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Pyörätien laidalla makaa ruhjottu mies. Joku on pahoinpidellyt henkihieveriin Petri Ilveskiven, huonekalusuunnittelijan ja Espoon vihreiden kaupunginvaltuutetun. Teräväkielinen ja julkisuudessakin hyvin tunnettu Ilveskivi on ehtinyt suututtaa yhden jos toisenkin ihmisen sekä yksityiselämässä että politiikassa. Onko pahoinpitelyssä kyse henkilökohtaisesta kaunasta vai onko kyseessä satunnainen väkivallanteko? |
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Hilja Ilveskero on pestautunut liikemies Usko Syrjäsen venäläisen morsiamen Julia Gerboltin henkivartijaksi. Työ on alusta asti täynnä yllätyksiä, ja niiden myötä Hiljan oudosti kadonnut rakastettu, entinen Eupolin agentti David Stahl ilmestyy takaisin Hiljan elämään.Myös Syrjäsen apuri Juri Trankov tahtoo Hiljan rikoskumppanikseen, mutta kenen pussiin hän todella pelaa? Entä Davidin lapsuudenystävä Jaan Rand, joka palaa luostarista Italiasta toimittamaan Davidin antamaa tehtävää?Hiljan luottopoliisi Teppo Laitio on ottanut niskoilleen murhasyytteen ja pyytää Hiljan apua. Kun Hiljan vankimielisairaalaan suljettu isä aiotaan päästää koevapauteen, on aika varustautua pahimpaan. Hilja pelkää sekä oman henkensä että vasta löytämänsä pikkusisaren, Vanamon, puolesta. Syrjäsen ja Julian häiden valmistelu vie Hiljan New Yorkiin, jossa Hilja tapaa oppiisänsä Mike Virtuen. Onko kaikki se, mille Hilja on ammattitaitonsa perustanut, ollutkin pelkkää huijausta?Kehen voi lopulta turvata tässä pelissä, jossa ihmishenki on pikkuseikka ja harva paljastaa todellisen karvansa. Kuka lopulta on ilves kotikissan vaatteissa? |
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Elämäänsä väsynyt toimittaja Vatanen törmää työreissullaan jäniksenpoikaseen. Täydellisellä kumppanilla on paitsi pitkät korvat myös anteeksiantava luonne. Vaikka virkavalta, kirkonmiehet, sotajoukot, osuuskauppaväki ja metsänpedot juonittelevat parhaansa kaksikon päänmenoksi, herkkää villieläintä eivät putkan kalteritkaan pysty pitelemään... Arto Paasilinnan vuonna 1975 julkaistu läpimurtoromaani on haikeanhauska kertomus miehen ja jäniksen uskomattomasta pakoseikkailusta ruuhka-Suomen ansoista ulos luontoon, vapauteen ja todellisten urotöiden pariin. Sen yhteiskuntakritiikki on ajatonta. |
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Ilkikurinen kuvaus sisäänlämpiävän pikkupitäjän suurista mullistuksista, joiden alkuunpanijana on ihmisten puheille piutpaut antava siltainsinööri Jaatinen. |
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Although the Czech photographer Josef Sudek was mildly reclusive by temperament, and although his photography is commonly characterized as un-peopled (in favor of what he termed the inanimate life of objects), a sizeable portion of his oeuvre is given over to portraits. In fact, the beginnings of Sudek's work are in portraiture, in his images of fellow patients at the veteran's hospital where he spent three years after the First World War. (It was here that Sudek's right arm was amputated after a battlefield injury, a misfortune which did not prevent him from using heavy, large-format cameras in the future.) Decades later, after he had co-founded the Czech Photographic Society in 1924 and established his signature neo-Romantic preoccupation with architectural Prague, he returned to the genre. Throughout the 1940s and 50s, Sudek photographed close friends, among them the poet and Nobel Laureate Jaroslav Seifert, many painters and writers, but also scientists, doctors, politicians, architects, actors and other important public figures in Czechoslovakia. Portraits, the second volume of Sudek's collected photographs, gathers this body of work. In addition to a chronology of Sudek's life, it includes a complete bibliography and list of his exhibitions, as well as an interview with Jan Rezac, Sudek's colleague and an expert on his work. |
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Кто сказал, что математики — скучные люди? Ничего подобного! Они умеют посмеяться не хуже других, что прекрасно доказывает предлагаемая книга. В ней собрано несколько сотен математических шуток — здесь и забавные истории с известными учеными, и смешные случаи на лекциях и экзаменах, и студенческий фольклор, и, конечно же, математические анекдоты. В общем, каждый, кто когда-либо поклонялся белой богине математики, найдет здесь развлечение по душе. Но книга будет интересна и полезна не только любителям математики, студентам и преподавателям (какая же хорошая лекция обойдется без к месту сказанной шутки?), но и школьникам старших классов, а также всем, кто сталкивался с этой увлекательной наукой в вузе. |
