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Falcons of Fire and Ice
1564, Lisbon. The Inquisition displays its power and spreads fear.Heretics are tortured and burned. For those who oppose the Church,silence is preferable to a slow, agonizing death.Isabela, daughter of the Royal Falconer, is caught in a terrifying Church scheme.Two of the King's precious white falcons are slaughtered; her father is arrested. He and his family will be killed unless the birds are replaced.Isabela, young and headstrong, must travel into strange lands to find these impossibly rare birds and save her father. It is a journey into a dark and dangerous world, filled with menacing people driven by fearful beliefs.And the Church has sent a companion to ensure she never returns . . .
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9,03 €
9,50 €
Leaves of Grass (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars...First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over thirty years, 'Leaves of Grass' has become one of the most celebrated poetry collections in the history of American literature. A master of free verse, Walt Whitman captures the true spirit of his homeland and its people through his poetry. He explores a wide range of themes, encompassing American identity and cultural values, democracy, nature and the mysteries of the human spirit. Featuring the poems of the original 1855 edition, 'Leaves of Grass' remains an influential work within the American literary tradition, studied and treasured around the world.
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3,47 €
3,65 €
The Smartest Giant 15th Anniversary Edition
A new, limited edition of the modern classic The Smartest Giant in Town.
George wished he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it's time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he's the smartest giant in town... until he bumps into some animals who desperately need his help - and his clothes! Join George on his journey in this special anniversary edition.
Children will love this funny and big-hearted tale from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. The Smartest Giant in Town 15th Anniversary Edition comes complete with early never-before-seen drawings from Axel's sketchbook, a letter from Julia detailing where George the Giant and his story came from, and a shiny foiled cover. An absolute must for all The Smartest Giant in Town fans!
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9,45 €
9,95 €
Best Kept Secret
This is the third novel in Jeffrey Archer's compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles. 1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father's office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma's son, who ultimately influences his uncle's fate. In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret will answer all these questions, but once again, pose so many more.
How to Think Like Bill Gates
Be inspired by Bill Gates and learn how to think big, manage a vast company, compete with the best and stay ahead of your rivals. A household name for his role in the founding of ubiquitous computer software company Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the world's great businessmen. Creating software language was just the beginning of a journey that would eventually see Gates become the wealthiest man in the world, eventually turning away from the computer screen to combat injustices in the world and start his own charity. This fascinating guide: * reveals the key motivations, decisions and philosophies that made Gates a name synonymous with success. * studies how he honed his business acumen, faced down all competitors, overcame adversity and stood strong in the face of overwhelming odds * contains quotes and passages by and about Bill Gates With this book you too can learn how to think like Bill Gates.
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12,30 €
12,95 €
Kezdők svéd nyelvkönyve
A világhírű USBORNE Kiadó színes, szórakoztató képekkel illusztrált szótárai azzal a céllal készültek, hogy megkönnyítsék és kellemes időtöltéssé tegyék a nyelvtanulást. Mindegyikben több mint kétezer, gyakran használt szó és kifejezés található, melyeket egy-egy téma köré csoportosítottuk (A család, A test, Ház és lakás, Öltözködés, Élelmiszerek, Bevásárlás, Autóval, Nyaralás, Sport stb.), s a mulatságos képek, jelenetek szinte sugallják a szavak értelmét. A könyv végén rövid nyelvtani összefoglaló és magyar-svéd szójegyzék található, melyben a képeknél előforduló szavak, kifejezések szerepelnek.
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8,48 €
8,93 €
A próféta
Ámószt kora "hivatásos" prófétáival szemben - akik jövendöléseiket a megrendelők elvárásai szerint alakították - nem tévesztette meg a virágkorát élő Izrael szilárdnak tűnő társadalmi biztonsága. A gazdasági jólét és stabilitás ellenére világosan látta a közelgő erkölcsi összeomlást. Szigorú intelmei -bár megcsendül bennük a megmenekülés lehetőségéről szóló üzenet is- nem hoztak népszerűséget a pásztorból lett prófétának. Az ellenállás azonban csak megszilárdította és elmélyítette Isten iránti engedelmes hűségét. Mondanivalója napjainkban is kétségkívül időszerű.
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8,04 €
8,46 €
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him - and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lord's forces of evil. In this dramatic conclusion to the Harry Potter series, Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind, and in a final perilous journey find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation that is his alone to fight. These adult editions with glorious jacket art by Andrew Davidson are now available in hardback for the first time.
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21,38 €
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How Much Brain Do We Really Need
Your brain is shrinking. Does it matter?
How Much Brain Do We Really Need? challenges us to think differently about the brain. Rather than just concentrating on the many wonderful things it can do, this entertaining insight into the complexities and contradictions of the human brain asks whether in fact we can live satisfactorily without some of it.
The bad news is that our brains start to shrink from our mid-thirties. But the good news is that we still seem to generally muddle along and our brain is able to adapt in extraordinary ways when things going wrong.
Alexis Willett and Jennifer Barnett shed light on what the human brain can do - in both optimal and suboptimal conditions - and consider what it can manage without. Through fascinating facts and figures, case studies and hypothetical scenarios, expert interviews and scientific principles, they take us on a journey from the ancient mists of time to the far reaches of the future, via different species and lands.
Is brain training the key to healthy ageing? Do women really experience 'baby brain'? Is our brain at its evolutionary peak or do we have an even more brilliant future to look forward to? We discover the answers to these questions and more.
