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Teen ELI Readers 2/A2: Loving London+CD - Angela Tomkinson
<p>Who wants to go on a trip to London? You? Then join us on our A-Z journey through this ancient and modern city. London is a city which is full of surprises and there’s always something to see and do in this exciting capital. If you like art or nature, sport or culture, food or museums then this is the place for you! So, what are you waiting for? Let’s start our j...
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The London Seance Society: The New York Times Bestseller - Sarah Penner
<p>May mercy be upon the man who finds himself the enemy of a vengeful medium…</p> <p>1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who kill...
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Teenage : The Creation of Youth: 1875-1945 - Savage Jon
Anotace: * The inspiration behind the film TEENAGE, narrated by Ben Whishaw and Jena Malone *This is a history never described before - the century and a half of ferment, folly and angst that created a separate Teen Age in Europe and America.We roam London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans and Apaches; explore free love with Rupert Brooke and eternal youth with ...
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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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Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard - Leppard Def
Anotace: JOE ELLIOTT: We had balls and we were naive, in a good way. We just went out there, full throttle.Offering fans the most personal and comprehensive record of Def Leppard`s history to date, Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard is narrated by the band in their own words, illustrated with photography and memorabilia from the Def Leppard archives.RICK SAVAG...
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A Game of Thrones: the Story Continues (The Complete Box Set of All 6 Books) - George R.R. Martin
Anotace: George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age, and is now available in a collectible box set. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 mo...
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Foreign Bodies: The Terror of Contagion, the Ingenuity of Science - Schama Simon
Anotace: `This splendid and often moving work of history... Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly amusing asides` Daily Telegraph `Superb` Observer `Extraordinary... A meticulous retelling of a terrible yet scientifically innovative period... Makes an urgent case for building a better future on our toxic past` Gua...
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A-Z of the Cotswolds
Explore the Cotswolds in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the areaÂ’s history, people and its places.
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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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Turn of Midnight - Minette Walters
Anotace: 'Wonderful and sweeping, with a fabulous sense of place and history.' Kate Mosse on The Last Hours The people of Develish have survived the worst of the Black Death. Saved from desperation and hopelessness by Lady Anne's leadership, and from starvation by Thaddeus Thurkell's bravery, they must now face a world decimated by the disease. As the...
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Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
<p>Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important book. First published in London in March 1776, it had been eagerly anticipated by Smith's contemporaries and became an immediate bestseller. That edition sold out quickly and ...
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The Beast of Buckingham Palace
Destined to be the most wanted book this Christmas, Walliams weaves a richly imaginative fantasy adventure that is vividly brought to life with Tony Ross’s stunning illustrations. The year is 2120. London is in ruins, the people are hungry and darkness has fallen across the world. Prince Alfred, a sickly boy of twelve, has never known life outside Bucking...
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Memory of Departure - Abdulrazak Gurnah
Anotace: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life Poverty and depravity wreak havoc on Hassan Omar's family. Amid great hardship he decides to escape. The arrival of Independence brings new upheavals as well as the betrayal of th...
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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century - Martin Vopěnka; Eva Bartošová
Anotace: This biography is not just about Václav Havel and his legacy, but about the history of Central Europe in the 20th Century. It offers a foundation that anyone interested in this history should know. 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 ...
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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity : The International Bestseller - Cipolla Carlo M.
Anotace: The five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world.Since time immemorial, a powerful dark force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world`s most powerful boardrooms to your local pub. This ...
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Act of Oblivion - Robert Harris
<p>From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliant imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail—an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, an...
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The Survivor: A Sunday Times Thriller of the Month - Conway Simon
Anotace: Jude Lyon of MI6 has narrowly foiled the traitor Fowle`s plot to level London, but the public are demanding answers.Answers the government doesn`t have. As the country reels, a new populist political figure carves a stratospheric trajectory - but is he all he seems? In Moscow the President is furious. The world now knows the destructive power of the programme ...
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The War of the Worlds and The War in the Air - Wells Herbert George
Anotace: With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Andrew Frayn, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University.In these two compelling novels H.G. Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilisation itself is threatened.The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was, in fact, a m...
