Крис Метцен — новинки

Многие поклонники легендарной World of Warcraft начали играть в неё ещё в 2004 году, и с тех пор в их жизни случились изумительные события, среди самых важных из которых, — то, что они стали родителями и наблюдали растущий интерес своих детей к так увлекшему их миру. Именно для того, чтобы найти весёлые и интересные способы рассказать малышам о героях и идеях Warcraft, Крис Метцен и Вэй Вонг и создали эту удивительную книгу. Итак, давным-давно в Азероте одним холодным и снежным днём Вариан и Тралл шли домой…

Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Books are proud to present the third installment of their bestselling World of Warcraft Chronicle series!
Like its predecessors, Volume III features beautiful full-color artwork by Peter Lee, Emily Chen, Stanton Feng, and other fan-favorite artists, as well as intricately detailed maps and spot art by Joseph Lacroix.

Третий том "Варкрафт: Хроники" повествует о самых масштабных страницах в летописи Азерота. Именно здесь раскрывается подлинная история зарождения Плети и становления Короля-лича, рассказываются трагические и страшные истории Артаса Менетила и Иллидана Ярости Бури, а мир горит в пламени Катаклизма. Вновь сталкиваются Орда и Альянс, а изощренные интриги и глобальные конфликты разрывают не только Азерот, но и миры вокруг. Бессчетное количество народов, государств и сторон, эпическая история, герои и злодеи, ставшие легендой далеко за пределами самой игры - все это в единственно подлинных и окончательных хрониках мира "Warcraft".

Издание представляет собой полностью кодифицированную и официальную историю игры "Warcraft", в нем хронологически излагаются все события, которые происходили в игре, или существовали в ее легендах и лоре, начиная с самой первой части, вышедшей еще в начале 1990-х годов. Это первое издание подобного рода, подводящее своеобразный итог более чем двадцатилетней истории игры, приводящее в единую систему все разрозненные события, расы, планеты, конфликты и государства, придуманные создателями "Варкрафта".

Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Books are thrilled to present the next installment of the wildly popular World of Warcraft Chronicle series. Volume 2 will reveal more sought-after details about the game universe's history and mythology. Showcasing lush, all-new artwork from fan favorites such as Peter Lee, Joseph Lacroix, and Alex Horley, this tome is sure to please all fans--casual and collector alike.

Discover how three of Azeroth's greatest champions forged their first alliance, in the official graphic prequel to the Warcaft movie from Legendary, Universal Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment.
In a fantasy action epic set decades before the film, the young and headstrong Llane, Lothar, and Medivh embark on a mission of vengeance that will forge them into heroes... the kind of heroes Azeroth will need in its darkest hour.

Discover how three of Azeroth's greatest champions forged their first alliance, in the official graphic prequel to the Warcaft movie from Legendary, Universal Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment.
In a fantasy action epic set decades before the film, the young and headstrong Llane, Lothar, and Medivh embark on a mission of vengeance that will forge them into heroes... the kind of heroes Azeroth will need in its darkest hour.

Узнайте, как был выкован первый альянс трех величайших героев Азерота в официальном графическом приквеле к фильму «Варкрафт» от компаний Legendary, Universal Pictures и Blizzard Entertainment. В этом эпическом фэнтазийном приключении, повествующем о событиях, произошедших за два десятилетия до начала фильма, молодые и своевольные Ллейн, Лотар и Медив предпринимают миссию возмездия, которая превратит их в героев... Таких, которые понадобятся Азероту в его самый темный час.

"Варкрафт: Хроники" - это первая полная энциклопедия, в которой впервые за все время существования игры сведена в единую летопись вся история "Варкрафта", уникальная книга, знаменующая новую ступень в развитии "World of Warcraft" и отвечающая на все вопросы игроков о мире их любимой игры. В этом исчерпывающем издании вы найдете легенды о возвышении древних империй, зарождении темных и светлых сил, определивших судьбу Азерота, не слыханные доселе предания о его героях и злодеях. Вы в подробностях узнаете историю персонажей, мест действия, ключевых событий и эпох великой игровой вселенной, в которой ежедневно играют миллионы людей.

Книга богато иллюстрирована рисунками Питера Ли, одного из главных художников компании Blizzard Entertainment (25 широкомасштабных полноцветных композиций), космологическими схемами, картами Азерота и выполненными тушью, изящными рисунками художника Джозефа Лакруа.

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 is a journey through an age of myth and legend, a time long before the Horde and the Alliance came to be. This definitive tome of Warcraft history reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped the world of Azeroth and its people.

This beautiful hardcover features twenty-five full-page paintings by World of Warcraft artist Peter Lee, as well as a cosmology chart, half a dozen maps charting changes through time, and other line art illustrations by Joseph Lacroix, and marks the first in a multipart series exploring the Warcraft universe; from the distant past to the modern era.

Optimus Prime versus Megatron! Autobots versus Decepticons! At the dawn of the conflict, battle lines are drawn and sides are set... now legends will be made. The war that would define a planet begins in earnest -- and its revelations will shake the Transformers' world to the core!

