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Je to dvacet let, co Cařin přítel zemřel při hrozivé autonehodě a její sestra Anna šla do vězení. Z tragédie se stala místní legenda, ale Caře se díky rodinnému životu a kariéře podařilo minulost pohřbít. Zato Anna, kterou nedávno propustili z nápravného zařízení, bojuje se závislostí a pocity viny a studu. Jediné, co by jí zřejmě pomohlo, je Cařino odpuštění. Když se dá Anna dohromady, ve vzpomínkách se zaměří na události oné noci. Ale co když právě o to Cara nestojí?
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The Invisible Rainbow : A History of Electricity and Life
Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is 'safe' for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist Arthur Firstenberg disrupts this conviction by telling the story of electricity in a way it has never been told before - from an environmental point of view - by detailing the effects that this fundamental societal building block has had on our health and our planet.
In The Invisible Rainbow, Firstenberg traces the history of electricity from the early eighteenth century to the present, making a compelling case that many environmental problems, as well as the major diseases of industrialised civilisation-heart disease, diabetes, and cancer - are related to electrical pollution.
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5-Minute Halloween Stories
The perfect treat for Halloween, this treasury of spooky stories is packed with thrilling adventures!
With twelve scary stories, a padded cover, and fun illustrations on every page, this collection is a great gift for every bat and ghoul.
Plus, each of these spooktacular stories can be enjoyed in just five minutes, making it perfect for bedtime, story time, or anytime!
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Chase
Get ready to run . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay, in his first novel for 9-12 year olds.
Chipper is a very special dog. As part of a top-secret, multi-million dollar experiment to create the ultimate canine spy technology, Chipper's whole life has been spent within the walls of a secret organization known only as The Institute. Chipper is supposed to be more machine than mutt, but something's wrong and The Institute knows it. He's about to be terminated.
Across the state, twelve-year-old orphan Jeff Conway is working all hours at his aunt Flo's lakeside cabin business. He misses his parents, his old life, and the dog he had to leave behind.
When Chipper escapes and his and Jeff's paths collide, dog and boy find themselves tangled up in the most dangerous game of chase imaginable...
Danger, secrets and thrilling suspense in Linwood Barclay's action-packed first novel for children.
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The Lightkeeper's Daughters
Elizabeth's eyes have failed. She can no longer read the books she loves or see the paintings that move her, but her mind remains sharp and music fills the vacancy left by her blindness.When her father's journals are discovered on a shipwrecked boat, she enlists the help of a delinquent teen, Morgan, to read to her. As an unlikely friendship grows between them, Elizabeth is carried back to her childhood home - the lighthouse on Porphyry Island, Lake Superior - and to the memory of her enigmatic twin sister Emily.But for Elizabeth, the faded pages of her father's journals reveal more secrets than she anticipates.
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Ragdoll
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Superb thriller writing.' Peter Robinson'A brilliant, breathless thriller' M.J. Arlidge'A high concept solution to a mystery' Sophie HannahA body is discovered with the dismembered parts of six victims stitched together, nicknamed by the press as the 'Ragdoll'. Assigned to the shocking case are Detective William 'Wolf' Fawkes, recently reinstated to the London Met, and his former partner Detective Emily Baxter.The 'Ragdoll Killer' taunts the police by releasing a list of names to the media, and the dates on which he intends to murder them. With six people to save, can Fawkes and Baxter catch a killer when the world is watching their every move?Translated into over 30 languages, RAGDOLL is a quality, rocket-paced thriller with twists and turns you won't see coming. For readers of Jo Nesbo. You will not stop talking about this book.What everyone is saying about RAGDOLL:'A star is born. Killer plot. Killer pace. Twisted killer and a killer twist. Kill to get a copy.' Simon Toyne'...the best debut I've ever read.' Rachel Abbott'This book kept me captivated, my heart pumping and guessing to the very end!' NetGalley reviewer'...a rollercoaster of a thriller.' NetGalley reviewer'...one of the most well written crime thrillers I have ever read' NetGalley reviewer'A very well written debut novel which had all the twists and turns and intrigue that you need.' NetGalley reviewer'Totally unputdownable' NetGalley Reviewer
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Together
Is this a great love story?Or a story about great love?You decide.On a morning that seems just like any other, Robbie wakes in his bed, his wife Emily asleep beside him, as always. He rises and dresses, makes his coffee, feeds his dogs, just as he usually would. But then he leaves Emily a letter and does something that will break her heart. As the years go back all the way to 1962, Robbie's actions become clearer as we discover the story of a couple with a terrible secret - one they will do absolutely anything to protect.'Julie Cohen's writing is powerful, moving and truly beautiful' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep'It takes a lot to tempt me from crime, but this is one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking stories I've read' Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths'Complex, compelling and beautiful, Together is the kind of novel that will stay with you forever' Rowan Coleman, author of We Are All Made of Stars
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The Hanging Tree
Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty's daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we're talking about.He's been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week . . .
