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Superbugs (WIRED guides)
The number of people dying due to drug-resistant diseases is rising every year. What medical weapons and technologies are being developed to stop this existential threat to all of us?
In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Victoria Turk outlines the reasons for this major crisis in medicine and the steps being taken to control it. She explains the reasons why antibiotics no longer have the miraculous force they once did, and why so many drugs that were once so effective are now falling short. She considers the implications for the future, not just in terms of individual health but humankind's ability to counter pandemics. She looks at the latest research into new antibiotics, preventative medicine, diagnostic techniques and resistance-resistant treatments. And she addresses the fundamental question: are new medical breakthroughs sufficient to safeguard our health in the future?
Twice We Make Magic
The second spellbinding adventure in the magical middle grade series by the author of The Huntress, perfect for fans of Starfell, Nevermoor and A Pinch of Magic.
Sisters Spel and Egg grew up in Mistress Mouldheels’ School for Wicked Girls believing they were the daughters of criminals, until they discovered the truth:
They are witches.
And after always being in the shadow of her big sister, Spel discovered that she was a Shadowborn Witch – the only one who can step between portals to other worlds.
Now in a coven with their schoolmates and part of the alliance against the Hunt, the sisters try to master their new powers. But the Hunt is rising, the witches are in danger and when a new portal opens the whole world is under threat . . .
The second in the fantasy adventure series with a witchy twist from the author of The Huntress trilogy
Lacná kniha On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal (-70%)
For more than twenty years Naomi Klein's books have defined our era, chronicling the exploitation of people and the planet and demanding justice. On Fire gathers for the first time more than a decade of her impassioned writing from the frontline of climate breakdown, and pairs it with new material on the staggeringly high stakes of what we choose to do next.
Here is Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one. Delving into topics ranging from the clash between ecological time and our culture of 'perpetual now,' to rising white supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of 'climate barbarism,' this is a rousing call to action for a planet on the brink.
With dispatches from the ghostly Great Barrier Reef, the smoke-choked skies of the Pacific Northwest, post-hurricane Puerto Rico and a Vatican attempting an unprecedented 'ecological conversion,' Klein makes the case that we will rise to the existential challenge of climate change only if we are willing to transform the systems that produced this crisis.
This is the fight for our lives. On Fire captures the burning urgency of the climate crisis, as well as the energy of a rising political movement demanding change now.
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The Illuminated
Against a rising tide of fundamentalism in India, a mother and daughter lose the most important man in their lives.
Shashi, fifty-something and suddenly widowed, tries to contact her only daughter, Tara, to break the news, but cannot reach her. As Shashi confronts her loss, she finds, amidst grief, unexpected new freedoms.
Meanwhile, Tara, a spoiled but brilliant university student, has retreated to Dharamsala to deal with the fall out from an ill-advised relationship. Her self-imposed solitude makes contact near impossible, so by the time she learns of her loss, the funeral is already over.
Without the man that bound them, Shashi and Tara struggle to reconcile. But his absence also makes them a target for an emerging religious group determined to put women in their place, and Shashi and Tara individually prepare to defend their independence.
If mother and daughter are to come together, they must find a way to understand both their new world, and each other. But can you ever emerge from an eclipse unscathed?
Szeresd meg önmagad!
Kapcsolatainkban ?sokszor eltitkoljuk érzéseinket azért, hogy kiérdemeljük a vágyott szeretetet. Sheleana Aiyana spirituális író, a – több mint 3 millió követővel rendelkező – Rising Woman program kidolgozója szerint az igazán boldog és tartós kapcsolatot akkor találhatjuk meg, ha megszerettük önmagunkat, működésünket már nem a múltbeli traumáink határozzák meg és nem külső megerősítésekre hagyatkozunk, hanem önmagunk támaszaivá válunk.Az egészséges kapcsolatok kialakításához önazonosnak kell lennünk: fel kell térképeznünk, mi fontos a számunkra, – milyen a saját értékrendünk, mik a céljaink és az álmaink. Ez az önismereti munka elengedhetetlen, hiszen az önmagunkkal való egészséges viszonyból táplálkozik minden más is – mély barátságaink, családi kötelékeink, a munkánk iránti szenvedélyünk, csakúgy, mint a romantikus kapcsolataink.A könyvben található változatos gyakorlatok, tesztek, meditációs feladatok segítségével belső utazásra indulhatunk, begyógyíthatjuk régi sebeinket és átformálhatjuk családi, transzgenerációs mintáinkat.
