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Антология «Личностный магнетизм» — третья в серии («Искусство и взгляд», 2013; «»Странный» Достоевский», 2013). На основе научных и художественных текстов в книге по-новому обосновывается гипотеза об энергетической (материальной) природе психики, позволяющая объяснить с естественнонаучных позиций феномен личностного магнетизма (а также гипноз, телекинез и т.п.) Для широкого круга читателей, интересующихся «загадочными» явлениями человеческого общения.

Сборник статей разных лет (1981-2012) объединяют три темы: личность первого папы-славянина Иоанна Павла II, политический кризис в Польше 1980-1989 гг. и роль в нем Католической церкви. В сборнике представлены политические портреты Иоанна Павла II, лидера «Солидарности» Леха Валенсы, генерала Войцеха Ярузельского, идеолога польской антисоциалистической оппозиции Яцека Куроня, литературоведа и пропагандиста, необходимости польско-русского «духовного сближения» Анджея Дравича, кардинала Стефана Вышиньского. Специально для этого издания написана статья «Агенты в Церкви. Госбезопасность против кардинала Кароля Войтылы».

Techniques and procedures for collecting and analysing different types of data are examined and analysed in detail. The skills necessary to promote the effectiveness and validity of research within the creative industries are highlighted in case studies, all of which also demonstrate what a well-designed research project can achieve.

Thinking Objects: Contemporary Approaches to Product Design explores the many approaches designers take to their work, deconstructing the design process. How do objects “communicate” to us? This book reveals how designers can learn to read the signals an object sends, interpret meaning, and discover historical context, and use those messages in their own new product designs. Readers will learn to recognize current genres and approaches to design, and to understand the motivation of the pioneers who created iconic objects. Globalization, technology, the media, and the need for a sustainable future are all part of contemporary product design, and this innovative guide helps students and designers everywhere to incorporate these influences and more.

Пособие составлено с учетом действующего учебного плана для специальности 28010165 «Безопасность жизнедеятельности в техносфере» включает основные положения радиобиологии и радиоэкологии. Предназначено для самостоятельной работы студентов, бакалавров и аспирантов, а также в качестве дополнительного материала на лекциях и методического материала на семинарских занятиях по курсам «Экология» и «Морская экология».

Tolstoy's first published work, completed in 1856, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth recounts his early life up to his university days. These are not memoirs in the strict sense of the word, as the author's Stendhalian take on the autobiographical genre confronts and blurs the notions of reality and imagination, combining nostalgic anecdote with frank personal assessment and philosophical extrapolation. An early display of Tolstoy's storytelling genius, written in his classically simple yet colourful language, these chronicles provide the reader with invaluable insight into the personal and literary development of one of the greatest writers of all time.

Considered to be Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina is an epic tale which scrutinizes fundamental moral and theological questions through the impassioned and tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good, moral life, standing for honesty and sincerity, but this flies in the face of the morally corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. In the background to Anna's tale, the aristocrat Konstantin Levin is struggling to reconcile reason with passion, espousing a Christian anarchism that Tolstoy himself believed in. Championed by Nabokov and adored by Doestoevsky, Anna Karenina displays a poignant realism and innovative lyricism that makes it one of the most perfect, enduring novels of all time.

Quite simply, this is a collection of Michel Roux's finest recipes — devised, refined and perfected during the course of his illustrious career. Recipes for all seasons and to suit all occasions are covered in this generous compendium, which contains over 250 recipes plus numerous variations. The book is divided into 9 chapters: Breakfast and brunch; Starters; Fish and shellfish; Poultry, meat and game; Vegetables, eggs and cheese; Desserts; Baking; Party food; Stocks and sauces. Mouthwatering contemporary dishes are featured, along with Michel's interpretations of the great classics. Step-by-step illustrated sequences guide you through specific techniques throughout the chapters. Presented in a generous format, designed in a clear, easy-to-follow style and illustrated throughout with stunning photographs, this is a must-have recipe collection from one of our greatest chefs.

