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Victory City
The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries - from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.
In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' - the wonder of the world.
Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that Parvati set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry - with Pampa Kampana at its center.
Brilliantly styled as a translation of an ancient epic, this is a saga of love, adventure, and myth that is in itself a testament to the power of storytelling.
Lake District
England's Lake District, with its stunning landscapes, pristine lakes, boulder-strewn fells and tiny villages, has inspired generations of poets, writers and hikers.
Make the most of your trip to this unspoiled wilderness with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that the Lake District has to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about.
Inside DK Eyewitness Top 10 Lake District you will find:
- Up-to-date information with insider tips and advice for staying safe.
- Top 10 lists of the Lake District's must-sees, including Grasmere, Windermere, Langdale, Coniston Water and Keswick.
- The Lake District's most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping.
- Themed lists, including the best walks, swims, gardens, pubs and much more.
- Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week.
- A laminated pull-out map of the Lake District, plus five full-colour area maps.
Looking for more on Great Britain's culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Eyewitness Great Britain.
About DK Eyewitness:
At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.
The Folding Lady
Drawing on years of retail and merchandising expertise, TikTok sensation The Folding Lady offers a realistic and practical approach to making life easier through folding and organising.
We all spend so much of our lives wishing we had more time, more money and more space - but how can we actually achieve this? In The Folding Lady, Sophie Liard - retail and merchandising expert and TikTok and Instagram sensation - provides a practical and personal guide to organisation, helping readers:
* reset their space so that it really works for them
* futureproof against the chaos and stress caused by the daily grind
* equip themselves with the tools to create mental and physical 'room'
* turn their focus, time and energy to the tasks and 'things' that hold true long-term after value.
Featuring a step-by-step, room-by-room guide to the best folds and storage hacks - including how to fold sheets and towels, how to pack for travel, how to wrap gifts and how to organise your drawers, desks and cosmetics - Sophie shares with us the inner joy that good organisation can bring. The Folding Lady will help you uncover how your home can provide more of what you truly need and encourage you to do more of the things you love, and how you can turn your home into a healing place.
'I am all about being real - no rules, no judgement, I'm here to try and make your life a little less messy through folding and organising and some handy home hacks. Take charge of small, simple and achievable tasks and join me as we find your after value in your home' - Sophie
The Rise of Central Banks
A bold history of the rise of central banks, showing how institutions designed to steady the ship of global finance have instead become as destabilizing as they are dominant.
While central banks have gained remarkable influence over the past fifty years, promising more stability, global finance has gone from crisis to crisis. How do we explain this development? Drawing on original sources ignored in previous research, The Rise of Central Banks offers a groundbreaking account of the origins and consequences of central banks’ increasing clout over economic policy.
Many commentators argue that ideas drove change, indicating a shift in the 1970s from Keynesianism to monetarism, concerned with controlling inflation. Others point to the stagflation crises, which put capitalists and workers at loggerheads. Capitalists won, the story goes, then pushed deregulation and disinflation by redistributing power from elected governments to markets and central banks. Both approaches are helpful, but they share a weakness. Abstracting from the evolving practices of central banking, they provide inaccurate accounts of recent policy changes and fail to explain how we arrived at the current era of easy money and excessive finance.
By comparing developments in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland, Leon Wansleben finds that central bankers’ own policy innovations were an important ingredient of change. These innovations allowed central bankers to use privileged relationships with expanding financial markets to govern the economy. But by relying on markets, central banks fostered excessive credit growth and cultivated an unsustainable version of capitalism. Through extensive archival work and numerous interviews, Wansleben sheds new light on the agency of bureaucrats and calls upon society and elected leaders to direct these actors’ efforts to more progressive goals.
Journey by train over sea (EN)
A short story about a little girl who is excited about travelling on a bridge over the sea. Journey by train over sea, written by Vandana Rao, Illustrated by Preeti Krishnamurthy and Sadhna Prasad, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.
