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Kniha - autor Xiaolu Guo, 318 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo's extraordinary memoir is a handbook of life lessons: how to be an artist when censorship kills creativity, how to be a woman when sexual abuse is commonplace, how to love when you've never been shown how. A story of modern China, it is WILD SWANS for a new generation.

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*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award**Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize**Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018**A Sunday Times Book of the Year*Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born in 1973, her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains. Aged two, and suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves, they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate grandparents in a fishing village on the East China Sea. Once Upon a Time in the East takes Xiaolu from a run-down shack to film school in a rapidly changing Beijing, navigating the everyday peculiarity of modern China: censorship, underground art, Western boyfriends. In 2002 she leaves Beijing on a scholarship to study in Britain. Now, after a decade in Europe, her tale of East to West resonates with the insight that can only come from someone who is both an outsider and at home. This generation s Wild Swans Daily Telegraph

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Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson s first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together . . .When a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl. Lee and his daemon, Hester, find themselves the target of political factions trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town. And also resident in the town are huge arctic bears, ignored and patronised by the people and treated like second-class citizens. When Lee and Iorek first meet, they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives, as the tensions and pressure in town lead to a deadly conclusion . . .Featuring two of Philip Pullman s best-loved characters, this is an adventure-filled short story that builds on the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust.

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Uncover the mysteries of the wasteland in this decades-spanning epic from New York Times bestselling, and Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Jason Aaron and told through the lens of three industry heavyweights Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Leila Del Duca (Sleepless) and Nick Dragotta (East of West, Absolute Batman). The full saga is collected here for the first time, spanning three distinct chapters in the lives of two star-crossed lovers wandering a planet devastated by environmental catastrophe. Noxious poisons, plastic tornadoes, and roving gangs of Ravagers are just a few of the dangers that will test their relationship and reveal the heart of the connections that bind us all. After all, what is love at the end of the world? Collects ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD #1-15.

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Uncover the mysteries of the wasteland in this decades-spanning epic from New York Times bestselling, and Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Jason Aaron and told through the lens of three industry heavyweights - Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Leila Del Duca (Sleepless) and Nick Dragotta (East of West, Absolute Batman). The full saga is collected here for the first time, spanning three distinct chapters in the lives of two star-crossed lovers wandering a planet devastated by environmental catastrophe. Noxious poisons, plastic tornadoes, and roving gangs of Ravagers are just a few of the dangers that will test their relationship and reveal the heart of the connections that bind us all. After all, what is love at the end of the world? Collects ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD #1-15.

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Accompanying the 4-part documentary series from multi-award-winning filmmaker, James Bluemel.It’s been 63 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human to ever go into space. Since then, only 676 people have followed him up there. But now with huge technological advances bridging the gap between our planet and all that lies beyond, that number is about to rise dramatically.Once Upon a Time in Space is the human story of how we’ve made it this far – the remarkable achievements, tragic losses, left-field experiments, renegade characters and ever-shifting powerplay – and where we’re about to go.Featuring stunning full-colour photography from both personal collections of astronauts and NASA’s archives, the human story of space is told through intimate and powerful testimonies from the astronauts, scientists, engineers and space tourists who have lived it.Looking ahead as we take the first steps towards becoming an interplanetary species, Once Upon a Time in Space brings you closer to the incredible story of our next stage of evolution. Life on Earth will never be the same again.

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An introspective Middle Eastern fairy tale that prompts the reader to consider their connection and place in the world, from author Sahar Doustar and illustrator Daniela Tieni, whose evocative full-color art reflects illuminated Persian manuscripts. Once upon a time in Persia, there was a woman who had never seen her reflection. On her wedding day, she sees herself in a mirror for the first time and does not recognize herself. Heartbroken, she runs away, mistakenly believing another bride has taken her place. Her love desperately follows her, trying to persuade her that the reflection she saw was in fact herself. Protesting, the woman must explain to her love that her shape cannot be contained so neatly, for she is the shape of water in the lake, of the sun when it rises and sets, and of the moon when full and at crescent.

