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The Dragon and the Sun Lotus
The world is on the brink of destruction. The mo - beautiful, ravenous demons who drink the souls of mortals - roam free and they will not cease until all the realms fall to darkness...An'ying must risk everything to stop them.But a betrayal has turned the tides of this war: her handsome rival from the Immortality Trials and the man she was falling in love with, Yu'chen, is now the enemy. Yu'chen is half mo - his mother is the Demon Queen of the Kingdom of Night, and the monster responsible for killing An'ying's father. An'ying's one hope is the boy in the jade - her lifelong guardian and heir to the last mortal Emperor - Hao'yang.
Together, they must join forces to rally an army that stretches across realms, from the Four Seas of the Dragons to the Phoenixes of the Golden Desert.But first An'ying must awaken the immortal power slumbering in her own veins...
Mediterranean Living
Be inspired by new and superbly renovated homes and studios across the Mediterranean
Travel to the heart of the Mediterranean and be inspired by the unique homes and ateliers of celebrated artists, architects, designers and artisans from all over the region. Spanning Provence and Corsica to Italy, Croatia, the Balearic Islands, Greece, and Portugal, these varied residences and studios immerse readers in the diverse architectural and decorative styles of Southern Europe, blending authenticity with modernity, natural tones with muted hues, raw materials with delicacy, and sunlight with the sea.
Author Laurence Dougier and photographer Nicolas Mathéus explore minimalist houses designed by a rising generation of architects, including Block 727, More Design Studio, and Atelier du Pont; chic, bohemian cabins in Comporta designed by the renowned decorator Jacques Grange; a former mill restored by the dynamic designer Piet Hein Eek; a palazzo adorned with marvelous frescoes near Florence; rustic yet refined masserias in Puglia; a reimagined defensive tower on the island of Lopud in Croatia; agro-ecological fincas in the Balearic Islands with their irresistible dolce far niente vibe; and a perched paradise on the island of Mykonos. Some brand new, some renovated gems, each one offers a new experience of Mediterranean style and inspiration for homes everywhere.
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Dreamer. Bombshell. Icon.
Featuring a wealth of unpublished material, Andrew Wilson’s biography of Marilyn Monroe presents the actress in a startling new light.
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, she had an uncertain and unforgiving upbringing with a mentally ill mother, an absent father and cruel foster parents. She grew up in Los Angeles and would dream about Hollywood, believing that acting would be her one-way ticket to happiness. Her dream was so powerful that she transformed herself into the ultimate goddess of the silver screen, and her image has been branded into the collective consciousness. Men lusted after her, and women wanted to be her. All her life, she just wanted to be loved.
Told through 100 captivating snapshots, we are thrown into the glamorous but dangerous world of old Hollywood. We see a young Marilyn navigating the highs and lows of the studio system as she attempts to free herself from the constraints of Twentieth Century-Fox and forge her own path. We also go behind the scenes of her marriages to teenage sweetheart Jim Dougherty, baseball star Joe DiMaggio and famous playwright Arthur Miller. We hear the voices of friends, lovers – and enemies.
Marilyn Monroe was more than just a goddess of the screen. She was highly intelligent and well-read, and formed long-term friendships with poets, philosophers, playwrights and political activists, such as with the avant-garde poet Edith Sitwell. After training with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, she worked hard to dismantle the common perception that she was nothing but a dumb blonde.
In the concluding chapters, Andrew Wilson unpicks what happened on the night Marilyn died after a suspected drug overdose – and investigates the rash of conspiracy theories that surround the star’s final moments. Were the Kennedys involved, or was she just let down by those closest to her?
I Wanna Be Loved By You is a revealing and nuanced portrait of the life, death and afterlife of an icon who still fascinates us today.
Kde si húsky pásla?
