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Shakiran: Larissa’s Story
When an opportunity to study on another planet presents itself, Larissa Malinya is all too eager to escape the home that holds so many grief-filled memories.
Afraid of losing anyone else in her life, Larissa resists her growing attraction to Janssen, another botanist on the ship. But before she can reconcile her feelings, an emergency landing exposes them to a brazen attack.
Detained in a strange medical facility, Larissa unwittingly despairs that she’s the lone survivor. Heartache soon turns to horror when she discovers the scientists’ diabolical plan to create an army of super soldiers.
Can Larissa and her fellow captives hatch a plan to thwart their efforts? To avert disaster, she must make an impossible choice:
Will she choose love, or turn her back on it for survival and the greater good?
Great for lovers of Sci-fi and Paranormal with elements of romance.
“I love it… I thought it was awesome… I cried along with Larissa.”
- Kimberly Rodighiero
The Tamisan Series (Completed Series):
Tamisan (Tamisan Book 1)
Enigma (Tamisan Book 2)
A Tamisan Novella: Shakiran: Larissa’s Story
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The Chinese Parrot
The Chinese Parrot (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by the death of a parrot.The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. The handsome young son of the jeweller is assigned to shepherd the transfer of the pearls to the financier's vacation home in a desert area of California. Because of his long association with the owner of the pearls—before joining the police force, he was her houseboy—Charlie Chan travels from Hawaii to California with the pearls. After two mysterious deaths, first of a Chinese-speaking parrot and then of the household's Chinese man-of-all-work, Charlie Chan masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook named Ah Kim and works underground to solve a number of crimes. Along the way, the jeweller's son meets a beautiful young woman who works as a location scout and decides to stay in the California desert.
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Šeban Andrej - Rock And Roll z Rači CD
Po rozsiahlom a žánrovo nezaraditeľnom hudobnom diele Triplet prichádza uznávaný slovenský hudobník Andrej Šeban s ďalším albumom. A opäť znie inak, novátorsky a zároveň pesničkovo, akoby voľne nadväzoval na svoju dnes už kultovú nahrávku Bezvetrie.
Zoznam skladieb CD: 01. Pár slov na úvod, 02. Život je krásny, 03. V poho, 04. Princ, 05. Plastický chlapec, 06. Vodomer, 07. Ing. Láska, 08. Lovištia, 09. Rock and Roll z Rači, 10. Slávna vianočná pieseň vhodná ako výplň medzi dva reklamné bloky kamkoľvek, 11. Život je krásny 2
The Contrarian
A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business and politics
Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater global impact than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel. From the technologies we use every day to the delicate power balance between Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington, Thiel has been a behind-the-scenes operator influencing countless aspects of contemporary life. But despite his power and the ubiquity of his projects, no public figure is quite so mysterious.
In the first major biography of Thiel, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator's singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and years at Stanford as a burgeoning conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX, and relationships with fellow tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Eric Schmidt. The Contrarian illuminates the extent to which Thiel has sought to export his values to the corridors of power beyond Silicon Valley, such as funding the lawsuit that bankrupted the blog Gawker to strenuously backing far-right political candidates, including Donald Trump for president.
Eye-opening and deeply reported, The Contrarian is a revelatory biography of a one-of-a-kind leader and an incisive portrait of a tech industry whose explosive growth and power is both thrilling and fraught with controversy.
Please Write Soon
Named Children's Book of the Week by The Times!
Inspired by a true family story, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing account of perseverance, love and hope in wartime.
Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries his best to adjust to life in the English countryside, Bernie's parents know that as Jews they're not safe staying in Warsaw, so they send Bernie to the Russian-occupied side of the country in the hope that he'll be safer there.
Soon, though, he is arrested and sent off to a forced labour camp in Russia. As the cousins exchange sporadic letters, they try to keep their spirits up, trading jokes and observations about the world changing all around them. Then Bernie seizes the opportunity to join the "Anders Army" and fight the Axis powers, and tells Solly all about his experiences in Iraq and eventually Italy, where he fights alongside the British at the famous Battle of Monte Cassino.
Does Bernie survive and find a safe place to call home?
Michael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the children's book world, known for his work as poet and author of classic books such as WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT. This book is a perfect companion to POPPY FIELD by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman. Together, the books are a wonderful introduction to the history of the great wars of the 20th century and the importance of Remembrance.
