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Provence a Azurové pobřeží + DVD
Provence je rozlehlý a rozmanitý region, jehož kontrastní krajina zahrnuje venkovská pole a vesnice ve vnitrozemí, nepřístupné horské oblasti Alp na severu a východě a rychle se rozvíjející Riviéru na jihu. Hlavním městem Azurového pobřeží je Nice, v
elmi zajímavá a pulsující směs italského vlivu, zašlé zlaté éry, lesku a prvotřídního umění. Na hustě zalesněných alpských úbočích severně od města jsou posazené nádherné a nenarušené horské vesnice, zatímco na východě spojuje horská cesta malebná po
břežní městečka: v některých místech nabízejí pobřežní silnice corniches řidičům jedny z nejvelkolepějších zážitků při jízdě podél pobřeží. Dále na západ, minete-li oblasti vyhlášené znamenitým vínem, leží živá metropole Marseille. Je největším m
ěstem regionu a významným přístavem. Severně od Marseille se nachází elegantní město Aix-en-Provence s pohlednými kamennými domy, bulváry lemovanými kavárnami a nejlepšími trhy v Provence, kde žil a tvořil Cézanne. Nelze opomenout ani papežské město
Avignon či unikátní biotop Camargue, rozkládající se v široké deltě Rhôny. Při cestování po tomto provoněném regionu se všude setkáte se stopami původních obyvatel Féničanů, Řeků a Římanů. Rozhodně nesmíte minout římský akvadukt v Pont-du-Gard nebo
amfiteátr v Orange či v Arles. Provence je slavná i pro svou vynikající středomořskou kuchyni, založenou na místních produktech olivovém oleji, česneku, bylinkách a samozřejmě mořských plodech. Průvodce je doplněn údaji o místních dějinách, mapkam
i jednotlivých oblastí i podrobnými plány měst. Obsahuje praktické informace o cenách ubytovacích a stravovacích zařízení nebo kulturních událostech a je doplněn barevnými přílohami o gastronomických zážitcích a sportovním vyžití v regionu.
Winter
From global literary superstar Karl Ove Knausgaard, an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and love letters addressed directly to Knausgaard's unborn daughter
In Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as the birth of his daughter draws near. In preparation for her arrival, he takes stock of the world, seeing it anew. While new life is on the horizon, the earth is also in hibernation, waiting for the warmer weather to return. In his inimitably sensitive style, he writes about everything from the moon, winter boots and messiness, to owls and birthdays. Taking nothing for granted, he fills these everyday familiar objects and ideas with new meaning.
Startling, compassionate, and exquisitely beautiful, Knausgaard's writing is like nothing else. Somehow, he shows the world as it really is, at once mundane and sublime.
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Terraces, balconies, roof gardens&patios
Arte, agricultura y ecología son los tres ejes en torno a los que giran las nuevas tendencias del exterior ismo actual. En realidad, no se trata de una nueva corriente rupturista. Se trata del concepto tradicional de crear y mantener espacios ajardinados, y hacerlo compatible con otros modos actuales de entender la jardinería. El libro diferentes espacios exteriores clasificados según su tipología: terrazas, balcones, patios y cubiertas ajardinadas; proyectos que se articulan en torno a las líneas de actuación que conforman las tendencias más representativas del jardín moderno. La contemporaneidad de las diferentes propuestas radica en esta nueva forma de hacer exterior ismo, la denominada agritectura, una armónica simbiosis entre construcción entorno vivo y actividad humana.
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Iron Widow
Science fiction and East Asian myth combine in this dazzling retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history
The boys of Huaxia dream of the celebrity status that comes with piloting Chrysalises - giant transforming robots that battle the aliens beyond the Great Wall. Their female co-pilots are expected to serve as concubines and sacrifice their lives. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, her plan is to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But on miraculously emerging from the cockpit unscathed after her first battle, the Iron Widow sets her sights on bigger things. The time has come to take on the entire patriarchal military system.
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The Vanishing Half
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?
Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.
