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A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery!The events in the western capital send tremors through the political o…

A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery!The events in the western capital send tremors through the political order, as well as Maomao’s relationships. Despite the feelings Jinshi expresses for her, Maomao still knows her place. She departs Gyokuyou's hometown with uncertainty for the future, but a detour during the return to the capital gives her unexpected insight into her own family. Meanwhile, an ugly scandal ensnares Consort Lishu. Could revealing the truth also unravel the mysteries of recent affairs? Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 336, Nakladatelství: Square Enix, Autor: Natsu Hyuuga,Touko Shino, ISBN-13: 9781646093250, Datum vydání: 2025

A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself in the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery!Maomao's latest attempt at the court service exam earns her the role o…

A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself in the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery!Maomao's latest attempt at the court service exam earns her the role of an assistant at a medical office. Changes keep rolling in after a new consort enters the rear palace, bringing her own enigmas. And what does a former emissary to the court want with three young medical assistants? Is there a connection to a mysterious shrine maiden from Shaoh? Meanwhile, a certain monocled man remains a thorn in Maomao's side! Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 288, Nakladatelství: Square Enix, Autor: Touko Shino, ISBN-13: 9781646093267, Datum vydání: 2025

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com!Photos of Marin’s Haniel cosplay have spread like wildfire on social media, earning high praise from non…

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com!Photos of Marin’s Haniel cosplay have spread like wildfire on social media, earning high praise from none other than the creator of Heaven’s Will himself! Yet, the fear that all this attention will irreparably alter the course of their relationship causes negative emotions to bubble up within Marin and Wakana. Try as they might to hide their insecurities, the dams finally burst when a figure from the past makes her shocking return to Gojo Dolls! Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 176, Nakladatelství: Square Enix, Autor: Shinichi Fukuda, ISBN-13: 9781646094325, Datum vydání: 2025

A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery!The capital goes wild for the board game go when Lakan publishes a boo…

A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery!The capital goes wild for the board game go when Lakan publishes a book about his games. To spread the appreciation for go even further, Lakan decides to hold a tournament open to all. Jinshi eyes an opportunity when the strategist offers to grant a single request to any gifted player who can defeat the military man himself. Contrasting the diversion of games, reports arrive of crops devastated by a plague of locusts in a remote village. Jinshi's efforts to mitigate the insects’ impact will be put to the test, and the results will mean survival or starvation for the country of Li. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 304, Nakladatelství: Square Enix, Autor: Natsu Hyuuga,Touko Shino, ISBN-13: 9781646094233, Datum vydání: 2026

A beautiful box set containing all three paperback instalments of the Crescent City series from #1 bestselling global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.BOUND BY BLOOD.TEMPTED BY DESIRE.UNLEASHED BY DESTINY.…

A beautiful box set containing all three paperback instalments of the Crescent City series from #1 bestselling global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.BOUND BY BLOOD.TEMPTED BY DESIRE.UNLEASHED BY DESTINY.Maas has established herself as a fantasy fiction titan - TimeThink Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James - TelegraphSpiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building ... a page-turning delight - GuardianSarah J. Maas does not disappoint ... To be devoured with relish - Mail Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party, and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But when a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, Bryce's world comes crashing down.Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer.As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir ...With a sizzling romance at its heart and surprises at every turn, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom - and the power of love.This collection includes:House of Earth and BloodHouse of Sky and BreathHouse of Flame and ShadowReader reviews for the Crescent City series'I DEVOURED this book. I could not stop gobbling up the words, I loved it so much' READER REVIEW'This book in one word... Epic! And I wholeheartedly mean that! Read it and then tell everyone you know, and their Granny, to read it too! It's just that good!' READER REVIEW'It was brilliant, I was gripped, absolutely loved it, bits of it I forgot to breathe as I was reading. One of the best books I've read in a long time' READER REVIEW'I don't even know where to start. This is by far THE BEST BOOK SJM HAS EVER WRITTEN'  READER REVIEW'Another incredible book by my favourite author - the depths of the world she builds and each character are just indescribable - what a wonderful talent to have to write at this level - no one else is doing it better' READER REVIEW Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 2448, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, Autor: Sarah J. Maas, ISBN-13: 9781526685681, Datum vydání: 2025

"Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a…

"Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one’s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to someone?"Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person. It is about the hubris of youth and the wisdom of old age, and the mistakes and acts of kindness that occur during a lifetime.Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters”to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has”a mother, grandmother, wife, divorcee, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a very full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.Sybil Van Antwerp’s life of letters might be "a very small thing,”but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 304, Nakladatelství: Random House, Autor: Virginia Evans, ISBN-13: 9798217399079, Datum vydání: 2026

Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be…

Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it.There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices - but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself.The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 224, Nakladatelství: Hachette Book, Autor: Jerome David Salinger, ISBN-13: 9780316769488, Datum vydání: 1991

Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can …

Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. In a mystery taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, Batman: The Long Halloween is one of the greatest Dark Knight stories ever told.Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman's deadly enemy, Two-Face.The magnificent creative team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale reach their apex in Batman: The Long Halloween. This edition includes original 13-issue series as well as four additional story pages cut from the original series, which are presented fully colored and restored to their place in the story. Also featured are sketches and an introduction by the director and writer of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan and David Goyer. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 384, Nakladatelství: DC Comics, Autor: Jeph Loeb, ISBN-13: 9781401232597, Datum vydání: 2011

In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and ex…

In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation--each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives--and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011, Thinking, Fast and Slow is destined to be a classic. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 499, Nakladatelství: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Autor: Daniel Kahneman, ISBN-13: 9780374275631, Datum vydání: 2011

Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have a…

Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth - musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies - the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices.The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story - of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 736, Nakladatelství: Random House Publishing, Autor: Mark Z. Danielewski, ISBN-13: 9780375703768, Datum vydání: 2000

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who…

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 481, Nakladatelství: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing, Autor: Dan Simmons, ISBN-13: 9780553283686, Datum vydání: 1995

Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of…

Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161 180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus s insights and advice on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. For anyone who struggles to reconcile the demands of leadership with a concern for personal integrity and spiritual well-being, the Meditations remains as relevant now as it was two thousand years ago.In Gregory Hays s new translation the first in thirty-five years Marcus s thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcus s insights been so directly and powerfully presented.With an Introduction that outlines Marcus s life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the work s ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 256, Nakladatelství: Random House USA Inc, Autor: Marcus Aurelius, ISBN-13: 9780812968255, Datum vydání: 2003

Disturbingly, in our so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning, with alien abduction, "channeling" past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. In …

Disturbingly, in our so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning, with alien abduction, "channeling" past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. In this compellingly brilliant new book, Carl Sagan argues that this is not just a cultural wrong turn, but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks modern pseudoscience, as well as such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs.By doing so, he demonstrates that true scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth, but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 457, Nakladatelství: Random House USA Inc, Autor: Carl Sagan, ISBN-13: 9780345409461, Datum vydání: 2000

"The word "love" is a most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love.Here, at her m…

"The word "love" is a most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love.Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for a people and a society bereft with lovelessness. As bell hooks uses her incisive mind and razor-sharp pen to explore the question "What is love?" her answers strike at both the mind and heart. In thirteen concise chapters, hooks examines her own search for emotional connection and society's failure to provide a model for learning to love. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for the individuals and for a nation. The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life."All About Love is a powerful affirmation of just how profoundly she can. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 272, Nakladatelství: Harper Collins Publishers, Autor: Bell Hooks, ISBN-13: 9780060959470, Datum vydání: 2016

A glorious classic fantasy combining the magic of Ursula Le Guin's The Wizard of Earthsea with the epic mastery of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In a faraway land where members of the royal fami…

A glorious classic fantasy combining the magic of Ursula Le Guin's The Wizard of Earthsea with the epic mastery of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 400, Nakladatelství: Harper Collins Publishers, Autor: Robin Hobb, ISBN-13: 9780007562251, Datum vydání: 2014

Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that…

Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed.Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are the only hope humanity has left. Until the day Darrow learns that it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought. Until the day Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their society.  Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 544, Nakladatelství: Hodder & Stoughton, Autor: Pierce Brown, ISBN-13: 9781444759075, Datum vydání: 2016

