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Mini potterovky: Luna Lovegoodová
Vstúp do magického sveta čarodejníkov a objav všetky jeho tajomstvá
Ako sa Luna zoznámila s Harrym Potterom a jeho priateľmi? Prečo nosí prízrakohľady a čo sú krčorohé chrapogoty? Akú podobu má jej patronus?
Nová zberateľská séria ilustrovaných knižiek, ktoré začínajúcim čitateľom predstavia svet mágie a obľúbené postavy z populárnej série o Harrym Potterovi. Všetky dôležité informácie sú podané s humorom a fantáziou, pričom život im vdýchli svetovo uznávaní ilustrátori.
Séria knižiek s názvom Mini potterovky bola navrhnutá tak, aby priviedla k čítaniu novú generáciu mladých čitateľov a zoznámila ich s jedinečným svetom čarodejníkov. Verných fanúšikov populárneho čarodejníka s jazvou v tvare blesku na čele zas poteší a rozšíri ich knižnú zbierku.
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Z anglického originálu preložila Oľga Kralovičová
? / Return
Rooted in the classical tradition of the Chinese “reversible” poem, ? / Return is engaged in the act of looking back—toward an imagined homeland and a childhood of suburban longing, through migratory passages, departures, and etymologies, and into the various holes and voids that appear in the telling and retelling of history. The poems ask: What is feeling? What is melancholy? Can language translate either?
The (end)
An anthology of poems which explore poetry as storytelling, and the power of words to transmit meaning across millennia, transcending cultures and identities. This vibrant collection takes the reader on a journey from ancient poetic texts, through modernity, to an exploration of the new digital age. It explores themes of sexuality, objectification, loss, technology, religion, authoritarianism, censorship and language change. The breadth of this collection, celebrating diversity of poetic form, offers something for all levels of readers.
200 Years of Locomotive Development
Since Richard Trevithick’s first forays into the development of the steam locomotive, Britain’s engineers have been at the forefront of railway technology. Often innovative, and sometimes unfairly maligned, the country’s locomotive engineers continually broke new barriers in traction technology although not everything was successful. From the earliest simple steam locomotives to the latest diesel and electric engines, Britain had led the way in railway locomotion, although competition from European, Japanese and American manufacturers sometimes exceeded what British engineers had achieved. In this new book, industrial and railway historian Dr Richard Marks provides fresh insights into Britain’s role in railway locomotive design and technology, and examines the highlights of British developments from Trevithick’s Coalbrookdale locomotive to the Brush Class 60 diesel locomotive. Based upon new research this useful primer aims to start the reader on a journey of discovery, unravelling some of the myths which have arisen around Britain’s railway history and explaining in an easy to follow narrative why some potentially advantageous developments failed to live up to expectations. In this new survey of 200 years of British locomotive history to accompany the Railway 200 celebrations, the reader is presented with a compelling and easy to read introduction to a complex, but intriguing subject.
Ancient British and Irish Celts in Greek and Roman Sources (500 BC–AD 60)
Ancient Ireland and Britain were large Celtic territories on the northwest edge of Europe. They were subject to myth and speculation by the early Greeks and Romans, but they later became the focus for trade, exploration and partial conquest. Dr Raoul McLaughlin presents the ancient sources for the Atlantic Celts in chapters covering the resources, commerce, warfare and beliefs of the oceanic Celts. This book contains updated translations of ancient sources concerning the lands known as Ivernia and Britannia. These accounts reveal what the Greeks and Romans knew about the origins, culture, and social practices of the insular Celts. The evidence begins in 600 BC when Carthaginian merchant ships explored the Atlantic coasts of western Europe searching for metal alloys. Then, in 325 BC, a Greek mariner named Pytheas explored the northern limits of the Atlantic territories and returned with accounts of Bretannike, Ierne and Thule. But it was Rome that led armies across the northern seas to conquer Britain. This book includes the campaign reports of Julius Caesar, along with accounts of conquests by the Emperor Claudius. These ancient texts reveal the ambitions, conflict and compromises involved in establishing the Roman province of Britannia, which by AD 60 encompassed most of southern Britain. This book therefore provides a unique resource for future scholarship and a fascinating insight for anyone interested in the distant Celtic past.
