Great voices of the century
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Colony of Good Hope
A powerful epic story of colonialism, set in eighteenth-century Greenland, about the great forces of nature, love, death, evil, and the meeting of cul
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Age Of Revolution
The first volume of Hobsbawm's classic and universally acclaimed trilogy on the 19th century, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great
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The Art of War, 1. vydání - Sun Tzu
<p>For two and a half thousand years The Art of War has been the core text of military strategy and planning, providing leaders with enduring insights into tactics, psychology, discipline and the nature of power. Favoured by countless great generals and military tacticians throughout history, over the last century the book has found a new lease of life, inspiring b...
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Unfabling the East
How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring the long eighteenth century, Euro
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Motherthing - Hogarth Ainslie
Anotace: `A gruesome, blackly funny, utterly original feminist horror story` New York Times, Notable Book of the Year `A buzz-worthy and ferocious horror comedy from one of the genre`s most promising voices`BuzzfeedAbby Lamb has done it. She`s found the Great Good in her husband, Ralph, and together they will start a family and put all the darkness in her childhood to re...
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On Her Own Ground:The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker - A'Lelia Perry Bundles
<p>The book behind the new Netflix series, starring Octavia Spencer 'One of the most fabulous African-American figures of the twentieth century' Ishmael Reed Madam Walker was the first free-born child in her family, growing up in abject poverty in post-Civil War America. From humble beginnings, she overcame societal prejudice, family betrayals and epic business ri...
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Cuddy: Winner of the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize - Benjamin Myers
<p>**Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023** **Chosen as a book of the year 2023 by The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and New Statesman** 'An epic the north has long deserved' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A sensational piece of storytelling ... A singular and significant achievement' GUARDIAN 'Marvellous, artful, enchanted' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Cements Myer...
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The Golden House
New York Times bestsellerOne of the truly great writers of the century at the top of his game in this uncannily timely knockout of a novel.
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Walls of Byzantium
An epic novel set in fifteenth-century Europe, featuring dynastic conflicts against a backdrop of the first great clash between Christianity and Islam
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The Penguin Book of French Short Stories 1 - Patrick McGuinness
<p>'Beautiful and deep ... a sumptuous treat for any book lover' The IndependentA major new celebration of the French short storyThe short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. Here are decadent tales, 'bloody tales', fairy tales...
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The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories - Bruce Fulton
‘An ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come’ Literary ReviewThis eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and colonial e...
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The October Man: A Rivers of London Novella (1473224322)
Kniha - 128 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Ben Aaronovitch, 128 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where t...
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Tess of the d´Urbervilles, 1. vydání - Thomas Hardy
<p>Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.</p> <p>An unforgettably powerful tragedy, Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the great classics of the late nineteenth century. This ...
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The Myth of Sisyphus, 1. vydání - Albert Camus
<p>Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and vision...
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For Lovers of God Everywhere
Offers 98 of the finest poems from both historic and contemporary writers. This title puts a spotlight on the great spiritual voices of Christianity,
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Why The Allies Won
'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson,
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The Art of War, 1. vydání - Sun Tzu
<p>For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, in...
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To the Lighthouse
One of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century, To the Lighthouse is often cited as Virginia Woolf's most popular novel. The Vintag
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Romanovs: The Final Chapter
The quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family.
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The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
Anotace: The definitive 70th anniversary edition of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank and edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, the world's most famous diary and 'one of the greatest books of the century'. '12th June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great sou...
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A Knight of the seven Kingdoms - George Raymond Richard Martin
<p>A century before A GAME OF THRONES, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne there was Dunk and Egg. A young, naive but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers...
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Right and the Good
Written by a great scholar, this is a classic of twentieth-century philosophy. It presents the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominan
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Duet with the Past
A musical memoir that chronicles the world of the final generation of American composers mentored by America's great 20th century masters. Hagen trace
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From the Ashes
A historical overview of the revival of a region so heavily scourged by the Great War and new insights a century on.
