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Biografie - Životopisy 
Geografia, mapy, sprievodcovia 
Kuchárske knihy 
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British and Irish Fire Appliances of the Twenty-first Century
Fire services within the United Kingdom and Ireland require fleets of specialised firefighting vehicles to attend and deal with all manner of emergency situations. Domestic fire appliances, turning out to fires, incidents and rescues from a local fire station, are supported as required by high-reach aerial appliances, water tankers, specialised rescue teams and command units. The firefighting requirements of UK and Irish airports require larger and more specialist appliances, carrying significantly greater volumes of firefighting media such as water and foam, which are on constant standby to deal with the most serious of airport emergencies.The last twenty-five years have been a period of change. Specialist fire-appliance manufacturers have come and gone, most fire fleets now carry the red and yellow ‘Battenburg’ colour scheme and the quantity, allocation and specialist capabilities of fire appliances are constantly being reviewed to reflect the changing needs of the emergency calls that are received. In this lavishly illustrated book, John Godwin looks at fire appliances in use over the last quarter of a century, referencing many of the UK and Ireland’s public fire-and-rescue services, as well as reviewing many airport fire-service fleets and industrial and private firefighting operations.
Stitch ide do postieľky
Stitch sa chystá do postieľky, ale zdá sa, že nezatvorí očká, kým nevyvedie nejaké šibalstvo. Čo zažije malý mimozemšťan, než sa konečne zababuší pod perinku? Spolu so Stitchom si upracte hračky, vyčistite zúbky, oblečte si pyžamko a vypočujte si rozprávku!
The Five Finger Plan to a Healthy Brain
Proven strategies to reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Based on groundbreaking research from the landmark FINGER® study, The Five Finger Plan to a Healthy Brain presents a proven, science-based model showing how lifestyle changes in five key areas - diet, physical activity, cognitive stimulation, social engagement, and cardiovascular health - can help prevent and delay cognitive decline. Developed by the FINGERS Brain Health Institute (FBHI), a global leader in dementia prevention research, and now inspiring clinical trials in more than 70 countries, including the UK, this accessible book empowers readers with practical tools and knowledge to adopt brain-healthy habits that make a lasting difference. Key Highlights:The Five Finger Plan presents the first complete study to prove how five lifestyle areas - diet, physical activity, mental stimulation, social life, and heart health - work together for brain healthExplains that up to 40 percent of dementia cases are linked to modifiable lifestyle factorsIncludes recipes for boosting brain healthEmphasizes it's never too early, or too late, to adopt brain-healthy habitsShares the global reach of the FINGER® initiative, with trials in over 70 countriesBacked by FBHI, a leading non-profit research institute connected to Karolinska InstitutetForeword by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden.
An Africa Ago
In 1968, aged 21, John Western left England, not realising that he might never bother to return. The boy who had always loved maps, trains and travel to new places was posted by Voluntary Service Overseas to a missionary school in rural Burundi, Central Africa. From the world's longest-industrialised country, he pitches into what was probably then its least industrialised nation. For two years, Western experiences life in an 'overwhelmingly illiterate subsistence economy of material poverty' - realities that provide the foundation for his fourth book, An Africa Ago. Two years after he leaves to study in the United States, Burundi's Tutsi ruling minority massacres 100,000 Hutus after an attempted coup against the military dictatorship. In 1975, Western - by this time, living in South Africa to research a doctoral thesis about apartheid in Cape Town - revisits Burundi to assess the aftermath. What he encounters will haunt him for ever. Of the schoolboys he taught, many have vanished into mass graves - carted off in lorries, still alive, then layered face down under rocks. 'The little mission hill,' he finds, 'is now a place of desolation, of widows and orphans and injustice'. Meanwhile, at the southern tip of this complex continent, Western's inside stories of the lives of Cape Town's 'Coloured' (mixed-race) residents, under the heel of 1970s apartheid, reveal an attempt to dominate, oppress and humiliate - not merely to racially segregate. But Western's memoir is not all darkness. There is adventure too - tales of overlanding 7,500 miles in barely two months, most by hitchhiking, Western's route taking in Botswana, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Zambia, Tanzania, and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). And there are accounts of strong bonds forged with working-class Afrikaners utterly removed from any political or racial disputes, the unexpected point of connection being a shared love of locomotives as the era of the steam engine was drawing to its close. And it is trains with which An Africa Ago closes - a luxurious journey on a Namibian 'sealed hotel-on-wheels' from which the author offers us a self-conscious, 21st-century return to the era of white settler colonialism in southern Africa.
