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Ballot
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Ballot examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an increasingly anti-voting climate. Armed with her personal experiences as a poll worker, electoral organizer, and activist, Anjali Enjeti unspools a timely narrative about the precarious state of the ballot during one of the most tumultuous political eras in US history, and recounts the astonishing events leading up to the 2024 presidential election. Enjeti lays out the growing challenges for voters in battleground states, where rightwing legislatures have introduced staggering numbers of voter suppression bills and redrawn district lines, all to disenfranchise as many Black and other marginalized voters as possible. As her account of the history and stakes of election integrity shows, the aftershocks of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021 have manifested most egregiously on the four corners of the ballot.
The Art of the Sneaker
Explore the visual story of 150 iconic and custom sneakers, like the Travis Scott Air Jordans and the N7 x Nike SB Dunk Low 1s, through the creative lens of photographer Andrew Dutton in this fresh collection that will look fly on your coffee table.
Every sneaker has a story to tell. From Nike Air Force 1s to the Chuck Taylor All Star, these kicks have gone from the courts to the streets, influencing both fashion and culture. In a tribute to their iconic silhouettes, photographer Andrew Dutton has captured the story of 150 limited-edition, classic, and custom sneakers by focusing solely on their form, texture, and colorway. Visually stunning and artistically fresh, The Art of the Sneaker is a collection of high-quality photographs essential for any sneakerhead, fashion designer, art enthusiast, or collector. Every page is a glimpse into a world of creative expression and visual storytelling that’s perfect for both display and inspiration. No long, convoluted narratives necessary—the sneakers speak for themselves.
Archaeological Excavations at Irmis Rka: An Investigation of a Multi-Layered Settlement in Southwest Georgia
This volume presents the results of the 2020 season excavations conducted by the Georgian National Museum at the multi-layered settlement of Irmis Rka, located in the Samtskhe-Javakheti province in southwest Georgia. Excavations on the site have confirmed the presence of pits and domestic architecture from the Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes Culture, as well as deposits of the subsequent Bedeni Culture, along with abundant related materials. The site reveals signs of occupation during the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age, with evidence of fortification and various artefacts. Additionally, medieval activities have been documented. The site demonstrates the full evolution of the Kura-Araxes tradition, offering perspectives to illustrate its gradual changes and development. One of the site's most significant aspects is the presence of the Bedeni culture, marking its first appearance in this area. While excavations at Irmis Rka are ongoing, the results presented here contribute new data to a wide range of discussions.
Porcupines
‘A dazzling mother-daughter story’ Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street'Funny, acerbic, and wonderfully playful: a novel to sink into' NAOMI WOOD, author of Mrs. Hemingway'Destined to become an instant classic. Richly drawn characters in an immigrant journey as old as America herself' ADRIANA TRIGIANI, author of The View From Lake ComoLos Angeles, 2001. Sonia is raising her daughter, Mila, alone in the sunny but somnolent suburbs of LA. Her days are a blur of not-quite-illegal business activities, avoiding other moms, and baking birthday cakes laced with rum: minor mistakes that nevertheless remind her she doesn’t belong. Mila, meanwhile, is juggling violin and swimming lessons and navigating the treacherous social politics of school – all the while trying to get her mother to share something, anything, about her past. But there are just too many things that Mila doesn’t know:She doesn’t know that her mother grew up in Soviet Hungary (where getting your hands on a banana was one of the greatest thrills in life)She doesn’t know that her mother has a sister called Rina (whom she hasn’t spoken to in 10 years)The only thing she does know about her father is that he was a ‘good time’ (according to her mother)Crucially, she doesn’t know that there is a very good reason why her mother dodges everyone, from traffic cops to vice principals. So, Mila concocts a scheme to get her mother, and the man Mila is kind of sure must be her father to reconnect. It involves corralling Sonia into chaperoning an orchestra of ten-year-olds (most of whom seem to be called Megan) on a road trip from LA to San Francisco, and it may just cause their carefully constructed lives to implode. Moving between Budapest before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Washington, DC in the tense years of the Cold War and the bright sunshine of early 2000s Los Angeles, Porcupines is an irresistible novel about mothers and daughters, belonging and reinvention, the things we carry with us, and those we tell ourselves we’ve left behind.
