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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 9: The Long Haul
A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun... unless, of course, you're the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Petrol-station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender and a runaway pig - not exactly Greg Heffley's idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure - and this is one the Heffleys won't soon forget.
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Astronomical
'In the same light-heartedly informative spirit as his previous Elemental, Tim James gives us an entertaining gallop through light years of space science, from the big bang to UFOs'
Andrew Crumey, author of The Great Chain of Unbeing
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
'Humorous, yet deep . . . Fundamental will speak to all readers'
Professor Charles Antoine, Sorbonne University
'Who said science was dry? Certainly not Tim James'
New York Post
Does the Big Bang prove the existence of God? What's the Universe expanding into? Is Earth the only planet which supports life? Why did the greatest astronomer in history murder his pet moose?
Space is the biggest, oldest, hottest, coldest, strangest thing a human can study. It's no surprise then, that the weirdest facts in science (not to mention the weirdest scientists themselves) are found in astrophysics and cosmology.
If you're looking for instructions on how to set up your grandad's telescope this book probably isn't for you. In Astronomical, Tim James takes us on a tour of the known (and unknown) Universe, focusing on the most-mind boggling stuff we've come across, as well as unpacking the latest theories about what's really going on out there.
Guiding us through Einstein's relativity, quantum mechanics and string theory, Astronomical delves into the baffling corners of the cosmos and tackles the biggest mysteries we face: from alien life to the zodiac; from white holes to wormholes; from quasars to quark stars. This is the science of space at its absolute strangest!
From the creation of the Universe out of nothing to the Large Hadron Collider and the Universe's ongoing expansion, Tim explores our planetary neighbours, where it snows metal on Venus, there are underground lakes on Mars and rivers of petrol on Titan.
He then looks beyond our solar system: to exoplanets which could support life, rogue planets, quark stars, quasars, neutron stars and more. Tim looks at black holes (and how to survive in one), wormholes, white holes as well as dark energy, dark matter and even a bit of string theory thrown in for good measure. He explains the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, including the discovery of Martian fossils in the Alan Hills meteorite and the tantalising 'Wow signal' transmission earth received in 1973 - still unexplained.
He also rebuts resurgent anti-science movements, including the Flat Earth Society and discusses what's really going on inside Area 51.
To close, Tim finishes by looking at human achievements in space including how rockets work, how faster-than-light warp-drives (currently being investigated by NASA) work and how we plan to colonise both the moon and Mars.
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Szeretet - Naptárkönyv 2021
Egyedülálló műfajú kötet: naptárkönyv. Határidőnapló a 2021-es évre, melyet hónapról hónapra és hétről hétre Müller Péter bölcs, felemelő, olykor megrendítő gondolatai, tanácsai kísérnek. Különleges lézertechnikával készült, exkluzív borítóval. "Ezt a könyvet ketten írjuk. Régi vágyam valósul meg: együtt írni az olvasómmal. Lényegében mindig ez történik. Az író csak megtermékenyít, a művet az olvasó szüli meg. Társszerzők vagyunk. Boldog vagyok, ha könyveimbe belefirkálnak, mert látom, hogy létrejött közöttünk valami igazi. Ez itt most napló. Érdemes beleírni, akárcsak annyit, hogy "Cukrot, lisztet venni!" Én ifjúkori naplóm első oldalára annyit írtam, hogy "Jaj!" Már nem tudom, miért. Három hét múlva újra elővettem, s azt írtam, hogy "Jaj!" Újra. Akkor már tudtam, a lélek akkor támaszkodik a betűkre, ha valami feszíti. Nem biztos, hogy ez "jaj!". Lehet egy boldog élmény. Repülök, és nem akarom elfelejteni. Titkot mondok: azt, hogy mi történik veled, jó esetben csak tíz év múlva érted meg. Addig csak napról-napra vándorolsz, nem tudod, hogy miért. És tíz év múlva, vagy életed végén, esetleg már a felnőtt gyermekeid kezében ragyogni kezd még egy olyan mondat is, hogy "Cukrot, lisztet venni!" Nincsenek elhanyagolható mozzanatok. Írjunk hát, együtt. Ez olyan, mint a tánc. Én vezetlek." Müller Péter
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Lacná kniha Láska (-70%)
Hnacou silou románu Láska je manželský zväzok založený na ľudskej amorálnosti medzi päťdesiatdvaročným Billom Coseym a jeho manželkou, ešte dieťaťom, ktoré si kúpil za dvesto dolárov. V časoch, keď v Spojených štátoch zúrila rasová segregácia bol Cosey majiteľom vyhľadávaného luxusného hotela v jednom z najlepších prímorských letovísk. Coseyovci patrili k vyššej čiernej vrstve a tak aj po Coseyho smrti sú spomienky naňho pre miestnych neustále témou rozhovorov. Hotel už nefunguje a chátra, letovisko zíva prázdnotou, medzi dedičkami panuje nenávisť a vzájomne si znepríjemňujú život. V útlom románe Láska nájdeme vraždu, podpaľačstvo, zohavenie mladého dievčaťa, fetišizmus, pedofíliu, znásilnenie tlupou tínedžerov a zneužitie mladistvých, prostitúciu, vydieranie, sadomasochizmus, defenestráciu i rozzúrený dav zaháňajúci sa vedrom ľudských výkalov. Ohavnosti však Morrisonová vyvažuje v každom svojom diele i láskavosťou. Tentoraz je to pekný vzťah medzi starými rodičmi a vnukom.
