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''A deeply satirical and thought-provoking thriller'' Sunday ExpressA couple of ice cubes, first, then the apple that really started it all. A loft apartment in London''s East End; cool but doomed, demolition and redevelopment slated for the following week. Ken Nott, devoutly contrarian leftish shock-jock attending a mid-week wedding lunch, starts dropping stuff off the roof towards the deserted car park a hundred feet below. Other guests join in and soon half the contents of the flat are following the fruit towards the pitted tarmac... just as mobiles start to ring, and the apartment''s remaining TV is turned on, because apparently a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center... Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

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The works of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The State of the Art is the only collection of Iain M. Banks''s short ­fiction and includes the acclaimed Culture novella of the same name.From science ­fiction to horror, dark fantasy to twisted comedy, all eight stories bear the inde­finable stamp of Banks''s staggering talent.Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph The novels of Iain M. Banks: The Culture seriesConsider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtOther books by Iain M. BanksAgainst a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe AlgebraistAlso now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The State Of The Art - Iain M. Banks

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . .Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . .Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . .This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The Culture - a utopian human-machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many expert Game Players, and one of the greatest is Jernau Morat Gurgeh. He is Master of every board, computer and strategy - he is The Player of Games.Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the cruel and incredibly wealthy Empire of Azad to try their infamous game . . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh plays the game, and faces the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death. Praise for the Culture series: ''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday ''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Banks''s sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Player Of Games - Iain M. Banks

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The man known as Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances'' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.Though the woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and aided his stratospheric rise, she did not know him as well as she thought.The drone Ska­ffen-Amtiskaw thought it knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman''s life by massacring her attackers, and it believed the man to be a burnt-out wreck - but not even its superlative machine-intelligence could see the horrors in his past. Praise for the Culture series:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Banks''s sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Use Of Weapons - Iain M. Banks

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.It led to atrocities on an extraordinary scale. To the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those doomed stars has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq'', bathing its ­fifty billion inhabitants in the rays of their society''s ancient mistake.Amongst them is Major Quilan, sent on a mission so secret that not even he knows what it is, and determined to exact his revenge against the Culture at any cost.Praise for the Culture series:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtOther books by Iain ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Look To Windward - Iain M. Banks

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The intricate structure of a Shellworld - an arti­ficial planet of spheres-within-spheres - is matched only by the machinations of its inhabitants.On the eighth sphere of Sursamen, a man witnesses the murder of his father and flees, searching for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother, this means a life lived under constant threat of treachery, while for their sister, Djan Seriy Anaplian, it means returning to a place she''d thought abandoned forever.Anaplian is not who she once was. She has become an agent of the Culture''s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.Concealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy. In the world to which she returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else''s war is never a simple matter.Praise for ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Matter - Iain M. Banks

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared.Now it is back. Diplomat Genar-Hofoen of Special Circumstances is sent to investigate but, sidetracked by an old flame and the spoiled-brat operative Ulver Seich, and faced with the systematic depravities of a race who call themselves the A­ffront, it's anyone's guess whether he'll succeed . . .

Objev podobné jako Excession - Iain M. Banks

''A stunning book. Banks'' powerful imagination is joined to a rare ability to be truly funny while exploring a nightmare world'' Sunday TimesA man lies in a coma after a near-fatal accident. His body broken, his memory vanished, he finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. Who is this man? Where is he? Is he more dead than alive? Or has he never been so alive before?Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako The Bridge - Iain M. Banks

''Fierce contemporaneity, an acrobat imagination, social comment, sardonic wit... the peculiar sub-culture of cult religion is a natural for Banks'' The TimesA little knowledge can be a dangerous thing... Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and fashion, the Elect of God of a small but committed Stirlingshire religious cult, Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager. When her cousin Morag - Guest of Honour at the Luskentyrian''s four-yearly Festival of Love - disappears after renouncing her faith, Isis is marked out to venture among the Unsaved and bring the apostate back into the fold. But the road to Babylondon (as Sister Angela puts it) is a treacherous one, particularly when Isis discovers that Morag appears to have embraced the ways of the Unsaved with spectacular abandon...Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

