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Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime
Winner of the inaugural Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature, Reza Ghassemi’s darkly comic and subtly provocative novel of life among the exiled and expatriated. Iranian exile Yadollah is barely scraping by in 1990s Paris. He lives in a run-down attic apartment with his friend Seyyed, and his girlfriend Ra’na. It’s an all too common situation—their apartment building houses a cast of eccentric neighbors, most of them fellow down-on-their-luck exiles from all over the world. When a mysterious new neighbor arrives on the scene, a man who ominously goes by the name of Prophet, Yadollah and his friends’ world is turned upside down. Yadollah suddenly finds himself confronted by the Islamic angels of death, and realizes that he must untangle the mystery of his own murder, which occurred at some unknown point after Prophet’s arrival. Suspenseful, yet darkly humorous, Woodwind Harmony In The Nighttime explores the trauma of displacement, and challenges readers to piece together the story of a life shattered by exile.
The History of Ancient Greece
From the legends of the Trojan War to the world conquests of Alexander the Great, Greece is the bedrock of Western civilization. Above all, the Greeks were pioneers in political thought and creators of the world’s first democracies. The first half of this fascinating military and political history details how the Greeks recovered from the collapse of the first Minoan, Cretan and Mycenaean civilization. It highlights the Persian Wars, and shows Athens during its brilliant Golden Age, before it was wrecked by the long wars with Sparta. It describes the men and women who have made Greece’s name resonate down the ages: Solon, the great reformer; Pericles, the supreme democrat; and Dionysius, the Sicilian tyrant. The second part of the book opens with the rise of Macedonia under Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. Alexander, one of the most heroic and controversial figures in history, was a military genius who transformed the world, and who overthrew the Persian empire and helped spread Greek civilization and culture across half of Asia. His untimely death resulted in his eventual successor becoming the Roman empire. Over 500 photographs, illustrations, maps and battleplans bring this ancient history to life. With illuminating information on weapons, fleets and armies, on military tactics, and the organization of the great armies of Dionysius of Syracuse, Philip II and Alexander the Great, this is a breathtaking analysis of 2,000 years of impassioned politics, warfare and culture. An authoritative and beautifully illustrated account of ancient Greece, describing its classical heritage and influence on the history of the Western world. Chronicles political development in ancient Greece and explores the democracies, oligarchies and autocracies of Pericles, Solon and Leonidas. Explains the military techniques and strategies, operations and training of the Greek armies, with a special focus on the life, tactics and conquests of Alexander the Great. Includes detailed accounts of all the major conflicts – from the time of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, charting Alexander the Great’s campaigns across the known world, to the reigns of Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, and Emperor Hadrian of Rome. Over 500 photographs, illustrations, specially commissioned battleplans and maps show Athens, Sparta and other ancient Greek city-states in magnificent detail.
Rough and Ready
From cowboy boots humble origins to their elevation as cultural icons, this far-ranging volume chronicles how their distinctive designs and makers have shaped and been shaped by American culture. Engaging narratives, insightful interviews, and vibrant images showcase the evolution through five transformative eras: 'Real' explores multicultural origins and the authentic cowboys who wore them; 'Rodeo' examines Western mythmaking through Wild West shows, early film, and dude ranches; 'Rhinestone' delves into country western music, Nudie Cohn s designs, and the shifting archetypes from Gene Autry s moral code to John Wayne s tougher persona; 'Red' investigates the boots emergence as luxury commodities during the Reagan years and Urban Cowboy phenomenon; and 'Reclaimed' presents contemporary reinterpretations from the Western-inspired fashion of Beyonce and Pharrell Williams to modern bootmakers. Complementing the authoritative foundation are thoughtful interviews that enrich the historical analysis: an Indigenous voice essay provides cultural perspective, Nudie Cohn s origin story offers industry context, and conversations with both traditional craftsmen and innovative makers demonstrate how the cowboy boot continues to evolve while honoring its heritage.
A Place to Die For
A young couple’s dream apartment hides a deadly secret in a terrifying novel of psychological suspense by the authors of Gravewater Lake. Jordan and her fiancé, Sam, can hardly believe their luck when they are accepted into the Glendale, an exclusive Boston co-op dripping in historic turn-of-the-century splendor. Still reeling from a devastating personal loss, the couple hopes their new digs will let them heal the past and build a brighter future. But Jordan’s joy soon turns to unease. Spending long hours alone while her fiancé is at work, she starts to suspect that all is not right with the Glendale. There is the empty apartment on the ground floor that nobody wants to talk about, and the unnerving sensation that she is being watched. The haunting cries of a baby—even though there are none in the building—don’t help, either. As their relationship falters and Sam grows ever more distant, Jordan comes to a terrifying conclusion. The Glendale won’t let her go…at least, not alive.
