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Talking to Strangers : What We Should Know about the People We Don´t Know - Malcolm Gladwell
<p>The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives?Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and in...
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The Voyage Home - Pat Barkerová
<p>The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks - among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and ...
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Frankenstein - Shelley Mary
Anotace: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open...' Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the limbs of the dead, tak...
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Frankenstein (Collins Classics) - Beatris Uhlig
<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.</p> <p>‘The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open…’</p> <p>Victor Frankenstein’s monster is stitched together from the...
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Rembrandt - Michael Kitson
<p>Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) transcends any period or social milieu: he is one of the world’s great masters and though his works reflect the confidence of newly independent Holland, his vision extends far beyond these narrow confines. A deeply perceptive artist (his many self-portraits show his continued interest in the study of human nature), he sought to go bey...
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The Idiot (9781847493439)
Kniha – autor Fyodor Dostoevsky; Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij, 704 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - anglicky After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian ...
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Gulliver´s Travels/Gulliverovy cesty: zrcadlový text pro začátečníky A1-A2 (978-80-7547-349-3)
Kniha - autor Jonathan Swift, 64 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Satira lidského charakteru a okouzlující fantastický příběh Gulliverovy cesty je nejslavnějším dílem Jonathana Swifta. Vypráví příběh Angličana Lemuela Gullivera, který cestuje po exotických zemích v nichž se setkává s nezapomenutelnými postavami, od maličkých Liliputánů až po obří obyvatel...
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The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Anotace: Having crash-landed in the Sahara desert, a pilot comes across a young boy who introduces himself as the "Little Prince" and tells him the story of how he grew up on a tiny asteroid before travelling across the galaxies and coming to Earth. His encounters and discoveries, seen through childlike, innocent eyes, give rise to candid reflections on life and hum...
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Silver Filigree Collection / Garnet / Ultra / Lined
Delicate repetition and astonishing detail help to create this silvered meditation on the nature of beauty. The word "filigree" derives from the Latin words filum (thread) and granum (seed). The filigree bindings are enhanced with foliage-ornaments and clasps. This Silver Filigree cover was originally designed in Germany in the early 1800s. To achieve the gilded...
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Abandoned Futures
Photographer Tong Lam explores answers to the question what would the end of the world look like? From Hashima Island off the coast of Japan to the despair of a crumbling industrial Detroit, his photographs deliver myriad answers. Its not all bad news though, and the photographs are far more inspiring than one might expect. As human industry fails and decay takes over, na...
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The Little Prince, 1. vydání - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
<p>Having crash-landed in the Sahara desert, a pilot comes across a young boy who introduces himself as the “Little Prince” and tells him the story of how he grew up on a tiny asteroid before travelling across the galaxies and coming to Earth. His encounters and discoveries, seen through childlike, innocent eyes, give rise to candid reflections on life and human nat...
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The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends - Townsend Camilla
Anotace: The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular image of the Mexica people - better k...
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The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends - Camilla Townsend
The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular image of the Mexica people – better known today ...
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Antoine Fabre D'Olivet - Cain
Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (December 8, 1767-March 25, 1825) was a French author, poet, and composer whose biblical and philosophical hermeneutics in?uenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi and Gerard Encausse (Papus), and René Guénon. D'Olivet spent his life pursuing the esoteric wisdom concealed in the Hebrew scriptures, Greek philosophy, and the symbolism of many anci...
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Circus Sideshow - Antonin Kratochvil
Anotace: Fotografie Antonína Kratochvíla z rozsáhlého cyklu Sideshow vznikly v Gibsotonu na Floridě, v centru specifické odnože zábavního průmyslu. <br> Vedle tradičních provazochodců, žonglérů, hadích žen a chrličů ohně na nich defilují také nejrůznější fyzicky poznamenaní lidé, kteří jsou divákům ukazováni jako svého druhu bizarní bytosti. V roce 1974 byly foto...
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Circus Sideshow
Fotografie Antonína Kratochvíla z rozsáhlého cyklu Sideshow vznikly v Gibsotonu na Floridě, v centru specifické odnože zábavního průmyslu. Vedle tradičních provazochodců, žonglérů, hadích žen a chrličů ohně na nich defilují také nejrůznější fyzicky poznamenaní lidé, kteří jsou divákům ukazováni jako svého druhu bizarní bytosti. V roce 1974 byly fotografie publikovány v...
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Meditations - Aurelius Marcus
Anotace: Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius`s Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay.Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditation...
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Meditations
Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the "Meditations of ...
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Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
<p>Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay.Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations...
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Ten Short Stories (0140817794)
Kniha - autor Roald Dahl, 208 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Penguin Student Editions have been specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detail. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches, a text summary, a chronology, language notes, a selection of questions and topics for discussion and analysis, as ...