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Šestnáctiletý Frank žije na skotském ostrově jen s otcem, vzpomíná na bratra Erika, který skončil v blázinci, a většinu času tráví podivnými rituály a stavbou hrubých zbraní, kterými zabíjí drobná zvířata. Jeho největším vynálezem je ale Vosí továrna, záhadný přístroj podobný bludišti, do něhož Frank vpouští vosy a z jejich pohybu věští věci budoucí.Nyní se duševně nevyrovnaný Erik vrací na ostrov a Frank se snaží proniknout do věčně zamknuté otcovy pracovny. Jak dopadne vzájemné střetnutí a jaká rodinná tajemství vyplavou na povrch? Vosí továrna je prvním románem, který Iain Banks napsal. Knize se dostalo velmi kontroverzního přijetí – kritici ji dílem vynesli do nebes, dílem strhali pro její násilnost a nemorálnost. Dodnes se však objevuje v žebříčcích nejlepších anglických románů a stala se moderní klasikou.

Objev podobné jako Vosí továrna - Iain M. Banks

''A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality'' Financial Times''Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I''d disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That''s my score to date. Three. I haven''t killed anybody for years, and don''t intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.'' Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

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''One of the best opening lines of any novel'' Guardian''It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach''s Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.''Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako The Crow Road - Iain M. Banks

''One of the best opening lines of any novel'' Guardian''It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach''s Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.''Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako The Crow Road - Iain M. Banks

''A book that makes you look at the world around you in a different light... properly thrilling'' Independent on SundayImagine a world that is one of infinite parallel worlds, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, in the shadow of suicide terrorism and financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern, an all-powerful organisation whose operatives possess extraordinary powers. There is Temudjin Oh, an unkillable assassin who journeys from the high passes of Nepal to a version of Victorian London or a wintry Venice; Adrian Cubbish, restlessly greedy City trader; and the Philosopher, a state-sponsored torturer who moves between the time zones with sinister ease. Transition is a high-definition, hyper-real apocalyptic fable for terrible times.Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako Transition - Iain M. Banks

''Charming, sad, comic... the funniest, truest rock biopic yet'' ObserverDaniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He''s made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he''ll regret for ever. He has gone from rags to riches and back, and managed to hold on to them both, though not to much else. His friends all seem to be dead, fed up with him or just disgusted - and who can blame them? As he contemplates his life, Daniel realises he has only two problems: the past and the future. He knows how bad the past has been. But the future - well, the future is something else. Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako Espedair Street - Iain M. Banks

''Ingenious, daring and brilliant'' GuardianCOMPLICITY N. 1. THE FACT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE, ESP. IN A CRIMINAL ACTA few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow''s front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances... Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako Complicity - Iain M. Banks

''Utterly absorbing... addictive, funny and brilliantly observed'' Daily MailStewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth, the estuary town north of Aberdeen that on a bleak day can seem to offer little more than sea-fog, gangsters, cheap drugs and a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. After a five-year exile, Stewart''s presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life. But Stonemouth is also home to the girl who still haunts his dreams.... Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako Stonemouth - Iain M. Banks

''A quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny... a profoundly humane, funny and smart novel'' IndependentA dying man and his only son. Six old friends. A missing videotape. And a reunion in a crumbling house on the edge of The Quarry. Praise for Iain Banks: ''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako The Quarry - Iain M. Banks

''Ingenious, daring and brilliant'' GuardianCOMPLICITY N. 1. THE FACT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE, ESP. IN A CRIMINAL ACTA few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow''s front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances... Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako Complicity - Iain M. Banks

''Exhilarating... a work of imagination and arresting originality'' Sunday TelegraphThe war is ending, perhaps ended... For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam its lawless land, where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. But the lieutenant of an outlaw band has other ideas, and the castle becomes the focus for a dangerous game of desire, deceit and death... Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako A Song Of Stone - Iain M. Banks

