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Engagement
A feminist cult classic about love, independence and what it means to be an individual, translated into English for the first time
'I want to have him, I really do. I just don't want him to have me.'
Martina and Gustav, students in 1970s Stockholm, meet and fall immediately into coupledom. But what is coupledom? A route to marriage? A declaration of co-dependency? A new dimension of commitment and responsibility? A sexual confrontation? Or is it a habit that an intelligent person must consider breaking? Martina and Gustav discuss their relationship endlessly, between themselves and with others, as they try to make it work.
Engagement, set during a time of social change and political upheaval, sees Martina trying to engage with the world on her own terms. Unwilling to marry, she finds herself in a state of permanent engagement while her friends settle down to marriage and children; uncertain of the world's future, she engages with demos, sit-ins and philosophy seminars in her quest for a new blueprint for joy. First published in 1976, when it was heralded as an instant classic, Engagement remains as relevant, hilarious and heartbreaking today.
French Kisses
The brand-new book from Diverse Book Award winning author, Jenny Ireland.
When wild-child Margot is forced to go to on a summer holiday to the South of France with her family, she's definitely not happy about it.
Enter Félix and Antoine. They are polar opposites. Félix: mild mannered, caramel haired and sweet. Antoine: dark haired. Tattooed. Arrogant.
The only thing they seem to have in common is that they're both ridiculously attractive, and they both have a thing for Margot. But there's something much more significant about them that's going to come as a real shock to Margot . . .
Navzdory. Příběh příslušníka speciálních sil
Kniha Navzdory je příběhem válečného veterána, účastníka řady zahraničních misí, bývalého bojovníka 601. skupiny speciálních sil, výsadkáře a později vojenského poradce ministrů obrany i premiéra. Jedinečný, syrový pohled vojáka a patriota na život operátorů nejelitnější jednotky Armády České republiky.
Ve druhém vydání autor přepracoval a doplnil stávající kapitoly a na téměř šedesáti dalších stranách rozšířil svůj příběh o zkušenosti ze svého působení u 43. výsadkového pluku v Chrudimi a z galavečera CZ Fighters For Veterans, kde vojáci i profesionální zápasníci vzdali hold válečným veteránům bojem v kleci.
První vydání bylo beznadějně vyprodané Druhé rozšířené vydání přináší téměř 60 stran nového materiálu.
Téma obrany a bezpečnosti je dnes aktuálnější než kdy dřív. Autor je aktivní důstojník s reálným publikem a kniha má podporu z nejvyšších míst české armády a bezpečnostní komunity.
Chronicles of Dissent
An accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky's political thought
In sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains:
Why the 'war on drugs' is really a war on poor people.
How attacks on political correctness are attacks on independent thought.
How historical revisionism has recast the United States as the victim in the Vietnam War.
Widely recognized as one of the most original and important thinkers of our age, Chomsky's trenchant analysis of current events is a breath of fresh air in a world more and more polluted by mainstream media.
Kakegurui: Blázni do hazardu 6
Jumeko a prezidentka studentské rady Kirari v sobě díky svému šílenství začínají nacházet vzájemné zalíbení. Pro Sajaku Igaraši, tajemnici studentské rady a ženu, která si nadevše cení logiky a rozumu, jde však o nesnesitelné ponížení. Z oddanosti k prezidentce vyzve Jumeko k hazardnímu souboji. Jedna éra akademie se pomalu chýlí ke konci…
Klub zhýralců 4: Bez milosti
Nechci mu ublížit – jen ho potrestat.
Už tak je dost špatné být jedinou ženou, která spoluvlastní Klub zhýralců, ale navíc jsem jediná bez úchylky.
Aspoň jsem si to myslela. Představte si moje překvapení, když mi „úchylkový kvíz“ prozradil, že možná přece jen nejsem tak docela „normální“.
Ve skutečnosti se totiž Emersonu Grantovi podobám mnohem víc, než jsem si myslela.
Je tu jen jeden problém – nemám ponětí, jak se stát něčí dominou. Nebo aspoň do chvíle, kdy mě aplikace spojí s někým, kdo mě to chce naučit.
Je pro mě moc mladý. Moc tvrdohlavý a moc hezký. A abych nezapomněla – je to syn mého kamaráda.
