At the feet of living things

At the Feet of Living Things

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Oldest Living Things in the World

Takes you on a journey through time and space. The author begins at "year zero," and looks back from there, photographing the past in the present. Alo

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Goodbye, Things : On Minimalist Living - Fumio Sasaki

<p>Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others -- until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his ''stuff,'' Sasaki finally felt true f...

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Needful Things (1444707876)

Kniha - autor Stephen King, 934 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá There was a new shop in town. Run by a stranger. Needful Things, the sign said. The oddest name. A name that caused some gossip and speculation among the good folks of Castle Rock, Maine, while they waited for opening day.Eleven-year-old Brian Rusk was the first customer and he got just what h...

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Numbers Don´t Lie : 71 Things You Need to Know About the World - Smil Václav

Anotace: 'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' Bill Gates Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth&...

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The Inner Life of Animals

Roosters that deceive their hens?&nbsp;Mother deer that grieve?&nbsp;Horses that feel shame?&nbsp;We humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously. But have you ever wondered what’s going on in an animal’s head?From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive,&nbsp;The Inner Life of An...

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Numbers Don´t Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World, 1. vydání - Václav Smil

<p>'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' Bill Gates Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth's nations and inhabit...

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Oh William! - Stroutová Elizabeth

Anotace: The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in lifeLucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughte...

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Business or Pleasure - Solomon Rachel Lynn

Anotace: Chandler Cohen lies for a living.When she accepts her next ghostwriting gig penning a memoir for cult actor Finnegan Walsh, it should be a dream job.However, Chandler knows him best as something else: her worst-ever one-night stand . . .She`s determined to keep things professional. But when she finally admits to Finn that their night together wasn`t as mind-blow...

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The Premonition - Jošimoto Banana

Anotace: `Yoshimoto`s novels are like jewel boxes.` Vanity FairThe new novel from the bestselling author of the beloved classic, Kitchen.I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide ... It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old.Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family - something `like you`d see in a Spielbe...

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Come to This Court and Cry: Secrets and Survival at the Last Nazi Trials - Kinstler Linda

Anotace: `A tremendous feat of storytelling, propelled by numerous twists and revelations, yet anchored by a deep moral seriousness . . . Enthralling` Guardian`Part detective story, part family history, part probing inquiry into how best to reckon with the horrors of a previous century, Come to This Court and Cry is bracingly original, beautifully written and haunting. ...

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Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress (PC) DIGITAL

Plots within plots and schemes within schemes devolve the crew of the Wandering Wrath into mistrust and outright mutiny, and all the while the lives of the islands' innocents hang perilously in the balance. The ship's notorious captain is a man so cruel and vile, he is said to have been born without a soul. Yet it is often true in the murky underbelly of the harsh seas, t...

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Loonliness of a Deep Sea Diver

Imagine living in a box at the bottom of the sea for a month at a time. Plumbed to depths of more than 500 feet, this has been David Beckett's love, l

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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, 1. vydání - Peter Attia

<p>- THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -This is the ultimate manual for living better and longer.For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of ageing that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late, prol...

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The Premonition - Banana Jošimoto

<p>'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' Vanity FairThe new novel from the bestselling author of the beloved classic, Kitchen.I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide ... It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old.Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family - something 'like you'd see in a Spielber...

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The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel - 40th Anniversary Edition - Julia Voss

<p>Discover Ernst Haeckel, the 19th-century artist-biologist who found beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures. This collection features 300 prints from his most important publications, including the majestic Kunstformen der Natur and his extensive catalogues of marine life. As biodiversity is ever-more threatened, these exquisite images are a scientific, arti...

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The Long Dark

Bright lights flare across the night sky. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. A wolf howls in the distance. You look at the meagre supplies in your pack, and wish for the days before the power mysteriously went out. How much longer will you survive? Welcome to THE LONG DARK, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "...

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Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress (PC) DIGITAL (PC)

Plots within plots and schemes within schemes devolve the crew of the Wandering Wrath into mistrust and outright mutiny, and all the while the lives of the islands' innocents hang perilously in the balance. The ship's notorious captain is a man so cruel and vile, he is said to have been born without a soul. Yet it is often true in the murky underbelly of the har...

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The Long Dark (PC)

Bright lights flare across the night sky. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. A wolf howls in the distance. You look at the meagre supplies in your pack, and wish for the days before the power mysteriously went out. How much longer will you survive?Welcome to&nbsp;THE LONG DARK, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine call...

