Hľadanie: The Devil and Miss Prym
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A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations Of An Optimist
In this serious attempt to forecast the changes ahead in the 20th century from the year 1906, the author deals with the accelerating rate of scientific progress, housing, travel, population, business, pleasure, newspapers, utilization of the sea, science, education, religion, economics, and law. He describes his intentions in the following manner in his Preface:"The following was at first intended to be no more than an attempt to foresee the probable trend of mechanical invention and scientific discovery during the present century. But as the work took shape it was seen to involve a certain amount of what may be called moral conjecture, since the material progress of the new age could not very well be imagined without taking into account its mental characteristics. In these expectations of an optimist, a great ethical improvement of the civilised human race has been anticipated, and a rate of progress foreseen which perhaps no previous writers have looked for. Both in regard to moral development and material progress, it has been the aim of the author to predict nothing that the tendencies of existing movement do not justify us in expecting. "An attempt of this kind is exposed to facile criticism. It will be easy for objectors to signalise this or that expected invention as beyond scientific possibility, that or the other moral reform as fit only for Utopia. But those who will consent to perpend the enormous and utterly unforeseen advance of the nineteenth century will recognise the danger of limiting their anticipations concerning the possibilities of the twenty-first. A fanciful description in (I think) Addison's Spectator of an invention by which the movements of an indicator on a lettered dial were imagined to be reproduced on a similar dial at a distance, and employed as a means of communication, must have seemed wholly chimerical to its readers; and even as recently as fifty years ago, anyone who predicted the telephone would have been laughed at. When the principle of the accumulator was already discovered a very competent practical electrician told the writer that he need not worry himself much about the idea : there was not the least likelihood that electricity could ever be "bottled up in cisterns"! On the whole there is more likelihood of error in timidity than in boldness when we attempt to foresee what will be attained after the increasingly rapid movement of scientific progress during this twentieth century shall have gathered full force. "For the rest, criticism of this sort is disarmed, because the reader has been in any case invited to enter a realm of more or less pure imagination. No one can exactly know with what births, monstrous or beautiful, the future may teem. Admitting a certain point of view — that of almost unrestrained optimism — the predictions here offered will, it is believed, be found to be along the line of existing progress." No details of the author's life have been found on the Internet, but he seems to have been British since his preface is signed with a city in England, he makes references to London as well as to US cities, and he uses British spellings. This book was published in 1906 in the United States, so it is in the public domain in the United States, and perhaps elsewhere. For information on copyright and the public domain, see http://www.publicdomainday.org/ .
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Rolling Stones, The - Totally Stripped CD+DVD
Nově vydaná verze slavného dokumentu, který původně vyšel v listopadu 1995, s dosud nezveřejněnými záběry.
Tato verze obsahuje i 20-ti stránkový booklet .
Tracklist:
01. Not Fade Away – Amsterdam 26/5/95
02. Honky Tonk Women – Paris 3/7/95
03. Dead Flowers – Amsterdam
04. Faraway Eyes – London 19/7/95
05. Shine A Light – Amsterdam
06. I Go Wild – Paris
07. Miss You – London
08. Like A Rolling Stone – Amsterdam
09. Brown Sugar – Paris
10. Midnight Rambler – London
11. Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Paris
12. Gimme Shelter – Amsterdam
13. Rip This Joint – Amsterdam
14. Street Fighting Man - Amsterdam
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (EN)
His name is Arthur Gordon Pym. He comes from Nantucket. Nantucket is a town in America, near the sea. People from Nantucket are often sailors. His grandfather is a lawyer. He’s famous and he’s very rich. Gordon Pym is very lucky. He is only eighteen years old, but he has a small boat. Its name is the Ariel. He often goes sailing on the Ariel, near Nantucket. He has a good education and a dream: he wants to go to sea. This is the story of his adventures at sea. He meets pirates, a ghost ship, and storms. He visits Kerguelen’s Land, Prince Edward’s Island and Tristan da Cunha before arriving in Antarctica.