In this fascinating and entertaining second volume, Christopher Sykes explores the life and work of Britain's most popular living artist. David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the past five decades. Volume 1 covered his early life: his precocious achievement at Bradford Art College and the Swinging 60s in London, where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation. Picking up Hockney's story in 1975, this volume finds him flitting between Notting Hill and California, where he took inspiration for the swimming pool series of paintings; creating the acclaimed set designs for operas around the world; and embracing emerging technologies – the camera and fax machine in the 1970s and 80s, and most recently the iPad. Hockney's boundless energy extends to his personal life too, and this volume illuminates the glamorous circles he moved in, as well as his sometimes turbulent relationships. With unprecedented access to Hockney's paintings, notebooks, diaries and the man himself, this second volume continues the lively and revelatory account of an acclaimed artist and an extraordinary man.

In this astounding first volume, Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of Britain's most popular living artist. David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades. His story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions. With unprecedented access to interviews, family and friends and Hockney's own notebooks and paintings, this volume will deliver an open and honest account of the man who many believe to be Britain's greatest living artist.

In this astounding first volume, Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of the most popular living artist in the world today. David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades. His story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions. With unprecedented access to interviews, family and friends and Hockney's own notebooks and paintings, this volume will deliver an honest and revelatory account of the man who many believe to be Britain's greatest living artist.

Christopher Isherwood was a celebrated English writer when he met the Californian teenager Don Bachardy on a Santa Monica beach in 1952. They spent their first night together on Valentine’s Day 1953. Defying the conventions, the two men began living as an openly gay couple in an otherwise closeted Hollywood. The Animals provides a loving testimony of an extraordinary relationship that lasted until Chris’s death in 1986 – and survived affairs (on both sides) and a thirty-year-age-gap. In romantic letters to one another, the couple created the private world of the Animals. Chris was Dobbin, a stubborn old workhorse; Don was the playful young white cat, Kitty. But Don needed to carve out his own identity – some of their longest sequences of letters were exchanged during his trips to London and New York, to pursue his career as an artist and to widen his emotional and sexual horizons. Amidst the intimate domestic dramas, we learn of Isherwood’s continuing literary success –the royalty cheques from Cabaret, the acclaim for his pioneering novel A Single Man – and the bohemian whirl of Californian film suppers and beach life. Don, whose portraits of London theatreland were making his name, attends the world premiere of The Innocents with Truman Capote and afterwards dines with Deborah Kerr and the rest of the cast, spends weekends with Tennessee Williams, Cecil Beton, or the Earl and Countess of Harewood, and tours Egypt and Greece with a new love interest. But whatever happens in the outside world, Dobbin and Kitty always return to their ‘Basket’ and to each other. Candid, gossipy, exceptionally affectionate, The Animals is a unique interplay between two creative spirits, confident in their mutual devotion.

Christopher Isherwood was a celebrated English writer when he met the Californian teenager Don Bachardy on a Santa Monica beach in 1952. They spent their first night together on Valentine’s Day 1953. Defying the conventions, the two men began living as an openly gay couple in an otherwise closeted Hollywood. The Animals provides a loving testimony of an extraordinary relationship that lasted until Chris’s death in 1986 – and survived affairs (on both sides) and a thirty-year-age-gap. In romantic letters to one another, the couple created the private world of the Animals. Chris was Dobbin, a stubborn old workhorse; Don was the playful young white cat, Kitty. But Don needed to carve out his own identity – some of their longest sequences of letters were exchanged during his trips to London and New York, to pursue his career as an artist and to widen his emotional and sexual horizons. Amidst the intimate domestic dramas, we learn of Isherwood’s continuing literary success –the royalty cheques from Cabaret, the acclaim for his pioneering novel A Single Man – and the bohemian whirl of Californian film suppers and beach life. Don, whose portraits of London theatreland were making his name, attends the world premiere of The Innocents with Truman Capote and afterwards dines with Deborah Kerr and the rest of the cast, spends weekends with Tennessee Williams, Cecil Beton, or the Earl and Countess of Harewood, and tours Egypt and Greece with a new love interest. But whatever happens in the outside world, Dobbin and Kitty always return to their ‘Basket’ and to each other. Candid, gossipy, exceptionally affectionate, The Animals is a unique interplay between two creative spirits, confident in their mutual devotion.

In the early days of the war on CYBERTRON, OPTIMUS PRIME puts everything on the line to unify the planet--but not everyone agrees that this new Prime should be in charge... Meanwhile, the fallen DECEPTION leader, MEGATRON, begins a journey that will change everything. Plus--what is the terrible secret of the DINOBOTS?

Transformers: Autocracy Before Optimus became a Prime ...he fought for order. Before Megatron became a conqueror ...he fought for freedom. Before they were enemies ...they stood against - Autocracy. Full description

This gorgeous high-quality oversize hardcover art book features 208 pages of stunning concept art, sketches, character designs and much more from World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Never released for sale on its own, this fantastic volume with its heavily embossed cover in rich colors is a stunning piece from the popular computer game.

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