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Loki: Journey Into Mystery Prose
This truly epic adaptation of Kieron Gillen's Loki series spans the nine realms as the reborn trickster struggles to walk the hero's path and save the universe from an epidemic of fear. The god of lies has been reborn, but will young Loki be Asgard's savior? When Earth is plagued by an epidemic of fear, ancient prophecy says only Thor can stop the monstrous threat of the Serpent, but without help from Loki, Thor is certain to fail. Aided by a handmaiden from Hel and a demon puppy, Loki must risk everything to find redemption-or doom himself for eternity.
Either way, a Nightmare lies in wait hoping to rule the world and Loki will have to risk everything on his craziest scheme of all! Meanwhile, new gods threaten to disrupt the status quo, throwing everything out of balance. Loki must act as a responsible ambassador, but will the nine worlds end in Surtur's fire? In this brand-new prose novel inspired by the epic comic series by Kieron Gillen, young Loki must cross the realms to reclaim his own story, outwit ancient enemies, struggle to do the right thing, and avoid falling in love.
Elsewhere
From the acclaimed author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, a YA novel of hope, love and redemption about Liz's life after life.
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning …
Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident. It is a place very like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backwards from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driving licence. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. She doesn't want to get to know a grandmother she's never met before and have to make all-new friends.
How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Or is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in energy, fun - and magic.
In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves; Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs.
But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat, and Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would you expect from a demon? And if you think Mr. Darcy was uptight about dancing etiquette, wait till you see how he reacts to witchcraft. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that when you're a witch, promises have power...
Full of enchantment, intrigue, danger, and boundless magic, The Shocking Confessions of Miss Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice - while offering a highly unexpected redemption for the wildest Bennet sister.
Hurts - Faith CD
V máji 2020 sa popové duo z Manchestra Theo Hutchcraft a Adam Anderson vrátilo na scénu s novým singlom „Voices“, svojou prvou muzikou od roku 2017. Texty boli inšpirované „izoláciou, zúfalstvom a mániou“ V júni prezradili, že nadchádzajúci album bude mať názov „Faith“, a vydali druhý singel „Suffer“. V júli vydali tretí singel s názvom „Redemption“ a oznámili, že album vyjde 4. septembra.
K svojim zážitkom z depresie a vyčerpania, o ktorých hovoril v roku 2017, vokalista Theo Hutchcraft dodáva: „Bol som fyzicky a psychicky absolútne vyčerpaný. Až do bodu, keď som bol na bode zlomu. Musel som na chvíľu prestať a nič nerobiť, pretože som nemohol myslieť, nedokázal som sa sústrediť. A nevedel som, aká bude budúcnosť. Nevedel som, či ešte niekedy urobíme ďalšie album."
Zoznam skladieb: 1. Voices 2. Suffer 3. Fractured 4. Slave To Your Love 5. All I Have To Give 6. Liar 7. Somebody 8. Numb 9. Redemption 10. White Horses 11. Darkest Hour
Megváltás 2: Ölelj szorosan! Jud
A régmúlt árnyai beboríthatják a sors ragyogását?
Jud Lawson a szakadó esőben talált rám, miután lerobbantam egy elhagyatott környéken a tragacsommal. Nem vágytam hős megmentőre, pláne nem ilyen jóképűre. Botrányosan jól néz ki! Magas, szexi, és süt róla, hogy veszélyes. De nem maradt más választásom, fel kellett ülnöm a motorjára.
Salem Aguilar azonnal levett a lábamról. Megsemmisültem. A nő maga a két lábon járó végzet. Igazi, valóra vált álom.
Kiderült, hogy munkát keres, nekem pedig épp szükségem volt segítségre. Azóta itt téblábol ez a gyönyörű boszorkány a boltomban, én pedig alig bírok magammal. Tagadhatatlanul vonzódunk egymáshoz. Szikrázik közöttünk a levegő.
Hamarosan az ágyamban kötünk ki, és hirtelen olyan kötődést érzek a lelkemben, ami engem is meglep, hiszen az olyan fenevadak, mint én, nem érdemlik meg a szerelmet. De Salemnek is megvan ám a saját titka. Évek óta menekül a múltja elől, ami úgy tűnik, most végül utoléri...
A. L. Jackson, a New York Times és a USA Today bestsellerszerző visszacsábít minket Redemption Hillsbe, ahol a Lawson testvéreké a főszerep. Ebben a könyvben Jud és Salem rejtéllyel és szenvedéllyel fűszerezett románca rabolja el a szívünket.
