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Po třech letech života, práce a cestování v Uzbekistánu, Tádžikistánu, Turkmenistánu a Kyrgyzstánu napsala Nikola Hrušková osobitý deník, který přibližuje realitu v dnešní Střední Asii. Zachycuje každodenní situace a interakce s místními i naplňování cestovatelských snů při projíždění Pamírského traktu, putování uzavřeným Turkmenistánem, zobrazuje tragédii vysychání Aralského jezera nebo všechny ty pestrobarevné orientální bazary a jejich (nejen) gastronomickou nabídku. Díky osobním zkušenostem a vztahům zprostředkuje čtenářům vhled do nelehkého života žen, smýšlení společnosti, významu náboženství a rodiny. Nechybí návštěvy významných historických míst Hedvábné stezky od Samarkandu až po Chivu, a také nablýskaných metropolí. Snaží se přiblížit osudy otevřených a sdílných lidí a ukázat více do hloubky, jaká je dnešní společnost a život ve Střední Asii, pro nás Evropany často tak naprosto odlišné a nepochopitelné.

The Bernese Oberland lies at the heart of the Swiss Alps, home to some of the most iconic mountain scenery in Europe. Towering above deep glacial valleys and turquoise lakes are legendary peaks such as the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, backed by higher summits including the Finsteraarhorn and Schreckhorn. Well-engineered mountain paths cross high passes, circle glacier-clad massifs and link welcoming huts and traditional alpine villages, making this region one of the finest trekking destinations in the Alps. This guidebook brings together five outstanding multi-day treks in the Bernese Oberland, offering over a month of walking in total. Routes range from classic circuits beneath the great north faces to quieter western ranges and remote high passes. Accommodation options are plentiful, from remote hütten and characterful mountain inns to small valley hotels, while Switzerland’s excellent network of trains, buses and cable cars makes access straightforward. Most treks are achievable in under a week, though they can be combined or adapted to suit longer adventures. The Treks: Tour of the Jungfrau Region (TJR) – 119km, 9 stages, ±8250m – A classic hut-to-hut circuit around Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen and Mürren beneath the mighty Jungfrau massif. Starting and finishing in Grindelwald, under the Wetterhorn and Eiger, this varied route offers superb mountain views, flexible stage options and plentiful accommodation. The Bärentrek (Via Alpina, National Route 1) – 82km, 5 stages, +6120m / -5550m – The central section of Switzerland’s Via Alpina, linking Meiringen to Kandersteg beneath the Wetterhorn, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. Long but straightforward early stages lead to more challenging crossings of the Sefinenfurgga and Hohtürli passes. A tough and rewarding high-level traverse. Via Berna (Alpine Section) – 122km, 9 stages, +8280m / -6920m – A linear trek from lakeside Spiez to the remote Sustenpass, using sections of the Via Alpina and sharing stages with the TJR. This mountain-focused section explores the Oberland from Lake Thun through Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald and Meiringen. Tour of the Wildstrubel – 127km, 6 stages, ±7500m – A circuit of the glaciated Wildstrubel massif from Kandersteg via Adelboden and Lenk, crossing the Rawilpass into Valais. Return options include the Gemmipass or the quieter Lötschental and Lötschenpass. Tour of the Wildhorn – 61km, 4 stages, ±4550m – A shorter but wild trek in the western Bernese Alps, beginning at Iffigenalp near Lenk. Crossing high terrain towards the Diablerets and into Valais, this compact route includes a pass at nearly 2900m. Across all five routes, trekkers encounter classic high passes such as the Hohtürli, Sefinenfurgga and Grosse Scheidegg; tranquil valleys including the upper Lauterbrunnen, Kiental and Kandertal; and beautiful alpine lakes such as Oeschinensee and Bachsee. The trekking season typically runs from mid-June to late September, with September often offering stable weather and quieter trails, though some accommodation closes at the end of the month. This guidebook includes: Full stage-by-stage route descriptions for all five Bernese Oberland treks, with clear daily distances, ascent and descent figures, route highlights and practical notes to help you plan realistic itinerariesDetailed mapping and route guidance, enabling confident navigation across high passes, mountain trails and valley approaches, with options for shortening, extending or linking stagesComprehensive accommodation listings for huts, mountain inns and valley hotels, including booking advice and guidance on planning overnight stops during the busy summer seasonExtensive planning information covering transport and access, including Switzerland’s integrated rail, bus and cable-car network, discount travel passes and advice on reaching start and finish pointsSeasonal and safety advice for trekking in the Berne

