Llibres de llengua anglesa

Light of Spain
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Espinosa de los Monteros, Patr

These pages tell the story without words of a journey through Spain in which the author, the photographer Fernando Manso, visited unknown and hidden corners and captured them on the plates of his large-format camera. From the remotest parts of Galicia to those of Almería, he passed through coasts, deserts and mountains, stopping at old churches, ghostly castles or majestic cathedrals, in forests and gorges, at natural pools and salt mines, and at cemeteries, Arab baths and hermitages carved out of the rock. Fernando has made the light of these places into the leading figure of his journey. His is a different light, as he has relinquished blue skies and brilliant sunshine, often the stuff of clichés, to make way for visions of places that appear to us with such intimate truth that even if we know them, we can barely recognise them. This is thanks to his technique, his art and the patience with which he waits for the light. Fernando's luxury is being able to use all the time in the world to draw us into an artistic heritage that is sometimes secret and hard to reach, and which the viewer has to know how to see. He reveals these places, often in danger of disappearing, after detailed investigation. Both architecture and landscape - for he knows that natural scenery is also a major patrimony that has to be affectionately preserved and protected from speculation - belong to all of us, and we are responsible for their care. We must be aware of this. The result of that trip is this publication, with beautiful images in reproductions of exceptional quality that present us with a vision of Spain in a different light.
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Sword catcher
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Clare, Cassandra

Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. “It began with a crime. The theft of a boy.” In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill. Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword-Catcher—the body-double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are close as brothers, but Kel knows he has one destiny: to die for Conor. No other future is possible. Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community who still possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind walls in the city, but Lin, a physician, ventures out to tend to the sick and dying of Castellane. Despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend Mariam without access to forbidden knowledge. After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they want most, but as they descend into his world of intrigue and shadow, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the highest tower of its palaces. As long-kept secrets begin to unravel, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? Can forbidden love bring down a kingdom? And will Lin and Kel’s discoveries plunge their nation into war—and the world into chaos?
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Art is the highest form of hope & other
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Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest artists - exclusively researched for this book.Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by artists through the ages and across the globe, this exquisite keepsake is the ideal book for artists, collectors, and armchair enthusiasts. As painters, sculptors, photographers, and other visual artists see and experience the world through a unique lens, Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists shows that their life lessons, private revelations, and frank, often irreverent, opinions can guide us all.This unique and carefully curated book, packed with totally original research, is a go-to resource for revealing thoughts and personal advice on subjects as diverse as beauty, colour, light, sex, chance, discipline, money troubles, originality, fear of failure, danger of success, the creative process, and more – all messages transmitted from the artistic trenches.
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100 Interiors Around the World
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Esta edición, que incluye proyectos de América del Norte y del Sur, Europa, Asia, África y Australia, reúne algunos de los proyectos de interiorismo más excepcionales e inspiradores de la actualidad en su recorrido por seis continentes. Esta selección rinde homenaje a una amplia gama de estilos, desde el minimalismo rústico hasta el eclecticismo urbano, unidos por la autenticidad, el cuidado por los detalles y un entusiasmo por la expresión individual que nunca pasará de moda.Incluye proyectos de Argentina, Brasil, China, Cuba, Dinamarca, Francia, Alemania, Grecia, Indonesia, Italia, Japón, Kenia, Marruecos, Sudáfrica, España, Suecia, Turquía, Reino Unido y EE. UU., entre otros muchos países.Con imágenes de los fotógrafos más destacados del mundo del interiorismo, como Xavier Béjot, Pieter Estersohn, Marina Faust, Reto Guntli, François Halard, HieplerBrunier, Ditte Isager, Nikolas Koenig, Ricardo Labougle, Eric Laignel, Åke Lindman, Thomas Loof, Jason Schmidt, Mark Seelen, René Stoeltie, Tim Street-Porter, Vincent Thibert, Simon Upton y Paul Warchol.Sobre la serieBibliotheca Universalis - Compañeros culturales en formato compacto para celebrar el universo ecléctico de TASCHEN.
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El que no està dibuixat / That which is not drawn
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Kentridge, William

