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A párizsi építész
A tehetséges építész, Lucien Bernard a német megszállás alatt álló Párizsban 1942-ben olyan megbízást kap, amely nagyon sok pénzt hozhat neki, de az életébe is kerülhet. Titkos búvóhelyet kell terveznie egy vagyonos zsidónak úgy, hogy azt még a legelszántabb német katonák se találják meg. Luciennek szüksége van a pénzre, és a lehetőségnek sem tud ellenállni, hogy túljárjon a nácik eszén, akik elfoglalták szeretett városát, így úgy dönt, elvállalja a feladatot.
Ám amikor az egyik általa tervezett búvóhelyet leleplezik, és az élet úgy hozza, hogy a zsidók elrejtése személyes üggyé válik számára, ráébred, hogy a tét jóval nagyobb, mint eleinte gondolta. Luciennek - és ezzel párhuzamosan az olvasónak is - mérlegelnie kell, hogy emberekként mivel tartozunk egymásnak, és hogy milyen messzire kell elmennünk ahhoz, hogy helyesen cselekedjünk.
"A portré, amit Belfoure a II. világháború Párizsáról fest, egyszerre felkavaró és magával ragadó; ez a szép történet azt mutatja meg, hogy bár az ember
a legnagyobb szörnyűségekre is képes, borzasztóan bátor cselekedetekre is hajlandó." (Library Journal)
"A zsidókat bújtató építész története olyan izgalmas, mint a Schindler listája..." (Julie Kramer)
Charles Belfoure eredeti foglalkozása építész. Több építészettörténeti munkát publikált, amelyek közül kettő is elnyerte a Maryland Historical Trust díját. A Graham Foundation és a James Marston Fitch Foundation szintén kitüntetésben részesítette építészeti kutatásaiért. Tanulmányait a Pratt Institute és a Columbiai University keretei között végezte, később a Pratt Institute és a marylandi Baltimoreban működő Goucher College tanára lett. Szakterülete a műemlékvédelem; műemlékvédelmi és építészeti témában blogot ír a www.thewickedarchitect.com honlapon. Szabadúszóként a Baltimore Sun és a New York Times hasábjain jelentek meg írásai.
"A regényben azt igyekeztem, bemutatni, hogy milyen emberfeletti bátorságra volt szükség akkoriban ahhoz, hogy valaki az üldözötteken segítsen, és azt a tényt szerettem volna felmutatni, hogy a franciák között olyanok is voltak, akik nem fordítottak hátat a bajba jutottaknak. Akik vállalták az ezzel járó hatalmas kockázatot, azok hősömhöz hasonlóan olyan bátorságot, erőt, lelki szilárdságot fedeztek f
el önmagukban, aminek a létezéséről korábban sejtelmük sem lehetett.
Édesanyám háborús élményeinek meghatározó szerepük volta a regény történelmi hátterének megrajzolásában. Noha anyám nem volt zsidó, a II. világháború egy részét kényszermunkatáborban töltötte rettenetes körülmények között. A túléléshez azokban a szörnyű időkben rendkívüli szívósságra és kitartása volt szükség, de bármilyen szívós is volt valaki, mások segítsége nélkül nem boldogult volna. Szerencsére akadtak, akik az életüket is hajlandók voltak kockára tenni, és hihetetlen áldozatkészségről tettek tanúságot embertársaik megmentéséért." (a Szerző)
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Lacná kniha A párizsi építész
A tehetséges építész, Lucien Bernard a német megszállás alatt álló Párizsban 1942-ben olyan megbízást kap, amely nagyon sok pénzt hozhat neki, de az életébe is kerülhet. Titkos búvóhelyet kell terveznie egy vagyonos zsidónak úgy, hogy azt még a legelszántabb német katonák se találják meg. Luciennek szüksége van a pénzre, és a lehetőségnek sem tud ellenállni, hogy túljárjon a nácik eszén, akik elfoglalták szeretett városát, így úgy dönt, elvállalja a feladatot.
