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What's the Matter with Meat?
What's the Matter with Meat? draws back the curtain that obscures the true costs of indus-trialized meat production. The book exposes how the industry is expanding worldwide ata rapid pace, with just a few large companies monopolizing the majority of the market. This global survey of factory-produced meat examines the practices of the industry in five major production centres: the usa, Europe, Brazil, Australia and Asia. The system generates enormous corporate profits while providing very low prices to consumers, but has an outsized and often negative impact on surrounding communities. Katy Keiffer focuses on issues such as labour, genetics, animal welfare and environmental degradation, as well as probing less-reported topics such as 'land grabs', where predator companies acquire property in foreign nations for meat production, frequently at the expense of local agriculture. The current industry model is simply not feasible for the future, as our planet will soon run out of the resources required to raise animals on such a scale.A salutary, hard-hitting critique of the meat-producing industry and its harmful effects, this book exhorts consumers to resist the lure of cheap meat and encourages governments to foster alternative methods, and the industry itself to amend its practices. This book is not about telling people to stop eating meat. Rather, by exposing current industry practices we can all be aware of the perils of supporting the system; instead of urging people to avoid meat, it proposes that we demand and pay for better meat.
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The Great Soul of Siberia
There are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Sooyong Park has spent twenty years tracking and observing these elusive tigers. Each year he spends six months braving sub-zero temperatures, buried in grave-like underground bunkers, fearlessly immersing himself in the lives of Siberian tigers. As he watches the brutal, day-to-day struggle to survive the harsh landscape, threatened by poachers and the disappearance of the pristine habitat, Park becomes emotionally and spiritually attached to these beautiful and deadly predators. No one has ever been this close: as he comes face-to-face with one tiger, Bloody Mary, her fierce determination to protect her cubs nearly results in his own bloody demise. Poignant, poetic and fiercely compassionate, The Great Soul of Siberia is the incredible story of Park's unique obsession with these compelling creatures on the very brink of extinction, and his dangerous quest to seek them out to observe and study them. Eloquently told in Park's distinctive voice, it is a personal account of one of the most extraordinary wildlife studies ever undertaken.
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Predator
THEY MURDERED HIS WIFE. THEY DESTROYED HIS FUTURE. NOW THEY HAVE TO PAY. Two men are responsible for the death of Hector Cross' wife and only one is left alive: Johnny Congo - psychopath, extortionist, murderer, and the bane of Cross's life. He caught him before and let him go. Now, Hector wants him dead. So does the US government. Congo is locked up on Death Row in the most secure prison in the free world, counting down the days until his execution. He's got two weeks. He wants out. He's escaped before and knows he can again, and with whizz kid D'Shonn Brown enlisted, he might just have a chance. Cross, still licking his wounds from his last bruising encounter with Congo, is back and ready for work. In the middle of the rough Atlantic stands oil supertanker Bannock A. Terrorist activity in the area has triggered panic and there's only one person they can trust to protect her. What is promised as a cakewalk turns out to be much more, a mission that will test Cross to his emotional and physical limits. But a life spent in the SAS and private security has left Cross hard-wired for pain and as he is thrown into the bull pit once more, he will not stop until he has snared his prey. Hector Cross is Predator.
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That's Not How We Do It Here!
The bestselling authors of "Our Iceberg is Melting "(more than one million sold) are back with their second business fable, this time on the eternal tensions of management vs leadership, planning vs spontaneity, big vs small. This short, full-color fable tackles the most fundamental questions in business: why do organizations rise and fall, and how can they rise again in the face of adversity? It distills decades of research by bestselling Harvard Business School professor and leadership consultant John Kotter. Once upon a time there was a clan of meerkats living in the Kalahari, a warm and dry stretch of land in the southern part of the African continent. After years of easy growth for their clan, a drought sharply reduces their resources and enables dangerous new predators. The harmony of the clan is damaged as the meerkats quarrel about possible solutions, and even whether a solution is required at all. One young, bright, and adventurous worker, Nadia, sets out to find other clans, to see if other meerkats have fresh ideas that could help her struggling clan. She discovers a much smaller group that does things very differently, with much more flexibility and team spirit. But not everything in the new group is as perfect as it seems at first. And they are just as likely to fall victim to some of the most dangerous words in any organization: "That's not how we do it here." This simple yet rich story will connect with a broad range of people who need to combine flexibility and systems in a challenging climate."