L'artista sud-africà William Kentridge no es refia d'aquells que abracen cegament les pròpies certeses sense tenir en compte els dubtes i les paradoxes. L'ambigüitat i les contradiccions són al centre de la seva obra, que ha crescut i s'ha transformat al ritme de la polièdrica Sud-àfrica. El setembre del 2020, la periodista Gemma Parellada va entrevistar William Kentridge al seu estudi de Johannesburg amb motiu de l'exposició que l'artista preparava per al CCCB. Kentridge va parlar de segregació, de les repercussions del colonialisme i de la lluita antiracista, dels desequilibris i dels abusos de poder, del privilegi i del paper de l'art a l'hora de repensar els relats dominants.
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The snowflake
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Davies, Benji

Exquisitely told and beautifully illustrated, The Snowflake tells the tale of one snowflake and one little girl – both longing for something and looking for their own special place in the world. The Snowflake is an utterly unforgettable and classic picture book from the multi-award winning and internationally bestselling picture-book creator, Benji Davies.
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Stanley Kubrick Photographs. Through a Different Lens
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Antes de convertirse en el cineasta aclamado por la crítica autor de películas míticas como ¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú y El resplandor, Stanley Kubrick pasó cinco años trabajando como fotógrafo de la revista Look. Nacido en el Bronx, Kubrick se unió al equipo de la publicación en 1945, cuando sólo tenía 17 años, y se dedicó a tomar fotografías que muestran y celebran la vida cotidiana de Nueva York y sus habitantes.Through a Different Lens revela la mirada aguda y evocadora de un genio creativo en ciernes por medio de sus imágenes y ensayos fotográficos que muestran desde gente corriente que acude a la lavandería hasta un día en la vida de una corista, una visita al circo o la Universidad de Columbia. Este libro incluye 300 imágenes, muchas de ellas inéditas, así como reproducciones exclusivas de las páginas de Look, y una introducción del prestigioso crítico de fotografía Lucy Sante.Estas fotografías atestiguan el talento innato de Kubrick para ofrecer una narración irresistiblemente convincente y anuncian el genio artístico de un creador que iba a rodar algunas de las mejores películas de todos los tiempos.
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The Spanish Love Deception
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Armas, Elena

WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR. THE ROM-COM OF 2021. A BOOKTOK SENSATION. A wedding in Spain. The most infuriating man. Three days to convince your family you're actually in love. . . Catalina Martin desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially when her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows - including her ex-boyfriend and his fiancee - will be there. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic for her and aid in her deception.
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
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Clare, Cassandra

An illustrated collection of ten stories about Simon Lewis, star of Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.Ten illustrated stories following the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Simon has been a human and a vampire, but after the events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories, he isn't sure who he is any more. When the Shadowhunter Academy reopens, Simon throws himself into this new world of demon-hunting, determined to find himself again. Whoever this Simon might be... Join him on his journey to become a Shadowhunter, and learn about the Academy’s illustrious history along the way, through guest lecturers such as Jace Herondale, Tessa Gray and Magnus Bane. The series features characters from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, Dark Artifices and the upcoming Last Hours series.
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The enchanters
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Ellroy, James

James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of postwar Hollywood with the story of Marilyn Monroe’s untimely death, in an astonishing, ripped-from-the-headlines crime story.Los Angeles, August 4, 1962. The city broils through a midsummer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker’s looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash.The freewheeling Freddy O: tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim “Opportunity is love.” Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe’s death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle. We are with him as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth. We are with him as he penetrates the faux-sunshine of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and the shuck of Camelot. We are with him as he falters, and grasps for love beyond opportunity. We are with him as he tracks Marilyn Monroe’s horrific last charade through a nightmare L.A. that he served to create — and as he confronts his complicity and his own raging madness.It’s the Summer of ’62, baby. Freddy O’s got a hot date with history. The savage Sixties are ready to pop. It’s just a shot away.The Enchanters is a transcendent work of American popular fiction. It is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative, profanely hilarious, and stop-your-heart tender. It is a luminous psychological drama and an unparalleled thrill ride. It is, resoundingly, the great American crime novel.
18,25€ 17,34€
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November 9
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Hoover, Colleen