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The Little Antique Shop Under The Eiffel Tower - Rebecca Raisin

<p>'Oh, how I loved this book!' - Reviewed the Book Escape to Paris this summer and prepare to be swept off your feet... Anouk LaRue used to be a romantic, but since she had her heart well and truly broken her love life has dissolved into nothing more than daydreams of the perfect man. Retreating to her extraordinary Little Antique Shop has alway...

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The Echo Chamber - John Boyne

<p>What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept.The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from di...

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The Echo Chamber - Boyne John

Anotace: What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from...

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The Echo Chamber - John Boyne

<p>What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from d...

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The Invisible Hour - Alice Hoffmanová

<p>From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery and the enduring magic of books. Sixteen-year-old Ivy is pregnant and alone. Cast out by her family, she runs away and finds safety in the arms of Joel Davis. He offers a simpler life than the one she had in Boston, a q...

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The Great War: Western Front

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive World War 1 strategy game from Petroglyph, the makers of Command & Conquer™ Remastered & Star Wars™: Empire at War. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the pivotal Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory, b...

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo

Anotace: Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents are garbage recyclers and construction workers, economic migrants, all of them living in the hope that a small part of India's booming future will eventually be theirs. But when a crime rocks the slum community and global recession and terrorism shocks the...

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The Great War: Western Front Victory Edition

The Victory Edition includes: The Great War: Western Front Full Game Download Digital Field Guide (Digital Download) Original Soundtrack Featuring 31 Tracks from Frank Klepacki (Digital Download) Five Wallpapers (Digital Download) The Great War: Western Front is the definitive World War 1 strategy game from Petroglyph, the makers of Command & Conquer™ Remas...

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The Great War: Western Front (PC)

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive World War 1 strategy game from Petroglyph, the makers of Command &amp; Conquer&trade; Remastered &amp; Star Wars&trade;: Empire at War. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the pivotal Western Front from 1914 to 1919.Pick your faction and lead your force...

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This Must Be The Place - O`Farrell Maggie

Anotace: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARDS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE SOCIETY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BGE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR. A top-ten bestseller, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Maggie O`Farrell crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. ...

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The Summer You Found Me - O´Roark Elizabeth

Anotace: KATE I tore out of rehab to win my husband back. It`ll work, too. He just needs to see that I`m clean, that I`m on my feet again. Until that happens, though, I`ve got only got one guy in my corner-Beck, my husband`s best friend, who takes me in against his will and keeps me sane. Living with Beck is easier than I expected. And fun. Except I`ve got a long history...

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The Summer You Found Me - Elizabeth O´Roark

<p>KATE I tore out of rehab to win my husband back. It'll work, too. He just needs to see that I'm clean, that I'm on my feet again. Until that happens, though, I've got only got one guy in my corner-Beck, my husband's best friend, who takes me in against his will and keeps me sane. Living with Beck is easier than I expected. And fun. Except I've got a long history ...

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The Great War: Western Front Victory Edition (PC)

The Victory Edition includes:The Great War: Western Front Full Game DownloadDigital Field Guide (Digital Download)Original Soundtrack Featuring 31 Tracks from Frank Klepacki (Digital Download)Five Wallpapers (Digital Download)The Great War: Western Front&nbsp;is the definitive World War 1 strategy game from Petroglyph, the makers of Command &amp; Conquer&trade...

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (0525560564)

Kniha - autor Mikki Kendall, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are al...

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Hood Feminism : Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot - Kendall Mikki

Anotace: A potent and electrifying critique of today`s feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminismToday`s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods...

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Hood Feminism : Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot - Kendall Mikki

Anotace: A potent and electrifying critique of today`s feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminismToday`s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods...

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Little People, Big Dreams: Audrey Hepburn (1786030527)

Kniha - autor Isabel Sanchez Vegara, 32 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Audrey Hepburn grew up in Arnhem in the Netherlands. After living through the hardships of World War Two, she moved to study ballet in London. She went on to star in plays and films, eventually becoming one of the most iconic actresses of all time. This moving book features stylish and qui...

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv - Andrey Kurkov

<p>"Ukraine's greatest living novelist" New European"A Ukrainian Murakami" GuardianA hugely entertaining romp through the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees, now reporting widely on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, his home country.Strange things are happening in the cosmopolitan town of Lviv, western Ukr...

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How Everything Works: From Brain Cells to Black Holes - Štipl Zdeněk, kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Have you ever wondered how an email gets to someone on the other side of the world in just a few seconds or why it`s a bad idea to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm? Each page of this mind-blowingly detailed and ambitious encyclopedia will guide you through the natural world and the technology that surrounds you. Giant, page-filling illustrations take obj...

