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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR: FICTION ''A trailblazer in the world of short-form prose'' New YorkerLydia Davis is a virtuoso at detecting the seemingly casual, inconsequential surprises of daily life and pinning them for inspection. In Our Strangers, conversations are overheard and misheard, a special delivery letter is mistaken for a rare white butterfly, toddlers learning to speak identify a ping-pong ball as an egg and mumbled remarks betray a marriage. In the glow of Davis''s keen noticing, strangers can become like family and family like strangers.Our Strangers is a fascinating collection that confirms the genius of a writer whose every attention is transformative.

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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: FICTION ''A trailblazer in the world of short-form prose'' New YorkerLydia Davis is a virtuoso at detecting the seemingly casual, inconsequential surprises of daily life and pinning them for inspection. In Our Strangers, conversations are overheard and misheard, a special delivery letter is mistaken for a rare white butterfly, toddlers learning to speak identify a ping-pong ball as an egg and mumbled remarks betray a marriage. In the glow of Davis''s keen noticing, strangers can become like family and family like strangers.Our Strangers is a fascinating collection that confirms the genius of a writer whose every attention is transformative.

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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is the complete collection of short fiction from the world-renowned Lydia Davis.WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013.''Big rejoicing: Lydia Davis has won the Man Booker International prize. Never did a book award deliver such a true match-winning punch. Best of all, a new audience will read her now and find her wit, her vigour and rigour, her funniness, her thoughtfulness, and the precision of form, which mark Davis out as unique.Daring, excitingly intelligent and often wildly comic [she] reminds you, in a world that likes to bandy its words about, what words such as economy, precision and originality really mean. This is a writer as mighty as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert and as epoch-making, in her own way, as Proust. A two-liner from Davis, or a seemingly throwaway paragraph, will haunt. What looks like a game will open to deep seriousness; what looks like philosophy will reveal playfulness, tragicomedy, ordinariness; what looks like ordinariness will ask you to look again at Davis''s writing. In its acuteness, it always asks attentiveness, and it repays this by opening up to its reader like possibility, or like a bush covered in flowerheads.She''s a joy. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Can''t and Won''t is the new collection from Lydia Davis, one of the greatest short story writers alive.WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013Lydia Davis has been universally acclaimed for the wit, insight and genre-defying formal inventiveness of her sparkling stories.With titles like ''A Story of Stolen Salamis'', ''Letters to a Frozen Pea Manufacturer'', ''A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates'', and ''Can''t and Won''t'', the stories in this new collection illuminate particular moments in ordinary lives and find in them the humorous, the ironic and the surprising.Above all the stories revel in and grapple with the joys and constraints of language - achieving always the extraordinary, unmatched precision which makes Lydia Davis one of the greatest contemporary writers on the international stage.Praise for Lydia Davis: ''What stories. Precise and piercing, extremely funny. Nearly all are unlike anything you''ve ever read'' Metro''To read The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is to be reminded of the grand, echoing mind-chambers created by Sebald or recent Coetzee. A writer of vast intelligence and originality'' Independent on Sunday''Among my most favourite writers. Read her now!'' A. M. HomesLydia Davis is the author of Collected Stories, one novel and six short story ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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An illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis“Reporting from the slipstream of her reading life, [Davis] offers less a new way to think than perhaps an old one, pushing back against mechanization and the collapse of context by reframing reading in the most particular and human terms.”—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her uncomfortable. Maybe she would rather not know. Instead, Davis considers how she writes her stories, how other writers write, and what insights the how might provide into the why.  In this free-ranging exploration, Davis discovers that one reason she writes is for pleasure: the pleasure of encountering something that demands to be treated in language, of handling and manipulating the language into the form it ought to take, and, finally, of seeing a story exist where it didn’t exist before. As she observes the processes of some of the authors who interest her the most, she finds that there seem to be as many reasons to write as there are writers: to relive an experience, to share an experience, to articulate something one has not quite comprehended. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The first and only novel by Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013.''It surprised me, over and over, to find that I was with such a young man. He was twenty-two when I met him. He turned twenty-three while I knew him, but by the time I turned thirty-five I did not know where he was anymore.''Mislabelled boxes, confusing notes, wrong turnings - such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator of The End of the Story as she organises her memories of a love affair into a novel. With compassion, wit and what seems to be candour, she seeks to determine what she actually knows about herself and her past, but we begin to suspect, along with her, that given the elusiveness of memory and understanding, any tale retrieved from the past must be fictionBack in print at last, this is Lydia Davis''s first - and so far only - novel. ''Extraordinary'' Newsday''Brilliant'' New Yorker''Breathtakingly elegant'' Details''Beautifully written'' Marie Claire''Astonishing'' ElleLydia Davis is the author of Collected Stories, one novel and six short story collections, most recently Can''t and Won''t. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was named an Officer ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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TUBBZ kachnička představuje seržanta J.T. Davise z filmu Full Metal Jacket v podobě 9 cm vysoké PVC figurky. Figurka má olivově zelenou uniformu, helmu a charakteristický výraz. Jedná se o sběratelský předmět určený pro milovníky válečných filmů.