Ambassador 10: Lost Forest Secrets
Ceren, the world that's the home of the city of Barresh, has vast swathes of untamed wilderness, most of it tribal land belonging to meta-human tribes like the Pengali.For many years, illegal organisations have seen these tribes as inroad into the lucrative gamra economy, abusing the local population with next to no payment, inflicting damage on their society. Sadly, Cory knows far too much about this, having studied Earth's history.Cory's Pengali worker Ynggi has indicated he'd wanted to visit his home tribe, giving Cory the perfect reason to check out Pengali involvement in smuggling activities.However, if he thinks Ynggi's Thousand Islands tribe is secretive and hostile, he will soon be corrected in a big way. Another tribe, the Misty Forest tribe, has made hostile overtures to the fiercely independent but peaceful Thousand Island settlements. Someone has been selling these people hostile propaganda. Not just that, they appear to have received some help from off-world and are on a mission to expand their territory by force.For Cory and his team, an anthropological excursion turns into a battle to leave the forest alive.
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Teogonia: Volume 2
When Kai became the host vessel to the god of the valley, he was made a guardian bearer with power far beyond any ordinary human. To many, he is the embodiment of an ancient god known for its fearsome power and thirst for blood, and those seeking his protection have begun to form a small nation with the valley at its center.To others, Kai is simply a poor young boy living in a remote village in the borderlands. A village whose existence is threatened by a hostile demi-human race that lurks in the nearby forest. It’s only a matter of time before Kai must fight to defend the village, but corrupt officials from the capital are driving the village to ruin before the battle even begins.The mysterious priest, with magic far more advanced than his own, could be a valuable ally as Kai struggles to understand the human nation’s politics and the power of its gods. But with the priest watching Kai’s every move, his double life could soon be exposed.
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Wage War - Manic CD
Tracklist:
01. Relapse
02. Teeth
03. Manic
04. High Horse
05. Circle the Drain
06. Godspeed
07. Death Roll
08. Slow Burn
09. Never Said Goodbye
10. True Colors
11. If Tomorrow Never Comes
2000 najpoužívanejších nemeckých slov + CD
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Lacná kniha Bílý náčelník
Osmdesátiletý Will Cooper, proslulý dobrodruh, indiánský náčelník, právník a senátor v jedné osobě, který tráví sklonek svého života v domě u železnice a čas si krátí střelbou na projíždějící vlaky, se rozhodne zrekapitulovat svůj životní příběh. Díky vzpomínkám vynořujícím se z paměti i poznámkám vyčteným z desítek vlastnoručně vedených deníků tak sumarizuje sled událostí, jež podstatným způsobem zasáhly do jeho osudu. Ten se začal lámat ve chvíli, když ho coby dvanáctiletého sirotka prodal jeho strýc do vázané služby: dostal za úkol vést obchodní stanici hluboko v Severní Karolíně, v místech na samé hranici indiánského teritoria, konkrétně území Čerokíjů, takzvaného Národa. Ve svérázné retrospektivě několika desetiletí života strávených na tomto území, v bouřlivém a nejistém časoprostoru Ameriky 19. století, líčí Will jak svou celoživotní lásku ke Claire, rozporuplný vztah k Featherstoneovi, jejímu muži, či přátelství s Medvědem, svým adoptivním indiánským otcem, tak odsun Čerokíjů
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Könyörtelen üzlet
Martina Cole nem fél a tabudöntögetéstől. Ezúttal is agyonhallgatott témákhoz nyúl. Nevezhető-e anyának egy olyan nő, aki már fogantatása pillanatában gyűlöli és üldözi saját gyermekét? Aki képes rendszeresen ütlegelni saját hasát, hogy elvetéljen? A londoni East End alvilágában játszódó, fordulatokban bővelkedő véres történet önmagában is izgalmas, de nem marad el a Martina Cole-tól megszokott realista társadalom- és lélekrajz sem. A behajtók és stricik versengése közben végigkövethetjük, hogyan öltenek lépésről lépésre végletes méreteket egy elkényeztetett, önző, hazudós gyereklány rossztulajdonságai, és hogyan válik a drog hatására lelketlen, felelősséget nem ismerő prostivá. S miközben ereiben felszívódik az újabb dózis, hogyan mérgezi meg újra és újra környezete életét. Mindezt nyers őszinteséggel tárja elénk Martina Cole, néhol oly felkavaróan, hogy úgy érezzük, képtelenek vagyunk továbbolvasni a könyvet...
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The Unfair Advantage
Turn your barriers into a routemap for success.
