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Path of Minor Planets
It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways. Andrew Sean Greer's remarkable and sweeping novel is an exploration into chances taken and lost, of love found and broken, and of time's gravitational pull on the lives of everyday and extraordinary people.
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It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways. Andrew Sean Greer's remarkable and sweeping novel is an exploration into chances taken and lost, of love found and broken, and of time's gravitational pull on the lives of everyday and extraordinary people.
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Best of Greece & The Greek Islands 1
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet's Best of Greece & the Greek Islands is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the elegant Acropolis, watch the sunset in Santorini and feast your way around Crete - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Greece & the Greek Islands and begin your journey now!
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New Scientist - The Origin of (almost) Everything
Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking.
When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been travelling, he reasoned, then they must, at some point, have been on top of one another. This discovery transformed the debate about one of the most fundamental questions of human existence - how did the universe begin?
Every society has stories about the origin of the cosmos and its inhabitants, but now, with the power to peer into the early universe and deploy the knowledge gleaned from archaeology, geology, evolutionary biology and cosmology, we are closer than ever to understanding where it all came from. In The Origin of (almost) Everything, New Scientist explores the modern origin stories of everything from the Big Bang, meteorites and dark energy, to dinosaurs, civilisation, timekeeping, belly-button fluff and beyond.
From how complex life evolved on Earth, to the first written language, to how humans conquered space, The Origin of (almost) Everything offers a unique history of the past, present and future of our universe.
Mluvte německy!
Konverzační příručka a cvičebnice v jednom je určena pro mírně pokročilé studenty němčiny, kteří si chtějí rozšířit slovní zásobu. Naleznete v ní 12 tematických lekcí, potřebných k běžné domluvě: představení, bydlení, profese, volný čas, nákupy, cestovní prostředky atd. V každé kapitole se naučíte potřebnou slovní zásobu, frazeologii, na CD si poslechnete nejrůznější dialogy, které namluvili rodilí mluvčí.
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Steve Schapiro & Lawrence Schiller
Pitch perfect From Funny Girl to A Star Is Born, the meteoric rise of Barbra Streisand In 1970 Barbra Streisand published a story in Life magazine titled Who Am I Anyway? It was the very question two leading photojournalists of the day Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller were also asking as they photographed her during her first five years in Hollywood, working to get beneath the veneer and capture the real Barbra. Brimming with photographs, stories, and behind-the-scenes shots from Schapiro and Schiller, and previously available only as a limited edition, this is a must-have collection for any Streisand fan. All the best movies of Streisand s first Hollywood decade are here: Funny Girl, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, The Way We Were, The Owl and the Pussycat, Up the Sandbox, Funny Lady, and A Star Is Born. So too are her loves, directors, confidants, and costars Elliott Gould, William Wyler, Sydney Pollack, Vincente Minnelli, Cis Corman, Omar Sharif, Kris Kristofferson, and, of course, Robert Redford.Through it all a picture emerges not of a singer who could act, but of an actress who could sing, write, direct, dance, and do just about anything she put her mind to.
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The Atlas Obscura Explorers Guide for the Worlds
Calling all curious kids! It's time to pack your bags and embark on the journey of a lifetime. Created by the same team behind Atlas Obscura, the #1 New York Times bestseller that has over 600,000 copies in print in its first year, The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid is a thrillingly imaginative expedition to 100 of the world's most mysterious and mesmerising places.
The hottest place on earth, and the coldest. Lava lakes and the otherworldly Blood Falls of Antarctica. An underwater spaceship graveyard and a museum of dancing mummies. As compelling as the destinations is the way the book unfolds. Imagine the world's most ingenious tour guide working with an unlimited budget, and this is the journey you'd take: hopscotching from country to country in a daisy chain of connecting attractions. For example, visit the site of a mysterious meteor crash in Siberia, then turn the page and learn about one in the Yucatan. While in Mexico, visit the fantastical crystal caves, and then turn the page to find yourself in another massive cave, this time in Vietnam.
Illustrated in gorgeous and appropriately evocative full-spread watercolours, this book is a passport to a world of hidden possibilities.
