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Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest Vol. 8: 20,000 Leagues
The World s Finest Heroes Dive Deeper Adventure Awaits in Volume 8! Batman/Superman: World s Finest Vol. 8 20,000 Leagues continues the Eisner-nominated series from superstar writer Mark Waid and acclaimed artist Adrian Gutierrez. A distress call from Atlantis brings Batman and Superman deep beneath the ocean, where they confront Aquaman himself. But the King of Atlantis harbors a dangerous secret one that could ignite a coup threatening the peace of all undersea life! Meanwhile, Batman, Superman, and Robin find themselves trapped in Bizarro World with no clear way home! Following the critical and commercial success of Volumes 1 7, this latest installment further cements World s Finest as one of DC s most consistently celebrated titles. Collects issues #35 37 and #40 43. Available in both hardcover and softcover editions.
David Dastmalchian: Through - Deluxe Edition
From the mind of David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil, Suicide Squad), Alix is a young woman, orphaned as a child, and isolated by perfectionism as an adult, who falls into an enchanted realm. A secret place created to serve as her sanctuary. It's a realm under siege, transformed into a perilous land of nightmares and shadow. Now, with carnage closing in, she must piece together the clues to understand the true nature of this realm in order to save it… and herself. DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES:Through hardcover graphic novel in limited edition slipcase (deluxe edition)3 exclusive art prints by Hydro 747 reflection prompt cards created by David, and featuring the art of Hydro 74
The Two Deaths of Lillian Carmichael
A young woman, perceived dead, plots to reinvent herself in a gripping historical gothic about secrets, superstition, and murder by the bestselling author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport. South Carolina, 1853. Lillian Carmichael, privileged daughter of a disgraced Charleston family, is due to be hanged for the murder of her sister when fate gives her a second chance at life. After a catatonic episode on the long walk to the gallows, Lillian is declared dead and entombed in the family mausoleum. She awakens days later, buried alive, and flees to the Lowcountry marshes to survive on her wits and reinvent herself. All the while, a series of exsanguination murders holds the terrorized city in thrall—as do the superstitions that the vanished Lillian is some craven creature, resurrected and out for blood. Lillian finds sanctuary in a crumbling former plantation and a friend in Kate O’Malley, a charismatic actress adept at fashioning new identities. The two form an intimate and powerful alliance, but as the body count rises, the manhunt for Lillian reaches a fever pitch. It will take both women’s cunning for her to escape the gallows again, and to find her freedom, Lillian must first cross paths with the real killer and confront her own family’s deepest, darkest secret.
Russia in Upheaval
Edward Alsworth Ross, one of the founders of the academic field of sociology, spent July–December 1917 traveling across the Russian Empire and talking to the people there. As he states in his brief introduction, “I have taken it as my business to describe impartially the major social changes going on in Russia … in the latter half of 1917, and leave it to others or to time itself to judge them.” Ross follows through on that promise remarkably well, describing Russian peasants, the urban educated class, industrial workers, women, religion, people who had been imprisoned under tsarism, religion, the people of the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the proposals for democracy, among other topics. Though this unique account focuses more on the people and less on politics than other accounts of the time, Ross includes a fascinating account of a lengthy private interview with Trotsky in December 1917. He ends the book by looking ahead to Russia’s possible future, from a perspective after the Bolsheviks took power but before the Civil War changed everything. Delving into important themes rarely mentioned in other foreigners’ writings about the Russian Revolution, Russia in Upheaval gives a unique sense of the times.
Happy Town Coloring and Sticker Fun
Take a stroll through Happy Town, where every page brings a new destination in a bustling, friendly city. From a sweet cupcake shop to a handy mechanics garage, fire station, bike shop, and more, you’ll love colouring each unique spot along the streets of Happy Town. Beyond just colouring, this book offers interactive fun with over 50 adorable stickers like sleepy cats, fire hydrants, people, and vehicles ready to be placed wherever your imagination takes them. Stickers can be added to building windows, alleyways, or used to bring characters to life in the town’s busy streets. Perforated, no-bleed pages make it easy to remove and arrange each scene in any order, turning individual works into a larger cityscape masterpiece. With its heartwarming illustrations, creative versatility, and interactive elements, this is more than just a colouring book, it’s a whole world of imaginative play.
