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Hellenistic Lives


Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * FlamininusThis selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander''s conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch''s biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute a uniquely important source for the period. We see how Greek politics changed as Macedon''s power grew, and we learn of the warlords who followed Alexander. Resistance to Macedon is reflected in the Lives of Demosthenes and Aratus, and that of Agis and Cleomenes, two revolutionary kings of Sparta. The volume concludes with the emergence of Rome in Greek affairs, and the life of Flamininus, the Roman general who defeated Philip V of Macedon.Plutarch''s elegant style combines anecdote and erudition, humour and psychological insight, consummately translated by Robin Waterfield and introduced by Andrew Erskine. These Lives from the Hellenistic period complement Greek Lives and Roman Lives in Oxford World''s Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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The Anatomy of Exile: A Novel


The Abadi Family saga begins when a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story between a Palestinian and a Jew ends in predictable tragedy. The family flees to America to mend, but encounters only more turmoil that threatens to tear the family apart. In the wake of the 1967 Six Day War, Tamar Abadi’s world collapses when her sister-in-law is killed in what appears to be a terror attack but what is really the result of a secret relationship with a Palestinian poet. Tamar’s husband, Salim, is an Arab and a Jew. Torn between the two identities, and mourning his sister’s death, he uproots the family and moves them to the US. As Tamar struggles to maintain the integrity of the family’s Jewish Israeli identity against the backdrop of the American “melting pot” culture, a Palestinian family moves into the apartment upstairs and she is forced to reckon with her narrow thinking as her daughter falls in love with the Palestinian son. Fearing history will repeat itself, Tamar's determination to separate the two sets into motion a series of events that have the power to destroy her relationship with her daughter, her marriage, and the family she has worked so hard to protect. This powerful debut novel explores Tamar's struggle to keep her family intact, to accept love that is taboo, and grapples with how exile forces us to reshape our identity in ways we could not imagine.
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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Manga) Vol. 15


DEATH AND REBIRTH?!Eri and Hiyama have betrayed the party, slaying Kaori in the process. Although the tide begins to turn against the foul traitors, what can be done about Kaori? Hajime tries to resurrect her with his newfound ancient magic, but...why is she refusing to return to her body? The determination of a fallen heroine brings forth a shocking new power in the aftermath of a tragedy!
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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Deluxe Hardcover Novel) Vol. 3


SHOOT DOWN THE SUNThe bloody war against the Wen Clan once led Wei Wuxian to seek power in demonic cultivation, and the dark acts he committed drove a wedge between him with Lan Wangji. Now, those old sins come back to haunt him as his reincarnated identity is revealed to the cultivation world. But even as the other clans call for Wei Wuxian's death, Lan Wangji stands by him, making Wei Wuxian realize that what he took for disapproval in the past might have been a much deeper emotion.
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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse Vol. 5


A BROMANCE IN FULL BLOOM!Fafnir the curse dragon enjoys his shut-in gamer lifestyle while mooching off Miss Kobayashi's co-worker Takiya. He gets hooked on scratch tickets, drags Takiya along on a flower viewing excursion, and...bravely battles an evil spirit from another dimension?! Fafnir's pursuit of treasure in the human world is as heated as ever in Volume 5 of this interspecies otaku roommate comedy!
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Den s tebou 1: Den s tebou


V malebné vesničce Weirbridge těhotná Tress Walkerová zamává svému milovanému manželovi Maxovi mířícímu na služební cestu. Netuší, že ještě toho dne předčasně porodí jejich dítě. Maxův nejlepší přítel Noah Clark se rozloučil se svou ženou Anyou. Nemá ponětí, že brzy odhalí její tajemství a celý život se mu obrátí vzhůru nohama. Vedle obou párů žije ovdovělá kamarádka Nancy Jenkinsová, která se chystá na školní sraz za svou první láskou Eddiem. Padnou si s Eddiem po letech znovu do oka, nebo se Nancy rozhodne zůstat s Tress, která ji zrovna v tu chvíli bude nejvíc potřebovat?
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Poison Ivy Vol. 6: A Death in Marshview


When Ivy finds herself at the heart of a tragedy, she s left at a crossroads. Will she be able to blossom under the pressure, or will her life hit an all-time low? G. Willow Wilson continues her epic run on DC s verdant villain! Poison Ivy s life s work comes into the crosshairs yet again when the GCPD sets their sights on Marshview! She must confront both her past and her present in hopes of securing her future, but will it ultimately be enough to secure the sanctuary she s worked so hard to create? Superstar writer G. Willow Wilson continues her fan-favorite run in a brand new volume! Collects Poison Ivy #31 36.
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Something Out There in the Distance


