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Queens of Jerusalem
In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio - including Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but, if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants.
Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer. Yet for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. In reality, women ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects. Sibylla's grandmother Queen Melisende was the first queen to seize real political agency in Jerusalem and rule in her own right. She outmanoeuvred both her husband and son to seize real power in her kingdom, and was a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the medieval Middle East. The lives of her Armenian mother, her three sisters, and their daughters and granddaughters were no less intriguing.
The lives of this trailblazing dynasty of royal women, and the crusading Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, are the focus of Katherine Pangonis's debut book. In QUEENS OF JERUSALEM she explores the role women played in the governing of the Middle East during periods of intense instability, and how they persevered to rule and seize greater power for themselves when the opportunity presented itself.
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13,25 €
13,95 €
Photography
The subjects Christian Voigt photographs are incredibly diverse: a tattoo studio in Buenos Aires is at home in his repertoire next to New York's Morgan Library, while an enchanting landscape in Myanmar is juxtaposed with the clean lines of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. He uses analog and digital large-format cameras to create the desired effect of a greatly condensed image. And although the result generally gets a digital fine-tuning, Voigt stresses that he develops his unique visual language with his camera, not a computer. Intense artificial colour and imposing formats, such as his museum series with images that are eight meters wide, make viewers gape in awe and wonder. Voigt travels the world searching for interesting stories, which he then retells for us most impressively in his series of photographs.
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75,91 €
79,90 €
Option B - Facing adversity, Building Resistence and Finding Joy
From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" (she writes), "A vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build. Option B combines Sheryl's personal insights with Adam's eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart - and her journal - to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death.But Option B goes beyond Sheryl's loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere...And to rediscover joy. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. "I want Dave," (she cried). Her friend replied, "Option A is not available," and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
Duch liturgie
Když před šesti lety vyšla v nakladatelství Herder poprvé tato kniha tehdejšího prefekta Kongregace pro nauku víry, vyvolala – zcela oprávněně – dlouho trvající diskuse. Autor se přihlásil ke slavné tradici Romana Guardiniho, a to nejen v titulu knihy, ale i v obsahu a způsobu zpracování. Není úmyslem autora podávat odborný, vědecký výklad jednotlivých aspektů liturgické vědy. Naopak, kardinál Ratzinger představuje praktickou příručku správného chápání podstaty liturgie, se všemi symboly, které ji provázejí. Liturgická hudba, liturgický oděv, liturgické úkony – na první pohled snad až příliš prozaická témata pro prefekta Kongregace pro nauku víry. Při bedlivé četbě však autor dojde ke zcela opačnému závěru – kardinál Ratzinger, dnešní papež Benedikt XVI., se úmyslně věnuje nejviditelnějšímu projevu víry. Liturgie dává víře její tvář. Je však ještě jeden důvod k pozorné četbě této knihy. Autor neváhá poukázat na některé nešvary v liturgické praxi, které přineslo postreformní nadšení druhé poloviny minulého století. Skutečnost, že autorem je dnešní Svatý otec, navíc dává tomuto aspektu zcela zvláštní ráz. Předkládaná kniha tak dobře poslouží nejen odborné veřejnosti, ale zejména všem, kteří při návštěvě bohoslužby chtějí porozumět její podstatě.
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10,67 €
11,23 €
Iron Maiden - Virtual XI CD
KDO: Skupina Iron Maiden patří k nejpopulárnějším reprezentantům britské rockové hudby. V nedávné anketě pořádané u příležitosti královnina diamantového výročí bylo jejich album The Number Of The Beast zvoleno nejlepší britskou deskou posledních šedesáti let. Také v našich končinách se sláva kapely "hvězd dotýká". Opakovaně vyprodávají stadióny, s každým vydavatelským počinem útočí na nejvyšší příčky prodejního žebříčku.
CO: Pokračování reediční kampaně navazující na koncept, který Iron Maiden v roce 2017 připravili ve spolupráci s americkou obchodní sítí Walmart. V třetí vlně si lze samostatně pořídit čtyři alba (Fear Of The Dark, The X Factor, Virtual XI a Brave New World) v remasterované podobě z roku 2015 a též sběratelský box Fear Of The Dark (Collectors). Virtual XI je jedenácté studiové album legendární britské heavy metalové kapely Iron Maiden z roku 1998. Jedná se o druhou desku, na které zpěváka Bruce Dickinsona nahradil Blaze Bayley z Wolfsbane
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1. Futureal (2015 Remaster) [02:55]
2. The Angel and the Gambler (2015 Remaster) [09:52]
3. Lightning Strikes Twice (2015 Remaster) [04:50]
4. The Clansman (2015 Remaster) [08:59]
5. When Two Worlds Collide (2015 Remaster) [06:17]
6. The Educated Fool (2015 Remaster) [06:44]
7. Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (2015 Remaster) [08:03]
8. Como Estais Amigos (2015 Remaster) [05:30]
The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor
Sindbad the Sailor went to sea seven times and his voyages were always dangerous. He met giant men, snakes and birds, and the Old Man of the Sea. He visited different countries and strange islands – and he told wonderful stories about his journeys.
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5,42 €
5,70 €
One Day
The Macmillan Readers series are carefully graded from Starter to Upper Intermediate (A1-B2) to help students choose the right reading material for their ability. Our list of titles includes great stories from both contemporary and classic authors. 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their university graduation. Soon their lives will go in separate directions. But where will they be on 15 July of the following year, and the year after that? One Day is a wonderful and moving love story which takes place over the decades of the eighties and nineties.
