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The Ellements of Personal Style
Автор: Joe Zee Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 255 Дата загрузки: 23 августа 20122012-05-26
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America's hottest fashion magazine blends expert advice with in-depth studies of twenty-five unique style icons, from Diane Von Furstenberg to Dita Von Teese to Alicia Keys, for personal style inspiration. Celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2010, ELLE magazine has a readership of more than five million. In the same teaching through example style that has made ELLE the ultimate fashion resource for scores of loyal fans and the #1 fashion magazine, The ELLEments of Personal Style gives readers exclusive access to today's most glamorous personalities, along with hundreds of practical tips and inspiring photographs. The result is a sumptuous, comprehensive guide for creating an authentic, alluring personal style. Featuring twenty-five case studies of style icons that represent a wide range of tastes and backgrounds, The ELLEments of Personal Style brims with behind-the-scenes interviews, along with commentary on why each icon's wardrobe works. Describing a red cocktail dress that always makes her feel flawless or the jacket bought on a special trip to Paris, each woman provides a personal collage of memorable objets d'art that serve as an inspiration list. Some of the women who gave ELLE unprecedented access to their homes, closets, and inspirations include: Fergie, Estelle, Padma Lakshmi, Candace Bushnell, Christina Hendricks, Tracee Ellis Ross, and others.
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Dead in the Family
Автор: Charlaine Harris Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 356 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20132016-08-24
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After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Fae War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's mad. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new vampire king. And as the political implications of the shifters' coming-out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to one particular Were draws her into the dangerous debate. Also, though the doors to Faery have been closed, there are still some fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie... very, very angry...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Автор: Tennessee Williams Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2008 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июля 20092011-04-15
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Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play has captured both stage and film audiences since its debut in 1954. One of his best-loved and most famous plays, it exposes the lies plaguing the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins.
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Brit-think, Ameri-think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide
Автор: Jane Walmsley Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2003 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20092008-08-11
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Jane Walmsley shares George Bernard Shaw's belief that America and Britain are two nations divided by a common language. In this title she looks beyond this shared facade to see the great gulfs that separate us in such areas as tastes in food, dress, home decoration, the way we conduct business, vacation, engage in sex and even die. Her prototype American is an eternal optimist who believes it is only a matter of correct technique and will power to become beautiful, clever, skinny, successful and healthy. A Brit, on the other hand, seems to expect disaster at any moment, so lives with a certain detachment, content to muddle through as best he or she can. Walmsley pokes gentle (and sometimes not so gentle) fun at both cultures and in the process offers a portrait of our cultural differences.
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The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland
Автор: Barry Cunliffe Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20132013-07-14
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Compiled by a team of leading historians, this is a wonderfully rich, lavishly illustrated history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The reader is taken on a journey from prehistoric times to the present day, examining such topics as the spread of literacy, the development of transport, and the evolution of country houses on the way. British cities are brought to life in artwork reconstructions that take the reader back to the Dublin of the 18th century or London in the 1850s. Scholarly yet accessible, this is the ideal introduction to British and Irish history.
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The Killer Cat's Birthday Bash
Автор: Anne Fine Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20152013-07-24
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Okay, okay. So spank my furry little bum. I held a party. It was my birthday. How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night? So things ended up in a bit of a mess. (Well, more than a mess, really. It was a complete disaster.) But it was not my fault so don't blame me.
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The English Roses: Ready, Set, Vote!
Автор: Madonna Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2009 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20112010-06-21
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Hampstead School is getting political! When school elections roll around, Nicole decides to run for class president, and Grace volunteers to be her campaign manager. The only problem is, Grace starts treating the election like one of her football matches, and instead of focusing on Nicole, Grace starts making the election all about beating opponents. Can the English Roses help draw Grace in before the final ballots are cast?
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Daddy Long-Legs
Автор: Jean Webster Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 17 августа 20132014-02-19
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A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month and that she can never know who he is. Judy's life at college is a whirlwind of friends, classes, parties and a growing friendship with the handsome Jervis Pendleton. With so much happening in her life, Judy can scarcely stop writing to 'Daddy-Long-Legs', or wondering who her mysterious benefactor is.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Автор: Joyce James Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20132014-09-24
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This portrayal of Stephen Dedalus' Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce and a universal testament to the artist's 'eternal imagination'.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Автор: William Shakespeare Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20132012-06-21
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A vivacious woman and a high-spirited man both claim that they are determined never to marry. But when their friends trick them into believing that each harbours secret feelings for the other, they begin to question whether their witty banter and sharp-tongued repartee conceals something deeper. Schemes abound, misunderstandings proliferate and matches are eventually made in this sparkling and irresistible comedy.
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Lady Windermere's Fan
Автор: Oscar Wilde Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20132016-08-17
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Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan' whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her fatal impulse. And Mrs Erlynne has a secret — a secret Lady windermere must never know if she is to retain her peace of mind.
