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Swimming To Ithaca - Simon Mawer

On her deathbed, Dee Denham, at one time the toast of colonial Cyprus, tells her son Thomas that her illness is a punishment. Compelled by grief and a confused childhood memory of betrayal, Thomas finds himself searching for the meaning of her last words. He searches through faded photographs and love letters, seeks out survivors and examines his own imperfect recollections. A vanished world comes to life: the restless, seductive island of Cyprus at the end of Empire, a place of oleander and carob trees, cocktails at the Harbour Club and adultery in shuttered bedrooms, peopled by ghostly admirers and conspirators, lovers and spies. Dee''s story, an intimate history of violence and tenderness for which Thomas finds himself quite unprepared, gathers momentum, against, in the background, the ominous roar of approaching disaster.A vivid evocation of the past and a deft examination of the dangerous power of memory, SWIMMING TO ITHACA sets fragile human relationships against the unstoppable force of history and sheds new light on both.

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Evangelium podle Jidáše - Simon Mawer - audiokniha

Audiokniha: V lásce a ve válce je dovoleno vše: milovat i zrazovat. A platí to zjevně také o víře.Evropa přestála světovou i studenou válku a čile směřuje k miléniu, které v dějinách zatím vždycky hýbalo zatuhlými pořádky. Katolický duchovní Leo Newman už však tou dobou není zrovna zářným reprezentantem dogmat domovského Říma. Prošel si stravující láskou k vdané ženě, jež pro něj byla nedostupná nejen vzhledem k jeho kněžskému stavu, a jeho vztah k víře je nyní dost vlažný. I v médiích blízkých Vatikánu se propírá Leovo „odpadlictví“, byť jeho literární stvořitel Simon Mawer dokládá, že pro zbloudilé Marie Magdalény nacházel a pořád nachází víc křesťanské milosti než jeho biskupští představení. Ostatně vše nasvědčuje tomu, že i sama Církev svatá tuší, komu by bylo vhodné svěřit jisté značně ošemetné vědecké poslání.Když je Leo jakožto specialista na starořečtinu povolán přezkoumat jazykovou pravost části papyrů z En-Moru u Mrtvého moře, pocházejících nejspíš z prvního století našeho letopočtu, učiní ohromující objev. Coby páté a nejstarší evangelium o Ježíšově životě je zřejmě sepsal odpadlík z apoštolské družiny – Jidáš Iškariotský, jenž svého učitele před ukřižováním zradil. Zejména náhled na Kristovo zmrtvýchvstání, zahrnutý do svitků, by otřásl přesvědčením stovek milionů věřících. A tak hrdina stojí ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Anatomie rodu - Simon Mawer - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Nikdo není jen zápis v matriční kolonce. Jako tvorové z masa a kostí cítíme, že s dějinami, které nás tam vmáčkly, je cosi v nepořádku… Literární světoběžník, jehož nadšení děním v zemi uprostřed Evropy okouzlilo i naše čtenáře, se v románové novince zasazené do nejtužší éry viktoriánské Anglie zdánlivě obrací proti všemu, co zatím napsal. A přece je to nezaměnitelně on. Simon Mawer sloučil suchopárné záznamy obecních matrik i vzácné snímky z ohmataných rodinných fotoalb do elegie o tom, co biologové jako on obvykle pojmenovávají takto: inteligence každého organismu souvisí přímo úměrně s jeho schopností přizpůsobit se nepřátelským životním podmínkám. A dokládá to na osudech prapředků v genealogickém směru „po meči“ i „po přeslici“. Ať už tedy v jeho uhrančivém převyprávění sledujeme dickensovský zápal sirotka, jenž tolik toužil plavit se po mořích, trauma švadlenky, co ve víru velkoměsta otěhotněla s hejskem, anebo drama rodiny mladého vojáka z povolání, kterou rozdělila britská účast v bojích krymské války, výsledkem je to, že jejich nejbližší jsou nuceni protloukat se pouze díky blahosklonnosti elit hledících na ně spatra. Spisovatelovo pátrání v uzlových bodech vlastního rodokmenu ukazuje mezní situace žen-matek, jež byly v tehdejších poměrech přinuceny být samoživitelkami a bez pomoci mužů řešit dennodenní ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Fall - Simon Mawer

