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Monet
A magnificent biography of the founder of Impressionism
In the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet revolutionized painting and made some of the most iconic images in western art. Behind this great and famous artist is a volatile, voracious, nervous yet reckless man, largely unknown. Jackie Wullschläger's enthralling biography, based on thousands of never-before translated letters and unpublished sources, is the first account of Monet's turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting.
Monet said he was driven 'wild with the need to put down what I experience'.
This rich and moving biography immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his paintings and the fullness of his achievement.
Dům ticha
Uprostřed smrtících bažin stojí ukrytý Dům ticha. Poslední naděje pro všechny děti, u kterých procedura vyvolala schopnosti příliš strašlivé, než aby se s nimi dalo žít. Nikdo neví, co se děje za jeho zdmi, jak probíhá léčba nebo kam potom děti půjdou.
Birdie podstoupila všelicos, aby se do Domu ticha vetřela jako služebná. Právě sem totiž vedou poslední stopy její mladší sestry Magpie. Dům ale vůbec není takový, jaký čekala. Místo zubožených dětí, které podstoupily proceduru v naději, že tak zaopatří své chudé rodiny, se to tu hemží aristokratickými teenagery s podivnými schopnostmi. A Magpie nikde.
Kam se její sestra poděla? A co má za lubem přízračná Paní domu? Birdie chce přijít pravdě na kloub, ale musí si dát pozor – nebezpečí číhá na každém kroku, a jakmile vás dům jednou umlčí, zmlknete navždy...
Všechno je tuberkulóza
Autor bestsellerů Hvězdy nám nepřály a Papírová města se ve své populárně naučné knize zaměřil na nejsmrtelnější nemoc v dějinách lidstva – tuberkulózu. Svým jedinečným vypravěčským stylem popisuje nejen historii nemoci, ale i dlouholetou snahu vědců nalézt na ni účinný lék. Na současném příběhu chlapce ze Sierry Leone ukazuje, že těžký boj s touto zákeřnou chorobou, která v minulosti kosila bez rozdílu slavné i bezejmenné tohoto světa, zdaleka není u konce.
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Průvodce jižanského čtenářského klubu zabíjením upírů
Patricia Campbellová nikdy netrpěla tak silným pocitem méněcennosti. Manžel je workoholik, dospívající děti si žijí po svém, senilní tchyně vyžaduje trvalou péči a ona sama soustavně nestíhá odškrtávat položky ze seznamu každodenních úkolů. Při životě ji drží jen čtenářský klub, uzavřená skupina žen z Charlestonu, které pojí vášeň pro knihy o true crime. Na schůzkách klubu diskutují se stejným zápalem o masovém vrahovi Mansonovi a jeho Rodině stejně jako o svých vlastních rodinách. Jednoho večera po schůzce klubu Patriciu brutálně napadne postarší sousedka, a tím do jejího života vstoupí sousedčin pohledný synovec James Harris. Je to scestovalý a sečtělý muž a v Patricii vyvolává pocity, jaké nezažila už roky. Když se ale v jiné části města začnou ztrácet děti a policie se k vyšetřování staví lhostejně, Patricia pojme podezření, že James Harris je spíš Ted Bundy než Brad Pitt. V čem je zásadní problém? James je netvor poněkud jiného typu – a Patricia mu otevřela bránu svého srdce i dveře svého domova. Krůček po krůčku proniká James do Patriciina života a pokouší se ji připravit o všechno, co dosud považovala za samozřejmé, včetně čtenářského klubu. Ale Patricia se nehodlá vzdát bez boje, jak dokládá tento krvavý příběh o láskyplných sousedských vztazích, jež se vymkly z rukou. Drákula dupe v záhonech Ocelových magnólií v příběhu o záhadném cizinci, který naruší fádní život ženského čtenářského klubu v jednom malém jižanském městě.
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The Fox Outfoxed and Other Tales
Discover the timeless wisdom of Aesop's fables in this beautiful, collectable new Little Puffin Clothbound Classic.
