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The Principle of Moments
6066: In Emperor Thracin's brave new galaxy, humans are not citizens but indentured labourers, working to repay the debt they unwittingly incurred when they settled on Gahraan - a desert planet already owned by the emperor himself. Asha Akindele knows she's just another voiceless cog working the assembly lines that fuel his vast imperial war machine. Her only rebellion: studying stolen aeronautics manuals in the dead of night. But then a cloaked stranger arrives to deliver an impossible message, and her life changes in an instant.
1812: Obi Amadi is done with time-travelling. Never mind the fact he doesn't know how to cure himself of the temporal sickness he caught whilst anchoring his soul to Regency London, the one that unmakes him further with every jump. Or if the prince he loves will ever love him back. Or why his father disappeared. He is done. Until he hears about the ghost of a girl in the British Museum. A girl from another time.
When Obi's path tangles with Asha's and a prophecy awakens in the cold darkness of space, they must voyage through the stars, racing against time, tyranny, and the legacy of three heroes from an ancient religion who may be awakening, reincarnated in ways beyond comprehension.
A love letter to Black readers of science-fantasy, The Principle of Moments is a symphonic, centuries-spanning adventure - unmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the alternate London of V. E. Schwab, and the virtuosic climate-craft of N. K. Jemisin.
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
In war, there is no easy victory.
When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of millions, in Iraq and the West. As we gain more distance from those events, it can be argued that many of the issues facing us today - the rise of the Islamic State, increased Islamic terrorism, intensified violence in the Middle East, mass migration, and more - can be traced back to the decision to invade Iraq.
In The Iraq War, award-winning documentary maker James Bluemel collects first-hand testimony from those who lived through the horrors of the invasion and whose actions were dictated by such extreme circumstances. It takes in all sides of the conflict - working class Iraqi families watching their country erupt into civil war; soldiers and journalists on the ground; American families dealing with the grief of losing their son or daughter; parents of a suicide bomber coming to terms with unfathomable events - to create the most in-depth and multi-faceted portrait of the Iraq War to date. Accompanying a major BBC series, James Bluemel's book is an essential account of a conflict that continues to shape our world, and a startling reminder of the consequences of our past decisions.
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer’s difficult childhood in Yonkers, New York, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls’ reformatory school?where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer. Rarely seen profiles from the Black press offer precious glimpses of Fitzgerald’s tense experiences of racial discrimination and her struggles with constricting models of Black and white femininity at midcentury.
Tick’s compelling narrative depicts Fitzgerald’s complicated career in fresh and original detail, upending the traditional view that segregates vocal jazz from the genre’s mainstream. As she navigated the shifting tides between jazz and pop, she used her originality to pioneer modernist vocal jazz. Interpreting long-lost setlists, reviews from both white and Black newspapers, and newly released footage and recordings, the book explores how Ella’s transcendence as an improvisor produced onstage performances every bit as significant as her historic recorded oeuvre.
From the singer’s first performance at the Apollo Theatre’s famous “Amateur Night” to the Savoy Ballroom, where Fitzgerald broke through with Chick Webb’s big band in the 1930s, Tick evokes the jazz world in riveting detail. She describes how Ella helped shape the bebop movement in the 1940s, as she joined Dizzy Gillespie and her then-husband, Ray Brown, in the world-touring Jazz at the Philharmonic, one of the first moments of high-culture acceptance for the disreputable art form.
Breaking ground as a female bandleader, Fitzgerald refuted expectations of musical Blackness, deftly balancing artistic ambition and market expectations. Her legendary exploration of the Great American Songbook in the 1950s fused a Black vocal aesthetic and jazz improvisation to revolutionize the popular repertoire. This hybridity often confounded critics, yet throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ella reached audiences around the world, electrifying concert halls, and sold millions of records.
A masterful biography, Becoming Ella Fitzgerald describes a powerful woman who set a standard for American excellence nearly unmatched in the twentieth century.
