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Daedalus Books
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The Annotated Hunting of the Snark
Автор: Lewis Carroll Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20082008-05-15
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The definitive guide to one of the most baffling epics of nineteenth-century literature — a companion to The Annotated Alice, It's a Snark for whatever else can it be? Published on April Fools' Day in 1876, Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark remains one of the most amusing and bizarre works of modern verse. Carroll, who completed this classic poem eleven years after the publication of Alice in Wonderland, invites readers along on a fictitious hunt to determine who or what the Snark actually is. More than 130 years later, the indomitable Martin Gardner returns to the Snark with a trove of new annotations and illustrations, uncovering some of the most confounding literary, linguistic, and mathematical references embedded in any of Lewis Carroll's many works. Included in this gorgeous, two-color volume is an introduction by Adam Gopnik, as well as Henry Holiday's distinctive, original illustrations, a substantial bibliography, and a suppressed drawing of the infamous Boojum. With a host of other Snark resources, this is the most ambitious work on Lewis Carroll's masterpiece in many decades. Two-color throighout; 56 illustrations.
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The Illustrated Guide to Mythical Creatures
Автор: David West Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 48 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20112011-10-11
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From the glance of a Cockatrice that can turn a person to stone to a Manticore luring unsuspecting travelers to their doom, noted illustrator David West, using 3-D computer-generated art, creates a visually stunning universe of legendary beasts. Full color.
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A Kidnapped Santa Claus
Автор: Alex Robinson Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 72 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20112012-04-17
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A Kidnapped Santa Claus describes the action of some uncommon events in the land of Santa. Not far from the Laughing Valley where Santa and all his magical helpers live, and beyond the Forest of Burzee, there stands a huge mountain that contains the Cave of Demons. Each demon has a specialty: Selfishness, Envy, Hatred, Malice, and Repentance. Because the promise of Santa puts all girls and boys on their best behaviour, the demons have hardly any visitors to their caves. In order to remedy their dismal foot traffic, they conspire to kidnap Santa! But oh! even when it looks as if the demons might win, one can never underestimate the power of devoted (and magical!) friends. Adapted by Alex Robinson, author of several graphic novels, the action and menace of the tale will be enhanced and lightly spoofed. It seems a most appropriate treatment of Baum's work — he was an author who often let his profound and unsettling meanings roil beneath the surface of his stories.
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King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
Автор: Catrine Clay Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2007 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20122008-06-05
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The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and history would ultimately tear them apart. Known among their families as Georgie, Willy, and Nicky, they were, respectively, the royal cousins George V of England, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Nicholas II of Russia — the first two grandsons of Queen Victoria, the latter her grandson by marriage. In 1914, on the eve of world war, they controlled the destiny of Europe and the fates of millions of their subjects. The outcome and their personal endings are well known — Nicky shot with his family by the Bolsheviks, Willy in exile in Holland, Georgie still atop his throne. Largely untold, however, is the family saga that played such a pivotal role in bringing the world to the precipice. Drawing widely on previously unpublished royal letters and diaries, made public for the first time by Queen Elizabeth II, Catrine Clay chronicles the riveting half century of the royals' overlapping lives, and their slow, inexorable march into conflict. They met frequently from childhood, on holidays, and at weddings, birthdays, and each others' coronations. They saw themselves as royal colleagues, a trade union of kings, standing shoulder to shoulder against the rise of socialism, republicanism, and revolution. And yet tensions abounded between them. Clay deftly reveals how intimate family details had deep historical significance: the antipathy Willy's mother (Victoria's daughter) felt toward him because of his withered left arm, and how it affected him throughout his life; the family tension caused by Otto von Bismarck's annexation of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark (Georgie's and Nicky's mothers were Danish princesses); the surreality surrounding the impending conflict. Have I gone mad? Nicholas asked his wife, Alexandra, in July 1914, showing her another telegram from Wilhelm. What on earth does Willy mean pretending that it still depends on me whether war is averted or not? Germany had, in fact, declared war on Russia six hours earlier. At every point in her remarkable book, Catrine Clay sheds new light on a watershed period in world history.
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Knights
Автор: Giovanni Caviezel Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2007 Страниц: 10 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20102009-07-14
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The newest in Barronas Little People Shape Books has its covers and pages die-cut in the shape of the little boy who appears on the front cover, clad in a shining knightas costume. Younger children will be delighted by the color illustrations and simple description of knighthood, its legends, and its many trimmings, as they turn the pages of this sturdy and attractive board book.
