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Crusade
Will Campbell is a Templar Knight, trained for war. But as a member of the secret brotherhood known as the Brethren, he is also a man of peace. After years of bloodshed, the Brethren have helped to create an uneasy truce between the Christian and Muslim forces in the Holy Land. But there are those on both sides for whom peace is not an option. And when an assassination attempt is made on the new Grand Master of the Temple, Will finds himself caught in a devastating web of deception and destruction as the Eastern world rushes headlong towards a catastrophic conflict.
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The Little Book of Driben
His name is less familiar than Vargas' and Elvgren's, but his brilliantly colored voluptuous pin-ups are well known. From 1944 to 1955 he painted the most popular magazine covers in America for Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter, Eyeful, Flirt and Whisper magazines. He was rediscovered in the 1990s as the subject of Taschen's The Best of American Girlie Magazines, and since has decorated T-shirts and coffee mugs, album covers and tattooed tushes. Now his many fans can have over 200 of his original paintings and published covers, from the beginning to the end of his prolific career, in a light, portable and affordable edition.
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Spartacus: Rebellion
The mighty slave army, led by Spartacus, has crushed all before it, scattering the legions of Rome. Now invincible, he marches towards the Alps and freedom. But storm clouds are growing on the horizon. Crassus, the richest man in Rome, has raised an army to rival Spartacus, and there are murmurings of rebellion in Spartacus' own army. Spartacus, on the brink of glory, must make a crucial decision - to go forward over the Alps to freedom, or back to face the might of Rome and try to break its power forever. "Compulsive, relentless ...vividly recounted in muscular prose". (Daily Telegraph). "A brutal, blood-spattered novel". (BBC History Magazine).
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Emma
Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich. She likes to arrange marriages between her friends and neighbours in the village of Highbury. But Emma makes a lot of mistakes and causes more problems than happy marriages. Then she almost loses her own chance of love.
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Unto Us a Son Is Given
The latest bestselling Venice crime novel from celebrated author Donna Leon
As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo's substantial fortune, something which Gonzalo's friends, including the Count, find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why they're so intent on meddling in the old man's business.
Not long after Brunetti meets with Gonzalo, the elderly man unexpectedly passes away from natural causes. Old and frail, Gonzalo's death goes unquestioned, and a few of his oldest friends gather in Venice to plan the memorial service.
But when Berta, a striking woman and one of Gonzalo's closest confidantes, is strangled in her hotel room, Brunetti is drawn into long-buried secrets from Gonzalo's past. What did Berta know? And who would go to such lengths to ensure it would remain hidden?
Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly follows the twists and turns of the human condition, set against the ebb and flow of Venetian life.
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Varázscsók
"A másolhatatlanul egyéni hangú, igézően érzelmes, de sosem érzelgő, remek humorú VavyanFable a legolvasottabb írók egyike, valamennyi írástudó korosztály körében egyaránt kedvelt._x000D_
Most igazi estimesélő könyvvel ajándékoz meg bennünket. Olyan kalandokra hívja az Olvasót, amelyekhez látszólag csupán a történet szereplőinek kell kardot rántaniuk és ezer veszélynek kitéve harcolniuk. Csakhogy, mint mindnyájan sejtjük: az igazi kaland odabenn, spirituális énünk mélyén is lejátszódhat - közelebb juttatva minket az örök igazságokhoz és a vágyva vágyott szellemi-testi összhanghoz._x000D_
A regény viszontagságos sorsú hősei éppen arra vágynak, mint bármelyikünk: boldogan élni mindhalálig. A főszereplő Xera azonban saját bőrén tapasztalhatja meg azt is: vajon élhet-e boldogan, aki sosem halhat meg...?
A Varázscsók, mint minden igazi Mese, benső szörnyeinkkel való küzdelmünket jeleníti meg, és mutat kiutat abból. Gyógyít és tanít. Csupáncsak az a kérdés, képesek vagyunk-e arra, hogy átadjuk magunkat bűvöletének.
