Hľadanie: Beyond Decadence EN
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Ava Lavender különös és szépséges bánata
"A szerelem bolonddá tesz."
Úgy tűnik, a bolond szerelem a Roux család osztályrésze, és Ava Lavender, a madárszárnyakkal született lány örökségének kulcsa is. Ava felderíti Franciaországból Seattle-be költözött, különös családja még különösebb, huszadik századon átívelő történetét, miközben egyre inkább vágyik arra, hogy helyet kapjon a közönséges emberek között. Végül felkészületlenül kimerészkedik a világba, amely még nem döntötte el, leánynak vagy angyalnak tekinti-e őt.
Ava és családja élete egy napon fordulópontra jut, amikor megnyílnak az ég csatornái, esőcseppek és tollak záporoznak alá, és Ava sorsa mindörökre megpecsételődik.
Elbűvölő, költői történet sóvárgásról, vágyról és a szerelem fájdalmáról.
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Nine Quarters of Jerusalem
In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old City into four quarters, yet that division doesn't reflect the reality of mixed and diverse neighbourhoods. Beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, much of the Old City remains little known to visitors, its people overlooked and their stories untold. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging through ancient past and political present, it evokes the city's depth and cultural diversity.
Matthew Teller's highly original 'biography' features the Old City's Palestinian and Jewish communities, but also spotlights its Indian and African populations, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac cultures, its downtrodden Dom Gypsy families and its Sufi mystics. It discusses the sources of Jerusalem's holiness and the ideas - often startlingly secular - that have shaped lives within its walls. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem is an evocation of place through story, led by the voices of Jerusalemites.
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"...kínok és álmok közt..."
Ceizel Endre, Gyenes György, Harmati Lídia, Németh Attila, Rihmer Zoltán, Sipos Lajos, Szállasi Babitsról c. könyv tudománytörténeti szempontból egyedülálló vállalkozás.
A szerzők az orvosgenetika, a belgyógyászat, a radiológia, a pszichológia és a neurológia szempontjából értelmezik Babits Mihály genetikai örökségét, személyiségrajzát, testi betegségeinek kórtörténetét, pszichopatológiáját.
Munkájukban felhasználtak eddig nem publikált életrajzi dokumentumokat, már megjelent és kéziratban lévő Babits-szövegeket.
Minden részhez gazdag kiegészítő anyag kapcsolódik: kórlapok, dokumentumok, a korszak terápiás gyakorlatát demonstráló feljegyzések, a kórtörténetre vonatkozó utólagos értelmező-magyarázó levelek, naptár- és naplórészletek. A "lírai én" alakváltozásait leíró irodalomtörténész munkája során érvényesíti az orvostudományi felismerések konzekvenciáit is.
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Degrees of Separation Bohumil Kubišta and the European Avant-Garde
In Beyond the Avant Garde, scholars from Czechia, Canada, Germany, and Hungary take a new approach to exploring the work of one of Central Europes most interesting modernist painters -- Bohumil Kubišta. While many art historians have consigned Kubištas work into an idealized Czech canon, Kubišta did not identify with a nation state clearly defined by ethnicity, language, and territorial reach. Although born and raised in the Czech lands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he traveled widely, maintained important international contacts, and served as a successful artillery officer in Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Taking a transnational approach that incorporates thorough topographical research, the authors of Beyond the Avant-Garde: Bohumil Kubišta and European Modern Art attempt to redraw the current map of European modernism by exploring the artists subversive approach to the stylistic currents of his time. The book reveals the complex artistic, cultural, and historical relationships within early twentieth-century Europe, as Kubišta and other Central Europan artists tried to balance their admiration for the dominant artistic trends coming out of Paris with their desire to find alternative forms expression, arising from local artistic and intellectual sources. It traces Kubišta's steps through the boulevards and cafes of Paris and other cities, such as Florence and Pula, while also using cartographic techniques to record the progress of his artwork between various artistic points on Europes artistic map. In addition to the twenty scholarly chapters, the book features a wealth of documentation, including: high quality images of the artists work; an exhaustive 160-page timeline with notes from and about the artist, as well as documentary support; a comprehensive inventory of 363 Kubišta works; an exhibition list from 1907 to 2019.