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• Originální a atraktivní design pro fanoušky filmu

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Sběratelská kachnička TUBBZ Full Metal představuje limitovanou první edici postavy Jokera Davise o velikosti 9 cm. Výrobek se vyznačuje vysokou kvalitou zpracování, precizními detaily a originálním designem. Je dodáván v plastové vaničce s průhledným krytem a je vhodný pro děti od 6 let.

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Two lives. Two loves. One impossible choice. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick One Day in December . . . “I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird in a single sitting. What a beautiful, emotional gift Josie Silver has given us.”—Jodi PicoultWritten with Josie Silver’s trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life’s crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them. Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They’d been together for more than a decade and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On Lydia’s twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it’s just Lydia, and all she wants is to hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life—and perhaps even love—again. But then something inexplicable happens that gives ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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When Lydia Marmalade makes a wish on the most magical night of the year, little does she know the chaos she''s about to unleash. Could one simple wish start a . . . wish-tastrophe?''Christmas magic - a book only Cariad could write with such beauty and relatability!'' Giovanna FletcherOne winter evening, Lydia Marmalade arrives at Lady Partridge''s mansion. She has nothing to her name except her sausage dog, Colin, but she''s determined to make this her new home.Lady Partridge isn''t at all keen to make Lydia part of the family. If Lydia doesn''t behave herself until the end of the winter season, she''ll cast her off entirely. And now her mother''s gone, Lydia doesn''t have anywhere else to live.Helped (and often hindered) by a mischievous winter sprite, a grumpy butler and a hungry Colin, Lydia makes a wish on the most magical night of the year. Sometimes you just need magic to light the way forward . . .The hilarious new Christmas story to read with all the family, from comedian and writer Cariad Lloyd with gorgeous illustrations by Ma Pe. Perfect for fans of A Boy Called Christmas and The Christmasaurus.*Previously published in hardback as The Christmas Wish-tastrophe*

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Rabalux stolní lampa Lydia – Klasická elegance s moderní technologií stmíváníObjevte spojení nadčasové klasiky a současného designu se stolní lampou Rabalux Lydia v matné černé barvě. Toto svítidlo je ideální nejen jako noční lampa do ložnice, ale také jako stylový doplněk do pracovny či obývacího pokoje. Kombinace matného kovu s bílým skleněným stínidlem zaručuje univerzální využití v moderních i tradičních interiérech.Vlastnosti a výhody stolní lampy Rabalux Lydia Stmívatelná – Nastavte si intenzitu světla podle nálady díky tečnému (dotykovému) spínači. Maximální příkon 40 W – Doporučujeme volit úsporné LED žárovky pro efektivní provoz a dlouhou životnost. Kvalitní materiály – Stabilní kovová konstrukce s elegantním matným povrchem a stínidlo z mléčného skla pro příjemné rozptýlení světla. Kompaktní rozměry – Průměr 120 mm a výška 325 mm, ideální na noční stolek i psací stůl. Bezpečnost a certifikace – Stupeň krytí IP20 a ochranná třída II pro použití v interiéru.Technické parametry Patice: E14 Počet světelných zdrojů: 1 (žárovka není součástí balení) Příkon: max. 40 W Napětí: 230V, 50Hz Stmívatelnost: Ano (tečný spínač) Materiál: kov / sklo Barva: matná černá / bílá Rozměry: průměr 120 mm, výška 325 mm Hmotnost: 800 gDoporučení architektaLampa Lydia vynikne samostatně na nočním stolku, kde podtrhne klidnou atmosféru ložnice, nebo ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in energy, fun - and magic.In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves; Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs.But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat, and Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would you expect from a demon? And if you think Mr. Darcy was uptight about dancing etiquette, wait till you see how he reacts to witchcraft. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that when you're a witch, promises have power . . .Full of enchantment, intrigue, danger, and boundless magic, The Shocking Confessions of Miss Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice - while offering a highly unexpected ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in energy, fun - and magic. In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen''s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves; Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs. But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat, and Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would you expect from a demon? And if you think Mr. Darcy was uptight about dancing etiquette, wait till you see how he reacts to witchcraft. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that when you''re a witch, promises have power . . . Full of enchantment, intrigue, danger, and boundless magic, The Scandalous Confessions of Miss Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice - while offering ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in energy, fun - and magic.Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of Pride & Prejudice from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves; Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs. But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat, and Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would you expect from a demon? And if you think Mr. Darcy was uptight about dancing etiquette, wait till you see how he reacts to witchcraft.For, as Lydia is about to learn, when you''re a witch, promises have power . . .Full of enchantment, intrigue, danger, and boundless magic, The Shocking Confessions of Miss Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice - while offering a highly unexpected redemption for the wildest Bennet sister.

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Hudební CD - 4 Alba jazzové legendy Milese Davise na 2CD 4 Alba jazzové legendy Milese Davise na 2CD 2CD obsahuje alba: 1. Miles Davis & Milt Jackson:Quintet / Sextet 2. Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants: Bags' Groove 3. The Miles Davis Quintet: Miles 4. Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants Seznam stop CD1 Dr. Jackle (Miles Davis & Milt Jackson:Quintet / Sextet) / Bitty Ditty (Miles Davis & Milt Jackson : Quintet / Sextet) / Minor March (Miles Davis & Milt Jackson: Quintet / Sextet) / Changes (Miles Davis & Milt Jackson: Quintet / Sextet) / Bags' Groove (Take 1) (Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants: Bags' Groove) / Bags' Groove (Take 2) (Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants: Bags' Groove) / Airegin (Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants: Bags' Groove) / Oleo (Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants: Bags' Groove) / But Not For Me (Take 2) (Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants:...

