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Strom noci a jiné povídky - A Tree of Night and Other Stories
Bilingvní vydání povídkové knihy známého amerického prozaika a esejisty, jenž se proslavil jako autor mistrně napsaných krátkých textů. Již jako devatenáctiletý získal Cenu O. Henryho za svou povídku Miriam, která je součástí této sbírky. T. Capote je autorem literárního textu Chladnokrevně, ve kterém rekonstruuje brutální zločin., jenž otřásl Spojenými státy v roce 1959.
King of Battle and Blood
An instant USA Today bestseller! From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance. Their union is his revenge.
Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead.
Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. Except it isn't the court she fears most-it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king-fierce, savage, merciless-chose her as consort.
The answer will shatter her world. Book 1 in the Adrian X Isolde series
House of Earth and Blood
UNLEASHED BY DESTINY. Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party, and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer.
But when a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, Bryce's world comes crashing down. Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again.
And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer. As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir ... Perfect for fans of Jessica Jones and True Blood, this is a blockbuster modern fantasy set in a divided world where one woman must uncover the truth to seek her revenge.
With unforgettable characters and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom - and the power of love.
Women Who Run with Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., Jungian analyst and cantadora storyteller, shows how woman's vitality can be restored through what she calls "psychic archeological digs" into the bins of the female unconscious. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes uses multicultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories chosen from over twenty years of research that help women reconnect with the healthy, instinctual, visionary attributes of the Wild Woman archetype. Dr. Estes collects the bones of many stories, looking for the archetypal motifs that set a woman's inner life into motion. "La Loba" teaches about the transformative function of the psyche. In "Bluebeard," we learn what to do with wounds that will not heal; in "Skeleton Woman," we glimpse the mystical power of relationship and how dead feelings can be revived; "Vasalisa the Wise" brings our lost womanly instincts to the surface again; "The Handless Maiden" recovers the Wild Woman initiation rites; and "The Little Match Girl" warns against the insidious dangers of a life spent in fantasy. In these and other stories, we focus on the many qualities of Wild Woman. We retrieve, examine, love, and understand her, and hold her against our deep psyches as one whois both magic and medicine. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and lifegiving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.
Lacná kniha A Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units (-70%)
This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. * Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background * Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature * Notes on associated terminology * Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time * Comprehensive coverage of the whole Systeme International
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3,94 €
13,14 €
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Stories of Your Life and Others
'A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.' GUARDIAN
With Stories of Your Life and Others, his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose.
From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the firmament above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality, Chiang's rigorously imagined fantasias invite us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
'United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang's calm passion.' CHINA MIEVILLE
Ember Shadows and the Fates of Mount Never
In a land trapped by fate, only courage can re-write the future.
In the magical village of Everspring, everyone receives a fate card before their twelfth birthday, sent down from the mysterious Mount Never. It tells them their purpose, their profession and how old they'll be when they die.
Nearly 12-year-old Ember Shadows has always believed she is destined for great things. But when her fate card arrives, it's blank. What does that mean? Then, worse still, her sister's card decrees she will die before her next birthday. No way is Ember's going to let that happen.
Determined to challenge what - or who - is responsible for these cards, Ember sets off up the mountain, a place no one is allowed to go. She encounters forbidden realms full of magic, trickery and curious creatures. In a thrilling race through a magical landscape, Ember Shadows must uncover the secret behind the fate cards in order to save her sister ...
But will Ember like what she finds at the top of the mountain?
With hints of Alice in Wonderland, shades of The Phantom Tollbooth and echoes of Pixar's Inside Out, this a thrilling, warm-hearted race through magical realms, a classic magical adventure, beautifully illustrated throughout.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie Tie-in
The tie-in edition to the star-studded blockbuster movie. Competition will drive him. But power has its price.It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.
The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin.Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death.
Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set to be the biggest movie of 2023. Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, the original Hunger Games trilogy changed the face of global YA. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was a global number one hit in hardback.
Lacná kniha The Repblic and the Laws of Plato (-70%)
Sborník textů z 1. mezinárodního pražského platónského symposia, konaného v Praze ve dnech 4.–5. 4. 1997.
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3,68 €
12,25 €
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
So, I've written a book.
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!'), I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child.
This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters...the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.
