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East Meets East - Aric Chen, Shaw Catherine

Drawing on the work of artist and architect William Lim, this book offers a new, enlightened perspective on what Asian design means today. Exploring design works ranging from furniture and temporary art installations to interior design and architecture by CL3, founded by William Lim, and related studios Lim + Lu and Open UU, this book presents a fresh consideration of the essence of contemporary Asian design and how it has evolved over the past few decades. The projects selected share a sensitivity to Asian qualities: a deep appreciation of site and context, craft and design details, with imaginative architectural responses delivering a reinterpretation of cultural heritage and traditions. The book includes a contextual essay by Hong Kong-based architecture critic and author Catherine Shaw, a foreword by architecture and design curator Aric Chen, and a chapter dedicated to conversations on the modern interpretation of eastern aesthetics and the unique experience of designing for a new Asia between William Lim, Swedish museum director, art critic and writer Lars Nittve, and Shanghai-based architect Lyndon Neri. The projects are presented in a clear, vibrant graphic style designed by William Lim and artist and graphic designer Stanley Wong, aka anothermountainman, to evoke an Asian quality. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Maxwell & Williams Jídelní sada 12 ks EAST MEETS WEST (JX259112)

Jídelní sada materiál porcelán, 12 ks, složení sady: 4 ks mělký talíř - 26 cm, 4 ks dezertní talíř - 18 cm, 4 ks miska - 16 cm, bez dekoru, vhodné do myčky, vhodné do mikrovlnné trouby Obohaťte svou kuchyňskou výbavu jídelní sadou Maxwell & Williams Jídelní sada 12 ks EAST MEETS WEST. Jídelní sada je zhotovena z populárního porcelánu, a proto je i hezká na pohled. Sada má čtvercový tvar a není ničím zdobená. Jídelní sada zahrnuje mělký talíř, dezertní talíř a miska. V sadě se nachází celkem 12 ks. Bez starostí soupravu můžete umývat v myčce na nádobí a ohřev v mikrovlnce také není problém. Významné funkce jídelní sady Maxwell & Williams Maxwell & Williams dotáhne vaší současnou kuchyňskou výbavu k dokonalosti Sada je zhotovena z porcelán Tvar: čtvercový Není zdobena dekorativními prvky Jídelní sadu tvoří mělký talíř, dezertní talíř a miska Sada se skládá z 12 ks Počet mělkých talířů: 4 ks v rozměrech 26 cm Dezertních talířů celkem 4 ks o rozměrech 18 cm...

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While East Meets West: A Chinese Diaspora Scholar And Social Activist In Asia-pacific - Ching-hwang Yen

Born in South China before 1949, brought up and educated in Southeast Asia and Australia, and having worked in Southeast Asia, Australia and Hong Kong, Professor Yen has a unique personal experience in telling the fascinating stories of the encounter and clashes of cultural and social values between East and West. Imbued with many traditional Chinese cultural values such as diligence, perseverance, resilience and determination, in this book, he tells his life story of how he was determined to climb the pinnacle of scholarship. As an ethnic minority in Australian society, he devoted himself to fight for the interests of the the Chinese diaspora and help promote multi-culturalism in Australia.This book also provides first-hand source materials for the study of intellectuals, from the Chinese diaspora, studying and working in a Western university through his eyes: his initial problem of adjusting to a new western environment, his experience of cultural dislocation, the clashes of cultural values and social mores, his experience of racial discrimination, and his pursuit of academic excellence.

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Back East - Flannery Burke

Western imaginations of "Back East" rewrote America's cultural identity, shaping myths and realities alikeJust as easterners imagined the American West, westerners imagined the American East, reshaping American culture. Back East flips the script of American regional narratives.In novels, travel narratives, popular histories, and dude ranch brochures, twentieth-century western US writers saw the East through the lens of their experiences and ambitions. Farmers following the railroad saw capitalists exploiting their labor, while cowboys viewed urban easterners as soft and effete. Westerners of different racial backgrounds, including African Americans and Asian Americans, projected their hopes and critiques onto an East that embodied urbanity, power, and opportunity.This interplay between "Out West" and "Back East" influenced income inequality, land use, cultural identities, and national government. It fueled myths that reshaped public lands, higher education, and the publishing industry. The cultural exchange was not one-sided; it contributed to modern social sciences and amplified marginalized voices from Chicane poets to Native artists.By examining how westerners imagined the American East, Back East provides a fresh perspective on the American cultural landscape, offering a deeper understanding of the myths that continue to shape it.

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East, West - Salman Rushdie

Discover a brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. With one foot in the East and one foot in the West, this collection reveals the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between the two.

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Joan - Katherine J. Chen

A stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc - perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrix''It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time'' Hilary Mantel, twice Booker Prize-winning author of The Mirror & the Light''A glorious, sweeping novel . . . Richly imagined, poignant and inspiring'' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne''Chen earns the comparison [to Mantel] thanks to her vivid, visceral and boldly immediate storytelling . . . a hypnotic heroine for our time'' Telegraph''Chen''s Joan roars off the page. If you liked Ariadne, then this has to be your next read'' Red Magazine''Brilliant . . . Chen [presents] Joan as a beguiling, fully human mix of wariness and confidence, and fiercely protective of those she loves'' Guardian''Chen''s brilliantly imagined novel breathes new life into this famous tale. Her Joan is a riotous tomboy, a hot-headed adolescent and a decidedly unsaintly soldier - and is all the more inspiring for it. A triumph of historical fiction'' Mail on Sunday*Times Best Historical Novels of July 2022 Pick**The Week Best Novels of 2022 Pick****Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint?France is mired ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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I Am Not Jessica Chen - Ann Liang

Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment. So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true—literally. All of a sudden she gets to live the life she’s always dreamed of . . . but being the model student at cutthroat Havenwood Private Academy isn’t quite what she’d imagined. Worse, people seem to be forgetting that someone named Jenna Chen ever existed. But isn’t it worth trading it all away—her artistic talent, her childhood home, even the hope of golden boy Aaron Cai loving her back—to be Jessica Chen?* Kids' Indie Next Pick *

