Hľadanie: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories EN
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The Psychology of Stupidity
'We need books like this one' - psychologist Steven Pinker
At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world's smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday.
Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won't stop hitting 'reply all' to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to battle idiocy, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world's leading psychologists and thinkers - including a Nobel Prize winner - will show you . . .
* Why smart people sometimes believe in utter nonsense
* How our lazy brains cause us to make the wrong decisions
* Why trying to debate with fools is a trap
* How media manipulation and Internet overstimulation makes us dumber
* Why the stupidest people don't think they're stupid
As long as there have been humans there has been human stupidity, but with wit and wisdom these great thinkers can help us understand this persistent human affliction.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
John Dolittle is a highly respected doctor in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, yet he loves animals so much that his house is soon full of them. With all his patients scared away, and the expense of feeding his menagerie mounting, a friend suggests that the Doctor become a vet instead.
With the help of Polynesia the parrot, Doctor Dolittle swiftly learns the language of the animals so that he can talk to all of his new patients. However, when a message comes from Africa, telling of a terrible sickness among the monkeys there, the Doctor and his animal friends depart on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that they are never likely to forget.
This new edition contains original illustrations and extra material for young readers including a glossary and a quiz-yourself section.
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Zrcadlová četba - The Art of War (B2-C1)
The Art of War is a renowned and respected ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer. The book composed around the fifth century BC is divided into 13 chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of warfare, such as strategy, tactics, and leadership. One of the books most significant insights is the importance of knowing oneself and ones enemy in order to win battles. This book continues to be studied and applied in various fields beyond the military, including business, politics and other areas where tactical mind or strategic thinking is important. This books key concepts are still applicable today. Umění války je proslulé a uznávané pojednání ze starověké Číny připisované vojenskému generálovi, stratégovi, filozofovi a spisovateli Sunovi Tzu. Kniha byla sepsána přibližně v pátém století př. n. l. a je rozdělena do 13 kapitol, z nichž každá se zaměřuje na jiný aspekt války, jako je strategie, taktika a vedení. Jedním z nejvýznamnějších poznatků této knihy je to, že pro vítězství v bitvě je důležité znát sebe sama i svého nepřítele. Kniha je stále studována a využívána v různých i nevojenských oblastech včetně obchodu, politiky a jiných, kde je důležité taktické myšlení a strategické uvažování. Klíčové poznatky tohoto díla jsou platné i v dnešní době.
Hamlet, dánský princ/ Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, 4. vydanie
V úvodní studii se Hilský věnuje vzniku a výkladu této slavné tragédie. Následují anglický originál hry a jeho český překlad, které jsou uspořádány na stránkách proti sobě a opatřeny poznámkami pod čarou. Anglické poznámky fungují jako malý shakespearovský slovníček, české poznámky upozorňují čtenáře na klíčové souvislosti. Následuje Příběh Amleta, prince jutského od Saxa Grammatica v překladu Heleny Kadečkové. Svazek uzavírá studie Daniela Přibyla Hamlet v českém divadle a Soupis českých inscenací Hamleta.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves . But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON .
The Legend of Beacon Swamp
No one believed in the legend of Beacon Swamp until the night Mrs. Hernshaw rose from her watery grave...
Don't go into the swampDon't call her nameThose are the rulesSometimes in Beacon Hills kids go missing, most of them are never found. The only thing they all have in common is that in the days leading up to their disappearances they went into Beacon swamp.Unable to bear the thought of another boring summer Chris and his friends decide to put the legend to the test.But, when it turns out to be all too real, they'll have to face their greatest fears if they're going to survive the summer.
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The Awakening and Selected Short Stories (Legend Classics)
"The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth."
The Awakening follows Edna Pontellier, a resident of coastal Grand Isle of Louisiana, in her late twenties, who has a quintessential set-up for a content housewife. Indeed, her husband makes good money, and her daily routine should gleefully hinge on the two children, but, Edna is neither a self-sacrificing mother, nor a devoted wife. Instead, she is gradually awoken to rebel against this 'perfect set-up'. Edna finds herself in the middle of two extremes. On one hand, she finds selfless Madame Ratignolle, who is a model wife. On the other, there is dejected Mademoiselle Reisz, who pursues her artistic aspiration in solitude. While taking bold decisions and carving her niche, she explores her sexuality with a womanizer, Alcee and an intimate understanding with a young man, Robert Lebrun. Will this awakening predetermine her ultimate happiness or signpost personal tragedy? Will the duality of the 'outward existence' and 'inward life' be reconciled for Edna to signify her emancipation?
This short novel is widely acknowledged to do both, encapsulating the features of fin de si?cle realism in its linear narrative, and anticipates literary modernism of the early twentieth century. Edna's defiance of the American alternative of Victorian 'Angel in the House' is reminiscent of such classics as Anna Bronte's Tenant of the Wildfell Hall. The Awakening also procures modernist works where the heroines look for the self - namely, Mrs Dalloway, Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Bell Jar. The condensed and intense prose style gives the novel a cryptic charm in line with Fitzgerald's classic, The Great Gatsby. Besides, vivid natural symbolism of water, birds and the moon are the calling card of the novel that enhances its level of ambiguity and multivalence.