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Designed as a companion to the hugely successful monograph Noah Davis, this volume offers further insight into the impact and legacy of the revolutionary Los Angeles artist and activist.“Embedding his dreams on canvas and in the community, visionary American artist Noah Davis created a mighty legacy.” — Rachel Willcock, ArtReview (2022)  Looking to literature, film, architecture, and art history, Noah Davis imbued his ethereal paintings with emotion and imagination. Muted colors, fantastic scenes, and blurred subjects create an intoxicating vision. Attuned to the power of his medium, Davis layered his paintings—figuratively and literally—using a unique dry paint application to depict quotidian life at an enigmatic, almost magical remove. Featuring sumptuous close-ups throughout, this important new book brings into focus the rich, painterly variety and luminous detail of Davis’s canvases.  With a special focus on the groundbreaking Underground Museum, which Noah Davis co-founded with his wife, Karon Davis, Noah Davis: In Detail includes a special conversation, moderated by Helen Molesworth, between Fred Moten, Glenn Ligon, Thomas Lax, and Julie Mehretu. This renowned group of artists and thinkers share personal experiences of the powerful and emotional impact of The Underground Museum and its connection to the larger artistic environs of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Originální nástěnný držák pro sprchovou stěnu Kerra „ Andréa SC “ a sprchové kabiny Kerra „Emilia“, „Lydia“ a „Lydia FL“. Nástěnný držák určený ke stabilizaci pevného skla v kabinách. Tloušťka skla: 6-8 mm. Rozsah nastavení: 700 - 1200. Povrchová úprava: trubky - kartáčovaná ocel; rukojeti - chrom. EAN: 702020026

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Written by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by prize-winning Karen George, Wake Up Do, Lydia Lou! is a gentle and playful bedtime read - full of fun sounds to join in with time and time again.One night, a little ghost glides into Lydia Lou’s room to scare her. But no matter how hard he tries, he just can’t wake her up. He thinks perhaps some of his noisy animal friends could help but they have no luck either. Not even a noisy baby will do the trick! From ghosts booing to cats mewing, will anything wake up Lydia Lou?

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WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION''Brilliantly summons up one girl''s life, dreams and suffering. It''s ingenious history writing'' Mail on Sunday''A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece'' - Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five''Extraordinary'' - Guardian''Historical writing does not get any better than this'' Matt Houlbrook, author of The Prince of Tricksters1910, Wellington, New Zealand. Lydia Harvey is sixteen, working long hours for low pay, when a glamorous couple invite her to Buenos Aires. She accepts - and disappears.1910, London, England. Amid a global panic about sex trafficking, detectives are tracking a ring of international criminals when they find a young woman on the streets of Soho who might be the key to cracking the whole case.As more people are drawn into Lydia''s life and the trial at the Old Bailey, the world is being reshaped into a new, global era. Choices are being made - about who gets to cross borders, whose stories matter and what justice looks like - that will shape the next century. In this immersive account, historian Julia Laite traces Lydia Harvey through the fragments she left behind to build an extraordinary story of aspiration, exploitation and survival - and one woman trying to build ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Hudební CD - Miles Davis na tomto deseti CD. Miles Davis na tomto deseti CD. Seznam stop CD 1 / The New Sounds: Conception / Dig / My Old Flame / It's Only a Paper Moon / Blue Period: Bluing / Blue Room / Out of the Blue / Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins: Airegin / Oleo / But Not for Me / Doxy / CD 2 / Miles David Coll.items: the Serpent's Tooth I / The Serpent's Tooth II / 'round About Midnight / Compulsion / No Line / Vierd Blues / In Your Own Sweet Way / Sonny Rollins Moving Out: Movin' out / Swingin' for Bumsy / Silk N' Satin / Solid / More Than You Know / CD 3 / Miles & Horns: Tasty Pudding / Floppy / Willie the Wailer / For Adults Only / Morpheus / Down / Blue Room / Whispering / Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: It's a Wonderful World / Brandy and Beer / Two Funky People / Chasing the Blues / Halley's Comet / You're a Lucky Guy / The Wailing Boat / Just You, Just Me / CD 4 / Miles Davis All Star Sextet: Blue...

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When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come from talking to strangers, examining how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. Warm, witty, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers, showing you how talking to strangers isn't just not a way to live, it's a way to survive.

