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The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East  The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even harsher autocracies. Tensions were exacerbated by the meddling of outsiders, as regional and global powers sought to further their interests. The United States, for so long the dominant actor, had stepped back, leaving a vacuum behind it to be fought over.  Christopher Phillips explores geopolitical rivalries in the region, and the major external powers vying for influence: Russia, China, the EU, and the US. Moving through ten key flashpoints, from Syria to Palestine, Phillips argues that the United States⠙ overextension after the Cold War, and retreat in the 2010s, has imbalanced the region. Today, the Middle East remains blighted by conflicts of unprecedented violence and a post-American scramble for power ⠓ leaving its fate in the balance.

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Top 10 Title, Art/Architecture/Photography, Publishers Weekly Spring 2021 Announcement IssueThe Phillips Collection—America’s first museum of modern art—was founded in Washington, DC, in 1921 by Duncan Phillips as a memorial to his father, Duncan Clinch Phillips, and his brother, James, who died in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. Recognizing the healing power of art, Phillips sought to inspire others to “see beautifully as true artists see.” This ground-breaking volume, planned in conjunction with the museum’s centennial, offers an unprecedented breadth of insights and inclusive narratives on the Phillips’s growing art collection from a range of voices, including artists, curators, and critics, who shed light on the museum’s acquisitions since 2000.Seeing Differently features diverse artistic expressions across wide-ranging media by renowned artists from the 19th to the 21st centuries, including John Akomfrah, Benny Andrews, Esther Bubley, Edgar Degas, Anselm Kiefer, Simone Leigh, and Aimé Mpane. This richly illustrated book includes an opening essay by Phillips director Dorothy Kosinski, artist conversations with John Edmonds, Whitfield Lovell, Alyson Shotz, and the late David C. Driskell, and 11 thematic essays by scholars and practitioners across disciplines. Its over 200 plates feature paintings, sculptures, videos, quilts, prints, and photographs, many with object responses by notable contributors, including artists Anthony Gormley, Sean Scully, Renée Stout, and Jennifer Wen Ma, among others.

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Acclaimed author of On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored and On KindnessA collection of literary essays like no other - exploring the deep connections between literature and psychoanalysis - from Britain s leading psychoanalyst.For Adam Phillips - as for Freud and many of his followers - poetry and poets have always held an essential place, as both precursors and unofficial collaborators in the psychoanalytic project. But the same has never held true in reverse. What, Phillips wonders, at the start of this deeply engaging book, has psychoanalysis meant for writers? And what can writing do for psychoanalysis?Phillips explores these questions through an exhilarating series of encounters with - and vivid readings of - writers he has loved, from Byron and Barthes to Shakespeare and Sebald. And in the process he demonstrates, through his own unique style, how literature and psychoanalysis can speak to and of each other. Adam Phillips is that rarest of phenomena, a trained clinician who is also a sublime writer - John Banville, author of The Sea Reading Phillips, you may be amused, vexed, dazzled. But the one thing you will never be is bored Observer One of those writers whom it is a pleasure simply to hear think Sunday Telegraph

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Phillips O Brien is one of the keenest observers of modern strategy, and his new book takes a deep historical look at the evolution of warfare and its implications for conflicts like the ongoing one in Ukraine Francis Fukuyama--------------------War and power are two of the most-widely discussed issues in all of human history, and yet they are, time and again, misunderstood often disastrously so.Whilst we might think the outcome of war is determined by so-called Great Powers who dominate their opponents with their impressive size and military prowess, the reality of modern conflict, as renowned strategic historian Professor Phillips Payson O Brien demonstrates, is very different. He urges us instead to look for Full Spectrum Powers .For if we are considering how powerful a nation is and who will win a war, we need to think less about weapons, and more about the economies and societies that produce them; less about individual battles, and more about sustaining campaigns and alliances in which states operate.Using fascinating examples from the late 19th century to the present day, War and Power explains how misunderstanding war and power has led to terrible, even preventable conflicts such as the war in Ukraine and how more accurate analysis can help us consider the potential conflict between the US and China.War and Power provides a bold new way of understanding the dangerous world around us.-------------------- Phillips O Brien is always fantastic. Heterodox. He s pretty scathing, even about Biden administration policy . . . A really interesting book Paul Krugman, Distinguished Professor of Economics As Phillips O Brien points out in this important book, the character of war evolves, but some of the underlying truths, particularly from the second World War, are still very much with us. Eliot Cohen, Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins SAIS

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A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, CLASH BOOK OF THE YEARThe dramatic story of Solange: a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. Why Solange Matters is a significant and sober treatise on popular music . . . This book is more than necessary. THURSTON MOORE The author s prose sparkles . . . This is a book about what freedom could look like for Black women. CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, OBSERVER Invigorating . . . much more than a dry thesis and at times something nearer to personal reverie. IAN PENMAN, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS A love letter to quirkly black creatives . . . [Phillips ] vibrant writing reminds us how Solange lit the flame of creativity within many Black women. gal-demGrowing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Beyoncé, and defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solange Knowles has become a pivotal musician and artist in her own right.In Why Solange Matters, Stephanie Phillips chronicles the creative journey of Solange, a beloved voice of the Black Lives Matter generation. A Black feminist punk musician herself, Phillips addresses not only the unpredictable trajectory of Solange⠙s career but also how she and other Black women see themselves through the musician⠙s repertoire. First, she traces Solange⠙s progress through an inflexible industry, charting the artist⠙s development up to 2016, when the release of her third album, A Seat at the Table, redefined her career. With this record and, then, When I Get Home (2019), Phillips describes how Solange has embraced activism, anger, Black womanhood and intergenerational trauma to inform her remarkable art.Why Solange Matters not only cements the subject in the pantheon of world-changing twenty-first-century musicians, it introduces its writer as an important new voice. MUSIC MATTERS: SHORT BOOKS ABOUT THE ARTISTS WE LOVE⠔ Why Solange Matters by Stephanie Phillips⠔ Why Marianne Faithfull Matters by Tanya Pearson⠔ Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson

