Hľadanie: An Introduction to the Study of the English Language
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The Old Testament 34 - Nahum (EN)
The book of Nahum is a Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Nahum wrote it approximately 663-612 B. C. just before the fall of Nineveh in 612 B. C. He was raised up to preach God’s judgment for a second time to Nineveh. Jonah was the first about 120 years earlier. Its purpose is to pronounce the final warning and judgment upon Nineveh, and he also addresses the rest of the Assyrian empire.
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Jak to bylo, jak to je
Od pradávna se člověk snažil nejen žít a přežít, ale také si ulehčovat a zpříjemňovat život nejrůznějšími předměty a činnostmi. K životu vždy potřeboval potravu, oblečení a obydlí. Postupně se však začal obklopovat více či méně užitečnými věcmi. Každá má svoji historii a nevznikla sama od sebe. Obsahem knížky je soubor obrázků a textů, které vycházely v letech 1985 – 1992 jako seriál v kdysi velmi oblíbeném časopise ABC mladých techniků a přírodovědců, jak se tehdy říkalo – v ábíčku. Obrazové tabule končí obdobím okolo roku 1990. Novodobější historie je přeci jen dost známá a současnost není důvod zařazovat do knížky. Vidíte ji kolem sebe. Můžete porovnat i nedávnou historii se současností. Uvědomíte si, jak vývoj letí neuvěřitelnou rychlostí vpřed, především u technických předmětů. Například v elektronice rok stará věc je opravdu stará. Mnohé věci z minulosti vyvolávají na tváři současníka úsměv. Člověk by však minulost měl uznávat a chápat. Knížka má kapitoly řazené tak, jak člověk potřeboval a dodnes potřebuje žít. Především si zajistit a upravovat jídlo. Najedený se potřebuje někde uchýlit do bezpečí a klidu soukromí. Zajistit si obydlí. Do něj potřebuje nejrůznější pomůcky denního života. Začal si tyto předměty vyrábět. Brzy poznal, že bez oblečení se špatně žije v chladnějších oblastech. Začal se oblékat. Zjistil, že lze dělat hodně pro to, aby byl zdravý a dlouho žil. Začal se věnovat více hygieně. Také začal rozšiřovat oblast, kde ještě nebyl. Potřeboval nová území pro obživu. Začal cestovat, poznávat svět. Jenže k tomu se potřeboval dorozumívat s druhými lidmi…
An Answer for Everything
What's the best book ever written?
What would happen if we all stopped eating meat?
What's the secret to living past 110?
And what actually is the best thing since sliced bread?
In An Answer For Everything, 200 of the world's most intriguing questions are settled once and for all through beautiful and brilliant infographics. The results will leave you shocked, informed and thoroughly entertained.
Created by the team behind the award-winning Delayed Gratification magazine, these compelling, darkly funny data visualisations will change the way you think about ... everything
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Venus & Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece (EN)
These two great poems date from Shakespeare’s early years and are full of passion and invention. In Venus and Adonis, the goddess of love pleads with the beautiful boy to submit to her advances and become her love – but he only wants to hunt boar. In the more serious Rape of Lucrece, Shakespeare draws on the Roman take of the Emperor Tarquin’s desire for Lucrece and its tragic consequences.
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The Power of Place
The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways-from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity-geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. From our "mother tongue" to our father's faith, from medical
risks to natural hazards, where we start our journey has much to do with our destiny. Hundreds of millions of farmers in the river basins of Asia and Africa, and tens of millions of shepherds in isolated mountain valleys from the Andes to Kashmir, all live their lives much as their distant ancestors did, remote
from the forces of globalization. Incorporating a series of persuasive maps, De Blij describes the tremendously varied environments across the planet and shows how migrations between them are comparatively rare. De Blij also looks at the ways we are redefining place so as to make its power even more potent than it has been, with troubling implications.
Notes from an Island
In the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunstroem, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless skerry in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, and for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietila, retreated there to live, paint and write, energised by the solitude and shifting seascapes.
Notes from an Island, published in English for the first time, is both a chronicle of this period and a homage to the mature love that Tove and 'Tooti' shared for their island and for each other. Tove's spare prose, and Tuulikki's subtle washes and aquatints combine to form a work of meditative beauty.
'... Tooti wandered aimlessly around the island and stood stock still for long periods. I thought I knew what she was doing.
She was working again. Copperplate etchings and wash drawings. Mostly the lagoon, the lagoon as a consummate mirror for clouds and birds, the lagoon in a storm, in fog. And the granite, first and foremost, the granite, the cliff, the rocks. It's all peace and quiet now.'
The Trees of Pride (EN)
Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees?.