Ám amikor az egyik általa tervezett búvóhelyet leleplezik, és az élet úgy hozza, hogy a zsidók elrejtése személyes üggyé válik számára, ráébred, hogy a tét jóval nagyobb, mint eleinte gondolta. Luciennek - és ezzel párhuzamosan az olvasónak is - mérlegelnie kell, hogy emberekként mivel tartozunk egymásnak, és hogy milyen messzire kell elmennünk ahhoz, hogy helyesen cselekedjünk.
"A portré, amit Belfoure a II. világháború Párizsáról fest, egyszerre felkavaró és magával ragadó; ez a szép történet azt mutatja meg, hogy bár az ember
a legnagyobb szörnyűségekre is képes, borzasztóan bátor cselekedetekre is hajlandó." (Library Journal)
"A zsidókat bújtató építész története olyan izgalmas, mint a Schindler listája..." (Julie Kramer)
Charles Belfoure eredeti foglalkozása építész. Több építészettörténeti munkát publikált, amelyek közül kettő is elnyerte a Maryland Historical Trust díját. A Graham Foundation és a James Marston Fitch Foundation szintén kitüntetésben részesítette építészeti kutatásaiért. Tanulmányait a Pratt Institute és a Columbiai University keretei között végezte, később a Pratt Institute és a marylandi Baltimoreban működő Goucher College tanára lett. Szakterülete a műemlékvédelem; műemlékvédelmi és építészeti témában blogot ír a www.thewickedarchitect.com honlapon. Szabadúszóként a Baltimore Sun és a New York Times hasábjain jelentek meg írásai.
"A regényben azt igyekeztem, bemutatni, hogy milyen emberfeletti bátorságra volt szükség akkoriban ahhoz, hogy valaki az üldözötteken segítsen, és azt a tényt szerettem volna felmutatni, hogy a franciák között olyanok is voltak, akik nem fordítottak hátat a bajba jutottaknak. Akik vállalták az ezzel járó hatalmas kockázatot, azok hősömhöz hasonlóan olyan bátorságot, erőt, lelki szilárdságot fedeztek f
el önmagukban, aminek a létezéséről korábban sejtelmük sem lehetett.
Édesanyám háborús élményeinek meghatározó szerepük volta a regény történelmi hátterének megrajzolásában. Noha anyám nem volt zsidó, a II. világháború egy részét kényszermunkatáborban töltötte rettenetes körülmények között. A túléléshez azokban a szörnyű időkben rendkívüli szívósságra és kitartása volt szükség, de bármilyen szívós is volt valaki, mások segítsége nélkül nem boldogult volna. Szerencsére akadtak, akik az életüket is hajlandók voltak kockára tenni, és hihetetlen áldozatkészségről tettek tanúságot embertársaik megmentéséért." (a Szerző)
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Best of Great Britain 2
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Covers London, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford & the Cotswolds, Cambridge, the Lake District, Edinburgh, Skye, Snowdonia, the Great Glen and more.
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Sticker Doodle Do
An amazingly creative book which invites kids to turn blobs into monsters, fill jars with candy, concoct vegetable people...every page has a new doodling idea! Unfinished pictures, using an innovative mix of photographs and illustrations, are combined with text prompts to set kids off on a doodling journey of imaginative fancy as they create their own unique artwork. With 120 doodles to customize, over 200 stickers to decorate the pages, and helpful tips along the way from the Doodle Monster, this is the perfect book for kids who just want to doodle their day away...
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The Book of Strange New Things
OASIS, an Amazon Original Series, coming in 2017 'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world ...' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take the word of God to the farthest corners of the galaxy. His mission will challenge everything - his faith, his endurance and the love that can hold two people together, even when they are worlds apart. *This book has been printed with two different cover designs. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random.*
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The Ten Types of Human
This book is the one. Think Sapiens and triple it.' - Julia Hobsbawm, author of Fully Connected
We all have ten types of human in our head.