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Sergio Larrain
Sergio Larrain (19312012) crossed the photographic universe like a meteorite. After much travelling, his concern for purity and his attraction to meditation led him to withdraw to the Chilean countryside and live self- sufficiently. From there he began to write concerned as he was about the need to encourage the world to wake up to its possible fate while continuing in his deep love of photography. His work became limited to instants of enlightenment, pure moments of amazement. Sergio Larrain only published four books of his work during his lifetime, and a complete monograph of his work has never been put together. It was his choice, but this book fills that gap. Created with the full agreement of his family, it is edited by Agnès Sire, who after keeping up a long correspondence with the photographer, has worked with Magnum on preserving his estate. The selection of over 200 photographs is made up of two main axes, Latin America and Europe: Macchu Pichu, Bolivia, Chile and Valparaiso; and London, Paris and Italy. A true reflection of Larrains extraordinary personality, the book also features a selection of essential letters, drawings, workbooks and handwritten texts about meditation.
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Girlboss
In this New York Times best selling sensation, founder and Executive Chairman of Nasty Gal Sophia Amoruso shares her story and inspires women everywhere to join the #Girlboss movement. "#Girlboss is more than a book...#Girlboss is a movement." (Lena Dunham). "A millennial alternative to Lean In." (New York Magazine). "A compellingly motivational read." (The Telegraph). "The book you need in your life." (Marie Claire). This is the winner of the 2014 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Business Book. In the space of ten years, Sophia Amoruso has gone from high-school dropout to founder and Executive Chairman of Nasty Gal, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world. Sophia's never been a typical executive, or a typical anything, and she's written #Girlboss for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success. Filled with brazen wake-up calls, cunning and frank observations, and behind-the-scenes stories from Nasty Gal's meteoric rise, #Girlboss covers a lot of ground. It proves that success doesn't come from where you went to college or how popular you were in school. Success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break. Inspiring, motivating and empowering, #Girlboss will give you the kick up the ass you need to reach your potential.
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New Scientist: The Origin of (Almost) Everything
Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why your keyboard is laid out in QWERTY (it's not to make it easier to type) or whether the invention of the wheel was less important to civilisation than the bag (think about it). New Scientist does. And now they and illustrator Jennifer Daniel want to take you on a whistlestop journey from the start of our universe (through the history of stars, galaxies, meteorites, the Moon and dark energy) to our planet (through oceans and weather to oil) and life (through dinosaurs to emotions and sex) to civilisation (from cities to alcohol and cooking), knowledge (from alphabets to alchemy) ending up with technology (computers to rocket science). Witty essays explore the concepts alongside enlightening infographics that zoom from how many people have ever lived to showing you how a left-wing brain differs from a right-wing one.
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Greece Athens & The Mainland ETG
Whatever your budget DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Greece: Athens & the Mainland will lead you straight to the best attractions this dynamic region has to offer. Bursting with detailed maps of Athens and the Greek mainland regions, extensive cutaways an
d floor plans of all the most intriguing historical sites, this guide advises you on the best things to do in Greece - from scenic walks which take in the archaeological monuments of the Acropolis, to visiting the monasteries of Meteora, to relaxing
on one of the gorgeous beaches on the Greek Mainland, the guide will leave you inspired. Fully updated and expanded, the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Greece: Athens & the Mainland explores all the essential insider information every traveller needs, in
cluding dozens of suggestions for hotels, restaurants, entertainment and excursions across Athens and the Greek Mainland.
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Jony Ive
An intimate look at the legendary British designer behind Apple's most iconic products - including the Apple Watch. With the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, Jony Ive has become the most important person at Apple. Some would argue he always was. Steve Jobs discovered Ive in 1997, when he found the scruffy British designer toiling away in a studio surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jobs instantly realised he had found a talent who could reverse Apple's decline, and become his 'spiritual partner'. Their collaboration produced iconic products including the iMac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. Designs that overturned entire industries and created the world's most powerful brand. Little has been known about this shy, softly-spoken designer. Until now. This riveting book tells the story of a creative genius, from his early interest in industrial design to his meteoric rise, as well as the principles and practices that led Ive to become the designer of his generation. "Sheds new light on technology's most-watched design team". (Observer). "A real pleasure". (GQ). Leander Kahney has covered Apple for more than a dozen years and has written three popular books about Apple and the culture of its followers, including Inside Steve's Brain and Cult of Mac. The former news editor for Wired.com, he is currently the editor and publisher of CultofMac.com. He lives in San Francisco.
Golden Collection of the Slovak Drama of the 20th Century
Golden Collection of the Slovak Drama of the 20th Century (1900-1948) Golden Collection of the Slovak Drama of the 20th Century (1900-1948)
Colden Collection of the Slovak Drama of the 20th Century I (1900 – 1948) je prezentačná publikácia, ktorá predstavuje v anglickom jazyku hry ôsmich najvýznamnejších slovenských dramatikov prvej polovice 20. storočia: Ivana Stodolu (Čaj u pána senátora); Júliusa Barča-Ivana (Dvaja); Jozefa Gregora Tajovského (Nový život); Vladimíra Hurbana Vladimírova (Zámka škripí); Petra Karvaša (Meteor); Štefana Králika (Hra o slobode) ; Leopolda Laholu (Atentát); Juraja Váha (Ticho).