Into the Badlands
In the summer of 1989 John Williams embarked on an epic journey through a deeply troubled USA. A right-wing Republican administration seemed bent on rolling back the advances of the civil rights era; the Supreme Court were partially reversing the Roe vs Wade ruling on abortion; criminals from the Central Park rapist to the serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacey were all over the news. Who did Williams turn to make sense of all this? America's crime writers - that's who. He talked to novelists like James Ellroy and Elmore Leonard, Sara Paretsky and James Lee Burke, and visited the places they write about, like Los Angeles and Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans. The result was an instant cult classic that remains deeply relevant today: both an incisive and funny travelogue and a revealing guide to the lives and works of America's finest crime writers, caught at their peak.
Pizza and Taco: Too Cool for School!
The fourth title in a hilarious graphic novel series for young readers.
Brand-new backpacks? Check! Sturdy notebooks? Check! Besties Pizza and Taco are ready to head back to school!
But WAIT - there's a cool new kid in town.
B.L.T. wears sunglasses–even in school! He’s not even worried about being late to class. SO COOL! I mean, “whatever.”, as B.L.T would say.
Pizza and Taco quickly pick up on what’s cool–and what’s not–by watching B.L.T.’s every move. Will that spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e for Pizza and Taco with their teacher, Mr. Apple?
Veľká blondínka a iné poviedky
Hoci patrí medzi najvýraznejšie postavy americkej literatúry prvej polovice 20. storočia, v našich končinách zostáva Dorothy Parker takmer neznáma. Jej autorský rukopis je pritom nezameniteľný – ostrý, vtipný, citlivý a zároveň sarkastický. Jej básne, poviedky a fejtóny pre časopis The New Yorker sú nielen detailným obrazom americkej mestskej inteligencie, ale aj prenikavou obžalobou dobového rasizmu a patriarchálnych vzťahov. I keď sa Dorothy Parker preslávila najmä svojím humorom, jej poviedky dokazujú, že ho používala najmä ako zbraň spoločenskej kritiky, ktorá dodnes nestratila nič zo svojej naliehavosti.
Veľká blondínka a iné poviedky prináša výber z autorkinej prózy prvýkrát v slovenčine.
Případ milovníka starých knih
Návrat starého archiváře do rodné vesnice po padesáti letech nekončí jen tichým sbohem dávnému příteli. Místo toho se otevírá nečekaný případ: záhadná smrt milovníka vzácných tisků, odkaz ohromující knihovny a nebezpečí číhající v každém stínu. Poslední román Miroslava Macka je mistrovským spojením inteligentní detektivky a melancholického ohlédnutí za životem. Je to elegantní příběh s vůní pergamenu, v němž se vášeň ke knihám stává osudovou.
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Mancs Őrjárat - Kutyikalandok - Színező- és foglalkoztatókönyv memóriakárytákkal
A Mancs Őrjárat kutyihősei készen állnak az újabb kalandokra! Tarts velük, és kutass formák vagy különbségek után, színezz, végül pedig játsszatok a memóriakártyákkal!
Memóriajáték:
Felnőtt segítségével vágd ki a kártyákat. Lefordítva tegyétek ki őket, és felváltva fordítsatok fel kettőt! Ha egyeznek a képek, a pár a tiéd, és még kettőt felfordíthatsz. Ha nem, új játékos jön. Az nyer, akinél több pár van, mire elfogynak a lapok.
Ako učiť slovenský jazyk v logických súvislostiach
Autorka pôsobila ako bežný, špeciálny a školský špeciálny pedagóg v ZŠ, poradenský špeciálny pedagóg a kineziológ – metóda Jednotný mozog. Publikácia je jej celoživotným dielom. Neustále hľadala spôsoby ako deťom uľahčiť učenie. Originálne pomôcky si bezprostredne overovala v praxi v prostredí kolektívu žiakov v bežných i špeciálnych triedach, ako aj v poradenskej činnosti. Prácu s dyslektickými deťmi vnímala ako svoje poslanie, pretože sama mala dyslektickú dcéru. Metódu učenia aplikovala aj pri vzdelávaní ukrajinských žiakov, navštevujúcich slovenské školy.
Publikáciu môžu využiť žiaci 2. - 9. ročníka ZŠ. Je určená pedagógom, ale aj rodičom k domácemu vzdelávaniu, študentom pedagogického smeru, osobným asistentom.
