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Lose You to Find Me
Tommy Dees is in the weeds - restaurant speak for beyond overwhelmed. He's been working at Sunset Estates Retirement Community to get the experience he needs to attend one of the best culinary schools in the world. And he also needs a letter of recommendation from his sadistic manager. In exchange for the letter, Tommy has to meet three conditions - including train new-hire Gabriel.
Gabe, with the dimples and kind heart, who Tommy crushed on during summer camp at age ten and then never saw again. Unfortunately, Gabe doesn't remember Tommy at all. The training proves distracting as old feelings resurface, and the universe seems to be conspiring against them.
With the application deadline looming and Gabe on his mind, can Tommy keep it all together or is it a recipe for disaster?
Slaughterhouse-Five
The first-ever, critically acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five now available in softcover!
Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. Billy Pilgrim’s journey is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be fallibly human. An American classic and one of the world’s seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!).
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Newton, Riviera
Helmut Newton was in his sixties and already a well-established photographer when he and his wife moved to the French Riviera. At an age when many people would consider retirement, Newton instead plunged headfirst into one of the most prolific and liberating stages of his career.
The city of Monaco was the perfect backdrop for his fashion photography, and it also provided him with a wealth of subjects for his famous portraits, including the stars of the Ballet de Monte-Carlo and the Princely Family. And it was in Monaco that Newton finally tried his hand at landscapes. While this volume focuses primarily on the years 1981 to 2004, it also looks at Newton's historic links with the Cote d'Azur and the area around Bordighera, Italy. There are essays by a range of experts in photography, film, and art and three interviews, including one with Paloma Picasso.
In these remarkable photographs readers will discover the French Riviera through Newton's fascinated, slightly ironic lens: a way of life characterized by ease and elegance; a world dominated by appearance and superficiality; and a veritable living theater, in which he was both actor and privileged member of the audience.
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The Aristocracy of Talent
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and that assigning responsibilities to the people best able to discharge them really is better than the time-honoured customs of corruption, patronage, nepotism and hereditary castes' Steven Pinker
Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of history this was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?
Adrian Wooldridge traces the history of meritocracy forged by the politicians and officials who introduced the revolutionary principle of open competition, the psychologists who devised methods for measuring natural mental abilities and the educationalists who built ladders of educational opportunity. He looks outside western cultures and shows what transformative effects it has had everywhere it has been adopted, especially once women were brought into the meritocractic system.
Wooldridge also shows how meritocracy has now become corrupted and argues that the recent stalling of social mobility is the result of failure to complete the meritocratic revolution. Rather than abandoning meritocracy, he says, we should call for its renewal.
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Tady, teď a tehdy
CESTOVÁNÍ V ČASE MÁ SVÁ PRAVIDLA A ZA JEJICH PORUŠENÍ SE PLATÍ |
Aby zachránil svou dceru, půjde kamkoli. A kdykoli. Kin Stewart je muž oddaný své rodině. Pracuje v IT, snaží se udržet jiskru v manželství a bojuje, aby se sblížil se svou dospívající dcerou Mirandou. Ale tento život je na hony vzdálený jeho předchozí kariéře – agentovi cestujícímu v čase v roce 2142. Po zpackané misi uvízl v devadesátých letech na předměstí San Franciska. Od té doby svou minulost před všemi skrývá, navzdory stále vyšší četnosti ztrát vědomí a výpadků paměti ovlivňujícím jeho mozek, který podstoupil cestování v čase.
Jednoho odpoledne však dorazí „záchranný“ tým – o osmnáct let později. Jejich mise: přivést Kina zpět do roku 2142, kde je nezvěstný pouze několik týdnů a kde na něj čeká jiná rodina. Rodina, kterou si nepamatuje. Kin, rozpolcen mezi dvěma životy, zoufale hledá způsob, jak zůstat propojený s oběma. Jenže když při tomto tvrdě vynaloženém úsilí málem zničí vládní úřad i celou historii, samotná existence jeho dcery se ocitne v nebezpečí. Bude muset znovu skočit v čase, aby Mirandu zachránil, i kdyby při tom porušil všechna pravidla cestování časem.
Tento jedinečný dojemný debut, který spojuje více žánrů a nese jméno Tady, teď a tehdy, nabízí perfektní vyváženost odvahy, hravosti a představivosti. Ukáže nám hlubiny otcovské lásky a její obrovský dosah napříč prostorem a časem ve snaze ochránit ty, na kterých nejvíc záleží.
