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A Passage To Africa - George Alagiah

''One of Britain''s most respected television journalists, with a reputation built up over many years of covering world events'' Guardian''Tributes will rightly be paid to a fantastic journalist and brilliant broadcaster - but George was the most decent, principled, kindest, most honourable man I have ever worked with'' Jon SopelAs a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana - the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah''s shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope, insight and outrage. In vivid and evocative prose and with a fine eye for detail, Alagiah''s viewpoint is spiked with the freshness of the young George on his arrival in Ghana, the wonder with which he recounts his first impressions of Africa and the affection with which he dresses his stories of his early family life. A sense of possibility lingers, even though the book is full of uncomfortable truths. It is a book neatly balanced on his integrity and sense of obligation in his role as a writer and reporter. The shock of recognition is always there, but it is the personal element that gives A ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Passage To Juneau - Jonathan Raban

''His erudition is enorous, his prose as beautiful and clear as the blue ocean on a crisp morning . . . Passage to Juneau is a wonderfully fluid read'' – Sunday Times Passage to Juneau is an account of Raban''s voyage from Seattle to the Alaskan capital by boat, and the devastating news that awaits him when he returns to dry land. In Raban''s capable hands, the passage from Seattle to Alaska is less a journey than a backdrop for musings on history, art, myth, and philosophy.Reissued with a new introduction from Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland: A Deep Time Journey, this is extraordinary travel writing, defying at every turns the constrains of genre.''Raban at his best'' – Ian McEwan

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Passage To Power - Leslie Kentonová

Now in a new B format edition, PASSAGE TO POWER continues to help thou sands of woemn who fear the menopause or who are suffering from menopausal troubles. A veritable bible, it tackles the science of menopause and scrutinses the practices commonly associated with it. Leslie Kenton questions the benefits of HRT, examines the politics behind such treatment and sets out the principles of natural HRT. The book describes the extraordinary healing powers of natural progesterone and reveals the devastating effects of xenoestrogens -environmental chemicals to which western women (and men) are increasingly exposed. Finally, she shows women how to reconnect with their deepest levels of intuition and instinct on their journey towards individual freedom. Taken as a whole, PASSAGE TO POWER enables all women to face the menopause in possession of all the knowledge they need to live their lives to the full.

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DCC Dying Earth #10: Passage to the Manse of Erudite Wonderment - Bob Brinkman, Marc Bruner, Julian Bernick

Goodman Games is proud to announce Dungeon Crawl Classics Dying Earth #10: Passage to the Manse of Erudite Wonderment, the tenth adventure in their DCC Dying Earth product line. In this adventure, the party must survive a perilous journey across the wilds of the Dying Earth to the enigmatic home of one of the world’s last magicians. Along the way, they’ll have to overcome dangers both magical and mundane, not to mention the inter-party grudges!DCC Dying Earth #10 Passage to the Manse of Erudite Wonderment was inspired by the DCC Dying Earth team’s visit to the home of Jack Vance wherein they enjoyed the opportunity to view the famed writer’s personal possessions and speak with his son, John Vance, about his father and his fantastical work. It is intended for 2nd-level DCC Dying Earth characters.

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Passage to Poros - Edward Tick

A guide to spiritual pilgrimage and the healing powers of immersion in sacred places• Takes you on a mystical journey to the sacred Greek island of Poros, a site of pilgrimage and healing for more than 3,000 years, and presents its mythological, literary, historical, and cultural heritage• Examines pilgrimage, sanctuary, and asylum under the god Poseidon, the ruling spirit of the island, and how these have been practiced through the millennia• Explores ancient healing traditions, including dream incubation of Asklepios, and using sacred art and ritual to connect with our visions and the divineExplore the reawakening of ancient Greek healing practices by taking this journey of transformation, myth, and divine presence to the sacred island of Poros, a site of pilgrimage and healing for more than 3,000 years.This book examines pilgrimage, sanctuary, and asylum, the duties of Poseidon who was the ruling god of Poros. Edward Tick rediscovers asylia, the original practice of sanctuary that provides safety and inspiration while facilitating healing and connection to divinity. He explores “crossing the strait” as safe passage between the visible world and the invisible realms of the sacred. Drawing on ancient traditions Tick shows how we know ourselves, our destinies, and our connection ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Passage to India - Edward M. Forster

