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Mravenci a krevety
Dvě mladé ženy a jedna plyšová lvice se vydávají na fantastickou cestu, v níž ožívají mýty i městské legendy. Na zádech krevet a v doprovodu mořských lidí odhalují skrytá zákoutí známých míst, ale především pátrají po tajemném zabijákovi. Jeho stopy hledají v zákoutích italským měst a městeček, ale také ve staré boloňské knihovně, na dně Comského jezera nebo ve snech o Neapoli. Putování na hranici reality a snu, kde mají prastaré příběhy stejnou moc jako nedávné události, je iniciační cestou, na jejímž konci není nikdo tím, kým byl na začátku. Ale možná se konečně stane tím, kým už dávno být měl.
„Neuctivě reinterpretační, zábavně konspirační, lehce akční a zběsile imaginativní! Miluju popis záludností, které v Pise spáchal Ďábel, když procházel městem. Miluju archaicky mluvícího mořského koníka!“
– Lucie Lukačovičová, spisovatelka
„Nech brouka žít – a krevety též! Právě to si odnáším z této rozšafné fantastické jízdy, kterou nám Přemysl Krejčík předložil. Jeho kniha vás donutí zajet si do Itálie a projít všechna místa, kam zavítaly i její hrdinky. Budete hledat dlažební kostku trochu jiné barvy, nebo zkusíte večer, když se nikdo nebude koukat, jestli se skrz fontánu nedostanete do skryté části města. Četba Mravenců a krevet je jako procházka galerií. Po čertech chytré a zábavné čtení.“
– Oldřich Suchý, @zanicenyknihkupec
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A hunok története - Attila nagykirály
Ötven éve méltatlanul félresepert könyvet tart kezében a tisztelt olvasó, amely minden információt közöl, amit a hunokról és Attila királyról tudnunk kell.
A tudós szerző sokéves kutatómunkája ölt testet ebben a kötetben, elsősorban az írott források teljességének felhasználásával.
Szász Béla fél évszázaddal ezelőtt írta meg könyvét, élete fő művét, ám sem időszerűségét, sem történeti hitelességét, sem használhatóságát nem kérdőjelezhetjük meg.
Különösen meglepő a szerző szemléletmódja, mivel a hunokban nem barbár, öldöklő hordát lát és nem is így mutatja be őket. Sőt Attila, a hódító alakja is egészen más képet tár elénk.
A könyv az 1943-ban megjelent mű reprint változata.
Kavárna U Anděla: Nová doba
KAVÁRNA S BOHATOU TRADICÍ – STATEČNÁ RODINA – ZAKÁZANÁ LÁSKA
Strhující příběh jedné kavárenské dynastie na přelomu 20. století
Wiesbaden, 1945. Hilda sotva dokáže uvěřit svému štěstí. Válka skončila a kavárna U Anděla zůstala jako zázrakem ušetřena. Přes všechny překážky chce tento rodinný podnik s bohatou tradicí opět učinit skvělým místem setkávání významných osobností, čímž byl proslulý dříve. Mladý mír však již brzy zkalí první konflikty. Když přijde do kavárny půvabná mladá žena a představí se jako její sestřenice Luisa, vyvolá to v Hildě nedůvěru. Kdo je tahle záhadná Luisa, která se z Východního Pruska dostala až do Wiesbadenu? Narůstající rivalita mezi oběma ženami ohrožuje harmonickou atmosféru v kavárně, dokud obě nepochopí, že mají cosi společného – tajemství z válečné doby, jež je dodnes děsí. Strhující šestidílná sága jedné kavárenské dynastie na přelomu 20. století.
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Zábavné hlavolamy 3, 2. vydanie
Nové vydanie ďalšieho titulu z obľúbenej série Preč s nudou je plné rozličných veselých
hlavolamov, čitateľ tu nájde doplňovačky, bludiská, spájačky, a pod., pričom niektoré z hlavolamov
sú rozdelené do sekcií podľa obsahu: napr. hodinárske hádanky, filmárske hádanky, mačacia
dvojstrana, potápačské hádanky, trpasličia dvojstrana... a mnoho iných. Táto knižka predstavuje
ideálne riešenie otázky, ako zabaviť dieťa počas voľných chvíľ.
The Gentleman From Peru
We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming. . . but we're all crawling back, each in his or her own way.
A group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is being repaired, they can't help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest - a mysterious, white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette, sometimes two. When the group decides to invite the elegant traveller to lunch with them, they cannot begin to imagine the miraculous abilities, strange wisdom, and a life-changing story he is about to impart to one of the friends in particular. . .
Deeply atmospheric and sensual, The Gentleman From Peru weaves achingly poignant insight into a story of regret, fate and epic love.
How to Win an Information War
Summer 1941, Hitler and his allies rule Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. But inside Germany, there is a notable voice of dissent, Der Chef, whose radio broadcasts skilfully question Nazi doctrine. What listeners don't know is that Der Chef is a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer.
As Peter Pomerantsev uncovers Delmer's fascinating lost story, he is called into a wartime propaganda effort of his own: the global response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today.