Už názov zbierky Jaroslava Čierneho Kde si húsky pásla? priamo naznačuje folklórny charakter textov. A veru je to tak: autor pri výstavbe básní zvolil veľmi zaujímavú koncepciu, podľa ktorej stavia všetky básne v tejto zbierke. Ako uvádzaciu platformu používa verše zo známych ľudových piesní, na ktoré následne naväzuje svoje autorské, pričom však veľmi často používa moment prekvapenia. Čitateľ totiž pozná obsah týchto ľudových piesní a vie ich motív i ideu. Autor však vo svojich veršoch mení ideu, často aj charakter očakávaného obsahu: napr. keď sa báseň začne konkrétnou optimistickou ľudovou piesňou, básnik následne radí motív vojny a smútku za milou. A to je jeden z hlavných prínosov tejto zbierky: hoci sa autor odráža od ľudových veršov, rozvíja vlastné idey a motívy; pritom však koncepčne, čiastočne formálne i motivicky zachováva atmosféru ľudovej piesne.
Tematicky a motivicky sú centrom básnikovho záujmu – aj vzhľadom na ľudovofolklórnu platformu básní – medziľudské vzťahy, narodenie, láska, ľudské emócie, deti, ... a to všetko na pozadí večného kolobehu prírody – od jari až po vianočný čas a zimu. V dobe tzv. postmodernistickej, experimentovacej, aspoň čo do tvorby básní, veľmi dobre padne čítanie založené na základných ľudských hodnotách a slovenskom ľudovom folklóre.
The Death of Trotsky
THE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY'Elegant, unshowy and gripping in the manner of a dependable le Carré' THE TIMES'The page-turning pace of a thriller . . . A first-class historian' ANDREW ROBERTS'Breathtaking . . . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' RORY CARROLL'Gripping . . . Full of treachery, intrigue and betrayal' DAMIEN LEWIS In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. The killer? Ramón Mercader - an aristocratic Spaniard turned Soviet assassin. The mastermind? Joseph Stalin. But this was no simple hit. It was the climax of a decade-long global hunt: a story of seduction and betrayal, of fake identities and secret loyalties, of idealists and fanatics, lovers and spies. While Trotsky raged in exile - still clinging to his revolutionary dream - Stalin's agents closed in. At the heart of it all was Mercader: a man trained to lie, charm and ultimately to kill. Tracing a path from the cafés of Paris to the battlefields of Spain, from Stalin's Kremlin to a bloodied study in Mexico, The Death of Trotsky unfolds like a spy thriller - a story of obsession and betrayal, of dreams destroyed and loyalties twisted, culminating in one of the most shocking murders of the modern age. 'Hugely compelling' ROGER MOORHOUSE'As good as any thriller' HELEN RAPPAPORT
Sycorax
Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman's knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . . With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them al? beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare's The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air. Readers are LOVING Sycorax'Spellbinding and empowering' ?'A truly beautiful and heart-breaking story' ?'I couldn't put it down!' ?
Garden City
Rediscover your purpose and passion for life as bestselling author John Mark Comer guides you through the Bible's vision for work, rest, and living fully human. We've all heard it said: It's who you are that matters, not what you do. Really? Where do the Scriptures teach that? After all, from the very first pages of the Bible, human beings were made to rule over and care for the earth. By calling and by commission, humanity was created to do good work. In Garden City, pastor and New York Times bestselling author John Mark Comer will help you discover that, ultimately, what you do matters just as much as who you are. You will explore answers to questions like,Does God care where I wor? oes he have a clear direction for m? ow can I create a rhythm for work and a practice of rest? This book isn't about how to get ahead in your career or spruce up your resume—it's about working, resting, and living a full existence. It's about spiritual life invading all of life.
Custody
'A GREAT ROAR OF A BOOK' Sunday Times We think that our children belong to us, but families are fragile things. Every day, for over a century, children have been moved between homes because of law cases that decide their fates. Yet child custody is curiously absent from history books and from how we generally understand our world. Lara Feigel’s groundbreaking book shows the fraught, complex territory of child custody to have been one of the vital battlegrounds of modern history and culture. Custody is the story of seven women – Caroline Norton, George Sand, Elizabeth Packard, Frieda Lawrence, Edna O’Brien, Alice Walker, Britney Spears – who have fought for their children and been found wanting. It is also the story of the children who have lost the care they most need because divorce is at heart a macabre continuation of matrimony in a new setting, with the battles of the marriage stoked into new levels of acrimony by the courts. It’s a book of dramatic storytelling, and of blistering polemic and large-scale historical re-evaluation. Each chapter immerses the reader in the life and times – and struggles – of these fascinating, charismatic, complex women and their children. All of these women were mothers, but all of them wanted and needed to be other things too – writers, lovers, or activists – and they and their children were punished for these attempts. Feigel has been deep in the archives, looking into thousands of other cases in each place and time, and she’s been sitting in on the family courts in the present. So alongside these central figures, the book presents a teeming picture of fractured family life in Britain, Europe and North America across two hundred years, offering a major new interpretation of how our modern culture has evolved. And Custody is an alternative history of feminism, centring on the fraught relationship between emancipation and care. This book is of urgent interest to anyone concerned with women’s roles in the world and how institutions fail them. Ultimately it’s a book that sees custody as the nexus where motherhood, ideology and power meet. Custody cases can seem in these chapters to be quintessentially tragic, but the stories of these passionate, conflicted women also make us want to figure out how to do things better.
