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Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck.Despite her fear of boats, Grace Darling loves her life as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and spends fun-filled childhood days with her three sisters, four brothers, numerous goats, chickens, cats and her beloved dog, Happy.The only shadows come from the many shipwrecks caused by the poor location of their lighthouse, a problem that seems to be fixed when a new one is built further out on the remote Longstone Rock.But in September 1838, a steamship called the Forfarshire is wrecked on the dangerous Harcar Rock. Grace alerts her father to survivors, but can she find the courage to help him row out through the mountainous waves to rescue them?Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

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From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary McKay, comes a moving World War II story of family and friendship on opposite sides of a devastating conflict. The Swallows' Flight is the stunning companion novel to The Skylarks' War.'It's not necessary to have read The Skylarks' War (though many beloved characters make reappearances) to be instantly and joyfully lost in this evocative, moving novel, showing McKay at the very top of her game.' - Imogen Russell-Williams, The Guardian'Funny, poignant, wise and emotional. Full of achingly real characters (and also an excellent dog) . . . I eked out the final pages, not wanting it to end.' - Fiona Noble, The BooksellerErik and Hans are German boys. Ruby and Kate are English girls. They grow up in worlds that would never meet, until war tumbles their lives together. Then one September afternoon there are choices to be made.How is courage lost, and found?Who is really the enemy?And what does friendship truly mean, in the middle of a war?Meanwhile Rupert and Clarry work secretly for peace - and a brighter future for them all . . .'. . . a resounding success. . . McKay refuses to dumb down the history, writing with such clarity and understanding that you can't fail to be caught up in the cares of her loveable cast.' - Alex O'Connell, The Times Book of the Week'McKay is a glutinously atmospheric writer, and this dense, action-packed saga - written during lockdown - is every bit as satisfying as its predecessor.' Emily Bearn, The Telegraph'Separately and together, The Skylarks' War and The Swallows' Flight are pinnacles of children's literature.' -Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times Book of the Week'Meticulously researched, intelligent, warm and witty - this is McKay at her peerless peak.' Sally Morris, The Daily Mail

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From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary McKay, comes a moving World War II story of family and friendship on opposite sides of a devastating conflict. The Swallows'' Flight is the stunning companion novel to The Skylarks'' War.''It’s not necessary to have read The Skylarks’ War (though many beloved characters make reappearances) to be instantly and joyfully lost in this evocative, moving novel, showing McKay at the very top of her game.'' – Imogen Russell-Williams, The Guardian''Funny, poignant, wise and emotional. Full of achingly real characters (and also an excellent dog) . . . I eked out the final pages, not wanting it to end.'' – Fiona Noble, The BooksellerErik and Hans are German boys. Ruby and Kate are English girls. They grow up in worlds that would never meet, until war tumbles their lives together.Then one September afternoon there are choices to be made.How is courage lost, and found?Who is really the enemy?And what does friendship truly mean, in the middle of a war?Meanwhile Rupert and Clarry work secretly for peace – and a brighter future for them all . . .''. . . a resounding success. . . McKay refuses to dumb down the history, writing with such clarity and understanding that you can’t fail to be caught up in the cares of her loveable cast.'' – Alex O''Connell, The Times Book of the Week''McKay is a glutinously atmospheric writer, and this dense, action-packed saga – written during lockdown – is every bit as satisfying as its predecessor.'' Emily Bearn, The Telegraph''Separately and together, The Skylarks’ War and The Swallows’ Flight are pinnacles of children’s literature.'' –Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times Book of the Week''Meticulously researched, intelligent, warm and witty — this is McKay at her peerless peak.'' Sally Morris, The Daily Mail

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''A star-filled story of courage, belonging and the particular magic of feline friends. A treasure of a tale, beautifully told.'' - A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar seriesFrom the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks'' War, comes Rosa by Starlight by Hilary McKay, the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it. With gorgeous black and white illustrations by Keith Robinson.Rosa lives in a world where she discovers there is magic. It arrives with Balthazar, a large black cat, just when she needs it most. Even so, it takes all her courage to stay hopeful and adventurous when her dreadful aunt and uncle move into her life.And when she finds herself abandoned in the ancient city of Venice, can magic help her then? Perhaps it can.The stars are watching, and there are lots of cats in Venice . . .''Beautiful, captivating, such a joy to read I didn''t want it to end!'' - Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs and The Snow Girl''A charming Ghibli-esque tale of a girl whose only friends are cats. Surprising and magical in equal measures.'' - M. G. Leonard, bestselling author of The Adventure on Trains Series, The Twitchers series, and The Ice Children*Hilary McKay won the Costa Children’s Book Award in 2018 with The Skylarks'' War

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''A star-filled story of courage, belonging and the particular magic of feline friends. A treasure of a tale, beautifully told.'' - A.F. Steadman, NYT-bestselling author of the Skandar seriesFrom the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks'' War, comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it. With gorgeous black and white illustrations by Keith Robinson.Rosa lives in a world where she discovers there is magic. It arrives with Balthazar, a large black cat, just when she needs it most. Even so, it takes all her courage to stay hopeful and adventurous when her dreadful aunt and uncle move into her life.And when she finds herself abandoned in the ancient city of Venice, can magic help her then? Perhaps it can.The stars are watching, and there are lots of cats in Venice . . .''Beautiful, captivating, such a joy to read I didn''t want it to end!'' - Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs and The Snow Girl''A charming Ghibli-esque tale of a girl whose only friends are cats. Surprising and magical in equal measures.'' - M. G. Leonard, bestselling author of The Adventure on Trains Series, The Twitchers series, and The Ice Children*Hilary McKay won the Costa Children’s Book Award in 2018 with The Skylarks'' War

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Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award.The Skylarks'' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandparents and running free with their charismatic cousin, Rupert. But normal life resumes each September – boarding school for Peter and Rupert, and a boring life for Clarry at home with her absent father, as the shadow of a terrible war looms ever closer.When Rupert goes off to fight at the front, Clarry feels their skylark summers are finally slipping away from them. Can their family survive this fearful war?''This belongs among the classic of children’s literature . . . Funny, sad, warm, it is about growing up and finding what you love.'' – The Sunday Times, Children’s Book of the Week

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From acclaimed author and Costa winner Hilary McKay comes The Time of Green Magic: a beautiful, spell-binding novel about family, magic, an old house and a mysterious visitor . . .Abi and her two step-brothers, Max and Louis, find that strange things happen when they are alone in their eerie, ivy-covered new house.Abi, reading alone, finds herself tumbling deep into books, while Louis summons a startling guest through his bedroom window. Even Max has started to see shapes in the shadows . . .Their busy parents see none of it – but Louis’ secret visitor is growing too alarming to keep secret, and he finds he cannot manage without Max and Abi’s help.Can they find out where the mysterious creature has come from – and how to get it back there?

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Saffy''s Angel was the winner of the 2002 Whitbread Award and is the first novel in Hilary McKay''s hilarious Casson Family series.After Saffron discovers that she''s adopted, life is never quite the same. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests her a stone angel – a relic from the childhood she never knew – Saffy knows she has to find it. Realizing that Siena holds the key, she stows away on a car trip to Italy.The rest of the family are engaged in their own wacky projects: Caddy, a hopeless student, is revising for her A levels and desperately trying to pass her driving test. Indigo, the only boy in the Casson family, is determined to rid himself of his fear of heights. And the youngest, Rose, a budding artist, has a knack for baiting her pompous dad, with entertaining results . . .Follow the family''s adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Indigo''s Star, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose and Caddy''s World.

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Permanent Rose is the third book in Hilary McKay''s laugh-out-loud, award-winning Casson Family series.It''s a long hot, never-ending summer, with no letters for Rose.Tom went back to America, and Rose hasn''t heard from him since. No phone calls, no messages, nothing at all. New friend David, however hard he may be trying, is no replacement.And home doesn''t offer relief either: Dad''s left Mum for a young model, Caddy is questioning her imminent wedding and Saffy is trying to find her real father.Rose is determined to find Tom in New York. But what else will she find on the way?Follow the family''s adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Saffy''s Angel, Indigo''s Star, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose and Caddy''s World.

