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

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Elektronická kniha ze série Kultura, autor Iain M. Banks, 608 stran "Všichni budeme v pořádku. Všichni budeme naprosto v pořádku."Tak se to říká těm, které vedeme do boje a možná i na smrt. Ať už se válčí pěstními klíny, anebo fúzními bombami.Říká to i Chameleon jménem Bora Horza Gobuchul před nebezpečnou akcí v tunelech pod Scharovým světem, kde se ukrývá uprchlý Mozek vládnoucí možná vědomostmi důležitými pro válku.A v galaxii opravdu válka zuří, vede ji Kultura a Idirská říše, explodují obrovské orbitální konstrukty a mrtví se počítají na miliardy.Bez konejšení se neobejdete: především proto, že ve skutečnosti v pořádku nebude nic a nikdo.Pomysli na Fléba je úvodní román série Kultura od fenomenálního autora fantastiky Iaina M. Bankse, který je právě tak velkolepým vesmírným dobrodružstvím, jako bolestnou úvahou o křehkosti a smrtelnosti.

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Kniha - 600 stran "Všichni budeme v pořádku. Všichni budeme naprosto v pořádku." Tak se to říká těm, které vedeme do boje a možná i na smrt. Ať už se válčí pěstními klíny, anebo fúzními bombami. Říká to i Chameleon jménem Bora Horza Gobuchul před nebezpečnou akcí v tunelech pod Scharovým světem, kde se ukrývá uprchlý Mozek vládnoucí možná vědomostmi důležitými pro válku. A v galaxii opravdu válka zuří, vede ji Kultura a Idirská říše, explodují obrovské orbitální konstrukty a mrtví se počítají na miliardy. Bez konejšení se neobejdete: především proto, že ve skutečnosti v pořádku nebude nic a nikdo. Pomysli na Fléba je úvodní román série Kultura od fenomenálního autora fantastiky Iaina M. Bankse, který je právě tak velkolepým vesmírným dobrodružstvím, jako bolestnou úvahou o křehkosti a smrtelnosti.

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

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . .Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . .Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . .This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph Books by Iain M. Banks:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtAgainst a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe AlgebraistAlso now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The Culture - a utopian human-machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many expert Game Players, and one of the greatest is Jernau Morat Gurgeh. He is Master of every board, computer and strategy - he is The Player of Games.Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the cruel and incredibly wealthy Empire of Azad to try their infamous game . . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh plays the game, and faces the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death. Praise for the Culture series: ''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday ''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Banks''s sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds very much of their own, alien races, charismatic drones and intergalactic politics'' New Scientist ''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman ''Compulsive reading'' Sunday TelegraphThe Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe AlgebraistAlso now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The man known as Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances'' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.Though the woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and aided his stratospheric rise, she did not know him as well as she thought.The drone Ska­ffen-Amtiskaw thought it knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman''s life by massacring her attackers, and it believed the man to be a burnt-out wreck - but not even its superlative machine-intelligence could see the horrors in his past. Praise for the Culture series:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Banks''s sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds very much of their own, alien races, charismatic drones and intergalactic politics'' New Scientist''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen SonataThe State of the Art Other books by Iain M. Banks: Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist Also now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.It led to atrocities on an extraordinary scale. To the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those doomed stars has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq'', bathing its ­fifty billion inhabitants in the rays of their society''s ancient mistake.Amongst them is Major Quilan, sent on a mission so secret that not even he knows what it is, and determined to exact his revenge against the Culture at any cost.Praise for the Culture series:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe AlgebraistAlso now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The "War in Heaven", a simulated war game, rages between civilisations. Its virtual battles have been fought for decades, and the victors will decide the fate of the digital Hells - torturous artificial afterlives with horrors beyond imagination.In the Sichultian Enablement, Y''breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit.As the virtual war threatens to spill into the Real, Y''breq is willing to risk everything for her freedom - but she''ll need the Culture, and its help comes at a price. The Culture is going to war with death itself.Praise for the Culture series:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe AlgebraistAlso now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson The intricate structure of a Shellworld - an arti­ficial planet of spheres-within-spheres - is matched only by the machinations of its inhabitants.On the eighth sphere of Sursamen, a man witnesses the murder of his father and flees, searching for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother, this means a life lived under constant threat of treachery, while for their sister, Djan Seriy Anaplian, it means returning to a place she''d thought abandoned forever.Anaplian is not who she once was. She has become an agent of the Culture''s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.Concealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy. In the world to which she returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else''s war is never a simple matter.Praise for the Culture series:''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' Guardian''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' Scotsman''Compulsive reading'' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataThe State of the ArtOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe AlgebraistAlso now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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

