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The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World and its sequels in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series show the extent to which one can go with a traditional fantasy framework, with added gusto. Stock elements are abound: a reluctant hero--in fact five humble village folk--plucked from wholesome obscurity to fight dark powers; an eternal evil enemy who can be defeated but not destroyed, until the end of the world, which is fast approaching; a mysterious sisterhood with vast powers and who love to manipulate thrones and kingdoms from the shadows (think of the Bene Gesserit of the Dune series); a ferocious battle-hardened warrior race (echoes of the Fremen of Dune, or the Haruchai of the Thomas Covenant novels). Jordan didn't become a bestselling author merely by mixing up traditional ingredients; a master storyteller, he ingeniously gives unusual twists to these conventional fantasy elements. He also excels in the descriptive and narrative skills needed to create a detailed and coherent imaginary world. The many lands he portrays are vast in scope and contain amazingly varied countries and peoples, while retaining the inner coherence needed to make them satisfying places for a fantasy fan to roam around in. However, Jordan's writing never attains the subtlety or sophistication of, say, George RR Martin and there are some annoying stylistic tics: he seems unable to introduce a female character without commenting on her neckline and thereafter has them forever smoothing their dresses. To his publisher's credit, Jordan's books are fortunate among fantasy novels in not having covers that look like an explosion of a teenager's bedroom. The absence of such lurid artwork is, perhaps, part of their appeal.
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7,95 €
Getz Stan - Getz At The Gate 3LP
Tracklist:
LP 1
Side A
1 Announcement by Art D'Lugoff
2 It's Alright With Me
3 Wildwood
4 When The Sun Comes Out
Side B
1 Impressions
2 Airegin
LP 2
Side A
1 Like Someone In Love
2 Woody 'N You
3 Blues
Side B
1 Where Do You Go?
2 Yesterday's Gardenias
3 Stella By Starlight
LP 3
Side A
1 It's You Or No One
2 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Side B
1 52nd Street Theme
2 Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
Young Neil & Crazy Horse - Way Down In The Rust Bucket 4LP
KDO: Neil Young je zásadní postava nejen americké rockové historie. Invenční kytarista, skladatel, zpěvák a dnes už také podnikatel v hudebním průmyslu inspiroval celou řadu následovníků. Působil v kapelách Shadows a Buffalo Springfiled, v uskupení Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, ale především se proslavil jako sólový muzikant. Je označován za jednoho z největších rock'n'rollových interpretů a nejrespektovanějších kytaristů.
CO: Živý záznam pořízený v roce 1990 v rámci turné k albu Ragged Glory. K dispozici jako 2CD a 4LP a také v limitované verzi i na 4LP+2CD+DVD.
LP1:
1. Country Home (Live) [09:16],
2. Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze (Live) [05:41],
3. Love to Burn (Live) [13:57],
4. Days That Used to Be (Live) [04:55],
5. Bite the Bullet (Live) [03:58],
LP2:
1. Cinnamon Girl (Live) [04:05],
2. Farmer John (Live) [06:03],
3. Over and Over (Live) [10:22],
4. Danger Bird (Live) [10:27],
5. Don't Cry No Tears (Live) [04:22],
6. Sedan Delivery (Live) [05:44],
LP3:
1. Roll Another Number (For the Road) [Live] [04:47],
2. F+!#in' Up (Live) [05:14],
3. T-Bone (Live) [06:44],
4. Homegrown (Live) [04:47],
5. Mansion on the Hill (Live) [05:57],
LP4:
1. Like a Hurricane (Live) [13:01],
2. Love and Only Love (Live) [13:19],
3. Cortez the Killer (Live) [11:27]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead.
Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world. This second original screenplay from J.K. Rowling, illustrated with stunning line art from MinaLima, expands on earlier events that helped shaped the wizarding world, with some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films.
