Hľadanie: The Picture of Dorian Gray (2005, Levné knihy KMa)
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Afloat On The Flood
Excerpt:"What's the latest weather report down at the post office, Max?""More rain coming, they say, and everybody is as gloomy as a funeral.""My stars! the poor old town of Carson is getting a heavy dose this spring, for a fact; nothing but rain, rain, and then some more rain.""Never was anything to beat it, Bandy-legs, and they say even the oldest inhabitant can't remember when the Evergreen River was at a higher stage than it is right now."
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Incredible History Wonders of the World
From sunset at Stonehenge to the steps of the Forbidden City, see the wonders of the world and the people who built and used them brought back to life in stunning detail.
Discover humanity's greatest monuments restored to their former glory in this guide to the wonders of the world. Incredible History: Wonders of the World turns back time to reveal realistic reconstructions of the most incredible monuments humankind has ever constructed.
Imagine if you could travel back in time and visit the wonders of the world. Where would you go first? You'll feel the roar of the crowd in the Roman Colosseum, observe an eclipse at Chichen Itza and stride along the walls of Great Zimbabwe. Children aged 9+ will learn when and how it was constructed, and what it teaches us about how the people who lived at the site might have spent their days. Each story begins by showing you the wonder as it is today and you can marvel at the location recreated in jaw-dropping 3D detail.
This fascinating guide to the wonders of the world contains:
- Information that goes beyond the curriculum to give a truly international view of the past, from the - Palace of Versailles in France to the largest Buddhist temple in the world: Borobudur, Indonesia.
- Pages packed with fascinating facts, data, and detail.
- The wonders of the world are restored to their former glory with 3D computer artworks, going into incredible detail and depth.
- Story boxes that put the discovery in context and go behind the scenes showing how archaeologists unearth the past.
With each page packed with fantastic facts and extraordinary pictures, Incredible History: Wonders of the World brings together the best bits of history and archaeology to recreate our wondrous past. Combining archaeological evidence and computer technology, the book brings the people and places of the past back to life before your very eyes.
The Convenient Marriage (EN)
Audiobook The Convenient Marriage written by Georgette Heyer. Horatia Winwood is the youngest and the least attractive of the three Winwood sisters. She also has a stammer. But when the enigmatic and eminently eligible Earl of Rule offers for her oldest sister’s hand – a match that makes financial and social sense, but would break her heart – it is Horatia who takes matters into her own impetuous hands.
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Heart of the Sun Warrior
The captivating sequel to the beloved fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess. After winning her mother's freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin thrives in the enchanting tranquility of her home. But her fragile peace is threatened by the discovery of a strange magic on the moon, and the unsettling changes in the Celestial Kingdom as the emperor tightens his grip on power. While Xingyin is determined to keep clear of the rising danger, the discovery of a shocking truth spurs her into a perilous confrontation. Forced to flee her home once more, Xingyin and her companions venture to unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm, encountering legendary creatures and shrewd monarchs, beloved friends and bitter adversaries. With alliances shifting quicker than the tides, Xingyin has to overcome past grudges and enmities to forge a new path forward, seeking aid where she never imagined she would. As an unspeakable terror sweeps across the realm, Xingyin must uncover the truth of her heart and claw her way through devastation - to rise against this evil before it destroys everything she holds dear, and the worlds she has grown to love... even if doing so demands the greatest price of all. The epic conclusion to her sweeping Celestial Kingdom series, Sue Lynn Tan's tale of Xingyin, the daughter of the moon goddess, delves deeper into beloved Chinese myths, weaving them into a wholly new and magical story.
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The Vellum Scribe
Mystery in History
A Childhood Friend. An Overbearing Father. A Worldly Bishop.
Argolicus unravels the threads.
In ancient Italy where religion and politics mesh, patrician Argolicus can’t resist following clues when his friend is murdered.
When his childhood friend is brutally murdered, old wounds open as Argolicus’ friend’s powerful father forbids him to dig deeper. He finds himself trapped in old conflicts while new enemies try to stop him at any cost. As the tension builds, he pledges to find the killer.
But then, his mother makes a counter pledge that plunges him in a dilemma. A word given is trust, and now he’s caught in a double bind that drives him toward the killer. Tempers flare and everything seems hopeless until the vellum scribe shares his wisdom. With death threats looming, Argolicus has one chance to find the killer.