‘No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.’
From the devious tale of 'The Fox Outfoxed' to the sage story of 'Town Mouse and Country Mouse’, this Little Puffin Clothbound Classic collects the best-known and most thought-provoking of Aesop's timeless fables into a perfectly giftable hardback edition.
Hotwired
Humans were born to sweat and sweating makes us stronger.
In Hotwired, bestselling co-author of Outlive and science editor Bill Gifford explores how heat can improve our performance and our health. Combining cutting-edge science, personal discovery and practical insights, Gifford reveals how humans evolved to excel in hot conditions and how we ve lost touch with this ancient advantage.
He plunges into the steamy world of Finnish saunas, serves as a test subject in heat labs and tackles a 100-mile bike ride under the blazing Texas sun to show how exposing ourselves to discomfort can expand our physical and mental limits. He even explores how infrared sauna therapy and cold plunging could fight depression more effectively than medication.
And he examines how, in cities around the globe, social saunas are reviving communal wellness.
Whether you want to perform better, extend your lifespan or adapt to a warming planet, Gifford shows you the incredible benefits of reawakening your body s natural adaptability to heat and cold. Hotwired is a thrilling call to reimagine heat not as a threat, but as a tool for strength, resilience and longevity.
Jolted
Most of us are just one event away from leaving our job. Conventional wisdom and lists of the “top reasons people quit their jobs” would have us believe that people quit when the toxic elements of their jobs grow too big or when they spot a better professional opportunity. But that’s only half the story.
In reality, quitting is often triggered by a single event, inside or outside our jobs, that stops us in our tracks and causes us to rethink our relationship with work. These events are what organizational psychologist Anthony Klotz calls “jolts,” and they are the most underacknowledged realities in our work lives today. Jolts represent pivotal moments in our careers, and yet all too often, we respond to them in ways that harm our well-being and success.
In Jolted, Klotz breaks down the different types of jolts we encounter and provides a road map to help us navigate them in ways that improve, rather than derail, our pursuit of the good life through our work.
The Soul Catchers
What if you could come back after death to watch over your loved one, installing yourself in a treasured mug, for example, or perhaps your mother's hearing aid, a diary, or even a climbing frame, to feel the clambering limbs of a beloved younger sister?
Eleven recently deceased protagonists find themselves floating in the afterlife where a nameless ghost offers them a joyous reunion with their loved ones.
But not as you would expect.
In a world where souls linger restlessly around after death, unwilling to depart, The Soul Catchers is a comforting, witty, and surprisingly sensual take on the Japanese folk belief that objects can be inhabited by human presences. Utterly charming and feelgood, Higashi's classic is an original exploration of our eternal reluctance to let go.
My Death
Deeply unnerving and utterly original - the book you will need to talk about. A writer decides to write her next book about a female author and artist unjustly forgotten by history. But what starts as an exciting research project rapidly unravels towards breakdown and horror.
The subject is to be Helen Ralston, an early twentieth-century author who has been systematically written out of history. The narrator sets about investigating her story as an artist, writer and muse to a much more famous man. Amazingly Ralston turns out to be still alive, and although elderly and frail a series of interviews begin.
But a tale about the historic erasure of female voices starts to break down into something even more sinister, bizarre and all-consuming as the narrator uncovers unnerving parallels between Ralston's story and her own...
Honeysuckle
Once upon a time, on the edge of a forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. So his sister made him a playmate — Daye, a girl woven from carefully selected flowers and words. And finally, this boy, Rory, had a friend.
Rory is gloriously happy, until he learns that Daye is a seasonal creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And when, one autumn, his sister fails to return home from university in time, Rory has no choice but to watch his best friend slowly crumble, not knowing until the last second if she can be pieced together again.