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

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New introduction by Ian Rankin_________________________________________‘One of the most playful and entertaining writers of our generation’ Val McDermid, Guardian In an absorbing voyage as interesting to non-drinkers as to true whisky connoisseurs, sci-fi and literary author Iain Banks explores the rich heritage of Scottish whisky, from the most famous distilleries to the most obscure operations. Whisky is more than a drink: it''s a culture that binds together people, places and products far across Scotland''s rugged terrain. Switching from cars to ferries to bicycles, Banks criss-crosses his homeland, weaving an engrossing narrative full of fascinating traditions, peculiar people, and the downright bizarre places he encounters on his journey down Scotland''s great golden road.''The book I return to most often . . . It''s is like slipping into a warm bath.''James Graham, THE TIMES (playwright and creator of ITV''s Quiz)''Filled withinsightful and witty observations . . . this is a rip-roaringand informative delve into the unique history and enduring appeal of this iconic spirit.''VISIT SCOTLAND, 9 ''must read'' books

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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40th anniversary edition of Iain Banks' classic debut novel THE WASP FACTORY, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality' Financial Times'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three.I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.

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

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

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

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

Objev podobné jako Vodíková sonáta - Iain M. Banks

Jelen Na fleky aktivně odstraňuje nečistoty a odolné skvrny z prádla. Hravě si poradí s fleky od kávy, čaje nebo make-upu.

Objev podobné jako Jelen Na fleky 500 ml

Eko odstraňovač skvrn univerzální Účinný odstraňovač skvrn v tekuté podobě pomůže odstranit i ty nejodolnější skvrn z vašeho oblečení. Jelení silou zbaví váš textil nečistot a fleků. Káva, čaj ani make-up už nebudou mít žádnou šanci. Přípravek je uložen v praktické láhvi s rozprašovačem. Zatvrzelou skvrnu tak stačí postříkat čistícím přípravkem. Následně po uplynutí 10 - 15 minut můžeme prádlo běžně vyprat. nbsp; Klíčové vlastnosti odstraňovače skvrn JELEN na flekyJelen odstraňuje odolné skvrny z tkaninTekutý čistící prostředek je dodávaný v praktickém postřikovačiŠetrný k prádlu, pokožce i příroděOdstraňovač skvrn Jelen si hravě poradí s fleky od kávy, čaje i make-upu Složení a použití čistícího prostředku JELEN na skvrny od kávy či čajeJelen odstraňovač skvrn se používá se na oděvy, které nevyžadují chemické čištění. Rovněž chraňte všechny kovové části oděvů, knoflíky, zipy i nýtky. Obsahuje nbsp;5 nebo více, avšak méně než 15 %...

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Univerzální karton s potiskem na šest druhů libovolných tichých vín. Obsahuje speciální proložku, která chrání vína během přepravy. Ideální jako dárkový karton.

• Ideální jako dárkový karton
• Speciální proložka chrání vína během přepravy
• Možnost vybrat si šest druhů libovolných tichých vín

Objev podobné jako Univerzální karton na 6 lahví vín

Praktický balzám na rty s vanilkovou vůní, který hydratuje a zklidňuje suché a podrážděné rty. Chrání před UV zářením s SPF 10.

• Hydratační a zklidňující účinek
• Společí s vanilkovou vůní
• Chrání před UV zářením s SPF 10

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt Ice PiNK! balzám na rty

Šňůrka Bohemia Sekt umožňuje zavěšení mobilního telefonu na krk nebo přes rameno. Je kompatibilní se všemi mobilními telefony a má decentní logo Bohemia Sekt.

• Decentní logo Bohemia Sekt
• Pudrově růžová barva
• Kompatibilita s veškerými mobilními telefony

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt šňůrka na telefon růžová

Elektronický poukaz na parkování ve Velkých Bílovicích. Použijte unikátní kód pro snadný vstup a potvrzení zaplacení.

