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Ostrava
Fotografická kniha Ostrava je jedinečným průvodcem po zaniklých a mizejících místech Ostravy prostřednictvím převážně dosud nepublikovaných fotografií. Kniha obsahuje více než 750 fotografií – od archivních snímků zachycujících Ostravu napříč celým 20. stoletím až po autorovy fotografie pořízené během posledních patnácti let.
Publikace je rozdělena do tematických kapitol Město, Průmysl, Prodejny a podniky, Odpočinek a služby, Bydlení a Doprava. Poslední oddíl Včera a dnes přináší komparace vybraných motivů v časových proměnách. Největší pozornost je věnována industriálním stavbám, které po desetiletí utvářely charakter a identitu města. Vedle ikonických objektů zachycuje publikace také nenápadná místa každodennosti – prostory, které tvořily přirozenou součást života obyvatel a dnes již často existují pouze ve vzpomínkách.
Kniha je nejen dokumentem zanikající a zmizelé architektury a urbanismu, ale také vizuální pamětí Ostravy a svědectvím o proměnách města během 20. a na počátku 21. století.
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Still in a Dream
The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock. 'To devote a book to a set of wilfully amorphous and hazy bands, many of them long-forgotten outriders, is an act of love, commensurate with the saturated thrum of much of the music' OBSERVERTwenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock and grunge that reverberated through the mid-Eighties into the early Nineties. Capturing the musical exhilaration of the era along with the alienation of youth during a period of ascendant conservative politics and glitzy mainstream pop, Still in a Dream celebrates a golden age of guitar reinvention, a second psychedelia of mind-blowing sounds pioneered by bands like My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth.
In Britain, groups like Cocteau Twins and Slowdive escaped into shimmering dreamworlds while American underground rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and Pavement blended apathy and urgency into thrilling noise. A propulsive and personal account from a journalist who covered this music in real time from the frontlines, Still in a Dream vividly recreates a period that was the last blast for the analogue culture of vinyl records and music papers, before the Internet changed everything.
Human Rites
THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson's SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN series.
The Coven is reunited but broken…
Niamh is back from the dead … but she hasn't come back alone. Elle mourns a son she never had. Ciara languishes in a prison for witches. And Leonie reels from a very unexpected surprise.
Five very different witches with one thing in common: they were unwittingly chosen by the dangerously charming Lucifer, the demon king of desire, to fulfil a dark prophecy.
But Lucifer has deadly offer for fledgling witch Theo: help him and her coven - her family - will be spared as the rest of humanity perishes in a hellish new reality. Save the ones she loves? Or save the world? The choice is hers…
The final confrontation between good and evil is about to commence in the spectacular conclusion to the insatiable Her Majesty's Royal Coven.
Posledná dácka princezná
Príbeh plný napätia je vsadený do precízne a nesmierne živo vykreslených kulís rímskeho impéria v časoch cisárov Domiciána a Trajána. Rozprávačom a jedným z hlavných aktérov je grécky kupec a Domiciánov zved Dion Kassius, ktorý na cisárov povel vykonáva výzvedno-diplomatickú misiu u Dákov na území dnešného Rumunska a Moldavska a cez zložitý reťazec životných úderov a prekvapivých zvratov sa prepracúva k základom samého seba. Drsná džungľa plytkých vzťahov vo vyšších vrstvách rímskej spoločnosti kontrastuje jednak so svetom podivuhodne vyspelých dáckych „barbarov“, jednak s duchovnou silou ranokresťanskej komunity...
Return of the Spider
'Alex Cross is a legend' HARLAN COBEN
Discover the next book in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series... now the inspiration for the original series CROSS on Prime Video starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross.
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Alex Cross thought serial killer Gary Soneji was dead and buried.
But when a hidden cabin reveals a stash of gruesome trophies and diaries, Cross realises the Spider's evil influence has spread wider than he ever thought possible.
The chilling truth soon becomes clear: Cross imprisoned the wrong man.
As he studies the clues, Cross becomes enmeshed in a web of evil designed to ensnare him all along.
Now he must retrace the steps of a long-ago investigation and face…the Return of the Spider.
Reason, Carnival and Honour
What does free speech really mean? How does our understanding of it differ around the world? Why does it divide us – and how can we find common ground?
