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Seasonal Folktales
Embrace the changing seasons with this beautifully illustrated collection of myths and folklore.
In these magical retellings of classic Celtic and Nordic folktales, we journey from snowy mountain peaks to wild forests and stormy coastlines, as we observe the moon phases, find folkloric treasures and meet an array of strange and mysterious creatures. We'll encounter sprites, trolls, mythic beasts and monsters - from the bramble boggle (a mischievous member of fairy folk who is said to have given blackberries their thorns) to the sea witches and selkies who roam the Northern shores.
Through the power of these stories we can light up our minds with a wild, child-like wonder, and reconnect our hungry souls to the natural rhythms of the shifting seasons.
Here a Creak There a Shriek!
Step into the Haunted Farm ... if you''re brave enough...Howling beasts, cackling witches and ghastly ghosts await you. And when you enter the creaaaky barn, get ready for a spooky, spine-tingling surprise!Author Kelly Conroy puts a chillingly funny spin on the classic Old MacDonald rhyme, while Emmy Award-winning artist Nikolis Ilic brings ghoulish characters to life with his bright, eerie illustrations and a neon-finish cover that will haunt your bookshelf in the best possible way.Perfect for fans of Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown, and Trick or Treat on Scary Street by Lance Bass and Roland Garrigue, this read-aloud adventure is ideal for Halloween or any time you want a thrilling bedtime story.
Wrecks
A noirish near-future thriller about obsession, connection and penance, where human and machine bleed into one, for fans of J. G. Ballard and Joel Lane. When celebrated rally driver Teddy Moon suffers a career-ending crash in the foothills of Eryri, Wales, Lescure senior technician Jim Sorrel shoulders the blame. Cleared of criminal negligence but dismissed by his bosses, Sorrel goes to ground in London during a lethal heatwave. Here, Sorrel''s guilt is only deepened by the disappearance of his young apprentice, Marcus and by voices from the past haunting him through his phone. Then a lifeline: Teddy emerges from his coma and asks to see Sorrel in person. Because, Sorrel learns, Teddy has been dreaming of him. And now Teddy has an opportunity to discuss. At Teddy''s behest, Sorrel takes a job couriering worldboxes - seamless, brushed-steel vessels - for well-paying, anonymous clients. It feels like another chance. A way for Sorrel to remake himself. But the worldboxes also seem to carry the threat of something incomprehensible, and soon even Sorrel''s new beginnings falter as retribution draws near. Set against a background of unrelenting heat and oppressive surveillance, Wrecks drives readers towards a grotesque impasse, where blood and engine oil threaten to engulf us all.
This Kind of Trouble
A riveting, emotionally-charged tale of forbidden love, centred on an estranged couple who are brought together to reckon with the events that tore their family apart decades ago.In 1960s Lagos, a city enlivened with its newfound Independence, headstrong Margaret meets British-born Benjamin, a man seeking his ancestral roots after the death of his half-Nigerian father. Their connection is immediate, but as the two begin to fall in love, they discover that their pasts are more interwoven than they imagined due to a series of devastating events that transpired in their ancestral community. The shadow of these events, combined with Margaret’s deteriorating mental health eventually tear them apart.
By 2005, the couple have been estranged for forty years. Margaret has retired to an upscale gated community in Lagos, and seemingly happy Benjamin lives alone in Atlanta, managing his heart problems but feeling unmoored when faced with the question of who to name as his next of kin. But their attempt at a settled life is shattered when their grandson begins to show ominous signs that echo the struggles Margaret once faced. Now, Margaret and Benjamin must finally reunite to confront the buried secrets that they had dismissed in the passion of their youth–secrets that continue to ripple through their family. Their reunion becomes a journey into the past?one that forces them to grapple with both the personal and ancestral burdens that have followed them through generations.A startling and propulsive tale of forbidden love, THIS KIND OF TROUBLE traces the intertwined legacies of one family’s history, exploring the complex relationship between tradition, modernity and the ways we seek healing in a changing world. Spanning a tumultuous century, the story moves us to consider the ways we are beholden to the past and what we owe the future. With this debut novel, Tochi Eze announces herself as a dazzling new literary voice in world literature.
