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Spisovateľ na sklonku života, večer pred spaním hľadí na knižné police, vyberá knihy, zaznamenáva svoje dojmy, kladie si otázky, vynárajú sa mu zabudnuté udalosti dlhého života. Komentuje udalosti doma i vo svete. Kniha v 26 kapitolách odhaľuje vnútorný vývoj autora. Skúma tajomstvá románu, načrtáva profily prozaikov ako Proust, Joyce, Faulkner, Greene. V časoch marx-leninského útlaku študuje kresťanských filozofov (Augustín, Pascal, Marcel, Mounier), v debatách sa vyznáva zo svojich pochybností. Načrtáva profily kontroverzných osobností našich dejín (Tiso, Husák, Dubček), uvažuje o našich vzťahoch k Maďarom, Čechom. Nevyhýba sa existenciálnej téme smrti, s ľahkou iróniou bilancuje vzťahy so ženami, spomína osudy svojich rodičov počas búrlivého dvadsiateho storočia. Skúsený autor a esejista predkladá mozaiku svojho života, ktorá zaujme čitateľa kritickým pohľadom na dnešok.
Lacná kniha Alice - Erotická zpověď
Alici je dvacet let, prý krásný věk… Ale je tady dramatický rozvod rodičů, dvě mladší sestry, o něž se stará, toto klišé u ní tedy není zrovna na místě.
Alice se statečně vyrovnává se situací, žije se sestrami ve velikém pařížském bytě, kde kdysi žila celá rodina, v bytě plném vzpomínek na krásné časy, který pro ni znamená současně svobodu i vězení. Rodiče a zhroucení rodinného života pro ni představují silné trauma, z něhož se dostává psaním románu.
Setká se s Emmanuelem, jenž je o dvacet let starší, a oba okamžitě podlehnou silnému smyslnému kouzlu, které je k sobě přitahuje. Jejich vztah, zpočátku ryze živočišný, prochází peripetiemi, osciluje mezi láskou, vášní a nenávistí. Alice v tomto vztahu s mužem a také díky němu dospívá v ženu.
Autorce je pětadvacet let, v současné době žije v Berlíně a pracuje na svém dalším románu.
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Ú.P.V.O. 15: 1948
SOUČÁST HELLBOY UNIVERSA V utažské poušti se po testu jaderné bomby začnou objevovat příšery vraždící civilisty. K případu je povolán profesor Bruttenholm, vychovatel malého Hellboye, a spolu s ním agent Anders, bojující s upířím prokletím. Veškeré stopy nasvědčují, že klíčem k pochopení, odkud se v našem světě monstra vzala, je záhadné pouštní sklo objevené na místě atomového výbuchu. Zkratka Ú.P.V.O. znamená Úřad paranormálního výzkumu a obrany, který by vám měl být více než povědomý, pokud jste někdy zavítali do světa Hellboye. Pro fanoušky rohatého bojovníka je tahle pobočná série naprostou nutností.
Ú.P.V.O. 5: Černý plamen
SOUČÁST HELLBOY UNIVERSA Hellboyův tvůrce Mike Mignola ve spolupráci se scénáristou Johnem Arcudim a výtvarníkem Guyem Davisem dále rozvíjejí příběh započatý v knize Žabí mor. S postupujícím žabím morem, zachvacujícím srdce Ameriky, postihuje Úřad paranormálního výzkumu a obrany jedna tragédie za druhou. Zatímco nacismem posedlý ředitel firmy Zinco přivádí k životu zloducha z dávné minulosti Úřadu, aby se stal zvěstovatelem konce lidstva, Liz Shermanovou začínají pronásledovat záhadné sny. Tyto události Ú.P.V.O. navždy změní. Zkratka Ú.P.V.O. znamená Úřad paranormálního výzkumu a obrany, který by vám měl být více než povědomý, pokud jste někdy zavítali do světa Hellboye. Pro fanoušky rohatého bojovníka je tahle pobočná série naprostou nutností.
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Vypravěčka – německá černoška narozená v bývalé NDR, žijící převážně v Berlíně – neustále udržuje rozhovor s kýmsi blíže nedefinovaným. Podle oslovování a typu otázek můžeme jen tušit, že se jedná o dávno zesnulého bratra, jindy o amerického imigračního úředníka nebo psychologa, případně o rozhovor s vlastním já. Tento přerušovaný proud řeči propůjčuje románu pocit roztěkanosti, ale naplňuje aktuální rytmus jazyka. Olivia Wenzel píše srdceryvně i humorně o původu i ztrátě, o radosti ze života, osamělosti a rolích, které člověku přisuzuje společnost.