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War Stories
'Highly readable . . . an intimate and varied account of fascinating stories of people at war' History of War
War Stories is a fascinating account of ordinary men and women swept up in the turbulence of war. These are the stories - many untold until now - of thirty-four individuals who have pushed the boundaries of love, bravery, suffering and terror beyond the imaginable. They span three centuries and five continents. There is the courage of Edward Seager who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade; the cunning of Krystyna Skarbek, quick-thinking spy and saboteur during the Second World War; the skullduggery of Benedict Arnold, who switched sides in the American War of Independence and the compassion of Magdalene de Lancey who tenderly nursed her dying husband at Waterloo.
Told with vivid narrative flair and full of unexpected insights, War Stories moves effortlessly from tales of spies, escapes and innovation to uplifting acts of humanity, celebrating men and women whose wartime experiences are beyond compare.
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Památkáři BD
2014 / Válečný, Drama / 118 minut / Německo, USA
Film PAMÁTKÁŘI, natočený podle skutečného příběhu o největší honbě za pokladem v dějinách, přináší strhující napětí i jedinečné herecké výkony hvězd, jako jsou George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman a Cate Blanchett. Když je tým různorodých — a žalostně nepřipravených — hrdinů vyslán na frontovou linii druhé světové války, aby z rukou nacistů získal zpět nakradená umělecká díla, začíná hra s časem, ve které jde o tisícileté kulturní dědictví. Tito kurátoři, architekti, umělci a historikové možná mají pramalou naději… neexistuje ale nikdo lepší, kdo by mohl nejdůležitější artefakty kulturního dědictví zachránit!
Hrají: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Dimitri Leonidas, Cate Blanchett, Sam Hazeldine, Justus von Dohnányi, Lee Asquith-Coe, Luc Feit, Alexandre Desplat, Udo Kroschwald, Zahary Baharov, Serge Hazanavicius, Grant Heslov, Aurélia Poirier, Andrew Byron, Holger Handtke, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Michael Brandner, Daniel Littau, Christian Rodska, Stefan Kolosko, Adam Prickett, Alan Bond, Ben-Ryan Davies, Diarmaid Murtagh, Andrew Alexander, Lucas Tavernier, Mitchell Thornton, Miles Jupp, Graham Curry, John Dagleish, Thomas Wingrich, Mara Scherzinger, Emil von Schönfels, Colin Coombs, Adrian Bouchet, Robert Eames
Režie: George Clooney
Kamera: Phedon Papamichael
Hudba: Alexandre Desplat
Scénář: George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Zvukové formáty: česky Dolby Digital 5.1 / anglicky DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / japonsky DTS 5.1 / maďarsky Dolby Digital 5.1 / polský komentář Dolby Digital 5.1 / portugalsky (Brazílie) Dolby Digital 5.1 / thajsky Dolby Digital 5.1 / turecky Dolby Digital 5.1 / španělsky DTS 5.1
Titulky: české, anglické pro neslyšící, arabské, bulharské, hebrejské, chorvatské, indonéské, islandské, japonské, kantonské, korejské, maďarské, mandarínské, polské, portugalské, rumunské, řecké, slovinské, srbské, španělské, thajské, turecké, vietnamské
Obrazové formáty: 16:9 / 2,40:1 / 1080p
Bonusy:
• Vynechané scény
• Jejich vlastními slovy
• Žena mezi „Památkáři“
• Složení jednotky
• Mise George Clooneyho
How To Fly A Horse
In the vein of Susan Cain's QUIET and Malcolm Gladwell's DAVID AND GOLIATH, HOW TO FLY A HORSE is a smart, empowering book that dispels the myths around genius and creativity.
There is a myth about how something new comes to be; that geniuses have dramatic moments of insight where great things and thoughts are born whole. Symphonies are composed complete. Science is accomplished with eureka shrieks. Businesses are built by magic touch.
