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Odborná a populárno-náučná literatúra 
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Učebnice, slovníky 
Umenie 
Hobby, voľný čas 
Geografia, mapy, sprievodcovia 
Biografie - Životopisy 
Kuchárske knihy 
Zdravie, životný štýl 
Poézia 
Ezoterika 
Partnerstvo a rodičovstvo 
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Rubínový spolek: Všechna naše tajemství
Louise se podařilo získat stipendium na vyhlášené Akademii Highclare a doufá, že tahle příležitost jí konečně zajistí nový začátek. Stává se zároveň členkou elitního Rubínového spolku, který by jí mohl poskytnout útočiště před lžemi a opovržením, jimž musí v poslední době čelit. Veškerá sláva spolku je však jen pozlátko, které doopravdy ukrývá nejedno tajemství a udržuje za zdmi akademie pořádné napětí. Louisa brzy zjistí, že nemůže věřit jen tak někomu. Theo si ji však – i přes svou nepřístupnost a věčně protivnou náladu – získává svým neobyčejným citem pro práci s koňmi. Navíc se zdá, že jako jeden z mála si od tajuplného spolku drží odstup. Louisa sice cítí, že by bylo moudřejší se od něj držet dál, oběma to ale ztěžuje vzájemná přitažlivost. Co když však i Theo skrývá tajemství?
Holdtükör
Újraírnád a sorsodat, ha cserébe elveszítenél valamit a múltadból?
Tokió egy eldugott kis utcácskájában áll egy zálogház, amit nem mindenki képes megtalálni.
A legtöbben egy barátságos rámenéttermet látnak a helyén. Csak a valóban elveszettek pillanthatják meg az igazi boltot, ahol életutakat és megbánt döntéseket lehet zálogba adni.
Isikava Hana a zálogház új tulajdonosaként töltött első reggelén romokban találja az üzletet. A bolt legértékesebb tárgya édesapjával együtt eltűnt.
Ekkor lép be az ajtón egy különös idegen: egy férfi, aki nem segítséget kér, hanem felajánlja azt.
Hana és titokzatos útitársa együtt vágnak neki egy varázslattal szőtt utazásnak, hogy megtalálják az apját és a tolvaj által elvitt döntést. Esőtócsákon keresztül, papírdarvak hátán, az éjfél és a hajnal közé feszülő hídon át, egészen a felhők közé rejtett éjszakai piacig vezet az útjuk.
De minél közelebb kerülnek az igazsághoz, annál nyilvánvalóbbá válik: Hanának is van egy titka. Egy döntés, amit ha meghoz, soha többé nem fordulhat vissza.
The Last of Its Kind
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book PrizeHow an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinctionThe great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. Gísli Pálsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who hunted the last great auks to bring to life a bygone age of Victorian scientific exploration while offering vital insights into the extinction of species. Pálsson vividly recounts how British ornithologists John Wolley and Alfred Newton set out for Iceland to collect specimens only to discover that the great auks were already gone. At the time, the Victorian world viewed extinction as an impossibility or trivialized it as a natural phenomenon. Pálsson chronicles how Wolley and Newton documented the fate of the last birds through interviews with the men who killed them, and how the naturalists’ Icelandic journey opened their eyes to the disappearance of species as a subject of scientific concern—and as something that could be caused by humans. Blending a richly evocative narrative with rare, unpublished material as well as insights from ornithology, anthropology, and Pálsson’s own North Atlantic travels, The Last of Its Kind reveals how the saga of the great auk opens a window onto the human causes of mass extinction.
Masquerade
'A vibrant tale told with surety and grace' LEIGH BARDUGO In the high-stakes conclusion to the Micah Grey Trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Dragonfall, Micah faces his own magical power, and a conspiracy that unravels all the way to the Royal Palace. The gifted can't hide their talents forever. But monsters await when they step into the light... Micah's Chimaera powers are growing, just as dark visions threaten to overwhelm him. Drystan is forced to take him to the Royal Physician, but can they really trust the doctor? Especially when he gets Micah hooked on a mysterious medicine, and a close friend is revealed to be his spy . . . Meanwhile, violent unrest is sweeping the country as anti-royalist factions fight to be heard. When a royal secret and an attack on Chimaera brings Micah into the heart of the conflict, he and his friends must fight an ancient sect that aims to spread terror once more. The fate of all Chimaera - and the world - hangs in the balance. Readers love Masquerade! 'Wow! WOW!! What an ending to a fascinating trilogy!' ? 'I cannot rate it high enough.' ? 'This trilogy is so important for the world. It makes you love and appreciate the complexities of life and fellow human beings.' ?