Badger Books
‘A story about the power of imagination and friendship.’ Eoin ColferFrom the world of Fox & Son Tailers. ‘Badger Books’ is a bookshop, run by a badger. You can find books about every animal. From bears to elephants, tigers to dinosaurs and pandas to narwhals. But there’s one book they don’t have ... and it’s one that Rory the Fox really, really wants.
Sing the Night
"Gorgeous and lush."-Rachel Howzell Hall, New York Times bestselling author"Dreamy, dangerous, and utterly enchanting!"-Logan Karlie, New York Times bestselling author "This book truly sings."-Sydney J. Shields, USA Today bestselling author"A lush, devastatingly romantic gothic fantasy."-L.R. Lam, USA Today bestselling authorMagic. Music. Madness. Murder. For as long as Selene remembers, she's only wanted one thing: to sing the boldest,brightest magic into existence and win L'Opéra du Magician. To the winner goes thespoils of being declared King's Mage, a position her father held years ago, before helost control of his magic and spiraled into madness, leaving Selene an orphan. But when the competition turns cutthroat and a competitor steals Selene's song, thechance to redeem her father's legacy begins to slip through her fingers. Until, in thedepths of the opera house, she discovers a mysterious and beautiful man trappedwithin a mirror. He offers not only the magic of music, but a darker sorcery of shadow,blood, and want. He can help Selene if she helps him in return-but his forbiddenmagic may not be worth the cost. As the competition continues and mages are driven to ruin competing for the king'sfavor, Selene must navigate betrayal, the return of childhood love, and the price ofambition.
Strážcovia lesa
Nádherne ilustrovaná kniha plná zaujímavých faktov o vlkoch.
Z prenikavého vlčieho vytia, ktoré počuť až do vzdialenosti 16 kilometrov, naskočia zimomriavky aj najostrieľanejším zálesákom. Vlk však nie je len obyčajná šelma. Neuveriteľná kombinácia tímovej spolupráce a vrodených inštinktov pomáha vlčím svorkám prežiť aj v náročných podmienkach. S matkou vlčicou a otcom vlkom, ktorí spoločne vedú svorku, vyrastajú vĺčatá a učia sa zručnostiam, ktoré budú potrebovať, keď si jedného dňa založia vlastnú rodinu.
Táto krásna kniha, plná úchvatných živých ilustrácií a zaujímavých faktov, je určená starším deťom, ktoré sa chcú o vlkoch dozvedieť viac. Je poctou týmto majestátnym zvieratám.
June Smalls už ako malá vymýšľala príbehy, ktoré rozprávala svojim domácim miláčikom a plyšovým zvieratkám. Dnes žije so svojou rodinou a s neprestajne sa rozrastajúcim a pestrým spoločenstvom zvierat v severnej Virgínii v USA. Keď práve nepíše, venuje sa výskumu, navštevuje zoologické záhrady a akváriá, číta alebo presviedča manžela, aby sa v ich dome našlo miesto ešte aspoň pre jedno ďalšie zvieratko.
Yumi Shimokawara sa narodila v Tokiu. V roku 2001 diaľkovo absolvovala štúdium ilustrácie v Kodansha Famous Schools, kde sa neskôr špecializovala na kresbu divej prírody. Okrem ilustrovania kníh sa venuje aj ich písaniu. Zbožňuje zvieratá a momentálne žije s vtáčikom ryžovníkom sivým v japonskom meste Čiba.
Pre deti od 5 rokov
Z anglického originálu preložil Ladislav Holiš.