Staying Power, Zena Sharman''s memoir in essays, is a beautiful and honest journey of care work, grief, parenting, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. Exploring the lessons and inheritances of being raised by survivors of complex traumas, the book challenges the notion that one must be healed in order to parent well and celebrates the transformative power of queer family-making beyond gay marriage and assimilation into the nuclear family. The book, which recounts the author''s experiences of raising three children in a four-parent queer family, asks, ''If leaving has helped you survive, how do you learn to stay?'' Sharman finds answers in queer kinship, femme erotics, leatherdyke lineages, and the radical possibilities inherent in doing mother work outside of motherhood, recognizing that sometimes you fight the thing you want most. Staying Power is a moving, deeply personal account of one person''s journey of unlearning independence through an experiment in queer collective care.

**TWO STARRED REVIEWS!!**A fantastical coming-of-age graphic novel involving love, loss, and found family, centered around a determined autistic heroine who refuses to make herself fit neatly into other peoples’ spaceWherever she is, Olive has never quite fit in, and living in a dorm room for the first time is no exception. To get away from the bullies, annoying teachers, and her parents, Olive escapes alone into her own vast world of vivid landscapes and fantastical inventions—until she gets an unexpected visit from a mysterious astronaut.Could the astronaut in her inner world be the same astronaut who recently crash-landed on earth without a trace? Night by night, Olive watches his health fade and becomes more and more certain that she has to take action.When no one believes that she knows how to save him, she joins forces with her plucky new roommate to unpack the clues from her inner world and venture on a journey to real-life countries she’s never been to before—all to save an astronaut who, as far as she can recall, she’s never met.

'Hilarious, brilliant, utterly exhilarating' MONICA ALI'Funny, sharp unputdownable' NINA STIBBE'Fantastic' JESSIE BURTON'Very funny and very, very relatable' STYLIST, 2026 BEST FICTION PICKS'An extremely funny book that's both perceptive and propulsive' ADAM KAYFor weeks, she has been saying it will be their special day. One last, perfect day with her children before she returns to work after maternity leave. What's the worst that can happen?Unfolding across 24 hours, Natural Disaster is a novel about the absurd, frustrating, hilarious, precarious, bittersweet, sometimes astonishing challenge - literal, existential - of being a woman, a mother, a wife, a person for one single, entire day.'I absolutely loved it' LUCY DIAMOND'Compulsive, agonising, and hilarious' CHRIS POWER'Brilliant, hilarious, gut-punchingly truth-telling' EMILY ITAMI'The funniest novel I've read in years' CLAIRE POWELL'Thunderously good' NATHAN FILER'I did not give Lisa Owens permission to look inside my very soul but she seems to have done it anyway. Smart, wise and real' CLAIRE LYNCH'A genuinely dazzling novel' DAVID WHITEHOUSE'This is the book I've been waiting for ever since I had children. So propulsive I read it in a single sitting' MARIANNE LEVY'Destined to become a classic' JESSICA STANLEY'What a perfect depiction of early motherhood, womanhood, and love' OLIVIA POTTS'I absolutely adored it.' EMMA HUGHES'Generous, funny, heartbreaking and clever' LIZZY STEWART

Why did you get yourself into this, Edith? Was it all worth it? Born and raised in a liberal Jewish family in Vienna, Edith Tudor-Hart’s legacy is defined by her pioneering social photography and her pivotal role in the recruitment of Kim Philby as a Soviet agent. Arrested for her involvement with socialist groups, Edith emigrated to England in 1933 to escape political and religious persecution. There, her photography came to reflect her socialist ideals, and her clandestine work for the Soviet Union meant she would spend the rest of her life under the suspicion and close surveillance of MI5. The Darkrooms of Edith Tudor-Hart is the culmination of Peter Stephan Jungk’s enduring fascination with his cousin’s life. His vivid portrait reveals a woman whose life was shrouded in secrecy and whom – in his confession to MI5 a decade before Edith’s death – the Soviet spy Anthony Blunt called ‘the grandmother of us all.’