Ninja Vs. Gokudo 12
Since before the dawn of memory, one thing has defined human history: the war between ninjas and yakuzas. This coarse and manly manga follows two members of these warring tribes who fill the gutters of modern Tokyo with blood to determine which elemental force will reign supreme! An outrageous new action series, like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure meets Fist of the North Star! Shinoha is a frickin' NINJA. He can't even smile because of a dark trauma in his past that you'll find out about later. But for now, what you need to know is, he kicks ass and can kill so many guys. Kiwami, on the other hand, looks like a regular business guy, but actually he's a flipping YAKUZA. Everyone knows ninjas and yakuzas have been at war for three hundred years, so when Kiwami and Shinoha meet, it's like, fwoosh, slice, kabloop, stab stab stab... My point is, this manga has REAL ULTIMATE POWER and, if you read it? Maybe you can too.
The Power of Real Optimism
AS FEATURED IN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: 'I can feel rusty parts of my brain coming back to life' Lucy ManganOptimism isn't about pretending everything is fine. It's about staying open and flexible-especially when it's not. In this fresh, science-backed debut, professional psychologist and media expert Dr. Deepika Chopra shows us how to build the kind of optimism that can actually withstand real life. Grounded, practical, and poetic in all the right ways, this book will challenge your relationship with hope, rewire how you recover from hard things, and invite you to stay soft without falling apart. With her blend of intimate storytelling, psychological insight, and tangible tools-including a 33-day Real Optimism Challenge-Dr. Chopra offers something far more enduring than a quick fix or fleeting affirmation. She invites us into a deeper, more resilient way of living-one where we can stay curious in the face of fear, open in the face of grief, and grounded even as the world wobbles beneath us. Because real optimism doesn't deny the dark-it teaches us how to see in it.
Spurius: A Novel
It is a perilous time for the Roman Republic. Victory over her nemesis Hannibal in the Second Punic War and the subsequent conquest of Greece have led to widespread debauchery and mayhem on the Italian peninsula. Into the breach steps Spurius Postumius Albinus, Consul of Rome in 186 BC, who turns detective to investigate a series of crimes attributed to the cult of the wine god Bacchus that, he argues, threaten the very heart of the State. Based on events recorded by the Roman historian Livy and confirmed by a surviving bronze plaque in Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, Spurius is at once an ancient political whodunit and the first major treatment of a cataclysmic event in Roman history: according to Livy, some 3,500 Romans perished in the witch hunts resulting from Spurius’ investigation. In its finely balanced examination of freedom of belief and expression, and the manipulation of truth in times of national emergency, the novel has great relevance to today’s troubled world. Kulturalis’s edition of Spurius gives the novel a striking and luxurious new treatment. Renowned Argentinian-born illustrator Jorge González’s vivid images - including full-page and double-page illustrations within the text and an arresting slipcase design - brings the graphic events of the novel to life. Based in Madrid, González previously illustrated the edition of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies published by Los Libros del Zorro Rojo and The Folio Society’s edition of Carlos Ruíz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind. Working hand-in-glove with González through Maria Cardelli’s IllustrationZone is award-winning hand-lettering artist Ruth Rowland who has designed album covers for Elton John, Kate Bush and Cliff Richard.
Multiplier
Expanding the mission of Jesus isn't a short-term sprint--it's a marathon. If you don't lead with health, you won't last. So how do healthy leaders start and grow movements? They multiply. Multiplication isn't about burning out in a flurry of activity. It's about leading in a way that is sustainable, healthy, and lasts for the next 10, 20, or even 50 years. There is an unstoppable force inside you, a movement waiting to be unleashed. Multiplier is your roadmap for playing the long game of Kingdom impact, ensuring you don't just start strong but finish well. In this book, you’ll discover how to:Make disciple-makersBuild healthy spiritual communitiesMobilize leaders in the coming generationsLaunch churches and organizations with strong foundationsMonitor your relational, physical, mental, and spiritual health to strength over the long haulIf you're ready to lead in a way that doesn't just grow your ministry, but sparks sustainable movements for decades to come, Multiplier is your guide. Don't just lead. Multiply.
We Shall Fight Again
Follow Julian Lisiecki’s early 20th century life as he struggles for an education in Russian-controlled Poland. Julian’s story offers a rare glimpse into life during the First World War, being lost behind enemy lines during the Polish Soviet War and becoming a successful architect. The saga continues with Julian’s son, Stach, whose gripping Second World War experiences take him from fighting the Germans in France to wishing RAF bombers would liven up their ‘damned potato soup’ on Christmas Eve while shivering in Stalag VII-A. His remarkable escape across the Iberian Peninsula to become an officer in the British Army in West Africa, followed by his war against the 55th Imperial Japanese Cavalry in Burma, is a tale of resilience, courage, and lifelong friendship.
