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The Broken Elf King
Book 2 in the Kings of Avalier series: a full-length fantasy romance that also stands alone…
I never should have taken that loan but my aunt needed meds I couldn’t afford. Now I’ve been sold to slavery and the Nightfall Queen’s guards have found out I’m not entirely human.
I guess I’m lucky they didn’t kill me.
The next thing I hear is that the Elf King himself has bought me, and I’m to be transferred to his castle. It will take me five years to pay off the debt but I get to be his personal assistant. Personal assistant to the king. That can’t be so bad, right?
Oh how wrong I was.
His council has tasked me with finding him a wife before they will fund his war against the Nightfall Queen. That part should be easy: he’s rich, disgustingly handsome, and smart to boot. The problem? He’s rejecting every high-born female I send his way.
The more time we spend together, the more we realize I’m not just some half elf. There is a deep power that runs through my veins, one that makes me a target… or his solution?
I enter into a fake marriage with him so that he can get the council off his back and I can get some protection.
That’s a great idea, as long as I don’t fall in love with him.
Should be simple enough…
The Broken Elf King is book TWO of FOUR in the Kings of Avalier series. It's a full-length standalone fantasy romance about the Elf King Raife Lightstone.
Vincenc Makovský: Kresba a socha
Vincenc Makovský vstoupil do povědomí českého novodobého umění jako výsostný sochař. Tato okolnost poněkud zatlačila do pozadí umělcův projev kreslířský. O nápravu se nyní v této knize pokouší historik umění Jiří Hlušička. Ve snaze dospět k představě o úhrnné podobě umělcova tvůrčího odkazu se mohl spolehnout na poznání, k němuž v minulosti dospěl už ve dvou knižních monografiích věnovaných sochařově osobnosti a jeho dílu. Mohl tak odkrýt úlohu, kterou kresba v Makovského mnohotvárném a mnohoznačném díle zaujímá, a to jak v jeho rané avantgardní etapě, tak i později, kdy pod tlakem společenských peripetií po polovině třicátých let dvacátého století usiloval ztělesnit svůj klasický ideál a kdy obdařil své dílo osobitým humanistickým étosem. Rozsáhlá umělecká pozůstalost, nacházející se zčásti v rodinné sbírce a zčásti ve státních galeriích potvrdila, že kresba Vincenci Makovskému umožnila fixovat prchavou představu a posloužila mu jako neodmyslitelný podnět pro vznik a výsledné ztělesnění jak jeho komorních, tak i monumentálních sochařských realizací, jimiž se zapsal do povědomí naší výtvarné kultury. Proto také úvodní studie a výběr děl v obrazové části knihy počítají s přímou konfrontací konkrétního kreslířského a sochařského projevu. Nicméně mnohé z Makovského kreslířských studií mohou žít samy o sobě. Nepředstavují totiž ani zdaleka pouhý článek tvůrčího procesu, ale díky sochařovým objevným přístupům a vyhraněnému smyslu pro objem zobrazeného modelu či zvoleného výjevu stejně jako díky jeho kreslířskému mistrovství se vyznačují autonomními estetickými či výrazovými hodnotami. Tato monografická publikace z naznačeného poznání vychází. Za hlavní pohnutku jejího vydání však je třeba považovat snahu dát nahlédnout do utajené a dosud z velké míry zcela neznámé části tvůrčího odkazu Vincence Makovského a nabídnout tak ucelenější pohled na jeho uměleckou osobnost.
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Lacná kniha Heartless (-90%)
Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret...
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Come, Tell Me How You Live: Memories From Archaeological Expeditions In The Mysterious Middle East
Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Think you know Agatha Christie? Think again! To the world she was Agatha Christie, legendary author of bestselling whodunits. But in the 1930s she wore a different hat, travelling with her husband, renowned archaeologist Max Mallowan, as he investigated the buried ruins and ancient wonders of Syria and Iraq. When friends asked what this strange 'other life' was like, she decided to answer their questions by writing down her adventures in this eye-opening book. Described by the author as a 'meandering chronicle of life on an archaeological dig', Come, Tell Me How You Live is Agatha Christie's very personal memoir of her time spent in this breathtaking corner of the globe, living among the working men in tents in the desert where recorded human history began. Acclaimed as 'a pure pleasure to read', it is an altogether remarkable and increasingly poignant narrative, a fascinating, vibrant and vivid portrait of everyday life in a world now long since vanished.
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The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Reflecting the voices of poets, soldiers, the families they left behind and their comrades who would never return, The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, previously published as In Flanders Fields, is edited with an introduction by George Walter in Penguin Classics.
Unrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This anthology reflects the diverse experience of those who lived through the war - bringing together the words of poets, soldiers and civilians affected by the conflict. Including famous verses from Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen; pieces by less well-known writers such as Gilbert Frankau and Osbert Sitwell; works by women describing the emotions of those at home; and the anonymous lyrics of soldiers' songs, The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry offers a blend of voices that is both unique and profoundly moving.
This collection has been arranged thematically, moving through the war's different stages from conscription through to its aftermath, to offer the reader a variety of perspectives on the same common experiences. George Walter's introduction discusses the role and scope of First World War poetry anthologies, and how the canon has changed over the years. This edition also contains notes and biographies.
George Walter is Lecturer in English at Sussex University. His research interests are 20th-century literature; madness and creativity; constructions of Englishness; the cultural impact of the First World War. He has edited editions of the poet Ivor Gurney's work for Everyman and Fyfield Books.
If you enjoyed The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, you might also like Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That, available in Penguin Modern Classics.
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOK OF POETRY FROM LANA DEL REY, VIOLET BENT BACKWARDS OVER THE GRASS
'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I'm proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic. Lana Del Rey
Lana's breathtaking first book solidifies her further as 'the essential writer of her times' (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana's typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is also brought to life in an unprecedented spoken word audiobook which features Lana Del Rey reading fourteen select poems from the book accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff.
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Lacná kniha Rules of Deception (-70%)
Doctor Jonathan Ransom thought he knew everything about his wife Emma until she was killed in a tragic skiing accident in the Swiss Alps. They had been married for eight years, eight blissful years in which they had travelled the world together. But the day after her death a mysterious letter addressed to her arrives at their hotel. When he opens it, his beliefs begin to unravel -- fast. .
In the envelope is a railway baggage check to a suitcase that reveals an Emma far removed from the down-to-earth nurse who has been his constant and loyal companion all those years. In it he discovers the clues to a double life. Was she having an affair? When is your wife not your wife? And when she is not your wife, who is she?
The answers begin right outside the train station where two policeman are waiting - to kill him. There are more answers as Jonathan escapes and the action sweeps him through Switzerland on a quest to discover the truth abut Emma. He is pursued by ruthless killers, entangled in an international conspiracy that touches all the world's Security Services and which will end in a denouement which is as breathtaking as it is totally unexpected.
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Lacná kniha Pride And Prejudice And Zombies (-70%)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.' So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. This special, tie-in movie edition is being released to coincide with the upcoming film, featuring an all star cast.
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Yesterday - The thriller of the summer
A brilliant high-concept thriller - a debut with all the intrigue of Gone Girl and the drama of Before I Go To Sleep - just how do you solve a murder when you can only remember yesterday? There are two types of people in the world. Those who can only remember yesterday, and those who can also recall the day before. You have just one lifeline to the past: your diary. Each night, you write down the things that matter. Each morning, your diary tells you where you were, who you loved and what you did. Today, the police are at your door. They say that the body of your husband's mistress has been found in the River Cam. They think your husband killed her two days ago. Can you trust the police? Can you trust your husband? Can you trust yourself?
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Therion - Leviathan III CD
Therion (predtým Blitzkrieg a Megatherion) je švédska symfonická metalová skupina založená Christoferom Johnssonom v roku 1987. Jej názov bol inšpirovaný albumom Celtic Frost To Mega Therion. „To Mega Therion“ je grécky výraz pre „The Great Beast“ a bol to názov, ktorý používal okultista Aleister Crowley.[1][2] Pôvodne death metalová skupina Therion upravila svoj hudobný štýl pridaním orchestrálnych prvkov vrátane zborov, klasických hudobníkov a dokonca aj celého orchestra na ich koncertných vystúpeniach. Vďaka tomu sú považovaní za priekopníkov žánru symfonického metalu. Therion berie svoje námety pre texty z rôznych mytológií a praktík, vrátane okultizmu, mágie a starovekých tradícií a spisov.
Švédske legendy symfonického metalu sa vrátili, aby predviedli ďalšie majstrovské dielo – naplnenie trilógie Leviathan. S viac ako 35 rokmi bola kapela okolo hlavného myslenia Christofera Johnssona jednou z prvých, ktorá v 90. rokoch skombinovala metal so symfonickými a orchestrálnymi prvkami, a dnes je považovaná za jedného z najštýlovejších zakladateľov symfonického metalu. Teraz kapela pokračuje vo svojom odkaze vydaním tretieho dielu trilógie Leviathan, Leviathan III, ktorý vyjde 15. decembra 2023 prostredníctvom Napalm Records. Kapela pokračuje vo svojej všestrannej a štýlovo kombinovanej hudobnej ceste, ktorú tvorí aj základná línia jej predchodcov Leviathan a Leviathan II.