Were the trenches always mudd? as every minute spent under fir? ow did soldiers get aroun? hat food was eate? nd how did they build them anywa? Short History of First World War Trenches is a subject that perpetually fascinates and brings to the fore questions of what the everyday soldier experienced in times of conflict and rest. Jam-packed with facts, stats and first-hand accounts of the action, all woven together in an accessible way by an expert in the field, this Short History will answer any question you have in a concise, informative way – an invaluable addition to anyone’s bookshelf.

'Rich, evocative and beautifully written: a meditation on faith, grief and belonging. A wonderful debut' Nussaibah Younis'A breathtaking debut' Foluso Agbaje'A remarkable debut written with depth and clarity' Chibundu Onuzo'Heartbreakingly beautiful, witty, humane and transcendent - an unforgettable debut' Lauren St John 'Suffused with love and sadness, ambitious in scope, It Comes in Waves is a delicate, moving novel' Lorna Elcock'It Comes In Waves will leave you gasping for air, in the best ways' Maame Blue'A story that will stay with you' Onyi Nwabineli'Richly drawn and emotionally resonant, it marks the arrival of an exciting new literary voice' Service95Grief, that ungovernable pet – it comes and goes as it pleases, never straying far. Death sneaks up on Onome Odafe. She has little experience of what it means to lose someone she truly loves. So when her sister calls to tell her that their father didn’t survive a stroke, she isn’t sure how to act, what grieving is meant to look or feel like. She passes the days until she returns to Nigeria for the funeral in a haze of performance and distraction, holding together what little of herself is left. Reunited with her siblings and mother in Nigeria, Onome is thrown into the depths of various funeral events, uncomfortable customs, meddling religious figures and both unfamiliar and familiar faces. One of which, is Aunty Eguono, her father’s sister. A woman who has never shied away from making a scene, and whose careless words one afternoon upend the only image of her father Onome has ever known. As she struggles to accept the reality of her father’s death, she finds herself on a path of discovery leading towards an unsettling truth: a man can be more than one thing, and the man in question may be her father. An unforgettable debut, IT COMES IN WAVES is both an honest exploration of grief and a captivating story of the lives we lead and leave behind.

By early 1963 the foundations of the Marvel Universe had been laid. Following the introduction of the Fantastic Four in 1961 came the amazing (Spider-Man), the astonishing (Ant-Man), the strange (Doctor, that is), the incredible (Hulk), the invincible (Iron Man) and the mighty (Thor). Still, Marvel editor in chief Stan Lee realized something was missing. “I was writing these characters and I thought it would fun to put them together in a team,” he recalled. So Lee and artist Jack Kirby assembled Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk to create the Avengers.Right away it was clear this team was different. If the Fantastic Four were family, then the Avengers were the co-workers you didn’t choose. Not everyone got along—the Hulk fought with everyone—but working together they could defeat the baddest of Marvel’s bad guys, like Loki, Kang the Conqueror, the Masters of Evil, and Immortus. The lineup was ever changing: The Hulk departed, Captain America joined, and Ant-Man grew up to become Giant-Man. Then, remarkably, villains Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch became heroes—and Avengers—and the group’s founding members shockingly departed, leaving Captain America to lead the newly-minted heroes.Relive the classic early adventures of Avengers Nos. 1–20 now available as a compact trade edition. The most pristine pedigreed comics have been cracked open and photographed for reproduction in close collaboration with Marvel and the Certified Guaranty Company. Accompanying the stories are an in-depth history by the Eisner Award-winning writer Kurt Busiek that’s illustrated with original art, little-seen photographs, and rare documents. This mighty collection about Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is worthy of Tony Stark’s library—or yours.

Reframe your thoughts and awareness toward joy, positivity, wonder, and opportunity through guided reflection, journal prompts, and mindfulness practice. A relatively new concept in mental health, glimmers are the opposite of a trigger, something that produces joy and positive emotion. Through the stress of modern life, our default mode as humans is often to look for threats, rather than positive things. We’re equipped to expect trauma, but not its opposite: joy. However, it is possible to retrain your brain to seek out joy. Glimmers can help.With this inspiring book:Discover what glimmers are and their mental health benefits.Retrain your brain with glimmers to increase mindfulness, expand gratitude, and relieve tension.Find and manifest glimmers in your life by engaging your senses, creating connection, and establishing a daily practice.Pick up Glimmers for a friend or use it to increase awareness and joy in your own life.