30 black-and-white images
Amazing Rare Things
A gorgeously illustrated volume devoted to the natural history drawings and watercolors of Leonardo da Vinci and other outstanding artists of the Age of Discovery
From the fifteenth century onwards, as European explorers sailed forth on grand voyages of discovery, their encounters with exotic plants and animals fanned intense scientific interest. Scholars began to examine nature with fresh eyes, and pioneering artists transformed the way nature was seen and understood. In Amazing Rare Things, renowned naturalist and documentary-maker David Attenborough joins with expert colleagues to explore how artists portrayed the natural world during this era of burgeoning scientific interest. The book focuses on an exquisite selection of natural history drawings and watercolors by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Mark Catesby, and from the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo—works all held in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
Attenborough and his coauthors offer lucid commentary on topics ranging from the 30,000-year history of human drawings of the natural world, to Leonardo’s fascination with natural processes, to Catesby’s groundbreaking studies that introduced Europeans to the plants and animals of North America. With 160 full color illustrations, this beautiful book will appeal to readers with interests that extend from art and science to history and nature.
Manuál praktického lékaře školitele
Manuál pro praktické lékaře školitele byl napsán za účelem doplnění informací dlouhodobě pracujícím školitelům, lékařům, kteří se této náročné funkce teprve ujímají, především však kolegům, kteří se k této práci dostanou na základě svého zájmu během
akreditačního řízení bez předběžného kursu či jiné přípravy.
Zájemce o školitelství najde v Manuálu kritéria pro tuto práci i návod, jak přijmout do své péče mladého lékaře. Pozornost je věnována také komunikaci mezi lékařem a pacientem, nejvýznamněj
šímu diagnostickému nástroji praktického lékaře. Školitel zde získá představu o tom, jak a co školence učit a jak hodnotit jeho výsledky i svoji vlastní práci, jaký význam má koordinace specializační přípravy a jak připravit kandidáta ke kvalifikační
atestační zkoušce.
Koncepce jednotlivých kapitol je dána jak faktologií, tak zkušenostmi autorů z vlastní dlouholeté práce v předatestační přípravě praktických lékařů. Může se proto stát zdrojem cenných informací i samotným školencům, kteří v příloh
ách najdou podrobnou skladbu vzdělávacího programu včetně vzdělávacích cílů, jejichž obsahem jsou teoretické požadavky přípravy. Logbook (příloha 3) poučí čtenáře o požadavcích na praktické dovednosti lékaře a seznam literatury dá návod, kde vědomost
i hledat. Tento Manuál by tedy neměl chybět v žádné pracovní knihovničce praktického lékaře.
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Megváltoztatnám az életem, ha volna rá időm
Több időt szeretnél álmaid és vágyaid megvalósítására? Óráid nagy részét kötelezettségeidnek szenteled, s kevés időd marad a lazításra, az önfejlesztésre vagy a családra? A kimerültség ellenére is igyekszel kiszolgálni mindenki más igényeit? Azt kívánod, bárcsak segítene valaki a házimunkában, hogy több időd maradjon magadra? Több időre és pénzre van szükséged, hogy kielégítőbb hivatásra vagy életstílusra válts? Ha igen, ez a könyv neked íródott. Először azonban hadd tegyek fel néhány fontos kérdést: Hogyan javulna az életed, ha több strukturálatlan idővel rendelkeznél? Milyen változtatásokat hajtanál végre? Hogyan változnának a kapcsolataid? Mivel töltenéd a felszabadult időt? Ha el tudod képzelni, hogy miként javulna az életed, ha több időd lenne, úton is vagy e vágyad megvalósítása felé. Meg tudod csinálni! Saját tapasztalatból tanultam meg, hogyan élvezzem a családommal töltött időt, a hivatásomat, az egyetemet, a testgyakorlást, a meditációt és az egyedüllét pillanatait. Azért írtam meg ezt a könyvet, hogy megosszam másokkal ezeket a hatékony és megvalósítható megoldásokat az idő-béklyó felszámolására - olyan megoldásokat, melyek csökkentik stressz-szintünket, nem pedig növelik azt.