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The Lacuna
Автор: Barbara Kingsolver Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 17 августа 20112010-12-20
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In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities. Born in the United States, reared in a series of provisional households in Mexico — from a coastal island jungle to 1930s Mexico City — Harrison Shepherd finds precarious shelter but no sense of home on his thrilling odyssey. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers who put him to work in the kitchen, errands he runs in the streets, and one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. He discovers a passion for Aztec history and meets the exotic, imperious artist Frida Kahlo, who will become his lifelong friend. When he goes to work for Lev Trotsky, an exiled political leader fighting for his life, Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution, newspaper headlines and howling gossip, and a risk of terrible violence. Meanwhile, to the north, the United States will soon be caught up in the internationalist goodwill of World War II. There in the land of his birth, Shepherd believes he might remake himself in America's hopeful image and claim a voice of his own. He finds support from an unlikely kindred soul, his stenographer, Mrs. Brown, who will be far more valuable to her employer than he could ever know. Through darkening years, political winds continue to toss him between north and south in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach — the lacuna — between truth and public presumption. With deeply compelling characters, a vivid sense of place, and a clear grasp of how history and public opinion can shape a life, Barbara Kingsolver has created an unforgettable portrait of the artist — and of art itself. The Lacuna is a rich and daring work of literature, establishing its author as one of the most provocative and important of her time.
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A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain
Автор: Michael Paterson Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but the familiarity with later 19th-century stories and history tends to give us a distorted view. Using character portraits and key events, Paterson brings the world of Victorian Britain alive, from the lifestyles of the aristocrats to the depths of the London slums.
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The Meaning of Night: A Confession
Автор: Michael Cox Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 703 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20082009-02-24
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The atmosphere of Bleak House, the sensuous thrill of Perfume, and the mystery of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell all combine in a story of murder, deceit, love, and revenge in Victorian England. After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver--booklover, scholar, and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. A chance discovery convinces him that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. Overwhelmed by his discovery, he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path to reclaim his prize leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels, and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most beautiful and enchanting country houses, and finally to a consuming love for the beautiful but enigmatic Emily Carteret. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onward, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. The Meaning of Night is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.
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The Monster in the Box: An Inspector Wexford Novel
Автор: Ruth Rendell Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 287 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 20122012-04-22
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»One of the best-written detective series in the genre's history is ending. With The Monster in the Box, Ruth Rendell says farewell to Reginald Wexford, her popular chief inspector of Kingsmarkham, a small Sussex town south of London... I'm pleased to report that Monster brings both Rendell and Wexford back in strong form. Invariably, whenever I predicted the plot would go in a certain direction, I was wrong. For the first time in the series, we glimpse Wexford's youth, his days as a rookie cop, his eager but uncertain approach to his first cases, the comedy of his early dating, even his initial meeting with [his wife] Dora... We close the book on Inspector Wexford with the knowledge that he has had an illustrious career. And we accept this conclusion because at any time we can return to Kingsmarkham to explore the darker side of humanity with him as our reassuring and humane guide».
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Mr: Pusskins and Little Whiskers: Another Love Story
Автор: Sam Lloyd Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 28 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20112013-08-23
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Mr. Pusskins is back And this time he's got company... Mr. Pusskins was perfectly happy. That is, until Emily decided to bring home a surprise. A surprise named Little Whiskers. Mr. Pusskins does not want a kitten around. He does not want to play lovely games with that kitten. But, little does Mr. Pusskins know, this pesky pussycat doesn't want to play lovely games either...
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My First Nursery Book
Автор: Franciszka Themerson Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 72 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20112012-04-17
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A true masterpiece of book design and illustration for beginning readers, this collection pairs well-known nursery tales with uniquely beautiful period illustrations that look as fresh and vital today as they did six decades ago, when the book was first published in Great Britain. Never before published in the United States, My First Nursery Book features four beloved stories: Who Killed Cock Robin?, The Gingerbread Man, Three Little Pigs, and The Three Bears. Franciszka Themerson, a Polish avant-garde artist and filmmaker who turned to childrens book illustration as a refugee in London in the 1940s, is regarded as one of the great talents in classic childrens book illustration.Finally, American children can experience and enjoy this remarkable volume, filled with stunning illustrations that will bring a new audience to Themersons genius.
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Poem of My Cid (Poema de Mio Cid): A Dual-Language Book
Автор: Stanley Appelbaum Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2005 Страниц: 133 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20092007-05-28
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The Poema de Mio Cid recounts the adventures of Rodrigo Diaz, an 11th-century hero of Islamic Spain. The Cid and his legendary exploits were already the subjects of ballads, songs, and children's tales by the time of this 12th-century epic poem. The sole dual-language edition currently available.
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Predators: A Pop-Up Book with Revolutionary Technology
Автор: Lucio Santoro Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 14 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20102010-10-20
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Get up close and personal with some of the world's most terrifying and dangerous predators Amazing 3-D pop-ups swing off the page, bringing to life spiders, polar bears, crocodiles, and more Filled with interesting facts and vibrant artwork, Predators takes readers on an interactive and imaginative journey into the wild This paper-over-board book has innovative, swinging pop-ups. Packaged in a resealable polybag with sell sheet. Foil-stamping on cover.
