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Yokai Museum

Yokai are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. In the Edo period (1603-1868), many artists, such as Hokusai Katsushika or Kuniyoshi Utagawa, created their works of featuring Yokai inspired by folklore or their own ideas. Yokai have attracted the artists and have been a common theme in art works until these days because of their unique forms and their mysterious behaviors.This book is a visual collection of art works of Yokai in Japan since the Edo period. The works are not only paintings but also wood block prints, scrolls, ceramics, kimonos, childrenżs playthings such as board games, and more.This would be an attractive book for Yokai beginners/maniacs, and would be also a valuable source for designers and illustrators.About the collection:Most of the items that will be featured in the book come from personal collections by Koichi Yumoto, who has the largest Yokai collection in Japan. He comments on the history of Yokai and explains about the items in the book.

Antonio Marras

This is a collection of books which reveal the creative process of leading international figures in fashion design. Fashion Unfolds gives an intimate look into the secret, multifaceted and fascinating world of past and contemporary fashion designers, like precious objects that reflect each designer philosophy. As well as hundreds of images each book includes unpublished interviews and essays by the industry's leading journalists. These books reveal the poetry of processes and precision that have led to the most unexpected creativity. They are materials for study, providing inspiration a

Crown for Cold Silver

Zosia is a barbarian warrior who faked her own death when she tried to retire peacefully from life as a warrior queen. However, when her husband is murdered by her old enemies, she rounds up her loyal adventuring comrades, the 'Five Villains' - all of whom are surprised to see her alive - and sets out for revenge. But time has been kind to none of her old companions, and some of them have only their own goals in mind. Not only that, but there's a young, beautiful and skilled general out there, gathering an army to lead into battle against the ruling Empire. The girl is using a legend that was never hers, and calling herself by a name that was never hers - that of Zosia herself.

SWEDED IN CANADA

Since 1776, more than 100,000 Swedish-speaking immigrants have arrived in Canada from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, and the United States. Elinor Barr's Swedes in Canada is the definitive history of that immigrant experience. Active in almost every aspect of Canadian life, Swedish individuals and companies are responsible for the CN Tower, ships on the Great Lakes, and log buildings in Riding Mountain National Park. They have built railways and grain elevators all across the country, as well as churches and old folks' homes in their communities. At the national level, the introduction of cross-country skiing and the success of ParticipACTION can be attributed to Swedes.Despite this long list of accomplishments, Swedish ethnic consciousness in Canada has often been very low. Using extensive archival and demographic research, Barr explores both the impressive

Deep Scenes

Take a Deep Dive into Plot and Scene and Improve Your WritingWhether you're planning your first novel or have already written a first draft, you need to master the concepts of plot and scene to truly realize your story's potential. Writing Deep Scenes teaches you how to write strong, layered, and engaging scenes--the secret to memorable, page-turning plots. It's filled with practical tools for building layers and nuance into your scenes, employing the right scene types at the right junctures, and developing a profound understanding of how plot and scene intertwine.Inside you'll learn:How scenes are comprised of three key layers: action, emotion, and theme.How to recognize each layer and weave them seamlessly into a scene.How to develop an intricate relationship between the action and emotion in every scene.How thematic imagery embedded in

National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry

When words in verse are paired with the awesomeness of nature, something magical happens Beloved former U.S. Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis curates an exuberant poetic celebration of the natural world in this stellar collection of nature poems. From trickling streams to deafening thrunderstorms to soaring mountains, discover majestic photography perfectly paired with contemporary (such as Billy Collins), classics (such as Robert Frost), and never-before-published

Equality in Law: Portugal

Equality in law between men and women in the European Community is an integral part of the EC's social policy and crucial to its economic and social cohesion. This encyclopaedia analyzes the legal framework for equal opportunities in Portugal which now exists in the Community due to the adoption of EC Directives on equal treatment, equal pay and social security, and to the work of the European Court of Justice in this area. It looks at how the EC Directives have been implemented and interpreted in each Member State, and at the other legislative and constitutional provisions affecting the principle of equality. All the principal legal provisions are reproduced or translated. Extracts from or digests of national case law are also included. Each volume in the series is structured so that Member States's provisions on equality can be directly

Soul and Its Mechanism

The soul works through the mechanism of a threefold personality. This volume presents the method by which the soul and the personality vehicles interact and function together; and also the way the human constitution, as a whole and in its component parts, responds to the impact of an evolving consciousness.

Ubiquitous Musics

Unqualified Education

Viriconium

Single volume collection of stories originally published as }The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Virconium{ and }Virconium Nights{. Fantasy.