The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather's Whiskers
In a distant future, a little girl named Anny makes toy mice out of scraps and dust. Anny has never seen a real mouse, just as she’s never seen the planet her family came from many generations ago. All she knows is her home, Tsedt: an isolated village of human colonists’ descendants and their friendly helper robots. But then one day the Amau arrive in Tsedt: plastic people with luminous eyes, intent on taking young humans to the distant city of Harbor to be educated. It’s not long before Anny is flown away to a place unlike any she’s seen before.
Our World: Colombia
Our bestselling global board book series, now in paperback with extended endnotes for older kids!!Hola! Let's explore Colombia! Join Bebé and Perrito as they snack on arepa con chocolate, visit the market, dance cumbia, and count whales in the waves. Even learn words in Spanish with pronunciation guides throughout the story. Part of the Barefoot Books Our World series with over 200k copies soldWritten by Colombian author, Alexandra Alessandri and Colombian illustrator, Manu MontoyaExtended endnotes provide more insights into life in Colombia
Starověký Egypt a jeho všední život
Zjistěte, co jedli, kde spali a na co umírali staří Egypťané!
Málokterá starověká kultura nás dokáže uchvátit stejně jako Egypt. Ve srovnání s antikou však tato fascinující civilizace zanechala jen velmi málo textů, které by nám dovolily nahlédnout do každodenního života tehdejších lidí. Obraz někdejší reality proto musíme skládat kámen po kamínku jako barevnou mozaiku. Této mravenčí práce se ujali egyptologové, kteří zkoumají fragmenty osobní korespondence, lékařské papyry, detaily reliéfů i pohřební výbavu. Unikátní svědectví poskytují také opuštěná sídla, v nichž přebývali dávní stavitelé hrobek. Právě tyto drobné střípky postupně umožňují vytvářet obraz života v říši na Nilu, kterou považujeme za jednu z kolébek civilizace. Začtěte se do stránek této publikace a přijměte pozvání do egyptské domácnosti. Věříme, že vás tato návštěva skutečně obohatí.
Rodina a dětství
Poznejte porod, rané dětství a mladá léta v říši na Nilu.
Jak se žilo?
Jak vypadalo vnitřní vybavení prostých domků dělníků a rolníků i luxusních paláců?
Od otroka po faraona
Pronikněte do tajů všech společenských vrstev a seznámte se s faraonem i spodinou společnosti.
Jídlo a pití
Jaký byl staroegyptský jídelníček a co lidem poskytovala úrodná říční delta?
I Ching - The Book of Changes
Also known as Yî Ching or The Book of Changes, I Ching is an ancient Chinese text of vast historical and cultural influence. Spanning the fields of divination, cosmology, morality and philosophy, with strong links to Confucianism, it has been interpreted in many different ways over the centuries and ultimately demonstrates an early attempt to understand the world and the human place within it. Reviving James Legge's classic nineteenth-century translation, this compact and accessible edition includes an illuminating introduction that casts fresh light on this fascinating text.
Figura
Umělecká kreativita je základní téma, které i v odborných dějinách umění přemáhá dnešní hyperspecializaci. Chiasmatický pojem figury a figurace potom pomáhají pochopit hlubší vztahy mezi tradicí a modernou. Kniha sleduje tyto otázky nejen teoreticky, ale i v konkrétních rozborech významných uměleckých výkonů. Petr Wittlich V knize je teoreticky i historicky vytvořena propozice pro novou metodologii uměleckohistorického výkladu umění pomocí pojmů figura a figurace. Její výhodou je, že umožňuje vytvářet historicky situované syntézy formálních i obsahových složek, působících při vzniku uměleckých děl a neodděluje moderní umění od tradice, i když zdůrazňuje jeho inovační kapacitu. Petr Wittlich vybudoval nový samotný výkladový systém. Kniha Figura, tak představuje pro další generace, nejen historiků umění, návod jak nepředpojatě a zároveň poučeně vnímat umění jako takové. Jde o jedinečný přínos dějinám umění, syntézu Wittlichova celoživotního úsilí, knihu, která přetrvá věky.