Rob and Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together and become top climbers, but have since become estranged. Rob is nevertheless amazed and grief-stricken when he hears of Jamie''s death after a fall on a relatively easy Welsh rockface. The past, though, hides the secret clues behind the tragedy. Layer by layer Simon Mawer peels back what happened, going not only into the friends'' childhoods but that of their parents - who were also intimate. And there is no escaping that past - vividly imagined scenes in the London of the Blitz reveal how through two generations Rob and Jamie and their respective parents have been addicted - to desire and the heady dangers of climbing. Brilliantly structured as we move from past to present and back again, this novel will make Simon Mawer''s literary reputation.

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Anatomie rodu - Simon Mawer

V kronikách najdeme data, v muzeích předměty. Kde jsou ale skutečné emoce? Simon Mawer je hledá v příbězích. Z kusých informací o svých předcích vytvořil strhující románovou mozaiku a dal hlas obyčejným lidem 19. století: sirotkovi ze Suffolku, který touží vyplout na moře, švadlence snící o novém životě v Londýně, vojákovi, který si před vypuknutím krymské války bere svou vyvolenou. Dějiny v Mawerově podání nejsou šedým monolitem, ale pestrou vitráží, díky níž můžeme uvidět vlastní život v novém světle.

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Ancestry - Simon Mawer

LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION''Utterly absorbing, cleverly constructed and beautifully written'' The Times''Moving and exhilarating'' Spectator''Evokes the messiness and fragility of everyday life in the nineteenth century'' Daily MailAlmost two hundred years ago, Abraham, an illiterate urchin, scavenges on a Suffolk beach and dreams of running away to sea ... Naomi, a seventeen-year-old seamstress, imagines a new life in the big city ... George, a private soldier of the 50th Regiment of Food, marries his Irish bride, Annie, in the cathedral in Manchester and together they face married life under arms. Now these people exist only in the bare bones of registers and census lists but they were once real enough.Simon Mawer puts flesh on our ancestors'' bones to bring them to life and give them voice. There is birth and death; there is love, both open and legal but also hidden and illicit. Yet the thread that connects these disparate figures is something that they cannot have known - the unbreakable bond of family.

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Ancestry - Simon Mawer

The past is another country and we are all its exiles. Banished forever, we look back in fascination and wonder at this mysterious land. Who were the people who populated it?Almost two hundred years ago, Abraham, an illiterate urchin, scavenges on a Suffolk beach and dreams of running away to sea... Naomi, a seventeen-year-old seamstress, sits primly in a second class carriage on the train from Sussex to London and imagines a new life in the big city... George, a private soldier of the 50th Regiment of Foot, marries his Irish bride, Annie, in the cathedral in Manchester and together they face married life under arms. Now these people exist only in the bare bones of registers and census lists but they were once real enough. They lived, loved, felt joy and fear, and ultimately died. But who were they? And what indissoluble thread binds them together?Simon Mawer's compelling and original novel puts flesh on our ancestors' bones to bring them to life and give them voice. He has created stories that are gripping and heart-breaking, from the squalor and vitality of Dickensian London to the excitement of seafaring in the last days of sail and the horror of the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Of Spaces and Ideas: The Novels of Jim Crace and Simon Mawer - Petr Chalupský

This monograph provides a deeper insight into the work of two contemporary British novelists, Jim Crace and Simon Mawer, with a particular emphasis on their spatial sensibility as one of the defining elements of their poetics. Drawing on a range of literary-theoretical approaches to space, the study analyses selected novels by the two writers to demonstrate the ways in which they render space and place and, above all, the ways in which their spatial representations allow them to express the key ideas behind their stories, namely those of identity, history, and the relationship between an individual and the environment in which they live.

