This book, published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title (Milan, Spring 2009), is produced in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana. Always audacious, sometimes outrageous, Vogue’s images distinguish themselves by their willingness to explore the limits of contemporary ideas of beauty and they are created by the greatest photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The one hundred or so featured prints reveal profoundly sensual and highly provocative narratives that bear witness to complex cultural attitudes toward female appearance and self-expression. From the neoclassical figures of Edward Steichen to the unconventional nudes of Annie Leibovitz, the aggressive portraiture of Helmut Newton, and the...
Nabokov`s fourth novel, The Eye is as much a farcical detective story as it is a profoundly refractive tale about the vicissitudes of identities and appearances. Nabokov`s protagonist, Smurov, is a lovelorn, excruciatingly self-conscious Russian emigre living in prewar Berlin, who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.
ISBN: 978-0-679-72723-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Presents an easy-to-follow system that the author developed to create effective colour patterns, that provide colour combinations without placing those combinations in context. "An Eye for Color" shows how to build your own color index by "dissecting" a gorgeous selection of works used by master painters, graphic designers, fashion and furniture designers and craftsmenandndash; all selected for their exceptional use of color. In addition, the book`s compact design and irresistibly chunky format will make it useful and attractive to designers, artists, students, professionals, or anyone trying to find attractive color combinations.
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A hurricane is tearing across the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa towards America. As the hurricane passes through the Caribbean, it destroys everything in its path. In Florida, a man is out in a fishing boat, unaware of the approaching disaster. His daughter, Ikemi, and her boyfriend must confront the hurricane in a desperate attempt to reach her father before it`s too late.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68635-8
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2012
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student`s capabilities. A hurricane is tearing across the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa towards America. As the hurricane passes through the Caribbean, it destroys everything in its path. In Florida, a man is out in a fishing boat, unaware of the approaching disaster. His daughter, Ikemi, and her boyfriend must confront the hurricane in a desperate attempt to reach her father before it`s too late. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
ISBN: 978-0-521-53659-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: март 2012
It is the time of the Great Terror. Inspector Pekkala - known as the Emerald Eye - was the most famous detective in all Russia. He was the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted. Like millions of others, he has been sent to the gulags in Siberia and, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, he is as good as dead. But a reprieve comes when he is summoned by Stalin himself to investigate a crime. His mission - to uncover the men who really killed the Tsar and his family, and to locate the Tsar`s treasure. The reward for success will be his freedom and the chance to re-unite with a woman he would have married if the Revolution had not torn them apart. The price of failure - death. Set against the...
In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups - the farmers of Shantih and the City dwellers--live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the City, the City Bosses rule the Shantih with an iron fist. When a group of farmers decide to from a new settlement further away, the Bosses retaliate by threatening to crush the "rebellion". Luz understands what it means to have no choices. Her father is a Boss and he has ruled over her life with the same iron fist. Luz wonders what it might be like to make her own choices. To be free to choose her own destiny. When the crisis over the new settlement reaches a flash point, Luz will have her chance.
ISBN: 978-0-7653-4612-4
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: август 2011
Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, "The Eye of the Leopard" draws on bestselling author Mankell`s deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for more than 20 years.
The two men arrived in a taxi. "Are you Harry Fletcher?" the older man called out. "That`s me," I replied. "Welcome aboard the Wave Dancer". "Don`t I know you?`" the taller man said. "You`re from London, aren`t you?" "Yes, but I haven`t been there for years," I answered. "Now about the fishing," I went on quickly. "We`ll have to leave early tomorrow morning." "We`re not going fishing," the older man said. "We`re going diving." He threw some money on the table. I did not ask any questions. It was much more money than I had asked for. Retold by Margaret Tarner.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7293-9
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This riveting suspense debut introduces both a stellar new voice and a remarkable detective, an outsider who must use his extraordinary talents to solve the one case that may redeem him. Shortly after midnight on July 17, 1918, the imprisoned family of Tsar Nicholas Romanov was awakened and led down to the basement of the Ipatiev house. There they were summarily executed. Their bodies were hidden away, the location a secret of the Soviet state. A decade later, one man lives in purgatory, banished to a forest on the outskirts of humanity. Pekkala was once the most trusted secret agent of the Romanovs, the right-hand man of the Tsar himself. Now he is Prisoner 4745-P, living a harsh existence in which even the strongest vanish into the...
This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.
ISBN: 978-0-435-27232-6
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Eye to Eye", the first personal portfolio by master photographer Frans Lanting, presents an extraordinary collection of animal images by an award-winning photographer and naturalist who "has set the standards for a whole generation of wildlife photographers," according to the BBC. More than 140 photographs, made over a period of twenty years, reveal the unique personal aesthetic Frans Lanting brings to wildlife photography, as well as the startling new perspective on animals his images provoke. In a review of his work "The New York Times states", "Mr. Lanting`s photographs take creatures that have become ordinary and familiar and transform them into haunting new visions." This book`s exquisite images are accompanied by personal...
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0894-0
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
When his butterfly-collector father is swindled to within an inch of his life, a vengeful Hector leaves the city of Urbs Umida in pursuit of a fiendish villain with a glass eye. The trail leads to Withypitts Hall, a forbidding Gothic mansion as warped as its inhabitants and their secret schemes. Soon Hector finds himself embroiled in mysterious deeds more poisonous than his worst imaginings, but every twist and turn brings him closer to his
ISBN: 978-0-330-45361-5
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Open your child`s eyes to the vivid impact of the natural world EyeLike is an innovative series of three boldly illustrated, graphic titles that introduce young readers to the exciting world of colors, shapes, and numbers. The EyeLike books draw a child`s attention to the details and textures of the natural world and open the door to a lifetime of discovery and learning. Nature teaches children all about colors - a chick is YELLOW, a strawberry is RED, a macaw is BLUE, peas are GREEN, and ants are BLACK.