The Water-Babies
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s.The protagonist is Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he dies and is transformed into a "water baby", as he is told by a caddis fly — an insect that sheds its skin — and begins his moral education. The story is thematically concerned with Christian redemption, though Kingsley also uses the book to argue that England treats its poor badly, and to question child labour, among other themes.Source: Wikipedia
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Megváltás 3: Szabadíts fel! Logan
Ellenségből szeretők
Egy fogadásnak köszönhetően lettem Logan Lawson tulajdona. Amikor megláttam az illegális kártyaasztalnál, már tudtam, hogy bajban vagyok. Évekkel ezelőtt megpecsételte a sorsomat, és azóta olyan életet élek, amit nem én választottam magamnak.
Aster Costa az a személy, akit soha nem kellett volna megkívánnom. Jobb lett volna azonnal felállni az asztaltól, amikor megláttam, és jó messzire elkerülni. De nagyon nehéz figyelmen kívül hagyni azt a nőt, aki tönkretette az életed. Ami még ennél is rosszabb, hogy nem tudok magamon uralkodni; muszáj visszaszereznem! Aster mindig is az enyém volt. Ezúttal, bármibe kerüljön is, nem fogok lemondani róla!
Minden vágyam, hogy megszabaduljak a láncaimtól, de attól tartok, Logan Lawson kezében van a szabadságom kulcsa. Valószínűleg gyűlöl a múltunk miatt, én mégis hajlandó leszek térden állva könyörögni, hogy segítsen rajtam. Azonban arról nem volt szó, hogy egymásba szeretünk. Nem ebben egyeztünk meg. De amint Logan megérint, elveszítem a józan eszemet; fellobban a testem, és elemészt a tűz.
A New York Times és a USA Today bestsellerszerző A. L. Jackson arra késztet minket, hogy költözzünk mi is Redemption Hills városába, hiszen ott mindig izgalom és szenvedély vár. Ebben a történetben Logan és Aster megmutatja nekünk, hogy a múlt hibáit a jelen eseményei felülírhatják.
Metallica - Death Magnetic (Magnetic Silver Edition) 2LP
Metallica je americká heavymetalová skupina. Kapela bola založená v roku 1981 v Los Angeles spevákom a gitaristom Jamesom Hetfieldom a bubeníkom Larsom Ulrichom a väčšinu svojej kariéry žila v San Franciscu.Rýchle tempá, inštrumentály a agresívne muzikantstvo z nich urobili jednu zo zakladajúcich „veľkej štvorky“ thrash metalových kapiel, popri Megadeth, Anthrax a Slayer. Aktuálnu zostavu Metallicy tvoria zakladajúci členovia a hlavní skladatelia Hetfield a Ulrich, dlhoročný hlavný gitarista Kirk Hammett a basgitarista Robert Trujillo. Gitarista Dave Mustaine, ktorý založil Megadeth po vyhodení z kapely, a basgitaristi Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton a Jason Newsted sú bývalí členovia kapely.
Death Magnetic je deviaty štúdiový album, vydaný 12. septembra 2008 prostredníctvom Warner Bros. Records. Album produkoval Rick Rubin, pričom ide o prvý album kapely od ...And Justice for All (1988), ktorý neprodukoval dlhoročný spolupracovník Bob Rock a koprodukovali Hetfield a Ulrich. Je to tiež prvý album Metallicy s basgitaristom Robertom Trujillom a druhý, na ktorom sa podieľali všetci členovia kapely. Death Magnetic urobilo z Metallicy prvú kapelu, ktorá dosiahla päť po sebe idúcich štúdiových albumov číslo jedna v americkom rebríčku Billboard 200. Album získal pozitívne recenzie, pričom kritici povedali, že album znamenal návrat do formy pre Metallicu. Avšak produkcia albumu bola kritizovaná ako prekomprimovaná a citovaná ako produkt vojny o hlasitosť. Album a jeho piesne boli nominované na šesť cien Grammy (päť v roku 2009 a jedna v roku 2010) a vyhrali tri, vrátane najlepšieho metalového výkonu za skladbu „My Apocalypse“. Na podporu albumu sa Metallica vydala na World Magnetic Tour od októbra 2008 do novembra 2010. Štyri nevydané skladby z nahrávania albumu boli neskôr vydané ako Beyond Magnetic EP v decembri 2011.
Tracklist:
LP 1:
1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End Of The Line
3. Boken, Beat & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
5. Cyanide
LP 2:
1. The Unforgiven III
2. The Judas Kiss
3. Suicide & Redemption
4. My Apocalypse
Foul Lady Fortune
Assassin. Immortal. Spy.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai.
It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging - and allows her to heal from any wound.
In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption for her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune.
But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind's new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed.