Exploring issues of colonialism, faith and the limits of comprehension, E.M. Forster''s A Passage to India is published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced ''Anglo-Indian'' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the ''real India'', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world.''His great book ... masterly in its presence and its lucidity''Anita Desai

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Passage to Tokyo - Poppy Kuroki

In the second book in the Ancestor Memories historical fantasy series, a young woman finds herself back in 1920s Tokyo as Japan enters a new and dangerous eraand a deadly tragedy awaits her city.Yui Sanada struggles to raise her twelve-year-old brother, Hiro, while contending with the antics of their neglectful, alcoholic mother. During a trip to Ueno Park, Hiro runs away from his sister into a strange passage beneath a samurai statue. Yui chases after him and soon finds herself in a Tokyo far removed from the familiar world of 1995.When Yui emerges from the tunnel, she cannot find Hiro but meets a young woman named Chiyo and her family and learns she has traveled back through time to 1923. As feelings between the two women develop, Yuiand realizes its just weeks before the devastating Great Kanto Earthquake will happen, killing tens of thousands and leveling the city. Will Yui be able to find her brother and save her new family from the coming disaster?

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Travels in West Africa - Mary Kingsley

A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as ''the bravest woman of all my knowledge''.Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests and collect botanical specimens. Her subsequent book, published in 1897, is a testament to understatement and humour - few explorers made less of the hardships and dangers experienced while travelling (including unaccompanied treks through dangerous jungles and encounters with deadly animals). Travels in West Africa would challenge (as well as reinforce) contemporary Victorian prejudices about Africa, and also made invaluable contributions to the fields of botany and anthropology. Above all, however, it has stood the test of time as a gripping, classic travel narrative by a woman whose sense of adventure and fascination with Africa transformed her whole life. This Penguin edition includes a fascinating introduction by Dr Toby Green examining Victorian attitudes to Africa, along with explanatory notes by Lynnette Turner.Mary Kingsley was born ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Passage to India - Edward M. Forster

'His great book ... masterly in its prescience and its lucidity' ANITA DESAI A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts of their age. It begins when Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, and feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community.Determined to explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal. Edited by OLIVER STALLYBRASS with an Introduction by PANKAJ MISHRA

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The Right of Passage - Julian Beecroft, Sheri Blaney

How much could the victims of the Holocaust have known of what awaited them? How much should they have known? The Right of Passage reveals how different members of a single German-Jewish family tried to flee the Nazi regime. The discovery of a cache of photographs leads the authors to hundreds of letters, on which the book is based. Newly translated from German, these exchanges among leading thinkers of the period vividly record an intellectual culture in flight, though none could grasp the nature of the evil that was coming. Most members of the family found safety in England, Ireland or America, some only just in time; the logician and philosopher Kurt Grelling, exiled in Belgium, was arrested when the Nazis invaded. Deported to France and interned by the Vichy regime, despite the efforts of friends, Grelling’s attempts to find passage to America ultimately came to nothing. But his letters speak across the decades, urging us to question our unconscious attitudes to the millions of victims of the worst mass atrocity in history.

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Out of Africa - Karen Blixenová

Karen Blixen''s Out of Africa is the lyrical and luminous memoir of Kenya that launched a million tourist trails, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.''I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills . . . Up in this high air you breathed easily . . . you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.''From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs.Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.''With its lyrical and luminous picture of Kenya, it launched a million tourist trails'' Guardian''A compelling story of passion and a movingly poetic tribute to a lost land'' The TimesA work of sincere power ... a fine lyrical study of life in East Africa - Harold Nicolson, Daily TelegraphKaren Blixen was born in Rungsted, Denmark, in 1885. After ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Curious George Classic Collection - H. A. Rey

All seven Curious George classic stories in one delightful slipcased boxed set in celebration of the seventy-fifth birthday of everyone''s favorite inquisitive monkey!H. A. and Margret Rey first introduced us to Curious George in 1941. This handsome slipcased anniversary set includes all seven classic tales: Curious George, Curious George Takes a Job, Curious George Rides a Bike, Curious George Gets a Medal, Curious George Flies a Kite, Curious George Learns the Alphabet, and Curious George Goes to the Hospital. A classic foundation for building any child''s library, the Curious George Classic Collection is a set for all seasons—holidays, baby showers, and birthdays all make perfect occasions to introduce or reacquaint a reader with the one and only George.

