Following up on the best-selling cookbook Les diners de Gala , in this delightfully eccentric guide the surrealist master shares his passion for the gift of the gods. The book explores the many myths of the grape, in texts and sensuous and subversive works by the artist, always true to his maxim: "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets". Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dali phenomenon, Les diners de Gala, Taschen presents the artist's equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala. A Dalinian take on pleasures of the grape ... |
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Fifth Edition. ... Would you like to get acquainted with the most important techniques every company manager should know? Quickly differentiate the fundamentals from the secondary, leading to the most accurate decisions? And do all of this for both everyday and extraordinary situations? If so, simply read this book. It presents an atypical look at the most successful techniques in business and draws on rich experience. Even within complex topics, easy-to-remember examples lead the reader step by step through the material clearly and methodically. The leading principles are highlighted, as are possible exceptions to them. ... |
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The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst. ... Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating ... |
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What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius - his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two ... |
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In "Burmese Days", George Orwell , one of the most famous writers in the English language, draws on his own experience of living and working in Burma to write an unflinching novel about the dark side of imperialism. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by journalist and writer David Eimer. John Flory is a disillusioned timber merchant based in the remote town of Kyauktada in 1920s Burma. ... |
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Най-добрият начин да вършите нещата, които искате да постигнете, незабавно! ... Скот Келби, най-продаваният автор на бестселъри в света за фотографски техники, е отново тук с изцяло различни концепция относно книгите за Photoshop - концепция, създадена от нулата, за да ви заведе право при онова, което ви е нужно да извършите във Photoshop на момента, да получите бърз отговор или да се върнете към редактирането на вашите изображения в програмата. Благодарение на популярния план Creative Cloud Photography на Adobe, който включва Photoshop и Lightroom, фотографите разширяват дълбочината и мощта на Lightroom, като прескачат ... |
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Perfect for fans of "Geekerella" and "Jenn Bennett", this charming, sparkly rom-com follows a wish-granting teen forced to question if she's really doing good, and if she has the power to make her own dreams come true. Charity is a fairy godmother. She doesn't wear a poofy dress or go around waving a wand, but she does make sure the deepest desires of the student population at Jack London High School come true. And she knows what they want even better than they do because she can glimpse their perfect futures. But when Charity fulfills a glimpse that gets Vindhya crowned homecoming queen, it ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. You can drink it, and you can cook with it. You can even make buildings, dresses, and hats out of it. You can give it to somebody as a present, or you can buy it for yourself. And of course you can eat it. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, chocolates with gold on the outside - everybody ... |
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Издание със статии на български, английски, руски и френски език. ... Този сборник с психолингвистични изследвания на 31 автори от целия свят е специално подготвен в чест на проф. д-р Татяна Слама-Казаку, една от създателките на психолингвистиката, учен и университетски професор със световна известност и значимост. Книгата е посветена и на Осмия международен конгрес на ISAPL (Международна асоциация по приложна психолингвистика). ... |
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Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh. Pass it on.) This is the story of one of those days - a day so bad you can barely get out of bed, when it's a struggle to leave the house, and when you do, you wish you hadn't. But even the worst of days can surprise you. When one sad ghost, alone at a crowded party, spies another sad ghost across the room, they decide to leave together. What happens next changes everything. Because that night they start the The Sad Ghost Club - a secret ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Учебна тетрадка по английски език за 3. клас е неразделна част от езиковата система по английски език Hello! New Edition за начален етап на обучение. Съдържа разнообразни упражнения за затвърдяване на лексиката и граматиката. Упражненията са градирани по трудност, с фокус върху специфичните трудности за българските ученици, например словоредът във въпросителни изречения или неопределителния член. Във всеки урок учениците изпълняват задачи: за попълване на пропуснати букви или думи; за свързване на думи в изречения; за работа върху словореда; за писане на ... |
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Life, death and everything in between. ... Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. She has no idea how she got there. It is only when a police car arrives, and she sees her own body, that she realises she is in fact... dead. But nobody can see or hear her, however hard she tries. So what is she supposed to do next? Then Lily is given once-in-a-deathtime opportunity. Will she take it? "Wonderful... a near perfect piece of writing - funny and tender and wounded and furious." Matthew Crow, author of "In Bloom" ... |
