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Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour
In Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, self-confessed color addicts Jane Rockett and Lucy St George follow on from their best-selling first book by tackling the topic of choosing color for the home.
Such is their passion for color that Jane and Lucy launched the Rockett St George paint range in August 2018 sophisticated, earthy shades that work perfectly together. This new book allows them to explore the world of color and reveal their inspirations—travel, hotels and restaurants, Instagram, the natural world, and vintage design. Starting at the beginning, Jane and Lucy investigate color theory before plunging into the history of color and how it affects our emotions. Next, they take a look at the natural world and explore what color means in different cultures around the globe. They then tackle the million-dollar question—which colors should you choose? A final chapter explores inventive ways to decorate with color, from bold blocking to brave use of contrasting hues. Each chapter is interspersed with a real-life home that perfectly the Rockett St George style. If you want maximum impact when updating an interior, there’s no better way to achieve it than with bold, clever, and creative use of color.
An Autobiography
The life of Gandhi, in his own words
150th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by Pankaj Mishra
'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood' Albert Einstein upon the death of M. K. Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance.
In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through moral conversion of the colonizers.
For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him.
Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells not only of his struggles and inspirations but also speaks frankly of his failures. It is a powerful and enduring account of an extraordinary life.
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer’s difficult childhood in Yonkers, New York, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls’ reformatory school?where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer. Rarely seen profiles from the Black press offer precious glimpses of Fitzgerald’s tense experiences of racial discrimination and her struggles with constricting models of Black and white femininity at midcentury.
Tick’s compelling narrative depicts Fitzgerald’s complicated career in fresh and original detail, upending the traditional view that segregates vocal jazz from the genre’s mainstream. As she navigated the shifting tides between jazz and pop, she used her originality to pioneer modernist vocal jazz. Interpreting long-lost setlists, reviews from both white and Black newspapers, and newly released footage and recordings, the book explores how Ella’s transcendence as an improvisor produced onstage performances every bit as significant as her historic recorded oeuvre.
From the singer’s first performance at the Apollo Theatre’s famous “Amateur Night” to the Savoy Ballroom, where Fitzgerald broke through with Chick Webb’s big band in the 1930s, Tick evokes the jazz world in riveting detail. She describes how Ella helped shape the bebop movement in the 1940s, as she joined Dizzy Gillespie and her then-husband, Ray Brown, in the world-touring Jazz at the Philharmonic, one of the first moments of high-culture acceptance for the disreputable art form.
Breaking ground as a female bandleader, Fitzgerald refuted expectations of musical Blackness, deftly balancing artistic ambition and market expectations. Her legendary exploration of the Great American Songbook in the 1950s fused a Black vocal aesthetic and jazz improvisation to revolutionize the popular repertoire. This hybridity often confounded critics, yet throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ella reached audiences around the world, electrifying concert halls, and sold millions of records.
A masterful biography, Becoming Ella Fitzgerald describes a powerful woman who set a standard for American excellence nearly unmatched in the twentieth century.
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Václav Klaus My, Evropa a svět
Kniha My, Evropa, svět vychází před odchodem Václava Klause z desetiletého prezidentského úřadu. Jedná se o zcela nový text, nikoliv o projevy či již někde publikované články a úvahy. Také proto je možné tuto knihu považovat za bilanční. Směřování dnešního světa se odchyluje od hodnot a principů, jakými jsou svoboda, tržní hospodářství a parlamentní demokracie, kterých jsme rychle dosáhli na počátku 90. let. Tento neutěšený stav mne trápí a vidím jej nejen v naší zemi, ale také v Evropě a celém západním světě. Proto název knihy My, Evropa a svět.Tento text jsem záměrně napsal a čtenářům předkládám až v posledním roce svého prezidentování. Zdůrazňuji to, neboť jsem chtěl knihu vydat před jeho ukončením, ještě do jisté míry svázán s prezidentskou funkcí. Nejsou to žádné paměti, na ty se ještě necítím, ale je to vážné zamyšlení nad uplynulými dvěma desetiletími. Toto období bylo pro mne – stejně jako pro miliony lidí v naší zemi – vytouženou érou života bez těžkého krunýře, kterým nás svazoval, brzdil a tlumil komunismus.Název „My, Evropa a svět“ je snad až příliš ambiciózní. Jsem si vědom, že to, co mohu v této knize postihnout, jsou jen zlomky toho všeho, co se v dnešním, rychle měnícím se světě děje.V knize diskutuji zlomové okamžiky, klíčové události uplynulých 23 let tak, jak jsem je viděl, vnímal a chápal. Mohl jsem na něco zapomenout nebo něco nedocenit, ale věřím, že to hlavní tam je. Např.: • Pád komunismu • Rozpad Sovětského svazu • Rozdělení Československa (a jeho měny) • Jedenácté září aneb past, do které nás vlákal terorismus • Finanční a ekonomická krize let 2008 – 2009 a její důsledky • Arabské jaro a další kapitoly.
