Marvel Super Stories is the first-ever middle-grade anthology from Marvel Comics, featuring all-new comics stories by 15 all-star cartoonists. Welcome to the Marvel Universe and the World Outside Your Window! This first volume in a middle-grade anthology series with Marvel Comics, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator John Jennings, features all of your favorite Marvel super heroes in original six-page stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest nam...
Dolce vita („słodkie życie”) to kwintesencja włoskiego podejścia do życia. Poszukiwanie piękna i zmysłowych przyjemności, zwracanie uwagi na smaki, zapachy, widoki; delektowanie się urokiem chwili. Odwiedź najpiękniejsze włoskie miasteczka i plaże. Zajrzyj w wąskie uliczki, powąchaj kwiaty, zmruż oczy, gdy słońce rozbłyśnie na lazurowych falach. Pod każdą planszą znajdziesz legendę: kolory i przypisane im numery. Przygotuj kredki lub flamastry i usiądź wygodnie. Na twoich ocz...
Cztery pory roku, cztery bohaterki i cztery historie poruszające ważne problemy, które mogą dotknąć każdego z nas. Jesień – najbardziej nostalgiczna i melancholijna pora roku. I taka właśnie jest opowieść o Hani, kobiecie wychowanej w domu dziecka, wycofanej i niepewnej siebie, która jednak z pozoru żyje jak w bajce. Przed laty wyszła za dobrze sytuowanego wdowca, mieszka w pięknym domu, ma wspaniałą córkę. Czego chcieć więcej? Mało kto jednak wie, że Hania żyje w cieniu te...
Cztery pory roku, cztery bohaterki i cztery historie poruszające ważne problemy, które mogą dotknąć każdego z nas. Ta wiosna oznacza nowy początek dla Eweliny i Adriana, którzy decydują się na adopcję chłopca. W ich domu pojawia się upragnione dziecko, jednak radość przysłania fakt, że Piotrek choruje na nieuleczalną chorobę – alkoholowy zespół płodowy. „Wiosna” inspirowana jest prawdziwymi wydarzeniami i rozmowami autorki z kobietą, która adoptowała rodzeństwo z alkoholowym...
Emocje można zdefiniować jako złożone doświadczenia psychologiczne które obejmują szereg uczuć, myśli i reakcji fizjologicznych. Świadomość emocjonalna odnosi się do zdolności do identyfikacji, rozumienia i wyrażania swoich emocji. Pomaga nam to regulować nasze emocje i odpowiednio reagować na różne sytuacje i jest kluczowym aspektem inteligencji emocjonalnej i ważnym czynnikiem dobrostanu emocjonalnego i samoświadomości.
'James Payne's YouTube Channel "Great Art Explained" gained a huge and appreciative worldwide audience. This beautifully put-together book is simply the best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since Gombrich. An instant classic' Stephen FryArt appreciation made accessible, relevant and entertaining; writer, curator and YouTuber James Payne demystifies great works of art.Based on the popular and enormously successful YouTube channel of the...
Shortly after his untimely death in 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat's meteoric art-world ascent was in retreat. Nearly four decades later, the artist's paintings are amongst the world's most recognizable and valuable. Based on over 100 interviews, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon finally fills in long-missing chapters from the life and work of an artist who helped reframe contemporary art.When Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988 at the age of twenty-seven, major critics c...
I want this woman, and I'm a man who always gets what he wants.Nico 'Junior' Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. Men like him don't get to have women like her. It's why he pushed her away in high school and still keeps his distance. But Junior follows Lauren online, and now that the shy, bookish girl he remembers is gone, he can't stop obsessing over the strikingly beautiful woman who has taken her place.He's ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorit...
On the first day back at boarding school, Andrew can't wait to find refuge in the twisted fairy tales that he writes for Thomas - the boy with hair like autumn leaves.But Thomas' parents have vanished, and he has blood on his sleeve. Stranger still, Thomas won't talk to Andrew, even though he's always loved sketching the monstrous creatures from Andrew's stories.Desperate to discover the truth, Andrew follows Thomas into the forest and catches him fighting a nightmarish monst...
Falling in love was the easy part. What comes next is the test . . .Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unravelling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes, who haunts his every waking hour.Keeping secrets has never been a problem for Shannon Lynch. The life she was born i...
