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Chevengur
The Soviet Don Quixote, Chevengur is now seen by many Russian writers as Russia's greatest novel of the last century. This is the first English version to convey its subtlety and depth.
Zakhar Pavlovich comes from a world of traditional crafts to work as a train mechanic, motivated by his belief in the transformative power of industry. His adopted son, Sasha Dvanov, embraces revolution, which will transform everything: the words we speak and the lives we live, souls and bodies, the soil underfoot and the sun overhead.
Seeking communism, Dvanov joins up with Stepan Kopionkin, a warrior for the cause whose steed is the fearsome cart horse Strength of the Proletariat. Together they cross the steppe, meeting counter-revolutionaries, desperados and visionaries of all kinds. At last they reach the isolated town of Chevengur. There communism is believed to have been achieved because everything that is not communism has been eliminated. And yet even in Chevengur the revolution recedes from sight.
Comic, ironic, grotesque, disturbingly poetic in its use of language and profoundly sorrowful, Chevengur is a revolutionary novel about revolutionary ardour and despair. Unpublished during Andrey Platonov's life, it is now one of the most celebrated Russian novels, and the most ambitious and moving of Platonov's recreations of a world undergoing revolutionary transformation.
Translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler
The Silmarillion Illustrated Deluxe Edition
For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor.
But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindale, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is printed in two colours and features, for the very first time, more than 50 colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R.
Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring 'A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making' by Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing 'Taniquetil'. It is additionally quarterbound in blue leather, with raised ribs on the spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built clothbound slipcase.
The pages are edged in silver and include a ribbon marker.
Plant-Based Recipes
Are you considering a transition to a vegetarian, vegan, or pescatarian lifestyle? Are you one of the millions of people who want to lose weight but don’t really know where to begin? Do you want to incorporate some new, simple, and tasty meals into your mornings? Then Plant Based Recipes: 365 Delicious and Easy to Cook Diet Recipes for Breakfast just might be the perfect cookbook for you!Plant-based diets have numerous health benefits and can reduce cholesterol, high blood pressure, or the risk of illnesses such as heart disease or cancer and can help those struggling with obesity and weight related health issues. A balanced plant-based diet consists of a wide variety of foods including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. When combined to make one of the many delicious breakfast meals included in this book, these plant-based ingredients can provide most if not all the vitamins, nutrients, and proteins you need to kick start your metabolism and leave you feeling full and energized to tackle your day. From warm, rich soups to crisp, refreshing salads, to hearty, flavorful casseroles, you’ll find the perfect recipe to fit your mood and satisfy your cravings any day of the year.Inside you will findDozens of recipes perfect for an active lifestyle, such as smoothies and energy-boosting bitesTips for how to easily prepare more challenging foods like tofu and grainsRecipes that can include dairy or dairy-substitute productsAnd more…
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The Sound of Murder
Self-improvement can be deadly.
Insurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. A desire her micromanaging boss somehow never respects.
Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana’s laptop.
Failure means huge payouts for the company. Success means a huge bonus for her.
Find out if Dana’s risks outweigh her rewards in this clever digital mystery.
A Dana Sanderson Short Mystery
An excerpt from The Sound of Murder:
“If you know about me,” Dana said, “you know why I can’t get back into hacking, Mr. Redmond. That part of my life is over.”
“I’m not asking you to get into their bank accounts. Just find the common thread. Take a look, a careful look, and see what you come up with. Don’t worry about your usual projects for now. There’s a full year’s salary bonus for whoever works this out.”
“A full…” Dana shook her head, quite certain she’d misunderstood. “You’re offering me a year’s pay? How could it be worth that?”
She didn’t have to do the math. That much money would pay off her college debts and everything else she’d racked up putting her past firmly behind her. The prospect of returning to her hacker life, even temporarily, felt slightly less dreadful now.
“These were all in our lowest risk pool,” he said, raising his eyebrows. “Several of them had policies worth ten times your salary. Trust me. It’s worth it.
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Lacná kniha Sontag: Her Life
The definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most towering figures: her writing and her radical thought, her public activism and her private face
Susan Sontag was our last great literary star. Her brilliant mind, political activism and striking image made her an emblem of the seductions - and the dangers - of the twentieth-century world.
