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61Diaboliad , Mikhail Bulgakov (2010)
The five, irreverent, satirical and imaginative stories contained in Diaboliad caused an uproar upon the book's first publication in 1925. Full of invention, they display Bulgakov's breathtaking… 847 руб62Grandad's Magic Gadgets Level 2 Elementary , Helen Everett-Camplin (2009)
Discover the pleasure of reading with this new seven-level series of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks specifically written for teenagers and young adults. Marvin lives with his parents… 449 руб63Look at the Birdie , Kurt Vonnegut (2010)
Look at the Birdie evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and… 746 руб64Secret Barcelona (2010)
Discover the historic location of Rembrandt's famous "Night Watch", the origin of the invention of cognac; homage to prostitutes; decypher facade stones; make love quite legally in the open air… 781 руб65Boffinology , Pollard Justin (2011)
The history of science is often seen as a story of advancement but nothing could be further from the truth. Science, it is true, has progressed, but rarely in the direction intended and seldom for… 956 руб66Art and Build Architects , Pierre Loze (2009)
Art and Build is committed to turning thoughts into reality, leading to the built form in a time window where contextual parameters of matter, form and light crystallise. The monograph explores the… 3745 руб67Horatio Lyle , Webb Catherine (2006)
In Victorian London at the height of the industrial revolution, Horatio Lyle is a former Special Constable with a passion for science and invention. He's also an occasional, but reluctant, sleuth… 956 руб68The Blind Contessa's New Machine , Wallace Carey (2011)
An enchantingly imagined romance inspired by the true story of the typewriter's invention. Carolina Fantoni, a young contessa in nineteenth-century Italy, is going blind. Neither her parents nor her… 1112 руб69Hannah Wilke , Princenthal Nancy (2010)
The importance of the work of Hannah Wilke (1940-1993) has never been clearer. In retrospect, her artwork, like her life, frames a heroic story about formal invention and social activism; about… 3367 руб70Piero di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange , Geronimus D. (2010)
Inverting rules with obvious relish, Florentine artist Piero di Cosimo (1462–1522) is known today—as he was in his own time—for his highly personal visual language, one capable of generating… 7355 руб