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18,95 €
19,95 €
Parker Charlie - Now's The Time (2018 Version) LP
KDO: americký jazzový saxofonista a skladatel
CO: nová řada jazzových nahrávek "Jazz Reference" je příležitostí k (znovu)objevení úžasného katalogu jazzových legend na CD i LP
LP
1. A1 A Night in Tunisia (2000 - Remaster)
2. A2 Ornithology (2000 - Remaster)
3. A3 Parker's Mood (2000 - Remaster)
4. A4 Relaxin' at Camarillo (2000 - Remaster)
5. A5 Bird of Paradise (2000 - Remaster)
6. A6 Scrapple from the Apple (2000 - Remaster)
7. A7 Moose the Mooche (2000 - Remaster)
8. B1 Donna Lee (2000 - Remaster)
9. B2 Now's the Time (2000 - Remaster)
10. B3 Out of Nowhere (2000 - Remaster)
11. B4 Billie's Bounce (2000 - Remaster)
12. B5 Don't Blame Me (2000 - Remaster)
13. B6 Chasing the Bird (2000 - Remaster)
14. B7 Embraceable You (2000 - Remaster)
The Children's Block
'We lived on a bunk built for four but in times of overcrowding, it slept seven and at times even eight. There was so little space on the berth that when one of us wanted to ease his hip, we all had to turn in a tangle of legs and chests and hollow bellies as if we were one many-limbed creature, a Hindu god or a centipede. We grow intimate not only in body but also in mind because we knew that though we were not born of one womb, we would certainly die together.'
Alex Ehren is a poet, a prisoner and a teacher in block 31 in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the children's block. He spends his days trying to survive while illegally giving lessons to his young charges while shielding them as best he can from the impossible horrors of the camp. But trying to teach the children is not the only illicit activity that Alex is involved in. Alex is keeping a diary...
Originally published as THE PAINTED WALL, Otto Kraus's autobiographical novel, tells the true story of 500 Jewish children who lived in the Czech Family Camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau between September 1943 and June 1944.
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11,50 €
The Woman With the Cure
She gave up everything — and changed the world.
A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe.
In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world’s best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god.
But Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. She just wants the world to have a cure. Applying the same determination that lifted her from a humble background as the daughter of immigrants, to becoming a doctor –often the only woman in the room--she hunts down the monster where it lurks: in the blood.
This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. When his chance to win comes on a worldwide scale, she is asked to sink or validate his vaccine—and to decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure.
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17,01 €
17,90 €
Lacná kniha The Luck of the Bodkins
This is a P.G. Wodehouse novel. Seize this wonderful chance to embark on a Wodehousian voyage on the luxurious liner S.S. Atlantic - in the company of Monty Bodkin, whose passion for Gertrude Butterwick knows no bounds (except those set by the wild-at-heart Hollywood starlet Lotus Blossom and her pet alligator). Also aboard are a movie mogul, the centre-forward for the All-England ladies hockey team and the two Tennyson brothers (one of whom has been mistaken for the late poet laureate and given a fat movie contract...). Also a chatty steward, and a mouse doll in which all manner of things can be hidden. This is Wodehouse afloat - a voyage of pure delight.
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0,47 €
9,40 €
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The Cardinal of the Kremlin
The international arms negotiations appear to be making progress. But a US spy satellite reveals that the Soviets are building a massive laser-defence system controlled from an other-worldly array of pillars and domes in the Soviet hills at Dushanbe near the border of war-torn Afghanistan. The Americans need more information. The man to give it is Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, codename Cardinal, America's highest-placed agent in the Kremlin. But Filitov's cover is about to be betrayed to the KGB, and CIA adviser Jack Ryan must rescue Filitov and bring him to safety…
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9,98 €
10,50 €
The Dragon on the Train
A friendly dragon. A magical train. A journey beyond your wildest dreams.
A little while after his grandma passes away, Elliot finds a strange ticket under his pillow. When a small, well-dressed dragon appears in his room and asks for the ticket, the adventure of Elliot's life is about to begin. A station has appeared at the back of Elliot's wardrobe ... but where will The Night Train take him?
A heart-warming exploration of love and loss and the magic of hope and family from the bestselling author of THE IMPOSSIBLE BOY.
Perfect for 8+ fans of Matt Haig and Ben Miller.
The Byzantine Struggle over the Icon
The publication gives an unconventional view of the position and purpose of the icon in Byzantine and post-Byzantine society. The author analyses the conceptions of the icon developed from the Early Christian period to the 19th century.
Soviet armoured vehicles in services of the Czechoslovak Army 1943-1951 / Sovětská obrněná vozidla
Publikace obsahuje přehled identifikačních čísel všech tanků, které obdržela 1. Čs. samostatná brigáda v SSSR. S některými se vrátila do Československa, kde později dostaly nová evidenční čísla poválečné Československé armády.