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Milkshake the Disappearing Milk Snake: A Graphic Novel
The pet snake from the class next door is missing!Carter and his ghost detective sidekick, Mr. Pebbles, are back, and there’s a new mystery to solve at Creek Elementary. Carter’s older brother, JJ, reveals that his class pet, a skittish milk snake named Milkshake, is missing! Can Carter and Mr. Pebbles find her before they have another dead class pet on their hands?!Don’t miss more class pet capers in this graphic novel series coming soon.
Writing Timbuktu
The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West AfricaPrinted books did not reach West Africa until the early twentieth century. And yet, between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, literate and curious readers throughout the region found books to read—books that were written and copied by hand. In Writing Timbuktu, Shamil Jeppie offers a history of the book as a handwritten, handmade object in West Africa. Centering his account in the historic city of Timbuktu, Jeppie explores the culture of the “manuscript-book”—unbound pages, often held together by carefully crafted leather covers. He describes the most important and most prolific scholars and their works, the subjects they covered, and ways these books were circulated, collected, and preserved. The authors of the manuscript-books wrote to demonstrate their knowledge to their peers, expound theological and legal opinions, and engage in scholarly disputation. After beginning his account in Timbuktu, Jeppie traces the literary connections among places as distant as Marrakesh in the north and Sokoto in the south, and smaller settlements in between. He chronicles the work of Ahmad Baba in late sixteenth-century Timbuktu and his students in early seventeenth-century Marrakesh; the emergence of writers in the eighteenth century in what today is Mauritania; the writings of the scholar-rulers of Sokoto, northern Nigeria, in the nineteenth century; and the eventual discovery of the manuscript-book world of West Africa by European travelers and French colonial officials. Finally, Jeppie finds that the handwritten text persisted even after the advent of the printed book, and even among writers whose books were in print, including the famous Malian novelist Amadou Hampâté Bâ.
The Worst Fishing Dog Ever
A heartfelt look at the state of modern fly-fishing and the challenges fishers will face in the coming decades. Ron Dungan, like many fly-fishers, can be obsessive. Although decades of fishing trips have led him to encounter snakes, bears, and treacherous terrain, his main focus is always the fish—how to find them, how to outsmart them, and how to hook them. In twenty-seven essays, Dungan takes us on a journey down bad roads and backcountry streams. Each tells a tale about fishing but also about hunting dogs, death, public-land policy, the trap of materialism, and accelerating environmental damage. This last becomes a new obsession. Fly-fishing in the arid Southwest has always been precarious, but how has fly-fishing changed, and what further impacts will climate change and resource extraction have? With his dog curled at his feet, Dungan attempts to unravel the tangled line of these hard questions.
King of Kings
A spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia.
Before the revolution, the Shah of Iran seemed invincible. The world watched in awe as he commanded a huge army and oversaw an economy awash with billions of dollars of oil revenues. The regime's secret police had crushed communist opposition and the Shah appeared to have bought off the conservative Muslim clergy inside the country. On the international stage, Iran had become an invaluable ally to the West during the Cold War.
But village streets spoke of a different country - people derided the Shah as an American lackey and blamed him for economic inequality, for spending recklessly on lavish parties and for ignoring the Muslim majority. When a volcanic religious revolution erupted, led by a fiery cleric named Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shah was forced off the throne and into exile. How did it all go so wrong?
Brilliantly brought to life by the Sunday Times bestselling author Scott Anderson, this gripping behind-the-scenes narrative reveals how the Iranian Revolution was as world-shattering an event as the French and Russian revolutions, and how its repercussions are still felt around the world today. In the Middle East, in India, in Southeast Asia, and now in Europe and the United States, the hatred of economically-marginalized, religiously-fervent masses for a wealthy secular elite has led to violence and upheaval - and Iran was the template.
The Power of Real Optimism
Optimism isn't about pretending everything is fine. It's about staying open and flexible-especially when it's not. In this fresh, science-backed debut, professional psychologist and media expert Dr. Deepika Chopra shows us how to build the kind of optimism that can actually withstand real life.