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Audiokniha: Vzrušující cesta po nejvíce kreativních a katastrofických f*ck ups v lidské historii aneb Co vše jsme kdy pořádně podělali – od našeho prvního předka, který spadne ze stromu, až po nejpozoruhodnější selhání současnosti. Během sedmdesáti tisíc let, co moderní člověk kráčí po tomto světě, jsme ušli velmi dlouhou cestu. Umění, věda, kultura, technologie – na evolučním potravinovém řetězci jsme skuteční vítězové. Ale buďme upřímní, nebyla to zrovna procházka rájem a občas jsme to prostě opravdu pořádně a kvalitně podělali. Od našeho předka, který sletěl z větve, přes rakouskou armádu, jež jedné prochlastané noci zaútočila sama na sebe, až k přední světové supervelmoci, která jako prezidenta zvolila moderátora TV show… je celkem na místě si jako druh říci, že jsme se s věkem rozhodně nestali moudřejšími. Takže až si příště budete myslet, že jste něco opravdu podělali, tahle kniha vám připomene, že to mohlo být mnohem horší. Autor: Tom Phillips je novinář a redaktor společnosti Full Fact, přední britské nezávislé organizace pro kontrolu faktů. Předtím pracoval ve společnosti BuzzFeed UK, kde vedl oceněný tým vývojářů, který tvoří nové inovativní redakční formáty. Tato kniha je autorovou prvotinou publikovanou v roce 2018 a od té doby byla přeložena do více než 20 jazyků. Interpret: Borek Kapitančik je rozhlasový moderátor, autor a voiceover interpret. Narodil se v roce 1966 v Brně, původní profesí je elektrotechnik, od roku 1991 prošel jak soukromými (Rádio Brno 95, 7, Kiss Hády), tak veřejnoprávními rozhlasovými stanicemi (od r. 2017 Český rozhlas Brno). V roce 2003 byl autorem knižně vydaného kalendária pop music Pop Story a nedávno (2020) vydal vlastním nákladem sborník Hantec déchá, publikaci shrnující původně rozhlasové texty v brněnské hantýrce. Se svými syny a psem žije v Brně, Králově Poli. Copyright: Nahrávka vznikla podle knihy Toma Phillipse Dějiny lidských průserů vydané Nakladatelstvím JOTA v roce 2019. Copyright © Tom Phillips, 2018. Z anglického originálu Humans: A Brief History of How We Fucked It All Up přeložil Jakub Futera. Translation © Jakub Futera, 2019. Audiokniha © Nakladatelství JOTA, s. r. o., 2022. Čte Borek Kapitančik. Hudba, režie, střih a mastering Michal Kurfürst. Vydalo Nakladatelství JOTA, s. r. o., v roce 2022.

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Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know. - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, author of River Cottage Veg Every Day!The culmination of over thirty years work, Roger Phillips s authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with information and original photographs. The essential illustrated mycological encyclopedia, this book is also clear, user friendly and will appeal to a wide range of readers. Unsurpassed in both illustrative and descriptive detail, Mushrooms contains over 1,250 photographs, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, and includes all the latest botanical and common names as well as current ecological information on endangered species. Having sold more than 750,000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms, Roger Phillips s Mushrooms once again sets the benchmark. Quite simply, nobody with an interest in the subject can afford to be without this book.

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Superb ... entertaining ... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm Telegraph Exceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply researched and thoughtful Irish Independent Fans of Phillips s earlier books Humans and Truth will be pleased that the ex-BuzzFeed editor is on form, not letting the grimness of his subject spoil his gagsmithery Guardian A great read ... [Phillips] fills his timeline of unfilled apocalypses with wry humour New ScientistDo you feel like we re living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another? Here s a small comfort: you re not the first to feel that way. If there s one thing that people throughout history have agreed on, it s that history wasn t going to be around for much longer.This book is about the apocalypse, and how humans have always believed it to be very f*cking nigh. Across thousands of years, we ll meet weird cults, failed prophets and mass panics, holy warriors leading revolts in anticipation of the last days, and suburbanites waiting for aliens to rescue them from a doomed Earth. We ll journey back to the worst period to be alive , as the world reeled from a simultaneous pandemic and climate crisis. And we ll look to the future to ask the unnerving question: how might it all end?But it s also a book about how we live in a world where catastrophe is always looming - whether it s a madman with a nuclear button or the slow burn of environmental collapse. Because when we talk about the end of the world, what we really mean is the end of our world. Our obsession with doomsday is really about change: our fear of it, and our desire for it, and how - ultimately - we can find hope in it.Praise for the Brief History series: Uproarious . . . Abundant good humour The Times Witty, entertaining and slightly distressing... You should probably read it Sarah Knight, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck Brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant Jeremy Clarkson Very funny Mark Watson Both readable and entertaining Telegraph

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Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips, Britain s pre-eminent psychoanalyst.We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves into the gap between who we are and who we are not, to discover whether not getting what we want may be the unlikely key to the fully lived life.With his trademark combination of open-minded enquiry and exhilarating argument, drawing primarily on the twin worlds of literature and psychoanalysis, Phillips will delight readers old and new in this much-anticipated book.

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When barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable health. But Sherman is ill-tempered, obstinate and uncooperative - and it s clear his poor treatment has made him deeply fearful of humans. Christopher knows that donkeys need a purpose - they are working, pack animals - and so when he learns of the sport of Burro Racing or running with donkeys, he sets out to give Sherman something worth living for.With the aid of Christopher s menagerie on his farm in rural Pennsylvania, his wife Mika and their friends and neighbours including the local Amish population, Sherman begins to build trust in Christopher. To give him a purpose, they start to run together. But what Sherman gains in confidence and meaning is something we all need: a connection with nature, the outdoors, with movement. And as Christopher learns, the side benefits of exercise and animal contact are surprising, helping with mental and physical health in unexpected ways.

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Film na DVD - Kapitán Philips je komplexní studií přepadení americké nákladní lodi Maersk Alabama somálskými piráty. Režisér Paul Greengrass nám v něm svým pohledem nabízí kombinaci napínavého thrilleru a pohled na širokou škálu důsledků globalizace. Kapitán Philips je komplexní studií přepadení americké nákladní lodi Maersk Alabama somálskými piráty, ke kterému došlo v roce 2009. Režisér Paul Greengrass nám v něm svým unikátním pohledem nabízí kombinaci napínavého thrilleru a pohled na širokou škálu důsledků globalizace. Film se zaměřuje na vztah mezi velícím důstojníkem Alabamy, kapitánem Richardem Phillipsem (dvojnásobný držitel Oscara Tom Hanks), a kapitána somálských pirátů Museho (Barkhad Abdi), který ho unese jako rukojmí. Phillips a Muse proti sobě čelí v okamžiku, kdy Muse se svou posádkou zamíří na Phillipsovu neozbrojenou loď. V souboji vůle a odhodlání, který následuje 230 km od somálského pobřeží, jsou oba muži vydáni na milost osudu, který je...

