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The Devil's Sea
DIRK PITT IS BACK. AND ON HIS SHOULDERS RESTS THE FATE OF THE ENTIRE PLANET.
Tibet, 1959: In the turmoil of the Communist takeover of the mountain kingdom, a Buddhist artefact of immense importance appears to have been lost to history. Until, sixty years later, clues to its survival emerge from the wreckage of a cargo plane discovered deep beneath the surface of the Philippine Sea . . .
NUMA Director Dirk Pitt and his old friend Al Giordino already have their hands full dealing with the recovery of a top secret hypersonic missile that went down in the Luzon Strait. Especially when it becomes clear that a rogue Chinese military team has its sights set on the same prize. And that, after making their own earth-shattering discovery about what lies below the waves, they're prepared to go to any lengths to ensure that they possess it.
Any lengths at all.
From the cold, dark depths of the Pacific Ocean to the vertiginous peaks of the Himalayas, only Pitt, his son and daughter, Summer and Dirk Jr, can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation, and bring the world back from the brink of war.
The Devil's Sea is white-knuckled adventure in the finest Cussler tradition, delivering a thrilling new masterpiece of page-turning intrigue and exhilarating suspense. Not for nothing was Clive Cussler known as the 'grand master of adventure'.
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Two Wheels Good
A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world.
'The real feat of this book is that it takes us on a ride-across the centuries and around the globe, through startling history and vivid first-person reporting.' - Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain
The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly out of pace with our age of smartphones and ridesharing apps and driverless cars. Yet across the world, more people travel by bicycle than by any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike - and nearly everyone does.
In Two Wheels Good, writer and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine, an ever-present force in humanity's life and dreamlife, and a flashpoint in culture wars for more for than two hundred years. Combining history, reportage, travelogue, and memoir, Rosen unfolds the bicycle's saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a 'green machine' in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change.
Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.
Two Wheels Good examines the bicycle's past and peers into its future, challenging myths and cliches, while uncovering cycling's connection to colonial conquest and the gentrification of cities. But the book is also a love letter: a reflection on the sensual and spiritual pleasures of bike riding and an ode to an engineering marvel - a wondrous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine.
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Around the World Mazes
Travel from the Amazon and the Antarctic to the Himalayas and Hollywood with this entertaining selection of mazes from across the globe. Each maze is more challenging than the last, from taking a ramble in Rio de Janeiro to touring the Norwegian fjiords or finding your way in a Moroccan market. All the answers are at the back of the book.
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The Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.
Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.
In The Living Planet, David Attenborough's searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing - the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.
In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.
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Flights of Passage
A visually stunning, photographically driven celebration of bird migration-one of the great marvels of the natural world
The vast transcontinental journeys made every year by millions of feathered migrants were not known to naturalists before the late nineteenth century. Even today, while cutting-edge technology such as geolocators and isotope analysis helps us map these journeys in detail, much of the science remains poorly understood.
In this luxuriously illustrated volume, celebrated nature writer Mike Unwin and award-winning photographer David Tipling highlight sixty-seven different species of birds from around the world and explore how each has adapted to its migratory cycle. As they bring to life the drama of the Bar-headed Goose's journey over the Himalayas and the amazing sixty-thousand-mile annual round trip taken by the Arctic Tern between the United Kingdom and Antarctica, Unwin and Tipling offer deep insights into the science, mysteries, and wonders of migration.
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Čína
Čína – země neobyčejných rozměrů, dávných tradic a nesmírného kulturního bohatství. Pro mnohé tajemná, záhadná, dosud nepoznaná. Vystoupejte s námi k oblakům a ve fantazii se nechte unášet na křídlech draka, bájného čínského tvora, který je uctíván jako symbol božské ochrany, síly a moudrosti. Naskytne se vám pohled, který vás ohromí neobyčejnou krásou.