Chelmsford Buses in the Twenty-first Century
This book documents the surprisingly varied bus scene in Chelmsford, one of Britain’s newest cities, since 2000. Although the main operator is First, whose fleet in the city is mainly single deck due to the famous low railway bridge in Duke Street, the fleet does still have a number of double-deckers. In fact, the number of double-deckers in Chelmsford has increased in recent years as First have converted several inter urban routes to double-deck operation. The new liveries recently introduced by First are also featured in this book. In addition to First, Chelmsford continues to be served by other operators such as Arriva, Stephensons and Go Ahead Group subsidiary Hedingham. Regal Busways were also a familiar sight in Chelmsford before their demise. All are included here.Containing high-quality photographs, this book will appeal to those interested in the ever evolving and fascinating bus scene in Chelmsford.
Marco Polo Albania Pocket Travel Guide
Let Marco Polo Albania guide you around this beautiful country. Explore Albania with this pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Experience the best of Albania, enjoy the top 10 sights and uncover some hidden gems. There are lots of ideas for keeping the kids entertained, as well as offering tips for travelling on a budget. Let Marco Polo show you all that Albania has to offer. The Marco Polo Albania Pocket Guide covers: Tirana, Durres, Kruje, Lezhe, Shkoder, Theth, Valbona, Vermosh, Peshkopi, Pogradec, Berat, Gjirokaster, Permet, Korce, Vlore, Himare, Sarande. What’s inside:Insider Tips - we show you the hidden gems and little-known secrets that offer a real insight into the country including where to see the finest sunset in Tirana and where to try the best burekBest of - find the best things to do if you’re travelling on a budget, the best things to do with the kids and the best things to do if you’re looking for an authentic Albanian experienceSightseeing - all the top sights are organised by area, so you can easily plan your trip Discovery Tours - 3 specially tailored tours that will get you to the soul of Albania. Hike the Maja e Thanasit Loop, unlock the heart of Tirana and enjoy a riviera road tripAlbania in full-colour - Marco Polo Pocket Guide Albania includes full-colour photos throughout the guide bringing the country to life offering you a real taste of what you can see and enjoy on your tripGet in the holiday mood - before even leaving home, get into the holiday mood with Marco Polo’s spotify playlist featuring songs related to Albania along with the best apps, blogs, film and book recommendationsUseful Albanian phrases - the essential words and phrases are included to help you get byPull-out map - we’ve included a handy, pull-out map so you can pop the guide in your bag for a full-on sightseeing day or head out with just the map to enjoy your Discovery TourSoak up the sun on a beautiful, Balkan beach, hike scenic mountain trails or discover breathtaking driving routes along the glorious Adriatic coastline, Albania ticks all the boxes for a picture-perfect holiday. Trust Marco Polo Pocket Guide Albania to show you around this fascinating country. The comprehensive coverage and unique insights will ensure you experience everything Albania has to offer and more. The special tips, personal insights and unusual experiences will help you make the most of your trip - just arrive and enjoy.
Veterinární poradna
Držíte v rukou přehledného průvodce péčí o psy a kočky, v němž se s vámi známý veterinář Milan Štourač odbornou a zároveň čtivou formou podělí o zkušenosti ze své praxe.
Co z darů přírody podpoří zdraví a štěstí vašeho mazlíčka? Jak nastavit smysluplný a proaktivní přístup k péči o chlupatého přítele od narození až po seniorský věk?
V knize naleznete vše přehledně uspořádáno „od čumáčku po ocásek“. Jednotlivé kapitoly nabízejí podrobný popis projevů zvířecích zdravotních obtíží i odpovídající léčebné postupy. Nechybí ani úsměvné historky z veterinární ordinace a příběhy i fotografie odložených zvířat určených k adopci.Vždyť kdo jiný než právě vy, čtenáři této knihy a vášniví chovatelé, může zlepšit kvalitu života domácího mazlíčka a posílit pevné a láskyplné pouto mezi člověkem a zvířetem.
Bone of My Bone
USA Today bestseller and Bram Stoker Award nominee Johanna van Veen unveils a sapphic folk horror tour de force-perfect for fans of The VVitch and The Salt Grows Heavy. A skull's grin is eternal…
The year is 1635.
Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant, escape a band of marauding soldiers and disappear into the Bavarian forest. War scorches the land, and no one survives it alone. Amid the devastation, they find something in the arms of a dying man: the gilded skull of a saint.
It is said that if you reunite the saint's skull with her body, a wish will be granted. Desperate for salvation, and each with secret desires of their own, Ursula and Elsebeth follow a ragged map across the blighted countryside. But darkness follows them. A necromancer, drawn to the relic's power. The saint herself, whispering at night. And as the lines between blessing and curse blur, the women must face a harrowing truth: the magic they seek comes at a cost.
At the journey's end, they'll face an impossible choice-one that could tear apart everything they know…or bind them to each other forever.
As beautiful and tender as it is dark and terrifying, Bone of My Bone showcases one of queer horror's most exciting writers in her most chilling tale yet.
