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To Obama
Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary American citizens. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. This is the story of how they shaped his presidency.
Together they reveal the diary of a nation.In To Obama, Jeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter-writers themselves and the White House staff in the Office of Presidential Correspondence who were witness to the millions of pleas, rants, thank-yous and apologies that landed in the mailroom during the Obama years. There is Peggy, a patriotic grandmother who thinks the President is trying to lead the country into socialism and recommends that he read the Constitution; Bill, a lifelong Republican whose attitude towards immigration reform was transformed when he met a boy who escaped MS-13 gang leaders in El Salvador; Jordan, a seven-year-old about to be adopted, who wants to thank the President for keeping him safe; James, who on the morning after the 2016 election tells the President to start packing; and Dawn, who writes to say that he made it possible for a very jaded generation to begin to hope and believe in the good. They wrote to Obama out of gratitude and desperation, in their darkest times of need, with anger, fear and respect.
To Obamais an intimate look at one man s relationship with the American people, and at a time when empathy intersected with politics in the White House.
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Vzpomínky mořem vonící
Některé lidské touhy se naplní, jiné ne, některá přání se splní a jiná zůstanou nevyslyšena. Každý někdy pomyslel na to, po čem všem touží, ale nevěděl, jestli to někdy dostane. Tak v našich duších vznikají sny, ukládají se přání a vytvářejí tužby.
Nikdy jsem nepomyslel na to, že se mi splní přání podívat se do světa, poznat jiné kraje a obyčejné lidi. Ne jako turista, ale jako dělník moře, který si tvrdou prací plní své sny o cizích zemích, lidech a lodích. Díky příznivému osudu se mi to vše podařilo prožít, proto jsem sepsal toto povídání. A také proto, aby také mí blízcí o mně věděli trochu víc.
Talk to Me
The next great technological disruption is coming.
The titans of Silicon Valley are racing to build the last, best computer that the world will ever need. They know that whoever successfully creates it will revolutionise our relationship with technology - and make billions of dollars in the process. They call it conversational AI.
Computers that can speak and think like humans do may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but they are rapidly moving towards reality. In Talk to Me, veteran tech journalist James Vlahos meets the researchers at Google, Amazon and Apple who are leading the way to a voice computing revolution. He explores how voice tech will transform every sector of society: handing untold new powers to businesses, upending traditional notions of privacy, revolutionising access to information, and fundamentally altering the way we understand human consciousness. And he even tries to understand the significance of the revolution firsthand - by building a chatbot version of his terminally ill father.
Vlahos's research leads him to one fundamental question: What happens when our computers become as articulate, compassionate, and creative as we are?
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Babka gaunerka opäť v akcii
Po rokoch prichádza najvtipnejší detský autor David Walliams s pokračovaním svetoznámej knihy Babka gaunerka.
Benovi a jeho starej mame, zamlada medzinárodnej zlodejke šperkov, sa v prvej časti takmer podarilo ukradnúť korunovačné klenoty z londýnskeho Toweru. Stará mama však už nie je medzi živými, Benova zlodejská kariéra sa skončila a jeho jedinou túžbou je stať sa inštalatérom. No keď z Britského múzea bez stopy zmizne Tutanchamonova maska, zo štadiónu vo Wembley trofej Majstrovstiev sveta vo futbale a z Múzea voskových ?gurín socha kráľovnej Alžbety, Ben spozornie. Kto za tým všetkým stojí? Kto sú tí geniálni zlodeji, na ktorých sú všetci krátki? Teda všetci okrem Bena. Nič ho neodradí od usilovného pátrania. A to, čo napokon zistí, bude fakt bomba!
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The Map from Here to There
The Map from Here to There is an unforgettable story of identity and the companion novel to the stellar The Start of Me and You, which was a Zoella Book Club pick for WHSmith.
It's senior year, and Paige Hancock is finally living her best life. She has a fun summer job, great friends, and a super charming boyfriend who totally gets her. But senior year also means big decisions. Feeling the weight of 'the rest of her life' Paige starts to panic. Everything is exactly how she always wanted it to be - how can she leave it all behind next year? In her head, she knows there is so much more to life after high school. But in her heart, is it so terrible to want everything to stay the same forever?
