Hľadanie: Unbeaten
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Unbeaten
'Unbeaten is one of the best sports books I've read in years.' - Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A Life.
Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: he never lost a professional fight. When he retired in 1956, his record was a perfect 49-0.
Unbeaten is the revelatory biography of one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Marciano rose from abject poverty and a life of petty crime to become heavyweight champion and one of the most famous faces of his era. He dominated boxing in the decade following the Second World War with a devastating punch, which he nicknamed the `Suzie Q'.
But perfection came at a price.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike Stanton tells the story of Marciano's pursuit of greatness through the era of guys and dolls, hustlers and gamblers, glamorous celebrities and notorious mobsters. But boxing had its dark side, particularly at a time when Mafia mob bosses like Blinky Palermo and Frankie Carbo wielded immense power behind the scenes.
Marciano retired while still in his prime, weighed down by the mob's influence in the sport he loved. For the last decade of his life, he wandered America, disillusioned, untrusting, hiding his money, cheating on his wife, consorting with the mobsters he had loathed for corrupting his sport, until his death in a plane crash in 1969, the night before his 46th birthday.
Unbeaten by Mike Stanton is the story of a remarkable champion, a sport that was rotten to its core, and a country that may have expected too much from its heroes.
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14,95 €
1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That
In 1999, Manchester United completed a unique Treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League - but more remarkable than that was how they did it, and the stories behind the historic achievement. Matt Dickinson covered the whole story at the time, and now in 99 compelling chapters brings it all vividly to life. When the season began, Manchester United were up for sale, the club's iconic talisman Eric Cantona had gone, rivals Arsenal were the reigning Double winners, David Beckham was a national hate figure after being sent off during the World Cup, and even manager Alex Ferguson's position was being questioned.
Early signs weren't promising, despite record spending to bring in new stars, among them Jaap Stam and Dwight Yorke, but soon things began to change. Driven by the indomitable will of skipper Roy Keane, supported by a nucleus from the Class of 92 - Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, the Nevilles and Paul Scholes - who had grown up at the club, they went on a long unbeaten and unbeatable run, featuring some of the most dramatic games in fans' memories. Matt Dickinson highlights the key moments, speaking to those at the centre of the story and to those whose moment went unnoticed.
1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That is so much more than a book for United fans; it is an insight into team building, the will to success and a tale of local pride. It reveals the real stories behind the legend that was sealed with a last-minute scrambled goal from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to win the Champions League.
Korn - Requiem CD
Tracklist:
1 Forgotten
2 Let The Dark Do The Rest
3 Start The Healing
4 Lost In The Grandeur
5 Disconnect
6 Hopeless and Beaten
7 Penance To Sorrow
8 My Confession
9 Worst Is On Its Way
Hra Monopoly Dinosaurs (hra v angličtine)
The Dinosaurs are back! After millions of years, these ferocious animals have beaten extinction and returned in this exclusive edition of the Monopoly board game. Will you collect the Diplodocus? Stegosaurus? Or Triceratops? Travel around the board using one of six unique and exclusive tokens, as you purchase tents and jeeps instead of houses and hotels. Instead of travel squares, you can purchase the different eras of Jurassic discovery.
Key Features:
PERFECT FOR DINOSAURS LOVERS: this prehistoric Dinsoaurs edition of Hasbro's classic board game MONOPOLY is perfect for 2–6 players and makes a great gift for fans aged 8 and up.
INCLUDES 6 METAL TOKENS: choose from tokens including your favourite dinosaurs - Brontosaurus, Triceratops, T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Pterodactyl, and a Velociraptor.
UNIQUE DINOSAURS GAME BOARD starring the most ferocious and terrifying creatures of the age.
BUILD YOUR PREHISTORIC EMPIRE: buy up colour sets and use your custom MONOPOLY money to expand your empire by building tents and jeeps on your properties.
INCLUDES SPECIAL TOP TRUMPS CARD: playable with the best selling Dinosaurs Top Trumps pack.
Četba pro začátečníky - Oliver Twist (A1 - A2)
Oliver Twist‘s life is hard and desperate one. His mother is dead, so he is brought up in a workhouse. Beaten and starved he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang of pickpockets to survive. Will the boy manage to find a real home in such a mercyless world?