Really Good, Actually
A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica Heisey...
Maggie is fine. She’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™.
Now she has time to take up nine hobbies, eat hamburgers at 4 am, and “get back out there” sex-wise. With the support of her tough-loving academic advisor, Merris; her newly divorced friend, Amy; and her group chat (naturally), Maggie barrels through her first year of single life, intermittently dating, occasionally waking up on the floor and asking herself tough questions along the way.
Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call “happiness”. This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.
The Late Show
Meet the brand new detective from the modern master of crime fiction...*****CRIME NEVER SLEEPS.Los Angeles can be a dangerous city - never more so than in the dead of night. Detective Renee Ballard, once one of the department's young hotshots, now works 'The Late Show', the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD.It's a thankless job keeping strange hours in a twilight world of tragedy and violence, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure.Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect.Ballard knows it is always darkest before dawn. But what she doesn't know is how deep her dual investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, her department and her past...If you're already a fan you'll love THE LATE SHOW. If you haven't read a Connelly book yet: now is the perfect time to start.*****'One of the great crime writers' Daily Mail'A master of the genre' Stephen King'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian'The consistency of his excellency is remarkable' LA Times'The greatest living American crime writer' Mirror'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday
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For Love and For Money
A struggling single mom trapped in a perpetual rut. A smart, ambitious salesman with a checkered past.
Bonded in discontent, they share a passion for success and each other, but will their desire to live the high life ultimately bring them together or tear them apart?Divorced for over two years, Rachel still can’t make ends meet. Raising two kids on next to nothing has left her worn out and at the end of her rope. And dating in the modern world? Don’t even get her started. Are lonely nights at home all she can expect at her age? Is it too late to build the life of her dreams? Rachel’s disenchantment with her mediocre job and the drudgery of a single Mom lifestyle is blown out of the water when Derik, a young, charming and assertive new salesman, is hired at her work. Derik is full of energy, passion and ambition, three things she wants for herself. And there’s something more to him, something dark and aggressive, that both excites and concerns her. When he singles her out as a friend and partner it could change her life forever. If their partnership turns to romance, will it destroy everything they’ve built and leave her with nothing...again?This rags to riches romance tells the story of a single mom who takes the bull by the horns, as it were, and builds the life of her dreams. Is the workplace romance with her friend and new business partner worth the risk? A sweet, sexy and epically emotional romantic story that proves there is life–an incredible life–waiting for you after divorce.
Buy your copy of this Cougar Romance today and reawaken your wild side...
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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories From 'The Sun'
Later described as "the lost giant of American science fiction," Edward Page Mitchell wrote many science fiction and fantasy short stories in the 1870's to 1890's, nearly all of which were published anonymously in the The Sun daily newspaper of New York. Mitchell was editor-in-chief of The Sun and was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board for many years. Mitchell introduced many technological and social predictions which were daring for the time, prior to similar predictions by famous authors, such as travel by pneumatic tube, electrical heating, newspapers printed in the home by electrical transmission, food-pellet concentrates, international broadcasts, suspended animation of a living human being through freezing (cryogenics), a man rendered invisible by scientific means, a time-travel machine, faster-than-light travel, a thinking computer, a cyborg, matter transmission or teleportation, voting by American women, and interracial marriage. His fantasy stories dabble with the occult and bizarre, involving ghosts, the Devil, masochism, inanimate objects coming to life, and more.THE TACHYPOMP (April 1894),THE SOUL SPECTROSCOPE (19 December 1875),THE FACTS IN THE RATCLIFF CASE (07 March 1879),THE STORY OF THE DELUGE (29 April 1875),THE PROFESSOR'S EXPERIMENT (22 February 1880),THE INSIDE OF THE EARTH (27 February 1876),THE BALLOON TREE (25 February 1883),OLD SQUIDS AND LITTLE SPELLER (19 July 1885),THE MAN WITHOUT A BODY (25 March 1877),THE ABLEST MAN IN THE WORLD (04 May 1879),THE SENATOR'S DAUGHTER (27 July 1879),THE CRYSTAL MAN (30 January 1881),THE CLOCK THAT WENT BACKWARD (18 September 1881),and 17 more are contained in this anthology, 30 in all, with an introduction about The Sun by the contributor of this work to Feedbooks' public domain collection.