Gods, Guns and Missionaries
When European missionaries arrived in India in the sixteenth century, they entered a world both fascinating and bewildering. Hinduism, as they saw it, was a pagan mess. But it quickly became clear that this ‘idolatry’ was far more layered and complex than European stereotypes allowed, surprisingly even sharing certain impulses with Christianity.Nonetheless, missionaries became a threatening force as European power grew in India. Western ways of thinking gained further ascendancy during the British Raj: while interest in Hindu thought influenced Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire in Europe, Orientalism and colonial rule pressed Hindus to reimagine their religion. In fact, in resisting foreign authority, they often adopted the missionaries’ own tools and strategies. It is this encounter, Manu S. Pillai argues, that has given Hinduism its present shape, also contributing to the birth of an aggressive Hindu nationalism.Gods, Guns and Missionaries surveys these remarkable dynamics with an arresting cast of characters. Lucid, ambitious, and provocative, it is at once a political history, an examination of the mutual impact of Hindu culture and Christianity upon each other, and a study of the forces that have prepared the ground for politics in India today. Turning away from simplistic ideas on religious evolution and European imperialism, the past as it appears here is more complicated – and infinitely richer – than previous narratives allow.
Love in a Season of Dying
A stunning and deeply felt third collection from Donna Aza Weir Soley, this book journeys through the tangled territories of love, loss, forgiveness, resilience, and redemption. With her signature blend of lyrical precision and spiritual insight, Weir Soley traces the ways the heart breaks, mends, and learns to beat again. These poems move between the intimate and the ancestral, confronting wounds both personal and inherited, and finding in each a possibility for transformation. Fierce, tender, and unflinchingly honest, this collection invites readers to witness the courage it takes to return to oneself—and the grace that emerges when we do.
The Art of Cartoon Saloon: 25 Years
The official visual retrospective of the first 25 years of Cartoon Saloon, the award-winning, internationally renowned Irish animation studio behind The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Puffin Rock, and Wolfwalkers
The Art of Cartoon Saloon: 25 Years takes fans on a gorgeous illustrated journey through the first 25 years of the award-winning animation studio.
Cofounded in 1999 by Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, and Paul Young in Kilkenny, Ireland, Cartoon Saloon has garnered countless accolades for their stunning hand-drawn animation, including four Academy Award nominations.
Their body of work encompasses feature film releases including The Secret of the Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, Wolfwalkers, and My Father’s Dragon, and the beloved children’s series Puffin Rock, as well as short films and commercial work.
The studio’s 2D films, which have persisted and thrived in a cinematic landscape that increasingly favors computer-generated imagery, are vibrant, engaging, and wholly unique. This book illuminates the history of the animation studio and the creative processes that have created a timeless aesthetic distinct to Cartoon Saloon.
Rune: The Tale of the Winged Sorceress
With Dai missing, Chiri is desperately rallying her fellow adventurers on a quest to find him. But with the darkness creating a fearsome army of creatures and planning on total domination of the kingdom, finding her best friend is starting to feel impossible. With another dark herald hunting Chiri down, it’s going to take every drop of magic she can summon to protect the friends she has left – and find the one she’s lost.
Brigands & Breadknives
'Funny, unexpected and touching' - Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonReturn to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern.Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her!If only things were so simple . . .It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint.A drunken night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover.As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when nothing seems inevitable . . .
Dračí kavárna
Když si Safira otevírala kavárnu pro dračí mláďata a jejich páníčky, nečekala, jak těžké bude udržet ji nad vodou. Brzy se ukázalo, že malí dráčci nejsou zrovna ideální zákazníci a neustálá výměna ohořelého nábytku stojí Safiru víc, než si může z prodeje své vyhlášené kávy pražené dračím dechem dovolit. Pohledný Aiden, majitel místního zahradnictví a proslulý lamač dívčích srdcí, se mnohem víc než o ženy zajímá o rostliny. Zároveň si ale neví rady se svým neposlušným dračím mazlíčkem. Když pozná Safiru, dostane geniální nápad – zaplatí jí, aby jeho nezbedného malého draka vycvičila. Safířina veselá a okouzlující povaha uzavřeného bručouna Aidena dráždí, zároveň ho ale taky beznadějně přitahuje...
