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The Desolations of Devils Acre
The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.
Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned.
After a narrow getaway from a blood-thirsty hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil's Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations - weather fronts of ash and blood and bone - a terrible portent of Caul's amassing army.
Risen from the Library of Souls and more powerful than ever, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains - deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones. If they can decipher its secret location.
Jacob and his friends will face deadly enemies and race through history's most dangerous loops in this thrilling page-turner, the final adventure in the beloved Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
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15,15 €
15,95 €
The Literary Almanac: A year of seasonal reading
Discover over 300 seasonal book recommendations in the ultimate reading list for book lovers everywhere.
Spanning the dreary, cold days of January to the first flushes of spring and then the blazing August heat, bibliophile Francesca Beauman offers up a wealth of book recommendations. From The Count of Monte Cristo to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet, each has been selected to chime with a particular time of year and provide a richer reading experience.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this charming guide will delight, inspire and seriously extend your 'To Be Read' list!
Getting Rich by Magic
What this book can do for you: You support certified climate protection projects, get fast compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press reviews in the book preview) as well as in practice proven advice, which leads step by step to success - also thanks to add-on.
Because earning money virtually on the side without having to do much for it is the old dream of many people. But what at first sight sounds like a beautiful illusion, can become quite true. Passive income is the magic word, after all only those who let their money work for them can become real. But unfortunately, very few people are really familiar with the subject of investing money and there are as many opinions about the right financial planning as there are experts. So if you want to earn money on the side, you would do well not to lose track in the jungle of financial products between stock trading with single stocks, ETF and index funds, gold, real estate, etc. Therefore, it makes sense to take a closer look at one's own asset planning, after all, savings and thus the retirement provisions that are important for retirement are only destroyed by inflation.
We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form.
Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process.
The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English.
Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
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8,09 €
The Age of Anxiety
The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it. The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable. The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour and sharp ear for dialogue.
First conceived as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes including a maze, divine madness and long-lost children. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel, which on one level is an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.
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10,93 €
11,50 €
The Science of Can and Cant
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe
There is a vast class of properties, which science has so far neglected, that relate not only to what is true - the actual - but to what could be true: the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can't.
A pioneer in the field, Chiara Marletto explores the extraordinary promise that this revolutionary approach holds for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering next-generation processors to designing AI. But by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, Marletto goes deeper still, showing how counterfactuals can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete, abundant and rewarding picture of the universe itself.
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth
For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again. Life has learned and adapted and continued through the billions of years that followed. It has weathered fire and ice. Slimes begat sponges, who through billions of years of complex evolution and adaptation grew a backbone, braved the unknown of pitiless shores, and sought an existence beyond the sea.
From that first foray to the spread of early hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted, undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life is an enlightening story of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today. It is our planet like you've never seen it before.
Life teems through Henry Gee's lyrical prose - colossal supercontinents drift, collide, and coalesce, fashioning the face of the planet as we know it today. Creatures are engagingly personified, from 'gregarious' bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic period to magnificent mammals with the future in their (newly evolved) grasp. Those long extinct, almost alien early life forms are resurrected in evocative detail. Life's evolutionary steps - from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures taking to the skies in flight - are conveyed with an alluring, up-close intimacy.
'A dazzling, beguiling story . . . told at an exhilarating pace' Literary Review
'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? - Everybody!' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fate of Ten
For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret. Now all of that has changed. The invasion has begun.
If the Garde can't find a way to stop the Mogs, humanity will suffer the same fate as the Lorien: annihilation.
There is still hope. When the Elders sent the Garde to Earth, they had a plan-one which the Garde are finally starting to understand. A group of the Garde travelled to an ancient pyramid in Mexico known to their people as the Sanctuary. There they awoke a power that had been hidden within our planet for generations.
Now this power can save the world . . . or destroy it.
It will all depend on who wields it.
Praise for Pittacus Lore:
'Tense, exciting, full of energy' Observer
'Relentlessly readable' The Times
'Set to eclipse Harry Potter and moody vampires. Pittacus Lore is about to become one of the hottest names on the planet' Big Issue
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10,93 €
11,50 €
The Kremlin School of Negotiation
Negotiating is something that we all do, whether at work or at home. But what if we come across someone who just won't give in? How can we defend ourselves against manipulation? And how do we say 'no' without compromising a deal?
Legend has it that the Kremlin school of negotiation was born in Russia in the 1920s, under the rule of Joseph Stalin, and it still has its followers and advocates to this day.
