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The Duchess
Orphaned. Betrayed. Determined.
Angelique Latham grew up at the magnificent Belgrave Castle with her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally deny her very existence and send her out into the world alone.
At eighteen, Angelique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty and an envelope of money her late father pressed upon her. Unable to secure employment, Angelique desperately makes her way to Paris. To survive, she will need all her resources - and one bold stroke of fortune.
Angelique takes an unfamiliar and unimaginable path in setting up what becomes a highly successful business. But she lives on the edge of scandal; can she ever make a life for herself?
From England to Paris and New York, Danielle Steel paints a captivating portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit in The Duchess.
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Batman - Rok nula – Tajné město brož.
Batman se musí vypořádat se smrtí svého syna i s rozpadem své „rodiny“. A teď má ještě na krku krádež... spáchanou Brucem Waynem? Tyhle všechny události vedou k dalšímu zvratu v životě temného rytíře. K roku nula.
Lacná kniha The Illustrator (-90%)
For all those who thought digital heralded the end of an era: illustration is alive and kicking, and new tools have given the art renewed vigor and the illustrator greater stamina. Steven Hellerand Julius Wiedemannpresent a snapshot of “the new golden age of illustration,” rounding up 100 of the most talented artists around the world. We dare you to pick your favorites.
For the last ten years, Steven Heller and Julius Wiedemannhave traced the latest developments in illustration across the globe—and for all those who thought digital heralded the end of an era, they’re here to set the record straight.
There were extraordinary eras before mass media changed our viewing habits, back in the day when illustration was the most primary means of illuminating the word on paper, to today when we get our words and images on screens as small as a watch face. And in this environment, today’s designers and artists are holding their own brilliantly. Illustration is more free and varied than ever, and it is ubiquitous in all kinds of media from paper to screen, books, packages, clothing, cars, and restaurants.
This book celebrates the sheer quality, diversity, intensity, comedy, vivacity, and exceptionality of the work being created by illustrators right now. From veteran artists like Brad Holland, whose oblique and metaphorical paintings for the New York Times’ op-ed section revolutionized illustrative content in the 1970s, to up-and-coming stars like Robin Eisenberg, her pastel-skinned alien belles cruising in spaceships on indie-rock album covers, the 100 artists in this collection are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, but they represent a compelling snapshot of the styles, techniques, and use of color by artists across the world. We dare you to pick your favorites.
Includes:
an introduction and foreword by editors Julius Wiedemann and Steven Heller
600 pagesof brilliantly reproduced works
a biography for each artistdetailing their background, philosophy, motivations, and contact details
an index of illustration agencies
The editors
Steven Helleris the co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Designer as Author Program. For 33 years he was an art director for The New York Times, and currently writes the “Visuals” column for The New York Times Book Review. He is the author of 120 books on graphic design, illustration, and satiric art.
Julius Wiedemannstudied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now!and Record Coversseries, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.
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In the Shadow of the Gods
From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world's emperors
For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority. They operated beyond normal human constraint and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice they ran the gamut from being some of the most remarkable men who ever lived, to being some of the worst and least remarkable.
Dominic Lieven's marvellous new book, In the Shadow of the Gods, is the first to grapple seriously with this extraordinary phenomenon. Across the world peoples, willingly or unwillingly, fell into orbit around figures who reshaped or destroyed entire societies, imposed religions and invaded rivals. Lieven describes the anatomy of imperial monarchy and the principles by which it functioned. He compares the great emperors of antiquity, the caliphs and the warrior-emperors of the steppe before he turns to the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Mughal and Chinese emperors, packing the book with extraordinary stories, astute observations and a sense of both delight and horror at these individuals' antics. The entire breadth of extreme human behaviour is here - from warlords to patrons of the arts, from political genius to feeble incapacity and pathological violence.
As one of the great experts both on empires and on Russian history, Lieven is brilliantly qualified to write a book that brings to life a system of rule that dominated most of human history, as well as some of history's grandest and most dismaying figures.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles level 5
Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home, Baskerville Hall. Many of the Baskerville family have died mysteriously. People say that they were killed by a gigantic devil-like creature – the Hound of the Baskervilles! Can that be true? And can Sherlock Holmes save the new owner of Baskerville Hall from a terrible death?
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Lacná kniha The Adventures of the Wishing-chair (-90%)
The Adventures of the Wishing Chair - When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some marvellous adventures - to a cas
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Spider-Man a Venom: Trable na druhou
Připravte se, že uvidíte Spider-Mana a Venoma tak, jak jste je ještě nikdy neviděli – jako rozhádané spolubydlící!
