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Children of the Third Reich
The Third Reich cast a long shadow, not least over those born in Germany at that time. Whether the children of Nazi perpetrators or Holocaust survivors, they all had to come to terms with their dark past, based on an inhuman racial ideology. Renate was born in 1941, the daughter of an unknown SS General and Nazi war criminal who fathered her as part of his racial duty to produce 'A Child for Hitler.' Joe was born in 1946 in a Displaced Persons camp for Holocaust survivors. Dan was born in Haifa in 1938 to German Jewish immigrant parents. Then it was Palestine, later Israel, and Dan was a proud Israeli, until he wasn't so sure any more. All three grew up surrounded by silence and secrets, because their parents wanted to protect them from the horrors of the dark Nazi past which had devastated their lives. Decades later the three met, each trying to come to terms with their legacies of silence, secrets and pain. In Children of the Third Reich, acclaimed historian Catrine Clay traces their stories from Germany to the United States and Israel, confronting their dark pasts in order to find ways to a better future.
A Concise History of Spain
Modern Spain has developed from a complex history, a diverse population, and continual contact with outside influences. This updated and revised volume moves from prehistoric times to the present, incorporating recent scholarship and focusing on politics, society, economy, culture, and personalities. Written in an engaging style, it introduces key themes that have shaped Spanish history. These include its varied landscapes and climate zones; the impact of waves of human migrations; and Spain's importance as a bridge between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, between Europe and Africa, and between Europe and Latin America. Another key theme is religion, particularly militant Catholic Christianity, its centuries of conflict with Islam and Protestantism, and debates over the place of religion in modern Spanish life. Illustrations, maps, and a guide to further information about major cultural figures, books to read, and places of interest make the history of this fascinating country come alive.
Eating People is Wrong
Stuart Treece, a forty-year-old professor and head of English, now rather set in his ways (Hannibal Lecter is not on his syllabus), is made to feel somewhat alien by his encounters with a younger generation whose values are decidedly at odds with his own. In this witty tragi-comedy, the hero's attempts to come to terms with his new situation are hilariously undermined when he finds himself instead falling in love with one of his graduate students, and busily fending off a student rival. Eating People is Wrong established Bradbury's ability to satirize the academic world and to create the campus novel, as with Stepping Westward and the prize-winning The History Man. Like its title, the book is funny, true and memorable. Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature. 'The funniest book I have read this year' The Daily Telegraph'It is both tough and sensitive, a brilliantly funny book and a really important first novel' The Sunday Times'A sobering, satirical brilliance' The Times Literary Supplement
Lamento
Lamento is a love story that questions the possibility of reconciling the magic of infatuation with everyday life. The story begins with a fire – an image which permeates the novel. The narrator, a writer, meets a theatre artist; their love feels ecstatic and utopian, completely untouched by the outside world.But with the birth of a child, the weight of the everyday turns their passion destructive. The woman fights for every minute she can to write, while the man abandons family life to focus on his art. Their private drama is further confronted by the jagged realities of colonialism and injustice, forcing them to see themselves as part of a violent history they cannot escape. As love turns to hate, we follow their restless search to understand the enigma of love.In a startling act of reverse auto-fiction, Madame Nielsen – a legendary figure of the Danish avant-garde – inhabits the voice of the woman she once loved to interrogate the man she once was. The result is an unsparing reconciliation of gender and memory, a lament that strips away self-pity to expose the narcissistic cost of creative obsession, and a meditation on how gender alters our experience of the world.
Harry Potter - Varázsigék és bájitalok könyve (varázspálcával)
Imádod a HARRY POTTER-filmeket? Mindig is szerettél volna egy VARÁZSPÁLCÁT? Akkor ez a te könyved!
Ismerkedj meg a Harry Potter-filmekben előforduló varázsigékkel, bájitalokkal és varázslényekkel, tudj meg többet a roxforti professzorokról, böngéssz filmes érdekességeket, vagy tanuld meg, hogyan lehet megszabadulni egy mumustól!