These Shattered Spires
‘Ambitious, gruesome and appallingly fascinating’ - The GuardianIn a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a deadly competition. Gothic, visceral and utterly compelling, These Shattered Spires is the first book in the Wyrdos trilogy. Beneath a tooth-filled sky, the world rots. At the heart of the decaying world is Fourspires Castle, home to arcanists from across the four magical disciplines: bone, blood, botany and stone. When the king is assassinated, chaos erupts. To seize the crown, arcanists and their human familiars are dragged into the Slaughter – a deadly competition, where survival means killing and death is the only escape. Amidst the bloodshed, four rival familiars must work together … Taro, a bone witch still obsessed with her ex. Nixie, a botanical familiar with a ghost living in her bedroom. Elliot, a cursed and vengeful blood familiar and Alix, banished from the stone arcania tower and shrouded in secrets. Together, the four Wyrdos are not just fighting to survive, but to lift the curse upon their world. There must be more to the sky than a dome of teeth and spittle; there must be something beyond the decay of Fourspires …***********************************************************************************************************‘These Shattered Spires is a grotesque extravaganza of a book, with a labyrinthine quest and complex, morally grey characters you can’t help but root for – no matter how many times they make clear you shouldn’t. With utterly unique world-building, a brilliant magic system and writing that flips from fun and entertaining to heart-wrenching without a moment’s notice, this is such a unique, compelling book that kept me glued to the edge of my seat. Grotesque, disturbing and frankly unsanitary. I've never had so much fun.’ Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen‘Utterly fabulous and darkly imaginative. Complicated, flawed characters shine in a world of grit and bloodshed, all brought to life through effortlessly evocative prose. I devoured every page.’ Elise Kova, New York Times Bestselling Author of Arcana Academy‘Gruesome, gothic, gay and glorious. I ate this up from cover to cover. Addictively weird, heartfelt and a bloody good time!’ Kat Dunn, author of Bitterthorn‘These Shattered Spires is part fantastical court intrigue, part murder mystery, part lush queer romance, and part dysfunctional found family. At times, the writing is humorous, at others it bites like a scorpion's sting. This story follows four morally complicated people tangled by love and hatred but forced to work together to survive. You will keep wondering what will happen next to the very end!’ Katy Nyquist, author of the A Holy Maiden's Guide to Getting Kidnapped‘Absolutely perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth, These Shattered Spires pulses with the weird and wonderful macabre. Salter weaves a ragtag crew of lovable misfits with uniquely grim world-building that is impossible to forget. Witty, diverse characters and tongue-in-cheek humor makes this gothic YA fantasy both upbeat and chill inducing. I fear I’ll never look at nuns the same way again!’ Catelyn Wilson, author of All the Devils with Penguin‘These Shattered Spires is the weirdest book I've read this year, which is the highest praise I can give. It is delightfully grotesque, exquisitely macabre and viscerally strange’ Alwyn Hamilton, author of Rebel in the Sands
This is London
First published in 1959, This is London is a tour of the city through Sasek s charming and stylish illustrations. Featuring Sasek s impressions of the city s beautiful buildings, historic monuments, bridges, parks, and shops, and including such landmarks as Piccadilly Circus and the famed Underground, the result is a colorful, sophisticated celebration of the highlights of one of the most exciting cities in the world. The illustrations are paired with a lively text to keep a playful sense of fun. This is London is a facsimile edition of Sasek s original title, now in a smaller trim size. His brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved and remain true to his vision. With the passing of time, facts have been updated where applicable in the back of the book. The result is a treasure with an elegant, classic look and a delightful narrative that will charm both children and their parents, many of whom will remember the same book from their own childhood.
How England Began
An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England In 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with contrasting cultures, an expansive “Anglo-Saxon” south and east, and a shrinking Celtic west and north. How did this transition happen? And why did the customs of the Germanic incomers prevail in England, unlike elsewhere in Europe? In this deeply researched account, Nicholas J. Higham addresses these difficult questions head on. Higham draws on archaeological evidence and contemporary literature, including the writings of Gildas, to reconsider the accepted narrative. We see anew the importance of culture, warfare, and language—as the arrival, spread, and dominance of incomers irrevocably changed the country. This period marked the beginnings of Englishness, and of such insular identities as Welsh and Cornish. Offering surprising new insights, Higham provides a penetrating account of how, as Roman Britain ended, Anglo-Saxon England emerged.
