From a distant relation

From a Distant Relation

With enchanting humor, social satire, and verbal dexterity, From a Distant Relation captures the world of the shtetl in a sharp realist prose style. T

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From Distant Stars

The sequel to FROM DARKEST SKIES, a high concept science fiction thriller

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From Your Neighbour In A Distant Land

Last year, a community was forged through letters. Throught-provoking and full of character, this is the moment when neighbours a world apart write ba

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clarity of distant things

Revelations offered by art when viewed or reflected on from a distance in space or time.

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Distant Worlds - Universe

The Universe is Yours! Distant Worlds: Universe is the newest chapter of this critically acclaimed sci-fi series, adding incredible new features and an exciting new storyline.  Universe is also the ultimate collector’s edition, the first time all previous Distant Worlds releases have been included in one package, along with an updated manual and greatly expande...

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Distant Worlds - Universe (PC)

The Universe is Yours!Distant Worlds: Universe is the newest chapter of this critically acclaimed sci-fi series, adding incredible new features and an exciting new storyline.  Universe is also the ultimate collector’s edition, the first time all previous Distant Worlds releases have been included in one package, along with an updated manual and greatly ...

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The Distant Shores - Santa Montefiore

<p>Pure escapism on every page, The Distant Shores tells the story of a family torn apart, and the woman who will bring them back together. Margot Hart travels to Ireland to write a biography of the famous Deverill family. She knows she must speak to the current Lord Deverill - JP - if she is to uncover the secrets of the past. A notorious recluse, JP won't be an e...

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Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy

Here Winch addresses the possibility and practice of a comprehensive 'science of society', drawing from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenst

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Honeybees and Distant Thunder - Philip Gabriel

<p>The Night Circus meets Lonely Castle in the Mirror in this multi-award-winning Japanese bestseller, available finally in an English translation by Philip Gabriel, a translator of MurakamiWelcome to a magical world of music, friendship and rivalry ...In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the cour...

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Zbyněk Sekal a Japonsko - Pozdrav daleké země, pozdrav daleké zemi / Greetings from a Distant Country, Greetings to a Distant Land - Marie Klimešová

<p>O oslovení sochaře Zbyňka Sekala (1923–1998) japonskou kulturou a společností svědčí jeho deníkové záznamy z doby pobytu v Japonsku v lednu a únoru 1989. Odpovědí mu byl spontánní obdiv vůči jeho vlastní tvůrčí cestě, v níž Japonci spatřovali řadu jim blízkých rysů. Kniha hledá spojující články nejen v přímé formální příbuznosti, ale především v konfrontaci Sekal...

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Zbyněk Sekal a Japonsko. Pozdrav daleké země, pozdrav daleké zemi/Greetings from a Distant Country, Greetings to a Distant Land - Marie Klimešová

O oslovení sochaře Zbyňka Sekala (1923–1998) japonskou kulturou a společností svědčí jeho deníkové záznamy z doby pobytu v Japonsku v lednu a únoru 1989. Odpovědí mu byl spontánní obdiv Japonců vůči jeho vlastní tvůrčí cestě.

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Directions for Bringing Over Seeds and Plants, From the East-Indies and Other Distant Countries, in a State of Vegetation

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From Buddha to Christ

A study of the Buddha in relation to Christ.

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Girl From Everywhere

Old maps allow Nix and her father to navigate not just to distant lands, but distant times - although a map will only take you somewhere once. And whe

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Correspondence from the End of the Universe Vol. 3

FRIENDS AND FOES. Marko is a Russian student who's been conscripted to staff a distant alien lab responsible for the operations of space.

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Mobility in the English Novel from Defoe to Austen

A lively exploration of the relation between the arrival of the novel, the literary form that uses life-as-a-journey as its master trope, and the tran

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Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 15

Ever since the near-kiss incident on the school trip, Sawako and Kazehaya have become distant. With Ayane warming to Kento's affections and Chizuru devastated that her friendship with Ryu is beyond repair, does the change of season mean a change of heart?

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Artificial Legal Entities: Essays on Legal Agency and Liability - Karel Beran; Petr Čech; Bohumil Dvořák

Anotace: The monograph seeks to answer the questions of how juristic persons-as artificial legal entities with no distinct intellect or will of their own-can perform legal acts (i.e. engage in legal conduct) and in what way they can become legally liable (not only for their conduct). To develop these issues, the monograph explores the concept of a juristic person and thi...

