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A growing number of states are regulating the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of domestic multinational corporations relating to overseas subsidiaries and suppliers. In this book, Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon offer a new framework for analysing government-CSR relations: direct and indirect policies for CSR. Arguing that existing research on CSR regulation fails to address the growing role of the state in shaping the international practices of multinational corporations, the authors provide insight into the CSR issues that are addressed by government policies. Drawing on case studies, they analyse three key examples of CSR: non-financial reporting, ethical trade and tax transparency in extractive industries. In doing so, they propose a new research agenda of government and CSR that is relevant to scholars and graduate students in CSR, sustainability, political economy and economic sociology, as well as policymakers and consultants in international development and trade. Σελίδες: 266

Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures explores how our dominant carbon and nuclear energy assemblages shape conceptions of participation, risk, and in/securities, and how they might be reengineered to deliver justice and democratic participation in transitioning energy systems. Chapters assess the economies, geographies and politics of current and future energy landscapes, exposing how dominant assemblages (composed of technologies, strategies, knowledge and authorities) change our understanding of security and risk, and how they these shared understandings are often enacted uncritically in policy. Contributors address integral relationships across the production and government of material and human energies and the opportunities for sustainable and democratic governance. In addition, the book explores how interest groups advance idealized energy futures and energy imaginaries. The work delves into the role that states, market organizations and civil society play in envisioned energy change. It assesses how risks and security are formulated in relation to economics, politics, ecology, and human health. It concludes by integrating the relationships between alternative energies and governance strategies, including issues of centralization and decentralization, suggesting approaches to engineer democracy into decision-making about energy assemblages. Σελίδες: 402, Διαστάσεις: 19.1x19.1cm

This 15-book collection includes all the stories in The Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum. These beloved children’s classics have fresh new covers that bring these timeless classics to a whole new generation. Διαστάσεις: 22.6x22.6cm

The two workbooks that accompany The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Theory, Analysis, and Listening, Fourth Edition, feature an organization designed specifically for flexibility: Workbook 1: Writing and Analysis, is dedicated exclusively to written and analytical activities; Workbook 2: Skills and Musicianship, focuses on singing, dictation, keyboard, and improvisation. Both workbooks have been reorganized to reflect the new text organization. Additionally, over 200 new exercises have been written to cover twentieth-century music (chapters 30 through 32 in the main text). Additional space has been added to many exercises to allow for students to easily complete their work in each volume. All musical examples are available in streaming format on the Companion Website for The Complete Musician. Visit www.oup.com/us/laitz. Σελίδες: 706, Διαστάσεις: 24.6x24.6cm

The seven Chronicles of Narnia are brought together in this beautifully presented slipcase. The books and the slipcase feature the original artwork by Pauline Baynes. Enjoy the full majesty of the Chronicles of Narnia with this slipcased set featuring all seven novels. This collection contains: The Magician\'s Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Last Battle Σελίδες: 1504, Διαστάσεις: 13.5x13.5cm

The Covid 19 pandemic has created chaos in the business world and forced leaders to rethink their operational status quo. Balancing the physical and virtual spaces of the global digital economy wherein economic, commercial, and professional transactions are enabled by information and communication technologies has called for additional support from data-driven technologies like smart analytics and artificial intelligence. Opportunities created within digital economies to leverage technologies to execute tasks better, faster, and often differently have found the desired prominence in the recent past. Though the benefits outweigh the risks, the challenges in digitalised economies are as sophisticated as the solutions they offer. Smart Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Performance Management in a Global Digitalized Economy presents various viewpoints on topics like artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, digitalisation in various sectors, technology issues like cybersecurity and financial inclusion, and technology-enabled banking issues like money laundering. The theme of sustainability forms the core of the book. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 15.2x15.2cm

