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Lacná kniha An Echo in the Bone (-70%)
Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in the Bone, the enormously anticipated seventh volume, Gabaldon continues the extraordinary story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall.
Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and he’d rather die than have to face his illegitimate son–a young lieutenant in the British army–across the barrel of a gun.
Claire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. That price won’t include Jamie’s life or his happiness, though–not if she has anything to say about it.
Meanwhile, in the relative safety of the twentieth century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Brianna, and her husband, Roger MacKenzie, have resettled in a historic Scottish home where, across a chasm of two centuries, the unfolding drama of Brianna’s parents’ story comes to life through Claire’s letters. The fragile pages reveal Claire’s love for battle-scarred Jamie Fraser and their flight from North Carolina to the high seas, where they encounter privateers and ocean battles–as Brianna and Roger search for clues not only to Claire’s fate but to their own. Because the future of the MacKenzie family in the Highlands is mysteriously, irrevocably, and intimately entwined with life and death in war-torn colonial America.
With stunning cameos of historical characters from Benedict Arnold to Benjamin Franklin, An Echo in the Bone is a soaring masterpiece of imagination, insight, character, and adventure–a novel that echoes in the mind long after the last page is turned.
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The Dream of Europe
How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?
From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.
The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united Europe striving towards a common goal. The EU was to set an example: an arena for close cooperation, tackling crucial shared concerns from climate change to organized crime, promoting open borders and social security.
But the first two turbulent decades of this century have been times of rapid and profound change. From the shores of Lampedusa to Putin's Moscow, the continent threatens to tear itself apart. What's happened to Europe's optimism and euphoria? How has it given way to nostalgia, frustration and fear, the fragile European dream in danger of turning into a nightmare?
In The Dream of Europe, Geert Mak, one of Europe's best-loved commentators, charts the seismic events that have shaped people's lives over the past twenty years. Mak's monumental book In Europe defined the continent on the verge of a new millennium. The Dream of Europe brings us up to the present day, through the rocky expansion of the EU, the aftermath of 9/11 and terrorist attacks across Europe, the 2008 financial crash and the euro crisis, the tragedy of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, the rise of right-wing populism and Brexit.
Like no other, Mak blends history, politics and culture with the stories and experiences of the many Europeans he meets on his travels. He brings this continent to life, and asks what role does Europe play now, and how might we face our challenges together, in the spirit of solidarity and connection.
Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe: The 12 Singles 7EP Vinyl
Depeche Mode je hudobná skupina, ktorá bola v roku 1980 založená v Basildone v Anglicku. Skupinu dnes tvorí: Dave Gahan (spev a spolautorstvo skladieb)a Martin Gore (klávesy, gitara, spev a hlavný autor skladieb). Ich hudobný štýl by sa dal najlepšie charakterizovať ako synth rock, alebo taktiež synthpop (používanie umelých zvukov, vytváraných syntetizátormi a samplermi). Stali sa jednou z najvytrvalejších a najúspešnejších hudobných skupín, ktoré sa objavili počas New Wave a New Romantic éry.Vďaka svojej inovatívnej tvorbe, nahrávacím technikám a popularizácii vzorkovania (angl. sampling), ovplyvnili mnoho súčasných hudobníkov. Ich album Violator z roku 1990 je považovaný za klenot elektronickej hudby. Hoci sú významní pre modernú techno scénu, zostávajú naďalej pri alternatívnej hudbe. Až 54 skladieb skupiny Depeche Mode sa dostalo do rebríčka UK Singles Chart a 17 ich albumov bolo britských rebríčkoch umiestnených do Top 10. Skupina Depeche Mode má na celom svete predaných viac než sto miliónov hudobných nosičov.Časopis Q zaradili Depeche Mode do svojho zoznamu „50 kapiel, ktoré zmenili svet!“Televízia VH1 ich dala na 98. miesto svojho zoznamu „Stovky najväčších umelcov všetkých čias“. V decembri 2016 dal magazín Billboard skupinu Depeche Mode na desiate miesto zoznamu najlepších umelcov klubovej tanečnej hudobnej scény.Skupina Depeche Mode bola nominovaná do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame v rokoch 2017 a 2018 a uvedená do nej bola v roku 2020.
Sony Music Entertainment pokračuje v projekte Depeche Mode 12" vinylových singlov vydaním: Sounds Of The Universe - The 12" Singles 4. augusta 2023.Luxusná zberateľská edícia box set, obsahuje sedem 12" vinylových diskov prezentujúcich single – vrátane Wrong, Peace, dvojitého A-side Fragile Tension/Hole To Feed – spolu s B-stranami, remixami, dub verziami a ďalšie nahrávky z 12. štúdiového albumu Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe, ktorý pôvodne vydal Mute Records v apríli 2009.Každý box set v sérii obsahuje single z jednotlivých albumov Depeche Mode vylisované na 12" vinyle v audiofilskej kvalite. Artwork pre exteriér každého boxu vychádza z ikonografie inšpirovanej pôvodnými vydaniami, zatiaľ čo samotné vinylové obaly obsahujú pôvodné samostatné umelecké dielo.
