Daedalus Books
Playbook Farm
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Fletcher Corina Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2012 |
DOC, 12 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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First read this beautifully detailed pop-up book, then unfold it to transform it into a 3D farmyard landscape playmat, with stand-up cardboard animals and a tractor that you can move all around the farm! A unique and ingenious novelty book that folds away again in its own box.
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zefon
14 августа 2014
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World War Two: A Short History
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Stone Norman Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013 |
PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ
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After the unprecedented destruction of the Great War, the world longed for a lasting peace. The victors, however, valued vengeance even more than stability and demanded a massive indemnity from Germany in order to keep it from rearming. The results, as eminent historian Norman Stone describes in this authoritative history, were disastrous. In World War Two, Stone provides a remarkably concise account of the deadliest war of human history, showing how the conflict roared to life from the ashes of World War One. Adolf Hitler rode a tide of popular desperation and resentment to power in Germany, promptly making good on his promise to return the nation to its former economic and military strength. He bullied Europe into giving him his way, and in so doing backed the victors of the Great War into a corner. Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany—a decision that, Stone argues, was utterly irrational. Yet Hitler had driven the world mad, and the rekindling of European hostilities soon grew to a conflagration that spread across the globe, fanned by political and racial ideologies more poisonous-and weaponry more destructive-than the world had ever seen. With commanding expertise, Stone leads readers through the escalation, climax, and mournful denouement of this sprawling conflict. World War Two is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the twentieth century and its defining struggle.
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radius
28 мая 2016
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Casino Royale
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Fleming Ian Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2012 |
PDF, 3.36 МБ
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The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.Cinema's longest-running franchise, James Bond made his debut in this 1953 novel by Ian Fleming. The unstoppable British agent is dispatched to the French casino Royale-les-Eaux, where he must bankrupt the dissolute and sadistic spy Le Chiffre, in the hope that this Russian pawn will beretiredby his paymasters. It will require more than luck, however; after a brutal night at the gaming tables, Bond finds himself dodging would-be assassins, fighting off torturers, and trying to save the life of his beautiful female counterpart, Vesper Lynd.
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admin
7 декабря 2014
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Fantastic Journey: Pirates: Pop-up book
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Daedalus Books
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Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2012 |
PDF, 16 страниц, 0.48 МБ
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Take an imaginary journey as a young cabin boy on a pirate ship. Meet Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and Black Bart; climb into the crow's nest to fix the rigging, and learn about other tough jobs on board; help the pirates capture a treasure ship; and bury your booty on a desert island. This engaging history book is filled with pop-up features, flaps to open, and mini-booklets of information, presenting facts and trivia in a colorful scrapbook format for readers 6 to 10.
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smert
19 марта 2015
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4 of a Kind Sticky Notes
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Daedalus Books
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Издательство: Daedalus Books |
PDF, 3.36 МБ
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Keep track of the hands life deals you with this set of four sticky note pads, cleverly die-cut in the shapes of spade, heart, diamond, and club suits. Measuring a little over 2 x 2 1/4 inches on average, with each shaped pad having its own color, these stickies are perfect to use for tokens or markers, as well as for jotting brief notes.
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7 декабря 2009
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Henry Road Memo Mousepad
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Daedalus Books
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Издательство: Daedalus Books |
PDF, 3.36 МБ
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Abstract flowers in raspberry and burnt orange decorate this notepad, designed to do double duty as a mouse pad. In fact, if your notepad and your mouse pad are always fighting it out on your desk—or if your mouse pad seems to have permanently collected the dust of the pharaohs—then the memo mousepad offers an elegant solution. Jot down quick thoughts or doodle to your heart's content on the generous blank space, then tear off that sheet to start fresh with a clean new pad. When the last page is gone, the memo mousepad leaves you with a decorative, fully functional mouse pad (without white space) measuring 6 3/4 inches square.
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7 декабря 2009
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Midnight Bloom Memo Mousepad
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Daedalus Books
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Издательство: Daedalus Books |
PDF, 3.36 МБ
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Decorated with an abstract motif of night-blooming flowers in black and white, accented with dark blue and pink, this large notepad can double as a mouse pad. In fact, if your notepad and your mouse pad are vying for space on your desk—or if your mouse pad never seems clean enough for you—then the memo mousepad offers an elegant solution. Jot down quick thoughts or doodle to your heart's content on the generous blank space, then tear off that sheet to start fresh with a clean new pad. When the last page is gone, the memo mousepad leaves you with a decorative, fully functional mouse pad (without white space) measuring 6 3/4 inches square.
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7 декабря 2009
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Irving Gill
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Giovanni Joseph Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2005 |
PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ
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Architect Irving J. Gill (1870 — 1936) is widely considered the first and preeminent architect of the Modernist era. In her groundbreaking work, Five California Architects, Esther McCoy asserts that, along with Bernard Maybeck, Charles and Henry Greene, and R.M. Schindler, Gill is one of California's most important architects. As one of the most influential architects of the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, Gill is said to have been so far in advance of his time that there was yet no discussion of Modernism — it simply had not emerged as a movement or a consciousness. Gill followed no one, choosing instead to lead a paradigm shift from crafts construction to machinic building, particularly in light of the development and evolution of concrete as a material of choice. This book is a must-own for any serious fan of Gill, California architecture, modernism, and turn-of-the-century development in building. Marvin Rand has been published in numerous books and magazines throughout the world and has been showcased in major exhibitions. He is the author of Green & Greene (Gibbs Smith, 2005). He lives in Marina del Rey, California.