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Kniha - autor Tom Felton, 304 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu matná They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage door, having 'a breath of fresh air', as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore having a crafty cigarette. From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton's adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame saw him catapulted into the limelight aged just twelve when he landed the iconic role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. Speaking with candour and his own trademark humour, Tom shares his experience of growing up on screen and as part of the wizarding world for the very first time. He tells all about his big break, what filming was really like and the lasting friendships he made during ten years as part of the franchise, as well as the highs and lows of fame...

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Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh start, she breaks up with her fiance, cuts off her parents, and heads to the Tennessee mountains. But keeping up the lie that she s just on a writing retreat becomes near impossible when faced with the well-meaning townspeople and a neighbor who has just as much baggage as she has. Coming off a contentious custody battle, Jamie Gallagher is restructuring what his life looks like as a single dad, and spending more days at his cabin makes his new free time a little less empty. Especially when he meets the beautiful - and prickly - woman next door. The last thing he needs is a new romance to shake up his family dynamics even more, but there s something about Eve. What starts out as a fling quickly becomes more serious, and it s not long before Eve is running scared once again. She s loved and lost in every possible way, and risking it one more time could finally break her. But like the fireflies that fill the mountains around them, Jamie s and Eve s lives keep falling into sync. A fairy-tale ending could be in the cards, but only if the new couple can get out of their heads and put their hearts first.

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Kniha - 416 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal — is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award- winning film.RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?CLIFF BOOTH - Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder. . . .SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con's got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he's their spiritual leader, but he'd trade it all to be a rock 'n' roll star.HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE

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Kniha - autor Quentin Tarantino, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film. RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it? CLIFF BOOTH - Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder . . SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills. CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con's got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he's their spiritual leader, but he'd trade it all to be a rock 'n' roll star. HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE

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Quentin Tarantino s long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film. RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick s a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it? CLIFF BOOTH - Rick s stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he s the only one there who might have gotten away with murder . . . SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon s salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills. CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con s got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he s their spiritual leader, but he d trade it all to be a rock n roll star. HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE

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#1 New York Times Bestseller“Classic, sparks-flying Tarantino.” —Washington PostQuentin Tarantino’s debut work of fiction is an audacious, hilarious, disturbing novel about life in the movie colony, circa 1969. Here is Hollywood, both the fairy tale and the real thing, as given to us by a master storyteller who knows it like the back of his hand. This new edition includes a foreword by Walter Kirn.RICK DALTON—Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick’s a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?CLIFF BOOTH—Rick’s stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he’s the only one there who might have got away with murder. . . .SHARON TATE—She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon’s salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.CHARLES MANSON—The ex-con’s got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he’s their spiritual leader, but he’d trade it all to be a rock ‘n’ roll star.These indelible characters—and many more: an acting child prodigy beaming with hope; a booze-drenched former A-lister who’s lost it all—occupy a vanished world from not so long ago that is brought to brilliant life in these pages. As the New York Times raves, “Tarantino’s first novel is, to borrow a phrase from his oeuvre, a tasty beverage. . . . [He] makes telling a page-turning story look easy, which is the hardest trick of all.”

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The new captivating and romantic read from the bestselling author and beloved TV presenter â ˜Glorious escapism â ¦ I fell in love with Italy all over again!â ™ SANTA MONTEFIORE Soak up the glamour PRIMA Wonderfully escapist â “ marvellous ANTON DU BEKE Can one magical city change their destiny? Welcome to Venice, the fairytale city, where canals flow into hidden shadows and forbidden secrets whisper behind the masksâ ¦ The masked stranger When Gina Bellini meets an enigmatic figure at the Venice carnival, their chemistry is unforgettable, before he vanishes into the night. The Hollywood legend Personal assistant, Issy Roberts is on location with Tinseltown s biggest star. Will he discover her shocking lies? The ultimate diva Opera sensation Lucia De Santis has the world at her feet. How far will she go to get what she wants? As their fates collide in the most beautiful city on earth, will dangerous secrets destroy their dreams? Readers love Carol Kirkwood! This book was a joy to read ????? Couldn t put it down ????? It had me gripped from start to finish ????? This was the perfect escape for summer and has me desperate to visit Venice now! ????? This book has it all in spades. An absolute winner ????? Another wonderful book â ¦ very refreshing and engaging ????? Perfect holiday read â “ pure romantic escapism ????? Loved this book â ¦ devoured it in a couple of days ?????