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The Exiles was the winner of the 1992 Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize and is the first novel in Hilary McKay''s wonderfully witty and warm The Exiles series.Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy love reading and having fun more than anything else. So the sisters are horrified when they learn that their parents are sending them away to Cumbria for the summer, to stay with their fearsome grandmother: Big Grandma. Big Grandma is strict, makes them do chores and doesn''t let them have any fun – but worst of all, she refuses to let the girls read any books. Determined to enjoy their summer, the sisters decide they aren''t going to put up with their grandmother''s tough regime, and in doing so they somehow manage to cause inordinate amounts of chaos . . . But as the girls search for alternatives to Big Grandma''s way of life they slowly start to understand its appeal, just as she starts to understand them. Are the two generations more alike than they think?

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Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKayJodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre.A loner at school, she’s forced into a dormitory with other girls from her class who don’t understand her and talk about her behind her back. Even though they’re not trying to be mean, Jodie feels excluded and miserable, and eventually escapes out onto the salt marshes in search of a little dog she can hear barking in the distance.But the salt marshes are dangerous and Jodie gets trapped by the incoming tide. Stuck in the sucking mud, will anyone even notice that she’s gone? And where is the little dog that keeps barking so mournfully …?Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

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A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year''Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay''s book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 people perished in the firestorm that raged through the city. I have never seen it better described'' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesIn February 1945 the Allies obliterated Dresden, the ''Florence of the Elbe''. Explosive bombs weighing over 1,000 lbs fell every seven and a half seconds and an estimated 25,000 people were killed. Was Dresden a legitimate military target or was the bombing a last act of atavistic mass murder in a war already won?From the history of the city to the attack itself, conveyed in a minute-by-minute account from the first of the flares to the flames reaching almost a mile high - the wind so searingly hot that the lungs of those in its path were instantly scorched - through the eerie period of reconstruction, bestselling author Sinclair McKay creates a vast canvas and brings it alive with touching human detail.Along the way we encounter, among many others across the city, a Jewish woman who thought the English bombs had been sent from heaven, novelist Kurt Vonnegut who wrote that the smouldering landscape was like walking on the surface of the moon, and 15-year-old Winfried Bielss, who, having spent the evening ushering refugees, wanted to get home to his stamp collection. He was not to know that there was not enough time.Impeccably researched and deeply moving, McKay uses never-before-seen sources to relate the untold stories of civilians and vividly conveys the texture of contemporary life. Dresden is invoked as a byword for the illimitable cruelties of war, but with the distance of time, it is now possible to approach this subject with a much clearer gaze, and with a keener interest in the sorts of lives that ordinary people lived and lost, or tried to rebuild.Writing with warmth and colour about morality in war, the instinct for survival, the gravity of mass destruction and the manipulation of memory, this is a master historian at work.''Churchill said that if bombing cities was justified, it was always repugnant. Sinclair McKay has written a shrewd, humane and balanced account of this most controversial target of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign, the ferocious consequence of the scourge of Nazism'' Allan Mallinson, author of Fight to the Finish''Beautifully-crafted, elegiac, compelling - Dresden delivers with a dark intensity and incisive compassion rarely equalled. Authentic and authoritative, a masterpiece of its genre'' Damien Lewis, author of Zero Six Bravo''Compelling . . . Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life'' Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent''This is a brilliantly clear, and fair, account of one of the most notorious and destructive raids in the history aerial warfare. From planning to execution, the story is told by crucial participants - and the victims who suffered so cruelly on the ground from the attack itself and its aftermath'' Robert Fox, author of We Were There

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A collection of private correspondence from one of the Harlem Renaissance’s brightest and most radical voices  The Jamaican-born, queer author Claude McKay (1890–1948) was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His 1919 poem “If We Must Die” expressed a revolutionary vision for militant Black protest art, while his novels, including Home to Harlem, Banjo, and Banana Bottom, described ordinary Black life in lyrical prose. Yet for all that McKay connected himself to Harlem, he was a restless world traveler who sought spiritual, artistic, and political sustenance in France, Spain, Moscow, and Morocco.  Brooks E. Hefner and Gary Edward Holcomb bring together two decades of McKay’s never-before-published dispatches from the road with correspondents including W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Max Eastman, and Louise Bryant. With wit, wisdom, insight, and sometimes irascible temper, McKay describes how he endured harassment from British authorities in London and worked alongside Leon Trotsky and Alexander Kerensky in Bolshevik Moscow. He reflects on Paris’s Lost Generation, immerses himself in the Marseille dockers’ noir subculture, and observes French colonialism in Morocco. Providing a new perspective on a unique figure of American modernism, this collection reveals McKay gossiping, cajoling, and confiding as he engages in spirited debates and challenges the political and artistic questions of the day.

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Taking the Risk is Hilary Bradt''s engaging, insightful, amusing and sometimes alarming memoir about serendipitous adventures in travel and publishing. A travel industry trailblazer who co-founded Bradt Guides, Hilary looks back on 50 years of escapades, surprises, mishaps, disasters. and success. From her first solo trip aged three (on a British beach), she revisits six decades of hitch-hiking, feeding the travel habit by working abroad, and starting a successful travel-publishing company where knowing nothing proved a surprising asset. Barely into her twenties, Hilary Bradt thumbed lifts around the Middle East for three months before spending four years working and travelling in the US. Between 1973 and 1976 Hilary explored, and worked in, South America and Africa with her then husband George, often journeying through literally uncharted territory in their quest for new hiking routes. The discovery of an ancient trail to Machu Picchu unexpectedly inspired their first guidebook. From 1977 the pair wrote several backpacking guides, and set up Bradt Guides. This was just as well, because Hilary''s career in occupational therapy ended when potential employers noticed that time taken off for travel exceeded periods of employment. During the 1980s, Bradt Guides grew and became successful - but that didn''t stop Hilary travelling, including as a tour leader. Join Hilary as she relives the rigours of travel before the days of the internet or mobile phones, including smuggling her husband across an international border and frequently getting arrested despite efforts to be responsible tourists. Learn how Hilary''s lack of experience made the early days of publishing quite unlike those of any other successful publisher. Laugh (or cry) at Hilary''s ability to court media disasters while seeking the limelight, including waving around condoms on BBC TV. Taking the Risk comprises the collected stories of an inveterate, intrepid traveller whose joyous exploration of the world has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people - anyone who has ever owned a Bradt Guide. A unique book from a unique individual, it will delight anyone who has ever travelled or ever wondered what goes into making the books we read.

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Fragile is absolutely STUNNING'' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups ''Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers – Fragile dials the chill factor up to 11'' - Val McDermid, author of The Wire in the Blood Fragile is a modern Gothic psychological thriller with a contemporary twist on the classic novel Rebecca from award-winning and critically acclaimed writer Sarah Hilary. Everything she touches breaks . . . Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperately trying to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong. So when a job comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin Wilder, she seizes the opportunity with both hands. But her new lodgings may not be the safe haven that she was hoping for. Her employer lives by a set of rigid rules and she soon sees he is hiding secrets of his own. But is Nell''s arrival at the Villas really the coincidence it seems? After all, she knows more than most how fragile people can be – and how easily they can be to break . . . Further praise for Fragile: ''Fragile is absolutely STUNNING, the dreamy atmosphere couples with Nell''s carnal love for Joe put me in mind of Barbara Vine . . . [Sarah Hilary is] an astonishingly gifted writer, with an almost scalpel-like ability to dissect human motivation and convey it deliciously devoid of sentimentality. I was GRIPPED by Fragile, it took me into a whole other world and I was sorry to leave it'' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups ''Perfectly plotted, beautifully written modern Gothic. Timeless, tense and tender, Fragile will worm it''s way deep into your heart, just as the characters insinuate themselves into each other''s lives. I absolutely loved it'' - Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said ''Beautifully crafted, smart and unsettling – a dark river of a book, with a chilling undertow'' - Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses ''A dark, mesmeric fever-dream of a book'' - Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 ''Beautifully written modern gothic. I took my time with this, savouring it – the tone of Sarah Hilary''s writing is unique to her: exploring society and human nature in a sensitive, engrossing way. Ingenious, original and brilliant'' - Will Dean, author of Red Snow ''Extraordinary . . . an immersive psychological thriller that plunges us into an underworld of emotional and physical exploitation. There are shades of Highsmith . . . Brilliant stuff'' - Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London ''Fragile is a fever dream. A nightmarish slant on the world delivered expertly and with heart. Tension like cold steel. Characters you won''t forget. Sarah Hilary is a modern-day Highsmith.'' - Steve Cavanagh, author of The Thirteen ''A beguiling thriller of considerable ambition and ingenuity, Fragile marks Sarah Hilary as a twenty-first century du Maurier, a writer who plunges the depths of human nature, finding the darkest, most deviant corners, but also the fleeting hopes and brittle aspirations. This is a truly outstanding work of modern gothic.'' - Eva Dolan, author of Between Two Evils ''Highly original, beautifully written'' - Sharon Bolton, author of Now You See Me ''Sarah Hilary has created a beautifully written modern Gothic masterpiece, so full of intrigue and mysteries layered upon mysteries that the unravelling may well shred your nerves, in the best way possible'' - Liz Nugent, author of Skin Deep ''The writing is so elegant, so restrained, that it brings to mind Patricia Highsmith. Fragile is a very fine, and very creepy psychological thriller.'' - Lucy Atkins, author of Magpie Lane ''A gorgeously written, tense and atmospheric novel. Sarah Hilary peels back the layers of mystery so skillfully that it was impossible to look away for a moment.'' - Gytha Lodge, author of She Lies in Wait