''A poisoned bonbon, a bitter fairy tale'' IndependentKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate''s job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm''s secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm''s length. To take control, she has to do The Business.Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman

Objev podobné jako The Business - Iain M. Banks

"Všichni budeme v pořádku. Všichni budeme naprosto v pořádku." Tak se to říká těm, které vedeme do boje a možná i na smrt. Ať už se válčí pěstními klíny, anebo fúzními bombami. Říká to i Chameleon jménem Bora Horza Gobuchul před nebezpečnou akcí v tunelech pod Scharovým světem, kde se ukrývá uprchlý Mozek vládnoucí možná vědomostmi důležitými pro válku. A v galaxii opravdu válka zuří, vede ji Kultura a Idirská říše, explodují obrovské orbitální konstrukty a mrtví se počítají na miliardy. Bez konejšení se neobejdete: především proto, že ve skutečnosti v pořádku nebude nic a nikdo. Pomysli na Fléba je úvodní román série Kultura od fenomenálního autora fantastiky Iaina M. Bankse, který je právě tak velkolepým vesmírným dobrodružstvím, jako bolestnou úvahou o křehkosti a smrtelnosti.

Objev podobné jako Pomysli na Fléba - Iain M. Banks

„Cesta k srdci člověka vede skrz jeho hruď.“Kultura, sofistikovaná a mírumilovná společnost, je řízena stroji a lidé zde žijí v naprostém dostatku. Za hranicemi vlivu Kultury však leží neznámo a nebezpečí. Sledování okolních soustav a eliminaci hrozeb má za cíl oddělení výzvědné služby Zvláštní okolnosti.Cheradenin Zakalwe je jedním z nejlepších agentů Zvláštních okolností. Muž, který je sám nejúčinnější ZBRANÍ, je schopen měnit osudy planet pomocí intrik, špinavých triků a bojových akcí. Násilím se snaží zabránit ještě horšímu násilí.Kultura pro něj má další úkol. Vysílá jej do nestabilní hvězdné soustavy vyhledat jeho dávného učitele a mentora. Může se spolehnout na svého řídícího důstojníka, překrásnou nevyzpytatelnou agentku, a jejího drona? Rozhodně se nenechá ničím zastavit. Jako odměnu požaduje jen jedno – setkání se ženou, se kterou ho silně pojí záhadná a krvavá minulost.K čemu jsou zbraně je třetí román série Kultura od fenomenálního autora fantastiky Iaina M. Bankse.

Objev podobné jako K čemu jsou zbraně - Iain M. Banks

„Měli bychom vždy mluvit pravdu, pokud se neocitneme v situaci, kdy by to bylo naprosto nemorální a pošetilé.“ Gziltové, prastará civilizace řízená na základě na armádních struktur, ačkoli sama je až přehnaně mírumilovná, měli svůj podíl na zrodu Kultury. Málem se stali jedním z jejích zakládajících členů, avšak v posledním okamžiku se rozhodli zůstat mimo. Nyní Gziltové učinili kolektivní rozhodnutí nastoupit cestu, kterou před nimi vyšlapaly miliony jiných civilizací – vstoupit do Záře a povznést se k nové a nekonečně bohaté a rozmanitější existenci. Uprostřed příprav je však zničeno vrchní velení. Zdá se, že v incidentu má prsty Vyr Cossont, nadporučík v záloze. Vyr toužila jen po dokonalém provedení nesmírně těžké skladby zvané Vodíková sonáta, nezajímala ji ani Záře, ani politika. Nyní je její život vzhůru nohama a Vyr na útěku. Jediným společníkem, pomocníkem a snad přítelem se stal stařičký repasovaný android, který se prohlašuje za avatara Kultury. Jejím úkolem je najít nejstaršího žijícího člověka, může starého přes devět tisíc let. Ten jediný by mohl vědět, co se tehdy dávno skutečně stalo. Poslední dny gziltské civilizace budou plné nebezpečí a budoucnost se zdá být velmi nejistá. Vodíková sonáta je další román série Kultura od fenomenálního autora fantastiky Iaina M. Bankse.