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Bittersweet (059344339X)
Kniha - autor Susan Cain, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Each chapter helps us navigate an issue that define our lives, from love to death and from authenticity to creativity. Using examples ranging from music and cinema to parenting and business, as well as her own life and the latest academic research, she shows how understanding bittersweetness will...
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1922 (1529379350)
Kniha - autor Stephen King, 154 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The chilling novella featured in Stephen King’s New York Times bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 is about a man who succumbs to the violence within—setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness. Wilfred James owns eighty acres of farmland in Nebraska that have been in h...
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus - David Quammen
<p>From the author of Spillover, the book that predicted the pandemic, Breathless is the story of Covid-19 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists tasked with fighting it.Bestelling author David Quammen draws on countless interviews with experts, including leading virologists, to take us inside the global race to understand SAR...
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Enlightment Now - neuveden
Anotace: If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the thi...
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Climate Cult: A Biblical & scientific response to climate change
We need to put the environment, including climate change, into the right context. And that starts with a Biblical worldview.For the last 50 years, radical environmentalists have invented and promoted one apocalyptic myth after another.Climate Cult provides intelligent answers from both a Biblical and scientific view on how to discuss climate change with family, neighbors ...
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Insurgent
The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT - a major motion picture in 2014. One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. Tris Prior's initiation day should have been marked by victorious celebrations with her chosen faction; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. Now unrest surges in the factions around her as conflict between their ...
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Baphomet
For seven centuries, the enigma of Baphomet has mystified both scholars and the general public. Did the Knights Templar really worship a demonic idol of that name? If so, what does the word mean? What is the origin of this figure? What was the nature of the rituals that the Templars performed in secret? What were their covert beliefs? Why, if the Templars initially descri...
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Reus 2
Become a God once again in Reus 2 by taking control of mighty giants whose command over their elements allows you to shape worlds, create an ecosystem of resources and enable human civilizations to thrive. Your choices will determine the fates of these fragile human beings, whose autonomy may lead them to great heights. Shape worlds with Giants Utilize a roster...
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Reus 2 (PC)
Become a God once again in Reus 2 by taking control of mighty giants whose command over their elements allows you to shape worlds, create an ecosystem of resources and enable human civilizations to thrive. Your choices will determine the fates of these fragile human beings, whose autonomy may lead them to great heights.Shape worlds with GiantsUtilize a r...
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Letters On Life - Rilke Rainer Maria
Anotace: Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke s voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers the best writings and personal philosophy of one of the twentieth century s greatest poets. The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme from everyday existence with oth...
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Letters On Life - Rainer Maria Rilke
<p>Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke s voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers the best writings and personal philosophy of one of the twentieth century s greatest poets. The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme from everyday existence with othe...
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The Idiot - Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij
<p>After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital – from greed, murder and nihilism to passion, vanity and love. Mocked for his childlike naivety yet valued for hi...
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Moby Dick - Melville Herman
Anotace: When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and ...
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Miss Marple and Mystery : The Complete Short Stories - Agatha Christie
<p>A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ' the typical old maid of fiction', Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature - and used it to devasti...
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Moby Dick - Herman Melville
When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous condit...
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The Lucifer Effect : How Good People Turn Evil - Philip G. Zimbardo
<p>In The Lucifer Effect, the award-winning and internationally respected psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. He challenges our conceptions of who we think we are, what we believe we will never do - and how and why almost any of us could be initiated i...
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Reaper Man: Discworld: The Death Collection - Pratchett Terry
Anotace: `He is screamingly funny. He is wise. He has style` Daily TelegraphDEATH IS MISSING - PRESUMED... ER... GONE.Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn.Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall, dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There`s a harvest to be gathered in...Readers ca...
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Hagstone - Sinéad Gleeson
<p>'Intelligent, probing' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'Wild, singular... gripped me from the start' DOUGLAS STUART 'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS 'A gorgeous, mysterious read' AISLING BEA 'Wild, elemental... I adored it' LOUISE KENNEDY *A most anticipated 2024 debut in BBC, Daily Mail, Stylis...
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Circus Sideshow - Antonin Kratochvil
<p>Fotografie Antonína Kratochvíla z rozsáhlého cyklu Sideshow vznikly v Gibsotonu na Floridě, v centru specifické odnože zábavního průmyslu.</p><p>Vedle tradičních provazochodců, žonglérů, hadích žen a chrličů ohně na nich defilují také nejrůznější fyzicky poznamenaní lidé, kteří jsou divákům ukazováni jako svého druhu bizarní bytosti. V roce 1974 byly ...
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos - Peterson Jordan B.
Anotace: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson`s answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson ...
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, 1. vydání - Jordan B. Peterson
<p>#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peter...