To reduce suspicion, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong. Although Rosalind finds Orion's cavalier attitude and playboy demeanour infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried.
As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.
The One
She’s lost everything. He believes she’s despised him all his life. A tragic mistake could be their only redemption. Get the book from NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart that one reader called “the perfect recipe for an awesome story that will have you on edge from start to finish.” (Cindyc, Reviewer)
"Great story filled with compassion, angst, humor, a little suspense and a desire for more." ????? Sharshak, Kindle Customer
In THE ONE, Margaret Gordon was once a prominent Seattle surgeon, and after an accident returns to her hometown, the perfect spot to hide out from everyone and to lick her wounds, with no one around but her horse.
Margaret never considered herself a horse person. But when the now-widowed Joe Wilde drives in one morning with a teenage boy and a horse with a problem, Margaret turns into that klutzy teenage misfit that silently carried a torch for Joe all through school. But when smooth-talking Joe convinces Margaret into working with the temperamental horse, sparks fly and sizzle between them. Only Joe believes Margaret has despised him all his life, but when life throw Joe a curveball he soon finds out the right woman he’s been looking for has been there all along.
Can Joe and Margaret put aside their differences and realize that the other is, The One?
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Foul Lady Fortune
Assassin. Immortal. Spy.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai.
It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue.
Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging - and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption for her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country.
Code name: Fortune.
But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind's new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed.
To reduce suspicion, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong. Although Rosalind finds Orion's cavalier attitude and playboy demeanour infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.
Strummer Joe & The Mescaleros - Streetcore LP
KDO: Joe Strummer (rodným jménem John Graham Mellor; 21. srpna 1952 Ankara – 22. prosince 2002 Broomfield) byl britský kytarista a zpěvák punkové skupiny The Clash a později skupiny Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Skupinu The Clash založil roku 1976 spolu s basákem Paulem Simononem, kytaristou Keithem Levenenem a bubeníkem Terrym Chimesem. Dne 22. prosince 2002 ve svém domě zemřel na vrozenou srdeční vadu.
CO: U příležitosti 20. výročí vydání vychází v reedici na CD a LP třetí album Joe Strummera a jeho Mescaleros z roku 2003 „Streetcore“.
LP (black vinyl)
1. A1 Coma Girl
2. A2 Get Down Moses
3. A3 Long Shadow
4. A4 Arms Aloft
5. A5 Ramshackle Day Parade
6. B1 Redemption Song
7. B2 All In A Day
8. B3 Burnin' Streets
9. B4 Midnight Jam
10. B5 Silver And Gold
Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
This book has found a special place in my heart. It's as strange, beautiful and unexpected, as precise and exquisite in its movings, as bees in a hive. I loved it' HELEN MACDONALD, author of H IS FOR HAWK
`Everyone should own A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings, which moved and delighted me more than a book about insects had any right to ... Jukes is a gloriously gifted writer and her book ought to become a key text of this bright moment in our history of nature writing' Observer
`Written finely and insightful' Guardian
A fascinating, insightful and inspiring account of a novice beekeeper's year of keeping honeybees, which will appeal to readers of H is For Hawk and The Outrun
Entering her thirties, Helen Jukes feels trapped in an urban grind of office politics and temporary addresses - disconnected, stressed. Struggling to settle into her latest job and home in Oxford, she realises she needs to effect a change if she's to create a meaningful life for herself, one that can accommodate comfort and labour and love. Then friends give her the gift of a colony of honeybees - according to folklore, bees freely given bring luck - and Helen embarks on her first full year of beekeeping. But what does it mean to `keep' wild creatures? In learning about the bees, what can she learn of herself? And can travelling inside the hive free her outside it?
As Helen grapples with her role in the delicate, awe-inspiring ecosystem of the hive, the very act of keeping seems to open up new perspectives, deepen friendships old and new, and make her world come alive. A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings is at once a fascinating exploration of the honeybee and the hive, the practices of honey-gathering and the history of our observation of bees; and a beautifully wrought meditation on responsibility and care, on vulnerability and trust, on forging bonds and breaking new ground.