Objev podobné jako Vodíková sonáta - Iain M. Banks

War rages across the galaxy. Billions have died, billions more are doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, face cold-blooded, brutal destruction.The Idirans ­fight for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles are at stake. There can be no surrender.Within this cosmic conflict, a crucial battle of wits is waged. Deep within a fabled labyrinth, on a Planet of the Dead forbidden to mortals, lies a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans desperately seek it.It is the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, to actually ­find it - and with it their own destruction.

Objev podobné jako Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks

The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation.An ancient people, organised on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier. Now they''ve made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilisations: they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost in­finitely more rich and complex existence.But, amid preparations, the Regimental High Command is destroyed. Vyr Cossont, a former soldier for the Gzilt, appears to have been involved, and she is now wanted - dead, not alive. Aided only by an ancient, reconditioned android and a suspicious Culture avatar, Cossont must complete a ­final mission; she must ­find the oldest person in the Culture, a man over nine thousand years old, who might just hold the key to understanding what happened . . .The ­final days of the Gzilt civilisation may prove its most perilous.

Objev podobné jako Hydrogen Sonata - Iain M. Banks

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• Extrémní výkon díky 5nm čipu Apple M1 s 8jádrovým CPU a až 7jádrovým GPU
• Nejtenčí a nejlehčí konstrukce notebooku Apple s hmotností pouze 1,25 kg
• Vynikající výdrž baterie až 18 hodin při přehrávání videa
• Vysokokvalitní 13,3" IPS displej s rozlišením 2560 × 1600 px

Objev podobné jako MacBook Air 13" M1 CZ Stříbrný 2020 (MGN93CZ/A)

Zdravotní pantofle Scholl Air Bag Professional s technologií Bioprint nabízejí anatomickou podporu a prodyšnost. Jsou vhodné pro profese jako zdravotníci nebo číšníci, a to pro vnitřní i venkovní použití. Disponují protiskluzovou podrážkou a tlumí nárazy.

• Anatomicky tvarovaná korková a pryžová stélka Bioprint podporuje nožní klenbu.
• Protiskluzová podrážka z EVA tlumí nárazy a zajišťuje stabilitu.
• Prodyšný svrchní materiál z kůže a semišové kůže pro pohodlí při celodenním nošení.

Objev podobné jako Scholl AIR BAG - zdravotní pantofle PROFESIONAL vel. 45, bílá, 45 EU

M-Audio AIR 192/14 je USB zvuková karta s 192/24bit kvalitou zvuku. Nabízí exkluzivní Crystal předzesilovače, USB-C připojení s nízkou latencí a kompletní softwarovou výbavu. Rozhraní je určeno pro muzikanty, producenty a skladatele.

• 192/24bit kvalita zvuku pro profesionální nahrávání
• Exkluzivní Crystal™ předzesilovače s čistým signálem
• USB-C připojení s ultra nízkou latencí
• Bohatá softwarová výbava pro tvorbu hudby

Objev podobné jako M-Audio AIR 192/14

Zdravotní pantofle Scholl Air Bag s technologií Bioprint poskytují anatomickou podporu nožní klenby. Protiskluzová podrážka z materiálu EVA zajišťuje bezpečný pohyb a tlumení nárazů. Obuv je vhodná pro profesionální použití ve zdravotnictví, gastronomii a službách.

• Anatomicky tvarovaná stélka Bioprint podporuje nožní klenbu
• Protiskluzová podrážka EVA tlumí nárazy při chůzi
• Prodyšný svrchní materiál z kůže a semiše
• Vhodné pro celodenní nošení v práci i na venkovní aktivity

Objev podobné jako Scholl AIR BAG - zdravotní pantofle PROFESIONAL vel. 38, černá, 38 EU

Zdravotní pantofle Scholl Air Bag jsou navrženy pro profesionály, jako jsou zdravotníci nebo číšníci, kteří potřebují obuv pro celodenní nošení. Disponují anatomickou stélkou s technologií Bioprint pro podporu klenby a protiskluzovou podrážkou z EVA materiálu. Jsou vhodné pro použití v interiéru i exteriéru.

