Najnovšie - Knihy strana 423 z 500
zobraziť:
Strontium Dog: Search and Destroy 5
CROSSING THE STIX In the far future Strontium-90 fallout has created a race of mutants, outcasts from society, despised by the ‘norms’ and given only the dirtiest job – bounty hunting. Johnny Alpha is one such mutant, working for the Search/Destroy Agency, hunting down criminals for the Galactic Crime Commission. In this fifth volume, the inhabitants of Jock’s Landing on the water world of Och-Eleven have been slaughtered and everyone thinks Johnny Alpha and his partner Wulf are the murderers! Framed by two sinister Stix brothers in retaliation for the murder of their sibling, the hunters become the hunted and must evade a legion of Strontium Dogs whilst trying to clear their names. Alongside "Outlaw" this volume also contains "Big Bust of 49", "Slavers of Drule" and "The Beast of Milton Keynes". Johnny''s story continues in this fifth volume written by John Wagner (A History of Violence) and Alan Grant (Batman), with art by Carlos Ezquerra (Preacher).
Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life, Vol. 4
A cute werewolf girl helps a timid human boy gain the confidence he’s always dreamed of having!Yutaka Shinso is constantly worried about what other people think of him. Hoping to turn over a new leaf, he changes high schools, but there’s something strange afoot: vampires, ogres, and all manner of supernatural beings walk the halls! Yutaka is particularly drawn to Tsumiki Ogami, a confident and popular werewolf. Will Tsumiki be the one to help Yutaka overcome his insecurities?Keiki High’s cultural festival is right around the corner! After Tsumiki decides her class is hosting a cosplay cafe, she and Yutaka scramble to finish sewing their costumes in time. But when Mirei Hebizono, a medusa, battles her constant fear of accidentally turning someone to stone, and Tomoe Mokuri, a spiderlike mythfolk, struggles with her painful past, Tsumiki and Yutaka realize they need to focus on something more important than the cultural festival—their friends!
Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
"Pretty much indispensable to a birder travelling in the subcontinent" - British BirdsWith a wide range of habitats and a dazzling and diverse avifauna, the Indian Subcontinent is one of the world''s greatest birding hotspots. This second edition of Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp''s ground-breaking work is a comprehensive field guide to the region, covering all species known to occur in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.Fully revised and updated, this authoritative book includes more than 240 colour plates of detailed illustrations, alongside concise species accounts describing key identification features, range, habitat and voice with accurate range maps for each species.Peerless in the scope of its coverage yet still portable enough for field use, Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent is an essential companion for any birdwatcher tackling the mountains, rainforests, plains, wetlands or deserts of this magical region.
Mermaid Academy: Naomi and Shadow
Mermazing action-packed underwater adventures for young readers. Beautifully illustrated throughout and with a glittery cover! From the authors and illustrator of the bestselling Unicorn Academy series. Hidden deep beneath the waves is Mermaid Academy, a magical school where mermaids are paired with their very own dolphin and must discover their unique mermaid magic, with plenty of adventure along the way!Naomi and Shadow have fallen out with each other. But when Shadow is in danger, they both learn the meaning of true friendship. , Mermaid Academy is the perfect series for 7+ readers who love magic and adventure. Look out for more titles! Isla and Bubble, Cora and Sparkle, Maya and Rainbow, Amber and Flash, Millie and Storm, Harper and Splash, Lyla and Charm, Aurora and Jewel and Serena and Opal
When I Became Your Mummy
A heart-warming board book celebrating the special bond between mothers and their children, featuring flurries of rose gold foil on the cover!When I became your mummy,and you cuddled close to me,I knew right from that momentjust how strong our love would be. Whether chasing butterflies, bounding across meadows, or snuggling down at bedtime, there's nothing this little bunny rabbit loves more than spending time with their mummy. With a lyrical rhyming text by Susannah Shane and stunning artwork by award-winning artist Britta Teckentrup, this book makes the perfect gift for Mother's Day or following the arrival of a new baby. Collect more titles in this series:When I Became Your GrannyWhen I Became Your GrandadWhen I Became Your Daddy and many more! Includes a free Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.