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Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
Автор: Adam Zamoyski Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102009-06-11
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Following on from his epic 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow, bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip on Europe began to weaken, raising the question of how the Continent was to be reconstructed after his defeat. There were many who dreamed of a peace to end all wars, in which the interests of peoples as well as those of rulers would be taken into account. But what followed was an unseemly and at times brutal scramble for territory by the most powerful states, in which countries were traded as if they had been private and their inhabitants counted like cattle. The results, fixed at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, not only laid the foundations of the European world we know; it put in place a social order and a security system that lie at the root of many of the problems which dog the world today.Although the defining moments took place in Vienna, and the principle players included Tsar Alexander I of Russia, the Austrian Chancellor Metternich, the Duke of Wellington and the French master of diplomacy Talleyrand, as well as Napoleon himself, the accepted view of the gathering of statesmen reordering the Continent in elegant salons is a false one. Many of the crucial questions were decided on the battlefield or in squalid roadside cottages amid the vagaries of war. And the proceedings in Vienna itself were not as decorous as is usually represented. Drawing on a wide range of first-hand sources in six languages, which include not only official documents, private letters, diaries and first-hand accounts, but also the reports of police spies and informers, Adam Zamoyski gets below the thin veneer of courtliness and reveals that the new Europe was forged by men in thrall to fear, greed and lust, in an atmosphere of moral depravity in which sexual favours were traded as readily as provinces and the 'souls' who inhabited them. He has created a chilling account, full of menace as well as frivolity.
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The Rum Diary
Автор: Hunter S Thompson Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2004 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 08 марта 20092006-05-28
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Paul Kemp has moved from New York to the steamy heat of Puerto Rico to work at the Daily News. He starts hanging out at Al's Backyard, a local den selling booze and hamburgers to vagrant journalists who are mostly crazy drunks on the verge of quitting. Then he meets Yeamon, whose delectable girlfriend has Kemp stewing in his own lust. But the idle tension that builds up in places where men sweat twenty-four hours a day is reaching a violent breaking point.
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The Snow Queen
Автор: Hans Christian Andersen Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 48 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20082008-10-11
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A magic mirror in which good and evil are hideously distorted breaks, and its tiny pieces fly all over the world. One piece lodges in the eye of a little boy named Kay, transforming his vision. Another pierces his heart, turning it cold as ice. Kay’s playmate Gerda is shocked by the change in her friend, and becomes heartbroken when he disappears. A perilous journey to find Kay takes Gerda to a land locked in ice and snow, where she must outwit the powerful Snow Queen to rescue her beloved friend. The haunting illustrations capture all the mystery and magic of Andersen’s longest, most imaginative tale.
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
Автор: C. S. Lewis Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 1966 Страниц: 252 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20091970-03-29
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In this book Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity.
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Thames: The Biography
Автор: Peter Ackroyd Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 481 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20102011-09-22
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In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry the VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. He visits all the towns and villages along the river from Oxfordshire to London and describes the magnificent royal residences, as well as the bridges and docks, locks and weirs, found along its 215-mile run. The Thames as a source of artistic inspiration comes brilliantly to life as Ackroyd invokes Chaucer, Shakespeare, Turner, Shelley, and other writers, poets, and painters who have been enchanted by its many moods and colors. In his signature entertaining and informative manner, Ackroyd allows the reader to dip into chapters in his own spirit, or to follow the Thames from source to sea. Illustrated with maps and photographs, THAMES is a vivid, highly original mosaic of life by and on the water.
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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
Автор: C.S. Lewis Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 324 Дата загрузки: 24 сентября 20132011-02-29
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This tale of two princesses — one beautiful and one unattractive — and of the struggle between sacred and profane love is Lewis's reworking of the myth of Cupid and Psyche and one of his most enduring works.
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Tools for Living: A Sourcebook of Iconic Designs for the Home
Автор: Charlotte Fiell Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2010 Страниц: 768 Дата загрузки: 27 октрября 20132013-09-30
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Tools for Living is a book all about ultimates — the ultimate things designed for the home — from chef knives and pots and pans, to door handles and bathroom taps, to home-office furniture and garden tools. Well-designed objects not only have superior performance but also look better and last longer, which ultimately means that they are more sustainable and provide better value for money. They also give the user a satisfying sense of reliability — they are the household tools that we use on a daily basis, which enhance life. Many of the objects included in Tools for Living are famous design classics, which are still in production. This comprehensive sourcebook features them beautifully, with full descriptions of their historic relevance and design excellence. Manufacturers' web addresses are shown for each product, so readers can easily find where to buy them. The introductory essay explains why Good Design for the home should be an important feature of our daily lives and how it makes sense not only for aesthetic and functional reasons, but also for economic and environmental reasons too. It is an essential sourcebook for all design lovers!
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