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Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon (Deluxe) 2CD
CD 1:
1 Bad Bitch From Tokyo (Intro)
2 Aim For The Moon
3 For The Night
4 44 BullDog
5 Gangstas
6 Yea Yea
7 Creature
8 Snitching (w/o Polo G)
9 Make It Rain
10 The Woo
11 West Coast Shit
12 Enjoy Yourself
13 Mood Swings
14 Something Special
15 What You Know Bout Love
16 Diana
17 Got It On Me
18 Tunnel Vision (Outro)
19 Dior
CD 2:
1 Hotel Lobby (New Mix)
2 Showin Off Pt.1
3 Showin Off Pt.2
4 Iced Out Audemars
5 Woo Year
6 Tsunami
7 Backseat
8 Imperfections (Interlude)
9 She Feelin Nice
10 Paranoia (w/o Pusha T)
11 Hello
12 Be Clearr
13 Yea Yea (Remix)
14 Diana (Remix)
15 Enjoy Yourself (Remix)
The Bear, The Piano, The Dog and the Fiddle
'Another guaranteed bestseller from this remarkable artist' - DAILY MAIL
Hector and his dog Hugo have made music together through good times, bad times and even some crazy times. But when Hugo learns to play the fiddle, and gets the chance to play with Bear's Big Band, Hector's jealousy gets the better of him. Can Hector swallow his pride and learn to be for happy for his friend? Set in New Orleans with a new cast of animal musicians, this big-hearted sequel to the best-selling The Bear and the Piano teaches that friendship, like good music, lasts forever.
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Eltékozolt évtized - The lost decade
All sorts of people came into the offices of the news-weekly and Orrison Brown had all sorts of relations with them. Outside of office hours he was ?one of the editors??during work time he was simply a curly-haired man who a year before had edited the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern and was now only too glad to take the undesirable assignments around the office, from straightening out illegible copy to playing call boy without the title. A legkülönbözõbb típusú emberek látogatták a hetilap szerkesztõségének irodáit, és Orrison Brown ennek megfelelõen bánt velük. Munkaidõn kívül ?a szerkesztõk egyike? volt, de munkaidõben csak egy fürtös hajú fiatalember, aki egy évvel ezelõtt még a Jack-o-Lantern címû harvardi diáklapot szerkesztette, és most mindennek örült, amit a hivatalban rábíztak. Annak is, aminek mások nem nagyon. Például az olvashatatlan kéziratok szerkesztésétõl a kefelevonattal való futkározásig.
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The Unlisted - Az arc nélküli csapat
Miért akarja ez a titokzatos szervezet zombiként irányítani a fiatalokat? Dru Sharma a fogorvostól fél a legjobban a világon. Úgyhogy amikor az iskolában kötelező fogorvosi vizsgálatot tartanak, ráveszi egypetéjű ikertestvérét, Kalt, hogy helyettesítse. Dru és Kal nem tudja, hogy a vizsgálatot a Határtalanság Csoport kezdeményezte. Ezt a titokzatos szervezetet pedig nem kizárólag a tanulók fogainak állapota érdekli. A Határtalanság irányítani akarja a szívét, elméjét és testét minden fiatalnak az egész világon. Kal és a többi diák hamarosan különleges erőre tesz szert, míg azok a gyerekek, akik ellenálltak, kezdenek eltűnni. Dru, aki „listázatlan” – vagyis nem áll a Határtalanság Csoport irányítása alatt –, és Kal versenyt futnak az idővel, hogy felfedjék az igazságot. Egy bujkáló tinédzser csapat segítségével mindent meg kell tenniük, hogy megállítsák a Határtalanság Csoportot, mielőtt túl késő lenne. Könyvként még sokkal élvezetesebb, mint a tévésorozat! Éld át a történet izgalmait!
Lacná kniha Silent Night & Other Christmas Carols (-50%)
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Pentatonix - The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas CD
Držitelé třech ocenění Grammy a multiplatinová skupina Pentatonix oznámila vydání nového vánočního alba The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas.
Kolekci největších hitů kapely doplní čtyři nové skladby, zbytek tracklistingu tvoří výběr těch nejlepších skladeb z předchozích čtyřech svátečních alb.
The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas aktuálně vychází na labelu RCA Records.
Držitelé třech ocenění Grammy a multiplatinová skupina Pentatonix prodali přes deset miliónů alb po celém světě a vystupovali před tisícovkami
svých fanoušků na vystoupeních snad v každém koutu naší planety. Jejich YouTube kanál má více než 17 miliónů odběratelů,
kteří se každoročně podívají na více než 4 bilióny klipů. Jejich stejnojmenné album z roku 2015 získalo zlaté ocenění
a debutovalo na prvním místě žebříčku Billboard TOP200. Navíc dalších devět z jejich vydaných alb dosáhlo TOP10 na žebříčku Billboard
a získali několik RIAA ocenění za multiplatinové prodeje.