Secrets and Lies
A billionaire’s dark obsession. A twisted, brutal murder. Can Damien uncover the truth? Silas Porter, a billionaire with a dark past and kinky proclivities, stands accused of murdering his socialite wife, Ava, who was found chained to the wall of his sex dungeon after a horrific fire. Desperate to clear his name, Silas turns to skilled defense attorney Damien, insisting he represent him in the high-profile case. As Damien reluctantly investigates, he finds a family history riddled with mental illness, obsession and tragedy—Silas’ own mother suffered a suspiciously similar fiery death. Whilst revelations continue to emerge, Damien must navigate the complex web of secrets and lies surrounding the case. With each twist and turn, he finds himself drawn deeper into a world where nothing is as it seems, and the truth is more startling than he ever could have imagined. Will Damien discover the true nature of his enigmatic client? In Secrets and Lies, the eleventh installment of Rachel Sinclair's Kansas City Legal Thrillers series, readers will be captivated by the lightning-fast pace, unexpected revelations and unpredictable plot. _______________________________________________________ Praise for the Kansas City Legal Thrillers series: ? Rachel Sinclair is one heck of a writer. ? Terrific. ? One of the best! ? The Damien Harrington books are like fine wine - they get better by age. ? Absolute page turner. ? This is an excellent story.
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Uh-Oh, Niko: The Farm
Feed the chickens. What a crowd!Uh-oh, Niko.That’s so loud!Help little Niko feed the animals, ride a tractor and waddle with the ducklingsin this interactive board book packed with push-and-pull sliders and flaps. Uh-Oh Niko is a little bear who sometimes gets things a little wrong. Whatever happens, he always tries again and learns new skills along the way. For fans of Maisy and Tales of Acorn Wood, this series is the perfect way to help toddlers with their daily routines.Children will love joining in with the fun-filled rhyming text and playing along with the story. Want more fun with Niko? Check out the other books in the series:Uh-Oh, Niko: BathtimeUh-Oh, Niko: BedtimeUh-Oh, Niko: The ParkUh-Oh, Niko: NurseryUh-Oh, Niko: The BeachUh-Oh, Niko: Birthday PartyUh-Oh, Niko: SwimmingUh-Oh, Niko: The Train
Making History
KJ Parker''s new novella is a darkly witty historical fantasy. A group of scholars are asked to do the impossible by a ruthless king. The cost of refusal being death, of course.History isn''t truth...it''s propaganda.Academics can be cocky. Atop their perches of authority high above the thrumming masses of the unquestioning world they can begin to think themselves gods. It is extremely rare for this authority to be tested. But a challenge from an idiotic, power-hungry king?that''ll do it.Our narrator is one of a dozen professors at the University of the Kingdom of Aelia. Early one morning, all of them are rounded up for an audience with their dictator, Gyges. You see, Gyges is new to the job?he only just invaded Aelia last year?and like any good tyrant, he''s looking to expand his empire. But he doesn''t think his public image can take the hit of (another) unjustified assault. No problem, he''s come up with a plan?have the scholars construct an ancient city from scratch that justifies his right to the lands of the neighboring city-state.Now these bookworms must put their heads together to do the impossible. They must make history. Because if they don''t, they''ll lose their heads all-together.
Malé posolstvá Matky Zeme
Sada 55 kartičiek s aforizmami na tému príroda.