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Brendan Madden delves into archives and secret files, and speaks to those who were there, to uncover Spanish football⠙s most incredible hidden stories.Perfect for anyone interested in Spanish football or wider Spanish culture and history.In this passionately crafted collection brimming with compelling characters, you⠙ll learn about:The team-mates persecuted by Franco⠙s regime for a humble protestHow the fastest winger in the land became a Nazi spyThe boy abandoned at an orphanage who became a rebellious generational talentTwo rising stars caught in one of Spain⠙s deadliest firesThe boardroom figures who defied ETA and Galicia⠙s drug cartelsJohan Cruyff⠙s bizarre stint at LevanteThe extraordinary life of the man who gave the world ⠘tiki-taka⠙How a Blackpool lad became the cherished voice of Spanish TVThe goal that shook Barcelona in the middle of the nightThe profound connection between Cádiz⠙s carnival and its football clubMeet new heroes and villains in this meticulously researched anthology, which offers a vivid, deeply human glimpse into Spanish football ⠓ and the culture, politics and history that shaped it.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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A showcase of the work of talented the Southend Standard cartoonists of the mid-1930s - smart, analytical and topical at time and drawn from Southend Standard Archives. Although the cartoons were created 90 years ago many would not be out place today. If ever, we need a laugh and a pick-me-up this is the book for you.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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Warrior of Rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare. The year is AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every border. The greatest threat lies in Persia to the east, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. There the isolated Roman citadel of Arete awaits inevitable invasion. One man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling walls. A man whose name itself means war: a man called Ballista. Alone, Ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium. With a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of Bernard Cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient world. Praise for Harry Sidebottom: Sidebottom s prose blazes with searing scholarship The Times The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy

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HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee s explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW**WINNER OF THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER 2020** Death in the East is the best so far of an unmissable series The TimesCalcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India.1905, London.When Bessie Drummond, an old flame of Sam Wyndham s, is attacked in the street, he is determined to get to the bottom of it. But the next day, Bessie is found dead in her room and Wyndham soon finds himself caught up in her murder investigation. The case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined.1922, India.Leaving Calcutta, Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, ready to put his opium addiction behind him. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London - a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again.Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain that this figure from can only be after one thing: revenge...*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF 2021 PICK*Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series : A thought-provoking rollercoaster Ian Rankin Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj Daily Express A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted C. J. Sansom Mukherjee brings sardonic wit to his portrayal of British rule in India, and the action is perfectly paced. Daily MirrorIf you enjoyed Death in the East further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:A Rising ManA Necessary Evil Smoke and Ashes The Shadows of Men

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â ˜An insightful, nuanced account that highlights the present multitude of currents at play in Europe - Peter PomerantsevThe Baltics are vital democracies in North-Eastern Europe, but with a belligerent Vladimir Putin to their east â “ plotting his war on Ukraine â “ and â ˜expansionistâ ™ NATO to their west, these NATO members have increasingly been the subject of unsettling headlines in both Western and Russian media. But beyond the headlines, what is daily existence like in the Baltics, and what does the security of these frontline nations mean for the world? Based on her extensive research and work as a journalist, Aliide Naylor takes us inside the geopolitics of the region. Travelling to the heart of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania she explores modernity in the region, investigates smuggling and troop movements in the borderlands, and explains the countriesâ ™ unique cultural identities. Naylor tells us why the Baltics have been vital to the political struggle between East and West, and how they play a critical role in understanding the long running tensions between Russia and Europe.

