Hľadanie: Tragédie obrněnce
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Gestapo
Strhující mikropříběhy z historie gestapa.
Zdařile napsaná a přehledně strukturovaná publikace představuje jednu z řady složek nacistického represivního aparátu, a to tajné státní policie, známé pod zkratkovým slovem gestapo. Autor, aniž by čtenáře ochudil o výklad vzniku a formování nacistické tajné policie a její struktury, se vyhýbá statistickým metodám sociologizujícího dějepisectví a nezapírá své zaujetí „malými dějinami“. Čtenář tak dostává možnost seznámit se s řadou strhujících „mikropříběhů“ mužů i žen, kteří nalezli odvahu k odporu vůči nacistickému režimu a jeho ideologii, anebo jen prostě nezapadali do představ o „novém německém člověku“, ale i jejich přátel, členů rodiny či sousedů. Otevírá se mu tak široké panorama každodenního fungování jednoho z hlavních nástrojů represe a současně je konfrontován s příběhy hrdinství a vzdoru, ale i mnoha lidských tragédií, tak jak je autor získal pečlivým studiem mnoha osobních svazků. Frank McDonough (1957) je profesorem mezinárodních dějin na univerzitě v Liverpoolu.
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Agyatlantisz, avagy az ember tragédiája
Agyatlantisz ősi szigetvilág az Óperenciás-tengeren túl, valahol a komédia és a tragédia határvidékén. Éghajlata abszurdba hajlik. Morbid légköri frontok uralják. Lakossága fokozott koponyaűri nyomásnak van kitéve, következésképpen az idők során szétesett kontinensen az általános agyi keringés folyamatosan károsodik. Szélsőséges esetekben a betegek állapota oki kezelést nem tesz lehetővé, megnő a fatális kimenetel esélye, dehidrálás (húgyhajtó alkalmazása) javallott. Az abszurd ragályos, olvasókra is veszélyes, így két választásunk marad: sírunk vagy nevetünk.
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Psalmus Hungaricus
A trianoni döntés politikai, társadalmi, kulturális és "lelki" következményei jóformán teljesen áthatották és meghatározták a mögöttünk maradt 20. század történetet, különösen 1918 és 1944 között, majd az a 1947-ben megkötött - a trianoni tragédiát megismétlő - párizsi békeszerződés körüli időkben. A kötetben olvasható írások, dokumentumok a magyar nép egyik legnagyobb történelmi tragédiájáról adnak képet - egyszersmind azokról a máig érvényes szellemi erőfeszítésekről, amelyek tanúsíthatják, hogy a nemzetben mindig élt a súlyos történelmi megpróbáltatások leküzdésének lelki ereje.
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Csoda az Andokban
"Az Életben maradtak története a túlélő szemszögéből" 1972 tavasza. Nando Parrado három napig fekszik öntudatlanul, majd arra eszmél, hogy a rögbicsapatát Chilébe szállító repülőgép valahol az Andok kellős közepén lezuhant, s a balesetben több csapattársa és az édesanyja is szörnyethalt. Egy élettelen gleccseren rekedve szüntelenül az apjára gondol, és szilárdan eltökéli: nem fogja tétlenül várni a halált. Hófödte hegycsúcsokon, alattomos hegyoldalakon átkelve hetven kilométert tesz meg a fagyos pusztaságban, hogy segítséget hozzon társainak. Több mint harminc évvel a tragédia után az azóta nemzeti hőssé lett Parrado megindító őszinteséggel és mély érzelmekkel idézi fel megpróbáltatása történetét. Személyes hangú beszámolója megrendítő erővel közvetíti a halálközeliség élményét s a nyomában feltörő életigenlést: az egymásért való küzdés, az összetartás erejét.
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Esős és csillagos éjszakák
Egy görög tavernában, magasan Aghia Anna kicsiny faluja fölött, négy idegen találkozik; Írországból, Amerikából, Németországból és Angliából érkeztek, hogy maguk mögött hagyják otthonukat és régi életüket, amikor egy megrázó tragédia váratlanul összehozza őket. Fiona megpróbálja megértetni a családjával, milyen nagy szüksége van arra, hogy a saját útját kövesse. Thomasnak rettenetesen hiányzik a kisfia, és attól fél, hogy a volt felesége közéjük áll. Elsa sikeres karriert hagyott maga mögött, de valaki a múltjából nem hajlandó elengedni őt. A félénk, csendes David pedig elhatározza, hogy ellenáll zsarnokoskodó apjának. Az "Esős és csillagos éjszakák" egy nyár és négy zaklatott életű ember története. Vonni, az ír asszony segítségével, aki a faluban él, és már-már helybélinek számít, megoldásra találnak - jóllehet nem feltétlenül olyanra, amilyet reméltek...
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The House of Doors
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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. But in 1921 he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write.
His friend Robert Hamlyn offers an escape in the Straits Settlements of Penang, where Robert's steely wife Lesley learns to see Willie as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self.
As Willie prepares to leave, Lesley confides in him secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic revolutionary Dr Sun Yat Sen. And more scandalous still, her connection to an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction.