‘Wonderfully readable and practical wardrobe guidance from the style guru herself.’ Liz Earle'A gorgeous book’ Sophie Ellis-BextorA beautiful call for women to celebrate their authenticity and individuality with confidence. Amanda Wakeley OBE – the British fashion icon and creative force who has dressed everyone from Princess Diana to Beyoncé – shares her wisdom to help every woman dress with style and confidence. She offers a beautiful approach to unlocking your full potential and evolving personal style through every era. Amanda sets out her simple method to uncover individual style and confidence inspired by the myriad women she has been privileged to dress. She shares her stories from a lifetime of creating iconic clothes cherished by women all over the world.

'Funny, bleak, delicious, totally terrifying. I could not put it down' Ella Risbridger'An acerbically witty and haunting state of the times debut' Charlotte ParadiseDanielle MacKinnon's nearly thirty and still hasn't got her life sorted. She's broke, hates her job as PA to the blithely privileged Jeannie, and now a break-up's left her with nowhere to live. It comes as a surprise when Jeannie suggests that Danielle stay at Westerley, the sprawling Yorkshire estate where she grew up. They need someone to look after the place anyway. Danielle enjoys the borrowed luxury at first, but the house is strange, uneasy. The sleep paralysis that started in London has followed her there. Then Jeannie arrives unannounced. Working for Jeannie, serving her, living in her house, the razor-thin boundaries between Danielle and her boss begin to dissolve. Soon their relationship slides into one that is older, stranger and harder to name. Something is happening at Westerley. Things where they shouldn't be. The shadow of a maid sweeping in the dawn light. But is the house really haunted? Or is Danielle?

An empowering guide for artists, makers, writers and anyone seeking to live more creatively, with confidence, calm and joy. We all possess creativity, whether it's in the clothes we wear, the way we arrange flowers, or the patterns we choose for our bedroom walls. However, in today's fast-paced, AI-driven world, many of us have lost touch with our innate creative abilities. By chasing trends, productivity hacks and protocols, we forget to trust ourselves, instead relying on algorithms to dictate what we like, what we make, and crucially, how we feel. Award-winning author Emma Gannon understands just how essential creativity is for survival. Through necessity, she has forged her own creative compass to rekindle her spark when it’s running low. Now, she invites us to set our own inner compass, with mindsets, rituals and actions to help us:overcome burnout and mental blocks by blocking external noisereignite our creative inspiration and flow through making 'bad' art, andreconnect with intuition and self-trust by finding the values that guide us. Break free from the need for outside approval and create a vibrant, fulfilling life from the inside-out.

Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting childhood trauma, shame, gender identity, her transition, body image issues, her search for romantic love, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, and ultimately, healing. Laverne Cox is a powerhouse in the fight for transgender rights and representation—but her path from a struggling trans actress to a cultural movement was anything but easy. Surviving a childhood full of trauma, dealing with depression, and working at a drag restaurant in New York City for seven years, Laverne was turning forty and felt it was time to throw in the towel when it came to being a Hollywood star—then she booked the character of Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black. Her world changed overnight. She made history as the first openly transgender person nominated for a Primetime Emmy, starred in a range of high-profile shows, and became the first transgender person to win a Daytime Emmy as executive producer on Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word. A red-carpet fashion icon, podcast host, and fearless advocate, she uses her stardom to champion LGBTQ+ rights, whether on Hollywood’s biggest stages, her personal channels, or at Supreme Court hearings. And she’s only getting started. In Transcendent, you will experience life in Laverne’s shoes, from her childhood abuse to making her big break, dealing with Hollywood bureaucracy, feeling lonely in a world that is unaccepting, and finding her voice through the chaos of it all. With behind-the-scenes stories and personal reflection, we can heal and fight for equality, right alongside Laverne.