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Joan - Katherine J. Chen

A stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc - perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrix''It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time'' Hilary Mantel, twice Booker Prize-winning author of The Mirror & the Light''A glorious, sweeping novel . . . Richly imagined, poignant and inspiring'' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne''Chen earns the comparison [to Mantel] thanks to her vivid, visceral and boldly immediate storytelling . . . a hypnotic heroine for our time'' Telegraph''Chen''s Joan roars off the page. If you liked Ariadne, then this has to be your next read'' Red Magazine''Brilliant . . . Chen [presents] Joan as a beguiling, fully human mix of wariness and confidence, and fiercely protective of those she loves'' Guardian*Times Best Historical Novels of July 2022 Pick* *The Week Best Novels of 2022 Pick****Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint?France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. Yet out of the chaos, an unlikely heroine emerges.Reckless, steel-willed and brilliant, Joan has survived a childhood steeped in both joy and violence to claim ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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When East Asia Meets Southeast Asia: Presence And Connectedness In Transformation Revisited

This book intends to examine the relationship between East Asia and Southeast Asia across three themes: historical perspectives, economic flows of capital and people, and socio-cultural connections. While a substantial number of chapters in the book focus on overseas Chinese (living in Indonesia) and their connections with China and Taiwan historically and contemporarily, they also provide in-depth knowledge of international relationship between East Asia and Southeast Asia.Part One, ''Contending Regional Approaches'', consists of four chapters that help readers understand the involvement of East Asia from a in historical context. The first chapter on Taiwan before 1975 is followed by a chapter on Taiwan''s strategy toward Southeast Asia after the 1980s. The remaining two chapters focus on China-Southeast Asia and Japan-Southeast Asia relations.Part Two, ''Economic Flows of Capital & People'', consists of six chapters that mainly examine the flow of capital and people between Indonesia and Taiwan from the colonial period to the present and how this flow changed both societies.Part Three, ''Socio-Cultural Connections'', consists of three chapters. This part is a unique contribution to the scholarship that focuses on the transformation of both traditional and popular culture among Southeast Asia, China, and Taiwan by focusing on different agents.

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Influence Empire - Lulu Yilun Chen

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK 2022**A TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARS 2022**A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BUSINESS BOOK 2022**A FORBES ESPANA TOP TEN BOOK 2022**A PROJECT SYNDICATE 2022 BEST READ*''A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government'' - Guardian''Vital . . . More than a corporate hagiography, Ms. Chen''s book offers insight into the company via executive interviews and exclusive details.'' New York Times''Influence Empire by Lulu Yilun Chen is so much more than the long-awaited story of Tencent and its vital everything app, WeChat, the messaging tool used by 1.3 billion people. It''s also the sobering account of an entire generation of high-flying Chinese tech entrepreneurs, whose wings were clipped by the omnipotent hand of their own government.'' -- Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound and The Everything StoreORDER NOW: the first definitive look at Tencent, one of the world''s largest tech companies. __________In 2017, a company known as Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world''s fifth largest company. It was a watershed moment, a wake-up call for those in the West accustomed to regarding the global tech industry through the prism of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Google, Apple and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Land of Big Numbers - Te-Ping Chen

‘Te-Ping Chen’s Land of Big Numbers contains 10 illuminating, sharp stories set in China, penned by a former investigative reporter who worked in Beijing for several years’ The Independent‘In this magnificent collection of stories, the author and former Beijing-based correspondent vividly captures the desires and losses of a richly drawn cast while drawing on the realities of contemporary China’​ CosmopolitanA dazzling debut collection which, deftly and urgently, tells the stories of those living in the biggest and most complicated country on earth. A brother competes for gaming glory while his twin sister exposes the dark side of the Communist government on her underground blog; a worker at a government call centre is alarmed one day to find herself speaking to a former lover; a delicious new fruit arrives at the neighbourhood market and the locals find it starts to affect their lives in ways they could never have imagined; and a young woman's dreams of making it big in Shanghai are stalled when she finds herself working as a florist. These are just some of the myriad lives to be evoked in The Land of Big Numbers, a collection of stories which - sometimes playfully, sometimes darkly - draws back ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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George Bernard Shaw - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The book covers Shaw's career as a dramatist and critic in some detail, including his puritanical resistance to Shakespeare. This biography of George Bernard Shaw's writings and political beliefs was written by G. K. Chesterton, who was in the perfect position to do it. Although he was a close friend, he vehemently opposed Shaw's progressive socialism. His analysis of Shaw retains the same lightness of touch and wit as his earlier writings. The book offers an insightful and up-to-date analysis of Shaw's politics and philosophy, as well as the progressive orthodoxy that emerged in the 20th century as a result. The book serves as a fantastic introduction to Shaw's works and the culture of the time they were produced. The majority of individuals either claim to agree with Bernard Shaw or claim to not comprehend him. One and only G. K. Chesterton could comprehend him. The book works because Bernard Shaw is both quick-witted and verbose. A writer who has a quick mind for ideas could end up working more slowly than necessary. Every allusion or analogy requires him to pause and reiterate the historical similarities. The man's path is blocked by the very jungle of his ideas. The play ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Strategy Activation Playbook - Aric Wood

Organizations spend over £160 billion a year hiring consultants to develop and execute strategies, and yet 80 percent of corporate strategies fail.  Why? Because we forget the most important factor in successfully executing strategy: People. Our old models of change management and strategy execution assume that organizations are monolithic and can move directly from strategy-making to strategy-doing. But the modern organization is made up of increasingly more diverse, empowered, and free-thinking people, and we need to evolve how we launch our strategies to ensure we engage, align, and empower diverse groups of people to move forward together. If you want to be part of the 20 percent of leaders who succeed, then you need a new playbook for bringing your strategy to life.  With The Strategy Activation Playbook, author Aric Wood, CEO of XPLANE, teaches you how to do what he''s helped organizations around the world accomplish: align and activate the people in your organization to execute your strategy and realize your vision.  Inside, leaders will find in these pages a clear methodology for: Communicating a strategy in such a way that everyone understands it, sees how it benefits them, and becomes willing to take the journey; ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities - Chen Chen

In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family – the strained relationship between a mother and son, the cost of necessary goodbyes – all from Asian American, immigrant and queer perspectives. With a foreword by Jericho Brown, Chen Chen’s book has received numerous honours in the US.

