Hľadanie: The Wrong Side of Goodbye
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Phantom Rickshaw (EN)
After a passionate affair with Agnes Keith-Wessington, Jack Pansay wearies of her and becomes engaged to Miss Kitty Mannering. However, Wessington refuses to accept the rejection and reappears in Jack’s life, trying to make him reconsider. But to her greatest regret, Pansay continues to respond curtly and brutally.
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A son of the circus
Born a Parsi in Bombay and educated in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen, an orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, he returns to India. Once 20 years ago, Dr Darwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa
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50 years of the lego brick
Throughout its 75-year history, the LEGO Group has lived up to its motto - Only the best is good enough - and emphasised the importance of high quality, ensuring that consumers return to LEGO products again and again. Today the LEGO Group is among the top five of the world's largest toy manufacturers and LEGO products are sold all over the globe. Part of the company's success was the creation of the first LEGO brick 50 years ago. To celebrate this commemorative event this officially licensed anniversary book was presented to the press during the Nurnberg Toy Fair in Germany at the beginning of this year. The book also features 10 pieces of removable facsimile items which the author, Mr Christian Humberg, was able to retrieve from the LEGO archives in Billund, Denmark. Six original LEGO bricks are also included to make this publication the perfect gift for all fans of this special toy.
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The Value of Art
Internationally renowned dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a lively and authoritative look at the financial and emotional value of art throughout history.
In this newly revised, updated, and generously illustrated edition Findlay draws on a half-century in the business and a passion for great art to question and redefine what we mean by "value," addressing developments in this conversation since the book was first published in 2012: the rise of NFTs and digital art; the auction house as theatre; the pressing relationship between art and society's fraught political landscape; and the impact of the pandemic. With style and wry wit, Findlay demystifies how art is bought and sold while also constantly looking beyond sales figures to emphasize the primacy of art's essential, noncommercial worth.
Coloring his account with wise advice, insider anecdotes involving scoundrels and scams, stories of celebrity collectors, and remarkable discoveries, Findlay has distilled a lifetime's experience in this indispensable guide, now updated for today's sophisticated and discerning audience.
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The New Testament 27 - Revelation (EN)
The literary genres of the book of Revelation are an Apocalypse, a Prophecy, and an Epistle (or Letter). The Disciple/Apostle John, who followed Jesus Christ and witnessed His crucifixion, authored it. John wrote Revelation while a prisoner on the Island of Patmos, approximately 85-95 A. D. Its purpose is to give encouragement and hope for all Christians to continue watching for the return and triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Old Testament 36 - Zephaniah (EN)
The small book of Zephaniah is Narrative History and Prophetic Oracle. Zephaniah wrote it circa 630 B. C. very soon before the fall of Judah in the Southern Kingdom. The purpose of this book was to show that God raised up his prophet Zephaniah to proclaim a warning of coming judgment and to encourage repentance.
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Radek Štěpánek - Gladiátor
"Nemůžeš? Přidej!". Životní krédo našeho fenomenálního běžce, čtyřnásobného olympijského vítěze Emila Zátopka. Dvě slova, která charakterizovala jeho úžasnou kariéru, jako by o mnoho let později, latentně, kdesi v pozadí, prosvěcovala životní dráhu tenisty Radka Štěpánka.
On je také velký bojovník jako Emil Zátopek, také posunoval hranice svých vlastních možností. Nikdy se nevzdával, po neúspěších a zraněních se jako Fénix z popela opět zvedal a šel do střetu, jako by to bylo poprvé. Tenisový gladiátor, který svému soupeři nedal nikdy nic zadarmo. Kurt byl pro něj arénou, kde bojoval až do posledních sil, i jevištěm, kde byl tak trochu hercem, bavičem i komikem, usilujícím o potlesk publika. Kde hledat kořeny tak silné osobnosti, která patří do zlatého fondu českého tenisu, k našim tenisovým legendám? Samozřejmě v genech, ale také ve výchově, v rodině, v prostředí, v němž vyrůstal.