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From the Abyss
D K Broster was one of the great British historical novelists of the twentieth century, but her Weird fiction has long been forgotten. Melissa Edmunds
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Blood on the Snow
The great historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russia returns with an enthralling revisionist history of the Russian Revolution.
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On Her Own Ground:The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker - A´Lelia Bundles
Anotace: Madam Walker was the first free-born child in her family, growing up in abject poverty in post-Civil War America. From humble beginnings, she overcame societal prejudice, family betrayals and epic business rivalries to pioneer cosmetics that revolutionised black hair care, build a beauty empire, and become one of the wealthiest self-made women in America. Not ...
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The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
<p>The definitive 70th anniversary edition of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank and edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, the world's most famous diary and 'one of the greatest books of the century'. '12th June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a ...
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Prague Papers on the History of International Relations 2015/2
<p>Articles<br /> Metternich and the Italian League Myth in 1833 (Miroslav Šedivý)<br /> Great Powers and the Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 (Aleš Skřivan, Sr. - Aleš Skřivan, Jr.)<br /> Japan and Korea at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century (Veronika Krištofová)<br /> The Establishment of the Committee of Imperial Defence and the British-Domi...
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George Raymond Richard Martin
<p>A century before A GAME OF THRONES, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE.</p> <p>Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne there was Dunk and Egg. A young, nave but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan...
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The Secret Teachings of All Ages - Manly Palmer Hall
<p>Embracing an expansive range of occult teachings, this vast encyclopedia unveils the arcane myths and mysteries of thousands of years of human civilization. First published in 1928, Manly Palmer Hall’s magnum opus has been meticulously reproduced in its original size in collaboration with his archives at the Philosophical Research Society.</p> <p>The ...
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Cricket in the Road
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection
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The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
<p>Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is an inspiring and tragic account of an ordinary life lived in extraordinary circumstances that has enthralled readers for generations. This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, translated by Susan Massotty, and includes an introduction by Elie Wiesel, author of Night.</p> <p>...
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The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
<p>Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is an inspiring and tragic account of an ordinary life lived in extraordinary circumstances that has enthralled readers for generations. This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, translated by Susan Massotty, and includes an introduction by Elie Wiesel, author of Night.</p> <p>...
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New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. The essays in this collectio
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Life and Travels of Isabella Bird
The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventurers of the 19th century.
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Diary of an Ordinary Woman
Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. On the eve of the Great War, Millicent
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The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats - and Our Response - Will Change the World - Ian Bremmer
<p>New York Times BestsellerRenowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years-including the pandemic-to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared...
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Earth, the Gods and the Soul - a History of Pagan Philosophy
Philosophy was invented by pagans. Yet this fact is almost always ignored by those who write the history of ideas. This book tells the history of the pagan philosophers, and the various places where their ideas appeared, from ancient times to the 21st century. The Pagan philosophers are a surprisingly diverse group: from kings of great empires to exiled lonely wanderers, ...
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State and Society in Communist Czechoslovakia : Transforming the Everyday from WWII to the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Krakovsky Roman
Anotace: Across central and eastern Europe after World War II, the newly established communist regimes promised a drastic social revolution that would transform the world at great pace and pave the way to a socialist future. Although many aspects of this utopian project are well known - such as fast-paced industrialisation, collectivisation and urbanisation - the regimes...
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Moments of Reprieve
Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century: a man who survived one of the ugliest times in history, yet who was able to describe his own Auschwitz experience with an unaffected tenderness. Levi was a master storyteller but he did not write fairytales. These stories are an elegy to the human figures who stood out against the trag...
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Red Star Over the Third World
An inspiring reminder of the great strength of twentieth century Communism in the Global South.
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MEMOIRS OF HADRIAN
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, "Memoirs of Hadrian" has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the im...
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Friar of Carcassonne
Nearly a century had passed since Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Albigensian Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But repression bred resentment and it was in Carcassonne that resistance began to stir. In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years lat...
