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Ariadne
'Here, Ariadne takes centre stage in a lyrical, insightful re-telling that explores her motivations and emotions and the grievances caused by grumpy, cold-hearted gods and warm-blooded men, who are equally vengeful and self-interested - Daily Mail
'The story is well known, of course, but Saint tells it skilfully and, like Miller and Haynes, gives a twist to familiar myth by offering the perspective of women characters' - The Sunday Times
As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother - demands blood every year.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods - drawing their attention can cost you everything.
In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne's decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover's ambition?
ARIADNE gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths, and speaks to their strength in the face of angry, petulant Gods. Beautifully written and completely immersive, this is an exceptional debut novel.
Forever Summer: A Chelsea High Novel
Summer term and the heat is rising ...
It's summer term at Chelsea High, the most exclusive school in town, and Norah Whittaker is wishing she was still in NYC with her boyfriend, Ezra. But at least the weeks ahead are filled with distractions - including an all-expenses-paid photo shoot in Greece! Will Norah be able to handle the charms of fellow model Laurent, brother of her nemesis, Coco? One thing's for sure, this is going to be a summer full of surprises . . .
You know you're in for a treat when you open a Jenny Oliver book (Debbie Johnson, author of The Comfort Food Cafe series)
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A Valós halál folytatása
Takeshi Kovacs egy sérült harci testbe burkolva, zsoldosként vesz részt egy brutális helyi háborúban, amit a Protektorátus pénzel, hogy leverjék a Sanction IV-en kirobbant forradalmat. Aztán lehetőség adódik, hogy csatlakozzon egy titkos akcióhoz, amelynek során egy értékes régészeti leletet szerezhetnek meg, és a harcedzett veterán rejtélyek, árulások és véres események középpontjába kerül. A zsákmány értéke felbecsülhetetlen, a hozzá kapcsolódó veszély határtalan. Olyasmi, amiért a Cégek ölni is képesek. Olyasmi, ami az emberiséget új korszakba repítheti. Vagy végleg kitörölheti az univerzumból.
Richard Morgan klasszikusát új szerkesztésben, felújított kiadásban tartja az olvasó a kezében.
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popis The impressive story of Canadian police officer in the background of relations with the Russian mafia is debut of the Czech writer living in Canada in the English language. The story includes everything the right thriller should have, especially intensity from beginning to end and an enviable readability. George Burkovec surprised not only excellent, built story, but also an admirable knowledge of the surrounding in which scenes of the story takes place.
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Lights and Sounds Unicorns
When little children press each button in this unique novelty book, the enchanting scenes are brought to life with twinkling lights and beautiful sounds. Join Rosie the little unicorn and her friends the fairies, elves and dragons as she searches for lots of sparkling things in this magical story.
Maybe in Another Life
From the acclaimed author of Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a breathtaking novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold-with stunningly different results
At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residence with her best friend Gabby. Shortly after, Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan.
Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she's ready to go. A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. Hannah hesitates. What happens if she leaves with Gabby? What happens if she leaves with Ethan?
In concurrent story lines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision. Quickly, these parallel universes develop into radically different stories with large-scale consequences for Hannah, as well as the people around her. As the two alternate realities run their course, Maybe in Another Life raises questions about fate and true love: Is anything meant to be? Is there such a thing as a soul mate? Hannah believes there is. And, in both worlds, she's found him.
Smilodon
A hapless hiker. A rogue cougar. An outcome no one expected.
Wyatt took a dead-end job in his hometown for two reasons: hiking, and being close to his family. When trekking over the trails he loves, he comes face to face with a cougar he cannot avoid.
As the pre-eminent hunter for the Shifter Nations of North America, Gabrielle isn't surprised when the Shifter Council calls her. A rogue cougar has been killing hikers. The job: put the beast down, and do it fast. She has never failed a hunt.
The trail leads her to the site of a fierce, bloody battle. She finds a wounded hiker, a dead cougar, and one inescapable conclusion.
There's a new cat in town.
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What Strange Paradise
From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Akkad, a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child’s eyes.
More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too-many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one had made the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands not of the officials, but of Vänna: a teenage girl, native to the island, who lives inside her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though Vänna and Amir are complete strangers and don’t speak a common language, Vänna determines to do whatever it takes to save him.
In alternating chapters, we learn the story of Amir’s life and of how he came to be on the ship; and we follow the duo as they make their way towards a vision of safety. But as the novel unfurls, we begin to understand that this is not merely the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair – and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or guide us to a better one.
Devils Garden
Michael Roman is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he has a successful career, a beautiful wife and adorable twin daughters. But his idyllic life is about to come crashing down around him - because Michael is a man with a past. A rising star in the New York District Attorney's office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael's perfect life begins to unravel when he finds himself the target of a depraved madman, a man who covets everything Michael has and will stop at nothing to take it all away. In a desperate fight to survive, Michael is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past in order to save his family. He must hunt down the psychopath who is targeting his family and, before it is too late, face the devil himself ...
