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Sacrifice of My Manly Soul Vol. 3
The chairman of the all-girl Shouai Academy has immense power, influence...and a deviant streak: he forces boys to cross-dress and discreetly inserts them into the student body! One of these boys is high school freshman Toudou Jun, who must endure these close-quarters contact drag while navigating a new too-close-for-comfort friendship with Saotome-san, the chairman’s very own granddaughter!
Eleusis
A landmark account of the Eleusinian Mysteries by one of the leading mythologists of the twentieth centuryThe Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. In this classic work, Carl Kerényi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. He reveals how the yearly autumnal mysteries were based on the ancient myth of Demeter’s search for her ravished daughter Persephone, a search that he equates not only with woman’s quest for completion but with every person’s pursuit of identity. Drawing on archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, Kerényi explores what the mysteries may have been like for those who experienced them and suggests rich parallels with other mythologies.
Asklepios
A landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetypeTo the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi takes readers on a tour of the sacred sites of the Greek god of medicine to investigate the origins and archetypal significance of Asklepios as the divine physician. Drawing on mythology to trace the obscure beginnings of the cult, Kerényi argues that Asklepios was an aspect of his father, the god Apollo, closely associated with the light of rising sun and embodying the qualities of a healing deity. He shows how the Greeks revered Asklepios as the divine ancestor and prototype of mortal physicians and explores the role of the Asklepios archetype in modern psychology.
Prometheus
A landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetypeThe god Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus’s release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. Carl Kerényi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection of the archetypal function and seeks to discover how this primitive tale was invested with a universal fatality, first in the Greek imagination and then in the Western tradition of Romantic poetry. Kerényi traces the evolving myth from Hesiod and Aeschylus, and in its epic treatment by Goethe and Shelley. He goes on to consider the myth from the perspective of Jungian psychology as the archetype of human daring signifying the transformation of suffering into the mystery of the sacrifice.
Šorci
Kniha Zdeňka Cvrkala je jedinečnou publikací, která českému čtenáři vůbec poprvé představuje literární, kulturní a historické dědictví národa Šorců, jednoho z nejméně známých etnik jižní Sibiře. Kniha je výsledkem dlouholeté badatelské práce a spojuje rozsáhlé překlady tradiční i moderní šorské literatury s přístupným populárně-naučným výkladem.
Čtenáři nabízí překlady poezie, pohádek, přísloví, hádanek, šamanského folkloru a hlavního národního eposu, stejně jako významnou novelu Fjodora Čisťjakova V dolinách Mrassu, která zachycuje proměny života Šorců v období sovětské modernizace. Literární část je doplněna etnografickým a historickým portrétem Horské Šorie – regionu s tradicí usedlého života, naturálního hospodářství a rozvinutého kovářství.
Publikace přibližuje tradiční způsoby obživy, duchovní kulturu, architekturu i dávnou historii osídlení oblasti a zasazuje vše do širšího geografického, jazykového a kulturního kontextu. Kniha je určena nejen odborníkům, ale i čtenářům se zájmem o historii, etnografii a kulturní rozmanitost Sibiře.
Stříbrné přízraky
NÁLEZ PROKLETÉHO FILMU OTEVŘE DVEŘE DO NOČNÍ MŮRY… Devadesátá léta v Mexiku nejsou nejlepší doba na to být ženou ve filmovém průmyslu. Montserrat je zkušená zvukařka, přesto se ve studiu Antares neustále přetahuje o práci s kolegy opačného pohlaví. Štěstí nemá ani její nejlepší kamarád Tristán Abascal – vyčpělá hvězda telenovel, která spíš zakopne o lahev než o novou roli.
Pak se ale Tristán dozví, že se vedle něj nastěhoval režisér kultovních hororů Abel Urueta, a rozhodne se s ním seznámit. Filmař tvrdí, že svým novým přátelům může změnit život. Stačí, aby mu pomohli dokončit snímek, který kdysi natáčel za asistence okultisty Wilhelma Ewerse.