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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.heliumking.cz/foliove-balonky/">Fóliový balón - Disney Popelka Once Upon A Time</a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.heliumking.cz/foliove-balonky/">Fóliové balóny</a></strong> jsou jedinečným, estetickým doplňkem každé <strong><a href="https://www.heliumking.cz/party/">party či společenské události</a></strong>. Připravte<strong><a href="https://www.heliumking.cz/balonky/"> balonovou výzdobu</a></strong> v den narozenin Vaší ratolesti a vykouzlíte nezapomenutelný den pro oslavence i hosty.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">vhodný k nafouknutí vzduchem i heliem</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>obsah:</strong> 1 ks</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>rozměr:</strong> 45 cm</span></li> </ul>

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First-year student Brielle, a daydreamy book lover, knows everything there is to know about fairytales. Returning to the city of Rosebridge four years after moving away, she attends Once Upon a Time University, with the intention of living her fairytale dream. And when she meets Bear, shy vice-captain of the Princes rugby team, at the bookshop where she works, Brielle s dream is off to a good start.Determined to forget the past, and with an unexpected new relationship blossoming, Brielle feels she s finally living the dream. That is, until she discovers that she s not the only one hiding something . . .

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Part of the Storyworlds series, this pack contains the four Stage Three Once-Upon-a-Time stories. The stories are The Boy Who Cried Wolf , The Selfish Dog , The Three Billy Goats and The Hare and the Tortoise . Each stage of Storyworlds provides a carefully structured introduction of words and language. The different worlds ensure that these are introduced and practised in a variety of contexts. Stage Three, like Stage Two, offers the springboard approach - developing the role of the young child as an independent reader, whilst retaining some support offered by the experienced reader. Twenty-two new key words are introduced. The opening page of each story provides simple text for the teacher or older child to read. The child then reads the rest of the story. The repetitive language allows for the confident development of word-recognition skills.

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A new Once Upon a Time novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure from the hit ABC series!

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A new Once Upon a Time novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure from the hit ABC series!

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Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. Â The prospect of living to 200 years old isn t science fiction anymore. A leader in the emerging field of longevity offers his perspective on what cutting-edge breakthroughs are on the horizon, as well as the practical steps we can take now to live healthily to 100 and beyond. In The Science and Technology of Growing Young, industry investor and insider Sergey Young demystifies the longevity landscape, cutting through the hype and showing readers what they can do now to live better for longer, and offering a look into the exciting possibilities that await us. By viewing aging as a condition that can be cured, we can dramatically revolutionize the field of longevity and make it accessible for everyone. Â Join Sergey as he gathers insights from world-leading health entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors, and inventors, providing a comprehensive look into the future of longevity in two horizons: Â The Near Horizon of Longevity identifies the technological developments that will allow us to live to 150 -- some of which are already in use -- from AI-based diagnostics to gene editing and organ regeneration. The Far Horizon of Longevity offers a tour of the future of age reversal, and the exciting technologies that will allow us to live healthily to 200, from Internet of Bodies to digital avatars to AI-brain integration. Â In a bonus chapter, Sergey also showcases 10 longevity choices that we already know and can easily implement to live to 100, distilling the science behind diet, exercise, sleep, mental health, and our environments into attainable habits and lifestyle hacks that anyone can adopt to vastly improve their lives and workplaces. Â Combining practical advice with an incredible overview of the brave new world to come, The Science and Technology of Growing Young redefines what it means to be human and to grow young.

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Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing Sunday Times, Book of the Week [A] fabulous romp of a book ***** Mail on Sunday A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023 In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the intervening years, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be. For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Katherine Mansfield, the Rolling Stones, Sartre and Stravinsky.In Once Upon a Time World, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores. It is a wild and unforgettable tale that follows the Riviera s transformation from paradise and wilderness to a pollution imperilled concrete jungle.

