Hľadanie: Classic Christmas Tales
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Fist of the North Star, Vol. 7
In the original classic manga set in a postapocalyptic wasteland ruled by savage gangs, a hero appears to bring justice to the guilty. This warrior named Ken holds the deadly secrets of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken—the Divine Fist of the North Star!
In a postapocalyptic world, humanity has risen from the ashes of all-out nuclear war to a nightmare of endless suffering. It is a time of chaos. Warlords and gangs of savage marauders rule the broken ruins of civilization, terrorizing and enslaving the survivors. Life has become a brutal struggle for existence and death the only release.
The masters of the Nanto Seiken school are known as the Nanto Rokuseiken—the Six Holy Fists of the South Star. Of the six, the most powerful is Holy Emperor Souther. But Shu, another warrior of Nanto Seiken, dares to resist Souther’s tyranny. Shu once saved Kenshiro’s life. Now the two will team up again. But Kenshiro is unaware of Souther’s secret—a secret so powerful even Raoh won’t dare challenge his reign...
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Dějiny krásy
Na stránkách této knihy najdeme obrazy mistrovských děl všech dob, nejedná se však o dějiny umění, jak je obvykle chápeme. Ilustrace i rozsáhlá antologie textů mají čtenáři přiblížit rozmanité představy o kráse, jak se projevovaly od dob starého Řecka až dodnes. Dozvíme se, jak různě byla pojímána krása přírody, květin, zvířat, lidského těla, nebeských těles, matematických vztahů, světla, drahokamů, Boha i ďábla. Třebaže se dochovaly jen texty filozofů, spisovatelů, vědců, mystiků či teologů a svědectví umělců, na základě těchto dokumentů si lze učinit představu, jak vnímali krásu běžní lidé i páriové všech dob.
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Einsteinovy hodiny a Poincarého mapy
Roku 1905 zveřejnil Albert Einstein článek, který se stal nejznámější fyzikální prací dvacátého století. Pod zdánlivě nenápadným názvem O elektrodynamice pohybujících se těles položil základy převratné teorie relativity. Kniha Petera Galisona, profesora dějin vědy a fyziky na Harvardově univerzitě, je věnována souhře okolností, které k objevu teorie relativity vedly. Současně objasňuje, proč objev učinil právě Einstein a nikoli neméně významný francouzský vědec Henri Poincaré, který jej přitom měl doslova na dosah ruky. Kniha vychází ke Světovému roku fyziky, jenž byl vyhlášen u příležitosti stého výročí Einsteinových významných objevů.
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Přehrady Čech, Moravy a Slezska
Výpravná publikace vůbec poprvé přináší ucelený soupis všech cca 130 přehrad na území České republiky. Představuje čtenáři jednotlivé stavby vodních děl od svého vzniku přes budování až po současný stav. Kniha je členěna dle jednotlivých povodí: Labe, Vltava, Ohře, Morava a Odra. Publikace bohatě vybavená obrazovým materiálem (dobové fotografie, historické pohlednice, letecké snímky, apod.) přibližuje vývoj vodních děl včetně interiérů těles hrází a jejich technického zázemí: elektráren, regulačních zařízení průtoku… Vedle technického popisu hrází populární formou seznamuje čtenáře s jednotlivými funkcemi těchto staveb, z nichž mnohé jsou vyhlášeny technickými památkami.
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Lacná kniha Einsteinovy hodiny a Poincarého mapy (-90%)
Roku 1905 zveřejnil Albert Einstein článek, který se stal nejznámější fyzikální prací dvacátého století. Pod zdánlivě nenápadným názvem O elektrodynamice pohybujících se těles položil základy převratné teorie relativity. Kniha Petera Galisona, profesora dějin vědy a fyziky na Harvardově univerzitě, je věnována souhře okolností, které k objevu teorie relativity vedly. Současně objasňuje, proč objev učinil právě Einstein a nikoli neméně významný francouzský vědec Henri Poincaré, který jej přitom měl doslova na dosah ruky. Kniha vychází ke Světovému roku fyziky, jenž byl vyhlášen u příležitosti stého výročí Einsteinových významných objevů.
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Ways to Grow Love
Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renee Watson continues her charming young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine.
Ryan Hart and her family are back in another installment of stories about a Black girl finding her way and her voice as she grows through change and challenges. In this book, Ryan finds herself waiting on lots of things -- like for her new sister to be born healthy, for her new recipes to turn out right, for that summer camp trip to go better than she fears! And of course Ryan is facing these new challenges and new experiences in her classic style -- with a bright outlook and plenty of spirit!
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Windup up Tractors
Part of the "Farmyard Tales" series, this book presents three tractor stories retold with a twist. It also includes pop-out models of various "Farmyard Tales" characters which slot firmly into the spaces around the track to complete the scenes.