We've been sold the idea that optimism is a mood, a mindset, or worse-just an inherent trait. But what if real optimism is something else entirely?
In The Power of Real Optimism, Dr. Deepika Chopra-known as The Optimism Doctor®-offers a radically different definition: optimism as a science, a skill, and a psychological muscle we can strengthen. Drawing from over a decade immersed in the science of resilience, emotional well-being, and cognitive psychology-as well as her work with clients, innovative workshops, and hallmark practices (think: evidence-based visualization, narrative reframing, her signature "self-worth work," and even color)-Dr. Chopra offers a toolkit for navigating the chaos, uncertainty, and nuance of being human-without losing yourself to it.
Grounded, practical, and poetic in all the right ways, this book will challenge your relationship with hope, rewire how you recover from hard things, and invite you to stay soft without falling apart. With her blend of intimate storytelling, psychological insight, and tangible tools-including a 33-day Real Optimism Challenge-Dr. Chopra offers something far more enduring than a quick fix or fleeting affirmation. She invites us into a deeper, more resilient way of living-one where we can stay curious in the face of fear, open in the face of grief, and grounded even as the world wobbles beneath us.
Because real optimism doesn't deny the dark-it teaches us how to see in it.
Tvořivý učitel, tvořivý žák
Tato kniha nabízí hluboký a zároveň praktický pohled na tvořivost jako klíčovou kompetenci pro život v rychle se měnícím světě. Ukazuje, že tvořivost není o umění či výjimečném nadání, ale o postoji k učení, chybám, nejistotě a novým výzvám.
Autorka čtenáře provází otázkami, co tvořivost skutečně je, jak ji rozpoznat, podporovat a rozvíjet – a především jak ji ve vzdělávání nevědomky nepotlačovat. Kniha boří rozšířené mýty o tvořivosti, představuje její teoretická východiska a nabízí konkrétní doporučení pro učitele, studenty i rodiče.
Zvláštní důraz je kladen na školní prostředí jako bezpečný prostor pro experiment, objevování a svobodné myšlení, kde je chyba přirozenou součástí učení. Publikace inspiruje k odvaze vystoupit z komfortní zóny a přijmout nejistotu jako neoddělitelnou součást tvořivého procesu.
Tvořivost není výsadou talentovaných. Je schopností, kterou lze rozvíjet u každého.
Existence a hodnota
V knize vzpomínek Čtrnáctero zastavení poznamenal Bedřich Fučík o Janu Čepovi a jeho psaní: „Přicházel i později s několika popsanými listy, v nichž nebylo takřka jediného škrtu nebo opravy, a s rozpaky říkával: ‚To jsem psal pro tebe,‘ jako například svou tragickou ocelorytinu Člověk na silnici.“ Čepův přítel, literární kritik, redaktor autorových textů a ve třicátých letech ředitel nakladatelství Melantrich, které tato díla vydávalo, bezpochyby znal zblízka způsoby jeho tvorby; přesto jsme si pokládali otázku, zda jsou jeho tvrzení o tvorbě takřka čistopisů zcela v souladu s podobou dochovaných rukopisů, dnes uložených v Literárním archivu Památníku národního písemnictví v Praze.
Mnohé autografy spisovatele vskutku postrádají razanci škrtů a úprav, jež nacházíme u jiných literátů (Josefa Hory, Františka Halase, Ivana Olbrachta a dalších), přesto se v jeho pozůstalosti dochovala celá série raných fází produkce, autorových konceptů, prvopisů, zápisníků a deníkových zápisů, které dávají tušit, že genetická zkoumání mohou vnést nečekané světlo do poznání autorovy poetiky, do vývoje díla i samotné Čepovy osobnosti. V naší knize se skrze rukopisná zkoumání chceme zamyslet nad vztahem existence a hodnoty, situace a víry, jež formovaly autorův svébytný myšlenkový svět, a mimo jiné se ptáme na autorovy postoje v myšlenkových proudech jeho doby, ať už je řeč o novotomismu, existencialismu a dialogickém personalismu.