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The extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand yearsFrom its earliest recorded history, India was a place of remarkable and varied religious activity, ranging from elaborate sacrificial rituals and rigorous regimes of personal austerity to psycho-spiritual experimentation and utopian visions. In this ambitious and wide-ranging chronicle, Richard Davis offers a history of India’s myriad religious cultures that spans two thousand years, from 1300 BCE to 700 CE. India, Davis writes, was not only the birthplace of the religions we now know as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It was also the home of other, often unnamed religions that can be classified as “folk” or “popular” religions. Tracing these intertwined practices, Davis shows that the ardent and heterogeneous religious cultures of early India came to define and redefine themselves in relation to one another. Davis recounts this history through voices—voices recorded in hymns, poems, songs, didactic stories, epic narratives, scientific treatises, and theological discourses, as well as voices that speak through material remains, whether monumental sculptures or tiny terracotta figurines of nameless goddesses. He focuses on the long millennium often designated as “classical India,” which stretches from the time of the founding figures of Buddhism and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Renowned cardiologist William Davis explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges and reverse myriad health problems.Every day we eat food products made of wheat. As a result millions of people experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive stomach bulges that preventative cardiologist William Davis calls ‘wheat bellies’. According to Davis, that fat has nothing to do with gluttony, sloth or too much butter: it’s down to the whole grain food products so many people eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after giving up wheat, Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic – and its elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health.In Wheat Belly Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering being sold to the public as ‘wheat’ and provides readers with a user-friendly, step-by-step plan to navigate a new, wheat-free lifestyle. Benefits include: substantial weight loss, correction of cholesterol abnormalities, relief from arthritis, mood benefits and prevention of heart disease.Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Angela Davis is iconic as an international figure but few recognize the educational, political and ideological contexts that formed the public persona. Excavating layers of networks, activists, academics, polemicists, and funders across the ideological spectrum, Joy James studies the paradigms and platforms that leveraged Angela Davis into recognition as an activist and radical intellectual.Beginning in Alabama in 1944 with Davis’s birthplace and ending in California in 1970 with a surrogate political family, James investigates context in order to better understand the agency and identity of Davis. Her chronology marks key events relevant to Davis, Black communities, and the US: AntiBlack repression under Jim Crow, Black bourgeois southern families, revolutionaries, elite education, communist parties, international travels, undergrad and graduate schooling—all interconnect and play a part in Davis''s rise in stature from persecution as a UC graduate student to the UC Presidential chair some three decades later. Set against the backdrop of 21st-century US democracy and the rise of neofascists, James highlights of the centrality of those considered ancillary to US liberation movements. She unpacks the contradictions of iconography and revolutionary agency and shows how a triumphal figure from a symbolic era of struggle became the icon of the rare peoples’ victory.

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SUNDAY TIMES and GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment, and tells their intimate stories: their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their wrenching dilemmas.A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they think: if they can change two lives, why not four? Or ten? They adopt twenty. But how do they weigh the needs of unknown children in distress against the needs of the children they already have?Another couple founds a leprosy colony in the wilderness in India, living in huts with no walls, knowing that their two small children may contract leprosy or be eaten by panthers. The children survive. But what if they hadn''t? How would their parents'' risk have been judged?We honour such generosity and high ideals; but when we call people ''do-gooders'' there is scepticism in it, even hostility. Why do moral people make us uneasy? Between her stories, MacFarquhar threads a lively history of the novels, philosophy, social science, and self-help that have contributed to a deep suspicion of do-gooders in Western culture.Through its sympathetic and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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From trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our prison systemsAn icon of revolutionary politics, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for prison abolition for over fifty years. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis’s essays, conversations, and interviews over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation.Davis traces a genealogy of the penal system, from slavery to the prison industrial complex, offering a trenchant analysis of the relationship between the prison system and capitalism, both in the US and on a global scale. Combining decades of analytical brilliance and lessons from organising both inside and beyond prison walls, Davis addresses the history of abolitionist practice, details the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and offers the radical tools we need for revolutionary change.Powerful and rewarding, filled with insight and provocation, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, is essential reading for anyone seeking to imagine a world without prisons.‘A woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard’ ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Přeměňte svou ranní rutinu pomocí dokonalého kosmetického stolkuZačněte svůj den správně s naším úžasným stolkem na líčení, který je navržen tak, aby vylepšil vaši kosmetickou rutinu a povznesl váš prostor. Tento stolek je vyroben ze 100% melaminem potažené dřevotřísky a je nejen odolný, ale také vyzařuje eleganci a sofistikovanost. Zažijte jedinečný styl a funkčnostNáš kosmetický stolek s elegantním a moderním designem je dokonalým doplňkem každé ložnice nebo šatny. Barva lydia mu dodává nádech tepla a šarmu a vytváří příjemnou atmosféru, která vás bude každé ráno inspirovat. Zrcadlo, které je součástí sady, poskytuje dokonalý odraz a umožňuje vám bez námahy nanášet make-up s přesností a jistotou. Snadno zvětšíte svůj prostorNáš kosmetický stolek o šířce 100 cm, výšce 33 cm a hloubce 39. 1 cm je kompaktní, a přesto dostatečně prostorný, aby pojal všechny vaše kosmetické potřeby. Jeho promyšlený design vám zajistí dostatek úložného prostoru pro kosmetiku, štětce a doplňky, takže budete mít vše uspořádané a na dosah. Všestranný a praktickýNáš kosmetický stolek lze snadno připevnit ke stěně, čímž získáte stabilitu a zajistíte, že zůstane na svém místě i během vašich nejrušnějších rán. Tato funkce nejen dodává nádech bezpečnosti, ale také umožňuje přizpůsobit výšku podle vašich preferencí, čímž zajišťuje maximální pohodlí při ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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LP vinyl - Miles Smiles je album jazzového hudebníka Milese Davise , vydané v lednu 1967 u Columbia Records . Nahrál ho Davis a jeho druhý kvintet v Columbia 30th Street Studio v New Yorku 24. října a 25. října 1966. Miles Smiles je album jazzového hudebníka Milese Davise , vydané v lednu 1967 u Columbia Records . Nahrál ho Davis a jeho druhý kvintet v Columbia 30th Street Studio v New Yorku 24. října a 25. října 1966. Rok vydání : 1967 Rok reedice : 2014 Seznam stop LP Orbits / Circle / Footprints / Dolores / Freedom Jazz Dance / Ginger Bread Boy

