Hľadanie: A Short History of the World
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Fifty Great Short Stories
50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors
represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common–the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world’s fiction.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest.
But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to try and contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka.
Ten years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Karunatilaka is back with a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths.
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The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is the senior thesis written by Henry Kissinger at Harvard university in 1950, when he was twenty-seven. More than 70 years later it is now being published for the first time. The thesis explores the thought of three distinct but important thinkers in the canon of Western philosophical and historical thought, in a way that also reflected Kissinger's own transition from the Continental world to the Atlantic. Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) was a German historian and philosopher; Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975) a British historian and philosopher and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), a Prussian of the European Enlightenment era and one of the most important moral and political philosophers to emerge from his time.
The study is intimidatingly long and weighty in its own right; at almost four hundred typed pages, it wrestles with some of the first-order dilemmas of Western political, philosophical, and moral thought. Its scope ranges from the Enlightenment through to the midpoint of the twentieth century - an era scourged by two world wars and the advent of the nuclear age. Equally important, it provides great insight into the conceptual perspective of its author, Henry Kissinger, who was to become the most influential American scholar statesman of the post 1945 period.
Fear: An Alternative History of the World
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease, poverty, and other people. In Fear: An Alternative History of the World, Robert Peckham considers the impact of fear in history, as both a coercive tool of power and as a catalyst for social change.
Beginning with the Black Death in the fourteenth century, Peckham traces a shadow history of fear. He takes us through the French Revolution and the social movements of the nineteenth century to modern market crashes, Cold War paranoia and the AIDS pandemic, into a digital culture increasingly marked by uniquely twenty-first-century fears.
What did fear mean to us in the past, and how can a better understanding of it equip us to face the future? As Peckham demonstrates, fear can challenge as well as cement authority. Some crises have destroyed societies; others have been the making of them. Through the stories of the people and the moments that changed history, Fear: An Alternative History of the World reveals how fear and panic made us who we are.
The History of Sexuality: 4
The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century
In the fourth and final volume of his far-reaching and influential study of human sexuality, Foucault turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the notion of the 'flesh'. Ranging over marriage, procreation and the concept of virginity as a divine state, Foucault brilliantly shows how a fledgling religion altered and defined the Western history of desire. Confessions of the Flesh brings to a conclusion one of the twentieth century's seminal works.
B. J. Harrison Reads A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family (EN)
"A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family" is a Gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu focusing on a young woman who marries a Scottish landowner with a dark past. A short story whose haunting and semi-supernatural elements might have influenced Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre", Le Fanu’s tale combines a lot of elements – horror, romance, thriller, and drama – to create a compelling and sophisticated world from which there is no easy escape.
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The History of the Hobbit
Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a unique design inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's own artwork, featuring a ribbon marker and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase.
The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that 'grew in the telling', and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their 'fireside reads'.
Together in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines - chapter by chapter - why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.
As well as reproducing the original version of one of the world's most popular novels - both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings - this book includes many little-known illustrations and draft maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.
Endorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume The History of Middle-earth, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.
The History of the Hobbit
In one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.
The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that 'grew in the telling', and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their 'fireside reads'.
Together in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines - chapter by chapter - why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.
As well as reproducing the original version of one of the world's most popular novels - both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings- this book includes many little-known illustrations and draft maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.
Endorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume The History of Middle-earth, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.
The Secret History of the Mongols
'By the Power of Eternal Heaven; By the Protection of the Majestic Imperial Fortune.'
Born a poor nomad in an unforgiving world, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan transformed the thirteenth century, ultimately ruling an empire that would stretch from Korea to Crimea and Syria to Siberia. Much of what we know about Chinggis comes from the horrified comments of foreign chroniclers, but there is one exceptional and authentic source: The Secret History of the Mongols, written after Chinggis's death to be read exclusively by the Mongolian imperial family (hence 'secret' to all other readers).