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Movements That Win - Aric McBay

As the world slides further toward authoritarianism and the prospects for advancing social justice through electoral democracy narrow, the power of communities to prevail against strongman politics and corporate domination becomes increasingly crucial. In Movements That Win, long-time activist Aric McBay urges readers to remain hopeful, connected, vocal, and strong. He champions the creative innovations, bravery, and persistence of those who take risks to organise their communities to confront injustices imposed on them in the name of greed, militarism, and racism. Building on the analysis presented in his two-volume set, Full Spectrum Resistance, McBay showcases a wide range of attainable victories that we can and should emulate through solidarity and direct action. Among the triumphs McBay describes are: Indigenous groups'' successful effort to shut down a pipeline and remove colonial statues; neighbourhoods repelling gentrification and a nuclear waste dump in Australia; residents halting the construction of a parking garage in Boston''s Chinatown; American disability rights activists'' use of direct action to pave the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act; farmers preventing the construction of a nuclear reactor in rural Germany and multiple neighbourhood networks in the US preventing Wal-Mart from setting up shop in their community. Along the way, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw's witty comedy of manners, Pygmalion includes an introduction by Nicholas Grene in Penguin Classics.Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor Pygmalion, who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his 'creation' has a mind of her own. Adapted into the Oscar-winning musical film My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in 1964, PygmalionThis is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence, with an illuminating introduction by Nicholas Grene, discussing the language and politics of the play. Also included in this volume is Shaw's preface, as well as his 'sequel' written for the first publication in 1916, to rebut public demand for a more conventially romantic ending.Although essentially shy, Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) created the persona of GBS, the showman, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Rychle a zběsile: Hobbs a Shaw (DVD)

Co spojuje vysvalenou americkou mlátičku Hobbse a elegantního britského zabijáka Shawa? Jeden všehoschopný gauner, kterého by sami zastavit nedokázali. Dwayne Johnson a Jason Statham řádí v akční jízdě, která je o poznání rychlejší a zběsilejší. Když ti dva stanuli poprvé tváří v tvář ve filmu Rychle a zběsile 7, byla z toho nenávist na první pohled. Prodloužená ruka Spravedlnosti Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) a zběhlý agent britské tajné služby Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) byli proti své vůli nakonec donuceni spolupracovat a navzdory nekonečné averzi se jim to poměrně dařilo. I proto je asi nemělo zaskočit, že dostali společnou zakázku na nalezení a zneškodnění jedné tajné britské agentky, která údajně přešla do nepřátelského tábora. Shaw má v téhle operaci poměrně jasnou motivaci, protože jejich společným cílem je jeho mladší sestra Hattie (Vanessa Kirby). Řečeno slovy klasika, všechno je jinak, což Hobbs i Shaw zjistí hned poté, co ji najdou. Hattie se totiž na vlastní pěst pokusila zastavit jistého pana Brixtona (Idris Elba), který usiluje o vyhlazení poloviny lidstva, a sebrala mu něco, co k tomu dost potřebuje. A protože Brixton má materiální a překvapivě i fyzickou převahu, musí vzít Hobbs i Shaw nohy na ramena. Honička vede přes deštivý Londýn, radioaktivitou ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Chêne parfémovaná voda pro ženy 150 ml

Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Chêne, 150 ml, Parfémované vody pro ženy, Dřevitá elegance s dotekem krémové hebkosti Dokážete si představit, jako voní jednotlivé části majestátních stromů? Jejich listy, větve, kmen? Unisex parfémovaná voda Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Chêne nabízí mnohovrstevnatou vůni, která propojuje zelenou svěžest dubových listů s krémovým santalovým dřevem a hlubokým cedrem. unisex dřevitá vůně s ambrovými a kouřovými tóny součást kolekce Chloé Atelier des Fleurs vytvořil parfumér Alexis Dadier Složení vůně: Nejprve cítíte jiskřivé citrusové tóny v podobě bergamotu a mandarinky a aromatickým vavřínovým olejem. Střed vůně tvoří dubové dřevo s cedrovým olejem a jemným květem pomerančovníku, které dohromady evokují vůni lesa po dešti. Kompozici uzavírá hebké santalové dřevo, nasládlá vanilka a další vrstva cedrového dřeva – smyslná kombinace s dlouhou výdrží. Příběh vůně: Parfémovaná voda Chêne je součástí kolekce Atelier des Fleurs značky Chloé. Tato kolekce odhaluje neznámé tváře známých květin a nabízí nový způsob, jak vnímat jejich charakter. V souladu s tímto konceptem je i design flakónu, který nese typické znaky značky Chloé. Svými vlnitými liniemi připomíná pro značku typický motiv plissé soleil, zatímco pískově zbarvené víčko vzdává hold středomořskému dědictví zakladatelky Chloé, Gaby Aghion. Vše dohromady tvoří obraz, který propojuje přírodu, styl a nadčasovou ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Chêne parfémovaná voda pro ženy 50 ml

Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Chêne, 50 ml, Parfémované vody pro ženy, Dřevitá elegance s dotekem krémové hebkosti Dokážete si představit, jako voní jednotlivé části majestátních stromů? Jejich listy, větve, kmen? Unisex parfémovaná voda Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Chêne nabízí mnohovrstevnatou vůni, která propojuje zelenou svěžest dubových listů s krémovým santalovým dřevem a hlubokým cedrem. unisex dřevitá vůně s ambrovými a kouřovými tóny součást kolekce Chloé Atelier des Fleurs vytvořil parfumér Alexis Dadier Složení vůně: Nejprve cítíte jiskřivé citrusové tóny v podobě bergamotu a mandarinky a aromatickým vavřínovým olejem. Střed vůně tvoří dubové dřevo s cedrovým olejem a jemným květem pomerančovníku, které dohromady evokují vůni lesa po dešti. Kompozici uzavírá hebké santalové dřevo, nasládlá vanilka a další vrstva cedrového dřeva – smyslná kombinace s dlouhou výdrží. Příběh vůně: Parfémovaná voda Chêne je součástí kolekce Atelier des Fleurs značky Chloé. Tato kolekce odhaluje neznámé tváře známých květin a nabízí nový způsob, jak vnímat jejich charakter. V souladu s tímto konceptem je i design flakónu, který nese typické znaky značky Chloé. Svými vlnitými liniemi připomíná pro značku typický motiv plissé soleil, zatímco pískově zbarvené víčko vzdává hold středomořskému dědictví zakladatelky Chloé, Gaby Aghion. Vše dohromady tvoří obraz, který propojuje přírodu, styl a nadčasovou ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Město Tchao-jüan: Brána na Tchaj-wan - Tomáš Řízek, Chen Ming-Pan

V knize Město Tchao-jüan: Brána na Tchaj-wan se Chen Ming-Pan po řadě literárních cestopisů o Japonsku znovu tematicky vrací na Tchaj-wan a tentokrát se novýma očima dívá na město Tchao-jüan, kde na mezinárodním letišti začíná svou cestu po Tchaj-wanu většina návštěvníků. Chen Ming-Panovým cílem je představit Tchao-jüan jako kulturní a moderní město, ve kterém našel svůj nový domov. Objevování Tchao-jüanu je tak plné emocí a úvah, kterými odpovídá sám sobě na otázku, proč se z hlavního města Tchaj-peje přestěhoval právě do Tchao-jüanu. Kniha je osobní a literární cestou a zároveň praktickým průvodcem. Chen Ming-Pan se snaží zachytit typickou atmosféru Tchao-jüanu a přiblížit prožitek, který při návštěvě jednotlivých míst čtenář zažívá. Pro zahraničního čtenáře je to nejen uvedení do zdejšího prostředí, ale i do způsobu myšlení a prožívání tchajwanských literátů.

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Smoke Hole - Martin Shaw

‘A modern-day bard.’ Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles‘Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.’ John Densmore, The Doors‘Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.’ David Keenan, author of Xstabeth‘I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.’ Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of The WakeToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives – identity, technology, love, seduction, politics – celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers Smoke Hole – three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self.He invites us to use these stories to help find ‘a commons ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Great Transformation - Odd Arne Westad, Chen Jian

The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history  “A superb history of China’s transition into and out of the Cultural Revolution. . . . Chen and Westad—two of the best archival historians of Communist China writing today—coolly but vividly recount the extraordinary drama of this metamorphosis.”—Julia Lovell, Financial Times  Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished and terrorized China experienced radical political changes in the long 1970s and how ordinary people broke free from the beliefs that had shaped their lives during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. These changes, and the unprecedented and sustained economic growth that followed, transformed China and the world.  In this rigorous account, Westad and Chen construct a panorama of catastrophe and progress in China. They chronicle China’s gradual opening to the world—the interplay of power in an era of aged and ailing leadership, the people’s rebellion against the earlier government system, and the roles of unlikely characters: overseas Chinese capitalists, American engineers, Japanese professors, and German designers. This is a story of revolutionary change that neither foreigners nor the Chinese themselves could have predicted.

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Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell - Gillian French

A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sisterÂ’s disappearance.Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, sheÂ’s one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a mysterious string of arsons popping up throughout the rural Maine community her department serves. But the tragedy of her little sisterÂ’s disappearance sixteen years ago has always weighed on her the most; Thea is never far from her thoughts or dreams, and Shaw knows that her obsession with finding the truth about Thea is driving her husband away and impacting her two boys. Still, she can''t let it go and has even started taking disturbing calls from a man named Anders Jansen who all but claims to have committed the crime.Anders taunts Shaw with hints and innuendo about what supposedly happened all those years ago. His calls go to the next level as he reveals just how much he knows about ShawÂ’s personal life, like her stalled career and ruined marriage. As his stalking escalates to threats on her and her family''s lives, he begins to show just how dangerous he might be. Shaw is too desperate ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Major Political Writings - George Bernard Shaw

A new collection of Shaw''s major political writings presents an opportunity to reflect on his influential role as a public intellectual. At the forefront of economic and political debate from the 1880s to the 1950s, George Bernard Shaw was once the most widely read socialist writer in the English language, and his lifelong crusade against inequality and exploitation is far from irrelevant today. The thorough interpenetration of Shaw''s literary and political engagements is an unusual story in modern literature, and this volume offers a portrait of Shaw as a political artist in the purest possible sense: that is, as a writer of essays, articles, pamphlets, and books with explicitly and expressly political aims. The selected writings in this volume showcase Shaw''s most influential and most accomplished political work, but also provide a cross-section that is representative of the whole of his long career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Robert Shaw - Christopher Shaw Myers