Boutique Baking has an unrivalled range of recipes that combines traditional baking with chic, simple finishing touches. It captures the essence of Peggy's technical skill and inspired use of colour while also ensuring that each cake is both achievable and delicious to eat.

Only beauty can save the world, proclaims the hero of The Idiot, perhaps Dostoevsky's most personal and intense work of fiction. But in the brutally materialistic world of late nineteenth-century Petersburg, infested with greed and vulgarity, Prince Myshkin's naive beliefs can only be the subject of mockery and ultimately lead to failure and tragedy. Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters that covers the entire gamut of Russian society — from the arrogant rich merchant's son Rogozhin and the beautiful but wanton Nastasya Filippovna to the student Kirillov, who aspires to become the man-God by killing himself — Dostoevsky's masterpiece, brilliantly captured in this new translation by Ignat Avsey, is a book that leaves a permanent mark on its readers' minds.

The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life, including his obsessive plans to exact petty revenge on an officer who has shown him disrespect and a dramatic encounter with a prostitute. Seen by many as the first existentialist novel and showcasing the best of Dostoevsky's dry humour, Notes from under the Floorboards was a pivotal moment in the development of modern literature and has inspired countless novelists, thinkers and film-makers.

A short collection showing Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works In The Death of a Civil Servant, an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories included in this volume, A Calculated Marriage, The Culprit, The Exclamation Mark, The Speechmaker, Who Is to Blame, and A Defenceless Creature are in the same absurdly comical vein.

Through surreal, often grotesque humour, Bulgakov gives an ingenious new twist to the «Frankenstein» parable, in a new translation of one of the most popular satires on the Russian Revolution and on Soviet society. Having been scalded by boiling water earlier that day, and with little chance to survive the severe winter night, a stray dog is left for dead on the streets. Lamenting his fate, he is ill-prepared for the chance arrival of a wealthy professor who befriends him and takes him home. However, it seems the professor's motives are not entirely altruistic — an expert in medical experimentation, he sees his new charge as the potential subject for a bizarre operation, and implants glands from a dead criminal in the dog. The resulting half-man, half-beast is, as to be expected, a monstrosity, yet one that fits in remarkably well with Soviet society.

Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying-clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate circumstances and seeks refuge in alcohol, looking on helplessly as the object of his impossible love is taken away from him.

Casanova, the Venetian who lived most of his life in exile from his beloved city and created his own myth — which in turn is a reflection of the nature of the city itself — is the subject of this masterly biographical essay by Stefan Zweig. As Zweig describes in this volume: Imaginative writers rarely have a biography, and men who have biographies are only in exceptional circumstances able to write them... Casanova is a splendid, almost unique exception.

Reprinted with a new cover in B format, A Life is the gruelling tale of the frustrated existence of a bank clerk with a poetic soul. The artistic aspirations of the protagonist and the emptiness of his daily life become tragic in the great divide between what he wants and what he actually has and gets. Alfonso the bank clerk wants to be a poet and seems to be falling in love with Annetta, the vain and arrogant daughter of his boss. But the emptiness of both his attempts at writing and at love lead to an ironic and painful conclusion.

While working for his uncle, Alexis Hartz is introduced to Laura who shares his scientific interests, and in particular his fascination for crystals. To his amazement Laura has discovered a way to enter this alluring world and together they travel the vast and glittering landscape. But it cannot last forever.

The acclaimed aviator and adventurer wrote Letter to a Hostage while waiting in neutral Portugal for a passage to the United States, having just escaped from the terrors of war-torn France. Saint-Exupery's observations on the aimless existence of his fellow exiles in a Lisbon filled with parties, gambling and spies leads him to examine the nature of existence itself. The particularity of this moment, as the world seemed to be coming to an end, makes for a searing and timeless evocation of the nature of humanity.

