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The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover their tracks. Soon, the news that a suspicious person has recently arrived from St Petersburg and is staying in a local inn produces a series of events and misunderstandings that lead to a hilarious dénouement |
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The biography of “Canada’s band” In the summer of 2016, more than a third of Canadians tuned in to watch what was likely the Tragically Hip’s final performance, broadcast from their hometown of Kingston, Ontario. Why? Because these five men were always more than just a band. They sold millions of records and defined a generation of Canadian rock music. But they were also a tabula rasa onto which fans could project their own ideas: of performance, of poetry, of history, of Canada itself. In the first print biography of the Tragically Hip, Michael Barclay talks to dozens of the band’s peers and friends about not just the Hip’s music but about the opening bands, the American albatross, the band’s role in Canadian culture, and Gord Downie’s role in reconciliation with Indigenous people. When Downie announced he had terminal cancer and decided to take the Hip on the road one more time, the tour became another Terry Fox moment; this time, Canadians got to witness an embattled hero reach the finish line.  This is a book not just for fans of the band: it’s for anyone interested in how culture can spark national conversations. |
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After years of gigging everywhere from suburban backyards to dive bars, Van Halen — led by frontman extraordinaire David Lee Roth and guitar virtuoso Edward Van Halen — had the songs, the swagger, and the talent to turn the rock world on its ear. The quartet's classic 1978 debut, Van Halen, sold more than a million copies within months of release and rocketed the band to the stratosphere of rock success. On tour, Van Halen's high-energy show wowed audiences and prompted headlining acts like Black Sabbath to concede that they'd been blown off the stage. By the year's end, Van Halen had established themselves as superstars and reinvigorated heavy metal in the process.  Based on more than 230 original interviews — including with former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and power players like Pete Angelus, Marshall Berle, Donn Landee, Ted Templeman, and Neil Zlozower — Van Halen Rising is the first book to tell the untold story of how these rock legends made the unlikely journey from Pasadena, California, to the worldwide stage. |
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Une toute jeune fille comprend difficilement les derniers mots de sa mère mourante, mais n'ose lui faire répéter. Pourtant voilà Cendrillon liée à cette phrase : "Tant que tu penseras à moi tout le temps, sans jamais m'oublier plus de cinq minutes, je ne mourrai pas tout à fait." Joël Pommerat part du deuil et de ce malentendu pour éclairer le conte d'une nouvelle lumière. |
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Founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the English painter Sir John Everett Millais was a principal figure of nineteenth century British art. Along with Rossetti and Holman Hunt, he confronted the art establishment with a daring challenge to ignore 500 years of history and the corrupting influence of Raphael. An extraordinary range of paintings sought a bold return to the abundant detail, intense colours and complex compositions of the early Renaissance. Millais produced meticulously detailed artworks, forming an extraordinary and diverse oeuvre that infused new life into British art. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Millais’ complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of John Everett Millais – over 300 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Millais’ celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view * Features two bonus biographies – discover Millais’ artistic and personal life Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights Pizaro Seizing the Inca of Peru Self Portrait, 1847 Isabella Christ in the House of His Parents Mariana The Bridesmaid Portrait of Wilkie Collins Ophelia Portrait of John Ruskin The Order of Release, 1746 The Blind Girl Autumn Leaves Sophie Gray The Somnambulist The North-West Passage The Fringe of the Moor Bubbles ‘Speak! Speak!’ The Paintings The Complete Paintings Alphabetical List of Paintings The Biographies John Everett Millais by William Cosmo Monkhouse Millais by Alfred Lys Baldry Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set |