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From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star (The Nico Di Angelo Adventures)
From New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a new standalone adventure featuring two of the most popular characters from the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
ONE PROPHECY. TWO DEMIGODS. A HEROIC QUEST.
Nico di Angelo is pretty familiar with the realms of death, being the son of Hades and all. So when a desperate voice starts plaguing his dreams, Nico is convinced it's coming from the Underworld and belongs to an old friend - a reformed Titan called Bob. Then an ominous prophecy leaves Nico in no doubt - Bob needs his help and Nico must rescue him.
Of course Nico's boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo (the god of light) insists on joining the quest too. But can will even survive in the darkest part of the world? And what does the prophecy mean when it says that Nico will have to leave something of equal value behind?
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Ú.P.V.O. 6: Univerzální stroj
SOUČÁST HELLBOY UNIVERSA Po osudném boji s obludným bohem Katha-Hemem, odjíždí doktorka Kate Corriganová na francouzský venkov pátrat po starověkém textu, který by pomohl opět oživit Rogera. Mezitím v sídle Úřadu paranormálního výzkumu a obrany vypráví kapitán Daimio o vlastní smrti, Johann Kraus se přiznává k bizarnímu milostnému trojúhelníku, jehož byl součástí na jedné ze svých seancí, Abe zase vzpomíná na Hellboye a společnou misi během jejich prvních dnů v Ú.P.V.O. a Liz odhaluje podivné okolnosti prvního projevu jejích pyrokinetických schopností, které vedly až ke smrti její vlastní rodiny. Zkratka Ú.P.V.O. znamená Úřad paranormálního výzkumu a obrany, který by vám měl být více než povědomý, pokud jste někdy zavítali do světa Hellboye. Pro fanoušky rohatého bojovníka je tahle pobočná série naprostou nutností.
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 14
Broke young man + chainsaw demon = Chainsaw Man!
Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world. After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous—Chainsaw Man!
Asa and Denji are going on a date to the aquarium! Asa just wants to seduce Denji to turn him into a weapon, but Denji might have other ideas. Will they ruin the date with their extreme social awkwardness, or will a surprise attack by a devil be the culprit?
Surviving to Drive
**THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
THE BOOK COVERED ON SEASON SIX OF DRIVE TO SURVIVE ON NETFLIX
Includes a BRAND NEW chapter with Guenther’s review of the 2023 Formula 1 season.
'People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes...'
Guenther Steiner is one of motor racing's biggest and most celebrated characters, known to millions for his show-stealing appearances on Netflix's hugely popular fly on the wall series, Drive to Survive.
In Surviving to Drive, the Haas team principal takes readers inside his Formula 1 team for the entirety of the 2022 season, giving an unobstructed view of what really takes place behind the scenes. Through this unique lens, Guenther takes us on the thrilling rollercoaster of life at the heart of high stakes motor racing.
Packed full of twists and turns, from hiring and firing drivers, balancing books, pre-season preparations, the design, launch and testing of a car - and of course, the race calendar itself - this is the first time that an F1 team has allowed an acting team principal to tell the full story of a whole season.
Uncompromising and searingly honest, told in Steiner's inimitable style, this is a fascinating and hugely entertaining account of the realities of running a Formula 1 team.
Empire of the Damned (Hardback)
Gabriel de Leon has saved the Holy Grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost.
After turning his back on his silversaint brothers once and for all, Gabriel and the Grail set out to learn the truth of how Daysdeath might finally be undone.
But the last silversaint faces peril, within and without. Pursued by children of the Forever King, drawn into wars and webs centuries in the weaving, and ravaged by his own rising bloodlust, Gabriel may not survive to see the truth of the Grail revealed.
A truth that may be too awful for any to imagine.
The Storm We Made
Her decision changed history.
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Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love in the face of the horrors of war, for fans of Pachinko and All the Light We Cannot See.
Japanese-occupied Malaya, 1945.
Cecily Alcantara's children are in terrible danger.
Her eldest child Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day.
Jasmin, the youngest, lives confined in a basement for her own safety.
And her son, Abel, has disappeared without a trace.
Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth.
The Queen of the Dawn
The final book in the epic romantic fantasy series 'Shadows & Crowns'.
The epic conclusion to the 'Shadows & Crowns' series
Cassia Greythorne has survived battles with gods and monsters and the crown is in her grasp. But the power of the dark god Malaphar grows ever stronger, threatening the future of their world before her reign has even begun.