Tracklist:
LP1:
1. Wrong (Album Version)
2. Wrong (Thin White Duke Remix)
3. Wrong (Trentemxller Club Remix)
4. Wrong (Caspa Remix)
LP2:
1. Wrong (Magda's Scallop Funk Mix)
2. Wrong (D.I.M. Vs Boys Noize Remix)
3. Wrong (Trentemxller Club Remix Dub)
4. Oh Well (Black Light Odyssey Remix)
LP3:
1. Peace (Single Version)
2. Peace (Sixtoes Remix)
3. Come Back (Jonsi Remix)
4. Peace (Ben Klock Remix)
5. Peace (the Japanese Popstars Remix)
LP4:
1. Peace (Sid Lerock Remix)
2. Peace (Justus Kvhncke Extended Disco Club Vocal Remix)
3. Peace (the Exploding Plastic Inevitable Jk Disco Dub)
4. Peace (Pan/Tone Remix)
LP5:
1. Fragile Tension (Stephan Bodzin Remix)
2. Fragile Tension (Kris Menace's Love On Laserdisc Remix)
3. Hole To Feed (Popof Vocal Mix)
4. Hole To Feed (Paul Woolford's Easyfun Ethereal Disco Mix)
LP6:
1. Perfect (Roger Sanchez Club Mix)
2. Perfect (Ralphi Rosario Dub)
3. Peace (Hervi's 'Warehouse Frequencies' Remix)
4. Peace (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
LP7:
1. Fragile Tension (Radio Mix)
2. Hole To Feed (Radio Mix)
3. Come Back (Sixtoes Remix)
4. Fragile Tension (Laidback Luke Remix)
5. Fragile Tension (Peter Bjorn and John Remix)
6. Hole To Feed (Joebot Remix)
7. Perfect (Ralphi & Craig Club Mix)
8. Fragile Tension (Solo Loves Panorama Remix)
Sting - The Best Of 25 Years CD
Tracklist:
1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
2. Englishman In New York
3. We'll Be Together
4. Fragile
5. All This Time
6. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
7. Fields Of Gold
8. Desert Rose
9. Whenever I Say Your Name
10. Never Coming Home
11. Message In A Bottle (Live)
12. Demolition Man (Live)
13. Heavy Cloud No Rain (Live)
The Slowworm's Song
By the Costa Award-winning author of PURE, a profound and tender tale of guilt, a search for atonement and the hard, uncertain work of loving.
An ex-soldier and recovering alcoholic living quietly in Somerset, Stephen Rose has just begun to form a bond with Maggie, the daughter he barely knows, when he receives a summons - to an inquiry in Belfast about an incident during the Troubles, which he hoped he had long outdistanced. Now, to testify about it could wreck his fragile relationship with Maggie. And if he loses her, he loses everything.
He decides instead to write her an account of his life - a confession, a defence, a love letter. Also a means of buying time. But as time runs out, the day comes when he must face again what happened in that distant summer of 1982.
Putin vs. the People
What do ordinary Russians think of Putin? Who are his supporters? And why might their support now be faltering? Alive with the voices and experiences of ordinary Russians and elites alike, Sam Greene and Graeme Robertson craft a compellingly original account of contemporary Russian politics.
Telling the story of Putin's rule through pivotal episodes such as the aftermath of the "For Fair Elections" protests, the annexation of Crimea, and the War in Eastern Ukraine, Greene and Robertson draw on interviews, surveys, social media data, and leaked documents to reveal how hard Putin has to work to maintain broad popular support, while exposing the changing tactics that the Kremlin has used to bolster his popularity. Unearthing the ambitions, emotions, and divisions that fuel Russian politics, this book illuminates the crossroads to which Putin has led his country and shows why his rule is more fragile than it appears.
Trees
A landmark publication that captures the beautiful richness of every aspect of trees and their importance for science, culture and the future of humankind.
Trees feed us, shelter us, inspire us and heal us. In a world facing the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and a pressing climate emergency, the importance of these primeval beings in shaping our future is hard to understate.
Generously illustrated and organized according to tree lifecycle - from seeds, leaves and form to wood, flowers and fruit - this book celebrates the great diversity and beauty of the 60,000 tree species that inhabit our planet. Exquisite details are rendered by surprising photography and infographics: intricate bark and leaf patterns, intertwined ecosystems, colourful flower displays, archaic wooden wheels and timber houses. Integral to science, art and culture, fundamental and fragile, dependent and depended on, the vitality of trees is revealed like never before.