Tracklist:
01. Ninkigal
02. Ruler Of Tamag
03. An Unsung Lament
04. Maleficium
05. Ayahuasca
06. Baccanale
07. Midsommarblot
08. What Was Lost Shall Be Lost No More
09. Duende
10. Nummo
11. Twilight Of The Gods
Therion - Leviathan III LP
Therion (predtým Blitzkrieg a Megatherion) je švédska symfonická metalová skupina založená Christoferom Johnssonom v roku 1987. Jej názov bol inšpirovaný albumom Celtic Frost To Mega Therion. „To Mega Therion“ je grécky výraz pre „The Great Beast“ a bol to názov, ktorý používal okultista Aleister Crowley.[1][2] Pôvodne death metalová skupina Therion upravila svoj hudobný štýl pridaním orchestrálnych prvkov vrátane zborov, klasických hudobníkov a dokonca aj celého orchestra na ich koncertných vystúpeniach. Vďaka tomu sú považovaní za priekopníkov žánru symfonického metalu. Therion berie svoje námety pre texty z rôznych mytológií a praktík, vrátane okultizmu, mágie a starovekých tradícií a spisov.
Švédske legendy symfonického metalu sa vrátili, aby predviedli ďalšie majstrovské dielo – naplnenie trilógie Leviathan. S viac ako 35 rokmi bola kapela okolo hlavného myslenia Christofera Johnssona jednou z prvých, ktorá v 90. rokoch skombinovala metal so symfonickými a orchestrálnymi prvkami, a dnes je považovaná za jedného z najštýlovejších zakladateľov symfonického metalu. Teraz kapela pokračuje vo svojom odkaze vydaním tretieho dielu trilógie Leviathan, Leviathan III, ktorý vyjde 15. decembra 2023 prostredníctvom Napalm Records. Kapela pokračuje vo svojej všestrannej a štýlovo kombinovanej hudobnej ceste, ktorú tvorí aj základná línia jej predchodcov Leviathan a Leviathan II.
Tracklist:
A1. Ninkigal
A2. Ruler Of Tamag
A3. An Unsung Lament
B1. Maleficium
B2. Ayahuasca
C1. Baccanale
C2. Midsommarblot
C3. What Was Lost Shall Be Lost No More
D1. Duende
D2. Nummo
D3. Twilight Of The Gods
Lacná kniha Posledné dni Alberta Camusa
José Lenzini, dlhoročný novinár alžírskeho pôvodu, zanietený camusológ sa už vyše dvadsať rokov špecializuje na Alberta Camusa, najmladšieho nositeľa Nobelovej ceny za literatúru 1957 a jeho dielo. V knihe venovanej Camusovi približuje chronológiu posledných dní života známeho spisovateľa originálnym spôsobom, vnáša svetlo do jeho politickej angažovanosti, nevyhýba sa ani nehanebným útokom jeho protivníkov, zakladá si na precíznych faktoch, na svedectve Camusových blízkych priateľov a kolegov, na dôvažok ich podopiera Camusovými spomienkami a citátmi z jeho diela, čím sa usiluje oživiť, respektíve podnietiť záujem o jeho tvorbu. Lenzini objasňuje aj spisovateľove pochybnosti o vlastnej schopnosti dokončiť rozpísaný autobiografický román Prvý človek, ktorý sa našiel v aktovke po tragickej nehode, ba i okolnosti, za ktorých sa ho ako „cudzinca“ usilovali zdiskreditovať parížski intelektuáli na čele so Sartrom, zdôrazňujúc, že si plne zaslúži rehabilitáciu. Veď ktorý spisovateľ lepšie vystihol svoju dobu a hodnotu ľudského života než odhodlaný humanista Camus, presvedčený, že „nijaká idea nestojí za to, aby sa pre ňu zabíjalo“?
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Virgin Soil
VIRGIN SOIL by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) is his last and longest novel. In it he finally says everything yet unsaid on the subject of social change, idealism and yet futility of revolutions, serfs and peasants, and the upper classes. The hero, Nezhdanov -- the disillusioned young son of a nobleman -- and the Populist movement are young idealists working to bridge the gap between the common people and the nobility, and through them Turgenev works out his own troubled thoughts about social reform and tradition, vitality and stagnation. The ideas of gradual reform shown here are eventually to be supplanted by the extremism of the Russian Revolution -- but that is yet to come.
