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Lacná kniha El Hombre Demolido (-70%)
En el siglo XXIV, las armas se han convertido en piezas de museo; cuerpos especializados de telépatas rastrean las mentes para detectar crímenes antes de que ocurran. Cometer un asesinato parece imposible... pero el hombre más poderoso del sistema solar demostrará lo contrario. Retratando desde las orgías de la aristocracia hasta las intrigas por el control de los recursos galácticos, pasando por las subculturas de policías, empresarios y estafadores, Bester ha creado un intenso thriller de ciencia ficción, para demostrar que todo cambia excepto la naturaleza humana. Publicada en 1952, esta novela ganó el primer Premio Hugo de la historia en 1953. Por su argumento y estilo ágil y atemporal, hoy en día constituye un verdadero e insuperable clásico de su género.
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Lacná kniha Papel Mojado (-90%)
Figura destacada del panorama literario espanol, JUAN JOSÉ MILLÁS es una
de las voces más personales dentro de la narrativa espanola que se
empezó a dar a conocer después de la muerte del general Franco. Adecuada a muchos de los patrones del género de intriga, PAPEL MOJADO narra la investigación en la que se embarca su protagonista ?un oscuro redactor de prensa rosa carcomido por la desazón de su existencia? para
esclarecer el aparente suicidio de un antiguo amigo. El dominio de la
técnica narrativa de Millás y su maestría al manejar los distintos
registros van guiando al lector, a través de vericuetos y ramificaciones
inesperadas, hasta un final insólito digno de la mejor literatura.
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La Mort n´est pas une fin 3
Sur les bords du Nil, en Égypte, près de Thèbes, 2 000 ans avant Jésus-Christ. Prêtre de la maison des morts, Imhotep doit veiller à l'entretien du tombeau d'un riche notable. En échange, il a reçu de nombreuses terres et des troupeaux. Ce propriétaire avisé n'a pas confiance dans l'esprit d'initiative de sa progéniture à qui il impose ses décisions. Devenue veuve, sa fille Renisenb revient vivre au domaine familial, et perçoit vite les tensions générées par cette dictature patriarcale. Les choses s'aggravent lorsque Imhotep rentre de Memphis accompagné de Nofret, une beauté de 18 ans présentée comme sa concubine. Le ton monte entre le père et ses fils à qui il reproche de n'avoir pas respecté ses consignes. Lorsqu'il repart régler quelques affaires, Nofret préfère rester seule au sein d'une famille hostile. Elle est jeune, belle et sait fort bien s'y prendre pour devenir riche. Pourtant, cet esprit machiavélique ignore que son attitude va déclencher une série de meurtres. Ce huis clos familial et les rivalités qui en découlent constitue l'unique roman historique d'Agatha Christie. Bien qu'elle ait choisi l'Égypte antique comme décor exotique, son intrigue reste résolument moderne. Une autre singularité de ce roman tient à l'absence de détective car délaissant ses habituelles enquêtes, la reine du crime a préféré écrire une chronique criminelle fluide et bien enlevée. Claude Mesplède
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Lacná kniha La Mort n´est pas une fin 3 (-70%)
Sur les bords du Nil, en Égypte, près de Thèbes, 2 000 ans avant Jésus-Christ. Prêtre de la maison des morts, Imhotep doit veiller à l'entretien du tombeau d'un riche notable. En échange, il a reçu de nombreuses terres et des troupeaux. Ce propriétaire avisé n'a pas confiance dans l'esprit d'initiative de sa progéniture à qui il impose ses décisions. Devenue veuve, sa fille Renisenb revient vivre au domaine familial, et perçoit vite les tensions générées par cette dictature patriarcale. Les choses s'aggravent lorsque Imhotep rentre de Memphis accompagné de Nofret, une beauté de 18 ans présentée comme sa concubine. Le ton monte entre le père et ses fils à qui il reproche de n'avoir pas respecté ses consignes. Lorsqu'il repart régler quelques affaires, Nofret préfère rester seule au sein d'une famille hostile. Elle est jeune, belle et sait fort bien s'y prendre pour devenir riche. Pourtant, cet esprit machiavélique ignore que son attitude va déclencher une série de meurtres. Ce huis clos familial et les rivalités qui en découlent constitue l'unique roman historique d'Agatha Christie. Bien qu'elle ait choisi l'Égypte antique comme décor exotique, son intrigue reste résolument moderne. Une autre singularité de ce roman tient à l'absence de détective car délaissant ses habituelles enquêtes, la reine du crime a préféré écrire une chronique criminelle fluide et bien enlevée. Claude Mesplède
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Příběh korzára Augustina
Začteme se do historických příběhů českého rodáka Augustina Heřmana, který je u nás téměř zapomenut, zato se nesmazatelně zapsal do historie Spojených států. Děj se odehrává se v polovině 17. století, kdy v Evropě doznívala třicetiletá válka. Augustin se na svých cestách se naučil mluvit několika jazyky, stal se zdatným diplomatem i obchodníkem a proslavil se jako vynikající kartograf. Podíváme se do New Amsterdamu, Baltimore i do Port Royal, přičemž se setkáme s plejádou nejslavnějších pirátů a korzárů, které jsme tam tehdy mohli potkat. Své tu najdou milovníci Salgariho románů, nudit se ovšem nebudou ani ostatní. Nechybí romantická láska ke krásné dívce, námořní bitky a mořské bouře, pašeráci, intriky. Ne, nebojte, nejsou to noví Piráti z Karibiku, je to opravdový historický příběh.