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lawyer_78rus
24 июля 2009
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Hawksmoor
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Ackroyd Peter Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013 |
PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ
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There is no Light without Darknesse and no Substance without Shaddowe So proclaims Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren and man with a commission to build seven London churches to stand as beacons of the enlightenment. But Dyer plans to conceal a dark secret at the heart of each church — to create a forbidding architecture that will survive for eternity. Two hundred and fifty years later, London detective Nicholas Hawksmoor is investigating a series of gruesome murders on the sites of certain eighteenth-century churches — crimes that make no sense to the modern mind... Penguin Street Art include: Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd; Armadillo by William Boyd; And The Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave; What a Carve Up by Jonathan Coe; Americana by Don DeLillo; Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris; The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid; The Believers by Zoe Heller; How to Be Good by Nick Hornby; and Lights out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair.
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vitalysev
14 июля 2014
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Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Bullough Oliver Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2010 |
DOC, 528 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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The jagged peaks of the Caucasus Mountains have hosted a rich history of diverse nations, valuable trade, and incessant warfare. But today the region is best known for atrocities in Chechnya and the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia. In Let Our Fame Be Great, journalist and Russian expert Oliver Bullough explores the fascinating cultural crossroads of the Caucasus, where Europe, Asia, and the Middle East intersect. Traveling through its history, Bullough tracks down the nations dispersed by the region's last two hundred years of brutal warfare. Filled with a compelling mix of archival research and oral history, Let Our Fame Be Great recounts the tenacious survival of peoples who have been relentlessly invaded and persecuted and yet woefully overlooked.
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carabin
12 сентября 2015
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The Revolutionist
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Littell Robert Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2009 |
PDF, 467 страниц, 14.01 МБ
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An epic saga of the Soviet Union's brutal first decades-from The New York Times bestselling master of espionage. Hailed as the American le CarrA(c), Robert Littell presents an ambitious novel about star-crossed idealist Alexander Til. When Til returns from America to Petrograd on the eve of the October Revolution in 1917, it is to put his life on the line in the hope of transforming Russia. But after witnessing the birth of a new era, he watches the people, and his own ideals, trampled by the rise of Josef Stalin-with whom Til is destined to have a shattering confrontation. Taking readers from the storming of the Winter Palace to the nightmares of the gulag, The Revolutionist is a masterwork of historical fiction.
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elka625
15 декабря 2011
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Big Bug, Little Bug: A Book of Opposites
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Stickland Paul Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2011 |
PDF, 20 страниц, 0.60 МБ
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A playful book of opposites filled with bugs of all shapes, sizes, and colors with a massive pop-up on the last spread! With lively oversized illustrations, BIG BUG, LITTLE BUG is a book of opposites, focusing on bugs of all different shapes, sizes, and colors as they creep, crawl, and fly through the sturdy pages, culminating in a tremendous pop-up on the last spread!
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admin
24 сентября 2016
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Don't Know Much about Geography
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Davis Kenneth Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2004 |
PDF, 395 страниц, 11.85 МБ
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Who Killed The Dead Sea? Where was the Garden of Eden? What's So Bad About the Badlands? Get on board as Kenneth C. Davis, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About(R) History, takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking, and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth — opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew.
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tester5
26 мая 2009
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The Elizabethans
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Wilson A.N. Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2012 |
DjVu, 448 страниц, 17.92 МБ
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With all the panoramic sweep of his bestselling study The Victorians, A. N. Wilson relates the exhilarating story of the Elizabethan Age. It was a time of exceptional creativity, wealth creation and political expansion. It was also a period of English history more remarkable than any other for the technicolour personalities of its leading participants. Apart from the complex character of the Virgin Queen herself, we follow the story of Francis Drake and political intriguers like William Cecil and Francis Walsingham, so important to a monarch who often made a key strategy out of her indecisiveness. Favourites like Leicester and Essex skated very close to the edge as far as Elizabeth's affections were concerned, and Essex made a big mistake when he led a rebellion against the crown. There was a Renaissance during this period in the world of words, which included the all-round hero and literary genius, Sir Philip Sidney, playwright-spy Christopher Marlowe and that myriad-minded man, William Shakespeare. Life in Elizabethan England could be very harsh. Plague swept the land. And the poor received little assistance from the State. Thumbscrews and the rack could be the grim prelude to the executioner's block. But crucially, this was the age when modern Britain was born, and established independence from mainland Europe. After Sir Walter Raleigh established the colony of Virginia, English was destined to become the language of the great globe itself, and the foundations were laid not only of later British imperial power but also of American domination of the world. With The Elizabethans, Wilson reveals himself again as the master of the definitive, single-volume study.
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vtormai
24 июля 2013
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The Emperor's Nightingale and Other Feathery Tales
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Ray Jane Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013 |
PDF, 173 страницы, 5.19 МБ
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With this extraordinary collection of stories — each featuring a bird as a central character — Jane Ray has crafted a special gift for children who love to read and be read to. Ray, an internationally renowned picture book artist, retells and stunningly illustrates a rich variety of tales from around the world. Some, like Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince, are beloved; others, like the charming African myth, Mulungu Paints the Birds, will become new favorites. The writers include the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Edward Lear, and more. Jane's writing style simply glides along, revealing tales of wonder, magic and mystery.
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sibwinner
27 апреля 2017
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