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The Obelisk Gate
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel
The second book in the record-breaking triple Hugo Award-winning trilogy
The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.
Essun has found shelter, but not her missing daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request only Essun can grant.
The Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth Season, continues in The Obelisk Gate and concludes with The Stone Sky - out now.
Hemodynamic Adaptation Mechanisms of Heart Failure to Percutaneous Venoarterial Extracorporeal Circulatory Support
Monografie zaměřená na vliv mimotělních podpor oběhu na systémovou hemodynamiku a práci levé komory. Shrnuje historii, využití a dopady venoarteriálních oběhových podpor u pacientů s dekompenzovaným srdečním selháním. Text je dále doplněn o výsledky vlastních experimentů prováděných na modelech akutního a chronického srdečního selhání a jejich uvedení do kontextu aktuálních fyziologických poznatků.
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The Battle of Maldon
First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts. In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex.
The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon. Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship. J.R.R.
Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon 'the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy'. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth's retainers come to retrieve their duke's body. Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R.
Tolkien's own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien's bravura lecture, 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English', a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been 'the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien's fiction', most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.
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The Last Man
A futuristic story of tragic love and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague, The Last Man is Mary Shelley's most important novel after Frankenstein. With intriguing portraits of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, the novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, and demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem the doomed characters.
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What Red Was
When Kate meets Max in the first week of university, a life-changing friendship begins. Over the next four years, the two become inseparable. But loving Max means knowing his family: the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease and quiet repression.
Theirs is not Kate's world, and yet she finds herself drawn quickly into their gilded lives, and the secrets that lie beneath. Until one summer evening at the Rippons' home, just after graduation, her life is shattered in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs.
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The Enchanted Castle 7 - Dangerous Vikings (EN)
A group of Vikings want to attack the farm where Ragnhild and her family live. Can the three girls and Ragnhild chase away an entire group of armed men?.
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Ambassador 1A: The Sahara Conspiracy
3 December 2114
Cory Wilson is woken in the middle of the night with a summons to appear in the president of Nations of Earth’s office. An aid worker in Djibouti has discovered a shipment of alien guns.
As ambassador to gamra, the extraterrestrial organisation which controls the Exchange, the FTL wormhole network, Cory has often been critical of Earth’s handling of extraterrestrial problems. This is his moment to shine, to apply his knowledge about alien customs, to, in the words of the president, “get those idiots out of there”.
Except the usual suspects, the Zhori mafia who have caused trouble on Earth for a long time, are nowhere to be seen. This is something far more dangerous, something that involves all of northern Africa, something that provokes the anger of Asto, gamra’s largest world. Asto’s army is already prowling in orbit, ready to strike.
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Petra Kvitová Neuvěřitelný příběh
Začínáte číst velký a silný příběh, jak se obyčejná holka ze slezského městečka Fulneku stala z neznámé tenisové Popelky bílou královnou, a dnes platí za uznávanou globální hvězdu, která ovšem musela překonat nejednu těžkou překážku a jednou také dokázala zvítězit sama nad sebou. Ano, je to až neuvěřitelné, Petra Kvitová je celých deset let na špičce světového tenisu a dnes v celém světě respektovanou celebritou. Jak je možné, že děvče, které začalo s tenisem až ve čtrnácti letech, ušlo do svých současných devětadvaceti let tak významnou cestu. Tajemství tkví především v dobré rodině a vlastní tvrdé práci.
Petra už ve svých jedenadvaceti ovládne rok 2011, když po vítězství nad Marií Šarapovovou získá titul ve Wimbledonu a stejně dominuje na Turnaji mistryň v Istanbulu. Rovněž vyhraje dalších pět prestižních turnajů a pak ještě dovede Česko k výhře ve Fed Cupu nad Ruskami, úžasnou sezonu končí jako světová dvojka. Do dějin tenisu se opětovně zapíše, když v roce 2014 dobyde Wimbledon po vítězství nad Kanaďankou Eugenií Bouchardovou podruhé.
„Vítězství ve Wimbledonu a Fed Cupu jsou pro mě nejvíc.“
Zařadí se tak hned za nejlepší českou tenistku Martinu Navrátilovou, ostatně Petra s 26 tituly (!) triumfy na velkých turnajích, na nichž vyhrála přes 500 zápasů, kráčí ve šlépějích svého vzoru.
Velkého úspěchu dosáhne pro Česko i na olympiádě v Riu 2016, kde se po výhře nad Američankou Madison Keysovou raduje z bronzu. Petra se touží opět přiblížit k samotnému vrcholu a dobýt nějaký grandslam. Sny, které má nablízku, však těsně před Vánocemi 2016 přetrhne brutální napadení a vážně poranění skvělé levé ruky, Petřina zlatého nástroje. Zprvu není vůbec jisté, zda ještě bude moci hrát vrcholový tenis. Petra se však, pomalu zázračně, dokáže rychle zotavit a vrátit a už v červnu 2017 slaví v Birminghamu svůj dvacátý titul, na okruhu pak přidává dalších šest a také finále na grandslamu v Melbourne 2019. Petra je opět mezi nejlepšími pěti hráčkami světa a chce útočit dál a výš.
„Spíš než na zázraky věřím sama v sebe,“ řekla po návratu.
Petra je rovněž vynikající týmovou hráčkou. Má velkou zásluhu na skutečnosti, že se Češky během osmi staly šestkrát šampionkami Fed Cupu. Nejprve v roce 2011 po vítězném finále nad Ruskami a 2012 nad Srbskem, následně třikrát v řadě 2014 až 2016, kdy zdolaly silnou Francii, a naposledy v 2018, když porazily Spojené státy. Je nepochybné, že s Petrou a Karolínou Plíškovou máme nejlepší ženský tenisový tým na světě!