One of architecture s most distinguished voices, Isay Weinfeld is renowned for a body of work that exudes the power of classical modernism while being completely of its own moment. Based in Brazil, with an expansive international practice, he is loved for a refined yet biophilic minimalism that at once revels in a gorgeous aesthetics while it also celebrates nature. Here, design aspires to a sublime symbiosis where the natural world and that which is human-made serve as complements rather than contendors, giving us the very best of both. Above all, Weinfeld s buildings are easy to be in, inviting, and elegant and all without ostentatiousness. With work ranging from residential towers and houses to bars, hotels, restaurants, equestrian centers, and bookstores, to name only a few of the building types at which Weinfeld excels, he is most concerned with how people feel in his spaces, and designs with the ultimate goal that any given place be it a house interior, a courtyard garden, a restaurant, or simple hall between rooms be comfortable. Featured are projects spanning nearly four decades in Weinfeld s ongoing quest for beauty and his deeply felt devotion to modernist principles of architecture, including the wonderful Jardim Building in New York s Chelsea neighborhood, overlooking the High Line; the much-praised reinvention of the Four Seasons restaurant in the iconic Seagram Building; the evocative La Petite Afrique Building in Monte Carlo, with its deep plant studded balconies and organically curving corners; and the monolithic Fasano Hotel in Sao Paulo, among many others. Σελίδες: 512, Διαστάσεις: 22.9x22.9cm

Synonymous with high-octane glamour, opulent sexuality, and fearless fashion, Tom Ford is an iconic designer whose namesake label has devout followers across the globe, from Milan and New Delhi to Shanghai and New York. Seventeen years after his best-selling debut book Tom Ford (2004), which detailed his time as creative director for the Italian label Gucci, this second volume is a visual ode to Ford s eponymous brand created in 2005 and encompasses cosmetics, eyewear, menswear, and his critically acclaimed womenswear line. The revered designer not only catapulted his brand to the highest echelons of the fashion world receiving accolades from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Time magazine s Best Designer of the Year but also commanded the attention of Hollywood by featuring loyal A-list fans such as Julianne Moore, Lauren Hutton, Pat Cleveland, Beyonce, and Nicholas Hoult in his runway shows and advertising campaigns. This gorgeous slipcased volume includes dazzling imagery of Ford s clothing and accessories designs, fashion editorials featuring top models such as Gigi Hadid, Joan Smalls, Mica Arganaraz, and Jon Kortajarena, and his signature sexually-charged advertising campaigns by photographers such as Inez & Vinoodh, Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, and Mert & Marcus. This volume, printed with Forest Stewardship Council approved materials and edited by Ford personally, reflects his exceptional taste and unapologetic sensual aesthetic and is a true collector s item for his devotees and connoisseurs of fashion, style, and design. Σελίδες: 416, Διαστάσεις: 27.3x27.3cm

Hotel Design, Planning and Development presents the most significant hotels developed internationally in the last ten years so that you can be well-informed of recent trends. The book outlines essential planning and design considerations based on the latest data, supported by technical information and illustrations, including original plans, so you can really study what works. The authors provide analysis and theory to support each of the major trends they present, highlighting how the designer’s work fits into the industry\'s development as a whole. Extensive case studies demonstrate how a successful new concept is developed.Hotel Design, Planning and Development gives you a thorough overview of this important and fast-growing sector of the hospitality industry.*Please note that this title is not for sale via the Taylor & Francis Group in America or the Philippines Σελίδες: 456, Διαστάσεις: 21.6x21.6cm

The entire Death Note manga story arc is now available in a box set for the first time!  This is a perfect gift for either yourself or anyone not yet exposed to the amazing intrigue of this Obha/Obata masterpiece. Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he\'s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note\'s powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light\'s father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father\'s files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn\'t know? Σελίδες: 2496, Διαστάσεις: 25.4x25.4cm

This book examines the Thatcher government’s attempt to revolutionise Britain’s pensions system in the 1980s and create a nation of risk-taking savers with an individual stake in capitalism. Drawing upon recently-released archival records, it shows how the ideas motivating these reforms journeyed from the writings of neoliberal intellectuals into government and became the centrepiece of a plan to abolish significant parts of the UK’s welfare state and replace these with privatised personal pensions. Revealing a government that veered between political caution and radicalism, the book explains why this revolution failed and charts the malign legacy left by the evolutionary changes that ministers salvaged from the wreckage of their reforms.The book contributes to understanding of policy change, Thatcherism, and international neoliberalism by showing how major reforms to social security could reflect neoliberal thought and yet profoundly disappoint their architects. Σελίδες: 416, Διαστάσεις: 15.6x15.6cm

RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE GOLD STANDARD IN FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT TEXTBOOKS In the newly revised sixth edition of Risk Management and Financial Institutions, celebrated risk and derivatives expert John C. Hull delivers an incisive and comprehensive discussion of financial risk and financial institution regulation. In the book, you’ll learn to understand the financial markets, the risks they pose to various kinds of financial institutions, and how those risks are affected by common regulatory structures. This book blends discussion of best practices in risk management with holistic treatments of how financial institutions are regulated. It explores market, credit, liquidity, model, climate, cyber, and operational risk. This latest edition also offers: Updated ancillary and digital materials covering all the latest content, including software, practice questions, and teaching supplementsAccess to an updated website that reflects the new contentFulsome coverage of the most important financial market developments since the publication of the fifth edition, including regulatory changes, the growing importance of climate risk, the use of machine learning models, and the disappearance of LIBOR A must-have resource for undergraduate and graduate students of business and finance, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, Sixth Edition, cements this celebrated text as the gold standard in risk management resources. Σελίδες: 832, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0217, Διαστάσεις: 18.5x18.5cm

For nearly 70 years, The Enjoyment of Music has led the way in preparing students for a lifetime of listening to great music and understanding its cultural and historical context. The Fourteenth Edition expands on this foundation with new chapters and features that add many voices to its already rich repertoire. Σελίδες: 560, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1029, Διαστάσεις: 20.3x20.3cm

A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date. It\'s a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? The complete nerdy rom-com manga between a gamer boy and a girl who reads and draws spicy comics, in a collectible box set including an exclusive sticky notepad! Σελίδες: 1, Διαστάσεις: 14.9x14.9cm

The definitive history of the Bavarian Order of the Illuminati and their founder, Adam Weishaupt The Bavarian Order of the Illuminati is the most celebrated secret society in the world. Though officially lasting only 11 years, the powerful spell and shadow cast by the Illuminati still looms in the present day, where its influence can be seen in current conspiracy beliefs and actions by powerful individuals working in the shadows. The original Order of the Illuminati was founded by Bavarian professor Adam Weishaupt in 1776. Although the order was banned and brought down by the Bavarian Elector in 1787--when he became aware of the extent to which it had infiltrated the courts, schools, and his own administration--its legend and deep influence lives on to this day. Charting the rise and fall of this infamous order, this book--first published in French in 1915 and never before available in English--remains the definitive history of the Order of the Bavarian Illuminati. It also offers a revealing look at the world that spawned and shaped it: a ceaseless ferment of revolutionary and occult ideas and the ceaseless attempts by crown and church to suppress them. Other secret societies that shared the stage with the Illuminati during these years include the Templar Strict Observance, von Hund’s Templar Freemasonry, and other Masonic lodges the Illuminati targeted to subvert for their own purposes. Many of the documents the author consulted for the writing of this book were destroyed during the two World Wars, making this book the only surviving record of many of the order’s secrets. The author explains the Bavarian Illuminati’s grades, rituals, and ceremonies as well as its fundamental philosophies. He paints vivid portraits of the leaders of the order, including Weishaupt, Baron Knigge, and Xavier von Zwack. He reveals how Weishaupt early on decided to subvert the existing German Freemason Lodge as a shortcut to gain esoteric hegemony over the occult world, all in order to extend Illuminati influence into the society at large and the government. The author also provides extensive detail of the order’s eventual destruction by the Bavarian government. In addition to its revelation of little-known secrets of the Illuminati Order, the author also sheds new light on much of the occult life of this time, including the activities of figures such as Cagliostro and Mirabeau and other active groups such as Freemason chapters, the Rosicrucians, and the Martinists. Σελίδες: 912, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0428, Διαστάσεις: 17.8x17.8cm

Research in the Sociology of Work (RSW) is a twice yearly publication that examines current issues related to the sociology of work. The series provides a comprehensive collection of research focused on the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of work and labour. This volume includes contributions which discuss: work and identity, including the experiences of actors and teachers; authority and control at work, including insights from the hospitality and publishing industries; and issues of gender and sexuality in the workplace, including insights on sexual harassment in the workplace. Σελίδες: 296