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Zlatá žatva
Zlatá žatva zavedie čitateľa z Perzie do upadajúceho Jeruzalema. Osud biblického Nehemiáša, ktorý sa podujme vzkriesiť mesto svojich predkov a obnoviť zničené hradby, sa prepletá s komplikovanou zápletkou, kde hlavnú rolu hrajú úklady a zrada.
Keď pisárka Sára vstúpi do dohodnutého manželstva s Dáriom z Pasargád, stane sa členkou perzskej aristokracie. Má bohatstvo, majetok, postavenie a moc a do manžela sa úprimne zaľúbi. Jej cit však zostáva neopätovaný. Dárius sa zúčastnil mnohých bojov proti neľútostným nepriateľom, no keď sa má postaviť pred svoju ženu a povedať jej pravdu o sebe, prvý raz v živote pocíti strach.
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Vision - Color and Composition for Film
Featuring hundreds of carefully hand-crafted illustrations as well as significant tuition on how to best compose and use images to create the most powerful frames, this book is potentially Hans P. Bacher's life's work encapsulated in one volume. Here, the internationally renowned production designer shares his expertise in an easy-to-follow and imaginative way - giving tips, exercises, and a depth of knowledge garnered from a lifetime in the industry.
Bacher's production designs have established the look of many seminal animated films such as The Lion King, Balto, Mulan and Beauty and the Beast, so fans of his work will be delighted. While keeping the focus on storytelling, Bacher instructs readers in the art of animated cinematography with the ever-present aim of soliciting an emotional response from the audience. Vision: Color and Composition for Film represents an amazing depth of experience - and is visually arresting to boot.
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Jon Burgerman's Burgerworld
An exciting new colouring book from Jon Burgerman taking you on a journey through a land of his doodle creations. Colour and scribble and have fun as you and your pens make friends with strange monsters and doodles on your journey to Burgerworld! Contains a list of mind-boggling creatures and objects to tick off as you find them on your travels, and a page of crazy stickers.
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Hyperbole and a Half Notepad (and Mouse Pad)
54-page pad of paper shaped like a mousepad; perfect for making weekly to-do lists, doodling, or simply using with your computer mouse.
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Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia
Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East and, despite having one of the longest, most turbulent histories in the Christian or Near Eastern world, no proper history of the country has been written for decades. Eminent historian Donald Rayfield redresses this balance in Edge of Empires, focusing not merely on the post-Soviet era, like many other books on Georgia, but on the whole of its history, accessing a mass of new material from the country's recently opened archives. Rayfield describes Georgia's swings between disintegration and unity, making full use of primary sources, many not available before in an English-language book.
He examines the history of a country which, though small, stands at a crossroads between Russia and the Muslim world, between Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and is a dramatic example of state-building and, also, of tragic political mistakes.
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The Mozarts, Who They Were (Volume 1)
During a century dominated by absolute monarchy and powerful aristocrats, the Mozart family traversed Europe on the quest for artistic consecration and prestigious promise. Was the ambition of his father, Leopold, combined with the genius of his son, Wolfgang, enough to reach their mission?
The story of their lives, in order to get to know and understand them, follows the sojourns of the adventurous journeys that they carried out. This book takes a penetrating look at the life and experiences of the Mozart family during the 1700's: beyond the myth of Mozart, an in-depth view of their world.