What free speech really means is hotly contested. Is it increasingly under attack in our democracies, or is it being weaponized by the powerful? These debates don’t just happen in the news: they divide families, strain relationships. This is because, anthropologist Matei Candea shows, arguments about free speech are not just about abstract principles: they question what it means to be a good person, to have empathy and courage. They involve fears for the future and longings for the past – and they demand that you pick a side, right now!
In order to move away from the simple binaries of polarised debate, Candea shows us that we need to start counting to three. Deploying the power of thinking anthropologically, Reason, Carnival and Honour outlines three visions of free speech – Reason, or civil rational debate; Carnival, or the right to be outrageous; and Honour, the duty to stand by one’s word. Sometimes supporting each other and sometimes at odds, they entail very different understandings of what language is and does, of what it means to be free.
Building on years of research and an exploration of anthropological literature from around the globe – from tales of French cartoonists to Egyptian Bedouin women, Finnish talk-show hosts to Tibetan Buddhist monks – Reason, Carnival and Honour reveals a richer landscape of differences, to help us find new alliances and even answers to the question of what it is we’re really arguing about.
Oveček vlku se zachtělo
Temná atmosféra severských thrillerů, záhadné vraždy a nečekaný motiv
Zkušený kriminalista Patrik se za celou svou kariéru nesetkal s tak hrozivou brutalitou: v budově určené k demolici je objevena mrtvá dospívající dívka navlečená do ovčí kůže a celý výjev završuje kresba vlka krví na zdi. Bizarnost celé situace podtrhuje rýmovaná říkanka o vlku a ovečce pod jazykem oběti. Když je o něco později nalezen zavražděný dospívající chlapec a posléze ještě žena středního věku – vždy v ovčí kůži, s nápisem na zdi a říkankou pod jazykem v ústech, je jasné, že vyšetřovatel má co do činění se sériovým vrahem. Podaří se mu dopadnout pachatele dřív, než zaútočí znovu?
George Whitefield
Neobyčejný životní příběh George Whitefielda a jeho blízkých přátel, mezi které patřili bratři John a Charles Weslyovi. Všichni bojovali nejprve za vlastní porozumění Božímu slovu, zvlášť evangeliu, a když byli z Boží milosti obráceni, kázali slovo všude tam, kam je Pán poslal. Jejich službu provázelo neobyčejné působení Ducha svatého projevující se až hromadným obracením hříšníků ke Kristu – Bůh konal své dílo s velikou mocí, jakou si v dnešní době ani nedovedeme představit.
Proč bychom se tedy měli začíst do životopisu George Whitefielda?
Za prvé je Whitefieldův život poutavým příběhem, který téměř nemá obdoby. Od svých 24 let, kdy vedl největší shromáždění, jaká kdy Amerika viděla, až do své smrti o 30 let později, naslouchal jeho hlasu celý anglicky mluvící svět. Vládne všeobecná shoda, že byl největším kazatelem 18. století a J. C. Ryle o jeho výjimečném kazatelském obdarování napsal: „Věřím, že žádný Angličan, ať už živý či mrtvý, se mu nikdy nevyrovná.“
Za druhé se kázání George Whitefielda stala proměňujícím vlivem historické epochy, která formovala dějiny Británie a Spojených států. Povstalo hnutí, při němž se probudilo dosud spící učení reformace. Zapomenuté pravdy kázané pod širým nebem pozvedly Anglii i jednotlivé americké kolonie, utvořily národní náboženské vědomí, prolomily náboženskou mrtvolnost Skotska a učinily z Walesu národ vychovaný na Bibli, a to vše bylo úzce spjato s působením Whitefielda. Z jeho věrné služby má dodnes užitek celý křesťanský svět.
Za třetí nám Whitefieldův život, který začal v době obrovské náboženské lhostejnosti a skepticismu, poskytuje neobyčejný studijní materiál k průběhu křesťanského probuzení, které je co do velikosti snad druhé hned po apoštolské éře. Skryté prameny velkého evangelikálního probuzení nespočívaly v lidech ani v době, kdy se odehrálo, ale z Boží milosti v novém vylití Ducha svatého do srdcí a myslí lidí. Proto i my v dnešním světě máme naději, že se zvěst evangelia o odpuštění hříchů a novém životu v Kristu Ježíši bude šířit, dokud trvá doba milosti.