Praise for Brit Bennett:
'A writer to watch' Washington Post
'Bennett allows her characters to follow their worst impulses, and she handles provocative issues with intelligence, empathy and dark humour' New York Times
'A beautifully written, sad and lingering book' Guardian on The Mothers
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Nicola Hicks - Keep Dark
Nicola Hicks's sculpture and drawing practice has focused upon heroic, humanized animals and mythic, beast-like humans. From the moment she burst upon the wider public stage, there has been no doubting her remarkable talent. Picked out while still at the Royal College of Art by the late Elisabeth Frink as a fellow spirit, she quickly established an immediate presence among the artists of her generation as a serious and substantial figure. She was remarkable on every count, for she flew in the face of the critical expectations of those days not just in the nature of the actual imagery she celebrated-figurative, romantic and expressive-but also in the direct and gleeful joy she took in the physical making of these things. This book is a visual celebration of her work and features essays written by Will Self, Max Porter, Candia McWilliam and David Mamet.
Published by Elephant, in association with Flowers Gallery
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Elevation
Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he's losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are.
Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations.
And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice.
As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From master storyteller Stephen King, our 'most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work' (Guardian), comes this timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.
Compelling and eerie, Elevation is as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
Includes illustrations (c) Mark Edward Geyer.
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Lacná kniha Minden ami szép (-90%)
Tammie ?majd elolvad a pisztáciafagyitól. És a sírfeliratoktól. Elég fura a hobbija: naponta végigjárja a temetőt, és lefotózza az ütősebb szövegeket, de csak nem bír ráakadni arra a mondatra, amit a saját temetésére tartogatna. Különc szokásának nyomós oka van: az agyára telepedő óriási vérrög, ami bármikor felrobbanhat, és megölheti Tammie-t. Nehéz ilyen tudattal élni – nemcsak neki, de a családjának és a legjobb barátnőjének is. A lány életét tovább bonyolítja, hogy a temetőben az ideális sírfelirat helyett a tökéletes pasira talál rá. Vajon Fynn elfogadná őt a fejében ketyegő időzített bombával együtt is?
„Nem merek forró vízzel zuhanyozni, mert attól félek, fölmelegszik tőle a vérem, összesűrűsödik, és szétrobban az egész. Ez persze orvosilag úgy képtelenség, ahogy van, de orvosilag az is képtelenség, hogy aneurizma van egy amúgy egészséges tizenhat éves fejében. Mostanáig semmiféle kicsapongást nem engedtem meg magamnak. Drog nulla, néha egy-egy buli, semmi hormonális beavatkozás, emiatt semmi szex, nem beszélve arról, hogy az orgazmus életveszélyes. Az orgazmus: robbanássorozat az idegrendszerben. Ami az én esetemben halálhoz vezethet. Így magyarázta nekem a neurológus, hogy megijesszen. Igazán fölösleges volt. Nem áll fönn a veszély, hogy nimfomániás öngyilkosként végezzem, annyira apáca-üzemmódban élek. Még a végén az unalomba halok bele.”
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Rule of Laws
'A fascinating, comprehensive study that forces us to think again about what law is, and why it matters ... For those who want to understand why human society has emerged as it has, this is essential reading' Rana Mitter, author of China's Good War
The laws now enforced throughout the world are almost all modelled on systems developed in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During two hundred years of colonial rule, Europeans exported their laws everywhere they could. But they weren't filling a void: in many places, they displaced traditions that were already ancient when Vasco Da Gama first arrived in India.
Where, then, did it all begin? And what has law been and done over the course of human history? In The Rule of Laws, pioneering anthropologist Fernanda Pirie traces the development of the world's great legal systems - Chinese, Indian, Roman, and Islamic - and the innumerable smaller traditions they inspired.
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Small Batch Bakes
Baking recipes typically serve large groups, which is perfect for a party, a celebration or a crowd, but not when there's just one or two of you and you would rather not spend the money on making a big batch, or be faced with eating leftovers for a week.
Following on from the huge success of One Tin Bakes and One Tin Bakes Easy, Great British Bake Off winner Edd Kimber's new book proves that good things really do come in small packages! It offers accessible, easy bakes that are perfect for singles, small households, students or anyone who likes to bake a lot.