Japanese Living
Learn the Japanese secrets to finding calm, contentment and happiness every dayWith its roots in Buddhist thinking, Japanese culture is known for its sincere and mindful approach to life. From ikigai (finding your purpose) to ikebana (the art of flower arranging), Japanese ideas offer the wider world the promise of peacefulness and inspiration.Discover these calming insights and more inside this beautiful volume. Featuring tips on mindfulness, finding contentment and doing more with less, this book will be your guide to the Land of the Rising Sun, and help you live a rich, joyful and thoughtful life.Each chapter will take you through different rituals you can incorporate into your routine, bringing tradition, tranquillity and intention into your days. Uncover Japanese wisdom with every turn of the page and find fulfilment in the art of simple living.Discover Japanese concepts such as:- Wabi sabi - seeing beauty in imperfection- Kintsugi - repairing broken pottery with gold- Shinrin-yoku - forest bathingAnd many more! Lead a zen lifestyle with this complete guide to Japanese philosophies and practices.
Invoking the Wild Soul of Music
Profound insights on the connections between music, nature, and spirituality• Shares lessons on music and life purpose the author has received from nature since childhood, including through her work in wolf conservation• Shows how connecting with nature can help you discover your true calling, release your hidden talents, and lead to spiritual growth• Explores how music and the harmonies of nature offer powerful means for fostering communication between soulsInternationally acclaimed piano virtuoso and founder of the Wolf Conservation Center, Hélene Grimaud shares her musical life’s journey and inspiring insights on the connections between music, nature, and spirituality. In this book, Hélene offers the lessons she has learned about music and her life purpose from having direct contact with nature since childhood. She shares her concept of parent prodigies, such as her own, who can recognize the innate power and talents in their children and help guide them to self-realization, often by facilitating encounters with nature. And she shows that connecting with nature spirits can help reveal your true calling. She reveals how her work protecting wolves teaches her about being human, and how it connects her to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Hélene also explores how people create art to communicate the full spectrum of emotions. Self-knowledge and the understanding of any vocation is a vehicle for profound spiritual growth. From Lie Yukou’s True Classic of Perfect Emptiness and the compositions of Hildegard von Bingen, to the poetry of Novalis and Rimbaud, she details classics of spirituality, works of rebel poets, and the wisdom of shamans that serve as guides on her journey. These works and teachings reveal the connections between music and nature, including how music and the harmonies of nature offer powerful means for fostering the communication of souls. Invoking the Wild Soul of Music reveals paths to rebirth, spiritual growth, and the re-enchantment of life. This memoir shows how to honor the call of the wild even in the heart of civilized modernity.
Reflections
From two-time Academy Award winner from 16 nominations, and five-time BAFTA award winner from 11 nominations, Sir Roger Deakins - widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time - a one-of-a-kind visual memoir, telling his life's story by way of his iconic, beloved films, including The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Fargo, Blade Runner 2049, The Big Lebowski, 1917, and No Country for Old Men, among others. Cinematography is both an art and science - capturing motion requires a combination of skill, ingenuity, and artistic genius. Lighting, camera movement, and framing are just a few of the important components in the process of turning words on a page into unforgettable moving images. Over the course of a brilliant 50-year career, Sir Roger Deakins has proven to be the greatest artist & visionary that the craft of cinematography has ever known. In Reflections: On Cinematography, Deakins offers his fans and film enthusiasts a one-of-a-kind look into his life and improbable road to Hollywood immortality. Readers will discover how "the boy from Torquay, England" overcame a troubled childhood to enter his way into art school; his fortuitous entry into world of documentary filmmaking (including a yacht race around the world); to shooting groundbreaking music videos such as Herbie Hancock's "Rock It," to his singular film career, including his longtime collaborations with the Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. Filled with never-before-seen storyboards, sketches, and diagrams, Deakins shows readers how he created some of the most iconic scenes in the most beloved films of all time. Through candid, lyrical prose, Deakins reflects on his life and each of his projects; how he helped shape them, and how they shaped him. A truly unique visual memoir, Reflections is for film fans and general readers alike, and for anyone looking to find inspiration, beauty, and creativity by looking through the singular lens with which Roger views the world.
The Devil in the Flesh
'A triumph of the poetic intelligence: a masterpiece' New Statesman'So shrewd, so ruthless, glittering and clever... every page he wrote was a delight' Fay WeldonIn this novel of desire and perdition, a bored and precocious adolescent pursues the wife of a soldier fighting in the First World War. At first attracted to Marthe out of sheer aimlessness, he finds himself falling in love. Consumed by sensual pleasure and power games, the pair do nothing to disguise their affair - until the consequences of their heedlessness begin to unfold.This shockingly sexy novel rocketed its teenage author into overnight fame in the 1920s - and was all the more scandalous for being based on his life.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Christopher Moncrieff.Raymond Radiguet (1903-1923) entered Parisian literary society with a bang when The Devil in the Flesh was published. Only eighteen at the time, he became the star of an unprecedented publicity campaign and earned copious praise and censure for his precocious talent and scandalous behaviour - the more so as the novel was based on his own wartime affair with a soldier's wife. A protégé and perhaps lover of Jean Cocteau, he fraternized with artists, dancers and aristocrats, drank heavily, and generally ran riot, before settling down for a brief period, during which he wrote one more novel, Count d'Orgel, also published by Pushkin Press. Shortly after the manuscript was completed, he contracted typhoid fever and died within a few weeks, aged only twenty. He is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.Christopher Moncrieff is a poet, linguist and literary translator from French, German and Romanian. As well as a writing career he has served in the military and produced son et lumiere spectacles. He is descended from the poet Robert Burns.
Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity
The must-have book for mixed-raced children - discover the joy of being wholly yourself with Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity. Join Emma Slade Edmondson, co-host of the award-winning Mixed Up podcast, as she guides young readers to be their truest selves. In Mixed, Emma shows kids how to:- Celebrate what it means to be YOU- Explore connections to all parts of your heritage- Discover the history of mixed-race people across the world- Talk to people about what being mixed-race means to youFeaturing inspirational letters by mixed-race people from a range of cultural backgrounds and filled with practical advice and engaging activities, this is the essential guide for mixed-race children and their families to explore the different parts of their heritage. With contributions from inspirational mixed-race people such as Dean Atta, Jessie Mei Li and Ashleigh Plumptre, Mixed is the perfect guide for all mixed-race children to help them explore and celebrate their identity.
Ten Little Chicks
Count along with Ten Little Chicks and watch as they disappear!Ten little chicks in the bright sunshine, along comes a bunny and then there are…nine!?Learning to count has never been more fun. This unique board book counts from ten little chicks all the way down to one with adorable illustrations. With each page, one more chick disappears. To demonstrate this concept, this book uses tactile chick buttons to help children count how many little chicks are left as the story progresses. Follow along with the easy rhythm and rhymes of this story and let your child touch the colorful, built-in chick toys for a creative, hands-on approach to counting. Start young ones on a lifetime of loving reading and learning with Ten Little Chicks.
Don't Feed the Aliens!
Get ready for another OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD adventure!Join Granny Chortle, Presley, Piper and Precious as they jumpaboard a spaceship and ZOOM through the sky intoouter space. But, first, they need to remember the rules:DON''T eat the space dirt.DON''T touch the grabbing snatching plant.And most importantly . . . DON''T feed the aliens!
There's No Turning Back
A stunningly powerful novel of a group of young women coming of age in 1930s Rome, from the celebrated author of Forbidden NotebookThe young women studying at the Grimaldi yearn for new kinds of life. Monitored by the nuns who run the college, eight of them form a close group, sharing confidences and hopes for the future. But each, too, has her private secrets - a child from an early love affair, frustrated artistic ambitions, burning desires and petty jealousies. With the passing months, their paths begin to diverge, as each woman struggles towards her own idea of freedom.A virtuosic group portrait, There's No Turning Back broke radical new ground in representing modern women's lives when it first appeared in 1938, facing immediate censorship by the Fascist authorities. Published in a new translation by the acclaimed Ann Goldstein, it is a powerfully moving story of women coming of age in a turbulent world.
The Great Resistance
The history of the most diverse insurrection the world has ever known. For more than four centuries, enslaved people across the western hemisphere, from the United States and the Caribbean to Mexico and Brazil, fought any way they could to gain their freedom: from the first African revolt in 1521 on the island of Hispaniola to the eighteenth-century Maroon Wars on Jamaica, and the revolution that gave Haiti its independence. In The Great Resistance, acclaimed historian Carrie Gibson recovers their dramatic stories in one sweeping narrative. Focusing on the thousands of acts of defiance that kept the flame of freedom alive, Gibson vividly chronicles the resistance that eventually ended the slave trade and, with Brazil's abolition in 1888, the institution of slavery itself. Intertwined with this quest for emancipation were the political revolutions that gave rise to the modern nation-state. At a time when all post-slavery societies face serious questions about social and racial inequality, Gibson provides a radical new interpretation of abolition set amid a sweeping global landscape. With its deep scholarship and rich narrative, The Great Resistance is a tribute to the persistence of the human spirit to overcome even the darkest of circumstances.
Trip
A deadly funny story of a mother''s love that defies all odds, including deathThree days after I died, my son ran away.Sandra dies unexpectedly at a conference in Nepal. Across the world, her teenage son, Trip, has run away from a centre for troubled youth in the American desert.But Sandra soon discovers that a mother''s work is never done, even when you''re dead. It turns out limbo is a great place to keep an eye on your errant son. When Trip is picked up by a strange man on the side of the road, Sandra is the only one who knows where he is.As Anthony and Trip venture further south toward the coast and directly into the eye of a hurricane, Sandra''s struggle to save him from the other realm begins.From Florida’s Gulf Stream to the raging seas, through Munich-bound aeroplanes and from one body to another, Trip takes us on an absurd, profound and irresistibly entertaining odyssey - a story of childhood and motherhood, life and death, and everything in between.