Od Velké čínské zdi po zasněžené vrcholky Himálaje, od uspšchaných měst po klidný venkov, od mohutných řek po moře plná ryb: tato kniha poprvé zkoumá rozlehlou a různorodou čínskou krajinu z nebe a představuje ji z nové a neotřelé perspektivy, která vám umožní intenzivně vnímat nesmírný prostor a pestrost této země. Působivé fotografie v živých barvách a zajímavý doprovodný text přinášejí svědectví o nepřeberných přírodních pokladech Číny. Váš pohled uchvátí impozantní horské hřebeny svažující se směrem k východu, které tvoří páteř celého kontinentu, rozsáhlé roviny, protkané klikatícími se řekami, na jejichž březích se rozvinuly vyspělé kultury. Tato země s bohatou historií, která nese četné stopy dávného lidského osídlení, má nyní před sebou novou životní perspektivu: jednoznačně se orientuje na budoucnost a na rozvoj měst s rychle rostoucím průmyslem a nesčetnými výrobními podniky. V lidnatých metropolích, které symbolizují mimořádný ekonomický růst tohoto asijského giganta, se k nebi vypínají mrakodrapy, zatímco vesnice zapomenuté v rozeklaných horských oblastech a vzdálených údolích zůstávají hmatatelným důkazem důstojnosti lidí, kteří po generace bojovali s nepříznivými podmínkami a silami přírody, a svědčí také o prostém životním stylu, který je možná odsouzen k zániku.
Kniha obsahuje více než 350 snímků pocházejících od desítek čínských fotografů. Autory textu jsou významní čínští vědci, kteří popisují rozmanitou a proměnlivou čínskou realitu zevnitř a nabízejí čtenářům unikátní perspektivu, z níž si mohou vychutnat hodnoty a krásy jedné z největších zemí světa.
O autorech:
Liu Jiaqi
je profesorem Ústavu geologie a geofyziky a členem Čínské akademie věd. Narodil se roku 1941 v Dandongu v provincii Liaoning. Vystudoval a dále působil v oborech životního prostředí, geochronologie, vulkanologie a čtvrtohorní geologie. Byl ředitelem Ústavu geologie Čínské akademie věd. V současnosti zastává mnoho funkcí v nejvýznamnějších čínských vědeckých organizacích a je prezidentem Čínské asociace výzkumu čtvrtohor, zástupcem generálního tajemníka Čínské geologické společnosti, hlasujícím členem Dílčí komise čtvrtohorní stratigrafie (organizační složka Mezinárodní stratigrafické komise), stálým členem Komise stratigrafie a geochronologie a hlavním redaktorem anglicky vydávaného časopisu Acta Geologica a dalších periodik. Publikoval více než 220 specializovaných článků a získal mnoho ocenění za svou práci v oboru přírodních věd a příspěvek k vědeckému a technologickému pokroku. V roce 2001 dostal titul Vynikající národní vědec.
Su Rongyu
profesorem a ředitelem Střediska vědeckých studií kulturn
Buddhist Offerings 365 Days
In this follow-up to "Buddhist Himalayas", Olivier and Danielle Follmi have once more worked in vivid colour to document the beauty of the majestic Himalayan landscape, while delving yet deeper into the wisdom of the Tibetans. Each of the images presented here is mirrored by a meditation from one of the great masters and thinkers of Tibetan Buddhism, among them His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kalou Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa, Anagarika Govinda and Shabkar. These insights, divided into 52 themes to follow the rhythm of the year, encompass subjects that touch all humanity: from money, health and faith to trust and love. Their wisdom and power offer a means for daily meditation, whatever the reader's beliefs or religious traditions.
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Felfedezők Társasága
Egy elit klub méltóságteljes nyilvános termei mögött egy rejtélyes szervezet tevékenykedik: a Felfedezők Társasága, kalandorok egy rejtőző csoportja, amelynek tagjai vakmerően bejárják azokat a helyeket, ahol a fény nem képes áttörni az árnyakon, és a józan észt megfosztják trónjától a mítoszok. A titkok, amelyek után kutatnak, zord hegyláncok között rejlenek, a sivatagban hevernek elfeledetten, az óceán fenekén nyugszanak, vagy a sarkvidék vastag jegébe zárva szunnyadnak. A Felfedezők Társaságának célja a rejtélyek felderítése, amelyek az ismert világ határain túl várják az elszánt kutatókat.