Úvodnú štúdiu a medailóny o autoroch a ich diele napísal prof. Vladimír Štefko, ktorý je zároveň autorom koncepcie prvého dielu.
Publikácia má podobu CD nosiča, na ktorom čitatelia nájdu celý text divadelných hier a medailóny dramatikov, s priloženou knižočkou, v ktorej sú vytlačené úvodná štúdia a medailóny o autoroch.
Texty preložila do anglického jazyka Katarína Slugeňová Cockrell.
Autorom dizajnu je Ondrej Gavalda. Pre dobovú analógiu výtvarnej stránky a typografie, inšpirovanými slovenskou výtvarnou modernou vybral písmo „Galanda Moderna“.
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Great Villas of Brno
Publikace Slavné brněnské vily navazuje na úspěšnou publikaci Slavné pražské vily, jejíž první vydání, dotisk a rozšířené vydání byly téměř okamžitě rozebrány. Na 15. mezinárodním stavebním veletrhu For arch 2004 byla publikace oceněna Čestným uznáním „Zlatá pečeť . Brněnská veřejnost i odborné instituce si rovněž žádají publikaci s tématem brněnské vily. Kniha obsahuje jednak úvodní pasáž o moderní české architektuře, specificky potom o brněnské architektuře se zaměřením na rodinné bydlení, informace, fotografie, plány slavných vil a literárně zpracované příběhy o architektech, stavebnících, stavitelích a lidech kolem moderní české architektury. Publikace specifickým způsobem mapuje jednu z oblastí naší architektury, která doposud nebyla souhrnně zpracována.
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The Courage to Act
In 2006, Ben S. Bernanke was appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve, capping a meteoric trajectory from a rural South Carolina childhood to professorships at Stanford and Princeton, to public service in Washington's halls of power. There would be no time to celebrate, however-the burst of the housing bubble in 2007 set off a domino effect that would bring the global financial system to the brink of meltdown. In The Courage to Act, Ben Bernanke pulls back the curtain on the tireless and ultimately successful efforts to prevent a mass economic failure. Working with two US presidents and two Treasury secretaries, Bernanke and his colleagues used every Fed capability, no matter how arcane, to keep the US economy afloat. From his arrival in Washington in 2002 and his experiences before the crisis, to the intense days and weeks of the crisis itself, and through the Great Recession that followed, Bernanke gives readers an unequalled perspective on the American economy. This narrative will reveal for the first time how the creativity and decisiveness of a few key leaders prevented an economic collapse of unimaginable scale. Bernanke explains the inspiration behind the book's title, saying, "When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve, policymakers and staff alike, mustered the moral courage to do what was necessary, often in the face of bitter criticism and condemnation. I am grateful to all of them and proud to have been part of the global effort to contain the most dangerous economic crisis of our time."
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What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
Jim Paul's meteoric rise took him from a small town in Northern Kentucky to governor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, yet he lost it all--his fortune, his reputation, and his job--in one fatal attack of excessive economic hubris. In this honest, frank analysis, Paul and Brendan Moynihan revisit the events that led to Paul's disastrous decision and examine the psychological factors behind bad financial practices in several economic sectors. This book--winner of a 2014 Axiom Business Book award gold medal--begins with the unbroken string of successes that helped Paul achieve a jet-setting lifestyle and land a key spot with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. It then describes the circumstances leading up to Paul's $1.6 million loss and the essential lessons he learned from it--primarily that, although there are as many ways to make money in the markets as there are people participating in them, all losses come from the same few sources. Investors lose money in the markets either because of errors in their analysis or because of psychological barriers preventing the application of analysis. While all analytical methods have some validity and make allowances for instances in which they do not work, psychological factors can keep an investor in a losing position, causing him to abandon one method for another in order to rationalize the decisions already made. Paul and Moynihan's cautionary tale includes strategies for avoiding loss tied to a simple framework for understanding, accepting, and dodging the dangers of investing, trading, and speculating.