Je to vážně zábava toho nejulítlejšího druhu. Spidey a Venom si navzájem vymění těla. Ale kdo za tímhle šíleným experimentem stojí... a o co mu jde? To se brzy dozvíte sami – v tomhle zbrusu novém příběhu, který je parádně nakreslený ve stylu animovaných grotesek!
Various - Gergaz 2008-2018 The Locals 2LP
Žánrovo pestrá 2xLP kompilácia slovenského vydavateľstva GERGAZ k 10 výročiu svojej existencie. Obsahuje najobľúbenejšie mená a skladby slovenskej a českej elektronickej alternatívy, ktoré sa na tomto vydavateľstve objavili a ktoré doposiaľ na vinyle nevyšli. Titul je limitovaný na 250 kusov.
Zoznam skladieb:
1. GLGN - Where's My Money (edit)
2. Stratasoul – Sherryblossoms
3. Jimmy Pé & Tante Elze – Daydreams
4. Himalayan Dalai Lama - Coastline Blues
5. FVLCRVM - Unsung Heroes
6. Jimmy Pé - I wanna get ...
7. Fallgrapp - Ouagadougou (video version)
8. FVLCRVM - Hi!
9. nvmeri – Entropy
10. The High Corporation - Maj in June
11. nvmeri – Scales
12. Zorba že ja Buddha – Perpendicular
13. Keosz – Reminiscence
14. The Global Optimistic - Smooth Jazz
15. FORMA - Wichura (Marcin Cichy of Skalpel remix)
16. Jimmy Pé - Time Machine (feat. Fallgrapp & Tante Elze)
Death Note Zápisník smrti 12
Operační skupina H byla speciální jednotka berlínského Hlavního úřadu říšské bezpečnosti, která byla vyslána po vypuknutí Slovenského národního povstání koncem srpna 1944 společně s dalšími německými složkami na území Slovenska. Jejím prvořadým úkolem bylo „dořešení židovské otázky“, zejména deportace zbylého židovského obyvatelstva do vyhlazovacích táborů. Její příslušníci se mnohdy aktivně podíleli za pomoci Slováků a karpatských Němců na zde spáchaných zločinech. Tyto zločiny zůstaly po skončení války až na nepatrné výjimky zcela nepotrestány a jejich vykonavatelé se obvykle bez větších obtíží začlenili do poválečné společnosti. Tématem předkládané monografie je činnost operační skupiny H, její struktura a personální složení, jakož i poválečné trestní stíhání jejích příslušníků.
The War on the West
In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind is one of slavery, conquest, prejudice, genocide and exploitation, why are only Western nations taking the blame for it?
It's become perfectly acceptable to celebrate the contributions of non-Western cultures, but discussing their flaws and crimes is called hate speech. What's more it has become acceptable to discuss the flaws and crimes of Western culture, but celebrating their contributions is also called hate speech. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning; however, some is part of a larger international attack on reason, democracy, science, progress and the citizens of the West by dishonest scholars, hatemongers, hostile nations and human-rights abusers hoping to distract from their ongoing villainy.
In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows the ways in which many well-meaning people have been lured into polarisation by lies, and shows how far the world's most crucial political debates have been hijacked across Europe and America. Propelled by an incisive deconstruction of inconsistent arguments and hypocritical activism, The War on the West is an essential and urgent polemic that cements Murray's status as one of the world's foremost political writers.
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 Oldest Book in the World
A new translation of a philosophical and practical advice classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt four thousand years ago and still relevant for modern readers today.
Noted author and Egyptologist Bill Manley renders into approachable modern English for the first time the oldest surviving statement of philosophy from the ancient world: the thirty-seven teachings and twelve conclusions of The Teaching of Ptahhatp, vizier, or chief minister, to the Old Kingdom pharaoh Izezi (2390–2350 BCE). Manley’s expert commentary elucidates Ptahhatp’s profound yet practical philosophy, which covers such topics as ambition, fame, confrontation, sex, and wisdom, and offers a unique window onto ancient Egyptian life and society.
The Teaching of Ptahhatp ought to begin the list of the world’s classics of philosophy, yet it has been largely forgotten since its rediscovery in the nineteenth century. Manley’s new translation corrects this oversight, making accessible for the first time the Old Kingdom vizier Ptahhatp’s concise, helpful insights into the human condition.
New translations of two further texts?The Dialogue Between a Man and His Soul, in which a man asks himself, “What is the point of living?,” and Why Things Happen, the oldest surviving account of creation from anywhere in the world?demonstrate how Ptahhatp’s philosophy was founded in ancient Egyptian beliefs about truth and reality. Manley introduces the vizier and the world within which he operated, as well as the significance of the “oldest book of the world,” preserved in a scroll now known as the Papyrus Prisse in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Together these works by Ptahhatp provide a new perspective on the Pyramid Age and overturn traditional stereotypes about the origins of Western philosophy.