• Elektronicky vyřízený vstup
• Unikátní kód pro snadné potvrzení zaplacení
• Standardní vybavení karavanového stání

Objev podobné jako Habánské karavanové stání poukaz na parkování

Nový Bohemia Sekt ICE set obsahuje plastovou nádobu na led a nerezové kleště na led. Je ideální pro chlazení sektu a podtrhnutí jeho chuti i vůně.

• Ideální pro chlazení sektu
• Plastová nádoba je odolná a snadno čistitelná
• Nerezové kleště na led jsou praktické a bezpečné

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt ICE set na led

Naše rozlučkové balíčky jsou ideální dárek pro budoucí nevěstu nebo družičky. Obsahují rozmanité produkty, které budou budoucí nevěstě nebo družičkám potěšit. Dopřejte jim to nejlepší a vyberte si jeden z našich balíčků.

• Ideální dárek pro budoucí nevěstu
• Rozmanité produkty na rozlučku
• Dopřejte svým družičkám to nejlepší

Objev podobné jako Balíček na rozlučku se svobodou

Dárkový set Bohemia Sekt ICE na ledu obsahuje sekty, stylové sklenice a originální tvořku na led. Je ideální pro letní osvěžení a poskytne luxusní zážitek.

• Exkluzivní dárkový set pro letní osvěžení
• Svěží a osvěžující sekty Bohemia Sekt ICE
• Originální stylové sklenice pro luxusní zážitek
• Magický pytlík s mátovými semínky

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt ICE na ledu

Chladící návlek Bohemia Sekt je jednoduchým řešením pro uchování sektu v ideální teplotě. Stačí jej do mrazáku na pár hodin a poté nasadit na lahev.

• Snadná aplikace, stačí do mrazáku na pár hodin
• Dokonale ochrání bublinky před zahřátím
• Ideální pro vychutnávání sektu po dlouhou dobu

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt chladicí návlek na lahev

Tento chladicí návlek je určen pro uchování prosecca v ideální teplotě. Stačí ho vložit do mrazáku a nasadit na lahev, aby vaše víno zůstalo čerstvé až do posledního doušku.

• Elegantní design, který se hodí k jakékoli příležitosti
• Snadné použití: stačí vložit do mrazáku a nasadit na lahev
• Udrží vaše prosecco v ideální teplotě

Objev podobné jako Mionetto chladicí návlek na lahev

Stylový dřevěný obal na 6 lahví sektů s elegantním designem. Ideální jako dárek pro milovníky vín nebo jako praktický skladovací prostor. Dřevěná bedna má rozměry: výška 20, šířka 28,2, délka 40 cm.

• Ideální jako dárek pro milovníky vín
• Dřevěný obal s elegantním designem
• Velmi praktický a bezpečný skladování sektu

Objev podobné jako Dřevěná bedna na 6 lahví sektů

Bohemia MINI je univerzální balíček pro každodenní dobrodružství a letní výlety. Obsahuje šest oblíbených plechovek a praktickou chladící tašku se stříbrnou folií. Ideální pro uchování optimální teploty na cestách.

• Šest oblíbených plechovek Bohemia MINI
• Praktická chladící taška se stříbrnou folií
• Optimální uchování teploty přímo na míru

Objev podobné jako Bohemia MINI na cesty

Naše bílé tvořítko na led vám umožňuje vytvořit perfektní ledové kuličky pro doplnění vašeho oblíbeného sektu. Stačí nalít vodu do tvořítka, zamrazit a užít si skvělý zážitek s ledovými bublinkami.

• Vytvoří perfektní ledové kuličky pro doplnění sektu
• Elegantní a praktické design
• Jedinečné ledové bublinky pro skvělý zážitek

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt tvořítko na led

Balíček na večírek obsahuje vše, co potřebujete pro skvělou párť. Obsahuje Bohemia Sekt demi sec, originální černou tašku a nápaditou párty čelenku. Dokonale hravá kombinace pro všechny, kteří se chtějí bavit.

• Vše, co potřebujete pro skvělou párť
• Bohemia Sekt demi sec na přípitek
• Originální černá taška s nápisem „Dneska budu perlit“
• Nápaditá párty čelenka

Objev podobné jako Balíček na večírek

Tento dárkový set obsahuje deset plechovek Bohemia MINI 0,25 l, které jsou ideální pro ochutnávání a sdílení pohodového přípitku. Je vhodný pro večírky, cesty nebo terasu.