A Felfedezők Társasága-sorozat első kötete, az Utazás Shambalába az I. világháború idején játszódik, amikor a nyugati civilizációra igencsak vészterhes idők járnak - ekkor határozza el a Társaság, hogy megkeresi a mitikus aranyvárost. A kutatás az Északi-sarkvidéktől a mongol sivatagokig, Ázsia földalatti csatornáin át a Himalája szívéig viszi a felfedezőket, míg a legendás város végre felfedi titkát, s az egész földgolyón átívelő kaland végre eljut meghökkentő végkifejletéig.
Fényt deríteni a föld árnyék borította zugaira - ez a célja a rokonlelkek e titkos rendjének, amelybe most belebotlottál, kedves olvasó! Tehát szedd össze a térképeidet, az iránytűdet, az eszedet és főként a kurázsidat, és tarts velünk e rendkívüli utazásra az ismeretlen világ, a Terra Incognita felé!
Jon Baird a Day Job és a Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart című regények szerzője/illusztrátora, Kevin Costnerrel.
Kevin Costner nemzetközileg elismert filmkészítő. Nemzedékének egyik igazán látnoki szellemű mesemondója, aki a kritikusok körében is kivételes sikert aratott, s többek között olyan emlékezetes filmek producereként, rendezőjeként és/vagy főszereplőjeként vált híressé, mint a Farkasokkal táncoló, a JFK, a Több mint testőr, a Baseball álmok, a Fejjel a falnak, a Baseball bikák, a Fegyvertársak, A Hatfield-M cCoy viszály és a Black or White. Két Oscar-díjjal, Három Golden Globe-díjjal és egy Emmy-díjjal tüntették ki.
Rick Ross festőművész és filmkészítő, akinek első széles körben elismert képregénye az Image Comics Urban Monsters sorozata volt. Rick Ross művészeti vezetőként működött közre a Spike TV Hihetetlen, de halálos című műsorának képregény-feldolgozásában, és számos mozgóképregény - köztük a Cinemax televízióban sugárzott Femme Fatales - grafikai munkálatai fűződnek a nevéhez. Az Agitainment című online képregény-antológia kiadója.
Kedves olvasó:
Modern korunkban szívesen hencegünk azzal, hogy bolygónk minden zegzugát feltérképeztük és felmértük, meghódítottuk és leigáztuk; hogy kiismertük földünk szeszélyeit, legyőztük szörnyetegeit, és leleményes emberi szellemünk fényével egyik sarkától a másikig bevilágítottuk. Az emberiség tehát nyugodtan ül a babérjain. Mi azonban, akik az évszázadok során töviről hegyire megismertük e földgolyót, minden olyan helyre eljutva, amiről valaha hallottál - s jó néhány olyan vidékre is, amelyről nem - egészen másképp látjuk a dolgot...
A kalandos históriák aranykora visszatér ebben a ragyogóan kidolgozott, izgalmakkal teli világjáróregében. A Felfedezők Társasága, amely Kipling bravúros meseszövését egy míves részletekben gazdag képregény lenyűgöző képi világával ötvözi, minden egyes oldalán rabul ejti a szemet és a képzeletet egyaránt
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Lacná kniha One Planet: Seven Worlds (-90%)
Welcome home. A place 200 million years in the making.
Long ago, our planet had only one gigantic land mass. Then something monumental happened. That supercontinent ruptured and seven different worlds were born.
Each of those worlds - or continents - evolved, and continues to evolve, its own way of life. From the jungle of the Congo or the majestic Himalayas to the densely populated wilds of Europe or the comparatively isolated Australasia, Seven Worlds, One Planet explores the natural wonders that give each of our continents its distinct character. Following the animals that have made these iconic environments their home, it discovers spectacular wildlife stories that reveal what makes each of these seven worlds unique.