Primarily sweet, the recipes include cookies, cakes, tarts and bars a well as desserts and a sprinkling of savoury breads, buns and pies. The skill level is on the easier side, and equipment is kept to a minimum, so everyone can have a little of what they fancy.
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A közösségi média önimádó embere
Utállak titeket, pszi-vel kezdődő foglalkozásúakat! (...) Mert ti úgy gondolkoztok, hogy az életben problémák vannak, és megoldásokra van szükség. Én viszont úgy gondolkozom, hogy az életben tragédiák vannak, és irgalomra van szükség." (Pilinszky János)
A közösségi média önimádó embere a közösségimédia-felületek elemzésén keresztül napjaink terjedőben lévő emberképének meghatározó vonásait rajzolja meg. A közösségi média által az önmegmutatás és az önmagunkról szóló beszéd egyre inkább individuális vonatkoztatási rendszerben zajlik, ami a közösségben való gondolkodás hanyatlásához vezethet. Ez felveti olyan elgondolások szükségességét, amelyek nemcsak elsőbbséget tulajdonítanak az embernek a technológiával szemben, de közösségelvűek is. A kötet ehhez a munkához nyújt kiindulópontot.
England's Forgotten Past
England's Forgotten Past : The Unsung Heroes and Heroines, Valiant Kings, Great Battles and Other Generally Overlooked Episodes in Our Nation's Glorious History
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The Lady Most Likely
Three of the brightest stars of Regency romance invite you to a party at the country home of the Honourable Marquess of Finchley . . .
If you loved Bridgerton, this is a party you won't want to miss!
Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife - so his sister hands him a list of the very best young ladies on the market. And then, because he refuses to tear himself away from the stables where he trains Arabian racehorses, she invites all those ladies to a house party, along with some other bachelors, of course.
So who will Hugh choose? The Botticelli-esque, enchanting Gwendolyn? The outspoken, delightful Katherine? If he doesn't work fast, he'll lose those ladies to his closest friends, and then where will he look for a wife? Perhaps, just perhaps, toward a lady who's not on a market at all, and would require a great deal of persuading . . .
Step into the glittering world of Regency and prepare to have your hearts warmed by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James and Connie Brockway . . .
Find out why readers everywhere are falling in love with Julia Quinn's irresistible romance books
'A veritable treat' Daily Mail
'Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines' Guardian on the Bridgerton series
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Wounded Tigris
The river Tigris is in danger. It has been the lifeblood of ancient Mesopotamia and modern Iraq, but geopolitics and climate change have left the birthplace of civilisation at risk of becoming uninhabitable. In 2021, adventurer Leon McCarron travelled by boat along the full length of the river, in search of hope.
From the source, where Assyrian kings had their images carved into stone, McCarron and his small team journeyed through the Turkish mountains, across north-east Syria and into the heart of Iraq.
Passing by historic cities like Diyarbakir, Mosul and Baghdad, McCarron kept the company of fishermen and farmers, but also artists, activists and archaeologists who rely on the flow of the river. Occasionally harassed by militias, often helped by soldiers, McCarron rode his luck in areas still troubled by ISIS and relied on the generosity of a network of strangers to reach the Persian Gulf.
Wounded Tigris is the story of what humanity stands to lose with the death of a great river, and what can be done to try to save it.
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A Kiss in Time - Csók, pont jókor
Taliát egy átok sújtja...
Jack megtöri az átkot.
Mondták, hogy óvakodjak az átkozott orsótól, de az annyira elbűvölő volt, hipnotikus...
Csak egy kis kalandra vágytam aznap, mikor megléptem a turistacsoporttól. De találni egy kómában lévő várost, egy állati dögösen kinéző, alvó kiscsajjal... na ez nem éppen az volt, amire számítottam.
Ugyanott ébredtem, de egészen más időben - egy idegen lágy csókja ébresztett fel.
Én nem azért csókoltam meg, hogy segítsek rajta. Néha csak úgy muszáj megcsókolnod valakit. Nem tudtam, hogy ez fog történni.
