Hľadanie: American Masterworks - The Twentieth-Century House EN
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The American Roommate Experiment
From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martin, who are forced to share a New York apartment.
Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking-for lack of a better word-on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armour. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.
Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He'll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control-but Lucas's time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.
American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer - director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb - was the most famous scientist of his generation.
In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.
American National Parks
Wide, breathtaking landscapes, crystal-clear, blue lakes, high, snow-covered mountain peaks, but also wild grizzlies, buffalos, mustangs, and rare animal species: this is North America. With nearly 60 national parks, the United States is preserving a living monument to the continent's pristine nature in an effort to make it accessible to everyone. This book presents the most beautiful parks in over 450 photographs. Each has its own character and individual charm. Alaska, high in the northwest of the American continent, boasts spectacular wide expanses and immense geological variety such as the highest mountain of North America, the Denali. Continuing on the northern route from west to east, the high mountain regions of the Rocky Mountains overwhelm their visitors with countless blue glacier lakes and thundering waterfalls. Yellowstone, the oldest national park, is pure magic with dazzlingly colourful thermal springs, erupting geysers, and large herds of bison. Continuing on the southern route from west to east, the striking granitoid formations of Half Dome and El Capitan in the popular Yosemite National Park are impressive sights. Death Valley fascinates with contrasts of hot salt deserts and ice-cold, snowcapped peaks.
Chci mluvit jako rodilý Američan
V této učebnici je formou dialogu, výkladu i českého překladu a v desítkách cvičení představeno více než 300 nejčastěji používaných idiomů a idiomatických spojení současné americké angličtiny. Pochopíte tak dokonale jejich význam a osvojíte si jejich
správné použití. Jako samostatný doplněk je k učebnici vydána audionahrávka na CD. Učebnice je určena studujícím angličtiny (od mírně pokročilých až po velmi pokročilé), kteří si chtějí obohatit svůj ústní i písemný projev.
Lacná kniha Ako sa zo mňa takmer stal Američan (-70%)
Kniha je písaná na základe denníka, ktorý si autor knihy - Andrej Krcho - počas pobytu v Amerike písal. Je teda písaná jednoducho a vecne, no hlavne veľmi autenticky. To iste ocenia najmä tí, ktorí majú podobný výlet ešte len pred sebou. Môžu si to vďaka knižke najprv prežiť len tak "nanečisto" a potom sa rozhodnúť. Ako človek, ktorý podobný pobyt tiež absolvoval však jedným dychom dodávam, že i pre mňa bolo veľmi zaujímavé konfrontovať vlastné zážitky s tými Andrejovými. A napokon, keďže spoznávanie zahraničia sa iste, okrem nespočetných praktických kladov, naviac stáva i akýmsi módnym trendom, je táto knižka zaujímavým čítaním pre hocikoho, kto nežije ustrnulý kdesi v minulosti, rád ide s dobou a chce poznať súčasný životný štýl mladých ľudí.
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American Royals
The New York Times Bestseller
'An addictive Jilly Cooperesque saga' Guardian
'A fun, fast-paced read packed with drama, scandal and romance' The Sun
Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown in this completely addictive modern-day royal romance.
The Washingtons have ruled America for almost 250 years.
They're gorgeous, fiercely famous and the beating heart of the most glorious royal court in the world.
But behind the glittering ballrooms, elegant gowns, and seemingly perfect public personas lie forbidden romances and scandalous secrets. Together four young women will navigate gossip, drama, and the eyes of the world upon them.
There's everything to play for - but there can only be one queen.
This is the story of the most famous family in the world.
This is the story of the American royals.
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Piazzolla Astor - The American Clave Recordings 3CD
KDO: Argentinský skladatel a aranřér se věnoval především tangu. Jeho tradiční verzi však obohacoval o prvky jazzu a vážné hudby, čímž definoval základy stylu nuevo tango.
CO: Soubor tří alb původně vydaných v osmdesátých letech u American Clavé Records. Jedná se o desky Tango: Zero Hour, La Camorra: The Solitude Of Passionate Provocation a The Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night. Nahrávky jsou vůbec poprvé k dispozici na vinylu. Pochopitelně vycházejí rovněž jako 3CD box.