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The powerful and evocative story of a young West Indian man s search for home in 1960s London - by the multi-award-winning author dubbed one of the literary giants of our time (New York Times)**A Guardian book to look forward to in 2025**â ˜A masterful stylist writing at the top of his powersâ ™ Anthony Josephâ ˜An engrossing, artfully constructed chronicle of lives tragically unfulfilledâ ™ Mail on Sundayâ ˜A remarkable achievementâ ™ Washington Postâ ˜A moving, accomplished study of the vulnerabilities carried and concealed by human beings on their journeys throughout the worldâ ™ Financial Times____________________________________________In the early Sixties, Victor â ˜Luckyâ ™ Johnson arrives in London from St Kitts, with dreams of becoming a journalist. Lucky soon finds work first at an Irish pub in Notting Hill â “ then as a rent collector for an unscrupulous slum landlord Peter Feldman.Shadowing Lucky from his early struggles in London to the present day, Caryl Phillips paints a striking portrait of a flawed but vividly alive man grappling with the lifelong disillusionments of exile â “ and the uniquely complicated identity of the Windrush generation.Another Man in the Street is an unforgettable story of loss, displacement, belonging, and the triumph of Black resilience - epic in scope and yet profoundly intimate; and a radical and timely portrait of immigrant London.___________________________________________________Praise for Caryl Phillipsâ ˜One of Britain s pre-eminent writersâ ™ Guardianâ ˜One of the literary giants of our timeâ ™ New York Timesâ ˜Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuosoâ ™ The Times

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A wise, generous book Washington PostFrom acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive. To give up or not to give up?The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sacrifice feels positive, something to admire and aspire to, while the other is profoundly unsettling, if not actively undesirable. There are always, it turns out, both good and bad sacrifices, but it is not always clear beforehand which is which. We give something up because we believe we can no longer go on as we are. In this sense, giving up is a critical moment - an attempt to make a different future. In On Giving Up, acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips illuminates both the gaps and the connections between the many ways of giving up, and helps us to address the central question: what must we give up in order to feel more alive? One of the finest prose stylists in the language, an Emerson of our time John Banville The best living essayist writing in English John Gray

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A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud  ⠜A compellingly readable and intelligent book. . . . Both authors write with impressive energy.⠝⠔Rowan Williams, New Statesman  In this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again. Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, and from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, explore the realization or failure of second chances⠔outcomes that depend on accident, acts of will, or fate. Such stories let us repeatedly rehearse the experience of loss and recovery: to know the joy that comes with a renewal of love and pleasure and to face the pain that comes with realizing that some damage can never be undone.  Through a series of illuminating readings, the authors show how Shakespeare was the supreme virtuoso of the second chance and Freud was its supreme interpreter. Both Shakespeare and Freud believed that we can narrate our life stories as tales of transformation, of momentous shifts, constrained by time and place but often still possible. Ranging from The Comedy of Errors to The Winter⠙s Tale, and from D. W. Winnicott to Marcel Proust, the authors challenge readers to imagine how, as Phillips writes, ⠜it is the mending that matters.⠝

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Is Deconstruction A Rebellion Against God or a Prophetic Movement Resisting a Distorted Gospel? In recent years, we ve seen an increase in the number of Christians who are deconstructing their faith—critically analyzing Christianity and the church and finding that it falls short. Many end up leaving behind the beliefs and commitments they formerly held. While many have written on how to reverse this trend, Scot McKnight and Tommy Preson Phillips believe that deconstruction isn’t a problem but a voice…And we need to listen to what it is saying to the church.Deconstructors are uncovering serious weaknesses in today s church—a renewed fundamentalism, toxic leadership, and legalistic thinking among them. Utilizing the results of recent studies by Pew, Gallup, and others, McKnight and Phillips take a careful look at what deconstructors are really saying, seeking to better understand why many are shedding elements of the faith and church of their youth but also engaging in a reconstruction process, finding Jesus afresh. They are losing their religion, but not losing Jesus.Filled with stories of those who have walked the path of deconstruction without losing their faith, Invisible Jesus is a prophetic call to examine ourselves and discern if the faith we practice and the church we belong to is really representative of the Jesus we follow. Each chapter looks at a different topic and offers biblical reflections that call for us to not only better listen, but to change how we live out our faith as followers of Jesus today.

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The oral history of Britainâ ™s first West Indian immigrants and their descendantsIn 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of Caribbean migrants in the UK, was the initial step in the formation of a new identity: the black Briton.Fifty years later, Mike and Trevor Phillips spoke to those on the Windrush itself, as well as those who followed, to tell the story of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of the outsiders who became insiders.Now updated to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the shipâ ™s voyage and including reflections on its political and cultural legacy in 2023, Windrush is an essential record of this transformative era in British social history.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDSâ ˜Jess Phillips writes like she talks: brilliantly. Her humour and passion shine through every page. Loved it.â ™ ROBERT WEBB_____________________If youâ ™re thinking, â ˜Jess who?â ™ then Iâ ™m glad that there was something about â ˜Everywomanâ ™ and â ˜truthâ ™ that caught your eye.Or you might already know me as that gobby MP who has a tendency to shout about the stuff I care about. Because Iâ ™m a woman with a cause, I have been called a feminazi witch, a murderer and threatened with rape. The internet attracts a classy crowd. So, speaking the truth isnâ ™t always easy but I believe itâ ™s worth it. And I want you to believe it too. The truth can be empowering, the truth can lead to greater equality, and the world would be incredibly boring if we let all of those people who allegedly know everything, say everything. By demanding to be heard, by dealing with our imposter syndrome, by being cheerleaders, doers not sayers, creating our own networks and by daring to believe that we can make a difference, we can. Weâ ™re women and weâ ™re kick-ass. And thatâ ™s the truth._____________________ Joyfully candid and very funny. Guardian Jess Phillips knows the truth . . . and here she shows how scary and sad as well as joyful and liberating the answers can be. Damian Barr Everywoman has all the laughs [of Lena Dunham and Caitlin Moran] with a backbone of real glinting anger . . .there were so many funny and wise things on each page that whittling them down into a review seemed impossible. Julie Birchill, Spectator As fresh as mountain air amid the Westminster tumbleweed. Metro Arresting. Observer_____________________This title now has a new cover and there is a chance that you may receive the edition with the old cover instead of the cover displayed here.

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Uproarious . . . [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories The TimesFrom the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it s always been human nature to believe we re being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are).But while it can be fun to indulge in a bit of Deep State banter on the group chat, recent times have shown us that some of these theories have taken on a life of their own - and in our dogged quest for the truth, it appears we might actually be doing it some damage.In Conspiracy, Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge take us on a fascinating, insightful and often hilarious journey through conspiracy theories old and new, to try and answer a vital question for our times: how can we learn to log off the QAnon message boards, and start trusting hard evidence again?Praise for the Brief History series: Witty, entertaining and slightly distressing... You should probably read it Sarah Knight, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck Brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant Jeremy Clarkson Very funny Mark Watson Both readable and entertaining Telegraph

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The final edition of the late Tom Phillipsâ ™s â ˜defining masterpiece of postmodernismâ ™. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W.H. Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. Some of Mallockâ ™s original text remains intact and through the illustrated pages the character of Bill Toge, Phillipsâ ™s anti-hero, and his romantic plight emerges. First published in 1973, A Humument â “ as Phillips titled his altered book â “ quickly established itself as a cult classic. From that point, the artist worked towards a complete revision of his original, adding new pages in successive editions. That process is now finished. This final edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. It includes a revised Introduction by the late artist, in which he reflects on the 50-year project, and 92 new illustrated pages.