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The king of beautiful pub grub has collected all of his best comfort food treats into this indulgent cookbook, ready to warm the world on a grey day and restore the nation's good mood. Tom Kerridge's idea of food heaven isn't molecular gastronomy; it's proper 'man food' with Michelin star magic. His simple classics are done to perfection, from British family favourites with a touch of genius, to delicious dishes from further afield with a top chef twist. In this cookbook Tom is on a mission to prove that everyone can make sensational gastro pub comfort food, and the only place he wants to see a foam is on the head of a pint of beer. 100 recipes reveal his secrets for making real food truly amazing, from perfected dishes that cheered his childhood to special treats served at his one-of-a-kind pub: The Hand and Flowers. These recipes are Michelin standard not because they're overly complicated, but because they are simply the best version you'll ever have of the dishes everyone loves the most. This fantastic feel-good cookbook is the official accompaniment to the Tom Kerridge's Comfort Food TV show, featuring all the recipes from the six episodes and many, many more. Each show contains a mixture of unforgettable food moments, including breakfasts that keep you smiling for the whole day, indulgent long lunches, teatime temptations, seasonal snacks and heart-warming suppers; all bound to have everyone buying this charismatic chef's book and confirming his place as a foodie national treasure. |
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Barcelona is one of the world's most beautiful cities. A permanent showcase of the work of acclaimed architect Antoni Gaudi, it also has a long and rich cinematic legacy. Great directors from all over the world — among them Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, and Michelangelo Antonioni — have set their films there. World Film Locations: Barcelona is the first book of its kind to explore the rich cinematic history of this seductive Catalonian city. The illuminating essays collected here cover essential themes of the city's cinematic history, including the origins of cinema in Barcelona; the role of Ciutat Vella (old quarter) as a film set; the influential Barcelona School of the 1960s; the film presence of Gaudi and his work; changing attitudes and urban renewal before and after the 1992 Olympics; and the emergence of a new generation of female filmmakers that have made Barcelona the center of their cinematic explorations. This book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone enchanted by the beauty of Barcelona, whether in person on the big screen. |
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This title is elegantly designed and packed with evocative film stills, location info and maps. It is affordable and collectable. It offers a range of a high-profile professional contributors, some of whom are Chicagoan critics. The book provides an accessible look at the historical scope of representing: the city. It addresses the multiple ways it is depicted in contemporary cinema. It works both as a guidebook for tourists and a critical intervention for academics studying the cinematic city. It features a diverse mix of contributors, including leading scholars and film critics. World Film Locations: Chicago is a beautifully illustrated, insightfully written survey of movies shot in Chicago from 1897 to 2012. Featuring films from beloved classics to modern blockbusters and obscure silents, the book celebrates the unique character of Chicago on the big screen and is written by a range of contributors — including critics and filmmakers — who are experts on the subjects of cinema and Chicago. |
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This volume of the World Film Locations series explores the location Moscow, a megapolis with over 12 million inhabitants and a city with a rich and varied history that has not always been the country's capital. First mentioned in 1147, the town was one of the principal cities of the ancient Rus and had come under frequent attack from the Mongols since the 13th century. Under Ivan III Moscow became the capital city, which it remained until 1712 when St Petersburg was founded, only to dominate for the following 200 years the cultural life of 18th and 19th century literature and the arts. In 1918, following the Revolution, Moscow became the capital of the Soviet Union and remained capital of the Russian Federation after 1991. Moscow's status as capital, from 1918 to the present, thus more or less coincides with the life of the silver screen, since there are only few preserved filmic depictions of the city from pre-Revolutionary years. In the Soviet era, film often served propaganda purposes; therefore, the image of Moscow on celluloid echoes the political ambitions of the country, and film locations and settings reflect the cultural agenda of the times. |
