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Selected Papers of Coomaraswamy, Volume 1


A collection of important essays by a pioneering interpreter of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology“Brilliant.”—Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces“Varied, imaginative, incredibly learned. . . . Fascinating.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, New York Times Book ReviewAnanda K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) was a pioneer in the study of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology—and in the cultural meeting of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians and philosophers, an art historian convinced that the ultimate value of art transcends history, and a social thinker influenced by William Morris, Coomaraswamy was a unique figure whose works provide virtually a complete education in themselves. Finding a universal tradition in past cultures ranging from the Hellenic and Christian to the Indian, Islamic, and Chinese, he presented his ideas in numerous essays. This volume includes a selection of his essays on art and symbolism that were written in the 1930s and 1940s, when he was at the height of his powers.
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Kaya Book Five


When Kaya, Razel, and Jin encounter the cruel reality behind the Robot Empire’s power, they must choose whether to run or fight. Sacrifices will be made, beloved characters return, and the bond between brother and sister will be put to its ultimate test in this brand new epic that will spin Kaya's tale in a completely new direction! Collects Kaya #25-30 SELECT PRAISE FOR KAYA: “There is literally nothing in comics I love more than being introduced into a strange new world inhabited by characters you very quickly grow to love. KAYA is that. A whole load of that.” —ROBERT KIRKMAN, THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE “One of my favorite storytellers, taking us on a human and fantastical adventure. For the characters, this is a journey across a desert, but for us, it’s an oasis of joy.” —KIERON GILLEN, THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, DIE “This book’s an absolute delight from a master working at the peak of his craft. My favorite thing I’ve read this year.” —JAMES HARREN, ULTRAMEGA, RUMBLE
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Batman: White Knight: DC Compact Comics Edition


Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! Writer/artist Sean Murphy turns Gotham City on its head with a new take on Batman and his archnemesis, The Joker, in this stylish, not-to-be-missed graphic novel! Batman: White Knight follows the man now known as Jack Napier as he embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City s true enemy: Batman. His crusade exposes a decades-long history of corruption within the Gotham City Police Department and transforms Napier into a city councilman and civic hero. But when the sins of his past return to threaten everything that he has accomplished, the distinctions between savior and destroyer begin to break down for both The Joker and Batman alike and with them any hope for Gotham s future.
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I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home


When former serial killer Carol takes her place in a luxury retirement home, she begins to find her feet with a small new group of friends. If she can only keep her past hidden, maybe she has a chance at happiness.That''s when she discovers that, absurdly, every other one of Sheldon Oaks residents was involved in the law somehow. It''s not long before her true identity is leaked, and when a former police commissioner resident is murdered, naturally all eyes turn to her...Now she must solve the case to prove her innocence - just as her new friends start their own investigations into whether there is more than one killer at Sheldon Oaks.
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The Valiant Must Fall Vol. 6


The indomitable Enka exhibits the power of the semi-hidden in a vicious battle against the Imperial Archives. Meanwhile, Iba Hachiro, Kai’s kinsman, crosses blades with former Shinsengumi captain Fujita Goro to protect Ikumatsu. For a third time, the immortal siblings clash over their ideals. To what future will the ensorcelled Sessho-seki lead the valiant?
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Tales of Modern India


The world envisioned by Rabindranath Tagore is not just one characterised by sublime lyrical prose, but one that exists in a flux between tradition and modernity-a world rife with possibility, where one encounters life's greatest complexities, profound truths, and everlasting beauty. Tender and intimate, Tagore's profound grace and humanity weave together stories that enchant readers with their poetic grandeur and poised storytelling. A flagbearer of Indian literary modernism, Tagore's tales not only stand strong, having stood the test of time, but also as champions of the human condition. Tagore's writing gives voice to the innermost facets of the human soul, love, loss, longing and the struggle for identity. This collection brings together eight of the most haunting, empathetic, and emotionally rich stories told by one of the world's most acclaimed storyteller. Tagore's timeless charm awaits you within these pages.
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Sabeena