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Vicious Circle
Fires are spreading around the globe; the world is at its most precarious moment since 1939. NATO and the European Union are on the brink of war; tensions are rising near the shores of Taiwan. Europe and the United States are in disarray, while Russia and China are each waiting for the other to make the first direct move against the Western alliance system.The sequel to Bonfire, The Fury of the Tsar: Vicious Circle, shows why the American grand strategy of the last three decades is a failure, and why both neoconservative and liberal foreign policy are complete dead ends. It gives an unparalleled look into the mind of the Tsar, Vladimir Putin, as well as his fears, plans, and thirst for vengeance for what he sees as the humiliation of Russia. This is a story of Russian false flag operations across Europe and a story of nationalist conflicts. In the pages of Vicious Circle, history is alive.Author’s personal note: The Fury of the Tsar: Vicious Circle was published in softcover in 2021, based on the Hungarian original of 2018. It describes the covert actions Russia could take to divide the European Union and NATO, but does not describe the war against Ukraine. A coming Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, is mentioned several times in its pages; these were not edited out of the book. While Vicious Circle goes deep into Vladimir Putin’s mind and explains some of his actions as rational, it in no way condones the blatant and open Russian aggression against Ukraine. Whatever grievances President Putin may have had, whether real or imagined, nevertheless under his leadership Russia launched an inexcusable war of conquest against a neighbor. This book is a warning that without understanding geopolitics and history, and without healing the ethnic fault lines of Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Balkans, Europe will remain an easy target for aggression.“Terrorism spreads across Romania and Hungary: Two NATO allies! Who steps in? Vladimir Putin, master of geostrategic opportunity.” Victor Gaetan (American Spectator)“David Autere brings us again on a trip through Eastern European ethnonationalism, ringing a disquieting alarm bell on the future of Europe. But Book Two also gives the reader a peek into Russo-Chinese power plays.”Dario Quintavalle (Limes)
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Murder in the Cathedral (EN)
Audiobook by T. S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral is both a fascinating retelling of the twelfth-century assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket and a compelling call for resistance in the face of intimidation. Written against the backdrop of rising Fascism in twentieth-century Europe, Eliot’s classic verse play is as relevant now as it ever was.
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Banana Fruit
Banana is one of the most popular fruits across the world. Scientific name of banana is Musa spp. It belongs to the family Musaceae. Banana is believed to be originated in tropical Indo-Malayan Region in South East Asia. Bananas are fast-growing, perennial herbaceous plants arising from large rhizomes. It is a non-seasonal plant and can be grown throughout the year. Banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant known to humans and is one of the oldest cultivated plants. These plants grow to a height of 3 to 7 meters or sometimes more than 7 meters and are considered as one of the most productive food crops. Stem of this plant is a pseudo stem and is succulent. The stem consists of a series of sheathing petioles of leaves. Leaves are large, flexible, waterproof, dark green in colour and of varying sizes and spirally arranged around the stem.
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Anatomy of 55 Hit Songs
** Now with three bonus songs**
‘Go Your Own Way’ by Fleetwood Mac
‘Come on Eileen’ by Dexys Midnight Runners
Why Can’t We Be Friends?’ by War
Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more – iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also alter the direction of music. In this follow-up to his classic Anatomy of a Song, writer and music historian Marc Myers tells the stories behind fifty-five more rock, pop, R&B, country and reggae hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them.
Part oral history, part musical analysis, Anatomy of 55 Hit Songs ranges from Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Bad Moon Rising’ to Dionne Warwick’s ‘Walk On By’, The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’ and Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’. Bernie Taupin recalls how he wrote the lyrics to Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’; Joan Jett remembers channeling her rage against how she had been unfairly labeled and treated into ‘Bad Reputation’ and Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, Bob Weir, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, John Mellencamp, Keith Richards, Carly Simon and many others reveal the emotions and technique behind their major works.
The Bee and the Sun
Catherine Hyde follows the journey of the bee and the sun in a calendar of glorious full colour paintings that celebrate the sensory delights of herbs, seasoned with bee and plant lore.From the rising and setting of the Pleiades, from sunrise to sunset, the bee and the sun work in harmony, a miracle of nature, growth and new life. Beneath the shifting constellations, equinoxes and solstice markers, as the bee progresses from plant to flower, acclaimed artist Catherine Hyde pays tribute to the magic and mystery of nature.
Snippets of ancient bee beliefs and plant folklore are complemented by paintings of wild thyme, saffron, meadow sweet, basil, mallow, lavender and many more delights. A book to treasure, and an ode to the wonder of nature.