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King Lear
Автор: William Shakespeare Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 февраля 20132014-04-07
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An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming and recriminations that follow, not only does the king's own sanity crumble, but the stability of the realm itself is also threatened.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Автор: Victor Hugo Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 16 апреля 20152014-09-30
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This is the story of Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre-Dame cathedral and his devotion to the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda. When the demented archdeacon Frollo sets out to abduct Esmeralda, he uses Quasimodo to do the evil deed on his behalf. However, Quasimodo turns from captor to saviour.
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The Canterbury Tales
Автор: Geoffrey Chaucer Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20132012-06-18
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»The Canterbury Tales», compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, «The Canterbury Tales» remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.
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The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia
Автор: David Crystal Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2007 Страниц: 1040 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20092010-04-29
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World-renowned linguist and reference editor, David Crystal, brings us the third edition of «Penguin's Concise Encyclopedia». This abridgement condenses the core material in the third edition of the «Penguin Encyclopedia» which has already reached a world sales total of over 23,000 copies in hardback. David Crystal has a gift for clarity and concision which enables him to illuminate even the most intricate concepts. Here he offers over 22,000 alphabatised entries on the facts, events, issues, people, beliefs and achievements that make up the sum of human knowledge. Entries have been written by over 350 specialist contributors from universities, museums and other institutions of excellence around the world. «The Concise Encyclopedia» is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world.
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Zero History
Автор: William Gibson Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 07 апреля 20152015-03-12
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Former hit singer Hollis is down on her luck after the Crash and can't turn down the offer of a job again from mysterious global ad agency, Blue Ant. Stanley Milgrim, ex-addict freshly out of an expensive rehab paid for by Blue Ant-founder Hubertus Bigend, is also on the payroll. Bigend wants them to do some discreet research on an a secret, obscurely fashionable denim. It may not matter that they know nothing about fashion — but it does matter, at least to them, when bullets start to fly and they realize that Bigend's business obsession is leading them down a dangerous path. Set among London's dark and tangled streets, «Zero History» is a brilliant thriller about the webs and networks of the new century.
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Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-perfect Answers to the Most-asked Questions About Language
Автор: Michael Quinion Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 11 августа 20132013-05-26
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Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of «Port Out», «Starboard Home», Michael Quinion brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing questions he's been asked about language over the years. Sent to him by enquiring readers from all around the globe, Michael's answers about the meanings and histories behind the quirky phrases, slang and language that we all use are set to delight, amuse and enlighten even the most hardened word-obsessive. Did you know that 'Blighty' comes from an ancient Arabic word? Or that Liberace cried his way to the bank so many times people think he came up with the phrase? That 'cloud nine' started out as 'cloud seven' in the speakeasies of '30s America? And that the first person to have their thunder stolen was a dismal playwright from Drury Lane? Michael Quinion's «Why is Q Always Followed By U?» is full of surprising discoveries, entertaining quotations and memorable information. There are plenty of colourful stories out there, but Michael Quinion will help you discover the truth that lies behind the cock-and-bull stories and make sure you're always linguistically on the ball.
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What a Carve Up!
Автор: Jonathan Coe Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20112012-10-20
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A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film, 'What A Carve Up!' in which a mad knifeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepit stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie, from arms dealing to art dealing, from politics to banking to the popular press and factory farming. During his researches Michael realizes that the Winshaws have cast a blight on his life, as they have on Britain. His confidence, his sexual and personal identity begin to reform. In a climax set in the Winshaw's family seat the novel turns into the film, 'What A Carve Up!' as a murderous maniac stalks the family and Michael discovers the significance of Shirley Eaton's lingerie.
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The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
Автор: Jonathan Coe Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20132012-06-18
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Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles — and a voyage into his family's past which throws up some surprising revelations. Jonathan Coe's new book is a story for our times: Maxwell finds himself at sea in the modern world, surrounded by social networks but unable to relate properly to anyone. Yet as he delves into his family history he manages to find the resources to survive.
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The Story of England
Автор: Michael Wood Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 27 октрября 20142012-12-16
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The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has an ancient church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial — and many centuries of recorded history. It has experienced departing Romans, Saxon and Viking immigrants, Norman conquerors; the Black Death, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution; and, its people have gone off to the Empire and to fight in two world wars. Enlisting the villagers themselves — who dug test pits in their gardens in search of Roman pottery, were DNA tested to examine their Viking origins and offered up their family collections of photos and documents — and using the archives of the village housed at Merton College Oxford (an archive unique in western Europe going back 700 years), Michael Wood tells the incredible story of the village over 2000 years. This is an account of England told not from the top but from the bottom — a story of Anglo-Saxon peasants, medieval reeves, Tudor vicars, Victorian frame-work knitters and First World War soldiers. This is a people's history of England, told through the history of one small community.
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