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The Old Testament 33 - Micah (EN)
The book of Micah is a Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Micah wrote it 742-686 B. C. shortly before the Northern Kingdom’s fall in 722 B. C. Key personalities are all the people of Samaria and Jerusalem. The purpose of the book of Micah was to proclaim warning and judgment to both the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms.
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The Birth of a New World 1918-1923
The global conflagration that erupted in 1914 exploded the old world and opened the way to a new, unprecedentedly cruel era – the 20th century. Early attempts to interpret the Great War described it as a clash between good and evil. That narrative is still shared by many. Mária Schmidt’s wide-ranging analysis attempts to transcend these diametrically-opposed explanations of the war. With a mere 100 years of hindsight, we can say that this book marks a real beginning. It will serve as a reference for many future studies.
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The Hand of Ethelberta
At the beginning of the book, we are told that Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but, through her work as a governess, married well at the age of eighteen. Her husband died two weeks after the wedding and, now twenty-one, Ethelberta lives with her mother-in-law, Lady Petherwin. In the three years that have elapsed since the deaths of both her husband and father-in-law, Ethelberta has been treated to foreign travel and further privilege by her benefactress, but restricted from seeing her poor family.The events of the story concern Ethelberta's career as a famous poetess and storyteller as she struggles to support her family and conceal her secret -- that her father is a butler. Beautiful, clever, and rational, she easily attracts four very persistent suitors (Mr Julian, Mr Neigh, Mr Ladywell, and Lord Mountclere), but is reluctant to give her much-coveted hand.
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The Secret House (EN)
A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the "editor" whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively gossip about the elite. Blackmail and opportunism is the order of the day.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Bet (EN)
While hosting a party, a banker makes a bet with one of his guests, who is a lawyer. The topic of the bet is capital punishment and whether it is worse or better than a life sentence. The banker sees the capital punishment as more humane than life imprisonment, whilst the young lawyer completely disagrees.
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Clapton Eric - The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions (Yellow) 2LP
Tracklist:
Side A
1 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
2 Golden Ring
3 Black Magic Woman
4 Man of the World
5 Kerry
Side B
1 After Midnight
2 Bell Bottom Blues
3 Key to the Highway
4 River of Tears
Side C
1 Rock Me Baby
2 Believe in Life
3 Going Down Slow
4 Layla
Side D
1 Tears in Heaven
2 Long Distance Call
3 Bad Boy
4 Got My Mojo Working
The New Testament 5 - Acts (EN)
The genre of the book of Acts is Narrative History with several Sermons. Luke, the author of the Gospel of Luke, was a doctor and Gentile. He wrote this book circa 60-62 A. D. It is Luke’s sequel to the Gospel of Luke. It is titled "Acts" to emphasize that this book records the "Acts of the Apostles through the work of the Holy Spirit".
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The Old Testament 29 - Joel (EN)
The genre of Joel is Narrative and Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Joel wrote it around 841-835 B. C. sometime before the fall and exiles of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms. Key personalities are Joel and the people of Judah. Its purpose was to call the Southern Kingdom to repentance or prepare for the coming judgment.
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Fingerprint Activities Under the Sea
Bursting with fun fingerprinting ideas, this colourful activity book comes with its own inkpad of seven bright colours. Decorate the underwater scenes with fish, turtles, submarines, mermaids and much more. There are simple instructions showing how to fingerprint each picture and the book has a spiral binding so that it lies flat.
The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read *(and maybe a few you don't)
The new book from the million-copy bestselling author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, to help you with the most important relationships in your life
Life is all about relationships and the quality of those connections, whether that's with family, partners, friends, colleagues or most importantly yourself. If you can get those relationships on a functional and even keel, then the other tricky stuff that life throws your way becomes easier to manage.
In this warm, practical and witty book, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows you how to approach life's big problems.
How do you find and keep love? What can you do so that arguments don't feel torturous? How can you get unstuck and cope with change and loss? What does it mean to you to be content? Are other people just annoying or are you the problem?
With a healthy dose of sanity, Philippa Perry's compassionate advice could help you become a happier, wiser person.
Includes some material adapted from the Ask Philippa columns in Observer Magazine.
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The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times.In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessibile to Western audiences because Kakuzo was taught at a young age to speak English; and spoke it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western Mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.According to Tomonobu Imamichi, Heidegger's concept of Dasein in Sein und Zeit was inspired — although Heidegger remains silent on this — by Okakura Kakuzo's concept of das-in-dem-Welt-sein (to be in the being of the world) expressed in The Book of Tea to describe Zhuangzi's philosophy, which Imamichi's teacher had offerred to Heidegger in 1919, after having followed lessons with him the year before.
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