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Všade žijú ľudia
Štyridsať dní, desať zastávok, pätnásť letov, desiatky príbehov. To všetko vás čaká, ak sa vydáte na cestu s Jakubom a Katkou, manželským párom, ktorý sa rozhodol spoznávať svet a ľudí. Táto kniha nie je dovolenkovým denníkom ani zoznamom navštívených miest. Sú to poviedky, ktoré sa vinú krajinami, kultúrami a situáciami, v ktorých sa odráža radosť z objavovania, humor, nečakané problémy až po momenty, ktoré človeka prinútia zastaviť sa a pozrieť sa na svet inými očami, tak ako samotná cesta, aj príbehy z nej ponúkajú zmes emócií, od vzrušenia a smiechu, cez napätie, ale aj sklamanie z drobných nezdarov. Nechajte sa inšpirovať ich cestou a možno sa aj vy rozhodnete vystúpiť zo svojej komfortnej zóny.
Ked' dávanie obohacuje
Ako fungujú firmy, ktoré si dávanie zvolili za základný princíp svojej činnosti? Anouk Grevinová sa s nadšením pustila do výskumu tohto zatiaľ okrajového fenoménu, ktorý spochybňuje naše doterajšie predstavy a ponúka konkrétnu podobu „zľudšteného kapitalizmu“.
„Táto publikácia vás môže inšpirovať a zrazu budete vidieť možnosti, ktoré sa vám nemuseli predtým zdať dosiahnuteľné. Pootvorí vám dvere do sveta ľudí, ktorí chceli urobiť niečo viac pre spoločnosť a nemali potrebu za to chcieť aj niečo naspäť.“
Martina Baumann, novinárka
Anouk Grevinová pôsobí ako pedagogička a výskumníčka v oblasti manažmentu na Univerzite v Nantes, kde vedie výskumnú katedru Le don au travail (Dar v práci).
Cherry Baby
From the million-copy internationally bestselling author comes a new adult novel about a woman who must choose between the one that got away - and her ex-husband, who won't go away either. . .
Cherry and Tom had built a quiet, contented life together in Omaha, until Tom’s semi-autobiographical webcomic went viral and turned their marriage into public property.
Now the world knows Baby, the character based on Cherry, better than Cherry knows herself – and Tom and Cherry have been separated for months.
That’s when Russ Sutton shows up. Floppy-haired, blue-eyed Russ Sutton, who Cherry had a crush on in college, and who now seems to have a crush on her.
All that’s left is for Cherry to rewrite her own story. Because if she isn’t Baby, and she isn’t Tom’s wife, then who can she be?
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Saved (Hardback)
On 19 November 1995, the world learned the name Gianluigi Buffon. At the tender age of seventeen he made his Serie A debut for Parma against European giants Milan, facing down the likes of Roberto Baggio and George Weah, keeping a clean sheet. During his twenty-eight-year long career Buffon broke many records including:
- The most capped goalkeeper of all time and the most appearance for Italy (176)
- The most Serie A titles (10)
- The longest time in Serie A without conceding a goal (974 minutes)
The numbers, however, only tell half the story of a player famously nicknamed "Superman" for his athletic prowess.
In Saved Buffon reveals that even superheroes struggle with their inner demons. Beyond his individual triumphs with Parma, Juventus and PSG - the famous World Cup win in 2006 - Buffon reflects on his deeply human challenges off the pitch.
He describes being devoured by depression between games and the psychological toll of being a goalkeeper - the loneliest position in football - often finding solace in talking to his gloves. He opens up about his gambling, smoking during matches and the strains on his relationships which became fodder for the press. Buffon's are the struggles of a man whose talents and flaws co-exit.
Saved is both a meditation on the art of goalkeeping and a love letter to the golden age of Italian football.