With a foreword by Sir David Attenborough and over 250 breathtaking images, including stills from the BBC Natural History Unit's spectacular footage, Seven Worlds, One Planet is a stunning exploration of the planet, and the worlds within it, that we call home.
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Tibetan Yoga
Tibetan yoga is the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition: a spiritual and physical practice in pursuit of an expanded experience of the human body and its energetic and cognitive potential. Ian A. Baker progressively introduces the core principles and practices of Tibetan yoga in this pioneering overview.
In addition to meditations, visualizations and practices for the breath and body, these include elements rather less familiar to yoga initiates in the West, including sexual yoga; dream yoga or lucid dreaming; and yoga practices enhanced by psychoactive plant or mineral substances. Baker draws on contemporary scientific research and contemplative and humanitarian traditions to enable the reader to understand these practices. The book includes ethnographic photography and works of Himalayan art that have never been published before, as well as illustrations of yogic practice and theory from historical books of instruction.
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The Animal Atlas
Where do animals build their homes? How do they survive in very hot and cold climates? Why are so many species endangered? Discover the answers to all these questions and many more in The Animal Atlas. This lavishly illustrated nature book takes children on a tour, continent by continent, to meet the animals of the world. Within each section, the book travels through different biomes, such as forests, deserts, and lakes; and specific regions, from the Everglades to the Galapagos, Himalayas, and Great Barrier Reef.
The Animal Atlas is packed with beautiful, life-like illustrations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects that live all around the world, from the Amazon to Antarctica. Each species is carefully hand-drawn to show details of fur, feathers, or scales, while accompanying captions reveal fascinating facts about the animal's behaviour. Maps show precisely where the animals are found. For example, Australia's iconic koala can be tracked down to the east coast of the country.
The book starts with an introduction to animal groups and habitats, and finishes with endangered species and a gallery of amazing, record-breaking animals. First published in 1992, this atlas has been updated for the 2020 edition and is a beautiful gift for a new generation of zoologists.
Remote Places to Stay
Discover magical, remote locations around the world, from Africa to the Arctic, that will help you disconnect from modern life and enter a state of wonder. Silence. Calm. Open spaces. These are the new luxuries. In this turbulent era it has become ever more crucial to disconnect and slow down. Remote Places to Stay shares 22 out-of-the-way places where you can get off the grid and reconnect to the essentials, surrounded by raw pristine nature. Some of these remote places are only accessible by foot, others by train, small boat, or bush plane--but they are all places with a very strong sense of space. From lavish to spare architecture, from the Arctic to the desert landscapes of Africa, from a peaceful retreat in the Himalayas to a secret convent in the south of Italy, each exceptional retreat has been carefully selected to inspire and spark a state of wonder. Exploring the pages of Remote Places to Stay is a visual journey you will never forget.
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The Last Englishmen
An engrossing story of passion and exploration that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order.
John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers - W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender - achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest. To this rivalry was added another: their shared love for a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine each man's wartime loyalties.
From Calcutta to pre-war London to Everest itself, The Last Englishmen tracks a generation obsessed with a romantic ideal. With a cast including writers, artists, political rogues and spies, this is narrative history at its most engaging and illuminating.
'Wholly original... It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there is something Tolstoyan to Baker's vast project... Remarkable' Neel Mukherjee
`An exuberant, scene-changing, shapeshifting group biography' Spectator
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Michael ONeill. On Yoga. The Architecture of Peace
It's taken yoga several thousand years to journey from a handful of monasteries dotting the Himalayas to the myriad studios of London, Lower Manhattan, and beyond. Whether bathing with holy men in the Ganges or joining the chorus of a thousand voices chanting "om," photographer Michael O'Neill decided to devote himself to experiencing and recording the world of yoga at this critical juncture in its history. The result is a powerful photographic tribute to the age-old discipline turned global phenomenon, with over 250 million practitioners united in physical, spiritual, and mindful practice worldwide.