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7,60 €
8,00 €
Paper Money
A politician wakes with a beautiful girl a criminal briefs his team a tycoon breakfasts with a Bank official. Then three stories break: an attempted suicide, a hijack, and a takeover bid. They seem unrelated – until Evening Post reporters ask questions. W
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6,87 €
7,23 €
The Bloomsbury Christmas Treasury
Father Christmas, a sickly Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, an elf who gets locked in the workshop, the story of the birth of Jesus ...the list goes on in this wonderful volume of stories for young readers all about Christmas. Lavishly illustrated througho
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10,07 €
10,60 €
Red Pony, The Book/CD Pack
John Steinbeck wrote some of the best and most famous American stories ever. Jody Tiflin is often alone and he knows little of the world. But one day he gets a pony. He learns how to love and his whole life changes.
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8,74 €
9,20 €
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1844) is one of the most famous historical novels ever written. It is also one of the world´s greatest historical adventure stories, and its heroes have become symbols for the spirit of youth, daring, and comradeship. The action take
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7,79 €
8,20 €
Classic Tales Beginner 2 Gingerbread Man Activity Book
This Classic Tales" activity book is at "Beginner 2" level and retells the classic story. It offers a variety of reading, writing and speaking activities which exploit the language presented in the stories, reinforcing key vocabulary and language structures in an enjoyable way."
Poirot Investigates
The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings...First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond! then came the 'suicide' that was murder! the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat! a suspicious d
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7,59 €
7,99 €
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by David Stuart Davies.These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of "Sherlock" magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married and other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard
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9,49 €
9,99 €
Tom of Finland
THE COMICS is the most affordable compilation of Tom of Finland's popular panel stories. This 320 page volume features 14 stories, including the first completed by Tom in 1946, and the last, done in 1986. Along the way we meet Jack in the Jungle, Beach Boys, Greasy Rider, Ringo and the Renegades, and Tom's most infamous creation, Kake, the ultimate leatherman. The stories are arranged chronologically in a book sized to fit perfectly in one hand, wrapped in our new Panic Cover that allows the book to be read any place, any time, by simply removing and reversing the cover to give the appearance of a serious scholarly tome. For boys who like boys who like art - but are sometimes embarrassed to enjoy their art in public - this attractive package is not to be missed. Durk Dehner is Tom's archivist and provided the original art for these volumes. He was born in Alberta, Canada, where he studied art before moving to the United States in the mid-'70s. Dehner was instrumental in bringing Tom out of the underground and in focusing public attention on his work. The two co-founded the Tom of Finland Foundation in 1984, and Dehner continues as head of the Foundation, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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10,97 €
11,55 €
The Greek Revolution
In the exhausted, repressive years that followed Napoleon's defeat in 1815, there was one cause that came to galvanize countless individuals across Europe and the United States: freedom for Greece.
Mark Mazower's wonderful new book recreates one of the most compelling, unlikely and significant events in the story of modern Europe. In the face of near impossible odds, the people of the villages, valleys and islands of Greece rose up against Sultan Mahmud II and took on the might of the imperial Ottoman armed forces, its Turkish cavalrymen, Albanian foot soldiers and the fearsome Egyptians. Despite the most terrible disasters, they held on until military intervention by Russia, France and Britain finally secured the kingdom of Greece.
Mazower brilliantly brings together the different strands of the story. He takes us into the minds of revolutionary conspirators and the terrors of besieged towns, the stories of itinerant priests, sailors and slaves, ambiguous heroes and defenceless women and children struggling to stay alive amid a conflict of extraordinary brutality. Ranging across the Eastern Mediterranean and far beyond, he explores the central place of the struggle in the making of Romanticism and a new kind of politics that had volunteers flocking from across Europe to die in support of the Greeks. A story of how statesmen came to terms with an even more powerful force than themselves - the force of nationalism - this is above all a book about how people decided to see their world differently and, at an often terrible cost to themselves and their families, changed history.
Illustration
The power of the illustration is brilliantly demonstrated in another compact volume from New York designer Bob Gill. In this book, simply but eloquently entitled Illustration , he features many of his favorite works, completed between 1952 and 2004. Subjects for his often whimsical, but always potent illustrations range from people and things to the more fanciful characters that populate several of the children's books he has written and illustrated. Some drawings have been at the center of successful advertising campaigns, others are less overt but particularly powerful political statements. A short, witty description places each image into the context of its time and purpose.
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26,55 €
27,95 €
Rankin's Heidilicious
Shooting to international super-stardom as a runway model for Victoria’s Secret and a cover model for Sports Illustrated’s coveted Swimsuit edition, Heidi Klum is no stranger to success. Gifted with sizzling looks and a dynamic personality, this German-born beauty is one of the most recognizable faces of our time.
Whether as a sultry sex kitten or sophisticated femme fatale, this tribute by one of Ms. Klum’s favorite photographers, Rankin, captures her many moods and personas. Because of their long friendship, this photographic master has a unique insight to this unparalleled fashion icon, gaining a variety of fascinating answers to the question, “What is Heidi really like?”
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47,41 €
49,90 €
Artificial Intelligence
'If you think you understand AI and all of the related issues, you don't. By the time you finish this exceptionally lucid and riveting book you will breathe more easily and wisely' - Michael Gazzaniga
A leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble
No recent scientific enterprise has been so alluring, terrifying and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence. Writing with clarity and passion, leading AI researcher Melanie Mitchell offers a captivating account of modern-day artificial intelligence.
Flavoured with personal stories and a twist of humour, Artificial Intelligence illuminates the workings of machines that mimic human learning, perception, language, creativity and common sense. Weaving together advances in AI with cognitive science and philosophy, Mitchell probes the extent to which today's 'smart' machines can actually think or understand, and whether AI even requires such elusive human qualities at all.
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans provides readers with an accessible and clear-eyed view of the AI landscape, what the field has actually accomplished, how much further it has to go and what it means for all of our futures.