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Your book is the really good book. Just one that Roger Butler would have wanted - Sir Ian McKellen Absorbing and often very moving - Peter Parker, Spectator Sir, we are homosexuals . . . So began the letter penned by Roger Butler and sent to several British newspaper editors - some of whom were so shocked they thought it was a hoax - in June 1960. Writing such a letter seven years before the decriminalisation of homosexuality was a radical and dangerous move. It was a risk that set a major milestone in the fight for gay rights - one that has been almost entirely forgotten.This is the story of the first man to come out voluntarily, using his own name, to the entire British public, a decade before activists started petitioning gay people everywhere to come out proud . Taking us through a criminalised underworld of gay pubs, parties and activist meetings, The Light of Day charts how Roger helped bring about the legalisation of homosexuality, but soon found himself marginalised from the movement he kickstarted after losing his sight in his early 30s.Enter Christopher - a student asked to visit and read to an old, blind man at the beginning of a new century. As their intergenerational friendship bloomed, Roger came to trust Christopher with his most precious possession: memoirs of his revolutionary past, locked away in his home. After Roger s death, Christopher opened a series of unsent letters, left in a pink folder, addressed to him. They contained Roger s final wish, for Christopher finally to bring his remarkable, hidden story into the light of day. Remarkable . . . a splendidly sprawling part biography, part autobiography, part history and part social commentary . . . the result, a true account, benefits greatly from a lightness, a candour untethered to any agenda or argument - Times Literary Supplement Faithfully and beautifully told - Mail on Sunday

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Sean Phillips is the multi Eisner Award-winning artist of Criminal, Kill Or Be Killed, Reckless, Fatale, Night Fever, Pulp, Where The Body Was, The Fade Out, Velvet, Sleeper, Incognito, Marvel Zombies, Kid Eternity and Hellblazer. In a career that has so far spanned more than 30 years, he has recieved awards and acclaim at every turn. But before his stand-out career in the US, Sean did some of his earliest work for 2000 AD - The Galaxy s Greatest Comic and its sister publication the Judge Dredd Megazine. He co-created fan-favourite characters Devlin Waugh and Armitage as well as drawing for classic strips Judge Dredd and Sinister/Dexter. This collection forms a retrospective of Phillips work for 2000 AD and shows how his art evolved from the fully painted work and collage of the early 1990s, to the familiar style he employs on hit books today.

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A couple is a conspiracy in search of a crime. Sex is often the closest they can get. All the present controversies about the family are really discussions about monogamy. About what keeps people together and why they should stay together. Now, in a book of 121 aphorisms, Adam Phillips asks why we all believe in monogamy, and why we find it so difficult to think about. Everyone knows that most people, however much they may love their partner, are capable of loving and desiring more than one person at a time. It may be reassuring, but it is in fact very demanding -- and often cruel -- to assume that only one person can give us what we want. At least in sexual matters, sharing seems to go deeply against the grain. Monogamy is so much taken for granted as the foundation of the family and of family values that, as with anything that seems essential, we are very wary of being critical of it. But, as Adam Phillips suggests, it is surely worth wondering why the faithful couple has such a hold on our imagination, and how it has come to be such an ideal.

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Adam Phillips uses the idea of flirtation to explore the virtues of being uncommitted - to people, to ideas, to methods - and the pleasures of uncertainty. These buoyant essays promote a psychoanalysis with a light touch, a psychoanalysis for pleasure and curiosity. In On Flirtation, he has again deployed all his erudition and perception to beguiling effect . . . Adam Phillips may well be one of our greatest contemporary psychoanalytic thinkers. Independent on Sunday

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Winner of the American Horticulture Society Book Award Phillip⠙s first-hand knowledge anchors this innovative and highly readable book in practical wisdom that both beginner and long-time fruit growers will find invaluable. ⠔Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia⠙s GardenMany people want to grow fruit on a small scale but lack the insight to be successful orchardists. As The Holistic Orchard illustrates, growing tree fruits and berries is something virtually anyone can do. A holistic grower knows that producing fruit is not about manipulating nature but more importantly, fostering nature.The Holistic Orchard demystifies the basic skills everybody should know about the orchard ecosystem, focusing on:Orchard designSoil biologyOrganic health managementGraftingPlantingPruningChoosing the right varieties for your climateIncludes a step-by-step instructional calendar to guide growers through the entire orchard year!Fruit profiles include:pome fruits (apples, pears, asian pears, quinces)stone fruits (cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums)berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, currants, and elderberries)Phillips completely changed the conversation about healthy orcharding with his first bestselling book, The Apple Grower, and now he takes that dialogue even further by exploring:The connections between home orcharding and permacultureThe importance of native pollinatorsPlantings with shade-tolerant berry bushes and other insectary plantsInformation on cover crops and biodiversitySafe, homegrown solutions to pest and disease challengesAll along the way, Phillips expertise and enthusiasm for healthy growing shines through, as does his ability to put the usual horticultural facts into an integrated ecology perspective. With The Holistic Orchard in your hand you have every reason in the world to confidently plant that very first⠔or next⠔fruit tree!

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Figurka - soška, postavička, sběratelská, výška 9 cm, materiál vinyl, nepohyblivá Funko POP! jsou čím dál populárnější malé vinylové figurky s ikonickým roztomilým vzhledem, který je charakterizován velkou hlavou a malým tělem postavičky. Poprvé byly představeny v roce 2010, kombinují tradiční výrobu sošek s moderními prvky a barvami a jsou uznávané i jako sběratelské předměty. Každý si v dnes už tisících figurek najde tu svoji, vyráběny jsou v mnoha různých tématech, jako jsou filmy, televizní seriály, hry, komiksy a další pop-kulturní ikony. I tato figurka, Funko POP! Sopranos - Christopher Moltisanti, o výšce 9 cm se stane skvělým kouskem do vaší sbírky, či veselou hračkou pro vaše dítko. Hlavní přednosti figurky Funko POP! Sopranos - Christopher Moltisanti Figurka Funko přinese radost sběratelům Použitým materiálem je vinyl Funko POP! Sopranos - Christopher Moltisanti poslouží jako dekorace V balení obdržíte jednu figurku Figurka Funko měří 9 cm

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Christopher Tolkienâ ™s masterly translation of the Icelandic Heidrekâ ™s Saga, including the dramatic Battle of the Goths and the Huns, the lyrical Waking of Angantyr, and the unique riddle-contest between King Heidrek and the god Odin.Heidrekâ ™s Saga is a medieval entertainment â “ a â ˜romanceâ ™, but a romance that derives little of its matter from the literature of France or Germany. It is an example of a kind of story-telling that was flourishing in Iceland by the beginning of the twelfth century, and which (in contrast to the more celebrated â ˜Sagas of the Icelandersâ ™) told of legendary figures whose origins lie far back in time beyond the settlement of the country.The elements of the story, diverse in age and atmosphere, are unified in the theme of a possession bearing an ancestral curse, as it passes down the generations; but the sagaâ ™s peculiar value lies in the older poems which the unknown author set into the framework of his narrative, including The Battle of the Goths and the Huns, perhaps the oldest of all the Northern heroic lays, The Waking of Angantyr, source of many eighteenth-century â ˜Gothic Odesâ ™, and the unique riddle-contest between King Heidrek and the god Odin in disguise.Translated from the Icelandic with Introduction, Notes and Appendices by Christopher Tolkien, then Lecturer in Old English at New College, Oxford, The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise was first published in 1960 in Nelsonâ ™s Icelandic Texts series. Marking Christopher Tolkien s centenary, this first ever paperback edition also includes his original essay The Battle of the Goths and the Huns as a bonus chapter.

