Author: Laurence Benaïm
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2080203088
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The story of luxury fashion house Lancel, from its founders and innovative designs to its contemporary collections and famous collaborations. Lancel, the iconic French fashion house renowned for establishing the handbag as a womenswear essential and inventing the covetable Bucket bag, has set trends throughout its history, collaborating with celebrities from Josephine Baker to Brigitte Bardot and great designers from Patrick Demarchelier to Viviane Sassen. Marking its 140th anniversary, this volume—featuring original art from Martin Parr, Marjane Satrapi, and Jean-Philippe Delhomme— uncovers the rich history of Lancel and reveals the secrets behind the brand’s continued success. Founded in 1876 and originally specializing in smoking accessories, Lancel soon expanded its product line and its name became synonymous with incomparable savoir faire and sophistication—from toiletry cases to Bambino (the smallest radio set in the world), or from travel luggage to the unique and inventive Umbrella bag. Combining luxury with functionality, its aim has always been to simplify life while making it more beautiful, an ideal that the house continues to perpetuate today.
Author: Thomas Harris
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0440339243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 517
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Is it as good as Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs? No . . . this one is better.”—Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review You remember Hannibal Lecter: gentleman, genius, cannibal. Seven years have passed since Dr. Lecter escaped from custody. And for seven years he’s been at large, free to savor the scents, the essences, of an unguarded world. But intruders have entered Dr. Lecter’s world, piercing his new identity, sensing the evil that surrounds him. For the multimillionaire Hannibal left maimed, for a corrupt Italian policeman, and for FBI agent Clarice Starling, who once stood before Lecter and who has never been the same, the final hunt for Hannibal Lecter has begun. All of them, in their separate ways, want to find Dr. Lecter. And all three will get their wish. But only one will live long enough to savor the reward. . . . Praise for Hannibal “Interested in getting the hell scared out of you? Buy this book on a Friday . . . lock all doors and windows. And by Monday , you might just be able to sleep without a night-light.”—Newsday “Strap yourself in for one heck of a ride. . . . It’ll scare your socks off.”—Denver Post “A stunner . . . writing in language as bright and precise as a surgeon’s scalpel, Harris has created a world as mysterious as Hannibal’s memory palace and as disturbing as a Goya painting. This is one book you don’t want to read alone at night.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Relentless . . . endlessly terrifying . . . 486 fast-paced pages, in which every respite is but a prelude to further furious action . . . Hannibal begins with a murderous paroxysm that leaves the reader breathless. . . . Hannibal speaks to the imagination, to the feelings, to the passions, to exalted senses and to debased ones. Harris’s voice will be heard for a while.”—Los Angeles Times “A pleasurable sense of dread.”—The Wall Street Journal “Enormously satisfying . . . a smashing good time, turning the pages for thrills, chills, horror and finally, a bracing, deliciously wicked slap in the face . . . perhaps the very best the thriller/horror genre is capable of producing.”—San Diego Union-Tribune
Author: John Thomas Host
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781921401428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Prepared as expert evidence in the Single Noongar Claim, examines the historiography and anthropology of the South-west, and the survival of Noongar tradition, law and custom, and oral history.
Author: Stella Purple
Publisher: Stella Purple
ISBN: 1311065954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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#1 Bestselling Commission Writer & International Award-Winning Graphic Designer presents: a paranormal action romance. “It is not that I love her despite her being my sister, but I love her because she is my sister. This forbidden love goes way back through the ancient roots of time. Would you like a taste?” ─ Altore zi Britannia. In an alternate universe, the world is divided into 12 major supernatural species, each living in their own continent. Each species has their own opposition, and for the vampires, it's the hunters. Amethyst is a pureblood vampire princess and heiress to the throne. She likes to have everything perfectly in order, but the truth is, danger is always one step away from harming her beloved ones. Altore, her brother, can't seem to stop picking fights with her fiancé, Vallénce. Elric is their younger brother, and something sinister has been brewing in him since their mother's death. Scarlet is their cousin and her adopted son, orphaned when his parents were killed when he was a newborn. Julius, her father and emperor, is battling constant depression from losing his wife in a crossfire. These deaths only prove that being an immortal is just a fragile eternity. Before she can get her happy ending, she must fight for peace and justice. A rebellion leader has infiltrated their empire's border, and the revelation of his identity will make her want to undo every single mistake of their lives.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1704
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Author: Judith Krantz
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307803511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
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Eve dared. . . Eve, with passion that overruled her total innocence, ran away from home to live in unrepentant sin; won stardom singing on the stage of the Parisian music halls before Worlds War I; married into the world of international diplomacy; and become the greatest lady Champagne. Eve's younger daughter, Freddy, inherited all of her mother's recklessness. Growing up in California, she became a pilot by sixteen; throughout World War II she ferried war planes in Britain--a glorious redhead who captured men with one humorous, challenging glance. Eve's elder daughter, Delphine, exquisite, gifted, and wild, romped through the nightlife of Hollywood of the thirties. On a whim, she made a screen test in Paris and soon found herself a great star of French films. She chose to risk her life in occupied France because of a love that transformed her frivolity into courage.
Author: Dong Young Kim
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1621894061
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Understanding Religious Conversion begins with emphasis on the value of respecting religious/theological interpretations of conversion while coordinating social scientific studies of how personal, social, and cultural issues are relevant to the human transformational process. It encourages us to bring together the perspectives of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and religious studies into critical and mutually-informing conversation for establishing a richer and more accurate perception of the complex phenomenon of religious conversion. The case of St. Augustine's conversion experience superbly illustrates the complicated and multidimensional process of religious change. By critically extending the contributions of the literature within Lewis Rambo's interdisciplinary framework, Dong Young Kim presents a more integrated picture of how personal, social, cultural, and religious/theological components interact with one another in the process of Augustine's conversion. In doing so, he has struggled with how to relocate more effectively and practically the conversion narrative of Augustine within the context of pastoral care and ministry (and the field of the academy)--in order to facilitate a better understanding of the conversion stories of the church members as well as to enhance the experiences of religious conversion within the Christian community.
Author: Anita Sumariwalla
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796038237
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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This novella begins around 1970 at the LaRoches’ farm in a small French-speaking village called Sainte Riviere hidden behind the hills above Lake Geneva, Switzerland. At seventeen, Ariane learns her true identity during a visit from a stranger. Her whole life, as she has known it, is turned upside down. Six years later, she graduates from the University of Geneva with a degree in archaeology. The prospect of helping her father and his team to possibly discover an important tomb is irresistible. She works at the Narhami excavation site in a deserted valley in Upper Egypt. The tomb turns out to be that of an unknown Egyptian princess who married a king from Nubia. During these months, Ariane not only finds ancient royal treasures but much more.
Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0345543971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
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THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK THREE Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons left in the world. And as opposing forces maneuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. “Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, [George R. R.] Martin is by far the best. In fact . . . this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien.”—Time “Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers.”—The New York Times “One of the best series in the history of fantasy.”—Los Angeles Times
Author: Birgit Tang
Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
ISBN: 9788882653057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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