Loneliness is Vikram's constant companion, born out of his rootlessness. Ever since he learned of his father's forced displacement, he has longed for a home on familial soil, a place where the fragrance of his ancestors lingers in the grains of sand. No matter where life takes him, no triumph can cure the wounds left by the tragedy that partitioned his history from him. On the other side of the Wall, Sabeena is a brilliant woman whose fate delivers her into the caste most discriminated against in Indian society. Beautiful and unyielding, she carries within her a fire of calm resistance and the grace of sacrifice.
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Roztříštění


Po neúspěšném pokusu o sebevraždu je matka tří dětí hospitalizována v psychiatrické léčebně. Její patologická osobnost předtím dokázala poničit všechny, kteří s ní žili pod jednou střechou: slabošského manžela, na první pohled pragmatickou dceru Radanu, zranitelnou a křehkou Jindřišku i povrchního syna Leoše. Nyní je lékaři označena za vyléčenou a může se vrátit do běžného života. V jejích blízkých tahle zpráva vyvolá spíše úzkost a strach z návratu zlých časů. Jsou jejich obavy zbytečné, nebo jejich noční můra ještě neskončila? Psychologický román Roztříštění přináší temný a depresivní příběh o destruktivní síle narušené psychiky.
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13,20 €

The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 (LOA #394)


A diverse, unprecedented gathering of more than one hundred stories, representing work by fifty different writers. As much a nineteenth-century American invention as the cotton gin and the steamboat, the short story emerged here with a range of innovation and a variety of styles and subjects that has still not been fully appreciated. Diverse, wide-ranging, and unprecedented in its scope, The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century gathers more than one hundred stories by fifty different writers. This first volume of Library of America''s two-volume collection of nineteenth-century American short fiction tracks the development of the American short story from Charles Brockden Brown''s fragments and Washington Irving''s sketches to Poe''s gothic tales of horror to Mark Twain''s humourous stories. Represented here by generous selections are all the major figures-Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Twain-as well as Rose Terry Cooke, also a major writer, restored to a place of prominence in this anthology with three unforgettable masterpieces. Among the many unexpected writers in this volume are: William Austin, so crucial to the development of Hawthorne and Poe; the antebellum Black writer and physician James McCune Smith, whose sketches in his ''Heads of the Colored People'' series lampooned the pseudoscientific racism of phrenology; Lucretia Hale, the author of the feminist fantasy ''The Queen of the Red Chessman,'' perhaps the greatest one-hit wonder of the mid-nineteenth century; Francis Parkman, whose early magazine fiction remains unknown today even to many scholars; and Fitz-James O''Brien, the author of such unnerving horror stories as ''The Lost Room'' and ''What Was It?,'' whose true themes and concerns twenty-first century readers, accustomed to reading gay fiction, will not miss. Unrivalled in its range and textual authority, the anthology includes biographies of each writer, a chronology of writers and the American short story from 1800 to 1900, and extensive notes.
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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Deluxe Hardcover Novel) Box Set


Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to become unrivaled in strength and beauty. With his dominion over both the Human and Demon Realms and his hundreds-strong harem, he is truly the most powerful protagonist…in a trashy webnovel series!At least, that’s what Shen Yuan believes as he finishes reading the final chapter in Proud Immortal Demon Way. But when a bout of rage leads to his sudden death, Shen Yuan is reborn into the world of the novel in the body of Shen Qingqiu–the beautiful but cruel teacher of a young Luo Binghe. While Shen Qingqiu may have the incredible power of a cultivator, he is destined to be horrifically punished for crimes against the protagonist. The new Shen Qingqiu now has only one course of action: get into Luo Binghe’s good graces before the young man’s rise to power or suffer the awful fate of a true scum villain! This Chinese fantasy (xianxia) comedy built around the romanticized love between two men (danmei) has been translated into numerous languages and inspired the animated series Scumbag System, which amassed millions of streaming views.
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The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century, Volume 2 (LOA #395)