Dialóg dvoch exilov
Po komunistickom prevrate v roku 1948 emigrovali na Západ tisícky demokraticky orientovaných Slovákov vytvárajúcich spolu s Čechmi v poradí už tretí – tentoraz protikomunistický – československý zahraničný odboj. Zo slovenskej strany ho v 70. a 80. rokoch 20. storočia viedol niekdajší politik Demokratickej strany Martin Kvetko.
Po auguste 1968 utiekli z dôvodu okupácie Československa vojskami Varšavskej zmluvy ďalšie desaťtisíce Čechov a Slovákov, často už aj reformných komunistov. Na Západe vytvorili nové štruktúry odporu voči domácej konzervatívnej prosovietskej komunistickej totalite. Významné miesto v nich zastával historik Vilém Prečan, ktorý organizoval distribúciu informačných materiálov medzi domácim disentom a československým exilom, resp. demokratickými médiami na Západe. Stal sa známy najmä ako exilový „dvorný archivár“ aktivít Charty 77, resp. disidentských iniciatív z Československa.
Prečanove neutíchajúce aktivity na poli historiografie, upozorňujúce demokratický Západ na represie komunistického režimu voči kriticky uvažujúcim historikom v Československu, prirodzene upútali pozornosť Martina Kvetka. Témami korešpondencie Prečana a Kvetka boli spočiatku osud proskribovaného historika odboja Jozefa Jablonického a viaceré otázky slovenských dejín 20. storočia. Tie Kvetko vnímal ako ich priamy účastník a aktívny tvorca (odbojový činiteľ, povojnový povereník), zatiaľ čo Prečan patril medzi najvýznamnejších spracovateľov týchto tém (jeho dva zväzky dokumentov o Slovenskom národnom povstaní sú dodnes neprekonané). Listová komunikácia exulantov taktiež poodhaľuje zákulisie mnohých aspektov života protikomunistickej emigrácie i domáceho disentu. Dotýka sa nielen komplikovaných osobných vzťahov v exile či problematiky slovensko-českého súžitia, ale aj tém kontroverznej nemeckej či maďarskej otázky, o ktorých sa viedli ostré polemiky. Publikácia ponúka aj nahliadnutie do „kuchyne“ príprav exilových vydaní diel najvýznamnejších disidentov zo Slovenska – Milana Šimečku, Miroslava Kusého, Hany Ponickej a najmä Jablonického samizdatových štúdií.
Kyiv 2022
The first authoritative, illustrated account of Russia’s high-risk strike on Ukraine’s capital, the centerpiece of its failed 2022 invasion plan.In 2022, Vladimir Putin was convinced he could seize Kyiv, install a puppet government, and close his fist on Ukraine in a matter of weeks, with minimal fighting. In this book, Dr Mark Galeotti, a world expert on Russian military history, explains how Russia’s lightning conquest was conceived and planned, and how it was defeated.He explains how Russia’s commanders did not expect to go to war and were forced to invade under-prepared, and how they nonetheless made a concerted attempt to seize Hostomel Airport and from there take the capital, with mercenaries detailed to hunt down the government. But Ukrainian military and civilian resistance thwarted the attack and within a month, the Russians were already on the retreat, leaving behind the smoking remains of the 40-mile invasion column outside Kyiv.Drawing extensively on Russian and Ukrainian sources including interviews with soldiers involved in the operation, and fully illustrated with photographs, original artwork and maps, this is the most detailed and compelling study of this operation available in English. It is the story of a strike whose defeat signalled both the shattering of Putin’s expectations of an easy victory, and the start of the reorientation of the war towards the south-east.