Emery Lord's signature storytelling shines with lovable characters and heartfelt exploration of life's most important questions. There will be break-ups, make-ups, a road trip, and even a wedding. Through it all, can Paige figure out what happens in the after part of happily ever after?
Fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven and Nicola Yoon should look no further than this unforgettable story of friendship and connection.
Monocle Travel Guide to Marrakech
Whichever city you choose - though we recommend all three, of course - you'll be charmed like a snake on Jemaa El Fna in no time. And to help you sift through the noise, here's our rundown of the best that Morocco has to offer. Marhaba! Morocco may be a short hop, skip and a jump across the Med from Europe but it feels like another world. Salesmen flaunting their wares in the souks, robed figures rushing to prayer and ancient palaces decked with dazzling tiles - it's easy to fall under its spell. Marrakech, on the cusp of both desert and mountain, offers old-world glamour and an enthralling sense of adventure. Casablanca, lapped by the Atlantic, is a thoroughly modern metropolis with a special affinity for art deco. And at the northernmost tip of the country is the eccentric cliffside city of Tangier, where many a writer and artist have pitched up and sought inspiration over the years.
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Monocle Travel Guide to New York
A journey through New York's outposts of good food, design, retail and more, this definitive travel guide will make you feel like a local no matter where you are from. New York used to be such an easy city to crack for the visitor. Not only was there that simple-to-master grid of streets but, really, who wanted to stray from Manhattan? Today, while that stretch from Wall Street to the Upper East Side and beyond still enchants, awes, and bamboozles, you really do need to cross some bridges and head upstate. The city's focus has fractured and shifted and you ignore the appeal of, say, Brooklyn at your peril. This is especially true of anyone wanting to grasp the city's fast-evolving food scene, discover some fresh design ateliers, go for a run, or buy some less-exposed art. Monocle has had a bureau in New York since its launch in 2007 and it has a shop in the city too. This has made the Monocle team passionate about the place and its ambitions. This book is a celebration of all that they know and love about New York and it should be used to take you beyond the obvious spots (although who wouldn't want to hit the museum biggies). New York can easily live up to its movie-star good looks but let it be a city that surprises you, too--in a good way.
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Polnočné slnko
Kultová Twilight sága sa začiatkom milénia stala ópiom pre celú generáciu. Zvodný upír Edward pobláznil nielen vnučky, ale aj mamy a staré mamy. Konečne - takmer po pätnástich rokoch - prichádza prerozprávanie príbehu veľkej lásky z Edwardovho pohľadu. Dlho očakávaný návrat do sveta Twilightu je jednoznačne triumfom. Ikonický príbeh Belly a Edwarda nadobúda nový temný podtón. Pre Edwarda je to najzaujímavejšia udalosť, akú zažil počas svojho dlhého života. Bellin príchod ho znepokojí a fascinuje, s podobným pocitom sa za celé roky v tele upíra ešte nestretol. V Polnočnom slnku sa dozvieme aj fascinujúce podrobnosti z Edwardovej minulosti, sledujeme jeho vnútorný boj pri pohľade na Bellu a pochopíme, že je to rozhodujúci zápas jeho života. Edwardov pohľad je zrelší, autorka dotvorila jeho postavu do detailov a zároveň sa viac venuje členom upírskej rodiny, pohnutej histórii Rosalie a jej vzťahu s bratom, Aliciiným víziám a Jasperovmu talentu. Polnočné slnko naplnilo očakávania fanúšikov natoľko, že mnohí volajú po pokračovaní ságy z Edwardovho pohľadu. Twilight zaujal milióny čitateľov, stal sa literárnym fenoménom a zhmotnil pre jednu generáciu ideál nesmrteľnej lásky.
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How to Argue With a Racist
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
'Nobody deals with challenging subjects more interestingly and compellingly than Adam Rutherford, and this may be his best book yet. This is a seriously important work' BILL BRYSON
Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. Stereotypes and myths about race are expressed not just by overt racists, but also by well-intentioned people whose experience and cultural baggage steer them towards views that are not supported by the modern study of human genetics. Even some scientists are uncomfortable expressing opinions deriving from their research where it relates to race. Yet, if understood correctly, science and history can be powerful allies against racism, granting the clearest view of how people actually are, rather than how we judge them to be.
HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry.
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Lacná kniha Return to Zero (-70%)
Set in the pulse-pounding world of I Am Number Four, this fast-paced action-packed thriller follows the gifted students of The Human Garde Academy.
When teenagers around the globe develop new superpowers - new Legacies, the Garde create an Academy where they can develop their gifts safely and a group of friends dubbed 'Fugitive Six' banded together to ensure the Academy's continued safety.
But a mysterious organisation is threatening everything they stand for. An organisation that was behind the disappearance of numerous gifted teens. An organisation much closer to home than they think.
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František: O modlitbe
„Modlitba je mocná zbraň. Je víťazstvom nad samotou.“
Franciscus
Hovorí sa, že modlitba je ako dýchanie.
Ak sa duša nemodlí, vädne a zomiera.
Čo je modlitba? Za koho sa máme modliť? Prečo? A ďalej, ako sa modliť?
V bohatom duchovnom breviári pápež František hovorí o svojej skúsenosti, ako sa on rozpráva so Stvoriteľom, a pozýva nás, aby sme ho volali otecko, aby sme na neho zložili všetky starosti a obavy.
Táto malá knižka sa môže stať cennou spoločníčkou na ceste. Obsahuje viac ako sto modlitieb. Z nich môžeme čerpať slová na každú príležitosť: keď sa chceme zveriť Bohu a prosiť ho o ochranu, môžeme sa modliť za manžela, manželku a deti, za fyzické alebo duchovné uzdravenie, za prácu, za spásu duše, v žiali, počas veľkých liturgických slávností.
Je to vademékum, ktoré nás učí byť v prítomnosti Najvyššieho, lebo, ako nás František uisťuje: „Modliť sa znamená žasnúť pred Bohom, nie iba opakovať slová ako papagáj!“
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To Be Taught, If Fortunate - A Novella
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves.
*FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR*
'Extraordinary . . . A future masterwork' Joanne Harris
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in sub-zero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to explore neighbouring exoplanets long suspected to harbour life.
Ariadne is one such explorer. On a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds fifteen light-years from Earth, she and her fellow crewmates sleep while in transit, and wake each time with different features. But as they shift through both form and time, life back on Earth has also changed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left, Ariadne begins to chronicle the wonders and dangers of her journey, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening.
PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS
'Becky Chambers is a wonder, and I feel better for having her books in my life' JOHN CONNOLLY
'In a word, brilliant' ANDREW CALDECOTT
'A short but fierce ode to humanity and all our reaches and flaws. Unputdownable' NATASHA NGAN
'Outstanding . . . Chambers packs an immense amount of story into a novella worthy of full-length praise' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review
'Becky Chambers takes space opera in a whole new and unexpected direction' BEN AARONOVITCH
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Primer of Happiness 3. - Adults to kids, kids to the world
The third part of the Primer of happiness is not intended only for parents that are looking for a way, with what form to give their descendants the best, but also for souls that want to understand why there are fears in them, why they act the way they act, or they are not successful in something. The key to life pains is located in their childhood. In the way how we were approached, what we saw, feel, experience and absorb in ourselves from the moment of procreation until growing up.
“He who teaches, he learns. Let´s thank for children, they are not a mater of course but a gift. They came to heal us and show us where we have in ammation.“
I was tucking in the shirt of my three years old Sára Ráchel and I told her: “So your small of the back would not get cold…” She looked at me and she said:
“Daddy, I do not have small of the back there, I have wings there.”
You cannot give a child something, that is not in you. – Constant criticizing is the confession of how discontent you are with yourselves, as well as shouting is the expression of your inner pain and helplessness. – A child’s soul is like savana. One sentence is enough to set it on re. – You cannot force children to take on your values. They will take only what they will need in their life mission. – Do not do anything on child´s
behalf, that the child can do itself. You will weaken the child. – Every kid has a powerful Self and the more you will try to break it the longer the child will look for itself as an adult. – The children resonate with what is happening in parents. – Your children do not have to follow in your footsteps and how your parents will end, is their decision. You only have to try to support them.