• Praktická velikost pro ochutnávání a sdílení
• Ideální pro večírky, cesty nebo terasu
• Nezatěžuje s sebou celou lahvičku

Objev podobné jako Dárkový set s MINI na MAX

Tato zástěra nabízí praktickou kapasu a originální držák na sektovou skleničku Bohemia Sekt. Zajišťuje bezpečné uchování skleničky během zdobení, vykrajuje nebo míchání. Ideální pro fanoušky značky Bohemia Sekt.

• Velká kapsa pro všechny nezbytnosti
• Speciální držák na sektovou skleničku Bohemia Sekt
• Bezpečné uchování skleničky

Objev podobné jako Bohemia Sekt zástěra na skleničku

'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid, the acclaimed author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about your life. Long-married couple Junior and Henrietta live a quiet, solitary life on their farm, where they work at the local feed mill and raise chickens. Their lives are simple, straightforward, uncomplicated.Until everything you think you know collapses. Until the day a stranger arrives at their door with alarming news: Junior has been chosen to take an extraordinary journey, a journey across both time and distance, while Hen remains at home. Junior will be gone for years. But Hen won't be left alone.Who can you trust if you can't even trust yourself? As the time for his departure draws nearer, Junior finds himself questioning everything about his life - even whether it's really his life at all. An eerily entrancing page-turner, Foe churns with unease and suspense from the first words to its shocking finale. Perfect for fans of Humans, Westworld and Black Mirror, Foe is a book you will never forget.*** Praise for FOE *** ‘I couldn’t put it down. It infected my dreams. A creepy and brilliant book’ Zoe Whittall, author of The Best Kind of People 'The narrative is so eerie and disturbing… fuelling the reader’s unease; Reid pulls off a wonderful twist in the tail’ Guardian ‘From the opening page, you’ll have an uneasy feeling as you settle into Iain Reid’s brilliant new novel.. A masterful and breathtakingly unique read. I can’t stop thinking about it ‘ Amy Stuart, author of Still Mine and Still Water ‘Spare, consuming, unforgettable. Foe is a dark arrow from a truly original mind. Page by eerie page, Iain Reid pulls the unknown world out from under you, and leaves you trapped inside a marriage’s most haunting question: can I be replaced? This is a book that seeps into your bloodstream – and crowns Iain Reid the king of deadpan, philosophical horror’ Claudia Dey, author of Heartbreaker ‘Movie producers are simply confirming what the literary community already knows: Iain Reid just might be the most exciting and excitingly unclassifiable author working in Canadian fiction today’ - The Globe and Mail (Canada)‘Foe reads like a house on fire, and is almost impossible not to finish in one sitting...an otherworldly hothouse of introversion and fantasy’ – The Toronto Star

Objev podobné jako Foe - Iain Reid

**IAIN DALE''S LATEST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS: AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW** Praise for Iain Dale:''Riveting and enlightening. A history lesson via a novel route. '' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Really enjoying reading this book. It is easy to dip in and out and each chapter is well written.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Illuminating yet balanced'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Were the signs that Putin is a ruthless dictator there all along? How should we deal with President Xi of China? Given the world seems to be moving more and more towards authoritarian rule, this is the right moment to seek warnings, and lessons, from history. In The Dictators, Iain Dale brings together 64 essays by historians, academics, journalists and politicians about elected and unelected dictators, wartime and peacetime dictators, those driven by ideology and those with a reputation for sheer brutality. How did these tyrants, autocrats and despots seize power - and how did they exercise it? And how did they lose it? Very few dictators die peacefully in their own beds, after all. Only by examining these figures from the 6th century BC to the present, from ancient Greece to present day Saudi Arabia, do patterns start to emerge. We can see the shared character traits, the common conditions, the patterns of behaviour that have enabled dictators to seize power - time and time again. The Dictators is acutely relevant to world politics today: it is indeed a warning from history. Will we take heed? Or will history, in fact, teach us that history teaches us nothing?