'This is a treasure... Such a celebration of the wheel of the year' JACKIE MORRIS, CILIP Kate Greenaway winner of The Lost Words, on The Hare and the Moon
Party of One
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organisations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi's intentions during his early years in power, projecting onto him their own hopes that he would emerge as a liberal-minded reformer who steers China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics - and overlooking how he has advanced his career by masking his beliefs under a cloak of strategic ambiguity.Combining narrative drama and incisive analysis, Party of One explains how Xi has shaken up the world's most populous nation with hard-edged authoritarianism, and set this rising superpower on a collision course with Western liberal democracies. Chun Han Wong draws on his years of first-hand reporting across China - spanning conversations with Party insiders and grassroots members, insights from scholars and diplomats who've studied and interacted closely with the Party bureaucracy, as well as analyses of official speeches and documents - to piece together a broad, digestible account of how Xi inspired fear and fervor in his Party, his nation, and beyond.
Griša: Bouře a vzdor
Z obyčejné dívky Aliny Starkové se stala světlonoška. Mnozí k ní upínají své naděje – vždyť jen ona jediná dokáže zničit Vrásu stínu, jež odedávna sužuje zemi. Jenže cena, kterou za to platí, je vysoká. Touží žít někde v ústraní s milovaným Malem po boku, místo toho stále prchá a skrývá se před minulostí. Temnyj je víc než kdy předtím odhodlaný využít jejích schopností k získání trůnu. Alina nedokáže jeho silné magii sama čelit a tak vyhledá pomoc u divokého a nevyzpytatelného korzára. Jen on se totiž nebojí a je ochoten jí pomoct. Alina se snaží Temnyjovým nástrahám vzdorovat. Přesto se do nich zaplétá a vzdaluje se od lásky, v níž až doteď hledala své útočiště. Nic není zadarmo, a ona s palčivou naléhavostí cítí, že jestli chce Ravku zachránit, bude si muset vybrat. Ponechá si svoji výjimečnou moc a zachrání zemi, nebo se jí vzdá, bude poslouchat svoje srdce, a zvolí lásku? Čeká ji divoká bouře, vnitřní boj. Vyjde z něj jako vítěz, nebo jako poražený? Leigh Bardugo se narodila v roce 1985 v Jeruzalémě, ale vyrůstala již ve Spojených státech v Los Angeles. Po ukončení studií na Yaleově univerzitě pracovala v reklamě, jako novinářka a nakonec i jako maskérka a odbornice na zvláštní efekty. Nyní žije a tvoří v Hollywoodu, kde je možné ji čas od času zaslechnout, jak zpívá se svou hudební skupinou. Už své tři první krátké příběhy zasadila do složitého fantasy světa Grišů, který je inspirován carským Ruskem a který není snadné si představit. V roce 2012 vydala první díl trilogie Griša, nazvaný Shadow and Bone (Světlo a stíny), který se okamžitě stal bestsellerem listu New York Times. Rok poté následoval druhý díl Siege and Storm (Bouře a vzdor), který se rovněž vzápětí stal bestsellerem. V roce 2014 vyšel závěrečný díl trilogie Ruin and Rising. Spisovatelka vydala na podzim roku 2015 další knihu, která se odehrává ve stejném prostředí, ale hrdinové jsou jiní. Titul Six of Crows (Šest vran)se setkal s nadšeným ohlasem u čtenářů, stejně jako jeho pokračování z roku 2016 nazvané Crooked Kingdom. Na všechny tituly Leigh Bardugo se můžete těšit v češtině. K vydání je připravuje nakladatelství Fragment. „Smyslné, úchvatné, barvité… Tu knihu nedokážete odložit." USA Today „Bardugo dokázala dostat do jediné knihy všechno: úžasný příběh, dojemnou romanci a neuvěřitelné tajemno." Rick Riordan, autor bestsellerové série Percy Jackson „Příběh se odehrává ve fascinujícím a originálním světě bohatém na detaily. Griša je výjimečná, nepodobá se ničemu, co jsem doposud četla.“ Veronica Rothová, autorka bestsellerové série Divergence „Úchvatné... Fantasy jak má být". New York Times Book Review
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This Dark Descent
Enter the corrupt world of Veradell, where warring monarchs vie for a kingdom full of forbidden magic, illicit romance and cut-throat horse racing. Steeped in Jewish folklore, this fast-paced YA fantasy by Kalyn Josephson is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows.