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Part of the Storyworlds series, this is a pack of the four Stage One Once-Upon-a-Time World stories. The stories are The Big Pancake , The Little Red Hen , The Lion and the Mouse and The Enormous Turnip . Each stage of Storyworlds provides a carefully structured introduction of words and language. The different worlds ensure that these are introduced and practised in a variety of contexts. Stage One offers the see-saw approach - introducing only 20 key sight words. The left-hand page of every Stage One story consists of adult text to be read by a teacher, reader or an older child. This adult text tells the story, and on the right-hand page there is a repetitive refrain, which the young child reads, and which follows on naturally from the adult text.

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Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the British Army s most clandestine unit. It tells the unique story, through Rob Lewis s own extraordinary experiences, of an essential instrument in the fight against terrorism, that of covert intelligence gathering. The men and women who work in this field are a special breed who undertake hazardous risks with unflinching tenacity and professionalism - the price of negligence is high, and the need for secrecy must be preserved even at the expense of personal relationships. The sheer determination and single-mindedness required to achieve selection to this secret world is graphically described, as well as how, against seemingly impossible odds, the operators of the FRU managed to persuade terrorists and their close associates to turn informer. The methods the unit used to target, recruit and handle their contacts, how they protected their informants, and the terrifying life their agents led are all told by an agent handler, using many of his cases to illustrate the sharpness, intelligence (and sense of humour) essential to the job. Fishers of Men fills a gap in the available information about the secret war against terrorism in Northern Ireland. It is a gap that has so far remained largely unexplored - until Rob Lewis s informative and explosive book.

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Part of the Storyworlds series, this pack contains the four Stage Four Once-Upon-a-Time World stories: The Ant and the Dove , The Sun and the Wind , Little Rabbit and Town Mouse and Country Mouse . Each stage of Storyworlds provides a carefully structured introduction of words and language. The different worlds ensure that these are introduced and practised in a variety of contexts. Stages Four, Five and Six adopt a broadening structure to encourage the move to independent reading. Between 20 and 40 new words are added at each of these three stages, and continued repetition of text helps to maintain the build-up of confidence.

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Part of the Storyworlds series, this pack contains the four Stage Five Once-Upon-a-Time stories. They are The Straw House , The Lake of the Stars , The Wolf and the Kids and The Ugly Duckling . Each stage of Storyworlds provides a carefully structured introduction of words and language. The different worlds ensure that these are introduced and practised in a variety of contexts. Stages Four, Five and Six adopt a broadening structure to encourage the move to independent reading. Between 20 and 40 new words are added at each of these three stages, and continued repetition of text helps to maintain the build-up of confidence.

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Part of the Storyworlds series, this pack contains the four Stage Two Once-Upon-a-Time World stories. They are The Old Woman and the Hen , The Fox and the Stork , The Bears and the Honey and The Fox and the Rabbit . Each stage of Storyworlds provides a carefully structured introduction of words and language. The different worlds ensure that these are introduced and practised in a variety of contexts. Stage Two offers the springboard approach - developing the role of the young child as an independent reader, whilst retaining some support offered by the experienced reader. Twenty-two new key words are introduced. The opening page of each story provides simple text for the teacher or older child to read. The child then reads the rest of the story. The repetitive language allows for the confident development of word-recognition skills.

Objev podobné jako Storyworlds Reception/P1 Stage 2, Once Upon A Time World Stories (4 Pack) - Keith Gaines, Diana Bentley

Once upon a Time is a soaring work of photographic mastery, and will delight new and established fans of Hannes Lochner s work alike. It centres around African folk tales and the animals they feature, coupled with Lochner s lauded photographic art.