This ground-breaking book exposes the myths behind startup success, illuminates the real forces at work and shows how they can be harnessed in your favour.
The world isn't a level playing field. Meritocracy is a myth. And if you look at those at the top, you realise that behind every success story is an Unfair Advantage. But that doesn't just mean your parents' wealth or who you know. An Unfair Advantage is any element that gives you an edge over your competition. And we all have one.
Drawing on over two decades of hands-on experience, including as the first Marketing Director of Just Eat (a startup now worth over GBP5 billion), the authors show how to identify your own unfair advantages and apply them to any project. Hard work and grit aren't enough, so they explore the importance of money, intelligence, insight, location, education, expertise, status and luck in the journey to success. From Snapchat to Spanx, Oprah to Elon Musk, unfair advantages have shaped the journeys of some of the most successful brands in the world. This book helps you too find the external circumstances and internal strengths to succeed in the world of business and beyond.
Lacná kniha Babička (-90%)
Vydání přívětivé k současným dětem
Konečně čteme Babičku bez slovníku
S působivými kolážemi Miroslava Huptycha
Babička Boženy Němcové je stále na seznamu povinné školní četby, i když je zřejmé, že málokteré dítě tuto knihu přečte. A chceme-li podporovat čtení původní české literatury, je třeba přizpůsobit archaický jazyk čtenářským schopnostem dnešních dětí, aby jim byl obsah sdělení srozumitelný. Aby děti mohly ČÍST a ne stále listovat ve Slovníku spisovného jazyka českého a hledat významy zastaralých a dnes se již nevyskytujících slov.
Toto vydání oživuje archaismy, zastaralé výrazy a nesrozumitelná slovní spojení přímo v textu. Je-li některé slovo nenahraditelné, děti najdou jeho význam na konci knihy v seznamu takových slov. Úprava je vedená citlivě, nic neubírá ani nepřidává, jejím majákem je: významová srozumitelnost.
Tímto vydáním, obohaceném výtvarně kolážemi Miroslava Huptycha, chceme podpořit snahy, které by vedly k zvýšení čtenářské gramotnosti českých dětí.
Knihu editovala autorka knížek pro děti, PhDr. Anna Novotná, vzdělání absolventka FF UK, obor český jazyk, ve spolupráci s lingvistou z Ústavu pro jazyk český PhDr. Martinem Proškem, PHD.
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Vystřihni si betlém
Vánoce se blíží, přípravy na svátky vrcholí... anebo už jste se probudili do pohody Štědrého dne a chcete prožít s dětmi něco, co během roku jinak nemáte možnost zakusit... Zkrátka vezměte nůžky a zkuste se svými dětmi nebo sami vystřihnout jednotlivé postavičky a sestavit si podle svého papírový betlém. Radost vám udělá nejen výsledek, ale i cesta k němu. Papírový betlém patří k tradicím českých Vánoc. A napřesrok budete zase překvapeni, co hezkého jste to loni pod vánoční stromek vytvořili...
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The Shattered Crown
Dark magic, mythical beasts, undying assassins, and forbidden love?this thrilling final installment in the epic Beast Charmer series is perfect for fans of Jennifer Armentrout, Sarah J Maas and Claire Legrand
When Leena Edenfrell swore herself to the Frozen Prince, Noc Feyreigner, she never dreamed she'd ignite the flames of war. And yet as their enemies combine forces against them, Leena and Noc have no choice but to gather their allies and fight. While Noc makes moves to reclaim their lost throne, Leena acts as the new Crown of the Charmer's Council, searching for a way to stop the enemy from raising an ancient creature destined to burn their world to ash.
But no matter how hard they fight?for each other, for their friends, and for everyone who looks to them to lead?Leena can't escape the feeling that her time is running out.
Soon a winged shadow reigns over Lendria, and Leena is the last thing standing between everyone she loves and total destruction. It's in that moment that Noc and Leena discover the true price of victory: in order to tame the ancient dragon, Leena will have to sacrifice her own heart...and lose herself in the process.
Intense, compelling, and impossible to put down, The Shattered Crown is perfect for readers looking for:
- epic YA/New Adult fantasy series
- a unique premise and a plot to die for
- books like Sarah J. Maas' Kingdom of Ash and Kalyn Josephson's Storm Crow
- high fantasy with paranormal and romance elements
- multidimensional characters and rich world-building
Reid
REGENCY ROCKSTARS SERIES
When faced with a dangerous new rival, Regency London’s hottest lead singer is forced to place his singing career in the hands of a sexy widow. Bad Boy Rockstar romance meets Historical Romance.