This new translation gives an unparalleled insight into one of the transformative moments in world history and a society where unchecked swagger, menace, and ambition lay side by side with unexpected tenderness and vulnerability. Based around kinship, horses, yurts, weapons and immense spaces, The Secret History is a sometimes opaque and mysterious saga that brings the reader face to face with nomad warlords and their ladies impelled by Heaven's uncanny destiny. This remarkable new translation does full justice to the earliest surviving work written in Mongolian.
With an introduction by translator Christopher P. Atwood.
Alika a stratená kniha Asahuru and lost book of Asahuru
a stratená kniha Asahuru/and lost book of Asahuru, Časť 1. a 2.
Dvojjazyčný príbeh v anglicko-slovenskej verzii
Alika je bezstarostné dievčatko, ktoré prichádza spolu so svojim bratom na vidiek k starým rodičom, kde majú stráviť letné prázdniny. Alika sa však hneď v prvý deň stretáva so zvláštnymi úkazmi a objavuje záhadné miesta, ktoré sa rozhodne spolu so svojim bratom preskúmať. Akýmsi záhadným spôsobom sa však dostanú do úplne iného sveta, z ktorého sa snažia nájsť cestu späť. Kniha obsahuje aj CD s nahovoreným príbehom, v slovenskom aj anglickom jazyku. Príbeh sa skladá z 12 častí, pričom každá časť bude vychádzať raz mesačne v samostatnej knihe.
In Quest of History
Dialog Karla Hvížďaly, novináře-zvědavce z Prahy, s Jiřím Přibáněm, právním filosofem z britského Cardiffu, nad uzlovými body naší historie, ku příležitosti 100. výročí republiky, v širokém teritoriálním i časovém kontextu od 9. do 21. století. Toto rozpětí umožnilo nahlédnout do minulosti a ptát se, proč a jak jsme v různých dobách vnímali a chápali naše dějiny a co to znamená pro naši přítomnost i budoucnost.
S tímto hledáním je spojena i snaha zbavit se redukce dějin na projekční plátno našich frustrací. Autoři zvolili formu dialogu, ve kterém se snaží vrátit do veřejného prostoru otázky, které se většinou řeší jen na akademické půdě nebo kterým se vyhýbáme.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Get ready, Book 11 in the phenomenally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is coming!
The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his 'creative side'.
As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle.
When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg's troubles?
A-ha - Headlines And Deadlines: The Hits Of A-ha LP
KDO: Norské trio se zformovalo v roce 1982. Do celosvětového povědomí se dostalo v polovině osmdesátých let, kdy si skupiny všiml producent John Ratcliff. Debutové album Hunting High And Low se stalo v roce 1985 jedničkou v rodném Norsku, dvojkou na britských ostrovech a dosáhlo na patnácté místo v Americe. Kapela, kterou tvoří Morten Harket (zpěv), Magne Furuholmen (klávesy) a Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (kytary), byla velmi úspěšná i v dalších letech a patří k nejpopulárnějším skandinávským interpretům všech dob.
CO: Vinylová reedice kompilační desky vydané původně v roce 1991. Kromě největších hitů skupiny album obsahuje i novou skladbu Move To Memphis, která byla později přetočena a vydána na páté studiovce Memorial Beach. Na vinylu je deska k dispozici poprvé po 25 letech.
LP 1
1. Take On Me [3:46]
2. Cry Wolf [4:05]
3. Touchy! [4:31]
4. You Are The One (Remix) [3:47]
5. Manhattan Skyline [4:52]
6. The Blood That Moves The Body [4:05]
7. Hunting High And Low (Remix) [3:47]
8. Move To Memphis [4:22]
9. I've Been Losing You [4:24]
10. The Living Daylights (Single Version) [4:16]
11. Crying In The Rain [4:25]
12. I Call Your Name [4:54]
13. Stay On These Roads [4:44]
14. The Sun Always Shines On T.V. [5:06]
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Strom noci a jiné povídky - A Tree of Night and Other Stories
Bilingvní vydání povídkové knihy známého amerického prozaika a esejisty, jenž se proslavil jako autor mistrně napsaných krátkých textů. Již jako devatenáctiletý získal Cenu O. Henryho za svou povídku Miriam, která je součástí této sbírky. T. Capote je autorem literárního textu Chladnokrevně, ve kterém rekonstruuje brutální zločin., jenž otřásl Spojenými státy v roce 1959.