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address. The volume demystifies the forensic psychological assessment process and provides guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in legal proceedings. Presented are clinical and legal concepts and evidence-based assessment procedures pertaining to criminal and civil competencies, the insanity defense and related doctrines, sentencing, civil commitment, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and other justice-related areas. Case examples, exercises, and a glossary facilitate learning; 19 sample reports illustrate how to conduct and write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations. New to This Edition *Extensively revised to reflect important legal, empirical, and clinical developments. *Increased attention to medical and neuroscientific research. *New protocols relevant to competence, risk assessment, child custody, and mental injury evaluations. *Updates on insanity, sentencing, civil commitment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security, juvenile and family law, and the admissibility of expert testimony. *Material on immigration law (including a sample report) and international law. *New and revised sample reports. Σελίδες: 964, Διαστάσεις: 17.8x17.8cm

Bilingual and bicultural scholar Yeng-Seng Goh offers the first in-depth English language analysis of global Chinese, exploring the spread of Chinese beyond China and its emergence as a global language. Approaching the topic from a Singapore perspective, Goh uses this fascinating language ecosystem, with its unique bilingual language policy, as a case study for Chinese language learning. Offering clear insights into the pedagogy of teaching Chinese as an international language (TCIL), this book covers a range of important topics, such as the use of English in the teaching of Chinese, the teaching of Chinese by non-native teachers, information and communications technology in L2 learning and teaching, and the progressive testing of receptive skills. In doing so, it presents a new, integrative approach to the compilation of Chinese learner\'s dictionaries, an innovative bilingual hybrid model for training TCIL teachers, and a solid theoretical framework for Masters of Arts programmes in TCIL. Σελίδες: 226, Διαστάσεις: 15.5x15.5cm

Your instant Fairy Tail manga collection! Stylish box includes Volumes 44 through 53 - ten volumes! - of the magical shonen adventure that became an anime megahit, plus an exclusive bonus sticker sheet. Σελίδες: 2304, Διαστάσεις: 15.5x15.5cm

The Beatles and the Beatlesque address a paradox emanating from The Beatles’ music through a cross-disciplinary hybrid of reflections, drawing from both, musical practice itself and academic research. Indeed, despite their extreme stylistic variety, The Beatles’ songs seem to always bear a distinctive identity that emerges even more in similar works by other artists, whether they are merely inspired, derivative or explicitly paying homage.  The authors, a musicologist and music producer, emphasize the importance of record production in The Beatles\' music in a way that does justice not only to the final artifacts (the released songs) but also to the creative process itself (i.e., the songs \"in the making\").Through an investigation into the work of George Martin and his team, as well as The Beatles themselves, this text sheds light on the role of the studio in shaping the group\'s eclectic but unique sound.  The chapters address what makes a song “Beatlesque”, towhat extent production choices are responsible for developing a style, production being understood not as a mere set of technicalities, but also in a more conceptual way, as well as the aesthetics, semiotics and philosophy that animated studio activity. The outcome is a book that will appeal to both students and researchers, as well as, of course, musicophiles of all kinds. Σελίδες: 214, Διαστάσεις: 15.5x15.5cm

Inside the warring worlds of Apokolips and New Genesis, Darkseid and Highfather, along with countless heroes and villains exist. Follow the triumps and struggles of Orion, Lightray, Kalibak, Granny Goodness, and more in this box set perfect for any fan! Σελίδες: 1528, Διαστάσεις: 16.8x16.8cm

In this unique and lavishly illustrated book and its accompanying videos the practitioner can for the first time see the effect of manual interventions on underlying body structures. Volume 2 addresses its applications to the thoracic and lumbar spine, the pelvis, and the lower body.The author\'s own teaching and practice provide the material that explains and illustrates fascial anatomy and therapeutic procedures. The beautiful full color photographs and videos of dissections of non-embalmed cadavers show the continuity of the fascial system and its dynamic links to other body systems. By demonstrating the effect that therapy has on body structures the book will be of interest and practical value to the physical therapist, osteopath, chiropractor, physician and all bodyworkers dedicated to manual therapy, as well as to researchers wishing to build on this ground-breaking material. Σελίδες: 608, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0921, Διαστάσεις: 22.3x22.3cm