They're the people we become when we face life's most difficult decisions. We want to believe there are things we would always do - or things we never would. But how can we be sure? What are our limits? Do we have limits?
The Ten Types of Human is a pioneering examination of human nature. It looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks why. It explores the frontiers of the human experience, uncovering the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situations.
From courtrooms to civil wars, from Columbus to child soldiers, Dexter Dias takes us on a globe-spanning journey in search of answers, touching on the lives of some truly exceptional people.
Combining cutting-edge neuroscience, social psychology and human rights research, The Ten Types of Human is a provocative map to our hidden selves. It provides a new understanding of who we are - and who we can be.
`I emerged from this book feeling better about almost everything... a mosaic of faces building into this extraordinary portrait of our species.' - Guardian
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What readers are saying about 'the most important book in years':
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Magician King
Meet Quentin Coldwater, king of the bizarre and wonderful land of Fillory. But he is getting restless, even in heaven a man needs a little adventure. So when a steward is murdered on a morning's hunt Quentin gets exactly that.
But this quest is like no other. What starts as a glorified cruise to faraway lands soon becomes the stuff of nightmares... The Magician King is a grand voyage into the dark, glittering heart of magic, an extraordinary journey that allows the imagination to run riot and proves Grossman is the modern heir to C.S.
Lewis. This is a book like no other.
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Reality is Not What it Seems
'A global superstar...Professor Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation' (Channel 4 News) From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe Do space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout centuries, from Democritus to loop quantum gravity. Taking us on a wondrous journey, he invites us to imagine a whole new world where black holes are waiting to explode, spacetime is made up of grains, and infinity does not exist -- a vast universe still largely undiscovered.
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Maybe Esther
The poignant, searching, haunting story of one family's entanglement with twentieth-century history
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`Intensely involving ... a fervent meditation on love and loss, with a remarkable cast of characters' Financial Times
`Rich, intriguing ... Maybe Esther calls to mind the itinerant style of W. G. Sebald' Guardian
`Unflinchingly potent ... Revolutionaries, war heroes, teachers and phantoms populate these magnetic pages' Irish Independent
Katja Petrowskaja's family story is inextricably entangled with the history of twentieth-century Europe. There is her great-uncle, who shot a German diplomat in Moscow in 1932 and was sentenced to death. There is her Ukrainian grandfather, who disappeared during World War II and reappeared forty years later. And there is her great-grandmother - whose name may or may not have been Esther - who was too old and frail to leave Kiev when the Jews there were rounded up, and was killed by a Nazi outside her house.
Taking the reader from Berlin to Warsaw, to Moscow, to Kiev, from Google searches, strange encounters and coincidences to archives, anecdotes and jokes, Katja Petrowskaja undertakes a journey in search of her own place in past and present, memory and history, languages and countries. The result is Maybe Esther - a singular, haunting, unforgettable work of literature.
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Spaceman of Bohemia
An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery
Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Procházka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he's dreamt of, and a way to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he ventures boldly into the vast unknown. But in so doing, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Lenka, whose love, he realizes too late, he has sacrificed on the altar of his ambitions.
Alone in Deep Space, Jakub discovers a possibly imaginary giant alien spider, who becomes his unlikely companion. Over philosophical conversations about the nature of love, life and death, and the deliciousness of bacon, the pair form an intense and emotional bond. Will it be enough to see Jakub through a clash with secret Russian rivals and return him safely to Earth for a second chance with Lenka?
Rich with warmth and suspense and surprise, Spaceman of Bohemia is an exuberant delight from start to finish. Very seldom has a novel this profound taken readers on a journey of such boundless entertainment and sheer fun.