The Vellum Scribe is the fourth book in the Argolicus mysteries set in Ostrogoth Italy. If you like a puzzling mystery and rich historical detail, you’ll love The Vellum Scribe.
Buy The Vellum Scribe now to solve the puzzle today!
“A very rewarding read.”
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The Grey Fairy Book
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries—Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.
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The World of Pop Art Puzzle
1000-PIECE PUZZLE featuring a madcap pop art scene in fantastic detail, ranging through time from the Dutch masters to Kusama’s dotsSPOT FAMOUS FIGURES and art references as you build the puzzleINCLUDES A POSTER of curious pop art factsCOLOURFUL ARTWORK by illustrator Andrew RaeSTURDY & ATTRACTIVE BOX perfect for gifting and storagePiece together the pop art universe in this Pop Art Puzzle, depicting the madcap world of art from Botticelli’s Birth of Venus to Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull. Spot a huge collection of art-world darlings (including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo and Yayoi Kusama) and savour a fantastic multitude of artistic details as you build the puzzle. Perfect for avid puzzlers, families and art lovers.
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf (EN)
In early March 1867, Muir was injured while working at a wagon wheels factory: a tool he was using slipped and struck him in the eye. This accident changed the course of his life. He was confined to a darkened room for six weeks, worried he’d lost his sight forever. When he did recover, the world looked completely different and life had taken on a new meaning for him.
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Dobrý člověk Ondřej Vetchý
Tygr a Býk. To není název nějakého akčního čínského filmu, ale vrozené zadání jednoho z našich nejlepších, nejobsazovanějších a nejuznávanějších herců střední generace Ondřeje Vetchého. Jako Tygr je podle čínského zvěrokruhu bojovník, vznětlivý a spurný, vždy připravený na boj. Skutečnost? Od raného mládí se učil umění juda, japonskému bojovému stylu, který má v základu obranu, nikoliv útok. Proč mluvíme o bojovém umění, když je Ondřej Vetchý herec? Protože se v něm od dětství potýkala a dodnes potýká láska ke sportu jako k osudovému koníčku s herectvím jako jeho prací, povoláním, profesí a obživou. Dá se říci, že celý svůj život, který momentálně čítá 56 let (*16. května 1962), zasvětil boji. Bojuje za slušnost v chování mezi lidmi, za toleranci, pochopení, vstřícnost, proti bezpráví, rasismu, xenofobii, za ekologické myšlení, proti plýtvání, za třídění odpadků. Není lhostejný ke světu, v němž žije a v němž žijí i jeho děti, které - jím vychovány - jednou ponesou hodnoty demokracie, svobody, zodpovědnosti a občanské společnosti, a to i přes její dnešní devastaci a znevažování některými současnými politiky.
Střet bojovníka a komedianta v osobnosti Ondřeje Vetchého je pro něj osudový, ale přitom bolestný, protože mu přináší neustálou konfrontaci potřeby vnitřního klidu bojovníka a nutnosti vnějšího pozlátka popularity oblíbeného herce. On s ním podle svých slov celý život bojuje. Bojí se fotografů, bojí se publicity, nesnáší rozhovory. Pokud někomu něco řekne, tak jen lidem, které zná a kterým důvěřuje. Z charakteristik znamení Býka na něj sedí, že je workoholik, protože když se pro nějaký projekt rozhodne, jde do něj s býčí zatvrzelostí, urputností a snahou splnit úkol na maximální možnou míru co nejlépe. S tím se pojí zodpovědnost, poctivost, spolehlivost. Ondřej má také dobré srdce, což se projevuje v jeho obraně slabších a ohrožovaných i v účasti na mnoha charitativních projektech. Je otevřený všem slušným lidem, vůči těm neslušným se v něm okamžitě nastartuje bojovník. K životu potřebuje svobodu a volnost, což se projevuje zejména v práci. Roli nevytváří na základě textu, scénáře, ale na základě svého vnitřního svobodného pochopení charakteru postavy, jejího chování, myšlení, jednání. Tím se řadí k největším mistrům svého oboru.
Jeho životním číslem je trojka, která je charakteristická činorodou myslí, tvořivostí, originálností, velkou obrazotvorností a velkým osobním kouzlem a vtipem. To všechno v sobě Ondřej má a jistě i pro tento nevšední koktejl vlastností, schopností, charakteru, talentu a mužného vzhledu patří ve své generaci k hercům s největším charismatem.