Nowadays applied work in business and economics requires a solid understanding of econometric methods to support decision-making. Combining a solid exposition of econometric methods with an application-oriented approach, this rigorous textbook provides students with a working understanding and hands-on experience of current econometrics. Taking a \'learning by doing\' approach, it covers basic econometric methods (statistics, simple and multiple regression, nonlinear regression, maximum likelihood, and generalized method of moments), and addresses the creative process of model building with due attention to diagnostic testing and model improvement. Its last part is devoted to two major application areas: the econometrics of choice data (logit and probit, multinomial and ordered choice, truncated and censored data, and duration data) and the econometrics of time series data (univariate time series, trends, volatility, vector autoregressions, and a brief discussion of SUR models, panel data, and simultaneous equations). · Real-world text examples and practical exercise questions stimulate active learning and show how econometrics can solve practical questions in modern business and economic management. · Focuses on the core of econometrics, regression, and covers two major advanced topics, choice data with applications in marketing and micro-economics, and time series data with applications in finance and macro-economics. · Learning-support features include concise, manageable sections of text, frequent cross-references to related and background material, summaries, computational schemes, keyword lists, suggested further reading, exercise sets, and online data sets and solutions. · Derivations and theory exercises are clearly marked for students in advanced courses. This textbook is perfect for advanced undergraduate students, new graduate students, and applied researchers in econometrics, business, and economics, and for researchers in other fields that draw on modern applied econometrics. Σελίδες: 816, Διαστάσεις: 19.4x19.4cm

Collecting the entire journey of the Rat Queens, from their raucous and wild beginnings as mercenaries to their rise as begrudging heroes. Discover what made this award-winning high fantasy series special and cultivated fans all over the world; the comedy, comradery, and adventurous spirit all with a modern twist that makes the main cast of Violet, Betty, Hannah and Dee feel like people you already knew. This is a fantasy series like no other ten years of adventures in one giant tome.   Collects RAT QUEENS Vol. I #1-15 plus the never-before reprinted #16, Vol. II #1-25, Sisters, Warriors, Queens all four one shots, never reprinted short stories, all covers and sketchbooks from all of the major artists! Σελίδες: 1224, Διαστάσεις: 20.3x20.3cm

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2012 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest and most important novelists, Charles Dickens. To celebrate we\'re publishing six of his works in this exclusive and sumptuous boxed set of lavish, clothbound editions, designed by Penguin\'s own award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Part of Penguin\'s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Σελίδες: 3488, Διαστάσεις: 21.1x21.1cm

Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems Security for Industry 4.0: Applications, Challenges and Management presents new cyber-physical security findings for Industry 4.0 using emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (with machine/deep learning), data mining, applied mathematics. All these are the essential components for processing data, recognizing patterns, modeling new techniques, and improving the advantages of data science.Features• Presents an integrated approach with Cyber-Physical Systems, CPS security, and Industry 4.0 in one place • Exposes the necessity of security initiatives, standards, security policies, and procedures in the context of industry 4.0 • Suggests solutions for enhancing the protection of 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) security • Promotes how optimization or intelligent techniques envisage the role of artificial intelligence-machine/deep learning (AI-ML/DL) in cyberphysical systems security for industry 4.0This book is primarily aimed at graduates, researchers and professionals working in the field of security. Executives concerned with security management, knowledge dissemination, information, and policy development for data and network security in different educational, government, and non-government organizations will also find this book useful. Σελίδες: 264, Διαστάσεις: 17.8x17.8cm

The fifth volume in the Car Racing series charts 1969, the year of avoiding unnecessary risk. Le Mans circuit, 14 June 1969. Silence reigns. In a matter of seconds, the din will rise from the engines of 45 cars roaring to life. Into this sonic gap, a man strides towards his destiny. Unlike his neighbours, he does not run. He walks to forestall superfluous danger. At the risk of ruining the race for his crew - and for Ford. Jacky Ickx has just said no to unnecessary risk, no to herringbone starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with drivers leaping into their cars without taking the time to properly strap themselves in before launching full throttle into the race. Three years earlier, stuck upside down with a back injury and trapped in the cockpit of his BRM he had just spun around on the first lap of the Belgian Grand Prix, Jackie Stewart felt gasoline gushing over him. A mere spark would have spelled tragedy. From this nightmare moment onwards, the Scottish driver campaigned against dangerous circuits and imposed the first safety standards. In 1969, Jacky Ickx - the \'GT40 walker\' - won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, even as Jacky Stewart was crowned victor of the Formula 1 World Championship in his Matra MS80. Text in English and French. Also available: Car Racing 1965, 9782702210963 Car Racing 1966, 9782702211014 Car Racing 1967, 9782702211113 Car Racing 1968, 9782702211236 Σελίδες: 300, Διαστάσεις: 32.8x32.8cm

