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Edward Brooke-hitching

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Atlas oblohy: Najvýznamnejšie mapy, mýty a objavy vo vesmíre


Jedinečný súbor máp, príbehov, malieb a artefaktov, ktoré odrážajú predstavivosť ľudstva a objavovanie nebeskej klenby i svetov za ňou Táto ilustrovaná pokladnica nebeskej kartografie, plná prekvapujúcich faktov a obrázkov, spája najväčšie astronomické objavy s najpodivnejšími mýtmi a so zabudnutými epizódami dejín. Ponúka príbehy o dávnych pozorovaniach UFO, o okrídlených mesačných tvoroch, o pretrvávajúcej viere v existenciu mora nad oblakmi a kuriózny príbeh aristokrata, ktorý mapoval mimozemský život na Marse. Vydajte sa na komplexnú prehliadku kultúr posadnutých hviezdami. Od kostí drakov v Číne a nebeských pohrebov v Tibete po sibírske tanečné odevy a mongolských veštcov z hviezd. Toto je nebo, ako ho ešte nikto nikdy nezobrazil: ríša hviezd a planét, ale aj bohov, diablov, čarodejníkov s počasím, lietajúcich námorníkov, stredovekých mimozemšťanov, mýtických zvierat a zúrivých duchov. Dnes, keď sa odvažujeme prenikať čoraz hlbšie do srdca vesmíru, nemôže byť lepší čas na knihu, ktorá je nádherná ako samotná nočná obloha a ktorá ilustruje rozsah dosiahnutých úspechov a pripravuje scénu pre objavy, ktoré nás ešte len čakajú. Toto pozoruhodné dielo s napínavými príbehmi a krásnymi ilustráciami skúma fascináciu ľudstva oblohou v rôznych časoch a kultúrach a predstavuje mimoriadnu kroniku obrazotvornosti a objavovania kozmu. Z anglického originálu The Sky Atlas (Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, London 2019) preložili Boris Divinský, Mária Galádová a Zuzana Hritzová.
Na sklade 4Ks
25,56 € 26,90 €

Zasvätenie sa Ježišovi skrze Máriu


Svätý Ľudovít Mária z Montfortu vo svojom majstrovskom diele O pravej úcte k Panne Márii hovorí, že najrýchlejšia, najkratšia a najjednoduchšia cesta k Ježišovi vedie skrze Preblahoslavenú Pannu Máriu. Počas svojich zjavení vo Fatime nás Božia Matka opakovane vyzývala ku každodennej modlitbe posvätného ruženca. Vychádzajúc z týchto skutočností páter Ed Broom zostavil súkromné duchovné cvičenia, ktoré vrcholia úplným zasvätením sa Ježišovi skrze Máriu. Sú zamerané na tajomstvá ruženca a sedem bolestí Panny Márie. Denné rozjímania nám v tomto uponáhľanom svete umožnia spomaliť a zamyslieť sa. Pozvú nás stráviť najbližších päť týždňov v spoločnosti Ježiša a Márie rozjímaním o ružencových tajomstvách a slovách Svätého písma. Zamyslenia, modlitby a praktické kroky nám pomôžu zapracovať na vytrvalosti a jemne skultivujú nášho ducha. Každý deň a každú chvíľu začneme vnímať z perspektívy večnosti. Cieľom týchto duchovných cvičení je naučiť sa žiť v neustálej prítomnosti Ježiša a Márie ? až do nášho skutočného stretnutia v nebi. Prijmime túto výzvu a vytvorme si vo svojich domovoch a v hĺbke sŕdc tiché oázy, miesta stretnutí s Bohom. Prostredníctvom denných rozjímaní nájdime pokoj a urobme svoje životy zmysluplnejšími. Kniha je cirkevne schválená.
Na sklade 1Ks
10,36 € 10,90 €

The Phantom Atlas


The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms - non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a collection of striking antique maps that display the most erroneous cartography, with each illustration accompanied by the story behind it. Exploration, map-making and mythology are all brought together to create a colourful tapestry of monsters, heroes and volcanoes; swindlers, mirages and murderers. Sometimes the stories are almost impossible to believe, and remarkably, some of the errors were still on display in maps published in the 21st century. Throughout much of the 19th century more than 40 different mapmakers included the Mountains of Kong, a huge range of peaks stretching across the entire continent of Africa, in their maps - but it was only in 1889 when Louis Gustave Binger revealed the whole thing to be a fake. For centuries, explorers who headed to Patagonia returned with tales of the giants they had met who lived there, some nine feet tall. Then there was Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish explorer who returned to London to sell shares in a land he had discovered in South America. He had been appointed the Cazique of Poyais, and bestowed with many honours by the local king of this unspoiled paradise. Now he was offering others the chance to join him and make their fortune there, too - once they had paid him a bargain fee for their passage...The Phantom Atlas is a beautifully produced volume, packed with stunning maps and drawings of places and people that never existed. The remarkable stories behind them all are brilliantly told by Edward Brooke-Hitching in a book that will appeal to cartophiles everywhere.
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30,35 € 31,95 €