Objev podobné jako The Dictators - Iain Dale

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

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

'A compelling account of a compulsory subject ... A masterpiece of compression and readability' Daniel Finkelstein'A deft, clear-eyed summary of Thatcher's life' Rory Stewart'Iain Dale introduces Margaret Thatcher to a new generation and intelligently explodes some of the myths about her' Simon HefferMargaret Thatcher was a woman of tremendous paradoxes: a conviction politician who was also a pragmatist; someone who delighted in her tough reputation, yet could also be emotional, and even tearful, when confronted by personal or national tragedy. Her reputation as a cabinet leader was one of being quasi-dictatorial, yet she left her ministers to get on with their jobs – far more than any of her successors ever have. She was known as a classical laissez faire liberal, yet she started out as a social conservative, and wasn’t averse to state intervention when she felt it was warranted. Iain Dale’s sparkling short biography of Margaret Thatcher brings her to life in all her paradoxes and contradictions, and shows how her election in 1979 really was a turning point in British history. Dubbed the ‘Iron Lady’ by the Soviets, she was one of the few recent prime ministers to burnish an international reputation, fighting the Falklands war, playing a leading role in defeating Communism and winning the Cold War, and through her battles with the European Economic Community. Domestically, she ushered in a period of forty years of consensus on the limited role of the state, an industrial relations settlement and the dominance of the private sector in the economy – a settlement that is only now being seriously questioned. A little over a decade after her death, Margaret Thatcher introduces her to new generations of readers who may not remember her premiership, but who are living with its consequences.

Objev podobné jako Margaret Thatcher - Iain Dale

Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair''s foray into one of London''s most fascinating boroughs''As detailed and as complex as a historical map, taking the reader hither and thither with no care as to which might be the most direct route''ObserverHackney, That Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair''s personal record of his north-east London home in which he has lived for forty years. It is a documentary fiction, seeking to capture the spirit of place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges. It is a message in a bottle, chucked into the flood of the future.''An explosion of literary fireworks''Peter Ackroyd, The Times''Gloriously sprawling, wonderfully congested, one of the finest books about London in recent decades''Daily Telegraph''Sinclair adopts the roles of pedestrian, pilgrim and poet, magnificently illuminating the borough''s historical and spiritual life''The Times''Remarkable, compelling, bristles with unexpected, frequently lurid life. On Sinclair''s territory there''s nobody to touch him . . . a gonzo Samuel Pepys''Sunday TimesIain Sinclair is the author of Downriver (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award); Landor''s Tower; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings; Lights Out for the Territory; Lud Heat; Rodinsky''s Room (with Rachel Lichtenstein); Radon Daughters; London Orbital, Dining on Stones, Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk. He is also the editor of London: City of Disappearances.

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**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian**A Times Political Book of the Year''An entertaining, thorough and informative canter through the characters and stories of prime ministers past.'' - New Statesman ''A wealth of enjoyable insights into three centuries of Westminster politics... It is a most elegant hardback volume, with a gilded cover that looks a little like the famous front door of No. 10 itself; the ideal Christmas gift.'' - Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman''This is a timely study of UK Prime Ministers and Iain Dale has done the subject a great service with this measured and thoughtful labour of love which offers a fascinating set of insights into the history of Britain, politics, the role of Prime Minister, and elite and establishment power... a superb guide to the times we have lived through and are living in.'' - Gerry Hassan, Scottish ReviewIt has almost been 300 years since Sir Robert Walpole arguably became the first holder of the office of Prime Minister in 1721 - an office which today is under scrutiny like never before. The Prime Ministers, edited by leading political commentator Iain Dale, brings to life all 55 of Britain''s ''First Among Equals'' with an essay for each office holder, written by key figures in British politics. From the obscure 18th-century figures like the Earl of Shelburne to 20th-century titans like Churchill and Thatcher, this book provides a much-needed reminder about their motivations, failures and achievements.

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'Deserves to stay on the bestseller lists for a long time to come' - Caitlin Moran'Brilliant' - NMEOasis were a band like bands used to be. Hard-drinking and substance abusing. If they liked you, they loved you.If they didn't, you had to be prepared for confrontation. Iain Robertson is used to tough jobs - after retiring from the Parachute Regiment, he took on jobs guarding George Harrison, Gary Moore and Johnny Rotten. But keeping Oasis on the rails after debut album Definitely Maybe ignited their rise toward global superstardom would be the toughest gig of them all.Oasis would explode into public consciousness and have the world at their feet in the wake of their epic first album and a huge world tour. Iain was side-by-side as their road manager and minder, twenty-four hours a day, eight days a week, as they took on the world and won. No one was closer.Now updated with new unpublished material ahead of the thirty year anniversary of Definitely Maybe, this story is the defining chronicle of life on tour with Oasis.

Objev podobné jako Oasis: What's The Story?: Life on tour with Liam and Noel Gallagher - Robertson Iain