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Hudební CD - Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings je soubor hudby jazzových hudebníků Milese Davise a Gila Evanse původně vydaný na CD v roce 1996 a remasterovaný a znovu vydaný v roce 2004. Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings je soubor hudby jazzových hudebníků Milese Davise a Gila Evanse původně vydaný na CD v roce 1996 a remasterovaný a znovu vydaný v roce 2004. Shromažďuje díla z let 1957 až 1968 v nahrávacích studiích Columbia Records. Seznam stop 1CD On Green Dolphin Street / Fran-dance / Stella by Starlight / Love for Sale / So What / Freddie Freeloader / Blue in Green / All Blues / Flamenco Sketches 2CD Wild Man Blues / Around Midnight / The Jitterbug Waltz / Django / Introduction by Willis Conover / Ah-leu-cha / Straight, No Chaser / Fran-dance / Two Bass Hit / Bye Bye Blackbird / The Theme / Four / Bye Bye Blackbird / Walkin' / Two Bass Hit 3CD If I Were a Bell / Oleo / My Funny...

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Audiokniha: Věnováno mojí mamince a dalším šesti milionům těch, kteří zahynuli. Bylo jí necelých 16 let, když stála před nacistou a lékařem Josefem Mengelem v Osvětimi. Rozsudek smrti nad ní sice nevynesl, ale nad mámou ano. Autentický příběh jedné z posledních žijících pamětnic Osvětimi, české židovské dívky, která po válce odešla do Velké Británie, kde absolvovala psychoterapeutický výcvik u Anny Freudové. Celý svůj profesní život pomáhala traumatizovaným a zraněným dětem, takovým, jakým byla kdysi sama. Příběh postupuje chronologicky od Lydiina dětství stráveného v předválečné Ostravě přes neúspěšný pokus o útěk do Polska, pobyt v Terezíně, v koncentračním táboře Osvětim, osvobození a odchod do Británie. „Terezín nelze srovnávat s pozdější Osvětimí. Je to jako srovnávat místo, které mi bylo téměř rájem, s peklem, které později přišlo. O Terezíně jsme věděli jen to, že jde o koncentrační tábor. Slovo koncentrační mi tehdy ještě neznělo tak zlověstně, znamenalo to leda, že tam byli lidé pospolu. Terezín byl ghetto, ale přesnější představu, co znamená koncentrační tábor, člověk neměl. “ Zapomínat je snadné. Více o životě paní Lydie Tischlerové najdete v Příbězích pamětníků: www.pametnaroda.cz/cs/tischlerova-lydia-1929 V Terezíně lze dodnes najít místa, která Lydia ve své knize líčí. Památník Terezín, národní kulturní památka, tato místa a památku ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Švýcarská autorka Lydia Bosson, mezinárodně uznávaná aromaterapeutka a učitelka s více než pětadvacetiletou praxí, která spolu se svým manželem Philippem založila a vede holistickou školu aromaterapie a ájurvédy Usha Veda, nám ve své knize Hydrolaterapie nabízí své praktické zkušenosti s využitím hydrolátů při léčbě.Hydroláty jsou produkty parní destilace na vodní bázi. Obvykle vznikají při destilaci éterických olejů a občas se také nazývají hydrosoly, případně květové nebo květinové vody. Ač je obvykle spojujeme s kosmetickou péčí o pleť, Lydia Bosson nám je představuje jako jemné a zároveň velmi účinné léčivé látky, které dokážou nastartovat změny na emocionální, mentální i fyzické úrovni. V knize naleznete například: - informace o kritériích kvality a způsobech aplikace - profily čtyřiceti sedmi hydrolátů - návrhy na použití při různých potížích - zkušenosti z praxe - inspiraci pro využití v kuchyni

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A rip-roaring shout-aloud picture book about a spider who wants to be the family pet from the internationally acclaimed illustrator of Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladybird Heard.Spider wants to be a family pet. But the family whose house she lives in are terrified of her! Whenever she tries to show them what a great pet she would make, they just scream, …AAAARRGGHH, SPIDER!…A delightfully funny story all about fitting in, tolerance and making friends from bestselling author-illustrator Lydia Monks.The perfect bedtime read for kids aged 3 and up.Lydia Monks is an award-winning illustrator and author, known for her colourful picture books including I Wish I Were a Dog, Aaaarrgghh, Spider! and the Mungo Monkey series. She has is also the illustrator behind Julia Donaldson''s What the Ladybird Heard, The Princess and the Wizard, The Singing Mermaid and Sugarlump and the Unicorn.