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Judicial Law-Making and Judicial Interpretation in Central European Countries - Pavel Ondřejek

Anotace: This book reflects on the changing role of the judiciary in Central Europe. From among the many problems associated with the position of courts in contemporary states, the authors focus on various questions of how the courts´ decision-making can reinforce the overall coherence of the law, rather than contribute to its fragmentation. These questions are as follow...

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It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror - Vallese Joe

Anotace: "Horror opened me up to new possibilities for survival ... I saw power in freakery and transgression and wondered if it could be mine."The relationship between horror films and the LGBTQ+ community? It`s complicated. Haunted houses, forbidden desires and the monstrous can have striking resonance for those who`ve been marginalised. But the genre`s murky history o...

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Alien Clay: A mind-bending journey into the unknown from this Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award winner - Tchaikovsky Adrian

Anotace: Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It`s the greatest discovery in humanity`s spacefaring history - yet who were its builders and where did ...

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Alien Clay: A mind-bending journey into the unknown from this Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award winner - Tchaikovsky Adrian

Anotace: Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It`s the greatest discovery in humanity`s spacefaring history - yet who were its builders and where did ...

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Liberation Day: From ´the world´s best short story writer´ (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize - Saunders George

Anotace: `One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far` SFX Review `Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best` Anne Enright, Guardian `A triumph of storytelling` i paper`A joy. `Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart` Daily Mail____________The first short story collection ...

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Liberation Day: From ´the world´s best short story writer´ (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize - George Saunders

<p>'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review 'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best' Anne Enright, Guardian 'A triumph of storytelling' i paper 'A joy. 'Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart' Daily Mail ____________ The first short story collec...

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History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant pas

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Humour: A Very Short Introduction

Humour is a universal feature of human life. In this Very Short Introduction Noel Carroll considers the nature and value of humour, from its leading theories and its relation to emotion and cognition, to ethical questions of its morality and its significance in shaping society.

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A Game of Thrones

Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords . As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ev...

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Jesus Christ, a Rogue

The novel, bordering between real story and fantasy, controversial by nature, has been written by an experienced author, established up to now in a different genre. Hence the author's need for pseudonym. The plotline is based on the return of Jesus Christ to the earth after more than 2000 years. Jesus Christ is acting as a tabloid sports reporter and a good sportsman, a f...

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Like a Butterfly, Vol. 1 - Morishita suu

Anotace: Would you rather wait for love like a flower, or fly toward love like a butterfly?Suiren Shibazeki is often compared to a beautiful flower-but one that grows on the tallest peak of a mountain, forever out of reach. When Suiren develops feelings for the quiet Taichi Kawasumi, however, she doesn`t want to be a distant flower. She`d rather leave her lofty perch and...

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Laws of the Sea

Assembling scholars from distant disciplines and orientations, this book inaugurates a new subfield of critical marine legal studies.

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The Journey : A Big Panda and Tiny Dragon - James Norbury

<p>The beautifully illustrated new adventure from cherished friends and Sunday Times bestsellers BIG PANDA AND TINY DRAGON'We shall go on a journey, across the river . . .'Join Big Panda and Tiny Dragon as they set off on an extraordinary adventure in this companion to the global bestselling phenomenon Big Panda and Tiny Dragon.Although content in their temple high ...

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Homo Deus : A Brief History of Tomorrow - Harari Noah Yuval

Anotace: From the author of the number 1 global bestseller Sapiens **The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller** Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict. Famine is disappearing. You are at more risk of obesity than starvation. Death is just a technical problem....

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A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom - John Boyne

<p>Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them.It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father’s violence in his blood. One who lives his mother’s artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will...

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It Shouldn‘t Happen to a legal beagle - Klára A. Samková

<p></p><p> JUDr. Klára Alžběta Samková, Ph.D., born in 1963 in Brno into a family of art historians. She graduated from the Law Faculty in Brno and Prague, furthermore studied at London´s College of Law. She has undertaken a number of study visits abroad mainly focusing on the defence of human rights including time spent in the Canadian Parliament and w...