Mouse by the Sea
Alice Melvin's award-winning Mouse is back for another mindful adventure in nature.
Join Mouse on his summer holiday by the seaside. Each day brings new excitement, from sandcastles on the beach to ice creams on the promenade, sunbathing on the sand dunes to looking for treasures amongst the rock pools! Beautifully detailed illustrations feature many plants and animals to identify, and the atmospheric rhyming text sets the scene for this perfect summer holiday.
The book also features a nature guide with fascinating facts about the different habitats and wildlife that Mouse has come across.
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years
The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of ‘Transvestite Potter’, bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry.
Grayson Perry is one of today’s most popular artists, known for his flamboyant persona and playful pots. For the first time, this book explores Perry’s artistic origins through the artworks that made his name in the years 1982–94, exploring his role as commentator on contemporary culture and the emergence of his own identity as ‘the Transvestite Potter’. The book includes an essay by Grayson Perry in which he looks back on this period of his life.
Expressionism
A comprehensive new overview of expressionism, tracing its evolution from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Expressionist artists believed in the art object’s ability to communicate emotion, irrespective of any representational or narrative content. In this comprehensive introduction to one of the most radical artistic movements of our time, writer, artist, curator and educator Colin Rhodes traces the thread of expressionist thought from the nineteenth century to the present day, mapping its various manifestations across Europe and the USA, as well as parts of Africa, Asia and South America.
By paying particular attention to nuanced issues of gender, sexuality, and cultural appropriation Rhodes challenges the received art-historical narrative and reassesses it in the context of broader twentieth and twenty-first century artistic practice. Generously illustrated, the diverse selection of artists featured in this book range from Wassily Kandinsky, Erma Bossi, Francis Bacon, and Mark Rothko to Ursula Schultze-Bluhm, Gillian Ayres, Purvis Young and Jadé Fadojutimi.
Illustration: A Concise History
An indispensable guide to the international history of illustrated images, from 1750 to the present day.
Illustration: A Concise History is a dynamic visual journey through the landscape of illustration that maps the evolution of the discipline from the industrial revolution to the post-digital age and showcases over 180 of its most iconic practitioners, including Laura Knight, Antonio Lopez, Käthe Kollwitz and Hayao Miyazaki. By contextualizing the subject within a framework of key political events, cultural innovations and technological advances, Andrew Hall redefines how we might think about illustration and the place that it has in our ever-evolving global network.
The second half of this introductory volume follows on from the ten chapters charting the chronology of illustration to provide a more in-depth look at its specific commercial genres across eleven feature sections, each including mini-histories, practical career advice and biographies of inspirational practitioners who operated within the field.
Istanbul on Five Kurush a Day
Welcome to the exotic world of Istanbul in the year 1750! Palaces & mosques, coffee houses and baths – this is your pocket guide to the city of the Sultans.
This entertaining and informative guide takes you on a journey back to the era of the Grand Tour, when Istanbul was a favourite destination for enterprising travellers. Learn how to gain access to the heavily guarded Topkapi Sarayi. Discover how to haggle with the expert salesmen in the bustling bazaars, learn what excitements await you in a Turkish bath and attend the strange rituals of the whirling dervishes. Or watch the sultan, dressed in all his finery, taking to the Bosphorus in his splendid barge. The more daring can join the crowds attending an execution or taste the forbidden delicacies on offer in the most risque coffee houses and opium dens.
Witty and fact-filled, Istanbul on Five Kurush a Day will appeal to travellers, museum-goers and anyone who wonders what it would really have been like to visit the hub of the Ottoman Empire.
Wolf King
Soon to be a major Netflix animated series!
'You're the last of the Werewolves, son. Don't fight it . . . conquer it.'
Discover the epic fantasy adventure series as Drew Ferran learns he's the last of a long line of Werewolves - and rightful ruler of a land governed by Werelords.
When the air is clear, Drew Ferran can pick up the scent of a predator.
When the moon breaks through the clouds, a terrifying fever grips him.
And when a vicious beast invades his home, his flesh tears, his fingers become claws, and Drew transforms . . .
Can Drew battle the Werecreatures determined to destroy him and master the wolf within?
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Wolf King is perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.
Northanger Abbey
With a foreword by Lauren Asher, author of The Fine Print and Love Redesigned
Craving adventure, seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland leaps at the opportunity to step into the dizzying world of British high society in the resort town of Bath.
Adventure arrives in the form of handsome clergyman Henry Tilney, and the ominous promise of his family home: Northanger Abbey. But for romance to blossom, Catherine must find answers to her dark suspicious about the abbey and face that most terrifying of enemies: money-minded social climbers.
Fall head over heels for First Impressions, Penguin's boldly designed new Jane Austen collection for young-adult readers. Full of meet-cutes, missed connections and drama, this eye-catching six-book series is an open invitation to embrace your inner romantic.
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Animals
Experience the world's most incredible animals in one amazing book.
