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The Pelican Brief
In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her? Can she stay alive long enough to persuade them she is right?
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The Pelican Brief
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead, their murders unsolved.
But one woman might have found the answer.
Darby Shaw is a brilliant New Orleans legal student with a sharp political mind. For her own amusement, she draws up a legal brief showing how the judges might have been murdered for political reasons, and shows it to her professor. He shows it to his friend, an FBI lawyer.
Then the professor dies in a car bomb.
And Darby realises that her brief, which pointed to a vast presidential conspiracy, might be right. Someone is intent on silencing Darby for good - somebody who will stop at nothing to preserve the secrets of the Pelican Brief...
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
This is The Sunday Times Bestseller. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind's extraordinary history - from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age - and our journey from insignificant apes to rulers of the world. "It tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language. You will love it!" (Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel).
Lacná kniha Brief Candle in the Dark (-70%)
In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him. He paints a vivid picture, coloured with wit, anecdote and digression, of the twenty-five postgraduate years he spent teaching at Oxford. He pays affectionate tribute to past colleagues and students, recalling the idiosyncrasies of an establishment steeped in ancient tradition and arcane ritual while also recording his respect for the profound commitment to learning and discovery that lies at its core. He invites us to share the life of a travelling scientist, from fieldwork on the Panama Canal to conferences of stratospheric eminence in exotic locations in the company of some of the most prominent of the world's scientific luminaries. And he describes his experiences with his many publishers, television producers, interviewers and partners in debate, not least in the heady period when, after publication of The God Delusion in 2006, he is dubbed the world's most outspoken and controversial atheist. Most important of all, for the first time he reviews with fresh and stimulating insights the evolving narrative of his ideas about science over the course of his highly distinguished career as thinker, teacher and writer. In Brief Candle in the Dark we are invited to enter with him a constantly stimulating world of discovery and to meet a fascinating cast of exceptional characters described by the talented pen of one of the most exceptional of them all.
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Lacná kniha Brief History of the Third Reich (-70%)
Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles that made German recovery almost impossible, Whittock tells not just the account of the men who rose to the fore in the dangerous days of the Weimar republic, circling around the cult of personality generated by Adolf Hitler, but also a convincing and personality-driven overview of how ordinary Germans became seduced by the dreams of a new world order, the Third Reich. The book also gives a fascinating insight into the everyday life in Germany during the Second World War and explores key questions such as how much did the Germans know about the Holocaust and why did the regime eventually fail so disastrously?
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My Brief History
His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New Scientist
My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him `Einstein'; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of academia.
Writing with characteristic humility and humour, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease aged twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onwards through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time - one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.
Clear-eyed, intimate and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking's personal cosmos.
'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope' Mail on Sunday
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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?”
Doors, The - Very Best Of The Doors CD
Tracklist:
1 - Break on Through
2 - Light My Fire
3 - Love Me Two Times
4 - Hello I Love You
5 - People Are Strange
6 - Strange Days
7 - Riders On The Storm
8 - L.A. Woman
9 - Touch Me
10 - Roadhouse Blues
11 - Peace Frog
12 - Love Street
13 - The Crystal Ship
14 - Soul Kitchen
15 - Love Her Madly
16 - Back Door Man
17 - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
18 - Moonlight Drive
19 - The Unknown Soldier
20 - The End (Version From The Film Apocalypse Now)
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.
Pelican Brief
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders are connected only in one mind, and in one legal brief conceived by that mind. Brilliant, beautiful and ambitious, New Orleans legal student Darby Shaw little realises that her speculative brief will penetrate to the highest levels of power in Washington and cause shockwaves there. Shockwaves that will see her boyfriend atomised in a bomb blast, that will send hired killers chasing after her, that will propel her across the country to meet investigative reporter Gray Grantham, the one man who is as near the truth as she is.
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Brief coaching
A megoldásközpontú megközelítés olyan új szemléletet ajánl, amely arra fókuszál, hogy miből fogja tudni az ügyfél, hogy céljait elérte, és mit tesz már most is, ami segíti majd, hogy ezt megtegye. A megoldásközpontú coach a megoldás felé tereli ahelyett, hogy a problémától távolítaná az ügyfelet. Így a probléma nem is kap a beszélgetéseken központi szerepet, helyette a coach és az ügyfél a remélt jövő felé dolgozik.