Kdo by si ho nepamatoval jako čerta Janka s hodností vraníka v kultovní pohádce S čerty nejsou žerty? Jako pilota RAF Františka Slámu z nejdražšího tuzemského velkofilmu Tmavomodrý svět? Jako tatínka z Vieweghových Báječných let pod psa? Jako neúplatného novináře Kadlece ze seriálů Místo nahoře a Místo v životě? Jako zaníceného fotbalového kapitána a trenéra Jirku Luňáka z Okresního přeboru? Jako tatínka v nostalgickém svěrákovském leporelu Po strništi bos? Jako Jeronýma Pražského, Aloise Rašína nebo Lucifera? A čekají ho další zajímavé projekty, například televizní Emanuel Moravec nebo návrat do krimi žánru ve Vysoké hře... Z jen stručného výčtu minulých i budoucích rolí je zřejmé, že jeho založení bojovníka za čest, slušnost, pravdu a lásku ho vedlo k účasti v projektech z naší dávné i nedávné historie, mapujících často těžká, přelomová období či události, nebo v dílech, která řeší zlomové okamžiky v lidském životě. To však nic nemění na tom, že Ondřej Vetchý je také vtipný a veselý člověk, který má rád humor a umí perfektně vystřihnout i komediální role. Předvedl to nejen na plátně a televizní obrazovce, ale i na divadelních prknech, zejména na scéně slavného Činoherního klubu, kde působí od roku 1989.
A tak se společně začtěme do poutavého příběhu skvělého herce a dobrého člověka.
Rateliff - History of the Hobbit: Vol. 2
The second half of a major new examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece 'The Hobbit', including his complete unpublished draft version of the story, and many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps by Tolkien himself. The History of the Hobbit presents for the first time, in two volumes, the complete unpublished text of the original manuscript of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. As well as recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, it examines -- chapter-by-chapter -- why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth. As well as reproducing the original version of one of literature's most famous stories, both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings, this new book includes many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself.Also featured are extensive annotations and commentaries on the date of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings. This second volume picks up Bilbo Baggins' story half-way through his journey and chronicles how, after much adversity, he must still face the mighty dragon, Smaug, carry out the burglary for which he has been recruited, and return safely home to Bag-End. But not everything goes to plan!
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Stranglers - Essential CD
1: Peaches
2: Golden brown
3: Strange little girl
4: No more heroes
5: Straighten out
6: Hanging around
7: Walk on by
8: La folie
9: Something better change
10: (get a) grip (on yourself) (grip '89 remix)
11: Duchess
12: Nice n'sleazy
13: Bear cage
14: 5 minutes
15: London lady
Chemical Brothers, The - No Geography 2LP
Tracklist:
1 Eve Of Destruction
2 Bango
3 No Geography
4 Got To Keep On
5 Gravity Drops
6 The Universe Sent Me
7 We've Got To Try
8 Free Yourself (Album Version)
9 MAH
10 Catch Me I'm Falling
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Wayward Journey Volume 6
While sojourning in the Tower of Fangs, Orphen and Majic come across the “Browning Family’s World Transcript,” a divine history book. Unfortunately for the duo, they’ve come into possession of an item coveted by killers who will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. A magical power struggle begins to unfurl within the place Orphen once called home, and demons from the past come back to haunt him.
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The Wide, Wide World
The Wide, Wide World is a work of sentimentalism based on the life of young Ellen Montgomery. The story begins with Ellen’s happy life being disrupted by the fact that her mother is very ill and her father must take her to Europe, requiring Ellen to leave home to live with an almost-unknown aunt. Though Ellen tries to act strong for her mother’s sake, she is devastated and can find solace in nothing.
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0,88 €
The Book of Goose
Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnes, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised - the place that Fabienne helped Agnes escape ten years ago. Now, Agnes is free to tell her story.
As children in a backwater town, they'd built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves - until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching Agnes on an epic trajectory through fame, fortune, and terrible loss.
A dark, ravishing tale winding from the rural provinces to Paris, from an English boarding school, to the quiet Pennsylvania home where Agnes can live without her past. The Book of Goose is a story of intimacy and obsession, friendship and rivalry perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante, Ottessa Moshfegh and Kamila Shamsie.
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16,10 €
16,95 €
Williams Robbie - The Christmas Present (Deluxe) 2CD
Robbie Williams vydá své první vánoční album "The Christmas Present" 22. listopadu 2019 na labelu Columbia Records.