Život Olivera Twista je těžký a zoufalý. Maminka mu zemřela, a tak je vychováván v sirotčinci. Zbitý a vyhladovělý uteče do Londýna, kde se, aby přežil, přidá k Faginově bandě kapesních zlodějů. Podaří se chlapci v tomto nemilosrdném světě najít skutečný domov?
Korn - Requiem Mass CD
Tracklist:
1. Start the Healing
2. Lost In the Grandeur
3. Hopeless and Beaten
4. Worst is On It's Way
5. Let the Dark Do the Rest
Lonely Planet Argentina
Lonely Planet’s Argentina is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch enormous icebergs calve from Glaciar Perito Moreno, tour wineries and enjoy the finished product around Mendoza, and hike the rugged Fitz Roy Range for stunning mountain views – all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Argentina and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet’s Argentina:
Color maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - covering history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics
Over 84 maps for easy navigation
Covers Buenos Aires, The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast, Iguazu Falls & the Northeast, Salta & the Andean Northwest, Córdoba & the Central Sierras, Mendoza & the Central Andes, Bariloche & the Lake District, Patagonia, Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, Tierra del Fuego, Uruguay, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet’s Argentina is our most comprehensive guide to the country, and is designed to immerse you in the culture and help you discover the best sights and get off the beaten track.
Na sklade 2Ks
22,75 €
23,95 €
Korn - Requiem Mass LP
Tracklist:
Side A:
01. Start The Healing (Requiem Mass)
02. Lost In The Grandeur (Requiem Mass)
03. Hopeless And Beaten (Requiem Mass)
04. Worst Is On Its Way (Requiem Mass)
05. Let The Dark Do The Rest (Requiem Mass)
Side B: Etching
Korn - Requiem LP
Tracklist:
1 Forgotten
2 Let the Dark Do the Rest
3 Start The Healing
4 Lost in the Grandeur
5 Disconnect
6 Hopeless and Beaten
7 Penance to Sorrow
8 My Confession
9 Worst Is On Its Way
Princess of Souls
In this Rapunzel-inspired fantasy novel, a young witch, groomed to steal souls for an immortal king, meets the reckless, rebellious boy to whom her fate is tied.
For sixteen years, Selestra has been trapped in her tower on the Floating Mountain, preparing to take her mother's place as the King's Witch, who foretells deaths in the Festival of Predictions. Outrunning your fate earns a wish and the chance to steal the King's immortality. But die and your soul is forfeit. And though thousands have tried, nobody has ever beaten death.
A soldier in the King's army, Nox is an unlikely candidate for the Festival, but, driven by revenge, he is determined to steal the King's immortality and kill the entirety of his court, starting with Selestra.
Yet when Selestra touches Nox in her very first prediction, their fates become entwined, and death seeks to take both their souls. Only by working together can they survive long enough to escape the dark fate and the immortal King that now hunts them.
Keeping 13
Falling in love was the easy part. What comes next is the test . . .
Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unravelling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes, who haunts his every waking hour.
Keeping secrets has never been a problem for Shannon Lynch. The life she was born into demands nothing less. She knows that demons and evil men don't just exist in fairytales. They exist in her world, too. Traumatized beyond repair after her return from Dublin, and desperate to protect her little brothers, Shannon finds herself falling into the same old cover-up, barely keeping her head above water, as her future unravels before her eyes. Beaten and broken, her walls are up and her trust is shaken.
Only one boy has the ability to climb those walls. The boy who owns her heart. But secrets are about to be exposed and lives could be changed forever - can Johnny and Shannon's love survive?
Dreamland
Fate drew them together . . . but will their dreams tear them apart?
Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, but tragedy grounded his dreams. Now the dust has settled, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home.
But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, and Colby can't help but wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. Morgan is on her way to Nashville with plans to become a star and she wants Colby to come with her.
While they are falling headlong in love, Beverly is on a heart-pounding journey of another kind. Fleeing an abusive husband with her six-year-old son, she is trying to piece together a new life in a small town far off the beaten track. Danger is never far and her money is fast running out.
In the course of a single unforgettable week, three very different people will have their own ideas of love put to the test. As fate draws them together, they will each be forced to question whether the dream of a better life can ever overcome the weight of the past.