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Various: Music from Africa - The Album - CD (7619943022739)

Hudební CD - Je libo africké rytmy pak je tato kompilace určena vám. Je libo africké rytmy pak je tato kompilace určena vám. Seznam stop CD 1 / Live Humble - Miriam Makeba / Orlando - Miriam Makeba / Make Us One - Miriam Makeba / N'Toum - Zulu Community / Sophiatown Is Gone - Miriam Makeba / Holilili - Miriam Makeba & Dan Hill / Ndamcena - Miriam Makeba / Clouds Over Cape Town - Xhosa / Nomalungelo (Thanayi) - Miriam Makeba / Back Of The Moon (From The Musical KING KONG) - Miriam Makeba & The King Kong Cast / Kutheni Sithandwa - Miriam Makeba / Black Man Smile - Township Gang / Umbhaqanga - Miriam Makeba / Baby Ntsoare - Miriam Makeba & The Manhattan Brothers / Table Mountain - Robben Island Boys / Africa, Africa, Africa - Township Gang / Miriam's Goodbye To Africa - Miriam Makeba / Hush - Miriam Makeba / Massa Bwana - The Swahilis / Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba / CD 2 / Beat The Drum - Miombo Boys / Savanah Beat - Miombo Boys / Creepy Sounds...

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Russia in Africa - Samuel Ramani

Three decades after the Soviet Union''s collapse, Russia has transformed from a fringe player to a resurgent great power in Africa. The October 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi highlighted the appeal of Russia''s normative agenda, the ubiquity of Russian military technology, and the breadth of Moscow''s presence on the continent. Beneath the pageantry, a darker side of Russia''s African resurgence looms large. From Libya to Madagascar, Russia has used sinister tactics to expand its influence, such as private military contractors, shadowy mining and energy deals with authoritarian regimes, and election interference campaigns. This book presents a chronological examination of Russia''s post-Cold War foreign policy towards Africa, and outlines the factors that have enabled and impeded the growth of its influence. It pays special attention to the non-material factors behind this rising power; the domestic drivers of Russian decision-making; Moscow''s relationships with fellow external powers; and African perspectives on Russia''s geopolitical role. Samuel Ramani''s analysis cites extensively both Russian-language media and academic sources, and his own interviews with Russian and African elites. His fascinating study challenges popular depictions of Russia as an opportunistic anti-Western actor, instead emphasising Moscow''s strategic commitment to Africa and the endurance of historical memory.

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Love, Africa - Jeffrey Gettleman

From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a passionate, revealing story about finding love and finding a calling, set against one of the most turbulent regions in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past twenty years, from Afghanistan to Iraq to the Congo. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times, fulfilling a teenage dream.At nineteen, Gettleman fell in love, twice. On a do-it-yourself community service trip in college, he went to East Africa—a terrifying, exciting, dreamlike part of the world in the throes of change that imprinted itself on his imagination and on his heart.But around that same time he also fell in love with a fellow Cornell student—the brightest, classiest, most principled woman he’d ever met. To say they were opposites was an understatement. She became a criminal lawyer in America; he hungered to return to Africa. For the next decade he would be torn between these two abiding passions.A sensually rendered coming-of-age story in the tradition of Barbarian Days, Love, Africa is a tale of passion, violence, far-flung adventure, tortuous long-distance relationships, screwing up, forgiveness, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

"The rule would be this: whatever George saw, if it was runny or powdery or gooey, in it went . . ."George Kranky''s grandma is a grouch. She''s always mean to George (and not much nicer to his parents either).One day, when George is put in charge of giving Grandma her medicine, he wonders if he can come up with his own remedy to try and help Grandma become less of a grump.Using some rather unusual ingredients, George creates his magic medicine*. But will it stop his grandma from being so horrible . . . or will it shoot sparks out of the top of her head?!*WARNING: Do NOT try to make George''s Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It is likely to be extremely dangerous.The text in this edition of George''s Marvellous Medicine was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

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Karma - Boy George

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'Funny, smart and heartbreaking. Incredible... go listen to it or read it.' Robbie Williams'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's Me... This is George O'Dowd in all his exhausting glory.' Observer'Joyously indiscreet' Daily Mail'I went to a lot of trouble to create Boy George and then I went through a whole battle for years about not wanting to be him. But now I enjoy and embrace it in a way that I wasn't able to as a young person.... I'm finally learning to be George Alan O'Dowd from Eltham.'Karma is the definitive autobiography from the incomparable Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of Culture Club and LGBTQ+ vanguard: Boy George. Told in his inimitable style, Karma tells the story of the charismatic frontman - the drama, the music, his journey of addiction and recovery, surviving prison, meeting legends like David Bowie, Prince and Madonna, and the highs and lows of a life lived in the spotlight and in the headlines.This is the explosive and searingly honest account of Boy George's life as a child growing up in sixties London, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Homage To Catalonia - George Orwell

