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A Grain of Wheat
A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa's great writers, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat includes an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of By the Sea, in Penguin Modern Classics.
It is 1963 and Kenya is on the verge of Uhuru - Independence Day. The mighty british government has been toppled, and in the lull between the fighting and the new world, colonized and colonizer alike reflect on what they have gained and lost. In the village of Thabai, the men and women who live there have been transformed irrevocably by the uprising. Kihika, legendary rebel leader, was fatally betrayed to the whiteman. Gikonyo's marriage to the beautiful Mumbi was destroyed when he was imprisoned, while her life has been shattered in other ways. And Mugo, brave survivor of the camps and now a village hero, harbours a terrible secret. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.
Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the author of Weep Not Child (1964), The River Between (1965), and Petals of Blood (1977). Ngugi was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977. He left Kenya in 1982 and taught at various universities in the United States before he became professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992.
If you enjoyed A Grain of Wheat, you might like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'With Ngugi history is a living tissue ... this book adds cubits to his already considerable stature'
Guardian
Lacná kniha El secreto del peregrino (-70%)
Un libro. Un secreto. Y un largo camino para descifrarlo. En una noche de 1356, el escribano parisiense Nicolás Flamel tiene una visión: un ángel le muestra un extra?o libro. Si logra hallarlo y descifrar su contenido, alcanzará la meta por la que muchos sabios han suspirado a lo largo de los siglos. Dos décadas después, en Castilla, un médico judío y estudioso de la cábala recibe una visita enigmática. Se llama Moisés Canches y vive en León, en el corazón del llamado camino francés, que lleva a los peregrinos hasta Compostela. Mientras, en Venecia, un rumor inquieta a las grandes familias: un alquimista ha conseguido transformar metales viles en oro. Los cimientos de la ciudad se tambalean, pues sus riquezas podrían perder valor de la noche a la ma?ana. Nace entonces una sociedad secreta cuyo objetivo último es borrar todo rastro del alquimista y su fuente de saber. El camino de Santiago, la ciudad del apóstol, es también el tablero de juego de una Europa asolada por la guerra y las intrigas. En su nueva novela, Peter Harris desvela la historia de un hombre que podría ser todos los hombres: asediado por la muerte, su salvación está en el conocimiento, en el viaje.Una aventura trepidante en el Camino de Santiago.Peter Harris (San Antonio, California, 1951) cursó estudios de arqueología y sociología en la UCLA. En su formación pesan fuertes raíces espa?olas, procedentes de su abuela materna. Desde hace algunos a?os vive en la costa del Sol, aunque por razones profesionales pasa temporadas en Italia, relacionadas con su actividad como traductor e investigador de los archivos vaticanos. Entre sus novelas, todas ellas best sellers, se cuentan El enigma Vivaldi, La conspiración del templo, El Círculo Octogonus y La serpiente roja.
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American Girls
Instagram. Whisper. Yik Yak. Vine. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning "Vanity Fair" writer Nancy Jo Sales s riveting and explosive "American Girls." With extraordinary intimacy and precision, Sales captures what it feels like to be a girl in America today.From Montclair to Manhattan and Los Angeles, from Florida and Arizona to Texas and Kentucky, Sales crisscrossed the country, speaking to more than two hundred girls, ages thirteen to nineteen, anddocumenting a massive change in the way girls are growing up, a phenomenon that transcends race, geography, and household income."American Girls" provides a disturbing portrait of the end of childhood as we know it and of the inexorable and ubiquitous experience of a new kind of adolescence one dominated by new social and sexual norms, where a girl s first crushes and experiences of longing and romance occur in an accelerated electronic environment; where issues of identity and self-esteem are magnified and transformed by social platforms that provide instantaneous judgment. What does it mean to be a girl in America in 2016? It means coming of age online in a hypersexualized culture that has normalized extreme behavior, from pornography to the casual exchange of nude photographs; a culture rife with a virulent new strain of sexism and a sometimes self-undermining notion of feminist empowerment; a culture in which teenagers are spending so much time on technology and social media that they are not developing basic communication skills. From beauty gurus to slut-shaming to a disconcerting trend of exhibitionism, Nancy Jo Sales provides a shocking window into the troubling world of today s teenage girls. Provocative and urgent, "American Girls" is destined to ignite a much-needed conversation about how we can help our daughters and sons negotiate unprecedented new challenges."