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A Voyage to Arcturus
A stunning achievement in speculative fiction, A Voyage to Arcturus has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled readers for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and brilliantly depicted alien worlds ever conceived, a profoundly moving journey of discovery into the metaphysical heart of the universe, and a shockingly intimate excursion into what makes us human and unique. After a strange interstellar journey, Maskull, a man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns of the binary star Arcturus. As he journeys northward, guided by a drumbeat, he encounters a world and its inhabitants like no other, where gender is a victory won at dear cost; where landscape and emotion are drawn into an accursed dance; where heroes are killed, reborn, and renamed; and where the cosmological lures of Shaping, who may be God, torment Maskull in his astonishing pilgrimage. At the end of his arduous and increasingly mystical quest waits a dark secret and an unforgettable revelation. A Voyage to Arcturus was the first novel by writer David Lindsay (1878–1945), and it remains one of the most revered classics of science fiction.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax.
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Lacná kniha Eyewitness Travel Guides - Jerusalem and the Holy Land (-25%)
New, expanded edition: the world's best full-colour travel guides just got better. This highly illustrated guide encompasses Jerusalem, Western Jordan and the Red Sea and Sinai, all steeped in religious history. From the green hills and sun-drenched coast of Galilee to the sacred sites of Jerusalem's Old City; from the dramatic desert of Wadi Rum to the vibrant reefs of Dahab, there is much for pilgrims and holidaymakers alike. This relaunched edition has new features and three brand new walks, as well as clear maps and extended hotel and restaurant listings.
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Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy (Deluxe Edition) 2LP
Tracklist:
Side A
1. The year of purification
2. Ocean spray
3. So why so sad (avalanches sean penn mix)
4. Door to the river
5. Rosebud*
Side B
6. Just a kid
7. His last painting
8. Let robeson sing
9. Groundho days
10. Epicentre
Side C
1. Intravenous agnostic
2. Found that soul (tla mix)
3. We are all bourgeois now
4. Freedom of speech won't feed my children
5. The convalescent
6. Baby elian
Side D
1. Masses against the classes
2. My guernica
3. Studies in paralysis
4. Dead martyrs
5. Wattsville blues
6. Miss europa disco dancer
Lacná kniha Spook Country (-70%)
What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed, however, in these early days of the War on Terror and across the city an ex-military man named Brown is tracking Tito's movements. Meanwhile in LA, journalist Hollis Henry is on the trail of Bobby Chombo, who appears to know too much about military systems for his own good. With Bobby missing and the trail cold, Hollis digs deeper and is drawn into the final moves of a chilling game played out by men with old scores to settle.
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Lacná kniha Practical Demonkeeping (-50%)
In Christopher Moore's ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and 'roads' scholar Travis O'Hearn. The green one is Catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the people he meets. Behind the fake Tudor facade of Pine Cove, California, Catch sees a four-star buffet. Travis, on the other hand, thinks he sees a way of ridding himself of his toothy travelling companion. The winos, neo-pagans, and deadbeat Lotharios of Pine Cove, meanwhile, have other ideas. And none of them is quite prepared when all hell breaks loose.
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Lacná kniha Spook Country (-90%)
What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed, however, in these early days of the War on Terror and across the city an ex-military man named Brown is tracking Tito's movements. Meanwhile in LA, journalist Hollis Henry is on the trail of Bobby Chombo, who appears to know too much about military systems for his own good. With Bobby missing and the trail cold, Hollis digs deeper and is drawn into the final moves of a chilling game played out by men with old scores to settle.
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Bird by Bird
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times).
“Superb writing advice…. Hilarious, helpful, and provocative.” —The New York Times Book Review
For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”
Fitzgerald összes elbeszélései-IV.