CD1
1. Tanguedia III (2009 Remaster) [04:39]
2. Milonga Del Angel (2009 Remaster) [06:30]
3. Concierto Para Quinteto (2009 Remaster) [09:00]
4. Milonga Loca (2009 Remaster) [03:05]
5. Michelangelo '70 (2009 Remaster) [02:52]
6. Contrabajísimo (2009 Remaster) [10:18]
7. Mumuki (2009 Remaster) [09:32]
CD2
1. Soledad (2009 Remaster) [07:50]
2. La Camorra I (2009 Remaster) [09:25]
3. La Camorra II (2009 Remaster) [07:02]
4. La Camorra III (2009 Remaster) [11:03]
5. Fugata (2009 Remaster) [03:15]
6. Sur: Los Sue?os (South: The Dreams) [2009 Remaster] [02:56]
7. Sur: Regreso al Amor (South: A Return to Love) [2009 Remaster] [06:22]
CD3
1. Prologue (Tango Apasionado) [2009 Remaster] [01:45]
2. Milonga for Three (2009 Remaster) [05:59]
3. Street Tango (2009 Remaster) [04:12]
4. Milonga Picaresque (2009 Remaster) [01:35]
5. Knife Fight (2009 Remaster) [01:49]
6. Leonora's Song (2009 Remaster) [03:33]
7. Prelude to the Cyclical Night, Pt. 1 (2009 Remaster) [0:47]
8. Butcher's Death (2009 Remaster) [02:22]
9. Leijia's Game (2009 Remaster) [02:21]
10. Milonga for Three (Reprise) [2009 Remaster] [05:57]
11. Bailongo (2009 Remaster) [01:44]
12. Leonora's Love Theme (2009 Remaster) [03:51]
13. Finale (Tango Apasionado) [2009 Remaster] [03:31]
14. Prelude to the Cyclical Night, Pt. 2 (2009 Remaster) [0:51]
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British and American History
Tento přehled historie Velké Británie a Spojených států amerických je vhodný pro studenty angličtiny středních a jazykových škol, kteří se připravují k jazykové zkozce z angličtiny.
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Lacná kniha Američan čínského původu (-50%)
Malý Ťin Wang nechce nic jiného než zapadnout a najít si přátele. Když se jeho rodina přestěhuje na novou adresu, k nemalému překvapení a nelibosti zjistí, že je široko daleko jediný etnický Číňan, byť je Američan stejně jako ostatní spolužáci. Stává se terčem posměchu, urážek a šikany. Nemá skoro žádné kamarády, a co hůř, zamiluje se do dívky, která je Američanka skrz naskrz…
Američan čínského původu je strhující příběh, neobyčejně poutavý komiks plný zvratů a napětí.
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Lacná kniha Američan zemře v Brdech (-70%)
Soubor povídek s detektivní nebo tajemnou zápletkou.
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Lacná kniha Ten Američan (-25%)
Velice působivá prvotina jednoho z nejnovějších hlasů v oblasti napínavých příběhů. Andrew Britton vytvořil odvážný román, který praská vysokými sázkami, naléhavostí typickou pro dobu po 11. září a uvádí na scénu nerudného agenta CIA Ryana Kealeyho. Ryan se ocitá v zoufalé hře na kočku a myš s nejlstivějším protivníkem, s jakým se kdy setkal, protivníkem, který nepřestane, dokud nespáchá vrcholné zlo - a který je o to nebezpečnější, že je jeden z vlastních...
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American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million-copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent and outrageous black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.
With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.
I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?
Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, and reservations at every new restaurant in town. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . .
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Green Day - American Idiot 2LP
Tracklist:
SIDE A:
01.. American Idiot
02. Jesus Of Suburbia
SIDE B:
03. Holiday
04. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
05. Are We The Waiting
06. St. Jimmy
SIDE C:
07. Give Me Novacaine
08. She's A Rebel
09. Extraordinary Girl
10. Letterbomb
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
SIDE D:
12. Homecoming
13. Whatsername
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Lacná kniha American Gods: My Ainsel (-50%)
AMERICAN GODS by international bestseller, and creator of Sandman, Neil Gaiman is an award-winning epic novel, highly acclaimed major TV series starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Gillian Anderson and now, for the first time, adapted in stunning comic book form. This is the second of three bind-up editions.
'Original, engrossing and endlessly inventive' - George R. R. Martin.
The extraordinary road trip across America continues as our heroes gather reinforcements for the imminent god war.
Shadow and Wednesday leave the House on the Rock and continue their journey across the country where they set up aliases, meet new gods and prepare for war.
The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy and Nebula award-winning epic novel and hit Amazon Prime Video TV series by international bestseller Neil Gaiman is now, for the first time, adapted in stunning graphic novel form.
This volume collects the second nine issues of the seminal American Gods comic book series.
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The Cocktail Balance
Kniha The Cocktail Balance je návodom, ako robiť na Slovensku kvalitné barmanstvo. Barmanská kniha nielen pre skúsených barmanov a barmanky, milovníkov barovej kultúry, ale aj študentov a študentky odborných škôl, ktorá posunie hranice Vašej kreativity od základov. Je to kniha, ktorá je poctou slovenskému barmanstvu. Podstata knihy je v tom, aby ste si z nej vzali čokoľvek, čo potrebujete a zaujme vás.
