Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa`s forty-year career has become legendary. Beyond Bawa considers his continuing influence through the work of contemporary architects working in the region. Bawa achieved the harmonious and pleasurable fusion of local building traditions with modern forms. Throughout south Asia his legacy lives on in contemporary architectural practice and remains an important source of inspiration for generations of architects. Bawa was the principal force behind what is today known globally as ‘tropical modernism’, and examples of his ideas can be found in Sri Lanka, Singapore and Bali but also in resorts and residences throughout wider Asia. An overview of Bawa and his contribution to contemporary architecture is...
This is the first volume in the definitive five-volume set of Philip K. Dick`s collected stories. With one exception, all the stories in this book were written over a nine-month period between 1951 and 1952, when Dick was in his early 20s and making his first impact as a writer.
ISBN: 1-85798-879-5
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Hilarious and sinister, ‘Beyond Black’ is a tale of dark secrets and secret forces in suburban England. Alison Hart is a medium by trade: dead people talk to her, and she talks back. With her flat-eyed, flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, she tours the dormitory towns of London`s orbital road, passing on messages from dead ancestors: `Granny says she likes your new kitchen units.` Alison`s ability to communicate with spirits is a torment rather than a gift. Behind her plump, smiling and bland public persona is a desperate woman. She knows that the next life holds terrors that she must conceal from her clients. Her days and nights are haunted by the men she knew in her childhood, the thugs...
ISBN: 978-0-00-715776-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
An hilarious and sinister tale of dark secrets and secret forces in suburban England from the critically-acclaimed author of `Giving Up the Ghost`. Alison Hart is a medium by trade: dead people talk to her, and she talks back. With her flat-eyed, flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, she tours the dormitory towns of London`s orbital road, passing on messages from dead ancestors: `Granny says she likes your new kitchen units.` Alison`s ability to communicate with spirits is a torment rather than a gift. Behind her plump, smiling and bland public persona is a desperate woman. She knows that the next life holds terrors that she must conceal from her clients. Her days and nights are haunted by the men she knew in her childhood, the thugs and...
ISBN: 978-0-00-726837-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. This edition has a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132262-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, The BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them? Let`s hope so - otherwise the next child a gruesome giant guzzles could be you. Now you can listen to The BFG and other Roald Dahl audio books read by some very famous voices, including KatelWinslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there...
ISBN: 9780141365428
Издательство:
Puffin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Following the success of his stage adaptation of The BFG, David Wood has now written a series of scenes, or playlets for performance by children in schools and other amateur groups. With notes on simple staging, props and costumes, these plays can be performed with the minimum of experience or resources.
ISBN: 978-0-14-036367-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Aus gelb und blau wird grun, das weiB Elsie genau. Aber was wird aus braun und rot? Der Farbenverdreher zeigt es ihr, als er eines Tages in ihrem Bild auftaucht und alles durcheinanderwirbelt Eine witzige Reise in die Welt der Farben.
Zur Geschichte: Der Maulwurf Sherlock ist ein alter Hase in Sachen Detektivarbeit – viele Dinge hat er schon herausgefunden. Als der kleine Nils wissen mochte, wie Huhner Pipi machen, nimmt er mit Feuereifer die Ermittlungen auf, die ihn auf den Bauernhof fuhren. Der Fall ist jedoch kniffliger, als es zunachst scheint, und es dauert eine ganze Weile, bis Sherlock zu einer verbluffenden Erkenntnis gelangt… Eine spannende Detektivgeschichte, mit farbenfrohen Illustrationen voller witziger Details. Gut geeignet fur Kinder ab 5 Jahren.
Sie sind auf der Suche nach Buchern fur ein Kind, das mehrsprachig aufwachst? Dann sind die zweisprachigen Kinderbucher der Edition bi:libri genau das Richtige fur Sie. Die Titel sind auf die Bedurfnisse der Kinder zugeschnitten, die mit mehr als nur einer Sprache aufwachsen bzw. fruh eine Fremdsprache lernen. Die Kinder horen bzw. lesen die Geschichte in ihrer Muttersprache, aber auch in Deutsch, ihrer „Umgebungssprache“. Das schult nicht nur das Sprachgefuhl fur beide Sprachen, sondern vergroBert auch nebenbei den Wortschatz. Kindgerecht aufbereitet, mit abwechslungsreichen Illustrationen und Themen, wie das Lebensumfeld des Kindes, Tiere, Freundschaft, Toleranz etc., die kleine Sprachenlerner interessieren, schulen die liebevoll...
This lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced book is intended for those interested in fashion and graphic design of the 60`s and 70`s from a creative and historical standpoint, plus the huge number of people who remember Biba from the period with much affection.
ISBN: 978-1-85149-466-8
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: август 2011
Biba remains one of the most evocative names in British design history it pioneered a new style, mixing the contemporary with Art Nouveau, Art Deco and the golden age of Hollywood, dressing itself in the richly luxuriant colours of a bygone time. This book showcases Biba clothing and much of the Biba memorabilia, merchandising and interior design, presenting an entire history of the company. Biba: The Biba Experience centres on commissioned photographs of one of the largest collections of Biba in the world, put together by Pari, who has accumulated around 500 pieces of Biba fashion items and ephemera covering the entire history of the company. Everything from dresses and trouser suits through original sketches and patterns to playing...
ISBN: 978-1-85149-541-2
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In her provocative second novel, Spanish author Julia Navarro takes readers on an exhilarating journey across centuries and continents, as an upstart archaeologist and a murderous group of conspirators vie for a treasure that will rewrite history an explosive account of the worlds creation recorded millennia ago by a humble scribe onto the legendary Bible of Clay. From the tense months preceding the contemporary war in Iraq, to ancient Mesopotamia, to the atrocities of the last century, here is historical fiction at its richest, a sweeping saga that challenges both conventional geopolitics and the very foundations of modern religion.
ISBN: 978-0-7195-6249-5
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
This simple retelling of the story of Jesus`s birth brings alive the wonder of Christmas for young children. Charming illustrations and carefully written text make this a lovely book to share with a child.
ISBN: 978-1-4095-0946-2
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books is an insightful compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years. It covers a huge range of material historic titles from pioneering type foundries to the best of recent monographs from today`s leading studios and provides a unique insight into the evolution of graphic design in the twentieth century. Classic graphic design manuals by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Muller-Brockmann are included, alongside pioneering instructional titles on advertising and the impact of the avante-garde. Monographs designed by and covering the major individuals and studios of the era from A.M. Cassandre and Alexey Brodovitch to Stefan Sagmeister and Peter Saville are detailed, along with...
ISBN: 978-1-85669-592-3
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2010
Le second niveau de Bien joué s`adresse à de jeunes adolescents ayant déjà étudié un niveau 1 de français en milieu scolaire. Toujours fidèle à une approche communicative, Bien joué 2 continue de forger les compétences de compréhension et de production aussi bien orales qu`écrites dans une langue quotidienne. Les principes pédagogiques ont trait à la simplicité (en termes de quantité de matériel proposé et d`approche mêlant apprentissage par imitation et apprentissage raisonné) et à une clarté de progression très rigoureuse et contrôlée. Ce cahier d`exercices comprend une trentaine d`exercices par unité.
ISBN: 978-2-01-155114-6
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
