Hľadanie: A Brief History of Life on Earth
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The Secret History
A misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. But his new friends have a horrific secret. When blackmail and violence threaten to blow their privileged lives apart, they drag Richard into the nightmare that engulfs them. And soon they enter a terrifying heart of darkness from which they may never return.
Lacná kniha A Dictionary Of Twentieth-Century World History (Oxford Paperback Reference) (-50%)
Authoritative and up-to-date, A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History provides in-depth coverage of the major historical figures and events of this century. Over 2,500 entries span political, diplomatic, and military history as well as offering both fact and analysis of these areas. Author Jan Palmowski combines full international coverage with detailed entries for every country in the world. Some of the special features of this volume are the biographies of such world leaders as Stalin, Kennedy, Thatcher, Yeltsin, Mandela, Rabin, and Netanyahu and the coverage of political events and movements from the rise and demise of communism to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and from the end of apartheid to the Whitewater scandal. Key battles are highlighted from Yprès to the Gulf War campaign to the Bosnian Civil War and events such as the Chernobyl disaster. Comprehensive attention is paid to major treaties and political agreements from Versailles to Maastricht, and from the Anglo-Irish Agreement to the Dayton Accords. Useful tables including lists of office-holders for countries and organizations and winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are also provided. A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History is an invaluable reference work for student, teachers, and anyone with an interest in the major figures and events of our modern world.
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System Of A Down - Steal This Album CD
Tracklist:
1. Chic-N-Stu
2. Innervision
3. Bubbles
4. Boom !
5. Nüguns
6. A.D.D.
7. Mr. Jack
8. I-E-A-I-A-I-O
9. 36
10. Pictures
11. Highway Song
12. Fuck The System
13. Ego Brain
14. Thetawaves
15. Roulette
16. Streamline
The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures
Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, active in 1953–1992, or earlier institutions, such as the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts (originally the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts), founded in 1890, or the Royal Bohemian Society of Learning, which existed already from the 18th century. Individual chapters are devoted also to Masaryk Academy of Labour and the main scientific institutions of the Germans living in the Czech lands – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Deutscher Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur in Böhmen (Society for the Support of German Sciences, Arts and Literature in Bohemia). Attention is, however, also devoted to our most important scientists with whose research results as well as the milieu in which they worked and work the reader is acquainted with through archival and contemporary sources. The patrons and sponsors who made it possible for Czech science to reach a global level are also not forgotten. The entire process of the development of Czech non-university science is places in the wider social context, which influenced the development of the scientific institutions and the position of scientists in them.
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Lacná kniha History of England (-70%)
One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose, poetry, political acumen and oratorical skills. Among the most successful and enthralling histories ever written, his History of England" won instantaneous success following the publication of its first volumes in 1849, and was rapidly translated into most European languages. Beginning with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and concluding at the end of the reign of William III in 1702, it illuminates a time of deep struggle throughout Britain and Ireland in vivid and compelling prose. But while Macaulay offers a gripping narrative, and draws on a wide range of sources including historical accounts and creative literature, his enduring success also owes a great deal to his astonishing ability to grasp, and explain, the political reality that has always underpinned social change."
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A Flock Of Seagulls - Rare Birds: B-Sides, Edits And Alternate Mixes LP
KDO: A Flock Of Seagulls byli novovlnná skupina aktivní v letech 1979 až 1985. Skupinu založil v Liverpoolu Martin Score společně se svým bratrem Alim. Na krátkou dobu ještě skupina obnovila činnost v letech 2003-2004.
CO: V rámci kampaně RSD 2023 vychází vinyl s raritními nahrávkami skupiny.
LP
1. A1 Factory Music
2. A2 Tanglimara
3. A3 Intro
4. A4 Pick Me Up
5. A5 Windows
6. A6 (It's Not Me) Talking
7. B1 Modern Love Is Automatic (Single Edit)
8. B2 I Ran (So Far Away) (Single Version)
9. B3 Space Age Love Song (Single Edit)
10. B4 (It's Not Me) Talking (Remix)
11. B5 (It's Not Me) Talking (Instrumental)
12. B6 I Ran (12" Mix)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
A-ha - Headlines And Deadlines: The Hits Of A-ha LP
KDO: Norské trio se zformovalo v roce 1982. Do celosvětového povědomí se dostalo v polovině osmdesátých let, kdy si skupiny všiml producent John Ratcliff. Debutové album Hunting High And Low se stalo v roce 1985 jedničkou v rodném Norsku, dvojkou na britských ostrovech a dosáhlo na patnácté místo v Americe. Kapela, kterou tvoří Morten Harket (zpěv), Magne Furuholmen (klávesy) a Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (kytary), byla velmi úspěšná i v dalších letech a patří k nejpopulárnějším skandinávským interpretům všech dob.