Lacná kniha Poklady Pienin a Zamaguria / Wealth of the Pieniny and Zamagurie (-50%)
Krehkú nádheru severovýchodného cípu Slovenska na hranici s Poľskom v okolí Dunajca, jedinečnosť rieky i jej okolia zachytáva objektív skúseného fotografa a znalca fauny i flóry Ivora Mihála slovný komentár profesionálneho prírodovedca a ochranára Štefana Danka prezrádza množstvo zaujímavostí o prírode a unikátnych pamiatkach. Navštívte legendami opradený Červený kláštor, prevezte sa na plti malebným prielomom Dunajca, vyštverajte sa do príkrych roklín Haligovských skál a nazrite na miesta, kam sa bežný turista nedostane, a objavte skutočné poklady pieninskej prírody... Kniha obsahuje množstvo unikátnych fotografií miestnej fauny. Mnohé zábery sú už historické a zvečňujú zaniknutú krásu niektorých zákutí. Celá kniha je dvojjazyčná so slovenským aj anglickým textom!
Na sklade 2Ks
7,95 €
15,90 €
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Fleetwood Mick & Friends - Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green And The Early Years Of Fleetwood Mac 2CD+BD
KDO: Legendární bubeník Mick Fleetwood, spoluzakladatel skupiny Fleetwood Mac, a jeho přátelé z první ligy světové populární hudby Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Noel Gallagher, Pete Townshend, Neil Finn, Kirk Hammett a Jeremy Spencer.
CO: Album je záznamem unikátního koncertu, na kterém byla vzdána pocta legendárnímu kytaristovi, a rovněž druhému spoluzakladateli Fleetwood Mac, Peteru Greenovi a rané tvorbě této kapely, která se hluboce vepsala do dějin populární hudby.
2CD+BD
BD:
1. Rolling Man (Live from The London Palladium)
2. Homework (Live from The London Palladium)
3. Doctor Brown (Live from The London Palladium)
4. All Your Love (Live from The London Palladium)
5. Rattlesnake Shake (Live from The London Palladium)
6. Stop Messin' Round (Live from The London Palladium)
7. Looking for Somebody (Live from The London Palladium)
8. Sandy Mary (Live from The London Palladium)
9. Love That Burns (Live from The London Palladium)
10. The World Keep On Turning (Live from The London Palladium)
11. Like Crying (Live from The London Palladium)
12. No Place to Go (Live from The London Palladium)
13. Station Man (Live from The London Palladium)
14. Man of the World (Live from The London Palladium)
15. Oh Well (Pt. 1) (Live from The London Palladium)
16. Oh Well (Pt. 2) (Live from The London Palladium)
17. Need Your Love so Bad (Live from The London Palladium)
18. Black Magic Woman (Live from The London Palladium)
19. The Sky Is Crying (Live from The London Palladium)
20. I Can't Hold Out (Live from The London Palladium)
21. The Green Manalishi (the Two Prong Crown) [Live from The London Palladium]
22. Albatross (Live from The London Palladium)
23. Shake Your Money Maker (Live from The London Palladium)
CD1:
1. Rolling Man (Live from The London Palladium)
2. Homework (Live from The London Palladium)
3. Doctor Brown (Live from The London Palladium)
4. All Your Love (Live from The London Palladium)
5. Rattlesnake Shake (Live from The London Palladium)
6. Stop Messin' Round (Live from The London Palladium)
7. Looking for Somebody (Live from The London Palladium)
8. Sandy Mary (Live from The London Palladium)
9. Love That Burns (Live from The London Palladium)
10. The World Keep On Turning (Live from The London Palladium)
11. Like Crying (Live from The London Palladium)
12. No Place to Go (Live from The London Palladium)
13. Station Man (Live from The London Palladium)
CD2:
1. Man of the World (Live from The London Palladium)
2. Oh Well (Pt 1) (Live from The London Palladium)
3. Oh Well (Pt. 2) (Live from The London Palladium)
4. Need Your Love so Bad (Live from The London Palladium)
5. Black Magic Woman (Live from The London Palladium)
6. The Sky Is Crying (Live from The London Palladium)
7. I Can't Hold Out (Live from The London Palladium)
8. The Green Manalishi (the Two Prong Crown) [Live from The London Palladium]
9. Albatross (Live from The London Palladium)
10. Shake Your Money Maker (Live from The London Palladium)
Na sklade 1Ks
18,04 €
18,99 €
Lacná kniha A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (-70%)
Chris Park offers a comprehensive reference work containing over 8,500 informative entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation, embracing a broad spectrum of concerns, including sustainable development, biodiversity, environmental ethics, philosophy and history, resource management, sociology, and environmental policy. In addition to its wide-ranging, concise definitions, the Dictionary includes thirty highlighted entries on topics such as Antarctica, Chernobyl, the Kyoto Protocol, and ozone depletion. And unlike other books in this area, the dictionary addresses not only the scientific side of conservation and the environment, but also social, legal, political and economic aspects. Readers will find clear, concise coverage of international treaties and movements as well as biographies of key figures in environmental science. The volume also boasts wide coverage of terms relating to rural/community development and participation, an area that plays an increasingly crucial role in managing the environment and biodiversity. The dictionary concludes with a valuable selection of 10 appendices, including the Beaufort scale and the Torino asteroid and comet impact hazard scale, plus the geologic timescale and an appendix of useful websites for further study.
