History of a difficult child

History of a Difficult Child

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Child

Narrated by a woman to her new-born, meandering between her enchanted present and her memories of a more difficult past, The Child is a modern explora

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Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights (1784709735)

Kniha - autor Helen Lewis, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do. Feminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Helen Lewis argues that too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern se...

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Slavní a obtížní pacienti - Gordon Richard (An Alarming History of Famous and Difficult!Patients)

Stav: výborný, nečtená. Zábavné lékařské historky o zdravotních potížích známých historických osobností. Další kniha anglického humoristy R.Gordona z historie medicíny přináší často až intimní podrobnosti o zdravotních potížích a chorobách známých osobností.Kniha je psána opět velmi čtivě a zábavně.Jednotlivé části knihy se věnují hlavám států (A.Hitler,J.V.Stalin,am.pr...

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Child of the Phoenix

Beautiful repackage of this Barbara Erskine classic, the story of a remarkable mediaeval noblewoman whose life shaped the history of three crowns

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Childhood in Anglo-Saxon England

A fascinating in-depth study of what it was like to be a child in Anglo-Saxon times

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Boy Soldiers

Shining a light on the largely untold story of elite-schooled child and youth soldiers under the Nazi regime

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A Child's Introduction to Pride

This new entry into the award-winning Child's Introduction series is an essential and empowering look at the history of the LGBTQIA+ civil rights move

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The Hero - Child Lee

Anotace: In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever.From the Stone Age to the Gr...

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Morality, Culture, and History

Geuss analyzes difficult philosophical ideas with great clarity; this feature is very much in evidence in this new collection of essays on a variety o

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A Child's Introduction to Hip-Hop

This definitive guide to hip-hop teaches kids about the history and world-wide cultural impact of the genre, covering everyone from early heroes like

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The Literary Legacy of Child Sexual Abuse Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the representation of child sexual abuse in five American novels written from 1850 to the present. The introduction explains what literature and literary criticism bring to persistent questions that arise when children are sexually abused. Each chapter is guided by a difficult question that has arisen from real-life situations of child sexual abuse. Leg...

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Elemental Masters - The Case of the Spellbound Child

The fourteenth novel in the magical alternate history Elemental Masters series continues the reimagined adventures of Sherlock Holmes in a richly-deta

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A Brief History of Living Forever, 1. vydání - Jaroslav Kalfar

<p>An audacious novel set in near-future America, from the critically acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA.When Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness, her thoughts turn to Tereza, the child she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her family in their native Czech village, Adéla flies to the United States to find her long-lost daughter before it is too late.Raise...

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A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra (Revised and Updated)

This interactive, bestselling introduction to the world of classical music -- from music history and key composers to instruments and arrangements --

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A Child's Introduction to Poetry (Revised and Updated)

This delightful, interactive journey through the history of the world's poetry now includes a removable poster and access to downloadable audio, allow

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Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook, 2nd Edition

A revised edition of the bestseller Everything You Need to Ace World History, updated to meaningfully explore the difficult and controversial chapters

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Character of Rain

In 'The Character of Rain', we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover, particularly if, like the child in this story, you have

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Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were a major turning point in English history. This title examines the difficult economic, military, and financial cri

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Ways of the World

In a city where countries are jostling for position at the crossroads of history and the stakes could hardly be higher, it is difficult to tell who is

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Hayek's Challenge

Friedrich A. Hayek is regarded as one of the preeminent social theorists of the twentieth century as much for his work outside of economics as for his work within it. During a career spanning several decades, he made contributions in fields as diverse as psychology, political philosophy, the history of ideas, and the methodology of the social sciences. Bruce Caldwell - ed...

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Human Animal in Western Art and Science

From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the comparisons run both ways, as metaphors, stories, and images - as well as scientific theories - throughout history remind us that humans often act like animals, and that the line separating them is not as cl...

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Science of Me

A fascinating, child-friendly look at how our family history shapes us, and at the links between us and our ancestors. Includes activities for readers

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Science of Me

A fascinating, child-friendly look at how our family history shapes us, and at the links between us and our ancestors. Includes activities for readers

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Mystery of Life and Death

The book "The Secret of Life and Death" by the well-known child psychologist Svitlana Roiz is actually a way to talk about this difficult topic with c

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Persepolis - The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return - Satrapi Marjane

Anotace: The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran`s last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. In this book, she paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life.

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Persepolis:The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return - Marjane Satrapi

<p>The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. In this book, she paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life.</p>

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Case Closed 1 - Gosho Aoyama

<p>Can Detective Conan crack the case...while trapped in a kid's body?Jimmy Kudo, the son of a world-renowned mystery writer, is a high school detective who has cracked the most baffling of cases. One day while on a date with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, Jimmy observes a pair of men in black involved in some shady business. The men capture Jimmy and give him a...

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Persepolis I and II: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return (009952399X)

Kniha - autor Marjane Satrapi, 344 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war...

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Field of Glory: Kingdoms

Field of Glory: Kingdoms is the new game from award-winning studio AGEOD, makers of some of the best grand strategy games of all times. It is set in 1054, just after the Great Schism, and it encompasses more than two centuries of epic European, African, and Middle Eastern history. The game in numbers 375 factions 325 units 600 Buildings 14 Religions/heresies 90 ...

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Colour Atlas of Paediatric Dermatology

Wc have felt for some years that an atlas of paediatrie dermatology merired a place in the world dcrmatologicallitcrature. Non-dermatologists find skin conditiom difficult to describe and diagnose and this may bc cvcn mare difficult in children. Wc usually rely on the paTents for a history in childrcn, although many conclitions can bc spür dtagnoses. In this atlas wc have...

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Ride of a Lifetime, (Air/Ire/E - neuveden

Anotace: The CEO of Disney, one of Time`s most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology...