Narodil se totiž do správné rodiny. A ta, otec Vlastimil, matka Hana i starší bratr Martin, v něm od útlého věku podporovali jeho zájem a posléze vášeň pro bílý sport, což vyústilo v kariéru, která je úctyhodná. Radek Štěpánek sice nedosáhl úplně na tenisovou špici, ale pohyboval se na žebříčku ATP ve světové desítce. A co je důležité: byl zcela výjimečný tím, že kombinoval obě hlavní tenisové disciplíny - byl osmým nejlepším hráčem planety v singlu a čtvrtým nejlepším hráčem v deblu. Kdo takového úpěchu v historii tenisu dosáhl? Nikdo! Na svém kontě má pět trofejí ve dvouhře a osmnáct (!) ve čtyřhře, což hovoří samo za sebe - byl dobrý hlavně v deblu, na který se od začátku specializoval. Mezi jeho nejcennější skalpy v tomto směru patří dva grandslamy: Australian Open 2012 a US Open 2013. Lví podíl má také na vítězství České republiky v nejprestižnější mužské týmové soutěži světa, v Davis Cupu, kde v letech 2012 i 2013 rozhodl konečný výsledek.
Radek Štěpánek je silná a tak trochu "staromódní" osobnost, která se vymyká představám o bohatých tenistech a jejich výstřelcích. Je slušný, seriózní, pravdomluvný, čestný, poctivý a strašně pracovitý. Tak ho rodiče vychovali. Má rád maminčino kuře na paprice, nejraději obléká džíny a svetry, miluje rychlá auta, za úspěchy se odměňuje hodinkami a rád by cestoval a poznával svět jinak než přes hledáček tenisových kurtů. Tato přání se mu plní právě nyní, na prahu čtyřicítky, kdy ukončil profesionální kariéru a s Nicol Vaidišovou zákláda rodinu. Radek je výjimečným člověkem, který si zaslouží uznání nejen pro své profesionální úspěchy, ale i pro skvělou reprezentaci České republiky.
Čtěte knihu zkušené autorky, která přibližuje kořeny úspěchu a velkou kariéru tenisového gladiátora.
The Tablet of Destinies
A beguiling new reimagining of one of the most ancient and mysterious origin myths of human civilization
'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more irksome . . . I remember days of desperation.'
A long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a quadrangular boat to house humans and animals, and saved these living creatures from the Flood.
Rather than punish Utnapishtim for his disobedience, Enlil, King of the gods, granted the mortal eternal life and banished him to the island of Dilmun. Thousands of years later, when Sinbad the Sailor is shipwrecked and arrives on that very same island, the two begin a conversation about courage, loss, salvation and sacrifice.
Following Calasso's masterful retelling of ancient Greek myths in The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony and Indic myths in Ka, this richly imaginative work delves into the crucible of our collective consciousness to reimagine the origin stories of one of the earliest human civilizations.
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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: Volume 2
Rentt Faina has achieved Existential Evolution, evolving from a skeleton into a ghoul. His next objective: rising the ranks and becoming a Copper-class adventurer! But to do so, Rentt must face his next greatest challenge... A written test?!Using his years of wisdom and the help of two companions, Rentt tackles the challenge head-on. But the worst is yet to come as Rentt finds himself in yet another pickle as he tries to prove his innocence to none other than trusted guild member, Sheila, as she raises concerns over his potential involvement in a recent string of adventurer disappearances.On his journey, he accepts a new quest, leading him to a new area that pits him face-to-face with a mighty monster of the bog! Will Rentt make it out alive to prove his uninvolvment in the disappearances and retrieve a highly-valued medicinal herb? Or is this the second end to the fate of our hero as we know him?
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The Old Testament 32 - Jonah (EN)
The book of Jonah is Narrative History and a Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Jonah wrote it approximately 785-760 B. C. before Assyria conquered Israel’s Northern Kingdom. Key personalities include Jonah, the captain and the ship’s crew and the people of Nineveh. The purpose of this book is to show that God is a merciful and gracious God.
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Picasso: The Women of His Life
It is a widely held view that Picasso's creative work received a fresh impetus with each new muse in his life. This volume does not discuss his biography or his stylistic phases, however, but pays tribute to the individual fates of the women who left their mark on the artist's life. Personalities like Françoise Gilot and Dora Maar are among those whose entire life and creative work are acknowledged, not just the years they spent at Picasso's side.