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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. ‘I have quite changed my mind. I am going to run away and become a boy.’In these three stories, written by Djuna Barnes under the pseudonym Lydia Steptoe, three characters find themselves on the brink of a sexual awakening – accompanied by guns, whips, and worldly innuendo.A fourteen-year-old girl plans to become ‘a virago’, until her mother intercepts her first tryst by dressing up as her male lover. A boy of the same age is lured into the forest by his father’s mistress. A woman of forty falls in love and longs to kill herself, so unbearable is the return of the youth she thought she wanted. ‘Alice’, she tells herself, ‘be a man.’Barnes makes gender and desire seem slippery and joyful – and makes the fictional Lydia Steptoe seem like a writer for our time.Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

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‘A woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard’ New York TimesFrom trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our prison systemsAn icon of revolutionary politics, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for prison abolition for over fifty years. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis’s essays, conversations, and interviews over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation. Davis traces a genealogy of the penal system, from slavery to the prison industrial complex, offering a trenchant analysis of the relationship between the prison system and capitalism, both in the US and on a global scale. Combining decades of analytical brilliance and lessons from organising both inside and beyond prison walls, Davis addresses the history of abolitionist practice, details the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and offers the radical tools we need for revolutionary change. Powerful and rewarding, filled with insight and provocation, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, is essential reading for anyone seeking to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A collection of stunning portraits of Hollywood stars, including Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Charlize Theron, Samuel L. Jackson, and Angelina Jolie, captured by Davis Factor, the great-grandson of legendary cosmetics pioneer Max Factor.Founded in 1990 by Davis and Dean Factor, the great-grandsons of Max Factor, Smashbox Studios and the Smashbox brand have become legendary in the world of glamour and makeup. Born in a Los Angeles studio and put to the test by professional makeup artists and photographers, Smashbox is the heir to the most storied brand in American cosmetics. Known for makeup on and off the set, Smashbox draws from a legacy of over a century of Hollywood glamour, creating for today’s celebrities what the house of Factor had done for the likes of Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Judy Garland, and many other icons of the golden age of cinema. Collected together for the very first time are more than three decades of portraits of women—and quite a few men—taken by Davis Factor at Smashbox Studios. Capturing some of the most important actors and celebrities of the era, the book is a snapshot of Hollywood glamour today, in the tradition of George Hurrell and other ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Senior Vice President of Christie’s and seasoned auctioneer Lydia Fenet, with her “razor-sharp humor and her don’t-mess-with-me gavel strike” (Mariska Hargitay, star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), shares the secrets of success and the strategies behind her revolutionary sales approach to show you how to embrace and channel your own power in any room. Who is the most powerful woman in the room? She’s the one who can raise a million dollars in a minute. She’s the one who can command the attention of a group of any size from one person to five thousand. She’s the one who can sell anything to anyone. And she can be you. As a senior executive at Christie’s, leader in her field, and one of Gotham magazine’s Most Influential Women in New York, Lydia Fenet knows firsthand that the one skill that can set women apart in both their personal life and career is the ability to sell. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You equips you with everything you need to know—from how to sell authentically and how to network (or die), to the importance of never apologizing (start negotiating instead), how to perfect your poker face, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Winner - CRT Christian Book of the Year, 2023The New Testament tells us very little about Lydia, a seller of purple cloth who was living in Philippi when she met the apostle Paul on his second missionary journey. And yet she is considered the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe. In her second work of fiction, Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder tells Lydia''s story - who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith - and in doing so opens up Paul''s letter to the Philippians, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped Paul''s thinking, and the faith of the early church.Written in the gripping style of Gerd Theissen''s The Shadow of the Galilean, and similarly rigorously researched, this is a book for everyone and anyone who wants to engage more deeply and imaginatively with Paul''s theology - from one of the UK''s foremost New Testament scholars.

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A bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers—from Plato to Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway to bell hooks, and Marcus Aurelius to Joan Didion. A delightful roadmap to a year’s worth of reading briefly, plus biographies, fascinating facts, and idea-rich insights into the lives of the thinkers, historians, and literary giants who have shaped our world.For both avid readers and those looking to spark a new habit, The World in Books is an invitation to a more lively and meaningful intellectual life. Davis’s literary adventure guides readers through some of the most important works of nonfiction of all time, offering a political, literary, and cultural history through reading. Each of the fifty-two entries provides the book’s opening lines or a brief excerpt from the work; a summary of the work; a biography of the author; why you should read the work; and what to read next. Davis offers insights into some of the most enduring issues of our time—from the existential perspective in Viktor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, to questions of race in Toni Morrison’s The Origin of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren circumstances of the here and now.''Paul Sturgis is a retired banker manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers: the cheerful Australian girl who cuts his hair, the lady at the drycleaners. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed cousin by marriage - herself a virtual stranger - to whom he pays ritualistic visits on a Sunday afternoon. Trying to make sense of his current solitary state, and fearing that his destiny may be to die among strangers, Sturgis trawls through memories of his failed relationships and finds himself longing for companionship, or at the very least a conversation. But then a chance encounter with a stranger - a recently divorced and demanding younger woman - shakes up his routine and when an old girlfriend appears on the scene, Sturgis is forced to make a decision about how (and with whom) he wants to spend the rest of his days . . . ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Make Me a Woman offers charming vignettes about being young, Jewish, and singleIt''s easy to understand why Vanessa Davis has taken the comics industry by storm and is poised to do the same with the world at large—her comics are pure chutzpah, gorgeously illustrated in watercolors. No story is too painful to tell—like how much she enjoyed fat camp. Nor too off-limits—like her critique of R. Crumb. Nor too personal—like her stories of growing up Jewish in Florida. Using her sweet but biting wit, Davis effortlessly carves out a wholly original and refreshing niche in two well-worn territories: autobio comics and the Jewish identity.Davis draws strips from her daily diary, centering on her youth, mother, relationships with men, and eventually her longtime boyfriend. Her intimacy, self-deprecation, and candor have deservedly earned her many accolades and awards. Her deft comedic touch, lush color, and immediacy will set Davis apart not only as one of the premier cartoonists, but as one of the leading humorists for her generation, too.

