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"1001 Inventions that Changed the Way we Live" aims to give you a wide and varied offering of scientific and technological breakthroughs that have shaped and aided human development throughout history. From the first stone flints sharpened by prehistoric man to the spoke wheel and from the first steam powered machine to manual manoeuvring units for space walks, this book explores the stories behind the innovations and traces the development from concept to completion. From the big ideas to the smaller objects, discover when the first pair of scissors was used, or how the world wide web was created inventions and ideas that have become integral to modern life now. Perfect to dip into and an endless source of intriguing discoveries, "1001 Inventions that Change the Way we Live" presents the history of the world through all the brilliant ideas that came to fruition. It is a fascinating and comprehensive study of human endeavour throughout the ages.

1001 Quotations To Inspire You Before You Die is full of smart remarks - not just sassy one-liners (although there are plenty of those), but also more considered, philosophical epigrams that make us pause and reflect on a range of profound topics.

Each quotation is accompanied by an insightful account of its meaning and the historical context in which it was first uttered or written. Some famous quotations are straightforward, but many need contextualising - it's often not exactly what was said, but who said it, and in what context, that is more important. Many oft-quoted remarks open up whole new worlds of thought and interpretation. What, for example, did Voltaire mean when he wrote 'If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him'? - was he hinting at his own atheism (unlikely, given the age in which he lived) or making a more subtle point about the difficulty of apprehending the Almighty? This book looks into these and a host of other such questions, and takes the reader from the source material into illuminating discussions of its wider significance.

We all love quotations - we use them to make our points, to plead our cases and to justify our opinions, as well as to honour, glorify, motivate, incite, besmirch, bewitch and beguile. 1001 Quotations To Inspire You Before You Die will help you do all that and more.

1001 Walks You Must Experience Before You Die features wide-ranging, carefully chosen routes varying from the rugged delights of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path to the wilderness of Jamaica, and the Harz Witches’ Trail high up in the German mountains. The hand-picked excursions take in mountain passes, woodland paths, ancient Native-American trails, and much more.

There are easy walks for beginners-some lasting barely an hour – and more demanding challenges that may take several weeks to complete. Every fact-packed entry provides a wealth of information about a must-try walk, including essential details about its start and finish points, overall distance, difficulty rating, maps, and the time it should take to complete. In short, 1001 Walks You Must Experience Before You Die is an essential reference book and guide for all those who love to get out of their cars, get off their bikes, and lace-up their walking shoes.

3-е дополненное и переработанное издание.

Перед вами наиболее полный сборник рецензий на лучшие альбомы, охватывающий полвека истории замечательной музыки, от появления рок-н-ролла 1950-х годов до технических новшеств начала XXI века. Это поистине бесценный справочник, содержащий глубокую критику от 90 всемирно известных музыкальных журналистов, представивших детальные описания каждого альбома. Книга дополнена более чем 900 иллюстрациями - изображениями культовых обложек альбомов, фотографиями групп и музыкантов.

Здесь все великие вершины: от вдохновляющего альбома Марвина Гея 1971 года "What's Going On" до концептуального альбома Дэвида Боуи "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggi Stardust...". Погрузитесь в музыкальную историю - от знаменательной вехи поп-музыки, сборника "Pet Sounds" от "Beach Boys" до внедряющегося в сознание "Nevermind" от "Nirvana". Книга затрагивает многообразие жанров: обширный слой рок- и поп-музыки, диско, соула, хип-хопа, рэйва, экспериментальной музыки, уорлд-мьюзик вкупе с музыкой "дэнс".

Было ли вам известно, что альбом "Velvet Underground And Nico" стал источником вдохновения для Боуи и "Joy Division", "R.E.M." и "Strokes"? Ощутите вновь послевкусие судьбоносного появления Боба Дилана с электрогитарой на фолк-фестивале в Ньюпорте со своей мрачно-пророческой песней "Highway 61 Revisited".

"1001 альбом, который нужно услышать" полностью охватывает всеобщую историю музыкальной культуры, от экзотической и продвинутой до популярного мейнстрима. 

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Четкие и яркие описания романов, потрясших весь мир. Великолепный путеводитель по книгам, получившим одобрение критиков или же ставших культовой классикой в своем жанре. Подборка произведений осуществлена международной группой признанных писателей, критиков, академиков и журналистов.

Наша жизнь – это удивительное разнообразие драгоценных моментов, ярких событий и необыкновенных явлений. Жить полной жизнью – значит успевать увидеть, услышать и прочитать все самое лучшее, самое главное. Благодаря этим изданиям вы всегда будете в курсе событий и не пропустите ничего самого интересного! Любители чтения по достоинству оценят подробный путеводитель по классической и современной мировой литературе. Каждая рекомендованная книга – настоящий шедевр, сверкающий бриллиант из сокровищницы мировой изящной словесности.