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What is in our parents, that is who we are. If we do not clean ourselves from negative clan´s debts, our kids will take it on. Unsolved wrong programs and energy taking models of behaviour will get stuck on them. There is no kid that would not be born wise, perceptive, joyful, full of energy, intuitive, nonstop living in the present moment, unchained, happy, godly, so with the characteristics of enlightened people. But if you ask me when I met a permanently happy adult the last time, I will think for a long time… So I take the education of kids as mutual learning – to be inspired by kids to the comeback to Self, own spontaneity, heart that is the connection with Love. On the other side the education of children is for me an e ort to load kids with unconditional love and set them boundaries with respect towards them, without superior approach, so in
the adulthood they will feel and perceive the needs of others. Simply give them the best from myself.
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Notes to Self
The extraordinary #1 bestseller - a word-of-mouth literary phenomenon
'Do not read this book in public: it will make you cry' Anne Enright
'Every line pulses with the pain and joy and complexity of an extraordinary life' Mark O'Connell
'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'
In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks to the business of living as a woman in the 21st century - its extraordinary pain and its extraordinary joy. Courageous, humane and uncompromising, she writes with radical honesty on birth and death, on the grief of infertility, on caring for her alcoholic father, on taboos around female bodies and female pain, on sexual violence and violence against the self. Devastatingly poignant and profoundly wise - and joyful against the odds - Notes to Self offers a portrait not just of its author but of a whole generation.
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Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond
A fascinating analysis of the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia
To many in the West, the name Cambodia still conjures up indelible images of destruction and death, the legacy of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and the terror it inflicted in its attempt to create a communist utopia in the 1970s. Sebastian Strangio, a journalist based in the capital city of Phnom Penh, now offers an eye-opening appraisal of modern-day Cambodia in the years following its emergence from bitter conflict and bloody upheaval.
In the early 1990s, Cambodia became the focus of the UN's first great post-Cold War nation-building project, with billions in international aid rolling in to support the fledgling democracy. But since the UN-supervised elections in 1993, the nation has slipped steadily backward into neo-authoritarian rule under Prime Minister Hun Sen. Behind a mirage of democracy, ordinary people have few rights and corruption infuses virtually every facet of everyday life. In this lively and compelling study, the first of its kind, Strangio explores the present state of Cambodian society under Hun Sen's leadership, painting a vivid portrait of a nation struggling to reconcile the promise of peace and democracy with a violent and tumultuous past.
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Dom duchov
Isabel Allende nepochybne patrí medzi najvýznamnejšie súčasné po španielsky píšuce spisovateľky. Literárna kritika ju označuje za pokračovateľku Márquezovho magického realizmu, je nositeľkou americkej literárnej ceny Harolda Washingtona za mimoriadny literárny prínos. Román Dom duchov je rozvetvenou ságou latinsko-americkej rodiny, prežívajúcej svoje víťazstvá i pády na pozadí pohnutých spoločenských udalostí, v imaginatívnej krajine plnej vulkánov a častých hurikánov, prírodných i ľudských katastrof. Je to zároveň nádherný príbeh ženy plnej prirodzenej odvahy a sily. Podľa knihy bol nakrútený oceňovaný film, román sa zaradil medzi najúspešnejšie literárne diela 20. storočia.
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Neustále sa radujte
Všetci by sme chceli byť šťastní a podľa možnosti neustále. Dá sa dopracovať k stavu trvalej pohody? Môže to zakúšať každý? Rozhodne áno – ako?
Brat Martin z rehole minoritov nám ponúka pomoc pri budovaní vnútorného pokoja svojou útlou, za to však myšlienkovo veľmi hutnou publikáciou. Opiera sa o citát sv. Pavla: „Ustavične sa radujte! Bez prestania sa modlite, pri všetkom vzdávajte vďaky. Tiež poukazuje na možnosť dosiahnutia stáleho pokoja a radosti v srdci slovami sv. Augustína: „Nespokojné je naše srdce, kým nespočinie v Tebe, Bože.“
O pokoj, radosť v duši je potrebné zabojovať vytrvalou modlitbou, stálym odovzdávaním sa do Otcovej vôle, prijímaním celého svojho života a ďakovaním za všetko.