A National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century “One of Orwell’s very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War.”—The New Yorker In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant—as a member of the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the Fascists, he described in painfully vivid and occasionally comic detail life in the trenches—with a “democratic army” composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons—and his near fatal wounding. As the politics became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles. Considered one of the finest works by a man V. S. Pritchett called “the wintry conscience of a generation,” Homage to Catalonia is both Orwell’s memoir of his experiences at the front and his tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. This edition features a new foreword by Adam Hochschild placing the war in greater context and discussing the evolution of Orwell’s views on the Spanish Civil War. “No ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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George's Marvellous Medicine (Colour Edn) - Roald Dahl

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World''s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!George Kranky''s Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman.One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine.So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do.A magic medicine* it will be. One that will either cure her completely . . . or blow off the top of her head.*WARNING: Do not try to make George''s Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous.

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Green Hills of Africa - Ernest Hemingway

This is Hemingway''s East African safari journal.''All I wanted to do was get back to Africa''Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway''s lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. Hemingway''s well-known interest in - and fascination with - big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. It is an examination of the lure of the hunt and an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.''In a class by itself - the country at all hours shines bright and clear in these pages'' Daily Telegraph''The best-written story of big-game hunting anywhere'' New York Times

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Final Passage - Phillips Caryl

Caryl Phillips''s first novel tells the story of Leila, a nineteen-year-old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Unsatisfied with life on the island, Leila decides to leave her friends and follow her mother overseas, taking her restless husband Michael and her young son with her. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms.

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Curious George Joins the Team - H. A. Rey

In this Curious George story, George learns that a wheelchair doesn't stop his friend Tina from anything — even joining a basketball team! Now in paperback. Curious George has a playdate at a park designed for children of all abilities, perfect for his new friend, Tina, who uses a wheelchair. While they are playing together, Tina spots some kids playing her favorite game: basketball. George jumps right into the action, but Tina is too shy to ask to join. George suspects Tina is just as good—even better—than the other kids. Can he come up with a way to show the players she's got game and help her overcome her shyness? This story celebrates how kids of all abilities can play together!

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

After travelling to Spain at the end of 1936 with the intention of working as a correspondent for a British socialist newspaper, thirty-three-year-old George Orwell decided to join the Republican efforts to overturn Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Having enrolled in the POUM militias, the young writer was soon forced to experience first-hand the hardships and dangers of trench warfare, before becoming involved in the Barcelona May Day street fighting and nearly being killed by a bullet on his return to the front line. Orwell's initial idealistic dreams of a victorious fight against fascism were gradually tainted by doubt and disillusionment as the divisions and infighting within the Republican coalition became apparent.Part war memoir, part tract, part expose, Homage to Catalonia is a pivotal work in Orwell's oeuvre, and a key to understanding his political ideas and commitment to the socialist cause. Rejected by Orwell's long-standing publisher, Gollancz, on political grounds, it is here presented in its original version, as published by Secker & Warburg in 1938.

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What You're Made For - Ryan Holiday, George Raveling

''George Raveling is a legend on sports, business, and the great game of life'' TIM FERRISS''I''m proud to call George a mentor and a friend'' MICHAEL JORDAN''George Raveling is the mentor you wish you had'' RICH ROLL''This is a must-read book'' CHARLES BARKLEYGame-changing wisdom from pioneering coach and Nike executive George Raveling, coauthored by bestselling author Ryan Holiday - with a foreword by basketball legend Michael JordanGeorge Raveling knows all about beating the odds. A living legend, he has been a game-changing basketball coach, stood at the side of Martin Luther King Jr, mentored Michael Jordan and shaped the world of sports as a Director at Nike. But his life began in the shadow of segregation, death and mental illness. Here, he teams up with bestselling author Ryan Holiday to share the lessons drawn from his extraordinary life and career. This is not a memoir, but a blueprint for anyone who wants to overcome obstacles and achieve success on their own terms. You''ll find strategies for discovering purpose, insights on how to keep evolving and growing, advice for building meaningful connections, and tactics to compound daily victories into your greatest achievements. From finding a mentor to building a legacy, this ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell questions the actions and motives of all sides whilst retaining his firm beliefs in human courage and the need for radical social change.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Helen Graham, a leading historian on the Spanish Civil War.When George Orwell arrived in Spain in 1936, he signed up to fight with the Republican army against Fascism. Homage to Catalonia is his bracing personal account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. From the front line he describes, with brutal honesty, the frustrations and inefficiencies of battle; he is caught up in vicious street fighting in Barcelona and must flee for his life when Republican factions turn on each other.