Observances, Feasts, and Scripts
Observances, Feasts, and Scripts is the first monograph written in English to offer a comprehensive analysis of the varieties of zhai, a multifaceted term with deep historical and religious significance in Chinese Buddhism. Drawing on a wide array of sources—including canonical texts, apocryphal writings, hagiographies, and ritual documents—this book unveils zhai as a ritual complex encompassing temporary observances, communal feasts, and modes of interaction between the seen and unseen realms. These practices, rooted in both lay and monastic traditions, illustrate the intricate interplay between food, community, and ritual in Indian and Chinese Buddhism. Part I traces how Indian Buddhist temporary observances were adapted, debated, and reimagined in the Chinese context. Part II explains the sponsored feast as a mechanism for lay-monastic interaction and merit-making. It also examines how Buddhists engaged with deities and spirit saints through remote invitations and ritual offerings. Part III focuses on "scripts" used for receiving the Eightfold Observance and conducting sponsored feasts, thus revealing their evolution from simple master-disciple interactions to complex communal events. Observances, Feasts, and Scripts is an essential resource for scholars interested in food-related religious practices and the history of Buddhism. Through its meticulous examination of Chinese, Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan materials, the book offers a fresh perspective on Chinese Buddhism as an intercultural endeavor. It sheds light on relevant scholastic debates, the creation of apocrypha, translation strategies, and ritual innovations in medieval China. By moving beyond teleological frameworks such as Sinicization, it emphasizes the agency of cultural, doctrinal, and social factors in shaping these practices. Additionally, it engages with the cognitive dimensions of ritual and highlights ritual logic as a cross-cultural analytical lens.
The Mysterious Death of Aunt Jane
Could there really be a murderer in Shadey Cove? Fern Cassidy owns the local bookstore in a sleepy coastal village where nothing ever happens. So when the local bank manager is found dead after being investigated for embezzlement, everyone is shocked. When his lady friend and village confidant Aunt Jane is found dead at the bottom of her stairs a few months later, people start talking. When a third death occurs just a few weeks later, Fern decides to investigate. With her local knowledge, Fern is more than willing to assist when a fatherly police inspector and a rather handsome young detective are sent to investigate the latest body. But no one expects their investigations to lead them into the dark and dangerous world of gangland London. Romantic attractions aside, can our trio uncover what exactly is going on in Shadey Cove, before anyone else winds up dead?
Stranger in the Churchyard
It’s an idyllic Christmas Eve, snow is lying all around, and there’s a calm around the village of Belvedere St Anne. Or is there…..“Here I want you to uncover the secret.Hide away the sacred jewels.They are to be stolen by the Church.Thieves I cannot conceal them anymore.Go to the general grave……”The mysterious message on the vestry wall - what can it mean? The sacred jewels – to be stolen by the Church - surely that could not happen? And Separately, Dougie and Ruby spot him. A spooky stranger in the village - what was he doing there? And are these events all connected..? Far from calm, something mysterious is going on. Dougie calls together the Cheery Gang and they find themselves in a race both against the clock and also against the scary and mysterious Stranger in the Churchyard…Follow the Cheery Gang in this latest adventure – unexpected twists lie inside..
Choice, Choose, Chosen
In the summer of 2022, a judgement reverberates across the world, shaking generations of women. Roe v. Wade – the 1973 Supreme Court case that ruled a woman’s right to abortion was protected by the constitutional right to privacy – is overturned. Fourteen women’s lives intertwine – writers and artists, mothers and daughters, friends and strangers – crossing time and reality, drawn together by abortion, choices, biscuits, and knitting. Their voices need to be heard in a world where a woman’s right to choose is never certain, and where the lines of the argument blur. This is their story.
Smútiace dieťa v škole
Aj keď by sme si priali, aby sa zomieranie a strata blízkych detí a dospievajúcich netýkali, realita je iná. Takéto situácie zasahujú aj do života školy. Žiaci v týchto ťažkých chvíľach potrebujú oporu a často ju hľadajú práve v školskom prostredí – u svojich učiteľov a spolužiakov. Je preto dôležité vedieť, ako v škole citlivo a primerane reagovať, čo povedať a ako žiakov v takýchto momentoch sprevádzať. Škola by mala byť pre nich bezpečným priestorom, kde nájdu podporu, a zároveň miestom, kde sa môžu učiť, ako zvládať záťažové situácie či byť oporou druhým.
