Hľadanie: Fire with Fire
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Walking to Wonderland
Handsome, distinguished and decidedly dashing, Theo, the Duke of Eaglefield, has the world, and most of its women, at his feet. But he takes all this attention for granted and is becoming tired and bored by it all.
In fact his friend, Harry Hampton, tells him that he has no concept of the challenges and complexities faced by the ordinary man and that the people he encounters see only his riches and rank rather than the man himself.
Protesting that this is untrue, Theo accepts Harry’s challenge to walk the fifty miles from Brighton to his house, Eagle Hall, in Berkshire incognito and mixing with commoners along the way. He stands to lose his finest pair of horses should he fail and so he sets forth, leaving behind the glamour of Brighton’s Beau Monde.
The second morning of his pilgrimage, Theo comes across a beautiful young girl, Alysia, standing precariously at the edge of a deep pool next to a weir. She seems to be praying and, instinctively, he knows that she is about to plunge to her death in the river.
After leading her to safety he hears all about her cruel and grasping stepfather who murdered her mother and who is now bent on seizing her sizeable inheritance by marrying her off to his friend, Lord Gosforde with whom he will share the spoils.
Theo is transfixed by Alysia, thinking it quite ‘impossible for anyone to be so beautiful’.
Almost instantly he finds himself falling in love with this ‘very young angel who has fallen out of Heaven by mistake’ and he decides to take her on his journey on foot.
But can he keep Alysia away from her murderous stepfather and be able to reach the safety of Eagle Hall unscathed?
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Argue Skillfully & Convince People
This is what this book brings you: You support certified climate protection projects, quickly receive compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press comments in the book preview) as well as advice that has been tested in practice, which also leads to success step by step thanks to AddOn. Because in today's debate culture with sometimes very heated discussions, it is particularly important to be communicatively convincing and also to react to verbal attacks with confidence. The good news is: Authentic self-confidence, a confident demeanor and a calm approach to criticism can be learned. But at the same time, it is also important to recognize interpersonal digital power games as well as other people's communicative tricks and tactics, and to understand manipulative communication strategies. This book provides the strategic arsenal to be communicatively prepared for any situation. Good luck and have fun reading. We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form. Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process. The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English. Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
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Leviathan Falls
The biggest SF series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S. A. Corey's Hugo Award-winning Expanse series.
The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again.
In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte's missing daughter. . . and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before.
As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win.
But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat.
The Expanse series:
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath
Leviathan Falls
Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection
Elisabeth’s Day (EN)
Stories about the dominant woman or man, the couple or stranger who explore the boundaries of their sexuality with role play, BDSM, swinging or orgies of sexual mystery. This is a collection of erotic short stories from Cupido. The collection contains following short stories:t "The clock on the wall struck twelve as Markus led her into the bedroom.
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An Unforgettable Experience (EN)
Woman on woman. Man on man. Some people have never questioned their homosexuality. Others are in a straight marriage with kids by the time the thought of a girl friend suddenly makes their nipples erect, or the touch of a best mate makes their cock stiffen. This is a collection of erotic short stories from Cupido.
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The Collar (EN)
Stories of dominant women or men, couples, or strangers who explore the limits of sexuality with role play, BDSM, partner swapping or orgies shrouded in sexy mystique. This is a collection of erotic short stories from Cupido. The collection contains the following stories: "The safeword was ‘red’. Jun could use it if she wanted to break it off.
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Mastodon - Hushed And Grim 2LP
Mastodon vydávajú 29. októbra vo vydavateľstve
Reprise Records svoj veľmi očakávaný nový deviaty
štúdiový album s názvom "HUSHED AND GRIM". Nový
album je prvým double a prvým od albumu "Emperor
Of Sand z roku 2017, ktorý kapele so sídlom v
Atlante priniesol cenu GRAMMY® v kategórii „Najlepší
metalový výkon“ - prvé víťazstvo v piatich nomináciách.
