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Lacná kniha Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism (-90%)
In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris - he painted historical subjects in meticulous detail and sold his works for astronomical sums to collectors who included Napoleon III himself. Manet, on the other hand, was struggling in obscurity. Famous today as the father of Impressionism, when this books opens he was known only as the sloppy painter of a few much-derided canvases depicting absinthe-drinking beggars and bourgeois gentlemen in top hats. With his usual narrative brilliance and eye for telling detail, Ross King has taken the parallel careers of Meissonier and Manet and used them as a lens for their times. Beginning with the year that Manet exhibited his ground-breaking Dejeuner sur l'herbe and ending in 1874 with the first 'Impressionist' exhibition, King plunges us into Parisian life - on the streets and in the corridors of power - during a ten-year period full of social and political ferment. These were the years in which Napoleon III's autocratic and pleasure-seeking Second Empire fell from its heights into the ignominy of the Franco-Prussian war and the ensuing Paris Commune of 1871. But it was also a period in which a group of artists, with Manet in the vanguard began to challenge the establishment by refusing to paint classical or historical subjects and, instead, turning to the landscapes and ordinary people they saw around them. Benign as such paintings might seem today, they helped change the course of history. The struggle between Meissonier and Manet to get their paintings exhibited in pride of place at the Salon was not just about art, it was about how to see the world.
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The Dead Secret (EN)
A masterful blend of Gothic drama and romance, Wilkie Collins’s mystery novel is an exploration of illegitimacy and inheritance. Set in Cornwall, the plot foreshadows The Woman in White with its themes of doubtful identity and deception, and involves a broad array of characters. The ‘secret’ of the book’s title is the true parentage of the book’s heroine, Rosamond Treverton, which has been written down and kept in an unused room at Porthgenna Tower.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle.The book was first published on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd and in a Colonial edition by Longmans. 30,000 copies were made of the initial print run. The US edition by McClure, Phillips & Co. added another 28,000 to the run.This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902 (although setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.
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The New Testament 3 - Luke (EN)
The book of Luke is a Gospel that contains Narrative History, Genealogy, Sermons, Parables, and some Prophetic Oracles. The emphasis of Luke is Parables and contains more of them than any other Gospel (19 total). It is the third of the synoptic gospels. Luke, a doctor and a Greek Christian, wrote it circa 59-61 A.
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The Old Testament 38 - Zechariah (EN)
The book of Zechariah is Narrative History, Prophetic and Apocalyptic in genre. It is a post-exilic book, meaning it was written after (post) the return from captivity (exile) in Babylon. The prophet Zechariah wrote chapters 1-8 approximately 520-518 B. C. (Before the temple completed), and then wrote chapters 9-14 approximately 480 B.
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A gyalog - The Pawn
Gabriel Miller tornádóként söpört végig az életemen. Váratlanul, mindent elpusztított. Kíméletlen megtorlással állt bosszút az apámon, aki egy kórházi ágyon végezte, nincstelenül. Miatta a főiskolát is abbahagytam, hogy gondoskodjak róla, hiszen már csak ő maradt nekem. A családi házat is csak egy módon menthettem meg. Csupán egyetlen értékem maradt, a szüzességem, amit egy titkos aukción megvásároltak. Gabriel Miller mindenhol ott van. Mélyebb játszmát űz, mint gondolnám. Minden lépéssel közelebb kerülök hozzá, az érzékisége rabul ejt, miközben minden újabb titokkal darabokra tépi a lelkem. A végső játszma után biztos, hogy csak egyikőnk marad talpon.
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Arms and the Woman
The story is a blending of the romance and adventure of the middle ages with nineteenth century men and women; and they are creations of flesh and blood, and not mere pictures of past centuries. The story is about Jack Winthrop, a newspaper man. Mr. MacGrath's finest bit of character drawing is seen in Hillars, the broken down newspaper man, and Jack's chum.