• Anatomicky tvarovaná stélka Bioprint podporuje nožní klenbu a zlepšuje držení těla.
• Protiskluzová podrážka z EVA materiálu tlumí nárazy a zajišťuje stabilitu.
• Prodyšný svrchní materiál z kůže a semiše je vhodný pro celodenní nošení uvnitř i venku.

Objev podobné jako Scholl AIR BAG - zdravotní pantofle PROFESIONAL vel. 41, černá, 41 EU

Pánské tenisky Nike AIR MAX SC v bílé barvě kombinují odolný design s prodyšnou síťovinou. Lehká jednotka Air Max s měkkou pěnou efektivně tlumí nárazy. Pružná gumová podrážka poskytuje spolehlivou trakci.

• Lehká jednotka Air Max s měkkou pěnou pro tlumení nárazů
• Prodyšná síťovina pro zvýšenou ventilaci
• Pružná gumová podrážka zajišťující dobrou trakci
• Odolný design ze směsi materiálů

Objev podobné jako Nike AIR MAX SC Pánská volnočasová obuv, bílá, velikost 45

Letadlo Chase z řady Tlapková patrola Air Rescue obsahuje figurku Chase v letecké kombinéze a helmě. Hračka nabízí interaktivní záchranné akce s vystřelovacími střelami a mechanickým nabíjením. Je vhodná pro děti od tří let a je kompatibilní s dalšími produkty této řady.

• Interaktivní funkce s vystřelovacími záchrannými střelami
• Autentická figurka Chase v detailním leteckém oblečení
• Snadná manipulace vhodná pro děti od 3 let
• Kompatibilita s dalšími produkty řady Air Rescue

Objev podobné jako Spin Master Tlapková patrola Air Rescue tématické letadlo Chase

Skříň Wenko Air o rozměrech 160 x 50 x 75 cm je vyrobena z recyklované prodyšné textilie na kovové konstrukci. Nabízí šatní tyč, horní polici a spodní úložný prostor, přičemž přední zip umožňuje pohodlný přístup. Díky skládacímu provedení je vhodná jako mobilní úložné řešení do různých prostor.

• Šatní tyč, horní police a spodní úložný prostor pro organizované ukládání.
• Prodyšný potah z recyklované netkané textilie udržuje obsah svěží.
• Stabilní kovová konstrukce s rychlou montáží a možností složení pro uskladnění.
• Přední zip zajišťuje snadný přístup a ochranu před prachem.

Objev podobné jako Wenko Skládací skříň z recyklované textilie s policí Air, 160 x 50 x 75 cm

Klarstein Wonderwall Air Art Smart je infračervený ohřívač o výkonu 350 W s designem modrého mramoru a rozměry 60 x 60 cm. Díky technologii IR ComfortHeat poskytuje cílené a příjemné teplo pro osoby v blízkosti. Zařízení lze ovládat chytrým telefonem, dálkovým ovladačem nebo integrovaným panelem.

• Elegantní design modrého mramoru pro moderní interiér
• Chytré ovládání přes smartphone, dálkový ovladač nebo panel
• Účinná infračervená technologie IR ComfortHeat pro cílené teplo
• Nízká spotřeba 350 W a šetrnost k životnímu prostředí

Objev podobné jako Klarstein Wonderwall Air Art Smart, infračervený ohřívač, 60 x 60 cm, 350 W, modrý mramor

Klarstein Wonderwall Air Art Smart je infračervený panelový ohřívač o rozměrech 120 x 60 cm s výkonem 700 W a designovým motivem květu. Topné těleso využívá technologii IR ComfortHeat pro cílené sálavé teplo a lze jej ovládat pomocí chytrého telefonu, dálkového ovladače nebo integrovaného panelu. Jedná se o energeticky účinné řešení pro doplňkové vytápění interiérů.