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Die Arena
Spätestens seit Roland Emmerichs gleichnamigem Film scheint 2012 das Jahr der Apokalypse. Der Maya-Kalender sagt die große Katastrophe voraus, und vielleicht wird ein Meteor die Erde endgültig zerstören. In Stephen Kings voluminösem, fast 1.300 Seiten dickem Roman Die Arena geht die Welt 2012 zwar nicht unter, wohl aber ein kleiner Teil, ein kleines Stück. Und es ist auch kein Meteor, der sich bedrohlich auf die Idylle einer typischen US-amerikanischen Kleinstadt namens Chester’s Mill senkt, wohl aber eine seltsame Kuppel, die Chester’s Mill umschließt – und die rund 2.000 Bewohner für den Leser unter das Brennglas des Horrors stellt. Ob es sich dabei um einen Angriff von Außerirdischen oder ein Menschenexperiment der Regierung handelt, bleibt im Dunkeln. Gerade will Dale „Barbie“ Barbara, Imbisskoch und Irak-Veteran, die Kleinstadt verlassen, da senkt sich die Kuppel wie eine Guillotine herunter und macht seine Ausreise unmöglich. Dann hält das Grauen Einzug in den Mikrokosmos – vor allem dank der Taten des skrupellosen Autohändlers und Provinzpolitikers „Big Jim“, der seine Mannen mordend durch die Gegend ziehen lässt, während die Außenwelt hilflos zusehen muss. Am Ende, als kaum mehr Erwachsene am Leben sind, liegt das Schicksal von Chester’s Mill und seiner wenigen Überlebenden in den Händen der Kinder... In einem Nachwort von Die Arena gibt Stephen King an, die Grundidee des Buchs – die Kuppel – schon vor dreißig Jahren gehabt zu haben. Vielleicht muss er das tun, denn immerhin lebte schon der erste Simpsons-Film (2007) von einem ähnlichen Einfall. Wie dem auch sei: Mit der Idee schafft King einen faszinierenden Mikrokosmos, der nicht zuletzt illustrieren soll, wie sehr sich die USA nach dem 9. September 2001 trotz der Wahl Barack Obamas (und seiner im Buch für 2012 prophezeiten Wiederwahl) verändert hat. Denn Die Arena ist auch ein politisches Buch, in dem der Terror und der Krieg gegen den Irak den Grundton bestimmt. Und es ist ein Buch, das den Altmeister des Horrors auf dem Höhepunkt seines Schaffens zeigt. -- Stefan Kellerer
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Světové přírodní dědictví: Kolumbie - Národní park Malpelo BD (3D)
2012 / Dokument / 52 minut / Německo
Asi 500 kilometrů od kolumbijského pobřeží ve východním Pacifiku se nachází přírodní park Malpelo, další z úchvatných míst, zapsaných na seznamu světového kulturního dědictví UNESCO. Neobydlený ostrov sopečného původu, kde v místních vodách naleznete unikátní přírodní ráj s neuvěřitelnou flórou a faunou. Makrely, barracudy, murény, velrybí žraloci. Malpelo je pro potápěče a mořské vědce zaslíbeným místem. Připojte se k naší expedici v Pacifiku a zažijte dobrodružství v ohromujících barvách a dechberoucím 3D.
Režie: Norbert Vander
Zvukové formáty: česky DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / anglicky DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Titulky: české
Obrazové formáty: 1,78:1 / 16:9 / 1920x1080
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Nirvana
Nirvana formed in 1987, released their first LP in 1989, and unintentionally tore the music world asunder two years later with the video and single for "Smells Like Teen Spirit." At the time, MTV and rock 'n' roll in general were largely dominated by vapid hair metal acts. Nirvana, with their thrift-store clothes and pawnshop guitars, represented a much-needed return to punk-inspired rock and at the same time validated the indie rock scene that had failed to breach the mainstream in the previous decade. A meteoric rise followed, attended by all of the predictable professional and personal pitfalls. Two and half years after the release of "Teen Spirit," leader Kurt Cobain, age 27, killed himself and the ride was over. Today, Nirvana and Cobain transcend generations, not unlike Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and other artists who met premature ends. The band's story and music fascinate kids whose parents were among Nirvana's early fans. Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of their final LP, "Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History" is the first to treat fans to a stylishly designed illustrated biography of the band. Performance and off-stage photography, handbills, singles, backstage passes, gig posters, and other memorabilia complement a narrative detailing the band's tumultuous history, as well as sidebar album reviews, gear breakdowns, and mini synopses of Cobain's 50 all-time favorite albums. Nirvana's ride was a wild one--and all too brief. Here, finally, is the book that breaks that history down and presents it from an objective perspective.
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