In your hands is a place like no other: a tiny, man-made island in the bay of Nagasaki, for two hundred years the sole gateway between Japan and the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18th century, a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortune. Instead he loses his heart. Step onto the streets of Dejima and mingle with scheming traders, spies, interpreters, servants and concubines as two cultures converge. In a tale of integrity and corruption, passion and power, the key is control - of riches and minds, and over death itself.

By the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell's bestselling and Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, one of Richard & Judy's 100 Books of the Decade, Cloud Atlas has now been adapted for film. The major motion picture, directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant. The novel features six characters in interlocking stories, each interrupting the one before it: a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified diner server on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation. The narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changes in ways great and small.

In the modern world, a few elite designers have combined an intimate knowledge of jewels with a highly refined artistic sense to make jewelry that will stand the test of time. Alexandre Reza, Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chanel, Chopard, De Beers, de Grisogono, David Yurman, Doris Panos, Guy Ellia, Jacob & Co., Leviev, Mauboussin, Piaget, Waskoll - all names that immediately bring to mind the world's finest jewelry, made with the world's rarest, most precious materials. Their genius is captured here in extensive company profiles and gorgeous full-color images of the designer's signature pieces and the accomplished women who wear them. A must-have reference for all lovers of jewelry, this book includes informative illustrated introductory chapters on diamonds and pearls, the king and queen of gems, as well as interviews with industry leaders and histories of the most elite Haute Jewelry houses.

Abstract expressionism-the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression-emerged in America in the 1940s, inspired by the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Considered the first art movement originating in the Americas to have a worldwide influence, abstract expressionism spawned two very different sub-categories: action painting (exemplified by Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock) and color field painting, made most famous by Mark Rothko. Abstract expressionists strove to express emotions and ideas directly on canvas via color, form and texture-the quality of brushstrokes and other marks, the dripping of paint, for example-while embracing accident and chance, and celebrating the very act of painting. Featured artists: William Baziotes, Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, David Smith, Theodoros Stamos, Clyfford Still, Mark Tobey, Bradley Walter Tomlin.

In Long Players, fifty of our finest authors write about the albums that changed their lives, from Deborah Levy on Bowie to Daisy Johnson on Lizzo, Ben Okri on Miles Davis to David Mitchell on Joni Mitchell, Sarah Perry on Rachmaninov to Bernardine Evaristo on Sweet Honey in the Rock. Part meditation on the album form and part candid self-portrait, each of these miniature essays reveals music's power to transport the listener to a particular time and place. REM's Automatic for the People sends Olivia Laing back to first love and heartbreak, Bjork's Post resolves a crisis of faith and sexuality for a young Marlon James, while Fragile by Yes instils in George Saunders the confidence to take his own creative path. This collection is an intoxicating mix of memoir and music writing, spanning the golden age of vinyl and the streaming era, and showing how a single LP can shape a writer's mind. Featuring writing from Ali Smith, Marlon James, Deborah Levy, George Saunders, Bernardine Evaristo, Ian Rankin, Tracey Thorn, Ben Okri, Sarah Perry, Neil Tennant, Rachel Kushner, Clive James, Eimear McBride, Neil Gaiman, Daisy Johnson, David Mitchell, Esi Edugyan, Patricia Lockwood, among many others.

Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on. This is the story of Utopia Avenue's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul.

Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on. This is the story of Utopia Avenue's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul.

When Mitchell McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America. The firm he chose was small, but-well respected. They were prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch's wildest dreams: eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low-interest mortgage. Now the house, the car and the job are his. Then the nightmares begin: the secret files, the bugs in the new bedroom, the mysterious deaths of colleagues, and the millions of dollars of mob money pouring through the office into the Cayman Islands, dollars that the FBI would do anything to trace. Now Mitch is in the place where dreams end and nightmares begin...

Various Artists - Calm Christmas (Compilation) LP Прекрасная успокаивающая рождественская хоровая музыка, отобранные из каталогов Warner Classics и Erato. Эти произведения созданы для того, чтобы принести мир и тепло даже в самую холодную зимнюю ночь. Tracklist A1 The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury– Antiphon. "Alma Redemptoris Mater" A2 The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks– Quem Pastores Laudavere A3 The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury– In Dulci Jubilo A4 Chanticleer– Here Is The Little Door A5 The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury– What Child Is This A6 The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks– The Holly And The Ivy A7 Chanticleer– A Christmas Carol A8 Ensemble Instrumental De Lausanne, Ensemble Vocal De Lausanne, Michel Corboz– Christe Adoramus Te A9 Anne Azéma, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen (3)– The Shepherds At The Cradle: Nouvelle, Nouvelle B1 The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury– Antiphon in Honor of Our Lady. "Regina caeli" B2 Anne Azéma, Laurie Monahan, Ellen Hargis, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen (3)– Kyrie: Le Jour De Noel B3 The New College Oxford Choir, Edward Higginbottom– The Lamb B4 The Early Music Consort Of London, David Munrow– Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum B5 The New College Oxford Choir, Edward Higginbottom– 4 Motets Pour Le Temps De Noel: No. 3, Videntes Stellam B6 The New College Oxford Choir, Edward Higginbottom– I Wonder As I Wander B7 The New College Oxford Choir, Edward Higginbottom– Once In Royal David's City B8 The New College Oxford Choir, Edward Higginbottom– Silent Night (Stille Nacht) Код производителя: 5054197720345