The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle is the twisty murder mystery readers are OBSESSED with:'The very definition of a pounding, propulsive page-turner'‘Runs at breakneck speed’‘Smart and breathless. It’s huge fun’‘An outstanding thriller’‘Totally unexpected’‘The plot unfolds cleverly and at pace’YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED. EVERYONE THINKS YOU DID IT. High up in Mumbai’s most luxurious skyscraper, the Pinnacle, George Abercrombie wakes from a drunken stupor to find his wife, Bollywood superstar Sweety Sahota, murdered in their bedroom. He knows he will be the prime suspect. Sweety’s phone has disappeared. Her laptop has vanished. And George can't remember what happened. A devoted assistant is hiding a dangerous secret. A trusted servant disappears. A neighbour knows more than she's saying. As George scrambles to piece together the night, with 1.4 billion people wanting him dead, somewhere inside the Pinnacle, someone has a killer secret . . . CAN GEORGE FIND THE KILLER BEFORE HIS TIME RUNS OUT? HIGH RISE. HIGH STAKES. THE PINNACLE IS THE THRILLER OF THE SUMMER. ‘Dark, funny, shocking…easily his best book yet’ Janice Hallett 'A writer at the very top of his game’ Mark Billingham'A deliciously twisting plot’ Lucy Foley‘Fast-paced, funny, yet dark as hell’ Harriet Tyce ‘Delivers a truly satisfying ending’ Jane Casey
Mood Machine
'Passionate and rigorous... riveting' Financial Times'[a] cool-headed but powerful polemic...' Sunday Times'A thoroughly convincing argument that Spotify's success has had a disastrous effect on pop music...' The Guardian'A vital addition to the genre... arrives not a moment too soon' The TelegraphTHIS BOOK WILL CHANGE HOW YOU THINK ABOUT, AND CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO, MUSICStreaming is reshaping music for artists and listeners alike. Until now, the cultural ramifications of these seismic shifts have been underexplored.Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today's highly consolidated record business.Building on her years of wide-ranging reporting on streaming, music journalist Liz Pelly details the consequences of the Spotify model by examining both sides of what the company calls its two-sided marketplace: the listeners who pay with their dollars and data, and the musicians who provide the material powering it all.As music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed, the stakes for artists and listeners alike have never been higher. Mood Machine is an essential read for any music fan seeking a deeper understanding of how we listen now.
Bad Debt
A high-stakes Scottish legal thriller featuring a defence lawyer, a murder charge, and a trial where the accused knows the system too well. This time, Robbie’s not defending the accused. He is the accused. When Robbie Munro’s wife is stalked by a witness in one of her cases, Robbie steps in to deal with it. Then the stalker turns up dead. And Robbie is charged with murder. As the case builds against him, his friends rally to help. Alibis are created. Stories are adjusted. Lines are crossed. All in the name of keeping him out of prison. But Robbie knows exactly how this works. And the more his friends try to save him, the worse it starts to look. Because this time, the only people who might tell the truth…Are the ones who want him convicted. Bad Debt is Book 11 in the Robbie Munro Legal Thriller series. Perfect for readers who love John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Michael Connelly. ___________________________________________________________________Praise for the Best Defence Series:? Ingeniously plotted, witty, and full of insight into the justice system ? A likeable, flawed hero you can’t help but root for ? Easy to read, hard to stop ? Brilliant characters and twists you never see coming ? A vivid, believable slice of contemporary Scottish life ? Funny, fast-paced, and impossible to put down
Contesting Pluralism(s)
Contesting Pluralism(s) challenges a widespread tendency to limit studies of Turkish – and Muslim – politics to 'Islamist vs. secularist' or 'Islam vs. democracy' debates. Instead, Nora Fisher-Onar's innovative argument centers on coalitions for and against pluralism. Retelling Turkey's story from the late Ottoman Empire to the present as a tale of pluralizing vs. anti-pluralist coalitions, this book offers an alternative explanation for major outcomes from elections and coup d'etats to revolutions. Here, cross-camp alliances pit those who are willing to coexist with 'Other(s)' against those who champion a unitary, national project in which everyone speaks, believes, looks, and loves as they do. Drawing on a rich array of primary and secondary data, Fisher-Onar introduces an analytical framework for capturing causal complexity in political contestation. This study rejects Orientalist exceptionalism, rereading the relationship between political religion, pluralism, and populism via a framework that travels across and beyond the Muslim-majority world.
The Magic Faraway Tree: Where''s Teddy?
Up in the Magic Faraway Tree, No one can find Silky''s teddy!Maybe he''s lost high up in the clouds . . . Let''s have a peek! Are you ready? Silky the fairy loves playing games with her friends in the tree, but where has Teddy gone? Set off to the Land of Lost Things and search for Teddy amongst lost toys, mail and even socks!Can you lift the flaps to help find Teddy and make it back to the tree for a special tea party surprise? An interactive story set in the enchanting world of Enid Blyton''s The Magic Faraway Tree, that is perfect for the littlest of readers. Don''t miss:The Magic Faraway Tree: Goodnight, Fairy The Magic Faraway Tree: Let''s Have a Picnic!The Magic Faraway Tree: Happy BirthdayThe Magic Faraway Tree: Hide-and-Seek
Dark Frigate
London 1620 - Philip Marsham, a nineteen-year-old sailor, has just been orphaned when his father''s ship was lost at sea. An accident with a gun causes him to flee London, leaving behind his small inheritance left by his father. He decides to journey across England on foot, heading towards Bideford in Devon.During his travels, he encounters Tom Jordan and Martin Barwick, who claim to be fellow sailors. Tom, who is more commonly known as the Old One, soon parts company with them; however, Martin becomes Phil''s traveling companion. When they reach Bideford, Martin leads the way to the house of Mother Taylor, an old woman who works as the go-between for numerous illegal activities and arranges positions for Martin and Phil on a frigate, known as the Rose of Devon.When their ship is captured by pirates, led by the ‘Old One’ only Phil and Will Canty, a fellow sailor of the same age, show reluctance to become pirates. Will Phil join them to save himself?