Her writing on art and politics, feminism and homosexuality, celebrity and style, medicine and drugs, Fascism and Freudianism, Communism and Americanism, reflected the conflicted meanings of a most conflicted word: modernity. She was there when the Cuban Revolution began and the Berlin Wall came down, in Vietnam under American bombardment, in wartime Israel. Sontag tells these stories and examines the work upon which her reputation was based, exploring the private woman hidden behind the formidable public face.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted from Maui to Stockholm and from Manhattan to Sarajevo - and featuring nearly one hundred images, many never seen before - Sontag is the first book based on the writer's restricted archives, and on access to many people who have never before spoken about her, including Annie Leibovitz. It is an indelible portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers, who lived one of that century's most romantic - and most anguished - lives.
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Miramar, s.r.o.
Román Miramar, s. r. o. tvoria tri zdanlivo samostatné celky, venované trom hlavným postavám, medzi ktorými prichádza k silnej vzájomnej interakcii. Zdanlivo jednoduchý príbeh o troch priateľoch, ktorí sa v minulosti rozhodli založiť spoločnú firmu, nadobúda spôsobom rozprávania nové dimenzie. Hlavný hrdina Tony, ktorý oberie svojich spoločníkov o všetok majetok, sa na začiatku príbehu ocitá bez peňazí a dokladov na Kube, kam ho ako akt pomsty dostanú prostredníctvom fiktívnej cestovnej kancelárie Miramar, s.r.o. jeho dvaja bývalí spoločníci. Ich úmysel zraziť hrebienok tomuto zloduchovi, trochu ho potrápiť, aby za svoje činy a zločiny aspoň symbolicky pykal, sa však zmení na tragédiu, s ktorou sa musia vedieť vyrovnať a ktorá sa v konečnom dôsledku obráti proti nim.
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Make love (EN)
There’s nothing like the fresh mountain air, waves crashing against the beach, the wind caressing your chest, the water touching your sex. This is a collection of erotic short stories from Cupido. The collection contains following short stories: "A new generation of hippies has found their way to a Greek island.
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Feeling Her Presence - Erotic Short Story (EN)
Stolen glances and dreamy scenarios in a train carriage. Outside, rain drizzles down lightly across the open countryside. Inside, two women sit across from each other, one of them getting more and more interested in the other’s every move. Soon, the fantasy grows so intense that she must do something, anything, to feed her mounting desire.
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Mindfulness (EN)
How many times have we been encouraged to see the cup half-full instead of half-empty? Oftentimes in western society, the push to be optimistic and to think positive is drilled into us from a young age. However, if one is beginning to become more mindful, the transition to mindfulness may feel a little jarring.
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Out of the Darkness
A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today.
In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and a war of extermination. But by 2015 Germany looked to many to be the moral voice of Europe, welcoming almost one million refugees. At the same time, it pursued a controversially rigid fiscal discipline and made energy deals with a dictator. Many people have asked how Germany descended into the darkness of the Nazis, but this book asks another vital question: how, and how far, have the Germans since reinvented themselves?
Trentmann tells the dramatic story of the Germans from the middle of the Second World War, through the Cold War and the division into East and West, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunited nation's search for a place in the world. Their journey is marked by extraordinary moral struggles: guilt, shame and limited amends; wealth versus welfare; tolerance versus racism; compassion and complicity. Through a range of voices - German soldiers and German Jews; environmentalists and coal miners; families and churches; volunteers, migrants and populists - Trentmann paints a remarkable and surprising portrait over 80 years of the conflicted people at the centre of Europe.
The Prize
The struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades continues to shake the world economy, dictate the outcome of wars, and transform the destiny of men and nations. The Prizeis as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of this history is enormous -- from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm. The cast extends from wildcatters and rogues to oil tycoons, and from Winston Churchill and Ibn Saud to George Bush and Saddam Hussein.
The definitive work on the subject of oil and a major contribution to understanding our century, The Prizeis a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement -- and great importance.
The Secret Story of the Musee du Louvre (EN)
Audiobook The Secret Story of the Musee du Louvre written by Emmanuelle Iger. The Louvre is one of the largest museums ever built, and it is the most visited in the world. It hosts some of the most revered masterpieces from all history; it was home to kings and emperors, and it sits on legendary surroundings. Its riches are literally inhexaustible. This audiobook is designed to prepare your visit with the necessary elements for depth and meaning.
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56 fables of La Fontaine (EN)
Audiobook 56 fables of La Fontaine. The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine were issued in several volumes from 1668 to 1694. They are classics of French literature. The Fables supply delights to three different ages: the child rejoices in the freshness and vividness of the story, the eager student of literature in the consummate art with which it is told, the experienced man of the world in the subtle reflections on character and life which it conveys.