Príroda nás môže mnohému naučit – pokiaľ jej to dovolíme. Učí nás trpezlivosti, tolerancii, láske, pokore a sebadávaniu. Ale najmä harmónii a jednote. Táto séria 55 inšpirujících aforizmov z pera Sri Chinmoya, s krásnými ilustráciami Shatadal Pötzsch, prináša múdrosť, krásu a dotyk všeobjímajúceho srdca Matky Zeme.
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Malé posolstvá Matky Zeme s dreveným stojančekom
Sada 55 kartičiek s aforizmami na tému príroda, v balení s dreveným stojančekom.
Príroda nás môže mnohému naučit – pokiaľ jej to dovolíme. Učí nás trpezlivosti, tolerancii, láske, pokore a sebadávaniu. Ale najmä harmónii a jednote. Táto séria 55 inšpirujících aforizmov z pera Sri Chinmoya, s krásnými ilustráciami Shatadal Pötzsch, prináša múdrosť, krásu a dotyk všeobjímajúceho srdca Matky Zeme.
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Puzzle 1000 Soft touch / McLAREN F1 - Oscar Piastri - Maiden Grand Prix
Puzzle Formula 1 je pôsobivou ponukou pre fanúšikov Formuly 1 a moderného dizajnu. Ikonické nálepky tímu sú pútavé a zvýrazňujú pretekársky charakter grafiky. Po zostavení meria puzzle 48 x 68 cm a vysoko kvalitná mäkká povrchová úprava poskytuje zamatový povrch a elegantný matný vzhľad, ideálny na vystavenie.
Boris, Al & Superhrdinovia vedy
Boris je opatrný a ustráchaný. V škole ani doma to nemá jednoduché. Jedného dňa sa však zoznámi s „kamarátkou“, ktorá pozná odpovede na všetky jeho otázky. Vďaka umelej inteligencii sa Boris veľa naučí. Napríklad aj to, že superhrdinovia vedy boli obyčajní ľudia, ktorí mali podobné problémy ako on. Popri objavovaní sveta vynálezov Boris nachádza odvahu postaviť sa svojim strachom, nepriateľom a pochybnostiam.
Je to dobrodružný príbeh o túžbe pýtať sa, objavovať, veriť v seba samého a zistení, že niekedy najväčším vynálezom nie je padák ani turbína, ale priateľstvo a odvaha žiť svoj život.
Príbehy najväčších slovenských vedcov s komiksom.
Ilustrácie: Michal Mordel
Bílá nemoc
Drama Bílá nemoc napsal Karel Čapek v předvečer druhé světové války. Bylo varováním před nastupujícím nacismem. Stejně jako ostatní jeho romány a hry je neskutečně současné a alarmující.
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After Nations
What has happened to the nation-state?
From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future.
Until recently, the system of nation-states appeared settled and eternal. Not anymore. As American hegemony unwinds and Western countries slide into anxiety and debt, there is a resurgence of tyranny, imperialism and war. It is no longer clear that states can continue delivering 'normal' services, let alone defeat inequality and climate change. Even in rich countries, many feel they are being progressively neglected; in some parts of the world, populations are entirely abandoned by nation-states and must build systems of their own.
Rana Dasgupta traces the formation and rise of the nation-state system to explain its multiple failures today. He takes us from the fall of ancient empires and the expansion of European concepts of money and law right up to the emergence of twenty-first-century tech firms - the first significant new geopolitical actors to emerge since the inception of nation-states - and the epochal restoration of Chinese power. He posits that the time has come to develop a new conception of citizenship, law, and economy-one that corresponds to our globalized and ecologically fragile condition.
Richly detailed, urgent and told with remarkable clarity, After Nations is an essential text for anyone looking to understand why we seem to be losing our political hold on the world, and how we might try to restore it
The Prince Without Sorrow
WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE.
Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth.
And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born into violence Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya’s brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches. A witch seeking revenge Shakti vows retribution for the murder of her aunt and annihilation of her village at the hands of the emperor, even though she is bound by the Mayakari’s pacifist code.
A curse that will change the world In her anger Shakti casts a violent curse, the consequences of which will leave both her and Ashoka grappling for power. Do they take it for themselves and risk becoming what they most hate? Or do they risk losing power completely as the world around them is destroyed?
Drawing on inspiration from the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India, debut author Maithree Wijesekara plunges readers into the first amazing book of the Obsidian Throne trilogy.
Cleopatra
YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