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Kubišová Marta - Depeše LP
Kompilace slavných songů a nová Modlitba na CD
Třicáté výročí začátku cesty ke svobodě a demokracii slaví Marta Kubišová výjimečným listopadovým koncertem v pražské Lucerně a také touto kompilací. K dosavadní nabídce různě zaměřených a různě obsažných výběrů přibývá tento nový, v promyšleném rozměru jednoho CD a LP úspěšně shrnující pohled na zpěvaččinu mimořádnou uměleckou tvorbu. Od singlových znamenitostí ze šedesátých let přes ukázky z alba Songy a balady a nejlepší nahrávky z období po roce 1989 se proposloucháte až k letošní nově natočené a nazpívané Modlitbě pro Martu. Písničky - samozřejmě s posvěcením zpěvačky - vybral klavírista, skladatel a kapelník Petr Malásek, dlouholetý spolupracovník a znalec jejího repertoáru. Stojí také za letošní studiovou verzí Modlitby, aranžérsky majestátně pořízenou s velkým orchestrem a znovu nazpívanou po více než padesáti letech osudem nehýčkanou zralou dámou. Poselství, chcete-li depeše, tohoto výběrového alba je o zásadní umělecké i lidské jedinečnosti Marty Kubišové, podpořené řadou písní se společenským přesahem a důležitostí. Ač jí leckdy nelítostné životní zákruty vzaly téměř dvacet let skvěle rozjeté kariéry, přece je její podstatnost pro česko/slovenskou populární hudbu zcela nepochybná - a tady znovu jasně uslyšíte proč.
Výtečný písňový obsah, nový zvukový remastering, fotografie Otty Dlaboly a grafika Luďka Kubíka vytváří z tohoto téměř dvacetipoložkového CD poctu velké zpěvačce i připomínku přelomové doby před třiceti lety. Dokonalá depeše i pro rok 2019!
Tracklist:
Strana A
1. Loudá se půlměsíc (Ange est venu)
2. S nebývalou ochotou (Walkin' Back To Happiness)
3. Lampa
4. Magdalena (Aleluya)
5. A to mě trápí (I Hope You Find It)
6. Nepiš dál
7. Modlitba pro Martu
Strana B
1. Nechte zvony znít
2. Depeše
3. Hej, Jude (Hey, Jude)
4. Mamá (When My Dollies Have Babies)
5. Cesta tvá má být tvůj cíl (The Performance Of My Life)
6. Modlitba pro Martu - verze 2019
A Clock Of Stars (2) Beyond The Mountains
The thrilling sequel to the best-selling middle-grade debut of Autumn 2020
Imogen and Marie return through the door in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav.
Miro is king, but hates it. Anneshka is no longer Queen. . . and hates it.
When Anneshka hears a prophecy that she will rule the Greatest Kingdom, she seizes Marie, believing her to be key to fulfilling it, and heads over the mountains. Imogen and Miro chase after them, in hot pursuit.
But what they find in the lands beyond will change everything again, and see them facing dangers they could never have imagined, both human and otherwise.
Beautifully illustrated throughout by Chris Riddell, exciting and funny, the Clock of Stars trilogy is a timeless fantasy from the most astonishing new voice in middle grade.
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13,95 €
Lacná kniha Thumbelina - Classic Tales: Level 2 (-70%)
This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.
With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.
Special Features:
• Familiar characters appeal to children's imagination.
• Glossary with illustrations and examples.
• Activities and puzzles encourage students to look more closely at the text.
• Activity Books offer extra language practice.
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2,40 €
7,99 €
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Lacná kniha Greek Myths (-70%)
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili. Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection will include all the most famous Greek myths, as well as many less well-known but equally intriguing ones. Here are stories of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, the Trojan war and its origins and aftermaths, tales of Thebes and Argos and Athens. There are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, gender-shifting characters, resourceful witches, and the origins of birds and animals. Taking her cue from Ovid, Charlotte Higgins has an intriguing structural device to thread her stories together.
Inspired by the many moments in Greek myths in which women are seen to weave stories onto textiles (such as Helen of Troy in Homer, and Arachne and Minerva in Ovid), the tales will be told as if they are scenes in the act of being woven on to textiles by women. And, while not operating as an explicitly feminist retelling, this will add a new dimension to her myths, bringing women narrators and characters into the foreground. Above all, Charlotte Higgins' Greek Myths will be an original work of literature and scholarship by an exceptionally talented writer. It will be a book to be enjoyed as a work of art, a source to be consulted, a present to be given, and an object to keep and treasure.