EOS tiež dosiahol # 1 v rebríčku predajnosti najlepších
albumov Billboard, # 1 v rebríčku Billboard Hard Rock
Chart a # 7 v rebríčku Billboard Top 200. Počas minulého
roka skupina nahrala "HUSHED AND GRIM" v ich rodnom meste
a spolupracovala s producentom Davidom Bottrillom
(Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel). Jedná sa o doposiaľ
najambicióznejší album skupiny s 15 skladbami od rocku,
psychedelie, punku, metalu, alternatívy, ktoré odborne
zmiešali títo štyria skvelí hudobníci. Trojica hlasov
zároveň charakterizuje veľmi reálnu atmosféru straty,
samoty a nostalgie, keď sa hudobne lúčia so starým
priateľom, dôverníkom a dlhoročným manažérom, zosnulým
Nickom Johnom. Mastodon opäť zapojil výtvarníka Paula Romana
(Remission, Leviathan, Call of the Mastodon, Blood Mountain,
Crack The Skye), ktorého sugestívne obrázky sú na obálke
"HUSHED AND GRIM".Mastodon opäť exponenciálne narástli
ako skladatelia a hudobníci, ktorí presahujú žánre a
odmietajú sa prispôsobiť, pričom si zachovávajú integritu,
ktorá z nich robí jednu z najznámejších a najvplyvnejších
kapiel modernej rockovej hudobnej scény. Odstránením hraníc a
tvorbou vo voľnej forme sa vyvinuli do kombinácie novoobjaveného
melodického sebavedomia a ich hudobná náročnosť zostala nedotknutá.
Na konci je "HUSHED AND GRIM" tupý, hypnotický a uštipačný.
Mastodon boli vždy verní sebe a svojmu publiku bez kompromisov.
Tracklist:
LP 1:
01. Pain With an Anchor
02. The Crux
03. Sickle and Peace
04. More Than I Could Chew
05. The Beast
06. Skeleton of Splendor
07. Teardrinker
08. Pushing the Tides
LP 2:
01. Peace and Tranquility
02. Dagger
03. Had It All
04. Savage Lands
05. Gobblers of Dregs
06. Eyes of Serpents
07. Gigantium
Market Leader 3rd edition Upper-intermediate Course Book + CD
Bring the real business world into your classroom. The 3rd edition of this ever popular course combines some fantastic new materials with all the features that have made this course a bestseller.
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Struny srdce
Jedinou cestou z osamění a smutku je otevřít srdce a nechat se jím vést. Nový román Melanie Moreland vypráví o síle hudby, lásky a pochopení.
Charlotte se utápí v zoufalství v nenáviděné práci ve firmě svého bohatého otce. Jedinou světlou chvílí dne je pro ni cesta domů. Montgomery, který v metru zpívá a hraje na kytaru, se slovy i melodií svých písní dotkne jejího srdce. Také potulného zpěváka k Charlotte něco táhne, ovšem uvědomuje si, že jejich odlišné světy se nemohou nikdy potkat. Ale pouze do chvíle, kdy se to přece jenom stane… Pro oba se všechno změní. Dokáže však láska překonat propastné rozdíly mezi dvěma tak různými lidmi?
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Zadní dům
Po dvaceti pěti letech vychází zcela nový překlad deníku Anne Frankové. Poprvé v češtině s názvem, který svému dílu zamýšlela dát sama jeho autorka.
Deník v dopisech si Anne Franková vedla od 12. června 1942 do 1. srpna 1944. Psala si ho jen pro sebe až do chvíle, kdy na jaře 1944 vyslechla z vysílání londýnského Rádia Oranje projev nizozemského exilového ministra školství. Vyzýval, aby lidé po skončení války shromáždili a zveřejnili všechna svědectví o utrpení nizozemského lidu za německé okupace. Jako příklad uvedl mimo jiné deníky. Pod dojmem tohoto projevu se Anne Franková rozhodla, že po válce vydá knihu. Základem k ní měl být její deník.
Anne si k tomu 29. března 1944 zapsala:
Milá Kitty,
včera večer mluvil v Rádiu Oranje ministr Bolkestein o tom, že po válce bude uspořádána sbírka deníků a dopisů z téhle války. Samozřejmě se hned všichni vrhli na můj deník. Vždyť si představ, jak zajímavé by bylo, kdybych vydala román Zadní dům. Už jenom z titulu by lidé měli dojem, že je to detektivka.