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How Everything Works

Have you ever wondered how an email gets to someone on the other side of the world in just a few seconds or why it's a bad idea to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm? Each page of this mind-blowingly detailed and ambitious encyclopedia will guide you through the natural world and the technology that surrounds you. Giant, page-filling illustrations take objects apart...

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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 5

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her?Frieren and Fern have ...

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Oh William! - Elizabeth Strout

<p>The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life Lucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daught...

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One Good Thing - Potter Alexandra

Anotace: One Good Thing is the new heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . . Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain f...

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One Good Thing, 1. vydání - Alexandra Potter

<p>One Good Thing is the new heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . . Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain fu...

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Arowana

The Arowana is the world's most costly aquarium fish. It is a tropical freshwater fish from the brackish swamps of Asia, the river basins of South America, and the pools and billabongs of Austrailia. There are numerous types of Arowanas, most of which can easily grow up to three feet long.This fish is a savage predator that's been around since the age of the dinosaurs and...

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A Perfect Day to be Alone - Nanae Aoyama

<p>It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in fancy frames just below the ceiling.When her mother emigrates to China for work, twenty-year-old Chizu moves in with 71-year-old Ginko, an eccentric distant relative, taking a room in her ramshackle Tokyo home, with its two resident cats and the persistent rattle o...

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv - Kurkov Andrej

Anotace: A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees. Strange things are afoot in the cosmopolitan city of Lviv, western Ukraine. Seagulls are circling and the air smells salty, though Lviv is a long way from the sea . . . A ragtag group gathers round a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery - among them an ex-KGB of...

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv - Andrey Kurkov

<p>A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees.Strange things are afoot in the cosmopolitan city of Lviv, western Ukraine. Seagulls are circling and the air smells salty, though Lviv is a long way from the sea . . . A ragtag group gathers round a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery - among them an ex-KGB office...

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What July Knew - Emily Koch

<p>July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't know. It's easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn't remember her mother, who died when she was small, and her father refuses to talk about her. Ever. The only memories she has of her ...

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A Brilliant Life - Rachelle Unreich

<p>'A delicate, evocative story of strength and survival that turns on one of the most powerful forces in the known universe: a mother's love.' - Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist A powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter - a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal.Born in Czecho...

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Oh William!

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in lifeLucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and pa...

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Hood Feminism

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most important books of the current moment. Time A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone. Gabrielle Union, author of We re Going to Need More Wine A brutally candid and unobstructed portrait of mainstream white feminism. Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist A potent and electrif...

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One Good Thing - Alexandra Potter

Anotace: One Good Thing is the heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the internationally bestselling author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter`The new Bridget Jones` - Celia Walden, Telegraph`A funny, feisty tale` - Mike Gayle`Assured and accomplished. Pacy, absorbing, witty and tender` - Karen SwanIn life, nothing is certain. Ju...

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Age, Sex, Location

A hilarious and refreshingly honest foray into modern dating, Age Sex Location is Bridget Jones' Diary for HBO's Girls generation. An American ex-pat living in London, Lauren is intelligent, beautiful, charming and loves to party. So why can't she convince a man she isn't after something more serious than scrambled eggs and goodbye in the morning? Determined to break the ...

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Giving - neuveden

Anotace: Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. "Giving" is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations - and by individuals - to solve problems and save lives both "down the street and around the world." Then it urges us to seek out what each of ...

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Bill Clinton - Giving

Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. "Giving" is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations - and by individuals - to solve problems and save lives both "down the street and around the world." Then it urges us to seek out what each of us, "regar...

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What We Cannot Know - Sautoy Marcus du

<p>‘Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting’ Bill Bryson Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know. Is the universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? And are there more undiscovere...

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Greenlights, 1. vydání - Matthew McConaughey

<p>From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about succe...

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What July Knew - Koch Emily

Anotace: July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July`s teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don`t know. It`s easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn`t remember her mother, who died when she was small, and her father refuses to talk about her. Ever. The only memories she has of her...

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Antifragile

"The hottest thinker in the world". (Bryan Appleyard, "Sunday Times").In "The Black Swan", Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the s...

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Soundtrack (PC DIGITAL)

Zaposlouchejte se do oceňovaného soundtracku k populární české hře Kingdom Come: Deliverance. SEZNAM SKLADEB 01 Skalitz 1403 (Složil Jan Valta) 02 People of the Land (Složil Jan Valta) 03 Till Our Heads Turn White (Složil Adam Sporka / Text Ondřej Malota) 04 In the Name of the King (Složil Jan Valta) 05 Beer and Women (Složil Jan Valta) 06 The Talmberg Theme (Složil Ja...

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