CO: Vinylová reedice kompilační desky vydané původně v roce 1991. Kromě největších hitů skupiny album obsahuje i novou skladbu Move To Memphis, která byla později přetočena a vydána na páté studiovce Memorial Beach. Na vinylu je deska k dispozici poprvé po 25 letech.
LP 1
1. Take On Me [3:46]
2. Cry Wolf [4:05]
3. Touchy! [4:31]
4. You Are The One (Remix) [3:47]
5. Manhattan Skyline [4:52]
6. The Blood That Moves The Body [4:05]
7. Hunting High And Low (Remix) [3:47]
8. Move To Memphis [4:22]
9. I've Been Losing You [4:24]
10. The Living Daylights (Single Version) [4:16]
11. Crying In The Rain [4:25]
12. I Call Your Name [4:54]
13. Stay On These Roads [4:44]
14. The Sun Always Shines On T.V. [5:06]
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System Of A Down - Hypnotize LP
Tracklist:
1. Attack
2. Dreaming
3. Kill Rock 'n' Roll
4. Hypnotize
5. Stealing Society
6. Tentative
7. U-Fig
8. Holy Mountains
9. Vicinity Of Obscenity
10. She's Like Heroin
11. Lonely Day
12. Soldier Side
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Lacná kniha Brief Candle in the Dark (-70%)
In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him. He paints a vivid picture, coloured with wit, anecdote and digression, of the twenty-five postgraduate years he spent teaching at Oxford. He pays affectionate tribute to past colleagues and students, recalling the idiosyncrasies of an establishment steeped in ancient tradition and arcane ritual while also recording his respect for the profound commitment to learning and discovery that lies at its core. He invites us to share the life of a travelling scientist, from fieldwork on the Panama Canal to conferences of stratospheric eminence in exotic locations in the company of some of the most prominent of the world's scientific luminaries. And he describes his experiences with his many publishers, television producers, interviewers and partners in debate, not least in the heady period when, after publication of The God Delusion in 2006, he is dubbed the world's most outspoken and controversial atheist. Most important of all, for the first time he reviews with fresh and stimulating insights the evolving narrative of his ideas about science over the course of his highly distinguished career as thinker, teacher and writer. In Brief Candle in the Dark we are invited to enter with him a constantly stimulating world of discovery and to meet a fascinating cast of exceptional characters described by the talented pen of one of the most exceptional of them all.
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A Human History of Emotion
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history had little to do with cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Events ranging from the origins of philosophy to the birth of the world's major religions, the fall of Rome, the Scientific Revolution, and some of the bloodiest wars that humanity has ever experienced can't be properly understood without understanding emotions.
In A Human History of Emotion, Richard Firth-Godbehere takes readers on a fascinating and wide-ranging tour of the central and often under-appreciated role emotions have played in human societies around the world and throughout history - from Ancient Greece to Gambia, Japan, the Ottoman Empire, Britain, and beyond.
Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, art and religious history, A Human History of Emotion vividly illustrates how our understanding and experience of emotions has changed over time, and how our beliefs about feelings - and our feelings themselves - profoundly shaped us and the world we inhabit.
The Queen of Nothing – A semmi királynője (A levegő népe 3.)
A hatalmat sokkal könnyebb megragadni, mint megtartani.
Jude alaposan megtanulta ezt a leckét, amikor mérhetetlen hatalomért cserébe lemondott a gonosz király, Cardan feletti uralmáról.
Tündérfölde száműzött halandó királynéjaként elveszettnek érzi magát, a semmi királynőjének. Ám megfogadja, hogy mindent visszaszerez, amit elvettek tőle. Az esély kétszínű ikertestvére, a szintén halandó Taryn képében érkezik meg, akinek az élete veszélybe kerül.
Jude kénytelen vállalni a kockázatot, és visszatérni a veszedelmes tündérudvarba, valamint szembenézni a Cardan iránti érzéseivel, hogy megmentse a nővére életét. Csakhogy sok minden megváltozott Elfhonban a távozása óta. Háború közeleg. Jude beférkőzik az ellenséges tábor mélyére, és ő maga is belekeveredik a véres politikai csatározásba.
Amikor egy eddig szunnyadó, ám igen erős átok elszabadul, pánik söpör végig a vidéken, és Jude választani kényszerül a becsvágya és az embersége között…
A levegő népe trilógiájának várva várt, döbbenetes fináléja.
