Beauties, beasts and enchantment, 

Автор: Bruno Bettelheim
Название: The Uses of Enchantment
ISBN: 0140137270 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140137279
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 9670.00 T
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Описание: Wicked stepmothers and beautiful princesses ...magic forests and enchanted towers ...little pigs and big bad wolves ...Fairy tales have been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of years. But what do they really mean? This book presents an exploration of the best-known fairy stories.

Автор: Stewart Mary
Название: Last Enchantment
ISBN: 0340258292 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340258293
Издательство: Hodder
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Цена: 8090.00 T
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Описание: Part of the "Merlin" trilogy after "The Crystal Cave" and "The Hollow Hills", this work brings Arthur out of hiding to claim the crown he was born to wear. Merlin, Arthur`s protector, sees the glories and horrors that await the new king... and to save him Merlin musters all his power to weave one last enchantment.

Автор: Asch, Ronald G.
Название: Sacral kingship between disenchantment and re-enchantment
ISBN: 1782383565 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782383567
Издательство: Berghahn
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Цена: 113250.00 T
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Описание:

France and England are often seen as monarchies standing at opposite ends of the spectrum of seventeenth-century European political culture. On the one hand the Bourbon monarchy took the high road to absolutism, while on the other the Stuarts never quite recovered from the diminution of their royal authority following the regicide of Charles I in 1649.  However, both monarchies shared a common medieval heritage of sacral kingship, and their histories remained deeply entangled throughout the century. This study focuses on the interaction between ideas of monarchy and images of power in the two countries between the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and the Glorious Revolution. It demonstrates that even in periods when politics were seemingly secularized, as in France at the end of the Wars of Religion, and in latter seventeenth- century England, the appeal to religious images and values still lent legitimacy to royal authority by emphasizing the sacral aura or providential role which church and religion conferred on monarchs.

Автор: Roland Vernon
Название: Dark Enchantment
ISBN: 0552775002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552775007
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 6150.00 T
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Описание: Godwin Tudor, a young English photographer recently arrived in Athens, is intrigued by the mysterious and maverick British landowner Edgar Brooke, whose vast estate dominates the island of Pyroxenia. Whilst visiting Brooke`s remote home, Godwin is enchanted by the breathtaking landscape and his host`s capricious young daughter Lydia.

Автор: Mont Eve Marie
Название: A Phantom Enchantment
ISBN: 0758269501 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780758269508
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 10420.00 T
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Описание: In this brilliant, multi-layered conclusion to the Unbound trilogy, Emma Townsend journeys to Paris and discovers her own choices echoed within the labyrinthine love story The Phantom of the Opera. . .

Senior year in Paris means dazzling architecture, gorgeous cafes, and a hefty workload. But no matter how busy her days, Emma Townsend misses her Coast Guard boyfriend, Gray. That lonely ache might explain the unsettling whispers Emma hears in the school's empty corridors, and the flickering images in her room's antique mirror. Her foreboding only increases as she reads Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera and becomes lost in the gothic masterpiece.

When Gray goes missing during a rescue at sea, Emma refuses to believe the worst. In her strange waking dreams, Gray is very much alive, drawing Emma into a mysterious otherworld beyond her mirror. Friends worry that she's losing her grip on reality. Emma half wonders if they're right. . .and if her own story will end in a way she never envisioned. . .

Praise for Eve Marie Mont's Unbound series

"Richly satisfying. . .a smart and rewarding ode to literature." --Kirkus on A Breath of Eyre (starred review)

"Exceptional and unique. . . A breath of fresh air for hungry readers looking for that special touch that makes a book stand out from the rest of the pack." --The New York Journal of Books on A Breath of Eyre

"A delightful story that makes classic literature appealing and relevant to today's teens. . .terrific." --VOYA on A Touch of Scarlet

Автор: Kawasaki, Guy
Название: The Art of Enchantment
ISBN: 1591843790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591843795
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 16520.00 T
Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Enchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms situations and relationships. It converts hostility into civility and civility into affinity. It changes the skeptics and cynics into the believers and the undecided into the loyal. Enchantment can happen during a retail transaction, a high-level corporate negotiation, or a Facebook update. And when done right, it's more powerful than traditional persuasion, influence, or marketing techniques.

Kawasaki argues that in business and personal interactions, your goal is not merely to get what you want but to bring about a voluntary, enduring, and delightful change in other people. By enlisting their own goals and desires, by being likable and trustworthy, and by framing a cause that others can embrace, you can change hearts, minds, and actions. For instance, enchantment is what enabled . . .
- A Peace Corps volunteer to finesse a potentially violent confrontation with armed guerrillas.
- A small cable channel (E ) to win the TV broadcast rights to radio superstar Howard Stern.
- A seemingly crazy new running shoe (Vibram Five Fingers) to methodically build a passionate customer base.
- A Canadian crystal maker (Nova Scotian Crystal) to turn observers into buyers.
This book explains all the tactics you need to prepare and launch an enchantment campaign; to get the most from both push and pull technologies; and to enchant your customers, your employees, and even your boss. It shows how enchantment can turn difficult decisions your way, at times when intangibles mean more than hard facts. It will help you overcome other people's entrenched habits and defy the not-always-wise "wisdom of the crowd."

Kawasaki's lessons are drawn from his tenure at one of the most enchanting organizations of all time, Apple, as well as his decades of experience as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. There are few people in the world more qualified to teach you how to enchant people.

As Kawasaki writes, "Want to change the world? Change caterpillars into butterflies? This takes more than run-of-the-mill relationships. You need to convince people to dream the same dream that you do." That's a big goal, but one that's possible for all of us.

Автор: King Stephen
Название: Sleeping beauties
ISBN: 1473665191 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473665194
Издательство: Hodder
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Цена: 18210.00 T
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Описание: In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place... The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain? Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women's prison, SLEEPING BEAUTIES is a wildly provocative, gloriously absorbing father/son collaboration between Stephen King and Owen King.

Автор: Spoto
Название: Enchantment: Life of Audrey Hepburn
ISBN: 0099487047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099487043
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 11430.00 T
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Описание: It won her an Oscar. She went on to bring her unique grace and high spirits to a number of highly acclaimed films - from Funny Face and The Nun`s Story to My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany`s and Robin and Marian. For a while it looked as though her personal life would follow the Hollywood dream.