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An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticized, and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust. Gathering more than forty short pieces on specific scenes from San Franciscan films, this book includes essays on topics that dominate the history of filmmaking in the city. |
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This book explores the rich history of films that have used the floating city as evocative backdrop and integral character. Few cities are as densely packed with picturesque cinematic locations. Extensively illustrated with maps, film stills, and present-day location photos, this book provides both a colorful guide to, and an incisive examination of, Venice on film. It contains insightful film entries describing carefully chosen scenes from each film, as well as six thematic essays, written by an impressive international selection of film critics, academics, and Venice experts. The grand and familiar tourist spots take on new significances, and the book highlights less well-known spots beyond the tourist trail, including gondola repair yards and legendary, but well-hidden, restaurants. From one of the earliest mobile shots in film history — a voyage up the Grand Canal shot in 1896 — to classic depictions of the city like Summertime, Death in Venice, and Don't Look Now, as well as recent big budget productions such as The Tourist, this book spans the history of filmmaking in Venice. |
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«Born in 1969 and based in Moscow, Russia. The photographer Vladimir Mishukov obtained his BA at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in 1995. His first exhibition People for people was held in 2000 at the Butyrskaya prison in Moscow. Between 2000 and 2004, Mishukov was awarded the Silver Camera Grand Prix (Russia) in categories «Events and Everyday Life», «Architecture» and «Faces», and in 2004 he was granted a scholarship by the city of Paris. Since then, his work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Lausanne (2010), Aix-en-Provence (2011), and Moscow (2012). He has worked for several magazines such as VOGUE, GQ, ELLE, Instyle, Harpers BAZAAR, GLAMOUR and Madame Figaro; and he is the author of several photographic albums such as Inseparable (2011), Polnopolunie (2010) and Family Cult (2006).» |
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Born in 1985 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Xenia McBell currently lives and works in London. She studied Philology at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia (2005); Economics at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (2009); and Photography at the London College of Communication, UK (2010). Photography is a self-thought passion. Inspired by the works of authors such as Sarah Moon, Diane Arbus, Peter Witkin and Paolo Roversi, she experiments with collage, photo-montage and light drawing techniques, and focuses her photographic practice on catching ephemeral moments of reality, trying to express the subconscious. |
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Focusing on the dramatic character friendships (and sometimes rivalries) that are central to any manga narrative, Best Friends Forever teaches readers how to draw characters at slumber parties, school, and parties together, as well as combining character types that complement each other. After an introduction to these elements, readers will have a chance to follow along Hart's in-depth step-by-steps, and will even be invited to draw on their own, right in the book's pages. |
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A beautifully crafted range of notebooks; manufactured using the very best materials, they come in a medley of colours. |
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Part of the Bibliophile series, which provides unique portraits of European art history. This work gives insights into the artists' biographies and their styles of working. |
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From the pioneers of the early part of the century to the experimental artists who will take us into the future, Masters of Photography is an indispensable guide to over 50 of the world's best-known and most influential photographers. Arranged in alphabetical order by photographer, from Eve Arnold to Weegee, each entry contains fascinating biographical and technical details along with sumptuous reproductions of representative and groundbreaking works. |
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