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Claude McKayÂ’s most well-known Harlem Renaissance novel now in Penguin ClassicsA Penguin ClassicClaude McKayÂ’s first novel,?Home to Harlem, was published in 1928 during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. McKay portrays Harlem post-WWI through two Black migrants to New York: Jake, a Southern-born African American longshoreman who deserts the U.S. army and returns to his home in Harlem; and Ray, an educated Haitian immigrant. With his innovative use of Black dialects, McKay portrays a complex world of Black people, both native-born and immigrant, who navigate a dynamic society in the midst of radical change. Harlem is portrayed as a cauldron of Black life where Black people experience both White racism and intra-Black prejudice as well as sexual freedom and pleasure, all through the prism of HarlemÂ’s jazz nightlife.?Home to Harlem sparked controversy among Black critics. W.E.B. Du Bois considered it reductive and stereotypical while Marcus Garvey accused McKay of pandering to racist white tastes for degrading depictions of Blacks. Other critics such as Langston Hughes embraced Home to Harlem for its frank depictions of modern Black working class life and its meditation on enduring social inequalities. This debate within the HarlemÂ’s intellectual community, combined with the curiosity of white readers to learn more about this modern Black space, drove?Home to Harlem to become the first commercial bestseller by a Black novelist in the United States.

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A guided journey to discover your soul’s answers to life’s great questions. Human life is surrounded by mystery. At the centre of this mystery is the question: Why are we here? is there a purpose to our existence, a reason why we’re experiencing the beauty and pain of physical life? There is also the mystery of the universe itself. What is it and where did it come from? Religious and spiritual traditions have created complex cosmologies to answer these questions, but each tradition has a different answer and we are left with profound uncertainty about deeper reality. As psychologist Matthew McKay reveals, we can each discover our own answers to these questions, our own inner truth, by connecting with the wisdom of our souls. In this guided workbook, McKay offers a step-by-step process to unleash the unconscious and intuitive wisdom held in the awareness of your soul. He explains how to use “deep knowledge meditation” to access all of your soul’s accumulated knowledge, everything you have learned across all of your incarnations. Channeling his late son, Jordan, a discarnate soul who has lived hundreds of lives, McKay shares Jordan’s lessons on the mysteries of human existence, including what the divine or god is, the nature of a soul, the nature of matter and energy, the role of love in our lives, and the origin of the universe. Accompanying these channeled teachings are journal prompts from Jordan, to be used with deep knowledge meditation, to help you listen to your heart and shine a light on your own deepest wisdom and soul knowledge. Guiding you on a journey of self-discovery, this book offers the opportunity to find your soul’s truth about your life’s purpose and the nature of physical reality.

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Bodové LED svítidlo Rabalux Hilary 10W – hvězdný efekt pro moderní interiérStropní bodové svítidlo Rabalux Hilary LED 10W 5662 je ideální volbou pro ty, kteří hledají spojení moderního designu, energetické úspornosti a unikátního světelného efektu. Díky dvojitému provedení s jemným hvězdným efektem vynikne zejména v obývacím pokoji nebo ložnici, kde navodí příjemnou a útulnou atmosféru.Hlavní přednosti svítidla Hilary Moderní styl – minimalistická kombinace chromu a bílé barvy doplněná opálovými stínidly Hvězdný efekt – drobné otvory v difuzoru vytváří při rozsvícení jemné „hvězdičky“, které obohatí večerní relaxaci Úsporný LED zdroj – vestavěné LED s celkovým příkonem pouze 10 W při světelném toku 800 lm Přirozené bílé světlo – teplota chromatičnosti 4000 K ideální pro každodenní osvětlení Snadná instalace – kompaktní rozměr (délka 280 mm, výška 70 mm) se hodí i do menších prostorTechnické parametry Typ: bodové LED svítidlo Barva: chromová / bílá Materiál: kov / plast Rozměry: délka 280 mm, výška 70 mm Příkon: 10 W Světelný tok: 800 lm Barva světla: 4000 K (neutrální bílá) Životnost LED: 20 000 h Energetická třída: G Stupeň krytí: IP20 (vhodné do interiéru) Napětí: 220–240 V, 50 Hz Stupeň ochrany: I Hmotnost: 820 g Značka: RabaluxProč zvolit právě svítidlo Hilary?Svítidlo Hilary je skvělou volbou pro všechny, kdo chtějí dodat svému interiéru moderní šmrnc a zároveň si užívat pohodlí a úspory LED technologie. Jemný hvězdný efekt podtrhne atmosféru večerního posezení a díky dlouhé životnosti LED diod se nemusíte starat o častou výměnu světelného zdroje.Trust badges & garance ✔️ Životnost LED: 20 000 h ✔️ Záruka: 5 let ✔️ Certifikace: CEČasté dotazy (FAQ) Mohu vyměnit LED zdroj? Tento model má integrovaný LED zdroj, který nelze uživatelsky vyměnit. Díky vysoké životnosti 20 000 hodin však výměnu po mnoho let nevyžaduje. Je osvětlení vhodné i do koupelny? Svítidlo má krytí IP20, je tedy určeno pouze do suchých vnitřních prostor (například obývací pokoj, chodba, ložnice). Doporučení architekta: Svítidlo Hilary se skvěle kombinuje s dalšími moderními chromovými prvky v interiéru. Doporučujeme umístit nad menší jídelní stůl, do centrální části ložnice či jako elegantní osvětlení chodby.