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Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark s Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe s fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world. Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally abolished by the Allies after the Second World War. With great flair and authority, Christopher Clark describes Prussia s great battles, dynastic marriages and astonishing reversals of fortune, its brilliant and charismatic leaders from the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg to Bismarck and Frederick the Great, the military machine and the progressive, enlightened values on which it was built. Fascinating ... masterly ... littered with intriguing detail and wry observation Richard Overy, Daily Telegraph A terrific book ... the definitive history of this much-maligned state Daily Telegraph Books of the Year You couldn t have the triumph and the tragedy of Prussia better told Observer A magisterial history of Europe s only extinct power Financial Times Exemplary ... an illuminating, profoundly satisfying work of history The New York Times Christopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine s College, University of Cambridge. He is also the author of Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power.

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Christopher discovers the history of Monsterkind, and through that learns that he isn t so alone in the world after all. That what he s experienced all his life is what many before him have also experienced. Maybe he s not going to cower and hide anymore. Maybe he needs to fight back! Not only for himself and his friends, but for all those who came before them and lost their lives. Tiny Onion Studios and Dark Horse Comics present a line of upcoming creator-owned work from the mind of James Tynion IV across a broad spectrum of his interests, from non-fiction supernatural encounters to high concept coming-of-age monster comics. Collects the Dark Horse Comics series The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #9-#15 and The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos Halloween Special one-shot.

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Abbot Christopher Jamison, from BBC2 s THE MONASTERY and new show THE SILENCE, suggests ways in which the teachings of St Benedict can be helpful in everyday life.Have you ever wondered why everybody these days seems so busy? In FINDING SANCTUARY, Father Christopher Jamison offers practical wisdom from the monastic tradition on how to build sanctuary into your life.No matter how hard you work, being too busy is not inevitable. Silence and contemplation are not just for monks and nuns, they are natural parts of life. Yet to keep hold of this truth in the rush of modern living you need the support of other people and sensible advice from wise guides. By learning to listen in new ways, people s lives can change and the abbot offers some monastic steps that help this transition to a more spiritual life.In the face of many easy assumptions about the irrelevance of religion today, Father Christopher makes religion accessible for those in search of life s meaning and offers a vision of the world s religions working together as a unique source of hope for the 21st century.

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In June 1960, several British newspapers received a letter so shocking some thought it was a hoax. Beginning Sir, we are homosexuals . . , it was signed by Roger Butler and two others. Publishing such a letter seven years prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality was a radical and dangerous move. But it was a risk that marked a huge milestone in the fight for gay rights. By the 1970s, the Gay Liberation Front was calling on people to come out to help reduce stigma, and it continued to be a core tactic in the 80s and 90s. Roger, however, had done this a full decade earlier. This is the story about of first man to voluntarily come out in his own words, using his own name, to the entire British public. Taking us through a criminalised underworld of pubs, parties and campaign gatherings, The Light of Day charts how Roger helped bring about a change in the law, legalising sex between men, but soon found himself marginalised from the movement he kickstarted after becoming completely blind in his early 30s. Worn down trying to navigate life afresh in London, he left for Oxford, where he became increasingly isolated and never found the life partner he so desperately wanted.Enter Christopher - an Oxford University student asked by a friend to visit and read to an old, blind man. Though their intergenerational friendship bloomed, Roger never spoke of his revolutionary act. Instead he wrote about it secretly, leaving his account to Christopher after his death, along with a sealed pink folder. It was in that folder that the Roger revealed his final wish, for Christopher to tell his remarkable story.A hugely moving and powerful story about sexuality, disability, friendship, isolation, love and more, The Light of Day is a vital piece of missing history about a brave revolutionary in the fight for equality.

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The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan s space epic Interstellar, with over 200 pages of illustrated storyboards.In Interstellar a group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.Written by Christopher Nolan and his frequent collaborator, Jonathan Nolan, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine. This edition includes the entire screenplay, over 200 pages of storyboards and an introduction featuring a conversation about the film with Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan.Â

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Through his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn t just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world s most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true superhero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. Although he was initially told that he would only ever be able to move his head, he can now shrug his shoulders and breathe alone for increasing periods of time, and is determined that he will walk again. It is this extraordinary courage and determination that has made Christopher Reeve the internationally admired figure that he is, and it is this bravery which makes this autobiography about his paralysis and his journey to recovery such a powerful and moving story.

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WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION S JOHN K. FAIRBANK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017 This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republic s political future Guardian Powerful and compelling. Vietnam will be of growing importance in the twenty-first-century world, particularly as China and the US rethink their roles in Asia. Christopher Goscha s book is a brilliant account of that country s history. - Rana Mitter A vigorous, eye-opening account of a country of great importance to the world, past and future - Kirkus ReviewsOver the centuries the Vietnamese have beenboth colonizers themselves and the victims of colonization by others. Their country expanded, shrunk, split and sometimes disappeared, often under circumstances far beyond their control. Despite these often overwhelming pressures, Vietnam has survived as one of Asia s most striking and complex cultures.As more and more visitors come to this extraordinary country, there has been for some years a need for a major history - a book which allows the outsider to understand the many layers left by earlier emperors, rebels, priests and colonizers. Christopher Goscha s new work amply fills this role. Drawing on a lifetime of thinking about Indo-China, he has created a narrative which is consistently seen from inside Vietnam but never loses sight of the connections to the outside . As wave after wave of invaders - whether Chinese, French, Japanese or American - have been ultimately expelled, we see the terrible cost to the Vietnamese themselves. Vietnam s role in one of the Cold War s longest conflicts has meant that its past has been endlessly abused for propaganda purposes and it is perhaps only now that the events which created the modern state can be seen from a truly historical perspective.Christopher Goscha draws on the latest research and discoveries in Vietnamese, French and English. His book is a major achievement, describing both the grand narrative of Vietnam s story but also the byways, curiosities, differences, cultures and peoples that have done so much over the centuries to define the many versions of Vietnam.