A Wish For Us
A symphony of hope. A symphony of love. A symphony of them.
Cromwell Dean is a rising star in the British music scene. Broody, talented and handsome, thousands of people adore him. But no one knows him.Not really. Until he meets her. The girl in the purple dress.Late one night on a beach in Brighton - never to see each other again. When Cromwell leaves England for college in South Carolina, the last person he expects to run into is her. Bonnie Farraday knows Cromwell is bad news, but something draws her to him.He's the beat that makes her heart skip. And she's the light to his darkness. But when a shadow falls across her fragile heart it's up to him to keep her strong.With a symphony only he can compose. And a love only they can share. A heart shattering story about two lost souls and a love that could heal both their hearts.
The Khan
Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men.
Jia Khan has always lived like this.
Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind.
Now, with her father murdered, Jia must return to take his place. The police have always relied on the Khan to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a bloody power struggle has broken out among warring communities and nobody is safe.
Justice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a cost.
Being Human
Being Human is history made flesh. It will change the way you see the world.
We are a wonder of evolution. Powerful yet dextrous, instinctive yet thoughtful, we are expert communicators and innovators. Our exceptional abilities have created the civilisation we know today.
But we're also deeply flawed. Our bodies break, choke and fail, whether we're kings or peasants. Diseases thwart our boldest plans. Our psychological biases have been at the root of terrible decisions in both war and peacetime.
This extraordinary contradiction is the essence of what it means to be human - the sum total of our frailties and our faculties. And history has played out in the balance between them. Now, for the first time, Lewis Dartnell tells our story through the lens of this unique, capricious and fragile nature. He explores how our biology has shaped our relationships, our societies, our economies and our wars, and how it continues to challenge and define our progress.
V stave totálnej eufórie
DEAN KARNAZES, legenda ultramaratónu a autor bestsellerov z prestížneho zoznamu The New York Times, niekoľkokrát otestoval hraničné možnosti a schopnosti ľudského tela a mysle, keď sa mu na traile v pekelnej horúčave Údolia smrti roztopili podrážky tenisiek a v ukrutných mrazoch na južnom póle zamŕzal dych už v pľúcach. Bežal a pretekal na všetkých kontinentoch a medzi jeho slávne kúsky patrí aj 50 maratónov v 50 štátoch v priebehu 50 dní.
V knihe, ktorú máte pred sebou, mapuje Dean Karnazes svoju nevšednú a dobrodružnú športovú cestu, ktorá ho po dvadsiatich rokoch už ako zrelého päťdesiatnika opäť priviedla na štart legendárneho ultramaratónu Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. Ikonická stomíľovka Western States, obávaná pre mimoriadne náročnú trať cez vysoké hory a hlboké údolia a extrémne teplotné rozdiely, sa stala Deanovým najnáročnejším pretekom v živote, fyzickým a mentálnym zúčtovaním a urputným bojom zostať verný tomu, čo bolo vždy zmyslom jeho života. Dean bilancuje kariéru, životné voľby a vyrovnáva sa s pribúdajúcimi rokmi. Robí to úprimne ako vždy – a predsa tak, ako nikdy predtým.
Pre Deana Karnazesa je beh o vzťahu bežca a trate. Nie je to inventúra úspechov, ale dobrodružstvo a príbeh na pokračovanie, ktorý rozpráva ďalej s každým ďalším dňom a krokom na trati. Kniha V stave totálnej eufórie ponúka dobrodružstvo plné endorfínov a zamilovaný list športu od jedného z najuznávanejších ambasádorov ultrabehu. Určite nadchne serióznych aj sviatočných bežcov.
The Forbidden Love
About the book:Once it was said, The fire and Water can never be one. So to make them wrong, in the land of beautiful flowers, took birth the beautiful princess, pure in heart, the white skin, beautiful black hair, eyes feels like a lotus, lips of roses seems very fragile and sweet, yet she holds the magical powers of Water that nobody knew, and there took the birth of the devil, who said to be the heartless creature alive, with dangerous fire powers. Being born in a noble family the princess's powers were suppressed, until the day she ran away when she came to know the man she had loved her whole life, lied, and cheated her for the kingdom. In the wilderness, there she met, the devil himself, not knowing about the creature's true self, she took shelter under him. But as it was once said, Fire and Water
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Shatter Me 3 volumes book set
The first three instalments of the epic and romantic YA fantasy series, Shatter Me. Now a TiKtok phenomenon. A fragile teenage girl is held captive. Locked in a cell by The Reestablishment, a harsh dictatorship in charge of a crumbling world. But Juliette is no ordinary teenager - one touch from her can kill. The Reestablishment wants to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has other plans. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovered the strength to fight back - and to find a future with the one person she thought she'd lost forever...