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

''Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it''. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound and the vicious treachery of his supposed allies.A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell''s Homage to Catalonia includes an introduction by Julian Symons in Penguin Modern Classics.

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Black Mary 2 - Passage to the Hereafter - Rodolphe

Rescued at sea by Black Mary, Lord James, the libertine aristocrat who longed for adventure, is utterly enthralled by the fierce pirate captain - enough so that when she boards a royal warship, he chooses to fight at her side. With her ship badly damaged, though, Mary must return to her hidden base, an island not on any map. For good reason: the inhabitants of the island are... the men and women who died at sea, and remain there until it is time to move on to the afterlife...

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Dark Passage to Snuggleburg - Alan Pilecki

When a group of musicians arrive in Snuggleburg to ply their trade, everyone''s least favourite, wise-cracking sheriff finds himself up to his neck in skulduggery. Never one to shy away from a caustic remark or derisive retort, Bujac must investigate and solve the string of murders plaguing the isolated colony. With leading citizens hounding him for quick results and having to tolerate hapless deputies he has no time for, he must unmask friend from foe. He confronts a hotelier whom he despises and keeps Bujac in the dark, a swaggering gunslinger who peppers him with mealy-mouthed insults, a saloon keeper that won''t keep out of his affairs, a lisping frog out for his blood and ruthless, devious outlaws out to hoodwink him. Read a thrilling Wild West adventure steeped in suspense, set on a remote landscape in an unforgiving toy world. Ride the trail with an antagonistic enforcer that answers glibly with an acerbic tongue and who commits himself to a conclusion that can only lead to an unexpected betrayal.

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

''An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war'' Antony BeevorEvery line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it''. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound and the vicious treachery of his supposed allies.A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell''s Homage to Catalonia includes an introduction by Julian Symons.

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

''If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."'' Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell''s account of the Spanish Civil War. It was the last and most mature of Orwell''s documentary books and it is a sharp, focused and angry account of the fighting in Spain. The discomforts of trench warfare, his near-death experience of being shot, and his painful and disorientating medical treatment all contribute to the book''s gripping immediacy. At the same time, Orwell was aware that he was producing a work of art: ''Beware of my partisanship,'' he warns his readers, ''my mistakes of fact, and the distortion inevitably caused by my having seen only one corner of events.''Lisa Mullen''s introduction examines how the book straddles the divide between literature and history, and provides readers and students with a concise explanatory account of the controversies which have grown up around the book since its publication.

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Peppa Pig dřevěná loď a figurka George

Dřevěná loďka v modré barvě s figurkou George umožňuje dětem přehrávat příběhy na plavbu. Součástí je pirátská vlajka a žlutý zvon. Hračka je vyrobena z ekologického dřeva a je vhodná pro děti od 3 let.

  • Vyrobeno z ekologického FSC dřeva
  • Podporuje kreativní a příběhovou hru
  • Bezpečné pro děti od 3 let
  • Obsahuje pirátskou vlajku a zvon pro realistickou hru

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before the outbreak of World War II, Orwell documents the chaos and bloodshed of that moment in history and the voices of those who fought against rising fascism.His experience of the civil war would spark a significant change in his own political views, which readers today will recognise in much of his later literary work; a rage against the threat of totalitarianism and control.

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My First Curious George (Book and Milestone Cards) - H. A. Rey

A gentle introduction to the classic children’s storybook character Curious George, this special milestone board book edition is perfect for baby showers, new baby gifts, and first birthdays!This gently abridged text is geared toward the youngest of audiences. H. A. Rey’s vibrant and playful illustrations shine throughout.Comes with milestone cards for the first twelve months and other exciting moments, such as “Today I Crawled,” “My First Haircut,” and more! Photograph your little one throughout their first year and beyond with twelve double-sided Curious George–themed cards in this sweet introduction to Curious George and his silly antics.

