Fragile sense of hope

Fragile Sense of Hope

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Sense and Sensibility

In Jane Austen's first published novel, her portrait of two heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope offers a powerful analysis of how w

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Sense and Sensibility

In Jane Austen's first published novel, her portrait of two heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope offers a powerful analysis of how w

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Sense and Sensibility

In Jane Austen's first published novel, her portrait of two heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope offers a powerful analysis of how women were shaped by the claustrophobic society they had to survive. This new edition includes a new introduction, and revised notes and bibliography.

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Sense and Sensibility, 1. vydání - Jane Austenová

<p>Sense and Sensibility is famously characterised as the story of two Dashwood sisters who embody the conflict between the oppressive nature of 'civilised' society and the human desire for romantic passion. However, there is far more to this story of two daughters made homeless by the death of their father. Elinor, 19, and Marianne, 17, initially project the opposi...

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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (PC) Klíč Steam

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual ...

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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (PC) Klíč Steam (PC)

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual ...

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Lake of the Woodpeckers

In this third book of our Woodpecker series, our bird heroes uphold this sense of hope as they band together for the sake of a magnificent lake hidden

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Lord of the Flies

Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. At first they revel in the freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups. Soon though, as the boys' fragile sense of order begins to collapse, their fears s...

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Shadow of Night

In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past. When Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, discovered a significant alchemical manusc...

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The Gift of Second: Healing from the Impact of Suicide

After a suicide, loved ones painfully struggle to make sense of the unexplainable tragedy. The Gift of Second comes alongside loss survivors and helps navigate the common pitfalls for those left behind. It offers hope and encouragement to guide survivors t

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Shadow of Night - Harknessová Deborah

Anotace: Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling. In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidd...

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Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness

<p>Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling.In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love ...

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Lord of the Flies - Golding William

Anotace: Originally published in 1954, William Golding`s Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. At first they revel in the freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups. Soon though, as the boys` fragile sense of order begins to collapse, the...

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Six of Crows: Crooked Kingdom : Book 2 - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: The hotly-anticipated sequel to SIX OF CROWS, this is GAME OF THRONES meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN in a fantasy epic from the number 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Welcome to the world of the Grisha. Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of ...

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The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance - Aftel Mandy

Anotace: "Now Aftel has created this beautiful book, illustrated with treasures from her museum`s collection, so that readers at home can immerse themselves in the world of scent." - 7 x 7 "Aftel, ... explores the natural and cultural history of scent in her newest book, The Museum of Scent."- Veranda"A beautiful book about beautiful things, with a fascinating narrative ...

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The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance - Mandy Aftel

<p>"Now Aftel has created this beautiful book, illustrated with treasures from her museum's collection, so that readers at home can immerse themselves in the world of scent." - 7 x 7 "Aftel, ... explores the natural and cultural history of scent in her newest book, The Museum of Scent."- Veranda "A beautiful book about beautiful things, wit...

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The Book of Fire: The moving, captivating and unmissable new novel from the author of THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO - Christy Lefteri

<p>A captivating, moving novel of survival, hope and redemption, THE BOOK OF FIRE is the blazing new book from the international bestselling author of THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO and SONGBIRDS.AMONG THE ASHES, ONE FAMILY FOUND HOPE . . .In a tiny, beautiful Greek village, deep in an ancient forest, live a family - Irini, Tasso and their daughter, sweet Chara. One day th...

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Shuggie Bain: Winner of the Booker Prize 2020 (152901929X)

Kniha - autor Stuart Douglas, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philan...

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Record of a Spaceborn Few: Wayfarers 3 - Becky Chambersová

<p>'The best speculative fiction currently being written' John Connolly. </p> <p> From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live. By the stars, we hope.The incredible new novel by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.#SpacebornFewCenturies after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a pl...

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Kings Rising : Book Three of the Captive Prince Trilogy - C. S. Pacat

<p>The stunning conslusion of worldwide phenomenon--from the boldly original author of Captive Prince and Prince's Gambit. His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor's...

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Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry (0141984910)

Kniha - autor Randolph M. Nesse, 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná One of the world's most respected psychiatrists provides a much-needed new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illness. With his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our unders...

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Birdgirl: Discovering the Power of Our Natural World - Mya-Rose Craig

<p>Discover Mya-Rose Craig's moving and life-affirming memoir about family, searching for rare birds, and the power of our natural world.'Lyrical, poignant and insightful' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)'Filled with hope and energy' GuardianIn her memoir, Mya-Rose Craig and her family travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow mov...

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality - Amanda Montell

<p>In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking. "Magical thinking" can be broadly de...

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Borders

Jean-Michel Andre photographs places to reveal their shadow and their inherent sense of passage, building fragile borders between the real and imagina

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Just Haven´t Met You Yet: The new feel-good love story from the author of THIS TIME NEXT YEAR - Cousens Sophie

Anotace: The stunning new love story from the bestselling author of This Time Next Year`Impossible to put down` CATHY BRAMLEY`A sure-fire hit!` LAURA JANE WILLIAMS`Packed full of holiday sparkle` JOSIE SILVER____________________________Tell me the story of how you two met. . .Laura has built a career out of interviewing people about their epic real life love stories.When...

