This final volume of previously unpublished drawings and photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev\'s unparallelled ethnographic achievement, documenting more than 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard. His recording of this esoteric world was reported to the KGB, who unexpectedly supported him, realizing the importance

Photography in Slovakia 1989-2001. 187 fotografií od 41 domácich a zahraničných fotografov vo výbere a koncepcii britského obrazového redaktora, viacnásobného člena a predsedu poroty World Press Photo Colina Jacobsona.

Following a contretemps with Colonel Wyvern, what could be better than a sojourn at Healthward Ho? Quite a lot, as it turns out, when Lester Carmody of Rudge Hall puts himself into the hands of Dr Twist, the aptly named owner of the establishment, and pursues a devious money-making scheme.

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Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany\'s literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner. The novel asks whether we have free will or not and confronts its characters with the monstrous consequences of repressing what little real life\" they have in themselves,

Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. We follow her bruising experience in marriage, her probing of male truths,

Babi Badalov je básnik a umelec, ktorý zbavuje jazyk štatútu exkluzívnej komodity a mení ho na dar, na krádež, na exkrement, na odpad. Používaním výlučne nájdených vecí, na ktoré zaznamenáva svoju orna-mentálnu poéziu sníma z jazyka auru posvätnosti a glorifikácie. Prostredníctvom svojej vizuálnej poézie vytvára jazyk, ktorý nie je objektívnou reflexiou súčasnosti, ale ktorý sa snaží prehovoriť pravdu

Anewly translated novel from the great rediscovered Hungarian writer: a tautly suspenseful story of unrequited love and its still vivid consequences twenty years later. What is it to be in love with a pathological liar and fantasist? Esther is, and has been for the more than two decades since Lajos disappeared from her life. Now all these years later, Lajos is returning, and the news brings both panic

When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan who can help manage their family farm, they have no idea what delightful trouble awaits them. 11-year-old Anne with red hair and incredible imagination can turn everyday moments into something extraordinary. Will Green Gables become her home? Když se Matthew a Marilla Cuthbertovi rozhodnou adoptovat sirotka, který by jim pomáhal na rodinné

A warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging, infused with humour, from the bestselling author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it\'s senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer

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Der leidenschaftliche Briefroman, der das romantische Thema der Verbindung zwischen Liebe und Tod meisterhaft einführt und zum Manifest einer ganzen Generation wird. - Text mit Erklärung schwieriger Wörter als Fußnoten - Übungen zu Leseverständnis, Wortschatz und Grammatik - Übungen zur Prüfungsvorbereitung Fit in Deutsch 2 - Abschlusstest. Themen: - Liebe - Natur Werther verliebt sich in Lotte, und

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Zrcadlový text vám přináší napínavý příběh jak v českém tak anglickém jazyce – na levé straně knihy je původní text, na pravé jeho překlad do češtiny. Ideální čtení nejen na dovolenou, u kterého se pobavíte, ale navíc se procvičíte v angličtině! Klasický příběh je převyprávěn pro dnešní čtenáře, s využitím běžné angličtiny. Text je navíc doplněn užitečnými poznámkami pod čarou, které čtenáře upozorní

When Betty Friedan produced \"The Feminine Mystique\" in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries\' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines, and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only through

The Scholastic DVD Readers combine graded reading with engaging, authentic audio-visual material that is sure to appeal to teenage students around the world. Take Away My Takeaway is a UK TV series in which teenage fast food addicts get a surprise trip to the country where their favourite takeaway originates. They learn all about their favourite food, before serving it up to top food critics and chefs.

OMBEA! Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger with amazing friends, thousands of Insta followers - and a massively broken heart. Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Ben! But Bea is sick and tired of the lack of body diversity on the show. Since whenis being

Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a concept that will change the way you look at the world. Black Swans underlie almost everything, from the rise of religions, to events in our own personal lives. A Black Swan i s a highly improbable event with three principle characteristics: it is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an

What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists? A fighter pilot with jazz musicians? At first glance, very little. But Roger Kneebone is the expert on experts, having spent a lifetime finding the connections. In Expert, he combines his own experiences as a doctor with insights from extraordinary people and cutting-edge research to map out