Battle of the Otranto Straits

Called by some a Mediterranean Jutland, the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. Although fought by light units with no dreadnoughts involved, Otranto was a battle in three dimensions--engaging surface vessels, aircraft, and subsurface weapons (both submarines and mines). An attempt to halt the movement of submarines into the Adriatic using British drifters armed with nets and mines led to a raid by Austrian light cruisers. The Austrians inflicted heavy damage on the drifters, but Allied naval forces based at Brindisi cut off their withdrawal. The daylight hours saw a running battle, with the Austrians at considerable risk. Heavier Austrian units put out from Cattaro in support, and at the climactic moment the Allied light forces had to turn away, permitting the Austrians to escape. In the end, the Austrians had inflicted

Burma Railway

Captured on arrival in Singapore, Jack Chalker, an art student, joined the 60,000 allied prisoners in the slave labour camps of the infamous Burma Railway. This book presents his work that records not only the misery, squalor and savagery of the prison camps, but also the horrific reality of disease, wounds and the ravages of starvation.

Jersey Jaunts

Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881

In the nineteenth century, the largest Jewish community the modern world had known lived in hundreds of towns and shtetls in the territory between the Prussian border of Poland and the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea. The period had started with the partition of Poland and the absorption of its territories into the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires; it would end with the first large-scale outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence and the imposition in Russia of strong anti-Semitic legislation. In the years between, a traditional society accustomed to an autonomous way of life would be transformed into one much more open to its surrounding cultures, yet much more confident of its own nationalist identity. In The Jews of Eastern Europe, Israel Bartal traces this transformation and finds in it the roots of Jewish

Danger! Bugs! + mp3 Pack -

Oxford Read and Imagine graded readers are at eight levels (Starter, Beginner, and Levels 1 to 6) for students from age 4 and older. They offer great stories to read and enjoy. Activities provide Cambridge Young Learner Exams preparation. At Levels 1 to 6, every storybook reader links to an Oxford Read and Discover non-fiction reader. The first six Oxford Read and Imagine readers are publishing in January 2014, with more soon – teacher support materials and more information to follow. Audio in a choice of American and British English is available for every reader. At Levels Starter and Beginner, this audio is free to download from below for Oxford Teachers' Club members, or from the Student's Site at www.oup.com/elt/readandimagine. At Levels 1 to 6, audio is available in CD packs for every reader.

Frank Lloyd Wright Paper Models: 14 KirigamiMarc Hagan-Guirey

Frank Lloyd Wright Paper Models features step-by-step instructions and templates so you can create beautiful kirigami versions of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic modernist architecture.Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is the most renowned and popular architect and designer in America. His buildings, including Fallingwater and New York's Guggenheim Museum, are iconic landmarks. Now you can create 14 of his best-loved buildings using the art of kirigami.Frank Lloyd Wright building kirigami templates included are:Unity TempleFrederick C. Robie HouseImperial HotelAline Barnsdall Hollyhock HouseMillard House (La Miniatura)John Storer HouseFreeman HouseCharles Ennis HouseNational Life Insurance BuildingTaliesin WestHerbert And Katherine Jacobs I HouseEdgar J. Kaufmann House Fallingwater

Guns of Navarone Alistair MacLean

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced. The guns of Navarone, vigilant, savage and catastrophically accurate. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians, an apparently impregnable iron fortress. To Captain Keith Mallory, skllled saboteur, trained mountaineer, fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone and to blow up the guns. The Guns of Navarone is the story of that mission, the tale of a calculated risk taken in the time of war...

Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity Treichel Paul

Combining thorough instruction with the powerful multimedia tools you need to develop a deeper understanding of general chemistry concepts, this book emphasizes the visual nature of chemistry, illustrating the close interrelationship of the macroscopic, symbolic, and particulate levels of

Smugglers End Hahn DelPaperback

Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal had a brief, but spectacular, career as a cocaine smuggler-turned DEA informant. At the height of his career, he was under investigation by the DEA in Mena, Arkansas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in addition to being under the watchful eye of the FBI. Despite the heat surrounding Seal, he made a drug run to Nicaragua in 1984, where he picked up 1,465 pounds of cocaine and took photos of Sandinista soldiers loading the drugs. Then the Washington Post leaked the story, revealing that Seal was working undercover for the CIA. As a result of the article, Seal has long been identified as an undercover CIA informant. The conspiracy revolving around this supposition included the attorney general, FBI agents, Gov. Bill Clinton, and others inside the CIA.Author Del Hahn, who worked on the FBI drug task force that targeted Seal, presents a different story.

