Hľadanie: Norse Myths
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Dominoes Starter Mulan
When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place. She is soon a hero for all the soldiers in the Chinese army. One of them, Ye Ming, is her best friend. But does he know that she is a woman? And can Mulan fall in love with a friend?
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Lacná kniha Dominoes Starter Mulan
When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place. She is soon a hero for all the soldiers in the Chinese army. One of them, Ye Ming, is her best friend. But does he know that she is a woman? And can Mulan fall in love with a friend?
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0,25 €
4,90 €
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Le Maitre et Marguerite
Ecrit sous la terreur par un homme malade et désespéré, Le Maître et Marguerite " a mis vingt-cinq ans pour s'imposer comme l'un des chefs-d'uvre de la littérature russe et devenir un livre culte dont la construction diabolique n'a pas fini d'enchanter les lecteurs. Comment définir un mythe ? Les personnages de ce roman fantastique sont le diable, un écrivain suicidaire, un chat géant, Jésus et Ponce Pilate, la plus belle femme du monde... On y trouve des meurtres atroces et des crucifixions. C'est une satire acerbe, une comédie burlesque, une parodie politique, un pome philosophique dévastateur avec des fantômes et des transformations magiques. Mais cette fantasmagorie baroque, ce film noir, cette vision d'apocalypse est aussi l'une des plus belles histoires d'amour jamais écrites."
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10,94 €
11,52 €
Lacná kniha Le Maitre et Marguerite (-90%)
Ecrit sous la terreur par un homme malade et désespéré, Le Maître et Marguerite " a mis vingt-cinq ans pour s'imposer comme l'un des chefs-d'uvre de la littérature russe et devenir un livre culte dont la construction diabolique n'a pas fini d'enchanter les lecteurs. Comment définir un mythe ? Les personnages de ce roman fantastique sont le diable, un écrivain suicidaire, un chat géant, Jésus et Ponce Pilate, la plus belle femme du monde... On y trouve des meurtres atroces et des crucifixions. C'est une satire acerbe, une comédie burlesque, une parodie politique, un pome philosophique dévastateur avec des fantômes et des transformations magiques. Mais cette fantasmagorie baroque, ce film noir, cette vision d'apocalypse est aussi l'une des plus belles histoires d'amour jamais écrites."
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1,15 €
11,52 €
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Lacná kniha A Volte Ritornano (-90%)
L'intento di Stephen King in questi venti racconti ? chiaro: parlare di paura, di come si arriva all'orlo della follia...e forse al di l? del baratro. A volte ritornano (1978) ? la prima antologia di racconti di Stephen King. La maggior parte delle storie brevi pi? vecchie di King ? stata inclusa in questa collezione.
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1,49 €
14,87 €
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Cent Ans de Solitude
Une épopée vaste et multiple, un mythe haut en couleur plein de rve et de réel. Histoire la fois minutieuse et délirante d'une dynastie: la fondation, par l'anctre, d'un village sud-américain isolé du reste du monde; les grandes heures marquées par la magie et l'alchimie; la décadence; le déluge et la mort des animaux. Ce roman proliférant, merveilleux et doré comme une enluminure, est sa façon un Quichotte sud-américain: mme sens de la parodie, mme rage d'écrire, mme fte cyclique des soleils et des mots. Cent Ans de solitude compte parmi les chefs d'oeuvre de la littérature mondiale du XXe sicle. L'auteur a obtenu le prix Nobel de littérature en 1982
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Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel CD
Tracklist:
01. Achilles, Agony, and Ecstasy in Eight Parts: Prelude/Hector Storms the /DeMaio, Manowar 28:38
02. Metal Warriors /DeMaio, Manowar 3:54
03. Ride the Dragon /DeMaio, Manowar, Shankle 4:32
04. Spirit Horse of the Cherokee /DeMaio, Manowar 6:02
05. Burning /DeMaio, Manowar, Shankle 5:10
06. The Power of Thy Sword /DeMaio, Manowar 7:50
07. The Demon's Whip /DeMaio, Shankle 7:50
08. Master of the Wind /DeMaio, Manowar, Shankle 5:26
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7,59 €
7,99 €
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I CD
Tracklist:
1. Right Next Door to Hell
2. Dust N' Bones
3. Live and Let Die
4. Don't Cry
5. Perfect Crime
6. You Ain't the First
7. Bad Obsession
8. Back off Bitch
9. Double Talkin' Jive
10. November Rain
11. The Garden
12. Garden of Eden
13. Don't Damn Me
14. Bad Apples
15. Dead Horse
16. Coma
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8,54 €
8,99 €
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I 2LP
Tracklist:
LP 1
1. Right Next Door To Hell
2. Dust'n Bones
3. Live And Let Die
4. Don't Cry (Original)
5. Perfect Crime
6. You Ain't The First
7. Bad Obsession
8. Back Off Bitch
9. Double Talkin' Jive
LP2
1. November Rain (Lp Version)
2. The Garden
3. Garden Of Eden
4. Don't Damn Me
5. Bad Apples
6. Dead Horse
7. Coma
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37,04 €
38,99 €
Young Neil & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory CD
Tracklist:
01. Country Home performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 7:04