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Lacná kniha Chlastej a modli se (-50%)
Rozsáhlý soubor pěti próz významného představitele českého undergroundu, básníka, textaře, hudebníka (ve skupinách Umělá hmota a Dom), prozaika a výtvarníka, kronikáře skupiny The Plastic People of the Universe, blízkého přítele Egona Bondyho. Čtivé, dějové prózy Vyšehradští jezdci, Dino – bůh pekelného sexu, Triphenidyl a Rock’n’rollový miláček jsou jedinečnou kronikou dění českého hudebního undergroundu v 70. letech, závěrečná próza Nátrubek pak vede čtenáře spolu s autorem do jeho australského exilu v 80. letech. Knihu k vydání připravil, obsáhlou ediční poznámkou doprovodil a autorův medailon napsal Martin Machovec.
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Solo Leveling 1 manga
The official English print publication of the popular Korean webcomic!
E-class hunter Jinwoo Sung is the weakest of them all. Looked down on by
everyone, he has no money, no abilities to speak of, and no other job prospects.
So when his party finds a hidden dungeon, he's determined to use this chance to
change his life for the better...but the opportunity he finds is a bit different
from what he had in mind!
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The Prince (Hero Classics)
The Prince is generally labelled as a cynical and overly pragmatic account of gaining and retaining political power. It is a significant deviation from the righteous meditations of Plato and Aristotle, which emphasise the goodness of human nature. Living in a harsh political climate, Machiavelli devised a more practical and true-to-life guide for leaders who cannot possibly be always good and just. For instance, he talks among other things about the importance to inflict pain all at once but distribute the rewards available gradually and in limited amounts. Besides, the idea that ‘the ends justify the means’ had never been featured in literature so prominently and openly before. Far-fetched at first glance, Machiavelli’s insights after some analysis starts making practical sense when every state and society needs to maintain one thing – stability.
Although not idealistic, the text is undeniably valid as we can easily track the Prince’s features in the best and the worst political leaders of the previous century who are united by the amount of power they were able to exert – from political heroes such as Churchill and JFK to fascist and communist dictators. In the modern world, The Prince is a viable manual of conduct more than ever with the intense demand for competitiveness not only in the political but equally in business and other spheres.
The text is also famous for being written in the vernacular rather than in classical Latin. What might surprise modern readers is that, actually, this peculiarity halted the text’s dissemination across Europe as most translations were still done from Latin. The text nevertheless has reached its audience and become one of the most recognizable and accessible reads on politics and leadership.
Do You Speak Football?
A new edition of a fascinating round-the-world exploration of the weird and wonderful language of football, with new entertaining entries and a foreword by renowned Dutch midfielder (and polyglot) Clarence Seedorf.
To speak football is to speak a language of a thousand tongues…
In this new and revised global glossary of football words and phrases, discover the rich, quirky and joyously creative language used by fans, commentators and players across the world.
From placing a shot 'where the owl sleeps' in Brazil, to what it means to use your 'chocolate leg' in the Netherlands, via 'Anglican' – a phrase adopted by Czechs to describe a disputed goal – and the now ubiquitous 'it's coming home', this comprehensively researched book entertains and informs in equal measure.
Discover why a 'café créme' is more than a classic bistro order, what it means when an Indian coach uses his 'brain weapon' and why Dundee United supporters should keep their heads down in Nigeria.
With over 750 terms from 89 countries (including 29 ways to describe a nutmeg), this is the definitive guide to the global language of football.
Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century
The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and important in the history of twentieth century visual culture. From its roots in the development of printing, graphic design has evolved as a means of identification, information and promotion to become a profession and discipline in its own right. This authoritative documentary history begins with the poster and goes on to chart the development of graphics in brochures, magazines, advertising, corporate identity, television and electronic media. It also discusses technical innovations such as the use of photography, and the revolutionary impact of digital technologies.
Preserving the author's own original layout, now a typographic and print design classic, and with over 800 illustrations fully integrated with the text, this indispensable account is clear, comprehensive and absorbing.
With over 800 illustrations
Hra Secret Hitler (hra v angličtine)
(Publisher's description in English below the Slovak text.)
Secret Hitler je dramatická hra plná politických intríg a zrád zasadená do Nemecka v 30tych rokoch. Pravidlá sú inšpirované táborákovou klasikou mestečko Palermo/Mafia - hráči sú náhodne a tajne rozdelení na liberálov, fašistov a jedného tajného Hitlera. Liberálov je viacej, ale fašisti navzájom poznajú svoje identity a vedia tiež, ktorý hráč je Hitler. Fašisti musia spolu potajomky koordinovať a rozsievať nedôveru medzi liberálmi, aby presadili im prospešné zákony a neskôr dosadili Hitlera na pozíciu kancelára. Liberáli potrebujú dostatočne rýchlo odhaliť zradcov v spoločnom kabinete a buď presadiť 5 liberálnych zákonov, alebo odstrániť Hitlera z hry.