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Enjoy these 40 expertly crafted micro-RPGs that are fast, fun, easy to learn, and come in a variety of genres—from space exploration to jungle dungeon crawlers—everything you need to pick up and play today. Get gaming fast with The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book including brand-new micro-RPGs created by experts across the gaming world. From space exploration to jungle dungeon crawlers this book has everything you need to pick up and play today. With these quick-start games, you can create your own adventures, alone or with friends, without any prep, and with minimal set up and pieces. Whether you’re new to RPGs or working towards your level 20 mage, this collection is a great way to try out different games and systems, and test your roleplay skills on different character types and situations. |
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This book provides one huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. It includes chapters by Caleb Chapman, John Clayton, Jose Antonio Diaz, Curtis Gaesser, Antonio Garcia, Gordon Goodwin, Roosevelt Griffin III, Sherrie Maricle, Ellen Rowe, Roxanne Stevenson, Steve Wiest, and Greg Yasinitsky. |
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承諾済み/現役女子大生19:スナップショットからグレートショットまで、作家や写真家は、スタジオでも屋外でも、家族での集まりでも、正式なイベントでも、被写体の最高のショットを取得する方法を説明します。 ポートレート写真の基本から始めましょう。 -ショットの作り方 -トピックとの関係を築く -姿勢の提案 -などなど 電子ブックのすべての写真は裸でも裸でもありません。 18歳以上のすべてのモデル。 |
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This 2018 sequel/prequel to the popular 2008 film of the same name again features the music of '70s pop sensation ABBA. Our matching songbook includes the songs: Andante, Andante * Angel Eyes * Dancing Queen * Day Before You Came * Fernando * I Have a Dream * I Wonder (Departure) * I've Been Waiting for You * Kisses of Fire * Knowing Me, Knowing You * Mamma Mia * My Love My Life * The Name of the Game * One of Us * Super Trouper * Waterloo * When I Kissed the Teacher * Why Did It Have to Be Me? |
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Celebrate 45 women artists, and gain inspiration for your own practice, with this beautiful exploration of contemporary creators from the founder of The Jealous Curator. Walk into any museum, or open any art book, and you'll probably be left wondering: where are all the women artists? A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women) offers an exciting alternative to this male-dominated art world, showcasing the work of dozens of contemporary women artists alongside creative prompts that will bring out the artist in anyone! This beautiful book energizes and empowers women, both artists and amateurs alike, by providing them with projects and galvanizing stories to ignite their creative fires. Each chapter leads with an assignment that taps into the inner artist, pushing the reader to make exciting new work and blaze her own artistic trail. Interviews, images, and stories from contemporary women artists at the top of their game provide added inspiration, and historical spotlights on art "herstory" tie in the work of pioneering women from the past. With a stunning, gift-forward package and just the right amount of pop culture-infused feminism, this book is sure to capture the imaginations of aspiring women artists. |
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Anders Zorn (1860-1920) est un peintre fascinant à plus d'un titre. À la fois paysan de Dalécarlie (Suède) et familier des grands de ce monde de part et d'autre de l'Atlantique, peintre adulé de son vivant, peu connu du grand public mais très recherché par les collectionneurs. Sa peinture comporte essentiellement deux volets : les portraits qui lui ont apporté l'aisance, voire la richesse, mais surtout les nus au naturel, dans la nature ou dans son chalet, qui étaient son plaisir et dans lesquels son talent donne sa pleine mesure. Nous vous proposons de découvrir cette partie la plus intime de son œuvre. L'ouvrage comprend d'abord une biographie succincte, pour découvrir l'homme. Il est suivi d'un article de son ami peintre Arvid Nyholm, pour mieux le comprendre comme homme et comme artiste, suivi d'une liste de ses aquarelles et de ses peintures de nus, par ordre chronologique, illustrant son évolution sur trente-cinq ans. Il est complété par un article de l'historien Henri Focillon, qui dépeint le graveur exceptionnel et le replace dans une perspective historique. Cet article est suivi de la liste de ses gravures de nus, également par ordre chronologique. Cette édition numérique nous a permis d’enrichir la monographie de plus de 