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Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build. Yet, during the latter years of her life, Hadid’s daring visions became a reality, bringing a new and unique architectural language to cities and structures such as the Port House in Antwerp, the Al Janoub Stadium near Doha, Qatar, and the spectacular new airport terminal in Beijing. By her untimely death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among architecture’s finest elite, working on projects in Europe, China, the Middle East, and the United States. She was the first female architect to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal, with her long-time Partner Patrik Schumacher now the leader of Zaha Hadid Architects and in charge of many new projects. Based on the massive TASCHEN monograph, this book is now available in a compact edition covering Hadid’s complete works, including ongoing projects. With abundant photographs, in-depth sketches, and Hadid’s own drawings, the volume traces the evolution of her career, spanning not only her most pioneering buildings but also the furniture and interior designs that were integrated into her unique, and distinctly 21st-century, universe.

Una historia en el universo de Cazadora de hadas El Príncipe ahora es el Rey y nada puede pararle. Pero Brighton no sigue órdenes. Tras la proclamación de Caden como rey, Brighton Jussier ha vuelto a la normalidad. No quiere que nada ni nadie se interponga entre ella y su venganza contra el asesino de su madre. Pero Caden no se lo pondrá nada fácil, ya que él desea lo mismo: acabar con Aric, el fae antiguo que le robó tantos años de vida. No pueden admitir sus sentimientos con todo lo que está en juego, y, cuando el rey se ve en posición de elegir entre Brighton y su corte, piensa que lo mejor para ambos es mantener las distancias. Pero todo cambia cuando Brighton cae en manos de Aric, que planea utilizarla para que Caden le ayude a liberar a la reina de una vez por todas. Brighton sabe que rendirse no es una opción, pero cuando toda esperanza parece desaparecer delante de sus ojos, ¿será suficiente su voluntad para sobrevivir?

En La Exégesis, Dick documenta sus esfuerzos a lo largo de ocho años por comprender lo que él llamó «2-3-74», una experiencia visionaria postmoderna de todo el universo «transformado en información». Dick intenta escribir a lo largo de entradas que a veces ocupan cientos de páginas para abrirse camino hasta el núcleo de un misterio cósmico que puso a prueba sus poderes imaginativos e inventivos hasta el mismo límite, y todo eso se suma a las múltiples revisiones para descartar una teoría tras otra, a la mescolanza entre sueños y experiencias visionarias que le ocurrían mientras tanto para terminar uniéndolo todo en sus tres últimas novelas conocidas como la trilogía Sivainvi. En este libro, Jackson y Lethem actúan como guías y llevan al lector a través de La Exégesis mientras establecen relaciones con los momentos trascendentales de la vida y de la obra de Dick.

Buck es un perro que lleva una buena vida en un rancho con su amo, hasta que lo roban y venden para pagar una deuda de juego. Se lo llevan a Alaska y allí pasa a manos de personajes entregados a la fiebre del oro que lo entrenan como perro de trineo. La dureza del entorno provocará que Buck vaya recuperando su lado salvaje, única forma de sobrevivir en las frías tierras del norte.

Life has gone according to plan for Anna—she stays in the background, letting her sister, Emily, shine in the spotlight. But on Emily’s wedding night, Anna learns that her sister is moving away, abandoning her—and all their shared dreams. Devastated, Anna leaves the reception in the middle of a raging storm, taking shelter in a hotel she’s never seen before: the Houdini. The Houdini is a hotel unlike any other, with sumptuous velvet couches, marble tiled floors, secret restaurants, winding passageways, and an undercurrent of magic in the air. And when Anna meets Max, who has lived his entire life inside its walls, she’s captivated. For the first time in her life, Anna is center stage, in a place that anticipates her every desire, with a boy who only has eyes for her. But there’s a terrifying secret hidden in the Houdini. When the clock strikes midnight, Anna will be trapped there forever unless she can find a way to break free from its dreamlike magic. But will she be able to do it if it means leaving Max behind? Enchanting, mysterious, and utterly fantastic, Midnight at the Houdini will cast its spell on you.

Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century art.After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet André Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.This book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years.