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Sense and Sensibility
For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by money and self-interest, the Dashwood sisters have neither fortune nor connections. Concerned for others and for social proprieties, Elinor is ill-equipped to compete with self-centred fortune-hunters like Lucy Steele, whilst Marianne's unswerving belief in the truth of her own feelings makes her more dangerously susceptible to the designs of unscrupulous men.
Through her heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope, Jane Austen offers a powerful analysis of the ways in which women's lives were shaped by the claustrophobic society in which they had to survive.
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Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook
TV chef, dragon slayer and bestselling author Levi Roots brings carnival to the kitchen with his hot'n'spicy Caribbean cookbook.
After winning over the business minds of The Dragon's Den with little more than a song and a smile, entrepreneur Levi Roots has since sold more than one million bottles of his delicious Reggae Reggae Sauce and now he has his very own cookbook!
Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook brings the excitement and vitality of Caribbean flavours to your own cooking. An eclectic and colourful range of recipes from simple dishes for students to fantastic feasts for friends are all accompanied by heart-warming anecdotes in Levi's incomparable tell-it-like-it-is style. This bright and colourful book brings together influences as diverse as Jamaican folk tales, Notting Hill Carnival and the music of Bob Marley to create family-friendly food with that famous jerk kick. Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook will surely add a funky beat to what you eat!
Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook features more than 80 simple and exciting recipes such as Mash-Up Eggs, Salmon St Jago de la Vega , Guinness Punch, Rum Cake and Sweet Potato Pudding. Levi also offers a diverse range of vegetarian dishes and puts a Caribbean twist on classic European favourites such as pizza and pasta.
The Age of Magical Overthinking
In the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking.
"Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world. Whether that's "manifesting" their way out of poverty, staving off cancer with positive vibes, or transforming an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one through loyalty alone.
In a series of razor sharp and introspective chapters, Montell delves into cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the "halo effect" cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the "sunk cost fallacy" can keep us in detrimental relationships long after they no longer serve us.
Told with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell's prevailing message is one of hope and forgiveness for our anxiety riddled human self. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason through the noise of information overload, this book aims to make sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds and let the fresh air in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, and maybe, even hear a melody in it.
The Shadow Bride
In the thrilling conclusion of the duology set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series by Shelby Mahurin, a vampire and the woman who tried to kill him prove that true love can conquer anything, even Death. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas.
Célie’s life is over. She took her final breath trying to save the people she loves—including the powerful and enigmatic vampire king, Michal, who refused to let her go. When Célie wakes, she cannot walk in the sun; she can hear her friends’ heartbeats and she craves their blood. Michal has cursed her to the eternal existence of a vampire.
But Célie isn’t the only dead roaming the earth. Her sister, Filippa, has returned as a shadow of her former self, and other revenants are rising from their graves intent on revenge. The fragile balance between life and death has broken, awakening an even darker force—and he is coming for Célie, ready to claim her as his Bride. With the fate of their world at stake, Célie and Michal must set aside their searing attraction to mend the veil and right the balance, once and for all.
Beautiful Exile - Sparrow Falls 4
A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing.
I've been running from the past for most of my life, hiding in a small town and hoping no one discovers who I truly am. Which was working just fine until my brother moved his best friend onto our property.
Now, I'm stuck trying to avoid the brooding billionaire's probing questions and piercing stares. And it doesn't help that I almost killed him the first time we met. Oops.
But I can’t ignore him forever. And when all my lies come crashing down, it's Linc who steps in to shield me.
Only, it's not just my safety at risk—it's my heart. Because when Linc touches me, I lose all sense.
We might be building a life together. But Linc and I both have secrets and it’s only a matter of time until the forces from our pasts come back to tear everything apart. Forever.
Broken Harbor - Sparrow Falls 3
A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing.
Since the moment our lives fell apart, the only thing that mattered was making a good life for my seven-year-old son. A life where he was happy and safe.
I just never expected to find safety with a hockey player known for his brutal dominance on the ice and recklessness off it.
But Cope Colson is so much more than his public persona.
And when my life falls apart again, he’s the one picking up the pieces. Until we’re living in his house, eating his chef-worthy meals, and I’m falling for him. Hard.
But Cope has secrets, and so do I.
Forces from our pasts soon emerge from the shadows, and it seems they’ll stop at nothing to end our happiness. Once and for all. . .
Fragile Sanctuary - Sparrow Falls 1
A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing. The scowl should've been my first sign to stay away from Anson Hunt. The sexy smirk and the fact that he's my brother's best friend? Reasons two and three.
Anson is my opposite in every way: grumpy, rude, and loves his solitude. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to kill him with kindness; the man simply won’t crack. Until he sees me shatter.
When my world falls apart, Anson catches me. And as so-called “accidents” put my life in danger, he steps in to keep me safe. But Anson has secrets with a price.
And when they're revealed, neither of us will escape unscathed. . .