Táto výnimočná párty hra vám pomôže spoznať pravé tváre vašich priateľov. Podarí sa vám odhadnúť, ktorí z nich sú úprimní a ktorí to hrajú na obe strany?
Hra je v angličtine.
Secret Hitler is a social deduction game for 5-10 people about finding and stopping the Secret Hitler.
Players are secretly divided into two teams: the liberals, who have a majority, and the fascists, who are hidden to everyone but each other. If the liberals can learn to trust each other, they have enough votes to control the elections and save the day. But the fascists will say whatever it takes to get elected, advance their agenda, and win the game.
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17 Policy tiles
(6 Liberal, 11 Fascist)
10 Secret Role cards
10 Party Membership cards
10 card envelopes
10 Ja! Ballot cards
10 Nein Ballot cards
1 Election Tracker marker
1 Draw pile card
1 Discard pile card
3 Liberal/Fascist boards
1 President placard
1 Chancellor placard
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The Boys In The Boat
Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past.
What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler’s Berlin. Stroke by stroke, a remarkable young man strives to regain his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others – and to find his way back home.
Told against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history, and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be alive.
Manasseh
Our story opens in an Italian railway station, in the spring of 1848. From a train that had just arrived, the passengers were hastening to secure their places in another that stood waiting for them. A guard had succeeded in crowding a party of two ladies and a gentleman into one of these itinerant prison-cells, which already contained seven occupants, before the newcomers perceived that they were being imposed upon. A vigorous protest followed. The elder of the two ladies, seizing the guard by the arm, addressed him in an angry tone, first in German, then in French. With the calm indifference of an automaton, the uniformed official pointed to a placard against the wall. Per dieci persone was the inscription it bore. Ten persons, it seemed, were expected to find places here. "But we have first-class tickets," protested the lady, producing a bit of yellow pasteboard in proof of her assertion.
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Lacná kniha The Testaments (-90%)
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalised readers for decades.
When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead.
With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead.
`Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book.
Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood
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A Bubble Burst
How a Stock Exchange Scare Dislocated the Life of the Empire For Two Days, a story in the "Doom of London" series in which the author sounds the clarion call of potential disasters that my befall the great city. Here, it is the tale of an investment "bubble", an irrational exuberance for buying shares of South African gold mining stocks. Excerpts:"From the highest to the lowest everybody was investing their savings in South Africa. ... In other words, there was a tremendous 'boom.' Nothing like it had ever been seen in the history of commerce. It was the golden hour of the promoter. Yet, for the most part, the schemes promised well. There was, however, an enormous amount of rubbish on the market. Some of the more thoughtful financiers scented danger ahead, but they were not listened to."All England was in the grip of the mania. Bona fide speculation and business had become gambling pure and simple. London thought of nothing else. The City was crammed with excited buyers and operators...."Then a cable telegram arrives from South Africa at one London newspaper office, saying that a tremendous earthquake has destroyed the Johannesburg water system and flooded the gold mines. The undersea cables from South Africa then broke down after the message was received, so no further messages could be sent or received to confirm or to learn more. The newspaper publishes the exclusive news. Investors panic and sell their shares at any price before they are ruined by plunging values. But is it true, or a fraud? -- a market manipulation?
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The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories
This exciting new collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present day. Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Margaret Jull Costa, it blends old favourites and hidden gems - many of which have never before been translated into English - and introduces readers to surprising new voices as well as giants of Spanish literary culture, from Emilia Pardo Bazan and Leopoldo Alas, through Merce Rodoreda and Manuel Rivas, to Ana Maria Matute and Javier Marias.
Brimming with romance, horror, history, farce, strangeness and beauty, and showcasing alluring hairdressers, war defectors, vampiric mothers, and talismanic mandrake roots, the daring and entertaining assortment of tales in The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories will be a treasure trove for readers.
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Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton
Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who made important contributions to mechanics, optics, and algebra. As a teenager, he mastered parts of Newton's Principia and studied Laplace's celestial mechanics treatise. When barely 22, Hamilton became a professor of astronomy at University of Dublin, however he was more interested in theoretical rather than practical astronomy.His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new mathematical concepts and techniques. His greatest contribution is perhaps the reformulation of Newtonian mechanics, now called Hamiltonian mechanics. This work has proven central to the modern study of classical field theories such as electromagnetism, and to the development of quantum mechanics. In mathematics, he is perhaps best known as the inventor of the quaternion, which is a mathematical concept that find uses in both theoretical and applied mathematics, in particular for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations such as in three-dimensional computer graphics, computer vision, and the attitude-control systems of spacecraft.Hamilton is said to have shown immense talent at a very early age. He had a remarkable aptitude for languages as a youth. As a young man, his talents turned to mathematics of astronomy and physics. Astronomer John Brinkley remarked of the 18-year-old Hamilton, "This young man, I do not say will be, but is, the first mathematician of his age."(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton)
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