Beau Grant je spratek – což by mi vadilo, kdybych ho za to tak ráda netrestala.
Za jeho nezřízeným chováním se ale skrývá muž, který je nepochopený, nesobecký a jen potřebuje usměrnit.
Pokud ovšem chce, abych se nad ním smilovala, musí si to zasloužit.
Existuje totiž milion důvodů, proč bych se od něj měla držet dál, ale už mě nebaví dělat jen to, co bych měla.
Konečně vím, po čem toužím, a jsem připravená si vzít, co mi patří.
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Nekonečný pád 3: Návrat domů
V závěrečném dílu trilogie se opět vracíme na natáčení filmové série Infinity Falling do Vancouveru. Tentokrát stojí v popředí mladičká herečka Megan Suttonová, která se ve filmu zhostila role hlavní antagonistky. Na druhé straně je pak o něco málo starší lékař na urgentu Cole Buchanan, který se právě potýká s vážným pracovním selháním.
K jejich setkání dojde naprosto náhodně, ale následně zjistí, že mají mnoho společného, a to nejen kamarády, ale i pracoviště. Cole totiž záhy nastupuje na plac jako filmový lékař. Jejich vztah však rozhodně nekopíruje klasické milostné schéma. Cole je zvyklý si užívat a má za to, že na závazky není stavěný, jak se taky v minulosti přesvědčil. Megan je v tomto ohledu naopak doslova nepolíbená, ačkoliv ji v médiích neustále obviňují, že rozvrací cizí vztahy.
Vznikne tak model výhodný pro obě strany – Cole s Megan svůj vztah pouze předstírají na veřejnosti. Co když se však předstírané city změní v opravdové? Dokážou se přenést přes oboustranná vztahová traumata, vysoké pracovní vytížení a v neposlední řadě i přes nemalý věkový rozdíl?
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Hodná holka
Kdysi býval Lukáš králem detektivek, ale ty časy už jsou pryč. Teď hledá vyhořelý spisovatel způsob, kterým by se mohl vrátit na výsluní. A jak lépe najít ztracenou múzu než během skutečného detektivního pátrání? Jenže jak se ukáže, psát o zločinech je mnohem snazší než snažit se odhalit, kam zmizela jedna nenápadná dívka. Lukáš přitom získá nečekanou pomoc v podobě Ady. Ta má sice hlavu plnou dětských říkanek, ale o špinavém prádle v sousedství ví víc, než by kdokoliv jiný přiznal. Společně se pouští do pátrání, které stojí na ostrých slovech a ještě ostřejších postřezích. Vyhaslý bestsellerista zjistí, že dobrý spisovatel nutně nemusí být dobrý detektiv – ale naštěstí není na hledání pravdy sám.
Královna české fantastiky Kristýna Sněgoňová se pouští na pole detektivek a jde na to s humorem i zběsilostí sobě vlastní. Tyhle zločiny vás budou rozhodně bavit.
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Nebezpečná pýcha
Remo Falcone je nenapravitelný.
Jako kápo camorry vládne svému území nelítostnou rukou. Pak na něj ale vtrhne chicagská mafie. Nyní se Remo chystá na odplatu. Svatba je posvátná a únos nevěsty představuje svatokrádež.
Serafina je neteří šéfa outfitu a už několik let je zaslíbena jinému. Když ji Remo cestou do kostela unese ve svatebních šatech, Serafina si rychle uvědomí, že nemůže doufat v záchranu. I v rukou nejkrutějšího muže, jakého zná, je ovšem odhodlána držet se své hrdosti. Remo brzy pochopí, že žena, která mu byla vydána na milost, nemusí být tak snadno zlomitelná, jak si myslel.
Bezohledný muž, který se snaží outfit zničit tím, že zlomí někoho, koho mají chránit. Žena odhodlaná srazit monstrum na kolena. Dvě rodiny, které už nikdy nebudou stejné.