The book sketches the life of ten women in the life of the Spanish artist. Picasso was close to his mother throughout her life and chose her maiden name as his artist's name. When he wanted to marry the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova, she warned him that he would remain married to painting throughout his life. They separated in 1935; the reason was his young muse Marie-Thér?se Walter, who was also soon deposed by Dora Maar. Following various separations, women like the young artist Françoise Gilot also disappeared from Picasso's canvases, but did not vanish entirely. This book pays tribute to them all.
Presented women:
Doňa Maria Picasso y Lopez (Picasso's mother), Maria Dolores Ruiz Picasso (Picasso's sister), Gertrude Stein, Fernande Olivier, Eva Gouel (Marcelle Humbert), Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérese Walter , Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, Jaqueline Roque
Modality in Spanish and Combinations of Modal Meanings
Monografie se zabývá španělskou modalitou. Analýza španělského modálního systému je postavena na teoretické koncepci vypracované Bohumilem Zavadilem, která pracuje se spektrem modálních významů. Práce se zaměřuje na oblasti, kde se jednotlivé modální významy prolínají nebo vzájemně ovlivňují. Teoretické zkoumání je doprovázeno korpusovými analýzami, které sledují použití slovesného způsobu ve vybraných konstrukcích, případně modální interpretaci konkrétních výpovědí v závislosti na kontextu. Je formulován závěr, že oblasti přechodu mezi dvěma modálními významy jsou zcela přirozenou součástí španělského modálního systému a kombinace dvou modálních významů uvnitř jediné výpovědi má přímé důsledky na volbu modu.
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The New Testament 10 - Ephesians (EN)
The book of Ephesians is a Prison Epistle (letter written while in prison). Paul wrote it about 60-62 A. D. The key personalities of Ephesians are the Apostle Paul and Tychicus. It was written to encourage believers to walk as fruitful followers of Christ and to serve in unity and love in the midst of persecution.
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The Mysterious Card Unveiled
Sequel to "The Mysterious Card", in which the mystery of the card is resolved.According to Uncertain Endings: The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories by Otto Penzler (Penguin Books, 2006), this 2-part story is one of the two most famous riddle stories of all time, the other being "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank Stockton. The Mysterious Card stories were published in a magazine called The Black Cat, the first part in 1895 and the conclusion in 1896.The magazine publisher in 1912 put the two parts together in one volume, with the second part sealed, and offered a refund to purchasers if they could return the book with the seal still unbroken. We don't know if anyone actually returned the book without reading the second part.
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Narrow Road to the Interior, Hojoki (EN)
Audiobook Narrow Road to the Interior, Hojoki, written Matsuo Basho and Kamo no Chomei. Japanese poetry is well-known for its clarity and concision, and Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki are two of the best-loved, and most intensely Japanese, works of their kind; famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subtle insight into the human condition. It has been said of Narrow Road that ‘it was as if the very soul of Japan had itself written it’.
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Bucholz and the Detectives
The following pages narrate a story of detective experience, which, in many respects, is alike peculiar and interesting, and one which evinces in a marked degree the correctness of one of the cardinal principles of my detective system, viz.: "That crime can and must be detected by the pure and honest heart obtaining a controlling power over that of the criminal."
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The 28th Gate: Volume 3
Hunter is back in Season II with more guns, more ships, and more advanced tech than before!
When Hunter returns from Civilization he says he has a single goal: rescue Katherine from Maunhouser. But how far is he willing to go to save her, and what else is he hiding about his trip through The 28th Gate?
Find out now in The 28th Gate: Volume 3!
Set in a far distant future, The 28th Gate is a series of tales that will appeal of fans of space marines, space fleets, and military hard science fiction. The series consists of eight volumes spread across four seasons telling the story of Hunter’s struggles against the AAA corporation that created him. Each volume contains six episodic novelettes each with the action, character, and plotting of a complete story all crammed into an espresso-like package, while each season chronicles a different arc in the overall epic.
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The Journals of Captain James Cook
Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook's journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beaglehole's definitive edition. The Journals tells the story of these voyages as Cook wanted it to be told, radiating the ambition, courage and skill which enabled him to carry out an unrivalled series of expeditions in dangerous waters.
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