• Elegantní designový prvek s motivem květu pro moderní interiéry
• Chytré ovládání přes mobilní aplikaci, dálkový ovladač nebo panel
• Energeticky účinná infračervená technologie IR ComfortHeat
• Snadná instalace na stěnu jako dekorativní topný panel

Objev podobné jako Klarstein Wonderwall Air Art Smart, infračervený ohřívač, 120 x 60 cm, 700 W, květ

Horkovzdušná fritéza Lauben DualZone Air Fryer 8000BC disponuje dvěma oddělenými koši s celkovou kapacitou 8 litrů. Nabízí 8 přednastavených programů, synchronizované ukončení přípravy a možnost smažení bez tuku díky 360° cirkulaci vzduchu. Všechny vnitřní komponenty jsou odnímatelné a vhodné do myčky.

• Dva oddělené koše s celkovou kapacitou 8 litrů umožňují současnou přípravu hlavního jídla a přílohy.
• Technologie DualZone synchronizuje teplotu a čas v obou koších pro dokonalé výsledky.
• Všechny vnitřní komponenty jsou odnímatelné a vhodné do myčky nádobí.
• 8 přednastavených programů a možnost manuálního nastavení teploty (80-200°C) a času.

Objev podobné jako Lauben Horkovzdušná fritéza Lauben DualZone Air Fryer 8000BC

Figurka Spin Master Tlapková patrola Mini Air Rescue Marshall představuje psa záchranáře s leteckou tematikou. Postavička o výšce 6 cm je vyrobena z plastu a obsahuje zvukové efekty. Je vhodná pro děti od 3 let a dodává se včetně potřebných baterií.

• Autentická postavička Marshalla z Tlapkové patroly s leteckým vybavením
• Interaktivní funkce - vydává realistické zvuky
• Okamžitá hratelnost - baterie LR44 součástí balení
• Ideální velikost pro dětské ruce (6 cm) a sběratelství

Objev podobné jako Spin Master Tlapková patrola Mini Air Rescue Marshall se zvuky

Aroma difuzér Concept DF2011 Perfect Air kombinuje funkce aromaterapie, zvlhčovače vzduchu, Bluetooth reproduktoru a budíku. Disponuje 300 ml nádrží na vodu, která zajišťuje až 10 hodin nepřetržitého provozu. Design v provedení Dark Wood dodává přístroji elegantní vzhled.

• Multifunkční zařízení: aromaterapie, zvlhčovač, Bluetooth reproduktor a budík
• Dlouhá výdrž: až 10 hodin nepřetržitého provozu s 300 ml nádrží
• Elegantní design: přírodní dřevěný vzhled do interiéru
• Jednoduché ovládání: intuitivní nastavení všech funkcí

Objev podobné jako Concept Aroma difuzér Dark Wood DF2011 Perfect Air

Rainbow High Air Brush panenka se zelenýma očima je kreativní hračka pro děti od 4 let. Sada obsahuje bílou panenku, omyvatelné fixy, airbrush pistoli, hřeben a šablony na vzory. Po malování lze barvy jednoduše opláchnout a začít znovu.

• Omyvatelné malování přímo na panenku
• Kompletní sada s airbrush pistolí a šablonami
• Pohyblivé klouby pro různé pózy
• Opakovatelná zábava – stačí opláchnout

Objev podobné jako Rainbow High Air Brush panenka - zelené oči

Dětský vysavač Smoby Rowenta Air Force 360° simuluje skutečný úklid s realistickými zvuky, světly a rotujícími kuličkami v průhledné nádobě. Design umožňuje použití jako tyčový nebo ruční vysavač po odejmutí rukojeti. Hračka je určena pro děti od 3 let a má rozměry 8 × 16 × 80 cm.