Robert Shaw unforgettably commanded attention as the weathered seaman Captain Quint in the blockbuster sensation, Jaws. But what came before and after that landmark film is as dramatic as the hunt for the great white shark itself. Capturing the many facets of the vibrant, generous, and sometimes polarizing man is his nephew, Christopher, who explores the forces that shaped a dynamic personality-including Robert''s indomitable mother, his deeply troubled father, and his activist sister, Joanna, with whom Robert shared an unbreakable bond. Out of the traumatic events of their childhood in the Orkney Islands and Cornwall, Mrs. Shaw pushed her children to pursue their dreams. For Robert, that dream was acting and writing. Despite a storied career on the British and American stage-as both performer and playwright-and a string of hit films including From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, The Sting, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, international celebrity eluded Robert... until he was summoned to star in ''a little horror film'' called Jaws. What happened on-screen was unforgettable. What happened off-screen was chaos. Now Christopher Shaw Myers reveals the true story of the making of the classic. Jaws would become both an artistic success and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan - George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan are widely considered to be three of the most important in the canon of modern British theatre.Pygmalion (1912) was a world-wide smash hit from the time of its première in Vienna 1913 and it has remained popular to this day. Shaw was awarded an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay of the film adaptation. It was, of course, later made into the much-loved musical My Fair Lady. Heartbreak House (1917), which was finally performed in 1920 and published in 1921, bares the hallmarks of European modernism and a formal break from Shaw''s previous work. A meditation on the war and the resultant decline in European aristocratic culture, it was perhaps staged too soon after the conflict; indeed, it did not have the success of his earlier works, which was likely due to his experimental aesthetics combined with a war-weary audience that sought lighter fare. However, while this contemporary reception was muted, it is now recognised as a modernist masterpiece.Saint Joan (1923) marked Shaw''s resurrection and apotheosis. The first major work written of Joan of Arc after her canonization (1920), the play interrogates the origins of European nationalism in the post-war era. Like Pygmalion, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency - Chen Chen

What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves calling out for rescue? Chen Chen continues his exploration of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one inherits and what one invents, as a queer Asian American living through an era of Trump, mass shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Loading Penguin Hugs - Jacqueline Chen

Includes two bonus pages of cute exclusive stickers!Where do you turn to when you need a pick-me-up on a bad day? Loading Penguin Hugs is here to add a big boost of positivity to your life. The book is loaded with Jacqueline Chen’s motivational Chibird comics and illustrations. Every page offers cute and creative perspectives on topics, such as self-esteem, mental health, and getting through tough times.Loading Penguin Hugs combines adorable illustrations with wholesome messages to cheer you on. Expressions like “You are not a failure. You are still growing!” provide encouragement and promote healthy mindsets. Chen’s chubby penguins, hedgehogs, Chibirds, and friends of all shapes put a smile on anyone’s face, and they’ve already made millions smile on Instagram, Tumblr, and GIPHY.Loading Penguin Hugs is full of brand-new Chibird comics alongside popular favorites. The book comes with two bonus pages of cute exclusive stickers, and the cover features a special silver foil detail!This inspiring book is perfect for new and old Chibird fans. Chen and her animal friends are ready to brighten anyone’s day, one comic at a time.

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Shaw Caroline & So Percussion: Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part - LP (7559791591)

LP vinyl - Album písní napsaných a zahraných Caroline Shaw a So Percussion, která vychází na značce Nonesuch Records Caroline Adelaide Shaw je americká houslistka, zpěvačka a skladatelka. V roce 2013 jí byla udělena Pulitzerova cena za hudbu za a cappella kus Partita for 8 Voices. Album písní napsaných a zahraných Caroline Shaw a So Percussion, která vychází na značce Nonesuch Records Caroline Adelaide Shaw je americká houslistka, zpěvačka a skladatelka. V roce 2013 jí byla udělena Pulitzerova cena za hudbu za a cappella kus Partita for 8 Voices. So Percussion je americké perkusní kvarteto, které vzniklo v roce 1999 a sídlí v New Yorku. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop LP To the Sky / Other Song / Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part / The Flood Is Following Me / Lay All Your Love On Me / Cast the Bells in Sand / Long Ago We Counted / A Gradual Dazzle / A Veil Awave Upon the Waves / Some Bright Morning

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Shaw Caroline & So Percussion: Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part - CD (7559791596)

Hudební CD - Album písní napsaných a zahraných Caroline Shaw a So Percussion, která vychází na značce Nonesuch Records Caroline Adelaide Shaw je americká houslistka, zpěvačka a skladatelka. V roce 2013 jí byla udělena Pulitzerova cena za hudbu za a cappella kus Partita for 8 Voices. Album písní napsaných a zahraných Caroline Shaw a So Percussion, která vychází na značce Nonesuch Records Caroline Adelaide Shaw je americká houslistka, zpěvačka a skladatelka. V roce 2013 jí byla udělena Pulitzerova cena za hudbu za a cappella kus Partita for 8 Voices. So Percussion je americké perkusní kvarteto, které vzniklo v roce 1999 a sídlí v New Yorku. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop CD To the Sky / Other Song / Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part / The Flood Is Following Me / Lay All Your Love On Me / Cast the Bells in Sand / Long Ago We Counted / A Gradual Dazzle / A Veil Awave Upon the Waves / Some Bright Morning

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Cats of the World - Hannah Shaw

Hannah “Kitten Lady” Shaw and professional cat photographer Andrew Marttila journey to thirty countries to bring you hundreds of photos and stories of cats from every corner of the world.Wife and husband team Hannah Shaw and Andrew Marttila have made cats their lives’ work: they rescue and rehabilitate neonatal kittens, educate the public on cat and kitten care, and capture our feline friends’ unique personalities through writing and photography.Now, in the project of their dreams, they’ve taken their passion for cats global. In Cats of the World, Shaw and Marttila travel across thirty countries to explore feline welfare and cat culture around the globe, documenting their travels with stunning photos and stories from each location.Journey to England’s charming pubs and candle-lit cathedrals, Chile’s vibrant produce markets and colorful hillsides, Türkiye’s spice bazaars and ancient ruins, South Africa’s bustling streets and lush mountains, and so many places in between with Shaw and Marttila as they learn from cats—and the people who love them most—that compassion is truly a universal language.