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Robert Shaw unforgettably commanded attention as the weathered seaman Captain Quint in the blockbuster sensation, Jaws. But what came before and after that landmark film is as dramatic as the hunt for the great white shark itself. Capturing the many facets of the vibrant, generous, and sometimes polarizing man is his nephew, Christopher, who explores the forces that shaped a dynamic personality-including Robert s indomitable mother, his deeply troubled father, and his activist sister, Joanna, with whom Robert shared an unbreakable bond. Out of the traumatic events of their childhood in the Orkney Islands and Cornwall, Mrs. Shaw pushed her children to pursue their dreams. For Robert, that dream was acting and writing. Despite a storied career on the British and American stage-as both performer and playwright-and a string of hit films including From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, The Sting, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, international celebrity eluded Robert... until he was summoned to star in a little horror film called Jaws. What happened on-screen was unforgettable. What happened off-screen was chaos. Now Christopher Shaw Myers reveals the true story of the making of the classic. Jaws would become both an artistic success and a worldwide triumph for Robert Shaw. Tragically, for a man shadowed by his father s demons, it would also signal the beginning of the end. Drawing on family recollections, personal letters, scrapbooks, recordings, extensive interviews, and a lifetime of his own memories, Christopher paints a unique, intimate, and honest portrait of a man he was proud to call his uncle.

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Anime – Výrazy a pózy (The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Expressions and Poses) je nepostradatelnou příručkou pro všechny anime kreslíře! Její autor Christopher Hart vám představí nejrůznější návody a metody, které pomohou vašim postavám ožít. Dozvíte se, jak vyzrát na proporce těla a jak kreslit rysy v obličeji. Všechno je to o výrazu a postoji. Vnitřní rozpoložení postav nejlépe vystihnete pomocí jednoduchých gest. Jak nakreslit postavu, která k sobě okamžitě strhne pozornost? Jak si poradit s jógovými pozicemi nebo s houpáním na houpačce? Naučíte se vytvářet zajímavé charaktery z různých oblastí a na konci knihy budete s jistotou vědět, jak pomocí několika tahů vystihnout, že je vaše postava arogantní mrzout, přísný šéf anebo neodvolatelný optimista! Taky pochopíte, jak dokážou ruce celou pózu pozvednout, pokud jenom tak nevisí u pasu. Zaměříte se na nejrůznější rekvizity. Všichni víme, že právě obyčejné věci, se kterými přichází vaše postava do kontaktu, dodají celkovému vyznění ten správný šmrnc. Najdete zde i kapitolu věnovanou oblečení , ve které se dozvíte, jak je důležité věnovat pozornost náčrtu těla, jak se oblečení proměňuje spolu s jednotlivými pózami a jak vyzrát na barvy, klopy a záhyby . Ať už s kreslením začínáte, nebo se mu nějakou dobu věnujete, tato kniha se stane nepostradatelným průvodcem na vaší cestě k oživení postav! O autorovi: Christopher Hart má na svém kontě nejrůznější návody, jak kreslit (nejenom) anime postavy! Jeho knihy se těší celosvětové oblibě a v Zoner Press doposud vyšlo například Kreslení anime (Jak kreslit originální postavy podle jednoduchý předloh), Anime – tipy a tr iky (Jak kreslit ještě lepší a vychytanější postavy) a Anime – Úžasné dívky (Jak kreslit originální dívčí postavy).

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Chtěli byste se v kreslení lidí posunout na novou úroveň, ale pořád ještě nevíte, jak na to? Děsí vás nepřehledné návody, které vůbec neberou v potaz, že s kreslením postav dost možná teprve začínáte? Pak nezoufejte, protože kniha Kreslíme POSTAVU (Figure It Out) je tady pro vás! Světově uznávaný autor kreslicích příruček Christopher Hart vás krok za krokem provede celou kresbou a rozdělí se s vámi o ty nejefektivnější tipy a triky. Metody, které vám v této knize představí, snadno pochopíte, přestanete díky nim vnímat postavu jako komplikovanou masu kostí a šlach a zvládnete si ji zjednodušit na geometrické tvary! Naučíte se, jak na přirozené křivky a jak docílit dynamických pozic, aby i postava, která právě sedí, působila živě a energicky. Osvojíte si črtání a schopnost rozpoznat, kdy je vaše kresba dokončená a vy byste měli odložit tužku. Neméně důležité budou i detaily, protože právě ty dělají člověka! Christopher Hart s vámi v jednotlivých kapitolách rozebere nosy, ústa, oči, ale i vlasy. Ukáže vám, jak umí jeden zdánlivě nepodstatný rys ve vteřině proměnit celý obličej k nepoznání. Po přečtení téhle knihy už nebudete mít plnou hlavu sáhodlouhých příruček, zato budete díky srozumitelnému dávkování informací vědět, co nesmíte při tvorbě svých postav opomenout. Tyhle jednoduché návody jsou tu od toho, aby přinesly okamžité výsledky!

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Ve třicátých letech se J. R. R. Tolkien, veden svou profesí i zájmem o starou literaturu, pokusil přebásnit staroanglickým aliterativním veršem nesmrtelný příběh o králi Artušovi. Podle svědectví jednoho z blízkých přátel šlo o velice úspěšný pokus, ale ani nadšená chvála tohoto čtenáře nepřiměla Tolkiena k tomu, aby text dokončil. Podle všeho jej definitivně opustil v roce 1937, kdy vyšel Hobit. Text z pozůstalosti zpracoval jeho syn Christopher, opatřil komentáři, v nichž cituje klasická zpracování artušovské látky i staroanglické básně, které se k tomuto cyklu vztahují. Tolkienovu báseň vydáváme v bilingvní verzi.. J. R. R. Tolkien se narodil roku 1892 v jihoafrickém Bloemfonteinu, dětství však strávil v Anglii, kde rovněž absolvoval středoškolská a univerzitní studia. V roce 1919 získal v Oxfordu diplom v oboru staroanglického jazyka a literatury a po pěti letech se ve stejném oboru stal profesorem. Prvními Tolkienovými publikacemi byly ve 20. letech Slovník střední angličtiny (A Middle English Vocabulary, 1922) a kritické vydání středověké romance Sir Gawain a Zelený rytíř (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1925), čtenářský úspěch mu však přinesl až pohádkový příběh z fiktivní dávné Středozemě Hobit (The Hobbit, 1937, česky poprvé 1979). Po čtrnáctileté práci, započáté už před vydáním Hobita, dokončil koncem 40. let rozsáhlé, v dějové a myšlenkové složitosti i jazykové invenci nesrovnatelně bohatší pokračování v trilogii Pán prstenů (The Lord of the Rings, 1954-55, česky poprvé 1990-92), jež vzbudila mohutnou vlnu zájmu zejména mezi západní mládeží ve druhé polovině 60. let a dočkala se nesčetných vydání v milionových nákladech. Osudy Středozemě a jejích obyvatel, letmo načrtnuté v Hobitovi a rozpracované v Pánu prstenů, dále rozvíjí epos Silmarillion (The Silmarillion, 1977, česky 1992), který čtyři roky po autorově smrti připravil k vydání jeho syn Christopher. Tolkienův literární odkaz doplňuje řada odborných literárně-historických studií a série drobnějších pohádkových příběhů.