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The Girl Who Fell From The Sky - Simon Mawer

An ''utterly gripping'' tale of love and espionage in Occupied France by the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Glass Room (Daily Mail)Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a diplomat, brought up on the shores of Lake Geneva and in England, half French, half British, naive yet too clever for her own good. But when she is recruited from her desk job by SOE, the Special Operations Executive, to go undercover in wartime France, it seems her hybrid status - and fluent French - will be of service to a greater, more dangerous cause.Trained in sabotage, dead-drops, how to perform under interrogation and how to kill, Marian parachutes into south-west France, her official mission to act as a Resistance courier. But her real destination is Paris, where she must seek out family friend Clément Pelletier, once the focus of her adolescent desires. A nuclear physicist engaged in the race for a new and terrifying weapon, he is of urgent significance to her superiors. As she struggles through the strange, lethal landscape of the Occupation towards this reunion, what completes her training is the understanding that war changes everything, and neither love nor fatherland may be trusted.''There are ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Horrid Henry Early Reader: Horrid Henry's Swimming Lesson - Francesca Simon

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.Armbands at the ready as Henry causes chaos in a mischievous bid to escape his dreaded swimming lesson with Soggy Sid.A hilarious and horrid Early Reader from bestelling author Francesca Simon, and illustrator Tony Ross.

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Mendelův trpaslík - Simon Mawer

Mendelův trpaslík vypráví příběh vědce, který zasvětil svůj život studiu genetické poruchy, jež těžce poznamenala jeho samotného. Benedict Lambert, který dokáže nahlížet vlastní osud se svérázným humorem i sebeironií, přitom neřeší pouze náročný vědecký úkol. Jako vědec i jako člověk se musí vyrovnat také se zásadními etickými otázkami: Smíme ve snaze dosáhnout osobního štěstí manipulovat se životy jiných? Se samotným osudem? A jakou cenu za to můžeme zaplatit? Paralelu k příběhu Benedicta Lamberta vytváří v románu životní osud jeho vzdáleného příbuzného, slavného genetika Gregora Mendela. Také v této Mawerově próze se tedy – podobně jako v již zmíněném Skleněném pokoji – objevuje i řada českých, respektive moravských reálií.

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Provazochodkyně - Simon Mawer - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Pokračování audioknihy Dívka, která spadla z nebe. Marian Sutrová, jedna z mála přeživších agentů Velitelství zvláštních operací, čelila zatčení, brutálním výslechům i hrůzám pobytu v koncentračním táboře Ravensbrück. Na jaře roku 1945 se vrací do Anglie, kterou sotva poznává, učí se žít v poválečné realitě, jíž nerozumí, a hledá záchytný bod, s jehož pomocí by mohla začít budovat svůj nový život. Ačkoli se ji snaží podpořit rodina i nová známost, nepřestávají ji pronásledovat vzpomínky na strašlivé a intenzivní zážitky. Nedokáže v sobě potlačit ani touhu po dobrodružství. Když ji její bývalý řídící důstojník láká zpět do temného světa špionáže, těžko odolává. Dostává se do tíživého soukolí politiky studené války a nakonec je nucena riskovat všechno - aby ochránila ty, které miluje, aby pomohla věci, které věří, a aby dokázala najít smysl vlastní existence v novém světě. A to ještě netuší, že získala mladého obdivovatele, který její dráhu bedlivě sleduje...