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Veg-Table
Named a Best Cookbook of Fall 2023 by Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Eater, The Strategist, The Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping, and more, and a Best Cookbook of the Year by Epicurious.
From the bestselling author of The Flavor Equation and Season and winner of the 2023 IACP Trailblazer Award: A fascinating exploration of the unique wonders of more than fifty vegetables through captivating research, stunning photography, and technique-focused recipes.
"Groundbreaking, inspiring, delicious: Nik Sharma’s Veg-Table is everything I’d hoped for and more!”—Nigella Lawson, author of Cook, Eat, Repeat
Nik Sharma, blogger at A Brown Table, Serious Eats columnist, and bestselling cookbook author, brings us his most cookable collection of recipes yet in Veg-table. Here is a technique-focused repertoire for weeknight mains for cooks of all skill levels looking to add more delicious and satisfying vegetable dishes to their diet.
Combining the scientific underpinnings of The Flavor Equation with the inviting and personal recipes of Season, this book features more than fifty vegetables, revealing their origins, biology, and unique characteristics. Vegetable-focused recipes are organized into chapters by plant family, with storage, buying, and cooking methods for all. The result is a recipe collection of big flavors and techniques that are tried, true, and perfected by rigorous testing and a deep scientific lens.
Included here are Sharma’s first-ever pasta recipes published in a cookbook: Pasta with Broccoli Miso Sauce, Shallot and Spicy Mushroom Pasta, and more. And vegetable-focused doesn’t mean strictly vegetarian; bring plants and animal protein together with delicious recipes like Chicken Katsu with Poppy Seed Coleslaw and Crispy Salmon with Green Curry Spinach. A wide variety of hot and cold soups, salads, sides, sauces, and rice-, egg-, and bean-based dishes round out this collection.
Featuring more than 100 of Sharma’s gorgeous and evocative photographs, as well as instructive illustrations, this cookbook perfectly balances beauty, intellect, and delicious, achievable recipes.
FOLLOW-UP TO TWO CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOKS: Season was a finalist for a James Beard Award and an IACP award. It was on the most prominent cookbook best-of lists, including the New York Times Best Cookbooks, NPR’s Favorite Cookbooks, and Bon Appetit’s Best Cookbooks gift guide; it was also an Amazon Book of the Month. The Flavor Equation was named one of the best cookbooks of the year by the New York Times, Eater, Epicurious, Food & Wine, Forbes, Saveur, Serious Eats, Smithsonian magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, CNN Travel, The Kitchn, Chowhound, NPR, The Art of Eating 2021 longlist and many more; plus it garnered international media attention including from the Financial Times, the Globe and Mail, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times (U.K.), Delicious Magazine (U.K.), The Times (Ireland), and Vogue India. It was the winner of the Guild of U.K. Food Writers (General Cookbook). It was a finalist for the 2021 IACP Cookbook Award.
AN ESTABLISHED AUTHOR: Sharma is a regular contributor to the popular Serious Eats food platform, where his pieces on the science of flavor reach millions of readers nationwide.
UNIQUE YET ACCESSIBLE VEGGIE-FORWARD RECIPES: Not only does Sharma write recipes for every palate, but he writes them for every level of cook, from novices to seasoned chefs. This book melds his science-forward thinking with accessible yet delicious vegetable-based recipes for an engaging and unexpected combination.