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9,30 €
Búzafű
Van egy keleti mondás, mely szerint: "néha a legegyszerűbb dolgok tűnnek a legnehezebbnek". Így van ez az egészség alapjául szolgáló táplálkozás kérdéskörével is. Azonban a mai kor zavaros körülményei közt is csodálatos eredmények alappillére, a fiatalos életerő és természetes egészség szerény hordozója, a búza. De ki ismeri ma már a letűnt évezredek titkát, mely szerint a búza egyetemes hordozója az életnek? E könyvből tényleges, gyakorlati tudáshoz jutunk egészségünk fenntartásához, helyreállításához, gyógyszerek és mesterséges vegyi anyagok nélkül. A kötet egészséget és harmóniát kínál minden olvasójának, egyszerűen és olcsón, hiszen néha a kevesebb a több.
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I'll Bake!
There are moments in life when only cake will do. In I’ll Bake!, classically pastry-trained chef Liberty Mendez shares the joy that baking, entertaining and feeding her friends brings her, with more than 85 fail-safe recipes that are at once impressive and effortless.
These are delicious baking recipes that fit into a busy lifestyle. Whether you’re pulling together a quick snack or comforting pudding with whatever is left in the fridge, creating a cake that you can take to your friend’s birthday or cooking an impressive dinner-party dish, I’ll Bake! has the perfect dish for every occasion. Not only can all of the recipes be made in five steps or less, there’s an at-a-glance guide to which recipes are vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free, plus time-saving tips and easy alternatives to help suit an assortment of dietary needs. Every chapter is even accompanied by a Spotify soundtrack that Mendez compiled to set the mood and bring the joy to baking. Whatever you choose to make, Mendez will equip you with the confidence and enthusiasm to take pleasure in saying, ‘I’ll bake!’
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Second World War Poems
The Second World War has shaped the modern world more than any other single event. This generous and haunting selection of English-language and translated poems includes verse written by servicemen who participated in the war - Keith Douglas, Alun Lewis, Randall Jarrell - as well as by survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust - Primo Levi, Nelly Sachs, Paul Celan - and civilians across Europe and beyond. It features work by important women poets - Elizabeth Bishop, H.D., Anna Akhmatova - exiles such as W. H. Auden and Berthold Brecht, and writers reporting from London, Paris, Warsaw, Moscow and New York, dealing with the terrifying impact and legacy of the conflict. Presented with a historical critical introduction and biographical notes, the result is a vital lyric testimony to the tragic global theatre of the war.
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Shells... and what they hide inside
A richly illustrated, informative, and interactive introduction to shells for children aged 2-4, with over 40 flaps to lift and discover
In this board book companion to What a Shell Can Tell, award-winning marine biologist and documentary maker, Helen Scales, introduces children ages 2-4 to the wonders of shells. With over 40 flaps to lift creating interactive opportunities on every page, stunningly lifelike illustrations, children are encouraged to observe, engage with, and understand a range of shells and environments. From where shells are found and who lives in them, to what a shell’s look and feel can reveal about its inhabitant and environment.
The book expands on a child’s natural instinct for collecting things, nurturing their interest and curiosity in nature by giving them simple observation skills that will help them to explore the connections between objects found in nature and the wider ecosystem, as well as building their vocabulary. With a timely message of environmental stewardship combined with stunning illustrations, this book encourages children to explore and care about the world around them.
Ages 2-4
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Slow Food, Fast Cars
Welcome to Casa Maria Luigia, Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore’s idyllic guest house in the Italian countryside
Lara Gilmore and Massimo Bottura – the renowned chef behind three-Michelin-starred restaurant Osteria Francescana – designed Casa Maria Luigia to celebrate the hospitality and wonderful, earthy cuisine of Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. Their one-of-a-kind guest house boasts not only exquisite food, but gorgeous interiors filled with contemporary art, unique design objects, and an impressive collection of Italian cars and motorcycles.
Slow Food, Fast Cars captures the extraordinary sensory and culinary experience of staying at Casa Maria Luigia. Created in close collaboration with Lara and Massimo, the book collects 85 authentic, accessible recipes for breakfasts, brunches, and all-day snacks, including frittatas and focaccias, salads, cakes and pastries, jams and preserves and more. At Casa Maria Luigia the past collides with the contemporary, and home cooks will discover seasonal variations for each recipe, as well as information about the dish’s origins and ingredients. Evocative photography and personal essays tell the fascinating stories behind every element of this magical guest house, from the incredible food to the interior design, cars, vinyl collection, garden, and country landscape.