'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily TelegraphTom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors…

'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily TelegraphTom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over.Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 272, Nakladatelství: Vintage Publishing, Autor: Patricia Highsmith, ISBN-13: 9780099282877, Datum vydání: 1999

Truly deserving of the accolade "Modern Classic", Donna Tartt's novel "The Secret History" is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of th…

Truly deserving of the accolade "Modern Classic", Donna Tartt's novel "The Secret History" is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever."It takes my breath away". (Ruth Rendell)."Enthralling ...image the plot of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment crossed with the story of Euripides' "Bacchae" set against the backdrop of Bret Easton Ellis' "The Rules of Attraction"...forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled...ferociously well-paced...remarkably powerful". ("The New York Times").Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and educated at the University of Mississippi and Bennington College. She is a novelist, essayist, and critic and author of "The Little Friend"."The Secret History" has been translated into twenty-four languages. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 640, Nakladatelství: Penguin Books, Autor: Donna Tartt, ISBN-13: 9780140167771, Datum vydání: 1993

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's powerful meditation on faith, meaning and morality, "The Brothers Karamazov" is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in "Penguin Classics". When brutal lan…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's powerful meditation on faith, meaning and morality, "The Brothers Karamazov" is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in "Penguin Classics". When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov.As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. This powerful translation of "The Brothers Karamazov" features and introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky's recurrent themes of guilt and salvation, with a new chronology and further reading.Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow. From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison, and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other works available in "Penguin Classics" include "Crime & Punishment", "The Idiot" and "Demons". If you enjoyed "The Brothers Karamazov" you might like Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls", also available in "Penguin Classics"."There is no writer who better demonstrates the contradictions and fluctuations of the creative mind than Dostoyevsky, and nowhere more astonishingly than in "The Brothers Karamazov"". (Joyce Carol Oates)."Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life". (Friedrich Nietzsche). "The most magnificent novel ever written". (Sigmund Freud). Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 1056, Nakladatelství: Penguin Books, Autor: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, ISBN-13: 9780140449242, Datum vydání: 2003

Considered an 'audacious' second novel, "Giovanni's Room" is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence.This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with un…

Considered an 'audacious' second novel, "Giovanni's Room" is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence.This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising clarity, the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 176, Nakladatelství: Penguin Books, Autor: James Baldwin, ISBN-13: 9780141186351, Datum vydání: 2001

The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' Terry EagletonIn this highly…

The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism.'Beautifully patterned and passionately argued' New Statesman Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 432, Nakladatelství: Penguin Books, Autor: Said Edward W., ISBN-13: 9780141187426, Datum vydání: 2003

Suitable for children, this title covers colourful collage illustrations and its deceptively simply, hopeful story.It features die-cut pages and finger-sized holes to explore. Jazyk: Angličtina, Va…

Suitable for children, this title covers colourful collage illustrations and its deceptively simply, hopeful story.It features die-cut pages and finger-sized holes to explore. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Leporelo, Počet stran: 24, Nakladatelství: Penguin Random House Children's UK, Autor: Eric Carle, ISBN-13: 9780241003008, Datum vydání: 1994

In this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-li…

In this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work. The essential skill of creating and maintaining new businesses the art of the entrepreneur can be summed up in a single word: managing. Born of Grove s experiences at one of America s leading technology companies (as CEO and employee number three at Intel), High Output Management is equally appropriate for sales managers, accountants, consultants, and teachers, as well as CEOs and startup founders. Grove covers techniques for creating highly productive teams, demonstrating methods of motivation that lead to peak performance. "Generous enough with advice and observations to be required reading."  The Wall Street Journal Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 272, Nakladatelství: Random House USA Inc, Autor: Andrew S. Grove, ISBN-13: 9780679762881, Datum vydání: 1995

Fully-updated edition of the classic guide to investing in the stockmarket, in which top money manager Peter Lynch argues that the amateur approach to buying shares in "companies" rather than the "…

Fully-updated edition of the classic guide to investing in the stockmarket, in which top money manager Peter Lynch argues that the amateur approach to buying shares in "companies" rather than the "market" is best. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 304, Nakladatelství: Simon & Schuster, Autor: Peter Lynch,John Rothchild, ISBN-13: 9780743200400, Datum vydání: 2000