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Tales of Robin Hood (EN)
Audiobook Tales of Robin Hood written by James Gardner. The legend of the famous hero Robin Hood originates in dramatic pieces and ballads from the 15th century in England. His story has been given shape and retold through the centuries, and is still universally known to children nowadays. The Tales of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, as retold by Mary Macleod, is a faithful rendition of the original Middle-age legend full of colorful and moral adventures.
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100 Quotes by Montaigne: Great Philosophers & Their Inspiring Thoughts (EN)
Audiobook 100 Quotes by Montaigne: Great Philosophers & Their Inspiring Thoughts. Montaigne might well be one of the most sympathetic writers ever known. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre; his style merges casual anecdotes and autobiography with deep intellectual insights. His Essays are among the most influential ever written; one can recognize Montaigne's direct influence on great literary figures all over the world, from René Descartes to Nietzsche, Isaac Asimov, and possibly William Shakespeare.
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The Essential Habits of 6-figure Bloggers
Have you at any point heard the stories about individuals that get rich on the web and thought about whether they were valid? Most bloggers win some money from blogging, however not a mess. They usually figure out why not make money accomplishing something they'd do in any case. Not every person has enough money to have the capacity to re-appropriate. Another significant piece of turning into a six figure blogger is the way that they most likely had an appealing thought, and made web journals that had little competition. With the small game and high web crawler rankings, a blogger can without much of a stretch have achievement and gain a great deal of money. If you are a blogger that fantasies of getting much more cash, it is conceivable. It will require diligent work, a great deal of devotion and the best possible learning. A blogger needs to comprehend blogging, business, and showcasing to make six figures. Blogging will turn into full-time work in addition to additional. A blogger will rapidly discover that they have to re-appropriate. This requires enough money to pay individuals and bloggers need to ensure they employ dependable and gifted individuals that will help a blogger not demolish their notoriety.
What you will gain in this book:
How To Start Earning A Six-Figure Income
Online Home Business - How To Build A Six-Figure Per Year Blog
Money Making Tips - How to Build a Six Figure Income
Online Home Based Business - How To Create A Six-Figure Per Year Blog
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Výstava jako médium. České umění 1957–1999
Jak se výstavy výtvarného umění promítají do jeho psaných dějin? A jak by vypadaly dějiny českého umění druhé poloviny 20. století, pokud bychom se na ně dívali právě z tohoto pohledu?
Zatímco tradičně bývají dějiny umění koncipovány jako dějiny stylů a zaměřují se na jednotlivé osobnosti a díla, v publikaci Výstava jako médium jsou pojímány z pohledu tzv. exhibition histories, které se na Západě na přelomu milénia staly novou uměnovědnou disciplínou. České umění druhé poloviny 20. století je tak představováno na pozadí přelomových výstav, které v letech 1957–1999 spoluformovaly jeho vývoj.
Publikace na více než 1000 stranách rekonstruuje 60 pečlivě vybraných výstav, a to jak skrze texty, tak obrazovou dokumentaci. Výstava je v knize chápána jako autonomní formát kulturní produkce, ale zároveň i jako nástroj k prosazení určitých podob umění, jeho funkcí a veřejné legitimizace. Archiv rozdělený do pěti období uvádějí tři samostatné studie, které sledují metodologii aktuálního výstavního diskurzu, dějiny výstav a proměňující se institucionální podmínky vystavování daného období i dosud nezpracované téma autorů a organizátorů výstav, později označovaných jako kurátoři/kurátorky.
Kniha přináší nové pohledy na dosavadní interpretace vývoje českého výtvarného umění po roce 1957. Přestože se zabývá historií, klade si otázky, které bezprostředně vycházejí z podoby současného umění a jeho aktuálních problémů.
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Best Foot Forward (EN)
Audiobook Best Foot Forward written by Rustom Dadachanji. Mr. Centipede wears 21 pairs of boots on his morning walk. But with so many legs to choose from, how does he know which foot to use first? Join Mr. Centipede and his garden friends in this story about counting and indecision! 'Best Foot Forward' (English), written by Rustom Dadachanji, illustrated by Tanvi Bhat, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2018) under a CC BY 4.
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Fati and the Soup Pot (EN)
Fati has always been a fast runner, and proves this once again at her school's sports day. When she returns home from school, she helps her mother prepare okro soup. The soup smells delicious and Fati is hungry after running. Find out what happens when Fati helps her mum make the soup. Fati and the Soup Pot is based on the real-life adventures of a girl growing up in northern Ghana.
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