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Major Cultural Essays - George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw''s public career began in arts journalism-as an art critic, a music critic, and, most famously, a drama critic-and he continued writing on cultural and artistic matters throughout his life. His total output of essays and reviews numbers in the hundreds, dwarfing even his prolific playwriting career. This volume of Shaw''s Major Cultural Essays introduces readers to the wealth and diversity of Shaw''s cultural writings from across the breadth of his professional life, beginning around 1890 and ending in 1950. Topics covered include the theatre, of course, but also music, opera, poetry, the novel, the visual arts, philosophy, censorship, and education. Major figures discussed at length in these works include Ibsen, Wagner, Nietzsche, Shakespeare, Wilde, Mozart, Beethoven, Keats, Rodin, Zola, Ruskin, Dickens, Tolstoy, and Poe, among many others. Coursing with Shavian flair and vigor, these essays showcase the author''s broad aesthetic sensibilities, trace the intersection of culture and politics in Shaw''s worldview, and provide a fascinating window into the vibrant cultural moment of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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George Bernard Shaw - Christopher Wixson

George Bernard Shaw has been called the second greatest playwright in English (after William Shakespeare) and one of the inventors of modern celebrity as the most famous public intellectual of his time. Beginning in the 1880s, as a critic and as a playwright, he transformed British drama, bringing to it intellectual substance, ethical imperatives, and modernity itself, setting the theatrical course for the subsequent century. That his legacy endures seventy years after his death is testament to the prescience of his thinking and his prolific creativity. This Very Short Introduction looks at Shaw''s life, starting with his upbringing in Ireland, and then takes a chronological approach through his works. Considering Shaw''s committed antagonism on behalf of a range of socio-political issues; his use of comedy as a mode for communicating serious ideas; and his rhetorical style that pushes conventional boundaries, Christopher Wixson provides an overview of the creative evolution of core themes throughout Shaw''s long career. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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What Is A Dog? - Chloe Shaw

On the heels of her family’s beloved dog’s death, one woman returns to the canines of her past in order to imagine the human she hopes to become in the future in her memoir, What Is a Dog? Chloe Shaw is in a dog house of her own choosing. A married mother with kids, the death of Booker, her children’s eldest family pet, has left her reeling and reckoning with her lifelong relationship with dogs. Unable to shake the feeling a year later, she asks her family for some time alone to be with nothing but her thoughts and remaining canines, Safari and Otter—only to find the dogs of her past pawing at her every memory and running, sticks in mouths, back into her life. What follows is a meditation on one woman’s life through the dogs she''s loved and lost. Since she was a child, Shaw had learned to escape the hardest parts of being human by immersing herself in the lives of her canine companions, an adaptive attachment that carried her to adulthood. Yet, in marriage and motherhood, Shaw finds herself facing her most human struggles yet. Her old ways of “being the dog” in the face of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Collateral Damage - Mark Shaw

If there had been no cover-up of Robert Kennedy’s complicity in the murder of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and he had been prosecuted based on compelling evidence at the time, the assassination of JFK by Bobby’s enemies would not have happened—changing the course of history and preventing the murder of media icon Dorothy Kilgallen.In a breakthrough book that is sure to be relevant for years to come, bestselling author (The Reporter Who Knew Too Much) and distinguished historian Mark Shaw investigates the connection between the mysterious deaths of motion picture screen siren Marilyn Monroe, President John F. Kennedy, and What’s My Line? TV star and crack investigative reporter Dorothy Kilgallen. A former noted criminal defense attorney and network legal analyst, Shaw provides an illuminating perspective as to how Robert Kennedy’s abuse of power during the early 1960s resulted in the murders of Marilyn, JFK, and Dorothy. Praise for Mark Shaw Books The Reporter Who Knew Too Much “The compelling story of Dorothy Kilgallen, the celebrated journalist once called ‘the most powerful female voice in America.’” —Nick Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino Denial of Justice “A worthy sequel to the mysterious whodunit that snuffed out the brave reporter, Denial of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Rychle a zběsile: Hobbs a Shaw (BLU-RAY)

Perfektní HD obraz a čistý digitální zvuk na dosah s BLU-RAY filmem Rychle a zběsile: Hobbs a Shaw (2019). Přestože Hobbs a Shaw tvoří samostatný příběh, který na předchozí díly ságy Rychle a zběsile bezprostředně nenavazuje, kontinuita je zachována v podobě architekta celé série Chrise Morgana, který napsal scénář. A o to, abyste i u tohoto filmu valili oči u scén s přívlastkem „nezapomenutelné“, se postaral režisér David Leitch, režisér pokračování Deadpoola a prvního Johna Wicka. Bonusy: • Alternativní začátek • Vynechané a alternativní scény • Johnson a Statham: Hobbs a Shaw • Vývoj akčních scén s režisérem Davidem Leitchem • Skutečná akce • Noví přátelé • Komentář režiséra Davida Leitche • Padouch • Sestra • Hobbsův rodokmen • Matka • Výtahová akční scéna • Zákulisí kaskadérských scén • V kruhu rodiny: Rozhovor s Romanem a Dwaynem • Slepá zběsilost • Dwayne a Hobbs: Láska na první kousnutí

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Rychle a zběsile: Hobbs a Shaw - DVD (U00277)

Film na DVD - Luke Hobbs a Deckard Shaw se nijak nemilují - vyměňují si kousavé poznámky i rány a snaží se jeden druhého sejmout. Když však kyber-geneticky vylepšený anarchista Brixton získá zákeřnou biologickou zbraň, musí se tito dva zapřisáhlí nepřátelé spojit, aby ho zastavili... Prodloužená ruka spravedlnosti Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) a zběhlý agent britské tajné služby Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) si vyměňují kousavé poznámky i rány a snaží se jeden druhého sejmout. Když však kyber-geneticky vylepšený anarchista Brixton (Idris Elba) získá zákeřnou biologickou zbraň, která může nevratně změnit lidstvo, musí se tito dva zapřisáhlí nepřátelé spojit, aby zneškodnili chlápka, který by mohl být ještě horší než oni. Bonusy: • Vynechané a alternativní scény • Johnson a Statham: Hobbs a Shaw • Vývoj akčních scén s režisérem Davidem Leitchem • Skutečná akce • Noví přátelé • Komentář režiséra Davida Leitche