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To je Paríž
Ano, toto je Paříž! První ze série slavných ilustrovaných průvodců světoznámého českého emigranta, ilustrátora, malíře, komentátora a redaktora rádia Svobodná Evropa Miroslava Šaška. Jeho procházka po Paříži proběhla před padesáti lety, je však překvapivě aktuální. Ač dnes v matce všech měst ubylo domovníků, koček i poštovních schránek, tržnice„les Halles“ se přesunuly do jiných čtvrtí a přibylo aut, její střechy jsou stále stříbrnošedé, bulváry široké, v kavárnách je od rána plno a voní tam máslové croissanty i dobrá káva. Procházet se Paříží je zkrátka pořád skvělé: ať už si jen listujete touto knihou, anebo ji strčíte podpaží a vydáte se objevovat na vlastní oči.
Šaškovy knihy jsou nejen výborným průvodcem po městě, ale představují města taková, jaká jsou: okouzlující i obyčejná, plná slavných památek i drobných momentek všedního dne, a autor nezapomíná ani na děti, hry a atrakce, domácí mazlíčky, typické profese, oslovení… Své knihy tvořil uprostřed míst, o kterých psal: „Musíš se s těmi lidmi sžít, musíš je trochu poznat a oni musí poznat tebe… (…) Pak to začneš vidět jejich očima, pak už to nejsou jen domy a pamětihodnosti, ale život, takovej obyčejnej život, a ten ty města dělá.“
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Malo to zmysel
Kniha Malo to zmysel prináša odvážny a inšpiratívny príbeh o učení, láske a odkaze. Nastoľuje otázku, na čom v živote naozaj záleží. David Menasche sa naplno oddával práci stredoškolského učiteľa angličtiny. Svojou vášňou študentov inšpiroval. Pri osobných zápasoch im dodával optimizmus a poskytoval cenné rady do života. Po šesťročnom boji s rakovinou mozgu takmer prišiel o zrak, spomienky, pohyblivosť a – čo vnímal najtragickejšie zo všetkého – schopnosť vyučovať. Predstava, že už nebude môcť denne ovplyvňovať životy mladých ľudí, ním otriasla. Prestať učiť však nedokázal. Rozhodol sa, že preruší liečbu a triedu si spraví priamo zo života. Náročná cesta, ktorá sa pred ním otvorila, mu vôbec nenaháňala strach. Rakovina ho obrala o minulosť a celkom určite mu vezme aj budúcnosť. No nebol ochotný dovoliť, aby mu ukradla aj prítomnosť. Na facebooku preto zverejnil odvážny plán: podujať sa na cestu naprieč Amerikou – autobusom, vlakom, pešo s pomocou slepeckej palice s červeným hrotom – v nádeji, že na vlastné oči uvidí, ako sa darí jeho bývalým študentom. Ovplyvnil nejako ich životy? Do štyridsiatich ôsmich hodín od zverejnenia správy sa mu ozvali študenti z vyše päťdesiatich miest, aby mu ponúkli podporu a strechu nad hlavou. David precestoval asi trinásťtisíc kilometrov – z Miami cez New York, strednú časť Ameriky až po prieliv Golden Gate – a navštívil stovky študentov. Pri svojej nebojácnej púti preskúmal to, čo od života chceme a potrebujeme azda všetci – rodinu, pocit bezpečnosti, nezávislosť, lásku, dobrodružstvo. Nevdojak nás primal k tomu, aby sme sa zamysleli nad svojím zoznamom priorít.
The Street of Seven Stars
Harmony Wells, studying in Vienna to be a great violinist, suddenly realizes that her money is almost gone. She meets a young ambitious doctor who offers her chivalry and sympathy, and together with world-worn Dr. Anna and Jimmie, the waif, they share their love and slender means.
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Tiffany & Co.: The Story Behind the Style
Tiffany & Co.: The Story Behind the Style is a beautifully illustrated, handbag-sized visual history of one of the world's most iconic brands.
Open the world's most famous little blue box to discover the story of Tiffany & Co. since its founding in 1837. Packed with photographs and information from the company's 185 years, get a glimpse of the legendary designs that have made Tiffany & Co. a household name.