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51,95 €
Instant Karma
An irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance about a girl who suddenly has the power to cast karma on the people around her and the lab partner who thwarts her plans and steals her heart, from New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer.
Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.
Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals.
When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue centre for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals – not necessarily in that order. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed . . . love and hate . . . and fate.
Sweat and Soap Manga Box Set 2
Collect the acclaimed romance manga between a perfume prodigy and a woman with a unique scent, in the first of two deluxe box sets!
Includes Vol. 7-11 of Sweat & Soap, plus exclusive paper soap!
In an office romance, there's a fine line between sexy and awkward... and that line is where Asako — a woman who sweats copiusly — met Koutarou — a perfume developer who can't get enough of Asako's, er, scent. Don't miss a romcom manga like no other!
Asako's living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Liliadrop. But she has a secret: The reason she loves the company so much is that she's ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that's ever helped her. So when the company's lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what "that smell" is, she's terrified—but could it be that he likes it? That he likes her? And most surprising of all, she might just like him back...
This premium-quality box set includes the final five volumes of the series, plus an exclusive personal case of paper soap (yes, actual soap)!
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71,95 €
Bread and How to Eat It: A Cookbook
This is a book about bread: how to make it and how to eat it at every stage of its life cycle—from the James Beard Award-nominated owner of cult-favorite bakery Bread & Salt.
“What happens when an all-important subject like bread is tackled by one of the most talented chefs and one of the most engaging food writers in the country? Magic.” —Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything
Bread and How to Eat It is a timely revival of cucina povera (poverty cooking)—a bread-centric approach to meal prep that has fallen out of favor in American kitchens and that baker Rick Easton is hell-bent on restoring.
In these pages, home cooks will discover everything they need for baking their own bread (although Easton strongly recommends you frequent your local bakery, as people have for hundreds of years); things to make with bread (Bread Meatballs! Pasta with Bread Crumbs and Cauliflower!); things to eat with bread (Greens and Beans! Dried Chestnut and White Bean Soup!); and, of course, the ultimate guide to sandwiches you never knew you needed (Tuna with Harissa, Eggs, and Olives! Frittata, Artichoke, Pecorino, and Mint!).
A celebration of bread in all its forms—from fresh-baked to stale, from slices to crumbs—Bread and How to Eat It is an eminently accessible, riotously opinionated, and utterly indispensable cookbook for making the most of every loaf.
Pages & Co.: The Book Smugglers
Fourth in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series for readers aged eight to twelve that celebrates all that is best in life: books, adventure, friendship - and cake.
Milo lives on board the Sesquipedalian, or "Quip" - a magical train that uses the power of imagination to travel through both Story and the real world. The train is owned by Milo's uncle, Horatio, and Milo has witnessed many of his uncle's dodgy dealings as a book smuggler trading in rare books.
When Horatio takes on a dangerous new job, he needs the help of Tilly Pages. And Tilly owes Horatio a favour. But when poisoned copies of The Wizard of Oz are sent to Horatio and Tilly's grandfather, sending them both into deep sleeps, Milo and Tilly find themselves racing against time to save them - and to figure out what is going on.
Their journey takes them to the Emerald City with Dorothy, rocketing on the unruly Quip, and eventually to Venice in Italy, in pursuit of the mysterious Alchemist. The very essence of imagination, story itself, may be in danger . . .
One Piece 3In1 Edition 28 (Includes 82, 83, 84)
Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, the One Piece.
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He’ll never be able to swim again—a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Luffy sets off on his quest to find the “One Piece,” said to be the greatest treasure in the world…
Luffy and the recently reunited Straw Hat Crew find themselves in a cream-filled fight for survival on Whole Cake Island. Their ship’s cook, Sanji, must confront his complicated past in a delicious and treacherous land of sweets, where an arranged marriage awaits him. Can Sanji have his cake and eat it too?
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15,15 €
15,95 €