Neuroveda a inteligentné systémy v marketingu, manažmente a podnikaní
Publikácia sa venuje oblasti synergii neurovedy a inteligentných systémov, ktorá otvára nové perspektívy pre manažment, marketing a podnikanie. Pútavým spôsobom preniká do poznania mechanizmov ľudského myslenia a emócií, ktoré umožňuje navrhovať efektívnejšie stratégie riadenia, cielenejšie marketingové kampane a inovatívne podnikateľské modely. Inteligentné systémy zároveň poskytujú nástroje na spracovanie komplexných údajov, identifikáciu vzorcov správania a podporu rozhodovania v reálnom čase. Je koncipovaná ako odborný sprievodca problematikou využitia neurovied a inteligentných systémov v prostredí manažmentu, marketingu a podnikania. Obsahuje teoretické východiská, postupy a praktické odporúčania, ktoré môžu slúžiť ako podpora pre akademické štúdium aj pre aplikáciu v praxi.
The Layered Home
'I often think about the Albert Hadley pointer that "a room should feel collected, not decorated", writes Benjamin Raynaert in his new book, before taking us on a tour of British, European and American homes that embody this idea.... Benjamin has insightful conversations with the creative individuals behind these spaces - who also offer tips on how to master the seemingly effortless layered look.' House & Garden'If you choose one playbook rule, let this be your guide: Layers plus personalization is the combination that creates absolute spatial magic. Nothing else comes close.' Benjamin RaynaertTo magazine editor and stylist Benjamin Reynaert, more is more when it comes to the home. The more patterns and colours combined, the more preloved pieces scooped up at the right time, the more surfaces to display treasured objects, the more a house will feel like home. Layers are key to achieving this maximalist alchemy. It's not a look that can be bought all at once, but one developed over time, leisurely and with intention, as you stay mindful of your space's personality. Most of all, layering a home requires listening to and respecting your own instincts and taste. To help train your eye, Benjamin takes you on a journey through exquisitely decorated homes lived in by creative and curious people. From the UK and France to the USA, these homes artfully integrate patterns, colours, textures, art, furniture, and objects to create interiors that are as unique as the people who live in them. More than 200 photographs capture home tours of stunning maximalist homes, and Benjamin's interviews with his favourite tastemakers reveal tips and tricks on collecting, arranging objects, and modifying rooms over time. Brimming with beauty and smart advice, The Layered Home shares how to curate interiors filled with warmth and endless visual interest by embracing abundance, imperfection, and craft. The end result: a gorgeous home that tells your unique story.
El Iluminado
In this entertaining, thought-provoking detective graphic novel set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a fictional Ilan Stavans seeks to solve a murder and locate a lost manuscript by a prominent 16th-century Crypto-Jew burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition. When young Rolando Perez falls to his death from a cliff outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, the mysteries immediately begin to accumulate. Was he pushed or did he jump? What might Rolando have been so desperate to protect that he would sacrifice himself? And what does a colorful concha pastry have to do with any of thi? n the midst of the investigation, Professor Ilan Stavans arrives in Santa Fe to give a lecture about the area’s long-buried Jewish history. He’s looking forward to relaxing afterward with an evening at the opera, but his presentation on “crypto-Jews” attracts unexpected attention, and soon Ilan is drawn into a desperate race to find the long-lost documents that might hold the key to Rolando’s death. His amateur sleuthing leads him to taco joints, desert ranches, soaring cathedrals, and, finally, deep into the region’s past, where he encounters Luis de Carvajal, also called “El Iluminado.” In a sixteenth-century tale of martyrdom that eerily echoes Rolando’s, Carvajal fled Spain for colonial Mexico at the height of the Spanish Inquisition, searching for his religious heritage—a hunt for which he, like Rolando, would pay the ultimate price. In El Iluminado, esteemed literary critic Ilan Stavans and author and illustrator Steve Sheinkin present a secret history of religion in the Americas, showing how thousands of European refugees have left a trail of ghostly footprints—and troves of mysteries—across the American Southwest. This paperback edition includes a new afterword recounting the amazing events that occurred after the original publication, including the real-life discovery of the long-lost memoir of Luis de Carvajal and its restoration to Mexico.
Fungi and Human Life
The incredible, hidden role of fungi in our livesFrom beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Fungi and Human Life explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts and molds inside and all around us. Nicholas Money takes readers on a guided tour of a marvelous unseen realm, describing how our immune systems are engaged in continuous conversation with the teeming mycobiome inside the body, and how we can fall prey to serious and even life-threatening infections when this peaceful coexistence is disturbed. He also sheds light on our complicated relationship with fungi outside the body, from wild mushrooms and cultivated molds that have been staples of the human diet for millennia to the controversial experimentation with magic mushrooms in the treatment of depression. Drawing on the latest advances in mycology, Fungi and Human Life reveals what scientists are learning about the importance of fungi to our lives, from their vital role in supporting the ecosystems on which we depend to their emerging uses in lifesaving medicine.