Gordon Brown
'A serious and consequential analysis of a serious and consequential politician' Alastair Campbell'Fascinating and well written' Matthew Parris'Tells us more than we have ever known about this highly significant figure' Shelagh FogartyA compelling new biography of former prime minister Gordon Brown, a dominant figure in the Labour Party for five decades. More than fifteen years since he left Downing Street, Brown continues to wield significant influence among the current generation. Polls regularly suggest he is the most popular living former prime minister. Yet his short time in Number 10 ended in bitterness and election defeat. In James Macintyre’s fascinating new biography, he provides a definitive portrait of a true political giant. Based on unique access to Brown’s personal archive and interviews with his family, friends, colleagues and political rivals - including Tony Blair, David Cameron and Alastair Campbell, among many others - Macintyre reveals the private man behind the public figure. We gain unprecedented insight into his family life, his faith and what it is that still motivates him. From his political birth as a teenaged student at Edinburgh University to his ongoing efforts to improve children’s education around the world, Brown’s passionate engagement in politics remains undimmed. Macintyre takes the reader to the heart of the action, providing fresh perspectives on key events in Brown’s career, whether it’s the battle for the Labour leadership in 1994, the invasion of Iraq, the challenges of coping with the global financial crash in 2008 or the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums. Gordon Brown: Power with Purpose not only outlines Brown’s formidable legacy but shows how, even as he reaches the age of seventy-five, there is still a powerful purpose in all he does that can inspire anyone who wants to create meaningful change.
Beyblade X, Vol. 5
Who will rise to the top of The X in the ultimate Beyblade showdown?!Bladers are ready to battle it out! They’ve set their sights on the top of The X tower and prepare to fight their way to victory. With new technology and powerful opponents entering the arena, Beyblades are pushed to their extremes as they race through a new era.Jaxon finds himself feeling aimless after achieving a major life goal. Meanwhile, a mysterious Blader suddenly appears at Komaba Sushi. She is Tenka Shiroboshi, assistant instructor in the legendary Shiroboshi school. What is she really after? And can she really keep her promise to never lose?
Sleeping on Paper Boats, Vol. 2
A cursed screen-writing prodigy with a poisoned pen is pulled out of his drunken stupor by a fresh-faced amateur photographer who gives his life new meaning.Yoichi is freeloading at a run-down brothel when, after watching one of Kei Kitahara’s movies for the first time, he suddenly discovers his purpose in life—photography. In an interesting twist of fate, Yoichi finds himself taking pity on a drunk lying in the gutter, only to discover it’s Kei Kitahara himself. The two spend glorious days together, and while Yoichi’s love for his idol grows, so too does his realization of how far apart in talent they are. Feeling left behind, his love soon begins to fester.Yoichi is freeloading at a run-down brothel when, after watching one of Kei Kitahara’s movies for the first time, he suddenly discovers his purpose in life—photography. In an interesting twist of fate, Yoichi finds himself taking pity on a drunk lying in the gutter, only to discover it’s Kei Kitahara himself. The two spend glorious days together, a
Single
'A joyous read' Stylist'Fiercely honest and comforting' Irish Independent'The book every single woman needs' Rebecca ReidAround 40 per cent of UK adults are single at any one time. Far from being a transitional state between relationships, singledom has a lot to offer in terms of freedom, self-discovery and self-determination. At the same time, there are challenges, from the social to the economic. How do you handle being ill if you are alone? Who do you call if you're stranded out late at night? If you don't find the right person to have a baby with, should you become a parent alone? In Single, Nicola explores being un-partnered in a world designed for couples, and how to find the joy in the life that you are already living. If you are newly single, long-term single, avowedly single, reluctantly so, considering leaving your current relationship or just wondering what to say to your aunt next time she asks if you'll ever get married - this book is for you. 'I wish Single existed when I was single' Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love'A warm, joyful book full of solidarity and lots of new ways of looking at single life' Radhika Sanghani, author of 30 Things I Love About Myself
Najpredávanejší autori v tejto kategórii: Dominik Dán, Joanne K. Rowling, Elle Kennedy, Freida McFadden, Lucinda Riley.




