150 photos (130 dans la 1re édition en 2017, puis 150 en juillet 2020) de tableaux et estampes insérées dans l’ouvrage. En replaçant les oeuvres au cœur de la vie du peintre, VisiMuZ permet au lecteur de mieux comprendre son évolution artistique, et rend la lecture plus attrayante et pédagogique. Cette édition est donc à la fois un livre de la catégorie « Beaux-Arts » et une monographie de référence pour l’artiste. Pour un livre d’art, voici au moins 5 bonnes raisons de préférer un livre numérique au papier : . disponibilité permanente où que vous soyez, avec un encombrement minimal, . adaptation de la taille des caractères à la vue de chacun, . agrandissement des photos pour mise en valeur des détails, . création d’une photothèque personnelle avec les photos de l’ebook, . constitution d’une bibliothèque « Beaux-Arts » pour un budget très raisonnable. |
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Your new official bebop bible] Over 200 classics arranged for C instruments in Real Book style. Titles include: Anthropology * Au Privave * Be-Bop * Boneology * Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) * Byrd Like * Cherokee (Indian Love Song) * Confirmation * Donna Lee * Doxy * Epistrophy * 52nd Street Theme * Four * Goin' to Minton's * Good Bait * Groovin' High * Hi-Fly * Hot House * In Walked Bud * Jay Bird * Lady Bird * Lennie's Pennies * Moose the Mooche * Move * Oblivion * Oleo * Parisian Thoroughfare * Rosetta * Salt Peanuts * Solar * Teaneck * Tin Tin Deo * Tour De Force * Tricrotism * Wail * Woodyn' You * Yardbird Suite * and more] |
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This amazing collection transcribes nearly 150 of the best-known jazz solos (regardless of the instrument) exactly as recorded by icons of the trade, including: Autumn Leaves (Chet Baker) * Blue in Green (Toots Thielemans) * Blue Train (John Coltrane) * Bright Size Life (Jaco Pastorius) * Dolphin Dance (Herbie Hancock) * Footprints (Wayne Shorter) * I Do It for Your Love (Bill Evans) * I Mean You (Thelonius Monk) * Isreal (Bill Evans) * K.C. Blues (Charlie Parker) * Milestones (Miles Davis) * New Orleans (Wynton Marsalis) * Nuages (Django Reinhardt) * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Oscar Peterson) * Spring Ain't Here (Pat Metheny) * Stella by Starlight (Ray Brown) * Waltz for Debby (Cannonball Adderley) * West End Blues (Louis Armstrong) * and many more. |
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LPA offers an integrated, sustainable approach to architectural design. A project team of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and engineers, employ a systematic process to building design which creates a unified experience between interior and exterior environments. Each design is a unique response to the program and site. |
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I don't like cars at all, but I like the design of it. I would love to like cars as I like to look at them and as I like Gary Numan's song called "Cars". |
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Natalie Merchant joined 10,000 Maniacs at age 17, and her eloquent, socially conscious songs drove that band and her subsequent solo projects to achieve great success. This long-awaited retrospective features beautiful BandW photos, an intro by Natalie herself, and 36 songs: Carnival * Don't Talk * Gun Shy * Hey Jack Kerouac * Jezebel * Like the Weather * Ophelia * Verdi Cries * What's the Matter Here? * more. |
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Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations. |
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"Lysistrata" d’Aristophane est probablement la première pièce féministe de l’histoire. Ce n’est pas la première fois que l’écrivain Grec à l’humour grinçant, grossier, grotesque, part en guerre contre...la guerre, justement. Cette fois-ci, il le fait d’une façon qui nous semble à nous (mais, vingt-cinq siècles plus tard, franchement, que savons-nous de la fin du siècle de Périclès ?) moderne, novatrice, presque révolutionnaire. Emmenées par Lysistrata, les femmes d’Athènes, encore une fois aux prises avec Sparte, décident d’entamer la grève du sexe afin que leurs martiaux maris cessent les hostilités. Résister aux tentations de la chair sera dur, mais si c’est pour la bonne cause ? |