The War That Made the Middle East
A new history that tells the story of how European imperial ambitions destroyed the Ottoman Empire during the Great War and created a divided and unstable Middle EastThe Ottoman Empire’s collapse at the end of the First World War is often treated as a foregone conclusion. It was only a matter of time, the story goes, before the so-called Sick Man of Europe succumbed to its ailments—incompetent management, nationalism, and ethnic and religious conflict. In The War That Made the Middle East, Mustafa Aksakal overturns this conventional narrative. He describes how European imperial ambitions and the Ottoman commitment to saving its empire at any cost—including the destruction of the Armenian community and the deaths of more than a million Ottoman troops and other civilians—led to the empire’s violent partition and created a politically unstable Middle East. The War That Made the Middle East shows that, until 1914, the Ottoman Empire was a viable multiethnic, multireligious state, and that relations between the Arabs, Jews, Muslims, and Christians of Palestine were relatively stable. When war broke out, the Ottoman government sought an alliance with the Entente but was rejected because of British and French designs on the Eastern Mediterranean. After the Ottomans entered the fight on the side of Germany and were defeated, Britain and France seized Ottoman lands, and new national elites in former Ottoman territories claimed their own states. The region was renamed “the Middle East,” erasing a robust and modernizing 600-year-old empire. A sweeping narrative of war, great power politics, and ordinary people caught up in the devastation, The War That Made the Middle East offers new insights about the Great War and its profound and lasting consequences.
When Worlds Quake
How earthquakes can reveal the subsurface secrets of our planet and other worldsWhen Worlds Quake is a fascinating account of how scientists around the globe seek to use quakes to answer tantalizing questions about the structure and inner dynamics of our planet and to discover the deepest secrets of our nearest neighbors in the solar system. Briefly traversing the history of seismology, Hrvoje Tkalcic describes the women and men who sought to understand major seismic events—from the catastrophic 1556 Shaanxi earthquake and the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 to more recent events such as the 2020 earthquakes in Tkalcic’s native Croatia—and thus shaped the field. Modern global seismologists now not only study the behavior of earthquakes but also use seismic waves as tools to image Earth’s deep interior. To do this work, they need seismographs positioned around the globe, including in remote, challenging regions. Tkalcic takes the reader along on his own daring expeditions to install seismographs and collect seismic wave data from the wilds of the Australian Outback to the rough depths of the Southern Ocean, and even farther afield—to the Moon and Mars, where quakes can be used to image the interiors of these worlds. A riveting and often personal narrative about the cutting-edge science of global and planetary seismology, When Worlds Quake reveals how quakes can help scientists to understand the mysterious inner architecture and ongoing evolution of our planet, as well as worlds beyond our own.
IMPERFECT BODIES
When Ali learns that she is expecting a child with CFC syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the heart, face, skin, and development, her world is shaken up. Doctors tell her that her baby will not even survive pregnancy but, against all odds, Carys is born. In this powerful literary memoir, Ali shares her journey as the mother of Carys, reflecting on motherhood, identity, the female body, and the able and dis-abled body, while exploring social and political definitions of normality. This memoir also interrogates how pregnancy, aging, and disability are all appropriated by public discourses without addressing individual needs. Isaac brings forth a myriad of non-normative bodies in a beautiful narrative that feels powerful and liberating. For readers of Claire Kilroy, Anne Enright, Deborah Levy. Comparable titles: Lifeblood by Nina Holland nd
A Garden of Herbal Remedies
Discover the timeless art of healing with this beautifully crafted resource that celebrates the medicinal gifts of nature. Drawing on centuries of herbal tradition, this book introduces readers to a wide variety of plants known for their therapeutic properties, from calming chamomile and invigorating peppermint to powerful echinacea and restorative rosemary. Each page combines botanical history, folklore, and modern uses, with clear instructions for preparing teas, tinctures, salves, and other natural treatments. Enhanced by vintage-style illustrations and engaging narrative, A Garden of Herbal Remedies is both a practical guide and a charming keepsake for anyone interested in herbal medicine, self-care, and sustainable living.