Augustus and His Smile
This remarkable, stunning board book celebrates the beauty of the world we live in, and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it, from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Catherine Rayner.Augustus is sad because he has lost his smile. After a HUGE tigery stretch, he sets off to find it, travelling over deserts and mountains - from the tops of the trees to the bottom of the ocean. Can he find his missing smile among the wonders of the world around him? Where on Earth could it be?Featuring gorgeous, richly-textured watercolour illustrations and a heartwarming text, this wonderful tale is the perfect addition to any child''s nursery. Now available in a chunky board book format, little hands will love to turn the pages during story time to discover where Augustus'' smile might be hiding.
Shadows Upon Time
The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen.The trumpet sounds. The end has come at last. After his victory at Vorgossos, Hadrian Marlowe finds himself a fugitive, on the run not only from the Extrasolarians, but from his own people, the Sollan Empire he betrayed—and who betrayed him. Hidden safely beyond the borders of human space, Hadrian awaits the arrival of the one ally he has left: the Jaddian Prince Kaim-Olorin du Otranto. What''s more, the inhuman Cielcin have vanished, unseen for more than one hundred years. The armies of men have grown complacent, but Hadrian knows the truth: the Cielcin are gathering their strength, preparing for their final assault against the heart of all mankind. Only Hadrian possesses the power to stem the tide: an ancient war machine, forged by the daimon machines at the dawn of time. The mighty Demiurge. With it, Hadrian must face not just the Cielcin horde, but their Prophet-King, and the dark gods it serves—the very gods who shaped the universe itself. This must be.
Happy Dog, Sad Dog
From a hairy dog to a bald dog, or a big dog to a little dog, discover the delightful doggy pairs on each page!Little ones will have so much fun learning first words and opposites in this paw-some board book by Sam Lloyd, illustrator of the classic Calm Down, Boris!. Bright, adorable illustrations accompany the opposite pairs on each page to create the perfect learning experience for toddlers. Includes a handy guide for parents to explore how to read with their child, created by BookTrust, the UK''s largest reading charity - perfect for introducing fun, interactive ways to elevate a child''s reading experience.
Šepot kolibříka
Po tragické smrti rodičů Alexandra přijde o domov i o pocit bezpečí. Ve snaze postavit se znovu na nohy pracuje po nocích v supermarketu, kde pozná Dalibora – staršího muže, který jí nabídne útěchu, jistotu a možnost na chvíli zapomenout. Jenže bezpečný přístav, který u něj nalezla, se postupně začne rozpadat. Alex se propadá do vztahu plného manipulace, alkoholu a násilí, ze kterého není snadné uniknout. Když zjistí, že je těhotná, rozhodne se alespoň tentokrát bojovat za každou cenu. Někdy ale stačí jediný okamžik, aby se celý život obrátil naruby. Kolik bolesti člověk vydrží, než přestane věřit, že si zaslouží něco lepšího? A jak dlouho zvládne kolibřík tlouct křídly, než vyčerpáním spadne k zemi?
Krásné zelené oči, 3. vydání
Hance Kaudersové, patnáctileté plaché zrzce se zelenýma očima, nikdo v polním nevěstinci neřekne jinak než Kůstka. Jako jediná z celé rodiny přežila vyhlazovací tábor Auschwitz-Birkenau a nyní se snaží za každou cenu zůstat na živu. Výrazný, napínavý příběh vypovídá o bezbřehé lidské krutosti, jak fyzické, tak duchovní.
Tento román vyšel poprvé v roce 2000 v USA a ve Velké Británii, kde byl velice kladně hodnocen kritikou i čtenáři. Pro české vydání autor knihu zrevidoval a doplnil o pasáže, které v zahraničí publikované dílo neobsahovalo. Roku 2003 byl román navržen na Pulitzerovu cenu.
Český lékopis 2023 – Doplněk 2026
Český lékopis 2023 – Doplněk 2026 (ČL 2023 – Dopl. 2026) je třetím doplňkem Českého lékopisu 2023. Je závaznou právní normou stanovující požadavky na jakost, postup při přípravě, zkoušení, skladování a dávkování léčiv, podle které se závazně postupuje od 1. 9. 2026. V tištěné podobě se jedná o jediný svazek, k dispozici je také v elektronické formě.