Perfect for:
Fans of Nik Sharma, Season, and The Flavor Equation
Vegetarians and flexitarians
Those looking to add more plants to their diet
Home cooks looking for a new challenge who are interested in learning more about food and flavor
Birthday, holiday, housewarming, or graduation gift for food enthusiasts
Fans of The Food Lab, The Flavor Bible, and Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Readers who like the diverse, modern approach to ethnic food found in publications like Lucky Peach, Indian-ish, and Koreatown
Lacná kniha Milena Jesenská (-90%)
V osudu české novinářky Mileny Jesenské (1896–1944) se takřka doslovně zrcadlí všechny proměny a zvraty, očekávání a zklamání první poloviny minulého století. Dcera známého pražského lékaře, absolventka Minervy, prvního dívčího gymnázia v monarchii, zažívá ve Vídni rozpad Rakouska-Uherska, po svém návratu do Prahy se stává souputnicí české meziválečné avantgardy a jako redaktorka Národních listů se zapojuje do úsilí o moderní životní styl. Ve třicátých letech se přiklání ke komunistické straně, brzy však o správnosti její ideologie začíná pochybovat a rozejde se s ní. Silné sociální cítění nicméně nadále zůstává výrazným rysem Mileniny osobnosti. Na stránkách slavné Peroutkovy Přítomnosti pak Jesenská dosahuje vrcholu své žurnalistické dráhy. Po „Mnichovu“ a během okupace pomáhá uprchlíkům a působí i v odboji. Umírá v koncentračním táboře Ravensbrück. Aktualizované a doplněné vydání knihy přední české socioložky a literátky doprovází bohatá obrazová příloha.
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Starený svet
Škótsky spisovateľ A.C. Doyle, ktorý sa preslávil najmä detektívkami s hlavnou postavou Sherlocka Holmesa, nás v románe Stratený svet zavedie do ťažko prístupných pralesov v okolí rieky Amazonky, kde sa údajne zachovalo živočíšstvo a rastlinstvo spre
d dvesto miliónov rokov. Štyria odvážni cestovatelia sa odhodlali preskúmať toto tvrdenie. Počas expedície spoznali množstvo predhistorických zvierat, predovšetkým z mladšej doby jurskej. Čitateľ prežíva spolu s nimi nevšedné dobrodružstvá, zdesenie
a hrôzu.
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Mystérium Pasiansu
...Máme možnosť zúčastniť sa dobrodružnej cesty krížom cez Európu, na ktorú sa vyberú otec a syn, aby našli mamu. Ale tento príbeh skrýva ďalšie tajomstvá. Ako všetky spolu súvisia? Kto je vlastne záhadný trpaslík z benzínovej pumpy? Aké tajomstvo s
trážia počas mnohých rokov pekári z dedinky Dorf v Alpách? A prečo sa Hans Thomas musí najskôr vrátiť až celkom naspäť k stroskotaniu jednej lode v roku 1790 - a až potom pochopí, prečo vlastne jeho mama utiekla do Atén?... Jostein Gaarder neuverite
ľným spôsobom spája v tomto príbehu fantáziu so skutočnosťou, rozprávku s dejinami jedného rodu. Veľmi ľudsky a s citom nám približuje vzťah medzi otcom a synom a ich boj o identitu a spolupatričnosť. Práve vďaka tejto knihe zažiaril J. Gaarder ako s
pisovateľská hviezda v Nórsku. V roku 1990 mu za ňu bola udelená cena Ministerstva kultúry Nórskeho kráľovstva a cena Zväzu nórskych literárnych kritikov za najlepšiu knihu pre deti a mládež. Nasledovali ďalšie ocenenia aj za hranicami. S pol milióno
m predaných výtlačkov sa krátko po svojom vydaní v roku 1995 ocitlo Mystérium pasiansu v Nemecku na druhom mieste rebríčka bestsellerov časopisu Der Spiegel. Na Slovensku v r. 1996 bola kniha Mystérium pasiansu ocenená BIBIANOU za najlepšiu detskú kn
ihu leta.