Japanese Myths & Legends
Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the heroes and bittersweet romances of ancient Japanese tales, highlighting the origins of modern fiction in myth and fable.
Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Legends of the Sea, Bells, Mirrors and Tea, Japanese mythology is delightful and enigmatic, full of spirits, gods and legendary creatures. It draws on Buddhist and Shinto traditions to explain the nature of the world of the island of Japan, the mystical Mount Fuji and the heavenly status of the long line of emperors. The warrior class of the imperial court, and the natural spirits of the countryside represent parallel and interdependent aspects of Japanese society, explored through ancient legend and folklore.
Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms.
A gondolatolvasó
A "jó gyerekeknek" mindig könnyű, igaz? Mindenkivel ked-vesek, jól tanulnak, a tanárok szeretik őket. Minden az ölükbe hullik, nincsenek problémáik. Vagy talán mégsem így van?
A Gondolatolvasó főszereplőit, az iskola büszkeségeit váratlanul rejtélyes támadások érik. De miért? Ki áll a furcsa piszkálódások hátterében? A maximalista osztályfőnök? Egy irigy osztálytárs? A gyanús portás? Vagy egy gondolatolvasó? Minden fejezetben kiderül valami apróság, és mégis egyre jobban összekuszálódnak a szálak...
A Pagony 9-12 éveseknek szóló sorozatába, az Abszolút Könyvekbe olyan olvasmányos és izgalmas könyveket válogatunk, amelyek abszolút lendületesek, abszolút színvonalasak, abszolút maiak. Abszolút könnyű őket olvasni, de mégsem felszínesek, abszolút nem megterhelőek, de mégis elgondolkodtatók. Van és lesz köztük magyar és külföldi, fantasy, kaland- vagy éppen detektívregény - ami mindegyikben közös, és amit garantálunk: ezeket a könyveket jó olvasni!
Abszolút izgalom
Abszolút elvárások
Abszolút csapatmunka
Píseň o Bernadettě, 9. vydání
Chudá dívka Bernadetta Soubirousová z malého francouzského městečka Lurdy se roku 1858 stává svědkem zjevení jakési krásné Dámy, což navždy změní její život – i životy milionů věřících. Jak může prostá dívka obstát proti nedůvěře, posměchu a intrikám mocných? A jakou cenu musí zaplatit za pravdu, kterou jí bylo dáno spatřit? Román Franze Werfela přináší nezapomenutelný příběh plný emocí, který odhaluje nejen zázraky, ale i slabosti a sílu lidské duše.
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Z Kostariky na Kubu, chceš-li dostat přes hubu
S knihou Z Kostariky na Kubu, chceš-li dostat přes hubu se čtenáři dostávají do rukou zábavné paměti diplomata Milana Jakobce, který se v nich zpovídá zejména ze svých četných profesních selhání – například když se mu v Kostarice nepovedlo zachránit vymírající indiány, na Bahamách nepolapil a nepředal spravedlnosti Viktora Koženého a nesplnil ani zadání transformačního odboru českého ministerstva zahraničí proměnit kubánskou diktaturu ve stát, který respektuje lidská práva.
Srovnání dvou středoamerických zemí, z nichž Kostarika je ve škole demokracie primusem, zatímco Kuba beznadějným propadlíkem, činí lehce a svižně, na základě lidských osudů a osobních prožitků. Autor na Kubě ochrnul a málem zemřel. Několikaměsíční „umírání“ v kubánském špitále, kde si nebyl jist, zda mají doktoři zadání ho léčit, nebo mučit, dalo autorovi šanci podívat se na kubánskou realitu z nezvyklých úhlů.
Děj knihy se odehrává v době, kdy se Česká republika snažila Kubě pomoci s demokratickou transformací zdiskreditovaného, ale úporně trvanlivého castrismu tím, že podporovala vznik občanské společnosti a nezávislých informačních struktur. Jakobec byl svědkem propouštění vězňů kubánského Černého jara, jejichž prvními cestami na svobodě byly často návštěvy české ambasády, a vzpomíná na svá setkání se slavnými kubánskými disidenty.
Kniha je věnována statečné mluvčí protestního hnutí Dam v bílém Lauře Pollánové, která za podezřelých okolností zemřela krátce po autorově odjezdu.
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Počúvanie ako superschopnosť
Nadväzovať hlboké, úprimné a kvalitné vzťahy je v súčasnosti vzácne umenie a ozajstná superschopnosť. Napriek tomu to však môže byť celkom jednoduché a zábavné, ak viete, ako na to. Základ je stať sa dobrým poslucháčom. Hoci sa nám na prvý pohľad aktívne počúvanie druhých môže v komunikácii javiť ako slabá pozícia, v skutočnosti je to účinný nástroj, vďaka ktorému si získate kohokoľvek a stanete sa obľúbeným a nenahraditeľným spoločníkom. V tejto knihe, inšpirovanej aj svetovým bestsellerom Ako si získavať priateľov a pôsobiť na ľudí, sa dozviete:
- ako sa v rekordne krátkom čase môže z cudzinca stať váš blízky priateľ,
- ako si zvýšiť emocionálnu inteligenciu a vedieť odhadnúť ľudí,
- ako sa stať pre druhých bezpečným prístavom dôvery, pochopenia a láskavosti,
- ako udržiavať rovnováhu medzi potrebou byť vypočutý a pochopený a schopnosťou počúvať
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Delicate Escape - Sparrow Falls 2
A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing.