74 illustrations / 25 in color
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Bleach 14: White Tower Rocks
V nouzi poznáš přítele – Joruiči se po dlouhé době vrací na scénu a vypadá to, že naši hrdinové konečně dospějí do cíle a Rukia bude osvobozena. V cestě už jim stojí jen její bratr a kapitán šesté jednotky Bjakuja Kučiki. Ičigo už se ovšem dávno přesvědčil, že s Bjakujou nejsou žádné žerty. Dokáže jej tentokrát porazit?
The Short End of the Sonnenallee
Thomas Brussig's classic German satire, translated into English for the first time and introduced by Jonathan Franzen, is a comedic, moving account of life in East Berlin before the Fall of the Berlin WallThomas Brussig's slim novel, The Short End of the Sonnenallee, is a satire set, literally, on the Sonnenallee, the famed "boulevard of the sun" in East Berlin.Within this boulevard lives Michael, an adolescent who faces daily ridicule whenever he steps out of his apartment building and comes into view of the observation platform on the West side. "Look, a real Zonie. Can we take your picture?" Hopelessly in love with the most beautiful girl on the street, Michael is batted away in favour of the Western boys who are free to cross the border.
What chance does Michael have, and how much trouble will he get into by pursuing her?Laugh-out-loud funny and unabashedly silly, Brussig's novel follows the bizarre, grotesque quotidian details of life in the German Democratic Republic. As this new translation shows, the ideas at its heart - freedom, democracy and life's fundamental hilarity - hold great relevance for today.
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Lacná kniha The carnivorous carnival
There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on...The Carnivorous Ca
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Europe - Walk The Earth (Special Edition) 2CD
KDO: švédská rocková legenda
CO: 11. album
CD
1. Walk The Earth
2. The Siege
3. Kingdom United
4. Pictures
5. Election Day
6. Wolves
7. GTO
8. Haze
9. Whenever You're Ready
10. Turn To Dust
DVD
1. Europe At Abbey Road
Black Eyed Peas - Masters Of The Sun CD
Americká skupina z Los Angeles Black Eyed Peas vydává desku Masters of The Sun vol. 1, která vyšla 26. října. Objeví se na ní Nas, Phife Dawg, CL, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Posdenuos of de la Soul, Slick Rick a Nicol Scherzinger. Jedná se o sedmou desku, jejíž vydání předznamenal skladba Big Love, který jako jeden z prvních singlů reflektoval střelbu na amerických středních školách a věnoval se problematice odebírání dětí imigrantským rodinám. Výnosy z prodeje singlu putovaly na účet studentské aktivistické organizace March for Our Lives, která se zabývá ukončením epidemie masových střeleb na školách a organizace Families Belong Together, která bojuje proti Trumpově politice násilné separace rodin. Ve vyzývání statu quo Black Eyed Peas pokračují i na desce, kde se dále věnují aktuálním problémům černošských komunit, jakými je například kontrola zbraní, imigrační a vězeňská reforma a policejní brutalita.
Black Eyed Peas jsou uskupením, které se v průběhu své existence věnovalo hip hopu, popu, dance music i elektro žánru. Kapela se momentálně skládá z will.i.ama, apl.de.apa a Tabooa. V minulosti v kapele působila i zpěvačka Fergie. Black Eyed Peas stojí za hity, jako je Where Is The Love?, který se stal nejprodávanějším britským singlem roku 2003, nebo Pump It a se singly Boom Boom Pow a I Gotta Feeling se ve své době stali jednou z jedenácti kapel, které se podařilo obsadit první dvě příčky Billboard Hot 100 zároveň. V roce 2010 získali tři ceny Grammy.
Tracklist:
1 „Back 2 Hiphop” (featuring Nas) 05:18
2 „Yes or No” 05:04
3 „Get Ready” 04:10
4 „4ever” (featuring Esthero) 03:48
5 „Constant pt.1 pt.2” (featuring Slick Rick) 05:03
6 „Dopeness” (featuring CL) 04:38
7 „All Around the World” (featuring Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Posdnuos) 05:01
8 „New Wave” 04:54
9 „Vibrations pt.1 pt.2” 04:21
10 „Wings” (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) 05:17
11 „Ring the Alarm pt.1 pt.2 pt.3” 05:58
12 „Big Love” 04:35
Death Note Zápisník smrti 10
Near už šlape Lightovi na paty, ale strůjce nového světového pořádku rozhodně nemá v úmyslu prodat svou kůži lacino! Na pomoc mu přichází noví oddaní stoupenci - fanatický státní zástupce Mikami a oddaná televizní moderátorka Takada. Light však není jediný, kdo schovává eso v rukávu. Na řadě je Mello a jeho šílený plán...