• Realistický zvuk sání a rozsvícení pro autentický zážitek
• Přeměnitelný design z tyčového na ruční vysavač
• Otevíratelná sběrná nádoba s rotujícími kuličkami
• Bezpečná hračka pro děti od 3 let v moderním designu

Objev podobné jako Smoby Rowenta Air Force Vysavač tyčový

The Pogues hit the beach in another action-packed original YA novel based on the hit Netflix show Outer Banks The waves are off the hook, and Pope and the other Pogues are betting big on Kiara blowing the Kook competition out of the water. What could possibly go wrong? It's summer in the OBX, and a big surfing competition is bringing in pro surfers from around the world to Kildare Island, along with plenty of Kooks and tourists. Meanwhile, a storm has delivered massive waves, making for perfect--yet challenging-surfing conditions. But Kiara, who has been training, is up for the challenge. As for Pope, he just started his summer internship at the city morgue—his dream job! When Kiara strikes up a flirtation with one of the pro surfers, Pope, John B, and JJ can't help but get a little jealous at the attention she receives. Meanwhile, the visiting surfers are treating Pope's dad, Heyward, like some kind of hero, but he won't explain why. When one of the professional surfers washes up dead on the beach, everyone assumes he got crushed by a wave. But Pope, Kiara, and the rest of the Pogues aren't so sure.

Objev podobné jako Outer Banks: Dead Break - Jay Coles

The Pogues hit the beach in another action–packed original YA novel based on the hit Netflix show Outer Banks The waves are off the hook, and Pope and the other Pogues are betting big on Kiara blowing the Kook competition out of the water. What could possibly go wrong? It’s summer in the OBX, and a big surfing competition is bringing in pro surfers from around the world to Kildare Island, along with plenty of Kooks and tourists. Meanwhile, a storm has delivered massive waves, making for perfect-yet-challenging surfing conditions. But Kiara, who has been training, is up for the challenge. As for Pope, he just started his summer internship at the city morgue—his dream job! When Kiara strikes up a flirtation with one of the pro surfers, Pope, John B, and JJ can’t help but get a little jealous at the attention she receives. Meanwhile, the visiting surfers are treating Pope’s dad, Heyward, like some kind of hero, but he won’t explain why. When one of the professional surfers washes up dead on the beach, everyone assumes he got crushed by a wave. But Pope, Kiara, and the rest of the Pogues aren’t so sure.

Objev podobné jako Outer Banks: Dead Break - Jay Coles

'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid, the acclaimed author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about your life. Long-married couple Junior and Henrietta live a quiet, solitary life on their farm, where they work at the local feed mill and raise chickens. Their lives are simple, straightforward, uncomplicated.Until everything you think you know collapses. Until the day a stranger arrives at their door with alarming news: Junior has been chosen to take an extraordinary journey, a journey across both time and distance, while Hen remains at home. Junior will be gone for years. But Hen won't be left alone.Who can you trust if you can't even trust yourself? As the time for his departure draws nearer, Junior finds himself questioning everything about his life - even whether it's really his life at all. An eerily entrancing page-turner, Foe churns with unease and suspense from the first words to its shocking finale. Perfect for fans of Humans, Westworld and Black Mirror, Foe is a book you will never forget.*** Praise for FOE *** ‘I couldn’t put it down. It infected my dreams. A creepy and brilliant book’ Zoe ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Foe - Iain Reid

'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid, the acclaimed author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about your life. Long-married couple Junior and Henrietta live a quiet, solitary life on their farm, where they work at the local feed mill and raise chickens. Their lives are simple, straightforward, uncomplicated.Until everything you think you know collapses. Until the day a stranger arrives at their door with alarming news: Junior has been chosen to take an extraordinary journey, a journey across both time and distance, while Hen remains at home. Junior will be gone for years. But Hen won't be left alone.Who can you trust if you can't even trust yourself? As the time for his departure draws nearer, Junior finds himself questioning everything about his life - even whether it's really his life at all. An eerily entrancing page-turner, Foe churns with unease and suspense from the first words to its shocking finale. Perfect for fans of Humans, Westworld and Black Mirror, Foe is a book you will never forget.*** Praise for FOE *** ‘I couldn’t put it down. It infected my dreams. A creepy and brilliant book’ Zoe ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Foe - Iain Reid