Tracklist:
1. Deck The Halls
2. Carols Of The Bells
3. God Only Knows
4. Hallelujah
5. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
6. Mary, Did You Know?
7. Joyful, Joyful (Feat. Jazmine Sullivan)
8. Do You Hear What I Hear? (Feat. Whitney Houston)
9. Little Drummer Boy
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11. Winter Wonderland / Don’t Worry Be Happy (Feat. Tori Kelly)
12. White Winter Hymnal
13. Grown-Up Christmas List (Feat. Kelly Clarkson)
14. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
15. When You Believe (Feat. Maren Morris)
16. Here Comes Santa Claus
17. How Great Thou Art (Feat. Jennifer Hudson)
18. That’s Christmas To Me
19. Coldest Winter (Bobby Alt Drum Mix)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Ravenclaw Edition
This Ravenclaw House Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its wit, learning and wisdom. Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts is packed with more great Ravenclaw moments and characters - not least Luna Lovegood's debut Quidditch commentary.
Each Ravenclaw House Edition features vibrant sprayed edges and intricate bronze foiling. The stunning cover design has a cameo-style portrait of the Half-Blood Prince as the central icon, framed by beautiful house-themed iconography. In addition to a bespoke introduction, the Ravenclaw Edition also contains new illustrations by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold, including a portrait of inimitable Ravenclaw student Luna Lovegood, and a wonderful image of Gilderoy Lockhart signing copies of Magical Me to accompany a feature on magical books. All seven books in the series will be issued in these highly collectable, beautifully crafted House Editions, designed to be treasured and read for years to come.
A must-have for anyone who has ever imagined sitting under the Sorting Hat in the Great Hall at Hogwarts waiting to hear the words, 'Better be RAVENCLAW'!
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Lacná kniha Prabhupáda (-70%)
Tato působivá kniha Satsvarúpy dáse Gósvámího velice poutavě hovoří o životě a učení zcela neobyčejného světce, učence a duchovního učitele moderní doby – A.Č. Bhaktivédanty Svámího Prabhupády. Hnutí, které založil, je známo prakticky po celém světě, ale sám jako osobnost zůstal bez vlastních ambicí pouze v pozadí.
Když Šríla Prabhupáda poprvé potkal svého duchovního učitele, Bhaktisiddhántu Sarasvatího Gósvámího, ihned jím byl požádán, aby rozšiřoval učení Čaitanji Maháprabhua v anglickém jazyce. To, čeho Bhaktivédanta Svámí později dosáhl, pak překvapilo celý svět. V posledních deseti letech svého života, navzdory pokročilému věku, kdy většina lidí myslí už jen na odpočinek, dvanáctkrát procestoval celou zeměkouli, aby ku prospěchu všech lidí předal celému světu poklad védské moudrosti i kultury.
Ať už z pohledu sociologického, filozofického nebo náboženského studia je životní příběh Šríly Prabhupády jedinečným příspěvkem celému lidstvu.
Čtenáře překvapí osobní vlastnosti Šríly Prabhupády – jeho cílevědomost, opravdová pokora a hluboká duchovnost… Život Šríly Prabhupády, jak je zde představen, je ztělesněním ideálu, který předložil k následování i všem ostatním. Ve věku všudypřítomného pokrytectví a cynizmu je to právě takový druh vzácného příkladu, který potřebujeme.
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The River of Death: A Tale of London In Peril
Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic.London in a year of severe drought; water level in the Thames river extremely low, blazing heat wave for 3 weeks in August; a Portuguese cargo ship sinks and contaminates a tributary of the Thames; 3 of the crew members are discovered to be dying of some disease; the local doctor is frightened by what he sees, calls the health authorities, who call for help from Professor Darbyshire, a scientist who deals with "fighting diseases in the bulk", someone we might call an environmental epidemiologist today; he investigates, then ... Darbyshire makes a hurried call asking his friend, Dr. Longdale, to come at once to his house where he has a small laboratory."Darbyshire produced a phial of cloudy fluid, some of which he proceeded to lay on the glass of a powerful microscope. Longdale fairly staggered back from the eyepiece. "Bubonic! The water reeks with the bacillus! I haven't seen it so strongly marked since we were in New Orleans together. Darbyshire, you don't mean to say that this sample came from—"Yes, the sample was water from the contaminated Thames, the river from which roughly 4/5 of the water comes to supply the needs of the 5 million Londoners. Longdale says the water system must be shut off."And deprive four-fifths of London with water altogether!" Darbyshire said grimly. "And London grilling like a furnace? No flushing of sewers, no watering of roads, not even a drop to drink. In two days London would be a reeking, seething hell — try and picture it, Longdale.""I have, often," Longdale said gloomily. "Sooner or later it had to come. Now is your chance, Darbyshire — that process of sterilisation of yours."Will he save London? Of course — he's the hero of the story. But how? Does London panic? How do the authorities respond?