Lacná kniha Atlas Obscura Explorers Journal (-70%)
Atlas Obscura, the 2016 bestseller, offered rabid travellers and dreamers a new travel bucket list of places off the beaten path. This new Atlas Obscura Explorer's Journal will help them keep track of where their wanderlust takes them, and all their adventures along the way. A lay-flat paperback with storage pocket, this journal features blank pages for travellers to write their itineraries and plans, key contacts, and journal entries about their travels near or far. The journal also includes short guides to twelve of the world's most wondrous cities. Each city guide includes a map with 20-30 obscure locations as well as general travel tips ('How to explore the Parisian catacombs the Obscura Way') Cities include: New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Budapest, Moscow, Shanghai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Fes. A perfect gift for travellers of all ages, from students planning a big trek to adults plotting local weekend excursions, or anyone who wants to note their travel dreams and wish-lists.
Na sklade 2Ks
5,99 €
19,95 €
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Lacná kniha Great Escapes (-70%)
Great Escapes unearths 500 of the world's most inspiring holidays, offering great ways to get off the beaten track and enjoy a more authentic kind of travel. You can discover a wealth of new adventures from sleeping in houseboats in Kerala and witnessing the zebra migration in Botswana to taking the train-hotel from Paris to Madrid. Whether you fancy living like a local in a tipi with Native American Indians, riding with cowboys in Venezuela or staying in a bunkhouse barn in the Brecon Beacons, this guide is packed with the how, where and when to plan your next extraordinary trip. Authors Richard Hammond, former "Green Travel" correspondent for "The Guardian", and Jeremy Smith, former Editor of "The Ecologist Magazine", have hand picked the best hotels, resorts, and tours run by people who are passionate about what they do, assuring a spectacular choice of inspirational travel ideas without compromising on the quality of your holiday. Whether you wish to stay in an eco-chic hotel, experience a closer connection with local culture, or simply want to see the world in a new light, make your next trip a Great Escape.
Na sklade 1Ks
5,73 €
19,11 €
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The One You Love
Experience the gripping first instalment of the bestselling Emma Holden suspense mystery trilogy, full of twists, turns and page-turning cliff-hangers.Fear the past...Just days before her wedding in London, England, Emma Holden's fiancé has vanished.Not only has Dan disappeared without a trace, his brother is found beaten and left for dead in their apartment. Suspicion for the attack falls on Dan, but Emma refuses to believe his guilt.As Emma frantically searches for answers, someone is stalking her, watching her every move. And her family are hiding a terrible secret; a secret that threatens all those she loves.In a desperate race against time, Emma must uncover the truth if she ever wants to see Dan alive again.Mystery, suspense and romance are combined in this thrilling trilogy set in London, England, which has gained over five thousand five star ratings online and topped the charts around the world.
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0,14 €
Elon Musk
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.
When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.
His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.
At the beginning of 2022—after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one satellites, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth—Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. “I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,” he said.
It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.
For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
White Lilac (EN)
Summer is coming to Lund, a university town in the south of Sweden, and the students are looking forward to their summer break. But tragedy casts its dark shadow over the city when a young woman is found brutally beaten in Lund City Park. Not far from the crime scene, a young man is also found assaulted.
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13,99 €
Black Tom's Red Army (EN)
Audiobook Black Tom's Red Army, written by Nicholas Carter, is the sixth book in the series The Shadow on the Crown. The deciding Battle of Naseby looms on the horizon in this historical adventure of the English Civil War. It is more than a year since printer’s apprentice turned Parliamentarian soldier William Sparrow and his Royalist rival Hugo Telling last came to blows. Parliament’s armies, bruised beaten and humiliated despite their ever-increasing numerical advantage, have been reconstituted as the New Model Army.
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22,99 €
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight Volume 2
With the alliance between the demon army and Ryunheit complete, Veight’s dream of inter-species coexistence has come to fruition, with the city prospering like never before. At the same time, ominous rumors of a “hero” with strength rivaling the Demon Lord himself start circulating in the north, where the second regiment is on the losing end of a prolonged battle. Veight rushes with his master to confront this famed hero at the fortress city of Schverm, but he finds the Demon Lord has beaten him to the punch. Who will emerge victorious in this battle between the two strongest people in existence?!
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8,85 €