Montserrat nevěří v nadpřirozeno – alespoň dokud je s Tristánem nezačne pronásledovat přízrak ze zrcadla a duch slavné herečky. Aby jim unikli, musí rozluštit záhadu prokletého filmu. Do hry však vstupují Ewersovi uctívači a oni zjišťují, že krvavé rituály a černá magie nejsou jen záležitostí stříbrného plátna…
Prokleté filmy a nacističtí okultisté v hlavní roli temného hororu od autorky bestselleru Mexická Gotika.
Můj první hrabě
Elizabetiny dobré přítelkyně se nedávno vdaly, a tak se i ona sama pouští do hledání manžela. Do oka jí padne zejména Geoffrey, hrabě z Harringtonu. Je vysoký, pohledný a elegantní. Ale také až příliš sebevědomý. Nemá snad o Elizabeth zájem jenom proto, aby nepřišel o prestižní diplomatickou pozici v Bruselu? Elizabeth ale touží jen po manželství z pravé lásky, takže si ho bude muset nejdřív vyzkoušet…
Lorda Harringtona láska nezajímá. Musí se oženit kvůli práci a krásná Elizabeth s dobrými konexemi mu dokonale vyhovuje. Je však možné, že svou nevěstu podcenil? Je silná, inteligentní a každým dnem mu připadá přitažlivější – ale také je vůči němu čím dál chladnější. Geoffrey musí nyní čelit své největší výzvě: získat srdce své vyvolené, nebo riskovat, že o ni navždy přijde.
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Porcupines
Los Angeles, 2001. Sonia is raising her daughter, Mila, alone in the sunny but somnolent suburbs of LA. Her days are a blur of not-quite-illegal business activities, avoiding other moms, and baking birthday cakes laced with rum: minor mistakes that nevertheless remind her she doesn't belong.
Mila, meanwhile, is juggling violin and swimming lessons and navigating the treacherous social politics of school - all the while trying to get her mother to share something, anything, about her past.
But there are just too many things that Mila doesn't know:
She doesn't know that her mother grew up in Soviet Hungary (where getting your hands on a banana was one of the greatest thrills in life)
She doesn't know that her mother has a sister called Rina (whom she hasn't spoken to in 10 years)
The only thing she does know about her father is that he was a 'good time' (according to her mother)
Crucially, she doesn't know that there is a very good reason why her mother dodges everyone, from traffic cops to vice principals.
So, Mila concocts a scheme to get her mother, and the man Mila is kind of sure must be her father to reconnect. It involves corralling Sonia into chaperoning an orchestra of ten-year-olds (most of whom seem to be called Megan) on a road trip from LA to San Francisco, and it may just cause their carefully constructed lives to implode.
Moving between Budapest before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Washington, DC in the tense years of the Cold War and the bright sunshine of early 2000s Los Angeles, Porcupines is an irresistible novel about mothers and daughters, belonging and reinvention, the things we carry with us, and those we tell ourselves we've left behind.
Stay for a Spell
Princess Tanadelle of the Widdenmar is disillusioned with life as a princess. She longs for real conversation, the chance to build a life of her own making, and uninterrupted reading time.
During a routine royal visit to the town of Little Pepperidge, Tandy’s dream comes true when she finds herself cursed to remain in a run-down bookshop until she unlocks her heart’s desire. Certain that someone will figure out how to break the curse eventually, and delighted by the prospect of an entire bookstore of her own, Tandy settles into life among the stacks. She finds it easy to exchange balls and endless state dinners for teetering piles of books and an irritatingly handsome pirate who seems bent on stealing her stock.
She even starts to believe she's stumbled into her very own happily ever after.
There's just one, minor problem: as Tandy's royal duties go unfulfilled, her frantic parents start sending princes to woo her, each one of them certain their kiss will break the curse. After all, what more could a princess want but a prince?
Secure
What's the secret to finding success, happiness and love? You need to feel SECURE.
How do you become more connected to the people around you, without the fear of being hurt? How can you stop overthinking and letting your emotions impair your judgement? Is it possible to learn emotional resilience?
People with a secure attachment style are the most comfortable not just in their relationships, but also in their own skin. Living life in 'secure mode' enables them to cope more effectively with challenges across many areas of life - they're healthier, less reactive, less driven by insecurity, and better able to navigate setbacks and even social media. It is as though they move through the world with a kind of resilient bubble around them.