The myth is wrong. Anyone can create.
Acclaimed technology pioneer Kevin Ashton takes us behind the scenes of creation to reveal the true process of discovery and how 'new' comes to be. From Archimedes to Apple, from Kandinsky to the Coke can, from the Wright brothers - who set out to 'fly a horse' - to Woody Allen, he exposes the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures and countless ordinary and often uncredited acts that led to our most astounding breakthroughs.
Faceless Killers
One frozen January Morning at 5 am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, victims of violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When this is leaked to the press, racial hatred is unleashed. Kurt Wallander is a senior police officer at Ystad, a small town in the wind-lashed Swedish province of Skane. His life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, even his ageing father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly and drinks the nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now winter closes its grip on Ystad, and Wallander, his tenacious efforts closely monitored by the tough minded (and disarmingly attractive) district attorney Anette Brolin, must forget his trouble, and throw himself into a battle against time and xenophobia.
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Depths
October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child, Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. His instinct for his profession is reflected in the comfortable domesticity he enjoys with his wife - herself meticulous in every detail. Close to the waters where soundings are taken Tobiasson-Svartman alights on a barren skerry, presumed uninhabited, and is surprised to discover there a young woman, Sara Fredrika. Despite her almost feral appearance, something about her strikes him to the core. The mission is a success and the Svea returns to Gothenburg. Tobiasson-Svartman, however, remains haunted by this chance encounter; his equilibrium has been disturbed, and he is now compelled to find any pretence to return to the remote islet. In "Depths", Mankell confirms his status as a writer beyond the crime genre.
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The reconnection
Why are prominent doctors and medical researchers all over the world interested in the extraordinary healings reported by the patients of Dr. Eric Pearl? What does it mean when these patients report the sudden disappearance of afflictions such as cancer, AIDS, and cerebral palsy? And what does it mean when people who interact with Dr. Pearl report a sudden ability to access this healing energy not just for themselves, but for others, too? What is this phenomenon? Â Well, you might have to reconsider everything you=ve read up until now about conventional healing. The Anew@ frequencies of healing described by Dr. Pearl transcend Atechnique@ entirely and bring you to levels beyond those previously accessible to anyone, anywhere. This book takes you on Eric Pearl=s journey from the discovery of his ability to heal, to his well-deserved reputation as the instrument through which this process is being introduced to the world. But most important, The Reconnection reveals methods you can use to personally master these new healing energies.
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Europe Book PB
Europe is a smorgasbord of cultures, languages, cuisines, histories, art and architecture. However, look beyond the well-trodden museums and galleries and you’ll find that Europe holds many unexpected cards up its sleeve. Where else might you attend a wife-carrying competition, jump in and out of freezing water before being beaten by birch twigs, celebrate the summer solstice in a prehistoric stone circle, or choose between sweltering beaches, semi-desert, permafrost, glaciers, volcanoes, hot springs and the Arctic? From remote, icy fjords in Greenland to wild street parties in Amsterdam, The Europe Book draws together the charms and the surprises of this magnificent continent. Step through the pages and be dwarfed by the Alps, blow your savings on a roulette table in Monaco, find a piece of the Berlin Wall and contemplate the Iron Curtain, and discover why Icelanders are the happiest people in the world. Let Lonely Planet show you this continent through new eyes and inspire you to embark on your own European journey.
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Shadows of the Heart
She has one “simple” task to complete to earn her way back home. Too bad the monster she needs to capture is hunting her, too.Nobody said Fae life was easy...
Reine has one minor loose end to tie up before she’ll be allowed to return to Faerie — an invisible soul-eating creature is on the loose at a major fantasy convention, and the hotel manager doesn’t believe in the paranormal.
As if living in a horror movie isn’t bad enough, Reine’s brother Rhys and the gargoyle she’s becoming too attracted to have some sort of history between them.
Instead of a “loose end,” Reine is dealing with the unraveling of her life. Can she embrace a side of herself she’s afraid to acknowledge and defeat the soul-eater in time to meet the conditions of her bargain to return to Faerie? Or will her life – as well as those of the convention-goers – be sacrificed for greed, ambition, and a good performance review?