The Sky Atlas


After the enormous international success of The Phantom Atlas and The Golden Atlas, Edward Brooke-Hitching's stunning new book unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during mankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography - a glorious genre of map-making often overlooked by modern map books - as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogues, antique instruments and other appealing curiosities. This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the realm of stars and planets, but also of gods, devils, weather wizards, flying sailors, medieval aliens, mythological animals and rampaging spirits. The reader is taken on a tour of star-obsessed cultures around the world, learning about Tibetan sky burials, star-covered Inuit dancing coats, Mongolian astral prophets and Sir William Herschel's 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first planet to be found since antiquity. Even stranger are the forgotten stories from European history, like the English belief of the Middle Ages in ships that sailed a sea above the clouds, 16th-century German UFO sightings and the Edwardian aristocrat who mistakenly mapped alien-made canals on the surface of Mars. As the intricacies of our universe are today being revealed with unprecedented clarity, there has never been a better time for a highly readable book as beautiful as the night sky to contextualise the scale of these achievements for the general reader.
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30,88 € 32,50 €

The Madman's Library


'Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing, erudite, beautiful book about books. It is in every way a triumph. One of the loveliest books to have been published for many, many years.' Alexander McCall Smith 'An utterly joyous journey into the deepest eccentricities of the human mind... The most cheering, fascinating book I've read for ages.' Guardian 'Brooke-Hitching's prose is elegant and witty [and] the images...make the book a real joy.' Spectator 'The most beautiful objects in literature. You're going to love this. Extraordinary.' Dan Snow From the author of the critically acclaimed and globally successful The Phantom Atlas, The Golden Atlas and The Sky Atlas comes a stunning new work. The Madman's Library is a unique, beautifully illustrated journey through the entire history of literature, delving into its darkest territories to hunt down the very strangest books ever written, and uncover the fascinating stories behind their creation. This is a madman's library of eccentric and extraordinary volumes from around the world, many of which have been completely forgotten. Books written in blood and books that kill, books of the insane and books that hoaxed the globe, books invisible to the naked eye and books so long they could destroy the Universe, books worn into battle, books of code and cypher whose secrets remain undiscovered... and a few others that are just plain weird. From the 605-page Qur'an written in the blood of Saddam Hussein, through the gorgeously decorated 15th-century lawsuit filed by the Devil against Jesus, to the lost art of binding books with human skin, every strand of strangeness imaginable (and many inconceivable) has been unearthed and bound together for a unique and richly illustrated collection ideal for every book-lover.
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28,45 € 29,95 €

Devils Atlas


Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of the international bestseller The Phantom Atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other. The Devil's Atlas is an illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world. Packed with colourful maps, paintings and captivating stories, the reader is taken on a compelling tour of the geography, history and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures around the globe. Whether it's the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs, the Chinese Taoist netherworld of 'hungry ghosts', or the 'Hell of the Flaming Rooster' of Japanese Buddhist mythology (in which sinners are tormented by an enormous fire-breathing cockerel), The Devil's Atlas gathers together a wonderful variety of beliefs and representations of life after death. These afterworlds are illustrated with an unprecedented collection of images, ranging from the marvellous 'infernal cartography' of the European Renaissance artists attempting to map the structured Hell described by Dante and the decorative Islamic depictions of Paradise to the various efforts to map the Garden of Eden and the spiritual vision paintings of nineteenth-century mediums. The Devil's Atlas accompanies beautiful images with a highly readable trove of surprising facts and narratives, from the more inventive torture methods awaiting sinners, to colourful eccentric catalogues of demons, angels and assorted death deities. A traveller's guide to worlds unseen, The Devil's Atlas is a fascinating study of the boundless capacity of human invention, a visual chronicle of man's hopes, fears and fantasies of what lies beyond.
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29,93 € 31,50 €

The Madman's Gallery


Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made. From the author of the bestseller The Madman's Library (SundayTimes Literature Book of the Year 2020, Radio 4 Book of the Week) comes an extraordinary new illustrated collection. This unique exhibition gathers more than a hundred magnificent works, each chosen for their striking beauty, weirdness and captivating story behind their creation. Obscure and forgotten treasures sit alongside famous masterpieces with secret stories to tell. Here are Doom paintings, screaming sculptures, magical manuscripts, impossible architecture, dog-headed saints, angel musketeers and the first portrait of a cannibal. Stolen art, outsider art, ghost art, revenge art, and art painted at the bottom of the sea take their place alongside scandalous art, forgeries and hoaxes, art of dreams and nightmares, and cryptic paintings yet to be decoded. Discover the remarkable Elizabethan portraits of men in flames, the mystery of the nude Mona Lisa, the gruesome ingredients of lost pigments, the werewolf legion of the Roman army, and the Italian monk who levitated so often he's recognised as the patron saint of aeroplane passengers.
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37,00 € 38,95 €

Love; A Curious History


From the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas and The Madman's Library (Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year) comes a magnificent new illustrated work. From prehistoric carvings and ancient Egyptian statues, to medieval spell books and Victorian code-writing, this unique collection gathers a wealth of curious objects and surprising stories to trace the story of love through the ages. Discover the royal marriage that crossed the boundary of death in 14th-century Portugal, the judicial duels between husbands and wives in Early Modern Europe, the love spells found in medieval manuscripts, and the romantic codes hidden in some of art's greatest masterpieces. Meet the feared ancient Greek army regiment comprised entirely of male couples; the French pirate queen avenging her murdered husband; the first woman to sail around the world; and the quack sexologist who conned 18th-century London with his musical mechanical bed. Here are ancient gods, mythical monsters, the Elizabethan portraits of smiling men on fire and the erotic paintings hidden beneath the ash of Pompeii, as well as Nigerian wedding chains, Welsh love spoons, cryptic postcards and the centuries-old cartographic tradition of mapping the heart. A curiosity cabinet of romantic treasure, Love: A Curious History in 50 Objects draws on a wide range of sources to form a collection perfect for fans of beautiful illustrated works and curious history, while also forming the ideal romantic gift.
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37,00 € 38,95 €