Still there is hope: a way to banish him forever has been revealed. It will take Casia and her friends into a strange new realm, where they must face old enemies and race to decipher a bewildering ancient magic.
But time is short. Chaos spreads throughout the empires and the bonds between allies begin to fray. With every bloody battle, the cost of saving their world becomes clearer.
Dawn is coming. But will they survive to see the new day?
Filthy Rich Vampires 3: Three Queens
Thea and Julian have made their choice, but can they survive the fallout?
Returning to the world of the vampire elite as Solstice falls, they must navigate new dangers, treacherous allies, and morally grey friendships. When information leads them to Venice, the couple finds themselves at odds. Following the clue isn't just dangerous, it could be deadly. With the fate of her family on the line, Thea rushes to Venice, and Julian follows despite his haunted history with the city.
The past might hold the key to their future, but to find out, Julian must face the monster he was once, and as forgotten magic stirs in Thea's blood, the search for answers leads to devastating consequences.
With the future of the magical world hanging in the balance, tensions rising in their family, and war looming on the horizon, will their love triumph, or will they pay the ultimate price?
The Mongol Storm
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages.
For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.
In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region's geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia.
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Maurice and Maralyn
What begins as an eccentric English love story turns into one of the most dramatic adventures ever recorded...
Maurice and Maralyn couldn't be more different. He is as cautious and awkward as she is charismatic and forceful. It seems an unlikely romance, but it works.
Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maralyn has an idea: sell the house, build a boat, leave England — and its oil crisis, industrial strikes and inflation — forever. It is hard work, turning dreams into reality, but finally they set sail for New Zealand. Then, halfway there, their beloved boat is struck by a whale and the pair are cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
On their tiny raft, their love is put to the test. When Maurice begins to withdraw into himself, it falls upon Maralyn to keep them both alive. Filled with danger, spirit, and tenderness, this is a book about human connection and the human condition; about how we survive — not just at sea, but in life.
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Life on Our Planet
Today there are 20 million species on our planet. Yet what we see is just a snapshot in time. 99% of Earth's inhabitants are lost to our deep past. The story of what happened to these lineages - their rise and their fall - is truly remarkable.
Accompanying the ground-breaking series, Life on Our Planet tells the story of life's epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth, showing in a new light what's been lost to us, and how life's future is now being written by us. From ancient ocean worlds and plant life's first forays onto land, to the rise and fall of the dinosaurs and the devastation of the last Ice Age, this is a sweeping view of evolution, through five extinctions and, with the arrival of humans on earth, the beginning of the sixth...
With over 200 photos and images from the groundbreaking Netflix series, Life on Our Planet is an unforgettable journey to our ancient past, containing powerful lessons to learn about our future.
Skellig: the 25th anniversary illustrated edition
The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children’s writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children’s book of the Year Award, this unforgettable book now has captivating illustrations by Tom de Freston to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary.
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister’s illness, Michael’s world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.
One Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the ramshackle garage of his new home and finds something magical. A strange creature – human? beast? bird? angel? – a being who needs Michael’s help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health.
But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael’s world changes for ever …
Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children’s Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the Hans Christian Andersen award, the Nonino International Prize, and has received an OBE for services to literature. He is celebrated as – in the words of the Independent – ‘a master storyteller’.
Your Blood, My Bones
Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she's just inherited - to burn it to the ground. But during her final walkthrough of her childhood home, she makes a shocking discovery in the basement - Peter, the boy she once considered her best friend, strung up in chains and left for dead.
Unbeknownst to Wyatt, Peter has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths on her family's property. Semi-immortal, Peter never remains dead for long, but he can't really live, either. Not while he's bound to the farm, locked in a cycle of grisly deaths and painful rebirths. There's only one way for him to break free. He needs to end the Westlock line.
He needs to kill Wyatt.
With Wyatt's parents gone, the spells protecting the property have begun to unravel, and dark, ancient forces gather in the nearby forest. The only way for Wyatt to repair the wards is to work with Peter - the one person who knows how to harness her volatile magic. But how can she trust a boy who's sworn an oath to destroy her? When the past turns up to haunt them in the most unexpected way, they are forced to rely on one another to survive, or else tear each other apart.
The World and All That It Holds
The World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.
As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It’s not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it’s nothing a dash of laudanum, a summer stroll and idle fantasies can’t put in perspective.
And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto’s introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller and Pinto’s protector and lover.
Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches and find themselves entangled with spies and Bolsheviks. As they travel over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto’s love for Osman that will truly survive.