The Battles of Hlobane and Khambula
The two main Zulu War battles of Hlobane and Khambula were fought on consecutive days, 28 and 29 March 1879, with very different outcomes. The first, a bungled raid to deprive the Zulus of vital cattle, ended in a humiliating debacle due to poor planning and reconnaissance. The latter saw the outnumbered British first repulse the counterattack against their camp and then unleash their cavalry to turn the Zulu withdrawal into a bloody rout, thus sealing the first decisive British victory of the war. As Adrian Greaves contends in his exciting account, this change in fortunes made Khambula the most important battle of the war, since it persuaded both Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu king, Cetshwayo, that the British could defeat the Zulus. Yet, despite their importance, these linked encounters have been neglected by historians due mainly to their inaccessibility and dangerous terrain. Both battles are described in the fullest detail possible, drawing on eyewitness testimony and meticulous research and benefitting from the author’s twenty-five years’ experience of leading guided tours of the battlefields and surrounding terrain. He recounts tales of extraordinary courage but also exposes blunders and cowardice that tarnish some famous reputations. Colonel (later Field Marshal) Wood in particular comes out badly. This is an essential, eye-opening book for anyone with an interest in the Anglo-Zulu War.
RAF in Camera: 1985-1989
RAF in Camera: 1980s – The Later Years by Keith Wilson provides a visually rich account of the Royal Air Force during the transformative latter half of the 1980s. This continuation of Wilson’s earlier work examines the RAF’s operational and technological evolution during a pivotal decade for British military aviation.The period witnessed the retirement of iconic aircraft like the English Electric Lightning in 1988, symbolizing the end of a Cold War era. Simultaneously, the RAF introduced advanced platforms that redefined its capabilities, including the Tornado F.3 Interceptor, Harrier GR.5, British Aerospace BAe 146 CC.1, and Tucano T.1 trainer. Additionally, the innovative conversion of Lockheed Tristar and Vickers VC10 airliners into aerial refuelling tankers replaced the aging Victor K.2, enhancing the RAF’s strategic reach.Year-by-year coverage explores milestones such as the post-Falklands War recovery of military confidence and the integration of cutting-edge technology into RAF operations. Illustrated with numerous photographs, the book captures the RAF’s modernization and the cultural shifts within the service.Meticulously researched, RAF in Camera: 1980s – The Later Years offers aviation enthusiasts and historians alike a detailed exploration of the RAF’s evolution, blending iconic imagery with insightful analysis of this critical period in its history.
Merleau-Ponty and the Essence of Nature
Taylor Knight reveals the way in which phenomenology initiates a return to ontology construed through a dialectical relationship between being and element. Within phenomenology’s return to the elemental, Merleau-Ponty’s late philosophy is a key locus, opening critical paths forward into an ontology for the ecological age. With reference to his phenomenological forebears - Heidegger, Husserl, Levinas - his non-phenomenological influences - Bachelard, Schelling, Freud - and his dialogue with Greek thought - Heraclitus, Plato, Aristotle – Knight shows what is authentically new in Merleau-Ponty’s late ontology.
Wellington, Birley and the Pyons
Exploring the past helps us understand the present and suggests where we might go in the future. It lets us appreciate daily life in other centuries and how decisions made long ago has built and shaped what we often see around us to-day — ancient patterns affect modern lives. Wellington, Birley and the Pyons is based on wide reading, a detailed study of the parish registers — some of them dating from 1538 — and comparing them with more modern census returns. It is written in non-technical language and organized to make the topics obvious and the themes easy to follow. Numerous photographs and illustrations bring the sections to life, and there are some surprises hidden in the text. The four parishes have always been geographically next to each other but how their communities related to one another is not always what we might expect. Herefordshire has not been at the centre of great national events, but the details of its history have something to contribute to the bigger picture of England and Wales. This book will be of interest to anyone who lives locally and also to people who may want to do some digging in their own area.
Leros and the Aegean
In autumn 1943, the Dodecanese in the eastern Aegean was the setting for a series of German air-sea landings, something not normally associated with the Wehrmacht. Under heavy fire, landing craft ferried to shore German infantry and, more than two years after sustaining frightful losses in Crete, Fallschirmjäger were deployed in their intended role, parachuting on to the islands of Kos, Astipalaea and Leros. Both sides relied on aircraft and naval units, as well as conventional and unconventional ground forces. German paratroopers were drawn from the Luftwaffe and the special operations Division ‘Brandenburg’, which also fielded coastal raiders and assault troops. The Allies had on call 234 Infantry Brigade together with supporting units; a battalion of The Parachute Regiment, and Raiding Forces, which included the Long Range Desert Group, Special Boat Squadron, Commandos and Ieros Lohos (Greek Sacred Squadron). Two months of conflict would culminate in a five-day battle for possession of Leros, which ended with the surrender of the British-led garrison on 16 November 1943. The island of Samos was taken without a struggle a few days later. Unlike Operation Market Garden and the disaster of Arnhem one year later, the Aegean was first and foremost a British venture. As such, it may be considered the last irredeemable British defeat. For the Germans, the Aegean was a welcome reversal of recent setbacks and a final, but ultimately pointless, decisive victory: With the exception of Kastellorizo, key islands would remain under German occupation until May 1945.