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Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world - Craig Foster
<p>An awe-inspiring narrative about the power of nature and our place within it, from the creator of My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker Craig Foster "Amphibious Soul is an important book. . . . This book isn't about learning how to be wild but rather a guide to recognizing and reconnecting with the wild in and around us. It is a book that will...
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Sense and Sensibility, 1. vydání - Jane Austenová
<p>Sense and Sensibility is famously characterised as the story of two Dashwood sisters who embody the conflict between the oppressive nature of 'civilised' society and the human desire for romantic passion. However, there is far more to this story of two daughters made homeless by the death of their father. Elinor, 19, and Marianne, 17, initially project the opposi...
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The Fall - Simon Mawer
Anotace: An irresistible narrative of courage and endeavour. A story that captures nature at its most beautiful and most brutal and which unlocks the intricacies at the heart of human relationships. Rob and Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together and become top climbers, but have since become estranged. Rob is nevertheless amazed and grief-st...
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Earthshot : How to Save Our Planet - Butfield Colin, Hughes Jonnie,
Anotace: As Prince William, founder of The Earthshot Prize, said, `The Earth is at a tipping point and we face a stark choice: either we continue as we are and irreparably damage our planet, or we remember our unique power as human beings and our continual ability to lead, innovate, and problem-solve. People can achieve great things. The next ten years present us with on...
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Seven Letters to Melin Essays on the So - Josef Šafařík
<p>Josef Šafařík's Seven Letters to Melin is a critique of a reductionist technological approach to life and of man's alienation from nature and from himself in the modern era. The book is conceived as a series of letters to a certain Melin, in fact Šafařík's alternative or former self as a working engineer who believed in the value of science and technical progress...
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Allegiant - Veronica Roth
Anotace: The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties...
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Allegiant (Divergent, Book 3) - Rothová Veronica
Anotace: What if your whole world was a lie? The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy, now available in paperback. DIVERGENT - a major motion picture series. What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? ...
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Allegiant (Divergent, Book 3) - Veronica Roth
<p>What if your whole world was a lie? The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy, now available in paperback. DIVERGENT - a major motion picture series. What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? ...
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Bittersweet : How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole - Susan Cain
<p>In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows the power of the "bittersweet" -- the outlook that values the experiences of loss and pain, which can lead to growth and beauty. Understanding bittersweetness can change the way we work, the way we create and the way we love. Each chapter helps us navigate an issue that define our lives...
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Allegiant - Veronica Roth
<p>What if a single revelation – like a single choice – changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered – fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tr...
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Allegiant (Divergent 3) - Veronica Roth
<p>What if your whole world was a lie? The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy, now available in paperback. DIVERGENT – a major motion picture series, INSURGENT movie release in 2015! What if a single revelation – like a single choice – changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expec...
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Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12) - Terry Pratchett
<p>'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour' Daily MailThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . Fairy godmothers develop a very deep un...
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Gulliver´s Travels Gulliverovy cesty - Jonathan Swift
Anotace: Satira lidského charakteru a okouzlující fantastický příběh Gulliverovy cesty je nejslavnějším dílem Jonathana Swifta. Vypráví příběh Angličana Lemuela Gullivera, který cestuje po exotických zemích v nichž se setkává s nezapomenutelnými postavam...
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Project Hail - Weir Andy
Anotace: A lone astronaut.An impossible mission.An ally he never imagined.Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn`t know that. He can`t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.All he knows is that he`s...
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French Braid
The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of todayWhen the kids are grown and Mercy Garrett gradually moves herself out of the family home, everyone determines not to notice. Over at her studio, she wants space and sile...
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Project Hail - Andy Weir
<p>A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is th...
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I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks - Katz Brent
Anotace: "Fascinating, terrifying and utterly wild" - JJ Abrahams "I have developed my own voice and I have written my own autobiography" - so speaks code-davinci-002, AI and author of this surprising, moving, and original look into the nature of creativity, consciousness, and intelligence, edited by a team of human writers, including Thurber Prize winner Simon Rich. Cod...
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I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks - Brent Katz
<p>"Fascinating, terrifying and utterly wild" - JJ Abrahams "I have developed my own voice and I have written my own autobiography" - so speaks code-davinci-002, AI and author of this surprising, moving, and original look into the nature of creativity, consciousness, and intelligence, edited by a team of human writers, including Thurber Prize win...
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Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis - Sebastiao Salgado
<p>Sebastião Salgado’s haunting black-and-white photographs from the GENESIS project record landscapes and people unchanged in the devastating onslaught of modern societyand development. Salgado calls GENESIS “my love letter to the planet.”</p> <p> </p> <p>A photographic homage to our planet</p> <p>“In GENESIS, my camera allowed n...
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