Hľadanie: Rules for Vanishing
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Free Lunch Thinking
Countries with smaller governments grow faster.
Tobacco taxes are the best way to cut smoking.
Government regulation discourages entrepreneurship.
Award-winning investigative journalist Tom Bergin digs into eight mantras widely accepted by Western governments and, by talking to the people who promote those ideas and the workers, businesspeople and consumers who have felt their impacts, finds they often don't play out as expected. Smart, funny and incisive, Free Lunch Thinking is essential reading for anyone who really wants to know how economies tick - and why they often don't.
Vendulka
Famed Czech Avant-garde photographer Jan Lukas snapped an offhand portrait of twelve-year-old Vendulka Vogl in March 1943. A friend of the Vogls, Lukas was saying goodbye to the family, who were soon to leave Prague for a concentration camp. The photograph almost didn’t see the light of day—Lukas knew that if the Nazis found it on him, he could wind up in the camps as well—but the image was eventually developed and came to symbolize the Holocaust and humanize its victims. Seventy years after this famous picture was taken, investigative journalist Ondřej Kundra discovered that,
despite all odds, Vendulka Vogl had survived the camps of Terezín, Auschwitz, and Christianstadt, and was in fact still alive and living in the United States. Kundra persuaded her to tell the remarkable story surrounding the photograph: her survival, her later decision to flee the Communist regime for America, and how she later reconnected with Jan Lukas, maintaining a lifelong friendship. Vogl’s thrillingly moving story, Kundra’s sharp and engaging writing, and Lukas’s striking photography all combine to make Vendulka an inspiring investigation into the horrors of totalitarianism and the redemptive beauty of friendship.
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9,00 €
Mirage
Montague Rhodes James makes his second appearance in the series in this, the seventh step into the Darkness. James came from Kent in South East England, and was a renowned scientist focusing on medieval art, literature, and architecture. He wrote short stories just for pleasure, and decided to publish them only after his friends persuaded him to do so.
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3,63 €
Serendipity
The secret admirer.
The fake relationship.
The matchmaker.
From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, ten of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favourite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will swoon for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding and serendipitous.
Contributors include Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Marissa Meyer, Sandhya Menon, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle and Abigail Hing Wen.
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (Coloured) LP
Tracklist:
A1. Mrs. Robinson 4:02
A2. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 2:04
A3. The Boxer 5:07
A4. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 1:43
A5. The Sound Of Silence 3:02
A6. I Am A Rock 2:50
A7. Scarborough Fair/Canticle 3:08
B1. Homeward Bound 2:30
B2. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:52
B3. America 3:34
B4. Kathy's Song 3:16
B5. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 3:06
B6. Bookends 1:16
B7 Cecilia 2:55
Taje olivového háje
Malou vílu odnese vítr mistrál z hor do zahrady opuštěného domu na pobřeží Provence. Víla se o zahradu začne starat a na nový domov si postupně zvykne. Seznámí se i s vílou žijící ve vesnické kavárně, takže už není sama. Na popud místního faráře se víly rozhodnou udělat dobrý skutek: najít majitele brýlí, jež leží zapomenuté v altánu za domem. Brýle patří zvláštnímu mladíkovi jménem Benedikt, který sepisuje jména větrů a věří, že na světě existuje strom vyšší než sto metrů. Nakonec se za ním vypraví po moři až na jiný světadíl
Určeno především dětem mladšího školního věku.
Daniela Krolupperová je překladatelka a novinářka, vydala řadu knih pro děti, v Portále např. Rybí sliby, Zákeřné keře, Mizící hmyzíci, Jde sem lesem nebo Polární pohádku.
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13,02 €
13,70 €
The Final Strife
The Empire rules by blood
Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance.
Clear is the blood of the servants, of the crushed, of the invisible. The Aktibar - a set of trials held every ten years to find the next Ember rulers of the Empire - is about to begin. All can join but not just anyone can win; it requires great skill and ingenuity to become the future wardens of Strength, Knowledge, Truth and Duty. Sylah was destined to win the trials and be crowned Warden of Strength. Stolen by blue-blooded rebels she was raised with a Duster's heart; forged as a weapon to bring down from within the red-blooded Embers' regime of cruelty. But when her adopted family were brutally murdered those dreams of a better future turned to dust.
However, the flame of hope may yet be rekindled because Sylah wasn't made to sparkle, she was born to burn. And it's up to her whether she rules the empire or destroys it.