But new research reveals that your attachment style isn't fixed. Anyone can become SECURE.
In Secure, Dr Amir Levine - multimillion-copy-bestselling author of Attached, and the world's leading expert on the clinical application of attachment science - introduces a transformative framework feeling more secure in your career, your friendships, your romantic life and beyond.
Along the way, he makes a simple, revolutionary argument: when you harness the power of secure mode, you can create the life you want.
It's never too late to become SECURE. This book will show you how.
A Song in the Dark
No one is safe in Blackridge. Not even the ghosts. Every summer for the past twenty years, a kid from Blackridge has disappeared, snatched away and never seen again. It’s not the ideal town to relocate to, but after a tragic accident kills Jo’s best friend, her mom drags Jo and her siblings to the small, haunted town to start fresh. They move into an old house, and quickly, Jo learns they are not alone. Flickering lights. Radio stations that inexplicably change. A cold, faint breath across her ear . . . Then she meets Finn. Finn is mysterious and sweet, and he shares Jo’s passion for music and songwriting. There's just one problem -- he's a ghost. And he’s not the only one in the house. There are two others, and more that came before them. As Jo and Finn grow closer, Jo believes that he and the other spirits are connected to the missing kids whose disappearances have devastated Blackridge. Desperate to hold on to the one bright spot in her dark world, she must unravel the mystery of what happened to them all before she loses Finn forever.
The Gospel of John
The contentious life and times of the most widely cited book of the New TestamentWritten some two thousand years ago, the Gospel of John is the only Christian Gospel to place Jesus at the creation of the world, and the only one where we find the stories of the raising of Lazarus, the woman taken in adultery, and the changing of water into wine at the wedding in Cana. The Gospel of John also points an accusing finger at Jesus’s Jewish opponents and has been used by medieval crusaders, Protestant reformers, and white supremacists to legitimize antisemitic violence. Kim Haines-Eitzen traces the legacy of this complex, beautiful, and at times deeply troubling work, from its composition in the late first century to its enduring power today. Haines-Eitzen sheds light on the book’s reception by early Christian gnostic and patristic commentators, its use in the Crusades and Reformation, its revered status among American evangelicals, and the many ways it has inspired novels, films, music, and art. The earliest papyrus fragment of an identifiably Christian Gospel is a fragment of John, and John is the only canonical Gospel that depicts Jesus as a savior who teaches openly about his divinity. Haines-Eitzen shows how John simultaneously carries a message of inclusion and intolerance, and how its story teaches us about the nature and enormous influence of scriptural religions. Compelling and provocative, The Gospel of John reveals how this dynamic, malleable biblical work has both unified and divided Christians over centuries of translation, interpretation, and creative reimagining.
The Connection Code
A guide for women to stop seeking outside validation and turn inward—because the connection they’ve been searching for has been inside them all along. Many of us women feel disconnected from ourselves, our purpose, our passions, and from a deep sense of belonging that we crave. The Connection Code is here to change that for every woman in every stage of life who has ever felt stuck in self-doubt, sick of people-pleasing, and listless just going through the motions of the day, checking off her never-ending to do list instead of truly living. The Connection Code reveals a powerful new paradigm: Our ego isn’t the enemy, it's just misunderstood. By learning to befriend and partner with the ego instead of power over or fight against it women become empowered from within—unlocking a whole new level of clarity, confidence, and ease accessible at any time—even amidst life’s most chaotic moments. The Connection Code rewrites the rules of self-care, with a focus on alignment in daily life without adding more to your plate. Through personal stories, easy-to-implement tools, and eye-opening insights, its teachings also help you:· Shift from “blending in” to standing in your truth, making it easier to create and hold boundaries. · Learn how to walk away from circles that you have outgrown and allow your true community to find you. · Embrace your ego and true self to create a life of ease, confidence, and joy! The Connection Code is your permission slip to reclaim you. And when you do, you’re not just helping yourself—you empower other women to do the same. This is more than just a book—it's your homecoming.