Mikira Rusel is out of options. With her father imprisoned and facing rising debts, there’s only one way to save her family from ruin: enter the Illinir, a high-stakes, cross-country horse race known for its high death toll as much as its flashy prize money.
To have any chance of success she’ll have to recruit Ari, an unlicensed enchanter, Damien, a lord in the midst of a succession battle, and Reid; the brooding horse trainer who will be the key to Mikira’s survival.
All her accomplices have reasons of their own to help Mikira - and their own blood feuds to avenge. And as alliances deepen and romances form, Mikira will have to discover where everyone’s true loyalties lie.
In a world as dangerous as this, remember to keep your enemies close and your friends closer . . .
This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson features gorgeous full colour character artwork printed on the inside cover.
Illuminations
In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces, international bestselling author and legendary creator of From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and other modern classics, Alan Moore, presents nine stories full of wonder and strangeness, each taking us deeper into the fantastical underside of reality.
In A Hypothetical Lizard, two concubines in a brothel for fantastical specialists fall in love, with tragic ramifications. In Not Even Legend, a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of the otherworldly beings they seek to investigate. In Illuminations, a nostalgic older man decides to visit a seaside resort from his youth and finds the past all too close at hand. And in the monumental novella What We Can Know About Thunderman, which charts the surreal and Kafkaesque history of the comics industry over the last seventy-five years through several sometimes-naive and sometimes-maniacal people rising and falling on its career ladders, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business.
From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, Illuminations is exactly that - a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic.
Azerbaijan´s Geopolitical Landscape
Being located between the Black and Caspian seas, Azerbaijan has always been the juncture of Eurasia—with a traditional reputation as a crossroads between the north-south and east-west transport corridors—and the traditional ground for competition between numerous regional and global players, using both soft and hard power. With its vast hydrocarbon energy reserves, Azerbaijan is a country of particular importance in the South Caucasus.
The region’s complex geopolitics have immensely influenced Azerbaijan’s foreign policy strategy. With the dissolution of the USSR, Azerbaijan, as a new state with fragile security, found itself in a complicated situation surrounded by regional powers like Iran, Russia, and Turkey.
The book is built around several major foreign policy issues faced by the Republic of Azerbaijan since it regained its independence in 1991. These major issues include the conflict with Armenia and related matters, the relationship with the West, as well as the complexities arising from its relationship with Russia and its ties to Muslim countries, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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1923 - The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler's Coup
The astonishing year when German democracy faced crisis and near destruction.
1923 was one of the most remarkable years of modern European history. In January, France and Belgium militarily occupied Germany's economic heartland, the Ruhr; triggering a series of crises that almost spiralled out of control. Hyperinflation plunged millions into poverty. The search for scapegoats empowered political extremes. Hitler's populism ascended to national prominence. Communists, Nazis, separatists all thought that they could use the crises to destroy democracy.
None succeeded. 1923 was the year of Hitler's first victory - and his first defeat. Fanning the flames of instability, anti-government and antisemitic sentiment, the Nazis' abortive yet pivotal putsch in a Munich beer hall failed when they were abandoned by their likeminded conservative allies.
Drawing on previously unseen sources, Mark Jones weaves together a thrilling and resonant narrative of German lives in this turbulent time. Tracing Hitler's rise, we see how political pragmatism and international cooperation eventually steered the nation away from total insurrection. A decade later, when Weimar democracy eventually succumbed to tyranny, the warnings from 1923 - rising of nationalist rhetoric, fragile European consensus, and underestimation the of the enemies of liberalism - became only too apparent.
This account of the republic's convulsions and survival offers a gripping image of a modern society in extreme crisis.
The Age of Unpeace
We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. Instead, it is driving us apart.
In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been working to create a connected world. They've integrated the world's economy, transport and communications, breaking down borders in the hope of making war impossible. In doing so, they unwittingly created a formidable arsenal of weapons for new kinds of warfare.
Troublingly, we are now seeing rising conflict at every level, from individuals on social media all the way up to full-blown war in eastern Europe. The past decade has seen a new antagonism between the US, Russia and China; an inability to co-operate on global issues such as climate change and pandemic response; and a breakdown in the distinction between war and peace, as the theatre of conflict expands to include sanctions, cyberwar and the pressures of large migrant flows.
A leading authority on international relations, Mark Leonard lays out the ways that globalization has broken its fundamental promise to make our world safer and more prosperous, and explores how we might wrest a more hopeful future from an age of unpeace.