02. White Line performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 2:59
03. Fuckin' Up performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 5:53
04. Over and Over performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 08:27
05. Love to Burn performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 10:03
06. Farmer John performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 4:12
07. Mansion on the Hill performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 4:46
08. Days That Used to Be performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 3:50
09. Love and Only Love performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 10:18
10. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 5:11
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7,59 €
7,99 €
Sinuhe l´Egiziano
Best seller dell'autore Mika Waltari, questo romanzo ha raggiunto in breve tempo il milione di copie vendute solo in Europa. La ragione di questo successo va ricercata nello straordinario interesse della vicenda, nella perfetta ricostruzione dell'Egitto dei Faraoni e nella simpatia che desta nel lettore il protagonista di questa singolare vicenda: il medico Sinuhe, un personaggio ricco di fascino e di mistero. Sinuhe ? forse il personaggio eterno della ricerca umana che non si appaga mai, attraverso l'amicizia, l'amore, la gloria e anche la malinconia delle cose amate e non conquistate. Accanto a lui: il faraone Akhenaton, Nefertiti, la malvagia e sensuale moglie di Akhenaton, il generale Horemheb e Nefernefernefer, rapace cortigiana di Tebe.
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15,80 €
16,63 €
Lacná kniha Sinuhe l´Egiziano (-90%)
Best seller dell'autore Mika Waltari, questo romanzo ha raggiunto in breve tempo il milione di copie vendute solo in Europa. La ragione di questo successo va ricercata nello straordinario interesse della vicenda, nella perfetta ricostruzione dell'Egitto dei Faraoni e nella simpatia che desta nel lettore il protagonista di questa singolare vicenda: il medico Sinuhe, un personaggio ricco di fascino e di mistero. Sinuhe ? forse il personaggio eterno della ricerca umana che non si appaga mai, attraverso l'amicizia, l'amore, la gloria e anche la malinconia delle cose amate e non conquistate. Accanto a lui: il faraone Akhenaton, Nefertiti, la malvagia e sensuale moglie di Akhenaton, il generale Horemheb e Nefernefernefer, rapace cortigiana di Tebe.
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1,66 €
16,63 €
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The Celtic Myths that Shape the Way We Think
How do myths that were deeply embedded in the customs and beliefs of their original culture find themselves retold and reinterpreted across the world, centuries or even millennia later? Focusing on ten myths that have had the greatest cultural impact and are the most relevant to our lives today, Mark Williams reveals the lasting influence of Celtic mythology, from medieval literature to the modern fantasy genre. Ten chapters recount the myths and explore the lasting influence of legendary figures including King Arthur, the Celtic figure who paradoxically became the archetypal English national hero; Cu Chulainn, the hero of the Tain, Ireland's great medieval epic, who became a symbol of the reborn Irish nation; the Irish and Scottish hero Finn, who as 'Fingal' caught the imagination of Napoleon, Goethe and Mendelssohn; and the Welsh mythical figure Blodeuwedd, magically created from flowers of the oak, who inspired Yeats.
Williams also explores the contentious use of mythic imagery in nationalist ideology, and how characters and concepts from Celtic legends have been relevant to past and present discussions on national identity. His elegantly written retellings capture the beauty of the original myths while also delving deeper into the history of their meanings, offering the reader an intelligent and engaging take on these powerful stories. Beautiful illustrations of the artworks these myths have inspired over the centuries are presented in a colour-plates section and in black-and-white within the text.
Mark Williams' mythological expertise and captivating writing style makes this book essential reading for anyone who appreciates the myths that have shaped our artistic and literary canons and continue to inspire today.
With 77 illustrations
Loki
Step into the ancient fir-tree forests of Scandinavia and bear witness to legends as epic as those of the Greeks and the Romans.
Melvin Burgess revolutionised children's literature with the infamous cult novels Junk and Doing It. In his first adult novel, Loki, he breathes new life into Norse myths.
Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Norse mythology, from the time the gods - the founders of Asgard - defeated races of monsters, and hurtling through famous stories, including Odin hanging himself on the World Tree, the theft of the corrupting gold ring and the murder of Baldr, the god of love and the Sun. This narrative may seem familiar enough at first, but the reader should beware.
Born within the heart of a fire in the hollow of a tree-trunk, Loki arrives in Asgard as an outsider. He is a trickster, an unreliable narrator, the god of intelligence and politics. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this...) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor.
