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Human Playground: Why We Play
Why do we play games? That is the question Belgian photographer Hannelore Vandenbussche decided to explore, travelling to numerous countries to roam the world of sports, passion, athletic competition, transition, and emancipation. The athletes she portrays keep old traditions alive or carve out new territory, perform rituals, and celebrate with boisterous parties centred around their games.
Meet Buzkashi players astride their horses in Central Asia, Donga stick fighters in Ethiopia, Tarahumara runners in Mexico, big wave surfers in Nazare, and many other athletes in these unusual sports. These unique photographs capture athletes from both indigenous cultures in remote parts of the globe and from familiar, Western cultures. They poignantly convey how old traditions are kept alive and new ones are carved out, how rites of passage, ritual, and celebration are all part of the culture of play.
Human Playground showcases a hugely diverse range of sports from places as far-flung as Mongolia and Madagascar, from jockeys in Dubai to land divers in Vanuatu. This extraordinary book of photographs is dedicated to a subject that is being presented in an entirely new way.
Walt Disney's Disneyland
Walt Disney dreamed for decades about opening the ultimate entertainment venue, but it wasn't until the early 1950s that his handpicked team began to bring his vision to life. Together, artists, architects, and engineers transformed a dusty tract of orange groves about an hour south of Los Angeles into one of the world's most beloved destinations.
Today, there are Disney resorts from Paris to Shanghai, but the original Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which has been visited by more than 800 million people to-date, remains one of America's most popular attractions. From the day it opened on July 17, 1955, Disneyland brought history and fairy tales to life, the future into the present, and exciting cultures and galaxies unknown to our imaginations.
This intruiging visual history draws on Disney's vast historical collections, private archives, and the golden age of photojournalism to provide unique access to the concept, development, launch, and enjoyment of this sun-drenched oasis of fun and fantasy. Disneyland documents Walt's earliest inspirations and ideas, the park's extraordinary feats of design and engineering, and each of its immersive "lands" from Main Street, U.S.A., to Tomorrowland. It is a treasure trove of original Disney documentation and expertise, with award-winning writer Chris Nichols drawing on his extensive knowledge of both Disneyland and Southern California history to reveal the fascinating tale of "the happiest place on Earth."Copyright © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Brutalism
Brutalist architecture is ever-present in the British urban landscape, from car parks and bus garages to schools, universities and cultural centres, from the small college campus to vast residential mega-structures. Taken from the French phrase 'beton brut', meaning raw concrete, the name brutalism identified an emerging style of angular and sculptural form and rough, exposed industrial materials. The pioneering architects of the style such as Peter and Alison Smithson, Erno Goldfinger and the Owen Luder Partnership optimistically believed they were forging a new utopia.Their confidence is apparent in the uncompromising, bold, even bolshy buildings such as London's South Bank Centre, Hunstanton School, Preston bus station and Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre that came to define the architecture of the 1960s and 1970s. After decades of vilification, brutalism is today enjoying a resurgence of popularity and the original principles of the movement are being rediscovered and reappraised, although it still divides public opinion. This book is part of the Britain's Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted with brutalism in all its variety.
Mother of Invention
Bestselling author Katrine Marcal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to men
But it doesn't have to be this way. From the beginning of time, women have been pivotal to our society, offering ingenious solutions to some of our most vexing problems. More recently, it is women who have transformed the way we shop online, revolutionised the lives of disabled people and put the climate crisis at the top of the agenda.
Despite these successes, we still fail to find and fund the game-changing ideas that could alter the future of our planet, giving just 3% of venture capital to female founders. Instead, ingrained ideas about men and women continue to shape our economic decisions; favouring men and leading us to the same tired set of solutions.
For too long we have underestimated the consequences of sexism in our economy, and the way it holds all of us - women and men - back. Katrine Marcal's blistering critique sets the record straight and shows how, in a time of crisis, the ingenuity and intelligence of women is that very thing that can save us.
Nazareth - Expect No Mercy CD
KDO: Legendární skotská rocková kapela byla založena v roce 1968 a rychle si získala příznivce v domovské Británii i zbytku světa. Světový věhlas získala v roce 1975 albem „Hair Of The Dog“ a nahrávkou rockové balady „Love Hurts“.
CO: Reedice devátého alba „Expect No Mercy“ z roku 1977 vychází na růžovém vinylu a na CD, kde je album doplněno o řadu bonusů.
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1. Expect No Mercy (2010 - Remaster)
2. Gone Dead Train (2010 - Remaster)
3. Shot Me Down (2010 - Remaster)
4. Revenge Is Sweet (2010 - Remaster)
5. Gimme What's Mine (2010 - Remaster)
6. Kentucky Fried Blues (2010 - Remaster)
7. New York Broken Toy (2010 - Remaster)
8. Busted (2010 - Remaster)
9. Place in Your Heart (2010 - Remaster)
10. All the King's Horses (2010 - Remaster)
11. Kentucky Fried Blues (Alternative Version)
12. Gone Dead Train (Alternative Version)
13. Shot Me Down (Alternative Version)
14. Greens (B-Side of 'Gone Dead Train' Single)
15. Life of a Dog (Alternative Version)
16. New York Broken Toy (Alternative Version)
17. Revenge Is Sweet (Alternative Version)
18. Desolation Road (B-Side of 'Gone Dead Train' Single)
19. Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Alternative Version)
20. Moonlight Eyes (Alternative Version)
Personality and Power
One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?
