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Odborná a populárno-náučná literatúra 
Pre deti a mládež 
Cudzojazyčná literatúra 
Učebnice, slovníky 
Umenie 
Hobby, voľný čas 
Biografie - Životopisy 
Geografia, mapy, sprievodcovia 
Kuchárske knihy 
Zdravie, životný štýl 
Ezoterika 
Poézia 
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Duch madam Crowlovej
Írsky prozaik, básnik a dramatik Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 – 1873) sa narodil v Dubline do vzdelanej protestantskej rodiny. S písaním strašidelných poviedok začal príbehom Podivná udalosť v živote maliara Schalkena (1839), dôvtipne premyslenou a mrazivou prózou v žánri, ktorý bol v tom čase ešte len v plienkach. Po smrti manželky v roku 1858 sa z neho stal samotár a naplno sa oddal písaniu. K najpozoruhodnejším prácam, ktoré vzišli z jeho fascinácie nadprirodzenom, patria romány Dom pri cintoríne (1863), Strýko Silas (1864), zbierka poviedok V tmavom zrkadle (1872) a lesbicko-upírska novela Carmilla (1872). Hoci bol Le Fanu viac než dvadsať rokov populárnym autorom, jeho dielo postupne upadlo do zabudnutia, a až v roku 1923, s vydaním tejto zbierky s úvodom slávneho autora duchárskych próz M. R. Jamesa, získala jeho tvorba všeobecné uznanie. Bol súčasníkom Edgara Allana Poea, avšak ich štýly sa výrazne líšia, pretože Le Fanu do svojich dôvtipne a zručne koncipovaných príbehov tajomna a hrôzy vkladá prvky čierneho humoru, ktoré sú typickejšie pre moderných autorov tohto žánru.
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19,99 €
The Rambler’s Curse
The first book in a brand-new trilogy for 8+ readers, set in the world of the bestselling, award-winning The Café at the Edge of the Woods – perfect for fans of The Wild Robot, The Last Bear and The Hobbit.
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19,99 €
How to Hero
Bestselling author & award-winning adventurer Ross Edgley details the science, psychology and history of heroism, uncovering what drives ordinary people to do extraordinary things
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25,49 €
Trust Fall
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Better Than the Movies, Lynn Painter, comes a rags-to-riches rom-com about a small-town girl whose family inherits a fortune and moves to New York City, where she meets a big-city boy hiding an explosive secret.
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16,49 €
Ragwort
The sequel to critically-acclaimed novel Gorse, a dark fantasy tale steeped in folklore.
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16,49 €
The Christmas Book
Inspired by an Icelandic book-gifting tradition, this beautiful story, illustrated with full colour artwork throughout, and decorated endpapers, is the perfect gift for sharing during the Christmas period. It was Christmas Eve in the little farmhouse.
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Eat Like a Sardinian
Discover the incredible story of world-renowned composer Tchaikovsky, whose groundbreaking work includes some of the most beloved pieces of classical music.
Born in the Ural Mountains in Russia, Tchaikovsky first started taking piano lessons at the age of five. Though his talent for the instrument was obvious from an early age, his parents encouraged him to work hard at school so that he could have a practical, sensible job. But it was at the keys of his piano where he felt most at home.
After graduating from school and working for the government for three years, Tchaikovsky decided that he had to follow his dream and began studying music. He honed his craft, studying with some of the best composers in his country, and went on to create some of most famous pieces of music ever written, such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
Today, Tchaikovsky is regarded as one of the most influential musicians to have ever lived. His music, with its emotional, soaring melodies, is some of the most recognisable in classical music, and has been played in concert halls and theatres across the world.
This inspirational book also features dynamic illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the composer’s life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Tim Peake
Discover the inspiring story of Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station and walk in space.
Born on the southern coast of England, Tim grew up with a love of adventure. When he was a teenager, he piloted a plane for the first time, and discovered he was a natural. He joined the British Army, and by training hard, he became a brilliant pilot. One day, he saw the European Space Agency (ESA) was looking for astronauts. Tim was chosen from thousands of applicants, and in 2015 he blasted off into space, becoming the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station.
