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The Horse and His Boy
For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults. Complementing the look of the author's non-fiction books, and anticipating the forthcoming Narnia feature films, this edition contains an exclusive "P.S." section about the history of the book, plus a sample chapter from its sequel. Desperate to escape a harsh and narrow regime, two runaways unwittingly flee headlong into the centre of a terrible battle. This first sequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe includes all the hallmarks of its famous predecessor, though this time the fate of Narnia is wound up in the lives of its own children -- and a talking horse! On 9 December 2005, Andrew (Shrek) Adamson's live-action film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be released by Disney, and it is already being hailed as the biggest film franchise of all time, guaranteed to appeal to adults and children across the globe. The second film is already in development. Sporting breathtaking new photographic covers, these new adult editions of the seven Chronicles of Narnia now give everyone an opportunity to experience the adventures in their original form. Re-live your childhood fantasies or discover for the first time what everyone will be talking about by Christmas and savour some of the best-loved stories ever written.
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7,55 €
7,95 €
Across the River and into the Trees
The War is just over. In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'. Cantrell is embittered, war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the selflessness and freshness of the love she is offering. But this is no fairy tale. The fighting may be ended, but the wounds of war have not yet healed. And for some, the longed-for peace has come too late.
Lacná kniha Across the River and into the Trees (-50%)
The War is just over. In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'. Cantrell is embittered, war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the selflessness and freshness of the love she is offering. But this is no fairy tale. The fighting may be ended, but the wounds of war have not yet healed. And for some, the longed-for peace has come too late.
Vypredané
5,98 €
11,95 €
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Fiesta
Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, but with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change. When the couple drifts to Spain to the dazzle of the fiesta and the heady atmosphere of the bullfight, their affair is strained by new passions, new jealousies, and Jake must finally learn that he will never possess the woman he loves.
Lacná kniha Tarass Boulba
Chevauchées héroïques, combats furieux, mêlées sanglantes, têtes et corps fracassés, démembrés, uniformes rutilants, tonnerre des canonnades, bannières, cimiers et cris farouches déployés au vent de la steppe, rien ne manque à cette épopée russe à la manière de Walter Scott. Pas même l'amour fatal d'un beau cosaque pour sa princesse polonaise. Mais quel rapport entretient donc ce Tarass Boulba flamboyant avec la modernité kafkaïenne des Âmes mortes ou du Manteau ? Son thème secret, développé comme dans une tragédie cornélienne : le doute, qui sans cesse déstabilise l'artiste dans sa quête d'absolu. Plusieurs fois trahi, à commencer par son propre fils, le vieux Tarass s'obstine à poursuivre un idéal menacé : sa religion, son peuple, la terre de ses ancêtres. Incarnant ainsi pour Gogol une sorte de fidélité invivable, qui ne peut se résoudre que dans la mort. --Scarbo
Vypredané
0,40 €
7,90 €
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Sicilian
Sequel to The Godfather", this describes the ending of Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily, his search for Salvatore Giuliano and his troubles, as he confronts brutal and unfamiliar treacheries in the deceitful society within which he moves."
Vypredané
9,42 €
9,92 €
Godfather
The Godfather is the Mafia leader Vito Corleone, a benevolent despot who stops at nothing to gain and hold power. Set in Long Island, Hollywood and Sicily, this is a story of a feudal society within society which does not hesitate to consolidate its power.
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10,37 €
10,92 €
A sas próféciája
Mikor a kalózok gúnyt űznek a császári flottából, két centuriónak kétségbeejtő kihívással kell szembenézni. Kr. u. 45. Macro és Cato centuriók, a hatalmas római hadsereg tisztjei Rómában vesztegelve várják, hogy vizsgálatot folytassanak ellenük, mert gyanúba keveredtek egyik tiszttársuk halálának ügyében. De nem csak az ő jövőjük forog kockán... Egy könyörtelen kalózcsapat megszerez néhány tekercset, melyek létfontosságúak a császár biztonságára nézve. Tudva, hogy csak Macróban és Catóban van meg a kellő bátorság és találékonyság a tekercsek visszaszerzéséhez, a császár körmönfont titkára olyan ajánlatot tesz a két centuriónak - ráadásul mindehhez az alattomos Vitellius segítségét is felhasználva -, amit nem utasíthatnak vissza. A tisztek kihajóznak a birodalmi flottával, ám a kalózokat valaki figyelmezteti, és a rómaiak nagy árat fizetnek. A túlerő és a Vitellius becsvágya miatti veszély közepette Macro és Cato attól tartanak, nem tudják teljesíteni a küldetést. Ám a zűrzavarban egyvalami biztos: ha kudarcot vallanak, akkor a birodalom elbukik.