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Křižovatky
Anthony Spencer je sebestředný bezcitný boháč, pyšný na své „úspěchy“ v práci, kde se ho všichni bojí, i v rodině, kterou chladnokrevně rozvrátil. Po úrazu hlavy se octne v kómatu na JIP. Jeho tělo leží bez hnutí obklopeno přístroji, jeho mysl se však probouzí v krajině, která zrcadlí Tonyho dosavadní život – zarostlá a nehostinná, opuštěná. Až na toho, který se rozhodl Tonyho nikdy neopustit a pomoci mu nalézt sílu, způsob a především důvody, proč se změnit…Stejně jako Chatrč (2007, česky 2009), kultovní kniha (celosvětově prodáno více než 20 milionů výtisků), v níž se tragédie smrti střetává s věčností božího záměru, jsou i Křižovatky určeny všem, kdo v kolotoči moderního světa hledají naplnění slov, jako je víra, láska a odpuštění.
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Je planeta Země už plná?
Počet obyvatel zatěžuje naši planetu a ta je jen stěží schopna nás uživit..."
Z takového výroku se zdá, že globální kolaps už je na spadnutí, ale počet obyvatel, o kterém se zde mluví, byl asi 190 milionů lidí na celé Zemi a myslitel, jenž šířil tuto poplašnou zprávu, byl Tertullianus, obyvatel Kartága píšící ve 2. století našeho letopočtu. Za posledních 40 let se světová populace zdvojnásobila až na současných 7 miliard lidí, ale tempo jejího růstu se zpomaluje a počet obyvatel ani není jedinou rozhodující proměnnou, uvažujeme-li o tom, zda je planeta Země už plná. Žijeme v "globální vesnici" a jsme v nebezpečí, protože nám chybí vesnická rada starších, která by nás vedla. Změny klimatu, zásoby vody a potravin, využívání neobnovitelných zdrojů a v poslední době především migrace - to všechno jsou problémy, kterým lidé čelí.
Jaké jsou etické důsledky růstu světové populace? Je stávající úroveň spotřeby bohatých lidí trvale udržitelná? Je možné, aby taková úroveň byla rozšířena na všechny obyvatele planety? Jaký je současný stav planety Země a jejího ekosystému a jak se asi změní s růstem populace a příjmů? Co mohou lidé, firmy a vlády dělat, aby zastavili negativní dopady populačního růstu a naopak využili ty pozitivní? Na tyto otázky v knize o současnosti i budoucnosti planety odpovídají akademici z oborů ekonomie, demografie, filozofie, geografie, biologie, fyziky i medicíny z Oxford Martin School při Oxfordské univerzitě.
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Netrápte sa pre mal. v práci
Milióny ľudí sa potešilo knihám Richarda Carlsona, ktoré ukazujú, ako nedovoliť maličkostiam zvíťaziť nad vami. Teraz v knihe Netrápte sa pre maličkosti v práci vysvetľuje čitateľom, ako pôsobiť pokojnejšie a veselšie na kolegov, klientov a šéfov.
Ak trávite štyridsať a viac hodín týždenne v práci, vrátene prívalov termínov, pracovného zaťaženia a ťažkých situácií, môžete mať z práce veľmi stresujúce zážitky. R. Carlson odhaľuje tipy, ktoré zmenia váš názor na prácu, znížia stres, čo povedie k
šťastnejšiemu životu doma.
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Fire Force Omnibus 7 (Vol. 19-21)
Dive feet-first into the world of devil-fighting firefighters with this 3-in-1 omnibus edition of the hit manga from the creator of Soul Eater! Blaze past the anime, 600 large-sized pages at a time.
Includes Vol. 19-21 of the Fire Force manga.
NETHER AGAIN
Company 8 has tag-teamed with Company 2 on an investigation of the nether! There they are met with overwhelming foes: the Knights of the Purple Haze. Ritsu's power to bring back the dead as Infernals wreaks havoc among the fire soldiers of Company 2, but that is nothing compared to the plans of utter destruction that the Evangelist's minions have in store for the Tokyo Empire!
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A Nearly Normal Family
The worldwide bestseller, over half a million copies sold. A Nearly Normal Family is the stunning psychological thriller from M. T. Edvardsson, which asks what would a parent do if their child was suspected of murder, and just how far they’d go to protect them . . .
One night, eighteen-year-old Stella comes home late. The next morning she is accused of murder.
As parents Adam and Ulrika deal with the fallout and try to protect their daughter, they must search out the truth – but how much do they really know about their daughter?