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Bodové LED svítidlo Rabalux Hilary 5W 5661 – moderní elegance s hvězdným efektemStropní bodové svítidlo Rabalux Hilary 5W přináší do vašeho interiéru nejen funkční, ale i esteticky výrazné řešení osvětlení. Díky moderní kombinaci chromového kovu a opálově bílé plastové difuze působí svítidlo čistě a nadčasově, zatímco jemný hvězdný efekt vytváří v prostoru útulnou atmosféru. Je ideální volbou pro obývací pokoje, ložnice i chodby v moderním stylu.Klíčové vlastnosti Moderní design: Elegantní chromová základna a jemně perforovaný difuzor s hvězdným efektem Vestavěná LED technologie – úsporný světelný zdroj součástí, příkon pouze 5 W Přirozené bílé světlo (4000 K) – ideální pro příjemné a neutrální osvětlení Kompaktní rozměry: 130 × 130 × 130 mm – skvěle se hodí do menších i větších místností, doporučujeme kombinovat více svítidel vedle sebe Energetická třída F – efektivní provoz s ohledem na aktuální legislativu Stupeň krytí IP20 – vhodné do interiéru (suché prostory) Životnost LED zdroje: 20 000 hodin Světelný tok: 400 lmTechnické parametry Příkon: 5 W Napětí: 220–240 V ~ 50 Hz Materiál: Kov / plast Barva: chrom / bílá (opál) Barva světla: 4000 K (neutrální bílá) Hmotnost: 460 g Stupeň ochrany: IDoporučení architektaBodové svítidlo Hilary vyniká v sestavě dvou až tří kusů na chodbě, v ložnici nebo jako decentní doplněk do menšího obývacího pokoje. Hvězdný efekt dokonale podtrhne relaxační atmosféru, zejména při večerním osvětlení. Díky přirozené barevné teplotě světla navíc podporuje příjemné vnímání prostoru bez nežádoucího zkreslení barev.Trust badges & garance Životnost LED zdroje: až 20 000 hodin Záruka: 5 let Certifikace: CEFAQ – Nejčastější dotazy Je světelný zdroj vyměnitelný? Ne, svítidlo je vybaveno vestavěnou LED technologií s dlouhou životností, výměna zdroje není nutná. Je toto svítidlo vhodné do koupelny? Ne, s ohledem na stupeň krytí IP20 je Hilary určena pouze do suchých vnitřních prostor.Moderní stropní bodové svítidlo Rabalux Hilary LED 5W je skvělou volbou pro všechny, kteří hledají elegantní a úsporné řešení s dlouhou životností a efektním designem. Vsaďte na kvalitu a styl, který podtrhne atmosféru vašeho domova.

Objev podobné jako Rabalux bodové svítidlo Hilary LED 5W 5661

''Highly recommend - practical and full of human wisdom'' FINANCIAL TIMES''Brimming with ideas to transform the future'' KATE RAWORTH, author of DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS''An act of radical hope, radical listening and radical humility . . . I loved it'' RORY STEWARTWork, for decades, has been debated and discussed as a narrow economic category. Instead, Hilary Cottam identifies work as a cultural force at the heart of good lives, strong communities and a sense of a shared national destiny. Crucially, in these dramatic times, she shows how we can shape this force to meet technological change, our ecological crisis and the challenges of the world''s deep injustices. We can create a work revolution. Ambitious but rooted in the ideas of everyday experts - real workers from all walks of life - this is a realistic and hopeful book. Hilary Cottam has crossed the UK and the USA; she''s spent time in communities considered by outsiders as ''left behind'' and in places at the centre of financial and technological power. Drawing on a fascinating range of sources - historians, trade unionists, business leaders, philosophers and most originally, hours of her imaginative workshops with workers - Hilary Cottam boldly asks: how can we redesign work? Our challenges - political, social, economic and environmental - are tangled and growing. But so are the imaginative solutions. In this exciting, inspiring and optimistic book, Hilary shows us how we could work differently and live better.''So valuable . . . Hilary Cottam proposes a bold new vision of what the principles underlying ''good work'' might be'' MARIANA MAZZUCATO, UCL professor and author of MISSION ECONOMY ''Timely . . . guides the changes needed'' CARLOTA PEREZ''Exposes what motivates workers today - not the things most business leaders think - and shows how new thinking would benefit us all. Compelling'' MARTHA LANE FOX''Urgent, compelling and ultimately hopeful . . . Necessary and Inspiring'' CAROLINE LUCAS, Green Party MP and author of ANOTHER ENGLAND''Cottam is the humane revolutionary our turbulent century needs - and this book our roadmap to a better future'' JONATHAN FREEDLAND, author of THE ESCAPE ARTIST

Objev podobné jako The Work We Need - Hilary Cottam

The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berlin''I loved this book . . . apposite and wise . . . To anyone who knows Berlin a little and is fascinated by it, but would like to understand it better, this is a wonderful aid'' David Aaronovitch, The TimesThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as separate acts: the suffering of the First World War, the cosmopolitan city of science, culture and sexual freedom Berlin became, steep economic plunges, the rise of the Nazis, the destruction of the Second World War, the psychosis of genocide, and a city rent in two by competing ideologies. But people do not live their lives in fixed eras. An epoch ends, yet the people continue - or try to continue - much as they did before. Berlin tells the story of the city as seen through the eyes not of its rulers, but of those who walked its streets.In this magisterial biography of a city and its inhabitants, bestselling historian Sinclair McKay sheds new light on well-known characters - from idealistic scientist Albert Einstein to Nazi architect Albert Speer - and draws on never-before-seen first-person accounts to introduce us to people of all walks of Berlin life. For example, we meet office worker Mechtild Evers, who in her efforts to escape an oncoming army runs into even more appalling jeopardy, and Reinhart Cruger, a 12-year-old boy in 1941 who witnesses with horror the Gestapo coming for each of his Jewish neighbours in turn. Ever a city of curious contrasts, moments of unbelievable darkness give way to a wry Berliner humour - from banned perms to the often ridiculous tit-for-tat between East and West Berlin - and moments of joyous hope - like forced labourers at a jam factory warmly welcoming their Soviet liberators.How did those ideologies - fascism and communism - come to flower so fully here? And how did their repercussions continue to be felt throughout Europe and the West right up until that extraordinary night in the autumn of 1989 when the Wall - that final expression of totalitarian oppression - was at last breached? You cannot understand the twentieth century without understanding Berlin; and you cannot understand Berlin without understanding the experiences of its people. Drawing on a staggering breadth of culture - from art to film, opera to literature, science to architecture - McKay''s latest masterpiece shows us this hypnotic city as never before.''Remarkable . . . A majestic work of non-fiction'' Matthew d''Ancona''A masterful account of a city marked by infamy . . . If there is a book that must be read this year, this is it'' Amanda Foreman''Stunning . . . It''s eye-opening, enlightening and wonderfully told'' Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed''An electrifying new account of Berlin'' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich''One of my favourite historians'' Dan Snow

Objev podobné jako Berlin - Sinclair McKay

His reign must come to an end. But his legacy will live on forever.After thwarting the scourge of the Viking hordes that had decimated Britain for decades, King Alfred assured a period of peace and prosperity for the kingdom of Wessex. The dream of uniting all Anglo-Saxons under one, noble banner seems closer than ever before.But his enemies are not ones to be taken lightly. For even as Alfred works to ensure the fate of his descendants for centuries to come, a fearsome warlord, Haesten, gathers his warriors for a brutal assault upon the shores of Alfred’s territories.As the battle lines are drawn, as the true power of this new and terrifying threat comes into its own, the ageing king knows in his heart that things will be different this time round. For as strong as his land, his birthright, his Wessex, has become, the consequences of defeat have never been more terrible.For one who has gained everything… has everything to lose.‘Another excellent historical adventure from Steven A. McKay. Whatever era he turns his pen to, the result is a captivating thrill ride’ Tim Hodkinson‘Steven A. McKay never disappoints. He has turned history into an engaging and enthralling tale’ Griff Hosker

Objev podobné jako King of Wessex - Steven A. McKay

Understanding how your brain works during the key stages of life is essential to maintaining your health. Dr Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist who knows everything worth knowing about women''s brains, and shares it in this cutting-edge, essential book.This is not a book about the differences between male and female brains, nor a book using neuroscience to explain gender-specific behaviours, the ''battle of the sexes'' or ''Mars-Venus'' stereotypes. This is a book about what happens to the brains of women as they cycle through the phases of life, which are unique to females by virtue of their biology and in particular their hormones.In Demystifying The Female Brain, Dr McKay gives insights into brain development during infancy, childhood and the teenage years (including the onset of puberty) and looks at pregnancy, motherhood, and mental health.The book weaves together findings from the research lab, interviews with neuroscientists and other researchers working in the disciplines of neuroendocrinology, brain development, brain health and ageing, along with stories and case studies.