Or worst of all, will love tempt her to stay on Earth?
In this second installment of the Fae Files, Reine has to balance her desire to return home with the humanity she doesn’t want to admit she has and the need for a love she can’t accept. If you like snarky, con?icted heroines, slow-burn romance subplots, and lots of drama, then Shadows of the Heart is the book for you.
Preorder Shadows of the Heart to immerse yourself in a strange yet familiar new world today!
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So I Wrote You a Poem
In January 2021, Instagram followers were invited to message author David Tensen with a life story they wanted made into a poem. More than 60 people wrote in with stories spanning divorce, loss, trauma, parenting, ableism, same-sex attraction, suicide, PTSD, parenting, religious shame and more.
Drawing from deep empathy, and with a desire to give dignity and voice to those often shamed and ostracised, David wrote a collection of poems every day for twenty-one days. This special collection of 25 poems is a tribute to the common loss and hope we all share.
This is David's second poetry collection. His best-selling debut 2020 collection, 'The Wrestle', is also available worldwide
The following is a poem from the collection. It features in the chapter, 'On Marriage':
FOR THE ONE WHO WAS BETRAYED
(To the betrayer)
There is a tree by our home
that fell in a storm
on the path
I walked to belonging.
I assumed this was our path,
and perhaps it was,
but the storm -
that was your betrayal.
Torn from the earth.
Branches broken.
Leaves strewn like confetti
on our wedding day.
Roots, now exposed,
shamefully waving at passers-by,
remind me
of what was sown in secret.
Trunk, now splintered,
piercing those who dare to pry,
remind me
of your unrepentant reasoning.
I've been tempted,
more than once,
to nest in the wreckage
but you won't find me there.
Instead, I'll be in the forest
forging new paths
through forgiveness
and a fog of grief,
vowing to love myself
more than you ever did.
David Tensen
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The Expedition of a Nun
About the Book: The Expedition of a Nun, a Psychological Suspense thriller novel, set against the backdrop of the southern Indian state of Kerala, tells the story of Akira Stephen, an intelligent young woman and the only child of a Christian, top-ranking bureaucrat father and an erudite Brahmin mother. Akira’s furtive investigation into the bizarre death of a co-nun perhaps constitutes the most thrilling part of the story. Her brave, relentless and rigorous investigative endeavours, while unravelling the mystery behind the suicide, uncovers some shockingly ugly hidden truths of the higher ecclesiastical order. Finely layered, the novel also has a delightful, tender, heart-touching love story running parallel to the main events of the story.
About the Author: Mathewson Robins is a writer as well as a practicing psychologist with extensive experience in different branches and sub-branches of psychology. He is also a professionally qualified in IT and Human Resource Management and has worked in many prestigious organizations in different capacities in India and abroad. He has lived in different parts of the world and has enjoyed the privilege of dealing with people from almost 90 different nationalities, belonging to varied socio-economic, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. This has helped him gain rich, valuable and intriguing perspectives on people and life, in general, which find expression in his writings. He is a known writer and has published several articles in different magazines in India and abroad. He also has a book on Psychology on his accord. Email:[email protected]
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The Brighter the Stars
Caught between love and revenge, Jake has one chance to live up to the man his uncle was. Earth crashed into interstellar politics as a lightweight, lagging so far behind other planetary weapons systems everyone feared they wouldn't survive first contact with other worlds without quick action. By 2185, Earth had united itself into five geographic sectors and developed a defense system powerful enough to keep aggressors at bay-for now, at least. Jake Saunders became a Legion soldier to honor the memory of his war hero uncle, who was brutally murdered in front of him when he was still a young teen. Fast forward a few years, and Jake and his best friend Cal have been tasked with escorting Cal's older sister Diane to become Earth's ambassador on a far-off planet. It's the opportunity of Diane's career, very likely a lifetime post. But for Jake, that could mean a lifetime's heartbreak. He has loved Diane since they were kids, and every step closer to that ambassador assignment is a step closer to goodbye.But somebody is after more than Earth's defense, and Jake, Cal, and Diane are on a trajectory to crash headlong into that dangerous plot. Somebody wants to play Earth against its most immediate threat, Craton, and convince both to develop super weapons-and he's working with the person who killed Jake's uncle all those years ago. When he reappears on Jake, Cal, and Diane's journey to the ambassadorship, Jake is faced with difficult choices to look out for his friends and honor his uncle's memory.