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Nicholas Ray’s 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause is a globally recognised landmark of post-war American cinema. The film follows twenty-four hours in the life of troubled teen Jim Stark (James Dean), the new boy in town, who becomes drawn into a maelstrom of shifting social allegiances, emotional turmoil, and violence. Rebel tackled head-on the thorny political issue of juvenile delinquency from the perspective of the adolescents, contributed to the genesis of the teen movie, and was pivotal in bringing The Method acting style to wider audiences. Dean’s nuanced and dextrous performance as the film’s lead character was paramount in establishing the actor’s iconicity.In his study of the film, Glyn Davis foregrounds the concept of rebellion, exploring in detail what it meant to be a rebel in the 1950s, the role that cinema has played in articulating rebellion and providing a haven for rebels, and why James Dean’s archetypal depiction of a teenage rebel has endured. Combining sharp close analysis with perceptive contextualisation, Davis scrutinises Nicholas Ray’s status as a maverick director, the challenges that The Method presented to calcified standards of performance in Hollywood, and the ways in which Rebel contributed to the shaping of new articulations of masculinity ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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“Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.”—John Vaillant, author of Fire WeatherA timely and eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our time, “a powerful, penetrating and immensely knowledgeable writer” (The Guardian).The essays in this collection came about during the unhurried months when one who had traveled incessantly was obliged to stay still, even as events flared on all sides in a world that never stops moving. Wade Davis brings his unique cultural perspective to such varied topics as the demonization of coca, the sacred plant of the Inca; the Great War and the birth of modernity; the British conquest of Everest; the endless conflict in the Middle East; reaching beyond climate fear and trepidation; on the meaning of the sacred. His essay, “The Unraveling of America,” first published in Rolling Stone, attracted five million readers and generated 362 million social media impressions. Media interest in the story was sustained over many weeks, with interview requests coming in from 23 countries.The anthropological lens, as Davis demonstrates, reveals what lies beneath the surface of things, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Psalms: helpful but hard. Davis is well qualified for the task of making sense of the complexities. With his recognisable humour and razor–sharp observations, these expositions help us to engage with the conflict in these twelve psalms. When life gets tough, Davis invites us to set up camp and sit with the Psalmist whose experience of dark days can point you to the God who understands and upholds.  In this third instalment of his essential guide to the Psalms, trusted theologian Dale Ralph Davis leads readers through a careful study of Psalms 25–37 with clear application for daily life. Using his own translation, Davis sets out a verse–by–verse exposition and crystallises the Psalmist’s message with cross–references to situate the passages in broader biblical context. With illustrations from history and personal experience, the truth comes alive.  An indispensable accompaniment to the Psalms. Suitable for use as a personal study guide or as a reference and teaching guide for facilitating small group study.  Read the rest of the series:The Way of the Righteous in the Muck of Life: Psalms1–12Slogging Along in the Paths of Righteousness: Psalms13–24My Exceeding Joy: Psalms 38–51Â