Objev podobné jako Demystifying The Female Brain - Dr Sarah McKay

In Inside Stories, Hilary Robertson reveals a multitude of ways to curate and arrange those objects and possessions that make up the stuff of life, from treasured artworks and decorative accessories to everyday objects such as hats, baskets and bicycles.In the first chapter, How to Arrange your Stuff, Hilary considers four different approaches to creating arrangements – intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial—and shows how each one can be achieved. She considers the variety of display locations available within the home—walls, mantelpieces, windowsills, chests of drawers, tabletops—and suggests how to make the most of them with decorative vignettes. Next, in Stories Told by Real Homes, Hilary casts her stylist’s eye over interiors that fall into five different styles—Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture, and Noble Salvage. As she reveals, some people are magpies—they love stuff; finding, collecting, and displaying it—while their opposite, the minimalists, are on a mission to contain or tame it. The ideas in this book will appeal to magpies, minimalists, and everyone in between.

Objev podobné jako Inside Stories - Hilary Robertson

V roce 1535 nechal kovářův syn Thomas Cromwell svoje skromné počátky dávno za sebou. Je prvním ministrem krále Jindřicha VIII., jeho vliv a majetek narůstaly s tím, jak stoupala hvězda Anny Boleynové, Jindřichovy druhé manželky. Kvůli ní se Jindřich rozešel s Římem a založil vlastní církev; země se však díky tomu dostala do nebezpečné izolace a Anna nedokázala splnit, co slibovala: porodit syna, který by byl pokračováním tudorovské linie.Při letní návštěvě Wolf Hall, domu rodiny Seymourových, Cromwell sleduje, jak král propadá lásce k tiché, obyčejné Janě. Ministr chápe, co všechno je v sázce - nejde jen o královo potěšení, ale také o bezpečnost země. V dusivé atmosféře dvorských klevet a sexuálního taktizování musí připravit "pravdu", která uspokojí Jindřicha a zabezpečí mu jeho vlastní kariéru. Ale krvavé divadlo posledních dní Annina života postihne i ministra a krále… V románu Předveďte mrtvé, jenž je pokračováním oceňované knihy Wolf Hall (Man Booker Prize za rok 2009, česky vydalo Argo v roce 2010) Hilary Mantelová zkoumá jednu z nejtajemnějších a nejděsivějších epizod anglických dějin: zkázu Anny Boleynové. Její nový román je odvážným obrazem tudorovské Anglie, který vrhá nové světlo i na moderní svět. Je to práce vynikající autorky na vrcholu sil, což dokazují i významná ocenění, kterých se románu dostalo: roku 2012 získala Hilary Mantelová jako vůbec první žena podruhé Man Bookerovu cenu a současně i cenu Costa Book Award za nejlepší román i nejlepší knihu roku 2012.

Objev podobné jako Předveďte mrtvé - Hilary Mantelová

Kniha představuje praktická cvičení, která pomohou čtenáři osvojit si dovednost všímavosti, účinně se orientovat v mezilidských vztazích, regulovat své emoce a tolerovat stres. Autoři staví na základech dialekticko-behaviorální terapie (DBT), jejíž účinnost byla prokázána při léčbě celé škály duševních poruch a potíží, zejména těch charakterizovaných neschopností zvládat své emoce.DBT se osvědčuje při zvládání stresu bez ztráty kontroly a destruktivního jednání. Aby člověk mohl tyto techniky použít, je třeba budovat dovednosti ve čtyřech klíčových oblastech – tolerance vůči stresu, všímavost, regulace emocí a účinnost v mezilidských vztazích. Cvičení k osvojení těchto dovedností jsou prováděna krok za krokem a jejich uplatnění v reálném životě má dlouhodobé účinky. Kniha je určena profesionálům, kteří ji využijí při poskytování podpory v terapii, i laikům, kteří ocení jasné a praktické rady pro lepší zvládání svých emocí.Matthew McKay je americký profesor psychologie na Wright Institute v Berkeley. Je spoluautorem knihy The Revelation and Stres Reduction Workbook, Thoughts and Feelings, Messages a Self-Esteem. Jeffrey C. Wood je americký KBT terapeut se specializací na léčbu deprese, úzksoti a traumatu. Je autorem knihy Getting Help Jeffrey Brantley je americký psychiatr a terapeut, ředitel Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program na Duke University. Je autorem knihy Calming Your Anxious Mind.

Objev podobné jako Emoce pod kontrolou - Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, Jeffrey Brantley

Reagujete na obtíže hněvem? Možná nejste sami. Hněv může být užitečná emoce, třeba když se něco špatného děje člověku, na kterém nám záleží. Někdy ale může působit destruktivně. A to pak poškodí náš život, vztahy i atmosféru v práci. Tato kniha vám nabízí strategie, s jejichž pomocí dokážete destruktivitu svého hněvu proměnit v pozitivní emoci. Naučíte se svůj hněv ovládat a pochopíte, co je jeho spouštěčem. Naučíte se, jak se osvobodit z pasti hněvu, ve které jste uvízli, i jak si sami zlepšit pocit osobní pohody.Knihu uvítají lidé, kteří mají obtíže se zvládáním hněvu. Matthew McKay je zkušený psycholog, zakladatel nakladatelství New Harbinger a autor i spoluautor řady úspěšných knih. Specializuje se na kognitivně-behaviorální terapii a pracuje s lidmi, kteří se potýkají s úzkostmi a depresemi.

Objev podobné jako Jak zvládat silné emoce - Matthew McKay

Trápí vás propady nálad, automatické negativní myšlenky a obavy vám přerůstají přes hlavu? Těžko hledáte způsoby, jak relaxovat a uvolnit se? Tento svižný průvodce vám pomůže osvojit si šestici dovedností, které vám pomohou naladit se na tu správnou náladu a vylepšit si ji.Autoři vycházejí z technik kognitivně-behaviorální terapie a nabízejí krátké aktivity, jimiž můžete trénovat svou psychickou odolnost a které vám pomohou vystoupit ze začarovaného kruhu nepříjemných myšlenek a sebepodceňování. Zjistíte, jak to, co si myslíte, ovlivňuje vaši náladu, a jak změna vašeho myšlení doslova změní i váš život. Matthew McKay Ph.D. je profesorem na Wrightově institutu v Berkeley v Kalifornii. Je autorem mnoha knih. Specializuje se kognitivně-behaviorální terapii depresí a úzkostí. Martha Davis Ph.D. působila jako psycholožka na psychiatrickém oddělení Kaiserova stálého lékařského centra v kalifornské Santa Claře. Bezmála třicet let zde poskytovala individuální, párovou i skupinovou psychoterapii. Je spoluautorkou několika knih. Patrick Fanning je žurnalista specializující se na oblast duševního zdraví. Je autorem a spoluautorem 12 knih.

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Soon to be a major TV seriesThe Sunday Times bestsellerShortlisted for the Women’s Prize for FictionLonglisted for the Booker Prize‘It is a book not read, but lived’ Telegraph‘Her Cromwell novels are, for my money, the greatest English novels of this century’ ObserverThe bestselling sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy.‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him?With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.A Guardian Book of the Year • A Times Book of the Year • A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year • A Sunday Times Book of the Year • A New Statesman Book of the Year • A Spectator Book of the Year Sunday Times Bestseller (08/03/2020)

Objev podobné jako The Mirror and the Light - Hilary Mantelová

A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the LightIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.Her subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.Constantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.

Objev podobné jako Mantel Pieces - Hilary Mantelová

Audiokniha: Jak nalézt klid právě teď a jak se postavit obavám a úzkostemČtyřicet nejjednodušších a nejefektivnějších cvičení, technik a postupů na snížení úzkosti od předních odborníků na duševní zdraví, kteří tyto dovednosti vyzkoušeli v praxi se svými klienty. Všechny užité techniky navíc pocházejí z léčebných postupů založených na důkazech.Žijeme v nejisté době. Možná vám v poslední době hlavou jako o závod běží rozličné myšlenky, točíte se v kruhu katastrofických scénářů, jste vystresovaní nebo se bojíte se o sebe či své blízké. Potřebujete se „hodit do klidu“, a to co nejdřív. Předkládaný soubor cvičení, který dohromady sestavili přední američtí profesionálové v oblasti pomáhajících profesí, vám má pomoci cítit se lépe, ale také uznat, že na své vnitřní prožívání máte plné právo. Jedná se o 40 snadných, rychlých a efektivních technik z oblasti kognitivně-behaviorální terapie, mindfulness, neurověd a relaxace, které nejenže ověřila praxe, ale prokázalo i vědecké zkoumání. Cílem je, abyste si zlepšili náladu, pochopili sami sebe a začali žít v souladu s tím, co je pro vás opravdu podstatné. Rick Hanson je psycholog a neurovědec, jemuž česky vyšly bestsellery Buddhův mozek a Stačí jen málo. Matthew McKay je profesor psychologie a autor publikace, která byla v češtině vydána pod názvem Emoce pod kontrolou.Dalšími autory jsou Martin N. Seif a Sally M. Winston (společně napsali knihu Brouci v hlavě), Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, David A. Carbonell, Catherine M. Pittman a Elizabeth M. Karle, kteří všichni působí v oblasti pomáhajících profesí a specializují se na zvládání úzkostí.