Состояние носителя: . Состояние конверта: . Miserere. CD. Composed By – Antonio Lotti (tracks: 2), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (tracks: 6), Gregorio Allegri (tracks: 1), Jacob Obrecht (tracks: 4), Josquin Desprez (tracks: 5), Orlande de Lassus (tracks: 3), Thomas Tallis (tracks: 9, 10), Tomás Luis De Victoria (tracks: 7), William Byrd (tracks: 8) 1 Gregorio Allegri– Miserere Conductor – Harry Christophers Vocals – The Sixteen 11:53 2 Antonio Lotti– Crucifixus Conductor – Harry Christophers Vocals – The Sixteen 3:00 3 Orlande de Lassus– Timor Et Tremor Conductor – Harry Christophers Vocals – The Sixteen 4:53 4 Jacob Obrecht– Salve Regina Conductor – Harry Christophers Vocals – The Sixteen 7:52 5 Josquin Desprez– Ave Maria Conductor – Harry Christophers Vocals – The Sixteen 2:44 6 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina– Stabat Mater Conductor – Paul McCreesh Vocals – Gabrieli Consort 10:52 7 Tomás Luis De Victoria– Salve Regina Conductor – Paul McCreesh Ensemble – Gabrieli Consort & Players 12:11 8 William Byrd– Ave Verum Corpus Conductor – Harry Christophers Vocals – The Sixteen 4:22 9 Thomas Tallis– Lamentations Of Jeremiah I Conductor – Stephen Cleobur Vocals – The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 7:33 10 Thomas Tallis– Lamentations Of Jeremiah II Conductor – Stephen Cleobury Vocals – The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge Тип носителя: CD

Architectural Digest at 100 celebrates the best from the pages of the international design authority. The editors have delved into the archives and culled years of rich material covering a range of subjects. Ranging freely between present and past, the book features the personal spaces of dozens of private celebrities like Barack and Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Truman Capote, David Hockney, Michael Kors, and Diana Vreeland, and includes the work of top designers and architects like Frank Gehry, David Hicks, India Mahdavi, Peter Marino, John Fowler, Renzo Mongiardino, Oscar Niemeyer, Axel Vervoordt, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Elsie de Wolfe. Also included are stunning images from the magazine's history by photographers such as Bill Cunningham, Horst P. Horst, Simon Upton, Francois Dischinger, Francois Halard, Julius Shulman, and Oberto Gili.

An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade...I'd put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century' David Mitchell 'A near-perfect novel' Hanya Yanagihara In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, personal relationship to the fading lustre of the Makioka family name. Rich with breathtaking descriptions of ancient customs and an ever-changing natural world, Junichiro Tanizaki evokes in loving detail a long-lost way of life even as it withers under the harsh glare of modernity.

Return to the Wizarding World and discover how director David Yates and producer David Heyman brought the thrilling next chapter of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts story to the big screen. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald reunites fans with Magizoologist Newt Scamander and his friends, Tina, Queenie & Jacob as they travel from 1920s New York via London to Paris and encounter a wizarding world threatened by the rise of Gellert Grindelwald. Explore the filmmaking magic behind the story in Lights, Camera, Magic!, and visit a wizard's hatful of brand new locations never before seen on screen. The compelling narrative tells the full story behind the film, from script to screen, with profiles of the key characters and revealing insights from J. K. Rowling, Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and many others. Also included are sections on Costume, Set Design, Make-up, Special Effects & Props, all of which are illuminated by interviews with Academy Award®-winners David Heyman, David Yates, Stuart Craig, Colleen Atwood and a magical army of other crew. Packed with exciting photos that reveal the filmmaking process in discerning detail, and officially licensed by Warner Bros. Consumer Products, this is the definitive adult companion book to the film, and perfect introduction to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

What if you've already crossed paths with the love of your life? Cora and Jacob live in London's vast metropolis; he at one end of the Central Line, she at the other. Their paths have crossed a thousand times without them knowing. When a chance encounter on the underground brings them together, it seems they're destined to fall in love. But although they live in the same city, their worlds are miles apart. Jacob's life is uncluttered, while Cora's is full of complications. And as events begin to divide them, they start to wonder: Are they meant to be together, or were they never meant to meet?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's timeless tale, reissued in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Antoine de Saint-Exupery first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his plane vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. Nearly eighty years later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.

"Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first" A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain. Along the way, he meets the witnesses to its creation; those who were inspired, made rich or heartsick by it, and the many whose livelihoods, minds and bodies were broken by this obsession. It spans a thousand years and reaches into some of the most tragic moments of recent times. In these intimate and compelling encounters with the people and landscapes who made porcelain, Edmund de Waal enriches his understanding of this rare material, the 'white gold' he has worked with for decades.