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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination. Now only the great pyramid remains fully standing, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonders still enthral us today.
In a thrilling, colourful narrative enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes walks through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create, why we choose to remember the wonder of others. She explores traces of the Wonders themselves, and the traces they have left in history. A magisterial work of historical storytelling, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World reinforces the exciting and nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen.
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory","Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator""
Here, the stories of how Charlie Bucket wins one of the prized golden tickets enabling him to vist the factory of Willy Wonka - chocolate maker of distinction - and its sequel in which Charlie and his family go into orbit in a great glass elevator, are gathered in a single volume.
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The Woman With the Cure
She gave up everything — and changed the world.
A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe.
In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world’s best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god.
But Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. She just wants the world to have a cure. Applying the same determination that lifted her from a humble background as the daughter of immigrants, to becoming a doctor –often the only woman in the room--she hunts down the monster where it lurks: in the blood.
This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. When his chance to win comes on a worldwide scale, she is asked to sink or validate his vaccine—and to decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure.
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The Squirrel and the Lost Treasure
An enchanting clothbound fable about growth, new life and finding hope in unexpected places, from the award-winning designer and creator of The Fox and the Star.
One autumn evening, a young squirrel spots an acorn glinting on the forest floor.
Eager to protect her treasure from watchful eyes and hungry mouths, she buries it deep in the heart of the forest.
But when she returns after the icy winter, her acorn is nowhere to be found. Where could it be?
The Mystery of the Blue Train
The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice...When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again -- for a heavy blow has killed her,
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The Oldest Book in the World
A new translation of a philosophical and practical advice classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt four thousand years ago and still relevant for modern readers today.
Noted author and Egyptologist Bill Manley renders into approachable modern English for the first time the oldest surviving statement of philosophy from the ancient world: the thirty-seven teachings and twelve conclusions of The Teaching of Ptahhatp, vizier, or chief minister, to the Old Kingdom pharaoh Izezi (2390–2350 BCE). Manley’s expert commentary elucidates Ptahhatp’s profound yet practical philosophy, which covers such topics as ambition, fame, confrontation, sex, and wisdom, and offers a unique window onto ancient Egyptian life and society.
The Teaching of Ptahhatp ought to begin the list of the world’s classics of philosophy, yet it has been largely forgotten since its rediscovery in the nineteenth century. Manley’s new translation corrects this oversight, making accessible for the first time the Old Kingdom vizier Ptahhatp’s concise, helpful insights into the human condition.
New translations of two further texts?The Dialogue Between a Man and His Soul, in which a man asks himself, “What is the point of living?,” and Why Things Happen, the oldest surviving account of creation from anywhere in the world?demonstrate how Ptahhatp’s philosophy was founded in ancient Egyptian beliefs about truth and reality. Manley introduces the vizier and the world within which he operated, as well as the significance of the “oldest book of the world,” preserved in a scroll now known as the Papyrus Prisse in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Together these works by Ptahhatp provide a new perspective on the Pyramid Age and overturn traditional stereotypes about the origins of Western philosophy.
74 illustrations / 25 in color
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The Decision Book
Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? And how can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently?
This updated edition of the international bestseller distils into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used on MBA courses, and elsewhere, that will help you tackle these important questions - from the well known (the Eisenhower matrix for time management) to the less familiar but equally useful (the Swiss Cheese model). It will even show you how to remember everything you will have learned by the end of it.
Stylish and compact, this little black book is a powerful asset. Whether you need to plot a presentation, assess someone's business idea or get to know yourself better, this unique guide will help you simplify any problem and take steps towards the right decision.
The Science of the Ocean
Dive into this uniquely elegant visual exploration of the sea
An informative and utterly beautiful introduction to marine life and the ocean environment, The Science of the Ocean book brings the riches of the underwater world onto the printed page. Astounding photography reveals an abundance of life, from microscopic plankton to great whales, seaweed to starfish. Published in association with the Natural History Museum, the book explores every corner of the oceans, from coral reefs and mangrove swamps to deep ocean trenches.
Along the way, and with the help of clear, simple illustrations, it explains how life has adapted to the marine environment, revealing for example how a stonefish delivers its lethal venom and how a sponge sustains itself by sifting food from passing currents. It also examines the physical forces and processes that shape the oceans, from global circulation systems and tides to undersea volcanoes and tsunamis. To most of us, the marine world is out of reach.