Objev podobné jako Okamžitá pomoc proti úzkosti - Rick Hanson, Matthew McKay - audiokniha

Sarah Hilary, Theakston''s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Black Thorn, returns with Sharp Glass. Trapped and alone in a remote house in the country, one woman must find a way to defeat a captor who has no intention of letting her go.''A master of her craft. In every book she makes the words sing'' – Ann CleevesThe last thing she remembers is standing outside the empty house. One she was employed to pack, ready for removal. Her job is her life. It is her compulsion to take care of an owner’s precious possessions, to do whatever it takes to help them move on. Now she is cold, dirty, damp, trapped in its cellar with no chance of escape, miles from anywhere. His prisoner.And then he returns.Her captor believes she holds the answers to why a young girl was murdered a year ago. He refuses to let her go until she reveals her secrets. But he doesn’t know she has hidden depths, and an anger she works hard to control.The battle lines are drawn. They are the only two people who can solve the mystery of the dead girl. But when the truth is revealed, whose life will shatter?* * *Praise for Sarah Hilary and Black Thorn:''Nail-biting, heart-wrenching stuff . . . has the atmosphere and drama of a modern-day du Maurier novel'' – Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key''A mesmerizing story of family and community, secrets and lies. Psychologically rich and captivatingly told'' – Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me''''It''s strange and compelling, and no one else could have written it'' - Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses

Objev podobné jako Sharp Glass - Sarah Hilary

''A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century'' Guardian''Like hearing the voice of an old friend'' Observer''Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessness and prescience'' New Statesman, Book of the Year''Magical . . . Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life'' The Times, Book of the YearTHE MAGNIFICENT FINAL BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOLF HALL TRILOGYAs well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. ''Ink is a generative fluid,'' she explains. ''If you don''t mean your words to breed consequences, don''t write at all.'' A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Mantel''s subjects are wide-ranging. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life flopping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels - revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England - and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V. S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is a selection of her film reviews - from When Harry Met Sally to RoboCop - and, published for the first time, her stunning Reith Lectures, which explore the process of art bringing history and the dead back to life.From her unique childhood to her all-consuming fascination with Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall Trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel''s life in her own dazzling words, ''messages from people I used to be.'' Compelling, often very funny, always luminous, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writers.''A smart, deft, meticulous, thoughtful writer, with such a grasp of the dark and spidery corners of human nature'' Margaret Atwood''Mantel was a queen of literature . . . her reign was long, varied and uncontested'' Maggie O''Farrell

Objev podobné jako A Memoir of My Former Self - Hilary Mantelová

Whimwondery is a quirky A-Z compendium of Daniel McKay’s magical illustrations and tall tales. This exploration of whimsy and wonder journeys through 26 unique inventions and stories, which makes for a fabulously fun and light-hearted read.Whimwondery is the academical study of the magickal properties of elemental curiosity and its two sub-particles - whimsy and wonder. For, as perhaps you have felt yourself deep down in your gizzards, in every spark of curiosity, every maddening ponderation, every look of bafflement and inquisitive squint, is power beyond reckoning. Though not, as has been discovered, entirely beyond the capacities of our imaginations. Indeed, as we have sought to know more about Whimwondery, we have slowly stumbled upon its useful, worthy, and practical applications for solving vexsome sundry irks and problems which arouse particular and general bother - from cold custard to the meaning of the universe. This alphabetarium includes a smattering of such curious contraptions from Agatha Aspinal''s Auspicious Archaeofuturometer, to Zurishaddai Zirdlestone''s Zooshing Zenithender. Though a mere sampling of some of the inventions devised to channel whimwondrous phenomena they are sure to delight and amuse all whom you would care to furnish with such an odd and uncategorisable tome (in no particular order): acquaintances, friends, friends-of-friends, jilted-lovers, distant relations, neighbours, academical colleagues, drinking-pals, the local parson, your mother and other assorted personages. A splendid gift for all of them, most assuredly!

Objev podobné jako Whimwondery - Daniel J. T. McKay

Built by slave labour in the early years of the eighteenth century, Saint Petersburg was Peter the Great’s so-called ‘window on to Europe’, a city that would outdo all of Europe in its splendour. But a window works both ways, and as bestselling historian Sinclair McKay writes, St Petersburg has always been a city that has drawn Westerners who wanted to see into Russia. It is also a city where much has happened.It was St Petersburg until 1917, Petrograd after the revolution, Leningrad after Lenin’s death in 1924, and St Petersburg once again from 1991. This biography of a city stretches from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, who was born and made in St Petersburg. The story centres the ‘900 days and nights’ of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941–44.Unlike Paris or Prague, the Nazis weren’t trying to take over, they wanted to wipe it off the map. According to some, this siege of 1.5 million people – including Putin’s mother – was an attempted genocide. Based on first-hand and many unpublished accounts from figures from all walks of life – irascible authors, factory workers, bakers, furriers, dancers, sailors, grandparents, children – this masterpiece reveals the central importance of St Petersburg over the centuries.This is the story of the city told from the perspective of the people who lived there.

Objev podobné jako Saint Petersburg - Sinclair McKay

Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Lake Como in the irresistible and gripping new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park, The Anniversary and The Lie''Held me spellbound . . . This novel is unmissable'' 5***** Reader Review''Magnificent! So refreshing, this left me on the edge of my seat'' 5***** Reader Review''The tension builds up to a heart-stopping crescendo'' 5***** Reader Review_______Connie McCabe longs for the summer where she spends the days leading tours across the continent.But it''s on the glamorous shores of Lake Como where she is truly swept away, when Jared, a much younger man, falls for her.Despite resisting his advances, Connie finds that he''s got under her skin.And so begins a long, hot, intoxicating summer where Connie succumbs to temptation - breaking her marriage vows.At the end of the season, Connie returns home to her husband, ready to put this affair behind her.But Jared has other ideas . . ._______Praise for Hilary Boyd''Hilary Boyd nails family dynamics and misplaced loyalties with pin-sharp precision in an impressively well-written tale'' Daily Express''I was ripping through this book . . . addictive'' Evening Standard''Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life'' Daily Mail

Objev podobné jako The Affair - Hilary Boyd

She hasn’t been in love in ten years, but she’s about to get back in the saddle.''Swoony Christmas cowboy magic! This second chance love story crackles with chemistry and holiday cheer.''—Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer RomanceWith the holidays around the corner and her father recently imprisoned for financial fraud, disgraced journalist Emory Oakes doesn’t know where to turn. She’s only certain of one thing: she needs to get away.Fate takes the wheel, leaving her stranded in snowy Evergreen, the picturesque town where she spent her happiest Christmas as a teen – and chronicled every moment in her journal as she fell in love with handsome local, Tate Wilder, at his family’s idyllic horse ranch – until it all went wrong.Emory isn’t ready to face Tate, but kismet and Christmas magic have other ideas. As the love they’ve denied for a decade rekindles, the betrayals that kept them apart resurface and Emory''s family scandal reaches the small town. Even still, Tate Wilder and his ranch feel more like home than anywhere ever has.Will Emory and Tate’s alchemy fizzle, or will their Christmas wishes come true?Praise for Christmas at the Ranch''Scandals, betrayals, snowy horse rides, hot chocolate, and even hotter kisses—Christmas at the Ranch is a complicated love story, and the perfect holiday escape.''—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters''Escapist, chemistry-fueled and with the perfect amount of Christmas magic, Christmas at the Ranch is the perfect book to whisk you away this holiday season.''—Emily Stone, author of Always in December''If you’re looking for a second chance holiday romance filled with heart, soul, and a sexy cowboy hero, look no further! You’ll want to bust this baby out every year.''—Codi Hall, author of There’s Something About Merry''Christmas at the Ranch is an emotional and romantic, snow-kissed love story about rediscovering your first love when it matters the most.''—Heidi McLaughlin, New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl''Tender, transporting, and impossible to put down. Christmas at the Ranch is a heartwarming holiday escape filled with snow-dusted second chances, soulful romance, and the kind of magic that only comes when you return to the place that once held your heart. Julia McKay writes with so much charm—and this book is a winter dream.''—Chantel Guertin, bestselling author of It Happened One Christmas

