on mending celia pym

The artist Celia Pym lives in London and has been exploring damage and repair in textiles since 2007. Working with garments that belong to individuals as well as items in museum archives, she has broad experience with stories of damage, from moth holes to accidents with fire. Textile language crops up in the body: mending language works on the body as well as on garments. We describe the body as mending after illness or injury – ‘I’m on the mend,’ someone might say if they’re feeling better. You might hear a doctor or nurse describe a broken bone as ‘mending well’, or broken bones are often described as knitting back together as the break heals. Pym is interested in exploring the varied evidence of damage, and how repair draws attention to the places where garments and cloth wear down and grow thin. These personal tales document the intimate damage caused to clothing by everyday use and the parallels with the consequent wear and tear on the body.Mending work builds on what is left behind. It’s not replacing, or remaking, or cutting apart and putting back together, instead it is slow work that makes things better. It conjures an unhurried recovery ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Jednolůžkový rám postele s čelem o rozměrech 100 x 200 cm a výšce 41 cm. Vyroben z melaminem potažené dřevotřísky a lněné tkaniny s kovovými nohami. Čelo postele má rozměry 102 x 122 cm a obsahuje výplň z polystyrenu a pěny.

• Vyrobeno z odolné melaminem potažené dřevotřísky a lněné tkaniny
• Kovové nohy zajišťují stabilitu a dlouhou životnost
• Měkké čelo postele s výplní z polystyrenu a pěny pro pohodlí
• Moderní tmavě šedá barva a elegantní design

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Pánské džíny Celio VOJOGO v černé barvě kombinují klasický střih s praktickými prvky jako jsou kapsáče a elastický materiál. Model disponuje pružným pasem se stahovací šňůrkou, různými typy kapes a sportovním lemem nohavic. Odolný materiál zajišťuje dlouhou životnost a snadnou údržbu.

• Elastický materiál s volností pohybu
• Pružný pas se stahovací šňůrkou pro dokonalé přizpůsobení
• Praktické kapsy včetně skrytých zadních
• Odolný materiál vhodný pro dlouhodobé nošení

Objev podobné jako CELIO VOJOGO Pánské džíny, černá, velikost

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hands-on laboratoře pro bezpečnostní výzkum

Pánská bunda Celio FUELISA je teplá a stylová bunda s umělým kožíškem na vnitřní straně. Vyrábí se z odolné kombinace polyesteru a vlny a nabízí praktické kapsy a zapínání na druky. Límec z umělého beránka dodává moderní vzhled vhodný pro každodenní nošení.

• Zateplení umělým kožíškem pro tepelný komfort
• Odolný materiál z polyesteru a vlny
• Praktické šikmé kapsy a kapsy s klopou
• Stylový límec z umělého beránka

Objev podobné jako CELIO FUELISA Pánská bunda, tmavě modrá, velikost

Pánské polotričko Celio LEPRIME ve vínové barvě kombinuje moderní slim fit střih s pružností díky příměsi elastanu. Klasická piké textura a saténová úprava zajišťují komfort a nadčasový vzhled. Model je vhodný pro volnočasové aktivity i neformální setkání.

• Moderní slim fit střih pro elegantní vzhled
• Příměs elastanu zajišťuje pružnost a dokonalé přizpůsobení postavě
• Příjemný materiál a saténová úprava pro komfort a jemnost
• Nadčasový styl s piké texturou vhodný pro různé příležitosti

Objev podobné jako CELIO LEPRIME Pánské polotričko, vínová, velikost

Pánské pyžamo Celio JIPYCOP je vyrobeno z kombinace bavlny a viskózy, což vytváří měkký a příjemný materiál. Bezrukávový horní díl a středně dlouhé šortky s pohodlnou gumou zajišťují komfort během spánku i odpočinku. Pyžamo je vhodné pro každodenní použití díky snadné údržbě a odolnosti materiálu.

• Materiál z kombinace bavlny a viskózy pro měkkost a šetrnost k pokožce
• Bezrukávový horní díl s kulatým výstřihem zajišťuje volnost pohybu a prodyšnost
• Šortky s pohodlnou gumou v pase bez nepříjemného stahování
• Snadná údržba a dlouhá životnost pro praktické každodenní použití

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Pánské džíny Celio LOSUPER1 spojují klasický střih s pohodlím sportovního oblečení. Elastický pas se stahovací šňůrkou umožňuje individuální nastavení. Materiálová směs zajišťuje odolnost a pružnost pro každodenní nošení.