Trust doesn't come easily when you've been running for as long as I have, which is why moving in with a man I barely know is such a bad idea.
Shepard Colson is all golden-boy charm and devastating good looks. But I know the dangers of easy smiles and promises-I have the scars to prove it.
Only the handsome contractor won't stop coming by the bakery and prying little truths from my lips-those amber eyes of his seeing far too much. And when secrets from my past come crashing down, it's Shep who's determined to keep me safe. Even if it means moving into my rundown cabin and working his way into my heart.
But a ghost from my old life has unfinished business. And when he finds me, he'll do anything to tear my life apart.
Including ending it for good. . .
Searching for Normal
How can we reconsider the way in which we think about, treat and care for those in distress?
More and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism.
More and more people are being diagnosed with mental disorders.
Young people are being medicalised for behaviours that might be explained as entirely normal in other parts of the world.
Distress has been commodified over many decades by pharmaceutical companies, the media and the psychiatric establishment.
So how can we know when distress is normal and when it is something that needs to be treated?
In Searching for Normal, Sami Timimi explores the political and cultural context of these phenomena and presents a deeply humane approach that looks at the person as a whole – their family context, their culture, their personal resilience – and advocates for a reframing of how we think about and treat distress.
Bluets
Maggie Nelson is one of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation - Olivia Laing
Bluets winds its way through depression, divinity, alcohol, and desire, visiting along the way with famous blue figures, including Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Yves Klein, Leonard Cohen and Andy Warhol. While its narrator sets out to construct a sort of 'pillow book' about her lifelong obsession with the colour blue, she ends up facing down both the painful end of an affair and the grievous injury of a dear friend. The combination produces a raw, cerebral work devoted to the inextricability of pleasure and pain, and to the question of what role, if any, aesthetic beauty can play in times of great heartache or grief.
Much like Roland Barthes's A Lover's Discourse, Bluets has passed between lovers in the ecstasy of new love, and been pressed into the hands of the heartbroken. Visceral, learned, and acutely lucid, Bluets is a slim feat of literary innovation and grace, never before published in the UK.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer,
A wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er,
A magic bean buyer . . .
Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.
Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.
Greek Myths & Legends
Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the mighty exploits of Zeus, Odysseus, the twelve tasks of Heracles, and the Titans, highlighting the origins of modern fiction in myth and fable.
Gorgeous Collector's Edition. From the birth of Zeus, to Prometheus, Pandora and Helen of Troy, Odysseus and Jason and the Argonauts, the myths of the Greeks and, later, the Romans, are passionate and powerfully told. The Gods are jealous of each other's powers, subject to mighty outbursts of love and always seeking vengeance. The dark forces of the ancient world were held at bay by the resourceful and emerging civilization that formed the basis of Western culture, providing a tradition of fabulous tales that are retold here.
Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms.
Harland Miller: XXX
The first book to focus exclusively on Harland Miller’s popular series of Letter Paintings
Infused with irreverent wit and shaped by his love of language, Harland Miller’s playful and graphically vernacular paintings have an enduring appeal.
With references spanning music, literature, self-help manuals, and medieval iconography, his artwork has garnered an enthusiastic following.
The first book to focus exclusively on Miller’s popular series of ‘Letter Paintings’, XXX includes more than 100 artworks alongside new photography of the artist in his studio, offering a unique view into Miller’s world.
Up, Down & Other Opposites
Ellsworth Kelly’s paintings and sculptures are the heroes of this visual exploration of opposites
Up, Down & Other Opposites pairs different combinations of Ellsworth Kelly’s paintings and sculptures to teach the youngest readers all about the concept of opposites. The differences between pairs of artworks range from ‘together / apart’ to ‘vertical / horizontal’, from ‘full / empty’ to ‘front / back’ [of a canvas!], forming both an expected and an unexpected visual vocabulary. Created in partnership with the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, the book includes some of Kelly’s most famous works, as well as some of his lesser-known pieces, creating both diversity and playful surprises.
Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker who became known, post-WWII, as one of the country’s leading abstract artists. His work is internationally known, exhibited, awarded, auctioned, and celebrated.
Each title in this must-own series of artful read-aloud board uses masterpieces by celebrated artists to teach one of the top early-learning concepts for toddlers. Each concept is explored playfully through a curated selection of beautifully reproduced artworks while the accompanying text enriches the experience with witty, conversational commentary and an ‘about the artist’ text. Companion books in this series feature the art of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, and Josef Albers.
Age range: 1-3 years
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