Into the Wild
Pre-order Lucy Shepherd’s story of her journey to become an explorer, her world-first expedition across the Amazon’s Kanuku Mountains and her mission to share the wild places of our world. ‘Not just a story of an extreme journey, but of courage, humility and growth. Lucy Shepherd writes with honesty and heart and this book is a powerful reminder that exploration is still alive’ - BEAR GRYLLS'An inspiring story of tenacity and determination . . . a rare glimpse into what it takes to become a modern-day explorer' EVA ZU BECK‘Thoughtful, grounded and quietly powerful’ BRUCE PARRY‘Lucy is the quintessential enlightened modern explorer, keeping adventure alive' STEVE BACKSHALL"THE MOST HARDCORE MEMBER OF THE NEW GENERATION OF BRITISH EXPLORERS" - THE TIMESWhat does it really take to become an explore? o travel beyond maps and certainty. To face fear . . . and keep going. To step away from comfort and convenience - and rely on instinct, teamwork and resilience when there’s no clear way forward. Inspired by the extraordinary journeys of previous generations, Lucy Shepherd set out to find out. Into the Wild charts the making of an explorer, culminating in a world-first expedition into one of the most remote and unforgiving environments on Earth - the Amazon rainforest. Leading a small all-Indigenous Amerindian team of explorers across Guyana’s faraway Kanuku Mountains, Lucy travelled through dense jungle and treacherous rivers, enduring hunger, injury and illness along the way. The rainforest was alive with constant threat: bushmaster snakes, jaguars, caiman alligators, fire ants and flesh-burrowing parasites. Fifty days after being dropped into the wilderness, the team finally reached their destination. By turns thrilling, warm and inspiring, this is the story of a childhood dream made real. And a passionate reminder that our world’s wild places still matter, not just for what they reveal about the planet, but for what they reveal about us.
The Hong Kong Widow
1953. Refugee Mei has tried to bury her 'gift' of speaking to ghosts, but then former silent film star Holly Zhang invites her to be one of six mediums competing over a series of séances at the infamous Maidenhair House. The startling summons revives Mei's link to the man who destroyed her life. The staggering reward on offer might explain why Mei agrees to take part, but the only prize she wants is revenge. Years later, the events of those nights have faded into urban legend but if Mei wants to finally lay the ghosts she carries to rest, she must uncover what really happened at Maidenhair House.
The Door
A young writer employs a housekeeper - and slowly finds herself the sole keeper of the older woman's sercrets.
Magda is a writer, Emerence her housekeeper. Magda is new to their quiet Hungarian town, while Emerence, fierce and enigmatic, knows and is known by all. Though Emerence enters Magda's home whenever she pleases, the door to Emerence's own strange abode remains barred. Still, somehow, over the course of twenty years, an intimate trust is built between the two, rich with shared confidences.
Yet when this trust is betrayed one dark afternoon, the pair's complex relationship will be left forever altered, and Magda will find herself haunted until the end of her days.
For not all doors are made to be opened.
Doctor Who: The Adventures Before
Discover what happened before . . . What did Osgood do the morning of the Day of the Docto? hat happened to Tegan before Arc of Infinity, and why does it involve strange sentient lights in the Australia outbac? hat was the Tenth Doctor doing in a hall of mirrors, right before Planet of the Dea? nswers to all these questions lie in an incredible collection of new Doctor Who short stories that give a glimpse into the moments just before we saw the Doctor step on screen. From Skaro to Apalapucia, from a shop front drained of colour to Rassilon’s tomb, join a host of incredible adventures across the universe with Doctors, companions, friends and foes.
No Ghosts
Kieran and Harlow's best friend Annie disappeared a year ago. And now, so have the ghosts. After being reunited at Annie's memorial, Kieran and Harlow begin separate searches for their lost friend, all while trying to repair their friendship. Harlow, recently retired from the CGI company she helped found, discovers fragments of the dead - faces, gestures, glances - in AI generated videos; meanwhile Kieran, aimless and isolated, stumbles into an occult community of those dedicated to finding the missing ghosts. The friends' journeys will lead them through a world at once recognisable and strangely removed. A subterranean world of endless tunnels filled with ominous arrangements of consumer goods; a world of seances where attendees are haunted by the empty spaces where ghosts used to be. As Harlow and Kieran are drawn deeper into the circumstances behind Annie's - and the ghosts' - disappearance, a terrifying, singular pattern breaks the surface. No Ghosts is a startling debut which plumbs the undercurrents of feeling that pool beneath our use of emergent technologies, to ask what new forms haunting might take. Told with a sinister precision, it dramatizes the abstraction and unreality that increasingly define our everyday lives, and marks the arrival of a major new literary novelist.
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