Książki obcojęzyczne

Hokusai created sublime works during the last thirty years of his life, right up to his death at the age of ninety. Publications have hitherto presented his long career as a chronological sequence. This book takes a fresh approach based on innovative scholarship: thematic groupings of works are related to the major spiritual and artistic quests of Hokusai's life. Hokusai's personal beliefs are studied here through major brush paintings, drawings, woodblock prints and illustra...

French couturi re Coco Chanel has achieved legendary status across the world and continues to captivate young generations of fashion fans who eagerly collect and share her quotes, creations and insights. A close friend of some of the leading wits and writers of her days (from Jean Cocteau to poet Pierre Reverdy), Coco Chanel was fierce and uncompromising in her pronouncements on fashion ('Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vu...

An elegant collection of Christian Dior's maxims on style, women and inspiration, presented in a fashionable gift format.Credited with creating some of the most luxurious and spectacular haute couture pieces of all time, Christian Dior became a fashion icon overnight in 1947 with the launch of his 'New Look' - sumptuous hourglass silhouettes that provided a welcome tonic to the austerity of wartime. Its wild success, and the global fame that ensued, was built on the designer'...

Celebrating one of the world's greatest couture houses, this gorgeous book combines Christian Dior's classics with the newest creations.Christian Dior achieved immortality with his first collection in 1947. His 'New Look' amazed the world as it emerged after wartime austerity, and reset the boundaries of modern elegance. Dior's search for the perfect line and the ideal silhouette has been celebrated by couturiers of the first rank: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco F...

A Financial Times Book of the Year: the definitive story of fashion's most enigmatic icon.Karl Lagerfeld lived a very public life. He shaped the Chanel and Fendi brands for decades, and his wit and wisdom amused and informed the world. Yet despite a massively public persona, his hinterland remained unknown. What is the truth behind this larger-than-life but enigmatic figure?The journalist and fashion specialist Alfons Kaiser met Lagerfeld on numerous occasions. He has now wri...

London may have Savile Row and Paris its luxury houses, but nowhere can compete with the essence of Italy's nonchalant elegance: sprezzatura. This book presents the most in-depth look at the designers, tailors and artisans who for generations have defined the very notion of Italian style. From such fabled names as Rubinacci and Kiton to highly sought-after global brands like Zegna, more than fifty iconic Italian menswear houses are featured for their individual style and comm...

Karl Lagerfeld is a modern master of couture. He is also famously outspoken: his wise, surprising statements pop up like offbeat news flashes. This collection of quotations pays homage to the legendary minence grise of the fashion world. Lagerfeld's pronouncements on fashion, women, art, politics, love, and life high and low are famously oracular, seized upon by fashionistas, acolytes and sages around the world. Created with the full approval of the designer himself, this cor...

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams.Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threaten...

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide. You can’t alter destiny . . . Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each passing day. When she catches the attention of the influential, troubled Delancey family, she knows her life will never be the same again. ...

In the imaginations of young and old alike, the word “pirate” resonates with spine-tingling fear and swashbuckling adventure. Over centuries, our cultural landscape has been populated by a host of famous real and fictional figures immortalized in literature and art: Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, with his fearsome reputation for cruelty; Henry ‘Bloody’ Morgan, whose treasure is still sought today; and of course Long John Silver, the archetypal anti-hero of Robert Lou...

Kangaroo and his family love keeping fit. This book follows a day in the life of the kangaroos to find out how keeping fit helps them, and it provides lots of advice for its human readers. Information includes the different types of exercise children can try and how to exercise safely. The Healthy Habits series for children aged 4 plus, features key information about how to stay healthy in mind and body, simply told and brought to life through a relatable animal guide alongs...

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened - the worst nuclear accident in history. Chernobyl provides a photographic exploration of the catastrophe and its aftermath in 180 authentic photos. See the wreckage of No. 4 Reactor, the historic photos of the clean-up operation, and today's decaying apartments and deserted streets.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot, ale także pisarz i poeta, w 1943 roku wydał książkę, obok której trudno przejść obojętnie. Mały Książę to jedna z najpiękniejszych pozycji literatury dziecięcej. Choć przecież nade wszystko skierowana jest ona do tych, którzy z dzieciństwa wyrośli, bo - jak mówi jedno ze słynnych zdań książki - wszyscy dorośli byli dziećmi, ale niewielu o tym pamięta. Aby nie zapomnieć tego, co w nas cenne, a często zamknięte w przeszłości, sięgnijcie po tę wy...

Powieść Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Frankentein), uznana jako prekursor gatunku Science Fiction, została opublikowana w 1818 roku w Anglii przez niespełna 21 letnią wówczas Mary Shelley. Akcja powieści, która doczekała się wielu adaptacji filmowych, rozgrywa się pod koniec XVIII w. w Europie oraz na Oceanie Arktycznym. Statek angielskiego żeglarza Roberta Waltona zostaje uwięziony pośród arktycznych lodów. Pewnego dnia zau...

The Time Machine z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Wehikuł czasu) jest powieścią science fiction, napisaną przez H. G. Wells’a, w 1895 roku. Książka przedstawia wizję odległej o tysiące lat przyszłości. Cywilizacja zmierza ku zagładzie, a rasa ludzka uległa degeneracji. Książka opowiada historię młodego naukowca, którego marzeniem jest podróżowanie w czasie. Niestety gdy jego marzenie się spełnia nie trafia wcale do raju, tylko do świata niszczejącego i zmierzająceg...