Using the official Kremlin method and years of business experience, Igor Ryzov guides us through the most effective techniques in negotiating terms that satisfy both parties. From knowing how to get the most information about a potential deal, to how to read your counterpart, and advice on defusing tension, this comprehensive handbook ensures a mutually acceptable resolution that leaves you walking away successful.
With practical examples, and exercises to hone your negotiating skills, The Kremlin School of Negotiation will offer the tools you need to master any deal.
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18,95 €
19,95 €
World Atlas of Beer
As craft brewing continues to go from strength to strength across the world, World Atlas of Beer is the definitive and essential guide to beer. Understand the rich, multi-faceted traditions of Belgium, the Nordic legend that is Finnish Sahti, the relatively new phenomenon of the New England hazy IPA, and why Australia's lower-strength beers are one of its great successes. With thousands of breweries now operating around the globe, and more opening every day, this is the expert guide to what is really worth drinking.
Country by country the book considers a vast range of brewing techniques, beer styles and traditions. Detailed maps describe crucial trends in major territories and features such as matching beer with food and how to pour different kinds of beer complete the picture.
Now in a fully updated third edition, this book is the perfect companion to help you explore the best beers the world has to offer.
Christian Dior : The Illustrated World of a Fashion Master
Christian Dior: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Master is a stunning illustrated biography of legendary designer Christian Dior from internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess.
Discover the key moments of Dior's fascinating life and iconic items from the fashion world that he created. Dior's love of flowers, creativity, femininity and good-luck charms were woven into everything he designed, and his New Look remains iconic to this day. Elegantly enclosed by a hardback cover and ribbon, Megan's beautiful illustrations follow Dior through three distinct chapters: the highs and lows of his early life, set against a backdrop of bohemian and wartime Paris; the couture house that he built into an empire in just ten years; and the incredible legacy he left behind for one of fashion's most influential brands.
Christian Dior is a celebration of a man whose life was as remarkable as the clothes that he created, brought to life on the page by the expert hand of Megan Hess.
Best of East Coast Australia
Lonely Planet's Best of East Coast Australiais your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Snorkel the Whitsundays, tour the Opera House or bushwalk at Wilsons Prom; all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of East Coast Australia and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Best of East Coast Australia:
Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak.
Full-colour images throughout.
Highlightsand itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests.
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots.
Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices.
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss.
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, food, wine, sport, landscapes, wildlife. Free, convenient pull-out Sydney map (included in print version), plus easy-to-use colour maps to help you navigate your destination.
Covers Sydney, South Coast New South Wales, Canberra, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast, The Whitsundays, Great Barrier Reef & the Daintree, Melbourne, Great Ocean Road, Wilsons Promontory & Gippsland, Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley Wineries, Lord Howe Island. The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Best of East Coast Australia, our easy-to-use guide, filled with inspiring and colourful photos, focuses on East Coast Australia's most popular attractions for those looking for the best of the best. Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all the country has to offer? Check out Lonely Planet's East Coast Australia guide. Looking for a guide for Sydney or Melbourne? Check out Lonely Planet's Sydney for a comprehensive look at all Sydney has to offer or Pocket Sydney and Pocket Melbourne, handy-sized guides focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.
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20,85 €
21,95 €
Usborne Book and Jigsaw Cities of the World
With bright illustrations and snappy introductions to each city, this charming book and jigsaw set is an ideal way for children to have fun learning the names and locations of famous cities all over the world, and to find out about their landmarks, culture and heritage. Completed size of jigsaw: 59cm x 40cm
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12,30 €
12,95 €
Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond - Updated Edition
Explore over eighty years of Batman history in this updated edition that features a wealth of new content, including a new chapter on acclaimed feature film The Batman.
Featuring two new chapters and exclusive content from the new feature film The Batman, this updated volume tells the complete story of Batman across comics, TV, animation, film, video games, and beyond. Covering the complete history of Batman in vivid detail, this deluxe edition features exclusive commentary from the key creatives who have been instrumental in building the Dark Knight's ongoing legacy, including Neal Adams, Tim Burton, Paul Dini, Steve Englehart, Mark Hamill, Grant Morrison, Julie Newmar, Christopher Nolan, Denny O'Neil, Joel Schumacher, Scott Snyder, and Zack Snyder. Along with taking readers on an unparalleled journey into the creation of the most memorable Batman moments in the character's eighty-year history-from the "Knightfall" comics arc to Tim Burton's films and the Arkham video game series the book busts open the DC Comics and Warner Bros. archives to deliver an avalanche of never-before-seen visual treasures that are guaranteed to blow the minds of Batman fans everywhere. Filled with exclusive insert items that further deepen the reading experience, this updated edition of Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond, is the ultimate exploration of a true legend whose impact on our culture has no limits.