This picture book introduces children to Tim’s incredible career, showing how a boy who looked to the stars grew up to become a helicopter pilot, flight instructor, hotshot test pilot and British space hero. His involvement in many education programmes since has encouraged children to learn more about space and science.
By following his passion, Tim has flown higher than he could ever have dreamed, inspiring the next generation of scientists and explorers to reach for the stars.
This exciting book also features dynamic illustrations and?extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the astronaut’s life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. ? This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Sleeping Murder
A strange house
A ghost from the past
As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there’s something strange about this house.
A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled.
But strangest of all – this all seems quite familiar.
As her friend Jane Marple investigates, the answer seems to lie in a crime committed nearly twenty years ago.
The killer may have gotten away with murder. But Miss Marple is never far behind.
Never underestimate Miss Marple
‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’
Tana French
‘Miss Marple is spry, shrewd and compassionate.’
Sunday Telegraph
The Two Hundred Years War
A new and radically original account of the longest military conflict in European history, which challenges the conventional periodisation of the 'Hundred Years War' to consider a much longer period of Anglo-French conflict.Michael Livingston argues that the English lens through which the war has been viewed has led historians to define it in terms of English interests (most famously, the claim of the English Plantagenet king Edward III to be the rightful king of France), and that the events collectively labelled the 'Hundred Years War' are best seen as a sequence of steps in France's struggle to define itself as a nation. For much of the period, France's primary rival was indeed England. But it was by no means the only combatant. Burgundy stood in its way, too, as did Brittany, Flanders, Navarre and other rival powers.Viewing France as the primary engine driving the war leads Livingston to consider a much longer timespan, starting with the Anglo-French 'Pirate War' of 1292 (which swiftly escalated into a fight over England's feudal possessions in Gascony) and ending with the marriage of Charles VIII of France to Anne of Brittany by which Brittany was subsumed into the French realm.
Here and Beyond
'A brilliant, character-driven debut novel . . . An imaginative journey that's absorbing, thoughtful and deeply humane' GUARDIAN'LaCroix shows us the difficulties that mount for those on board from disease to rebellions to some travellers who come to doubt that they are even on a ship at all . . . Don't just take my word for its brilliance' NEWSCIENTIST'A rousing achievement ... What makes Here and Beyond stand out is its dedication to character, richness of emotion, and a tender eye for the humanity of all' COURTTIA NEWLAND______________________________________________Earthworld is a thing of the past. Welcome to the future.After the collapse of life on Earth as it once was known, 600 people are selected for passage on Shipworld, a spacecraft charting a 360-year voyage to a new planet. Their mission will see generation after generation born, living and dying on board - until one day their descendants finally step foot on the 'Super Earth' that might offer the last chance for humankind's survival.But life aboard Shipworld is far from a waiting game. The spacecraft promises a world of its own, a harmonious system free of class distinctions and wealth accumulation. Yet with each new generation comes daunting challenges to the future of their civilisation - from creeping doubts about the nature of reality to an outbreak of disease that could eradicate their population, from rebels who threaten the unity of the mission to a traumatic encounter with a mysterious space phenomenon. An intergenerational epic populated by pioneers and chroniclers, enemies and friends, leaders and legends, Here and Beyond is an intricate and imaginative exploration of the arc of human endeavour.______________________________________________What readers are saying:'A fascinating reflection on what it means to be human' 'A space opera of considerable breadth and depth' 'An imaginative and thought-provoking exploration of humanity's future'
How to Cheat Your Own Death
The much-anticipated sequel to How to Seal Your Own Fate! A cosy crime novel with a killer hook.
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18,49 €
The Shippers
The latest feelgood rom-com set aboard a wedding on a cruise ship, from New York Times bestseller Katherine Center
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18,49 €
AGI Chronicles
'Exciting and brilliantly reported'Walter Isaacson
THE AGI CHRONICLES is not a futurist manifesto, an academic chin-stroker, a corporate biography, or a self-help manual. It's the inside story of the birth of AGI, as told by the people who are bringing it into existence, or trying to stop it from coming into existence, and who are grappling with the consequences before anyone else.