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Green Days by the River
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection
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Vision of God
Known for his deeply mystical writings about Christianity, Nicholas of Cusa wrote this, his most popular work, against a backdrop of widespread Church corruption. God, he believed, is found in all things, and thus cannot be perceived by man's senses and intellect alone. The path to ultimate knowledge, then, begins in recognizing our own ignorance. Deeply influenced by Sai...
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Art of War in Ancient Assyria
n the 7th century BC, the Assyrians carved out the first great empire in history under the leadership of a line of powerful kings from the Sargonid dy
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Field of Glory II: Rise of Persia
This expansion extends Field of Glory II back to 681 BC, and allows players to experience the last flowering of chariot warfare in the ancient near-East. It chronicles the decline and fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the rise of the Median and Babylonian Empires, and the conquest of these and the Lydian and Egyptian Kingdoms by the Achaemenid Persians. The Neo-Assyrian Em...
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The Essex Serpent (1781255458)
Kniha - autor Sarah Perry, 432 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Sarah Perry, 432 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Now in paperback, this is an acclaimed historical novel of love and intrigue, set in Essex and London in the late 19th century. '"The Essex Serpent" is a novel to relish: a work of great intelligence and charm, by a hugely t...
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Will the Boat Sink the Water?
The Chinese economic miracle is happening despite, not because of, China's 900 million peasants. They are missing from the portraits of booming Shanghai or Beijing. Many of China's underclass live under a feudalistic system unchanged since the fifteenth century. They are truly the voiceless in modern China. They are also, perhaps, the reason that China will not be able to...
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Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien
An unprecedented gathering of the correspondence of one of the great writers of the twentieth century spanning the years 1934 to 1966, these compulsiv
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Humans of Prague
Almost every day the photographer Tomáš Princ walks the streets of Prague and asks people he doesn't know: "Can I take your photograph?" This book presents the most interesting stories from his popular blog Humans of Prague from the past five years. The author presents the residents of the capital city and its visitors as thoughtful observers as well as witty commentators...
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The Leaning Church
The subtitle of the book is a succinct summary of the fate of this former pastoral village that became a boomtown thanks to coal mining, only to be wiped off the map a century later, also in the interests of coal mining.Today, nothing remains of the striking buildings and the soaring cathedral. Only the leaning church remains, jutting up from the barren landscape like a w...
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The Sovereign Individual
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.Fe...
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The Hotel on the Riviera - Kirkwood Carol
Anotace: From Sunday Times bestselling author and the nation`s best loved TV presenter Carol Kirkwood comes a glittering escape to the French Riviera. `Deliciously escapist` Cathy Kelly `A stunning holiday read with passion and heart, perfect...!` Anton Du Beke -------- ...
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The Hotel on the Riviera - Carol Kirkwood
<p>From Sunday Times bestselling author and the nation's best loved TV presenter Carol Kirkwood comes a glittering escape to the French Riviera. 'Deliciously escapist' Cathy Kelly 'A stunning holiday read with passion and heart, perfect...!' Anton Du Beke -------- ...
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Grammar of Ornament
This classic book is considered the definitive guide to ornamental design. Containing over 2,000 original engravings complete with informative and insightful descriptions, this wonderful book is a must-have for enthusiasts of ethnographic art, and constitutes an invaluable tool for those working in jewellery, fashion, interior design, or textiles. Providing insights into ...
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Madness of Cthulhu Anthology (Volume One)
Features sixteen stories inspired by the 20th century's great master of horror, H P Lovecraft, and his acknowledged masterpiece, "At the Mountains of
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The Prince - Machiavelli Niccoló
Anotace: Translated by C.E.Detmold. With an Introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich. Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. Widely quoted in the Press and in academic publications, The Prince has direct rel...
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The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
<p>Translated by C.E.Detmold. With an Introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich. Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. Widely quoted in the Press and in academic publications, The Prince has direct rele...
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