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George Orwell - Robert Colls

George Orwell has never been more quoted and misquoted. Can he be rescued from the soundbites?George Orwell remains a work in progress. He is, or has become, a meme, a global writer, a national treasure, a London statue, a scholarly society, a Prize and a Journal, a trope and a show, various movies, various murals, various misquotations, two adjectives, at least half a dozen fictions and most recently “a dead metaphor” with plenty more accolades to come. George Orwell: Life and Legacy is an intellectual biography which offers an original account of Orwell''s life and work from his birth in the high noon of British imperialism in 1903, to his death on the eve of the Cold War in 1950. Orwell''s life played out against a background of two world wars, two great revolutions, one long global depression, the rise and rise of Communism, and the war-time pre-eminence of the United States. Yet no matter how alert he was to all these great struggles, and no matter how guarded he was in his personal life, Orwell never turned away from the question of who he was, and the contradictions that entailed. His two great modern masterpieces Animal Farm (1945) and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Passage To India - Edward M. Forster

Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, and feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the ''real India'', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal.

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Peppa Pig: George's Potty - Peppa Pig

Help introduce your toddler to toilet training with this noisy potty book!The fun story shows little ones that even George wasn''t sure about using the potty at first.Featuring a big sound button to cheer George on, this noisy board book for toddlers is the perfect potty training partner.Discover more early-learning adventures with Peppa:Peppa Pig: Peppa''s Super Noisy Sound BookPeppa Pig: Peppa''s Talent ShowPeppa Pig: Police Car

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Oliver and George - Peter Carnavas

Oliver is ready to play but George the bear is busy reading. Oliver tries everything to get George’s attention. What happens when a boy bothers a bear too many times?

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Winter & Christmas Poems - George Mackay Brown

This beautiful volume of winter and Christmas-themed verses will be a hugely welcome addition to the George Mackay Brown canon. The poet and novelist lived and worked all his life in Stromness on Orkney: the islands being the sole inspiration for the huge and immensely rich body of work that he left behind at his death in 1997. Many of Mackay Brown''s poems are set in the winter months and we have made here a selection of some of the most evocative. Seamus Heaney wrote of him: ''George Mackay Brown has added uniquely and steadfastly to the riches of poetry in English: his sense of the world and his way with words are powerfully at one with each other. The book has Orcadian woodcuts by the artist Kath Littler, including a cover illustration ''Hoy Hare''.

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The American Century and Beyond - George C. Herring

In his last years as president of the United States, an embattled George Washington yearned for a time when his nation would have "the strength of a Giant and there will be none who can make us afraid." At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States seemed poised to achieve a position of world power beyond what even Washington could have imagined.In The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014, the second volume of a new split paperback edition of the award-winning From Colony to Superpower, George C. Herring recounts the rise of the United States from the dawn of what came to be known as the American Century. This fast-paced narrative tells a story of stunning successes and tragic failures, illuminating the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation. Herring shows how policymakers defined American interests broadly to include territorial expansion, access to growing markets, and the spread of the "American way of life." He recounts the United States'' domination of the Caribbean and Pacific, its decisive involvement in two world wars, and the eventual victory in the half-century Cold War that left it, after the collapse of the Soviet ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Luxusní váza Flora XL - Georg Jensen

Pokud si potrpíte na opravdový luxus a neobyčejnost, pak je pro vás váza Flora od mistrů řemesla ze Skandinávie tou pravou volbou. Jemné křivky, které jsou inspirované ženským tělem v kombinaci s ocelí působí doslova impozantně. Dámy a pánové, toto je Georg Jensen! A špičkový design od Todda Brachera • ušlechtilá nerezová ocel/zrcadlový lesk • dokonalý vzhled! • výška - 50 cm • šířka - 27,5 cm • hloubka - 27,5 cm • Dánsko Péče o povrch vázy: Dokonalý lesk je výsledkem pečlivého ručního leštění. Aby byla váza stále dokonale krásná, doporučujeme ji jednou za čas vyleštit pomocí extra jemných utěrek na lesklé povrchy. Postačí vám k tomu jen otřít vázu vodou a následně rozleštit kruhovými pohyby.