Yet another breathtaking novel by Colleen Hoover that's full of blushing, gushing and heartache. I loved every page and breathed in every beautiful word' Anna Todd, author of the After series 'Hoover joins the ranks of such luminaries as Jennifer Weiner and Jojo Moyes, with a dash of Gillian Flynn' Library Journal YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND YOURSELF IF YOU'RE LOST IN SOMEONE ELSE. Fallon meets Ben the day before her big move to New York. Their attraction is untimely but undeniable. They spend her last day in Los Angeles together and Fallon's eventful life becomes the inspiration Ben has sought for the novel he's always wanted to write. Over time and amidst the relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, Ben and Fallon continue to meet on the same date every year. Until, one day, Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist. Can Ben's relationship with Fallon - and, at the same time, with his novel - be considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak?
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The package design book
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Los envases y embalajes son una manifestación artística infravalorada. El envoltorio de un producto eslo primero que ve el consumidor y puede ser un elemento decisivo de su éxito o fracaso comercial. Cada año,los Pentawards rinden homenaje al mejor packaging con los premios que otorgan a los diseños más innovadores e influyentes del mundo. Los diseñadores compitenen cinco categorías principales: bebidas, alimentos,cuidado del cuerpo, sector del lujo y otros mercados, con un total de 50 subcategorías.Con una selección de cientos de trabajos, este libro reúne a losganadores de las ediciones de 2008 a 2016 de los premiosPentawards, que demuestran cómo se aplica la creatividad al mundo del embalaje en todas sus formas. Gracias a las descripciones de productos y las numerosas imágenes, el lector descubrirá las fuentes de inspiración de los mejores profesionales y agencias de laindustria detrás de estas obras que forman parte denuestra vida cotidiana. Un mundo de creatividad que no estáúnicamente reservado a los profesionales del diseñoy el marketing, sino que gustará a cualquier personainteresada en el proceso creativo que escondenlos envases y embalajes.Sobre la serieBibliotheca Universalis &#x02013, Compañeros culturales en formato compacto para celebrar el universo ecléctico de TASCHEN.
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How ai thinks
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Toon, Nigel

Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big.We are used to thinking of computers as being a step up from calculators - very good at storing information, and maybe even at playing a logical game like chess. But up to now they haven't been able to think in ways that are intuitive, or respond to questions as a human might. All that has changed, dramatically, in the past few years.Our search engines are becoming answer engines. Artificial intelligence is already revolutionising sectors from education to healthcare to the creative arts. But how does an AI understand sentiment or context? How does it play and win games that have an almost infinite number of moves? And how can we work with AI to produce insights and innovations that are beyond human capacity, from writing code in an instant to unfolding the elaborate 3D puzzles of proteins?We stand at the brink of a historic change that will disrupt society and at the same time create enormous opportunities for those who understand how AI thinks. Nigel Toon shows how we train AI to train itself, so that it can paint images that have never existed before or converse in any language. In doing so he reveals the strange and fascinating ways that humans think, too, as we learn how to live in a world shared by machine intelligences of our own creation.
21,25€ 20,19€
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We Solve Murders
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Osman, Richard

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now.Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job . . .Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?
19,75€ 18,76€
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Las colocaciones en la lingüística teórica y aplicada: de las lenguas clásicas a las lenguas romances
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Aavv

La principal novedad de esta monografía descansa en su aproximación multidisciplinar a las colocaciones verbo-nominales en las lenguas clásicas. La obra subraya la importancia de estas construcciones en distintas áreas lingüísticas, aunque relacionadas. El volumen contienen once contribuciones de notables expertos en el campo, agrupadas en tres secciones principales que definen la estructura de la obra. La primera analiza las colocaciones latinas desde una aproximación tipológica y desde la lingüística cognitiva. La segunda lo hace desde campos tan diversos como la pragmática, la traducción o la didáctica. La tercera se aproxima a la cuestión desde un punto de partida diacrónico.
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Secret Paris
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Aavv