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Unlikely Friendships
Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten, and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey—an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx.It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . ” Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each story, and also offers insights into why—how the young leopard, probably motherless, sought maternal comfort with the calf, and how a baby oryx inspired the same mothering instinct in the lionness. Or, in the story of Kizzy, a nervous retired Greyhound, and Murphy, a red tabby, how cats and dogs actually understand each other’s body language. With Murphy’s friendship and support, Kizzy recovered from life as a racing dog and became a confident, loyal family pet.These are the most amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of full-color candid photographs.
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Timeriders: The Eternal War
The Eternal War: the fourth book in Alex Scarrow's exciting TimeRiders series. Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029. Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, 'Take my hand...' A time wave has struck that alters the entire history of the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln has followed Liam into the present from 1831 - and now the world is in a dangerous state of limbo...If the TimeRiders can't return Lincoln to the past, the Civil War will never end. Can Maddy persuade two colonels on either side of no man's land to cease fire long enough to save the future? Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist, then he became a graphic artist, then he decided to be a computer games designer. Finally, he grew up and became an author. He has written a number of successful thrillers and several screenplays, but it's YA fiction that has allowed him to really have fun with the ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games. He lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob, his wife, Frances, and two very fat rats. The TimeRiders series: TimeRiders; Day of the Predator; The Doomsday Code; The Eternal War; Gates of Rome; City of Shadows; The Pirate Kings Alex's thrillers for adults: A Thousand Suns; Last Light; october Skies; Afterlight; and The Candle Man.
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Timeriders
This is the first book in Alex Scarrow's exciting TimeRiders series. Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029. Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, 'Take my hand ...' But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren't rescued. They are recruited by an agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose - to fix broken history. Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past. That's why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us. To stop time travel from destroying the world...Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist, then he became a graphic artist, then he decided to be a computer games designer. Finally, he grew up and became an author. He has written a number of successful thrillers and several screenplays, but it's YA fiction that has allowed him to really have fun with the ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games. He lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob, his wife, Frances, and two very fat rats. The TimeRiders series: TimeRiders; Day of the Predator; The Doomsday Code; The Eternal War; Gates of Rome; City of Shadows; The Pirate Kings Alex's thrillers for adults: A Thousand Suns; Last Light; october Skies; Afterlight; The Candle Man.
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Fear the Dark
This is the nail-biting new serial killer thriller from the critically acclaimed Chris Mooney, Fear the Dark. A killer watches. A town waits. Fear grips a town in Colorado as a murderer targets entire families in their own homes. As police and the FBI struggle to contain the situation, they bring in forensic investigator and serial killer expert Darby McCormick. What she finds is a brutal and elusive predator who stays one step ahead of their investigation. As Darby navigates the blood-ties and broken promises that divide the locals, she knows that all the while the killer is watching, waiting and circling his next target: her. She must not only meet evil - and somehow survive - but also be prepared to face this small town's dark heart...If you love the novels of bestselling thriller writes like Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter, and Lee Child then this is the next book you must read. Praise for Chris Mooney: "One of the best thriller writers working today". (Lee Child). "Chris Mooney is a wonderful writer. Compelling, thrilling and touching". (Michael Connelly). "It will keep you up past your bedtime". (Karin Slaughter). "A scary, breakneck ride with thrills that never let up". (Tess Gerritsen). "Harrowing, gripping, haunting". (Harlan Coben). Chris Mooney is the author of eight previous thrillers, of which Remembering Sarah was nominated for the prestigious Edgar Award for Best Novel. The Missing, The Secret Friend and The Soul Collectors are available as Penguin paperbacks. Chris lives in Boston with his wife and son.
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Domácí kino - speciál Computer jaro 2005
Stručný obsah
Trendy: Historie a budoucnost filmů v domácnosti
Technologie: Disky CD a DVD
Rádce nakupujícího: Domácí kina all-in-one
Velký test: Podrobné porovnání deseti DVD rekordérů
Minitest: Univerzální dálkové ovladače
Test softwaru: Programy pro kopírování DVD
Výběr z recenzí komponent: televizor Philips s funkcí Ambilight, projektor Toshiba TDP T-90, reprosoustavy Heco a Magnat, HDD/DVD rekordéry ...