Two lovers go on one final road trip through the American desert, hoping that they can outrun life itself. Flash-fiction master Grant Faulkner and punk photographer Gail Butensky have partnered to create this unique narrative made up of stories alongside edge-of-the-world photography. The book tells of two lovers taking a reckless, searching road trip through the American West. Dawn is a photographer who captures desert landscapes. Jonny drives just to drive, running away from the end of time or running toward the end of time, looking for a home even as his restlessness overtakes him. By turns funny, poignant, and heartbreaking, something out there in the distance is big in emotions while brief in words. An extraordinary collaboration between word and image, Dawn and Jonny’s journey transports us to a place, achingly familiar, populated by love, loss, and wonder.
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BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother Vol. 3


"WAIT...THERE'S A SEQUEL TO THIS GAME?!"Akira thought he reincarnated into the BL game he was absolutely obsessed with in his past life, but that was actually just the prequel! His true identity is...the main character of the sequel?! There's trouble in paradise when his big brother gets into a fight with his boyfriend, and the love interests are getting even pushier with Akira! He just wants to live a peaceful, happy life as Amachi Akira, but that might be hard to do when someone starts to suspect his true identity!
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Gunning for Ho


Honoring 25 Years of Gunning for Ho: This special edition contains a new preface by the author, revisiting the stories of Vietnam and offering fresh insights and reflections. In this rich and varied collection of short stories (six stories & one novella), former Green Beret H. Lee Barnes deals with the war itself and with its aftermath, but his stories focus more on the human aspects of men in armed conflict and families at home than on the violent drama or political aspects of that war.
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Khaled and Jamila


What in the world is beautiful forever? When disconnection rocks a family, the mistakes of one generation become the heartaches of the next ... 1959, the West Bank, Palestine. Khaled''s bossy, hot-tempered father insists that his son go to college in the States so he can learn to help him run his business. Khaled, Arabic for forever, is reluctant to leave his secret, hometown crush. But he''s bullied into taking off for Ann Arbor. There he falls for a blue-collar American girl. One thing leads to another, including a daughter named Jamila, Arabic for beautiful. Family mayhem erupts on all sides. Fast forward to 1984. Jamila has come of age growing up in Ann Arbor during the turbulent sixties and seventies. There she falls for her brother''s best friend, Ali, who she''s known for years. But even though he''s practically a member of the family, Ali is Black. Interracial marriages in the US are still few and far between. Mayhem breaks out again, tearing close ties apart. And so, what might Sitti, the grandmother conciliator, have to say? The names and heartaches of Khaled and Jamila ask, what in this mad world is beautiful forever? In Anan Ameri''s noisy, impatient, vibrant novel, enduring beauty is the kind of love that family can teach us. And it''s the larger, ever-expanding family of connections that love can show us when we learn to let it.
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Killer Shark in Another World Vol. 6


NIGHTMARE ON SHARK STREETWith the Hamunanptra Kingdom arc having reached a bloody conclusion, Shiromi and her trusty shark take to the skies for their next adventure. But what do world saviors do between their adventures? Yup, it's time for the hot springs episode! But a Killer Shark volume wouldn't be complete without a twist, and the dream-manipulating demon general A-Ellm is here to slice through their moment of respite!
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Landscape with Landscape


Five of the six stories in Landscape with Landscape trace a suburban journey in the 1960s, as the writer negotiates the conflicting demands of Catholicism and sex, self-consciousness and intimacy, alcohol and literature. In the sixth story a Paraguayan man imagines a country called Australia, while his son sickens before his eyes. ‘Murnane is unlike anyone else, the sort of writer who demands to be read in a new way but, above all, demands to be read.’ Brian Evenson, Chicago Review of Books‘The emotional conviction . . . is so intense, the sombre lyricism so moving, the intelligence behind the chiselled sentences so undeniable, that we suspend all disbelief.’ J. M. Coetzee
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The Naysayers


From bestselling authors Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke comes a witty, sharp-edged tale of corporate greed, unexpected romance, and the quiet power of our shared humanity. At Naysay Inc., rising star Megan’s job is to whisper negative thoughts straight into the minds of clients in the Real World. It’s all in a day’s dirty work in Naysayland, the parallel reality where your negativity is manufactured and self-doubt is a commodity. But when she is assigned to sabotage a romance between lifestyle influencer Lily and author Jasper, Megan’s carefully constructed reality begins to unravel. The project teams her with Ben, the smug but cute whisperer in the next cubicle. As they work to tear down Lily and Jasper’s situationship, Megan and Ben are catching feelings for each other. And it’s making them lose their negative edge. As their empathy grows, and they start rooting for the relationship they’re tasked with destroying, dreaded HR is sniffing around. Now they’re facing a choice: keep crushing dreams for a paycheck, or risk everything for their own fairy tale. Who knew professional pessimists could be such hopeless romantics?
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EC: Cruel Kingdom Vol. 1