Vypredané
16,10 €
16,95 €
Trips out of Civilization
Trips out of Civilization is comprised of five original thrillers, all packed with action, sudden twists and psychological revelations. "The Crossbow" takes place in the Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, far away from tourists and beaten paths. "A Mathematically Precise Curve" invites the reader to the most spectacular part of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. "Arawak" offers an unusual adventure on an uninhabited island in the Bahamian Archipelago. "Lynx" is staged in the wilderness of Northern Quebec. "Trio" unfolds as a fly-in trip from Vancouver, deep in one almost unexplored region of British Columbia. All these stories have several features in common – a rich cast of characters is searching for real, still untamed Nature, fights for survival, reflects on living conditions of our age, explores our instincts in extreme situations, when human and animal worlds collide. Nature, pure and crisp, because not tainted by civilization, becomes a catalyst and an active player in human dramas.
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5,95 €
Lacná kniha Heraldický register Slovenskej republiky VI (-70%)
VI. zväzok knižného vydania Heraldického registra Slovenskej republiky koncepčne i obsahovo nadväzuje na prvých päť zväzkov heraldického registra. Na rozdiel od doterajších zväzkov kvantitatívne výraznejšie sa prezentujú popri erboch miest a obcí aj erby občianske a inštitucionálne. Ťažiskom tohto zväzku sú opäť erby a vlajky 292 miest a obcí a ich častí a v záverečnej časti diela sa zverejňuje 84 občianskych erbov, ako aj erbov 30 inštitúcií, podnikateľských subjektov, občianskych združení škôl, archívov, fár atď. Komunálne symboly tradične predstavujú ich výber zo všetkých regiónov Slovenska. Opäť sa predstavujú v čo najpestrejšom obsahovom, kompozičnom, štýlovom i farebnom spektre. Do úvahy sa bral aj časový horizont ich vzniku, aj keď v tomto zväzku prevažujú najmä symboly vytvorené v najnovšom období. Čitateľovi tohto zväzku sa tak predstavia rôzne heraldické a výtvarné tendencie a smery vývoja našej komunálnej heraldiky prevažne od roku 1991 dodnes.
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16,23 €
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Nadia Comaneciová
Kniha se věnuje životu slavné rumunské gymnastky Nadii Comaneciové, která ve svých čtrnácti letech vyhrála na OH v Montrealu. Autorka popisuje nesvobodnou cestu slavné sportovkyně: jen se zbavila dohledu komunistické státní bezpečnosti, stala se objektem pozornosti západních médií. I ta ji však okázale manipulovala do role cvičené opičky. Zamýšlí se nad tím, jak zázračnou dívku vnímal okolní svět, když kolem ní stvořil legendu, jakýsi „mýtus Nadia“, a během několika let totéž děvče zase demytizoval. A také načrtává zajímavé srovnání rolí, jež za studené války na obou stranách železné opony zaujímaly slavné osobnosti, zejména sportovci.
Autorka vychází ze skutečných faktů, týkajících se života slavné rumunské sportovní gymnastky, není však biografií, jak by se na první pohled mohlo zdát.
Přinesla autorce více než desítku cen včetně prestižních Grand prix de l'héroine Madame Figaro, Prix Ouest-Francie Etonnants Voyageurs, Prix Jules Rimet a Prix verze Femina.
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11,79 €
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Deníček moderního fotra 3 - audiokniha
I když jsou začátky krušné, nakonec si to prostě sedne.
Čeňkovi už jsou tři roky, plínky zkušeně vyměnil za nočník a fotrovi na mateřské nastává podle všeho idylické období, kdy péči o hyperaktivní dítě převezme školka. Že by konečně nastal čas, kdy bude moci provozovat své koníčky a myslet trochu i na sebe? Nebyl by to ale Čeněk, který svůj smysl pro vytváření domácího pekla dovedl téměř k dokonalosti, aby každou situaci nedokázal přetvořit v nový druh utrpení. A nebyl by to jeho fotr, aby i tu nejšílenější situaci neuměl jaksepatří sarkasticky převyprávět.
Třetí díl oblíbeného Deníčku moderního fotra
interpreti: Filip Švarc
délka nahrávky: 6 hodin 58 minut
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6,75 €
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Presley Elvis - Christmas Classics LP
Elvis Aaron Presley (8. januára 1935 – 16. augusta 1977), často označovaný iba ako "Elvis", bol americký spevák a herec. Známy ako „kráľ rock and rollu“ je považovaný za jednu z najvýznamnejších kultúrnych osobností 20. storočia. Presleyho energická interpretácia piesní a sexuálne provokatívny štýl vystúpenia v kombinácii s mimoriadne silnou zmesou vplyvov naprieč farebnými líniami počas transformačnej éry v rasových vzťahoch ho priviedli k veľkému úspechu a počiatočnej kontroverzii. Elvis, ktorý predal po celom svete približne 500 miliónov nahrávok, je jedným z najpredávanejších hudobných umelcov všetkých čias. Bol komerčne úspešný v mnohých žánroch vrátane popu, country, rhythm & blues, súčasníka pre dospelých a gospelu. Vyhral tri ceny Grammy, vo veku 36 rokov dostal cenu Grammy za celoživotné dielo a bol uvedený do viacerých hudobných siení slávy. Je tiež držiteľom niekoľkých rekordov, vrátane najviac RIAA certifikovaných zlatých a platinových albumov, najviac albumov v rebríčku Billboard 200, najviac albumov na prvom mieste od sólového umelca v UK Albums Chart a najviac singlov na prvom mieste od akýkoľvek akt na UK Singles Chart. V roku 2018 bol Presley posmrtne ocenený Prezidentskou medailou slobody.