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When to Jump
If you're at a crossroads, this is the book you need to read to begin chasing your dreams. Includes a foreword by Sheryl Sandberg.
Do you have a little voice in your head telling you to pursue the thing you love? Leaving a comfortable job to pursue a passion is a brave, bold move - but it's far from impossible. In this inspiring read When to Jump founder Mike Lewis has curated a community of people to share their stories about taking the leap into the unknown - people from all walks of life who left the safe inertia of their own circumstances to try and do what they really wanted to be doing. These are empowering, compelling tales about taking risks and embracing fear.
Forget what you should be doing, what do you want to be doing? What do you love doing? When to Jump will show you that starting something different is possible. Nothing will change unless you make the change - the journey starts here...
Mike has recently been awarded the Goldman Sachs accolade '100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs'.
"Whether you're burned out, in a rut, or just feel that you want something else, Mike Lewis's When to Jump is the book for you. With more than forty stories of people who decided to make a major change, this book offers the inspiration as well as a practical and simple framework to help you make your own jump. A must read for anyone seeking to not only succeed but thrive." - Arianna Huffington, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution
"A lively and inspiring guidebook for anyone who wants to make the jump from normal to extraordinary." - Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Unshakeable and MONEY: Master the Game
"The book that will change your life today." - The Sunday Times Style
"A smart and sensitive take on how to make positive changes with confidence. It also serves up lessons on failure and dealing with the fear that stops us rerouting lives we aren't happy to be living. Most important, the book advises you not to ignore the little voice that keeps reminding you things are not the way you want them to be." - The Sunday Times Style
"If you're thinking of taking a lifestyle leap, don't do anything till you've read the inspiring new book that will show you how." - The Sunday Times Style
"Lewis has interviewed 44 'jumpers', who are rarely less than fascinating...a simple and powerful message: be brave. Everyone should have these words on their wall: you only get one life." - The Daily Mail
"This inspiring book could be just the read you need to make your own dreams reality." - The Press Association
'The perfect guidebook for those who are only tentatively dipping their toe into the entrepreneurial world...an inspiring and useful read' - The Independent
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Umrieť a nájsť samú seba
Anita Moorjani štyri roky trpela rakovinou, až jej 2. februára 2006 orgány
v zoslabnutom tele vypovedali službu a podľa lekárov bola klinicky mŕtva.
Na celých dvadsaťštyri hodín sa ocitla na druhom brehu. Tam pochopila
príčiny vzniku svojej choroby, hlbší zmysel svojho bytia, aj to, ako funguje
jeho prepojenie so životom po smrti. Mala možnosť rozhodnúť sa, či
zostane, alebo sa vráti späť. Rozhodla sa vrátiť a 9. marca 2006, päť týždňov
po prijatí do nemocnice, kde zažila klinickú smrť, ju prepustili domov.
Bola úplne vyliečená, po rakovine s metastázami v kostnej dreni a všetkých
orgánoch nebolo ani stopy. Lekári to považovali za nemožné. Opakovanými
vyšetreniami sa snažili dokázať, že majú pravdu, ale Anita je dodnes zdravá,
cestuje po svete a prednáša.
Držíte v rukách neuveriteľne silný a inšpiratívny skutočný príbeh,
v ktorom vám autorka rozpovie, ako prežila svoje detstvo, začala
profesionálnu kariéru, zamilovala sa, vydala, ochorela na nevyliečiteľnú
chorobu a prežila svoju smrť, vďaka čomu pochopila život a zmysel našej
existencie na tejto planéte. Jej fenomenálne vyliečenie stále fascinuje
odborníkov aj laikov. Anita však vraví, že je prirodzeným vyústením jej
poznania, o ktoré sa s čitateľmi na celom svete podelila v tejto knihe.