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Jesus Christ, a Rogue - Felix Boom

Anotace: The novel, bordering between real story and fantasy, controversial by nature, has been written by an experienced author, established up to now in a different genre. Hence the author's need for pseudonym. The plotline is based on the return of Jesus Christ to the earth after more than 2000 years. Jesus Christ is acting as a tabloid sports reporter and a good spor...

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Jesus Christ, a Rogue - Felix Boom

<p>The novel, bordering between real story and fantasy, controversial by nature, has been written by an experienced author, established up to now in a different genre. Hence the author's need for pseudonym. The plotline is based on the return of Jesus Christ to the earth after more than 2000 years. Jesus Christ is acting as a tabloid sports reporter and a good sport...

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Wild Night Sky

Stars and planets, vast skies and new horizons. A distant future with secrets in its past. A house sitter intercepts a message from a lost craft, whil

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Little Prince

A NEW TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, AUTHOR OF WAR HORSEMeet the Little Prince, a young fellow who hails from a tiny, distant planet. The friend he

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Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

Examines human life on Earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the 'all-wise Beelzebub'. This title demonstrates a met

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Idiot

Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive epileptic Prince Myshkin - pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepan

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Jubilee

In the distant future, special agents Col Perolo and Danee Hasum are sent to retrieve a corpse from the lawless artificial world of Jubilee – where t

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Episode 1

In a not-so-distant future where society has changed considerably but the problems often remain the same, a young policewoman from Paris is dragged in

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Cruthin

The Cruthin were the earliest inhabitants of both Britain a Ireland to whom a definite name can be given. Their story is contentious, from distant ori

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Forging Architectural Tradition

During the nineteenth century, a change developed in the way architectural objects from the distant past were viewed by contemporaries. Architectural

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Legend of the Green Wolf Rider

A spellbinding fantasy full of magic and nature, and the distant howl of wolves, perfect for readers aged 9+ ... When Holly saves her village from an

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Castles in their Bones

A stunning new trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess. The triplet princesses of Bessemia are sent to three distant lands

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Necropolis Empire

The key to controlling the galaxy is hidden on a distant planet in this epic space opera from the best-selling game, Twilight Imperium

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Paper Girls Volume 2

Features intrepid young newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac and Tiffany who find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future... the ye

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Blue Hour

From the Women's Prize longlisted author of SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE comes a masterful reworking of the road novel into a portrait of the complex relation

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Absolute Shadow

This book explores JungÂ’s central concept of shadow from a particular configuration that the author calls "Absolute Shadow," placing it in relation t

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Religions of the Constantinian Empire

This book provides a synoptic review of Constantine's relation to all the cultic and theological traditions of the Empire during the period from his s

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Digital Anthropology

Using a range of case studies from across the globe, Digital Anthropology 2nd Edition explores how human and digital can be defined in relation to one

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Australia on the World Stage

This book offers a fresh examination of AustraliaÂ’s past and present. From the complex interactions of First Nations to modern international relation

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It Shouldn't Happen to a legal beagle

JUDr. Klára Alžběta Samková, Ph.D., born in 1963 in Brno into a family of art historians. She graduated from the Law Faculty in Brno and Prague, furthermore studied at London´s College of Law. She has undertaken a number of study visits abroad mainly focusing on the defence of human rights including time spent in the Canadian Parliament and with the Canadian Commission fo...

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Homo Deus : A Brief History of Tomorrow, 2. vydání - Yuval Noah Harari

<p>From the author of the number 1 global bestseller Sapiens **The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller** Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict. Famine is disappearing. You are at more risk of obesity than starvation. Death is just a technical probl...

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A Feast for Crows - Martin George R. R.

Anotace: Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launch...

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A Feast for Crows - George Raymond Richard Martin

<p>Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launche...

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House of Light

The sea gives and the sea takes. The sea took Bonnie's mother away from her, to a new life on a distant shore. And now it has brought her three thin

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Beyond Time

In this collection, featuring stories from the 1880s to the 1960s, we are taken to the remote future and back to the distant past. We are trapped in a

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The Witcher: Lady of the Lake - Andrzej Sapkowski

The fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Witcher series that inspired the hit Netflix show finds Ciri trapped in a distant world and separated from Geralt and her destiny.

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