A Short History of War
An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future
"Forty short chapters . . . describe war from the ancient world to the present day. . . . A Short History of War offers an expansive and often evocative account of great causes that are never lost or won."-Crawford Gribben, Wall Street Journal
Throughout history, warfare has transformed social, political, cultural, and religious aspects of our lives. We tell tales of wars-past, present, and future-to create and reinforce a common purpose.
In this engaging overview, Jeremy Black examines war as a global phenomenon, looking at the First and Second World Wars as well as those ranging from Han China and Assyria, Imperial Rome, and Napoleonic France to Vietnam and Afghanistan. Black explores too the significance of warfare more broadly and the ways in which cultural understandings of conflict have lasting consequences in societies across the world. Weaponry, Black argues, has had a fundamental impact on modes of war: it created war in the air and transformed it at sea. Today, as twentieth-century weapons are challenged by drones and robotics, Black examines what the future of warfare looks like.
A Natural History of the Future
Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life's overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. In the evolution of antibiotic resistance, the power of natural selection to create biodiversity, and even the surprising life of the London Underground, Dunn finds laws of life that no human activity can annul. When we create artificial islands of crops, dump toxic waste, or build communities, we provide new materials for old laws to shape. Life's future flourishing is not in question. Ours is.
A Natural History of the Future sets a new standard for understanding the diversity and destiny of life itself.
A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 3
The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known state
Archaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II. But 'heroes' do not forge history by themselves. This was also a time of international trade, cultural exchange and sophisticated art, even in the face of violent change.
Alongside his visionary new history of this, the most famous period in the long history of Ancient Egypt, Romer turns a critical eye on Egyptology itself. Paying close attention to the evidence, he corrects prevailing narratives which cast the New Kingdom as an imperial state power in the European mould. Instead, he reveals - through broken artefacts in ruined workshops, or preserved letters between a tomb-builder and his son - a culture more beautiful and beguiling than we could have imagined.
Romer carefully reconstructs the real story of the New Kingdom as evidenced in the archaeological record, and the result - the final volume of a lifelong project - secures his status as Ancient Egypt's finest chronicler.
A Short History of Russia
Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethos, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it is everyone's 'other'. And yet it is one of the most powerful nations on earth, a master game-player on the global stage with a rich history of war and peace, poets and revolutionaries.
In this essential whistle-stop tour of the world's most complex nation, Mark Galeotti takes us behind the myths to the heart of the Russian story: from the formation of a nation to its early legends - including Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great - to the rise and fall of the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, Chernobyl and the end of the Soviet Union - plus the rise of a politician named Vladimir Putin, and the events leading to the Ukrainian war.
British and American History
Tento přehled historie Velké Británie a Spojených států amerických je vhodný pro studenty angličtiny středních a jazykových škol, kteří se připravují k jazykové zkozce z angličtiny.
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Kryštof - 25: History 2CD
Tracklist:
CD 1
Šňůry
Naviděnou
Nesmím zapomenout ( mámě )
Zůstaň tu se mnou ( Za sny )
Lolita
Cosmotrend
Ženy
Obchodník s deštěm
PoHádkách
Srdce
Zrcadlení
Rubikon z Opery
Svědomí
CD 2
Tak nějak málo tančím
Plán
Atentát
Cyráno
Střepy
Inzerát
Křídla z mýdla
Zatančím
Cesta
Srdcebeat
Tak pojď hledat břeh
Ty a já
Greens of Daisy - A természet kincsestára
Sokan csupán vadvirágnak vagy zavaró gyomnak látnak egy sárgán virító pitypangot, egy kerítés mellett bokrosodó csalánt. Mások csak a tavasz igazi hírnökeként gyönyörködnek egy illatos orgonában, és nem is gondolnák, hogy a rózsa szirmaiból akár lekvár is készíthető.
Nem így könyvünk szerzője, Bukovicsné Békefi Daisy, aki már gyerekkorában elmélyült a gyógyító és ehető vadnövények varázslatos világában. Legyen az a cukkini virága, vadsóska, árvácska vagy a sokrétű csalánlevél, számtalan gaznak tűnő egyszerű kerti növény rejt magában igazi kincseket, nem utolsósorban ínycsiklandó ízeket. A könyvben nem csak útmutatást és leírást találunk a legfontosabb gyógynövények felhasználását illetően, de több mint 33 ételrecepttel új színt vihetünk mindennapi ételeinkbe!
A szerző a Greens of Daisy márka névadója és alapítója, kertészmérnök, három gyermekes édesanya, Go Green nagykövet, követőinek száma több százezres nagyságrendű.