• Elastický pas se stahovací šňůrkou pro dokonalé přizpůsobení
• Kombinace pohodlí joggingových kalhot s klasickým střihem
• Odolný a pružný materiál ze směsi bavlny, polyesteru a elastanu
• Univerzální design snadno kombinovatelný s různými outfity

Objev podobné jako CELIO LOSUPER1 Pánské džíny, černá, velikost

Pánské boty CELIO SNEAKERS v hnědé barvě jsou vybaveny zateplením a šněrovacím systémem pro přizpůsobení šířky chodidla. Měkká vnitřní stélka zajišťuje pohodlí při chůzi a pomocné poutko usnadňuje nazouvání. Boty jsou vhodné jako doplněk k různým outfitům.

• Zateplení pro tepelný komfort
• Šněrování pro přizpůsobení šířky chodidla
• Měkká vnitřní stélka pro pohodlí
• Pomocné poutko pro snadné nazouvání

Objev podobné jako CELIO SNEAKERS Pánské boty, hnědá, velikost

Ochranná fólie ScreenShield pro Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite chrání jak displej, tak zadní část přístroje. Aplikuje se mokrou metodou pomocí přiložené tekutiny, která zajišťuje bezbublinové přilnutí. Součástí balení je čisticí hadřík, stěrka a aplikační tekutina.

• Kompletní ochrana displeje i zadní části tabletu
• Lesklý povrch zachovává původní vzhled zařízení
• Snadná aplikace mokrou metodou bez bublin
• V balení veškeré potřebné příslušenství pro instalaci

Objev podobné jako Screenshield SAMSUNG P610 Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Wi-Fi na celé tělo (SAM-P610-B)

Tubbz kachnička představuje postavu Hange Zoë z anime Attack on Titan v limitované první edici. Figurka o výšce přibližně 9 cm je vyrobena z kvalitního PVC a dodává se v číslovaném sběratelském boxu. Jedná se o dekorativní předmět určený především do vitrín, nikoli do vody.

• Limitovaná první edice s číslovaným sběratelským boxem
• Kvalitní zpracování z PVC s výškou cca 9 cm
• Autentický design postavy Hange Zoë z Attack on Titan
• Ideální dekorativní předmět pro fanoušky anime a sběratele

Objev podobné jako Tubbz kachnička Attack on Titan - Hange Zoe (první edice)

Stropní LED svítidlo ZETA ON L s příkonem 20W a světelným tokem 1800lm. Nabízí volbu teploty světla 3000K, 3500K nebo 4000K a je stmívatelné pomocí TRIAC systému. Má index podání barev Ra 90, UGR <19 a životnost 50 000 hodin.

• Stmívatelné (TRIAC) pro regulaci intenzity osvětlení
• Vysoký index podání barev Ra 90 pro přirozené vnímání barev
• Nízký oslnivý efekt UGR <19 vhodný pro kanceláře
• Dlouhá životnost 50 000 hodin a energetická úspora

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Tubbz XL kachnička představuje Erena Yeagera z anime Attack on Titan v podobě 23 cm vysoké PVC figurky. Jedná se o limitovanou edici ve speciálním sběratelském boxu. Figurka není určena do vody, ale jako dekorativní předmět do vitríny.

• XL velikost o 150 % větší než standardní Tubbz
• Výška 23 cm s detailním PVC zpracováním
• Limitovaná edice ve stylovém sběratelském boxu
• Věrné ztvárnění Erena Yeagera z Attack on Titan

Objev podobné jako Tubbz kachnička XL Attack on Titan - Eren

Diesel Only The Brave Tattoo je pánská toaletní voda s orientální dřevitou vůní, inspirovanou filozofií tetování. Vonná kompozice kombinuje svěží zelené jablko s pepřem, šalvějí, dřevitými tóny a tabákem. Vůně je dodávána v charakteristickém skleněném flakonu ve tvaru pěsti s graffiti potiskem.