WHERE ONCE A CRUEL UNIVERSE BECKONED . . . NOW A CRUEL KINGDOM SHALL REIGN! Oni Press is proud to unveil a spellbinding new chapter in the distinguished lineage of EC history! Enter Cruel Kingdom—EC's first-ever dark-fantasy anthology conjuring tales of MAGIC, MYTH, and MURDER from forbidden realms long before our own! Behold the bloody and barbarous age of wizards, knights, and dragons as reimagined in the immutable EC manner as master scribes Christopher Cantwell (Out of Alcatraz), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), Greg Pak (World War Hulk), Ben H. Winters (Benjamin), and more couple their forces with iron-wrought artists Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), PJ Holden (Judge Dredd), Kano (Gotham Central), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Leomacs (Benjamin), John McCrea (Hitman), Andrea Mutti (Rebels), and more to forge a terrifying new vision of death, life, and adventure “once upon a time.” From the twisted minds that spawned Epitaphs from the Abyss and Cruel Universe, steel thyself for EC’s first rite of fatal fantasy and skullduggerous sorcery in one cursed tome of comic book enchantment! Collects Cruel Kingdom #1–4.
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Romelia War Chronicle: The Count's Daughter Rallies an Army in the Wake of Mankind's Victory (Manga) Vol. 1


Deemed useless by her fiance, one woman proves that even without magic and strength, she can save the kingdom through her own skills. After journeying alongside her fiance on his quest to defeat the Demon King, Romelia is suddenly deemed useless and sent home, her engagement annulled. While the prince and his group return as celebrated heroes, Rome goes home as a disgrace. But she's not the same girl who left her province. While following the adventurers, Rome was the only one without magic or strength but she found her own abilities in trade, negotiation, finances, and gathering information. And now, she plans to use these skills to not only help her family's province, but help the still struggling kingdom. The Demon King may be defeated, but his allies and demons continue to roam. With only her wits and brilliance, Rome will build an army of her own and keep the kingdom safe-no matter what it takes.
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The Princess I Loved in My Past Life is Now a Middle-Aged Dad Vol. 2


A LOVE THAT SPANS ACROSS LIFETIMES!The high school knight Haruto is devoted to his princess, even if she's been reincarnated as a middle-aged vice principal named Kuraudo!Princess Claudia's reincarnation has gone awry because of the sorcerer Angelo's curse! After hearing that the enchantment can only be broken with true love, Haruto is convinced that means true love's kiss and ponders how to make a kiss with Kuraudo natural. Will the two be able to return to their previous selves after a kiss?
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When We Were Evil


They locked her up. Now, they want to hear her story. At fifteen, Ruby Wilcox was involved in the Vincent Street Incident – one of the most horrific murders in British history. Despite protesting her innocence and claiming that someone else was responsible, she was convicted. Two decades after being released, Ruby has done everything she can to move on and create a new life. But that all threatens to crumble once she learns that a streaming service is creating a series about the murders, and her alleged role in them. When Ruby is given the opportunity to share her version of events, she knows that it’s now or never. The only question is, has the world made up its mind about her, or will people believe her stor? he consequences of speaking out might cost her more than she thinks, because Ruby wasn’t the only person on Vincent Street that night...
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A Famous Broken Heart


A whimsical journey into the realm of off-duty literary characters - and an ode to the power of reading At twenty-four, Marina is at a crux in life. "I'm just at the age when time speeds up in an odd way. . . . The winters come closer together and you begin to accept that you're not special anymore." She's cautious of her imaginative tendencies, unsure how she might make a difference in a world that feels increasingly big and small at the same time. At this uncertain precipice, nothing could come as a stranger surprise than waking up one sunny morning on a park bench in an entirely different world. Yet that's where Marina finds herself: at a place called In The Beginning, populated by characters from literature waiting to be read - or, in some cases, written. Although Marina is bewildered by her sudden and unexpected arrival in this bustling realm of overlapping possibilities, she soon learns that In The Beginning is facing an existential threat, and she is uniquely positioned to help. So begins her quest to find Pearl, the one person who may hold the key to saving everyone. Delving deeper into this unusual world in pursuit of answers, Marina's journey leads her into the heart of herself and to a shocking truth. Ann Druyan packs this compelling adventure story with characters both familiar and new, offering a profound testament to the cosmic powers of imagination and curiosity. First published in 1977, A Famous Broken Heart resounds with wit and wisdom that continue to connect with readers.
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Beletria je často nazývaná aj krásnou, alebo umeleckou literatúrou. Toto označenie pochádza z francúzskeho názvu belles lettres (krásna literatúra)Výrazom beletria sa súhrnne označujú umelecké prozaické diela. K najznámejším beletristickým žánrom patrí poviedka, novela, román, črta či umelecká reportáž.

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