Daniela Vránová Livres

An array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Tailored in content and design to tie in with The Da Vinci Code.

This publication is dedicated to Ester Krumbachová (1923–1996), a significant costume designer, screenwriter, writer, director, and artist. She collaborated with theater figures such as Miroslav Macháček, Ladislav Smoček, and Ivan Vyskočil, as well as filmmakers like Otakar Vávra, Věra Chytilová, Jan Němec, Karel Kachyňa, and Petr Václav. The aim of this work is a critical examination of the previously unknown legacy of Ester Krumbachová, her oeuvre, and themes that resonate into the present. The book consists of multiple layers, featuring scholarly and essayistic texts by both Czech and international specialists from various fields, alongside archival materials organized into thematic, loosely connected clusters. This rhizomatic structure closely reflects Krumbachová's own working methods and reveals her thoughts on directing, scenography, costume design, screenwriting, as well as on detail, active objects, color concepts, the symbiosis of film professions, magic, folklore, exoticism, realism, subjectivity, hierarchy, gender polarity, queerness, feminism, love and sexuality, food, and companionship.

The New York Times bestseller "A succinct, lucid and compelling account . . . Essential reading." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini electrified the financial community by predicting the 2008 crisis before others in his field saw it coming. This myth-shattering book reveals the methods he used to foretell the current crisis and shows how those methods can help us make sense of the present and prepare for the future. Using an unconventional blend of historical analysis with masterful knowledge of global economics, Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm, a journalist and professor of economic history, present a vital and timeless book that proves calamities to be not only predictable but also preventable and, with the right medicine, curable.

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