The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.
Ian Kershaw's new book is a compelling, lucid and challenging attempt to understand these rulers, whether operating on the widest stage (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini) or with a more national impact (Tito, Franco). What was it about these leaders and the times they lived in that allowed them such untrammelled and murderous power? And what brought that era to an end? In a contrasting group of profiles, from Churchill to de Gaulle, Adenauer to Gorbachev, and Thatcher to Kohl, Kershaw uses his exceptional skills to think through how other, strikingly different figures wielded power.
The Young Fur Traders
Follows the adventures of a young man called Charles Kennedy. Loosely autobiographical account of Ballantyne's own time with the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. Its success prompted a series of excellent stories of adventure for the young with which this prolific Scottish author's name is popularly associated. In the very center of the great continent of North America, far removed from the abodes of civilized men, and about twenty miles to the south of Lake Winnipeg, exists a colony composed of Indians, Scotsmen, and French-Canadians, which is known by the name of Red River Settlement. Although far removed from the civilized world, and containing within its precincts much that is savage and very little that is refined, Red River is quite a populous paradise, as compared with the desolate, solitary establishments of the Hudson's Bay Fur Company.
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A Völgyben
„Kyra néhány pillanatig még állva maradt, s várta, hogy a vére lüktetve előtörjön. De csupán egy kicsi, alig-alig növekvő vörös folt jelent meg világoszöld blúzán. ? Lehet, hogy tényleg jég tölti ki a szívemet vér helyett? ? kérdezte csodálkozva, majd összeesett. Mikor a mentő megérkezett, még élt.” Odahaza, a Völgyben, Odaát. Élet, Kóma, Másvilág. E három síkon játszódik a cselekmény. A közúti balesetben megbénult meseíró és lepkész apa könnyűerkölcsű lánya kómába kerül, és úgy próbál túlélni, hogy lepkének képzeli a lelkét, és a számtalan kómában élő ember lelkével együtt lepkeként él egy völgyben. A látszólag egészséges hozzátartozók és szeretők önmagukat keresve időnként szintén elhagyják a valóságos világot. Kyra és családja arra keresi a választ, hogy képesek-e felülemelkedni tévedéseiken annak reményében, hogy ráleljenek az őszinteségre és igaz szeretetre. Ákody Zsuzsa legújabb regényének szereplői olykor vakító fényben, máskor sűrű sötétségben, lepkealakot öltve keresik önmagukat. A történetet az írónő az idősíkok bravúros váltogatásával teszi mindvégig izgalmassá, lebilincselővé.
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A lámpás - Bibi
"A lámpás én vagyok.
Világítok a sötétségben. Utat mutatok. Nálam nélkül vak a látó is.
Hát még ha a kormány nem sajnálná tőlem az olajat!
De elmondom a balesetemet, amelyet iskolai nyelven életnek nevezünk. Elmondom őszintén, mintha gyónnám. (...)" (részlet a könyvből)
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Lacná kniha Dictionnaire d´Orthographe (-90%)
Cet ouvrage présente 70 000 mots avec leur orthographe, leur genre et, chaque fois que nécessaire, la prononciation, les difficultés d'emploi ou d'écriture, les homonymes ou les confusions éviter. Il présente notamment : le vocabulaire technique, les sigles et les termes étrangers avec les équivalents français recommandés. En annexe, 150 pages de tableaux vous aident résoudre les problmes orthographiques : accord du participe ou des adjectifs de couleur, majuscules, abréviations, conjugaisons, etc.
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Japanese Fairy Tales
This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
When a young English widow takes off on the grand tour and along the way marries a penniless Italian, her in-laws are not amused. That the marriage should fail and poor Lilia die tragically are only to be expected. But that Lilia should have had a baby -- and that the baby should be raised as an Italian! -- are matters requiring immediate correction by Philip Herriton, his dour sister Harriet, and their well-meaning friend Miss Abbott.
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Poslední harém
Elisa a Fátima jsou přítelkyně na život a na smrt jsou jako sestry. Osud je svedl dohromady už v dětství, a přitom rozdíly mezi nimi sotva mohly být větší. Fátima je tak krásná, že při pohledu na ni dokonce i pávi v zahradě harému rozevírají své vě
jíře. Toužebně si přeje, aby jednoho dne mohla sdílet lůžko se sultánem. Na rozdíl od ní se svéhlavá Arménka Elisa s překrásným hlasem opakovaně prohřešuje proti přísným pravidlům serailu nejraději by se k hradbám paláce obrátila zády a hledala opr
avdovou lásku. Díky svému temperamentu se několikrát zaplete do sporů, ale teprve, když se starý řád zhroutí, je vztah obou žen podroben skutečné zkoušce. Nadchází hodina zrodu nového Turecka, zemí zmítá revoluce a válka. Sultán Abdülhamid je vypověz
en, jeho harém rozpuštěn. Zbývají stovky žen, mezi nimi i Fátima a Elisa. Nová vláda hledá po celé zemi rodinné příslušníky dam z harému, ale pro Elisu a Fátimu si nikdo nepřichází. Jsou odkázány samy na sebe a musí se naučit vyrovnat s cizími poměry
. Obdivovaná stvoření, jež byla kdysi pečlivě skrývána před světem, jsou najednou vystavena lačným pohledům nic už není takové jako kdysi. Jaký bude jejich kismet, osud, který jim byl předurčen? A přetrvá jejich přátelství bouřlivou dobu?