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1001 чудо природы, которое нужно увидеть

1001 здание которое нужно увидеть

1001 сад который нужно увидеть

1001 картина, которую нужно увидеть

4-е издание, переработанное и дополненное

Здесь есть все, что вам нужно знать о фильмах, которые вы просто обязаны посмотреть — все 1001!

Если вам хочется уточнить детали уже просмотренного фильма, или вы решаете, какую картину посмотреть сегодня вечером, книга 1001 Фильм станет вашим незаменимым помощником. В ней есть все, что вы должны знать о тех замечательных фильмах, которые просто необходимо увидеть, и не только о тех, что вы недавно пропустили, но и о классических произведениях.

Откройте эту книгу на любой странице и узнайте все о выбранном фильме. Здесь вы также найдете факты, которые, возможно, вас удивят. А если вы еще собираете DVD-диски или видеокассеты, этот том должен обязательно быть на вашей полке. Пусть вы посещаете кинотеатры время от времени, вам доставит удовольствие полистать эту большую, увлекательную книгу.

Студенты, изучающие киноискусство, поклонники кино, читатели, получающие удовольствие от пролистывания и восстановления в памяти незабываемых экранных событий — все должны начать читать эту книгу. Вас ждут статьи и информация о веке незабываемых фильмов. Читайте, смакуйте и наслаждайтесь

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1001 чудо природы, которое нужно увидеть

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1001 сад который нужно увидеть

1001 картина, которую нужно увидеть

1001 цитата, которая Вас вдохновит – книга полная остроумных высказываний – не только дерзких заголовков (хотя и таких здесь немало), но и мудрых, философских изречений, заставляющих задуматься на самые различные темы. Каждая фраза сопровождается подробной трактовкой ее смысла и историческим контекстом, в котором она произнесена или написана.

Одни известные цитаты идейно просты, другие становятся понятны из контекста – зачастую важны не сами слова, а их автор и контекст, в котором они прозвучали. Многие привычные фразы открывают совершенно новый мир, скрывающий в себе смысл и интерпретацию.

Это издание позволит найти ответы на эти и многие другие вопросы, проведя читателей от первоисточника к интересным обсуждениям более широкого смысла.

Все мы любим цитаты – они помогают нам выразить точку зрения, отстоять свое мнение и твердо заявить о нем, воздать должное, прославить, мотивировать, вдохновить, опорочить, околдовать и ввести в заблуждение.

Spectacular Specimens. Albertus Seba’s unrivalled catalogue of animals, insects and plants

Art meets science in this beautiful catalogue of botanical illustration. Drawn from the archives of the National Library of Vienna, these exquisite color reproductions range from 6th-century manuscripts to 19th-century masterpieces and celebrate both the skill of botanical artists and the abundance of natural flora.

In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works from the National Library of Vienna, including many new images.

From Byzantine manuscripts right through to 19th-century masterpieces, through peonies, callas, and chrysanthemums, these exquisite reproductions dazzle in their accuracy and their aesthetics. Whether in gently furled leaves, precisely textured fruits, or the sheer beauty and variety of colors, we celebrate an art form as tender as it is precise, and ever more resonant amid our growing awareness of our ecological surroundings and the preciousness of natural flora.

The author:

H. Walter Lack is a Professor at the Free University of Berlin and former Director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural-historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN’s Garden of Eden and The Book of Palms.

About the series:

Bibliotheca Universalis — Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!

Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favourite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.

Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!

Do you ever find yourself wondering, "Has she had work done?" Do you flip through supermarket tabloids to see who's the latest star to have gone under the knife? Do you secretly adore before and after photos? Well, let's face it, who doesn't? Aesthetic surgery has become a global phenomenon. In places like Hollywood, the mystery isn't who's had work done, but who hasn't. Those who have been to the world's best surgeons can get away with lying about it, while others have the evidence written all over their faces. From liposuction to lip implants, this book explores all the ins and outs of body sculpting via photos, illustrations, essays, and interviews.

Topics include:
* Beauty and Beauty Surgery
* Beauty in Art
* The Astonishing History of Aesthetic Surgery
* Ethnicity and Aesthetic Surgery
* Plastic Surgery in the Movies
* The Michelangelo of the Scalpel: Ivo Pitanguy
* The World`s most famous aesthetic surgeo
* Methods and Techniques
* Jokes and Caricatures

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!

Albertus Seba`s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century`s greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665–1736) had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalog detailing his entire collection — from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies and more, as well as fantastic beasts, such as a hydra and a dragon. Seba`s scenic illustrations, often mixing plants and animals in a single plate, were unusual even for the time. Many of the stranger and more peculiar creatures from Seba`s collection, some of which are now extinct, were as curious to those in Seba`s day as they are to us now.