Realizing he can no longer rely on his sister to keep Daye alive, Rory determines he must leave home to learn how to do it himself. And the more he learns, the more he starts to wonder: Why can’t Daye survive more than one season? Can he do anything to break this cycle of bloom and decay? But as Rory grows older, his thoughts turn darker too . . . While Rory sinks deeper into research and experiments, ensconced in libraries and hunched in university labs, Daye is left to wait for his return. Alone.
Sometimes, the silence seems to seep all the way to her branch-bones. Sometimes, the company of birds is the only thing to remind her that she is still alive. And as Rory keeps pushing his experiments further and further, Daye starts to wonder – how far is too far?
IBS
You don't have to accept bloating, cramping, urgency or pain as your 'normal.'
When clinical pharmacist Izabella Wentz was first diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, she was told her digestion was simply 'overly sensitive.' Like many people, she tried to live with the discomfort, until she discovered there were real, treatable reasons for her symptoms. And the same can be true for you. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how to uncover the true source of your symptoms and create a personalised healing plan to restore your gut and your life.
You'll discover how to:
• Understand what normal digestion really looks like
• Identify potential root causes behind IBS symptoms
• Explore testing options - from gluten intolerance and SIBO to enzyme function and triggering infections
• Remove reactive foods and triggers with targeted nutrition strategies
• Restore microbial balance
• Rebuild digestive function with tailored supplements and lifestyle shifts
• Manage symptoms gently while you work toward lasting healing
Whether you've been struggling with IBS for years or were just diagnosed, this is your invitation to dig deeper, heal smarter and reclaim your energy, confidence and well-being - with guidance from one of the world's leading voices in root cause healing.
Bethnal Green
Penang, 1971.
When Suyin Lim is offered the opportunity of a lifetime - a place as a trainee nurse in London's Bethnal Green Hospital - she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a year before. However, without warning her sister returns to Penang, a shadow of her former self and Suyin is forced to leave without any answers.
Suyin soon finds herself starting a new life in London, falling in love with the vibrant city and its people and as she immerses herself in the gruelling but rewarding work of caring for her patients, she begins to understand what she really wants out of life ...
Oxford Reading Tree inFact: Oxford Level 2: Exotic Plant Shop
Discover unusual plants through high-quality photographs, while bright illustrations take you into the world of an exotic plant shop. Join a boy as he searches for something more exciting than his spider plant, and is amazed at what he finds.Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a compelling non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The series includes 36 titles which are all phonically decodable, with some high-interest topic words to develop vocabulary and impart knowledge. The imaginative approach and variety of intriguing topics mean there are books to interest every child. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.
Held in God's Gaze
Discover the wisdom, prayer, and spiritual insight of saints and mystics across Christian history in Held in God's Gaze. This book is an invitation to share the authors' experience of becoming friends in faith with the saints and mystics. Those who feature reflect the wide sweep of Christian spiritual heritage: several are from the ancient and Celtic background; several reflect medieval spirituality - including women's spirituality; there are the so-called 'Spanish Mystics', and some from more recent times. Jill Duff and Nicholas Heale invite readers to share in their experience of friendship with holy figures, from ancient and Celtic saints to medieval mystics, women spiritual leaders, the Spanish Mystics, and modern voices of faith. Through short, engaging chapters, the authors explore how these saints encountered God through prayer, scripture, and devotion, offering reflections that help readers grow in spiritual maturity. Each chapter concludes with study questions, perfect for individual meditation or group discussion. Ideal for Christian spirituality enthusiasts, devotional readers, and anyone interested in saints, mysticism, prayer practice, and spiritual growth. Learn from the past to inspire transformation in your faith and daily life.
Shigeru Ban
From emergency relief shelters to a cardboard cathedral and exhibition spaces in shipping containers, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has made his name with his restlessly inventive response to material and situation, as much as with his humanitarian work at the sites of natural and man-made disasters. According to scholar Riichi Miyake, Ban's work represents "an architectural iteration of Doctors Without Borders."