Point of care ultrazvuk u kritických stavů. Point of Care Ultrasonography in Critical Care
Téma nové publikace (v češtině a v angličtině) zpracované v podobě praktické příručky „do kapsy“ je vysoce aktuální. Problematika urgentní ultrasonografie je akcentovaná v mnoha medicínských oborech.
Česká publikace zaměřená na point-of-care ultrasonografii na našem knižním trhu dosud chyběla. Napsal ji odborník se zkušeností s péčí o pacienty v kritickém stavu, který tuto metodu denně ve své praxi využívá.
Úvodní část je věnována vysvětlením základních fyzikálních principů ultrazvuku, vysvětlením častých pojmů, jako je Doppler, M-Mód, B-mód, popis ultrazvukových sond, orientace na obrazovce. Druhá část je věnována diferenciální diagnostice šokových stavů. Samostatné kapitoly se věnují vyšetření hrudníku a plic se zaměřením na diagnostiku pneumotoraxu a respiračního selhání, diagnostice krvácení a příčin oběhové nestability u pacientů s traumatem. Pozornost je věnována i kardiopulmonální resuscitaci a echokardiografickému vyšetření pacienta z pohledu intenzivisty.
Text je doprovázen obrázky, schématy, algoritmy i reálnými sonogramy.
Publikace je určena intenzivistům, lékařům první linie a urgentních příjmů, lékařům oddělení zobrazovacích metod, záchranářům, ale také studentům medicíny.
Zpracování v češtině a angličtině využijí zejména studenti medicíny a postgraduální studenti ze zahraničí. Dále je ocení i lékaři vyjíždějící do zahraničí a lékaři připravující své prezentace v angličtině.
The History of Rasselas (EN)
Audiobook The History of Rasselas written by Samuel Johnson. Above all, Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas (1759) is concerned with the nature of happiness. Rasselas and his companions remove themselves from the pleasure of the ‘happy valley’ so that they can make their ‘choice of life’. In the course of their travels they come across scholars, astronomers, shepherds, hermits and poets, explore their way of life.
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The History of Western Art
A concise, reader-friendly illustrated survey of Western art and architecture from prehistory to the present day.
Acknowledging how architecture, painting, sculpture and the decorative arts reflect the culture and society of their time, this latest addition to the Art Essentials series invites the reader to experience and appreciate the entirety of Western art from prehistory to today.
Focusing on the 'history' in art history, each of the twelve chapters opens with a question to ponder, followed by a summary of the major historical developments of the period, touching on social structure, political organization, migration, race, religious beliefs, scientific advances and customs. An exploration of these themes in the visual arts reveals how architecture, sculpture and painting simultaneously shape, reflect, and document the culture of the time and place they were created. A secondary focus explores the constantly evolving aesthetic preferences that swing between naturalism and abstraction, with each era and style either rebelling against the previous or seeking to improve it. Antecedents and outside influences are also discussed.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Greg´s dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of ´manly´ physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is is mentioned and Greg
Brief History of Living Forever
An audacious novel set in near-future America, from the critically acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA.
When Adela discovers she has a terminal illness, her thoughts turn to Tereza, the American-raised daughter she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her moody, grown son, Roman, in their native Czech village, she flies to the United States to find the long-lost daughter who never knew her.
In New York City, Tereza is working as the star researcher for two suspicious biotech moguls hellbent on developing a 'god pill' to extend human life indefinitely. But before Tereza can find a cure for Adela, her mother dies mysteriously.
Narrated from the beyond by Adela, A Brief History of Living Forever is a high-wire act of storytelling. By turns insightful, moving and funny, the novel blends an immigrant mother's heartbreaking journey through the American dream with her children's quest to reclaim her from a country that would erase any record of her existence.