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16,10 €
16,95 €
White Fang
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
`Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on...`
Set in the frozen forests of the Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, `White Fang' tells the story of a young wolf-dog's journey from the wild into human territory. As White Fang learns that civilisation is every bit as vicious and violent as nature - and that survival is only awarded to the fittest - we too see how instinct, sensation and emotion drive every one of us.
Published in 1906 to wide and instant acclaim, this is a remarkable and moving look at the timeless relationship between man and dog.
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3,47 €
3,65 €
Beautiful Disasters David Drebin
Our fantasies can be alluring but also bittersweet. It's this tension that makes David Drebin's sensuous imagery so spellbinding. In his latest collection, this acclaimed contemporary photographer creates taut visual narratives around each of his luscious heroine's voyages of seduction. Aloof yet irresistible, the women remain tantalizingly anonymous even though there are a few mega stars among them. Set against a global backdrop of sophistication, the locales range from New York to Jerusalem, Miami to Istanbul. Whom will they seduce? Whom will they reject? Follow this spellbinding photographic master of intrigue as he takes us on a journey that could shock but might also lead to bliss.
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75,99 €
79,99 €
Kids of Appetite
KIDS OF APPETITE by David Arnold is a tragicomedy of first love and devastating loss for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Jennifer Niven. In the Hackensack Police Department, Vic Benucci and his friend Mad are explaining how they found themselves wrapped up in a grisly murder. But in order to tell that story, they have to go way back...It all started when Vic's dad died. Vic's dad was his best friend, and even now, two years later, he can't bring himself to touch the Untouchable Urn of Oblivion that sits in his front hall. But one cold December day, Vic falls in with an alluring band of kids that wander his New Jersey neighbourhood, including Mad, the girl who changes everything. Along with his newfound friendships comes the courage to open his father's urn, the discovery of the message inside, and the epic journey it sparks.
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12,34 €
12,99 €
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad's enduring portrait of the ugliness of colonialism in a deluxe edition with a gripping cover by "Hellboy" artist Mike Mignola"Heart of Darkness" is the thrilling tale of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer recounting his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz. Traveling upriver into the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning, not only of his own nature and values, but of those that underpin Western civilization itself.
Angels
I'd always lived a fairly blameless life. Up until the day I left my husband and ran away to Hollywood...' Unlike the rest of her family, Maggie Walsh has always done everything right. At thirty-three she has a proper job, is happily married to Garv and never puts a foot wrong. So why does she make a bolt for Hollywood and her best friend, Emily? In the City of Angels, Maggie gets to do things she's never done before: mixing with film stars, pitching scripts, partying non-stop. But is this really a once-in-a-lifetime journey of self-discovery, or is she simply running away from married life?
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9,49 €
9,99 €
Iconoclast's Guide to Music
Bored of your music tastes being belittled by your music-snob friends? Well read on...The music snob is one of life's most belligerent characters, forever embroiled in a game of acoustic one-upmanship with fellow fans in the quest to become the ultimate music bore. For this type of person the constant desire to assert musical superiority over everyone they encounter is an all-consuming labour of love, but for the rest of us it's just plain irritating! The Iconoclast's Guide to Music takes a flippant look at these music fans and attempts to explain what it is that makes them the way they are. There are 50 entries - such as an eternal obsession with heavy metal, the enduring relationship between musicians and drugs, the belief that vinyl is the only format worth listening to, and the opinion obscure equals better - explaining all the various genres and things that make a music fan tick. So if you've ever wondered what your friend or family member sees in wasting hours with their head stuck in a laptop reading about obscure bands from Rejkjavik, spending the budget of a small country on rare imported blues albums, or travelling miles to see terrible bands in the pouring rain at festivals, then these words will hopefully shed some light on the situation.
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11,88 €
12,50 €
The Pursuit of Happiness
"Essential reading. So funny, so relevant, so fascinating ...I loved it". (Marian Keyes). "A whip-sharp British Bill Bryson". (Sunday Times). When British journalist Ruth Whippman moved to America it seemed that everyone she met was obsessed with one thing: finding happiness. Americans spend more money and energy on becoming happier than anyone on earth, but yet they are some of the least happy people in the developed world. So Ruth sets off on a journey to work out what's going wrong, and most importantly what lessons we can all learn about what truly makes for a happy life. From nearly falling apart during a controversial self-help course promising total transformation, to investigating a 'happiness city' in the Nevada desert, spending time with the Mormons in Utah to exploring the darker truths behind the positive psychology movement, Ruth tries it all. Along the way she stumbles upon a more effective, less anxiety inducing path to contentment.
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11,35 €
11,95 €
Why Be Happy When you could be Normal?
In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a story of survival. This book is that story's the silent twin. It is full of hurt and humour and a fierce love of life. It is about the pursuit of happiness, about lessons in love, the search for a mother and a journey into madness and out again. It is generous, honest and true.
A Russian Novel
An unsparingly truthful account of love, betrayal and the traps we set for ourselves. Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, "A Russian Novel" traces Carrere's pursuit of two obsessions: the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. Elegant and passionate, "A Russian Novel" weaves the strands of Carrere's story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, emotional tour de force, this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves and the inevitable payment they exact as we discover we cannot, after all, escape our most fearsome and persistent adversary: ourself.
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9,88 €
10,40 €
Lacná kniha A Russian Novel
An unsparingly truthful account of love, betrayal and the traps we set for ourselves. Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, "A Russian Novel" traces Carrere's pursuit of two obsessions: the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. Elegant and passionate, "A Russian Novel" weaves the strands of Carrere's story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, emotional tour de force, this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves and the inevitable payment they exact as we discover we cannot, after all, escape our most fearsome and persistent adversary: ourself.
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0,52 €
10,40 €
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