In a city of sunshine and secrets, the shadows belong to the animals. In a solar-powered future, humans live in luxury, served by unseen Little Helpers – artificially enhanced animals who maintain their perfect green cities. The animals’ number one rule: ‘do not bother the humans’. Yet, beneath this tranquil facade, a complex underworld of animal politics, crime and conflict thrives. Enter Skotch, a freelance raccoon investigator. Until now, his biggest problem has been a lack of work. Now, his work may get him killed. His latest case? Finding a fugitive mouse scientist. But powerful forces are also after Doctor Meece, and they’re willing to kill for his secrets. Can Skotch navigate this treacherous web, outsmart rat gangsters, beat a deadly weasel assassin and keep his pelt intact? More importantly, can he find his quarry before the elusive rodent breaks Rule One in the most apocalyptic way – and shatters their fragile worl? or those who loved John Scalzi's Starter Villain and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model, Green City Wars is a crime-inspired adventure that will draw you deep into an incredible new world . . . * * *Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky‘One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction’– Christopher Paolini‘Fantastic and highly imaginative'– Peter F. Hamilton‘Picking up an Adrian Tchaikovsky book is proof you love your brain and want it to be happy’– John Scalzi‘An intriguing puzzle with plenty of thrills’– The Guardian

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEARBoth inventive and shocking, Trust Exercise became a sensation on publication in the USA for its timely insights into sex, power and the nature of abuse. Sarah and David are in love - the obsessive, uncertain love of teenagers on the edge of adulthood. At their performing arts school, the rules are made by their magnetic drama instructor Mr Kingsley, who initiates them into a dangerous game. Two decades on we learn that the real story of these teenagers' lives is even larger and darker than we imagined, and the consequences have lasted a lifetime. Trust Exercise is a brilliant, unforgettable novel about what we lose, gain and never get over as we're initiated into the mysteries of adulthood.

“I ask the internet the difference between something being too close tothe bone and something being too close to home.” This funny andterrifying book is a study of what and how things mean, and don't, inour latest machine age. In it something unforgiveable has happened. The main character, seemingly numbed but bristling with blade-sharpunderstanding, is only just holding things together and trying to workout how to heal. So she travels to Japan in a search for the other half ofa fragmented family. Or is it the world itself that has fragmented? Pink Soap examines the massive everyday pressures we’re all underwith real wit and style. It is pristine, brilliant, smart beyond belief. Isense it becoming as much a classic for now as Plath’s The Bell Jar hasbeen for the decades behind us." Ali Smith

‘No one writes with more skill and honesty about the human condition and this book is possibly her finest’ ObserverTHE MESMERISING FINAL NOVEL BY THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF HOTEL DU LAC, NOW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TESSA HADLEY‘He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren circumstances of the here and now’Paul Sturgis – unmarried, retired, and coming towards the end of his life – lives alone in a small dark flat which has never felt like home. Each day, he walks the streets of London, passing brightly lit windows into other people’s lives and finding pleasure in fleeting exchanges with strangers: the cheerful hairdresser, the lady at the drycleaners, a café stop for a cup of coffee. When he longs for light and warmth, he takes short trips to the continent, but it is to London that he always returns. Fearing that his destiny may be to live and die among strangers, and longing for companionship or simply conversation, Paul finds himself drawn back to memories of his own failed relationships. But when a chance encounter with a recently divorced younger woman shakes up his routine, and an old girlfriend appears on the scene, he is forced to make a decision about how – and with whom – he wants to spend the rest of his days. ‘A novel of sober brilliance, and the unerring, unflinching Brookner is still a much underestimated novelist’ Helen Dunmore, The Times‘Nothing less than brilliant, often highly amusing and, ultimately life affirming’ Sunday Telegraph

The Spectacular Science of Vehicles is guaranteed to answer all those tricky science questions that children ask about cars, trains, ships and planes – and that parents often struggle to answer!Find out how a Maglev train floats on air, what happens when you break the sound barrier, how modern airports and container ports work and many, many more!The bright, busy artworks encourage science-hungry children to pore over every detail and truly get to grips with the science that underpins everything around us. Information is delivered on multiple levels, allowing readers to dip in and out at speed, or take a deep dive into their favourite subjects. There's eight Spectacular Science titles to collect! Titles include Space, Buildings, The Human Body, Art, Planet Earth and The Living World.