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Prague Spring - Simon Mawer

''Prague Spring is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of the city as well as a political and historical thriller with dashes of espionage. It is as brilliant as anything he has written, which is saying a lot'' The TimesIt''s the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek''s ''socialism with a human face'' is smiling on the world.Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man''s passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Konecková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain.Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Gospel Of Judas - Simon Mawer

Amongst the ancient papyri of the Dead Sea, a remarkable scroll is discovered. Written in the first century AD, it purports to be the true account of the life of Jesus, as told by Youdas the sicarios - Judas Iscariot: the missing Gospel of Judas. If authentic, it will be one of the most incendiary documents in the history of humankind. The task of proving - or disproving - its validity falls to Father Leo Newman, one of the world's leading experts in Koine, the demotic Greek of the Roman Empire, and a man the newspapers like to call a 'renegade priest'. But as Leo absorbs himself in Judas' testimony, the stories of his own life haunt him. The story of his forbidden yet irresistible love for a married woman. The story of his mother's passionate and tragic affair amidst the war-time ruins of Rome. They are stories of love and betrayal that may threaten his faith just as deeply as the Gospel of Judas...With a dramatic narrative that spans from the Europe of the Second World War to Jerusalem two thousand years after Jesus' birth, THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS is a compelling and erudite thriller.

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Mendelův trpaslík (poškozená) - Simon Mawer

Mendelův trpaslík vypráví příběh vědce, který zasvětil svůj život studiu genetické poruchy, jež těžce poznamenala jeho samotného. Benedict Lambert, který dokáže nahlížet vlastní osud se svérázným humorem i sebeironií, přitom neřeší pouze náročný vědecký úkol. Jako vědec i jako člověk se musí vyrovnat také se zásadními etickými otázkami: Smíme ve snaze dosáhnout osobního štěstí manipulovat se životy jiných? Se samotným osudem? A jakou cenu za to můžeme zaplatit? Paralelu k příběhu Benedicta Lamberta vytváří v románu životní osud jeho vzdáleného příbuzného, slavného genetika Gregora Mendela. Také v této Mawerově próze se tedy – podobně jako v již zmíněném Skleněném pokoji – objevuje i řada českých, respektive moravských reálií.

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Ithaca Forever - Luigi Malerba

After twenty years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, but instead of receiving the homecoming he had hoped for finds himself caught in an intense battle of wills with his faithful and long-suffering wife Penelope. When Penelope recognizes him under the guise of a beggar, she becomes furious with him for not trusting her enough to include her in his plans for ridding the palace of the Suitors. As a result, she plays her own game of fictions to make him suffer for this lack of faith, inspiring jealousy, self-doubt, and misgivings in her husband, the legendary Homeric hero.  In this captivating retelling of the Odyssey, Penelope rises as a major force with whom to be reckoned. Shifting between first-person reflections, Ithaca Forever reveals the deeply personal and powerful perspectives of both wife and husband as they struggle for respect and supremacy within a marriage that has been on hold for twenty years. Translated by PEN award-winner Douglas Grant Heise, Luigi Malerba’s novel gives us a remarkable version of this greatest work of western literature: Odysseus as a man full of doubts and Penelope as a woman of great depth and strength.

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Courage to Soar - Simone Biles

In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the world—and how you too can overcome challenges in your life.Simone Biles’ entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, along with drive to succeed no matter the obstacle, are what brought her to the national spotlight during the Olympic Games and have catapulted her ever since—including 25 World Championship medals. But there is more to Simone than her accomplishments.In this book Simone shares:how she has relied on her faith and family to stay focused and positivethe ways she’s continued competing at the highest level and having fun doing what she lovesa behind-the-scenes looks at gymnastics events, including the Olympicsthe events and challenges that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic teamAlong the way, Simone shares the details of her inspiring personal story—one filled with daily acts of courage that led her, and can lead you, to even ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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She Came to Stay - Simone de Beauvoirová