Rethinking the Penal State
In this book based on his 2024 Adorno Lectures, Loic Wacquant combines social theory, comparative history and structural ethnography to probe criminal punishment as a core function of the state. Extending Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of bureaucratic field and symbolic power, he captures the constitutive duality of punishment, at once material and symbolic, an instrument of class control and a means of communicating values, endlessly oscillating between rehabilitation and retribution. Ranging from the birth of the workhouse prison in sixteenth-century Europe to the deployment of punishment in the colonies to the workaday world of prosecutors in a California criminal court, Wacquant reveals how the penal state curates crime, manages urban marginality, signals sovereignty, and manufactures legitimacy in the eyes of the population by restoring control over bodies out of order. But the penal Leviathan is a bifurcated state which captures nearly exclusively dispossessed and dishonored categories by targeting their neighborhoods: it is everywhere a class-splitting and a race-forging institution based on the stubborn differentiation of "paper penality" and "street penality."Getting inside the machinery of criminal justice shows that punishment must be placed at the epicenter of the political sociology of statecraft, group-making and place-making in the metropolis as well as brought to the forefront of civic debate to articulate a radical penal minimalism suited to reconciling punishment and democratic ideals.
Death at the Museum
The second children's murder mystery from number-one-bestselling author of The Appeal, Janice Hallett, perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Rhian Tracey.
Imagine an old museum with more secrets than anyone could ever guess. A school trip that ends in murder. A crime unsolved for decades. . . But who did it?
Now, Ava and Luke are on the case, following the clues left in a new box of murders. Using School workbooks, museum records, secret recordings and letters the siblings start to unravel the mystery of a body in the basement. But can they discover what really happened . . . before the killer strikes again?
YOU know the facts. YOU have all the clues. Can YOU solve the mystery before they do?
Maiden
THIS PRINCESS IS GOING TO SAVE HERSELF
Discover a world of forbidden magic, court politics and sacrifice in this enchanting new myth retelling from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of Katherine Arden and Naomi Novik.
The Kingdom of Calestra was built on blood. Every spring, when the snow melts in the mountains, one young woman is chosen by lot to be sacrificed to the Great Dragon.
As the Maiden Sacrifice draws near once more, three women stand at the heart of its brutal ritual: Cressyda, desperate and trapped, Alinore, torn between duty and rebellion and Maylie, whose secrets burn hotter than dragonfire. Together, they carry the power to shatter a treaty written in blood and ash.
Yet freedom comes at a cost, and first they must face the ancient fury of the Great Dragon.
The sacrifice is coming.
But this time, the maidens refuse to burn.
Prepare for…
ancient dragons
lady knights
cunning princesses
castle libraries
fierce fairy folk
forbidden magic
and much more!
Checkmate
In September 2022, the chess world watched in disbelief as Magnus Carlsen, widely considered the greatest player in history, faced an unthinkable defeat against the nineteen-year-old American upstart, Hans Niemann. When Carlsen withdrew from the prestigious Sinquefield Cup and subtly accused Niemann of cheating, shockwaves hit the chess community, igniting the biggest scandal in the sport's history.
Checkmate dives deep into this modern-day drama, tracing the parallel rises of Carlsen, the stoic virtuoso, and Niemann, the fiery disruptor. Niemann denied the accusations, even as past online cheating incidents surfaced, while powerful entities like Chess.com, a billion-dollar online arena, became entangled in the escalating controversy. As the scandal went viral, it became clear that more was at stake than a single game.
Checkmate is a story of ambition, genius and greed set against the backdrop of a once-niche game exploding into a global, multi-billion-dollar phenomenon. It's a compelling exploration of a world where tradition collides with innovation, and a new generation, forged in the digital age, threatens to upend everything.
Finding My Way
Thrust onto the public stage at just fifteen years old after the Taliban's brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly became an international icon - but away from the cameras and crowds, she was a young woman struggling to find her place in a world that was telling her the role she had to play. Now, for the very first time, Malala takes readers behind the headlines in her candid and revelatory memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humour and tenderness. From friendship to first love, failed exams to impulsive adventures, Finding My Way reminds us that real role models aren't perfect - they're human. And through moments of astonishing vulnerability, Malala reveals the psychological toll of the Taliban shooting that nearly ended her life - and shares her gratitude for the kindness and empathy that saved her.
This is not the story you think you know. It's the one Malala has been waiting to tell.
Remain
"You're going to fall in love, Tate. And when you do, it's going to change your life forever..."
New York architect Tate Donovan arrives on Cape Cod hoping to make a fresh start after the loss of his sister.