NOW A HIT ANIMATED SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO!   Collects the INVINCIBLE: ULTIMATE COLLECTION Volumes 7 & 8 into one massive slipcased tome That\'s over 600 pages of pure Invincible goodness! This is a can\'t-miss for any Invincible fan and a perfect addition to any reinforced, sturdy bookshelf. This volume starts with the epic Viltrumite War storyline, which features Invincible and his strongest allies taking on the entire Viltrumite race! No planet, species, or hero is safe from this historic battle.   Collects INVINCIBLE #71-96. Σελίδες: 664, Διαστάσεις: 20.3x20.3cm

New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek art This collection includes twenty-one new essays by leading scholars in the field of Greek art and archaeology. Exploring a range of media including vase painting, sculpture, gems and coins, they each address questions that cross the boundaries of specialised fields. They outline the range of visual experiences at stake in the various media used in antiquity and shed light on the specificities of each medium. They show how meaning is produced, according to the nature of the medium: its use, context and enunciative structure. Also explored are the different methodologies used to produce meaning: how do images \'make\', or create, sense to their ancient viewers and how can we now access those meanings? This richly illustrated volume offers new interpretations and arguments concerning fundamental questions in the field, which expand our knowledge and understanding of Greek art, patrons and viewers. Σελίδες: 584, Διαστάσεις: 15.6x15.6cm

When Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury was published in 2004, the book was the first to describe the dramatic rise of the world’s finest luxury company. Written with full access to the company’s archives, it demonstrates Louis Vuitton’s passion for fine design with a stunning array of archival art, product designs, and cutting-edge advertising. The company is examined through the lives of its first three leaders—founder Louis (who invented the modern trunk), his son Georges, and his grandson Gaston.Now with fresh information on subjects such as designs for ready-to-wear clothing, shoes, jewelry, and even automobiles, this new edition includes 20 additional pages and updated material throughout the book, covering the brand’s recent history, with new texts and photographs. Σελίδες: 560, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0101, Διαστάσεις: 25.5x25.5cm

Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world s self-destruction. Alan Moore took the Swamp Thing to new heights in the 1980s with his unique narrative approach. His provocative and groundbreaking writing, combined with masterly artwork by some of the medium s top artists, made Swamp Thing one of the great comics of the late twentieth century. Book One begins with the story \'The Anatomy Lesson,\' a haunting origin story that reshapes Swamp Thing mythology with terrifying revelations that begin a journey of discovery and adventure that will take him across the stars and beyond. In this second collection, The Swamp Thing says goodbye to the illusion of his own humanity after learning that he is 100% plant, meets a crew of benevolent alien invaders inspired by the classic comic strip Pogo (also set in the swamp), and consummates his relationship with Abigail Arcane as only he could. The third volume is brimming with visceral horrors including underwater vampires, a werewolf with an unusual curse, the hideous madman called Nukeface. Best of all, this volume features the comics debut of John Constantine, Hellblazer, who launches Swamp Thing on a voyage of self-discovery that will take him from the darkest corners of America to the roots of his own long-hidden heritage. Volume four brings Swamp Thing s quest for self-discovery with the mystic John Constantine to its shattering conclusion. A harbinger of doom has been released with the sole charge of waking an evil beyond comprehension, and Swamp Thing, John Constantine, Deadman, The Phantom Stranger, Etrigan the Demon, The Spectre and other masters of the occult must unite against the dark forces that threaten to eradicate Heaven s light. The fifth volume begins as Swamp Thing returns from his sojourn to hell, only to learn that his girlfriend Abby is being persecuted for their \'unnatural relations.\' When she skips town for Gotham City, he follows and runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor, and the Gotham City Police Department. The sixth and final volume collects Moore s entire run, reprinting issues #57-64 and features the classic stories \'Loving the Alien\' and All Flesh is Grass.\' Σελίδες: 1, Διαστάσεις: 16.8x16.8cm

Calvin and Hobbesis unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbescartoons was originally published in hardcover as a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Available for the first time in paperback, these four full-colour volumes in a sturdy slipcase include all the Calvin and Hobbescartoons that ever appeared in syndication. This is the treasure that all Calvin and Hobbesfans seek. Σελίδες: 1456, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1108, Διαστάσεις: 25.1x25.1cm

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