From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East
Human belief systems and practices can be traced to ca. 10,000 BCE in the Ancient Near East, where the earliest evidence of ritual structures and objects can be found. Religious architecture, the relics of human skeletons, animal symbolism, statues, and icons all contributed to a complex network into which the spiritual essence of the divine was materially present. In this book, Nicola Laneri traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities, from prehistoric times until the advent of religious monotheism in the Levant during the first millennium BCE. Considering a range of evidence, from stone ceremonial enclosures, such as as Göbleki Tepe, to the construction of the first temples and icons of Mesopotamian polytheistic beliefs, to the Temple of Jerusalem, the iconic center of Israelite monotheism, Laneri offers new insights into the symbolic value embodied in the religious materiality produced in the ancient Near East.
The Mubbles: When Berry Met Terry
The Mubbles: When Berry Met Terry is the second book in a hilarious full colour graphic novel series by Liz Pichon, the globally bestselling creator of Tom Gates. ‘I laughed so much, I could barely breathe!’ – Ellie, Mubbles fan‘I read this book 5 times over, it was so good!’ – Hugo, Mubbles fanReturn to The Isle of Smile and the colourful, fun-loving Mubbles - Berry, Dash, Cheery and the gang. The Mubbles love their island, especially the mysterious Uncertain Curtain, which always delivers an unexpected surprise! What will it be toda? oday the Uncertain Curtain delivers Terry - a very cute, very naughty dog! Berry is delighted to finally have a friend to play with, but Terry soon causes a lot of chaos on the Isle of Smile. Will Terry have to leave early? Or can Berry's furry plan save the da? illed with colourful characters, boundless fun and lots of adventures this series is a guaranteed hit for kids. Featuring a QR code that will take you to a website full of extra content, including arts, crafts and many fun songs from The Mubbles world. Join our ever growing community, with over 150,000 subscribers already!Don't miss The Mubbles' other adventure, Meet the Mubbles!
Get Ahead of Being Dead
''With a prose style that holds your hand and offers inappropriate jokes when you need them, Evie King makes an excellent case for sorting your life out by sorting your death out first. A serious, funny, necessary book for those of us still this side of the daisies.'' - ALAN MOORE''And in the event that Evie is still publishing after my own death. Speaking as a dead person, can I just say, authoritatively, that Evie King was right about everything and I really wish I''d listened to her?'' - Advance quote from deceased Alan Moore''Not only practical, it''s also somehow a great meditation on death. Telling me all sorts of practical stuff in a way I can bear to read. More than bear, I loved it.'' - PHILIPPA PERRY''Exceptionally and universally useful and exactly what the world needs right now'' - LUCY EASTHOPE''I''ve never laughed so much at something so bleak and so useful'' - ALISTAIR GREENThis book gives you everything you need to prepare for your own death, from basic admin to acceptance of the concept itself. It''s a practical guide and journal that asks us to confront the questions that many of us are afraid to discuss with our loved ones: What type of funeral do I want? What do I want to happen to my possessions? How do I want to be remembered? Evie, a former stand-up comedian, also explains why death planning is so important, using her extensive expertise as a council funeral officer.The exercises at the end of each section help you prepare for every mortality eventuality. From ensuring the admin of your life can be packed down quickly and efficiently, to guaranteeing you are given the correct funeral rites, to knowing what we are doing with your Facebook page.Once completed, it is intended to be stored along with your documents and important paperwork (and/or to trigger you to prepare those important documents and gather said paperwork if you haven''t already). There is also a free text blank page after each section for your own notes. Throughout, Evie includes real-life stories to add her winning combination of light-hearted touches and serious lessons as to why this preparation is so vital.
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