In the spirit of three-dimensional poetry, Ban uses materials as an integral part of his design, selected not for their cutting-edge credentials but rather for their expressive ability, their capacity to convey the building's overall concept. In particular, Ban has made regular use of paper tubing in projects as varied as the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hanover and the Paper Log Houses in the Philippines, built after Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.
This essential introduction, compiled with Ban's own collaboration, presents his most important projects to date, surveying the full reach and importance of, in the words of the Pritzker Prize jury, a "committed teacher who is not only a role model for younger generations, but also an inspiration."
Who's the Favourite?
The first non-fiction book to explore the joys and complexities of adult sibling relationships'Truly enlightening, charming and moving. I’ve learned so much…but I’m still angry with my sister for reading my diary!' Jane Garvey'It is our least discussed and most formative relationship and Catherine’s work is a hilarious, moving and fascinating guide through it.' Chris and Xand van Tulleken'Whether you're a sibling or an only child, Catherine Carr's book will leave you wiser and feeling more at home in the world.' Oliver Burkeman'Eye-opening and true. I wouldn’t be who I am today if it weren’t for my brother.' Gok WanFor most of us, our sibling relationships are the longest we will ever have. Whether loving or fraught, competitive or codependent, these bonds shape us in lasting ways. In this heartfelt, judgment-free book, Catherine Carr invites us to look at our brothers and sisters beyond the labels assigned in childhood. Combining real-life stories with expert insight, she explores birth-order stereotypes, favouritism, trauma, blended families, only children, siblings with additional needs, and the pain of estrangement and bereavement. Thinking about these relationships more deeply may help us better understand ourselves and the world around us. *Interwoven with candid interviews with sibling pairs taken from her hit podcast, Relatively, such as Chris and Xand van Tulleken, Johnny and Lillie Flynn, Nick and Gill Hornby, Manni and Reuben Coe, and more*
Love From the Cosmos
Beautiful, smart, and determined Moyo Adegbite has it all...almost. As a Boston-based Pediatrician, she’s made her parents back in Lagos proud. Now, she’s ready for true love. To avoid dating all the duds in Boston, Moyo’s research led her to devise a foolproof plan: Join Cupid's Bow, the popular astrology dating app that uses birth charts to match soulmates with a 99 percent success rate. And the app works…until it doesn’t. After discovering the infidelity of a Cupid’s Bow match, Moyo goes on a booze-fueled rant against the app’s creators, filing an irate complaint slamming the planet responsible for her love life—the god, Saturn. Niyi Bankole was reluctantly named Saturn, and now he’s saddled with a position at Cupid’s Bow, the family business, as one of three matchmakers. But Niyi quickly learns he’s unequipped to be a god. Leaning into his science background to hide his incompetence, Niyi writes an algorithm that seems to work for clients...until Moyo’s complaint triggers damage control. Now, Moyo is contracted to receive a dating coach to walk her through three Cupid’s Bow–assigned dates. Eager to clean up his mess and (secretly) fine-tune his algorithm, Niyi offers to be Moyo’s dating coach. As they work together, will Moyo find love through the algorithm, as she and Niyi planned, or will she get swept up in one of Saturn’s rings?
Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power
Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 celebrated the quadricentennial of Columbus's 'discovery” of the Americas by creating a fantastical white city composed of Roman triumphal arches and domes, Corinthian colonnades, and Egyptian obelisks. World's fairs were among the most important cultural, socio-economic, and political phenomena of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: millions visited hoping to understand the modernity and progress of these cities and the nascent superpower of the United States. But what they found was often a representation of the past. From 1893 to 1915, ancient Greco-Roman and Egyptian architecture was deployed to create immersive environments at Chicago, Nashville, Omaha, St. Louis, and San Francisco. The seemingly endless adaptations of ancient architecture at these five fairs demonstrated that ancient architecture can symbolize and transmit the complex-and often paradoxical or contradictory-ideas that defined the United States at the turn of the twentieth century and still endure today.
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