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“Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.”—John Vaillant, author of Fire WeatherA timely and eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our time, “a powerful, penetrating and immensely knowledgeable writer” (The Guardian).The essays in this collection came about during the unhurried months when one who had traveled incessantly was obliged to stay still, even as events flared on all sides in a world that never stops moving. Wade Davis brings his unique cultural perspective to such varied topics as the demonization of coca, the sacred plant of the Inca; the Great War and the birth of modernity; the British conquest of Everest; the endless conflict in the Middle East; reaching beyond climate fear and trepidation; on the meaning of the sacred. His essay, “The Unraveling of America,” first published in Rolling Stone, attracted five million readers and generated 362 million social media impressions. Media interest in the story was sustained over many weeks, with interview requests coming in from 23 countries.The anthropological lens, as Davis demonstrates, reveals what lies beneath the surface of things, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘A disturbing mystery that grips like a serpent.’ DAILY MAIL‘A chilling read.’ SUNDAY TIMES‘This novel hits home. And it hurts. Terrifyingly real and addictive.’ SHARON BOLTONThree women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers and the creeps...While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman''s fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...A phenomenal, unputdownable standalone thriller from the author of the record-breaking Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Widow.Readers are gripped by Talking to Strangers! ''The story was well paced and intense and had some great twists and turns and shocking revelations. I read it ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Strangers in the Car is a heart-pounding thriller from C. M. Ewan, acclaimed author of The House Hunt, The Interview, A Window Breaks and the half-a-million-copy bestseller Safe House.Late at night . . .Abi and Ben are driving home down foggy country roads, arguing about having had to cut short their weekend away, when they take a wrong turn. Abi’s driving, but her eyes leave the road for a moment as she says something to Ben – just as he gasps. A man is in front of the car, waving a torch. Abi swerves to avoid him.You see a family stranded . . .Ben tells her they should stop and go back, but Abi refuses. It’s dark, the roads are isolated and they don’t know this stranger. But, as Abi continues on, they see a broken-down car. Every instinct is still telling Abi to drive by, but then she notices the woman holding a car seat with a baby in it.Would you stop?For a moment, Abi hesitates, but they can’t leave a mother and baby on the side of the road. Agreeing to give the family a lift, they set off again. But now these strangers are inside their car ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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***From the bestselling author of the Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Widow***‘A disturbing mystery that grips like a serpent.’ DAILY MAIL‘A chilling read.’ SUNDAY TIMES‘This novel hits home. And it hurts. Terrifyingly real and addictive.’ SHARON BOLTONThree women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers and the creeps...While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman''s fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...*** Readers are gripped by Talking to Strangers! ***''WOW. I did NOT see this twist coming. This is my favorite kind of book - a whodunnit that leaves you guessing...right up until the very last words.'' ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A New York Times BestsellerA "page-turning thriller that will keep readers guessing until the very end" (School Library Journal) about a road trip in a snowstorm that turns into bone-chilling disaster, from New York Times bestselling mystery author and "master of tension" (BCCB) Natalie D. Richards.She thought being stranded was the worst thing that could happen. She was wrong.Mira needs to get home for the holidays. Badly. But when an incoming blizzard results in a canceled connecting flight, it looks like she might get stuck at the airport indefinitely.And then Harper, Mira''s glamorous seatmate from her initial flight, offers her a ride. Harper and her three friends can drop Mira off on their way home. But as they set off, Mira realizes fellow travelers are all total strangers. And every one of them is hiding something.Soon, roads go from slippery to terrifying. People''s belongings are mysteriously disappearing. Someone in the car is clearly lying, and may even be sabotaging the trip—but why? And can Mira make it home alive, or will this nightmare drive turn fatal?Perfect for readers who love:YA horror books for teensMystery books for teensNatasha Preston, Megan Miranda, Karen McManus and Ruth WarePraise for Five Total Strangers:"A twisty ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant’s efforts to help his Japanese neighbors while they're incarcerated during World War II. Winner, Best in Young Adult Non-Fictionfrom the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards“A powerful book about advocating for friends and neighbors during times of great division.” —Kazu Kibuishi, #1 New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Amulet series An evocative and beautiful graphic novel revealing the truth of one man’s extraordinary efforts, We Are Not Strangers converges two perspectives into a single portrait of a community’s struggle with race, responsibility, and what it truly means to be an American. Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring. When Papoo peacefully passes away, Marco expects the funeral to be simple. But he' caught off guard by something unusual. Among his close family and friends are mourners he doesn’t recognize—Japanese American families—and no one is quite sure who they are or why they are at the service. How did these strangers know his grandfather so well? Set in the multicultural Central District of Seattle during World ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Audiokniha Měděná Venuše. Autor: Lindsey Davis, čte: Lindsey Davis. Celková délka: 13 hodin. Soukromý detektiv Falco řeší vraždu v Římě roku 71, zapletenou do intrik realitních magnátů, svůdné rusovlásky a exotické tanečnice. Krysy jsou vždycky větší, než by člověk čekal. Třetí z řady vtipných antických detektivek, v nichž ožívá každodenní Řím z r. 71, z počátku vlády císaře Vespasiana. V roce 71 není ve starověkém Římě nikdo svatý. Alespoň to si myslí Marcus Didius Falco, soukromý detektiv. Hnusí se mu, že musí sdílet vězeňskou celu s hlodavcem, i když být vykoupen starou matkou je skoro stejně potupné. Jeho urozená milá Helena Justina se stále nemůže rozhodnout, zda o něho stojí nebo ne. V naději na lepší život nebo alespoň lepší byt přijímá Marcus Didius novou zakázku od zbohatlické rodiny propuštěnců, kteří se cítí být ohroženi mazanou lovkyní bohatých mužů, rusovláskou Severinou Zoticou, která nosí jednoduchou měděnou pečeť se znakem Venuše. Než se mu ale podaří zjistit o Zotice nějaké kompromitující materiály, dojde k vraždě jednoho z klientů. Falco odhalí, že v pozadí je soupeření dvou bezohledných majitelů realit, kteří používají nevybíravé prostředky, aby rozšířili své panství. Při vyšetřování se Falco poprvé setkává s Thalií, exotickou tanečnicí s hady a organizátorkou ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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