Written as an act of revenge against the 17 year-old who came between her and Jean-Paul Sartre, She Came to Stay is Simone de Beauvoir’s first novel – a lacerating study of a young, naive couple in love and the usurping woman who comes between them.‘It is impossible to talk about faithfulness and unfaithfulness where we are oncerned. You and I are simply one. Neither of us can be described without the other.’It was unthinkable that Pierre and Francoise should ever tire of each other. And yet, both talented and restless, they constantly feel the need for new sensations, new people. Because of this they bring the young, beautiful and irresponsible Xavière into their life who, determined to take Pierre for herself, drives a wedge between them, with unforeseeable, disastrous consequences…Published in 1943, ''She Came to Stay'' is Simone de Beauvoir''s first novel. Written as an act of revenge against the woman who nearly destroyed her now legendary, unorthodox relationship with the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, it fictionalises the events of 1935, when Sartre became infatuated with seventeen-year old Olga Bost, a pupil and devotee of de Beauvoir''s.Passionately eloquent, coolly and devastatingly ironic, ''She Came to Stay'' is one of the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Conversations with Neil Simon

Neil Simon (1927-2018) began as a writer for some of the leading comedians of the day--including Jackie Gleason, Red Buttons, Phil Silvers, and Jerry Lewis--and he wrote for fabled television programs alongside a group of writers that included Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, Michael Stewart, and Sid Caesar. After television, Simon embarked on a playwriting career. In the next four decades he saw twenty-eight of his plays and five musicals produced on Broadway. Thirteen of those plays and three of the musicals ran for more than five hundred performances. He was even more widely known for his screenplays--some twenty-five in all.Yet, despite this success, it was not until his BB Trilogy--Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound--that critics and scholars began to take Simon seriously as a literary figure. This change in perspective culminated in 1991 when his play Lost in Yonkers won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.In the twenty-two interviews included in Conversations with Neil Simon, Simon talks candidly about what it was like to write commercially successful plays that were dismissed by critics and scholars. He also speaks at length about the differences between writing for television, for the stage, and for film. He speaks openly ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Pain Project - Kara Stanley, Simon Paradis

“The Pain Project is ironically full of pleasure: on every page is another generous, original insight into this most intimate human subject.”—NAOMI KLEIN, author of Doppelganger“The Pain Project is a beautiful, humane, thoughtful inquiry into the challenge of living with chronic pain and how Stanley and Paradis navigate its impact on their lives. This is a tough subject but a joyful book; it takes on a daunting topic with heart and humor and determination. It’s wonderful.”—SUSAN ORLEAN, author of The Orchid Thief and The Library BookTen years after her husband’s catastrophic injury, author Kara Stanley embarks with him on a journey to understand his chronic pain and find pathways into joy and relief.Kara and her husband, Simon, are at a desperate crossroads. In 2008, Simon fell off a scaffold, causing severe injuries to his brain and spinal cord. He made a remarkable recovery, eventually adjusting to life in a wheelchair and returning to his career as a musician, but he continues to suffer from debilitating pain that is beginning to strip away his selfhood.On the ten-year anniversary of the accident, Kara and Simon decide to confront Simon’s pain head-on by committing to a personal experiment. For one year, they will ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Beginner's Guide to Dying - Boas Simon

In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer – it had been caught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live – optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising what really matters in life. In A Beginner’s Guide to Dying Simon considers and collates the things that have given him such a great sense of peace and contentment, and why dying at 46 really isn’t so bad.And for that reason it’s also only partly about ‘dying’. It is mostly a hymn to the joy and preciousness of life, and why giving death a place can help all of us make even more of it.

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Beginner's Guide to Dying - Boas Simon

In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer – it had been caught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live – optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising what really matters in life. In A Beginner’s Guide to Dying Simon considers and collates the things that have given him such a great sense of peace and contentment, and why dying at 46 really isn’t so bad. And for that reason it’s also only partly about ‘dying’. It is mostly a hymn to the joy and preciousness of life, and why giving death a place can help all of us make even more of it.

