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Bad Feminist - Gay Roxane
Anotace: From the author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, the New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of the Year at NPR, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and many more A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite col...
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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia III - Fuel
<p>'This is not solely an addendum to the previous volumes, but stands well on its own. The book's physical and emotional core lies in the Baldaev drawings, which are ethnographic, artistic, and surprisingly moving. His unflinching documentation reveals a world of systematic brutality and violence, where prisoners flaunted their savagery on their skin and punished t...
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Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals - Bullough Oliver
Anotace: With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisisLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A DAILY MAIL BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF 2022 A DAILY MIRROR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 PRESENTER OF THE BBC RADIO 4 SERIES `HOW TO STEAL A TRILLION` A WATERSTO...
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Václav Havel’s Meanings His Key Words and Their Legacy - David Danaher
<p>"No one in Czech politics or culture could match the international stature of Václav Havel at the time of his death in 2011. In the years since his passing, his legacy has only grown, as developments in the Czech Republic and elsewhere around the world continue to show the importance of his work and writing against a range of political and social ills, from ...
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Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator - Noesner Gary
Anotace: The FBI`s chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix."Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco, Texas."--The Washington PostIn Stalling for Time, the FBI`s chief hostag...
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Prague Spring - Simon Mawer
<p>'Prague Spring is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of the city as well as a political and historical thriller with dashes of espionage. It is as brilliant as anything he has written, which is saying a lot' The Times It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitc...
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While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector´s Search for Freedom in America - Yeonmi Park
<p>NATIONAL BESTSELLER The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression a...
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Prague Spring
It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's "socialism with a human face"...
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Frank Herbert - Dune
A deluxe hardcover edition of Frank Herbert's epic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.This deluxe hardcover edition of Dune includes:An iconic new coverStained edges and fully illustrated endpapersA beautifully designed poster on the interior of the jacketA redesigned world map of DuneAn updated Introduc...
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Dune : Deluxe Edition - Frank Herbert
<p>SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard, and Charlotte Rampling! A deluxe hardcover edition of Frank Herbert's epic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fictio...
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Miss Aldridge Regrets
London, 1936 Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn't worked out. Instead, she's stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho and her married lover has just left her. She has nothing to look forward to until a stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway and a first-cl...
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Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals - Oliver Bullough
<p>With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisis LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A DAILY MAIL BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF 2022 A DAILY MIRROR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 PRESENTER OF THE BBC RADIO 4 SERIES 'HOW TO STEAL A TRILLION'...
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Castle and Cathedral in Modern Prague: Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age - Berglund Bruce R.
Anotace: Prague in the early twentieth century was the city of cubists, surrealists, and the Good Soldier vejk. This book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by identifying religion as an integral part of the city s cultural history. As Prague emerged as a modern city and the Czech nation gained independence, Catholics, Protestants, and those who imagined a non-secta...
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The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel - Weeks Brent
Anotace: The razor-sharp first novel in the New York Times bestselling Night Angel series from master of modern fantasy Brent Weeks - an astonishing and epic tale of magic, violence and revenge.The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city`s most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to cou...
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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century - Martin Vopěnka
<p>Václav Havel grew up during the great historical upheavals of the Second World War and the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain. Later he would make his own mark on history. Was he more powerful as a president struggling to bring a more human dimension to politics, or as a prisoner of the communist regime, acting in accordance with his conscience?</p><...
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Autopoiesis of Architecture - A New Framework for Architecture V1
Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture , which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arse...
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Castle and Cathedral in Modern Prague: Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age - Bruce R. Berglund
<p>Prague in the early twentieth century was the city of cubists, surrealists, and the Good Soldier vejk. This book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by identifying religion as an integral part of the city s cultural history. As Prague emerged as a modern city and the Czech nation gained independence, Catholics, Protestants, and those who imagined a non-sectar...
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Wolf Hall (0007230206)
Kniha - autor Hilary Mantel, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. ...
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Dune - Frank Herbert
Anotace: Frank Herbert`s classic masterpiece-a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enh...
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Why Nations Fail - Robinson a kolektiv James
Anotace: Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of ...
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The Art of Rhetoric - Aristotelés
Anotace: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics...Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public speaking and debate became an increasingly important tool to g...
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TROPICO 3: GOLD EDITION (PC) Klíč Steam
Engage in a tropical power trip! Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist? Turn your island into a tourist paradise or an industrial power. Make promises to the electorate or slander poli...