'This is classic modern nature-writing; a synthesis of scientific learning, observation and the author's response. If you care for the wellbeing of bees and the planet and for the state of the human heart, then this book, with its deft and beautiful prose, is for you... And like all good nature writing, it also - quietly, clearly and insistently - requires us, too, to respond' Countryfile Magazine
`An intimate exploration of the heart and home, and a tantalising glimpse into an alien culture. A brave and delicate book, rich and fascinating' Nick Hunt, author of Where the Wild Winds Are
`Subtly wrought personal journey into the art and science of beekeeping. Helen Jukes evokes both the practical minutiae of the work, and the findings of researchers who have illuminated bee ethology over the centuries' nature
'A mesmeric, lovely, quietly powerful book. A gentle but compelling account of the redemption that comes from relationship and attention' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
'A profound, funny and sometimes deeply moving book that describes a year of inner city bee keeping, while dancing between the history of bees and us and what it means to be human in our modern world' Julia Blackburn, author of Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske
'A very human story about the aliens gathering in her back garden - bees, fascinating but almost unknowable. Their wildness and her duty to them help open up a desk rat's uninspiring life to all the possibilities of love, care, connection and sheer wonder. It is a lovely, entirely personal journey into the very heart of the hive' Michael Pye
`I raced through this really terrific, down-to-earth read. The existential threat to our entire ecosystem posed by the problems facing bees can be hard to grasp, but Helen manages to make this a very personal, human story that, hopefully, might inspire others to action' Luke Turner, The Quietus
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Marley Bob & The Wailers - The Complete Island Recordings 11CD
Catch A Fire
A1 Concrete Jungle 04:13
A2 Slave Driver 02:54
A3 400 Years 02:45
A4 Stop That Train 03:54
A5 Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby) 03:55
B1 Stir It Up 05:32
B2 Kinky Reggae 03:37
B3 No More Trouble 03:58
B4 Midnight Ravers 05:08
Burnin'
C1 Get Up, Stand Up 03:19
C2 Hallelujah Time 03:29
C3 I Shot The Sheriff 04:42
C4 Burnin' and Lootin' 04:15
C5 Put It On 04:00
D1 Small Axe 04:01
D2 Pass It On 03:36
D3 Duppy Conqueror 03:45
D4 One Foundation 03:42
D5 Rasta Man Chant 03:45
Natty Dread
E1 Lively Up Yourself 05:11
E2 No Woman, No Cry 03:46
E3 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 03:13
E4 Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) 06:45
F1 So Jah Seh 04:28
F2 Natty Dread 03:35
F3 Bend Down Low 03:19
F4 Talkin' Blues 04:07
F5 Revolution 04:20
Live!
G1 Trenchtown Rock 04:00
G2 Burnin' & Lootin' 04:55
G3 Them Belly Full 04:24
G4 Lively Up Yourself 04:24
H1 No Woman, No Cry 06:55
H2 I Shot the Sheriff 05:07
H3 Get Up, Stand Up 06:19
Rastaman Vibration
I1 Positive Vibration 03:34
I2 Roots, Rock, Reggae 03:38
I3 Johnny Was 03:48
I4 Cry To Me 02:36
I5 Want More 04:14
J1 Crazy Baldhead 03:12
J2 Who The Cap Fit 04:43
J3 Night Shfit 03:10
J4 War 03:36
J5 Rat Race 02:50
Exodus
K1 Natural Mystic
K2 So Much Things To Say
K3 Guiltiness
K4 The Heathen
K5 Exodus
L1 Jamming
L2 Waiting in Vain
L3 Turn Your Lights Down Low
L4 Three Little Birds
L5 One Love / People Get Ready
Kaya
M1 Easy Skanking
M2 Kaya
M3 Is This Love
M4 Sun Is Shining
M5 Satisfy My Soul
N1 She's Gone
N2 Misty Morning
N3 Crisis
N4 Running Away
N5 Time Will Tell
Babylon By Bus
O1 Positive Vibration
O2 Punky Reggae Party
O3 Exodus
P1 Stir It Up
P2 Rat Race
P3 Concrete Jungle
P4 Kinky Reggae
Q1 Lively Up Yourself
Q2 Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)
Q3 Medley: War / No More Trouble
R1 Is This Love
R2 Heathen
R3 Jamming
Survival
S1 So Much Trouble In The World
S2 Zimbabwe
S3 Top Rankin'
S4 Babylon System
S5 Survival
T1 Africa Unite
T2 One Drop
T3 Ride Natty Ride
T4 Ambush In The Night
T5 Wake Up And Live
Uprising
U1 Coming In From The Cold
U2 Real Situation
U3 Bad Card
U4 We and Dem
U5 Work
V1 Zion Train
V2 Pimper's Paradise
V3 Could You Be Loved
V4 Forever Loving Jah
V5 Redemption Song
Confrontation
W1 Chant Down Babylon
W2 Buffalo Soldier
W3 Jump Nyabinghi
W4 Mix Up, Mix Up
W5 Give Thanks & Praises
X1 Blackman Redemption
X2 Trench Town
X3 Stiff Necked Fools
X4 I Know
X5 Rastaman Live Up!