Ve stínu královen
Za každým velkým králem stojí královna, za každou královnou pak celý dvůr…
Za dobu vlády anglického krále Jindřicha VIII. se po jeho boku vystřídalo šest různých žen. Skutečné příběhy těchto tudorovských královen jsou pak pevně spjaty s příběhy těch, kdo žili vedle nich. Odehrávaly se v nádherných palácích, na dvorech plných intrik a šepotů. Vyprávějí o osudech lidí, kteří tyto ženy milovali a sloužili jim, ale i těch, kdo jim lhali a zrazovali je.
Ve stínu královen obsahuje třináct fascinujících příběhů od tudorovského dvora, vyprávěných těmi, kdo se pohybovali v samém srdci dění. Tento soubor povídek doplňuje vysoce ceněnou série Šest tudorovských královen o manželkách Jindřicha VIII.
Kushiel's Chosen
The second book in the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy, Kushiel’s Chosen by Jacqueline Carey is a sweeping fantasy of romance, luxuriance and intrigue – perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Temptress. Traitor. Tormentor.
Phedre was trained as a spy, courtesan and strategist under her tutor’s watchful eye. He also saw she’d been touched by the god Kushiel’s dart, chosen to experience pain and pleasure as one. Above all, he taught Phedre to observe and analyse – skills that may yet save her life.
Once before, Phedre sacrificed everything to save her country, but the gods still cast a shadow over her land. For while their young queen is beloved by her people, traitors remain. Those who want others on the throne and aren’t done with schemes for power and revenge. To do her duty, Phedre must again leave her homeland – only to uncover an earth-shattering plot. One masterminded by the one person she can’t deny. .
The Collector
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.
On the morning after the Venice Preservation Society’s annual black-tie gala, art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon enters his favorite coffee bar on the island of Murano to find General Cesare Ferrari, the commander of the Art Squad, eagerly awaiting his arrival. The Carabinieri have made a startling discovery in the Amalfi villa of a murdered South African shipping tycoon?a secret vault containing an empty frame and stretcher matching the dimensions of the world’s most valuable missing painting. General Ferrari asks Gabriel to quietly track down the artwork before the trail goes cold.
“Isn’t that your job?”
“Finding stolen paintings? Technically speaking, yes. But you’re much better at it than we are.”
The painting in question is The Concert by Johannes Vermeer, one of thirteen works of art stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. With the help of a most unlikely ally, a beautiful Danish computer hacker and professional thief, Gabriel soon discovers that the painting has changed hands as part of an illicit billion-dollar business deal involving a man code-named the Collector, an energy executive with close ties to the highest levels of Russian power.
The missing masterpiece is the lynchpin of a conspiracy that if successful, could plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions. To foil the plot, Gabriel must carry out a daring heist of his own, with millions of lives hanging in the balance.
Courting India
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE
A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR
A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDS
When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was representing a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about its identity as a unified 'Great Britain' under the Stuart monarchy. Meanwhile, the court he entered in India was wealthy and cultured, its dominion widely considered to be one of the greatest and richest empires of the world.