This reproduction is taken from a rare, hand-coloured original. The introduction offers background information about the fascinating tradition of the cabinet of curiosities to which Seba`s curiosities belonged.

An art book for food lovers. Mouthwatering illustrations of 19th-century French garden vegetables

The French company Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie arose in the 18th century from the collaboration between Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin — a grain and plant merchant and connoisseur — and his father-in-law, Pierre Andrieux, Botanist to the King. The Vilmorins, though only producers and merchants on the Paris market, contributed enormously to the botanical and agronomic knowledge of their time. Their first catalog, comprising all kinds of seeds for kitchen-garden vegetables — including legumes, salad plants, flower seeds and bulbs — appeared in 1766. It was followed by a series of Publications périodiques in which the quality of the botanical and horticultural information was equaled only by the illustrations. By the mid-19th century, the firm had become the most important seed company in the world — active in production, trade, and scientific advances, thanks largely to Louis de Vilmorin’s crucial research into selection and heredity in the 1850s.

At the height of its international renown, the company published its splendid Album Vilmorin. Les Plantes potagères (The Vegetable Garden, 1850–1895) featuring 46 magnificent color plates. The Vilmorins employed some 15 painters to create this work of agro-botanic iconography; most had trained as artist-naturalists at the Jardin des Plantes, the former Royal Gardens, including Elisa Champin, who painted a large number of the finest plates. These illustrations — reproduced here with exquisite care and accuracy — transcend mere artistic interest, beautiful as they are; they are also a valuable resource for anyone researching cultivarietal evolution, and old varieties of fruits and vegetables.

The author:

Werner Dressendörfer is a pharmaceutical historian and academic librarian. He taught at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he was an honorary professor. His particular spheres of interest are the history of the Early Modern herbal, the cultural history of useful and medicinal plants, and plant symbolism in art. He has published extensively on pharmaceutical and botanical history.

An Alice in Wonderland card game with artwork based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations for the books. This game can be played by several people. The 48 cards make up 16 sets of 3 cards each. The cards in each set have different pictures on them, but the same numbers so you know they belong together. The player who assembles the most sets wins. A reprint of "Alice in Wonderland" card game published by Thomas De la Rue & Co. Ltd in 1898 from The State Hermitage Museum Collection.

The divine sky. History's most beautiful celestial atlas

This collection of celestial maps by Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (c. 1596 – 1665) brings back to life a masterpiece from the Golden Age of celestial cartography. First published in 1660 in the Harmonia Macrocosmica, the complete 29 double-folio maps and dozens of unusual details reproduced here depict the world systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe, the motions of the sun, the moon, and the planets, and the delineation of the constellations in various views. Cellarius’s atlas, superbly embellished with richly decorated borders depicting cherubs, astronomers, and astronomical instruments, features some of the most spectacular illustration in the history of astronomy.

This reprint includes a copiously illustrated introduction by Robert van Gent, one of the leading Cellarius experts, summarizing the history of celestial cartography from antiquity to late 17th/early 18th century and illuminating the life and work of Andreas Cellarius. Van Gent also discusses the historical and cultural context and significance of the atlas and provides detailed descriptions of the astronomical and iconographical content of the plates, allowing modern readers to fully appreciate the masterwork of Andreas Cellarius and his publisher, Johannes Janssonius.

The book’s detailed appendix includes a list of constellation figures with short descriptions of their origin and mythology, a list of star names found on the plates, a glossary of technical words, and a bibliography. Cellarius’s exquisite renditions of the constellations will excite the astronomer in anyone.

This is the perfect guidebook for all artlovers who visit or live in London, and an essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of art.

Its unique approach draws on the cream of London’s museums and galleries to create an easily navigable, narrative history of art and allows you to locate your favourite artist or style of art in any museum and follow it throughout the museums of London.

Do you like the pre-Raphaelites? This book will show you where to find their works in London, from great masterpieces in world-famous institutions to hidden gems housed in galleries off the beaten track. From Burne-Jones’s stained glass in Holy Trinity Church in Sloane Street, move on to Millais’s ‘Ophelia’ in Tate Britain; jump on the tube to visit the fine selection of pre-Raphaelite paintings at the William Morris Gallery.

The Art Guide also features concise histories and critical analyses of many important artists as well as key movements, showing you where to see, for example, Francis Bacon’s iconic works and pinpointing his London haunts.

• ‘Short tour’ and ‘also see’ sections allow you to trace your favourite period or style throughout the museums and galleries of London
• ‘Artist in focus’ sections present a full tour of London’s holdings of iconic artists
• Extensive reference sections and city maps enable you to use the book as an illustrated guide to every one of London’s museums and galleries
• Individual chapters guide the reader through a thematic, narrative history of art
• Expert commentary throughout on the movements and artists