All the Crooked Saints
Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle.
Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one.
Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars. At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo. They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect. Maggie Stiefvater has been called "a master storyteller" by USA Today and "wildly imaginative" by Entertainment Weekly. Now, with All the Crooked Saints, she gives us the extraordinary story of an extraordinary family, a masterful tale of love, fear, darkness, and redemption.
Marley Bob - Uprising Live! (180gm Black Version) 3LP
Side A
1 Precious World
2 Slave Queen
3 Steppin' Out Of Babylon
4 That's The Way Jah Planned It
Side B
1 Marley Chant
2 Natural Mystic
3 Positive Vibration
4 Revolution
5 I Shot The Sheriff
Side C
1 War / No More Trouble
2 Zimbabwe
3 Jamming
4 No Woman, No Cry
Side D
1 Zion Train
2 Exodus
3 Redemption Song
4 Could You Be Loved
Side E
1 Work
2 Natty Dread
3 Is This Love
4 Get Up, Stand Up
Side F
1 Coming In From The Cold
2 Lively Up Yourself
Marley Bob - Uprising Live! (180gm Limited Edition Coloured Version) 3LP
Side A
1 Precious World
2 Slave Queen
3 Steppin' Out Of Babylon
4 That's The Way Jah Planned It
Side B
1 Marley Chant
2 Natural Mystic
3 Positive Vibration
4 Revolution
5 I Shot The Sheriff
Side C
1 War / No More Trouble
2 Zimbabwe
3 Jamming
4 No Woman, No Cry
Side D
1 Zion Train
2 Exodus
3 Redemption Song
4 Could You Be Loved
Side E
1 Work
2 Natty Dread
3 Is This Love
4 Get Up, Stand Up
Side F
1 Coming In From The Cold
2 Lively Up Yourself
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Told in the gentle tone of a fable, Jean-Claude Grumberg's The Most Precious of Cargoes tells the moving story of a woman who wanted a child, and a child who needed a home. It is a tale that teaches us that even in the darkest, most violent times, there is reason to believe in people's capacity for kindness.
Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child.
On a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train.
While foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . .
Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
Bruce. Životopis Bruce Springsteena
Již více než čtyři desetiletí jsou písně Bruce Springsteena odrazem srdce a duše Ameriky. Během své kariéry získal na dvacet cen Grammy, dva Zlaté Globy a jednoho Oscara, k tomu prodal více než 120 milionů alb. Jeho hlas má také nemalý vliv na americkou kulturu a politiku. Sám Barack Obama jednou v narážce na Springsteenovu celoživotní přezdívku prohlásil: „Já jsem prezident, ale on je šéf.“ Životopis nazvaný prostě Bruce je první biografií po pětadvaceti letech, na níž spolupracoval i samotný Springsteen. Peter Ames Carlin měl neomezený přístup nejen k němu, ale i k jeho rodině a nejbližším spolupracovníkům, během psaní mimo jiné pořídil poslední velký rozhovor se saxofonistou Clarencem Clemonsem před jeho smrtí. Výsledkem je dosud nejcelistvější příběh muzikanta a zpěváka, který vyrůstal ve stínu dávné rodinné tragédie, odmalička byl posedlý hudbou a celý život ze všeho nejvíc toužil po slávě a vlivu. Členové doprovodné kapely E Street Band se tu poprvé otevřeně zpovídají z pocitů, které v nich vzbudilo nečekané rozpuštění skupiny v roce 1989, a popisují její složité obnovení o deset let později. Carlin rovněž popisuje Springsteenovo často poněkud neurovnané soukromí, od dětství v dělnické rodině v nepříliš utěšeném prostředí ve Freeholdu přes neústupnou cestu ke slávě a komplikované milostné vztahy až po jeho celoživotní boj s démony, kteří málem zničili jeho otce. Čtenář má tak možnost seznámit se se Springsteenovou kariérou v celé její šíři a dozví se, co se v minulých desetiletích odehrávalo v jeho duši. Pro Springsteenovy fanoušky je pečlivě připravený a brilantně sepsaný životopis nutností, ostatním prozradí mnohé o jedné z největších osobností americké moderní hudby.
Novinář Peter Ames Carlin píše především pro New York Times a časopis People, známé jsou i jeho kritiky pro magazín The Oregonian. Je autorem dvou mimořádně úspěšných hudebních biografií, Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Beach Boys‘ Brian Wilson (Chytit správnou vlnu: Cesta vzhůru, pád a vykoupení Briana Wilsona z Beach Boys) a Paul McCartney: A Life (Paul McCartney: Život). S rodinou žije v Portlandu ve státě Oregon.