112 stránek v anglickém a českém jazyce obsahuje více než 140 dobových fotografií a 41 barevný bokorysů.
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25,63 €
26,98 €
Aréna jedna
Prˇichází první kniha nové trilogie, zasazené do dystopické budoucnosti, od Morgan Riceové, autorky
bestselleru VAMPIRE JOURNALS.
New York. Je rok 2120. Amerika je srovnaná se zemí, znicˇená druhou obcˇanskou válkou. V tomto
postapokalyptickém sveˇteˇ dokáže prˇežít jen málokdo. A veˇtšina z nich jsou cˇlenové agresivních gangu°, predátorˇi
žijící ve velkých meˇstech. Do okolí vysílají hlídky, které hledají otroky, cˇerstvou potravu pro jejich oblíbenou smrtící
zábavu: Arénu Jedna. Je to stadion smrti, kde musí souperˇi bojovat na život a na smrt tím nejbarbaršteˇjším
zpu°sobem. V aréneˇ existuje jen jedno pravidlo: nikdo neprˇežije. Nikdy.
Hluboko v divocˇineˇ, vysoko v horách Catskills se 17leté Brooke Moorové a její mladší sestrˇe Bree darˇí skrývat se a
prˇežívat. Jsou opatrné a vyhýbají se otrokárˇu°m, kterˇí v oblasti hlídkují. Jednoho dne však Brooke není tak opatrná,
jak by mohla, a Bree padne do zajetí. Otrokárˇi ji unesou ve svém auteˇ, které mírˇí zpeˇt do meˇsta, kde na ni cˇeká
jistá smrt.
Otec Brooke ale sloužil u námorˇní peˇchoty a vychoval ji, aby byla silná a nikdy se nevzdávala. Když její sestru
unesou, Brooke zmobilizuje vše, co má k dispozici, a zacˇne otrokárˇe pronásledovat v nadeˇji, že se jí podarˇí svou
sestru prˇivést zpeˇt. Cestou narazí na Bena, kterému je také 17 let a prˇežívá v divocˇineˇ, podobneˇ jako Brooke, se
svým bratrem, kterého unesli. Své sourozence se vydají zachránit spolecˇneˇ.
Následuje postapokalyptický thriller plný akce, kde ti dva pronásledují otrokárˇe prˇi té nejnebezpecˇneˇjší jízdeˇ,
kterou kdy zažili, a sledují je až do samotného srdce New Yorku. Pokud chteˇjí prˇežít, budou muset ucˇinit ta
nejteˇžší rozhodnutí ve svém životeˇ, obeˇtovat témeˇrˇ vše, na cˇem jim záleží, a prˇekonat prˇekážky, které by ani
jeden z nich necˇekal — vcˇetneˇ svých vzájemných citu°. Podarˇí se jim zachránit své sourozence? Vrátí se
domu°??A budou muset sami bojovat v aréneˇ?
Dobrá smrť (The Good Death) BD
Nevyliečiteľne chorá Janette by rada odišla zo sveta dôstojne, preto sa rozhodne pre dobrovoľnú, lekárom asistovanú smrť. Avšak Veľká Británia jej legálnu možnosť “dobrej smrti“ neponúka. Spojí sa s doktorkou Erikou vo Švajčiarsku, ktorá je ochotná jej pomôcť. Janette s vnútorným pokojom organizuje svoju poslednú cestu, kým jej blízki prežívajú emocionálnu búrku. Syn Simon, ktorý po nej zdedil svalovú dystrofiu, má pre matkino rozhodnutie viac pochopenia než sestra Bridget. Vzťahová dráma sa stupňuje s blížiacou sa smrťou. Vlastníme svoj život, alebo on vlastní nás? – to je hlavný motív nového slovenského filmu, ktorý získal ocenenie Slnko v sieti 2020 za najlepší dokumentárny film. Snímka s výrazne sugestívnou kamerou využíva postupy hraného filmu a do skutočného príbehu Janette pútavo vplieta charaktery a životné príbehy jej najbližších.