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Podle The New York Times vypráví tento bestsellerový životopis životní příběh nejikoničtějšího hráče moderní éry. Sice existují další biografie Rogera Federera, ale nikdy žádný s takovým blízkým přístupem k hráči, jeho podpůrnému týmu a nejvýraznějším postávám tenisové hry, včetně takových rivalů jako jsou Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovič, či Andy Roddick. V knize Mistr si korespondent The New York Times Christopher Clarey sedl s Rogerem Federerem a jeho nejbližšími, aby vyprávěli příběh největšího hráče mužského tenisu. Roger Federer předváděl tenis neuvěřitelně lehce déle než dekádu a to krásným nápřahem u bekhendu, klouzáním do forhendu, při smečích ve výskoku popíráním gravitace a zůstával vysoko na světových stupních vítězů ve sportu právem zaplaveného cynismem. Jeho cesta od temperamentního odbarveného teenagera s pochybným stylem až k jednomu z největších, nejvyrovnanějších a nejelegantnějších světových hráčů tenisu, kteří vládli dlouhodobě vůlí a ne osudem, je inspirující. Měl nejen velký talent, ale i drzost. Christopher Clarey je jeden z předních mezinárodních sportovních spisovatelů současnosti a Federerovi se věnuje od počátku jeho kariéry. Byl přítomný na Roland Garros na kurtě Suzanne Lenglenové na Federeově prvním grandslamovém zápase a exkluzivně s ním udělal nejvíce rozhovorů než kterýkoliv jiný novinář od jeho vzestupu na výsluní. Clarey se v knize zaměřuje na klíčové osoby, místa a okamžiky Federerovy dlouhé a bohaté kariéry: reportáže z Jižní Afriky, Jižní Ameriky, Středního východu, čtyři grandslamové turnaje a rodné Švýcarsko. Byla to jízda jako u žádného jiného hráče, plná vítězství a několika drtivých porážek, která nově definovala dokonalost a udělala z Rogera sentimentálního favorita na celém světě. Mistr vypráví příběh o Federerově životě a kariéře jak v intimním, tak velkém měřítku, způsobem, který by nikdo jiný nedokázal.

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Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle.The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror.Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air - and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaesia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untravelled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems.In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return.

Objev podobné jako Murtagh - Christopher Paolini

Audiokniha: Středozemě není nikdy dost. Jak se vyvíjel svět Silmarillionu, rekonstruoval z otcových zápisků Christopher Tolkien, jenž předkládá tři verze příběhu – od epického po mytologický. Jeden ze stěžejních příběhů Středozemě. Jak se vyvíjel svět Silmarillionu, rekonstruoval z otcových zápisků Christopher Tolkien, který je opatřil i mnoha poznámkami a doplňujícími informacemi. J. R. R. Tolkien stvořil propracovaný svět, jehož kořeny sahají do hluboké minulosti. Pád Gondolinu pojednává o boji dvou nesmiřitelných mocností: Morgotha, který je vtělením zla, a Ulma, Pána vod. Morgoth usiluje o zničení města Gondolin, jež vystavěli Noldor, nejmocnější národ elfů, kteří se vzepřeli bohům a opustili bájný Valinor. Poutavý Tolkienův příběh promlouvá svým krásným bohatým jazykem. Při líčení zničení města cítíme zmar a smutek nad koncem neopakovatelné nádhery. Tolkien nás stále oslovuje, protože do jeho slov, myšlenek a vyprávění si promítáme sami sebe, vlastní myšlenky, city a prožitky…

Objev podobné jako Pád Gondolinu - J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien - audiokniha

Seznamte se s novými léčivými houbami, o kterých jste dosud neslyšeli, ale které se v Asii a tradiční čínské medicíně používají již po staletí: shiitake, maitake, reishi, cordyceps, hlíva nebo čaga sibiřská, ale i méně známými druhy. Věděli jste, že většina z těchto cizokrajně znějících „zázraků mezi houbami“ roste i na českém a slovenském území, stejně jako lišky, holubinky, ryzce či žampiony?Houby nejen chutné, ale hlavně prospívající našemu zdraví!Nejdůležitější účinky hub jsou preventivní a léčebné: léčba virových a bakteriálních infekcí, ochrana před rakovinou, posílení srdce a krevního oběhu, regulace krevního tlaku, pomoc při poruchách metabolismu a obezitě, pozitivní léčebné účinky při nervových nebo kognitivních poruchách, vitalizace (např. při únavovém syndromu), stabilizace nálady (např. při depresi, úzkosti) a další.Odhalte zázračnou sílu betaglukanů – imunitně aktivních látek obsažených v houbáchHouby se jako lék používají již tisíce let a jejich léčebný význam je uznáván a dokumentován rozsáhlým vědeckým výzkumem. Christopher Hobbs, mykolog, klinický fytoterapeut a botanik stojící v čele současného výzkumu, představuje profily nejúčinnějších léčivých hub a popisuje zdraví prospěšné a léčivé látky obsažené v každé z nich. Podrobně čtenářům radí, na které houby upřít svou pozornost, na co si dát pozor při jejich sběru, identifikaci, případně i koupi hotových produktů z hub, a jak nejlépe houby využít – ať už v kulinářských pochoutkách či v podobě doma připravených extraktů, tinktur. Nejste vášnivými sběrači hub? Nevadí, autor vám ukáže, jak snadno si můžete houby sami vypěstovat a které druhy jsou na to vhodné.Poznejte pestrý svět léčivých hub a zlepšete své zdraví s jejich pomocíTato kniha rozbuší srdce všech příznivců hub – mykologů, alternativních i klasických lékařů, naturopatů, bylinkářů a terapeutů. Každý, kdo se zajímá o své zdraví, bude poutavým výkladem Christophera Hobbse nadšen a může se vydat na cestu objevování.Řekli o knize„Christopher Hobbs je světoznámým odborníkem na léčivé houby a jeho knihy jsou už dávno nezbytnou součástí mé knihovny. Čínská medicína jako celostní systém sleduje, jak celá houba či bylina ovlivňuje náš organismus. Svým studentům zdůrazňuji, že je důležité sbírat informace o léčivých houbách z různých zdrojů a teprve až jich mají dostatek, začne se jim skládat celkový obraz houby a pochopí, jak pozoruhodně může ovlivňovat náš organismus. V knize Léčivé houby naleznete mnoho takových cenných střípků, které vám pomohou pochopit komplexní svět léčivých hub.“Milan Schirlo— terapeut TČM a zakladatel společnosti MycoMedica

Objev podobné jako Léčivé houby – Praktický průvodce - HOBBS Christopher

Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror.Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air - and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untravelled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch.A witch who is much more than she seems. In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time .. . or to joyfully return.