A könyvhöz tartozó világítós varázspálcával – amely egyben „láthatatlan tintával” író toll is – felfedheted a lapok rejtett titkait, sőt magad is írhatsz rájuk néhányat! A pálca fénye sok mindent megmutat, például, hogy milyen lények élnek a Fekete Tóban, mit csinálnak a tündérmanók, ha elszabadulnak, vagy milyen jóslatot kínálnak a csészében maradt tealevelek.
Matricás böngésző - Járművek
Ez a böngésző garantáltan órákig tartó szórakozást kínál 12 izgalmas, részletgazdag jelenettel és sok-sok matricával. Közben a megfigyelőképességet, a képzelőerőt és a finommotoros mozgást is fejleszti. Tökéletes útitárs, kisebb táskában is elfér. Tanulmányozd figyelmesen a képeket, majd keresd meg és ragaszd be a megfelelő matricákat! Egyes matricákat könnyebben meg lehet találni, másokat egy ideig keresni kell, de ne add fel! A könyv végén megtalálod a megoldásokat.
Beautiful Family
*A New York Times Best Thriller *‘Atmospheric, disturbing and beautifully evoked’ – Daily Mail‘Page-turning . . . I absolutely loved this’ – Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Here One Moment‘Riveting . . . it held me captive’ – Hannah Kent, bestselling author of DevotionIn the past, we had always spent our summer holidays in remote places. That had always been my mother’s preference. This year was different . . .Ten-year-old Alex thought this holiday would be fun, but now everyone in her family is being boring. Her mother needs to finish her novel, her dad wants to watch cricket and her older sister only has eyes for the local lifeguard.Then her new friend, Kahu, tells her a secret. Two years ago, a girl went missing and everyone said she drowned. But what if the adults are wrong? What if she’s waiting to be found?As Alex and Kahu hunt for clues, childhood curiosity soon gives way to a darker reality. As the summer heat peaks, one terrifying question remains: did the missing girl really drown, or is a predator hiding in plain sight?Brilliantly page-turning and tensely atmospheric, A Beautiful Family will leave a lump in your throat and a hole in your heart.‘Immersive . . . Alix grasps at the truth of things, but her perspective means only the reader parses the more adult story unravelling around her . . . as the underlying narratives coalesce’ – The Guardian
Larry
''Highly readable and elegant'' Spectator''Wonderfully done'' GuardianLawrence Durrell was unquestionably one of the most distinctive, original and compelling literary figures of his age. From his childhood in India and Burma to his bohemian youth in London and Paris, from his madcap scheme to move his family to Corfu to the formative war years spent in Alexandria - this masterful and richly detailed biography is essential reading to understand the man and the writer.In Larry, Michael Haag, the world''s foremost expert on the Durrells, brought together his unrivalled knowledge and first-hand meetings with the Durrell family and associates to offer the definitive account of the young Lawrence and the real-life settings and stories that inspired his acknowledged masterpiece, The Alexandria Quartet.
Moje Antonie
Moje Antonie patří k nejvýznamnějším dílům americké literatury a představuje vrchol autorčiny tvorby. Vypráví hluboký příběh o dětství, kořenech a hledání vlastního místa ve světě.
Příběh je zasazen do období osidlování amerického středozápadu na sklonku 19. století, kdy za lepší budoucností mířily na americké prérie tisíce přistěhovalců z Evropy. Na pozadí tohoto velkého stěhování sledujeme osud české dívky Antonie Šimerdové, od chvíle, kdy s celou rodinou přichází do Ameriky. Přijíždějí plni naděje, na drsný život na prérii však nejsou připraveni a tvrdá realita jim brzy přinese tragédii. Antonie musí pracovat na farmě i ve městě, naráží na nevyzpytatelnost přírody i lidí, na chudobu i nenaplněnou lásku. Přesto si uchovává vášeň pro život, houževnatost i citlivé srdce. Její příběh vidíme obdivnýma očima oddaného přítele, Američana Jima.