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Simon Sort of Says - Erin Bow

NEWBERY HONOR AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR • FINALIST FOR THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST MIDDLE GRADE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR“Funny, poignant and—most important—hopeful.” —New York TimesSimon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he’d do anything to forget: the one starring Simon as a famous survivor of gun violence at school.Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of talking about Simon, the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life in space. And when Simon makes a friend who’s determined to give the scientists what they’re looking for, he’ll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell. Simon Sort of Says, the Newbery Honor-winning novel by Erin Bow, is a breathtaking testament to the lasting echoes of trauma, the redemptive power of humor, and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Riding Out - Simon Parker

"A truly inspiring journey that celebrates the healing power of adventure. A must-read." - Levison Wood "Wonderfully relatable on so many levels. Simon''s wanderlust, mental roller coaster and reactions to a fast-changing world had me enthralled in his journey, but very much reflecting on my own over the past few years. A brilliantly crafted book which holds a mirror up to the world we live in." - Mark Beaumont "Simon''s cycle ride around his own country is a fine demonstration that adventure and transformation begins on your own doorstep." - Alastair Humphreys The remarkable and inspirational true story of how one man battled grief and anxiety, one pedal stroke at a time, on a 3,500-mile adventure around Britain In March 2020, as Britain entered its first lockdown, Simon Parker''s life fell apart; his travel journalism career vanished overnight and shortly afterwards he received the tragic news that a close friend had died. With a long-suppressed anxiety disorder starting to rear its head, he turned to the only therapies he knew and trusted: travel and exercise. Setting off on his bike from the northernmost point of Shetland with only a sleeping bag and a camping stove, Simon would end up cycling ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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ECG VT 4420 3in1 Simon tyčový bezsáčkový vysavač

Tyčový vysavač ECG VT 4420 3in1 Simon kombinuje funkce tyčového vysavače, ručního vysavače a mopu s vodní nádržkou. Je poháněn výkonnou Li-Ion baterií s dobou úklidu až 60 minut a využívá cyklónovou filtraci s omyvatelným filtrem. Součástí balení je motorizovaný kartáč, příslušenství pro všechny funkce a praktické prvky jako LED osvětlení.

  • 3v1 funkce: tyčový vysavač, ruční vysavač a funkce mopu s odnímatelnou vodní nádržkou
  • Dlouhá výdrž díky Li-Ion baterii s dobou úklidu až 60 minut na jedno nabití
  • Efektivní cyklónová filtrace s omyvatelným filtrem a bezsáčkovým systémem
  • Praktické vybavení včetně motorizovaného kartáče, LED osvětlení a sklopného držadla

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Pouštní pták (na útesech rocků) - Josef Šimon - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Z komentáře Vladimíra Justla k původnímu LP albu 1118 4193 "Josef Šimon Pouštní pták (na útesech rocků)" vydaného v roce 1987 v Supraphonu a nyní vycházejícímu poprvé digitálně: Řekneme-li básníci jazzové inspirace, vybaví se nám celá plejáda jmen autorů několika generací různých národů, nejčastěji američtí a angličtí beatníci, sovětští básníci z generace Vozněsenského, z našich především "bluesový" Josef Kainar a "ragtimový" Václav Hrabě. Básníci rockové inspirace není ještě zavedený pojem, a přece už je u nás autor, jemuž toto označení (nebudeme-li je považovat za vyčerpávající) patří plným právem. Je to JOSEF ŠIMON (nar. 1948), který vydal dosud pět sbírek básní: Snídaně v automatu (1976), Asfaltoví holubi (1978), Český den (1979), Pouštní pták (1981), "Ať člověk". Melancholická kytara (1982). Šestá knížka s názvem Vyvolávač by měla vyjít ve stejné době jako tato gramofonová deska...Stejně "totálně" jako svět a ženu chápe Šimon i umění. Je mu celistvým postojem ke skutečnosti, jeho zdrojem je rozum i cit. Stejně tak slovo: je mu nejen slovem psaným, mluveným či zpívaným, ale především prostředkem tvorby. Šimon je alergický na slova "skleníková", touží po ztotožnění, po osobní výpovědi. Proto ho láká hovořit své verše a docela je i zpívat. Je v tom i odmítání cizích mystifikací ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Ghosts: Brought to Life - Simon Farnaby, Ben Willbond, Mat Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Laurence Rickard, Jim Howick