My Cute Cousin Always Gets Her Way Vol. 2
What was meant to be a brief stay with family in the countryside for the summer has been suddenly extended! When Nozomu’s sister joins them, she finds her brother under assault from their tomboyish younger cousin Sou, and the antics are only escalating. As Nozomu learns to appreciate rural life, Sou finally starts to reflect on their “innocent” interactions. With the two getting closer, and with Nozomu’s return to Tokyo fading into the distance, his lively days with his clingy cousin aren’t going away anytime soon.
Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him
A haunting reimagining of Billy the Kid—myth, violence, and regret collide in a lyrical coming-of-age story woven with history, legend, and the omnipresence of birds. Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him: The Lives of Billy the Kid by Pamela Ryder is a coming-of-age saga like no other. It reaches beyond the myth of the reckless and romantic rebel, the murdering gunslinger, and the scrappy outlaw. His story is one of survival, mayhem, and regret. Billy is portrayed as a complex and authentic figure. At times he is ruthless, often sympathetic, always clever and engaging. Yet he remains haunted by loneliness as he rides ever closer to the end of his short and violent life. The child of Irish immigrants, Billy came of age amid hardship and lawlessness, forced to navigate a world that offered him little mercy. From his grim childhood in the tenements of New York to the unforgiving deserts of New Mexico, his journey is marked by loss, chaos, and fleeting moments of grace. He was a boy who became an outlaw, forever running from his past toward an inevitable fate. Told through shifting perspectives and enriched by Billy's keen observations of birds, landscapes, and the lives he has taken, the novel unfolds in lyrical, unflinching prose. His fascination with birds, whose freedom stands in stark contrast to his own doomed flight, threads through the narrative. A meditation on myth, mortality, and the stories we tell about ourselves, Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him is a singular reimagining of the American West. It does not flinch from the blood or the beauty of a life lived on the edge of history.
A Mood, A Thought, A Feeling
The first book from designer Huh is designed in three parts. Part one is an exploration of the seven moods that Huh deems essential to design: conviviality, peacefulness, joyful, cozy, verve, romantic, meaning. For example, convivial spaces are ones that feel buzzy, excited, and alive, like an artist s salon. Use lighting to draw people together and seating arrangements to connect. Peaceful interiors are refuges to be by yourself, with yourself, reading with a cup of tea on a rainy day, in a chair with a view of a forest, surrounded by warm, natural textures and quiet colors. Joyful rooms are effervescent and whimsical, with bright happy colors and wallpaper that makes you smile. Coziness is about creating safety and warmth, spaces that hold you tight and together, that encourage intimacy and depth and demarcate a transition from public to private. Rooms with verve are stylist and confident. They should feature daring, exciting choices to make people talk with a bold curation of objects and odd juxtapositions. Romantic is moody, nostalgic, filled with faded chintz, pretty vignettes, weathered and worn. Meaning is about incorporating the personal, the familial. Objects that carry stories are important here the heirlooms that tell us where we came from and who we are. Lovely curated bookcases and ephemera. Part two, A Thought, explores three full projects: two recently completed townhouses on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and in Brooklyn, as well as an elegant Park Avenue apartment. And part three of the book, A Feeling, features an immersive dive into Huh s recently completed country house upstate, from the pattern-filled rooms to the gardens and grounds, with seasonal entertaining stories.
Witch Hat Atelier 14
A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what she wishes she could be. This lushly-drawn story has won an Eisner Award and a Harvey Award, and was voted one of the top 10 manga of the year in 2018 by the Japanese manga industry. CROSSING PATHS The true mastermind responsible for the havoc in Ezrest is subdued at last, but not without exacting a heavy price on Coco. She is still eager to rejoin the search for Custas, and fortunately Beldaruit knows just the spell to allow her to do so without worrying Qifrey. Meanwhile, the other witches are called to where they are most needed in the aftermath. As strings of fate never meant to interact are further entangled, the starlight reveals society’s true nature.
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