BLOOMSBURY
(P/B) MAKING MOVIES
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0440
How is a movie made and what exactly does a director do? This book attempts to illuminate every circumstance, internal and external, emotional and technical, involved in the arduous process that culminates in what we see on the big screen. Only the director knows the background to the scenes, behind every passing frame of film, and the complex series of details and decisions involved, from budget considerations to divine inspiration, from the earliest rehearsal to the final screening. Sidney Lumet's knowledge of the art and craft of direct... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) MEDUSA
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0643
If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what happened next? Monster. Man-hater. Murderess. Forget everything you've been told about Medusa. Internationally bestselling author Jessie Burton flips the script in this astonishing retelling of Greek myth, illuminating the woman behind the legend at last. Exiled to a far-flung island after being abused by powerful Gods, Medusa has little company other than the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. Haunted by the memories of a li... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) JUST KIDS
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0215
A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists - Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) IN THE MISO SOUP
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0295
It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Although Kenji is far from innocent himself, he unwillingly descends with Frank into an inferno of evil, from which only his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Jun, can possibly save him. (From the publisher)... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/b) Milk Fed
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0717
A scathingly funny, wildly erotic and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex and god from the Women's Prize longlisted author of The Pisces A STYLIST, INDEPENDENT, THE WEEK AND RED HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021 'Sexy and fun and a little weird.This riot of carnal pleasure will make you laugh as well as gasp' The Times'A revelation...Melissa Broder has produced one of the strangest and sexiest novels of the new year ...Exhilarating' Entertainment Weekly'A luscious, heartbreaking story of self-discovery through the relentless pursuit of desire. I c... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
INSIDER'S EDITION
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0057
After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all - and he meant all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny. (from the publ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
CHILDREN'S EDITION
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0304
When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss. These new editions of the classic an... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
ADULT EDITION - WOODCUT COVER EDITION
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0473
The book that started the biggest publishing phenomenon of our time and introduced us to the enchanting world of Harry Potter - adult edition featuring stylish jacket art by Andrew Davidson. 'He'll be famous - a legend - I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter Day in future - there will be books written about Harry.' Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, delivered by a sh... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE SONG OF ACHILLES
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0397
A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Kite Runner, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list. The god touches his finger to the arrow's fletching. Then he breathes, a puff of air - as if to send dandelions flying, to push toy boats over water. And the arrow flies, straight and silent, in a curving, downward arc towards Achilles' back. Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, the boys develop... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0282
Feyre is a huntress. And when she sees a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she kills the predator and takes its prey to feed herself and her family. But the wolf was not what it seemed, and Feyre cannot predict the high price she will have to pay for its death... Dragged away from her family for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding even more than his piercing green eyes suggest. As Feyre's feelings for Tamlin turn from hostility to passion, she learns that the fa... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0664
Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married coffee roaster, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop becomes the ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
CHILDREN'S EDITION
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0306
The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive! These new editions of the classic and internationally bestsel... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0510
An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell
20th Anniversary Edition
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0313
1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men - which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret da... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0366
The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: 'The Tale of the Three Brothers' Harry Potter fans will know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune', 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart', 'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot' and 'Bab... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0146
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. (From the publisher)... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) Wives Like Us
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0731
No one knows better than Ian Palmer - Executive Butler - that social position is everything in the rose-strewn Cotswolds. So when his boss, Tata Hawkins, flounces out of her (new-build) manor house after a row with husband Bryan, Ian is alarmed: for one thing, if Tata is on the social slide downwards, that means he is too; for another, he's lost his home and has nowhere to store his prized collection of vintage Gucci loafers; even worse, a vacuum among the Country Princess set has opened up for a new Queen Bee. With the old-money Pennyback... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) CIRCE
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0456
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 A NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, I PAPER, SUNDAY EXPRESS, IRISH TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, AMAZON, AUDIBLE, BUZZFEED, REFINERY 29, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, KIRKUS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND GOODREADS In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terr... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THRONE OF GLASS
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0412
Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. Celaena Sardothien has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a deadly competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion. But something rotten dwells in the castle - and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying mysteriously, one... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE GIFT OF FEAR
SURVIVAL SIGNALS THAT PROTECT US FROM VIOLENCE
Εκδότης: BLOOMSBURY Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 0517-0195
In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the US's leading expert on violent behaviour, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger - before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, de Becker, whose clients include top Hollywood stars and government agencies, offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love, including: how to act when approached by a stranger; when you should fear someone close to you; what to do if you are being stalked; how to uncover the so... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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