Elegant Enigmas

Author : Karen Wilkin
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015080839569

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Elegant Enigmas by Karen Wilkin Pdf

The delightful tales and theatrical drawings of Edward Gorey (American, 1925-2000) reflect a special kind of genius for what is left unwritten and unseen. In Gorey's vaguely Victorian world of well-tended gardens and opulent estates, smoke-belching factories and fog-shrouded streets, nothing seems certain or quite as it should be. Chaos lurks just beneath life's tidy surface, occasionally erupting in surprising events with unexpected, often horrific consequences. But when tragedy befalls Gorey's quirky cast of characters-hapless waifs, dusty dowagers, scheming tycoons, and unhinged maidens-somehow we can't keep from laughing. Far from casting us into the abyss, Gorey reminds us to contemplate mortality with a smile. In Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey, more than 175 reproductions include samples from Gorey's books, illustrations produced for other writers, theatrical sets and costume designs, and a wealth of individual pieces, many never before published. Sketches, typewritten manuscripts, doodles, and musings join the generous selection of finished works. Published on the occasion of the first retrospective of Edward Gorey's work, at the Brandywine River Museum, Elegant Enigmas is a tribute to a master artist and writer, who with murderously dry humor created a body of work singular in its brilliance and charm.

Author : Mario Perniola
Publisher : Verso
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995-07-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 1859840612

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Enigmas by Mario Perniola Pdf

"What do we fear most? Repetition or difference? The return of a barbarism that is remote and prehistoric or the advent of a barbarism that is technological as post-human?"

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Charades
ISBN : OXFORD:N11816980

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The Temple of Fancy: Or, Choice Riddles, Enigmas, Charades, and Conundrums by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1790
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022901164

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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eleanor Cook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521855105

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Enigmas and Riddles in Literature by Eleanor Cook Pdf

A wide-ranging and original study on how enigmas and riddles work in literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1797
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0025247506

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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected [by Vicesimus Knox] for the Improvement of Young Persons, Etc. (Seventh and Last Edition.). by Anonim Pdf

Author : Book
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590101244

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The book of riddles, by the editress of 'The lady's library'. (Pastimes for the parlour). by Book Pdf

Author : Vicesimus Knox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1797
Category : English prose literature
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000101436

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Elegant Extracts by Vicesimus Knox Pdf

Author : Vicesimus Knox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : English prose literature
ISBN : BL:A0027025836

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Elegant Extracts in Prose by Vicesimus Knox Pdf

Author : Will Larson
Publisher : Stripe Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781953953339

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An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson Pdf

A human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt. There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams—and, ultimately, between the success and failure of companies. Will Larson’s An Elegant Puzzle focuses on the particular challenges of engineering management—from sizing teams to handling technical debt to performing succession planning—and provides a path to the good solutions. Drawing from his experience at Digg, Uber, and Stripe, Larson has developed a thoughtful approach to engineering management for leaders of all levels at companies of all sizes. An Elegant Puzzle balances structured principles and human-centric thinking to help any leader create more effective and rewarding organizations for engineers to thrive in.

Author : Vicesimus Knox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1162 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1808
Category : Children
ISBN : IBNF:CF005662146

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Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose by Vicesimus Knox Pdf

An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1794
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NKP:1002598868

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Elegant Extracts: OR Useful and Entertaining PASSAGES in PROSE, Selected for the Improvement of Goining Versions: Being Similar in Design to ELEGANT EXCTRACTS in PEOTRY by Anonim Pdf

Author : B. Ruh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137437907

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Stray Dog of Anime by B. Ruh Pdf

Upon its US release in the mid 1990s, Ghost in the Shell , directed by Mamoru Oshii, quickly became one of the most popular Japanese animated films in the country. Despite this, Oshii is known as a maverick within anime: a self-proclaimed 'stray dog'. This is the first book to take an in-depth look at his major films, from Urusei Yatsura to Avalon .

Author : James Edmiston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850523430

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The Sterling Years by James Edmiston Pdf

This is the story of the manufacture, development and usage of one of the most famous submachine Guns ever produced by a British Firm Designed at the end of WW2 it saw limited use on a trial basis, carried by paratroopers during the battle of Arnhem, but since the British Forces had plenty of Sten guns at the time, and tests between the two types of weapon were inconclusive, it was not until 1953, that with a few adjustments, the Weapon was formally adopted by the British Army Whilst not the most accurate of weapons, it was extremely useful in urban warfare and regarded as one of the most reliable submachine Guns throughout the world until it was withdrawn in 1988. A total of over 400,000 were manufactured. Sterling built them for the British armed forces and for overseas sales. The Sterling Guns was used as the basis for the weapons used by Storm Troopers in the Star Wars films.

Author : Mark Dery
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316451079

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Born to Be Posthumous by Mark Dery Pdf

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known--in the late 1940s, no less--to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes--but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? He published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker, Gilbert & Sullivan, and others. At the same time, he was a deeply complicated and conflicted individual, a man whose art reflected his obsessions with the disquieting and the darkly hilarious. Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, BORN TO BE POSTHUMOUS draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.