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Attaca Quartet: Shaw Caroline: Orange (2x LP) - LP (7559792143)

LP vinyl - Vinylová verze alba Orange oceněného prestižní cenou Grammy. Smyčcový Attacca Quartet na něm natočil kompozice skladatelky Caroline Shaw. Vinylová verze alba Orange oceněného prestižní cenou Grammy. Smyčcový Attacca Quartet na něm natočil kompozice skladatelky Caroline Shaw. Americká skladatelka Caroline Shaw je majitelkou Pulitzerovy ceny za acapella nahrávku Partita For 8 Voices. Věnuje se zpěvu a hře na housle. Attacca Quartet vznikl v New Yorku a jeho členy jsou houslistka Amy Schroeder, houslisté Domenic Salerni a Nathan Schram a také Andrew Yee hrající na cello. Za album Orange společně získali cenu Grammy. Obsah: LP1 Entr'acte Valencia Plan & Elevation: I. The Ellipse Plan & Elevation: II. The Cutting Garden Plan & Elevation: III. The Herbaceous Border Plan & Elevation: IV. The Orangery Punctum Limestone & Felt Ritornello 2.sq.2.j.a

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Rychle a zběsile: Hobbs a Shaw - Blu-ray (U00278)

Film na Blu-ray - Luke Hobbs a Deckard Shaw se nijak nemilují - vyměňují si kousavé poznámky i rány a snaží se jeden druhého sejmout. Když však kyber-geneticky vylepšený anarchista Brixton získá zákeřnou biologickou zbraň, musí se tito dva zapřisáhlí nepřátelé spojit, aby ho zastavili... Prodloužená ruka spravedlnosti Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) a zběhlý agent britské tajné služby Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) si vyměňují kousavé poznámky i rány a snaží se jeden druhého sejmout. Když však kyber-geneticky vylepšený anarchista Brixton (Idris Elba) získá zákeřnou biologickou zbraň, která může nevratně změnit lidstvo, musí se tito dva zapřisáhlí nepřátelé spojit, aby zneškodnili chlápka, který by mohl být ještě horší než oni. Bonusy: • Alternativní začátek • Vynechané a alternativní scény • Johnson a Statham: Hobbs a Shaw • Vývoj akčních scén s režisérem Davidem Leitchem • Skutečná akce • Noví přátelé • Komentář režiséra Davida...

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Láska v temné ulici - Irwin Shaw

Paříž, New York, Švýcarsko, zapadlý kout amerického venkova - to všechno jsou místa, která Irwin Shaw, jeden z nejlepších amerických prozaiků 20. století, mistrovsky zachytil ve své povídkové sbírce Láska v temné ulici. Věrně zobrazené prostředí však nebylo jeho jedinou doménou, vynikal především jako výborný vypravěč. Jako málokterý spisovatel dovedl spojit zvučný, mužný a někdy lehce ironický projev svých povídek s nevšedně jemným pochopením i těch nejniternějších pohnutek lidského chování. Shawův svět je v podstatě tragický, přestože on sám zdaleka není pesimista. V jeho civilních příbězích nejednou zazáří lidská něha, nesobeckost, obětavost a upřímný cit. Shaw obdivuje člověka a přes všechny výhrady věří v jeho morální sílu. Povídky dosahují po formální stránce vysoké úrovně, vynikají jak vtipnými dialogy, tak skvělou kresbou charakterů a Irwin Shaw v nich dokazuje, že je právem považován za mistra tohoto žánru.

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Album scén z divadelních her - George Bernard Shaw - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Divadlo, divadlo, divadlo - miniserie určená pouze pro digitální prodej je věnovaná divadlu a autorům s divadlem spjatým. George Bernard Shaw (*26. 7. 1856 - 2. 11. 1950} byl anglický dramatik, prozaik a esejista irského původu, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 1925. Své pravé umělecké pole našel Shaw až v dramatické tvorbě, ve které uplatnil svůj jasný, kritický a ironický intelekt. Stal se zakladatelem moderního anglického dramatu a nejvýznamnějším anglickým dramatikem po Williamu Shakespearovi. České divadlo, po staletí ovlivňováno a poznamenáno shakespearovským kultem, ve 20. století obrátilo pozornost k dílu Shakespearova protichůdce a představitele typické anglické komedie, jakým byl G.B.Shaw. Je typické, že jej neprve objevilo Národní divadlo a postupně uvádělo jeho díla, která však nedosáhla většího množství repríz /Člověk nikdy neví (1906), Živnost paní Warenové (1907), Motýl (1908)/; první velký úspěch zaznamenala hra Pygmalion (1913), která se stala oporou kmenového repertoáru NDa hrála se až do dvacátých let. Dalším velkým úspěchem byl Caesar a Kleopatra (1917). Ještě ve válečném období upoutával české prostředí svým odsudkem války a svou pacifistickou tendencí. Nové nastudování Živnosti paní Warenové je podstatně úspěšnější a i další hry G.B Shawa (Pekelník, Kateřina Veliká, Milionářka, Svatá Jana, Androkles a lev a další) , ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Pygmalion, Živnost paní Warrenové. Svatá Jana - ukázky z her - George Bernard Shaw - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Původní titul DM 15084 "G.B.Shaw Pygmalion / Živnost paní Warrenové" vydal Supraphon v roce 1959 a nyní vychází poprvé digitálně. K albu jsme přidali jako bonusy tři poslední snímky z našeho archivu autora G.B. Shawa, které nebyly zahrnuty do titulu VT 7464-2 Divadlo, divadlo, divadlo /George Bernard Shaw. Pro zajímavost zde uvádíme i dvě různá pojetí dialogu inkvisitora s Janou ze hry Svatá Jana - poprvé v podání Jiřiny Petrovické a Martina Růžka, podruhé verzi s Vlastou Vlasákovou a Milošem Nedbalem. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (*26. července 1856 - † 2. listopadu 1950)

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Pygmalion - Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly.