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Un homme sans tete : Et autres nouvelles
Tout enfant, ds lors qu'il devient adulte, est-il condamné se transformer en un homme sans tte", l'instar des personnages qui peuplent ce recueil et habitent un monde o dire "je" est apparemment de plus en plus difficile, voire impossible ? Jeunes hommes et jeunes femmes semblent en tout cas saisis d'un étrange vertige quand ils se découvrent voués prendre leur place parmi les vivants sur l'inconstante scne du monde... Fidle son esthétique minimaliste et percutante, Etgar Keret fait surgir les multiples visages que revt l'angoisse existentielle chez des individus en qute de leur langage et de leur jugement qui ne découvrent, de l'autre côté du miroir, que la menace d'une absurdité aussi effrayante qu'essentielle."
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Les Enfants Terribles
Blessé par une pierre dissimulée dans une boule de neige, Paul est condamné garder la chambre le temps de reprendre quelques forces : il ne la quittera plus. C'est encore un enfant, mais délaissé par une mre mélancolique, il est déj livré lui-mme, gouverné par sa fantaisie et celle de sa soeur Élisabeth ; eux deux, ils vont transformer leur chambre en scne permanente et y jouer indéfiniment la comédie de l'enfance. Comédie peine troublée par la mort de la mre, qui les laisse libres de leur destin, libres d'explorer sans entraves leur univers imaginaire, libres de nier le monde réel, le monde des adultes, de la raison, qui semble ne jamais devoir les rattraper.
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Lands of Ice and Fire
A dazzling set of maps, featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, transforms Martin's epic saga into a world as fully realized as the one around us. George R. R. Martin's beloved Song of Ice and Fire series, which started with A Game of Thrones, is bursting with a variety and richness of landscapes - from bitter tundra to arid wasteland and everything in between - that provide a sense of scale unrivalled in contemporary fantasy. The centrepiece of this gorgeous map collection is guaranteed to be a must-have for any fan: the complete map of the known world, joining the lands of the Seven Kingdoms and the lands across the Narrow Sea for the first time in series history. But this is just one of many unique maps that aren't available anywhere else. There is an alternate version that tracks the movements of the series' protagonists throughout their vast world, along with more detailed versions of the western, middle, and eastern thirds of the world; a full map of Westeros, combining North and South; one of the Dothraki Sea and the Red Wastes; and the Braavos city map. And here, too, are fan favourites detailing everything from urban sprawl to untamed wilds: maps of King's Landing; The Wall and Beyond the Wall; the Free Cities; and Slaver's Bay, Valyria, and Sothyros. Never before has the entire scope of Martin's universe been so exhaustively and fascinatingly depicted. The maps in this beautiful, one-of-a-kind atlas will enrich your reading or viewing experience, provide another view of your favourite characters' epic journeys, and open up captivating new worlds - plus, they'll look great on any castle wall.
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Cultural Strategy Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands
How do we explain the breakthrough market success of businesses like Nike, Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's, and Jack Daniel's? Conventional models of strategy and innovation simply don't work. The most influential ideas on innovation are shaped by the worldview of engineers and economists - build a better mousetrap and the world will take notice. Holt and Cameron challenge this conventional wisdom and take an entirely different approach: champion a better ideology and
the world will take notice as well. Holt and Cameron build a powerful new theory of cultural innovation. Brands in mature categories get locked into a form of cultural mimicry, what the authors call a cultural orthodoxy. Historical changes in society create demand for new culture - ideological
opportunities that upend this orthodoxy. Cultural innovations repurpose cultural content lurking in subcultures to respond to this emerging demand, leapfrogging entrenched incumbents.
Cultural Strategy guides managers and entrepreneurs on how to leverage ideological opportunities:
- How managers can use culture to out-innovate their competitors
- How entrepreneurs can identify new market opportunities that big companies miss
- How underfunded challengers can win against category Goliaths
- How technology businesses can avoid commoditization
- How social entrepreneurs can develop businesses that appeal to more than just fellow activists
- How subcultural brands can break out of the 'cultural chasm' to mass market success
- How global brands can pursue cross-cultural strategies to succeed in local markets
- How organizations can maximize their innovation capabilities by avoiding the brand bureaucracy trap
Written by leading authorities on branding in the world today, along with one of the advertising industry's leading visionaries, Cultural Strategy transforms what has always been treated as the "intuitive" side of market innovation into a systematic strategic discipline.