Building Artificial General Intelligence - a machine that is as smart or smarter than humans, at everything our brains can do - has been the goal for the world's biggest technology companies for about the last decade, and it is probably the most consequential technological project in history.
Only a few hundred people are fully awake to what's actually happening on the AI frontier, or how short the timelines are. Powerful AI will reshape society -and most governments and big corporations already view this conclusion as obvious, as evidenced by the trillions of dollars they're spending to get there first.
New York Timesjournalist Kevin Roose may be the only person who can tell this story.He has put his life on hold, gone to the heart of the action, interviewed those who have been involved in building this technology, digging up secrets and putting together the first major behind-the-scenes account of this race.
And the people building powerful AI are much, much weirder than you'd think. If you dig beneath the corporate veneers, the AI scene here is full of messianic claims, cult-like dynamics, and a degree of belief in the inevitability and imminence of powerful AI that can strike the uninitiated as genuinely insane.
This is gripping, characterful, first draft of history that reads like a non-fiction thriller, for readers of The Big Short, Careless People and American Prometheus. It's the book that people will turn to one hundred years from now as a defining account of the moment our species was changed for ever.
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, vol. 3
'It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of events?'The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London Neighbourhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plan for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's.Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.
The Pattern Bible
From the intricate paisleys of India to the geometric motifs of the Middle East and the floral designs of East Asia, The Pattern Bible takes readers on a captivating journey through the centuries and across continents, uncovering the fascinating stories behind some of the world's most iconic patterns. Categorized by key print themes including nature, skins, geometrics and abstracts, this comprehensive guide explores the pattern's origins and influences, revealing how they have been shaped by the migration of people and the exchange of goods along trade routes.Essential reading for fashion designers, interior designers, visual artists and graphic designers, as well as anyone interested in the global history of art and culture, The Pattern Bible offers both a visual feast and a rich historical and cultural insight into the world of pattern.
The Sixth Faction
The worldwide sensation as you've never seen it before. Step into a bold new Divergent series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth.Beatrice Prior stands on the brink of a decision every person in her world must make: five factions, five futures, five lives. She has a plan: she's going to make the bravest choice, and leave Abnegation behind to join Dauntless, even though it means leaving her family behind.But when tragedy strikes at her Choosing Ceremony, everything changes-her world, her plans, even Beatrice herself. Her ensuing decision thrusts her into the crosshairs of an underground rebellion, and into the path of a boy with secrets as dangerous as her own-a boy with only a number for a name.One choice will change everything. The series that took the world by storm: The #1 New York Times bestselling series, with tens ofmillions of copies sold worldwide.A global sensation translated into 40+ languages.A breakout phenomenon that defined the YA dystopian genre.A major motion picture hit and blockbuster film franchise. "The next big thing." - Rolling Stone
Madonna: All The Songs
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF MADONNA'S WORK EVER.THE DEFINITIVE, UNTOLD RECORDING HISTORY OF MADONNA, TOLD ALBUM-BY-ALBUM AND SONG-BY-SONG.Explore the extraordinary artistry and vision of Madonna in this comprehensive guide, chronicled song-by-song throughout her groundbreaking career. From her arrival in New York in 1978 to her fearless reinvention across decades, this book delves into Madonna's record breaking albums, groundbreaking artistry, and iconic moments; including hints Like a Virgin, Material Girl, and Vogue, as well as her genre-defying works in Ray of Light and Confessions on a Dance Floor, and her latest album, Under the Covers.Packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, in-depth song breakdowns, and fascinating stories of her creative process, this book explores the ideas, influences, and key collaborators that have shaped Madonna's unique, boundary-pushing sound.Madonna: All the Songs offers an intimate portrait of her evolution as a singer, dancer, performer, and cultural force. Lavishly designed, this is the ultimate gift for every Madonna fan.
Harry Styles: The Stories Behind the Songs
Explore the stories and inspiration behind every single Harry Styles track, including new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
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34,49 €
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