• Orientační dřevitá vůně s mužným charakterem
• Univerzální použití pro denní i speciální příležitosti
• Charismatický flakon ve tvaru pěsti s graffiti designem
• Dlouhotrvající vonná stopa na kůži

Objev podobné jako Diesel Only The Brave Tattoo toaletní voda pro muže 125 ml

Honeywell CT50-USB Snap-on cup je příslušenství pro terminál CT50, které umožňuje napájení přes USB-A konektor. Produkt se dodává samostatně, AC adaptér je nutné objednat zvlášť. Jedná se o praktické řešení pro rozšíření funkcionality zařízení.

• Snadné připojení přes USB-A konektor
• Praktický snap-on design pro rychlou instalaci
• Univerzální kompatibilita s Honeywell CT50
• Možnost dokoupení AC adaptéru pro flexibilní napájení

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DIESEL Only The Brave Street EdT je pánská toaletní voda italské výroby s objemem 50 ml. Hlavní charakteristikou je dřevitá vůně kombinující silné a jemné tóny. Vůně je navržena tak, aby působila svěže a dynamicky.

• Dřevitá hlavní vůně s jedinečnou kombinací tónů
• Italská výroba zajišťující kvalitu
• Objem 50 ml pro dlouhodobé používání
• Silná, ale jemná vůně vhodná pro každodenní nošení

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Thule Crossover 2 Carry On Spinner je textilní kabinkový kufr s objemem 35 litrů a rozměry 56×36×25 cm. Disponuje vnitřní dělící přepážkou, křížovým upínáním a možností rozšíření o 6,35 cm. Kufr je vybaven TSA zámkem, patentovaným oddílem SafeZone a váží 3,47 kg.

• Rozšiřitelný design pro větší úložný prostor
• Patentovaný oddíl SafeZone pro ochranu obsahu
• TSA zámek pro bezpečnost při kontrole
• Kvalitní nylonová konstrukce s otočnými kolečky

Objev podobné jako Thule Crossover 2 Carry On Spinner modrý (TL-C2S22DB)

Kniha poskytuje praktický úvod do etického hackování s důrazem na hands-on laboratorní cvičení. Začíná základními technikami jako ARP spoofing a analýza provozu v Wireshark, pokračuje tvorbou ransomwaru a reverse shellů. Pokročilé kapitoly pokrývají fuzzing, SQL injection a eskalaci privilegií.

• Praktické laboratorní cvičení od základních útoků
• Návod na vytváření malware v Pythonu pro vzdělávací účely
• Pokročilé kapitoly o fuzzingu a SQL injection
• Příprava na role penetračního testera nebo malware analytika

Objev podobné jako Ethical Hacking: A Hands-on Introduction to Breaking In (1718501870)

Tubbz kachnička představuje Mikasu Ackerman ze série Attack on Titan v limitované první edici. Figurka o výšce 9 cm je vyrobena z PVC a dodává se s číslovaným sběratelským boxem. Jedná se o dekorativní předmět určený pro sběratele, který není vhodný do vody.

• Limitovaná první edice s číslovaným sběratelským boxem
• Věrné zpracování postavy včetně ikonického šátku
• Kvalitní materiál PVC a detailní provedení
• Ideální sběratelský předmět do vitríny (9 cm)

Objev podobné jako Tubbz kachnička Attack on Titan - Mikasa (první edice)

Pánské trailové boty ON CLOUDSURFER TRAIL 2 WP jsou navrženy pro běh v náročném terénu. Nabízejí voděodolnost, technologii tlumení nárazů a podrážku s vynikající trakcí. Boty poskytují stabilitu a komfort pro delší běžecké aktivity.

• Voděodolné provedení pro běh v proměnlivém počasí
• Inovativní podrážka Missiongrip™ zajišťuje výbornou trakci v náročném terénu
• Technologie CloudTec Phase® s pěnou Helion™ pro efektivní tlumení nárazů
• Stabilní a pohodlný střih s precizním uchycením paty pro delší běhy

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Ochranný zadní kryt iSaprio Leaves on Blue je určen pro model Vivo Y01. Vyroben je z měkkého TPU materiálu s přesnými výřezy pro přístup ke všem konektorům a ovládacím prvkům. Kryt poskytuje základní ochranu telefonu před poškozením.