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Celibát
Prvýkrát na Slovensku vychádza hra jedného z najznámejších belgických autorov a performerov Toma Lanoya. Jeho literárna tvorba je úzko prepojená s významnými spoločenskými aktivitami a obidvoje mu prinieslo uznanie (i problémy) v rodnom Belgicku, ale i Holandsku, západnej Európe a Afrike. Tom Lanoye (1958) je držiteľom významných cien za literatúru, okrem mnohých získal v roku 2003 ocenenie poroty Gouden Uil Juryprijs – najvýznamnejšiu flámsku literárnu cenu a cenu De Inktaap za román Zlé jazyky (Boze tongen). Ako prvý Flám je nositeľom ocenenia Gouden Ganzenveer (2007). K jeho divadelným prácam patria Blankenberge (Blankenberge), Komici (Komieken), Mama Medea (Mamma Medea), Josovia. Pád a obroda spolupatričnosti (De Jossen.Val en revival der saamhorigheid), Diplodokus Dex. Triumf archeológie (Diplodocus Deks. Triomf der archeologie), Mefisto for ever a mnohé ďalšie. Do širšieho európskeho divadelného povedomia sa dostal spracovaním Shakespearových "The Wars of the Roses" pod názvom Do vojny (Ten oorlog) v réžii Luca Percevala; do nemeckého jazyka hru preložili ako Schlachten!. Vďaka tejto divadelnej inscenácii (uviedli ju napríklad aj na Pražskom divadelnom festivale nemeckého jazyka v roku 2000) je Lanoyova divadelná aktivita známa aj na Slovensku. Novou knihou Celibát (podľa rovnomenného románu Gerarda Walschapa) zapĺňa Divadelný ústav ďalšie z bielych miest na mape prekladov dramatických diel súčasných európskych autorov. Hru z flámskeho originálu preložila Marta Maňáková.
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Cool Air
Cool Air was written in the year 1928 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. This book is one of the most popular novels of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.
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The Mind Master
Three months after the events in Africa Lee Bentley and Ellen Estabrook are back in New York--and so is Professor Barter, who is not dead, but is very much alive and equipped with heat and disintegrator rays, a far viewer, and brain implants that permit long-distance hypnotic control.
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The Heart of Betrayal
The thrilling, New York Times bestselling sequel to The Kiss of Deception.
Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komizar that she has the gift, and the Komizar's interest in Lia is greater than anyone could have foreseen.
Meanwhile, nothing is straightforward: there's Rafe, who lied to Lia but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden, who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans, whom Lia always believed to be barbarians.
Now that she lives among them, however, she realizes that may be far from the truth. Wrestling with her upbringing, her gift, and her sense of self, Lia must make powerful choices that will affect her country . . . and her own destiny.
The Heart of Betrayal drives up the stakes and the romance, and will leave readers desperate to read book three in the Remnant Chronicles, The Beauty of Darkness.
Within These Wicked Walls
What the heart desires, the house destroys...
Andromeda is a debtera - an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn't thrown her out before she could earn her license. Now her only hope is to find a Patron - a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities.
When a handsome heir named Magnus reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question. Never mind that he's rude and eccentric, that the contract comes with outlandish rules, and that the many previous debteras had quit before her. If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice.
But this is a job like no other, and Magnus is hiding far more than she has been trained for. Death is the likely outcome if she stays, the reason every debtera before her quit. But leaving Magnus to live out his curse isn't an option because, heaven help her, she's fallen for him.
Stunningly romantic, Lauren Blackwood's heartstopping debut, Within These Wicked Walls, ushers in an exciting new fantasy voice.
Trianon arcai - Naplók, visszaemlékezések, levelek
Trianon - második Mohács. Így látta a korabeli magyar közvélemény az 1920. június 4-én aláírt magyar békeszerződést. E kötet korabeli naplókon, visszaemlékezéseken és más személyes jellegű, többségükben eddig kiadatlan történelmi forrásokon keresztül mutatja be az első világháború befejezését követő impériumváltások hatásait. A történelmi Magyarország legkülönbözőbb pontjairól arisztokraták és kisemberek, nők és férfiak, felnőttek és gyermekek, magyarok és más nemzetiségűek vallanak benyomásaikról, érzéseikről, valamint arról, hogy saját személyes sorsukban milyen változásokat hozott az 1918-1920 közötti időszak. Ugyanazt az eseménysort különböző szempontokból és eltérő élethelyzetekből szemlélve olvasóink előtt izgalmas kép rajzolódik ki a Monarchia felbomlását átélő társadalomról.
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