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The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule - Sainiová Angela
Anotace: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 `I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book` Sathnam Sanghera `By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see ...
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12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love - Jeanette Winterson
<p>Twelve bytes. Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocative essays on the implications of artificial intelligence for the way we live and the way we love - from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jeanette Winterson. An original, and entertaining new book from Jeanette Winterson, drawing on her years of thinking about and reading about Artificial Intelli...
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The Art of Rhetoric - Aristotelés
<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics…</p> <p>Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public speaking and debate became an increasingly im...
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TROPICO 3: GOLD EDITION (PC) Klíč Steam (PC)
Engage in a tropical power trip! Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist? Turn your island into a tourist paradise or an industrial power. Make promises to the electorate or slander poli...
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Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan - turistický průvodce
Lonely Planet’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Chill on Isla Mujeres, explore Tutum Ruins, and dive in Cozumel; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan and begin your journey now! Up-to-date information ...
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Why Nations Fail - James Robinson
<p>Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of c...
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Dune. 40th Anniversary Edition
Frank Herbert s classic masterpiece a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the spice melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consci...
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But Crime Does Punish - Ján Johanides
<p>"So, as you see, I am familiar with the case. However, we can’t discuss it unless you learn more about some other court cases, so that you can compare your father’s trial with other, more baffling cases, and see it in the context of the madness that reigned at the time." In Ján Johanides riveting Slovak novel, you the reader are thrust in medias res, as...
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DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Deluxe Collector's Edition
The first graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert-now in a deluxe collector's editionDune, Frank Herbert's epic science-fiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning ...
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Dune, 1. vydání - Frank Herbert
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling. Frank Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set on the d...
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Tyranny of the Minority - Steven Levitsky
<p>How has democracy become so threatened – and what can we do to save it?</p> <p>With the clarity and brilliance that made their first book, How Democracies Die, a global bestseller, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a coherent new framework for understanding the dangerous times we live in. They draw on a wealth of exam...
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Prague : Belonging in the Modern City - Chad Bryant
<p>A poignant reflection on alienation and belonging, told through the lives of five remarkable people who struggled against nationalism and intolerance in one of Europe's most stunning cities. What does it mean to belong somewhere? For many of Prague's inhabitants, belonging has been linked to the nation, embodied in the capital city. Grandiose medieval buildings ...
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Realpolitiks - New Power DLC (PC) DIGITAL
New Power injects fresh content and realism into the world of Realpolitiks. A mini-scenario featuring an actual nuclear threat, Non-Governmental Organizations that try to influence politics and new features for creating larger territorial units are all highlights of this DLC. Mini-scenario The world gazed in terror as yet another powerful shock wave spread through the Pac...
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Realpolitiks - New Power DLC (PC) DIGITAL (PC)
New Power injects fresh content and realism into the world of Realpolitiks. A mini-scenario featuring an actual nuclear threat, Non-Governmental Organizations that try to influence politics and new features for creating larger territorial units are all highlights of this DLC.Mini-scenarioThe world gazed in terror as yet another powerful shock wave spread through the Pacif...
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Tyll : Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 - Daniel Kehlmann
A brilliant, riotous historical novel with an unforgettable folkloric hero, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Measuring the World <p>He's a trickster, a player, a jester. His handshake's like a pact with the devil, his smile like a crack in the clouds; he's watching you now and he's gone when you turn. Tyll Ulenspiegel is here!In a village like every other...
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Indonesia - turistický průvodce
Lonely Planet’s Indonesia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Komodo National Park, patrolled by the world’s largest lizard, unwind on the sugar-white sand and turquoise waters of the Gili Islands, and experience a Balinese dance performance on Indonesia’s most famous holiday isla...
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Philippines - turistický průvodce
Lonely Planet’s Philippines is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise past the secluded beaches, pristine lagoons and rocky islets of the Bacuit Archipelago, join the adrenaline junkies wakeboarding, surfing, climbing and snorkelling on the Bicol peninsula, and choose which stretch of pe...
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Ai Weiwei (limited edition) - Ai Weiwei
<p>Today Ai Weiwei enjoys a reputation far beyond the art world. While his vast social or performance-based interventions and appropriated object-based artworks have secured his place as one of the world’s leading conceptual artists, Ai is equally known as a social media phenomenon, a political activist, and an outspoken champion of free expression in his native Chi...