Výběr z recenzí DVD: Příběh žraloka, Muž se železnou maskou, Vetřelec vs. Predátor ...
Bonus: 24 stran cenových přehledů
Obsah přiloženého DVD: Adrenalinový film o parašutismu, filmy o filmu, filmové ukázky, skrytý filmový bonus, užitečné programy
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Jestřáb & Rybářka 1
Jsou to dva nelítostní pronásledovatelé zločinců, zjizvení nikdy nekončící válkou, která zuří v ulicích města. Jestřáb vládne ulicím svou ostrou sekerou. Rybářka dokáže bleskově zaútočit mečem a dýkou, které mistrně ovládá. Jejich bojištěm je drsné město, nazývané Haven - temné a prohnilé místo plné zaklínačů, démonů a zlodějů. Za peníze je tu možné koupit všechno...
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Lovci temného moře
Jsou to velrybáři devatenáctého století, kteří na celé měsíce i roky opouštějí svoje domovy, aby pátrali po největších tvorech žijících na Zemi. Lovit tyto mořské obry pro jejich olej je jejich práce a každý z nich doufá, že si při tom vydělá dost, aby uživil svou rodinu doma v přístavu. Jsou to lovci temného moře na výpravě za nebezpečným behemotem. Jejich řemeslem je boj na život a na smrt a i ten největší zelenáč mezi nimi ví, jaké jsou jeho šance na přežití... dokud je drasticky nesníží ještě větší lovec, než jsou oni sami, nezemský predátor, který je jim teď v patách. SF thriller.
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Timeriders: The Doomsday Code
The Doomsday Code: the third book in Alex Scarrow's exciting TimeRiders series. Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029. Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, 'Take my hand ...' But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history...In 1993 British computer hacker Adam Lewis finds his name in a coded manuscript that is almost one thousand years old. How did Adam's name get in there ...and why? Confronted by Adam in 2001, the TimeRiders travel back to Sherwood Forest in 1193 to discover the origins of the ancient message. But when a strange hooded man appears interested in the same thing, they begin to wonder what terrible threat this cryptic link from the past holds for the future...Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist, then he became a graphic artist, then he decided to be a computer games designer. Finally, he grew up and became an author. He has written a number of successful thrillers and several screenplays, but it's YA fiction that has allowed him to really have fun with the ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games. He lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob, his wife, Frances, and two very fat rats. The TimeRiders series: TimeRiders; Day of the Predator; The Doomsday Code; The Eternal War; Gates of Rome; City of Shadows; The Pirate Kings Alex's thrillers for adults: A Thousand Suns; Last Light; october Skies; Afterlight; and, The Candle Man.
Oxford Dictionary of Animal Behaviour (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Did you know that chickens have different alarm calls for different predators? This fascinating dictionary covers every aspect of animal behaviour and includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology. Clear, concise entries are backed up by specific examples where appropriate, covering all aspects of behaviour from aggression to courtship, and fully cross-referenced. The author, David McFarland, was formerly head of the Animal Behaviour Research Group at Oxford University, and the editor of the Oxford Companion to Animal Behaviour (1981). Jargon free and informative, this dictionary is an excellent source of reference for students of biology and psychology, and essential reading for naturalists, bird-watchers, and the general reader with an interest in animal behaviour.
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V lesním zátiší
Výbor z vesnických povídek vypovídá o rodinných vztazích a pohnutých lidských osudech.
Titulní, povídka "V lesním zátiší" vypráví o šťastném a spokojeném životě mlynářské rodiny. Rodiče vychovali sirotka Františka a vlastní dceru Pavlínku. Mlynář chce Pavlínku výhodně provdat a nedbá na její lásku k Františkovi. Dcera z lásky a úcty k otci vstoupí do vynuceného manželství, které jí však štěstí nepřinese. Až čas a osud vše napraví. Další drobné povídky vypovídají o hlubokém smutku při úmrtí blízkých lidí, o mnohdy nelítostném a jindy milosrdném osudu.
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Scarecrow
As 'Scarecrow' Schofield watches his mission to eliminate a Siberian turn into a bloodbath, he realises he has been tricked - and now become the prey rather than the predator. For a shadowy consortium of staggering power and wealth has included his name on a list of fifteen targets to be eliminated without fail by twelve noon that same day. Now every high-powered bounty hunter on the planet is on his trail, while he must simultaneously track down the perpetrators of a conspiracy about to reduce many of the major cities of the world to ashes. From Arctic Russia to the Afghan border, to France's Atlantic Coast, to a speed-of-light conflict over the Suez Canal, every form of ultra-tech weaponry comes into play in a spellbinding action drama unfolding within a mere twenty-four hours.