Told from three viewpoints – father, mother and daughter – but who is telling the truth? Perfect for fans of A. J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window or J. P. Delaney’s The Girl Before.
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Bad Men
It's a tough job, but someone's got to kill them...
From million-copy bestselling author Julie Mae Cohen comes the razor-sharp, edge-of-you-seat feminist rage thriller of Summer 2023.
Saffy has a secret. A secret that she is deeply ashamed of. It's not the fact that she's a serial killer in her free time. In fact, she's quite proud of that. After all she's only killing the bad men. She is making the world a better place.
No, her secret is far worse than that. Saffy has a messy, inexplicable, uncontrollable crush. So while she's busy plotting her next murder, she also has the much harder task of figuring out how to get a boyfriend.
But if there's one thing Saffy knows, it's how to get her man...
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A Drop of Golden Sun
It's 1973 and Jenny has been cast in a major motion picture. Her ordinary life is about to become extraordinary! From the Costa-winning author of Five Children on the Western Front.
12-year-old Jenny is in shock. She's just been cast as one of the lead roles in a feature film. She's going to be a child actor! Soon she must jet off to France, to the idyllic Château Mouchotte, where she will join her film family: three other children and two renowned actors.
The glitz and glamour of being on set is a million miles away from Jenny's normal life, but showbiz is never straightforward and there's one fierce and famous actor that threatens the whole shoot. It's up to Jenny and her friends to keep the peace and save the film. Jenny is about to experience a life-changing summer in the spotlight!
Bliss & Blunder
A breathtakingly fresh retelling of the King Arthur legend for the 21st century.
Selected for TLS Summer Books 2023
Arthur and Gwen married young. Twenty years on, Gwen's got it all: wealth, beauty, a famous husband who's the founder of Britain's most successful tech company, stables full of horses, millions of followers on Instagram, an unstable lover, a wayward son, a hoard of secrets, an aching heart, and a cyberstalking blackmailer who calls himself The Invisible Knight.
As the Wiltshire town of Abury prepares to celebrate the fortieth birthday of its favourite son, Morgan, Gwen's former best friend, is on her way back to Abury after two decades away, keen to expose Abury's long buried secrets and hellbent on revenge.
An inventive, magisterial reworking of Britain's greatest myth, Bliss & Blunder is a heartrending novel of power, friendship and betrayal.
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A Winter Grave
From the twelve-million copy bestselling author of the Lewis trilogy comes a chilling new mystery set in the isolated Scottish Highlands.
A TOMB OF ICE
A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice.
A DYING DETECTIVE
Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate a murder case so far from his beat.
AN AGONIZING RECKONING
Brodie must face up to the ghosts of his past and to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that his investigation threatens to expose.
Set against a backdrop of a frighteningly plausible near-future, A WINTER GRAVE is Peter May at his page-turning, passionate and provocative best.
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Call of the Night, Vol. 12
Antisocial, dorky boy seeks fun-loving, sexy vampire for blood-sucking and transforming into her minion.
One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! Especially when he meets flirtatious Nazuna. Except that she’s a vampire. That’s okay. He wants to become a creature of the night too. But transformation doesn’t come that easily...
Our human friends are attacked by a mysterious male vampire. Luckily—or unluckily, depending on your point of view—Ko’s half-vampire mode is growing ever more powerful. Who turned the attacker, and what is he after? No sooner are these questions answered than new ones arise as a second attacker arrives on the scene—and she’s targeting both humans and vampires!
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The Defining Decade
A revised and reissued edition for a new generation of The Defining Decade, a book that has changed the way millions of twenty-somethings think about their twenties - and themselves.
Contemporary culture tells us the twenty-something years don't matter. Clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay argues that this could not be further from the truth.
The Defining Decade weaves the latest science of the twenty-something years with real-life stories to show us how work, relationships, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood.
Smart, compassionate and constructive, The Defining Decade is a practical guide to making the most of the years we cannot afford to miss.
Included in this updated edition:· Up-to-date research on work, love, the brain, friendship and technology· What a decade of device use has taught us about looking at friends - and looking for love - online· A social experiment in which 'digital natives' go without their phones· A reader's guide for book clubs, classrooms or further self-reflection.
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