Objev podobné jako Murtagh - Christopher Paolini

V roce 2005 a posléze v roce 2010 oslovila britská televize BBC ve spolupráci s představiteli benediktýnského opatství Worth v jižní Anglii skupinu britských občanů s různými životními zkušenostmi, ideovými názory a postoji, aby si na vlastní kůži vyzkoušeli život v klášterním prostředí a současně se i blíže seznámili s hodnotami, které mohou v tomto prostředí načerpat. Oba zmíněné seriály vyvolaly mezi televizními diváky neobyčejný ohlas. Na základě zkušeností získaných během natáčení obou zmíněných programů, ale také z rozhovorů se zúčastněnými i z reakcí laické veřejnosti, se Christopher Jamison, bývalý opat kláštera Worth, rozhodl své poznatky sepsat do ucelené formy, a tím se o ně s veřejností podělit. Ve své knížce Hledání svatyně s podtitulem Klášterní moudrost jako návod pro všední život se snaží nalézt odpověď na otázku, proč je náš život tak hektický a plný stresu, a současně, jak se s nástrahami dnešního tak uspěchaného světa vyrovnat. Nejen s odkazem na knihu knih, ale také na Řeholi svatého Benedikta, příběhy pouštních otců ale i inspirativní příběhy lidí dnešní doby, nám autor čtivým způsobem předkládá sedm základních kroků k vybudování vlastní niterné svatyně a tedy k objevení pravých životních hodnot, které dávají našemu každodennímu bytí hluboký smysl, naději a radost. Christopher Jamison je benediktýnský mnich, bývalý opat kláštera Worth, nacházející se v jihoanglickém hrabství Západní Sussex, a také bývalý ředitel zdejší církevní školy. Narodil se v australském Melbourne, odkud se ještě v dětství, společně se svou rodinou, trvale přestěhoval do Anglie. Je absolventem katolického lycea Downside School a později i Oxfordské univerzity, kde získal bakalářský titul v oboru francouzský a španělský jazyk. Do povědomí širší veřejnosti se dostal díky dokumentárním pořadům televize BBC The Monastery a The Big Silence, v nichž hrál ústřední roli hostitele i průvodce jednotlivých hlavních protagonistů. Rovněž působí jako prezident Mezinárodní konference benediktýnského vzdělávání (ICBE) zprostředkovávající celosvětový dialog mezi benediktýnskými středními školami. V současnosti je ředitelem instituce National Office for Vocation, zabývající se komunikací s lidmi, kteří chtějí svůj život prožít v církevním prostředí.

Objev podobné jako Hledání svatyně - Christopher Jamison

In this book of eight essays, the noted architectural historian Christopher Long takes on the meanings of Adolf Loos s writings and design work, the cultural world in which he was embedded, and how he was regarded by this critics and public. Long exposes and explodes old myths about Loos, fosterint in the process a new, brinlant, and compelling view of one of modern architecture s key protagon?ists. V této knize osmi esejů se známý historik architektury Christopher Long zabývá významy spisů a designérské práce Adolfa Loose, kulturního světa, do kterého byl zasazen, a toho, jak na něj pohlíželi kritici a veřejnost. Long odhaluje a rozbíjí staré mýty o Loosovi, čímž podporuje nový, brilantní a přesvědčivý pohled na jednoho z klíčových protagonistů moderní architektury.

Objev podobné jako Adolf Loos: Meaning, Context, Reception / Essays - Christopher Long

Venturing across five decades of American culture, this landmark book explores how modern graphic design emerged in the United States and how it became an intrinsic feature of the country s identity. Christopher Long tells this story in a wholly new way, exposing many long-forgotten figures and movements, and resurrecting the debates and conceptions that were integral to the new art. In a series of deeply involving portraits of American artists and innovators who helped shape the very look of the modern age, American Modernness offers a sweeping story of the country s visual culture and its distinctiveness. Christopher Long is Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Lucian Bernhard and Adolf Loos: Meaning, Context, Reception-Essays.

Objev podobné jako Modern Americaness - Christopher Long

Before The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the earliest myths and legends of Middle-earth and Valinor were laid down in The Book of Lost Tales, written by J.R.R. Tolkien between 1916 and 1920, and compiled by Christopher Tolkien for publication in 1983.The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion.Embedded in English legend, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkienâ ™s invented world.This first volume in Christopher Tolkienâ ™s epic History of Middle-earth series is the perfect gateway for anyone wanting to tread deeper into the rich tapestry of Tolkienâ ™s world and discover the evolution of the Middle-earth stories.

Objev podobné jako The Book of Lost Tales 1 - J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

Federer plays tennis like Michelangelo painted: every stroke is perfection, the end result a masterpiece. Christopher Clarey captured just that Martina Navratilova A deep and enlightening view of Roger s life and career that sports fans will be parsing for decades Jim Courier Deeply reported and crisply written Wall Street Journal THE NEWLY REVISED BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST ICONIC ATHLETES Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever sportspeople, Roger Federer made it look astonishingly easy to climb to the top of his sport in an era of brutal competition and deep cynicism. But his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager to one of the most elegant of competitors has been an act of will, not destiny. Federer not only had talent. He had grit. Top international sportswriter Christopher Clarey was on court in Paris for Federer s Grand Slam debut and has interviewed him exclusively more than any other writer - with unique access to his inner circle including coaches and key competitors. Now updated after Federer s retirement, The Master is a thrilling portrait of the workings of unfaltering excellence.

Objev podobné jako The Master - Christopher Clarey

The perfect countryside and armchair companion to the wild flowers of the British Isles.Illustrator Angie Lewin and author Christopher Stocks follow up the success of The Book of Pebbles with The Book of Wild Flowers, a celebration of British wild flowers and their place in the landscape. Christopher Stocks explores their beguiling and sometimes peculiar history, and reveals some of the best places to see them, as well as the conditions in which they thrive. The book focuses on around 21 of Lewin s favourite wild flowers, and include reproductions of her paintings and illustrations, many of them created specially for the book.Sustaining our long-held affection for the British countryside, The Book of Wild Flowers will appeal to anyone who loves British wild flowers, as well as fans of Angie Lewin, who is widely admired for her alluring images of the natural world.

Objev podobné jako The Book of Wild Flowers - Angie Lewin, Christopher Stocks

It s manga GRRLLL power! The second book in Christopher Hart s bestselling Master Guide to Drawing Anime series, Amazing Girls is filled with easy-to-follow templates to help anyone learn to draw absolutely amazing female anime characters. Learn all the ins and outs of drawing stunning manga heroines, schoolgirls, and fantasy characters! In this anime drawing book, the follow-up to his bestselling Master Guide to Drawing Anime, Christopher Hart focuses on some of the most popular, dynamic, and beautiful anime girl characters. Basic templates make it easy to draw the head, hairstyles, anime costumes and clothing, body proportions, and more, while tutorials help you create full-blown scenes that will take your art to the next level. Suitable for all levels, from beginners who are just starting to learn how to draw anime, to advanced users who want to hone their skills, this is the ideal resource for all fans of anime and manga drawing, and can be used on its own or alongside the original Master Guide to Drawing Anime. Drawing books are a perennial present to inspire young artists and a popular gift for teens. There is no greater tool than an art book to spark creativity, develop new artistic skills, and help kids and teens channel their energy towards positive self-expression. Paperback; 144 pages; 9 in W by 10 in H.

Objev podobné jako Master Guide to Drawing Anime, The: Amazing Girls - Christopher Hart