Hľadanie: The Art of the Novel EN
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Among the Meadow People
MANY of these stories of field life were written for the little ones of my kindergarten, and they gave so much pleasure, and aroused such a new interest in "the meadow people," that it has seemed wise to collect and add to the original number and send them out to a larger circle of boys and girls.All mothers and teachers hear the cry for "just one more," and find that there are times when the bewitching tales of animals, fairies, and "really truly" children are all exhausted, and tired imagination will not supply another. In selecting the tiny creatures of field and garden for the characters in this book, I have remembered with pleasure the way in which my loyal pupils befriended stray crickets and grasshoppers, their intense appreciation of the new realm of fancy and observation, and the eagerness and attention with which they sought Mother Nature, the most wonderful and tireless of all story-tellers.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Bet (EN)
While hosting a party, a banker makes a bet with one of his guests, who is a lawyer. The topic of the bet is capital punishment and whether it is worse or better than a life sentence. The banker sees the capital punishment as more humane than life imprisonment, whilst the young lawyer completely disagrees.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Rival Mechanicians (EN)
Antoine Breguet is an old watchmaker who wants to retire. One of his two apprentices is going to take his place, but which one? Who is better qualified and who will impress the watchmaker’s granddaughter more? The two men are ready to compete. Whoever comes up with the best, most exquisite and intricate creation will inherit Breguet's shop.
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Ochránce
Bývalý vojenský policista Jack Reacher dorazí autobusem z Nashvillu do nedalekého městečka a vystoupí, aby si koupil kávu. Chce hned pokračovat dál na své nekonečné cestě křížem krážem Spojenými státy. V kapse má roličku bankovek, pas, platební kartu a zubní kartáček a k dispozici všechen čas na světě.
Jenže jeho zastávka nebude tak krátká, jak zamýšlel. Městečko je ochromené kybernetickým útokem, jemuž měl zabránit – ale nezabránil – Rusty Rutherford, který má obecní servery a síť na starosti. Nejenže přišel okamžitě o místo, ale obyvatelé mu také dávají nevybíravě najevo, že by byli nejradši, kdyby vůbec nebyl. Reacher si ho všimne ve chvíli, kdy se Rutherforda kdosi pokusí zavléct do auta a unést.
Únosci ovšem nejsou naštvaní místní lidé, ve hře jsou jiné zájmy, jiné organizace a – jiný stát. Reacher jako vždy doufá, že vše dopadne co nejlépe, ale je připravený i na ten nejhorší konec.
Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock CD
KDO: Saxon je britská heavymetalová skupina, která byla založena v roce 1977 v South Yorkshire. Skupinu založili zpěvák Biff Byford, kytarista Paul Quinn, kytarista Graham Oliver, baskytarista Steve Dawson a bubeník Pete Gill. Jejich hudba spojuje prvky tradičního heavymetalu s vlivy hard rocku. Saxon byli jednou z klíčových kapel tzv. Nové vlny britského heavy metalu (NWOBHM) v 80. letech. Mezi jejich nejznámější alba patří „Wheels of Steel“ (1980), „Strong Arm of the Law“ (1980) a „Denim and Leather“ (1981), která obsahují hity jako "Wheels of Steel" a "Princess of the Night". I když se v průběhu let sestava několikrát změnila, skupina tyto změny přečkala a nadále pokračuje ve své kariéře. Její fanoušci oceňují především tradiční heavymetalový zvuk a působivé koncerty.
CO: V reedici vychází desáté studiové album „Solid Ball Of Rock“ z roku 1990.
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1. Solid Ball of Rock
2. Altar of the Gods
3. Requiem (We Will Remember)
4. Lights in the Sky
5. I Just Can't Get Enough
6. Baptism of Fire
7. Ain't Gonna Take It
8. I'm On Fire
9. Overture in B-Minor Refugee
10. Bavarian Beaver
11. Crash Dive
12. Requiem (We Will Remember) (Single Version)
13. Reeperbahn Stomp
B. J. Harrison Reads The Squaw (EN)
"The Squaw" is not your typical horror story but the brutality of it will take by surprise even the biggest horror fiction fan. Bram Stoker introduces us to a couple on a honeymoon and an American tourist whom they meet in Nuremberg, Germany. The story however does not unfold around those three characters, but between the American lady and a kitten.
