why visit america
Why Visit America
Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around you. A nation isn't land. A nation is people. Equal parts speculative and satirical, the stories in Matthew Baker's collection portray a world within touching distance of our own. This is an America riven by dilemmas confronting so many of us, turned on its head by one of the most innovative voices of the moment. Read together, these parallel-universe stories create a composite portrait of our true nature and a dark reflection of the world we live in.
737 Руб.
Why Visit America
Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around you. A nation isn't land. A nation is people. Equal parts speculative and satirical, the stories in Matthew Baker's collection portray a world within touching distance of our own. This is an America riven by dilemmas confronting so many of us, turned on its head by one of the most innovative voices of the moment. Read together, these parallel-universe stories create a composite portrait of our true nature and a dark reflection of the world we live in.
737 Руб.
Baker Matthew Why Visit America
Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around you. A nation isn't land. A nation is people. Equal parts speculative and satirical, the stories in Matthew Baker's collection portray a world within touching distance of our own. This is an America riven by dilemmas confronting so many of us, turned on its head by one of the most innovative voices of the moment. Read together, these parallel-universe stories create a composite portrait of our true nature and a dark reflection of the world we live in.
2510 Руб.
Виниловая пластинка DePlume, Alabaster, To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals (0603784912295)
Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание: Visit Croatia, Whats Missing, Song Of The Foundling, Whiskey Story Time, Not Now, Jesus, If Youre Sure You Want To, The Lucky Ones, Why, Buzzardman, Why, Not My Ask, Turpentine, I Hope
4660 Руб.
Виниловая пластинка DePlume, Alabaster, To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals (0603784912295)
Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание: Visit Croatia, Whats Missing, Song Of The Foundling, Whiskey Story Time, Not Now, Jesus, If Youre Sure You Want To, The Lucky Ones, Why, Buzzardman, Why, Not My Ask, Turpentine, I Hope
5170 Руб.
Kipling John Lockwood, Ле Фаню Джозеф Шеридан, Benson E. F. The Room in the Tower and Other Ghost Stories (+CD)
Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she …? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old woman has a house with a tower. Why does she visit a young man in his dreams? Retold by Carolyn Jones and Derek Strange.
812 Руб.
Chanko Pamela Totally Wacky Roadside Attractions
Young learners will love reading about the cool and crazy roadside attractions that can be found across America. Theyll visit a giant peanut, a museum shaped like an elephant, and more all in the pages of this fun and fascinating book.
1177 Руб.
Bone Emily Seeds and Flowers
How does a flower grow from a seed? Why do bees visit flowers? Which flower is bigger than the wheel on a truck? In this book, you’ll find the answers and lots more about all kinds of seeds and flowers and how they grow. With simple text and beautiful illustrations, plus Usborne Quicklinks to carefully selected websites with video clips and activities.
1085 Руб.
Smith Z. On Beauty
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.
478 Руб.
Smith Z. On Beauty
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.
672 Руб.
Smith Z. On Beauty
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.
672 Руб.
Smith Z. On Beauty
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.
478 Руб.
Millard Anne The Ancient Worlds Atlas
From the first cities of Sumer to the empire of the Incas, travel around the world and through 5,000 years of history in this illustrated guide to see where and how ancient peoples lived. From North America to New Zealand, this book takes you on a trip around the world and through history to visit ancient cities and empires, showing who lived where and explaining the unique features of each civilization. The Ancient Worlds Atlas is a pictorial guide to past civilizations, covering big history topics for curious kids aged 9-12 years. What was it like to live in the crowded city of Rome? Why did the Egyptians build pyramids? When did Samurai warriors first ride into battle? How did sailors first navigate the Pacific Ocean? Which Chinese emperor has a palace with 1,000 bedrooms? Find out the answers to these fascinating questions and much more in this lavishly illustrated guide to past civilizations.
3230 Руб.
Meltzer B., Johns G. Justice League of America. The Deluxe Edition
After the darkest hour in the history of DC Universe, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman meet to once again choose who among Earths greatest heroes will make up the new Justice League of America. But while they meet in secret to decide the fate of the team, dark forces move against their friends and allies. Then, the Justice League of America, featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and more--and the Justice Society of America, including Hawkman, Wildcat and others, join forces in this stunning graphic novel! The JLA has discovered that several members of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 31st century are in the present. With the help of the JSA, Superman and his team must track down all seven Legionnaires to discover why these heroes of the future have traveled back in time! Collects Justice League of America (2006) #0-12 and Justice Society of America (2006) #6-7.
2393 Руб.
Meltzer B., Johns G. Justice League of America. The Deluxe Edition
After the darkest hour in the history of DC Universe, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman meet to once again choose who among Earths greatest heroes will make up the new Justice League of America. But while they meet in secret to decide the fate of the team, dark forces move against their friends and allies. Then, the Justice League of America, featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and more--and the Justice Society of America, including Hawkman, Wildcat and others, join forces in this stunning graphic novel! The JLA has discovered that several members of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 31st century are in the present. With the help of the JSA, Superman and his team must track down all seven Legionnaires to discover why these heroes of the future have traveled back in time! Collects Justice League of America (2006) #0-12 and Justice Society of America (2006) #6-7.
2393 Руб.
Gompertz Will What Are You Looking At? 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
For the sceptics, the art lovers, and the five million of us who visit the Tate every year - the funniest, liveliest and most accessible history of modern art ever written, by the BBC Arts Editor What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but Cezanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art; why your five year-old really couldn't do it. Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask.
4121 Руб.