The Book of Fallen Leaves
Shogun meets Game of Thrones in the epic #1 Sunday Times bestseller'Family feuds, political savagery and complex characters on both sides of an epic, unfolding war . . . I loved it' Nicholas Eames'A sprawling, complex fantasy epic that builds toward a brutal finale'Fonda Lee Sen Hoshiakari is an exiled prince of a clan that lost everything in his father's failed rebellion. Deprived of his birthright, Sen is determined to restore his family's lands and honour at any cost. Rui is a peasant girl who saved Sen's life on the night his family were put to the sword. But now, she is adrift and unsure of her place in the world, not knowing that the gods themselves have plans for her. As civil war throws the empire into chaos, and demons seek vengeance on the living, Sen and Rui must fight for both their clan and their shared future . . . But vengeance demands a bloody price. Debut author A. S. Tamaki weaves a powerful tale of ambition, vengeance and sacrifice in this masterful fantasy retelling of an ancient Samurai saga, packed with memorable characters, stunning worldbuilding and epic adventure'The Book of Fallen Leaves is lyrically told, rife with history and political intrigue . . . a book that is both vast and intimate - with battles that leap off the page and characters who yearn to do what's right'Andrea Stewart
Innamorata
Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.
A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.
But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.
Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.
Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart, but so do stranger passions – and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.
For Agnes’s final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love.
Book One of The House of Teeth Duology.
Wonder in the Garden
Nina loves spending time in her family’s garden, and so does her dog, Nube. They delight in all the wonders found growing there and all the spectacular colours—roja, naranja, verde, amarillo, morado. But mostly they just love to play, as it’s the perfect place for a game of hide-and-seek with its tall corn and enormous leafy veggies. It’s also a place to have the best al fresco meals with Nina’s loving extended family. Exuberant text sprinkled with Spanish and vivid, energetic art that captures the garden in all its glory make this the perfect book for celebrating the bounty of our gardens and the joy of spending a day there, learning, laughing, and lending a helping hand!
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt
A new global history of the slave trade, the lives of enslaved people, and the role of slavery in the formation of Jewish and Arab-Islamic culture in the medieval Middle EastIn this book, Craig Perry mines a remarkable cache of fragmentary documents preserved in an Egyptian synagogue to write a new history of slavery and the slave trade in the medieval Middle East. These documents—which range from the everyday correspondence of traveling merchants to legal queries sent to Jewish jurists—provide the richest surviving archive for the social history of slavery during the centuries when Cairo was an imperial and commercial capital at the intersection of the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds. Perry draws on this archive, known as the Cairo Geniza, to shed new light on such crucial topics as the slave trade in state diplomacy, the entanglements of gender and household slavery, and the lives of the enslaved. Perry chronicles a protean slave trade that trafficked enslaved people from Europe, Africa, and India to the Egyptian market. His account cuts across different scales of analysis, from the macro-level of imperial rule to the micro-level of the family kitchen. Along the way, he upends the traditional story of Passover; medieval Jews, he writes, could explain slavery to their children by pointing to the enslaved people who served the holiday meal. When freed, some former slaves converted to Judaism and became the parents of Jewish children. Perry’s narrative reveals a world, long hidden from historians, in which enslaved people made their way through the alleys of Cairo, toiled in the workshops of apothecaries, and found ways to evade the surveillance of their owners. With this book, Perry writes enslaved people into the social and economic life of medieval Islamic society.
Awaken Your Highest Self
Spiritual guide and host of The Higher Self podcast Danny Morel teaches the powerful shifts that will change your mind, body, heart, and soul foreverDo you ever sense you’re meant for something bigger—more success, love, and fulfillment—but old fears, doubts, and self-sabotaging patterns keep pulling you back the moment a breakthrough near? anny Morel knows this feeling well. After building a $1 billion real estate business and experiencing external success, he suddenly lost his mother, an event that forced him to question everything he had created. Those questions led to a profound awakening that would later spark a global movement rooted in heart-centered living, truth, and spiritual remembrance. Now, in Awaken Your Highest Self, Danny guides you on a deeply personal journey to discover love, abundance, and inner peace by introducing you to his signature framework: awaken, heal, and transform. With the same calming presence, piercing truth, and fierce love that fuel his live events, Danny helps you break free of limiting beliefs and stories, heal generational wounds, and transform unconscious and energetic patterns, so you can finally step into the life you’re destined to live. Drawing from relatable moments in his own journey and sharing the same tools, meditations, breathwork practices, and affirmations he’s taught to millions, you’ll learn to unlock unshakable confidence, inner peace, true abundance, real power, and deep love. Whether you’re ready to start or grow a business, elevate your career, call in true love, experience financial freedom, or improve your health, you’ll learn how to awaken, heal, and transform your life from the inside out. This is your moment to remember who you truly are and to reclaim the life your soul came here to live.