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The Cold Start Problem - Andrew Chen

''A true Silicon Valley insider'' WiredWhy do some products take off? And what can we learn from them?The hardest part of launching a product is getting started. When you have just an idea and a handful of customers, growth can feel impossible. This is the cold start problem.Now, one of Silicon Valley''s most esteemed investors uncovers how any product can surmount the cold start problem - by harnessing the hidden power of network effects. Drawing on interviews with the founders of Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb and Zoom, Andrew Chen reveals how any start-up can launch, scale and thrive._''Chen walks readers through interviews with 30 world-class teams and founders, including from Twitch, Airbnb and Slack, to paint a picture of what it takes to turn a start-up into a massive brand'' TechCrunch''Articulates the stages that every product must go through to be successful . . . and illustrates what companies need to do to achieve them'' Forbes

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Salt Lane - William Shaw

''William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction. This is his best book to date'' Peter James''Taut, terrifying and timely'' Val McDermid''William Shaw is a superb storyteller'' Peter MaySHE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR DS Alexandra Cupidi has done it again. She should have learnt to keep her big mouth shut, after the scandal that sent her packing - resentful teenager in tow - from the London Met to the lonely Kent coastline. Murder is different here, among the fens and stark beaches.SHE WAS THE ONE WHO FOUND THE KILLERSThe man drowned in the slurry pit had been herded there like an animal. He was North African, like many of the fruit pickers that work the fields. The more Cupidi discovers, the more she wants to ask - but these people are suspicious of questions.AND NOW IT WAS KILLING HERIt will take an understanding of this strange place - its old ways and new crimes - to uncover the dark conspiracy behind the murder. Cupidi is not afraid to travel that road. But she should be. She should, by now, have learnt. Salt Lane is the first in the new DS Alexandra Cupidi series. With his ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Dear Marilyn - Sam Shaw

Dear Marilyn offers a fresh insight into the life of the most-famous woman Hollywood has ever created. Through the stunning photography of Monroe’s close friend and confidant, the photographer, journalist and filmmaker Sam Shaw, this book brings Marilyn Monroe to life in a spectacular celebration of the centenary of her birth.In Shaw’s own voice, through his diary entries and intimate correspondences with Monroe, we learn of their close friendship and an insider-view that charts her rise to stardom, the challenges she faced and her quest to find artistic authenticity. For the first time, Shaw also tells the origin story of his iconic ‘blowing skirt’ series from The Seven Year Itch.Stunning digitally remastered photographs from the original 1940s–1960s archival material include some of the most famous images ever taken of Monroe: from behind the scenes of The Seven Year Itch to candid images of her on the streets of New York City and in love at the beach in Amagansett. Including never-before-seen images, Shaw’s work favours improvisation and shows Marilyn Monroe at her most spontaneous and radiant.“Marilyn was born out of time, still she became a superstar, a myth, and a legend.” — Sam Shaw

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Domy pana Sartoria - George Bernard Shaw - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Komedie o tom, že obchod s chudobou kvete v každé době. G. B. Shaw chtěl roku 1885 vytvořit moderní hru pro britské divadlo. Spolupracoval s Williamem Archerem, který napsal osnovu, ale po neshodách spolupráce skončila. O sedm let později nabídl Shaw divadlu Independen Theatre hru Widowers' Houses, známou u nás jako Domy pana Sartoria, což byla přepsaná verze původního projektu. Premiéra byla v prosinci, hrála se dvakrát, ale v tisku se o ní diskutovalo čtrnáct dní. Stala se předmětem debaty, na níž se polarizoval pohled na svět. Shaw byl spokojený. Našel si po kritické tvorbě nové a daleko průraznější medium pro své názory.Osoby a obsazení: Dr. Harry Trench (Miloš Willig), William de Burg Cokane, jeho přítel (Ladislav Navrátil), Sartorius (Bedřich Veverka), Blanche, jeho dcera (Blanka Vikusová), Lickcheese (Vojta Plachý-Tůma), panská (Taťana Vavřincová) a číšník (Václav Švec)Režie: Evžen Sokolovský a Vladimír Procházka.

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Bardskull - Martin Shaw

Bardskull is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fifty. It is unlike anything he has written before. This is not a book about myth or narrative; rather, it is a sequence of incantations, a series of battles. Each of the three journeys sees Shaw walk alone into a Dartmoor forest and wait. What arrive are stories – fragments of myth that he has carried within him for decades: the deep history of Dartmoor itself; the lives of distant family members; Arthurian legend; and tales from India, Persia, Lapland, the Caucasus and Siberia. But these stories and their tellers don’t arrive as the bearers of solace or easy wisdom. As with all quests, Shaw is entering a domain of traps and tests. Bardskull can be read as a fable, as memoir, as auto-fiction or as an attempt to undomesticate myth. It is a magnificent, unclassifiable work of the imagination.

Objev podobné jako Bardskull - Martin Shaw

Pieced Kaleidoscope Quilt Blocks - Lydia Cheney

Peek inside this vibrant guide to enjoy the enchanting, intricate patterns that have made author Lydia Cheney the “Kaleidoscope Queen”! This book captures both the quirks and visually stimulating wonders of the English Paper Piecing technique. Cheney is a master of EPP and, having overcome dyslexia to master her kaleidoscope methods, has built an intuitive way for students to digest these notoriously challenging patterns. Whether you’re a seasoned or a novice quilter, you’ll find that the step-by-step guidance within will help you refine your fussy-cutting skills and confidently create kaleidoscope blocks like you’ve been at it for years. Or go beyond the “scope” of the theme to craft different motifs, including animals, hearts, and feathers. In no time, you’ll be quilting for small accent pieces like pillows or even building more ambitious, fully formed quilts.

Objev podobné jako Pieced Kaleidoscope Quilt Blocks - Lydia Cheney