Become an eyewitness to the world's most amazing animals in this picture-led encyclopedia which will take children aged 9+ on a tour of the marvellous animal kingdom.
Like the hugely successful Eyewitness series itself, Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Animals includes every animal topic children want to read about. The world's most amazing animals are here, from tiny ants to the mighty blue whale and soaring eagles to relaxed sloths. Each page is illustrated with jaw-dropping photography and filled with facts and images that are ideal for children aged 9+.
This fact-packed animal encyclopedia for children offers:
The next book in the new Eyewitness Encyclopedia series, following the epic Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything that's sold over 100,000 copies.
Exciting photography, more than 1,500 images and a clear design, familiar from the rebooted Eyewitness series.
Features that are full of facts and stats, quizzes, and interviews with experts, including deep sea explorers and veterinary surgeons, who answer kids' questions about what they do and why they love it.
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Animals introduces the ultimate guide to the wonders of wildlife, from deadly predators to beautiful butterflies, all as you've never seen them before. And meet the experts who study them, from entomologists to zoologists, in absorbing Q&As that explain what they do. With its mix of nerdy knowledge, fun facts, and incredible images, this extraordinary book will keep kids engaged for hours.
Twin Crowns The Complete 3 Book Collection
The perfectly bewitching YA romantic fantasy trilogy! Two sisters. One throne. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown? Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister’s place in the palace. Trained from birth to avenge her parents’ murder and usurp the princess, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. An irresistible fantasy romantic comedy – perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, Stephanie Garber, and Lauren Roberts. Discover the bestselling Twin Crowns trilogy in this beautiful boxset.
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build cultures that can weather both good and bad times.
The times and circumstances in which people were raised often shape them – yet a few leaders have managed to shape their times. In this follow-up to the bestselling business classic The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz turns his attention to a question crucial to every organisation: How do you create and sustain the culture you want?
This book is a journey through cultures ancient to modern, spotlighting models of leadership and culture-building from the samurai to prison gangs. Along the way, it answers fundamental questions: Who are we? How do people talk about us when we’re not around? How do we treat our customers? Can we be trusted?
Because who you are is not the values you list on the wall. It’s not what you say in a company-wide meeting. It’s not your marketing campaign. It’s not even what you believe. Who you are is what you do. This book will help you do the things needed to become the kind of leader you want to be – and others want to follow.
When the Bones Sing
17-year-old Dovie doesn’t believe in magic even though she comes from a long line of women who can hear the bones of the dead sing, and for the past few years the bones have been crooning nonstop, calling out to Dovie to dig them up. Because there is a killer on the loose – someone is snatching hikers from the miles of tracks, leaving their mutilated bodies for Dovie to find. And the body count grows ever higher.
Some of the old-timers believe that it’s the monstrous Ozarks howler snatching people off the Aux Arc Trail. Well Dovie doesn’t believe in the howler, and she doesn’t believe her best friend – the gorgeous Lo – when he tells her he is being haunted by dark shadows. All she believes in is her talent that guides the local sheriff to the bones when they begin their song, then reuniting the dead with their families to give them some peace.
But the truth of their deaths isn’t buried with their bones; it’s hidden somewhere deep in the hills. And Lo and Dovie must unearth it before anyone else is killed…
The Book That Broke the World
We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true.
Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if she's to return to her life. While Evar's journey leads him outside into the vastness of a world he's never seen, Livira's destination lies deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written.
And all the while, the library quietly weaves thread to thread, bringing the scattered elements of Livira's old life – friends and foe alike – back together beneath new skies.
Long ago, a lie was told, and with the passing years it has grown and spread, a small push leading to a chain of desperate consequences. Now, as one edifice topples into the next with ever-growing violence, it threatens to break the world. The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board. The time has come when they must fight for what they believe, or lose everything.
The Library Trilogy is about many things: adventure, discovery, and romance, but it's also a love letter to books and the places where they live. The focus is on one vast and timeless library, but the love expands to encompass smaller more personal collections, and bookshops of all shades too.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition)
A contemporary classic, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the extraordinary true stories of 100+ heroic women.
The book that changed bedtime is back with a brand-new, updated edition featuring 22 new stories written by best-selling author – and original Rebel Girl – Elena Favilli.
This revised edition features 22 new stories about women and girls across 70+ professions and over 40 countries, including:
* Greta Thunberg, environmental activist
* Judy Blume, activist
* Michelle Yeoh, actor
* Taylor Swift, singer
* Melanie Perkins, entrepreneur
Readers will marvel at the accomplishments of well-known women like Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Frida Kahlo, and they’ll discover the powerful stories of Colombian spy Policarpa Salavarrieta, Afghani rapper Sonita Alizadeh, Sierra-Leonean ballerina Michaela dePrince, Mexican doctor Matilde Montoya, and American surgeon Mary Edwards Walker.
Each story in this highly giftable collection is written in the signature Rebel Girls style of storytelling: a biographical, real-world fairy tale, where women are the heroes of their own stories.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls ignited a publishing movement when it was first published in 2016. The book is now available in 50 languages and found in more than 110+ countries.
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