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5,55 €
18,50 €
dostupné aj ako:
Lacná kniha Greek Myths (-70%)
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili. Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection will include all the most famous Greek myths, as well as many less well-known but equally intriguing ones. Here are stories of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, the Trojan war and its origins and aftermaths, tales of Thebes and Argos and Athens. There are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, gender-shifting characters, resourceful witches, and the origins of birds and animals. Taking her cue from Ovid, Charlotte Higgins has an intriguing structural device to thread her stories together.
Inspired by the many moments in Greek myths in which women are seen to weave stories onto textiles (such as Helen of Troy in Homer, and Arachne and Minerva in Ovid), the tales will be told as if they are scenes in the act of being woven on to textiles by women. And, while not operating as an explicitly feminist retelling, this will add a new dimension to her myths, bringing women narrators and characters into the foreground. Above all, Charlotte Higgins' Greek Myths will be an original work of literature and scholarship by an exceptionally talented writer. It will be a book to be enjoyed as a work of art, a source to be consulted, a present to be given, and an object to keep and treasure.
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5,55 €
18,50 €
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Tiny T. Rex and the Grand Ta-Da!
In the newest picture book in the bestselling Tiny T. Rex series, lovable friends Tiny and Pointy challenge themselves when they enter the school talent show.
Tiny T. Rex and his friend Pointy really want to win their school's talent show. And they think they know just how to do it: they will become great magicians, just like their hero, The Amazing Presto. Together they work hard on their act, including the grandest trick of all: to make something disappear. But it isn't easy to become magicians, and just when they've mastered their skills, they face an even greater challenge: performing in front of an audience!
With their trademark humor and warmth, beloved duo Tiny and Pointy prove that every problem can be overcome as long as it's met with patience and understanding.
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Big Book of Legs
The legendary leg. Gobs of gorgeous gams. The female leg is a sexual oddity. It's non-genital, nearly identical in structure to the corresponding male body part, and there is no obvious reason why it should be eroticized. Yet, through much of history, across many cultures, the female leg was hidden from sight and treated as such a taboo topic that it became an object of intense sexual obsession. In the Victorian era, the word 'leg' was so forbidden that it couldn't be uttered in polite society, lest men be driven wild with lust. Even now, 80 years after women's legs came out of hiding, their allure remains strong. In this third book of Dian Hanson's wildly successful body parts series, she explores how freeing the female leg became central to women's liberation, beginning with the French Revolution and ending with the sexual revolution. Over 400 photos document the first burlesque 'leg shows' of the 1800s, the silk-stockinged flappers of the 1920s, the nylon-mania of the 1940s, the dawn of the stiletto heel in the 1950s, all leading to the golden age of leg magazines in the 1960s. Learn who wore the first high heels, how nylons became a weapon of war, why Betty Grable's were the million dollar legs, where Elmer Batters got his start and just what the deal is with feet, while enjoying great vintage photos by Irving Klaw, Batters, and other great masters of leg art.
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41,75 €
43,95 €
Whiteout
Jealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets, then a dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing. As a blizzard whips out of the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus. Several others are interested in his success too: his children, at home for Christmas with their offspring, have their eyes on the money he will make; Toni Gallo, head of his security team and recently forced to resign from the police, is betting her career on keeping it safe; an ambitious local television reporter sniffs a story, even if he has to bend the facts to tell it; and a violent trio of thugs are on their way to steal it, with a client already waiting. As the storm worsens and the group is laid under siege by the elements, the emotional sparks crackle and dark secrets are revealed that threaten to drive Stanley and his family apart for ever. Filled with startling twists, Whiteout" is the ultimate knife-edge drama from an international bestselling author who is in a class by himself. 'Few writers can come up with the thrills more effectively than Ken Follett' - "Guardian". 'A new breed of thriller... Follett drags readers to the very edge of their seats and holds them captive until the very last villain is satisfactorily dispatched' - "Publishers weekly.""
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9,98 €
10,50 €
Essential Visual History of world Mythology
Complementing our enormously successful offerings on the bible and history, National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology encompasses myths and creation stories from around the globe. It presents a palm-size overview of culture-defining myths, from ancient Egyptian deities to the Vedic gods of India...from Maya, Inca, and Aztec legends to the Dream time of the Aborigines. This is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to know more about the stories that have shaped societies for millennia. The innovative format—with timelines, sidebars, and self-contained interactive spreads—gives readers a variety of entry points depending on their interest level. The editors of the Essential series have enhanced this book’s resource value by including such elements as numbered picture references that match each image with its historical era as discussed in the text, and cross references to related topics at the bottom of the page. Conveniently sized yet large in scope, it reflects National Geographic’s authority and credibility in the category of world culture and peoples.Those fascinated by Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, a classic backlist title on the Greek myths, will find this illustrated world survey richly satisfying. Accessible, absorbing, and affordable, it will delight casual browsers and mythology buffs alike—and the very attractive retail price of $15.95, for a 500+-page lavishly illustrated hardcover, makes National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology an irresistible treasure to own and to give.