Réžia: Tomáš Krupa,
Zvukové normy: 5.1, 2.0,
Dĺžka: 83 min,
Jazykové verzie: anglická,
Titulky: slovenské, české, poľské, ruské, anglické, francúzske, litvianske
The Tree and the River
A spectacular time-lapse portrait of humankind - and our impact on the natural world - from a Caldecott Honor-winning master of the wordless form. For his latest feat of visual storytelling, the acclaimed creator of the Journey trilogy invents, in staggering detail, a familiar world layered with imaginary civilizations. Borrowing from multiple cultures and architectural styles to craft astonishing new humanscapes, Aaron Becker tracks the evolution of our species - and its toll on the Earth - through the fates of a lone tree and an enduring river.
River and tree bear silent witness over time as people arrive to harness water, wind, and animals; devise technology and transportation; redirect rivers; and reshape the land. Timely and ultimately hopeful, this wordless epic invites readers to pore over spreads densely packed with visual drama. Fans of Journey, Quest, and Return will leap at a new chance to uncover sophisticated layers of meaning, marvel at intricate details - from holographic billboards to flying machines - and see our precious shared world through fresh eyes.
The Dragon King's Imperial Wrath: Falling in Love with the Bookish Princess of the Rat Clan Vol. 1
In this shojo/josei fantasy tale, an unlikely romance blooms between the princess of a realm’s lowest-ranking clan and the powerful Dragon King!
Thirteen clans rule the land, and the Rat Clan is the weakest. Ruiying, the princess of the Rat Clan, is summoned to the land of the dominating Dragon Clan along with princesses from the other clans. The Dragon King seeks a bride, and they are all candidates! Yet instead of vying for the Dragon King’s favor, Ruiying takes refuge in the palace’s enormous library—a place she can read to her heart’s content. It’s there that the Dragon King discovers her by chance, sparking an immediate connection that will change Ruiying’s life forever!
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16,63 €
17,50 €
Collins Phil - The Singles 2LP
KDO: Anglický zpěvák, skladatel a multiinstrumentalista se v roce 1970 přidal ke skupině Genesis, kde hrál na bicí a zpíval. Zkraje osmdesátých let se věnoval také sólové kariéře. Debutoval v roce 1981 albem Face Value. Patří k nejúspěšnějším zpěvákům posledního dvacetiletí dvacátého století, velmi populární je i u nás.
CO: V roce 2016 vyšla obsáhlá kompilace největších hitů Phila Collinse ve variantách 2CD, 3CD a 4LP. Tato 2LP verze je zkráceným výběrem zmíněné kompilace.
LP 1
1. In The Air Tonight (2015 Remastered) [5:35]
2. I Missed Again (2015 Remastered) [3:46]
3. You Can't Hurry Love (2016 Remastered) [2:50]
4. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) [2016 Remastered] [3:23]
5. Easy Lover [5:03]
6. Sussudio (2016 Remastered) [4:23]
7. One More Night (2016 Remastered) [4:47]
8. Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights) [2016 Remastered] [4:06]
9. A Groovy Kind Of Love (2016 Remastered) [3:28]
10. Two Hearts (2016 Remastered) [3:25]
LP 2
1. Another Day In Paradise (2016 Remastered) [5:23]
2. I Wish It Would Rain Down (2016 Remastered) [5:28]
3. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven (2016 Remastered) [4:52]
4. Do You Remember? (2016 Remastered) [4:36]
5. Both Sides Of The Story (2015 Remastered) [6:43]
6. Dance Into The Light (2016 Remastered) [4:25]
7. True Colors (2016 Remastered) [4:33]
8. Can't Stop Loving You (2016 Remastered) [4:17]
9. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave (2016 Remastered) [2:52]
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
The Hunger Games meets vampires in this heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of dark magic, and bloodthirsty intrigue from bestselling author Carissa Broadbent.
For humans and vampires, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always – always – guard your heart.
The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.
But winning won’t be easy amongst the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, Oraya is forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.
Everything about Raihn is dangerous. He is a ruthless vampire, an efficient killer, an enemy to her father’s crown… and her greatest competition. Yet, what terrifies Oraya most of all is that she finds herself oddly drawn to him.
But there’s no room for compassion in the Kejari. War brews, shattering everything that Oraya thought she knew about her home. And Raihn may understand her more than anyone – but their blossoming attraction could be her downfall, in a kingdom where nothing is more deadly than love.
The Serpent & the Wings of Night is the first book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series.
This edition features beautiful, brand-new case art and a detailed map of the Obitraes.
Reading Order:
The Serpent & the Wings of Night
Ashes & the Star-Cursed King