Matthew. J. Brucolli azt írja, hogy Fitzgerald, miközben Az Aréna (The Bowl) című elbeszélésén dolgozott, újból érdeklődni kezdett egyetemi futballista évei iránt: többször is leutazott Princetonba, hogy megnézze az edzéseket és meccseket. Sőt, időnként még késő éjszaka is felhívta az edzőt, Fritz Crislert, hogy elhalmozza „szakértői" tanácsaival. Az elbeszélés a Saturday Evening Post-ban jelent meg 1928. január 21-én. A háttérben van egy kis romantika, no és a profizmus, a kemény munka dicsőítése. Az, hogy lenézi az „amatőröket,” egy kicsit a feleségének, Zeldának is stól, aki sok mindenben volt jó… közép szinten. A vonzerő. Az elbeszélés 1928. március 3-án jelent meg a Saturday Evening Post-ban. Érezhetően sok önéletrajzi elemet tartalmaz. Akárcsak Fitzgerald több más elbeszélésének, ennek is központi témája a szerelem, és a házastársi hűség törékenysége, mely gondolat, Zelda „árulása” nyomán, élete végéig elkísérte. A Gyermekzsúrt (That Kind of Party) Fitzgerald később írta, mint a többi Basil történetet, de mivel a fiatalabb, még gyermek Basilről szól, ezért itt ebben a kötetben előrébb került. Ez volt az egyetlen a kilenc Basillel foglalkozó elbeszélés közük, melyet sem a Post, sem pedig a Ladies’ Home Journal és a Pictorial Review sem volt hajlandó publikálni, feltehetőleg azért, mert a szerkesztők nem igazán akarták elhinni, vagy nem tetszett nekik, hogy tizenegy éves gyerekek legfőbb gondja a csókolózás egy házibulin. 4 -11. A párizsi utazás anyagi fedezetét Fitzgerald az 1928 márciusa és 1929 februárja között írt Basil Duke Lee elbeszéléseivel biztosította, melyek a Botránydetektivek, Egy este a vásárban, A legszemtelenebb fiú, Basil, a csodálatos, Az elfogott lidérc, Tökéletes élet, Bátran előre, a Basil és Kleopátra, valamint a fentebb említett Gyermekzsúr. Ezeket Fitzgerald mind a Saturday Evening Post-nak szánta, de a Gyermekzsúrral már nem volt szerencséje. „Pikáns” részletei miatt minden folyóirat elutasította. Az olvasók szerették ezeket a történeteket, és a szerzőknek is könnyebb volt ilyen lazán kapcsolódó sorozat-elbeszéléseket írni, mint mindig egy-egy vadonatúj valamivel előállni. Ezek az elbeszélések nyomon követik a Közép Nyugaton felcseperedő Basil életét, elmondják, milyen népszerűtlen volt Keleten a középiskolában, és hogy lett egyetemista a Yale-en. Nem nehéz észrevenni, hogy van összefüggés, méghozzá igencsak szoros, Basil és Fitzgerald élete között. A lényegesebb epizódok mind önéletrajzi elemekre épülnek: hogyan írt színdarabot otthon, St. Paulban, milyen szerencsétlennek érezte magát a középiskolában, és hogyan dobta első nagy szerelme, Ginevra King. A Két rossz a
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Lacná kniha Ladybird Tales of Super Heroes (-70%)
Superheroes have always been with us, from gods with mighty powers to human heroes who don disguises to save the day . . .
Join six larger-than-life mythic and legendary heroes from around the world in this colourful, illustrated collection of Ladybird Tales.
Meet tricksters, fighters, shape-shifters and even people who save the day with just the power of speech.
Anansi the Spider-Man
Loki and the Magical Hammer
Hanuman, Demon Fighter
Inanna in the Underworld
Shahrazad the Storyteller
The Legend of Hua Mulan
Perfect for bedtime, to read aloud or enjoy alone, these thrilling tales breathe marvellous life into ancient tales. Includes a special introduction from award-winning author David Solomons.