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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a popular 1887 novella by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage.“The Canterville Ghost” is a parody featuring a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and the United States minister (ambassador) to the Court of St. James's, Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England with his family and moves into a haunted country house. Lord Canterville, the previous owner of the house, warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted it ever since he killed his wife, Eleonore, three centuries before. But Mr. Otis dismisses the ghost story as bunk and disregards Lord Canterville’s warnings. When the Otises learn that the house is indeed haunted, they succeed in victimizing the ghost and in disregarding age-old British traditions. What emerges is a satire of American materialism, a lampoon of traditional British values, and an amusing twist on the traditional gothic horror tale.
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Secrets of the Lost Symbol
From the team that brought you the bestselling SECRETS OF THE CODE and SECRETS OF ANGELS AND DEMONS comes the first literary companion to Dan Brown´s latest blockbuster. SECRETS OF THE LOST SYMBOL builds upon the expertise and wisdom of Nobel prize-winnin
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The Canterbury Tales III (EN)
Audiobook The Canterbury Tales III written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of thirty people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable host – Chaucer himself.
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Strummer Joe & The Mescaleros - Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years 4CD
KDO: Joe Strummer (rodným jménem John Graham Mellor; 21. srpna 1952 Ankara – 22. prosince 2002 Broomfield) byl britský kytarista a zpěvák punkové skupiny The Clash a později skupiny Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Skupinu The Clash založil roku 1976 spolu s basákem Paulem Simononem, kytaristou Keithem Levenenem a bubeníkem Terrym Chimesem. Dne 22. prosince 2002 ve svém domě zemřel na vrozenou srdeční vadu.
CO: Kompilace „Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years“ je prvním uceleným pohledem na tvorbu Joe Strummera v období spolupráce s kapelou The Mescaleros. Obsahuje tři společná alba „Rock Art and the X-Ray Style“ (1999), „Global a Go-Go“ (2001) a posmrtné „Streetcore“ (2003).
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1. Tony Adams
2. Sandpaper Blues
3. X-Ray Style
4. Techno D-Day
5. The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
6. Diggin' The New
7. Nitcomb
8. Forbidden City
9. Yalla Yalla
10. Willesden To Cricklewood
CD2
1. Johnny Appleseed
2. Cool 'N' Out
3. Global A GO-Go
4. Bhindi Bhagee
5. Gamma Ray
6. Mega Bottle Ride
7. Shaktar Donetsk
8. Mondo Bongo
9. Bummed Out City
10. At The Border, Guy
11. Minstrel Boy
CD3
1. Coma Girl
2. Get Down Moses
3. Long Shadow
4. Arms Aloft
5. Ramshackle Day Parade
6. Redemption Song
7. All In A Day
8. Burnin' Streets
9. Midnight Jam
10. Silver And Gold
CD4
1. Time and The Tide
2. Techno D-Day (Demo)
3. Ocean Of Dreams
4. Forbidden City (Demo)
5. X-Ray Style (Demo)
6. Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll (Demo)
7. Tony Adams (Demo)
8. Cool ‘N’ Out (Demo)
9. Global A Go-Go (Demo)
10. Secret Agent Man
11. All In A Day (Demo)
12. London Is Burning
13. Get Down Moses (Outtake)
14. Fantastic
15. Coma Girl (Outtake)
The Last Witch of Scotland
Inspired by the true story of the last person to be tried and executed as a witch in the British Isles, The Last Witch of Scotland reimagines how Janet Horne came to be accused of witchcraft.
Being a woman was her only crime.
Scottish Highlands, 1727.
In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women: Aila was badly burned in the fire and left with visible injuries, while her mother struggles to maintain her grip on reality. When a temporary minister is appointed in the area, rather than welcome the two women, he develops a strange curiosity for them that sets them even further apart from the community.
Then arrives a motley troupe of travelling entertainers from Edinburgh, led by the charismatic but mysterious Jack. It is just the distraction Janet, and particularly Aila, needs: for the first time in a long while, their lives are filling with joy and friendship, and a kind of hope Aila hasn't known since her father's death. But in this small community, faith is more powerful than truth, and whispers more dangerous even than fire.
Haunting and deeply moving, The Last Witch of Scotland is a story of love, loyalty and sacrifice, inspired by the true story of the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Britain.
Perfect for fans of Outlander, The Mercies and The Witches of Vardo, or for anyone with an interest in the history of witchcraft, late renaissance Scotland and Highland history.