Collecting Across Cultures

In the early modern age more people traveled farther than at any earlier time in human history. Many returned home with stories of distant lands and at least some of the objects they collected during their journeys. And those who did not travel eagerly acquired wondrous materials that arrived from faraway places. Objects traveled various routes--personal, imperial, missionary, or trade--and moved not only across space but also across cultures.Histories of the early modern global culture of collecting have focused for the most part on European Wunderkammern, or cabinets of curiosities. But the passion for acquiring unfamiliar items rippled across many lands. The court in Java marveled at, collected, and displayed myriad goods brought through its halls. African princes traded captured members of other African groups so they could get the newest kinds of cloth produced in

Doctor Who Main Range Fitton Matt

In post-WWII Vienna, Constance Clarke's past at last catches up with her... and so does the Doctor's!

HTML5 in Easy Steps McGrath Mike

Covers the new HTML5.1 W3C Recommendation.The first edition of this book was written in 2011 based upon the latest W3C Candidate Recommendation of the HTML5 specification. That is to say, the unfinished specification. In fact, HTML5.0 was not finalised until the full W3C Recommendation was released on October 28, 2014. Some features were added and some lost during the interim period. This meant that some items in the first edition of HTML5 in easy steps were obsolete, and some were missing.This second edition is based upon the full W3C Recommendation of the HTML5.1 specification that was released on November 1, 2016. This means that ALL features of the latest specification are accurately included and fully demonstrated in this second edition of HTML5 in easy steps.HTML5 in easy steps, 2nd

Graded Chinese Reader 3000 Words - Selected Abridged Chinese Contemporary Short Stories

In Graded Chinese Reader 3, the most common words are used,and appear frequently for students to memorize.The sentences are reasonably short, and complex sentences are avoided. In each story, for some key or difficult words,idioms and difficult sentences,notes and examples are given at the side of each page. Pinyin is also shown so that students can review and memorize the pronunciation of Chinese words and more easily look them up in a dictionary. In order to improve the listening comprehension of students of Chinese as a foreign language, CDs in MP3 format are included with each book. In addition, the stories are

Teším sa do školy

V tejto knihe nájdete mnoho rád a cvicení ako pripravit svojho predškoláka do prvej triedy.Prajeme vám lahké ucenie a príjemne strávené chvíle!Číslo vydania 1Jazyky slovenskýPočet strán 80Dátum uvedenia titulu 2017-03-30Rozmery 240x170x6Hmotnosť 185gTypKnihy viazané

Mary, Queen of Scots + mp3 Pack -

Published2016.Beginner to Elementary CEF level A1/A2 - 400 HeadwordsOxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading.There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone.England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens - Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and

Five Children and It + mp3 Pack -

Published2016.Elementary to Pre-Intermediate CEF level A2/B1 - 700 HeadwordsOxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading.There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone.When the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they

Elektroencefalografické koreláty pohybového chování a výkonnostní zátěže - David Pánek

Tato práce se věnuje problematice vyhodnocení a interpretace změn elektrické aktivity mozku v průběhu prolongované fyzické aktivity. Práce představuje novou metodiku vyhodnocení intracerebrálních zdrojů mozkové aktivity pomocí sLORETA programu v kombinaci s metodami zátěžové fyziologie. Ukazuje na možnosti zobrazení mozkové aktivity, včetně hlubokých mozkových struktur, za současné monitorace aktuální metabolické úrovně. Tímto způsobem je možné hodnotit probíhající mozkové děje za aerobního a anaerobního metabolismu a dokonce poměrně citlivě předem dávkovat požadovanou fyzickou zátěž.Práce je rozdělena do tří částí. První se zabývá metodickou stránkou zpracování elektroencefalografického signálu pomocí programu sLORETA, a to včetně statistického zpracování a následného 3D zobrazení. Druhá část je rešeršní a věnuje se vztahům mezi mozkovou aktivitou a pohybem. Třetí část je experimentální a obsahuje studii zabývající se změnami mozkové aktivity v průběhu stupňovaného zátěžového testu na bicyklovém ergometru u skupiny 43 probandů zahrnujících vytrvalostní sportovce, vojáky a nesportovce. Výsledky ukazují na odlišné chování mezi probandy jednotlivých skupin, které odráží jejich emoční prožívání v průběhu pohybu a adaptabilitu na zvýšenou fyzickou zátěž.Metodika má uplatnění nejen ve sportovní a rehabilitační medicíně, ale umožňuje prohloubit studium vlivu fyzické aktivity na mozkovou činnost u celé řady neurologických a interních onemocnění.

Hudební nauka v kostce Jiří Válek

Hudobná náuka v kocke prináša základné hudobné pojmy. Je určená predovšetkým začiatočníkom a samoukom. Môže poslúžiť aj rodičom, ktorí nemajú hudobné vzdelanie, na kontrolu výučby ich detí. Formát: A5, 37 strán.

Mors ultima linea rerum

Publikace určena pro odbornou veřejnost, umělecké historiky, pracovníky památkové péče, historiky, restaurátory, heraldiky.