Ha elég bátor a szívünk, keljünk útra a mesélőkönyv hőseivel, járjuk be velük az emberi lét tájait, birodalmait. Miközben ők zsarnok uralmárokkal, szörnyekkel, fajzatokkal harcolnak, mágusok és tündérek - furcsák és különösek - is nehezítik a dolgukat. A segíteni igyekvő varázslók pedig megrázó előző-élet-álmokkal okoznak nekik szívfájdalmat, gyönyört.
""Késve tudom, de száz életre megjegyzem: szeretni csak a szerelem minden fájdalmával együtt érdemes, vagy sehogy. Amikor visszaszületek, nem leszek abban a helyzetben, hogy keresselek, mert nem fogok emlékezni rád. De megismerlek majd. És ha tudván tudom is, hogy én fogyok el hamarabb, akkor sem ugrom el többé a szerelem elől. Halálugrottam és lezuhantam. Nem tudok megbocsátani magamnak: te bocsáss meg nekem."
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A Spell in the Wild
'These enchanting words make the world feel less broken' - Emma Mitchell, author of The Wild Remedy
'Part-primer, part-chronicle; a fresh and personal account of a contemporary witch's year told with lucidity and verve' - Eley Williams, author of The Liar's Dictionary
'Witches occupy a clear place in contemporary imagination. We can see them, emerging shadowy, from the corners of the past: mad, glamorous, difficult, strange. They haunt the footnotes of history - from medieval witches burning at the stake to the lurid glamour of the 1970s witchcraft revival. But they are moving out of history, too. Witches are back. They're feminist, independent, invested in self-care and care for the world. They are here, because they must be needed...'
In A Spell in the Wild, Alice Tarbuck explores what it means to be a witch today. Where 'witch' was once a dangerous - and often deadly - accusation, it is now a proud self-definition. And as the world becomes ever more complicated and we face ecological, political, social and global health crises, witchcraft is experiencing a resurgence. Magic is back.
Alice describes what she practises as 'intersectional, accessible' witchcraft - it's about the magic you can find in an overgrown snicket or a sixth floor stairwell; whatever your gender; whether you're able to climb a mountain or can't leave the house. Month by month, Alice walks us through everyday magic for extraordinary times.
'A Spell in the Wild is a beautiful and intimate set of reflections on the persistence and necessity of magic, not just in our mythologies but our in daily accommodations with the changing natural world' - Paraic O'Donnell
'The wise words in A Spell in the Wild offer solace for our hearts and homes in a changing world. Every reader will find themselves under her spell' - Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice
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Csak azért sem gyűlöllek titeket
Péntek este elloptátok egy kivételes lény életét, életem szerelméét, a fiam édesanyjáét, de csak azért sem gyűlöllek titeket.
Nem, nem teszem meg nektek azt a szívességet, hogy gyűlöljelek benneteket. Pedig ez volt a célotok, de ha a gyűlöletre haraggal felelnék, akkor ugyanannak a tudatlanságnak engednék, ami benneteket tett azokká, amik vagytok. Azt akartátok, hogy féljek, hogy honfitársaimra gyanakodva tekintsek, hogy feláldozzam szabadságomat a biztonságom kedvéért.
Ketten vagyunk, a fiam meg én, de erősebbek vagyunk, mint a világ összes hadserege. Egyébként meg nincs is már több időm a számotokra, megyek Melvilhez, ébredezik a délutáni alvásból. Alig tizenhét hónapos, most meguzsonnázik, mint minden nap, aztán megyünk játszani, mint minden nap, és ez a kisfiú egész életében csak azért is boldog és szabad lesz. Mert nem, ő sem fog gyűlölni titeket.
Héléne Muyal-Leiris a párizsi terrortámadás során vesztette életét 2015. november 13-án. Férje, Antoine másfél éves gyermekükkel maradt magára; nyílt levele, melyet a merénylet másnapján írt a terroristákhoz, bejárta a világsajtót. Bővített változata, melyet kezében tart az olvasó, több mint 20 nyelven jelenik meg.
