Книги жанра HarperCollins Publishers
Название: King of the Vagabonds
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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Set against the backdrop of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the second and third installments of Stephenson's Baroque Cycle epic — previously published in «Quicksilver» — are now available in individual mass-market editions.
Название: Odalisque
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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The trials of Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and the Natural Philosophers increase one hundredfold in an England plagued by the impending war and royal insecurities — as the beautiful and ambitious Eliza plays a most dangerous game as double agent and confidante of enemy kings.
Название: Lofts 2: Good Ideas
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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Part of the «Good Ideas» series, this work provides more than 50 examples of contemporary lofts from around the world, ranging from remodelled industrial buildings to old farmhouses and garages, accompanied by 800 colour photographs and a resource section for information on the designs featured. This new volume in the «Good Ideas» series follows on from the success of volume one — taking a second look at new innovations in loft design. Continuing the success of the first volume, this value-priced new compendium provides more than 50 new examples of contemporary lofts from around the world, ranging from remodelled industrial buildings to old farmhouses and garages, accompanied by 800 colour photographs and a resource section for additional information on the designs featured.
Название: Product Design Now
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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Product designers are faced with the challenge of designing merchandise, which is not only functional and easy to use, but attractive and eye-catching to the consumer. Product Design Now showcases the best products designed in recent years with a special focus on electronics — categorized by size — small, medium, large, and extra-large. Emphasizing the design process step-by-step, this book shows all of the creative work — from handmade drawings and sketches to diagrams and computer renderings — that go into the development of a product before it hits the assembly line. With images of innovative and cutting edge product design, this book is a perfect resource for consumers and designers alike.
Название: How to Be Popular
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2008
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Do you want to be popular? Stephanie Landry does. That’s why this year, she has a plan to get in with the It Crowd in no time flat. She’s got a secret weapon: an old book called – what else? – How to Be Popular. What does it take to be popular? All Steph has to do is follow the instructions in The Book, and soon she’ll be partying with the It Crowd (including school quarterback Mark Finley) instead of sitting on The Hill Saturday nights, stargazing with her nerdy best pal Becca, and even nerdier Jason. But don’t forget the most important thing about popularity! It’s easy to become popular. What isn’t so easy? Staying that way.
Название: Cabins: The New Style
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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This third book in The New Style series offers a panoramic look at some of the most innovative cabin designs throughout the country. «Cabins: The New Style» is a collection of gateways for the modern isolationist. It includes many wonderful homes that range in size, have cutting-edge designs, and use sustainable materials while maintaining the warm feeling evoked by the traditional cabin. A showcase of some of the most elegant and imaginative designs today, this book highlights how modern architectural elements can be integrated into a rustic landscape. With full-color illustrations throughout, «Cabins: The New Style» is a must-have for architects and cabin dwellers alike.
Название: Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 1995
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An extremely entertaining compendium of bon mots, anecdotes, and trivia about Winston Churchill from a leading Churchill lecturer and performer — useful for speakers, students, of history, and World War II buffs, as well as general readers.
Название: Typographics 4
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2001
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As the use of the Internet increases, so does the influence of electronic media on print design. This showcase celebrates the stylistic melding of these two mediums, presenting designers, students and creative professionals with more than 200 provocative examples. Each design is featured in a large, full-color layout which includes details on the designer, client, purpose, stylistic analysis and specs. Roger Walton is currently Art Director of Duncan Baird Publishers and lectures on design at several major art colleges. He is also the editor of Typographics 1, 2 and 3, Sight for Sound: Design and Music Mixes, Cool Sites and Alphabook: Typeface Design and Application. He lives in London, England.
Название: Reaper Man
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2002
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»Death has to happen. That’s what bein’ alive is all about. You’re alive, and then you’re dead. It can’t just stop happening.» But it can. And it has. So what happens after death is now less of a philosophical question than a question of actual reality. On the disc, as here, they need Death. If Death doesn’t come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime? You can’t have the undead wandering about like lost souls. There’s no telling what might happen, particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living.
Название: Guards! Guards!
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2001
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This is where the dragons went. They lie...not dead, not asleep, but...dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there's a key... «Guards! Guards!» is the eighth «Discworld» novel — and after this, dragons will never be the same again!
Название: Pyramids
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2001
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Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems... «Pyramids» (the book of going forth) is the seventh Discworld novel — and the most outrageously funny to date.
