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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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Špinarová Věra - Písně o lásce CD
Tracklist:
1. Máme máj (Wight Is Wight)
2. Mý ádié
3. Blues včerejší lásky (I Smell Trouble)
4.Hej lásko, nečekej (Goodbye My Love, Goodbye)
5. Hra, zvaná láska
6. Pár iluzí na úvěr
7. Čekám tě dál v zóně příletů
8. Ty jsi můj song
9. Bílá Jawa 250
10. Miluj mě víc (Woman In Love)
11. Meteor lásky
12. Píseň svou mi tenkrát hrál
13. A co teď?
14. Totální láska
15. Měj mě rád
16. A já tě závidím
17. ...a pořád tě mám ráda
18. Stěží mi teď dáš mat (Be Tender With Me Baby)
19. Dál tě cítím
20. Jak dokonalá je láska
21. Jednoho dne se vrátíš (Un jour tu reviendras)
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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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Girlboss
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first thing Sophia Amoruso sold online wasn’t fashion—it was a stolen book. She spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and dumpster diving. By twenty-two, she had resigned herself to employment, but was still broke, directionless, and working a mediocre day job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was there that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay. Eight years later, she is the founder, CEO, and creative director of Nasty Gal, a $100 million plus online fashion retailer with more than 350 employees. Sophia’s never been a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is winding as all hell and lined with naysayers. #GIRLBOSS includes Sophia’s story, yet is infinitely bigger than Sophia. It’s deeply personal yet universal. Filled with brazen wake-up calls (“You are not a special snowflake”), cunning and frank observations (“Failure is your invention”), and behind-the-scenes stories from Nasty Gal’s meteoric rise, #GIRLBOSS covers a lot of ground. It proves that being successful isn’t about how popular you were in high school or where you went to college (if you went to college). Rather, success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break. A #GIRLBOSS takes her life seriously without taking herself too seriously. She takes chances and takes responsibility on her own terms. . She knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them. When to button up and when to let her freak flag fly. As Sophia writes, “I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don’t ever grow up. Don’t become a bore. Don’t let The Man get to you. OK? Cool. Then let’s do this.”
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Museum
Au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, les sommités scientifiques sont en émoi : une météorite antérieure la création du systme solaire apporterait la preuve de l'origine extraterrestre de la vie. Les vieilles querelles resurgissent. L'homme est-il le produit accidentel de l'évolution ou le fruit d'un dessein intelligent ", autrement dit de Dieu ? Le directeur du Muséum sollicite alors le paléontologue et géologue américain Peter Osmond, un athée convaincu, pourfendeur des thses créationnistes, et l'Italien Marcello Magnani, un astrophysicien dépché par le Vatican. Mais, ds son arrivée, Peter Osmond découvre le corps affreusement disséqué de la biologiste Anita Elberg. Et, pendant sept jours, les meurtres se succdent..."
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Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apples Greatest Produc
Leander Kahney, author of Inside Steve's Brain, gives us an intimate look at how the legendary designer made Apple iconic in his new book, Jony Ive. "Different and new is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard." (Jony Ive). In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple with the unenviable task of turning around the company he had founded. One night Jobs discovered a scruffy British designer toiling away in a studio at Apple, surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jobs instantly realized he had found a talent who could reverse the company's long decline. That young designer was Jony Ive. Ive's collaboration with Jobs would produce some of the world's most iconic products, including the iMac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. These designs have overturned entire industries and created the world's most powerful brand. Along the way, Ive has become the world's leading technology innovator, won countless awards, earned a place on the 2013 Time 100 list, and has been knighted for his services to design and enterprise. Yet little is known about the shy, softly-spoken designer that Jobs referred to as his 'spiritual partner' at Apple. This book offers a detailed portrait of a creative genius, based on interviews with Ive's former colleagues and extensive research. From his early interest in industrial design through his education at Newcastle Polytechnic and meteoric rise at Apple, we discover the principles and practices that led Ive to become the designer of his generation. 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.
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Wormwood
When a meteor strikes London, its inhabitants are devastated. It's not long before corrupt individuals start taking advantage of the disaster and, with the city lying in ruins, nothing seems certain to those who dwell there. In only they knew that, h
eld captive and tucked away in an attic in the city, there is an angel. An angel who fell to earth with the meteor, whose only hope lies in the friendship of a servant girl named Agetta. For in this dark time of treachery and deceit, escape is not li
kely to come easily.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, be
z ohľadu na obálku.
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The Fat Duck Cookbook
In this beautiful, smaller format edition of the award-winning Big Fat Duck Cookbook, we hear the full story of the meteoric rise of Heston Blumenthal and The Fat Duck, birthplace of snail porridge and bacon-and-egg ice cream, and encounter the passion, perfection and weird science behind the man and the restaurant. Heston Blumenthal is widely acknowledged to be a genius, and The Fat Duck has twice been voted the Best Restaurant in the World by a peer group of top chefs. But he is entirely self-taught, and the story of his restaurant has broken every rule in the book. His success has been borne out of his pure obsession, endless invention and a childish curiosity into how things work - whether it's how smell affects taste, what different flavours mean to us on a biological level, or how temperature is distributed in the centre of a souffle. In the first section of The Fat Duck Cookbook, we learn the history of the restaurant, from its humble beginnings to its third Michelin star (the day Heston received the news of this he had been wondering how exactly he would be able to pay his staff that month). Next we meet 50 of his signature recipes - sardine on toast sorbet, salmon poached with liquorice, hot and iced tea, chocolate wine - which, while challenging for anyone not equipped with ice baths, dehydrators, vacuum pumps and nitrogen on tap, will inspire home cooks and chefs alike. Finally, we hear from the experts whose scientific know-how has contributed to Heston's topsy-turvy world. With an introduction by Harold McGee, incredible colour photographs throughout and illustrations by Dave McKean, The Fat Duck Cookbook is not only the nearest thing to an autobiography from the world's most fascinating chef, but also a stunning, colourful and joyous work of art.
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