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Zrcadlová četba B1-B2
Jazyková úroveň B1 - B2. Podle příběhu Oscara Wilda.
Atlas of the Heart
In her latest book, five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Brene Brown, writes, "If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection."
In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heart-breaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.
Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as Brown's singular skills as a researcher/storyteller, to lay out an invaluable, research-based framework that shows us that naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning and choice.
Brown shares, "I want this to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves. Even when we have no idea where we are."
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone . Dobby's sinister predictions seem to be coming true. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON .
Court of the Vampire Queen
Three Powerfully Alluring Vampire Men
And One Queen to Rule Them All
All Mina ever wanted was to escape her father's control. Half human, half vampire, she lived eternally torn between two worlds, never fully experiencing the pleasures of either-until her father chose her as the pawn in his latest political move, gifting her to the darkly powerful and dangerously seductive Malachi Zion.
Malachi is not a vampire to be trifled with. He rules with an iron fist and has a reputation for the darkest of sins. But the longer Mina spends with him, the more she realizes he's not the monster she first thought-and as fear bleeds into lust, then trust, then something more, Malachi opens Mina up to a world she never knew could be hers for the taking: including the love of Malachi's two closest friends and companions.
Now surrounded by all three men, the center of their shockingly seductive world, Mina may finally have the power to face down her father and take back the life-and crown-that by all rights should be hers.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.
The best of Apetit III.
Edice THE BEST OF Apetit se rozrůstá o novou kuchařku, která vychází už 17. 5. 2018! Kniha obsahuje výběr 150 nejlepších receptů na těstoviny, které jsme v redakční kuchyni časopisu Apetit od roku 2004 připravili a ochutnali.
Čerstvou pastu i obyčejné těstoviny, gnocchi i taštičky & spol. milujeme v redakci časopisu Apetit stejně jako vy. Otiskli jsme na ně stovky receptů, a tak trvalo opravdu dlouho, než jsme se shodli na těch nejlepších. Po vášnivých diskusích vám konečně nabízíme 150 nejoblíbenějších, osvědčených a do posledního detailu vyladěných receptů. Na 232 stranách najdete všechno od nesmrtelných italských těstovin a decentních pokrmů jako z dobrého restaurantu po bleskové recepty, které vaříme k večeři. Nechybějí ale ani milované recepty z trouby, těstovinové saláty, polévky, ani sladká jídla Ať se rozhodnete vařit jakékoli z nich, s námi vás úspěch nemine!
V kuchařce THE BEST OF Apetit těstoviny najdete tyto kapitoly:
Co takhle dát si salát?
Polévka je na stole!
To nejlepší z těstovin
Zapečte to!
Gnocchi, noky & spol.
Asijské bistro
Velká knedlíčková cesta
Kingdom of the Feared
Two curses. One prophecy. And a love more powerful than fate...
All hail the king and queen of Hell. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco delivers sizzling romance, sexy secrets, and unexpected twists in this unforgettable conclusion to the Kingdom of the Wicked series. Emilia is reeling from a shocking discovery about her sister, Vittoria.
But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. She doesn't just desire his body; she wants his heart and soul-but that's something the enigmatic demon can't promise her. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence somehow points to Vittoria as the murderer.
Now, Emilia will do anything to get to the bottom of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. Together, Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fuelled game of deception to solve the murder and stop the unrest that's brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters, and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared. Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked, nothing was as it seemed.
But have the true villains been much closer all along?
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Zrcadlová četba
Zrcadlový text vám přináší napínavý příběh jak v českém tak anglickém jazyce – na levé straně knihy je původní text, na pravé jeho překlad do češtiny. Ideální čtení nejen na dovolenou, u kterého se pobavíte, ale navíc se procvičíte v angličtině! Klasický příběh je převyprávěn pro dnešní čtenáře, s využitím běžné angličtiny. Text je navíc doplněn užitečnými poznámkami pod čarou, které čtenáře upozorní na důležitá anglická slovní spojení. Doporučujeme všem mírně pokročilým k procvičení pochopení anglického textu.
The Queen of Nothing – A semmi királynője (A levegő népe 3.)
A hatalmat sokkal könnyebb megragadni, mint megtartani.
Jude alaposan megtanulta ezt a leckét, amikor mérhetetlen hatalomért cserébe lemondott a gonosz király, Cardan feletti uralmáról.
Tündérfölde száműzött halandó királynéjaként elveszettnek érzi magát, a semmi királynőjének. Ám megfogadja, hogy mindent visszaszerez, amit elvettek tőle. Az esély kétszínű ikertestvére, a szintén halandó Taryn képében érkezik meg, akinek az élete veszélybe kerül.