A novelization of the hit movie starring Robin Williams as Professor Keating, an inspiring, uplifting teacher who changes his students' lives.Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can har…

A novelization of the hit movie starring Robin Williams as Professor Keating, an inspiring, uplifting teacher who changes his students' lives.Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary! Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society - a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the great words of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they discover not only the beauty of language, but the importance of making each moment count.But the Dead Poets pledges soon realize that their newfound freedom can have tragic consequences. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams? Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 176, Nakladatelství: Hyperion, Autor: Nancy H. Kleinbaum, ISBN-13: 9781401308773, Datum vydání: 2006

Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters …

Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 592, Nakladatelství: Wordsworth Editions, Autor: Fyodor Dostoevsky, ISBN-13: 9781853261756, Datum vydání: 1996

Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once.…

Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once.This book unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. It provides instruction on how to identify victims by type. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 500, Nakladatelství: Profile Books, Autor: Robert Greene, ISBN-13: 9781861977694, Datum vydání: 2004

A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists - Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction …

A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists - Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 320, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, Autor: Patti Smith, ISBN-13: 9780747568766, Datum vydání: 2011

This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read.'It's …

This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read.'It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across' Tom Hanks, TimeWilliam Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death, his colleagues remember him rarely.Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 320, Nakladatelství: Vintage Publishing, Autor: John Williams, ISBN-13: 9780099561545, Datum vydání: 2012

The phenomenal New York Times Bestseller by Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions.Why is there more…

The phenomenal New York Times Bestseller by Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions.Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent?The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 512, Nakladatelství: Penguin Books, Autor: Daniel Kahneman, ISBN-13: 9780141033570, Datum vydání: 2012

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A landmark work about grief, love, and survival from one of America’s most iconic writersJoan Didion delivers a searing portrait of a marria…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A landmark work about grief, love, and survival from one of America’s most iconic writersJoan Didion delivers a searing portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved and lost a husband or wife or child. In a work of electric honesty and passion, Didion explores how we all, somehow, will ourselves to survive."An utterly shattering portrait of loss and grief.” – The New York TimesSeveral days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana Roo, fall ill with septic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later, the Dunnes were sitting down to dinner after visiting their daughter in the hospital when John suffered a fatal heart attack. In that one moment, their partnership of forty years came to an end.This powerful narrative is Didion's "attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness…about marriage and children and memory…about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself.”"Didion has transformed grief into literature.” — The Guardian Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 240, Nakladatelství: Random House, Autor: Joan Didion, ISBN-13: 9781400078431, Datum vydání: 2007

The second volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer series, now reissued in gorgeous new livery. We are here Fitz, you and I, to change the future and the world...Fitz dreams of R…

The second volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer series, now reissued in gorgeous new livery. We are here Fitz, you and I, to change the future and the world...Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village, leaving not a single man, woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well. King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness and King-in-waiting, Verity, spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse and destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. And when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings, Fitz is left alone and friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes and the King's Fool with his cryptic prophesies. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 648, Nakladatelství: HarperCollins Publishers, Autor: Robin Hobb, ISBN-13: 9780007562268, Datum vydání: 2014

The gripping finale to Robin Hobb's classic Farseer trilogy. Keystone. Gate. Crossroads. Catalyst. Fitz is about to discover the truth about the Fool's prophecy. Having been resurrected from his fa…

The gripping finale to Robin Hobb's classic Farseer trilogy. Keystone. Gate. Crossroads. Catalyst. Fitz is about to discover the truth about the Fool's prophecy. Having been resurrected from his fatal tortures in Regal's dungeons, Fitz has once more foiled Regal's attempts to be rid of him. Now, back in his own body, and after months of rehabilitation, Fitz begins the painful and slow process of learning the ways of a man again. Under the watchful eye of Burrich, old King Shrewd's Stablemaster, Fitz must learn to cast off the wild but carefree ways of the wolf and enter once more the human world: a world beset ever more viciously by the relentless Red Ship Raiders who are now left free to plunder any coastal town they please. But more immediately, a world in which he finds he is utterly alone.Regal has stripped the kingdom of its riches and retired to the inland city of Tradeford. Of Verity, on his quest to find the legendary Elderings, there has been no word; Molly, Kettricken and the Fool have all vanished. Unless Fitz can find Verity and help him in his quest, the Six Duchies will perish and there will be no safe place to live. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 848, Nakladatelství: HarperCollins Publishers, Autor: Robin Hobb, ISBN-13: 9780007562275, Datum vydání: 2014

Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues in Warriors: The New Prophecy! This box set includes all six books in the second Warriors series, and is perfect for the collection…

Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues in Warriors: The New Prophecy! This box set includes all six books in the second Warriors series, and is perfect for the collections of longtime Erin Hunter fans and readers new to the Warriors world. The wild cat Clans have lived in peace and harmony for many moons, but now strange messages from their warrior ancestors speak of a terrifying new prophecy and a mysterious danger. Six cats, including young Brambleclaw of ThunderClan, must embark on an unprecedented journey, with the fate of the entire forest in their paws.The strength and courage of the greatest warriors will be put to the test as the prophecy unfolds - and the quest to save the Clans begins. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 2176, Nakladatelství: HarperCollins Publishers, Autor: Erin Hunter, ISBN-13: 9780062367150, Datum vydání: 2015

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card."Red Rising ascends ab…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card."Red Rising ascends above a crowded dys­topian field."-USA TodayONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.""I live for you," I say sadly.Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more."Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow-and Reds like him-are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.Praise for Red Rising"[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown's dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender's Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric."-Entertainment Weekly"Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."-Scott Sigler"Red Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience."-Richmond Times-DispatchDon't miss any of Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga:RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 416, Nakladatelství: Random House Publishing, Autor: Pierce Brown, ISBN-13: 9780345539809, Datum vydání: 2014

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague.  Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, …

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague.  Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder.  Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?Mitch Albom had that second chance.  He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life.  Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college.  Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 208, Nakladatelství: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc, Autor: Mitch Albom, ISBN-13: 9780385496490, Datum vydání: 1999

From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic of pirates, talking ship…

From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes and bloody battles. Wizardwood, the most precious commodity in the world, comes only from the Rain Wilds. But only a liveship can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain Wild River, and liveships are hard to come by. They quicken only when three family members from successive generations have died upon their deck. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening: Althea Vestrit waits for the ship that she loves more than anything in the world to awaken. But her dream of taking her father's place at Vivacia's helm is not to be, for her family have other plans...And the dark, charming pirate Kennit also lusts after such a ship: he well knows the power of wizardwood and has plans of his own ... Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 896, Nakladatelství: HarperCollins Publishers, Autor: Robin Hobb, ISBN-13: 9780008117450, Datum vydání: 2015

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it wa…

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest - and who offered proof that everything can be taken away from us except the ability to choose our attitude in any given set of circumstances.The sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision and not of camp influences alone. Only those who allowed their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence - while those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 160, Nakladatelství: Random House UK Ltd, Autor: Viktor Emil Frankl, ISBN-13: 9781846041242, Datum vydání: 2019

A boxed set of the landmark fantasy from Brandon Sanderson, the man credited with breathing fresh life into Robert Jordan's WHEEL OF TIME. An epic fantasy set in a world where the Dark Lord has gai…

A boxed set of the landmark fantasy from Brandon Sanderson, the man credited with breathing fresh life into Robert Jordan's WHEEL OF TIME. An epic fantasy set in a world where the Dark Lord has gained dominion over the world. A world of ash and pain. A world subjugated. But a world where magic can be drawn from metals. A world waiting for a new heroine, a new hope. A word of mouth bestseller in the USA Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy have now become a massive hit in the UK, introducing readers to the work of one of the genre's great talents. A master of world building, sweeping plots, believable characters and engrossing magic systems. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Nakladatelství: Orion Publishing Co, Autor: Brandon Sanderson, ISBN-13: 9781473213692, Datum vydání: 2015

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom.As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within. A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people. He must live for more. Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 464, Nakladatelství: Bookazine, Autor: Pierce Brown, ISBN-13: 9780345539830, Datum vydání: 2015