Elektronická verze ČL 2023 – Dopl. 2026 zahrnuje kompletní vydání, tedy všechny platné lékopisné texty ČL 2023 a tří doplňků (2024, 2025 a 2026). Byly vypuštěny neplatné texty a doplněny texty nové, počet stran elektronické verze tedy neodpovídá počtu stran tištěné podoby.
ČL 2023 – Dopl. 2026 obsahuje v Evropské části lékopisu překlady vybraných textů aktualizovaných ke třem vydáním dvanácté edice Evropského lékopisu [Issue 12.1 (01/2026), Issue 12.2 (04/2026), Issue 12.3 (07/2026)]. Národní část lékopisu obsahuje česká specifika.
ČL 2023 – Dopl. 2026 je závaznou právní normou zejména pro farmaceuty, lékaře, veterinární lékaře, chemiky, biochemiky, biology, laboranty a osoby podílející se na přípravě, výrobě, kontrole, hodnocení a skladování léčiv. Je nezbytnou pomůckou ve všech lékárnách a laboratořích pro zkoušení léčivých a pomocných látek u všech výrobců a distributorů léčiv.
Měl by být k dispozici zejména u krajských a městských veterinárních správ, farmaceutických fakult, Ministerstva zdravotnictví, Ministerstva zemědělství, Ministerstva průmyslu a obchodu, Státního ústavu pro kontrolu léčiv, Ústavu pro státní kontrolu veterinárních biopreparátů a léčiv a dalších podobných institucí.
To Dance with Death
In the heart-thumping, epic conclusion to the duology that began with A Dance of Lies, Vasalie must journey to the realms of the dead to restore the memories of her beloved prince and stop a mounting war.Once a spy for the ruthless King Illian, Vasalie sacrificed herself to kill him and prevent a prophesied war. But Illian's brother, Anton - the king she allied with and had only just begun to love - struck a deal with the goddess of the underworld, to bring Vasalie back. The cost: his compassion, his memories of her, and all the events of the past six weeks.Now stripped of the truth, Anton believes his friends betrayed him and accepts an offer from the goddess to rule the kingdom of the dead. But with the realm he leaves behind on the brink of civil war, and her cruel father threatening to invade, Vasalie realizes only Anton can reunite a fractured realm.To save her world and the man she was coming to love, Vasalie journeys to the underworld and reclaim him. though the Anton she finds is arrogant, debauched, hopeless. To restore him, she'll have to restore his memories - even if it means sacrificing her own heart.
The Midnight Shift
Love is the most despicable excuse.On the lonely outskirts of Seoul, reports come in of a series of suicides at a hospital. The strange and bloodless nature of the elderly victims is dismissed by most, but not Detective Suyeon. As Suyeon begins her investigation, a mysterious woman named Violette appears at the crime scene and gives Suyeon the answer: a vampire did it. The two women begin the hunt for an ancient, supernatural culprit which, in turn, reveals a landscape of modern isolation in a dark, nocturnal Seoul. But as the investigation unfurls, past and present romance and loneliness intertwine it becomes increasingly clear that they, too, are being hunted.Sometimes the monsters we seek are less frightening than being alone. The Midnight Shift is a gripping mystery, overflowing with commentary about societal isolation and loneliness, the sharp knife of grief, and the effects of marginalization, perfect for readers of Cursed Bunny; Woman, Eating; and A Certain Hunger.
All the Way to the River
'No one who reads this book will ever forget it' Meg Mason'An absolute masterclass and truth-bomb . I think many people will be shaken awake by this book' Emma Gannon'This book has changed my life' Fearne CottonEat Pray Love encouraged us to live authentically. Big Magic taught us how to trust our creative instincts. All the Way to the River shows us how creativity can remake a life.Elizabeth Gilbert's journey has inspired millions. Let it inspire you. In her most intimate memoir yet, Gilbert shows how the love that shatters you can also awaken you - and lead you to the most peaceful, creative and spiritually rich season of life yet. 'With Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert started a movement ... this new memoir is just as powerful. She bares her soul, sharing her truth so openly, she offers readers the courage to face their own' Oprah Winfrey