A diverse, unprecedented gathering of more than one hundred stories, representing work by fifty different writers. As much a nineteenth-century American invention as the cotton gin and the steamboat, the short story emerged here with a range of innovation and a variety of styles and subjects that has still not been fully appreciated. Diverse, wide-ranging, and unprecedented in its scope, The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century gathers more than one hundred stories by fifty different writers. This second volume of The Library of America''s two-volume anthology of nineteenth-century American short fiction follows the evolution of American short story from Bret Harte''s mid-century tales of the Gold Rush frontier to Alice Dunbar-Nelson''s ''The Stones of the Village,'' a story about racial passing written around 1900 but not published in the author''s lifetime. Henry James, generously represented in this volume, dominates the second half of the century, though also represeanted here are the accomplishments of the so-called local-colour writers associated with the post-Civil War period. The indelible stories of Sarah Orne Jewett and Kate Chopin are justly celebrated examples of this strain, and those writers are represented by several stories, but ample space is also given here to stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson and Mary Wilkins Freeman. The reader will also discover the short fiction of Stephen Crane, in whose work naturalism finds its perfect aesthetic and philosophical expressionas well as the indispensable stories of such Black writers as Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar. The unexpected selection of Thomas Nelson Page''s ''Marse Chan'' provides the context for Chesnutt''s groundbreaking explorations of racial identity and his use of African American speech and folklore. Other surprises in this volume include Francis Hopkinson Smith''s minor comic masterpiece ''Six House in Squantico,'' about a town left behind in the post-bellum South. Unrivalled in its range and textual authority, the anthology includes biographies of each writer, a chronology of writers and the American short story from 1800 to 1900, and extensive notes.
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Of Blood & Fire


Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North.In the remote villages of southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving – a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the village of Milltown, with a secret they are willing to die for, Calen’s world is ripped from under him and he is thrust headfirst into a war that has been raging for centuries. There is no prophecy. His coming was not foretold.He bleeds like any man, and bleed he will.
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Grim Night Tales Vol. 1


An extraordinary horror anthology begins, blending true tales of the uncanny with masterful manga storytelling. Winner of the Third Annual Scariest Horror Story Competition, Yamayu, has spent over twenty years collecting real-life hauntings from across Japan. Now, these spine-tingling accounts are brought to life by Kensei Hokamoto, whose chilling artwork cuts straight to the heart of human fear and madness. Enter a world of lingering spirits, cursed objects, and terrifying truths in this deeply unsettling collection.
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Absolute Batman Vol. 2: Abomination


In this chilling new saga, Batman confronts the icy menace of Mr. Freeze and the brutal force of Bane as he uncovers dark secrets within the Ark M facility that link Victor Fries, the Joker, and Gotham s deepest evils. The story marks the debut of Mr. Freeze s Absolute Universe version, focusing on Victor Fries, his connection to the Ark M experiment, and its mysterious link to the Joker. Batman faces a deadly battle against Mr. Freeze, uncovering chilling secrets about Ark M and the Joker s involvement. Ark M is a facility meant to help society s broken, but it has also played a role in creating evil. When Bruce Wayne infiltrates Ark M, he encounters Bane an old foe with a brutal origin story and a terrifying plan to break Batman. The narrative reveals Bane s background, motivations, and how he arrived in Gotham, all while Bruce and his friend Waylon Jones endure harrowing trials inside Ark M. Collects Absolute Batman #7-14.
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My Kitten is a Picky Eater Vol. 7


Now that the mother cat and her two newborn kittens at Taiyo’s family’s home are safe, Taiyo can return to his regular life. He decides to visit his friend from high school, Touya, and check up on the kitten he took in. Though Taiyo rescued and nursed her back to health, it seems Konatsu doesn’t remember him. Meanwhile, Taiyo’s older brother continues to struggle with raising cats for the first time. There’s only one person who can help: Utako!
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The Lady Knight and the Beast-Eared Child Vol. 5


