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In the early 1960s, Andy Warhol set out to turn the novel into pop art. a, the first book he wrote, is the result. Transcribed from audiotapes recorded in and around his legendary art studio, it begins with the actor Ondine popping pills, then follows a cast of thinly-disguised superstars, musicians and prima donnas as they run riot through Manhattan. A knowing response to James Joyce's Ulysses, using the freewheeling, spontaneous techniques as Warhol's visual art, this filthy, funny book is a...
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| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2022 |
Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn’t just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven’s ninth. He and his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, and the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique, he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day. The basis for Stanley Kubrick’s notorious 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange is both a...
| Автор | Burgess Anthony |
| Жанр | Литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2000 |
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came his early masterpiece, A Farewell to Arms. In an unforgettable depiction of war, Hemingway recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteers and the men and women he encounters along the way with conviction and brutal honesty. A love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion, A...
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| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2004 |
After Nature" by W.G.Sebald, author of "Austerlitz", is his first literary work and the start of his highly personal and brilliant writing journey. In this long prose poem, Sebald introduces many of the themes that he explores in his subsequent books. Focusing on the conflict between man and nature, each of the three distinct parts of "After Nature" give centre stage to a different character from a different century - the last being W.G.Sebald himself.
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| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2003 |
Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey from an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa, through the eccentricities of...
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| Жанр | Английский язык |
Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, while George remains in hard-working obscurity. But as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events that made sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages. This is a novel about low crime and high spirituality, guilt...
| Автор | Julian Barnes |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2006 |
The KingsHaven Design team is skilled at transforming timeworn interiors and exteriors into breathtaking spaces for inspired living by sharing with their clients the spectacular work of artisans and artworks from around the world, and by developing strong fair-trade relationships with artists that benefit them, their families, and their communities. Be it working with a stonemason to salvage the granite facade of a historic estate, collaborating with blacksmiths on a lighting fixture or custom...
| Жанр | Дизайн интерьера Декор |
| Год | 2019 |
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house.
Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
'The best thing he has ever written' Observer
| Автор | Макьюэн Иэн, McEwan I |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2016 |
Christo and Jeanne-Claude rank among the most popular artist couples of our time. They were unrivalled in breaking the art world's tight boundaries and arousing the enthusiasm of a broad public, across all social strata, for their spectacular shrouding's of buildings and landscapes. The PalaisPopulaire presents the Jochheim Collection and traces the history of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's breathtaking large-scale projects; complemented by their rarely seen early works. Of course, the wrapping...
| Год | 2020 |
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens lifetime. His natural inclination towards drama and the macabre lead him into the telling of ghost tales. Twelve ghosts stories are presented here, and the full range of Dickens' gothic talents can be seen.
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| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 1998 |
Libby Day was just seven years old when her older brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard. Her evidence helped put him away. Ever since then she has been drifting, surviving for over twenty years on the proceeds of the 'Libby Day fund'. But now the money is running out and Libby is desperate. When she is offered $500 to do a guest appearance, she feels she has to accept. But this is no ordinary gathering. The Kill Club is a group of true-crime obsessives who share...
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| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2010 |
The definitive architecture travel guide that lets you visit 1,000 of today's most must-see contemporary buildings – whether at home or on the road Featuring 1,000 of today's most compelling buildings by the world's finest architects, Destination: Architecture is an unparalleled and comprehensive resource for anyone wanting to get more out of their travels. No journey, from a long weekend to a long-haul trip, would be complete without this expertly curated 'who's who' of the most exciting...
| Год | 2017 |
George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. The Orwell Diaries presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of a communal shave in the Trafalgar Square fountains, while notes from his travels through industrial England show the development of the impassioned social commentator. This same acute power of observation is evident in his diaries from Morocco, as well as at...
| Автор | George Orwell, Orwell G |
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| Год | 2010 |
In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova, the boy she liked, liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia’s Nazi ally. And she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union. All too soon, Leningrad was besieged and life became a living hell....
| Автор | Mukhina Elena |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2016 |
Jack Kerouac called Doctor Sax, the enigmatic figure who haunted his boyhood imagination, 'my ghost, personal angel, private shadow, secret lover'. In this extraordinary autobiographical account of growing up in Lowell, Massachussetts, told through his fictional alter ego Jack Duluoz, he mingles real people and events with fantastical figures to capture the accents, scents, sights and texture of his childhood: playing among the river weeds and railroad tracks, going to church,...
| Автор | Kerouac J, Kerouac Jack |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2012 |
Why do we fall in love - and why do we break up? Written in the style of a novel, this genre-defying book charts the relationship of a man and a woman from the first kiss to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak, illuminating emotions we have all felt but perhaps never fully understood.
| Автор | A. Botton |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2012 |
Vegan cooking is more popular than ever. The challenge is to prepare meals that will be healthy and appealing for the whole family. This book features kid-tested recipes for families with children that are easy, tasty, and nutritious. Whether you are a practicing vegan or just want to introduce your family to healthier eating, these recipes will inspire you. Ellen also introduces a sugar free challenge, explains the world of kombucha and seaweed, and shows how to make your weekday meals easier...
| Автор | E.C. Marie |
| Жанр | Кулинарные книги на иностранных языках |
| Год | 2019 |
You're beautiful, Johnny told her. So, full of hope, seventeen-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is pregnant. Desperately searching for Johnny in the bleak post-industrial Midlands, she is instead found by Mr Hilditch, a strange and lonely man, a collector and befriender of homeless young girls... 'Immensely readable. The plot twist is both sinister and affecting, and so skilfully done that you remember why authors had plot twists...
| Автор | Trevor William |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2017 |