Название: Sourcery
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2001
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There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son...a wizard squared...a source of magic... a Sourcerer. «Sourcery» sees the return of Rincewind and the luggage as the Discworld faces its greatest — and funniest — challenge yet.
Название: Thief of Time
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2002
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The phenomenal 20 million copy bestselling author and king of satirical fiction delivers another ingenious novel. The 26th installment in Terry Pratchett's worldwide bestselling Discworld series — published concurrently with the UK edition. Discworld is a topsy-turvy, magical place, carried serenely through the Universe on the back of the Great Turtle. In the comic tradition of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide.
Название: Soul Music
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 1995
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A Discworld novel. Its hard to grow up normally when grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe — especially when you have to take over the family business, everyone thinks youre the Tooth Fairy, and you have to face the new and addictive music that has reached the Discworld.
Название: Feet of Clay
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2004
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It's murder in Discworld! — which ordinarily is no big deal. But what bothers Watch Commander Sir Sam Vimes is that the unusual deaths of three elderly Ankh-Morporkians do not bear the clean, efficient marks of the Assassins' Guild. An apparent lack of any motive is also quite troubling. All Vimes has are some tracks of white clay and more of those bothersome «clue» things that only serve to muck up an investigation. The anger of a fearful populace is already being dangerously channeled toward the city's small community of golems — the mindless, absurdly industrious creatures of baked clay who can occasionally be found toiling in the city's factories. And certain highly placed personages are using the unrest as an excuse to resurrect a monarchy — which would be bad enough even if the «king» they were grooming wasn't as empty-headed as your typical animated pottery.
Название: Hogfather
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2003
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Humorous fantasy author Terry Pratchett returns to his beloved and bestselling Discworld, a flat land of untamed imagination where all manner of oddities and absurdities take place. In his own inimitable fashion, Pratchett turns his mighty talents to satirizing the Santa Claus myth in «Hogfather», where he shows us the ridiculous extent to which some will go to destroy, or preserve, the season of giving. So hop on board for another delightful and hilarious jaunt through Discworld with Terry Pratchett.
Название: OSS Commando: Hitler's A-Bomb
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2008
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World War Two rages on. In the conflict's darkest days, both the U.S. and Germany scramble to achieve nuclear capabilities. And if Hitler's scientists hand him the atomic bomb first, the world will be his. Hand-picked and trained by OSS chief «Wild Bill» Donovan, Captain James Cantrell is expected to do the impossible. He must parachute alone into ravaged Poland, and into the jaws of the Nazi beast, to rescue an aging scientist who's been marked for extermination. With the Russians racing to capture the same prize, one wiry and tough ex-Oklahoma cop faces the most tragically difficult choice he's ever had to make. If the SS realize the value of Professor Jahne's secrets, their war is as good as won. So the fragile old genius must accompany Cantrell out of the country — or else he must die.
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the «dirty little coward» who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths—and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal — is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her.
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2008
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How did the James Beard award–winning design and architecture team AvroKO become one of the hottest restaurant design firms in Manhattan? They start with a concept, which blossoms to images, ideas, colours, and objects. One of the design lexicons that stuck with the design team is «best ugly» – a term that AvroKO came across when traveling together in China. The oxymoronic yet interesting term is used to describe something that is beautiful and charming in an offbeat, awkward, and obtuse sort of way. In their design book, «Best Ugly», the thirtysomething design team of best friends shows readers how each idea and concept can be integrated into a sophisticated design touch. For anyone interested in design, restaurants, architecture, or sexy photography, «Best Ugly» is a visual feast.
Название: The Big Book of Lofts
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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Decorating a loft has never been easier with this comprehensive guide. «The Big Book of Lofts» features more than 600 different design ideas covering every part of the loft...and then some. «The Big Book of Lofts» is divided by square footage, with sections titled «small», «medium», «large», and «extra large». Each section opens with text describing the decorating challenges unique to loft design, followed by full–color design ideas showcasing hundreds of different solutions to outfit every size space with a range of current interior style methods. The styles featured focus on the most popular used by today's best interior designers, including New Rococo, Minimalism, New Rustic, Retro and Contemporary. Photographs are accompanied by captions explaining the different approaches from each designer and architect. Whether it's one part of the loft or the entire space, «The Big Book of Lofts» is the ultimate reference for every homeowner ready to redecorate.