Deska vyjde na standardním i deluxe CD, vinylu a magnetofonové kazetě. 2CD se bude skládat z dvou nosičů: "Christmas Past" a "Christmas Future" - obojí bude brilantní mix originálních skladeb a speciálních coververzí známých svátečních písní s unikátními hosty.
Disc 1: 'Christmas Past' obsahuje sváteční klasické skladby 'Wonderland' (s back vokály LMA choir), 'Santa Baby' (hostuje německá zpěvačka Helene Fischer), 'Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!', coververzi 'The Christmas Song' (napsaný slavnými The Nat King Cole Trio), 'Merry Xmas Everybody' s hostujícím Jamie Cullumem a 'It's A Wonderful Life', duet s Robbieho otcem Peterem Conwayem.
Disc 2: 'Christmas Future' mimojiné obsahuje originální skladby 'Time For Change', 'Home', 'Fairytales' featuring Rod Stewart a 'Bad Sharon' se šampionem v boxu Tysonem Furym, plus coververze 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)', na kterém hostuje kanadský zpěvák Bryan Adams a 'I Believe In Father Christmas'.
Deluxe CD verze alba obsahuje další čtyři bonus tracky, včetně duetu 'It Takes Two' s Rodem Stewartem.
Robbie říká: "Jsem tak natěšený představit vám své první vánoční album. Udělal jsem toho už ve své kariéře hodně a vydání této desky je mým dalším splněným snem. Když jsem The Christmas Present natáčel, užil jsem si tolik zábavy, že se nemůžu dočkat, až ho uslyšíte."
'The Christmas Present' je Williamsovo třinácté studiové album a další milník v zářivé kariéře jednoho z nejmilovanějších britských hudebních hvězd. Písničky byly napsány a natočeny na mnoha místech, včetně Londýna, Stoke-on-Trent, Los Angeles a Vancouveru. Na albu Robbie znovu spolupracoval se svým dlouholetým kolegou Guyem Chambersem, který se s Richardem Flackem ujal produkce desky.
CD 1 - Christmas Pas
1. Winter Wonderland
2 Merry Xmas Everybody” (featuring Jamie Cullum)
3 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
4 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)
5 Coco’s Christmas Lullaby
6 Rudolph
7 Yeah! It’s Christmas
8 It’s A Wonderful Life (featuring Poppa Pete)
9 Let’s Not Go Shopping
10 Santa Baby (featuring Helene Fischer)
11 Best Christmas Ever
12 One Last Christmas
13 Coco’s Christmas Lullaby Reprise
CD 2 - Christmas Future
1. Time For A Change
2. Idlewild
3. Darkest Night
4. Fairytales (featuring Rod Stewart)
5. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (featuring Bryan Adams)
6. Bad Sharon featuring Tyson Fury
7. Happy Birthday Jesus Christ
8. New Year’s Day
9. Snowflakes
10. Home
11. Soul Transmission
Bonus Tracks:
12. I Believe in Father Christmas
13. Not Christmas
14. Merry Kissmas
15. It Takes Two (featuring Rod Stewart)
The Communist Manifesto (EN)
Without question one of the most significant books in modern history, The Communist Manifesto is a brief, populist pamphlet that distils the core ideas of Communism into accessible prose. Published just months before violent uprisings threatened to destabilise much of the European establishment, it outlines a view of history as a constant battle between the classes that will inevitably result in revolution.
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8,00 €
Tress of the Emerald Sea
New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere Universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.
The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?
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21,95 €
The Official Downton Abbey Night and Day Book Collection (Cocktails & Tea)
The perfect gift for the Downton Abbey fan! Includes two complete Downton Abbey cookbooks: The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook and The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Cookbook.
Recreate the style and glamour of life at Downton Abbey with more than 140+ recipes for delectable tea-time treats and sophisticated cocktails in this deluxe slipcased gift set of two popular Downton Abbey cookbooks. Set a tea table fit for the Dowager Countess with the Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook's recipes for classics like English Cream Scones and Chocolate Florentines. Make every night a party with libations from The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book, from Prince of Wales Punch to Ginger Beer to the Corpse Reviver hangover cure. Each title includes fascinating British history, guides to the proper decorum for teatime and cocktail service, gorgeous photographs of food and drink, lifestyle stills from the television series and movie, and character quotes.