A könyv coachingeseteket dolgoz fel, és coachingbeszélgetések részleteit elemezve kínál útmutatást arra, hogyan lehet:
- az erőforrásokat megtalálni a hibák helyett,
- felfedezni a lehetséges és remélt jövő képét,
- megvizsgálni, hogy mi járul már jelenleg is az elképzelt jövőhöz,
- ügyfeleinket életük összes területének szakértőjeként kezelni.
Gyakorlati útmutatóként a könyv összegzéseket és feladatokat is tartalmaz, amit tapasztalt és kezdő coachok, valamint a coaching területére lépő pszichológusok is kipróbálhatnak ügyfeleikkel dolgozva.
Chris Iveson, Evan George és Harvey Ratner a BRIEF független tréning, terápia és tanácsadó cég alapító tagjai, és megoldásközpontú brief terápiával dolgoznak.
A(z) Brief Coaching (Könyv) szerzője Chris Iveson, Evan George, Harvey Ratner.
The Wicked King The Folk of the Air 2
I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear.
Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all . . .
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story
A journey, in search of home
Charlie Mackesy's beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an animated short film, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas.
This beautifully made hardback celebrates the work of over 100 animators across two years of production - with Charlie's distinctive illustrations brought to life in full colour with hand-drawn traditional animation and accompanying hand-written script.
"I made a film with some friends about a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse - their journey together and the boy's search for home. I hope this book gives you courage and makes you feel loved." Love Charlie x
Brief History of Living Forever
An audacious novel set in near-future America, from the critically acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA.
When Adela discovers she has a terminal illness, her thoughts turn to Tereza, the American-raised daughter she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her moody, grown son, Roman, in their native Czech village, she flies to the United States to find the long-lost daughter who never knew her.
In New York City, Tereza is working as the star researcher for two suspicious biotech moguls hellbent on developing a 'god pill' to extend human life indefinitely. But before Tereza can find a cure for Adela, her mother dies mysteriously.
Narrated from the beyond by Adela, A Brief History of Living Forever is a high-wire act of storytelling. By turns insightful, moving and funny, the novel blends an immigrant mother's heartbreaking journey through the American dream with her children's quest to reclaim her from a country that would erase any record of her existence.
Kinks, The - The Journey Part 2 2CD
The Kinks bola anglická rocková skupina založená v Muswell Hill v severnom Londýne v roku 1963 bratmi Rayom a Dave Davies. Sú považovaní za jednu z najvplyvnejších rockových skupín 60. rokov. Kapela sa objavila na vrchole britského rhythm and blues a Merseybeat a bola krátko súčasťou britskej invázie do Spojených štátov až do zákazu koncertovať v roku 1965. Ich tretí singel, „You Really Got Me“, napísal Ray Davies a stal sa medzinárodným hitom, na vrchole rebríčkov v Spojenom kráľovstve a dostal sa do Top 10 v Spojených štátoch. The Kinks majú päť Top 10 singlov v americkom rebríčku Billboard. Deväť z ich albumov sa umiestnilo v Top 40. Vo Veľkej Británii mali sedemnásť Top 20 singlov a päť Top 10 albumov. Albumy Four Kinks boli certifikované zlatou asociáciou RIAA a skupina predala 50 miliónov nahrávok po celom svete. Okrem mnohých vyznamenaní získali cenu Ivora Novella za „Vynikajúcu službu britskej hudbe“
Zažite nadčasovú príťažlivosť The Kinks s The Journey – Part 2 – dvojitým best of. Napínavá odysea cez ikonické hity kapiel, vrátane elektrizujúceho „Till The End of The Day“, bujarého „Davida Wattsa“, slnkom nasiaknutých vibrácií „Sunny Afternoon“ a rebelskej hymny „20th Century Man“. plus mnoho mnoho ďalších. Toto vydanie obsahuje 3 nevydané, novo zremixované živé skladby z legendárnych vystúpení „New Victoria Suite“, ktoré vás prenesú do prvého radu, aby ste si vypočuli surovú energiu a hudobnú brilantnosť kapely. Aby sme pridali kúzlu The Journey Part 2, toto vydanie obsahuje nádherne spracované poznámky samotnej kapely. Ponoria sa do pozoruhodnej cesty kapely, osvetlia tvorivý proces, nezabudnuteľné anekdoty a trvalé dedičstvo The Kinks, ktoré vám ponúkajú pohľad do sveta kapely, poskytujúc kontext a pohľad na príbehy týchto nadčasových klasík.