Calling all Ghosts fans! This is the ultimate celebratory gift book for all of you in desperate need of another Ghosts fix, complete with in-depth interviews with the actors, the directors and the crew, a behind-the-curtain peek at what happened on the film set, scenes that were left on the cutting-room floor, bloopers, episode guides and character profiles, and much, much more.Collated and written by the show''s beloved creators-actors-writers - Mat Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond - this is a hilarious and amazing profusion of stories, memories and secrets that will help fill that Ghosts-shaped hole. From understanding how the ghosts walked through walls to discovering how long it took to do Robin''s make-up, and from learning who stole what from the set to reliving favourite moments, Ghosts: Brought to Life is a treasure-trove of fascinating insight into the makings of this comedy legend, a series that brought families together and touched people''s lives.

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Stop Lying to Yourself - Simon Gilham

These are the hard truths no one will tell you, but what you most need to hear.THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWherever you are in your life, if you do not feel like the happiest, most honest version of yourself, this book is for you. Stop making excuses for your partner’s behaviour, stop ignoring the ways your friend lets you down, stop selling yourself short at work. Start living a life that makes you happy.Simon Gilham has built a dedicated community of over 9 million people worldwide through his videos that tell you what you need to hear, even if it’s not what you want to hear. In Stop Lying to Yourself, for the first time, he brings all his most sought-after advice together with completely new quotes, prompts and practical self-help steps to create a straight-talking, inspirational handbook for us all.Read in one sitting or dip in and out, this book might sometimes feel challenging, but it will always feel empowering, so that you can finally make the positive change you deserve, today.Sunday Times Bestseller August 2024

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Trails to Freedom - Simon Tancred

Trails to Freedom is the story of a solo hike across the Alps that brings to life the fascinating, largely unknown history of the Anzac POWs who escaped Fascist Italy to find safety in neutral Switzerland during WWII. In October 1943, four Australian soldiers left Biella in the foothills of the Alps in northern Turin, fleeing Italy's Nazi–Fascist regime. They spoke no Italian, and they had scant clothing and no food. With the help of local partisans, who offered support at great risk to themselves and their families, the soldiers crossed into neutral Switzerland eight days later. They were four of more than 500 Anzac POWs who followed the sentieri della libertá, the trails to freedom. Decades later, author Simon Tancred embarks on a modern-day pilgrimage along the same route. With every step he takes, history rises to meet him: the stories of the four escapees, the Italian anti-fascists who helped them and the Anzac soldiers who didn't make it. He remembers, too, his uncle John, a POW who perished in the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Along the way, he passes through some of the most spectacular and challenging terrain in Europe.

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Death to Order - Simon Ball

A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin Laden  Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Leon Trotsky, Reinhard Heydrich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Osama bin Laden, Qasem Soleimani: assassination—the murder of a specific individual by an organised conspiracy in pursuit of political ends—has rarely failed to grip the imagination.  In this incisive new history, Simon Ball shows how targeted political murder has become a tool of democratic states but also a key strategy of those who wish to topple them. Ball introduces us to the techniques of assassination and those who wield them, as well as the security regimes that have developed to prevent this violent practice. From the First World War and the age of empire to terrorism and the development of pilotless drones, Death to Order places assassination at the heart of modern political history—and shows how it continues to impact our world.