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Once Upon a Time is a new format for Priddy Books. It has sweet illustrations and reusable sticker play pieces embedded in the cover, which can be used anywhere in the book.Children can use the fairy-tale character stickers to create four scenes based on well-known stories familiar to children. There are stickers that relate to each scene or they can have fun sticking different pieces in and create their own story. These sturdy stickers can stick to any surface without leaving marks and can be reused again and again.

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The brutality of Japanese soldiers towards both allied prisoners of war and millions of civilians in Asia during the Second World War was one of the greatest horrors of the Twentieth Century. Here Laurence Rees, award-winning historian and author of Auschwitz and The Nazis: a Warning from History, turns his attention to a crucial question: why were these atrocities carried out?In this classic and seminal study, Rees talks openly with perpetrators and victims alike, and asks how seemingly ordinary people were driven to mass murder, rape and suicide. Uncovering startling first-hand testimonies of cruelty and barbarity, Horror in the East looks to individual experiences to understand this dark and violent chapter of human history. Another stunning slice of history from Laurence Rees Daily Telegraph review of Horror in the East, BBC TV

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Jon and his two perfectly behaved, chilled-out Labradors have always enjoyed a peaceful life. But when Jon agrees to give Devon, an abandoned little border collie, a home - things will never be the same again!From the moment mischeivous Devon explodes from his cage at the airport, Jon realises that his new friend is going to be trouble. And, over the course of the next year, he finds out just how much trouble one little dog can be! Find out all about Devon s life in his new home and his naughty adventures with geese, sheep, buses and meatballs in this wonderful true story!

Objev podobné jako The Totally True Story of Devon The Naughtiest Dog in the World - Jon Katz

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! - What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the mountain climbing incident-unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes-have led to decades of speculation over the true stories and what really happened. As gripping and bizarre as Hunt for the Skin Walker: This New York Times bestseller, Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, is a gripping work of literary nonfiction that delves into the untold story of Dead Mountain through unprecedented access to the hikers own journals and photographs, rarely seen government records, dozens of interviews, and the author s retracing of the hikers fateful journey in the Russian winter.You ll love this real-life tale: Dead Mountain is a fascinating portrait of young adventurers in the Soviet era, and a skillful interweaving of the hikers narrative, the investigators efforts, and the author s investigations. Here for the first time is a historical nonfiction bestseller with the real story of what happened that night on Dead Mountain.

Objev podobné jako Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDFrom the inimitable Rabih Alameddine - National Book Award finalist and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - comes a tragicomic saga set in Lebanon, a modern story of family, memory, and the unbreakable (and insane) attachment of a son and his mother.In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and the neighborhood homosexual, Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son s privacy as a personal affront. She craves nothing more than to know the ins and outs of Raja s work life and love life, boundaries be damned.When Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn t be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja itching for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to leave behind.Wickedly funny, heartbreaking, and told in Raja s irresistible voice, The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible dances across six decades to tell the unforgettable story of a singular life and its absurdities - a tale of mistakes, self-discovery, trauma, and maybe even forgiveness. Above all, it s a wild and sparkling celebration of love.

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You don⠙t have to be a victim of time any longer. No matter how much we try to plan ahead and organize our to-do lists, everyone seems to face the same universal struggle: there⠙s never enough time. But what if time, that supposedly linear, inevitable phenomenon, isn⠙t what you think it is? What if you could actually have all the time in the world⠔and more? With her groundbreaking book, All the Time in the World, researcher Lisa Broderick reveals the new science of time so you can master it for yourself. Drawing from physics, quantum law, and psychological theory, Broderick will help you shift your fixed constructs around time into something more fluid and malleable. Then, with dozens of step-by-step practices, you⠙ll learn to put theory into action and become the master of your own experience of time. Highlights include: ⠢ Learn powerful, science-based practices for stretching and bending time to meet your personal needs ⠢ Understand the quantum laws that govern our experience of time ⠢ Explore the moments you⠙ve already felt time ⠜slowing down⠝⠔and learn to consciously create this experience on demand ⠢ Why time is not the unchanging linear property of human experience we believe it to be ⠢ Flow states and getting in the zone⠔how to alter your perceptions, increase focus, and accomplish your goals ⠢ Healing the past by ⠜time traveling⠝ through your perceptions ⠢ How ⠜experiencing your life in advance⠝ can help you manifest the future outcomes ⠢ Discover why upgrading your relationship with time is the secret to creating the reality you desire and living without limitations⠜Our ability to influence our experience of time is the key to doing what we are here to do,⠝ writes Broderick. ⠜As you liberate yourself from the illusion of time as we know it, you will become a confident creator of your own reality. You have all the time in the world.⠝