Tracklist:
01. THE WORLD AROUND THE JOURNEYMAN STARTS TO CRUMBLE AS HIS LIFE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
02. TILL THE END OF THE DAY (1965)
03. PRESERVATION (1974)
04. DAVID WATTS (1967)
05. THIS TIME TOMORROW (ALTERNATE TAKE, 2020 MIX) (1970)
06. A WELL RESPECTED MAN (1965)
07. MONICA (1968)
08. SCRAPHEAP CITY (1974)
09. HE’S EVIL (1974)
10. THE JOURNEYMAN IS LED ASTRAY BY GHOSTS AND A DARK ANGEL
11. LOLA (1970)
12. SUNNY AFTERNOON (1966)
13. ANIMAL FARM (1968)
14. CREEPING JEAN (1969) *
15. TWO SISTERS (1967)
16. SEE MY FRIENDS (1965)
17. MONEY TALKS (2023 MIX) (1974) **
18. NO RETURN (1967)
19. DON’T YOU FRET (1965)
* BY DAVE DAVIES
** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSION
The Old Man and the Sea (Stařec a moře) - zrcadlová četba B1-B2
Zrcadlová četba pro středně pokročilé v českém a anglickém jazyce.
Beatles, The - The Blue Album 1967 - 1970 (2023 Edition) 2CD
The Beatles bola anglická rocková skupina založená v Liverpoole v roku 1960 v zložení John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison a Ringo Starr. Sú považovaní za najvplyvnejšiu skupinu všetkých čias a boli neoddeliteľnou súčasťou rozvoja kontrakultúry 60. rokov a uznania populárnej hudby ako umeleckej formy. Ich zvuk má korene v skiffle, beate a rock'n'rolle 50. rokov a inovatívnym spôsobom zahŕňa prvky klasickej hudby a tradičného popu. Skupina tiež skúmala hudobné štýly od ľudovej a indickej hudby po psychedéliu a hard rock. Ako priekopníci v nahrávaní, písaní piesní a umeleckej prezentácii spôsobili Beatles revolúciu v mnohých aspektoch hudobného priemyslu a boli často propagovaní ako vodcovia mládežníckych a sociokultúrnych hnutí tej doby. The Beatles sú najpredávanejším hudobným počinom všetkých čias s odhadovaným predajom 600 miliónov kusov po celom svete. Sú najúspešnejším počinom v histórii americkej hitparády Billboard, držia rekord v počte albumov na prvom mieste v UK Albums Chart (15), najviac hitov na prvom mieste v americkom rebríčku Billboard Hot 100 (20 ) a najviac singlov sa predalo v Spojenom kráľovstve (21,9 milióna). Skupina získala mnoho ocenení vrátane siedmich cien Grammy, štyroch cien Brit Awards, Oscara (za najlepšiu pôvodnú skladbu pre dokumentárny film Let It Be z roku 1970) a pätnástich cien Ivora Novella. V roku 1988 ich uviedli do Rock'n'rollovej siene slávy a každý hlavný člen bol uvedený individuálne v rokoch 1994 až 2015. V rokoch 2004 a 2011 sa skupina dostala na prvé miesto rebríčka najväčších umelcov v histórii Rolling Stone. Časopis Time ich zaradil medzi 100 najdôležitejších ľudí 20. storočia.
Táto nová kompilácia predstavuje generáciám fanúšikov neuveriteľnú históriu najslávnejšej kapely v hudbe. K svojmu 50. výročiu bola kolekcia rozšírená o 9 ďalších skladieb, vrátane „Blackbird“, „Glass Onion“ a novej piesne „Now And Then“. The Last Beatles Song, „Now And Then“ dopĺňa demo nahrávku Johna Lennona vokálu a klavíra zo 70. rokov s časťami, ktoré hrali Paul McCartney, George Harrison a Ringo Starr, ako aj s novým aranžmánom pre sláčiky. Kolekcia 2CD teraz obsahuje 37 skladieb, z ktorých 6 má nové mixy na rok 2023. Brožúra obsahuje nové poznámky novinára a autora Johna Harrisa. Pre súčasných fanúšikov aj budúce generácie je nová kolekcia 1966 – 1970 radostnou oslavou nadčasového hudobného odkazu The Beatles.