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Vyzlečená z ľudí
Vyzlečená z ľudí sa vŕta, opisuje, hľadá. Ukazuje, ako vyzerá život s uzavretou mysľou a ukazuje aj východiská. Pretože východisko nie je iba slovo, ale aj zhmotnená vízia. Viaceré texty v tejto zbierke nie sú (iba) poviedkami. V každom z nich však ide o to podstatné. Nebáť sa ukázať tvár a svoje vnútro, postaviť sa za seba, za svoje ideály, neuskočiť pred výzvou. Ukázať svoju inakosť. Dovoliť si cítiť a dovoliť si o svojich pocitoch rozprávať. Hľadať krásu. Vnímať fantastiku, prideliť jej rovnocenné miesto vedľa reality a pomocou nej šťastnejšie žiť. Čitateľom prajem, aby aspoň niektoré texty v nich rozozvučali strunu, aby ich pohladili, aby odkryli veci tušené, ale nepriznané a aby tie isté veci, už pomenované a na slnku ohriate, vliali do nich silu, nádej, vieru. Ak ich sem-tam aj rozosmejú, viac nepotrebujem.
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Lacná kniha Living in Style New York (-90%)
New Yorkers are known the world over for their love of sophisticated style. This accessible volume profiles the chicest living spaces in and around this ultimate urban playground. Featuring an array of décor from solidly classical to the ultimate in contemporary glamour, Reto Guntli’s photographs take us on an insider tour of the Big Apple’s most desirable residences.
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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 8 (Special Edition)
Limited Edition (one printing only!) of the NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER! The blockbuster danmei/Boys' Love novels from China that inspired the animated series!
In this final book (Volume 8), read the conclusion to this epic historical fantasy about a prince and the mysterious man by his side, in English for the very first time. Also includes bonus stories!
White No-Face's mask is off, and the final conflict has begun. Deep in the ancient caverns and lava flows of Mount Tonglu, Xie Lian must face the one whose hatred has plagued him for centuries—but this time, he won't have to do it alone. His beloved, Hua Cheng, has spent his long existence amassing the power to protect him, and now with their feelings for each other out in the open, they have all the more reason to fight for survival.
In this thrilling conclusion to Heaven Official's Blessing, can Xie Lian and Hua Cheng triumph against an all-powerful foe?
Also included in this final volume are five bonus tales of romance, celebration, and adventure.
This limited Special Edition contains the Standard Edition, but with bonus merchandise shrinkwrapped to the book: a set of eight postcards, a double-sided bookmark, two folded mini posters, a sticker sheet, a lined notebook, and a papercraft standee. Don't miss the new art from guest artists included in this special merch!
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The English Understand Wool
A modern amorality play about a 17-year-old girl, the wilder shores of connoisseurship, and the power of false friends
Maman was exigeante?there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified.
Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in the translation). One should not ask servants to wait on one during Ramadan: they must have paid leave while one spends the holy month abroad. One must play the piano; if staying at Claridge’s, one must regrettably install a Clavinova in the suite, so that the necessary hours of practice will not be inflicted on fellow guests. One should cultivate weavers of tweed in the Outer Hebrides but have the cloth made up in London; one should buy linen in Ireland but have it made up by a Thai seamstress in Paris (whose genius has been supported by purchase of suitable premises). All this and much more she has learned, governed by a parent of ferociously lofty standards. But at 17, during the annual Ramadan travels, she finds all assumptions overturned. Will she be able to fend for herself? Will the dictates of good taste suffice when she must deal, singlehanded, with the sharks of New York?
Leonardo. The Complete Paintings and Drawings
Unmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: a peerless master of painting, sculpture, cartography, anatomy, architecture - and more. Simultaneously captivating art historians, collectors, and the millions who flock yearly to admire his works, Leonardo's appeal is as diffuse as were his preoccupations. His images permeate nearly every facet of Western culture - The Vitruvian Man is engraved into millions of Euro coins, The Last Supper is considered the single most reproduced religious painting in history, and the Mona Lisa has entranced countless artists and observers for centuries.
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My first opposites board book
From up and down to long and short, invite your child to spot the opposite of just about anything in the world around them! Packed with bright, lively pictures and large, simple text - this is an ideal book to stimulate recognition, and promote furth
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