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Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5´s Secret Nazi Hunter - Hutton Robert
Anotace: June 1940. Britain is Europe`s final bastion of freedom - and Hitler`s next target. But not everyone fears a Nazi invasion. In factories, offices and suburban homes are men and women determined to do all they can to hasten it.Throughout the Second World War, Britain`s defence against the enemy within was Eric Roberts, a former bank clerk from Epsom. Equipped wit...
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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Mak Geert
Anotace: How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united E...
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Hell Bent: The global sensation from the creator of Shadow and Bone - Bardugo Leigh
Anotace: Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory?even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Fo...
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Secrets of the Dead : Mummies and Other Human Remains from Around the World - Ralphs Matt, Ralphs Matt
Anotace: Travel back in time to discover secrets of mummies and other human remains from around the world in this fascinating book, publishing 100 years after the discovery of King Tutankhamun`s tomb.From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted people of the Steppe and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book reveals ...
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Too Big to Jail: HSBC and the Banking Scandal of the Century - Blackhurst Chris
Anotace: `Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you` - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations - and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ev...
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Doing Time : a hilarious new spinoff from the Chronicles of St Mary´s series - Taylor Jodi
Anotace: Introducing The Time Police, the brand-new series by international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor - an irresistible spinoff from the much-loved Chronicles of St Mary`s series. Perfect reading for fans of Doctor Who, Terry Pratchett and Jasper Fforde.`The best way to describe this book: lots of fun` British Fantasy Society`Inventive and entertaining... a fast-pa...
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Daisy Jones and The Six : Winner of the Glass Bell Award for Fiction - Jenkins Reidová Taylor
Anotace: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. "I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it. Daisy and the band captured my heart."-Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sun...
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The Beast of Buckingham Palace - David Walliams
Anotace: Destined to be the most wanted book this Christmas, Walliams weaves a richly imaginative fantasy adventure that is vividly brought to life with Tony Ross's stunning illustrations. The year is 2120. London is in ruins, the people are hungry and darkness has fallen across the world. Prince Alfred, a sickly boy of twelve, has never known life outside Buckingh...
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The Beast of Buckingham Palace - David Walliams
Anotace: Destined to be the most wanted book this Christmas, Walliams weaves a richly imaginative fantasy adventure that is vividly brought to life with Tony Ross´s stunning illustrations. The year is 2120. London is in ruins, the people are hungry and darkness has fallen across the world. Prince Alfred, a sickly boy of twelve, has never known life outside Buckingham P...
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Heartland : A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth - Smarsh Sarah
Anotace: *Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and Finalist for the Kirkus Prize* An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh`s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country`s changing economic policies solidified her family`s place among the working po...
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The Betrayal of Anne Frank - Rosemary Sullivan
<p>‘Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation’ New York Times</p> <p>Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept</p> <p>The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?</p> <p>Now, thanks to radical new technology and the obsession of a retired FBI ag...
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Light of the Midnight Stars - Rena Rossner
Anotace: A magical new stand-alone novel with an entrancing fairy-tale feel, from the author of the highly acclaimed The Sisters of the Winter Wood This is how a fairy tale begins . . . Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than ...
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In the Shadow of Photography - Magda Stanová
Anotace: A drawn and handwritten work of non-fiction about the medium of photography, the photography world, and how the invention of photography influenced people's thinking and behavior. It explores topics such as the camera's wormhole-like capabilities, why being photographed causes stage fright, how the present is becoming a stage for the future, analog vs....
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Adventures Of Young Naturalist - Attenborough David
Anotace: In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo`s collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC. This is the story of those voyages. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia and armadillos...
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Listri. Cabinet of Curiosities - Antonio Paolucci
<p>Cabinets of curiosities fascinated people of the 16th and 17th centuries. From crocodiles, minerals, and corals to paintings, ivory trophies, measuring instruments, and incredible automata, it was a glimpse into a world full of natural wonders and treasures that aimed to reflect the order of the universe. This magnificent volume takes us through the world’s most ...