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Just Haven´t Met You Yet: The new feel-good love story from the author of THIS TIME NEXT YEAR - Sophie Cousens

<p>The stunning new love story from the bestselling author of This Time Next Year'Impossible to put down' CATHY BRAMLEY'A sure-fire hit!' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS'Packed full of holiday sparkle' JOSIE SILVER____________________________Tell me the story of how you two met. . .Laura has built a career out of interviewing people about their epic real life love stories.When ...

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Learning To Speak Alzheimers

It offers a wealth of information, understanding and advice, but above all it offers a message of hope based on respect, common sense and quiet dignit

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Moonday Letters

"The Moonday Letters is a thing entirely its own, full of melancholy, a sense of wonder and hope." Hannu RajaniemiAn effortlessly rich and lyrical mys

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Finding Your Way

Find a sense of calm and hope with this illustrated gift book from the world renowned and bestselling meditation teacher as she offers bite-sized tidb

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No Stopping Us Now

"Gail Collins inspires women to embrace aging and look at it with a new sense of hope" in this lively, fascinating, eye-opening look at women and agin

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A Streetcar Named Desire (0141190272)

Kniha - autor Tennessee Williams, 128 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná In Tennessee Williams' A Street Car Named Desire, fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring he...

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Home Front - Hannahová Kristin

Anotace: An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war. Kristin Hannah`s Home Front is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honour, loss, forgiveness - and the elusive nature of love.From a distance, Michael and Jolen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid dependable marriage, exciting careers and...

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Home Front - Kristin Hannah

<p>An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war. Kristin Hannah's Home Front is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honour, loss, forgiveness - and the elusive nature of love. From a distance, Michael and Jolen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid dependable marriage, exciting careers an...

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Gravelarks - Křesadlo Jan

Anotace: Set in Stalinist-era Central Europe, GraveLarks is a triumphant intellectual thriller navigating the fragile ambiguity between sado-masochism, black humor, political satire, murder, and hope. Zderad, a noble misfit, investigates a powerful party figure in 1950s Czechoslovakia. His struggle against blackmail, starvation, and betrayal leaves him determined to succ...

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Gravelarks - Jan Křesadlo

<p>Set in Stalinist-era Central Europe, GraveLarks is a triumphant intellectual thriller navigating the fragile ambiguity between sado-masochism, black humor, political satire, murder, and hope. Zderad, a noble misfit, investigates a powerful party figure in 1950s Czechoslovakia. His struggle against blackmail, starvation, and betrayal leaves him determined to succe...

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Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko

<p>Trailblazing pop star, actor and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age romance based on her breakthrough hit song and viral video, GIRLS LIKE GIRLS.It's not that you're not like other girls. It's just that you've never met a girl like you. And then. You do. You meet her. And suddenly. The songs make sense.It's summertime and 17-year-old ...

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Marx and Marxism (0141983485)

Kniha - autor Gregory Claeys, 544 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná An illuminating history of Marx's thought and intellectual influence from a leading historian of socialism. Why was Marx so successful as a thinker? Did he have a system and if so, what does it consist of? How did Marxism develop in the twentieth century and what does it mean today? Karl Marx...

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Birdgirl - Mya-Rose Craig

Anotace: Discover Mya-Rose Craig`s moving and life-affirming memoir about family, searching for rare birds, and the power of our natural world.`Lyrical, poignant and insightful` MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)`Filled with hope and energy` GuardianIn her memoir, Mya-Rose Craig and her family travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow mo...

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Born to Ice - Paul Nicklen

Anotace: SeaLegacy co-founder, National Geographic photographer, acclaimed ocean conservationist, and TED Talks favorite, Paul Nicklen traces his extraordinary love affair with the polar regions in his most recent book, Born to Ice. His powerful images of iconic arctic and antarctic wildlife and scenery, coupled with his inspiring photographic storytelling, blends ethere...

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Metro 2034, 1. vydání - Dmitry Glukhovsky

<p>The long-awaited sequel to the cult bestseller Metro 2033, the second volume in the Metro trilogy, Metro 2034 continues the story of survival and struggle that unfolds in the mazes of the Moscow subway after WWIII. As the entire civilization was wiped out by atomic bombs and the surface of the planet is polluted with neclear fallout, the only place suitable for m...

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A Wish For Us - Tillie Cole

<p>A symphony of hope. A symphony of love. A symphony of them. Cromwell Dean is a rising star in the British music scene. Broody, talented and handsome, thousands of people adore him. But no one knows him. Not really. Until he meets her. The girl in the purple dress. Late one night on a beach in Brighton - never to see each other again. When Cromwell leaves Englan...

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Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way - Kieran Setiya

<p>Pain, Loneliness, Grief, Injustice ... Hope?Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on can feel too much.But could there be solace - and even hope - in acknowledging the hardships of the human condition? Might doing so free us from the tyranny of striv...