• Přesné výřezy pro všechny konektory a tlačítka
• Měkký TPU materiál pro snadnou instalaci
• Příjemný, nekrycí povrch na dotek
• Kompletní ochrana zadní části telefonu

Objev podobné jako iSaprio Leaves on Blue pro Vivo Y01 (leablu-TPU3-VivY01)

Album Variations On A Melancholy Theme představuje spolupráci jazzového pianisty Brada Mehldaua s komorním orchestrem Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Nahrávka z roku 2021 obsahuje rozsáhlou skladbu rozdělenou na téma, 11 variací, kadencí, postludium a dvě přídavné variace. Projekt propojuje Mehldauovu jazzovou senzibilitu s precizním orchestrálním provedením.

• Spolupráce ikonického jazzového pianisty s renomovaným komorním orchestrem
• Unikátní propojení jazzové improvizace s klasickou orchestrální strukturou
• Kvalitní zvuková produkce a čistý záznam
• Rozsáhlá skladba s 15 stopami včetně encores

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Pracovní sešity 1A a 1B doplňují přepracované vydání prvního dílu učebnice francouzštiny ON Y VA! pro střední školy. Obsahují 288 stran cvičení a úloh v brožované vazbě. Ke sešitům je k dispozici stahovatelná audio nahrávka.

• Kompletní pracovní sešity 1A a 1B k přepracované učebnici
• Stahovatelná audio nahrávka pro procvičování poslechu a výslovnosti
• Brožovaná vazba vhodná pro pravidelné používání ve škole i doma

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Zadní ochranný kryt iSaprio Leaves on Blue pro iPhone 6 Plus z pružného TPU materiálu. Kryt chrání telefon před poškozením a zachovává plný přístup ke všem konektorům a ovládacím prvkům. Instalace je rychlá díky pružnosti materiálu.

• Pružný TPU materiál pro snadnou instalaci
• Přesné výřezy pro všechny konektory a tlačítka
• Příjemný a neklouzavý povrch pro bezpečné držení
• Motiv listů v modrém provedení

Objev podobné jako iSaprio Leaves on Blue pro iPhone 6 Plus (leablu-TPU2-i6p)

Tvářenka v tyčince SOSU Cosmetics Blush On The Go v odstínu Rose poskytuje snadnou aplikaci a přirozený vzhled. Produkt hydratuje a vyživuje pleť obsahem vitaminu E. Je vhodný pro každodenní nošení i na cesty díky kompaktnímu balení.

• Snadná aplikace tyčinkou pro přirozený vzhled
• Hydratuje a vyživuje pleť díky vitaminu E
• Přenosné balení vhodné na cesty
• Rozjasňuje a dodává zdravou barvu lícím

Objev podobné jako SOSU Cosmetics Blush On The Go tvářenka v tyčince Rose 7 g

Join the Slow Fashion movement and make mending your jeans and other garments an artful, joyful, and empowering act of sustainability and renewal, for both you and your favorite clothes with award-winning crafter KatrinaRodabaugh’s Mending Matters.“This book is a joy. . . . Thank you, Katrina, for helping rekindle our love affair with clothes built to last and hold memories.” —Clare Press, sustainability editor at large, Vogue AustraliaMending Matters explores sewing on two levels: First, it includes more than 20 hands-on projects that showcase current trends in visible mending that are edgy, modern, and bold—but draw on traditional stitching. It does all this through just four very simple mending techniques: Exterior patchesInterior patchesSlow stitchesDarning and weaving In addition, this full-color book addresses the way mending leads to a more mindful relationship to fashion and to overall well-being. In essays that accompany each how-to chapter, Katrina Rodabaugh explores mending as a metaphor for appreciating our own naturally flawed selves, and she examines the ways in which mending teaches us new skills, self-reliance, and confidence, all gained from making things with our own hands. Katrina writes in her introduction, “When we spend time patching, stitching, darning, or otherwise fixing torn fabrics, we ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More - Katrina Rodabaugh

Creatively mend and customize your old clothes to revitalize your outfits and save the planetBring new life to your old clothes and fabrics with this fun, easy-to-follow guide to modern mending. Across the globe, we send tonnes of clothing to landfill each year. In fact, clothing consumption in the UK and US are one of the highest in the world. But the good news is that mending is trending, and it''s never been easier to repair and reinvent your favourite clothes.Inspired by the slow fashion movement that''s taking the sewing world by storm, Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald has created a comprehensive guide to mending your own clothes in a way that combines creativity and sustainability. In Modern Mending, she demystifies mending and shares step-by-step instructions for a range of techniques, including stitching, darning, patching, needle felting and machine darning.So next time you tear your favourite jeans or find a hole in your jumper, think twice before throwing them away. With Modern Mending, you''ll gain the skills and confidence needed to rebel against fast fashion now and for years to come.