Tropes
Folk Horror Fantasy
Dark Fairytale
Sapphic Love
Historical Fiction
Supernatural Books
LGBTQ+
Also by Johanna van Veen:
My Darling Dreadful Thing
Blood on Her Tongue
Elsewhere
Elsewhere is the definitive oral history of British skateboarding. Told chronologically from the beginning of its identity shift to the start of the new millennium, the book explores the lasting influence British skateboarding continues to have on fashion, film, photography, art and media.
While British skateboarders moved the sport away from its Californian roots, embracing a different terrain with skaters in the north taking to ramps in abandoned warehouses and in the south skating the streets of new developments, the story of skateboarding in the UK goes far beyond the act of riding a board. As important were the cottage industries of clothes manufacture, photography, filmmaking and zine production which were inspired by British skateboarders: many of which are now multi-million-pound brands which regulate mainstream culture today.
Suitable not only for skaters but for anyone interested in film, fashion and photography, Elsewhere tells the story of skateboarding in the UK during the pivotal era of 1987–2002 when the British iteration of the sport developed its own unique identity and subsequently went on to inspire and transform global popular culture.
Košík a lednička plné hlav
V jedné knize najdete oba díly kriminálního hororu z hlavy slavného Joea Hilla (Rohy, Vánoční říše, Ohnivý muž, Zámek a klíč), tvůrce, o kterém se už dávno nedá psát jen jako o „synovi Stephena Kinga“.
June Branchová je v průšvihu. Zůstala lapená na Brody Islandu a nemá kam utéct. Jejího přítele Liama unesla čtveřice krvežíznivých uprchlých trestanců, kteří se nezastaví, dokud ji nenajdou. Jediné, čím se může chudák June bránit, je prapodivná vikinská sekera s děsivou mocí – hlavy lidí, které setne, totiž zůstávají naživu. Pokud má tedy June zachránit Liama i sama sebe, nesmí teď ztratit hlavu... a už vůbec ne plný košík hlav!
No a jako nášup je tu i neméně hororové a akční pokračování, ve kterém už na hlavy bude nutná celá lednička!
Mastodon
Před sedmnácti lety se Tyler Barton narodil ve Skalnatých horách, zatímco byli jeho rodiče na túře. Toho dne jeho matka zmizela a už ji nikdo nikdy nespatřil.Teď se historie opakuje. V den sedmnáctého výročí jejího zmizení letí Tylerův otec domů, když letadlo, v němž cestuje, zmizí – ve stejné oblasti, kde byla jeho matka naposledy viděna.
Navzdory varování úřadů se Tyler rozhodne vydat do této oblasti a svého otce hledat, s nadějí, že ho najde živého a přivede zpět do bezpečí. Ale existuje důvod, proč je vstup do této oblasti zakázán – a i když na to Tyler nedbá, brzy zjistí, že divočina může skrývat ty nejhlubší a nejtemnější strachy, jaké člověk zná.
Communication
All animals communicate with each other in one form or another, but humans are unique in that we have been able to go much further, creating languages and symbols to share and explain ideas, feelings and abstract concepts. Communication has allowed us to make breakthroughs in science and convey emotions through art and music, and in order to communicate faster and farther, we have created technologies ranging from writing to the Internet. Almost everything we do during the day is a form of communication – not only when we speak, listen, read or write, but also when we see road signs or read each other’s body language. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of communication in all its many forms, from ancient times to AI.
JR
Trace JR’s evolution from his Parisian origins, tagging rooftops and subway cars, to his emergence as an artist of extraordinary scale. The tag is a declaration of presence, and JR never leaves that impulse behind. Instead, he expands it, turning city bridges, favelas, and prison exercise yards into canvases for collective visibility.
His lineage runs from William Hogarth and Eugene Delacroix through Francisco Goya to Diego Rivera. Public portraiture is reimagined for the 21st century with works that embrace but also reject digital artifice. In an age of Photoshop and AI, his materials-paper, paste, human collaboration-are resolutely real. There’s illusion, but only in his epic trompe l’oeils.
From Paris to global conflict zones, he moves toward tension, not away from it. Projects like Face 2 Face collapse political distance via paired portraits, while his vast Chronicles transform communities into panoramic peoplescapes, echoing the narrative sweep of historical murals. Works like Mayra, Picnic across the Border are staged encounters as much as images-curated spaces where barriers, physical and psychological, momentarily dissolve.
Throughout, he recontextualizes: architecture becomes canvas, strangers become protagonists, fleeting actions become enduring images. Rooted in photography, his work reaches far beyond it. His art unfolds through participation, scale, and shared authorship, where the most powerful outcome is often intangible-the conversations it sets in motion.
This engrossing volume examines all his major works, with behind-the-scenes photography and extended essays.
Rembrandt. The Paintings. 45th Ed.
