Original / British English (Available February 2008) Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o`clock?` he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. Be very nice to the boy,` Tommy`s boss says.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8056-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
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
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...
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