Objev podobné jako Christmas at the Ranch - Julia McKay

How to connect with those who have passed and learning to love in the face of pain• Shares a proven process that has worked for the author as well as thousands of others to communicate with deceased loved ones• Explores the use of mediums, past-life and between-life hypnotic regressions, a technique called Induced After-Death Communication, and channeled writing• Presents revelations about the soul’s life after death, the structure of the afterlife, how karma works, and how to love in the face of painIf you’ve lost a loved one or had a brush with mortality, you undoubtedly have wondered about life after death—or if it’s possible to connect with souls on the other side. After the tragic death of his son, Jordan, the author embarked on a journey for ways to communicate with his son across the veil. He discovered not only successful methods to connect with lost loved ones but also profound truths about the afterlife, the illusion of loss, and how pain is integral to our life purpose.McKay recounts techniques he tried in order to connect with his son, including collecting unusual experiences from family and friends, consulting mediums such as Austyn Wells, undergoing past-life and between-life regressions, engaging in a technique called Induced After-Death Communication, and using channeled writing, which he learned with the help of psychologist Ralph Metzner.The culmination of hundreds of channeled conversations with his son, the author presents revelations about the soul’s life after death, the structure and key events of the afterlife, how karma works, why we incarnate, our future as souls, and how to love in the face of pain. As Jordan reveals, nothing is truly lost. The soul is constant and, while pain seems to damage us, the damage is an illusion. Because, as Jordan says, “there is no end; the conversation goes on . . . between all the souls who love each other, living and dead.”

Objev podobné jako Seeking Your Loved One on the Other Side - Matthew McKay

Discover the stories of the brave men and women who worked, trained and fought across the UK, from Bletchley Park in southern England all the way to Arisaig in northern Scotland, in an unbelievable effort to defeat the Nazis and win the Second World War .From the outset of the war, most of Britain felt like a mystery even to those who lived there. All road and railway signs were removed up and down the country to thwart potential enemy spies. An invisible web of cunning spread across the United Kingdom; secret laboratories were hidden in marshes, underground bases were built to conceal key strategic plans and grand country houses became secret and silent locations for eccentric boffins to do their confidential cryptography work.In Secret Britain, Sinclair McKay maps out the UK through the hidden bases and battlegrounds of WWII. These locations are full of history and intrigue, but if you don''t know where to look, you might just miss them. Journeying through secret wildernesses, suburbs, underground tunnels and manor houses, Sinclair gives a glimpse into the stories of the incredible people behind the war effort, and shows how you might be able to visit these mysterious and evocative locations yourself.With his trademark warmth and compassion, Sinclair unearths the truths of the war that have remained under layers of secrecy since the war was won in 1945.

Objev podobné jako Secret Britain - Sinclair McKay

New Yorker cartoonist and author of Murder Book Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell returns with a riotous and radically candid comic memoir about snacks, connection, and developing a taste for freedom.From standup comedian, New Yorker cartoonist, and the author of Murder Book comes this fresh comics memoir about being a snacker in a world of foodies. With equal parts humor and unflinching honesty, Hilary traces her life story through food: from her childhood as the ultimate picky eater, her teenage and young adult years of disordered eating, and finally learning to love herself again. Punctuated throughout with ridiculous (but very real! and important!) snack recipes like "a baggie of goldfish" and "burnt toast," Campbell captures the reality of growing up in a woman's body in the '90s and '00s in how it shaped her life in work, friendship, and dating. Especially dating. Aren't we all seeking love, self-acceptance, and a good snack to get you through it? These hilarious stories of family, romance, and belonging prove that if food can isolate us, it also has the power to connect us to what matters most.

Objev podobné jako The Joy of Snacking - Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Don’t let your emotions get in the way of your communication! With this powerful, evidence-based workbook, you’ll have the tools you need to navigate difficult conversations while maintaining your relationships—whether it’s with friends, family, romantic partners, or work colleagues.Have you ever tried to speak up for yourself in a moment of conflict, and your mind suddenly goes blank? Has an insensitive comment from a loved one, friend, or coworker ever made you lose your temper, putting strain on an important relationship? If so, you aren’t alone. It’s natural to feel overwhelmed by uncomfortable emotions in the conversations that matter most to us. Yet if we allow these feelings to overpower us, they can stand in the way of what we want or need, and our relationships with other people can suffer.In The Emotional Intelligence Skills Workbook, psychologists Matthew McKay and Stephanie Catella draw from emotion efficacy therapy (EET) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to offer a wealth of practical skills you can use to navigate difficult conversations effectively while maintaining your relationships. You’ll learn what emotional intelligence (EI) is, and why strengthening it can help you overcome conflict with others. You’ll also discover strategies and tools to help you be more aware of your emotions without letting them dictate your interactions.You’ll also find skills to help you: ·Manage overwhelming emotions ·Lead with your values ·Be an empathetic listener ·Assert your needs Living a meaningful life requires the willingness to have tough conversations. With this workbook as your guide, you’ll build the skillset needed to boost your EI and improve your relationships.

Objev podobné jako The Emotional Intelligence Skills Workbook - Matthew McKay, Stephanie Catella

OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD!It''s the most powerful force in the universe, our only hope for love and forgiveness, and a foretaste of eternal life: amazing, radical, life-changing grace.Millions of lives have been changed by award-winning author Philip Yancey''s startling exploration of grace at street level. Grace is the one thing the world can''t duplicate, the healing force we need, and the key to transforming a broken world.In this revised and updated edition of his personal and provocative book, Yancey offers true portraits of grace''s life-changing power. These stories, set in the midst of life''s stark realities, evoke such questions as:If grace is God''s love for the undeserving, how do I get it?How well are we dispensing grace to a world that knows far more of strife and unforgiveness than it does of mercy?Can grace make a difference in the midst of such atrocities as the Nazi holocaust, and how can it withstand the brutality of hate? With powerful stories, rich theology, and practical suggestions, Yancey challenges us to become living answers to a world that desperately needs to know, What''s So Amazing About Grace?

Objev podobné jako What's So Amazing About Grace? Revised and Updated - Philip Yancey

A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLDFrom the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book.There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy.In 50 Codes that Changed the World, Sinclair McKay explores these uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages from across time to tell a new history of a secret world. From the temples of Ancient Greece to the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum mechanics, you will see how a few concealed words could help to win wars, spark revolutions and even change the faces of great nations.Here is the complete guide to the hidden world of codebreaking, with opportunities for you to see if you could have cracked some of the trickiest puzzles and lip-chewing codes ever created.

Objev podobné jako 50 Codes that Changed the World - Sinclair McKay

Dárková kosmetická sada obsahuje krém na ruce 50 ml, tělový krém 50 ml, pěna do koupele 50 ml a šumivou kouli 25 g Kosmetická firma GRACE COLE ve svých produktech snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanost. Dárková sada v elegantní tmavě modré plechové krabičce Vlčí mák amp; Pomelo je toho důkazem. Svou jemnou květinovou vůní vlčího máku a svěží ovocnou vůní pomela vnese luxus do každého všedního dne. GRACE COLE zajistí pokožce hebkost a jemnou vůni. Dárková mini sada GRACE COLE - Vlčí mák amp; Pomelo promění vaši každodenní péči o tělo v nezapomenutelný rituál. nbsp; Klíčové vlastnosti kosmetické mini sady GRACE COLE - Vlčí mák amp; PomeloBritská značka GRACE COLE snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanostSada GRACE COLE - Vlčí mák amp; Pomelo obsahuje produkty péče o těloDárková sada je balena v elegantní tmavě modré plechové krabičceKosmetické výrobky GRACE COLE zajistí pokožce hebkost a jemnou vůniJemná vůně vlčích máků a pomela...