In Nandini Das's fascinating history of Roe's four years in India, she offers an insider's view of a Britain in the making, a country whose imperial seeds were just being sown. It is a story of palace intrigue and scandal, lotteries and wagers that unfolds as global trade begins to stretch from Russia to Virginia, from West Africa to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.
A major debut that explores the art, literature, sights and sounds of Jacobean London and Imperial India, Courting India reveals Thomas Roe's time in the Mughal Empire to be a turning point in history – and offers a rich and radical challenge to our understanding of Britain and its early empire.
Planet of the Apes
The original novel that inspired the films!
First published more than fifty years ago, Pierre Boulle’s chilling novel launched one of the greatest science fiction sagas in motion picture history.
In the not-too-distant future, three astronauts land on what appears to be a planet just like Earth, with lush forests, a temperate climate, and breathable air. But while it appears to be a paradise, nothing is what it seems.
They soon discover the terrifying truth: On this world humans are savage beasts, and apes rule as their civilized masters. In an ironic novel of nonstop action and breathless intrigue, one man struggles to unlock the secret of a terrifying civilization, all the while wondering: Will he become the savior of the human race, or the final witness to its damnation? In a shocking climax that rivals that of the original movie, Boulle delivers the answer in a masterpiece of adventure, satire, and suspense.
Black Cat (Fr) - La Fugue de Bach + CD
Le rideau se lčve. Le public consterné apprend que la premičre étoile a disparu ! Le commissaire Morand débrouillera les fils de cette intrigue, conduit par les notes obsédantes d’une fugue de Bach. Suivez pas ŕ pas l’enquęte et partez ŕ la découverte de Genčve, de la danse et des voitures de collection.
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Vyvolená bohy Smrtící dotyk
Jsem dokonalá zbraň. Můj dotyk je smrtící.“ Twylla je dívka vyvolená bohy. Je zosobněním božské dcery a jako taková je zaslíbená princi. Za svoji výjimečnost ale draze platí: každý měsíc musí pozřít jed, a přinést tak důkaz o svém božském postavení. Její dotyk je však pro obyčejného člověka smrtící. Twylla proto není běžným členem královského dvora. Je královninou popravčí. Každý měsíc navštěvuje vězení a přikládá své ruce na ty, kteří jsou odsouzeni k smrti. Žije osaměle a izolovaně. Když ale nastoupí nový strážce, vše se změní. Spustí se kolotoč dvorských intrik, úkladů a vražd... Dokáže si dívka správně zvolit mezi královským snoubencem a přitažlivým, ale obyčejným smrtelníkem? Rozhodne se pro povinnost, nebo pro lásku?
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Nina the Starry Bride 1
Nina was plucked off the streets because she resembled a dead priestess--but is this a lucky break, or a new kind of curse? Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award, this fantasy shojo manga features intertwining constellations of palace intrigue and perilous romance, for fans of The Ancient Magus' Bride, The Apothecary Diaries, and Snow White With the Red Hair.
Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased priestess-princess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?
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Notice
Her name is not Nina, but that's the name she uses sometimes. At her local bar, in the carpark with her tricks, when she needs to score.
She doesn't really need the money. But it lays bare the truth of each loveless transaction. Still living at home, each chance encounter is a route to escape the tedium of her sheltered, suburban existence. One day a man takes her home to meet his beautiful, unhappy wife, Ingrid. She knows she should leave, but instead becomes drawn ever deeper into their games, her suspicions of the terrible secrets they keep mounting with each visit. Caught in a web of fear, intrigue and desire, she will end up in more trouble than she ever bargained for.
Told with perfect restraint and the iciest detachment, Notice is the sickeningly addictive story of a woman on the edge, who does not know how much further yet she could fall. A stark, relentless exploration of power and pursuit, this provocative cult classic will lead you on an unforgettable journey into pitch darkness.
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Jade Fire Gold
Her destiny. His revenge.
In an empire on the brink of war . . .
Ahn is no one, with no past and no family.
Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child.
When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaiming the throne. Ahn sees a way to finally unlock her past and understand her lethal magical abilities.
But they may have to pay a far deadlier price than either could have imagined.
Girls of Paper and Fire meets A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in June CL Tan's stunning debut, where ferocious action, shadowy intrigue, rich magic, and a captivating slow-burn romance collide.
'Impossible to put down' Swati Teerdhala, author of The Tiger at Midnight series
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The Serpent and the Wings of Night
The Hunger Games meets vampires in the first book of the bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, a heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of dark magic and bloodthirsty intrigue.
Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always - always - guard your heart.
The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.
But winning won't be easy, pitting Oraya against the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, she will be forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.
Everything about Raihn is dangerous. He is a ruthless vampire, an efficient killer, an enemy to her father's crown - and her greatest competition. Yet, what terrifies Oraya most of all is that she finds herself oddly drawn to him.
But there's no room for compassion in the Kejari - and nothing more deadly than love . . .
The Serpent and the Wings of Night is the first book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, the bestselling TikTok sensation by Carissa Broadbent. It is followed by The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King.
This new hardback edition features beautiful, brand-new case art and a detailed map of the Obitraes.
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Hófehérke Grimm világhírű meséjének nyomán
Ez a könyv más, mint a többi! Ez a könyv a tiéd, te irányítod az eseményeket. Hófehérke a sűrű erdőben, a törpékkel egy takaros házikóban éldegél. De gonosz mostohája, aki irigy rá, elhatározza, hogy megkeseríti a királykisasszony életét, örökre elveszi szépségét. Most rajtad a sor, segíthetsz neki, ha ügyes vagy! Kezdd el olvasni a könyvet! Minden lap végén utasítást látsz. Kövesd ezeket! Ha döntened kell, válaszd azt a lehetőséget, ami a szívedhez legközelebb áll, és az ehhez tartozó utasítás szerint lapozz! Itt megtudod, mi történik veled és a történet többi hősével. Te döntöd el, hogyan alakuljon a mese. Természetesen ezzel együtt Hófehérke és saját sorsod felől is döntesz.
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For Blood and Money - Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
A gripping business narrative and scientific thriller about what it takes to bring a wonder drug to market?and save countless lives.
For Blood and Money tells the little-known story of how an upstart biotechnology company created a one-in-a-million cancer drug, and how members of the core team?denied their share of the profits?went and did it again. In this epic saga of money and science, veteran financial journalist Nathan Vardi explains how the invention of two of the biggest cancer drugs in history became (for their backers) two of the greatest Wall Street bets of all time.
In the multibillion-dollar business of biotech, where pharmaceutical companies, the government, hedge funds, and venture capitalists have spent billions on funding, experimentation, and treatments, a single molecule can stop cancer in its tracks?and make the people who find that rare molecule astonishingly rich. For Blood and Money follows a small team at a biotech start-up in California, who have found one of these rare molecules. Their compound, known as a BTK inhibitor, seems to work on a vicious type of leukemia. When patients start rising from their hospice beds, the team knows they’re onto something big.
What follows is a story of genius, pathos, and drama, in which vivid characters navigate a world of corporate intrigue and ambiguous morality. Vardi’s narrative immerses readers in the recent explosion of biotech start-ups. He describes the scientists, doctors, and investors who are risking everything to develop new, life-saving treatments, and introduces suffering patients for whom the stakes are life-or-death. A gripping nonfiction read, For Blood and Money illustrates why it’s so hard to bring new drugs to market, explains why they are so expensive, and examines how profit-driven venture capitalists are shaping the future of medicine.
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Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people.
But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London fell under his spell. It wasn't that Jimi could play with his teeth, play with his guitar behind his back. It was that he could really play.
Journeying through the purple haze of idealism and paranoia of the sixties, Jimi Hendrix was the man who made Eric Clapton consider quitting, to whom Bob Dylan deferred on his own song 'All Along the Watchtower', who forced Miles Davis to reconsider his buttoned-down ways - and whose 'Star Spangled Banner' defined Woodstock.
And when his star, which had burned so brightly, was extinguished far too young, his legend lived on in the music - and the intrigue surrounding his death.
Eschewing the traditional rock-biography format, Two Riders Were Approaching is a fittingly psychedelic and kaleidoscopic exploration of the life and death of Jimi Hendrix - and a journey into the dark heart of the sixties. While the groupies lined up, the drugs got increasingly heavy and the dream of the sixties burned in the fire and blood of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King and the election of President Richard Nixon.
Acclaimed writer Mick Wall, author of When Giants Walked the Earth, has drawn upon his own interviews and extensive research to produce an inimitable, novelistic telling of this tale - the definitive portrait of the Guitar God at whose altar other guitar gods worship.
Jimi Hendrix's is a story that has been told many times before - but never quite like this.
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