**IAIN DALE''S LATEST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS: AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW** Praise for Iain Dale:''Riveting and enlightening. A history lesson via a novel route. '' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Really enjoying reading this book. It is easy to dip in and out and each chapter is well written.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Illuminating yet balanced'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Were the signs that Putin is a ruthless dictator there all along? How should we deal with President Xi of China? Given the world seems to be moving more and more towards authoritarian rule, this is the right moment to seek warnings, and lessons, from history. In The Dictators, Iain Dale brings together 64 essays by historians, academics, journalists and politicians about elected and unelected dictators, wartime and peacetime dictators, those driven by ideology and those with a reputation for sheer brutality. How did these tyrants, autocrats and despots seize power - and how did they exercise it? And how did they lose it? Very few dictators die peacefully in their own beds, after all. Only by examining these figures from the 6th century BC to the present, from ancient Greece to present day Saudi Arabia, do patterns start to emerge. We can see the shared character traits, the common conditions, the patterns ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Dictators - Iain Dale

Once upon a time, there lived a happy family called the Maitlands. Iain, the father, was a writer. Tracey, the mother, worked at a nearby school. They had three bright and charming children, Michael, Sophie and Adam. It looked like the perfect family life. Until October 2012, when Iain received a message. Michael had been taken to hospital. Years of depression, anxiety and anorexia had taken their toll, and he had pneumonia and a collapsed lung. The doctors weren''t sure if he would make it.Told with humour and frankness through Michael''s diary entries and Iain''s own reflections, Out of the Madhouse charts Michael''s journey to recovery from entering the Priory and returning home, to becoming a mental health ambassador for young people. Sharing tips and techniques that have helped them and others to self-manage, this is an essential resource for anyone experiencing depression, anxiety, OCD and similar issues.

Objev podobné jako Out of the Madhouse - Iain Maitland, Michael Maitland

A comprehensive coursebook that combines the study of three key aspects of banking: the role of banks in an economy, the need for banking regulations and regular bank management practices. The book begins with explanations of the basics of functions of banks and emphasises the paramount importance of banks in the overall Indian financial system. It highlights the role of banks in promoting long-term economic prosperity by drawing from theories of economic growth and explains how banks play a key role in managing short-run economic fluctuations. It provides technical details on quantification and management of wide varieties of banking risks and aspects of banking regulations, and draws a roadmap for future banking regulations, management of non-performing assets (NPAs), the impact of developments in information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES), and digitalisation in the banking business. Simple numerical examples are provided to facilitate easy comprehension and appeal to students as well as professionals.

Objev podobné jako Regulating and Managing Banks in India: Volume 1 - Amaresh Samantaraya

Banks, like other businesses, endeavor to drive revenue and growth, while deftly managing the risks. Dubbed the next "frontier" in risk management for financial services, climate related risks are the newest and potentially the most challenging set of risks that banks are encountering. On the one hand, banks must show their commitment to becoming net zero and, on the other, help their customers transition to more sustainable operations, all this while managing climate-related financial risks. It is a paradigm shift from how the banking industry has traditionally managed risks as climate change risks are complex. They are multilayered, multidimensional with uncertain climate pathways that impact real economy which in turn influences the financial ecosystem in myriad ways. Climate Change Risk Management in Banks weaves the complete lifecycle of climate risk management from strategy to disclosures, a must-read for academics, banking professionals and other stakeholders interested in understanding and managing climate change risk. It provides much-needed insights, enabling organizations to respond well to these new risks, protect their businesses, mitigate losses and enhance brand value. Saloni Ramakrishna, an acknowledged financial industry practitioner, argues that given the uncertain and volatile climate paths, complex geopolitical patterns, and sustainability challenges, banks and business professionals ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Climate Change Risk Management in Banks - Saloni P. Ramakrishna