Objev podobné jako Modern Mending - Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper, author of The Rutshire Chronicles series‘I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ - Richard Osman, author of The Thrusday Murder Club Barbara Pym was an incomparable chronicler of ordinary, quiet lives. With warmth, humour, precision and great vividness, she gave her best characters an independent life we recognize as totally familiar. In A Few Green Leaves, her last novel, her heroine is Emma Howick, anthropologist. Through her eyes Barbara Pym examines in her own ironic and individual style the quiet revolution in English village life, combining the rural settings of her earliest novels with the themes and characters of her later works. The result is a compelling portrait of a town that seems to be forgotten by time, but which is unmistakably affected by it. Romance shares the pages with death in this engaging novel that is the culmination of Barbara Pym’s acclaimed writing career.''I''d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen'' - Philip Larkin, author of A Girl in Winter''Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heart-breaking ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako A Few Green Leaves - Barbara Pym

INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' Richard Osman''I''d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen'' Philip LarkinWhen Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil to Strangers, three novellas and an autobiographical essay, ''Finding a Voice'', Pym''s only written comment on her writing career.In Civil to Strangers, the lives of a young couple, Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon and her self-absorbed writer husband Adam, are thrown into upheaval when a mysterious Hungarian arrives in their village.''A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar'' KATE SAUNDERS, THE TIMES''Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English'' TIME

Objev podobné jako Civil To Strangers - Barbara Pym

Mend, rethink, transform, recreate!Mending your favorite fabric items—from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers—becomes a true art form in Creative Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques—from embroidery and patching to darning and felting—that are just challenging enough for experienced menders. Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and that there are lots of creative ways to create beautifully customized repairs—some subtle, others making a statement. She provides 13 techniques that show you how to:Apply creative repairs to both knitted and woven fabricsUse yarn, floss, ribbon, and fabric to reinvent well-loved garmentsMake understated repairs that add just a touch of contrast, color, or textureUse visible mending techniques for bold repairsDarn with felt to add body and dimension to a repaired itemMatch your repairs to the damage, the fabric, and the wearerManeuver through tricky places like inseams and underarmsAnd more!The 13 illustrated lessons and over 300 color photos in this book provide detailed examples for all the basic techniques. Lots of variations plus plenty of tips and examples (67 in all) provide you with all the guidance you need to rethink and repair ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Creative Mending - Hikaru Noguchi

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' RICHARD OSMANMildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, ''capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sale, the garden fête spoilt by bad weather''. Her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, seem to be facing a marital crisis. One cannot take sides in these matters, though it is tricky, especially as Mildred has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier. This is Barbara Pym''s world at its funniest and most touching.''One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century'' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH''Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life'' ANNE TYLER''Not only was Pym a comic genius but she was ever so wise'' THE TIMES