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Idol Billy - The Cage EP CD
KDO: Billy Idol je britský post-punkový zpěvák, skladatel a hudebník. Poprvé se na hudební scéně prosadil ve skupině Generation X. Později se prosadil jako úspěšný sólový umělec, k čemuž mu pomohlo především jeho druhé sólové album se stejnojmenným hitem „Rebel Yell“ a podpora tehdy začínající hudební stanice MTV.
CO: Rok od předchozího EP „The Roadside“ přichází Billy Idol s další 4-písňovou kolekcí nazvanou tentokráte „The Cage EP“.
CD (limitovaná edice 18,150 ks)
1. Cage
2. Running From The Ghost
3. Rebel Like You
4. Miss Nobody
Dark Toys: Surrealism and the Culture of Childhood
A wide-ranging look at surrealist and postsurrealist engagements with the culture and imagery of childhood
We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and images from those days continue to resonate. Rereading a swathe of modern and contemporary artistic production through the lens of its engagement with childhood, this book blends in-depth art historical analysis with sustained theoretical exploration of topics such as surrealist temporality, toys, play, nostalgia, memory, and 20th-century constructions of the child. The result is an entirely new approach to the surrealist tradition via its engagement with "childish things." Providing what the author describes as a "long history of surrealism," this book plots a trajectory from surrealism itself to the art of the 1980s and 1990s, through to the present day. It addresses a range of figures from Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer, Joseph Cornell, and Helen Levitt, at one end of the spectrum, to Louise Bourgeois, Eduardo Paolozzi, Claes Oldenburg, Susan Hiller, Martin Sharp, Helen Chadwick, Mike Kelley, and Jeff Koons, at the other.
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The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! Volume 4
Suimei finally has his base set up, new housemate and all, and is primed to devote himself to his research in trying to find a way back home. But things are never that simple for our hard-luck anti-hero from another world. There’s still a shadow on the loose in the city and an unfinished duel with a real hero to settle, but to make matters worse, someone new seems to have taken an interest in Suimei and his affairs. Meanwhile, Reiji and the others continue their own quest to save the world, which may take an unexpected turn.
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The Career Change Guide
Are you dreaming of a new career?
Or do you just want more out of your job?
Either way, The Career Change Guide ensures that work works for you
This empowering, practical guide takes the confusion, fear, and indecision out of career change.
Whether making small adjustments or life-changing moves, it provides simple, achievable steps to turn your dreams into reality.
The Career Change Guide will help you investigate your skills as well as discover your drives, interests, and inspirations. It will take you on a structured five step journey. . .
Preparing
Reflecting
Imagining & Designing
Taking Action
Keeping Going
. . . to lead you to the job of your dreams.
You'll learn to. . .
Be clear about who you are and the work and life you want
Devise and explore career ideas
Tackle self-doubt and build confidence
Design an action plan for change
The Career Change Guide is your first step to a better career and a happier life.
So enough procrastination. . . are we doing this, or aren't we?
Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers About Music
With questions such as How do you write a song? and Can you play music in space? this book is perfect for encouraging an interest in music. Lift the flaps to discover instruments from around the world, and hear them come to life by listening to the book's playlist on Usborne Quicklinks.
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The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with. Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eight-three-year-old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years. To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything. As their extraordinary friendship deepens, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with Lenni and Margot yet.
Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need them most.
'Emotional, involving, witty and sad. Everyone is going to love LENNI AND MARGOT' JILL MANSELL
'Lenni and Margot are two of the most wonderful, warm, witty and wise heroines I've ever met. Beautiful and glorious' CLARE POOLEY, author of The Authtenticity Project
'Such a delight! I fell head over heels for Lenni and Margot, their wit and vibrancy and marvellous outlooks on life. An utter joy' ABBIE GREAVES
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The Sleuth of St. James's Square
A collection of 16 mystery short stories: The Thing on the Hearth, The Reward, The Lost Lady, The Cambered Foot, The Man in the Green Hat, The Wrong Sign, The Fortune Teller, The Hole in the Mahogany Panel, The End of the Road, The Last Adventure, American Horses, The Spread Rails, The Pumpkin Coach, The Yellow Flower, Satire of the Sea & The House by the Loch.
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