Olivia may have finally encountered a monster she cannot subjugate in the form of a masked sorceress who holds her childhood friend captive. During their last confrontation, the mysterious woman teleported Olivia, Noah, and their pet owl Fo-Fo to an unknown icy land. As Olivia and her ward were on the brink of freezing to death, Fo-Fo called out to the divine beast of the snowy peaks to save them. It seems this powerful creature may be the key to stopping an evil plan, but an infamous man-eating giant stands between Olivia and this potential new ally!
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Sestry z Berlína 3: Dny nadějí


Berlín 1958. V rozděleném městě se stále více prohlubují rozdíly mezi západní a východní částí. Dopady války – rozdělení světa do dvou nesmiřitelných táborů – pociťují v politickém a ekonomickém zápolení lidé na obou stranách. Obyvatelé Západního Berlína si zvykli na svobodný život v blahobytu zasloužený tvrdou prací, zatímco lidé na Východě přivykli existenci v sešněrovaném režimu, v němž hledají nejrůznější cesty, jak omezující pravidla obcházet. Politické napětí narůstá v celém světě, nikdo však ještě netuší, co Berlín teprve čeká. Nejmladší ze sester Thalheimových, cílevědomá rebelka s křehkou duší Flori, se po šestnácti měsících útěku od rodiny vrací z Paříže do Berlína. Má prázdné kapsy a nesmírnou touhu malovat. Jak ji rodina přijme Bude jí dopřáno studovat na výtvarné akademii? Módní dům Thalheim prosperuje, ale Flori si život spojený s rodinným podnikem nedovede představit. Netuší, že nyní v rodinném bytě v Bleibtreustrasse bydlí její bratranec Gregor s přítelem Hottem. Ti ji přijmou s otevřenou náručí. Prvotní úlevu však vystřídá obtížný boj za dosažení jejího předsevzetí. Nic nejde snadno, komplikují se jak vztahy v rodině, tak i její osobní vztahy s muži. Flori však usilovně hledá tvary, barvy, lásku a sama sebe. V průběhu pěti let nahradí spodničky petticoat ležérní styl oblečení, rock-and-roll vystřídá twist a Elvise Presleyho zastíní The Beatles. Které sny se Flori splní v době, kdy v Berlíně vyroste neprostupná zeď a John F. Kennedy zde pronese svůj nejproslulejší projev.
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Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter


'WISTFUL, WARM AND IRRESISTIBLY CHARMING' Olivia Atwater, author of Half a SoulFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries comes a healing and heart-warming fantasy with magic shops, rescue cats and a second chance at love. Reader reviews:'Amazing!'?'Love it!' ?'I wanted it to last forever!' ?All strays are welcome here. Agnes Aubert is very fond of making lists. These lists kept her afloat when she lost her husband two years ago. And now, as the founder of a cat rescue charity, her meticulous organization skills feel like the only thing standing between her beloved cats - His Majesty, Banshee and sweet elderly Thoreau, to name a few - and utter disaster. But when Agnes is forced to move the charity, she soon discovers that her new shop is being used as a front; right under her feet is the lair of the decidedly disorganised - not to mention self-absorbed and infuriatingly handsome - Havelock Renard. Havelock is everything Agnes doesn't want in her life: chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers he's more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue, perhaps even romance. After all, second chances aren't just for rescue cats. . . Praise for Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter:'Reading Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter reminded me of flying through the pages of Howl's Moving Castle for the first time--a warm and wondrous and magical experience. Fair warning: you might be tempted to add another cat (or two or three) to your home menagerie after reading this book.' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy'Steeped in charm, wit and warmth, this is the perfect book to curl up with. Come for the delightfully fickle cats, stay for the grumpy wizard and tender romance. With the fuzzy persistence of cat hair on a jumper, it'll stick with you long after you put it down' Georgia Summers, author of The City of Stardust'Absolutely magnificent! Full of cats and magic, this is the kind of book you want to instantly re-read. I loved every character, every cat, and every moment with all my heart' Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop'It's been a long time since I so desperately wished to climb inside a novel and claim it for my home. This story feels like a gift-just for me!-but it will resonate with any reader searching for more magic, more kindness, more pastries in the world' Stephanie Perkins, author of Overdue 'This is a perfect book' Kiersten White, author of The Fox and the Devil
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Biela temnota