But with the help of photography and the latest technology, The Science of the Ocean brings us up close to animals, plants, and other living things that inhabit a fantastic and almost incomprehensibly beautiful other dimension.
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The Emotionally Intelligent Office
An in-depth exploration of what really lies behind our problematic behavioural patterns in the workplace, and a blueprint for the emotional skills we need to overcome them.
Modern businesses place huge emphasis on technical training. And yet a lot of what determines the success or failure of organisations has nothing to do with the sort of hard skills taught at business school; instead, it comes down to the degree of emotional intelligence circulating in the workplace.
This is a book that introduces us to twenty core emotional skills that can help businesses to flourish. They range from giving honest feedback, to accepting that it's OK to fail, to addressing jealousies and insecurities within teams. We learn about how our childhoods continue to have an often unhelpful impact on how we deal with colleagues, and the best ways we might speak so that others will listen. The book is informed by the practical work that the Learning and Development division of The School of Life carries out, endeavouring to change the culture within organisations around the world through teaching teams the art of emotional intelligence.
It shows us not only how to be a more effective worker, but a more well-balanced human too.
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The Art of the Hobbit
A sumptuous full colour art book containing the complete collection of more than 100 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps created by J.R.R. Tolkien for The Hobbit.
When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist, and drew illustrations for his book while it was still in manuscript. The Hobbit as first printed had ten black and white pictures, two maps, and binding and dust-jacket designs by its author. Later, Tolkien also painted five scenes for colour plates which are some of his best work. His illustrations for The Hobbit add an extra dimension to that remarkable book, and have long influenced how readers imagine Bilbo Baggins and his world.
The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is the complete collection of the artwork created by the author for his story. Including related pictures, more than one hundred sketches, drawings, paintings, maps, and plans are presented here, preliminary and alternate versions and experimental designs as well as finished art. Using fresh digital scans from the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford and Marquette University in Wisconsin, Tolkien’s Hobbit pictures can be seen more vividly than ever before.
Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, two of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars, have edited the book and provide an expert introduction and comments. Readers who have enjoyed The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien will find much of interest also in The Art of The Hobbit.
The Brand Gap
The Brand Gap - audiokniha obsahuje české vydání nejkoncentrovanější knihy o brandingu.
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The Poppy War
A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China's twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.
When Rin aced the Keju - the test to find the most talented students in the Empire - it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn't believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin's guardians, who had hoped to get rich by marrying her off; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free from a life of servitude. That she got into Sinegard - the most elite military school in Nikan - was even more surprising.
But surprises aren't always good.
Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Fighting the prejudice of rival classmates, Rin discovers that she possesses a lethal, unearthly power - an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of psychoactive substances and a seemingly insane teacher, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive - and that mastering these powers could mean more than just surviving school.
For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most people calmly go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away...
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The Girl from the Well
From the highly acclaimed author of the Bone Witch trilogy comes a chilling story of a Japanese ghost looking for vengeance and the boy who has no choice but to trust her, lauded as a "a fantastically creepy story sure to keep readers up at night"-RT Book Reviews
I am where dead children go.
Okiku is a lonely soul. She has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the spirits of the murdered-dead. Once a victim herself, she now takes the lives of killers with the vengeance they're due. But releasing innocent ghosts from their ethereal tethers does not bring Okiku peace. Still she drifts on.
Such is her existence, until she meets Tark. Evil writhes beneath the moody teen's skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos. While his neighbors fear him, Okiku knows the boy is not a monster. Tark needs to be freed from the malevolence that clings to him. There's just one problem: if the demon dies, so does its host.
Suspenseful and creepy, The Girl from the Well is perfect for readers looking for
Spooky books for young adults
Japanese horror novels
Ghost stories for teens
East Asian folklore
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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies,music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
The Girl with the Red Hair
An unputdownable debut charting the thrilling life and heroism of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Hannie Schaft didn't train to be a soldier: she had dreams of her own. But dreams die in wartime, and her friends are no longer safe.
Hiding them is not enough. Hannie is young but she won't stand aside as the menace of Nazi evil tightens its grip on her country. Recruited into the Resistance, she learns to shoot and is notorious for not missing her targets.