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Appetite
Nigel Slater's inspirational guide to home cooking. 'I want you to take in the spirit of the recipes and to deviate according to your ingredients and your feelings. I urge you to break the rules. I want you to follow your appetite.' Inspiring and irresistible, 'Appetite' takes a hundred simple classics and casts aside the insecurities of normal recipes. Ingredients are listed, followed by a suggestion of how much you might need, i.e. 'double cream - start with 100 ml then see how you go'. Readers will be liberated to use their own judgement, indeed actively encouraged to skip half the ingredients for pared-down versions that will teach them the essence of a dish. Recipe titles reflect this approach - 'a cheap spaghetti supper', 'a big pork roast', 'a curry to make you sweat'. Slater's typically unpretentious style and ready wit put the fun back into food.
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Nick Brandt: This Empty World
This Empty World, Nick Brandt's new monograph, features a series of dramatically staged photographs that bring together and reveal the animals and people of East Africa as the victims of environmental degradation in an emotionally powerful, cinematic way. Moving into colour photography for the first time, the work is both a technical tour-de-force and a massively ambitious project in which several sets are constructed on a scale typically only seen in film production. Each panoramic image is a combination of two moments in time, almost all of them captured weeks apart from the exact same camera position.
Brandt first builds and lights a partial set, then waits for the animals that inhabit the region to enter the frame. Once captured on camera, the full set is built with the camera remaining fixed in place. The sets include bridge and highway construction sites, a petrol station, a bus station and even a dead forest.
Completing the scene with a huge cast drawn from local communities, Brandt then photographs the second sequence. The final large scale prints are a composite of the two intricately plotted elements. Viewed as a whole, the images vividly illustrate a world in which, overwhelmed by runaway human development, there is no longer space for animals to survive, and beg the question: what kind of world will we live in when stripped of its natural wonders.
Photographed on unprotected, inhabited Maasai community land, after the sets were removed and their elements recycled, no evidence of the images now remains in the landscape.
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Hagymácska története
Hagyma apó kis fabódéja, amelyben gyermekeivel éldegélt, alig volt nagyobb egy zöldségárus ládikójánál. Egy nap előttük haladt el a vidék kormányzója, Citrom herceg. Hagyma apó a nagy tolongásban véletlenül őfensége lábára tapos, ezért a Citrom-őrök lefogják, és börtönbe vetik. Hagyma apó utolsó szavaival azt tanácsolja fiának, Hagymácskának, hogy menjen világgá, és tanulmányozza a gazfickókat. Sikerül-e Hagymácskának kiszabadítani a bebörtönzött Hagyma apót? Megleckézteti-e a gonosz Paradicsom lovagot és a gőgös Citrom herceget?
A Hagymácska története Gianni Rodari legismertebb és legtöbbet feldolgozott meseregénye
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The Way Back Home
Zoom into space on an exciting adventure in this toddler-friendly board book from the award-winning, bestselling creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found. One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard. Up, up and away he flies, past clouds and stars until suddenly, phut, phut phut, the plane runs out of petrol and the boy crash lands on the moon. Just as he is beginning to get cold and lonely, a Martian appears from the darkness - could this be the start of an unlikely friendship? And will the boy ever manage to get home again?