Pred ním je len biela stena, čosi, čoho sa dá takmer dotknúť. Za ňou je ešte hlbšia bieloba. A ďalej? Už len hranica možného. Henry Worsley kráča celkom sám naprieč Antarktídou a do poslednej chvíle verí, že sa mu to skutočne podarí. David Grann v strhujúcej knihe Biela temnota rozpráva pozoruhodný príbeh o odvahe, láske a mrazivej vášni človeka, ktorý sa pokúsil o nemožné – prejsť osamote naprieč Antarktídou. V tejto knihe sa dozvieš: – Prečo sa Henry Worsley rozhodol prejsť Antarktídu celkom sám, bez pomoci a zásobovania? – Ako ho ovplyvnil slávny britský polárnik Ernest Shackleton a jeho neúspešný pokus o rovnakú cestu? – Čo sa deje s telom a mysľou človeka, keď je dlhodobo vystavené samote, chladu a vyčerpaniu? – Kedy sa cieľ expedície mení z odvážneho sna na životu nebezpečnú posadnutosť? – Čo nám príbeh Henryho Worsleyho hovorí o cene hrdinstva v modernom svete? Henry Worsley bol otec, oddaný manžel a vyznamenaný dôstojník britských špeciálnych jednotiek. Mal však jednu zdanlivo nevinnú posadnutosť – celý život zbožňoval polárneho bádateľa Ernesta Shackletona, ktorý sa ako prvý človek pokúšal dosiahnuť južný pól a neskôr prejsť pešo naprieč Antarktídou. Zbieral predmety zo Shackletonových ciest a jeho životný príbeh poznal naspamäť. To mu však nestačilo. Aj on totiž pocítil potrebu vyraziť najviac na juh, ako sa na tejto planéte dá, aj on sa zatúžil ponoriť do bielej temnoty. Cesta Henryho Worsleyho nezačala tým, že zaboril topánku do ľadu na antarktickom pobreží. K tejto ceste smeroval celý jeho život. Nezvyčajný príbeh tohto obdivuhodného polárnika spracoval obľúbený americký spisovateľ a novinár David Grann. V knihe Biela temnota rekonštruuje Worsleyho životnú cestu – od vojenskej kariéry až po osudový pokus prejsť Antarktídu osamote a bez podpory – a zároveň skúma tenkú hranicu medzi obdivom k hrdinstvu a nebezpečnou vášňou. Kniha nie je len príbehom extrémnej fyzickej výzvy, ale aj hlbokou reflexiou ľudskej túžby po výnimočnosti a prekonávaní vlastných limitov. V knihe Biela temnota nás čaká čosi viac než len dobrá literárna reportáž. Je to skutočné dobrodružstvo! Biela temnota Davida Granna vychádza v preklade Samuela Marca.
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Romány, poviedky a novely ponúkajú pútavé príbehy s výraznými postavami a atmosférou. Divadelné hry zase slúžia ako materiál pre divadelné predstavenia a prinášajú konverzácie, dramatické situácie a komediálne alebo tragické prvky.

Beletria je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou literatúry, ktorá obohacuje naše vnímanie sveta a poskytuje nám príležitosť prežívať rôznorodé príbehy a vstúpiť do rôznych svetov. Bez ohľadu na to, či preferujete dobrodružstvo, romantiku alebo reflexiu, beletria vám umožní objaviť nové myšlienky, inšpirácie a zábavu.

Hľadáte knižných hrdinov, ktorí vás zavedú do sveta romantiky, histórie, sci-fi či fantasy? Prinášame vám ten najlepší výber skutočných príbehov, románov, detektívok, noviel a poviedok. K úspešným autorom beletrie patria Jozef KarikaDominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková EvitaTáňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King