Na sklade 1Ks
4,82 €
16,05 €
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King of Sloth
The must-read billionaire romance from the bestselling author of the Twisted series.
Read King of Sloth now for a steamy reverse grumpy sunshine romance.
He'd never wanted anyone enough to chase them . . . until he met her.
Charming, easy-going, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips.
He also has no interest in taking over his family's empire (much to his father's chagrin), but that hasn't stopped women from throwing themselves at him . . . unless the woman in question is his publicist.
Nothing brings him more joy than riling her up, but when a tragedy forces them closer than ever, he must grapple with the uncertainty of his future - and the realization that the only person immune to his charms is the only one he truly wants.
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Cool, intelligent, and ambitious, Sloane Kensington is a high-powered publicist who's used to dealing with difficult clients.
However, none infuriate - or tempt - her more than a certain billionaire heir, with his stupid dimples and laid-back attitude.
She may be forced to work with him, but she'll never fall for him . . . no matter how fast he makes her heart beat or how thoughtful he is beneath his party persona.
He's her client, and that's all he'll ever be. Right?
King of Sloth is a steamy reverse grumpy sunshine billionaire romance. It includes explicit content and profanity. Recommended for mature readers only.
Zrcadlová četba - Crime and Punishment (B1-B2)
This abridged and linguistically adapted version of Crime and Punishment endeavors to introduce the reader to the masterpiece of the Russian author Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. The writer himself characterized it as a psychological record of one crime. Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikoff is a poor student who has been forced to give up his university studies. He withdraws from society and plans to murder an old moneylender. He is convinced that murder and robbery of a despicable, mean old woman who oppresses her sister and exploits her clients will sure enough be excused, or even approved of, and make many good deeds possible. But this story is not about the crime... Tato jazykově upravená a zestručněná verze románu Zločin a trest se čtenáři pokouší představit vrcholné dílo ruského autora Fjodora Michajloviče Dostojevského. Spisovatel sám jej charakterizoval jako psychologický záznam jednoho zločinu. Rodion Romanovič Raskolnikov je chudý student, který byl z finančních důvodů nucen zanechat studia na univerzitě. Stáhne se i ze společnosti a naplánuje vraždu staré lichvářky. Je přesvědčen, že vražda a oloupení zavrženíhodné, zlé stařeny, která utiskuje svou sestru a odírá své klienty, bude jistě prominuta, ne-li dokonce schvalována, a umožní mnoho dobrých skutků. Tento příběh však není o zločinu...
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century – new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography
Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.
This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.
We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth.
Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now, it is the latest arena for human exploration, exploitation – and, possibly, conquest. We’re heading up and out, and we’re taking our power struggles with us. China, the USA and Russia are leading the way.
From physical territory and resources to satellites, weaponry and strategic choke points, geopolitics is as important in the skies above us as it is down below. If you’ve ever wondered if humans are going back to the Moon, who will benefit from exploration or what space wars might look like, the answers are here.
With all the insight and wit that have made Tim Marshall the UK’s most popular writer on geopolitics, this gripping book shows how we got here and where we’re going, covering great-power rivalry; technology; commerce; combat in space; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth. This is essential reading on power, politics and the future of humanity.
House of Flame and Shadow
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath. Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate.
Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all.
After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied. In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J.
Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.
Mike And The Mechanics - Out Of The Blue CD
KDO: Britskou pop rockovou skupinu Mike And The Mechanics zformoval v roce 1985 Mike Rutherford. Zakládající člen Genesis do kapely přizval třeba zpěváka Paula Younga, bubeníka Petera Van Hookea (Van Morrison, Tanita Tikaram) či zpěváka a multiinstrumentalistu Paula Carracka (Roxy Music, Roger Waters). V druhé polovině osmdesátých a první půlce devadesátých let kapela natočila několik ceněných alb, také u nás ji proslavily singly All I Need Is A Miracle, The Living Years a především Over My Shoulder.
CO: Album Out Of The Blue přináší nově natočené starší sklady skupiny s novým zpěvákem Andrew Roachfordem, který v kapele působí od roku 2009, i zcela nové skladby, a vychází dva roky od předchozího alba Let Me Fly.
CD
1. One Way
2. Out of the Blue
3. What Would You Do
4. The Living Years
5. Beggar on a Beach of Gold
6. Get Up
7. Another Cup of Coffee
8. All I Need Is a Miracle
9. Silent Running
10. Over My Shoulder
11. Word of Mouth