Od května 1944 začala deník přepracovávat a přepisovat, zanášela do něj opravy, vynechávala pasáže, které nepovažovala za dostatečně zajímavé, a jiné po paměti připisovala. Současně pokračovala v psaní původního deníku (badatelé ho později nazvali verze A na rozdíl od přepracovaného deníku, který se označuje jako verze B). Poslední zápis Anne Frankové je z 1. srpna 1944. Již 4. srpna všech osm obyvatel úkrytu zatkla tzv. zelená policie. Pomocnice ve skrývání Miep Giesová s Bep Voskuijlovou Anniny zápisky hned v den zatčení odnesly do bezpečí. Miep Giesová je uložila v zásuvce svého psacího stolu, a až když se potvrdilo, že Anne věznění v koncentračním táboře nepřežila, předala je, aniž je četla, Anninu otci Ottovi Frankovi. Otto Frank se po zralé úvaze rozhodl, že splní přání své zemřelé dcery a zápisky vydá knižně. Za tím účelem sestavil z obou Anniných verzí, původní (verze A) a vlastnoručně přepracované (verze B), zkrácenou třetí verzi (C). Aktuálně po celém světě vydávanou, autorizovanou verzi připravila z pověření basilejského Fondu Anne Frankové německá spisovatelka a překladatelka Mirjam Presslerová. Převzala Frankův výběr záznamů z verze C a doplnila jej pasážemi z deníkových verzí A a B.
Nový, celkem už třetí překlad deníku do češtiny, pořídila Magda de Bruin Hüblová. Vrací se k názvu, jejž si Anne pro svoji zamýšlenou knihu přála a s nímž vychází deník v nizozemštině. Ke svému pojetí překladu napsala Magda de Bruin Hüblová: K deníku Anne Frankové lze při překládání přistupovat dvěma způsoby: jako k dokumentu, což vyžaduje co nejpřesnější překlad, nebo jako k literárnímu dílu, což umožňuje jisté uhlazení textu s ohledem na mladé čtenáře. Protože se nový překlad má stát součástí souborného vydání díla Anne Frankové, v němž poprvé v češtině vyjdou i autentické, ,neučesané verze A a B, přiklonila jsem se k první možnosti. Můj překlad tak zachovává víc než předchozí české překlady zvláštnosti předlohy.
Annelies Marie FRANKOVÁ (12. června 1929 únor 1945) v roce 1933 s rodiči a starší sestrou Margot emigrovala z Německa do Amsterodamu. Od července 1942 se tu rodina skrývala v zadní části domu, který patřil otcově firmě, aby unikla pronásledování Židů. Dospívající Anne si psala od 12. června 1942 až do prozrazení úkrytu na začátku srpna 1944 deník. Po zatčení byla rodina deportována do koncentračních táborů v Německu a na území dnešního Polska, přežil jen otec. Anne zahynula v Bergen-Belsenu. Po válce otec Annin deník vydal, byl přeložen do mnoha jazyků, zdramatizován a zfilmován. Toto vydání přináší nový překlad do češtiny.
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Raci v hlavě
Miku nepoznal své rodiče. Žije v Díře, dětském domově kdesi v pohraničí. Jednoho dne sfoukne na dortu Osmnáct svíček a vyrazí do světa tam venku. Svoje místo na slunci marně hledá v samotě opuštěné prádelny i v nebezpečném mafiánském gangu. Souběžně s jeho příběhem se odvíjí zdánlivě nesouvisející syrové i snové putování haličského mlynáře Nestora s tajemnou dívkou z kavkazských stepí. Z údolí a lesů Zakarpatské Ukrajiny v době první světové války s nimi procházíme skoro celým bouřlivým dvacátým stoletím. Román Raci v hlavě obsahuje prvky iniciačního příběhu, magického realismu i gangsterky, z nichž splétá karnevalový rej lidských osudů ústící do překvapivé pointy.