Jude kénytelen vállalni a kockázatot, és visszatérni a veszedelmes tündérudvarba, valamint szembenézni a Cardan iránti érzéseivel, hogy megmentse a nővére életét. Csakhogy sok minden megváltozott Elfhonban a távozása óta. Háború közeleg. Jude beférkőzik az ellenséges tábor mélyére, és ő maga is belekeveredik a véres politikai csatározásba.
Amikor egy eddig szunnyadó, ám igen erős átok elszabadul, pánik söpör végig a vidéken, és Jude választani kényszerül a becsvágya és az embersége között…
A levegő népe trilógiájának várva várt, döbbenetes fináléja.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
A Sunday Times-bestselling, award-nominated genre-defying tour-de-force of Faustian bargains, for fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, and The Sudden Appearance of Hope.
When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she is convinced she’s found a loophole?immortality in exchange for her soul. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone.
Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.
Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.
Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can’t escape her fate forever.
Žbirka Miro - Meky: The Best Of Miro Žbirka 3CD
Miro Žbirka rekapituluje své více než čtyřicetileté úspěšné působení na hudební scéně. Výsledkem je výběrové album THE BEST OF MIRO ŽBIRKA a MIRO ŽBIRKA SONGBOOK.
Celkem 64 skladeb na třech CD v luxusním kartonovém obalu - THE BEST OF MIRO ŽBIRKA nabízí opravdu vydatnou dávku Žbirkovy tvorby! Výběr rozhodně není nahodilý, dramaturgii alba vytvořil sám Meky a v bookletu nechybí odkazy na originální alba, z nichž skladby původně pocházejí. Kromě legendárních hitů najdete na trojalbu i novou skladbu Slovenská která se váže k filmu Juraje Jakubiska Perinbaba a dva světy (premiéra 3.12. 2020). Nahrávky na albu THE BEST OF MIRO ŽBIRKA byly letos remasterovány a dostaly současný zvuk v proslulém londýnském studiu Abbey Road Studios, což přináší ještě intenzivnější posluchačský zážitek. Průřezové album je de facto soundtrackem k filmové biografii MEKY, která záhy po červencovém vstupu do českých kin zaznamenala velmi příznivé ohlasy diváků i recenzentů.
Tracklist:
CD1
1 Balada o poľných vtákoch
2 Zažni
3 V slepých uličkách
4 Ako obrázok
5 Mám čierny deň
6 Starý muž z osamelého domu
7 Biely kvet
8 Drahá
9 Láska na inzerát
10 Cesta zakázanou rýchlosťou
11 Bažant na víne
12 Atlantida
13 Denisa
14 Nechodí
15 Motýľ Admirál
16 S tebou
17 Múr našich lások
18 22 dní
19 Poraď si sám
20 Pozri
21 Do člna
22 Mesto spí
CD2
1 Dr. Jekyll a Mr. Hyde
2 Katka
3 Kúp mi knihu /Obchodný dom/
4 Slávou opitý
5 Jesenná láska
6 Možno sa ti zdá
7 Len s ňou
8 Prvá
9 Dotieravý deň
10 C'est la vie
11 Zima, zima
12 Linda
13 Samozrejmosť
14 Ty a ja
15 Letím tmou (za tebou)
16 Bahamy
17 I Wonder
18 Oh Me Oh My
19 Myslím, že ti rozumiem
20 Bezchybná
21 Nespáľme to krásne v nás
22 Milionkrát
CD3
1 Co bolí, to přebolí
2 Mám rád
3 Kráľovná rannej krásy
4 Někdy stačí dát jen dech
5 Domino
6 Láskoliek
7 Čaj o piatej
8 Daj mi
9 Empatia
10 Biela pani
11 Tento song
12 Strom
13 Sněhulák
14 Live
15 Fair Play
16 All My Days
17 Morning Sun, Evening Star
18 That Thing Inside
19 Dievča (na lásku nie je čas)
20 Čistý svet
21 Každý chce byť naj
22 Skúška snov
23 Len tak
24 Slovenská
vsechny skladby remasterovany v Abbey Road Studio
Star Wars: The Tales of Kenobi
Tatooine, the harsh desert planet on the edge of civilized space, is an unlikely place to find a Jedi Master in hiding. Known to locals only as “Ben,” the bearded and robed offworlder shares nothing of his past and goes through great pains to remain an outsider. But when violence erupts between some of Tatooine’s farmers and a tribe of marauding Tusken Raiders, Ben finds himself drawn into the conflict. It’s a move that may reveal him as Obi-Wan Kenobi, hero of the Clone Wars and an enemy of the Empire—and endanger his true mission as protector of the galaxy’s last hope.
Prodigy, The - Fat Of The Land 2LP
Tracklist:
1. Smack My Bitch Up
2. Breathe
3. Diesel Power
4. Funky Shit
5. Serial Thriller
6. Mindfields
7. Naraya
8. Firestarter
9. Climbatize
10. Fuel My Fire
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