As she draws deeper into a web of plots, disguises and assassinations, whispers spread like wildfire amongst enemies and friends alike. They know her name. She's "the Girl with Red Hair." A match for any Nazi soldier, a true threat, a target.
Buzzy Jackson's debut is an unputdownable novel of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested.
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Beatles, The - The Beatles (Super Deluxe Ltd.) 7CD
V listopadu 1968 byly do všemožných hudebních obchodů světa vyslány miliony kopií eponymního devátého dvojalba jedné z nejlegendárnějších kapel hudební historie - Beatles. Albu, které po generace nepřestává lidstvo inspirovat, se později začalo přezdívat The White Album. Reedice desky vyjde 9. listopadu a bude obsahovat 30 Gilesem Martinem (syn George Martina) a Samem Okellem nově vysoce kvalitně zmixovaných písní (The White Album), 27 dřívějších akustických demo nahrávek (Esher Demos) a 50 z většiny dosud nevydaných nahrávek pocházejících ze studiových sessions (Sessions).
The White Album bude k dostání v několika verzích. Super deluxe verze s tradičním unikátním číslem bude obsahovat dva disky, na kterých je nahrané album, jeden disk s Esher Demos, tři disky Sessions, čtyři Blu-ray verze alba a je doplněna knihou plnou fotografií, plakátů, rukopisů, poznámek a textů. Deluxe varianta bude obsahovat výše zmíněné disky, 4LP limitovaný box set - klasické album a audio kolekci, která mj. obsahuje Esher Demos, 24stránkový booklet, plakáty a portréty. Standard verze potom obsahuje klasické původní 2LP.
Většina skladeb byla složena v meditačním centru Mahariši Maheš Jógiho poblíž indického Rišikeše, kam členové skupiny se svými manželkami odcestovali v únoru 1968, aby se zrekreovali a věnovali se meditacím. Na rozdíl od předchozího alba, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, nebylo The White Album zamýšleno jako konceptuální album. Písně nespojuje žádné téma, střídá se i mnoho stylů hudby (blues, hard-rock, folk, ska a další). Je možné, že právě z důvodu takového množství nesourodých „škatulek” či „koutků” chtěli Beatles toto album původně nazvat Domeček pro panenky.
Obal desky navrhl renomovaný autor pop artu Richard Hamilton a je v kontrastu s obalem „Seržanta Peppera” stejně, jako je tomu v případě hudebního obsahu těchto dvou alb. Celá obálka má bílou barvu. Na obálce je pouze plasticky či v odstínech šedi vytlačen název alba.
Album se v Británii i Americe stalo okamžitým bestsellerem, který se umístil na prvních příčkách, kde se držel osm až devět týdnů. Deska se stala 19x platinovou a v roce 2000 byla uvedena do Grammy Hall of Fame jako „deska s neuvadající kvalitou a historickým významem”. „Jedná se o nejlepší album, které kdy Beatles vydali a jenom Beatles mohou udělat ještě lepší,” komentoval tehdy desku spoluzakladatel časopisu Rolling Stone Jann Wenner.