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Happs (Five Nights at Freddys: Tales from the Pizzaplex 2)
The second volume of an all-new series of Five Nights at Freddy's short story collections! A collection of new Five Nights at Freddy's short stories, set in the world of the newest games. Fans won't want to miss this pulsepounding collection of three novella-length stories that will keep even the bravest player up at night... Readers beware: this collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans Perfect for video game fans and fans of horror If you enjoy the FNAF series, check out Bendy and the Ink Machine and Hello Neighbor.
Doctor Thorne (EN)
"Doctor Thorne" is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels and unlike some of the others has little to do with politics and religion. The plot revolves around Mary Thorne, an illegitimate child who has been lovingly raised by her uncle, a country doctor, and who, as she comes of age, finds herself wondering whether she is a lady, or to which social class she truly belongs.
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The Soulmate Equation
Jess Davis is a numbers genius, but when it comes to love she's had to accept there is no magic formula. Juggling a mathematical career with raising her hyper (but adorable) seven-year-old Juno, it's not surprising that her love life is non-existent. Juno has a hunch that her mum would find the perfect man if she stepped out of her comfort zone - but Jess barely has time to make her daughter's lunch, let alone put thought into dating. And when yet another date ends in disaster, she's prepared to give up on love for good. But then she hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new matchmaking company that claims to find you the One using a DNA equation. Suddenly, love doesn't seem quite so far out of reach. Until her test shows an unheard-of 98% compatibility with GeneticAlly's founder, Dr River Pena.
Chinese Cinderella
Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023
To me, writing was pure pleasure. It thrilled me to be able to escape the horrors of my daily life in such a simple way. When I wrote, I forgot that I was the unwanted daughter who caused her mother's death. I could be anybody I wished to be.
When her mother dies shortly after her birth, lonely Adeline is marked as 'bad luck' and treated as an outcast by her own family, shown kindness only by her grandfather and Aunt Baba who encourage her to follow her dreams.
Adeline strives to win her father's acceptance by excelling in school, but instead discovers an escape in the friendships of her classmates and her talent for writing. For the first time Adeline allows herself to dream of a real future as a writer and yearns to study in England with her brother - but it is a future she will have to fight with every ounce of strength she has to achieve.
Chinese Cinderella is Adeline Yen Mah's true story of survival and self-acceptance during her childhood as an unwanted daughter, and how she overcame her past to believe in a better future.
Rebel Voices is a new six-part Puffin Classics collection of strikingly designed, highly collectible books, written by female authors, and celebrating courage, rebellion, strength and inspiration
B. J. Harrison Reads The Horla (EN)
A three-mast Brazilian ship passes by and a man standing on the shore, waving to it. After sailing on the broad and getting back home, the man starts feeling worse with every passing day. He realizes that there is a supernatural being in his home, taking his strength and sanity away. The man tries to fight back and kill the ghost but it proves more challenging than he had expected.
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The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in energy, fun - and magic.
In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves; Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs.
But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat, and Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would you expect from a demon? And if you think Mr. Darcy was uptight about dancing etiquette, wait till you see how he reacts to witchcraft. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that when you're a witch, promises have power...
Full of enchantment, intrigue, danger, and boundless magic, The Shocking Confessions of Miss Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice - while offering a highly unexpected redemption for the wildest Bennet sister.
A Pocket Full of Rye
Now with a beautiful new series look, the bizarre death of a financial tycoon has Miss Marple investigating a very odd case of crime by rhyme.
Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his counting house when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals.
Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmed Miss Marples suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme.
Gladiator
With Burrough's Mars series, Wylie's Hugo Danner is generally credited as the ancestor of both Clark Kent and Clark Savage, Jr. Danner, the product of a strength serum given to his mother during pregnancy, is able to lift 4,000 pounds, leap 40 feet in the air, and so forth. Unlike Superman and Doc Savage, however, Danner is never happy with his skills, hating the isolation and at times using his strength for monetary gain. Also, you can't imagine Doc Savage spending his summer after freshman year the way Danner did.
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