As his personal circumstances move in constant flux, Ai Weiwei remains a cultural magnet. Renowned for his political activism and social media activity almost as much as for his social interventions, contemporary approach to the readymade, and knowledge of Chinese traditional crafts, Ai\'s fame extends throughout and beyond the art world. Drawn from TASCHEN\'s limited Collector\'s Edition, this monograph

The boldest book in a long while from an author not exactly unaccustomed to boundary-pushing...ace.\' --Grazia\'it\'s

Elie Wiesel\'s harrowing first-hand account of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, \"Night\" is translated by Marion Wiesel with a preface by Elie Wiesel in \"Penguin Modern Classics\". Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured,

‘Look at the parrots! Pink and blue. Grey and purple. Green ones too. Parrots parrots everywhere. One on the wardrobe. One on the chair.’ When Jill and Ahmed find themselves by magic on a pirate ship they meet sad Pirate Bill. He has no pirate hat, treasure or parrot! But with Granny Fixit around no one stays sad for long! Pozri sa na papagájov! Ružoví a modrí, zelení a fialoví a tiež zelení. Papagáje

Fände in der Tschechischen Republik ein Wettbewerb in existenzieller Kurzprosa statt, so würde Vladimíra Valová einen der ersten Plätze belegen. Sie schreibt sparsam, geballt und berührt tief im Inneren. Sie thematisiert Grenzsituationen und Wendepunkte im Leben. Psychologische Mikrodramen des grauen Alltags, die in zwei, drei schnellen Zügen die Pointe erreichen der Rest wird beim Lesen durch die

Willkommen in der Zukunft! Seit die Sterblichkeit überwunden wurde, ist die Erde vollkommen überbevölkert. Ganz Europa ist zu einer einzigen Megapolis aus gigantischen Wohntürmen zusammengewachsen. Nur die Reichen und Mächtigen können sich in den obersten Etagen noch ein unbeschwertes Leben leisten, während die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung auf den niederen Ebenen ein beengtes Dasein fristet. Die Fortpflanzung

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR - be swept away by the Deverill Chronicles. It is 1939 and peace has flourished since the Great War ended. But much has changed for the Deverill family and now a new generation is waiting in the wings. Martha Wallace came to Dublin from her home in America to find her birth mother. But instead she has lost her heart to the

Star Wars(TM) Rogue One Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia is a fact-packed new sticker book with more than 1,000 fantastic stickers and informative, reference-based captions. Combining fun and informative captions with a range of innovative and engrossing sticker activities, the Star Wars Rogue One Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia is a must-have for all Star Wars movie fans. It showcases a full range of exciting

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. _Suffragette_ is adapted from the 2015 film of the same name and tells the inspiring story of the struggle for women\'s right to vote in early twentieth century Britain.

Harry Potter\'s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone . Dobby\'s

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

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material that will instantly appeal to students. Based on the internationall acclaimed book by Joe Simpson,Touching the Void is the compelling true story of a mountaineering expedition which goes dreadfull wrong.

What strength does human friendship have? Can Arnaul forgive Patrick´s betrayal which had hurt him years ago on the deck of the Golden Dragon? Will Arnaul find the courage to get on a ship and sail the waters of mysterious seas which have fascinated him since he was a child? Will Patrick take responsibility for the treachery of those closest to him, even if it means losing his own life? If you have

Pequeño y montañoso, Borogravia está regido por una duquesa a quien nadie ha visto en décadas y por los rígidos preceptos del dios Nuggan, para quien todo es una Abominación (los estados vecinos son una Abominación, que las mujeres sepan escribir es una Abominación, como también lo son el ajo, los pelirrojos o el color azul celeste). . Además, Borogravia está en guerra desde tiempos inmemoriales. Apenas

Magický realizmus samoty v priamom prenose... Famously associated with the term magical realism, Marquez is probably South Americas most famous literary export. Equally tragic, joyful and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude inhabits a strang e dream-like space where very little makes real sense, but everything is mysteriously and vividly alive nonetheless. Blending fantasy and reality seamlessly,

\"A \"politika\" szót kötetünk címében akár idézőjelbe is tehetnénk. Mert hát összesen két olyan asszony életpályája kerül elő, akik a szó szoros értelmében vett \"politikusok\" voltak: a keresztényszocialista Slachta Margit, illetve a szociáldemokrata Kéthly Anna - mindketten országgyűlési képviselők, a maguk idejében nőként egyetlenek a törvényhozásban. Ám a politika, a történelmi helyzet forgandósága

\'[He] inspired a generation ...He changed the course of history\' Barack Obama As Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his best-known lectures. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962 and A Gift of Love includes these classic sermons, along with two new lectures.

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

M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a dolls house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window - ordinary things take on more than