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Queen K
On a balmy evening in late March, an oligarch's wife hosts a party on a superyacht moored in the Maldives. Tables cover the massive deck, adorned with orchids, champagne bottles, name cards of celebrities. This is what Kata has wanted for a long time: acceptance into the glittering world of high society. But there are those who aim to come between Kata and her goal, and they are closer to home than she could have imagined.
Witness to the corruption and violence underneath the shiny surfaces is Mel, a young English woman employed to tutor Kata's precocious daughter and navigate her through the class codes of English privilege. Now the closest Mel gets to such privilege is as hired help to the wealthy, and she is deeply resentful.
Exquisitely written and deliciously unreliable, Queen K takes the reader to some of the most luxurious places in the world. But a dark refrain sounds from the very beginning of the story and grows towards its operatic finale: a novel about insatiable material desire can only ever be a tragedy.
Nero Dolce & Gabbana
Black, the most powerful and overwhelming color, is the symbol of Dolce&Gabbana and encapsulates opposite feelings that attract: sensuality and rigor, tragedy and love.
But Dolce&Gabbana goes beyond the sartorial perfection of their clothes: it is first and foremost a way of being, questioning, and thinking.
In this large format book, printed in black and white, the great masters of Italian and international reportage, who have portrayed Sicily since the 1950s, are contrasted with the most important fashion photographers, who have interpreted Dolce&Gabbana Black from behind their lenses since the 1980s. These include Sergio Larrain, Bruno Barbey, Ellen von Unwerth, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Mert&Marcus, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindberg, Paolo Roversi, and Giuseppe Tornatore.
In these photographic masterpieces, which range from advertising campaigns to the most iconic editorials and shots never before seen by the general public, published here for the first time, the stars of cinema, entertainment, and the fashion system – featuring Monica Bellucci, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Lopez, and Madonna among others – will alternate with suggestive portraits of ordinary people, in a constant dialog that puts Dolce&Gabbana Black at the center.
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Diablo: Legends of the Barbarian Bul-Kathos
At the dawn of Sanctuary, legends were born. Don’t miss this exclusive, original Diablo® graphic novel chronicling the rise of Bul-Kathos, progenitor of the barbarian class, and his ancient charge to defend Mount Arreat.
At the dawn of Sanctuary, legends were born. Don’t miss this exclusive, original Diablo® graphic novel chronicling the rise of Bul-Kathos, progenitor of the barbarian class, and his ancient charge to defend Mount Arreat.
Long before Bul-Kathos became known as the father of barbarians, he was father to only two: his twin children Naarah and Hiram. Naarah followed her father’s path and became a great fighter, but the ways of their tribe never came naturally to Hiram. After years on walkabout, Hiram returns to his family, having discovered a new way . . . and a new power he seeks to claim with his father’s help.
From the Diablo® development team and storied author-artist duo John Arcudi and Geraldo Borges comes an unforgettable, stunningly illustrated tale. Legends of the Barbarian: Bul-Kathos is at once the myth of a mighty king whose name was forged in battle and the tragedy of a father who bears a heavy crown.
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Trianon 1920. június 4.
A magyar nemzetet sokszor kifosztották, a földdel egyenlővé tették, lakóit lemészárolták, elhurcolták, börtönbe vetették. De mindig magára talált, felemelte fejét, megacélozta erejét, mélyebbé és termőbbé vált a nemzeti érzés. A nép ősi tehetségei izmosították a nemzeti kultúrhagyományokkal rendelkező magyar nemzetet, nem tudták népét kiírtani. Sokszor éltek vissza a történelem folyamán a vendégszeretetünkkel ugyanannyira, hogy végül kitúrtak minket saját országunkból, okozva ezzel a jelenben is meglévő tragédiák egész sorát. A legsúlyosabb amit tettek nemzetünk ellen az a Trianoni szerződés, melyet a magyar nép soha, de soha nem tud elfelejteni, mert igazságtalan volt. Jó volna, ha Strausbourg felfigyelne, hogy ma is embertelen magyarverések vannak Szlovákiában, Kárpátalján, Erdélyben, s Délvidéken (Szerbiában), csak azért mert magyarok. A háborús bűnök nem évülnek el.
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Do not look. Do not ask. Do not pry.
A sumptuous, gothic story about an obsessive female friendship cursed to end in tragedy, a marriage unraveled by dark secrets, and the danger of believing in fairy tales - the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.
Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Castenada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after - and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.
But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom soon finds himself unable to resist. For within the crumbling manor's extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo's dearest childhood friend, who disappeared without a trace.
As the house slowly reveals his wife's secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.
Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
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Upside Down
You don’t need to follow the rules to find the path to happiness . . .
Upside Down is a powerful story of unconventional romance, bold choices and second chances, from the billion copy bestseller, Danielle Steel.
Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. A stunning beauty at sixty-two, her star is as bright as ever. Widowed at a young age by a philandering husband, Ardith is in no hurry to marry again. Her daughter, Morgan, a successful cosmetic surgeon, has always blamed her mother for a lonely childhood while Ardith was away on location, and the relationship remains strained despite Ardith’s efforts to strengthen their bond.
