TJ Girard and Bob Spiegel, co-owners of the catering company Pinch Food Design, are known for their unforgettable party food and one-of-a-kind design sensibility. This book reveals their trade secrets, offering up irresistible recipes for your next cocktail party--paired with DIY projects for presen[...]
This massive monograph on seminal designer Alexander Girard covers virtually every aspect of his distinctive career. One of the most prolific mid-20th century designers, Girard's work spanned many disciplines, including textile design, graphic design, typography, illustration, furniture design, inte[...]
Trevor Cribben Merrill offers a bold reassessment of Milan Kundera's place in the contemporary canon. Harold Bloom and others have dismissed the Franco-Czech author as a maker of "period pieces" that lost currency once the Berlin Wall fell. Merrill refutes this view, revealing a previously unexplore[...]
A wry take on short-lived YouTube notoriety
Jimmy is a teenager in a crummy little town. He's got a lousy best friend, Simon; a porn habit; and an uncle whose miserable existence is the embodiment of life stalled in its tracks. He's also got a tender soul, a pure-hearted crush, and the makings of[...]
A HILARIOUS TALE OF THE DREADED HIGH-SCHOOL REUNION, INCLUDING DRASTIC WEIGHT LOSS, UNREQUITED LOVE, AND SHATTERED FANTASIES
"Reunion" is a semiautobiographical book that recounts the events of the summer of 2009, when Pascal Girard received an invitation to attend his ten-year high-school reuni[...]
Pascal's in a bad place. He's out of work, he and his long-time girlfriend have just broken up, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly, he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract [...]
This massive monograph on seminal designer Alexander Girard covers virtually every aspect of his distinctive career. One of the most prolific mid-20th century designers, Girard's work spanned many disciplines, including textile design, graphic design, typography, illustration, furniture design, inte[...]
Alexander Girard was one of the most important modern textile artists and interior designers of the 20th century. He combined Pop and Folk art influences to create a colorfully opulent aesthetic language whose impact continues to be felt today. This richly illustrated catalogue draws on the vast hol[...]
Boka er beregnet for franskstudenter på bachelornivå ved universiteter og høyskoler. Boka gir studentene et fonetisk og fonemisk begrepsapparat som de kan bruke i videre språkstudier. Boka legger vekt på det kontrastive aspektet: Fransk uttale blir systematisk sammenlignet med norsk uttale. Øv[...]
Boka viser deg hvordan du kan gjøre et godt salg ved å bruke teknikkene som forfatteren selv perfeksjonerte i sin rekordkarriere. I boka lærer du også å snu ett salg til 250 salg, å selge med tap og skape en formue, fem måter å snu en potensiell kunde til å bli en kjøper, og å skape en vi[...]
Voldens resultater ser vi rigelige eksempler på, både på det internationale plan som terror og krig, men også på det mere lokale plan som fx mobning.
Voldens verden, verdens vold ser nærmere på voldens opståen, eskalering og hvorfor den kan være svær at få sat en stopper for.
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»Bogen er så indlysende klart skrevet, at de girardske positioner sidder ridset i hjernebarken efter denne læsemæssige lystvandring. Tænke sig, at faglig orientering kan være så sjovt.«
- Præsteforeningens Blad[...]
René Girard är en av vår tids mest storslagna och kontroversiella tänkare. Sedan början av 60-talet har han utvecklat en teori, med grund i skönlitteratur, myter och antropologi, som försöker förklara kulturens uppkomst i människans rivalitet och begär. Utstötningoch offer är ett sätt [...]
"Girard har betonat upptagenheten vid offret som utmärkande för den moderna kulturen, men det är särskilt hans idé om det mimetiska begäret, tillämpat på dagens konsumtionsmönster och skönhetsideal, som ger ett nytt, socialt och historiskt perspektiv på ätstörningarnas allt akutare prob[...]