Famous for his photographs of the famous, O'Neill first set out to make portraits of the most influential yogis of our time-B. K. S. Iyengar, T. K. V. Desikachar, and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, among others-as well as those known for integrating yoga into their high-profile lives, such as Donna Karan, Sting, and Trudie Styler. But as his yoga and meditation practice deepened, so did his drive to look past the personalities and the poses to document the roots of yoga. Over ten years O'Neill trekked beyond the traditional epicenters to meditate with monks in the Tibetan Plateau, live with sadhus in their tents at the Kumbh Mela, and marvel at the boys who practice the little known discipline of Mallakhamba at the wrestling grounds in Kochi.
This extraordinary body of work tells the story of yoga as it's never been told before, with nearly 200 photographs. Two of O'Neill's most important subjects, meditation master His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and yogi Eddie Stern, join the conversation with their essays on the role of yoga in contemporary culture, the history of the practice from the time of Patanjali, and the healing power of "the architecture of peace," a series of postures that bring the practitioner closer to touching the infinite.
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Donovan ezredes tréfája I-II.
Leslie L. Lawrence nem adja fel: tovább keresi a néhai Donovan ezredes gyémántjait, akárcsak lord Carrick, Mr. Butler, Mr. Atkinson és a váratlanul feltűnt, kései leszármazott, Igor Donovan is. Előbb az indiai Csennaiba indulnak, majd egy sikertelen sírrablás után fel, a Himalájába. Útjuk közben kalandok sora várja őket, a himalájai kolostorban pedig fény derül a titokra: léteznek-e egyáltalán Donovan ezredes legendás gyémántjai?
Leslie L. Lawrence új, fordulatos regénye hőseink kalandjain túl is sok izgalmat rejteget számunkra: bemutatja a „világ teteje” kolostorainak és szerzeteseinek titokzatos, misztikus világát.
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Látók háza
Az Istenek hajnala… Egy hely, ahol az idők kezdetekor megjósoltak valóra válnak, melyet két malachim őríz, míg el nem érkezik a pillanat, hogy új vezetője legyen a Látóknak. Egy lány a szellemasszonyok erejével. Egy fiú, aki az álmokból merít, és kinek szíve hótiszta. Egy angyal, ezer év fájdalmával és a Himalája feletti égbolt tisztaságával. Egy valkűr, sorsát megtagadva. Egy férfi, vikingek leszármazottja, időn és téren át érkezik. Egy másik, évszázadok csatáival a háta mögött. Egy lélek, aki valamikor Delphoit szolgálta… Sorsuk összefonódott itt, a Látók Házában. "Akkor, amikor a dallam hozzáért, a szív egy nagyot dobbant, mintha felismerné. Yasu mosolygott a bohókás gondolaton: ez hát a szerelem.”
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3,07 €
The Amazing Animal Adventure
Come on an amazing journey round the world, seeking out the weirdest and most wonderful animals! From the heights of the Himalayas to the deepest depths of the Pacific ocean, explore these 21 exciting places and meet the animals who live in them. Visit the jungle caves of Borneo, the Australian outback, the Arctic ice floes and many, many more! Your spotter's notes for each location contain all the animals you meet, plus lots of fantastic extra facts about the places you visit. Also includes answer pages, index and world map of your journey.
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Wildlife of the World
Wildlife of the World is a spectacular celebration of global wildlife bringing you face to face with the most fascinating animals on Earth. Journey through some of the most scenic and rich animal habitats, from the Amazon rainforest to the Himalayas, the Sahara to the South Pole, and get closer than you ever imagined to the animals that live there discovering how these fascinating creatures feed, interact, mate, play and survive. Packed with breathtaking photography and animal facts, Wildlife of the World is your chance to see the world's most fascinating wildlife like never before.
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