Breaking the Mold
The new path for economic development that India must create The whole world has a stake in India’s future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population—now the world’s largest—while staying democratic. India’s economy has overtaken the United Kingdom’s to become the fifth-largest in the world, but it is still only one-fifth the size of China’s, and India’s economic growth is too slow to provide jobs for millions of its ambitious youth. Blocking India’s current path are intense global competition in low-skilled manufacturing, increasing protectionism and automation, and the country’s majoritarian streak in politics. In Breaking the Mold, Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba show why and how India needs to blaze a new path if it’s to succeed. India diverged long ago from the standard development model, the one followed by China—from agriculture to low-skilled manufacturing, then high-skilled manufacturing and, finally, services—by leapfrogging intermediate steps. India must not turn back now. Rajan and Lamba explain how India can accelerate growth by prioritizing human capital, expanding opportunities in high-skilled services, encouraging entrepreneurship, and strengthening rather than weakening its democratic traditions. It can chart a path based on ideas and creativity even at its early stage of development. Filled with vivid examples and written with incisive candor, Breaking the Mold shows how India can break free of the stumbling blocks of the past and embrace the enormous possibilities of the future.
Inventories of Ruin
An innovative historical analysis that draws upon performance and theatre studies to stage the ruination and demise of the eighteenth-century Mexican Jesuits Inventories of Ruin dramatizes the ruination of the Mexican Province of the Society of Jesus as their power and influence waned over a period of approximately fifty years in the eighteenth-century Spanish Atlantic world. To tell the story of the arrest, migration, and ultimate dissolution of this powerful organization of missionary men, three sets of "inventories" are juxtaposed. The first is composed by notaries, who record the objects left behind by the Jesuits at a college in Puebla de Los Angeles when they were arrested on June 25, 1767. The second is an "inventory of the self," a conversion narrative composed by a Swedish convert who encounters the Jesuit refugees while shipboard on the Mediterranean Sea. The last is an inventory of the dead written by an exiled ex-Jesuit in Bologna, Italy, whose necrology memorializes the life and death of his brethren from the now defunct Mexican province. Inventories of Ruin is about the ruination and disappearance of Jesuit ways of being that counters Jesuit historiography’s framing of this period as a moment of "suppression." At the same time, Inventories of Ruin is about how this story of ruination appears in the archives. The book studies the epistemological drama of inventorying, as writers labor to uproot religious power, to locate and secure a religious self, and to capture religious histories. What weighs upon these texts is a sense of anxiety because the question of what will be found animates authors whose literary exertions appear as historiographical struggles to have a say over what appears and what vanishes before leaving the stage, or before pushing others toward the exit.
365 povzbudení - Keď už nevládzeš
Kniha prináša 365 krátkych povzbudení – na každý deň v roku – pre chvíle, keď je život ťažký, myšlienky preťažené a duša vyčerpaná. Kniha je určená pre všetkých, ktorí prechádzajú náročným obdobím, cítia sa prepracovaní, stratení alebo jednoducho potrebujú slová povzbudenia do každodenného života. Je vhodná ako osobný sprievodca náročnými dňami aj ako hodnotný dar pre blízkeho človeka.
Táto kniha je pre ženy (a pokojne aj mužov), ktorí:
- sú vyčerpaní psychicky, nie len fyzicky
- prechádzajú ťažkým obdobím (vzťahy, zdravie, práca, starosti)
- večer zaspávajú unavení a ráno vstávajú bez energie
- potrebujú krátke, rýchle povzbudenie.
Je ideálna pre:
mamy na pokraji síl
ženy v strese a tlaku
ľudí po kríze, rozchode, vyhorení
každého, kto už má „dosť všetkého“ a potrebuje nádej.
Krátke zamyslenia na každý deň – otvoríš kdekoľvek a dostaneš presne to, čo práve potrebuješ počuť.
Archívne viny
Básnická zbierka Archívne viny je návratom k ranému autorskému obdobiu básnika, ktorého debut bol literárnou udalosťou ešte pred jeho neskoršími kontroverznými prózami. Kniha obsahuje publikované a nepublikované básne a dopĺňa ju doslov, v ktorom autor približuje okolnosti svojho vstupu do literatúry i význam poézie v jeho osobnom živote.
Najpredávanejší autori v tejto kategórii: Dominik Dán, Joanne K. Rowling, Elle Kennedy, Freida McFadden, Sarah J. Maasová.




