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Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend - Frosty Hesson

West Coast surfing legend Frosty Hesson shares his remarkable life story, the story of his extraordinary friendship with wunderkind Jay Moriarty, and his advice on how to be the best. When Richard "Frosty" Hesson was first approached by a young Jay Moriarty in 1990, the skinny kid with a sparkle in his eye only wanted one thing from the icon: his help in becomin...

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Field of Glory: Kingdoms (PC)

Field of Glory: Kingdoms&nbsp;is the new game from award-winning studio&nbsp;AGEOD, makers of some of the best grand strategy games of all times. It is set in 1054, just after the Great Schism, and it encompasses more than two centuries of epic European, African, and Middle Eastern history.The game in numbers375 factions325 units600 Buildings14 Religions/heresies9...

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Story of Tecumseh (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of TecumsehLeague. Then he first began to assume importance in the eyes of his enemies and to occupy a place in the his tory of the Border Wars. After the disaster at Tippe canoe, Tecumseh tried in vain to rally his followers in support of their common cause. It was then that in despair he offered his services to the British King.Tecumseh appeared i...

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Drums of Autumn - Gabaldon Diana

Anotace: The fourth Novel in the bestselling Outlander Series. How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended wit...

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Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon

THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time – across the grave itself. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended with her retur...

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Oxford Handbook of Children's Rights Law

Children's rights law is a relatively young but rapidly developing discipline. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, the field's core legal instrument, is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. Yet, like children themselves, chi

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The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (0399592091)

Kniha - autor Robert Iger; Joel Lovell, 272 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his fifteen years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies and inspiring...

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If Monet Painted a Monster

A new child-friendly tour of art history.

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The Ride of a Lifetime : Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert Iger

<p>The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technolog...

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Story of Pasta and How to Cook It!

A playful, fact-filled exploration of the fascinating history of 35 famous pasta shapes with a delicious, child-friendly recipe perfectly suited to ea

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The Secret Lives of Numbers - Kate Kitagawa

<p>A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa...

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A Year of Last Things: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient - Ondaatje Michael

Anotace: With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery`My life always stops for a new book by him` JHUMPA LAHIRI, author of The Namesake`Timeless... Remarkable, incomparable` TERRANCE HAYES, author of So to SpeakBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a c...

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A Year of Last Things: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

<p>With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery'My life always stops for a new book by him' JHUMPA LAHIRI, author of The Namesake'Timeless... Remarkable, incomparable' TERRANCE HAYES, author of So to SpeakBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a ch...

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The Rest of the Robots - Asimov Isaac

Anotace: Isaac Asimov`s ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day.How could robots be used in a time of war? Could a...

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The Rest of the Robots - Isaac Asimov

<p>Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. How could robots be used in a time of war? Could...

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Palimpsest: A Memoir

This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He describes his difficult family, talented

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An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

Anotace: When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight Judge...

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The Women of Troy - Pat Barkerová

<p>Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it. The women of Troy. Helen - p...

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Clairmont: The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the Romantic period - McDowell Lesley

Anotace: **The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.**`Beautifully written, Clairmont tells the sensuous hidden story of an influential historic woman.` Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year`An ab...

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Clairmont: The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the Romantic period - Lesley McDowell

<p>**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.**'Beautifully written, Clairmont tells the sensuous hidden story of an influential historic woman.' Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year'An abs...

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Helga´s Diary: A Young Girl´s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp - Helga Weiss

Anotace: 'The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank' Daily Telegraph First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice . . . In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to their hom...

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Helga´s Diary: A Young Girl´s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp - Helga Weissová

<p>"The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank". (Daily Telegraph). First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice...In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to ...

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Macmillan Readers The United States of America Pre Intermediate Pack

A new strand of the popular Macmillan Readers series, the Macmillan Cultural Readers are factual readers focusing on countries and culture, and include chapters on history, traditions, daily life, cities, nature and sport. These lively and engaging readers are illustrated in full-colour photography throughout, and contain fact and interview boxes, encouraging readers to i...

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The Air Raid Book Club: The most uplifting, heartwarming story of war, friendship and the love of books - Lyons Annie

Anotace: An emotional and uplifting novelset in WW2 London about the remarkable power of books to bring hope and light in dark times, inspired by true events, from the USA Today bestselling author. As the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive... London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband...

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Lady MacBethad: The electrifying story of love, ambition, revenge and murder behind a real life Scottish queen - Isabelle Schuler

<p>Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance. She will be Queen. Whatever it takes... Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history. As a child, Gruoch's grandmother prophesies that she will one day be Queen of Alba and reclaim the lands of her Pictish kin. When, many years later, she is betrothed to Duncan, the heir...

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The Air Raid Book Club: The most uplifting, heartwarming story of war, friendship and the love of books - Annie Lyons

<p>'Touching and heartwarming . . . get those tissues ready' Jill Mansell'A warm and tender tale about the power of books' Ruth HoganAs the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive...London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband, Harry, and with a lingering sadness at never having been able t...

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Dragons of Deceit. Dragonlance Destinies, vol. 1 - Margaret Weis

<p>The first new Dragonlance novel from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in over a decade, and featuring fan-favorite characters from the iconic first two trilogies, Dragonlance Chronicles and Dragonlance Legends--books that brought a generation of readers into the fantasy fold.Destina Rosethorn--as her name implies--believes herself to be very much a favored child o...

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All The Sinners Bleed: the new thriller from the award-winning author of RAZORBLADE TEARS - Cosby S. A.

Anotace: The stunning new thriller from the international bestselling and multi-award-winning author.`S. A. Cosby is not only the future of crime fiction but of any fiction where the words are strong, the characters are strong and the story has a resonance that cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our time` MICHAEL CONNELLY`Every once in a while a w...

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