Anotine Leiris felkavaró története arról szól, hogyan lehet emberi választ adni a terrorizmus értelmetlen embertelenségére.
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The Shifts and the Shocks - What We've Learned - and Have Still to Learn - from the Financial Crisis
In The Shifts and the Shocks, Martin Wolf - one of the world's most influential economic commentators and author of Why Globalization Works - presents his controversial and highly original analysis of the economic course of the last seven years. There have been many books that have sought to explain the causes and courses of the financial and economic crisis which began in 2007-8. The Shifts and the Shocks is not another detailed history of the crisis, but the most persuasive and complete account yet published of what the crisis should teach us about modern economies and economics. The book identifies the origin of the crisis in the complex interaction between globalization, hugely destabilizing global imbalances and our dangerously fragile financial system. In the eurozone, these sources of instability were multiplied by the tragically defective architecture of the monetary union. It also shows how much of the orthodoxy that shaped monetary and financial policy before the crisis occurred was complacent and wrong. In doing so, it mercilessly reveals the failures of the financial, political and intellectual elites who ran the system. The book also examines what has been done to reform the financial and monetary systems since the worst of the crisis passed. 'Are we now on a sustainable course?' Wolf asks. 'The answer is no.' He explains with great clarity why 'further crises seem certain' and why the management of the eurozone in particular 'guarantees a huge political crisis at some point in the future.' Wolf provides far more ambitious and comprehensive plans for reform than any currently being implemented. Written with all the intellectual command and trenchant judgement that have made Martin Wolf one of the world's most influential economic commentators, The Shifts and the Shocks matches impressive analysis with no-holds-barred criticism and persuasive prescription for a more stable future. It is a book no-one with an interest in global affairs will want to neglect. "We have been inundated with books about the 'financial' aspects of the crisis. There have also been many books about specific institutions or memoirs by retired policy-makers. We need something different. There are two dimensions of the crisis that have received surprisingly little treatment. One is the link between developments in the macro-economy and the behaviour of the financial sector. The other is the global dimension of the crisis. Both these lie at the heart of Martin Wolf's analysis of the causes of the crisis and of his proposals to reduce the risk of another crisis. For these two reasons this is an important book that will be influential. Most important of all, it is in my view the right analysis and remedy." (Mervyn King). "To think straight about the causes and solutions of the financial crisis we must reject orthodox assumptions that more finance and global financial integration are limitlessly beneficial. The Shifts and the Shocks does just that, providing an intellectually sparkling and vital account of why the crisis occurred, and of the radical reforms needed if we are to avoid a future repeat." (Adair Turner). "Martin Wolf is unsurpassed in the world of economic journalists. His superb book may be the best of all those spawned by the Great Recession. It is analytical and rigorous without ever succumbing to fatalism or complacency." (Lawrence Summers
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Lolito
"Meztelenül fekszem az ágyban, sört iszom, és szállodai honlapokat böngészek. Mind tök egyforma. Mind tisztának látszik, mind csupa márvány, és mind homokszínű. A Marble Arch közelében foglalok. Kétszázhét font egy éjszaka. Az kétszázhét sör. Az négy olcsó kurva.
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- Foglaltam szállodát, a Marble Arch közelében.
- Szuperül hangzik, szivi. Alig várom, hogy találkozzunk.
- Ja, hát én is.
- Enyhén ideges vagyok.
- Ne legyél.
De legyél. Csak egy gyerek vagyok. Pedofilnak érzed majd magad, és kiszaladsz a világból."
Amikor Etgar megtudja, hogy első szerelme megcsalja őt, nagy bánatában az interneten lel vigaszra Macy, az unatkozó háziasszony személyében, aki nem mellesleg egy igazi milf. Kettejük kapcsolata eleinte kizárólag virtuális alapokon nyugszik, de aztán kitalálják, hogy találkoznak. Egy hotelszobában.
Ez az esemény pedig fenekestül fordítja fel az életüket. Meg még néhány emberét a környezetükben.