Vypredané
8,86 €
9,33 €
Karácsonyi kalandok Tesz-vesz városban
Karácsony közeledtével Tesz-Vesz város lakói ünnepi hangulatba és - szokásukhoz híven - kacifántos helyzetekbe kerülnek. Vajon mit keres Cicó, Cicus és Hatalmas Hilda Egon hernyótalpas almamobiljával az erdőben? Milyen meglepetést kap betegeitől Villám, a háziorvos? És ki hárítja el az üzemzavart a Mikulás műhelyében?A behavazott városkában játszódó kalandok mellett egy fordulatos társasjáték, két kottával közölt karácsonyi dal, sőt az illatalma elkészítési módja is helyet kapott ebben a különleges Tesz-Vesz-kötetben.
The Physics of Sorrow
In the small and the insignificant - that's where life hides, that's where it builds its nest.
Our unnamed narrator is not well. He suffers from attacks of 'pathological empathy', which cause him to wander unbidden into other people's memories. He moves from recollection to recollection - from a Bulgarian country fair in 1925, where he meets a Minotaur, to inside the mind of a slug, as it is swallowed by his own Grandfather.
Part family history, part coming-of-age story, part meditation on life in Communist Europe, The Physics of Sorrow is a dazzlingly inventive, mind-expanding novel from one of Europe's most important writers.
TRANSLATED FROM THE BULGARIAN BY ANGELA RODEL
Vypredané
13,25 €
13,95 €
Lacná kniha Red Dragon - The Silence of the Lambs (-50%)
Na sklade 1Ks
4,14 €
8,27 €
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Tesz-vesz város karácsonya
"Közeleg a karácsony! Megjött a tél, csillog a hó, fehérbe öltöztek a vöröscserepes háztetők is. Nagy napra ébred Tesz-vesz Város. A fényes kirakatok hívogatóan mindenféle szépet és jót kínálnak. Nézd csak! Ki ül abban az óriási szánban? Ki más is lenne, mint Hatalmas Hilda meg Cicó és a húga, Cicus. Csúszimászi húzza a szánt almatalpasával. Vajon hova igyekeznek?" - kezdődik a mese.
Vypredané
6,30 €
6,63 €
Tramtáríček
Tramtaríček je knižným debutom zvolenskej rodáčky, autorky poézie a prózy pre deti i dospelých, Danuše Dragulovej-Faktorovej (1965).
Vypredané
2,80 €
2,95 €
A Little Life
The million-copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.
When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome - but that will define his life for ever.
500 Years Later: An Oral History of Final Fantasy VII
A thrilling deep dive into the creation of the revered PlayStation RPG. Comprising over thirty interwoven voices, this beautifully produced book offers unprecedented insight into the craft and ambition behind the revered PlayStation RPG. An extended adaptation of Matt Leone's celebrated 27,000 word history, published online by Polygon in January 2017, this physical version has been designed by Rachel Dalton and features sixteen specially commissioned illustrations by sparrows, eight new standalone interviews, and a foreword by series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Bittersweet
Whether you long for the partner who broke up with you, or the one you dream of meeting; whether you hunger for the happy childhood you'll never have, or for the divine; whether you yearn for a lost person, an unborn child, the fountain of youth, or unconditional love: These are all manifestations of the same great ache...
In this inspiring and genre-bending work, Susan Cain - author of the international bestseller Quiet - shows us the power of a "bittersweet" outlook: the overlooked tendency to states of longing and poignancy, and a piercing joy at the beauty of the world.
Embracing the bittersweet means understanding that light and dark, birth and death - bitter and sweet - are forever paired, and that by recognising this we can find the true path to creativity and connection.
Bringing to light the ideas of artists, writers and thinkers from all over the world, and her own quest for answers over the course of a lifetime, Susan Cain fundamentally shifts our understanding of life by teaching us how to turn sorrow into an enriching superpower.
The Coming Wave
AI. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. QUANTUM COMPUTING. Everything is about to change. This is the only book you need to understand this new world.
From the ultimate AI insider, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, part of Google.
Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy.
None of us are prepared.
As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies.
In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side and the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other.
Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia?
This ground-breaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes 'the containment problem' - the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies - as the essential challenge of our age.