Griša: Světlo a stíny
Alina Starková nikdy v ničem nevynikala, ale teď osud celé země leží v jejích rukách... První díl světového bestselleru! Ravka, kdysi mocná a hrdá země, se otřásá v základech. Pás neprostupné temnoty obývaný krvežíznivými nestvůrami, ji rozdělil na dvě části. Její budoucnost leží v rukou nic netušící dívky… Alina nikdy v ničem nevynikala. O to víc je překvapena silou, která se projeví v okamžiku, kdy je se svým regimentem napadena a jejímu nejlepšímu příteli hrozí smrt. Jejích výjimečných schopností si všimnou na nejvyšších místech a dívka je dopravena na královský dvůr, kde se má naučit ovládat své dosud nezkrocené schopnosti. Má se stát grišou – členkou privilegované vrstvy mágů a kouzelníků. Jenže nic v tomto světě plném přetvářky není tak, jak se jí snaží namluvit. Alina proniká do tajemného společenství grišů a poznává blíž i jejich nejvyššího mága, okouzlujícího Temnyje. Postupně přichází na to, že vše, co se kolem ní děje, má jediný cíl. Zneužít její jedinečnou moc proti celé zemi i proti ní samotné. Pokud se nechce stát loutkou v rukou zla, musí uprchnout. Jediná možná cesta však vede tam, kam se jiní neodvažují. K pásu neprostupné temnoty… Ohlasy na knihu: „Bardugo dokázala dostat do jediné knihy všechno: úžasný příběh, dojemnou romanci a neuvěřitelné tajemno." Rick Riordan, autor bestsellerové série Percy Jackson „Příběh se odehrává ve fascinujícím a originálním světě bohatém na detaily. Griša – Světlo a stíny je výjimečná kniha, nepodobá se ničemu, co jsem doposud četla.“ Veronica Rothová, autorka bestsellerové série Divergence „Úchvatné... Fantasy jak má být". New York Times Book Review O autorce: Leigh Bardugo se narodila v roce 1985 v Jeruzalémě, ale vyrůstala již ve Spojených státech v Los Angeles. Po ukončení studií na Yaleově univerzitě pracovala v reklamě, jako novinářka a nakonec i jako maskérka a odbornice na zvláštní efekty. Nyní žije a tvoří v Hollywoodu, kde je možné ji čas od času zaslechnout, jak zpívá se svou hudební skupinou. Už své tři první krátké příběhy zasadila do složitého fantasy světa Grišů, který je inspirován carským Ruskem a který není snadné si představit. V roce 2012 vydala první díl trilogie Griša, nazvaný Shadow and Bone, který se okamžitě stal bestsellerem listu New York Times. Rok poté následoval druhý díl Siege and Storm, který se rovněž vzápětí stal bestsellerem a nakonec v roce 2014 vyšel závěrečný díl trilogie Ruin and Rising. Na všechny tituly Leigh Bardugo se můžete těšit i v češtině. K vydání je připravuje nakladatelství Fragment. Spisovatelka vydala na podzim roku 2015 další knihu, která se odehrává ve stejném prostředí, ale hrdinové jsou jiní. Titul Six of Crows se setkal s nadšeným ohlasem u čtenářů, stejně jako jeho pokračování nazvané Crooked Kingdom z roku 2016.
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Magnum Magnum
Magnum Magnum showcases the best of Magnum members, celebrating the vision, imagination, and brilliance of both the acknowledged greats of photography in the twentieth century and the modern masters and rising stars of our time.
Since its founding in 1947 by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and David “Chim” Seymour, the legendary cooperative Magnum Photos has powerfully chronicled the people, cultures, events, and issues of the time. Now, to commemorate its seventy-fifth anniversary, Magnum Photos and Thames & Hudson join forces to publish an updated and expanded edition of the original hit publication Magnum Magnum, which was previously presented in three formats and nine languages and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide.
Organized by photographer, Magnum Magnum is built upon a founding concept that made Magnum such a unique creative environment; a collaborative process where each of the four founders edited the other’s photographs. This book evokes the same creative spirit, with each photographer selecting and critiquing six key works by another of the agency’s photographers, along with a commentary explaining the rationale behind their choices. This new edition, updated on the occasion of Magnum’s seventy-fifth anniversary, adds the twenty-five photographers who have joined Magnum in the last fifteen years. With more than 150 new photographs and over 700 pages, this book is the definition of an updated classic.
533 color illustrations