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Better Than Before
New York Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, tackles the critical question: How do we change? Gretchen Rubin's answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. So if habits are a key to change, then what we really need to know is: How do we change our habits? Better than Before answers that question. It presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good. Infused with Rubin’s compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humor, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better than Before explains the (sometimes counter-intuitive) core principles of habit formation. Along the way, Rubin uses herself as guinea pig, tests her theories on family and friends, and answers readers’ most pressing questions—oddly, questions that other writers and researchers tend to ignore: • Why do I find it tough to create a habit for something I love to do? • Sometimes I can change a habit overnight, and sometimes I can’t change a habit, no matter how hard I try. Why? • How quickly can I change a habit? • What can I do to make sure I stick to a new habit? • How can I help someone else change a habit? • Why can I keep habits that benefit others, but can’t make habits that are just for me? Whether readers want to get more sleep, stop checking their devices, maintain a healthy weight, or finish an important project, habits make change possible. Reading just a few chapters of Better Than Before will make readers eager to start work on their own habits—even before they’ve finished the book. From the Hardcover edition.
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Pulp Fiction
Kultový scénar pre kultový film!
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, "Pulp Fiction" exploded onto the screen in 1994 and transformed the direction of contemporary cinema. This triplet of inte
rwoven crime stories displays Tarantino's visceral approach to character and plot.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 b
yť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.
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Színes állatvilág
Cartoon Workshop is a practical and informative journey through the process of creating cartoons. Joel Mishon, with contributions from numerous professional cartoonists, provides practical help and instructive projects to show how a humorous idea is transformed into a successful cartoon. Packed full of cartoons by many of the world's best cartoonists and with comments by the artists themselves, everyone from the layman to the enthusiast can gain an insight into how successful cartoons are created. The book contains several hands-on projects, handy tips, what-went-wrong features and many real-life cartoon case studies
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New Homeoffice Design
The rapid evolution of new kinds of lifestyles over the past 20th century have generated new working schemes and new ways of carrying out professional activities that have transformed the working area into an integral part of the domestic space. Freelance professionals often opt toestablish their office at home for economic reasons, as well as for the opportunity to work within a personalized space that is both aesthetic and comfortable. New forms of technology have also played a role in transforming the appearance and design of traditional working space.
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Lady: My Life as a Bitch
A sexually active, rebellious teenager is transformed into a confused and frightened dog by a tramp with magical powers. Sandra has a lot of growing up to do quickly if she is to survive as a scrounging stray in a rough dogs' world. She experiences all the physical aspects of being a dog, including running with a pack and going on heat. She must decide whether she wants to recover her humanity, and if so how to do it - doubly difficult as her brain is reduced to the scattered consciousness of a dog.
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On Form
"Acclaimed as a master black-and-white photographer of the sophisticated nude, Andreas Bitesnich focuses his astute camera on the contours and surfaces of the human body - male and female figures transformed into timeless works of art. As in his previous books, his nude ""forms"" are erotic and highly charged yet simple and technically perfect. In a departure from his established work, he has shot most of this collection in luminous color. Here is a celebration of the human body revealed in striking photos of energy, originality, and artistry."
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Fifty Shades of Chicken
"Dripping Thighs, Sticky Chicken Fingers, Vanilla Chicken, Chicken with a Lardon, Bacon-Bound Wings, Spatchcock Chicken, Learning-to-Truss-You Chicken, Holy Hell Wings, Mustard-Spanked Chicken, and more, more, more!" Fifty chicken recipes, each more seductive than the last, in a book that makes every dinner a turn-on. ""I want you to see this. Then you'll know everything. It's a cookbook," he says and opens to some recipes, with color photos. "I want to prepare you, very much." This isn't just about getting me hot till my juices run clear, and then a little rest. There's pulling, jerking, stuffing, trussing. Fifty preparations. He promises we'll start out slow, with wine and a good oiling . . . "Holy crap.""""I will control everything that happens here," he says. "You can leave anytime, but as long as you stay, you're my ingredient." I'll be transformed from a raw, organic bird into something--what? Something "delicious." " So begins the adventures of Miss Chicken, a young free-range, from raw innocence to golden brown ecstasy, in this spoof-in-a-cookbook that simmers in the afterglow of E.L. James's sensational "Fifty Shades of Grey "trilogy." "Like Anastasia Steele, Miss Chicken finds herself at the mercy of a dominating man, in this case, a wealthy, sexy, and very hungry chef. And before long, from unbearably slow drizzling to trussing, Miss Chicken discovers the sheer thrill of becoming the main course. A parody in three acts--"The Novice Bird" (easy recipes for roasters), "Falling to Pieces" (parts perfect for weeknight meals), and "Advanced Techniques" (the climax of cooking)--"Fifty Shades of Chicken" is a cookbook of fifty irresistible, repertoire-boosting chicken dishes that will leave you hungry for more. With memorable tips and revealing photographs, "Fifty Shades of Chicken" will have you dominating dinner.