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Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems - Megan Fox

<p>A debut poetry collection by Megan Fox.</p> <p>'A glimpse to the person behind the glamour and drama . . . you get a real sense of the beating soul of Megan Fox' - GlamourMegan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over the course of more than 80 poems, Fox chronicles all the ways in which we fit ours...

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The Toymakers (1785036351)

Kniha - autor Robert Dinsdale, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Do you remember when you believed in magic? An enchanting, magical novel set in a mysterious toyshop - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber's Caraval by way of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the hear...

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Shuggie Bain - Stuart Douglas

Anotace: It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves tra...

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Sweet Sorrow - David Nicholls

<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.' Observer'Triumph ... the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending.' The Sunday Times 'Pitch perfect ... Exquisite ... Terrific ... Very funny ... Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening ...

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Night Angel Nemesis - Weeks Brent

Anotace: Brent Weeks returns to the New York Times bestselling world of the Night Angel in Night Angel Nemesis, following master assassin Kylar on a new adventure as the High King Logan Gyre calls on him to save his kingdom and the hope of peace. After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He`s determined not to kill again, but an impending amne...

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Red Crosses - Saša Filipenko

Anotace: "If you want to get inside the head of modern, young Russia, read Filipenko."-SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH (Nobel Prize winner, 2015) A heart-wrenching novel exploring both personal and collective memory spanning Russian history from Stalin's terror to the present day. Tatiana Alexeyevna is 90 years old and she's losing her memory. To find her way...

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Humanly Possible

The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores 700 years of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human.If you are reading this, it's likely you already have some affinity with humanism, even if you don't think of yourself in those terms. You may be drawn to literature and...

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The Frugal Wizard´s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - Brandon Sanderson

<p>#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson meshes Jason Bourne, epic fantasy, and time travel together in a standalone adventure where an amnesiac wizard's only hope of survival in medieval England lies in recovering his missing memories.A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, ...

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Eat a Peach : A Memoir - Chang David

Anotace: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix`s Ugly Delicious--an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. "David puts words to so many of the things we all feel, sharing generously of ...

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Music Medals: Saxophone Ensemble Pieces - Silver

Série Music Medals je koncipována do pěti svazků (měď, bronz, stříbro, zlato a platina). Obsahuje originální kusy pro souborovou hru (dua, tria, kvarteta) v různých žánrových variacích a stylech. Díky této publikaci se Vám do rukou dostává zajímavý repertoár, který zpestří klasické hodiny výuky, kdy část partů je určena pro učitele, nebo zkušenějšího studenta ale také vel...

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Music Medals: Clarinet Ensemble Pieces - Silver

Série Music Medals je koncipována do pěti svazků (měď, bronz, stříbro, zlato a platina). Obsahuje originální kusy pro souborovou hru (dua, tria, kvarteta) v různých žánrových variacích a stylech. Díky této publikaci se Vám do rukou dostává zajímavý repertoár, který zpestří klasické hodiny výuky, kdy část partů je určena pro učitele, nebo zkušenějšího studenta ale také vel...

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Red Crosses - Saša Filipenko

<p>“If you want to get inside the head of modern, young Russia, read Filipenko.”&amp;horbar;SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH (Nobel Prize winner, 2015)</p> <p>A heart-wrenching novel exploring both personal and collective memory spanning Russian history from Stalin's terror to the present day.</p> <p>Tatiana Alexeyevna is 90 years old and she’s losing...

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine - Cruz Smith Martin

Anotace: `The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter. Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable` MICK HERRON ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. Although he`s more disillusioned with policing and th...

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine - Smith Martin Cruz

<p>'The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter. Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable' MICK HERRON ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. Although he's more disillusioned with policing and the...

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Milan Kohout - Věčný performer / Perpetual Performer - David Franklin,Petra Daňková

Anotace: Třistapadesátistránková anglicko-česká velkoformátová plnobarevná monografie s množstvím fotografií performancí a situačních plakátů mnohovrstevného umělce Milana Kohouta, zahrnuje téměř čtyřicet let jeho tvorby. Ponořte se do jeho díla z počáteční fáze Kohoutova undergroundového opojení, přes období podpisu Charty 77, jeho vynuceného vystěhování z Československ...

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Milan Kohout - Věčný performer / Perpetual Performer - David Franklin

<p></p><p> Třistapadesátistránková anglicko-česká velkoformátová plnobarevná monografie s množstvím fotografií performancí a situačních plakátů mnohovrstevného umělce Milana Kohouta, zahrnuje téměř čtyřicet let jeho tvorby. Ponořte se do jeho díla z počáteční fáze Kohoutova undergroundového opojení, přes období podpisu Charty 77, jeho vynuceného vystěho...

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The Morningside - Obreht Tea

Anotace: There`s the world you can see. And then there`s the one you can`t. Welcome to The Morningside.When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia`s aunt, Ena, serves as the superin...

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