Objev podobné jako Excellent Women - Barbara Pym

‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper‘I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ - Richard Osman‘Could one write a book based on one’s diaries over thirty years? I certainly have enough material,’ wroteBarbara Pym. This book, selected from the diaries, notebooks and letters of this much-loved novelist to form a continuous narrative, is indeed a unique autobiography, providing a privileged insight into a writer’s mind. It includes a forward from bestselling author – and Barbara Pym fan – Jilly Cooper.Philip Larkin wrote that Barbara Pym had ‘a unique eye and ear for the small poignancies of everyday life’. Her autobiography amply demonstrates this, as it traces her life from exuberant times at Oxford in the thirties, through the war when, scarred by an unhappy love affair, she joined the WRNS, to the published novelist of the fifties. It also deals with the long period when her novels were out of fashion and no one would publish them, her rediscovery in 1977, and the triumphant success of her last few years.It is now possible to describe a place, situation or person as ‘very Barbara Pym’. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPERPicked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the ObserverA Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelists of the late twentieth century, revealing the inner workings of domestic life so brilliantly that her friend Philip Larkin announced her the era’s own Jane Austen. But who was Barbara Pym and why was the life of this English writer – one of the greatest chroniclers of the human heart – so defined by rejection, both in her writing and in love?Pym lived through extraordinary times. She attended Oxford in the thirties when women were the minority. She spent time in Nazi Germany, falling for a man who was close to Hitler. She made a career on the Home Front as a single working girl in London’s bedsit land. Through all of this, she wrote. Diaries, notes, letters, stories and more than a dozen novels – which as Byrne shows more often than not reflected the themes of Pym’s own experience: worlds of spinster sisters and academics in unrequited love, of powerful intimacies that pulled together ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPERPicked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the ObserverA Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelists of the late twentieth century, revealing the inner workings of domestic life so brilliantly that her friend Philip Larkin announced her the era’s own Jane Austen. But who was Barbara Pym and why was the life of this English writer – one of the greatest chroniclers of the human heart – so defined by rejection, both in her writing and in love?Pym lived through extraordinary times. She attended Oxford in the thirties when women were the minority. She spent time in Nazi Germany, falling for a man who was close to Hitler. She made a career on the Home Front as a single working girl in London’s bedsit land. Through all of this, she wrote. Diaries, notes, letters, stories and more than a dozen novels – which as Byrne shows more often than not reflected the themes of Pym’s own experience: worlds of spinster sisters and academics in unrequited love, of powerful intimacies that pulled together ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Audiokniha MP3 Edgar Allan Poe, čte Rodilý mluvčí Audiokniha The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket namluvená rodilým mluvčím. Jazyková úroveň A1 pro posluchače začátečníky. His name is Arthur Gordon Pym. He comes from Nantucket. Nantucket is a town in America, near the sea. People from Nantucket are often sailors. His grandfather is a lawyer. He’s famous and he’s very rich. Gordon Pym is very lucky. He is only eighteen years old, but he has a small boat. Its name is the Ariel. He often goes sailing on the Ariel, near Nantucket. He has a good education and a dream: he wants to go to sea. This is the story of his adventures at sea. He meets pirates, a ghost ship, and storms. He visits Kerguelen’s Land, Prince Edward’s Island and Tristan da Cunha before arriving in Antarctica.

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket + CD audioAbout the series: The series Young Adult ELI Readers is divided into 6 levels according to the language level of the readers. It's in line with the indications of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language and comprise useful language certification exercises. This ensures that learners will meet language and structures they have already studied or which are commensurate with their level, making reading an achievable, enjoyable and stimulating experience.Stages:Stage 1 Elementary (600 headwords) A1Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate (800 headwords) A2 KETStage 3 Intermediate (1000 headwords) B1 PETStage 4 Upper intermediate (1800 headwords) B2 FCEStage 5 Advanced (2500 headwords) C1 CAEStage 6 Profi ciency Unabridged Texts C2 CPEAbout The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket + CD audio:Stage 1: A1Plot:Arthur Gordon Pym is eighteen years old and he wants to be a sailor. He hides on a ship, with the help of his friend Augustus. This is the story of his adventures at sea. He meets pirates, a ghost ship, and storms. He visits Kerguelen's Land, Prince Edward's Island and Tristan da Cunha before arriving in Antarctica. Edgar Allan Poe's only novel is an exciting story of survival at ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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“My visions were of shipwreck and famine; of death or captivity among barbarian hordes; of a lifetime dragged out in sorrow and tears, upon some gray and desolate rock, in an ocean unapproachable and unknown.”In his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838), Edgar Allan Poe carries his knack for the mysterious and macabre, spilt blood and cryptic messages onto the South Seas. Aboard a whaling ship, stowaway Pym will endure starvation, cannibalism, whirlpools, mad dogs and premature burials on a journey toward the frozen expanse of Antarctica. Published the year full emancipation was legalized by the UK’s Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, Arthur Gordon Pym captures the relentless anxiety and violence of pre-Civil War American expansion. Allegorical, tragic, and based on real events, this adventure story went on to inspire many authors from Herman Melville and Jules Verne, to H.G. Wells and Vladmir Nabokov. This edition also includes accompanying selected letters, essays, and criticism from Poe himself.