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Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World´s Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney) - Hepworth David
Anotace: With a foreword by Paul McCartney`It`s semi-devotional -- a really special place` Florence Welch`There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical` Nile RodgersMany people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates....
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Age of Wonders: Planetfall Deluxe Edition
Deluxe Edition Content includes: Digital Artbook Experience the colorful and imaginative art that brought the world of Age of Wonders: Planetfall to life. Original Soundtrack Immerse yourself in the fantastical world of Planetfall with the games original soundtrack. Bravado Bundle Cosmetic Pack Nothing says “We’re here to rebuild society in our image”...
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Age of Wonders: Planetfall Deluxe Edition (PC)
Deluxe Edition Content includes:Digital ArtbookExperience the colorful and imaginative art that brought the world of Age of Wonders: Planetfall to life.Original SoundtrackImmerse yourself in the fantastical world of Planetfall with the games original soundtrack.Bravado Bundle Cosmetic PackNothing says “We’re here to rebuild society in our image&rdq...
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Black Cat STORY OF CHOCOLATE ( Early Readers Level 1)
Chocolate is probably the world’s favourite food. A lot of people can’t live without it. We eat it and we drink it too. It is black, brown and white. It gives us energy and makes us happy. Learn about the history of this delicious food and discover some interesting facts that not everybody knows!
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The Magic of MinaLima - Nell Denton
<p>A full-colour illustrated compendium chronicling the magical twenty-year journey of acclaimed art and design studio, MinaLima, the creative genius behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film series.</p> <p>“It all started with a letter . . .” </p> <p>Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima began their extraordinary partnership in 2001 when Warne...
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Alone With You in the Ether: A love story like no other and a Heat Magazine Book of the Week - Blake Olivie
Anotace: From the internationally bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake is a glimpse into the nature of love, what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken. Chicago, sometime. Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounte...
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Company of Crime (PC) Klíč Steam
Ve hře Company of Crime budujete zločineckou říši v kombinaci s taktickými tahovými misemi. Akce se koná v 60. letech v Londýně, hlavním městě světové kultury a je domovem mnoha subkultur a podniků. Vaším úkolem je vybudovat společnost, která ovládne kriminální podsvět...
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Company of Crime (PC) Klíč Steam (PC)
Ve hře Company of Crime budujete zločineckou říši v kombinaci s taktickými tahovými misemi. Akce se koná v 60. letech v Londýně, hlavním městě světové kultury a je domovem mnoha subkultur a podniků. Vaším úkolem je vybudovat společnost, která...
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI - Grann David
Anotace: From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland, and the Number One international bestseller The Wager, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI's first major homicide investigations. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were ...
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Kay Nielsen: East of the Sun and West of the Moon (abridged edition) - Daniel C. Noel
<p>This abridged edition of East of the Sun and West of the Moon revives a classic collection of 10 Norse folktales illustrated by the beloved Danish artist Kay Nielsen, one of the most famous children’s book illustrators of all time. Based on a precious first edition and including 11 of his extremely rare watercolor originals, the book features an all-new design re...
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Revolution 1989 : The Fall of the Soviet Empire - Sebestyen Victor
Anotace: For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; and militarily, by two mighty, distrustful power ...
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Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations - Simon Schama
<p>Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science, it has happened before. Characteristically, with...
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Where Angels Cry: Tears of the Fallen (Collector's Edition) (PC)
You have a new assignment! Dive back to 13th century medieval Europe as Vatican's best secret agent!Rumors have it that inquisitor Augustine went out of his mind. He became obsessed by witch-hunting. People are in terror. Travel to Spain, to an isolated village of Portonero and bring an end to this witch-hunting madness! No one is safe; no one is spared from inquisit...
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Prague cuisine: A Selection of Culinary Experiences in the City of Spires (978-80-906245-1-1)
Kniha - autor Dominic James, 448 stran, anglicky, pevná s přebalem lesklá Prague Cuisine is a culinary journey of discovery. From urban chic to fine dining, Dominic James shares his culinary experiences and discoveries, revealing a diverse selection of restaurants, cafés, bistros and confectioners in and around a city rich in history and tradition. With its beautiful c...