Moje Antonie je významná nejen svou literární kvalitou, ale i českým rozměrem příběhu. Willa Cather s nezaměnitelným rukopisem a hlubokým porozuměním pro lidskou povahu vykresluje krajinu, postavy i pozoruhodné osudy a román tak právem patří mezi literární klasiku 20. století.
„Cather líčí české vystěhovalce při vší lásce realisticky správně.”
T. G. Masaryk
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Click. Stalk. Destroy.
'Brave as F*ck!' Amber Heard'Frighteningly accurate, robustly researched and courageously original' Eve Barlow, Owner of Blacklisted'Dr Jessica Taylor is the voice every woman needs to hear. Her incredible courage in tackling the uncomfortable truths that continue to harm women around the world is helping to change the conversation in a profound way! If you've ever felt silenced, dismissed, manipulated or made to question your own instincts, Dr Jessica's work is absolutely essential! She empowers women to find their voice, trust themselves and refuse to be silenced' Lisa BilyeuWhat happens when thousands of strangers decide you deserve to be destroye? ow do strangers become obsessed with someone they barely kno? hat happens when your stalker can destroy your life from the comfort of their own sof? or years, Dr Jessica Taylor was stalked - not by a lone figure lurking outside her home, but by groups of people online. They watched her. They monitored her life. They spread rumours, stole her identity, analysed her posts, contacted everyone she had ever known and coordinated attacks designed to ruin her life. To end her life. And they believed that they were justified. Like all stalkers do. In Click. Stalk. Destroy., Taylor takes readers inside the disturbing psychology of online stalking. Combining her professional research with real-life examples and her own experience, she unravels the psychology of this disturbing behaviour as well as the radically changing landscape of stalking, including the prevalence of female online stalkers and 'she was asking for it' narratives. Revealing how the internet and social media has fostered new conditions for stalking, this is an exposition of today's hidden world of psychological warfare and digital surveillance.
River of Adventure
The River of Adventure is the final thrilling instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, one of the best-loved children''s writers of all time and the author of The Faraway Tree - now with a gorgeous new cover. A river cruise through ancient desert lands becomes a mysterious adventure when Bill disappears!While Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parrot are desperately searching for Bill, they become trapped beneath a forgotten temple where no one has set foot for 7,000 years. What dangers lurk within, and will they ever escape?Discover more titles in the wonderous Adventure series with The Island of Adventure, The Castle of Adventure, The Valley of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, The Ship of Adventure and The Circus of Adventure.
Wild About Whales
Did you know that whales are the loudest animals in the world? Or that blue whales aren’t actually blue? Do you know the differences between a toothed whale and a baleen whale?
Immerse yourself in this beautifully illustrated guide to some of the world’s most largest mammals, full of facts about whales, their diets, habitats and how they communicate (and yes, dolphins too).
Logical Chess: Move by Move
The classic No.1 chess bestseller, now in a new and refreshed edition. Once you’ve learned the basic moves, where can you go next? What’s the best way to improve your chess? Try this book!In this much-loved classic, legendary chess writer Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in forensic detail, going into the players’ minds to explain the thought processes behind each and every move. Playing through these games and explanations will give you a real and invaluable insight into the power of the pieces and how to use them most effectively. Passed down through the decades from generation to generation of players, this enduring bestseller is a secret weapon for improving your game. As the author says: ‘Each game that you play through will be an exciting adventure in chess in which courage, wit, imagination and ingenuity reap their just reward. It is by appreciating and absorbing what they teach so pleasurably that we can best learn to play Logical Chess, Move by Move.’