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Small Soldiers
Alan Abernathy's father owns a toy shop but, as it only sells educational toys, it doesn't do very well. Then one day, a delivery of "Small Soldiers" comes in, along with their enemies, the "Gorgonites". However, these are no ordinary toys, and a full-scale war soon starts. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
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3,40 €
3,58 €
Koons Jeff Trade Edition Ju
Which living artists keep their price? Who will be regarded as an investment 30 years from now? A decade after its sensational appearance, the most expensive limited edition artist monograph of the 20th century is finally back in print. (The rarest copy, numbered 1 and signed by Koons and 100 celebrities, was sold at auction for over $450,000.)
Only this time everybody can afford it!
The definitive work on the most controversial artist of his generation. A book owned by the world's major collectors and institutions, including New York's MoMA. See the exhibition in Berlin and remember why you've always loved Koons, even though you'd love to hate him – he's not only richer, but better looking. And he once married a porn star!
Then plunge into this Taschen überwerk and revel in the kinky and kitsch, but always conceptual art of Jeff Koons. Basketballs in tanks! Stainless steel blow-ups! Topiary dog sculptures! Come on.
Michael and Bubbles in porcelain. No artist since Warhol has made the banal appear so profound, and the trivial carry such import. So here's an object that bears his name. Does that make it mysterious – or valuable? Let's see.
Includes a biographical essay, analyis of Koons from a European perspective, and a scholarly study of his work. With hundreds of large format full color images, it traces Koons’ career from 1979 to today. A sumptuous objet d'art – he says so himself – and the definitive overview of Koons' work.
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52,20 €
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Of Merchants & Heroes
A consuming story of love, loss and redemption set in the classical world of Rome and Greece, "Of Merchants & Heroes" is the story of a young man's pursuit of his father's murderer and of the values and qualities he develops that will make him a m
an... a man capable of a deep, noble and enduring love. At the end of the third century BC, as Republican Rome's long war with Carthage was at last drawing to a close, it was already threatened by a new enemy, Philip, the tyrant king of Macedon in th
e east. Thus begins Rome's long involvement with Greek civilization, from which it is to learn so much... Into this turbulent world emerges our Roman hero, Marcus, whose father is brutally murdered by pirates on a journey from Italy to Corfu on a vis
it to his uncle. Fate takes him to some of the great cities of the Greco-Roman world at a time of major turbulence, where he learns much and finds love unexpectedly.This is a remarkable, beautifully written debut that explores political and philosoph
ical questions that are timeless - democracy and tyranny, war and self-defence, right and duty - as well as questions of love, loyalty and betrayal.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemu
sí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.
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7,86 €
8,27 €
The Animator's Survival Kit: Flexibility and Weight
FLEXIBILITY AND WEIGHT
From Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form.
The Animator's Survival Kit is the essential tool for animators. However, sometimes you don't want to carry the hefty expanded edition around with you to your college or studio if you're working on just one aspect of it that day.
The Animation Minis take some of the most essential chapters and make them available in smaller, lightweight, hand-bag/backpack size versions. Easy to carry. Easy to study.
This Mini focuses on Flexibility and Weight.
How do we loosen things up and get snap and vitality into our performance at the same time as keeping the figure stable and solid?
The answer: successive breaking of joints to give flexibility.
In this mini, Williams stresses the importance of knowing where the weight is on every drawing. He demonstrates that the best way to show weight is to be aware of it, conscious of it, and think about it all the time - knowing where the weight is coming from, where it's traveling over and where it's transferring to.
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Anna Karenina
Kvůli své vášnivé lásce se rozhodla definitivně změnit svůj život a volit mezi salonním životem v nelásce a přirozeným právem na štěstí. Nechce dále tajit svůj milostný poměr a je odhodlána opustit muže a syna, ztratit své společenské postavení a čel
it opovržení ze strany bývalých přátel a společnosti. Nový život jí však nepřináší to, po čem opravdu touží, a vír událostí vede její kroky na osudové nádraží
Skutečný příběh Anny Kareniny. Edice světových klasiků
Převyprávěná a zkrácená verze Dobr
odružství jako v originále
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9,90 €
10,42 €