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The Quiet at the End of the World - Lauren Jamesová
Anotace: How far would you go to save those you love? Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking and looking for treasure until a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanity s entire...
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C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man (A Macat Analysis) - Brittany Pheiffer Noble
<p>C.S. Lewis’s 1943 The Abolition of Man is a set of three essays that encapsulate some of the most important elements of good critical thinking. Lewis considers a weighty topic, moral philosophy – and more precisely how we teach it, and where morality comes from. As critics and enthusiasts for Lewis’s work alike have noted, though, he was not a philosopher as such...
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Folk and Fairy Tales of Azeroth - kolektiv autorů
Anotace: The power of stories is felt and known in every corner of Azeroth. From the windswept fields of the Eastern Kingdoms to the bustling city of Gadgetzan, differences were bridged by common tales of average people overcoming incredible odds. Lessons learned from cautionary tales tempered many brave heroes and brought them safely home, while stories of adventure spu...
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The Little Book of Horrors - Orange Hippo!, Orange Hippo!
Anotace: Halloween is a very special time of year and takes on huge significance for a vast number of people in different ways. For many, it`s a chance to dress up, wander the streets for a trick or treat session, gorge on candy and have a party, whereas for others it is a time of remembrance, of visits to ancestors` graves, or prayers at this holy time.But what are the ...
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Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5´s Secret Nazi Hunter - Robert Hutton
<p>June 1940. Britain is Europe's final bastion of freedom - and Hitler's next target. But not everyone fears a Nazi invasion. In factories, offices and suburban homes are men and women determined to do all they can to hasten it.Throughout the Second World War, Britain's defence against the enemy within was Eric Roberts, a former bank clerk from Epsom. Equipped with...
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Feminist Reflections on Childhood
Recovers a history of feminist thought and activism that demands greater voice and respect for young people
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The Little Book of Running - Orange Hippo!, Orange Hippo!
Anotace: This handy trivia book is packed with everything you need to know about running, including potted history, quirky facts, sayings and hints about the planet`s most popular exercise form.It includes running philosophy and advice on how to get more out of your daily run. From science to humour, tips to tales, it runs the reader through everything they need to know ...
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Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Four (Music of the Spears, Berserker)
MUSIC OF THE SPEARS by Yvonne NavarroNew York City, 2124, and the streets are swarming with Alien Jelly addicts and homeless people. The powerbrokers look down from their high-rise offices with disgust. One of them-an entertainment mogul-is planning spectacular revenge on a maniac musician. Damon Eddington will shock the world with his latest opus-the Symphony of Hate-and...
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The Little Book of Champagne - Orange Hippo!, Orange Hippo!
Anotace: Originally served at the coronations of French kings, Champagne is now popular around the world and sales increase year on year as people discover this delicious, delightful, de-lovely drink. Although Champagne only comes from a small area, there are many producers, ranging from the globally famous houses such as Dom Perignon, Moet & Chandon and Taittinger to th...
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Supra : A Feast of Georgian Cooking - Tuskadze Tiko
Anotace: Bordered by Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, and situated at a crossroads on an ancient East-West trading route, Georgia`s rich and diverse history is nowhere more evident than through its cuisine and legendary hospitality.Central and unique to the culinary tradition of Georgia is the `supra`, a coming together of family and friends to share heart-warming...
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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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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley - Hannah Tinti
Anotace: A coming-of-age novel and a literary thrill ride about the price we pay to protect the people we love most.<br><br> "A father-daughter road trip you won't soon forget."-Richard Russo<br><br> Samuel Hawley isn't like the other fathers in Olympus, Massachusetts. A loner who spent years living on the run, he raised his belov...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) Steam
Modern society owes much to a mystical technology known as “orbal energy.” Fifty years ago, during what’s come to be known as the “Orbal Revolution,” the invention of this technology and the “orbments” developed from it led to a period of rapid human advancement, birthing innovations of all shapes and sizes -- not the least of whi...
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