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64,55 €
67,95 €
CE ZA AR 2023
SK
Cieľom súťažnej prehliadky CE ZA AR nie je len prezentovať tvorbu členov a členiek Slovenskej komory architektov a oceniť ich najlepšie diela, ale aj upozorniť širšiu verejnosť na úlohu architektúry pri rozvoji spoločnosti, zlepšovaní kvality prostredia pre život a prácu, ako aj pri tvorbe nových kultúrnych hodnôt. Ocenenie sa aj preto dlhodobo venuje úlohám samospráv vo formovaní miest a obcí a dokazuje, že kvalitná architektúra či zodpovedne navrhované verejné stavby a priestranstvá sú cestou k vyššej kvalite života obyvateľov.
Význam architektúry ako kvalitného, krásneho a udržateľného priestoru pre spoločenské interakcie, prepájanie komunít a stretnutia pri práci aj vo voľnom čase a dôležitosť navrhovania s ohľadom na potreby spoločnosti zdôrazňuje motto 22. ročníka ocenenia #spoluvarchitekture/ #togetherinarchitecture.
EN
The aim of the prize CE ZA AR is not only to present the work of members of the Slovak Chamber of Architects and to appreciate their best works but also to draw the attention of the wider public to the role of architecture in the development of society, improving the quality of the environment for life and work, as well as in the creation of new cultural values. For this reason, the prize has long been dedicated to the role of local governments in the formation of cities and municipalities and proves that high-quality architecture or responsibly designed public buildings and spaces are the way to a higher quality of life for residents.
The importance of architecture as a high-quality, beautiful and sustainable space for social interactions, connecting communities and meetings at work and in free time and the importance of designing with society's needs in mind is emphasized by the motto of the 22nd year of the prize #spoluvarchitekture/ #togetherinarchitecture.
The Madness of Crowds
Are we living through the great derangement of our times?
In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive.
One of the few writers who dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society - from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women - Murray's penetrating book, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.
Design of Childhood
Nothing short of spectacular . . . A secret guidebook to a landscape in which we all dwell, but so often fail to see. --Tom Vanderbilt, bestselling author of Traffic
From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development. Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades, even centuries of changing ideas about what makes for good child-rearing--and what does not. Do you choose wooden toys, or plastic, or, increasingly, digital? What do youngsters lose when seesaws are deemed too dangerous and slides are designed primarily for safety? How can the built environment help children cultivate self-reliance? In these debates, parents, educators, and kids themselves are often caught in the middle. Now, prominent design critic Alexandra Lange reveals the surprising histories behind the human-made elements of our children's pint-size landscape. Her fascinating investigation shows how the seemingly innocuous universe of stuff affects kids' behavior, values, and health, often in subtle ways. And she reveals how years of decisions by toymakers, architects, and urban planners have helped-and hindered-American youngsters' journeys toward independence. Seen through Lange's eyes, everything from the sandbox to the street becomes vibrant with buried meaning. The Design of Childhood will change the way you view your children's world-and your own.
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12,83 €
13,50 €
The Decay of Lying
'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life'
The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the highest form of creation and that lying, the telling of a beautiful untruth, is the ultimate aim of art.
One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
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7,13 €
7,50 €
Attract Happiness & Ways to Success
What this book can do for you: You support certified climate protection projects, get fast compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press reviews in the book preview) as well as in practice proven advice, which leads step by step to success - also thanks to add-on.
Because luck does not necessarily come to the stupid, but often to the energetic. It has been proven that a more optimistic attitude can also have a positive influence on life. Because those who actively look for opportunities will also find them, but those who are too hesitant, new opportunities are often blocked. Communication with other people, energy and the development of a good network are important factors in this. Furthermore, resilience exercises, meditation and breathing techniques can help to realistically assess dangers and risks, to evaluate situations objectively and to react adequately. Being happy at the end of the day is also a decision.
We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form.
Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process.
The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English.
Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
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8,09 €
Finances Under Control
What this book can do for you: You support certified climate protection projects, receive compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press reviews in the book preview) as well as advice proven in practice, which leads step by step to success - also thanks to add-on.
Because especially in economically uncertain times it is important to have an overview of your finances. After all, we all work too hard for our money to let it slip through our fingers in the end. But opinions are divided as to what constitutes a good investment: There are, among other things, individual shares, funds, gold, real estate and many other possibilities, which make it urgently necessary to deal with one's own finances in more detail, as the universally popular savings are only destroyed by inflation. Therefore, with the right financial planning we can save a lot of money in everyday life and then invest it profitably.
We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form.
Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process.
The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English.
Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
Na stiahnutie
8,09 €