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Foundation (Foundation Novels)
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun--or fight them and be destroyed.
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Hasselblad Masters 1
This commemorative book features intriguing images from ten master photographers from around the world and is the result of a rigorous and challenging judging process. Hasselblad aknown for manufacturing the finest photographic equipment for over
50 yearsasponsors the exclusive Masters contest each year, celebrating the best in both established and rising photographic talent. Starting with 1,700 worthy contestants who submitted ten photographs each, the team at Hasselblad painstakingly whittl
ed down the pool of entrants to 100 finalists. Five editors of respected international photo magazines then selected the ten winners. These ten Hasselblad masters, representing the crA]me de la crA]me of world photography, were given use of the best
cameras in the world and asked to interpret the theme "passion" in their own inimitable styles. This book contains these creative pictorials from each of the winning photographers.
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Lacná kniha Devils Garden (-90%)
Michael Roman is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he has a successful career, a beautiful wife and adorable twin daughters. But his idyllic life is about to come crashing down around him - because Michael is a man with a past. A rising star in the New York District Attorney's office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael's perfect life begins to unravel when he finds himself the target of a depraved madman, a man who covets everything Michael has and will stop at nothing to take it all away. In a desperate fight to survive, Michael is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past in order to save his family. He must hunt down the psychopath who is targeting his family and, before it is too late, face the devil himself ...
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Secrets
Jed always told me he'd take care of everything. And I believed him, I trusted him, I love him.
—"Wish there were truly men in the world like the Friessen Men." Reviewer Sara
—“This is an emotionally charged well written portrayal of a couple faced with a tragedy and the secrets that could destroy them.” - Rita Herron, Author
—“The whole Friessen family show up in this story, and it was good to catch up with them all. The author really knows how to tug at your heart strings. Jed has a really tough time of it in this book, but I won't say more as I don't want to spoil the story.” – Loves Reading
—“ This was an excellent story, emotional and tragic, with a deeply heartfelt love story. – Melody
In SECRETS, for Diana, Jed was the first man she trusted. He was the first man to show her what true love was. He was the father of her child, the one man she could always count on. Until one spring day Jed falls from the roof of the barn and Diana’s world as she knows it begins to unravel.
Diana is forced to face two things, her husband's secrets, and what if... there was no Jed.
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eNTé
Zkratkou NT, tedy neurotypik, označují někteří lékaři osoby, v jejichž chování se nevyskytují autistické symptomy. Mnohem známější je však užití zkratky N. T. v žurnalistice, kdy ji vydavatelé novin používali jako označení pro neověřené informace. Termín pocházel z latinského non testatur, tedy neověřeno. Fonetická podoba zkratky N. T. připomíná německé slovo die Ente, česky kachna.
Příběhy o vzniku a osudech slavných uměleckých děl, úvahy o skutečné genezi námětů, zákulisních tajemstvích i o tom, co někteří výtvarníci ukryli do svých pláten, zajímají nejen profesory symbolologie, kunsthistoriky, ale přitahují i běžné čtenáře. Nová kniha hudebníka, malíře a spisovatele Vlastimila Třešňáka, nazvaná výstižně eNTé, nabízí pětadvacet pohledů do zákulisí populární hudby dvacátého století. Poodhaluje i mnohé z umně zašifrovaných poselství Třešňákových obrazů, které divák na první pohled nemusí poznat. Galerii vybraných obrazů doplňuje ukázka tzv. dodělaného umění z cyklu Nouzových přistání komiks Story of Jack Anybod a závěrečná přehlídka jedenadvaceti pláten, která na své poodhalení teprve čekají.
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Beatles + Kiss * Sir Robert Baden-Powell a Eman Sally Prkno * Elvis Presley, Beatles a FBI (Fever!) * William Harley, Arthur Davidson a Jarda Štercl (Hommage a Ilči, Hatátitla a Fichtl) * Hardy, Lloyd, Chaplin, Keaton a Laurel * Adolph Rickenbacker, Leonidas Fender a Binny Lán * Thomas Alva Edison vs. Nikola Tesla (Fonograf vs. Sonet duo) * Zahraj to znovu, Same (Casablanca) * Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei * Na shledanou, krokodýle * Hang on to your scalps! * Franz Kafka a Albert Einstein * Niccolo Paganini a malá doba ledová (Caprices) * Alois Alzheimer, James Parkinson a 440 herzů * Andy Warhol a Fräulein Päffgen (Dracula a Cinderella) * Fred Astaire, George Gershwin a psací stroj * Ludwig van Beethoven a Johann Mälzel * Pink Floyd, Stephen Hawking a paní Müllerová (Black Hole Paradox) * Louis Satchmo Armstrong a Voyager * Felix Hoffmann, baronka de Koenigswarterová a Zrzek Konigsberg * Richard Wagner a Ludvík II. Bavorský * Reinhold Messner, Yetti a jódlující brzdař * Vy trdlo, zapsal jste mi číslo tendru! * Alexander Barker, baron de Bris a Martin Böttcher * Antonín Dvořák, Doctor Hoffman a Modrý Mauritius * Story of Jack Anybod (Enrico Töth) * V příštím díle eNTé uvidíte mimo jiné
The Nether World
The Nether World is a novel written by the English author George Gissing. The plot concerns several poor families living in the slums of 19th century London. Rich in naturalistic detail, the novel concentrates on the individual problems and hardships which result from the typical shortages experienced by the lower classes — want of money, employment and decent living conditions.