Tracklist:
1 Cd1 - White Album 2018 Stereo Mix
2 Back In The U.S.S.R
3 Dear Prudence
4 Glass Onion
5 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
6 Wild Honey Pie
7 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bi (Ll)
8 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
9 Happiness Is A Warm Gun
10 Martha My Dear
11 I'm So Tired
12 Blackbird
13 Piggies
14 Rocky Racoon
15 Don't Pass Me By
16 Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
17 I Will
18 Julia
19 Cd2 - White Album 2018 Stereo Mix
20 Birthday
21 Yer Blues
22 Mother Nature's Son
23 Everybody's Got Something To Hide E (Xcept Me And My Monkey)
24 Sexy Sadie
25 Helter Skelter
26 Long Long Long
27 Revolution 1
28 Honey Pie
29 Savoy Truffle
30 Cry Baby Cry
31 Revolution 9
32 Good Night
33 Cd3 - Esher Demos
34 Back In The U.S.S.R. (Esher Demo)
35 Dear Prudence (Esher Demo)
36 Glass Onion (Esher Demo)
37 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Esher Demo)
38 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bi (Ll Esher Demo)
39 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Esher (Demo)
40 Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Esher Demo ()
41 I'm So Tired (Esher Demo)
42 Blackbird (Esher Demo)
43 Piggies (Esher Demo)
44 Rocky Raccoon (Esher Demo)
45 Julia (Esher Demo)
46 Yer Blues (Esher Demo)
47 Mother Nature's Son (Esher Demo)
48 Everybody's Got Something To Hide E (Xcept Me And My Money Esher Demo)
49 Sexy Sadie (Esher Demo)
50 Revolution (Esher Demo)
51 Honey Pie (Esher Demo)
52 Cry Baby Cry (Esher Demo)
53 Sour Milk Sea (Esher Demo)
54 Junk (Esher Demo)
55 Child Of Nature (Esher Demo)
56 Circles (Esher Demo)
57 Mean Mr Mustard (Esher Demo)
58 Polythene Pam (Esher Demo)
59 Not Guilty (Esher Demo)
60 What's The New Mary Jane (Esher Dem (O)
61 Cd4 - Sessions
62 Revolution I (Take 18)
63 A Beginning (Take 4) / Don't Pass M (E By Take 7)
64 Blackbird (Take 28)
65 Everybody's Got Something To Hide E (Xcept Me And My Monkey Rehearsal)
66 Good Night (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
67 Good Night (Take 10 With A Guitar P (Art From Take 5)
68 Good Night (Take 22)
69 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Take 3)
70 Revolution (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
71 Revolution (Take 14 Instrumental Ba (Cking Track)
72 Cry Baby Cry (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
73 Helter Skelter (First Version Take (2)
74 Cd5 - Sessions
75 Sexy Sadie (Take 3)
76 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acous (Tic Version Take 2)
77 Hey Jude (Take 1)
78 St Louis Blues (Studio Jam)
79 Not Guilty (Take 102)
80 Mother Nature's Son (Take 15)
81 Yer Blues (Take 5 With Guide Vocal)
82 What's The New Mary Jane (Take 1)
83 Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
84 Back In The U.S.S.R. (Take 5 Instru (Mental Backing Track)
85 Dear Prudence (Vocal Guitar & Drums ()
86 Let It Be (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
87 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third (Version Take 27)
88 (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Car (E Studio Jam)
89 Helter Skelter (Second Version Take (17)
90 Glass Onion (Take 10)
91 Cd6 - Sessions
92 I Will (Take 13)
93 Blue Moon (Studio Jam)
94 I Will (Take 29)
95 Step Inside Love (Studio Jam)
96 Los Paranoias (Studio Jam)
97 Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
98 Birthday (Take 2 Instrumental Backi (Ng Track)
99 Piggies (Take 12 Instrumental Backi (Ng Track)
100. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Take 19)
101. Honey Pie (Instrumental Backing Tra (Ck)
102. Savoy Truffle (Instrumental Backing (Track)
103. Martha My Dear (Without Brass A Str (Ings)
104. Long Long Long (Take 44)
105. I'm So Tired (Take 7)
106. I'm So Tired (Take 14)
107. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bi (Ll Take 5)
108. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (Ta (Kr 5)
109. Julia (Two Rehearsals)
110. The Inner Light (Take 6 Instrumenta (L Backing Tracks)
111. Lady Madonna (Take 2 Piano And Drum (S)
112. Lady Madonna (Backing Vocals From T (Ake 3)
113. Across The Universe (Take 6)
114. Bluray Audio
115. Pcm Stereo (2018 Stereo Mix)
116. Dts-Hd Master Audio 5.1 (2018)
117. Dolby True Hd 5.1 (2018)
118. Mono (2018 Direct Transfer Of „The (White Album” Original Mono Mix)
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The World of The Great Gatsby
Piece together one of Jay Gatsby’s notorious parties, where figures both real and fictional from Fitzgerald’s life and work are hidden among the enigmatic guests. Find Daisy Buchanan weeping over a pile of silk shirts, Gatsby gazing towards the green light of his dreams, Ernest Hemingway working at his typewriter and the all-seeing eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg surveying the wreckage as you puzzle towards the story’s tragic conclusion.
PART OF THE WORLD OF JIGSAW PUZZLE SERIES which immerse puzzlers in the worlds of their favourite writers and works.
FEATURING AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION packed with detail and a large poster with an introduction to the novel by Kirk Curnutt, executive director of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society
1000-PIECE PUZZLE that measures 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.) when completed.
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