Objev podobné jako GRACE COLE Dárková mini sada do koupele v plechové krabičce - Vlčí mák

Historický román Alias Grace je založen na skutečných událostech, vraždách Thomase Kinneara a Nancy Montgomeryové, z nichž byla obviněna mladičká služebná Grace Marksová a sluha James McDermott. Za mladou Grace, trpící ztrátou paměti, přijíždí do věznice po deseti letech mladý psychiatr Simon Jordan, aby se v ní pokusil vzkřísit pohřbené vzpomínky a zjistil, jestli zločin skutečně spáchala. Během dlouhých rozhovorů hledá cestu do její paměti skrz sny a dotazy na dětství strávené v Irsku, odkud se celá rodina přesunula do Kanady za lepším životem. Přes původně čistě profesionální zájem o Gracin případ se postupně zaplétá do jejího příběhu. Gracino vyprávění i Jordanovy životní peripetie se odehrávají v kulisách Kanady první poloviny 19. století. Propracovaný historický román patří mezi nejdůležitější a nejčtenější díla Margaret Atwoodové - v roce 2017 podle něj natočila společnost Netflix oceňovaný televizní seriál. "Alias Grace uhání kupředu tempem komerčního román a má sílu budoucí klasiky." - Washington Post Book World "Ať už je Grace z pera Margaret Atwoodové zloduška, nebo oběť, vždycky je to fascinující společnice." - People "V románu Alias Grace je všechno, co má fantastická knížka mít: napětí, tajemství, vzrušení a dokonale propracované historické prostředí." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Objev podobné jako Alias Grace - Margaret Atwoodová

What does power and responsibility look like for Christian men in our world today? Becoming a King offers men a guide to becoming one to whom God can entrust his kingdom.Journey with Morgan Snyder as he walks alongside men (and the women who love and encourage them) to rediscover the path of inner transformation. Becoming a King is an invitation into a radical reconstruction of much of what we’ve come to believe about God, masculinity, and the meaning of life.Curated and distilled over more than two decades and drawn from the lives of more than seventy-five men, Morgan shares his discovery of an ancient and reliable path to restoring and becoming the kind of man who can wield power for good. With examples from the lives of the great heroes of faith as well as wise men from Morgan’s own life, break through doubt and discover the power of restoration.In Becoming a King, you will:Reconstruct your understanding of masculinity and who God truly intended you to beLearn to become a man of unshakable strength and courageReclaim your identity, integrity, and purposeTraveling this path isn’t easy. But the heroic journey detailed within the pages of Becoming a King leads to real life—to men becoming as solid and mighty as oak trees, teeming with strength and courage to bring healing to a hurting world; and to sons, husbands, brothers, and friends becoming the kind of kings to whom God can entrust his kingdom.

Objev podobné jako Becoming a King - Morgan Snyder

Drench yourself in grace as you spend a few moments each day in God''s Word.You have not been spattered with grace. You have not been sprinkled with forgiveness. You have not been dusted with kindness. You have been immersed in it. As a child of God, you are submerged in His mercy. Welcome God’s pure gift. Drink deeply from God’s endless aquifer of grace.Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado invites you to drench yourself in grace as you spend a few moments each day in God’s Word. Excerpts from Max’s works, on topics that are relevant to your life, help you connect daily with the Savior and experience the fullness of His grace. Each of the 365 readings features a selection from Grace for the Moment™, and portions from the Old and New Testaments, Psalms, and Proverbs.Features include:Read through the Bible in a year with portions of the Old and New Testaments, Psalms, and ProverbsA devotional each day from Max Lucado tailored to the day’s reading to easily connect God’s Word to your life365 daily readings from the first and second volumes of Grace for the Moment™Double-column layoutThe complete text of Scripture in the New King James Version of the BibleClear and readable 8.5-point NKJV Comfort Print®

Objev podobné jako NKJV, Grace for the Moment Daily Bible, Hardcover, Comfort Print - Max Lucado

Dárková kosmetická sada obsahuje tělovou mlhu 100 ml, krém na ruce 50 ml, tělový krém 50 ml a masku na oči Kosmetická firma GRACE COLE ve svých produktech snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanost. Dárková sada v elegantní tmavě modré krabičce Vlčí mák amp; Pomelo je toho důkazem. Svou jemnou květinovou vůní vlčího máku a svěží ovocnou vůní pomela vnese luxus do každého všedního dne. GRACE COLE zajistí pokožce hebkost a jemnou vůni. Dárková sada GRACE COLE - Vlčí mák amp; Pomelo promění vaši každodenní péči o tělo v nezapomenutelný rituál. nbsp; Klíčové vlastnosti kosmetické sady GRACE COLE - Vlčí mák amp; PomeloBritská značka GRACE COLE snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanostSada GRACE COLE - Vlčí mák amp; Pomelo obsahuje produkty péče o těloDárková sada je balena v elegantní tmavě modré dárkové krabičceKosmetické výrobky GRACE COLE zajistí pokožce hebkost a jemnou vůniJemná vůně vlčích máků a pomela promění každodenní péči o tělo v...

Objev podobné jako GRACE COLE Dárková sada pro klidný spánek - Vlčí mák

Dárková kosmetická sada obsahuje sprchový gel 100 ml, tělový krém 100 ml, pěnu do koupele 50 ml a koupelovou houbičku Kosmetická firma GRACE COLE ve svých produktech snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanost. Dárková kosmetická sada v elegantní plechové dóze zdobené vánočními motivy je toho důkazem. Díky lákavé vůni fíků a brusinek doplněné o jemný nádech pomeranče, mandarinek a vanilky vnesou koupelové a tělové produkty luxus do každého všedního dne. GRACE COLE zajistí pokožce hebkost a jemnou vůni. Dárková sada GRACE COLE - nbsp; Divoké fíky amp; Brusinky promění vaši každodenní péči o tělo v nezapomenutelný rituál. nbsp; Klíčové vlastnosti kosmetické sady GRACE COLE - Divoké fíky amp; BrusinkyBritská značka GRACE COLE snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanostDárková sada je balena v elegantní plechové dóze s vánočními motivySada GRACE COLE - Divoké fíky amp; Brusinky obsahuje 4 produkty péče o těloVůni fíků a brusinek doplňuje jemný...

Objev podobné jako GRACE COLE Dárková sada péče o tělo v plechovce - Divoké fíky

Dárková kosmetická sada obsahuje sprchový gel 50 ml, tělový krém 50 ml, perličky do koupele 80 g, krém na ruce 50 ml a koupelovou houbičku Kosmetická firma GRACE COLE ve svých produktech snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanost. Dárková kosmetická sada v elegantní krabičce zdobené vánočními motivy je toho důkazem. Díky lákavé vůni fíků a brusinek doplněné o jemný nádech pomeranče, mandarinek a vanilky vnesou koupelové a tělové produkty luxus do každého všedního dne. GRACE COLE zajistí pokožce hebkost a jemnou vůni. Dárková sada GRACE COLE - nbsp; Divoké fíky amp; Brusinky promění vaši každodenní péči o tělo v nezapomenutelný rituál. nbsp; Klíčové vlastnosti kosmetické sady GRACE COLE - Divoké fíky amp; BrusinkyBritská značka GRACE COLE snoubí luxus, nadčasovost a sofistikovanostDárková sada je balena v elegantní krabičce s vánočními motivySada GRACE COLE - Divoké fíky amp; Brusinky obsahuje 5 produktů péče o těloVůni fíků a brusinek...

Objev podobné jako GRACE COLE Dárková sada péče o tělo - Divoké fíky