Most aztán jól megszívtam ezzel a gügye királykisasszonnyal meg az ékszerekkel tömött bőröndjével... A jó hír: a szüleim totál ki lesznek akadva!
Randigondjaid vannak? Próbáld ki, zárd az ajkad egy szunyókáló bombázó ajkaihoz, aki aztán 316 évesnek bizonyul. Vajon egy csók átsegíthet mindenen - akár az időn is?
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Tökmagok a korallzátonyon
A Most én olvasok-sorozat elindításával a Pagony régi vágya teljesült: egy szisztematikusan felépített, pedagógusi szakértelemmel megtámogatott kortárs, magyar "olvasni tanulok"-sorozat harmadik darabját tartja kezében az olvasó.
A Pagony legkiváló
bb szerzőit kéri fel a sorozatban való részvételre: minden szerző négy könyvet ír, négy különböző nehézségi szinten. A történetek lazán összefüggnek egymással, de természetesen önállóan is olvashatók.
Berg Judit könyveiben (Tökmagok Afrikában, Tökma
gok a tűzhányón, Tökmagok a korallzátonyon és Tökmagok a piramisban) négy tökmag, Benő, Minka, Rézi és Palkó kalandjait követhetjük nyomon - négy olvasási szinten keresztül.
Ebben a kötetben barátaink a tenger mélyén régészkednek, korallzátonyokat csodálnak, és mellesleg az is kiderül, hogy a sünök és a tengeri sünök rokonok-e!
3. szint
- oldalanként 10-15 mondat
- bővített és összetett mondatok is
- nehezebb, hosszabb szavak is
- bonyolultabb történetszövés
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Turning the Flywheel
The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan. It is the act of turning the flywheel, slowly gaining momentum and eventually reaching a breakthrough. Building upon the flywheel concept introduced in his groundbreaking classic Good to Great, Jim Collins teaches readers how to create their own flywheel, how to accelerate the flywheel's momentum, and how to stay on the flywheel in shifting markets and during times of turbulence.
Combining research from his Good to Great labs and case studies from organisations like Amazon, Vanguard, and the Cleveland Clinic which have turned their flywheels with outstanding results, Collins demonstrates that successful organisations can disrupt the world around them - and reach unprecedented success - by employing the flywheel concept.
Lacná kniha Ed Fox 2 with DVD (-50%)
The glamour goes on. This title emphasizes on the delightfully curvy female foot. Our first Ed Fox title, "Glamour From the Ground Up", introduced the heir to the peculiar photographic niche long ruled by the great Elmer Batters. California native Fo
x had not even heard of Batters when he first started photographing women with an emphasis on their feet. In fact, he thought he was the only young man who checked out a woman's feet before her face, and most of the time couldn't meet his models' eye
s for fear they'd discern his secret. Then he became the official foot photographer for "Leg Show" magazine, just months before Batters' death, and learned of the big shoes he had to fill at the same time he realized there were thousands of men just
like himself - except without the talent to capture their passion on film, or as today, in pixels. Since then, Ed Fox has become internationally known for a sensual photographic style that captures every curve of a woman's body, right down to the tip
s of her toes. In "Ed Fox II" he brings us voluptuous new models, arresting locations - many blending the desert landscapes of Southern California with Fox's passion for automobiles - and fantasies mild to extra spicy, all shot in warm, caressing nat
ural light. And, like "Glamour From the Ground Up", "Ed Fox II" comes with a 60-minute original DVD, bringing the still photos to vibrant life
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The Wolf and the Woodsman
A spirited outcast. A disgraced prince.
A world where monsters roam free.
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Evike is the only woman without power. So when soldiers from the Holy Order of Woodsmen arrive to claim a girl for their king's blood sacrifice, the villagers only have one person to offer up.
But when they are attacked en-route to the capital, and everyone but Evike and a lone Woodsman are slaughtered, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he's no ordinary Woodsman - he's the disgraced prince, Gaspar Barany, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power.
As they travel from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, they form a tenuous pact that slowly turns their loathing turns to affection. But trust is easily betrayed, and as Evike discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gaspar must decide where their loyalties really lie...