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The Nun (Oxford World´s Classics)
Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. A succès de scandale at the end of the eighteenth century, it has attracted and unsettled readers ever since. For Diderot's novel is not simply a story of a young girl with a bad habit, it is also a powerfully emblematic fable about oppression and intolerance.This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material, which he placed, disconcertingly, at the end of the novel, and which turns what otherwise seems like an exercise in realism into what is now regarded as a masterpiece of proto-modernist fiction.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Zapřené generace.Obětovaní šampioni.
Vynikající kniha, která pojednává o obdobích hokejové historie, o kterých se ve své době nesmělo příliš hovořit. Uznávaný odborník Jiří Macků dává možnost hokejovým fandům nahlédnout do hokeje protektorátních dob a také do neveselých let padesátých, kdy byla naše země připravena o zlatou poválečnou generaci. Vždyť je to jenom sport... Jenže ve skutečnosti sport vždy byl nejen zábava a záliba nejširších vrstev, ale také nesporné politikum. Významné sportovní akce se staly místem návštěv i hlav nejvíc pomazaných. Vrcholné soutěže se dokonce staly místem nejen sportovních konfrontací. I v bohaté kronice našeho sportu je několik podobně dramatických záznamů. Zvláště černým písmem je do ní zaznamenána politická agrese, které byl po komunistickém puči, tzv. Vítězném Únoru, dlouhodobě vystaven čs. hokej. Způsob nelítostné likvidace týmu mistrů světa 1949, i když zasazené do celkového kontextu celého tragického období politických procesů, nemá na světě obdoby. Nemenší ostudou režimu zůstalo ná
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Predátori UHD+BD
Réžia: Nimrod Antal
Hrajú: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Oleg Taktarov
Robert Rodriguez uvádí Predátory, zbrusu nový příběh z filmového světa Predátorů. Adrien Brody se představuje v roli žoldáka jménem Royce, jenž se zdráhavě ujímá vedení skupiny elitních vojáků, kteří byli uneseni na tajemnou a životu nebezpečnou planetu. Tady na chladnokrevné lidské “predátory” čeká jako na své lovecké trofeje nová rasa skutečných predátorů a totální válka mezi oběma druhy může začít.
Zvukové normy: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1
Dĺžka: 107 min
Jazykové verzie: česká, poľská, anglická, francúzska, nemecká, španielska, talianska, japonská
Titulky: české, poľské, anglické, francúzske, nemecké, španielske, talianske, čínske, dánske, fínske, holandské, japonské, nórske, švédske
Bonusy:
• Komentář Roberta Rodrigueze a Nimroda Antala
• Pohybové komiksy
• Evoluce druhů — Predátoři v novém
• Vyvolený
• Fox Movie Channel uvádí film o filmu
• Vynechané a prodloužené scény
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Rousseau
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) sa po prvý krát objavil na verejnosti ako skrachovaný cirkusový tanečník. Prichádza do Paríža, kde pod vplyvom vtedajšej umeleckej smotánky začína ako samouk, laik maľovať. S istou dávkou naivity, ale s vlastným silným
subjektívnym nádychom vytvára figurálne kompozície, pohľady na krajinu, v neskorej fáze svojej tvorby aj zobrazenia džungle, ktorú nikdy nenavštívil. Džungľu maľuje ako ornamentálnu spleť ríše rastlín s citlivo farebne zakomponovanými predátormi, s p
rirodzenou a nahou krásou.
Jeho dielo malo vplyv najmä na dizajn a kompozície jeho súčastníkov - maliarov, akými boli Derain, Cézanne, Matisse a Gauguin.
Zoznámil sa aj s Apollinairom, Delaunayom, Picabiom, Brancusim, v r. 1908 aj s Picassom, ktoré
ho s veľkými poctami privítal na jednom zo svojich známych večierkov.
Dnes je mýtus Roussea mixom primitívnej idyly, odpútania sa od civilizácie s prvkami abstrakcie a reality dôležitým článkom v umení 19. storočia.
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