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People Like Us
'Heart-breaking, thought-provoking story' Adele Parks
'I nearly drowned and Walter rescued me. That changes everything.'Leipzig, 1930s Germany
Hetty Heinrich is a perfect German child. Her father is an SS officer, her brother in the Luftwaffe, herself a member of the BDM. She believes resolutely in her country, and the man who runs it.
Until Walter changes everything. Blond-haired, blue-eyed, perfect in every way Walter. The boy who saved her life. A Jew.
Anti-semitism is growing by the day, and neighbours, friends and family members are turning on one another. As Hetty falls deeper in love with a man who is against all she has been taught, she begins to fight against her country, her family and herself. Hetty will have to risk everything to save Walter, even if it means sacrificing herself...
Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Book Thief.
Why people love People Like Us:'People Like Us is also a reminder that - even in the darkest times - the extraordinary power of love can light the way' Fiona Valpy
'A powerful, unforgettable love story' Gill Paul
'A heartbreaking, beautiful story' Jenny Ashcroft
'This is historical fiction at its absolute best' Liz Trenow
'An outstanding and heart-breaking story of Nazism seen from the 'other side': blind indoctrination is transformed into true heroism by the power of love' Sharon Maas, author of The Violin Maker's Daughter
Legenda 1: A Legenda bukása
Nem lehetnél az enyém...
Két különböző világból érkeztünk. Én utcakölyökként nőttem fel, ő finom úrilányként egy elefántcsonttoronyban. Engem a puszta erőm tartott életben, ő azonban gyönge, mint a harmat. Soha nem lett volna szabad megismernünk egymást. Soha nem lett volna szabad találkoznunk. De ami történt, megtörtént. A lelkemet is eladnám egyetlen csókjáért. Az ördöggel is szembeszállnék a kacagásáért. Az életemet adnám egyetlen éjszakáért.
Tudom, hogy Scarlett Priestnek semmi keresnivalója a hozzám hasonló férfiak közelében, mégis vonz, mint a mágnes. Ha ő lesz a bukásom, hát elbukom, és boldogan áldozom fel magam.
Meghan March, a New York Times, a Wall Street Journal és a USA Today bestsellerszerzője a letehetetlen Legenda-trilógia első könyvében ismét egy veszélyesen elbűvölő alfa-hímet mutat be az olvasóknak.
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An Ugly Truth
Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in a riveting, behind-the-scenes exposé that offers the definitive account of Facebook's fall from grace.
Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, for the past five years, Facebook has been under constant fire, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connecting the world, they were also mishandling users' data, allowing the spread of fake news, and the amplification of dangerous, polarising hate speech.
Critics framed the narrative as the irreconcilable conflict between the platform's lofty mission to advance society by bringing people together while also profiting off of them. The company, many said, had simply lost its way. But the truth is far more complex.
Drawing on their unrivalled sources, Frenkel and Kang take readers inside the complex court politics, alliances and rivalries within the company, its growing political influence as well as its skirmishes with privacy groups and the FTC, to shine a light on the fatal cracks in the architecture of the tech behemoth. Their explosive, exclusive reporting led them to a shocking conclusion: The missteps of the last five years were not an anomaly but an inevitability - this is how the platform was built to perform. In a period of great upheaval, growth has remained the one constant under the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. Each has stood by as their technology is co-opted by hate-mongers, criminals and corrupt political regimes across the globe, with devastating consequences. In An Ugly Truth, they are at last held accountable.
Dwayne Johnson
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
Born into a family of Samoan and Black wrestlers, little Dwayne travelled with his parents and watched his family fight in the ring, but he much preferred the football field to wrestling! He trained hard and worked to become a football player, signing with the Calgary Stampeders as a linebacker. But he was cut from the team after just two months.
A natural athlete, Dwayne decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and decided to pursue professional wrestling. Taking on the persona of 'The Rock' as a wrestler in the WWE, he won 16 championships and millions of fans. After a huge wrestling career, he tried his hand at acting... and today is one of the biggest film stars that Hollywood has ever seen!
This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the athlete and actor's life.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!