Szökés a Paradicsomból
Egy ismeretlen férfit holtan találnak New Yorkban, vérébe számokat és szimbólumokat rajzoltak a padlón. A gyanúsított az észak-koreai származású Kil-mo, akit a helyszínen őrizetbe vesznek. Angela, a CIA egyik ügynöke elnyeri a zárkózott fiú bizalmát, és az megosztja vele élete történetét.
Kil-mo, aki kiemelkedő matematikai tehetségével mindig kilógott társai közül, csöndes életet élt Phenjanban. Ám amikor sebészorvos apját keresztény hite miatt letartóztatják, ő is munkatáborba kerül a család többi tagjával együtt. Itt találkozik a szépséges Jong-ével, akivel barátságot kötnek. A lány azonban megszökik a táborból, Kil-mo pedig elhatározza, hogy követi. Különleges képességeinek hála, sikerül is kijutnia, és átszökni a határon. Ám a megkönnyebbülés nem tart sokáig: hamarosan az ázsiai alvilág kellős közepén találja magát, amelyhez foghatót el sem tudott képzelni…
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100 All-Time Favorite Movies
Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, western to new wave, this selection gathers the greats of 20th century cinema into one indispensable guide to movie gold. The collection is arranged chronologically and in an extra-handy format. Film entries include a synopsis, cast/crew listings, technical information, actor/director bios, trivia, and lists of awards, as well as film stills, production photos, and the original poster for each film. From Metropolis to Modem Times, A Clockwork Orange to Bunuel's The Young and the Damned, from the blockbusters to lesser-known masterpieces, thumb through and transform a quiet evening into an unforgettable screen encounter.
Faithful Place
The course of Frank Mackey's life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place, failed to run away with him to London as they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years on, Frank is still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. He's cut all ties with his dysfunctional family. Until his sister calls to say that Rosie's suitcase has been found. Frank embarks on a journey into his past that demands he reevaluate everything he believes to be true.
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Beatrice and Virgil
When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey--named Beatrice and Virgil--and the epic journey they undertake together.
With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.
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12 Rules for Life
What are the most valuable things that everyone should know?
Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world.
In this book, he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today. Happiness is a pointless goal, he shows us.
Instead we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence.
Drawing on vivid examples from his clinical practice and personal life, cutting edge psychology and philosophy, and lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson takes the reader on an intellectual journey like no other. Gripping, thought-provoking and deeply rewarding, 12 Rules for Life offers an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to our modern problems.
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The Lost Symbol
Six years in the writing, "The Lost Symbol" is Dan Brown's extraordinary sequel to his internationally bestselling Robert Langdon thrillers, "Angels & Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code". Nothing is ever what it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. Set over a breathtaking 12 hour time span, the book's narrative takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through a masterful and unexpected landscape as Professor of Symbology, Robert Langdon, is once again called into action. Expertly researched and written with breakneck pace, "The Lost Symbol" once again demonstrates why Dan Brown is the world's bestselling thriller writer.
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When Will There Be Good News?
In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison.
In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her years, works as a nanny for a G.P. But her employer has disappeared with her baby, and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is a former acquaintance - Jackson Brodie - himself on a journey that becomes fatally interrupted.
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Wishful Thinking
Louise wishes she could be slim, pretty, and popular. So she can't believe it when it seems her wish is coming true. If only it didn't all cost so much ...Dara wishes she could go back in time, and change everything. But she's married now, and nothing can change that. Can it? Rosie wishes she knew how to make her children happy. Even though they're both grown up with their own lives, they seem to need her more than ever. Three very different women, about to make a journey that will change their lives forever. You should be careful what you wish for ...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 6 Meteor
It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the huge nothingness of space, it looked quite harmless. But what was it, exactly? A meteor, perhaps - just one of those pieces of rock from outer space that occasionally fall down on to the planet Earth. But meteors don't usually make strange hissing sounds ...In this collection of four of his famous science-fiction stories, John Wyndham creates visions of the future that make us think carefully about the way we live now.
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