Je pre všetkých, ktorí sa chcú naučiť niečo nové, inšpirovať a posúvať hranice, pretože len keď rastieme ako jednotlivci, potom rastú aj ľudia a veci okolo nás, kde následne rastieme všetci spolu.
Kniha The Cocktail Balance je rozdelená na 3 základné časti – teoretickú, praktickú a odkazy od najlepších slovenských barmanov.
Teoretická časť obsahuje základy profesionálneho prístupu v jednotlivých kapitolách, ako sa prezentovať a ako sa starať o svojich hostí. Dozviete sa tiež proces cenotvorby cocktailu, efektívne metódy využiteľné na spracovanie kreatívnych myšlienok a v kapitole venovanej gastrofyzike a neurogastronómii to, ako môže vôňa, dotyk, zvuk a vizuál ovplyvniť výslednú chuť cocktailu. A to všetko vytvára komplexný a nezabudnuteľný zážitok pre Vašich hostí.
V knihe tiež nájdete definície 20 moderných ingrediencií, s ktorými autor pracuje pri tvorbe cocktailov – čerešne, zázvor, fialová mrkva či malinové listy. Cocktailová časť je rozdelená na 20 Twisted Classics drinkov, kde autor zdôrazňuje dôležitosť ovládať základy a poznať tie najznámejšie svetové klasiky, ktoré sú dodnes základom aj pre mnoho moderných adaptácii a zároveň 20 autorových Signature drinkov. Nechýba barové náradie, technológie, techniky príprav a prečítate si aj o práci s ľadom.
V knihe The Cocktail Balance nájdete overené procesy, ktoré fungujú a ktorými sa môžete inšpirovať autorom Stanislavom Harciníkom: “Kniha bola pôvodne iba mojim receptárom, keďže sa venujem tvorbe drinkov a baví ma práca s chuťami. Ale uvedomil som si, že mojou súčasťou nie sú len recepty, ale aj celý ten kreatívny proces a prístup, ktorý vám chcem ukázať. A je len na vás, čo si z neho vyberiete.”
“Bar, Cocktail a Hostia sú mojím životným štýlom, čo je alebo bude tým vaším?”
The Canceling of the American Mind
Why bother refuting your opponents, when you can just take away their platform or career?
Greg Lukianoff was one of the first to raise the alarm about the troubling social and psychological consequences of the growing intolerance of opposing viewpoints on university campuses in America; a phenomenon which then swept through the English-speaking world.
In this new book, he teams up with Rikki Schlott to show how this trend has spread to a wide range of workplaces and cultural spaces, which are giving up on a culture of free speech in favour of cancel culture. Drawing on original research and data, along with hundreds of new examples from publishing to psychotherapy, comedy, science and medicine, this book shows how the left and the right both work to silence their enemies in different ways. It's not simply a matter of Twitter spats; people are losing their jobs, livelihoods and sometimes their lives over it.
Eye-opening, urgent and transformative, The Canceling of the American Mind argues that cancel culture is not merely a moral panic, but a dysfunctional way in which people battle for power, status and dominance: moving us away from being able to argue productively, listen generously and ultimately be civil when we disagree. This book offers concrete steps towards reclaiming a culture of free speech, with materials specifically tailored for parents, teachers, business leaders and all those who use social media. It shows how we can all harness intellectual humility to become more resilient and open minded.
Lacná kniha An American Dream (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (-50%)
A key backlist title from the highly acclaimed author of The Naked and the Dead and The Fight". War hero, ex-Congressman, a professor of 'popular but somewhat notorious reputation', television personality and husband of the rich and beautiful Deborah ('a girl who would have been bored by a diamond as big as the Ritz'), Stephen Rojack lived the "American Dream". But his enviable life concealed a strange tension, the constant 'itch to jump', and when one day he finally cracks and strangles his luscious wife, he unleashes a personality of undreamt-of ferocity. A wanted murderer, Rojack is suddenly catapulted into an alien world of gangsters, crumbling tenements and downtown bars. Here, he meets Cherry, a small-time singer who ekes out her living in sleazy nightclubs, waiting for a break. She's the woman Rojack falls for, dangerously, desperately, tragically! A powerful exploration of one man's quest for depravity, "An American Dream" shocked the USA on first publication in 1965 with its graphic depictions of sex and violence. One of the key works of twentieth-century American literature, the novel's white-hot prose makes it, for many, Mailer's finest achievement."
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American Crime Stories-Oxford Bookworms Library 6
'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will? These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air
"A dark jewel of a book . . . intoxicating" - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows
Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019
Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.
And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.
One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal.
As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong.
But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan . . .
Dramatic and thrilling fantasy blends seamlessly with enthralling storytelling to create a fully realised and seductive world, brimful of magic and romance.