Winemaking firefighters, a tree in a church, aninverted phallus at a well-known entrance, anatomic bomb shelter under Gare de l'Est, unsuspected traces of former brothels, the patronsaint of motorists, royal monograms hidden in the Louvre courtyard, the presentation of Christ scrown of thorns, a prehistoric merry-go-round, asundial designed by Dalí, war-wounded palm trees,bullet holes at the ministry, religious plants in apriest s garden, a mysterious monument toFreemasonry at the Champ-de-Mars, a solid goldsphere in parliament, a Chinese temple in a parkinglot, the effect of the Biévre river on Parisiangeography, a blockhouse in the Bois de Boulogne...
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Secret Stockholm
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Tómese un respiro en una biblioteca parroquial con un interior que parece sacado de un túnel del tiempo y una colección única de novelas policíacas, descubra la fuente del dragón que funciona en el vestíbulo de un opulento cine de los años 30 convertido en almacén, visite la extraña tumba del arqueólogo de 1921, construida al estilo de las tumbas megalíticas de la Edad de Piedra, descubra el gigantesco ojo metálico de la parte trasera del brutalista Instituto Sueco de Cinematografía que se burla de los militares suecos del edificio vecino. Encuentre la misteriosa placa medieval escondida en una escalera del casco antiguo, coma algo en la panadería francesa de la planta baja de un proyecto socialista de viviendas comunales utópico-funcionalista, donde un ascensor de comida envía cruasanes y sopa de cebolla a los apartamentos de arriba. Bájese del metro en una estación con esculturas grotescas y un ecosistema único con arañas diminutas y un hongo desconocido hasta ahora.
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I have more souls than one
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Pessoa, Fernando

But no, she's abstract, is a bird Of sound in the air of air soaring, And her soul sings unencumbered Because the song's what makes her sing.' Dramatic, lyrical and ranging over four distinct personae, these poems by one of Portugal's greatest poets trace a mind shaken by intense suffering and a tireless search for meaning. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson, essays radical and inspiring, poems moving and disturbing, stories surreal and fabulous, taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.
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Soul of Lisbonne. Guide des 30 meilleures expériences
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Pechiodat, Fany

Trente expériences insolites pour découvrir Lisbonne hors des sentiers battus : visiter une minuscule libraire, faire un jogging sur un rooftop, infiltrer le repaire secret des chanteurs de fado, etc. Ce guide est complété d'entretiens avec des habitants qui font l'esprit de cette ville.
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Read write own
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Dixon, Chris

What will the internet of the future look like? The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of unbridled innovation. In the past decade, the internet has fallen under the control of a tiny group of massive companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. But it doesn't have to be that way. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon reveals how to save the internet from itself. Drawing on 25 years at the vanguard of internet innovation, Dixon offers an epic account of the three ages of the internet. First came the 'read' era, in which the earliest networks democratized information - creating an anarchic playground for bloggers, coders and artists. Next came the 'read-write' era, in which sprawling corporations democratized publishing - turning us all into small-time content creators but seizing the proceeds for themselves. Now, we are entering the third age of the internet: an era in which blockchain networks have begun to democratize ownership, granting power and economic benefits to all who use the internet. Some call it the era of web3. Dixon calls it the era of 'read-write-own'. Read Write Own cuts through the hype surrounding crypto, blockchains and NFTs to offer a clear-eyed account of where we've been and where we're going. It is not just an intoxicating vision of a better internet. It is a playbook for how to build it.
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Loathe to love you
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Hazelwood, Ali

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas featuring a trio of engineers and their loves in loathing—with a special bonus chapter!Under One RoofAn environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell—a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone.Stuck with YouA civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry—and love—to the next level when they get stuck in a New York elevator.Below ZeroA NASA aerospace engineer's frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival.
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Finlay Donovan jumps the gun (book 3)
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Cosimano, Elle