In this new publication, available in an engaging two-volume series by Diego Minoia, we learn about the life and times of the Mozart family. Everything that there is to discover about these extraordinary characters and the epoch in which they lived is illustrated in this interesting and curious story that narrates approximately thirty years of their lives: travels and encounters, triumphs and disappointments, petty deceit and genius, rebellion and defeat. The story of the Mozart family, told through their own eyes, thanks to a rich collection of letters containing a wealth of information, enriched with detailed study that allows us a complete panoramic view of the circles in which they traveled, between journeys and presentations, intrigue and friendship, compliance to the powerful and desire for autonomy. An overview of a family and of a European continent that helps us understand the Eighteenth Century from a protagonist who rendered it one of the most prolific eras for music.
“The Mozarts: A Family Portrait” narrates the story of their lives until 1775, following them step by step, getting to know and understand them. Would you like to be their traveling companion? We will begin in Salzburg, where the family was formed and where Wolfgang Amadeus and his sister Maria Anna - known as Nannerl - were born to accompany them in their early travels to Munich and Vienna. We will then follow them in their very long European Grand Tour where the two young Mozarts were to become known as child prodigies, journeying through the principle courts of Germany, the Netherlands, France and England. 5,200 kilometers covered and 80 cities, visited in 1,269 days. No rock or pop star has ever accomplished such a tour!
In Volume I, we will follow Mozart to Munich, then on to Vienna, and finally Paris. Volume II will see his return to Salzburg from London, traveling through France and Switzerland. This is the moment when Leopold Mozart's ambitions become more audacious. It was time for Wolfgang Amadeus to begin his formation in becoming a composer, and there was only one place to do this: Italy. And this is how father and son, alone, without the women of the family, confronted their three journeys to Dante's Bel Paese, where they made friends and found recognition, as well as some less complimentary opinions. We will continue to accompany the Mozarts along the various visits on their tour of Italy where they visited many important cities: Verona, Mantua, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Turin, Venice. We will discover through their travels the many interesting facts about how life was lived in the country of Bel Canto - beautiful singing. In the meantime, Amadeus the child, was growing into a mature musician, brought up to perfect his craft, having already composed his first operas, as well as being able to navigate his way through the creation of the sacred and profane vocal and instrumental music. The elderly prince-bishop who had supported the Mozarts passed away and was substituted by Hieronymus Colloredo, whose relationship with the family grew constrained over time. The small and provincial Salzburg didn't allow the young Wolfgang to express his full potential, who dreamed of the capital and a prestigious post at the Imperial Court.
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Kniha krátkych lások, čo trvajú večne
V Knihe krátkych lások, čo trvajú večne sa spája osem príbehov. Portrétov dievčat a žien, ktoré zanechali v živote rozprávača hlbokú stopu. Bezmenný muž vyrástol v sovietskom sirotinci a svoje krátke lásky, často jednostranné a platonické, opisuje jednoducho a výstižne. Hoci sa geograficky stále nachádza na území Sovietskeho zväzu, poeticky a myšlienkovo je vzdialený od ľudí, ktorí režim podporujú, ako aj od disidentov, ktorí obetovali svoj život boju proti nemu.
V škole ho učili, že keď sa komunistický ideál naplní, nikto nebude mať nedostatok a medzi ľuďmi zavládne láska. O niekoľko desiatok rokov neskôr, keď sa z rozprávača nestáva ani komunista, ani disident, si uvedomuje, že láska v jeho krajine vždy bola – je to jeho láska k prirodzenej kráse jeho krajiny a k obyčajným ľuďom s neobyčajnými životnými príbehmi.
Andrei Makine sa téme lásky – nájdenej, zažitej a stratenej, venuje vo všetkých svojich románoch, v prípade Knihy krátkych lások, čo trvajú večne je však láska tým najdôležitejším.
ANDREI MAKINE sa narodil na Sibíri, kde ho vychovala francúzska babička. Ako tridsaťročný emigroval do Francúzska, kde po počiatočnom pretĺkaní sa a existenčných ťažkostiach, triumfoval ako spisovateľ. Jeho román FRANCÚZSKY TESTAMENT (1995) získal prestížnu Gouncortovu cenu a odvtedy jeho písanie, porovnávané s majstrovstom Marcela Prousta a Milana Kunderu, získava nielen uznanie kritiky, ale aj široký čitateľský ohlas.