Starting in New York City in 1837, you will discover just how far plucky upstart Charles Lewis Tiffany went to be crowned the King of Diamonds. It is a tale of fortunes won and lost, the discovery of new gems and design talent, and the making of some of the most iconic jewels of our times - including the classic Tiffany engagement ring. Tiffany & Co.: The Story Behind the Style is the perfect gift for any fashion or jewellery lover.
Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon
Joam Garral grants his daughter's wish to travel to Belém where she wants to marry Manuel Valdez in the presence of Manuel's invalid mother. The Garrals travel down the Amazon River using a giant timber raft. At Belém, Joam plans to restore his good name, as he is still wanted in Brazil for a crime he did not perpetrate. A scoundrel named Torres offers Joam absolute proof of Joam's innocence but the price that Torres wants for this information is to marry Joam's daughter, which is inconceivable to Joam. The proof lies in an encrypted letter that will exonerate Garral. When Torres is killed, the Garral family must race to decode the letter before Joam is executed.
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When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain.
Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schroedinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness. Some of their discoveries revolutionise our world for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.
With breakneck pace and wondrous detail, Benjamin Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.
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Občas právě ten, kdo nás nejvíc miluje, dovede nejvíc ublížit.
Lily to neměla v životě vždycky jednoduché. Ušla ale dlouhou cestu a teď žije v Bostonu a rozjíždí vlastní business. K tomu se ještě seznámila s dokonalým a neskutečně přitažlivým neurochirurgem Rylem. Vypadá to, že jí všechno vychází na jedničku. Ryle je do Lily blázen, pronásledují ho ale traumata z minulosti, kvůli kterým se jejich vztah komplikuje. Když se navíc do Lilyina života vrátí její láska z dětství Atlas, všechno, co si tak důkladně budovala, se začíná rozpadat…
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Nesmiem to vzdať
Dokázali by ste v sebe objaviť silu na prekonanie bolesti po strate najdrahšej osoby? Dokázali by ste znova žiť, pracovať, milovať a vnímať svet? Ale nenadarmo sa hovorí, že čas všetko zahojí...a najmä keď Patrik stojí za to, aby ženy o neho prejavili záujem.
Samostatné príbehy Patrika a Antónie sa v knihe stretnú, aby sa mohlli naplniť ich túžby....
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Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde
Back in the USSR: 250 film posters capture the cultural energy of the pre-Stalin era
At the intersection of the visual, graphic, and cinematic arts, film posters are a unique and thrilling record of a particular cultural Zeitgeist. This book brings together 250 posters from the pre-Stalin Soviet Union of the 1920s and 1930s to explore the energy and invention of this period, before Soviet Realism became the official art doctrine.
Drawn from the private collection of connoisseur Susan Pack, the selection includes the work of 27 different artists. From bold figuration to architectural elements, each artist displays a distinct style and aesthetic, as much as they collectively eschew the glamour of Hollywood for more stark, striking, even challenging images, often marked by unusual angles, dynamic compositions, and startling close-ups.
The Czar's Spy
We could tell you what this book was about, but then we'd have to kill you.
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Mami, ako to bolo?
Mami, poď, napíšeme spolu náš príbeh!Ako si sa cítila, keď si ma prvý raz držala na rukách? V čom sa na seba podobáme? Aká si bola ako tínedžerka?Táto kniha vám umožní zaspomínať na to, čo ste prežili so svojou mamou, a zaznamenať spoločné zážitky. Vzájomne si odpoviete na rozličné otázky. Spomienky vás podnietia niečo spolu podniknúť a určite sa o sebe dozviete aj niečo nové.Veľa radosti pri spomínaní, rozprávaní a písaní!
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The Star of Love (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 12) (EN)
Charles, Lord Hartley, was at his wits end. He had spent a fortune on his cousin John, and still the embittered John demanded more money. Charles knew he needed an heiress and he became swiftley attracted to Cliona, who had recently moved in to the neighbourhood. He did not know that she was an heiress.
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