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Benjamin Ross - Tyll
He's a trickster, a player, a jester. His handshake's like a pact with the devil, his smile like a crack in the clouds; he's watching you now and he's gone when you turn. Tyll Ulenspiegel is here! In a village like every other village in Germany, a scrawny boy balances on a rope between two trees. He's practising. He practises by the mill, by the blacksmiths; he practise...
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Age of Unpeace
A FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Compulsively readable... An essential course in geopolitical self-help' - Adam Tooze'Full of fresh - and often surprising - ideas' - Niall Ferguson 'Extraordinary... One of those rare books that defines the terms of our conversation about our times' - Michael Ignatieff We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. ...
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Bad Feminist - Roxane Gay
<p>From the author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, the New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of the Year at NPR, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and many more A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favo...
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Believe Me (0063228319)
Kniha - autor Tahereh Mafi, 224 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The breath-taking and heart-pounding final instalment in the New York Times bestselling fantasy series SHATTER ME. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard and Leigh Bardugo. The brand new and devastatingly romantic final instalment in the bestselling SHATTER ME series. Juliette an...
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Skin in the Game : Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life - Taleb Nassim Nicholas
THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why do...
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MAD Dinner - Brendan McGetrick,Chen ShuYu
Anotace: První publikace o slavném čínské architektonické kanceláři MAD. MAD vyhrál řadu mezinárodních soutěží jako např. Absolute Tower v Torontu. <p>Young and innovative, the Beijing-based architectural firm "MAD" has gained international acclaim. MAD Dinner presents the firm's use of high-tech visualisations and imaginary shapes with proposals for...
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Believe Me - Mafi Tahereh
Anotace: The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series, chronicling the events after Imagine Me, the explosive sixth novel. Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. Life in the aftermath isn't easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limite...
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Pictures of Czech Postmodernism - Jiří Přibáň
Anotace: The essays in this book deal with those who currently figure among the most important Czech artists and whose work is internationally recognized. Most of them entered the art scene in the late 1980s on the crest of a powerful generational wave known as Czech postmodernism. Although this artistic drive ran parallel to revolutionary changes in Central and Eastern ...
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Queen Charlotte - Julia Quinn; Shonda Rhimes
Anotace: From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn and television pioneer Shonda Rhimes comes a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte and King George III's great love story and how it sparked a societal shift, inspired by the original series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, created by Shondaland for Netflix. 'We are one crown. H...
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Umění války / The Art of War - Zrcadlová četba (B2-C1) - Sun Tzu
Anotace: The Art of War is a renowned and respected ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer. The book composed around the fifth century BC is divided into 13 chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of warfare, such as strategy, tactics, and leadership. One of the books most significant insight...
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The Last Chairlift - Irving John
Anotace: John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to...
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American King - Simone Sierra
Anotace: From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes the final installment a steamy new polyamorous romance trilogy with a dash of politics and a pinch of magic.His name is Maxen Ashley Colchester, and he swore a duty to his country. Then, he swore his heart to them.They say that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw, a secret sin, a tiny e...
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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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The Secret Lives of Colour - Clair Kassia
Anotace: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.` Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades...
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Where We Go From Here - neuveden
Anotace: During his campaign for President in 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders stated over and over again that the future of America was dependent upon its willingness to start a political revolution. Real change never occurs from the top down - it always happens from the bottom up. That`s what he said when he ran for President, and that`s what he believes now more than ever...
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Tao Teh Ching - Tzu Lao
Anotace: Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or "The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue," is one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature. Traditionally attributed to the near-legendary "Old Master," Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfect...
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The Language Wars - Hitchings Henry
Anotace: The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values - to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of illumina...
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League of Legends: Realms of Runeterra (Official Companion) - Games Riot
Anotace: Unlock the mysteries and magic within League of Legends, one of the world`s most popular video games, in this encyclopedic and collectible companion book that explores the game`s epic lore. Embark on a journey through the realms of Runeterra in this first-ever collectible companion book, published to celebrate the game`s tenth anniversary.Spanning the farthest r...
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Hags: Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023 - Smith Victoria
Anotace: SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO PRIZE 2023`A book that could not be more necessary` Observer`Eloquent, clever and devastating` The Times`Deftly illustrates how ageist misogyny remains an acceptable prejudice` GuardianWhat is about women in middle-age and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone?In the last few years, as identity politics has taken hold, middle-age...
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Skin In the Game - neuveden
Anotace: THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? ...
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