Guinness: A Family Succession
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW IN PAPERBACK. 'A brilliant, entertaining read.' - Irish TimesThe head of the Guinness family tells the dramatic true story of how his ancestors created the largest brewery in the world. Growing up at Farmleigh, the country house outside Dublin, Arthur Edward Guinness – Ned for short – was fascinated by the secrets and legends that surrounded the early generations of his famous family of brewers, who went from obscurity in Kildare to the pinnacle of Irish and British society. In this bestselling account, he explores the challenges faced by each generation, culminating in the dramatic events when his great-great-grandfather bought out his glamorous older brother and floated Guinness on the stock exchange. Overnight Edward Cecil Guinness became Ireland’s richest man. This is a tale in which brewing genius, sibling rivalry, bounteous philanthropy and astonishing social mobility are interwoven with historic national events, including the Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation, the Famine, the Home Rule movement, the Dublin Lockout and ultimately Irish independence. It is the inside story, as told by Ned Guinness. 'The definitive history of the Guinness brewing dynasty.' – Irish Independent'A fantastic book.' –The Business (RTÉ Radio 1)'Really, really fascinating. More than a family biography, it's a book that positions Guinness and its commercial story against the backdrop of a city.' – Donal Fallon
Inventors
If you could invent anything, what would it be? If there were no limitations to your creativity, how far would you go? This book makes the reader the inventor, and with over 450 variations, the sky is the limit when it comes to the contraptions you can create. From star-powered submarines to dream-powered space rockets, and flush-powered bicycles to solar-powered toilets, you can create the wildest, most unbelievable inventions ever seen on planet Earth. With bright, bold illustrations by Mar Hernández and brilliant facts, become the inventor of your own future.
Beautiful Bugs
Discover a world of unique entomological beauty with insects from around the globe, handpicked by the premier collector and preservation artist, Bug in the Box. Beautiful Bugs presents a rare and extensive collection of artfully preserved insects, each framed and professionally photographed to create a stunning masterpiece. From shining iridescent beetles to paper-thin butterflies, these insects invite you to ponder the breathtaking intricacy of nature. Accompanying the gallery of photographs are essential identifiers for each insect and unexpected facts about the extraordinary ways these creatures live and operate in our world. A curated gallery for the brave and bug-curious, this stunning book unveils the wonders of the most astonishingly diverse lifeform in the animal kingdom.
Mega dobrá zpráva
Mám naději, že díky tomuto počinu si někteří moji mladší přátelé možná poprvé v životě dobrovolně pročtou evangelia – a třeba časem objeví krásu a hloubku Božího slova v solidním překladu. Ale i kdyby ne, studium Mega dobré zprávy v rodinách, kdy se rodiče a prarodiče nechají pokorně poučovat a osvěcovat od svých teenagerů, může přinést spoustu legrace i cenné mezigenerační sblížení. (z úvodu autora)
Pavel Helan (nar. 1979 v Brně) vystudoval krajinné inženýrství na VŠ lesnické, ale stal se z něj oblíbený písničkář a občas i „bavič“ či moderátor společenských akcí. Koncertuje po celé České republice i na Slovensku a mívá velmi různorodé publikum: poslouchají ho snad všechny generace, od dětí až po seniory. Překlad vybraných příběhů z evangelií do jazyka generace Z je jeho literární prvotinou.
Gravity
''Gravity, which the dancer turns into art when from the ground they take flight, and to the ground they return.'' Ada d''Adamo moved to Rome to pursue her passion for dancing. But when her daughter Daria is diagnosed with a brain malformation at birth, she is grounded against her will, defined exclusively by her motherhood and caregiving role. Ada struggles to redefine her expectations for her daughter, who will never feel the pull of gravity helping her to stand tall. And when she is diagnosed with stage-four cancer before Daria is fourteen years old, their fragile future is brought into even sharper focus. Written by Ada for Daria, Gravity is an intimate glimpse into a mother''s complicated yet unwavering love for her daughter in the limited time they have together.
Dangerous Creatures: Snakes and Other Reptiles
These cold-blooded hunters have venomous fangs, super senses, crushing cuddles ... and a BIG appetite! Discover how snakes detect prey using infrared energy, which reptile has the strongest bite, and the difference between crocodiles and alligators.Dangerous Creatures explores how predators are uniquely adapted to hunt and kill their prey. Find out their unique attributes, such as size, weight, super senses, where they live, and what''s on the menu! Bite-sized text is perfect for children age 7+ as well as reluctant readers and is paired with engaging artwork and funny speech bubbles.Collect all the dangerous creatures - Big Cats, Sharks and Other Sea Creatures, Bugs and Spiders.
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