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Challenges of mass methanol poisoning outbreaks
Tato monografie shrnuje poučení z české hromadné otravy metanolem se 137 případy a více než 50 úmrtími, což představuje jednu z největších metanolových "epidemií" v XXI. století v celém světě. Specifická oblast studie je definována řadou výzev, jimž čelí zdravotní systémy během vypuknutí hromadných otrav: zpožděný kontakt pacienta s lékařem a nevčasná diagnostika, nespecifické klinické příznaky a symptomy při přijetí, potřeba využití plynové chromatografie pro detekci metanolu, omezená dostupnost některých léčebných metod v menších nemocnicích, nedostatečné důkazy klinické účinnosti a bezpečnosti řady přednemocničních a nemocničních terapeutických opatření, vysoká míra úmrtnosti a podhodnocená prevalence dlouhodobých zdravotních následků u osob, které otravu přežily.
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The Grizzly King
As in human life, there are tragedy, and humour, and pathos in the life of the wild; there are facts of tremendous interest, real happenings and real lives to be written about, and very small necessity for one to draw on imagination. (This book was the inspiration for French director Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1988 film The Bear.)
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In The Country Of Men
Libya, 1979. Nine-year-old Suleiman's days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding Tripoli, games with friends played under the burning sun, exotic gifts from his father's constant business trips abroad. But his nights have come to revolve around his mother's increasingly disturbing bedside stories full of old family bitterness. And then one day Suleiman sees his father across the square of a busy marketplace, his face wrapped in a pair of dark sunglasses. Wasn't he supposed to be away on business yet again? Why is he going into that strange building with the green shutters? Why did he lie? Suleiman is soon caught up in a world he cannot hope to understand-where the sound of the telephone ringing becomes a portent of grave danger, where his mother frantically burns his father's cherished books, where a stranger full of sinister questions sits outside in a parked car all day, where his best friend's father can disappear overnight, next to be seen publicly interrogated on state television.In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the private fallout of a public nightmare. But above all, it is a debut of rare insight and literary grace.
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The House of special Purpose
Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed a hero. Rewarded with the position of bodyguard to Alexei Romanov, the only son of Tsar Nicholas II, the course of his life is changed for ever. Privy to the secrets of Nicholas and Alexandra, the machinations of Rasputin and the events which will lead to the final collapse of the autocracy, Georgy is both a witness and participant in a drama that will echo down the century. Sixty-five years later, visiting his wife Zoya as she lies in a London hospital, memories of the life they have lived together flood his mind. And with them, the consequences of the brutal fate of the Romanovs which has hung like a shroud over every aspect of their marriage...
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The luminous life of Lilly Ap
As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. Born to a cabaret dancer and soon orphaned in a scandalous double murder, Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage, coming under the wing of the, at times, severe Sister August, the first in a string of lost loves.
There she meets Hanne Schmidt, a teen prostitute, and forms a bond that will last them through tumultuous love affairs, disastrous marriages, and destitution during the First World War and the subsequent economic collapse. As the century progresses, Lilly and Hanne move from the tawdry glamour of the tingle-tangle nightclubs to the shadow world of health films before Lilly finds success and stardom in the new medium of motion pictures and ultimately falls in love with a man whose fate could cost her everything she has worked for or help her discover her true self.
Gripping and darkly seductive, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite showcases all the glitter and splendor of the brief heyday of the Weimar Republic, and the rise of Hollywood to its golden age. As it foreshadows the horrors of the Second World War, the novel asks what price is paid when identity becomes unfixed and the social order is upended.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Infernal Trap (EN)
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. Fifty thousand francs are stolen from Nicolas Dugrival’s jacket and Arsene Lupin is the main suspect. When Dugrival commits suicide, his widow swears revenge and sets an inescapable trap for our hero. The fourth story in Maurice Leblanc’s collection "The Confessions of Arsene Lupin" about gentleman thief and criminal mastermind, Arsene Lupin.
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The Flying Legion
The room was strange as the man, himself, who dwelt there. It seemed, in a way, the outward expression of his inner personality. He had ordered it built from his own plans, to please a whim of his restless mind, on top of the gigantic skyscraper that formed part of his properties.
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Omalovánky Pixel art Zvířata
Omalovánky Pixel Art Zvířata jsou výjimečná kniha, která zaujme všechny milovníky vybarvování. Pomocí barevných fixů či pastelek vybarvujete drobné geometrické tvary, ze kterých se skládá 30 originálních obrazů. Každý drobný tvar je označen číslem a u obrázku je barevná paleta, kterou máte, nebo můžete, použít pro vybarvení dané stránky. Vybarvěte pestré rybky, tukana, bernardýna či koalu. Vydejte se na zajímavou cestu barvami a tvary, hledejte skryté poklady, které čekají jen na to, až je vybarvíte. Strany jsou perforované, takže můžete obrázek snadno vytrhnout a vystavit.
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