This collection contains the first three books in the Shatter Me series by New York Times bestselling author, Tahereh Mafi: Shatter Me, Unravel Me & Ignite Me.
Lacná kniha Ulička tisíce květů (-70%)
Příběh dvou dorůstajících tokijských bratrů, nadějného zápasníka sumó Hirošiho a stejně slibného uměleckého řezbáře masek pro klasické japonské divadlo nó Kendžiho, se odvíjí na pozadí druhé světové války. Ohnivá bouře Hirošimy hluboce poznamená i ži
voty dvou sester, Aki a Haru, jejichž jímavým vztahem prolnou osudy obou bratrů. Ani nejkřehčí vztahy ovíjející čtveřici ústředních postav příběhu neunikají tragice každodenních náhod a proher.
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Deacon King Kong
'Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT DIAZ, New York Times Book Review
The year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the church's baseball team. The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportcoat's best friend - Hot Sausage - to the local Italian mobsters, the police (corrupt and otherwise), and the stalwart ladies of the Five Ends Baptist Church.
DEACON KING KONG is a book about a community under threat, about the ways people pull together in an age when the old rules are being rewritten. It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. From a prize-winning storyteller, this New York Times bestseller shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, and that the communities we build are fragile but vital.
Long Players
In Long Players, fifty of our finest authors write about the albums that changed their lives, from Deborah Levy on Bowie to Daisy Johnson on Lizzo, Ben Okri on Miles Davis to David Mitchell on Joni Mitchell, Sarah Perry on Rachmaninov to Bernardine Evaristo on Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Part meditation on the album form and part candid self-portrait, each of these miniature essays reveals music's power to transport the listener to a particular time and place. REM's Automatic for the People sends Olivia Laing back to first love and heartbreak, Bjork's Post resolves a crisis of faith and sexuality for a young Marlon James, while Fragile by Yes instils in George Saunders the confidence to take his own creative path.
This collection is an intoxicating mix of memoir and music writing, spanning the golden age of vinyl and the streaming era, and showing how a single LP can shape a writer's mind.
Featuring writing from Ali Smith, Marlon James, Deborah Levy, George Saunders, Bernardine Evaristo, Ian Rankin, Tracey Thorn, Ben Okri, Sarah Perry, Neil Tennant, Rachel Kushner, Clive James, Eimear McBride, Neil Gaiman, Daisy Johnson, David Mitchell, Esi Edugyan, Patricia Lockwood, among many others.
Planet Earth III
The iconic series that started it all returns: accompanying an 8-part program narrated by David Attenborough,Planet Earth IIItakes you closer than ever to the world's most fascinating animals and landscapes - and humanity's irrevocable impact upon them.
There are over 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Only one is home to life.
Ranging across seven dramatic habitats, from the depths of the ocean, to the scorching desert and into the to the darkest jungle,Planet Earth IIIshowcases places and animals from all corners of our amazing, unique, planet.
For the first time,Planet Earth IIIintroduces a human element to each landscape - highlighting how, in the age of the Anthropocene, today's planet has been forever changed by humanity and that wildlife now faces new challenges in our crowded, modern world.
Using state-of-the-art photography techniques, the Planet Earth team has spent longer in the field than ever before, bringing you closer to some of the planet's most intriguing species, unseen landscapes and natural phenomena.
Planet Earth IIIdepicts the challenging lives of animals on an increasingly fragile planet, highlighting the deep interconnectivity of all life on Earth and championing the heroic lengths some are going to preserve the critical ecosystems of the planet we call home.
Art Nouveau Designs
Agile Rabbit Edition - This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs, no installation is required. For most applications, single images can be used free of charge. Please consult the introduction to this book, or visit our website for conditions.
Azerbaijan´s Geopolitical Landscape
Being located between the Black and Caspian seas, Azerbaijan has always been the juncture of Eurasia—with a traditional reputation as a crossroads between the north-south and east-west transport corridors—and the traditional ground for competition between numerous regional and global players, using both soft and hard power. With its vast hydrocarbon energy reserves, Azerbaijan is a country of particular importance in the South Caucasus.
The region’s complex geopolitics have immensely influenced Azerbaijan’s foreign policy strategy. With the dissolution of the USSR, Azerbaijan, as a new state with fragile security, found itself in a complicated situation surrounded by regional powers like Iran, Russia, and Turkey.
The book is built around several major foreign policy issues faced by the Republic of Azerbaijan since it regained its independence in 1991. These major issues include the conflict with Armenia and related matters, the relationship with the West, as well as the complexities arising from its relationship with Russia and its ties to Muslim countries, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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