Alongside the politics of Asgard, it charts the course of Loki's many loves and families, from his mothering of Odin's famous horse to his intense, turbulent, and, eventually, fatal relationship with Baldr the Beautiful - a tender and moving story of love that goes wrong, jealousy and a transitioning that is forbidden by society.
This is a retelling that is contemporary in tone, at once amusing and relatable. It is a heartfelt plea to overthrow the old gods of power and authority and instigate a new era ruled by love and intelligence.
War and Punishment
From heroic dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar, a journey into the myths and fantasies that led Russia to violence in Ukraine
'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.' Drawing from his perilous career investigating the frontiers of the Russian empire, Zygar reveals how 350 years of propaganda, bad historical scholarship, folk tales and fantasy spurred his nation into war with Ukraine.
How did a German monk's fear of the Ottoman Empire drive him to invent the fiction of a united Russian world? How did corny spy novels about a 'Soviet James Bond' inspire Vladimir Putin to join the KGB? How did Alexander Pushkin's admiration for a poem by Lord Byron end with him slandering the legendary chief of the Cossacks? And how did Putin underestimate a rising TV comic named Volodymyr Zelensky, failing to see that his satire had become deadly serious, and that his country would be a joke no longer?
A noted expert on the Kremlin with unparalleled access to hundreds of players in the current conflict - from politicians to oligarchs, gangsters to comedians (not least Zelensky himself) - Zygar chronicles the power struggles from which today's politics grew, and digs out the essential truths from behind layers of seductive legend. By surveying the strange, complex record of Russo-Ukrainian relations, War and Punishment reveals exactly how the largest nation on Earth lost its senses. A work of history can't undo the past or transform the present, but sometimes it can shape the future.
In fact, that's how the story begins.
Lacná kniha Zabudnutý vesmír
Cyklus poviedok Zabudnutý vesmír popisuje cez konkrétne ľudské osudy život v jednej z mnohých kolonizačných vetiev, ktorá sa pomocou hyperpriestorovej technológie dostane do vzdialenej časti vesmíru a natrvalo tam uviazne. Ľudia sa snažia prežiť, vytvoriť si nový domov a pôvodnú kolísku ľudstva - Zem (kam sa nedokážu vrátiť) - začínajú postupne pokladať za mýtus.
Poviedky Antona Stiffela sú rozdelené na priamu líniu a voľne nadväzujúcu líniu. Osobitnou kapitolou sú samostatné poviedky, ktoré nám predostierajú farbisté, spektakulárne či katastrofické príbehy zo Zeme, Slnečnej sústavy a Mliečnej dráhy.
Na sklade 1Ks
0,71 €
14,10 €
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Women Who Run With The Wolves
'Anyone who can read should read this book' Maya Angelou
'Estes points to storytelling, our ancient narratives, as a way for women to reconnect to the Wild Woman all women have within themselves, but have lost' Emma Watson
Go out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.
Within every woman, there lies a powerful force of energy, creativity and self-knowing: their wild woman. For centuries, she has been repressed by a male-orientated value system that trivialises her emotions. Until now.
With a combination of time-honoured stories, myths, fairy tales and casework, this is the feminist classic loved by over 2 million women, that will set you on a beautiful path to unleash your inner wild.
Magisteria
Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?
Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.
The true history of science and religion is a human one. It’s about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It’s about the sincere but eccentric faith and the quiet, creeping doubts of the most brilliant scientists in history – Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Darwin, Maxwell, Einstein. Above all it’s about the question of what it means to be human and who gets to say – a question that is more urgent in the twenty-first century than ever before.
From eighth-century Baghdad to the frontiers of AI today, via medieval Europe, nineteenth-century India and Soviet Russia, Magisteria sheds new light on this complex historical landscape. Rejecting the thesis that science and religion are inevitably at war, Nicholas Spencer illuminates a compelling and troubled relationship that has definitively shaped human history.
The Owl - A Biography
Uncover the secret life of owls through this beautiful guide to these secretive and charismatic birds.
Owls are among the most mysterious birds in the world. Their hauntingly beautiful calls and mostly nocturnal habits have long captured our collective imagination, inspiring more superstitions, folktales and myths than any other group of birds. Seven species of owl - the tawny, little, barn, long-eared, short-eared, snowy and eagle owl - can be found in the British Isles (out of sixteen different kinds across Europe). They have lived alongside people for thousands of years, yet we still know so little about their day-to-day lives.
Discover their fascinating lives, from the moment they first hatch, to the way they hunt their prey and how they raise the next generation. Explore the rich folklore they've inspired around the world and learn how, with a bit of luck, you can catch a glimpse of them yourself.
With beautiful illustrations throughout, and expert birdwatching tips, this eye-opening biography reveals the hidden secrets of one of the world's most famous and beloved birds.