While Ardith’s long-time partner is away filming in London, Josh Gray, an actor waiting for his big break, is employed as Ardith’s assistant at her Bel Air home. When tragedy strikes he becomes an invaluable support, stirring up conflicting feelings in her for this younger man.
In New York, Morgan is swept off her feet by Ben Ryan, one of the country’s most famous TV news reporters. Though more than two decades her senior, she falls headlong for his charm and attention, but when a blackmail scheme puts his career—and their relationship—on the line, she doesn’t know where to turn.
It’s time for Morgan to decide whether she can bury the hurt of the past and forgive, and for Ardith to find a way to follow her heart – because finding true happiness with the right partner has nothing to do with age . . .
Notes on an Execution
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours.
He knows what he's done, and now awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago. Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood.
But this is not his story.
As the clock ticks down, three women uncover the history of a tragedy and the long shadow it casts. Lavender, Ansel's mother, is a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation. Hazel, twin sister to his wife, is forced to watch helplessly as the relationship threatens to devour them all. And Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, is devoted to bringing bad men to justice but struggling to see her own life clearly.
This is the story of the women left behind.
Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes On An Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our cultural obsession with crime stories, and asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the minds of violent men.
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A Nasty Little War
The astonishing untold history of the Western invasion of Soviet Russia - and the tragedy it created.
From the bestselling author of Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine
The extraordinary story of how the West tried to reverse the Russian Revolution.
In the closing months of the First World War, Britain, America, France and Japan sent arms and 180,000 soldiers to Russia, with the aim of tipping the balance in her post-revolutionary Civil War. From Central Asia to the Arctic and from Poland to the Pacific, they joined anti-Bolshevik forces in trying to overthrow the new men in the Kremlin, in an astonishingly ambitious military adventure known as the Intervention.
Fresh, in the case of the British, from the trenches, they found themselves in a mobile, multi-sided conflict as different as possible from the grim stasis of the Western Front. Criss-crossing the shattered Russian empire in trains, sleds and paddlesteamers, they bivouacked in snowbound cabins and Kirghiz yurts, torpedoed Red battleships from speedboats, improvised new currencies and the world's first air-dropped chemical weapons, got caught up in mass retreats and a typhus epidemic, organised several coups and at least one assassination. Taking tea with warlords and princesses, they also turned a blind eye to their Russian allies' numerous atrocities.
Two years later they left again, filing glumly back onto their troopships as port after port fell to the Red Army. Later, American veterans compared the humiliation to Vietnam, and the politicians and generals responsible preferred to trivialise or forget. Drawing on previously unused diaries, letters and memoirs, A Nasty Little War brings an episode with echoes down the century since vividly to life.
Yakuza Lover, Vol. 1
When a feisty college girl falls for a yakuza boss, she gets swept into a steamy and dangerous love affair.When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she's saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she's not in the market for a bad boy type.
But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him-kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul.After the atack at the party, Yuri goes to see Oya to thank him for saving her and as much as she hates to admit it, she can't deny there's an attraction. However, when tragedy strikes, Yuri attempts to turn her back on Oya and his dangerous lifestyle for good-but will the allure prove too great to resist?
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Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war
"One of the best informed and non-partisan accounts of the Syrian tragedy yet published."-Patrick Cockburn, Independent
Syria's brutal, long-lasting civil war is widely viewed as a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the fray. But in this book Christopher Phillips shows the crucial roles that were played by the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar in Syria's war right from the start. Phillips untangles the international influences on the tragic conflict and illuminates the West's strategy against ISIS, the decline of U.S. power in the region, and much more.
Originally published in 2016, the book has been updated with two new chapters.
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Witch Hat Atelier 3
A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what she wishes she could be. Reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, this lushly-drawn story was voted one of the top 10 manga of the year in 2018 by the Japanese manga industry.
AN INKY INVESTIGATION
Cast yourself into the world of witches as Qifrey chases after the dark mysteries of the Brimmed Caps! With some quick thinking and ingenuity, Coco and her fellow classmates use their growing magic skills to save some locals from a grim fate. But this triumph nearly turns to tragedy as the Knights Moralis threaten the young witches with severe punishment for disturbing the natural order of magic. Qifrey convinces the Knights to overlook this issue, but a peculiar happening related to this incident puts him onto the trail of the same forbidden magic that brought Coco into his atelier. This may be Qifrey's only chance to come into contact with the Brimmed Caps, but is he in over his head to engage in this treacherous pursuit on his own?
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Fakultet nenuzhnykh veshchej
"Fakultet nenuzhnyh veschej" JU.O.Dombrovskogo javljaetsja prodolzheniem opublikovannogo v 1964 godu i poluchivshego shirokoe priznanie romana "Hranitel drevnostej". Kniga napisana utselevshim svidetelem tragedii 1937 goda i osnovana na podlinnom opyte av
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Commonwealth
A powerful story of two families brought together by beauty and torn apart by tragedy, the new novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder is her most astonishing yet It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited and notices a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host's wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, has dropped out of law school and is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story. Told with equal measures of humour and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a powerful tale of a family's far-reaching bonds of love and responsibility - and a meditation on inspiration, interpretation and the ownership of stories.
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