Lord Reid Follett enjoys all the lustful benefits that come from being a war hero on the battlefield at Waterloo. Every woman in London wants to bed him. And Reid is never a man to disappoint a lady.
But the gloss of winning the war is starting to fade. Reid and his friends find themselves being challenged by a new group of talented Italian musicians who are taking their place in the hearts and bedrooms of the wicked women of the ton.
England’s bad boys must rise to the occasion and take on these interlopers at their own game. With Reid as their conductor and baritone the Noble Lords Quartet is born.
Reid’s ego however, does not match his singing ability and he soon discovers that to win he is going to have to put aside his pride and take singing lessons.
Widowed mother of one Lavinia Jones is the perfect teacher for him. Discrete, and ready to do his bidding. The fact that she is a dark-haired temptress is simply a bonus. Reid intends to use her to get what he wants, then he will toss her aside.
Lavinia however, is no push over and Reid soon discovers that she is the one holding all the power in their relationship. Without her guidance he will never be able to master the right note and go back to his seductive ways.
The closer they work together, the less they can resist one another. A fiery sexual encounter leaves them both wondering just where the music stops and where the heart takes over.
But Lavinia has a secret past of her own, and Reid finds himself suddenly facing his own jealous nature when it comes to the woman who has stolen his heart.
Can he set aside his rock and roll lifestyle to secure the heart of the one woman who sets his blood on fire?
The Regency Rockstars series is a new twist on Historical and Rock Star romance. Stories of war-scarred English lords who are bad boy musicians and the women who dare to love them.
Reid is a standalone book in the Regency Rockstars series.
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Errant
What dark stories hide behind the smiles?
Bethal dreams of errants, those mythical travellers who defend the helpless and protect against evil. Even though the stories are for children, and a girl on the cusp of womanhood should have her mind on other things, they loom large in Bethal’s mind. Maybe it’s because she’s never been beyond the community, never experienced life beyond its boundaries.
But soon, it will be her time to leave. Everyone knows this, yet nobody talks of it. Just as nobody says what happens when girls of Bethal’s age leave, or why they are never spoken of again.
If ever Bethal needed help, if ever was the moment for an errant to appear, that time is now.
A novella in the Dominions series, Errant explores the world beyond the Domes and the districts, and the evil that exists in even the most peaceful of settings.
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The Pearl of Penang
Evie Fraser, paid companion to a crotchety spinster, seems destined for a lonely life. Then out of the blue, a marriage proposal arrives by post. She met the handsome Douglas Barrington just once – at his wedding – but never forgot him. Now widowed, plantation-owner Douglas offers her a new life on the lush, exotic island of Penang. How can Evie resist?
But what are Barrington’s motives in marrying Evie when he barely knows her, and why is he so hostile and moody?
Evie soon finds herself pitched against Douglas on the one hand and the shallow, often spiteful world of the expatriate British on the other. Has she made the biggest mistake of her life?
Flynn’s tenth novel explores love, marriage, the impact of war and the challenges of displacement – this time in a tropical paradise as the threat of the Japanese empire looms closer.
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4,76 €
Tajnosti vdaných žen
Jak dobře ve skutečnosti známe vlastního manžela, nejlepší kamarádky a konečně i samy sebe? Román Tajnosti vdaných žen odemyká dveře k životu v manželství. Nevěra je snazší, než byste si mysleli. Jill a Rob žijí ve šťastném manželství, dokud ovšem nezjistí, že kvůli Robovi nemohou mít děti. Pro Jill to rozhodně neznamená konec světa. Ke štěstí jí stačí věrný manžel, který ji hluboce miluje a dává jejímu životu smysl. Jenže Rob úplně ztratil zájem o sex a odmítá se s ní o tom dokonce i bavit. Vlastně už si neumí promluvit vůbec o ničem. Manželství se ocitá v krizi, a když se na obzoru objeví jiný muž, Jill, zmítaná pochybnostmi, bojuje s pokušením… To vše se odehrává ve chvíli, kdy si jedna z jejích nejlepších kamarádek právě užívá nejlepšího sexu svého života (za manželovými zády) a ta druhá sebe i své okolí přesvědčuje o tom, že má báječného muže, který po ní ještě i po letech touží. Jenže zdání často klame, což Jill tváří v tvář manželské krizi, nevěře i pravému přátelství brzy zjistí…
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