The Queen of Spades is one of the most famous tales in Russian literature, and inspired the eponymous opera by Tchaikovsky; in The Stationmaster, from The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, Pushkin reworks the parable of the Prodigal Son; Tsar Nikita and his Forty Daughters is one of Pushkin's bawdier early poems; and the narrative poem The Bronze Horseman , inspired by a St Petersburg statue of Peter the Great, is one of Pushkin's best-known and most influential works. The volume also includes a small selection of Pushkin's best lyric poetry.

Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St Moritz at the end of the Second World War when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs; his notes of their conversations were put away in a drawer and only came to light one year after Chanel's death. Through Morand's transcription of their conversations, Chanel tells us about her friendship with Misia Sert, the men in her life — Boy Capel, the Duke of Westminster, artists such as Diaghilev, her philosophy of fashion and the story behind the legendary Number 5 perfume... The memories of Chanel told in her own words provide vivid sketches and portray the strength of Coco's character, leaving us with an extraordinary insight into Chanel the woman and the woman who created Chanel.

A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes and sea where birds fly upside down and wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley — Hemulen, Sniff, Snufkin, Thingummy & Bob — have joined her in her journey, and Moomin too, who rides to their rescue in a stripey balloon. This brand new version of a lost classic pairs Jansson's irresistible artwork with a playful rhyming text by one of Britain's star poets.

Уникальный сборник задач и упражнений от гуру в области головоломок Чарльза Филлипса, созданный специально для тех, кто хочет преуспеть в построении карьеры и бизнесе. С помощью этой книги вы определите свои сильные и слабые с точки зрения работы стороны, улучшите память и способность концентрировать внимание, научитесь логически мыслить, разумно планировать и строить долгосрочные прогнозы. Кроме того, приведенные в книге упражнения помогут вам развить свои лидерские качества, стать эффективным руководителем, «думать как миллионер» и добиваться успеха в любой сфере деятельности.

«За Волгой для нас земли нет!» – не все помнят, что прославленный сталинградский снайпер Василий Зайцев, первым давший эту клятву, был моряком Тихоокеанского флота, старшиной I статьи. По признанию Маршала Победы Г.К. Жукова в годы Второй Мировой морские стрелковые бригады «покрыли себя боевой славой». «Каждый из вас знает, что ждет нас впереди. Холод, ледяная вода, огонь врага. Короче говоря, идем на смерть…» – говорил свои бойцам перед десантом командир особого штурмового отряда морской пехоты Цезарь Куников. «Ни шагу назад! Стой насмерть!» – советские морпехи были верны этой клятве на всех фронтах Великой Отечественной, от Ленинграда до Севастополя и от Сталинграда до Малой Земли… НОВАЯ КНИГА от автора бестселлера «»Черная смерть». Советская морская пехота в бою»! Новые архивные данные о боевом применении легендарных «черных дьяволов», ставших примером отваги и стойкости, морской удали, презрения к смерти, трезвой расчетливой храбрости, воинского мастерства и массового героизма.

Свою артистическую карьеру Михаил Евдокимов начинал пародистом. В 1984-м дебютировал на телевидении в популярной праздничной передаче «Огонек», потом стал постоянным участником «Аншлага», где выступал с полюбившимися миллионам интермедиями о деревенской жизни, незадолго до ухода в политику был автором и ведущим развлекательной телепрограммы «С легким паром!» на 1-м канале. Его яркий разносторонний талант проявился и на киноэкране: роли в фильмах «Про бизнесмена Фому», «Не послать ли нам гонца», «Не валяй дурака…» искрятся неподдельным народным юмором, так же, как и герои его рассказов, написанные почти с натуры в алтайском селе Верх-Обское. А еще он пел песни — теперь они записаны на диски — и мечтал, чтобы землякам жилось лучше, а Россия стала «красочной, праздничной страной». Со страниц этой книги Михаил Евдокимов предстает таким, каким был в жизни, — человеком с настоящим русским характером, за что его так любили соотечественники.