A unique survey of the explosion of avant-garde art in 1960s Japan.We've all heard of Paris 1968, but in Japan, a movement just as revolutionary, interesting and enduring was underway. The turbulent times of the post-war era inspired an artistic explosion in the country, with the emergence of a revolutionary scene of avant-garde artists who pioneered many disciplines: experimental and erotic photography, 'Angura' theatre and underground street performances, apocalyptic Butoh ...
Published to accompany the Royal Academy exhibition from 29 June to 13 October 2024, a major study of Ukrainian art from 1900 to the mid-1930s – with loans from major museums in Ukraine, elsewhere in Europe, the United States (including MoMA) and Israel. How does artistic life flourish during revolution and conflict? Ukraine in the early 1900s endured unimaginable political upheaval, yet this became a period of true renaissance in Ukrainian art, literature, theatre and cinema...
A beautiful second volume of Shakespeare retellings, from the master storyteller. Featuring re-tellings of a further eight of Shakespeare’s plays, and beautifully written with Michael Morpurgo’s warm, accessible and inimitable style, this is the much-anticipated follow up to Michael Morpurgo's highly-acclaimed Tales from Shakespeare, with a brand new collection of re-tellings with stunning artwork from eight different illustrators. This wonderful collection offers a new gener...
A village haunted by stories. Two women bound by a secret.A haunting gothic tale of ancient darkness and a love that defies convention, from Sunday Times #1 bestseller Bridget Collins.'At once a moving study of women's lives after the First World War, an exquisite love story and a terrifying folk horror. So beautifully written that I could hardly bear to stop reading, this is Bridget Collins at her beguiling best' EMILIA HART'Bridget Collins' writing haunts my dreams' ERIN KE...
The Modern Guide to Vintage Jewellery takes the reader on a tour of the finest jewellery from the Art Deco glamour of the 1930s through the Retro pre-war and war years, the cocktail suburban lifestyle of the ’50s, the rebellious ’60s, the glitter and glamour of the ’70s disco era and, finally, to new ‘career-woman’ style of the ’80s. Through each period, jewellery historian and collector Beth Bernstein shows how to identify the most popular gemstones, materials, styles and co...
H.P. Lovecraft fused supernatural horror with visionary science fiction; this volume collects together all of these writings. This is an exquisitely designed edition that features a silk-ribbon bookmark, distinctive gilt edging & marbled endpapers.This is the perfect gift for book lovers and an artful addition to any home library. In the 1920s and '30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary sci...
Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas, and some of the most evocative poetry in the English language. This omnibus edition collects all of Poe's fiction and poetry in a single volume, including The Fall of the House of Usher...
Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified programme that uses exceptional teenagers to cr...
Taking content as a guide to form, this important survey on abstract art breaks open the canon to make room for artists from across the globe.'Abstract art is always rooted in experience of the real world.' So begins art historian Pepe Karmel's exploration of the origins and evolution of abstract art. Traditional histories of the subject have concentrated on formal innovations abstraction as a sequence of 'isms' with less interest in how the art relates to the world around us...
A beautiful visual reference of William Morris's extensive range of textile and wallpaper designs, drawn from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.William Morris (1834 1896) was a pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Movement and one of the most influential designers of all time. This extensively illustrated sourcebook brings together nearly 400 of William Morris's ingenious textile and wallpaper patterns, arranged decade by decade, while offering a fascinating ...
An updated edition of the classic guide to the wines of the world—and how they are made. Wine from Grape to Glass is the essential guidebook for wine lovers who want to understand how their favourite wines are grown, how they are produced, and how best to savour them. The first half of the book is devoted to the process of wine making and wine appreciation.The mysteries of the vineyard and terroir, the grape harvest, fermentation, and aging are all explained in full, as are t...
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! The world's most iconic super-heroes are united for an unbelievable adventure when Superman's greatest foe, Lex Luthor, becomes President of the United States and starts an all-out super-powered hunt for the Man of Tomorrow. Nearby in Gotham, Batman finds that Superman is not the last Kryptonian, as he discovers another survivor alive Kal-El s cousin, Supergirl! How...
Enthralling from beginning to shocking end' Hannah Whitten, bestselling author of For the Wolf**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER**In the luscious, dark conclusion to the series that began with One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's wrought - perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last, and most important one ...
Home is where the heart is - and this one is haunted. The No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a brand-new story, featuring a small-town upholsterer in need of a fresh start, a photographer whose life has come to a screeching halt .. . and the supernatural forces that bring them together.Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a devel...