Finlay Donovan is ready to bite the bullet. She’s done with her accidental life of crime. But first, there’s the small matter of her debt to the Russian mob.Her task should be simple: locate a rogue hitman before the cops do. The catch? This killer might be a cop himself.From inside the citizens’ police academy, run by distractingly hot Detective Nicholas Anthony, Finlay needs to sleuth out her target – and some fresh ideas for her new crime novel.Can she get to her edits and the hitman in time?She’ll give it her best shot.With more dating, diapers and dodging bullets, the third book in the hilarious, irresistibly lovable Finlay Donovan series is perfect for fans of Dial A for Aunties, Only Murders in the Building, and Killing Eve.
14,75€ 14,01€
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Secret London - Unusual Bars & Restaurants ('Secret' guides)
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Robinson, Hannah

Have lunch with the inmates of a high security prison, stroll through a sex shop into a Mexican restaurant, sing your heart out in a clandestine Korean karaoke club, tap your toes in a gypsy swing club, get pickled in a marooned Irish pub, join the sixties club that's still swinging, drink cappuccinos made by murderous bikers, play petanque in a central London cellar, tap an oak-tree trunk for whisky ...
14,99€ 14,24€
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Secret Milan
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Polidoro, Massimo

Let Secret Milan guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Milan travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Secret Milan features 200+ secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Milan: Discover a canal lock designed by Leonardo da Vinci as well as the secrets of his Last Supper, find out where Mussolinit's hidden bunker lies, marry beneath frescos by Tiepolo, visit artists houses usually closed to the public, see exceptional private collections, admire the sculpture of a young girl shaving her pudenda, look for the boxers carved on the roof terraces of the cathedral...Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Milan goes unrecognised as one of the Italian cities with the greatest cultural heritage. Yet it only reveals its hidden treasures to resindents and visitors who venture off the beaten track.
19,95€ 18,95€
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Soul of Rome: A guide to the 30 best experiences
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Vincenti, Carolina

An exceptional cafe, a secret aperitivo, a remarkable roof-top, where to eat the perfect spaghetti carbonara,,. Sleep beneath Renaissance frescoes in Rome's most beautiful villa, go for a bike ride on the Via Appia, picnic in a magnificent garden, dine at a fish market, sink your teeth into one of the ten best pizzas in the world ,,. You've seen the Colloseum and the Trevi Fountains so whats next? If you really want to experience the true essence of Rome today, where do you go? Soul of Rome is your guide to the best of what this city really is right now - and how its evolving, Celebrating both the old and the new, well meet the guardians of the citys authentic heritage and talk with the bright young things who are building its future, well eat at hidden restaurants and explore the citys long-forgotten corners. Join us as we experience the soul of Rome together,
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Sisters under the Rising Sun
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Morris, Heather

The phenomenal new novel, based on a true story, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters.1942. Singapore is falling to the Japanese Army. English musician Norah Chambers places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe. As the island burns, Australian nurse Nesta James joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the HMS Vyner Brooke. After only two days at sea, the ship is bombarded and sunk.Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of Indonesia only to be captured and held in one of the notorious Japanese POW camps, places of starvation and brutality. But even here joy can be found, in music, where Norah's 'voice orchestra' transports the internees from squalor into light. The friendships they build with the dozens of other women in the camps will give them the hope, strength and camaraderie they need in order to stay alive.Sisters under the Rising Sun tells the story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and resilience in the darkest of circumstances.
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Skateboard
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Olivares, Jonathan

An authoritative chronicle of the history and evolution of skateboard design from 1950 to the present day. From its starting point as a simple wooden plank to the high-tech models of today, the skateboard has undergone a dramatic evolution. Skateboard explores the golden eras of skateboarding through over 100 boards that brought about turning points in the sport’s history. Across six thematic chapters, organized chronologically by decade, the book focuses on the materials, designs, and events that have defined the art, sport, and culture of skateboarding. Developed in close collaboration with Converse – a brand engrained in skateboarding culture since its inception – Skateboard is packed with information and insights about the people and events that have shaped the sport, with more than 300 illustrations spanning newly studio-shot and historical images that fully capture the skateboard’s technical, makeup and structural development across time. Each board featured in the book – from the 1963 Skee-Skate to the 1989 Mike Vallely pro model – is photographed to scale, allowing the reader to gauge the board’s individual flair and size in relation to its counterparts, and accompanied by engaging text from author, designer, and former skater Jonathan Olivares. Pro models of iconic skaters such as Laura Thornhill, Ray ‘Bones’ Rodriquez, Tony Hawk, Natas Kaupas, and Mike Vallely are also brought to life in a selection of archival action shots. Skateboard features an introduction by Paul 'Professor' Schmitt and an epilogue by legendary pro skaters Lance Mountain and Tommy Guerrero.
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Soul of Barcelona 30 experiences
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Péchiodat, Fany