Tracklist:
CD1:
01: Strawberry Fields Forever
02: Penny Lane
03: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
04: With A Little Help From My Friends
05: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
06: Within You Without You
07: A Day In The Life
08: All You Need Is Love
09: I Am The Walrus
10: Hello, Goodbye
11: The Fool On The Hill
12: Magical Mystery Tour
13: Lady Madonna
14: Hey Jude
15: Revolution
CD2:
01: Back In The U.S.S.R.
02: Dear Prudence
03: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
04: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
05: Glass Onion
06: Blackbird
07: Hey Bulldog
08: Get Back
09: Don’t Let Me Down
10: The Ballad Of John And Yoko
11: Old Brown Shoe
12: Here Comes The Sun
13: Come Together
14: Something
15: Octopus’s Garden
16: Oh! Darling
17: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
18: Let It Be
19: Across The Universe
20: I Me Mine
21: The Long And Winding Road
22: Now And Then
A Brief History of Motion
Beginning around 3,500 BC with the wheel, and moving through the eras of horsepower, trains and bicycles, Tom Standage puts the rise of the car - and the future of urban transport - into a broader historical context.
Our society has been shaped by the car in innumerable ways, many of which are so familiar that we no longer notice them. Why does red mean stop and green mean go? Why do some countries drive on the left, and some on the right? How did cars, introduced only a little over a century ago, change the way the world was administered, laid out and policed, along with experiences like eating and shopping? And what might travel in a post-car world look like?
As social transformations from ride-sharing to the global pandemic force us to critically re-examine our relationship with personal transportation, A Brief History of Motion is an essential contribution to our understanding of how the modern world came to be.
Kinks, The - The Journey Part 1 2CD
Na oslavu 60 rokov anglickej rockovej kapely The Kinks vychádza album THE JOURNEY - PT. 1 zberateľská súprava so všetkými ich najväčšími hitmi od roku 1963. Konkrétne obsahuje hity, kľúčové skladby, single, fanúšikovské obľúbené, B-strany, všetko remastrované z pôvodných pások. Box bol vybraný a navrhnutý spoločnosťou The Kinks.Vnútri brožúry s fotografiami a poznámkami, ktoré napísali Ray Davies, Dave Davies a Mick Avory.
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. You Really Got Me (2023 Remaster)
02. All Day and All of the Night (2023 Remaster)
03. It's All Right (2023 Remaster)
04. Who'll Be the Next In Line (2023 Remaster)
05. Tired of Waiting for You (2023 Remaster)
06. Dandy (2023 Remaster)
07. She's Got Everything (2023 Remaster)
08. Just Can't Go to Sleep (2023 Remaster)
09. Stop Your Sobbing (2023 Remaster)
10. Wait Till the Summer Comes Along (2023 Remaster)
11. So Long (2023 Remaster)
12. I'm Not Like Everybody Else (2023 Remaster)
13. Dead End Street (2023 Remaster)
14. Wonderboy (2023 Remaster)
15. Schooldays (2023 Remaster)
16. The Hard Way (2023 Remaster)
17. Mindless Child of Motherhood (2023 Remaster)
18. Supersonic Rocket Ship (2023 Remaster)
19. I'm in Disgrace (2023 Remaster)
20. Do You Remember Walter? (2023 Remaster)
CD 2:
01. Too Much On My Mind (2023 Remaster)
02. Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl (2023 Remaster)
03. Days (2023 Remaster)
04. Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (2023 Remaster)
05. Where Have All the Good Times Gone (2023 Remaster)
06. Strangers (2023 Remaster)
07. It's Too Late (2023 Remaster)
08. Sitting in the Midday Sun (2023 Remaster)
09. Waterloo Sunset (2023 Remaster)
10. Australia (2023 Remaster)
11. No More Looking Back (2023 Remaster)
12. Death of a Clown (2023 Remaster)
13. Celluloid Heroes (2023 Remaster)
14. Act Nice and Gentle (2023 Remaster)
15. This Is Where I Belong (2023 Remaster)
16. Shangri-La (2023 Remaster)