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The Resilience Factor
Resilience is a crucial ingredient–perhaps the crucial ingredient–to a happy, healthy life. More than anything else, it's what determines how high we rise above what threatens to wear us down, from battling an illness, to bolstering a marriage, to carrying on after a national crisis. Everyone needs resilience, and now two expert psychologists share seven proven techniques for enhancing our capacity to weather even the cruelest setbacks.
The science in The Resilience Factor takes an extraordinary leap from the research introduced in the bestselling Learned Optimism a decade ago. Just as hundreds of thousands of people were transformed by "flexible optimism," readers of this book will flourish, thanks to their enhanced ability to overcome obstacles of any kind. Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatté are seasoned resilience coaches and, through practical methods and vivid anecdotes, they prove that resilience is not just an ability that we're born with and need to survive, but a skill that anyone can learn and improve in order to thrive.
Readers will first complete the Resilience Questionnaire to determine their own innate levels of resilience. Then, the system at the heart of The Resilience Factor will teach them to:
• Cast off harsh self-criticisms and negative self-images
• Navigate through the fallout of any kind of crisis
• Cope with grief and anxiety
• Overcome obstacles in relationships, parenting, or on the job
• Achieve greater physical health
• Bolster optimism, take chances, and embrace life
In light of the unprecedented challenges we've recently faced, there’s never been a greater need to boost our resilience. Without resorting to feel-good pap or quick-fix clichés, The Resilience Factor is self-help at its best, destined to become a classic in the genre.
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Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise
Nous nous approch mes de la valise.Elle était ficelée par une grosse corde de paille tressée, nouée en croix. Nous la débarrass mes de ses liens, et l'ouvr mes silencieusement. A l'intérieur, des piles de livres s'illuminèrent sous notre torche électrique; les grands écrivains occidentaux nous accueillirent à bras ouverts: à leur tête, se tenait notre vieil ami Balzac, avec cinq ou six romans, suivi de Victor Hugo, Stendhal, Dumas, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Romain Rolland, Rousseau, Tolstoj, Gogol, Dostojevski, et quelques Anglais: Dickens, Kipling, Emily Bronte...Quel éblouissement! Il referma la valise et, posant une main dessus, comme un chrétien prêtant serment, il me déclara: avec ces livres, je vais transformer la Petite Tailleuse. Elle ne sera plus jamais une simple montagnarde.
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Honour
From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice, Honour is a tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures. "A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate." (Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat). 'My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten ...' Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love - following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood. Their eldest is the boy Iskender, who remembers Turkey and feels betrayal deeper than most. His sister is Esma, who is loyal and true despite the pain and heartache. And, lastly, Yunus, who was born in London, and is shy and different. Trapped by the mistakes of the past, the Toprak children find their lives shattered and transformed by a brutal act of murder...A powerful novel set in Turkey and London in the 1970s, Honour explores pain and loss, loyalty and betrayal, the trials of the immigrant, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tears families apart. "Vivid storytelling...that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love." (Sunday Telegraph). "Rich and wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins and ends, Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story - a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men and women trying to grow within ancient ways, all the while growing past them. I loved this book." (Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress). "[Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Aamer Hussein, Andrea Levy, Hanan al-Shakyh and Leila Aboulela, who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others." (The Independent).
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Provence
No other region of France has been a greater source of inspiration to writers and artists than Provence. Its herb-scented hills and vivid landscapes, all of which seem to be bathed in perpetual sunlight and surrounded by water, have fired the imaginations of the likes of van Gogh, Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Marcel Pagnol among others. In this superb collection of color photographs, Steffen Lipp captures the sublime beauty of this cultural landscape and poetically transforms it into a symbol of the spiritual and the universal.
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Crossfire boxed Set
The multi-million bestselling crossfire series. Experience the passion of Eva and Gideon's romance in the first four intensely sensual Crossfire novels : Bared to You, Reflected in You, Entwined with You, and the hotly anticipated number one bestselling Captivated by You. Bared to You Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness - beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart...Reflected in You Gideon Cross was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. He was my addiction. y every desire. We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession. Entwined with You No one knows how much Gideon risked for me. How much I'd been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become. Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession...Captivated by You Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened up old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream...Sylvia Day is the number one Sunday Times and number one international bestselling author of over twenty award-winning novels sold in more than forty countries. She is a number one bestselling author in twenty-seven countries, with tens of millions of copies of her books in print. Her Crossfire series has been optioned for television by Lionsgate.
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