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Paddywax Eco Green Thyme & Olive Leaf vonná sviečka 226g
Línia Eco Green jednoznačne dáva zelenú životnému prostrediu: sójová zmes je odliata do nádob z recyklovaných vínových fliaš, ktoré sú doplnené drevenými vrchnákmi.
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Paddywax Eco Green Verbena & Lemongrass vonná sviečka 226g
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Paddywax Eco Green Mandarin & Lavender vonná sviečka 226g
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Táto príručka Horsta Bielfelda, dlhé roky jedného z najúspešnejších autorov a fotografov kníh o zvieratkách v Nemecku dáva fundovanú a praktickú odpoveď na otázky výberu, opatery a výchovy setrov. (140X200, str.95, MV,FB, r.vyd.1997)
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Misbehaving
ECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES and EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
From the renowned and entertaining behavioural economist and co-author of the seminal workNudge, Misbehaving is an irreverent and enlightening look into human foibles. Traditional economics assumes that rational forces shape everything. Behavioural economics knows better. Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the notion that humans are central to the economy - and that we're error-prone individuals, not Spock-like automatons. Now behavioural economics is hugely influential, changing the way we think not just about money, but about ourselves, our world and all kinds of everyday decisions.
Whether buying an alarm clock, selling football tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments.
Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV quiz shows, sports transfer seasons, and businesses like Uber.
When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers and policy makers are both profound and entertaining.
Irrational Ape
Why did revolutionary China consider the sparrow an 'animal of capitalism' - and what happened when they tried to wipe them out?
With a cast of murderous popes, snake-oil salesmen and superstitious pigeons, find out why flawed logic puts us all at risk, and how critical thinking can save the world.
It may seem a big claim, but knowing how to think clearly and critically has literally helped save the world. In September 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's early warning system showed five US missiles heading towards the country. Stanislaw Petrov knew his duty: he was to inform Moscow that nuclear war had begun, so that they could launch an immediate and devastating response. Instead, he made a call to say the system was faulty. He'd assessed the situation and reasoned that an error was more likely than such a limited attack.
We may not have to save the planet from nuclear annihilation, of course, but our ability to think critically has never been more important. In a world where fake news, mistrust of experts, prejudice and ignorance all too often hold sway, we can all too easily be misled over issues such as vaccinations, climate change or conspiracy theories. We live in an era where access to all the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips, yet that also means misinformation and falsehoods can spread further and faster than ever before.
In The Irrational Ape, David Robert Grimes shows how we can be lured into making critical mistakes or drawing false conclusions, and how to avoid such errors. Given the power of modern science and the way that movements can unite to protest a cause via social media, we are in dangerous times. But fortunately, we can learn from our mistakes, and by critical thinking and scientific method we can discover how to apply these techniques to everything from deciding what insurance to buy to averting global disaster. This book, packed with fascinating case studies and examples, helps ensure we are ready for the modern world.
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Lacná kniha Mýty a legendy (-70%)
50 najfascinujúcejších mýtov a legiend sveta opäť oživených Putovanie spletitým svetom bohov a bohýň, hrdinov a hrdiniek a civilizáciami, ktoré ich stvorili Charakteristika mýtických postáv jednotlivých oblastí sveta od staroegyptského príbehu o bohu slnka Rem až po tragický príbeh lásky keltskej legendy o Tristanovi a Izolde Bohatý obrázkový materiál vďaka pozoruhodným detailom oživuje umelecké výtvory a vysvetľuje jednotlivé mýtické témy
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Fictionality - Possibility - Reality
Aké miesto zaujíma fikcia v našom myslení a komunikácii? Aký je jej vztah ku kontrafaktuálnym stavom
vecí, predstavám takýchto stavov a hovorením o nich? Za akých podmienok hovoríme, že takéto akty zásadným
spôsobom zahrnajú konštituovanie fiktívnych svetov? Je možné, aby fiktívne svety mali spolocné entity so skutocným
svetom, takže výrazy prirodzeného jazyka môžu zachovávat svoje referencné funkcie, ked sa používajú vo fiktívnych
textoch? Aký je rozdiel medzi literárnostou a fikciou? Musí tvorba a recepcia textov s literárnymi ašpiráciami
nevyhnutne vykazovat fiktívny rozmer? Ambíciou uvedenej knihy je predstavit fenomén fikcie v sieti týchto spojení a
kontrastov, a to z filozofického hladiska, estetiky a teórie literatúry.
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