Graf Zeppelin
The Second World War saw the eclipse of the battleship as the capital vessel in any navy by a new feat of maritime engineering: the aircraft carrier. It was to change naval warfare forever. But when one thinks of the Kriegsmarine during this period, the German effort to construct an aircraft carrier is often overlooked. Designed in the late 1930s, Graf Zeppelin was the largest ship built by Nazi Germany. The lead ship of her class, she represented the Kriegsmarine’s efforts to create a balanced, ocean-going fleet capable of projecting German naval power across the oceans. Though 85 per cent complete by the outbreak of war in September 1939, Graf Zeppelin became a white elephant, a ship filled with promise but ultimately disappointing. Hitler’s war arrived too early for the Kriegsmarine and construction of Germany’s only aircraft carrier was never completed. Graf Zeppelin: The Story of Hitler’s Aircraft Carrier tells the full story of the monumental effort and ultimate failure by the Kriegsmarine to crown the German fleet with that most coveted of naval assets, an aircraft carrier.
Lulu in Hollywood
Essential writings by this icon of the silent era – rereleased in print and now available as an e-book 100 years after Louise Brooks arrived in HollywoodLulu in Hollywood is an intimate collection of eight autobiographical essays by Louise Brooks, silent film darling and icon of the flapper era. Ranging from her childhood in Kansas and her early days as a Denishawn and Ziegfeld Follies dancer to her friendships with Martha Graham, Charles Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Humphrey Bogart, William Paley, G. W. Pabst, and others, Brooks's writing offers a rare glimpse into her extraordinary life. Including her revelatory "Why I Will Never Write My Memoirs," Lulu in Hollywood also features Kenneth Tynan's 1979 essay "The Girl in the Black Helmet," which revived interest in Brooks's work and was the best discussion of her film work to appear in her lifetime.
The Pieces Join
When trauma tears us apart, can the pieces ever truly come back together? In The Pieces Join, Beth Keith offers a compassionate and courageous exploration of recovery for those wounded by abuse within the Church. While many works highlight the realities of trauma and misconduct, this book turns its gaze toward the slow, sacred process of recovery - of re-joining what has been broken. Drawing on moving personal accounts, survivor stories, and deep wells of Christian theology, Beth Keith exposes the ways in which Church systems can both harm and heal. She weaves narrative and theological reflection into a tapestry of hope- where atonement and forgiveness are not given as easy answers but as a complex journey through pain. The Pieces Join fills a vital gap in pastoral care literature, offering wisdom and clarity to those navigating the aftermath of spiritual and sexual abuse within Christian contexts. It speaks with insight and tenderness to all who seek to understand trauma within the Church - pastors, chaplains, and survivors alike. Beth Keith brings the wisdom of a theologian, the heart of a pastor, and the honesty of one who has walked alongside the wounded. This is not a book about patching over the past, but about how faith, when practiced with humility and truth, can help make something new and whole from what was shattered.
A Shortcut to Africa
Orphaned Sally Ann lives in the Msawi Nature Reserve with her grandfather, happy, settled and on the verge of adulthood. The unexpected arrival of Willem Van Cleef however starts a chain of events that no one could have foreseen. Willem is bewitched by Sally Ann’s youthful beauty, but she immediately dislikes him. Jealous of her close relationship with Blondi, her grandfather’s deputy, Willem struggles to forge the relationship with her that he so desires. Meanwhile Blondi, aware of Willem’s interest, realises his platonic love for Sally Ann has grown into something much deeper. He is desperate not to lose her to another man. Set in the fictitious Msawi Nature Reserve, the story explores its rich wildlife and the stunning archaeological find at Lizard Rock as well as the unique customs and deep spirituality of the gentle Msawi tribe. When the youngsters have the chance to take part in one of their ancient ceremonies however, they find that they have a much greater role to play than they could have expected as their personalities are tested in the build up to the finale.
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