Groove to jazz on Gaudi's rooftops, taste tapas prepared by a grandmother who is inspiring all the young Spanish chefs, discover how to get to secret beach, sink your teeth into the ultimate churros, take a hot bath at a spa beneath the city ,,. Soul of Barcelona is written by Vincent Moustache and Fany Pechiodat, founder of My Little Paris, the influential newsletter-cum-lifestyle brand. You've seen Gaudi's cathedral and strolled along Las Ramblas so what's next? If you really want to experience the true essence of Barcelona today, where do you go? Soul of Barcelona is your guide to the best of what this city really is right now - and how it's evolving, Celebrating both the old and the new, we'll meet the guardians of the city's authentic heritage and talk with the bright young things who are building its future, we'll eat at hidden restaurants and explore the city's long-forgotten corners. Join us as we experience the soul of Barcelona together,
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Soul of Lisbon: 30 Experiences
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Péchiodat, Fany

Tomarse un cóctel que te haga viajar en el tiempo, colarse en una librería tan pequeña como un dedal, desentrañar los secretos del bacalhau, correr con las nubes, hacer escala en el trópico, brindar con un veterano, despertar al ceramista que llevas dentro, pelearse con una centolla, ver una película al aire libre cuando el sol se está poniendo, infiltrarse en la guarida secreta de los cantantes de fado… Esta colección presenta un nuevo enfoque del arte de viajar, creado a base de callejear, de tener encuentros imprevistos y de vivir experiencias inolvidables. Unas guías para los que quieren abrir las puertas secretas de una ciudad, sentir los latidos de su corazón, escudriñar sus más ínfimos recovecos para llegar a su alma.
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Daydream
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Grace, Hannah

Presented in June As a chronic procrastinator, Henry Turner always knew his junior year in college wasn’t going to be easy. That was before he made ice hockey captain as well as landing himself in a difficult class with his least favourite professor. Thankfully, it’s then that Henry meets Halle, a fellow junior who he immediately befriends. Academic pressure has never been a struggle for Halle, but as an introverted people pleaser with a tendency to overcommit herself, she can’t help but offer to help Henry pass his class. In turn he offers to help make college life a little more inspiring – just the thing she needs as an aspiring novelist… Failure isn’t an option for either of them but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a little room for distraction…
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Translation as a Science Translation as an Art, 2e
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Talaván Zanón, Noa

Libro pensado para la introducción práctica en el ámbito de la traducción directa e inversa entre el español y el inglés. Aunque puede servir de apoyo a cualquier profesional de la traducción entre estos dos idiomas, se adapta particularmente al listado de competencias que requieren los alumnos hispanohablantes del Grado en Estudios Ingleses, en su disciplina de traducción de textos generales y literarios.Cada capítulo se estructura con una serie de objetivos, numerosos ejemplos y tareas, con sus claves de resolución y abundante bibliografía de consulta. Esta segunda edición se ha ampliado con tareas de práctica adicionales para facilitar el autoestudio.
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Murillo's True Portrait of the Holy King Ferdinand III in Context
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Brooke, Xanthe