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1973: The incredible true story of the Blythe Star disaster, which left ten men, shipwrecked and alone, on the wild Southern Ocean off Tasmania. Almost two weeks later they were found on a remote trail on a southern peninsula, and their story would stun the nation ... and leave a powerful legacy in its wake. When the coastal freighter MV Blythe Star left Hobart on a routine trip, Mick Doleman was an 18-year-old deckhand working alongside nine other crewmen, all accustomed to the dangers of the sea. But nothing could prepare them for what happened less than 24 hours later. In the early morning, the Blythe Star started listing, and swiftly sank. Miraculously, all the crewmen escaped, only to be crammed into a tiny life raft at the mercy of the ocean. The ship s sinking sparked the largest sea and air search at the time, but the crew remained lost â “ and soon they were given up for dead. Twelve days later, three ravaged and starving men, including Mick, found help on a remote logging trail in heavy bush on the Tasman Peninsula. Their story was shocking, and set the country alight with questions about their plight. How had they disappeared without trace? How had they survived the un-survivable? This is an extraordinary story of human endurance in one of the most challenging environments on earth, written by Piia Wirsu, the producer and narrator of From the Dead , the award-winning season of the ABC podcast Expanse, with Mick Doleman, now the only surviving crewmember of the Blythe Star, who became a global influence in maritime safety.

Objev podobné jako Back From The Dead: The astonishing true story of the Blythe Star, based on the award-winning ABC podcast Expanse - Piia Wirsu

A dive into music history, from Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix to Rihanna and Lady Gaga, exploring the eclectic interpretation of fashion and society.Frida Giannini’s book travels through time, weaving between music and style from 1969 to today. It is an iconographic journey made up of visual evocations, comparisons and contrasts, testimonies, and anecdotes. The starting point is 1969, the year of Woodstock, David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” and the first man on the moon. It passes through the stages, concerts, and moments that made the history not only of music, but also of fashion.The view that tells, approaches, and explores famous figures—paying particular attention to the Thin White Duke—eras, and fashion is that of Frida Giannini, an expert in both worlds, who has made fashion her profession and music her great passion. Music also accompanied her professionally in her creative inspirations and references, and in first-person encounters with the protagonists of the entertainment world in the 2000s.This book also shines a spotlight on stage clothes, hairstyles, and sets, because the evolution of music accompanies the evolution of fashions, costumes, and changing society and vice versa, in a dialogue of influences, decades, and historical events.

Objev podobné jako A Journey Into the Style and Music of My Icons Since 1969

A photographic celebration of British wildlife and the country way of life.A Year in the Country is a book about the beauty of the British countryside, featuring stunning photography from some of Britainâ ™s greatest wildlife photographers.The book will follow the changes in nature throughout the year and revel in the joy of the British countryside. Each season presents its own gifts to the nature lover: from the trumpeting of wild daffodils in spring to the hypnotic dive and twist of starlings gathering over roosting sites in autumn. The majesty of British wildlife is captured in stunning images that evoke a timeless country existence.Part celebration of nature, part nostalgia for a slower pace of life, this book will make a stunning gift. An escape from everyday life, A Year in the Country transports its audience to a world where the sun shines and the grass is always greener.

Objev podobné jako A Year in the Country - The editors of Country Living