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... This is dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience.Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded and survived to write this book about the experience. Written with all the deep human understanding that defines Orwell’s writing, he vividly recounts the battles that were faced by ordinary working people as they fought for both their lives and their ideologies. Using first-hand experience, his capacity for observation and the clarity and conviction of his writing, Orwell reveals the real-world effects of totalitarianism.

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Novel and Other Poems - George Seferis

Often compared during his lifetime to T.S. Eliot, whose work he translated and introduced to Greece, George Seferis is noted for his spare, laconic, dense and allusive verse in the Modernist idiom of the first half of the twentieth century. At once intensely Greek and a cosmopolitan of his time (he was a career-diplomat as well as a poet), Seferis better than any other writer expresses the dilemma experienced by his countrymen then and now: how to be at once Greek and modern. The translations that make up this volume are the fruit of more than forty years, and many are published here for the first time.

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George Herriman. Krazy Kat. The Complete Color Sundays 1935–1944 - Alexander Braun

The premise is simple: a black cat loves scheming a white mouse who incessantly throws bricks at the cat’s head, which police dog Officer Pupp, secretly harboring a passionate love for the cat, tries to prevent. George Herriman endlessly plays with the above formula in his legendary newspaper strip Krazy Kat, published from 1913 until his death in 1944. Through his wit, detailed characterization, and visual-verbal creativity, Herriman introduced even the least comically-inclined to the young medium; Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, US President Woodrow Wilson, Jackson Pollock, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Capra, P.G. Wodehouse, Willem de Kooning—all KK fans among many others. It was thanks to media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, a confirmed fan who gave Herriman carte blanche in his newspapers, that the artist was allowed to freely explore countless absurd and melancholy variations on the theme of unrequited love for years on end. Herriman unabashedly took advantage of this, radically exploring the medium’s potential and pushing all of its formal boundaries; readers had to put up with surreal, Dadaist sceneries, a language that whirled slang, neologisms, phonetic spelling, and scholarly references, and diffuse gender roles—making Krazy Kat probably the first gender-fluid star in comic ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Hell To Pay - George Pelecanos

A fatal shooting that strikes too close to home leaves PI Derek Strange determined to find the killer - whatever the cost. From one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.Set in darkest, downtown Washington, Hell to Pay begins with Quinn and Strange dealing with the usual detritus of the world''s most violent city - a bent cop and a missing teenage-girl-turned-hooker - but then a senseless death on a sunny afternoon shakes even Derek Strange''s existence. A victim shot down by bullets meant for another; a tragic accident that strikes just too close to home. Strange''s grief is all-consuming and he swears to track down and destroy the killers - ghetto style. But as he throws himself deeper and deeper into the hunt, he has to ask questions of himself and his world that he would rather not.

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Nerezový vizitkář To Go - Georg Jensen

Elegantní vzhled a sebevědomá prezentace jsou pro businnes velice důležité vlasnosti a nerezové pouzdro na karty To Go je exkluzivním doplňkem, který v sobě obě tyto charakteristiky má. Včetně toho je také velice praktickou ochranou na osobní karty a skvěle poslouží i jako luxusní dárek. Návod na použití náhledu a další informace naleznete ZDE.

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Kožené baleríny Tory Burch Georgia Ballet

Baleríny z kolekce Tory Burch vyrobené z přírodní kůže. Neporézní svršek, snadno se čistí vlhkým hadříkem.

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Baleríny Tory Burch Georgia Ballet

Baleríny z kolekce Tory Burch. Model vyroben z lakované kůže. Lehký a pohodlný model ideální pro každodenní nošení.

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Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.

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Crisis on Multiple Earths Book 3: Countdown to Crisis - George Pérez, Gerry Conway

The perfect continuation piece to Crisis on Infinite Earths features classic team-ups between the heroes of Earth-One and Earth-Two, the Justice League, and the Justice Society of America.The crossover team-up of the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America continues in this incredible classic collection! This Book 3 collects All-Star Squadron #14-15, and Justice League of America #171-172, #183-185, #196-197, #207-209!

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The Indian Empire At War - George Morton-Jack

A brilliantly original history of the First World War, re-tracing the footsteps of the Indian Army''s 1.5 million men who in 1914-18 served about the globe from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean. After years of neglect, The Indian Empire at War raises the curtain on the Indian soldiers'' personal experiences fighting for the Allies against the Central Powers, and returning home to play their part in the Indian Independence movement.

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