He was the most sought-after painter in the prosperous trading city of Amsterdam yet died completely impoverished. Though he never left his homeland, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn's (1606-1669) work extends far beyond the confines of his personal experience, constituting some of the most effective and multifaceted works in art history, forever engraved on the collective memory - The Night Watch, epitomizing the flowering of Dutch urban culture in the 17th century, or Self-Portrait as Zeuxis, which remains enigmatic to this day.As an artist of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt's interest was in human passions. Bible scenes such as Bathsheba with King David's Letter (1654) also highlight the subjects' vulnerability, going far beyond what had previously been depicted in painting. Rembrandt also left behind a large number of self-portraits - no other artist of the time portrayed himself so frequently, thus documenting his own development from youth to old age.Following our XXL bestseller, TASCHEN is now releasing this abridged, more compact edition featuring Rembrandt's paintings in stunning reproductions - from Belshazzar's Feast (c. 1635) to his furious late work, this is a chance to experience Rembrandt's painterly oeuvre in a whole new way.
Na dosah snů
V třetí knize trilogie Emerald Bay se Lexi splnil sen. Konečně se stěhuje z australského vnitrozemí do malebného přímořského městečka Emerald Bay a může tady studovat mořskou biologii. Jako vždy je perfektně připravená a má přesně naplánovaný každý další krok. Rušivým faktorem jejích plánů se ale stane setkání s Jakem Millsem, s nímž ji spojují jen negativní vzpomínky. A aby toho nebylo málo, tento syn dvou slavných oceánologů s ní teď nejen studuje, ale dokonce jí byl přidělen i jako partner při práci na důležitém výzkumném projektu.
Jake je jejím pravým opakem – žije ze dne na den a nebere nic vážně, tedy až na fotografování podmořského světa, kterým chce pomoct zachránit oceán. A tak se tito dva navenek naprosto odlišní lidé, kteří se nesnáší, musí naučit spolu vycházet. A čím déle spolu pracují a poznávají se, tím rychleji mizí jejich předsudky. Spojují je totiž důležitá témata – láska k moři a jeho ochrana, vztahy s rodiči a vypořádání se s vážným onemocněním.
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Pán a kocour 6
Morijama zůstal na pódiu sám, zrazen vlastní kapelou. Kanda ví, že nesmí váhat – přítel, který jemu i Štístkovi tolikrát pomohl v těžkých časech, ho teď potřebuje. Je na čase splatit staré dluhy a rozjet v hudebním klubu pořádnou show! Podaří se ale Kandovi překonat vlastní ochromující trému a zachránit situaci? Přečtěte si další neobyčejný příběh o poutu mezi kocourem a jeho pánem.
Nature's Great Masterpiece
Although mammoths and straight-tusked elephants once roamed Britain before extinction, and there is reference to Roman war elephants being used in Britain, the first elephant explicitly recorded arrived in 1255 as a gift to King Henry III. The creature was kept in the Tower of London and was a source of wonder and entertainment: the role the elephant would play in Britain from that time on.In A History of Elephants in Britain, author Barclay Price takes the reader on a fascinating exploration of the animal’s associations with Britain through the ages. He charts mediaeval views of the first elephants seen, the early menageries and circuses and performing elephants to famous elephants such as Jumbo in Victorian London, elephants in popular culture and representations in public sculptures and paintings. Full with unusual tales and fascinating facts, this well-researched history will introduce readers to the fascinating history of elephants in Britain up to the twenty-first century.
Rightless Resistance
Rightless Resistance investigates why resistance to land grabbing so often fails. The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered widespread conflict across rural Indonesia as communities lose their land with little compensation. Based on an unprecedented study of 150 such conflicts, this book uncovers how villagers fight back against palm oil companies, and what their struggles reveal about power, law, and citizenship in postcolonial Indonesia. Enduring colonial legacies and collusive politics have left rural Indonesians virtually rightless, so villagers turn to customary traditions and social norms instead of formal law – a strategy that rarely gets results. By analyzing this resistance to corporate land grabbing, Ward Berenschot, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Afrizal, and Otto Hospes offer a new perspective on why land rights movements often fall short. When the legal system is unreliable, people aim lower—and the deeper power imbalances facilitating their dispossession go unchallenged.
The Functionally Fluent Teacher
The Functionally Fluent Teacher explores how teachers can build more effective relationships with the key stakeholders in school life - pupils, colleagues, leaders, parents and the wider community. This book argues that genuine inclusive cultures are created not through policies alone but through the quality of everyday interactions. Functional Fluency offers a shared language and practical toolkit to help educators use their limited time and energy more effectively so that both staff and pupils can thrive. Blending theory with the experiences of practitioners, Steve Willshaw brings the model to life through real-world insights, practical classroom scenarios and case studies. Together, these examples provide a clear roadmap for navigating common professional dilemmas, while offering tools to help schools measure their progress towards becoming truly Functionally Fluent communities.
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