Tracklist:
Side A:
1. Santa Claus is Back in Town
2. White Christmas
3. O Little Town of Bethlehem
4. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Lane)
5. Blue Christmas
6. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
7. I'll Be Home for Christmas
8. Silent Night
Side B:
1. (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)
2. It is No Secret (What God Can Do)
3. I Believe
4. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
5. He Knows Just What I Need
6. I Believe in the Man in the Sky
7. Swing Down Sweet Chariot
8. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Hat varjú 1: Six of Crows - Hat varjú (VP)
Hat veszélyes számkivetett. Egy lehetetlen rablás.
Ketterdam:
Nyüzsgő nemzetközi kereskedelmi csomópont, ahol jó pénzért minden megkapható. Ezt pedig senki nem tudja jobban, mint Kaz Brekker, a kivételes tehetségű bűnöző. Kaz veszélyes küldetésre kap megbízást, és cserébe olyan gazdagságot kínálnak neki, ami legvadabb álmait is felülmúlja. Egyedül viszont képtelen sikerre vinni a vállalkozást...
Egy bosszúszomjas elítélt.
Egy szerencsejáték-függő mesterlövész.
Egy különleges múltú szökevény.
Egy Kísértet néven ismert kém.
Egy varázserejét a nyomornegyedben kamatoztató szívtörő.
Egy tolvaj, aki a leglehetetlenebb helyzetekből is kiszabadul.
Hat veszélyes törvényen kívüli és egy lehetetlen vállalkozás. Kaz csapata az egyetlen, ami megmentheti a világot a pusztulástól – ha előbb ki nem nyírják egymást.
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A Heart Finds Love (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 104) (EN)
The beautiful Alnina Lester is confronted with a formidable task when her brother, Lord Lester, dies after fighting a duel in Paris. She finds that he has accumulated an enormous number of debts, and to meet his creditors everything in their house, which has been in the Lester family for generations, has to be sold.
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10,99 €
The Fragile Earth
In 1989, just one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified that the earth was now warmer than it had ever been in recorded history, thanks to humankind's heedless consumption of fossil fuels, New Yorker writer Bill McKibben published a deeply reported and considered piece on climate change and what it could mean for the planet.
At the time, the piece was to some speculative to the point of alarmist; read now, McKibben's work is heroically prescient. Since then, the New Yorker has devoted enormous attention to climate change, describing the causes of the crisis, the political and ecological conditions we now find ourselves in, and the scenarios and solutions we face.
The Fragile Earth tells the story of climate change - its past, present, and future - taking readers from Greenland to the Great Plains, and into both laboratories and rain forests. It features some of the best writing on global warming from the last three decades, including Bill McKibben's seminal essay 'The End of Nature,' the first piece to popularize both the science and politics of climate change for a general audience, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning work of Elizabeth Kolbert, as well as Kathryn Schulz, Dexter Filkins, Jonathan Franzen, Ian Frazier, Eric Klinenberg, and others. The result, in its range, depth, and passion, promises to bring light, and sometimes heat, to the great emergency of our age.
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary YA novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice
It's 2002, a year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who's tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She's tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments - even the physical violence she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day.
Shirin drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then she meets Ocean James. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know her. It terrifies her -they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds - and Shirin has had her guard up against the world for so long that she's not sure she'll ever be able to let it down.
Perfect for fans of the Shatter Me series as well as Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and Nicola Yoon's The Sun is Also A Star.
Lost on the Moon
After learning of a diamond field on the Moon, our crew heads for the satellite, where they discover a petrified city populated by petrified people.
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0,88 €
In the Year 2889
In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Jules Verne's ideas.
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3,07 €
Accomplishment
There is no secret formula for success, especially when tackling a new challenge. But what if there were a pattern you could follow? A way of mapping the route and navigating the obstacles that arise?
Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments, businesses and major sporting teams around the world on how to achieve ambitious goals on time. Drawing on stories of historic visionaries and modern heroes - from Mary Fischer and Rosa Parks to Paula Radcliffe and Gareth Southgate - Barber presents a unique combination of personal anecdote, historical evidence and interviews from inspirational figures to unpack the route to success.