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Tang dynasty (618–907) China hummed with cosmopolitan trends. Its capital at Chang’an was the most populous city in the world and was connected via the Silk Road with the critical markets and thriving cultures of Central Asia and the Middle East. In Empire of Style , BuYun Chen reveals a vibrant fashion system that emerged through the efforts of Tang artisans, wearers, and critics of clothing. Across the empire, elite men and women subverted regulations on dress to acquire majestic silks and au courant designs, as shifts in economic and social structures gave rise to what we now recognize as precursors of a modern fashion system: a new consciousness of time, a game of imitation and emulation, and a shift in modes of production.This first book on fashion in premodern China is informed by archaeological sources—paintings, figurines, and silk artifacts—and textual records such as dynastic annals, poetry, tax documents, economic treatises, and sumptuary laws. Tang fashion is shown to have flourished in response to a confluence of social, economic, and political changes that brought innovative weavers and chic court elites to the forefront of history.

Юноша становится вампиром, сверхчеловеком, одним из представителей расы, выведшей людей для прокорма как скот. В новой жизни ему предстоит изучить самые важные науки для понимания современного общества: гламур и дискурс, познакомиться с реальным положением вещей в мире. Актуальный сюжет узнаваемой любовной линией между Рамой и Герой (Степой и Мюс, Петром и Анкой). И все это погружено в чисто пелевинский коктейль из кастанедовщины, теософии, буддизма и мухоморов. Возможно ли такое, вообще, подделать?

Love that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling author Christopher Hart shows beginning cartoonists, retro fans, and all other hipsters how to get that almost-1950s look in their drawings. His trademark step-by-step drawings and crystal-clear text are sure to make Saturday mornings more creative!

Журнал Empire — журнал о кино №1: гид по фильмам, новинки проката, знаменитые актеры и многое другое.

Content

Actions in emergency situations

• Engine overheating
• Starting the engine from the battery of another car
• Fuse replacement
• Wheel replacement
• Towing a car

Daily checks and troubleshooting Instruction manual

• Basic information
• Vehicle operation
• Maintenance

Precautions and safety rules when working on a car Basic tools, measuring instruments and methods of working with them

• Basic set of necessary tools
• Methods of working with measuring devices

Engine

• Technical specifications
• 2.4 l engine
• 3.8 l engine
• Appendix to chapter

Power system

• Technical specifications
• Power system
• Appendix to chapter

Lubrication system

• Technical specifications
• Maintenance of the lubrication system
• Replacing parts
• Appendix to chapter

Cooling system

• Technical specifications
• Cooling system maintenance
• Replace items

The intake and exhaust system

• Intake manifold
• Release system

Transmission

• Technical specifications
• Automatic 4-speed gearbox
• Automatic 5-speed gearbox
• Appendix to chapter

Power shafts

• Technical specifications
• Drive shafts
• A hub and a rotary fist of a forward axis
• The hub and rear axle journal
• Appendix to chapter

Chassis

• Technical specifications
• Front suspension
• Rear suspension
• Wheels and tires
• Appendix to chapter

Brake system

• Technical specifications
• Brake maintenance
• Front, rear brakes and brake pedal
• Parking brake
• Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
• Appendix to chapter

Steering

• Technical specifications
• Steering column
• Steering gear
• Appendix to chapter

Body

• Technical specifications
• Exterior
• Interior
• Doors
• Seats
• Appendix to chapter

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system

• Technical specifications
• Air conditioning system
• Heating and ventilation system
• Appendix to chapter

Passive security

• Technical specifications
• Passive safety system controls
• Airbags
• Seat belts with retractors
• Appendix to chapter

Electrical equipment

• Technical specifications
• Ignition system
• Charging system
• Starting system
• Windshield wipers and washers
• Appendix to chapter

Electroschemes

• Using schemas
• Electroschemes

Explanatory dictionary

• Abbreviations