to Chechnya, to make regular reports and keep events in the public eye. In a series of despatches from July...
ISBN: 978-1-86046-897-1
Издательство:
Harvill Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Nothing is censored in "Dirty Russian." By revealing the contemporary colloquial language locals actually speak, this book presents cool things to say for all casual situations--shopping, parties, nightclubs, sporting events and even romance and sex. "Dirty Russian" includes harsh expressions to convince a local police officer that your documents are in order and you ve tipped him enough or sweet words to entice a local beauty into a horse-drawn sleigh ride, and even native banter to help make friends over a glass of vodka. An invaluable guide for off-the-beaten-path travelers going to Russia, "Dirty Russian" is packed with enough insults and swear words to offend every person in Russia without even mentioning that they lost the Cold...
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Joe lives in Canada, in a beautiful, quiet place. His peace is interrupted one day by the noise of bulldozers excavating near his house. He is told that it`s a diamond mine. Joe is a journalist for a local newspaper and his neighbours soon come to ask him to write about the awful noise and destruction. Joe becomes suspicious when his boss won`t let him write about it. He starts to investigate the mine, but gets himself in harm`s way.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68334-0
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: август 2011