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BODAS DE SANGRE + CD
“El teatro es poesía que se sale del libro para hacerse humana.” En esta publicación vas a encontrar: Información sobre la vida de Federico García Lorca; Preparación al DELE; Test final Temas: Amor, Matrimonio, Familia, Honor, Muerte; Destino; Venganza El novio y la novia van a casarse; pero ella y su antiguo novio Leonardo se siguen amando y la pasión que los une es más fuerte que ellos. Varias muertes violentas han alimentado el resentimiento entre las familias de ambos hombres. La sombra de las navajas planea como un mal augurio y anuncia un final trágico… ?Será el amor capaz de vencer la fuerza irresistible del destino? Con un lenguaje poético cargado de símbolos, imágenes y metáforas, este drama rural de la Espana de principios del siglo XX trata de los eternos temas del amor y de la muerte, de la fatalidad, de la honra, así como de la venganza como medio de justicia.
Zázračný život
Jedinečná biografie zbožňovaného - a často také kontroverzního - tvůrce mnoha legendárních komiksových superhrdinů. A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee pojednává o zrození Stana Leeho jako autora komiksů až po Stana Leeho, hvězdu jedinečného kulturního fenoménu: společnosti Marvel a Marvel Universe. Stan Lee byl nejslavnější americký tvůrce komiksů, který kdy žil. Díky mnoha cameo rolím v marvelovkách a televizních seriálech byl Stan Lee - a i po své smrti v roce 2018 stále je - hlasem a tváří komiksů, populární kultury jako takové, a hlavně společnosti Marvel Comics. Jak se ze Stana Leeho stal jeden z nejslavnějších autorů komiksů, je příběh, který až doposud nebyl zcela známý. Lee společně se svými spolutvůrci, jakými byli například Jack Kirby nebo Steve Ditko, přivedl na svět obrovské množství celosvětově známých superhrdinů, mimo jiné Spider-mana, Iron Mana, X-Meny, Avengery nebo Hulka.
Kniha unikátním způsobem pojednává o Stanu Leem, geniálním spolutvůrci zcela nových druhů superhrdinů a stylu komiksového vyprávění, které navždy změnily dnešní podobu komiksů a vytvořily originální superhrdinskou komiksovou mytologii, jež se stala součástí popkultury.
Listen To Me
Rizzoli & Isles return, in the nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
The murder of Sofia Suarez is both gruesome and seemingly senseless. Why would anyone target a respected nurse who was well-liked by her friends and her neighbours? As Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate the baffling case, they discover that Sofia was guarding a dangerous secret — a secret that may have led the killer straight to her door.
Meanwhile, Jane's watchful mother Angela Rizzoli is conducting an investigation of her own. She may be a grandmother, not a police detective, but she's savvy enough to know there's something very strange, perhaps even dangerous, about the new neighbours across the street. The problem is, no one believes her, not even her own daughter.
Immersed in the hunt for Sofia's killer, Jane and Maura are too busy to pay attention to Angela's fears. With no one listening to her, and danger mounting in her neighbourhood, Angela just may be forced to take action on her own...
The Magic Faraway Tree: A New Adventure
Discover the Magic Faraway Tree and explore the amazing lands it can lead to! An irresistible new story by bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, set in a much-loved world.
Three kids, Milo, Mia and Birdy, are on a countryside holiday when they wander into an Enchanted Wood. Among the whispering leaves, there is a beautiful tree that stands high above the rest. The Magic Faraway Tree is home to remarkable creatures including a fairy called Silky, her best friend Moonface and more. Birdy is delighted to find that fairies are real. Even her older brother and sister are soon won over by the magic of the Faraway Tree and the extraordinary places they discover above it, including the Land of Unicorns. But not every land is so much fun. Danger looms in the Land of Dragons. Will Moonface's magic work in time to save the children?
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton was Jacqueline Wilson's own favourite book as a young child. Now Britain's favourite contemporary children's author, creator of Hetty Feather and Tracy Beaker, revisits this glorious magical world, weaving a brand-new story perfect for the next generation of young readers. Discover the magic!