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The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same and the song list is nearly identical. Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time] Includes 400 songs: All Blues * Au Privave * Autumn Leaves * Black Orpheus * Bluesette * Body and Soul * Bright Size Life * Con Alma * Dolphin Dance * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Easy Living * Epistrophy * Falling in Love with Love * Footprints * Four on Six * Giant Steps * Have You Met Miss Jones? * How High the Moon * I'll Remember April * Impressions * Lullaby of Birdland * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Oleo * Red Clay * Satin Doll * Sidewinder * Stella by Starlight * Take Five * There Is No Greater Love * Wave * and hundreds more] |
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“Vitally important, devastatingly thorough, and shockingly revealing…. After reading Primetime Propaganda, you’ll never watch TV the same way again.” —Mark Levin Movie critic Michael Medved calls Ben Shapiro, “One of our most refreshing and insightful voices on the popular culture, as well as a conscience for his much-maligned generation.” With Primetime Propaganda, the syndicated columnist and bestselling author of Brainwashed, Porn Generation, and Project President tells the shocking true story of how the most powerful medium of mass communication in human history became a vehicle for spreading the radical agenda of the left side of the political spectrum. Similar to what Bernard Goldberg’s Bias and A Slobbering Love Affair did for the liberal news machine, Shapiro’s Primetime Propaganda is an essential exposé of corrupting media bias, pulling back the curtain on widespread and unrepentant abuses of the Hollywood entertainment industry. |
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17 songs from the wonderfully entertaining movie soundtrack, including: Dancing Queen * Gimme] Gimme] Gimme] (A Man After Midnight) * I Have a Dream * Mamma Mia * Money, Money, Money * The Name of the Game * S.O.S. * Take a Chance on Me * Voulez-Vous * The Winner Takes It All * and more. |
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Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has long been devoted to the education of piano students. In this book he offers dozens of pieces designed to empower the student, whether novice or classically trained, with the technique needed to become an accomplished jazz pianist. |
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Learn everything ukulele—from chord progressions to playing pop, folk, and holiday favorites—and, yes, even Hawaiian music! The ukulele is hot. The season one finale of Glee featured a ukulele. The recent hit song "Hey Soul Sister" by Train includes the dulcet tones of a uke. Not to mention the runaway success of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. For anyone wishing to master this fun, surprisingly versatile instrument, Ukulele For Dummies covers all the basics—from chords and strumming patterns to guidance on finger-picking. The print version of the book includes a CD with audio tracks of the entire musical notation in the book—creating a total musical instruction package Offers instruction in a variety of styles—including pop, folk, holiday favorites, and Hawaiian music Features a buying guide for the novice—with tips on purchasing a ukulele plus other necessary accessories With its simple and clear instruction, and inspiration on every page, Ukulele For Dummies will have fans and first-time musicians making beautiful music—as they tiptoe through the tulips—in no time. Note: CD files are available to download after purchasing the e-Book version |
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The West Wing premiered in 1999. That's a long time ago. Back then, we were worrying about the Millennium Bug, paying $700 for DVD players, and using pagers. 1999: a century ago. And yet, the show continues to have an impact that is arguably unique. If you live or work in DC, references to it are inescapable. People have walked down the aisle to the theme music. Or they’ve named children, pets, GPS systems, and even an iPhone app after the characters. Or they’ve started Twitter accounts as the characters to continue the storyline and comment on current political events. Or they credit it for closer relationships with their family members or a way out of depression. In this anthology of quotes and essays, contributors from six countries, ranging in age from twenty to seventy years old, tell their West Wing stories. |
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This book presents 1,001 melodic gems played over dozens of the most important chord progressions heard in jazz. This is the ideal book for beginners seeking a well-organized, easy-to-follow encyclopedia of jazz vocabulary, as well as professionals who want to take their knowledge of the jazz language to new heights. |
