War of Worlds

Автор: Carrington Josh
Название: Creative Haven Futuristic Worlds Coloring Book
ISBN: 0486808920 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486808925
Издательство: Dover
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Цена: 991.00 р.
Наличие на складе: Есть (более 5-х шт.)
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Explore the bizarre world of the future in this spectacular adult coloring book. Science-fiction fans and modern art lovers will be transported to another dimension by these 31 elaborate illustrations of weird alien creatures amid surreal gardens and towering cityscapes. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Futuristic Worlds and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

Автор: Daley James
Название: The World`s Greatest Short Stories
ISBN: 0486447162 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486447162
Издательство: Dover
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Цена: 745.00 р.
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Описание: Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great 19- and 20th-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe.
Included are Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness; "A & P," John Updike's most anthologized story and one of his most popular; "Borges and I," typical Jorge Luis Borges -- imaginative, philosophical, and mysterious; as well as short masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Thomas Mann, Guy de Maupassant, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D. H. Lawrence, and ten other great writers.
Prime examples of the classic short story, these enduring literary treasures will be invaluable to students and teachers as well as to anyone who appreciates the finely turned tale.

Автор: Stevenson D. Alan
Название: The World`s Lighthouses: From Ancient Times to 1820
ISBN: 0486418243 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486418247
Издательство: Dover
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Цена: 3344.00 р.
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In use since the dawn of recorded history for the guidance of ships at sea, lighthouses have long been a source of inspiration and fascination. Indeed, a lighthouse ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Lighthouse lovers will welcome this new edition of a classic volume -- a superb, profusely illustrated survey of lighthouses from earliest times to 1820. Noted authority D. Alan Stevenson -- a relative of Robert Louis Stevenson and member of a clan of lighthouse engineers -- drew upon records from the family firm and old books now inaccessible to most readers to write this highly readable, extensively researched account.
Chronicling both the construction of the towers as well as the methods of illumination, the text traces developments from the open fires of thousands of years ago. The introduction of candles and oil lamps, followed by parabolic reflectors and the world's first revolving light in 1871, culminates in the 1819 construction of Bell Rock Tower, the last of the great isolated lighthouses built before steam vessels were available to transport building materials. In addition to a wealth of technical data, the text is enhanced by more than 200 rare illustrations and designs. Depictions include such seamarks as a Venetian oil navigation light (c. 1400), the Pharos of Ostia (c. 1575), the Messina lighthouse (1674), the Dungeness lighthouse (c. 1690), and Australia's Macquarie lighthouse (1817).
Maritime historians, lighthouse enthusiasts, and anyone who has ever felt the romantic lure of these lonely sentinels by the sea will prize this remarkable work.