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Pirates of Darksea
Max and his big brother Christopher have always shared their adventures. In fact for ages they've been sneaking down to Galway Bay at the turn of midnight, waiting for Captain O'Malley and his famed pirate ship to take them over the horizon to the magical world of Eighth Sea.
Despite their messages, the Captain never arrived and now, two years later, Christopher is in grave danger. It's not even the sort of danger Max can help with. Christopher is in hospital and getting sicker. Their parents want to take him far, far away for a new treatment, but they don't have the money.
That's when a very loud, bright red parrot visits Max's House in Bellflower Lane. Squawk is carrying a message from Captain O'Malley, who needs a new crew member to help with a top secret quest. The reward is treasure beyond Max's wildest dreams. He's going to sail to the Eighth Sea, but he hadn't bargained on coming face to face with a monster, one that is eating the islands of the Eighth Sea one by one.
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The Illustrated World of Tolkien. The Second Age
This volume is an in-depth and exquisitely illustrated guide to the Second Age of Middle-earth, one of the least-explored periods of Arda's history. The Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age, is the follow up companion to the best-selling The Illustrated World of Tolkien, and gathers together artwork, charts, and fascinating and scholarly writing from renowned Tolkien expert David Day. Exploring the languages, poetry and elements of the heroic ages of Norse, Greek and Roman mythologies that may have influenced Tolkien's writing, it is a reference guide for any fan of Tolkien's work, Tolkien's world and the imaginative brilliance his vision inspired.
The Second Age is made up of two great narrative channels: on the one hand the rise and cataclysmic downfall of the island-kingdom of Numenor and its aftermath, and on the other the forging of the Rings of Power and the rise to power of the new dark lord. Tolkien's sources for his Second Age are, of course, as rich and varied as ever and this book delves into some of these influences and shows how the power of Tolkien's imagination is manifest even in the lesser-known parts of his legendarium. This work is unofficial and is not authorised by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
Taxi Driver
You talkin' to me? This title features previously unseen photographs from Scorsese's masterpiece. "Taxi Driver" has long been regarded as a cinematic milestone, and Robert DeNiro's portrait of a trigger-happy psychopath with a mohawk is widely believed to be one of the greatest performances ever filmed. "Time" magazine includes the film in its list of 100 Greatest Movies, saying: "The power of Scorsese's filmmaking grows ever more punishing with the passage of time." Steve Schapiro - whose photographs were featured in TASCHEN's "Godfather Family Album" - was the special photographer on the set of "Taxi Driver", capturing the film's most intense and violent moments from behind the scenes. This book - more than a film still book but a pure photo book on its own - features hundreds of unseen images selected from Schapiro's archives, painting a chilling portrait of a deranged gunman in the angry climate of the post-Vietnam era.
Time Wise
High achievers most definitely approach their workday differently. This book gives access to the secrets and strategies they've found for making things work. From Wharton Professor Adam Grant's trick to get into flow when he starts work, Google's Executive Productivity Advisor, Laura Mae Martin, and her inbox shape-shifting, to Cal Newport's multiple kaban boards, this isn't your typical productivity book.
You know the basics and have heard the swallow-the-frog platitudes. Time Wise goes deeper and unveils some of the more counterintuitive but effective methods that boost your productivity. Some of the high achievers featured, along with their personal strategies, include Adam Alter setting systems instead of goals, Rita McGrath who consults her own personal board of directors, Jake Knapp who focuses on the one important thing of the day and Oliver Burkeman's approach to beating the to-do list.
This book will allow you to master the superpower of using your time wisely to achieve success in business, life and beyond.
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