When he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast, he unexpectedly encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren - and their immediate connection challenges everything he thinks he knows.
But as their fragile relationship begins to blossom, Tate discovers that Wren is haunted by a dark past. To free her from a desperate fate, he must uncover the truth before it's too late...
As their secrets collide, Tate is faced with a devastating choice. Because loving her could cost him everything...
A beautiful and heart-wrenching supernatural love story from the minds of two brilliant storytellers: the bestselling author of The Notebook, and the blockbuster filmmaker behind The Sixth Sense.
The Final Six
When the stakes are at their highest, how low would you go?
Shogo Hatano has beaten thousands of applicants to become one of six final candidates in the running for a graduate position at Japan's most exclusive tech company. Only one will be chosen - a decision made by the applicants themselves.
In a glossy high-rise office in Tokyo, the interview begins. All six of them are equally measured and polished, until they discover the envelopes. One for every candidate. Each containing a secret so terrible that they could ruin more than just careers. They could destroy lives.
The evidence was clearly planted by someone in the room. As suspicion coils tighter and alliances fracture, it's clear the question is no longer who deserves the job, but how far are they willing to go to get it.
Because behind the polite mask and slick words is a monster capable of anything in the pursuit of their goal. But are any of them truly who they say they are?
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How To Train Your Dragon School 2: Fight of the Flamestrike
Welcome to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL. Where Viking and Dragon Heroes are made!
Join Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and his dragons, Toothless and Windwalker, in their hilarious, hair-raising adventures at the Isle of Berk's Training School for Vikings and Dragons. Where they are BOTTOM in pretty much everything.
Disastrous Lesson Number Two: Boarding-An-Enemy-Ship-At-Sea
Hiccup and his fellow Vikings are SUPPOSED to be learning about enemy ships at sea. But when they come across a mysterious vessel, with a ripped sail and nobody driving it, Hiccup's heart sinks. There is something deeply spooky about this ship.
They really, really shouldn't get onboard.
But... like on so many occasions in Hiccup's life, they are going to do it anyway.
Packed with illustrations, action and a Dragonese dictionary, this series is perfect for developing readers, and the millions of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON fans worldwide.
Pablo and Splash: Viking Voyage
Time-travelling penguins Pablo and Splash are on board a Viking longship in this hilarious full-colour graphic novel. Fans of Bunny vs Monkey or InvestiGATORS will love it.
When Pablo and Splash tell their cheeky friend Benji about the Vikings and their impressive longships, Benji is amazed. He's desperate to steal a time machine and go plundering for treasure with those ancient warriors. Our time-travelling heroes Pablo and Splash must get to Viking-era Ireland in time to warn the monks about the imminent invasion - and make their own mark on history.
1873
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance comes a brilliant account of the earliest truly global financial calamity.
On Friday, 9 May 1873 the Vienna stock market collapsed. Four months later Wall Street was in trouble. Elsewhere, as panic selling spread across financial markets, some countries defaulted on their debts, while the Bank of England was forced to raise its rates to their highest level in a century. It was the first global crash in history. And it was to have calamitous consequences.
In his powerful new book, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance tells the epic story of that crash and explores its economic and human costs. He describes how the growth of the international bond market in the 1850s and 60s funded a frenzy of speculation in railways, construction and nation-building. He examines those who became swept up in the boom, from leading bankers like the Rothschild dynasty to national leaders both visionary and venal, to rogues and chancers like the shameless Jay Gould, to such sceptical onlookers as Mark Twain and Karl Marx. He then traces how, in the subsequent panic, investors were left with catastrophic losses, while governments on both sides of the Atlantic rushed misguidedly to reorder the world's financial system.
As he shows, the blunders made as the crisis unfolded set the stage for twenty years of deflation, and a punitive legacy of aggrieved populism that infected every part of the globe. Amid the crash's many aftershocks, the US abandoned Reconstruction, European powers staged an economic takeover of the heavily indebted Ottoman Empire, and the principle of international free trade came under pressure. Meanwhile there was a revival of antisemitic movements in Europe that blamed 'Jewish finance' for the disaster.
A brilliant evocation of a key turning point in world history, 1873 is also a masterly examination of the unforeseen political and social consequences of financial misjudgements.
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