A Lolito egy 15 éves fiú szerelmi története. Végtelenül vicces, tabukat döntögető és helyenként kifejezetten felháborító regény a Z generáció kamaszainak legédesebb fantáziájáról.
A(z) Lolito (Könyv) szerzője Ben Brooks.
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Complete Novels of George Orwell
George Orwell's best-known novels, Animal Farm, describing a revolution that goes horribly wrong, and Nineteen Eighty-Four, portraying a world where human freedom has been crushed, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume also tell stories of people at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days, disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying, the perils of modern suburban living in Coming Up for Air and surviving on the streets in A Clergyman's Daughter.
All the novels brought together here display Orwell's humour, his understanding of human nature and his great compassion.
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Criminal
As enlightening about crime in modern society as any book I have read' The Times'A richly researched, supremely sane discussion of the causes of and ways of preventing crime. From bobbies on the beat (they don't reduce crime), to the idea that "prison works" (it doesn't), Gash's important book may well change your attitude to criminality and the justice system' GuardianThere are two myths about crime. In one, the criminal act is a selfish choice, and tough punishment the only solution. In the other, the system is at fault, and perpetrators will change only when society reforms. Both these narratives are wrong. Interweaving conversations and stories of crime with findings from the latest research, Tom Gash dispels the myths that inform our views of crime, from the widespread misconception that poverty causes crime, to the belief that tough sentencing reduces it. He examines the origins of criminal behaviour, the ebb and flow of crime across the last century, and the effectiveness of various government crack-downs - and in doing so reveals that crime is both less rational and much easier to reduce than many believe. Can we suspend our knee-jerk reactions, let go of cherished myths and embrace the truth about crime?
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Sugar glider+cd
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the co-pilot. Don and Judy's chances of survival seem slim as they struggle against sabotage, unscrupulous businessmen and the inhospitable landscape. Contains a paperback and 3 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book.
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The Grid
This ground-breaking book from award-winning author Matt Watkinson reveals the fundamental, inseparable elements behind the success of every business. The Grid provides the mental scaffolding to help you: * Evaluate and refine product and service ideas * Reduce risk by considering the broader impact of strategic decisions * Identify the root causes of business challenges * Anticipate the impact of changes in the market and turn them to your advantage * Collaborate more effectively across teams Combining practical guidance with real-world examples, The Grid will bring clarity and confidence to your business decision-making.
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The Liar´s Lullaby
When you have to take on the White House there's only one woman to call – Jo Beckett. When a rock singer is killed onstage during a concert, Jo Beckett is called in to perform a psychological autopsy. But Tasia McFarland's death causes Jo all kinds of pr
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When you have to take on the White House there's only one woman to call – Jo Beckett. When a rock singer is killed onstage during a concert, Jo Beckett is called in to perform a psychological autopsy. But Tasia McFarland's death causes Jo all kinds of pr
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In the mid-1980s the sprouting of new movements that had driven modern art since the nineteenth century finally went dormant, sputtering out with a last few half-hearted labels ('pattern painting', 'neo-geo', 'commodity art'). But this was not the en
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year, these two hundred works provide a true chronological depiction of creativity in our era, forming a mosaic in which readers may find their own patterns. Each author, in addition to selecting twenty-five artworks from 1986 to 2010, has singled ou
t one year from this period as a key moment in its development, tracing the shifts in the artistic climate and the important exhibitions of new art, influential retrospectives, milestones and anecdotes that serve as the seeds of more conventional his
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The Call of Cthulhu
'What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise...' Mad, macabre tales of demonic spirits, hideous rites, ancient curses and alien entities lurking beneath the surface of rural New England, from the man who created the modern horror story. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.
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The Evolution of Life Histories
Offers a comprehensive summary of life-history evolution. Structured for teaching, with problem sets at the end of each chapter, the contents of this book are of interest to biologists wishing to understand the evolution of the life cycle and the causes of phenotypic variation in fitness.
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