Knížka není jen portrétem mladé sportovní hvězdy a obrazem její mimořádné cesty, ale také reálným a těžce vydřeným hollywoodským snem narozeným v Česku a pak na všech významných tenisových kolbištích světa. Fanynky a fanoušci a také všechny obyčejné holky, rodiče, čtěte recept na nebeský úspěch i pozemskou slávu, k nimž vedly velká píle, pokora a skromnost a také neuvěřitelná statečnost.
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Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire LP
Tracklist:
A1. People Of The Sun 2:30
A2. Bulls On Parade 3:51
A3. Vietnow 4:39
A4. Revolver 5:30
A5. Snakecharmer 3:55
B1. Tire Me 3:00
B2. Down Rodeo 5:20
B3. Without A Face 3:36
B4. Wind Below 5:50
B5. Roll Right 4:22
B6. Year Of Tha Boomerang 3:59
The work trip (EN)
The young couple. The first time. Naughty flirting. The secret, forbidden meeting. The young student and his teacher. The older gentleman and the innocent virgin. You, me and a friend. This is an erotic short story collection from Cupido. The collection includes the following short stories: "He was indeed quite young to be a technical manager.
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The Paliser case
A drama of gold, of pain, of curious crime and the heart of a girl, by one of America's most brilliant writers.Mystery, tragedy, comedy, glimpses of a Harlem Bohemia, and the blasé social atmosphere of multi-millionaires are overlaid with the freshness and vitality of the Spanish singer Cassy Cara, a wholly delightful girl. The development of the plot is piquant and most engaging.
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The Prince of Egypt
In Egypt, the Pharaoh’s soldiers are ordered to kill every Hebrew baby boy. But one baby escapes. He grows up in a palace and has a very comfortable life. But one day Moses learns the secret of his past, and his life changes forever.
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The Prince
Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is the most remembered, and the work responsible for bringing "Machiavellian" into wide usage as a pejorative term. It has also been suggested by some critics that the piece is, in fact, a satire.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Man Who Would Be King (EN)
Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan are two scruffy adventurers who are planning to conquer Kafiristan – a remote part of Afghanistan. The two men pretend to have signed a contract that neither of them will touch alcohol or women. However, disguised as a priest and his assistant, Dravot and Carnehan depart for Kafiristan, secretly carrying twenty riffles.
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Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss! (Light Novel) Vol. 1
An isekai adventure about an ordinary boy taken under the wing of a mysterious undead girl!
When Kanbara Kanata is whisked away from his mundane life to a world of adventure, he inadvertently offends the all-powerful being who brought him there. As punishment, he is sent to the bottom of the most dangerous dungeon without a single special power or ability! He is sure that he’s a goner until he meets a lich girl named Lunaere—an undead powerhouse who hates humans, but grudgingly decides to assist him all the same. With Lunaere’s help, Kanata may just grow into someone truly incredible
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Return of the Taliban
The first account of the new Taliban?showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors
Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan?a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishing control is a complex procedure. What is the Taliban’s strategy now that they’ve returned to power?
In this groundbreaking new account, Hassan Abbas examines the resurgent Taliban as ruptures between moderates and the hardliners in power continue to widen. The group is now facing debilitating threats?from humanitarian crises to the Islamic State in Khorasan?but also engaging on the world stage, particularly with China and central Asian states. Making considered use of sources and contacts in the region, and offering profiles of major Taliban leaders, Return of the Taliban is the essential account of the movement as it develops and consolidates its grasp on Afghanistan.
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Zofloya, or The Moor (EN)
‘Few venture as thou hast in the alarming paths of sin. ’ Satan’s final judgement on Victoria sums up a shocking novel, set in Venice at the end of the 15th century, that tracks the path of its heroine from abused victim to fully fledged criminal. Her conscious embodiment of vice seems to know no limits.
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The 28th Gate: Volume 6
They’ve suffered devastating losses, but they’re not done fighting yet.
After Hunter and The Militia escape from Selma, they learn Maunhouser is working on a new weapon even more powerful than those already unleashed.
Faced with this new threat, how far is Hunter willing to go to protect those around him? And what is he willing to become to stop Gerome Maunhouser?
Find out now in the exciting conclusion to Hunter’s narrative in The 28th Gate: Volume 6!
Set in a far distant future, The 28th Gate is a series of tales that will appeal of fans of space marines, space fleets, and military hard science fiction. The series consists of eight volumes spread across four seasons telling the story of Hunter’s struggles against the AAA corporation that created him. Each volume contains six episodic novelettes each with the action, character, and plotting of a complete story all crammed into an espresso-like package, while each season chronicles a different arc in the overall epic.
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The Hyborian Age
The Hyborian Age is an essay by Robert E. Howard pertaining to the Hyborian Age, the fictional setting of his stories about Conan the Cimmerian. It was written in the 1930s but not published during Howard's lifetime. Its purpose was to maintain consistency within his fictional setting.It sets out in detail the major events of the prehistorical period, before and after the time of the Conan stories. In describing the Cataclysmic end of the Thurian Age, the period described in his Kull stories, Howard linked both sequences of stories into one shared universe. Other stories would establish links to real life as well - The Haunter of the Ring, set in the modern age, contains a Hyborian artifact, and Kings of the Night brings King Kull forward in time to fight the Roman legions.This essay also sets out the racial and geographical heritage of the fictional peoples and countries of the Age. For example, how the Gaels were descended from Howard's Cimmerians.Howard's only Conan novel, The Hour of the Dragon, expands upon the history of the world presented in this essay by introducing a new ancient empire called Acheron that had ruled the Hyborian kingdoms in the past.
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