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In the movement against throw-away culture and fast fashion, learn how to pick up a needle and rediscover the forgotten techniques and joy of mending. Covering 12 core techniques, 10 key stitches and 12 projects, explore why we should mend and how to mend a variety of different fabrics using this book. Demystifying the mending techniques through a directory of stitches and clear step-by-steps, from repairing to reusing and renewing the clothes you love – stitch over tears, dye stains and celebrate a more sustainable life.By Hand: Visible Mending is for those who want to be less wasteful, more sustainable and add a personal touch to their garments.

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''A tour de force . . . an important, affecting and effective book'' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL''[A] gorgeous and urgent book'' STEVEN PINKER''MENDING THE MIND reminds us that, despite our hazy understanding of depression, and despite the true horror of the illness, some hope for recovery remains'' THE TIMESSadness is an inevitable part of life, but for most people it will usually alternate or coexist with happy times. Clinical depression, on the other hand, is a mental disorder that causes torment and anguish. It has no moments of relief. It unhinges us from everything we thought we knew about the world and makes us strangers to those we love. It is the predominant mental-health problem worldwide, affecting more than 250 million people. More than a fifth of the population of the UK report symptoms of depression or anxiety. Yet how much do we really know of the condition and of ways to treat it?In MENDING THE MIND, Oliver Kamm recounts what it''s like to be mentally ill with severe depression, and he details the route by which, with professional help, he was able to make a full recovery. His experience prompted him to find out all he could about a condition that ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Audiokniha: Audiokniha Frankenstein namluvená rodilým mluvčím. Jazyková úroveň A1 pro posluchače začátečníky. His name is Arthur Gordon Pym. He comes from Nantucket. Nantucket is a town in America, near the sea. People from Nantucket are often sailors. His grandfather is a lawyer. He’s famous and he’s very rich. Gordon Pym is very lucky. He is only eighteen years old, but he has a small boat. Its name is the Ariel. He often goes sailing on the Ariel, near Nantucket. He has a good education and a dream: he wants to go to sea. This is the story of his adventures at sea. He meets pirates, a ghost ship, and storms. He visits Kerguelen’s Land, Prince Edward’s Island and Tristan da Cunha before arriving in Antarctica.

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INTRODUCED BY LOUIS DE BERNIERES''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' RICHARD OSMAN''I''d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen'' PHILIP LARKINFormidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties for young academics and acting as watchdog for the morals of North Oxford. Anthea, her great-niece, is in love with a dashing undergraduate with political ambitions. Of this, Miss Doggett thoroughly approves. However, Anthea''s father, an Oxford don, is carrying on in the most unseemly fashion with a student - they have been spotted together at the British museum! But the only liaison Miss Doggett isn''t aware of is taking place under her very own roof: the lodger has proposed to her paid companion Miss Morrow. She wouldn''t approve of that at all.''Brilliant, hilarious and so very, very English'' DAILY MAIL''My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy'' JILLY COOPER

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INTRODUCED BY PAUL BINDING'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN 'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' PHILIP LARKIN 'No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure' JILLY COOPER Dulcie Mainwaring is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her friend Viola is besotted by the alluring Dr Aylwin Forbes, so surely it isn't prying if Dulcie helps things along? Aylwin, however, is smitten with Dulcie's pretty, young niece. And perhaps Dulcie herself, however ridiculous it might be, is falling, just a little, for Aylwin. Once life's little humiliations are played out, maybe love will be returned, and fondly, after all . . .