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Vol. 14
The fierce battle between the Saenome and the paper umbrellas continues! While Hyoma charges ahead in search of Botan, his allies are split into their own skirmishes against the umbrellas. Everything changes when one of the Saenome thought devoured by the umbrellas suddenly appears, leading to the appearance of more formerly departed allies—and enemies—who join the fray on both sides of the battle. But the longer the two sides clash, the more Botan’s fate hangs in the balance, as the living god within her comes closer to emerging…
Selling Pharmaka, Buying Health in Ancient Greece and Rome
In antiquity, selling pharmacological preparations and recipes could mean very big business indeed. The import and trade of exotic pharmacological ingredients, in particular those coming from India, has received some scholarly attention but the process whereby these ingredients were combined into desirable concoctions, advertised and sold has been more neglected. This monograph attempts to bridge the gap between ancient medical and socio-economic history, addressing an academic audience of both social and economic historians as well as historians of medicine and technology. It examines material from the fifth century BCE (the date of the first medical treatises included in the Hippocratic Corpus) to the seventh century (the century in which Paul of Aegina, the last of the early Byzantine medical authors, composed his work) with a particular focus on the period from the first century BCE to the third century CE.
Act, Rest, Reset, Repeat
Create change without losing yourselfIn a world of urgency and overwhelm, award-winning youth activist Katie Hodgetts calls for a new kind of contemporary activism – one built on resilience, reflection and renewal rather than firefighting. She invites us to reimagine activism not as a sprint, but as a cycle of acting, resting, resetting and repeating. Rooted in lived experience, research and stories from The Resilience Project, Katie offers a transformative framework for changemaking through eight guideposts, including:Humans First, Changemakers Second: Reclaim the self beneath the struggle so the changemaker can thrive. The Wisdom of Burnout: Recognize the early signs and come back stronger. Your Resilience Rucksack: Build practical tools and habits that keep you grounded. Let Your Feelings Eat: Befriend emotions like rage and guilt, so they become companions, not distractions. This book redefines activism for an anxious generation, giving us the tools to transform passion into lasting impact – to recover, grow and act with resilience.
Andhar Bil
In 1947, and then in 1971, in the South Asian subcontinent, entire communities of people crossed newly-created borders to find new homes as partitions divided and reshaped countries. Kalyani Thakur?s beautiful and evocative novel, tells the story of her people, Dalits belonging to the Matua sect, who settled around a local water body ? Andhar Bil ? in the new nation. Reminiscent of the beloved bil they left behind at home, the refugees begin, slowly and painfully, to rebuild their lives.As children play in and around the bil ? the central ?character? in the novel ? people seek out varieties of fish and cook them in ways that recall the flavours of home, festivals and boat races take place, jute is farmed and sold, floods arrive and push people to high ground, marriages happen and property disputes unfold. The still waters of the bil absorb and hold all these stories and the boroi tree stands in the centre of the bil, a silent witness to everything. Through this episodic, almost plotless novel is woven the story of Kamalini, a young girl who will, one day, journey to the city, leaving her beloved Andhar Bil behind, just as her parents? generation left their villages and their beloved bil in what became another country.
Ain't Nobody, Nobody
Still reeling from the scandal that cost him his badge, Randy Mayhill – fallen lawman, dog rescuer, Dr Pepper enthusiast – sees a return from community exile in the form of a dead hog trapper perched on a fence. The fence belongs to the late Van Woods, Mayhill’s best friend and the reason for his spectacular fall. Determined toprotect Van’s land and family from another scandal, Mayhill ignores the sherriff who replaced him and investigates the death of the unidentified man. His quest crosses with two others: Birdie, Van’s surly, mourning daughter, who has no intention of sitting idly by and leaving her father’s legacy in Mayhill’s hands; and Bradley, Birdie’sslow, malnourished but loyal friend, whose desperation to escape a life of poverty has him working with local criminals, and possibly a murderer. A riveting debut novel about family and loyalty, old grudges and new lives, Ain't Nobody Nobody is a cross between Faulkner and Breaking Bad, from a talented new writer with anauthentic Texas voice.




