In April 1671 Seville’s most celebrated artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) was permitted to open the tomb of the uncorrupted body of the medieval king, Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon (1201–1252). After coming face to face with it, Murillo’s aim was to paint his ‘true portrait’ and support the campaign for the canonization of the conqueror of the kingdoms of Jaén, Córdoba and Seville, nearly 420 years after his death. This study focuses on the painter’s ‘true portrait’ that re-emerged in Bishop Auckland in 2020 after a century of obscurity in private collections.This book investigates what might have influenced Murillo’s portrait of Ferdinand III and other known versions of it, placing them in their artistic, religious and political contexts. It asks how Murillo’s visualisations contrasted with other contemporaneous artistic and literary depictions of the king. It also assesses the impact of Murillo’s portrait on later artists, copyists and writers through to nineteenth-century Seville, Madrid and Latin America, and explores how the imagery of the saint-king intertwined with images of other ‘warrior’ saints associated with Christian expansionism in medieval Iberia.
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Zaha Hadid. Complete Works 1979-Today. 40th Ed.
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Jodidio, Philip

Zaha Hadid fue una arquitecta revolucionaria. Durante muchos años no construyó casi nada pese a sus diseños premiados y al entusiasmo de la crítica. Algunos decían incluso que sus proyectos eran inedificables. Sin embargo, durante los últimos años de su vida sus atrevidas visiones se hicieron realidad, llevando a las ciudades un lenguaje arquitectónico y único, y estructuras como las oficinas portuarias de Amberes, la estación de trenes de alta velocidad de Nápoles-Afragola, en Nápoles, y la nueva y espectacular terminal del aeropuerto de Pekín.Hadid murió en 2016 de forma repentina. Era una de las figuras más consolidadas en el mundo de la arquitectura y se encontraba trabajando en proyectos en Europa, en China, el Oriente Medio y Estados Unidos. Fue la primera mujer que ganó el premio Pritzker de arquitectura y la prestigiosa RIBA Royal Gold Medal, junto con su socio Patrik Schumacher, que ahora dirige Zaha Hadid Architects.Este libro, basado en la enorme monografía de TASCHEN, se encuentra ahora disponible en una edición accesible que reúne las obras completas de Hadid. Este volumen contiene numerosas fotografías, textos en profundidad e ilustraciones de la propia artista, y expone la progresión de su carrera, desde sus construcciones más vanguardistas hasta los muebles y diseños de interiores que dieron forma a un universo único y plenamente integrado en el siglo XXI.
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Cinemas a French Heritage
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Edelstein, Simon

Sometimes, on a street corner, a forgotten but flamboyant façade recalls past glories. It's there to remind everyone that cinema is immortal.The packed audiences of darkened cinema rooms are no more. People are gradually drifting back home to lounge in front of a multitude of online platforms, far less expensive than a trip to the picture palace. Habits have changed... the cinema is no longer a world of magic.Movie theatres have lost their splendour, often pushed into the suburbs and choked left and right by fast-food chains as if they were ashamed to exist at all.
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Secret Tokyo
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Mustiere, Pierre

A building that acts as a giant firewall,a secret city centre canyon,a statue that cures warts, ultra-modern designer toilets, an extraordinary tree that helps you quit smoking, an electronic sunflower, a spectacular modern temple hidden in the heart of Shinjuku, a street that gives Tokyo taxi drivers nightmares, a massive building that looks like a warship, forgotten rivers …Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, Tokyo swings between modernity and tradition, preservation of its heritage, sophisticated aestheticism and eccentricity, offering countless off beat experiences. The Japanese capital is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Tokyo well or would like to discover the other face of the city.
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Secret Brussels
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A ‘love hotel’ where one can say a prayer, a stretch of the Senne reconstituted in Saint-Géry, a farm in the centre of the city, a Freemasonic reading of the Brussels Park, the amazing physiognomical fountain of Magritte, the place where the Tsar of Russia vomited at the park of Brussels in 1717, the former rotunda of Panorama parking, a tribute to the soldier pigeon, from speleology to The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart, a panoramic swimming pool, a scandalous pavilion in the park Cinquantenaire, a huge vegetable garden in Uccle, a 19th century artist’s studio in Schaerbeek, a campsite in the heart of the city, a garden forgotten in the Forest …For those who can observe, push the doors and exit beaten tracks, Brussels is full of curiosities and surprising details that will amaze its inhabitants as well as its visitors who thought they knew it well.
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