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INTRODUCED BY MAVIS CHEEK''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' Richard Osman''She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life'' Anne TylerTogether yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and jolly, likes nothing better than to make a fuss of new curates, secure in the knowledge that Count Ricardo Bianco will propose to her yet again this year. Belinda, meanwhile, has harboured sober feelings of devotion towards Archdeacon Hoccleve for thirty years.Then into their quiet, comfortable lives comes a famous librarian, Nathaniel Mold, and a bishop from Africa, Theodore Grote - who each takes to calling on the sisters for rather more unsettling reasons.''Some Tame Gazelle is my personal favourite for its sparkling high comedy and its treasury of characters . . . [Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and, above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that?'' MAVIS CHEEK

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Probably Pym's most famous novel 'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' Philip Larkin

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‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper, author of The Thursday Murder Club‘Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.’The lives of Humphrey and James Boyce, a seasoned antique dealer and his good-looking nephew, are changed for ever when the elegant Leonora Eyre glides into their bustling Bond Street salesroom, delicate as porcelain, cool as ice. An impassioned bid lands her a coveted book and two equally enthralled companions.As the enigmatic Leonora navigates these relationships, others are drawn into her mysterious and intoxicating web, and a world of human complexities and simmering desires is exposed.Pym brings her unique voice to this darkly comic exploration of love, loneliness and jealousy.‘I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ - Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club‘Faultless’ -The Guardian‘Her characters are all meticulously impaled on the delicate pins of a wit that is as scrupulous as it is deadly’ - The Observer‘A coldly funny book’ -The Sunday Telegraph‘Highly distinctive . . . The critics who have recently insisted on Miss Pym’s too long neglected gifts have not been wrong’ - Financial Times

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A classic murder mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction, written by genre legend Josephine Tey.Leys Physical Training College is famous for its excellent discipline and its spectacularly athletic students. Miss Lucy Pym, expert psychologist, is pleased and flattered to be invited to lecture there - even if the Olympian splendour of the students leaves her feeling just a little inadequate.But a nasty accident spoils the occasion, and suddenly Miss Pym must turn her intellect to the unpleasant suspicion that, among all these healthy young students, there lurks an incurably sick mind...

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‘Spectacular’ – The Sunday Times‘Quartet in Autumn is immeasurably her finest work of fiction’ – Evening Standard‘Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour’ – The TimesDeliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, Quartet in Autumn is a classic. Part of the Picador Collection, it shows Barbara Pym’s sensitive artistry at its most sparkling. Its world is both extraordinary and familiar, revealing the eccentricities of everyday life. In 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem – loneliness.Lovingly and with delightful humour, Barbara Pym conducts us through their day-to-day existence: their preoccupations, their irritations, their judgements, and – perhaps most keenly felt – their worries about having somehow missed out on life as post-war Britain shifted around them.

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Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into ARTHUR GORDON PYM in 1836 in a newspaper account of the shipwreck and subsequent rescue of the two men on board. Published in 1838, this rousing sea adventure follows New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain''s son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness many terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits. Poe imbued this deliberately popular tale with such allegorical richness, biblical imagery, and psychological insights that the tale has come to influence writers as various as Melville, James, Verne and Nabokov.

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INTRODUCED BY KATE SAUNDERS'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN'My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy' JILLY COOPER'Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip' NEW YORK TIMESIn a provincial university town, Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers to read to a blind, esteemed anthropologist in a nursing home, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague. A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory.

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The only novel completed by the master of the short-story form, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym relates the rollicking adventures of a boy from Nantucket as he boards a succession of ships and travels in the farthest regions of the southern hemisphere. On the way, he experiences the hardships and dangers of life at sea, surviving a violent storm, stowing away on a whaling ship and being reduced to the most extreme measures by hunger. The result is a yarn as thrilling as any of Poe's horror stories.Alongside Pym's exploits, this collection includes many celebrated tales, such as 'The Cask of Amontillado', 'The Gold Bug' and 'Hop-Frog', as well as Poe's second, unfinished novel, The Journal of Julius Rodman, all of which bear witness to the narrative genius of one of America's greatest storytellers.

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Edgar Allan Poe’s only long fiction has provoked intense scholarly discussions about its meaning since its first publication. The novel relates the adventures of Pym after he stows away on a whaling ship, where he endures starvation, encounters with cannibals, a whirlpool, and finally a journey to an Antarctic sea. It draws on the conventions of travel writing and science fiction, and on Poe’s own experiences at sea, but is ultimately in a category of its own.Appendices include virtually all of the contemporary sources of exploration and south polar navigation that Poe consulted and adapted to the narrative, together with reviews and notices of Pym and a sampling of responses to the novel from a wide array of authors, from Herman Melville to Jules Verne. Seven illustrations are also included.

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