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A Good Day to Die - Simon Kernick

An enthralling and visceral thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK''s answer to Harlan Coben.''Kernick has produced a first-rate series of contemporary hard-boiled London thrillers, with ... a sympathetic character in Milne.'' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH''A knuckle-clenching ride.'' - THE GUARDIAN''Kernick is excellent at capturing the mean streets where crack deals go down and tourists don''t linger.'' - DAILY MAIL''Kernick provides fast and furious storytelling with good, original fights and lots of blood.'' - INDEPENDENT********************************************************YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN''T HIDE.Ex-cop Dennis Milne is intent on revenge.His best friend has been brutally executed, and Milne wants to know who did it - and why.But London is a dangerous place, especially for a man like Milne.Because although his former colleagues don''t know he''s back in town, it soon becomes clear there are people who do. And that they''ll stop at nothing to get him out of the way.From the beaches of the Philippines to the mean streets of London, a hunt for justice becomes a terrifying battle for survival...

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The Song of Simon de Montfort - Sophie Therese Ambler

''Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.'' – Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets and The TemplarsIt was around half-past eight in the morning, with summer rainclouds weighing heavy in the sky, that Simon de Montfort decided to die. It was 4 August 1265 and he was about to face the royal army in the final battle of a quarrel that had raged between them for years. Outnumbered, outmanoeuvred and certain to lose, Simon chose to fight, knowing that he could not possibly win the day. The Song of Simon de Montfort is the story of this extraordinary man: heir to a great warrior, devoted husband and father, fearless crusader knight and charismatic leader. It is the story of a man whose passion for good governance was so fierce that, in 1258, frustrated by the King’s refusal to take the advice of his nobles and the increasing injustice meted out to his subjects, he marched on Henry III’s hall at Westminster and seized the reins of power. Montfort established a council to rule in the King’s name, overturning the social order in a way that would not be seen ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Swimming to the Moon - Jane Elson

'Just call me Bee. Please, please call me that. If you call me Beatrix Daffodil Tulip Chrysanthemum Rose Edwards I shan't answer you. I am not being rude or unfriendly, or insolent as Mrs Dixon my teacher calls me. I just don't like my name. Well, would you?' Bee stumbles through life in her stripy socks with her head in the clouds, doing her very best to keep out of the way of her bickering parents and avoid bendy tap dancing Crystal Kelly - who makes her life a misery. But when Crystal double-dares her to volunteer for a sponsored swim in honour of her great grandmother Beatrix's memory, Bee can't back down. Even though she is terrified of water and cannot swim! Then new boy Moon-Star gallops to Bee's rescue on his horse and takes her to meet Old Alice, a Traveller who lives in a beautiful painted wagon. As Bee enters this new world, her life is changed for ever. Finally she has an ally. Down by the promise tree the new friends make a pact - Moon Star will teach Bee to swim if Bee will teach him to read. They spit on their hands and shake ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Karlie Simon's Cat Škrabadlo pro kočky, 40 x 40 x 60 cm

Škrabadlo Simon's Cat o rozměrech 40 x 40 x 60 cm poskytuje kočkám povrch pro škrabání a ostření drápků. Pevná základna je potažena měkkým plyšem a sloupek je vyroben ze sisalu. Součástí je visící míček na pružném provázku pro zábavu.

  • Robustní konstrukce s pevnou základnou pro stabilitu
  • Měkký plyš na základně a sisalový sloupek pro škrabání
  • Zábavný visící míček na pružném provázku pro hru

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I Really Want to Help - Simon Philip

From Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted duo, Simon Philip and Lucia Gaggiotti, comes a Christmas caper with the beloved heroine of the I Really Want series. It's Christmas time again!

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Aký máte sen? - Simon Squibb

Aký máte sen? Jednoduchá otázka, o ktorej však hlbšie uvažuje len málokto.Od detstva nás učia, že v živote sa dostaneme d’alej iba jediným spôsobom – ak sa budemedobre učit’, ak získame slušne platenú prácu a ak sa za každú cenu vyhneme zlyhaniu. Takvel’mi nás zamestnáva dodržiavanie týchto pravidiel, že si nikdy nepoložíme otázku: Aké je moje poslanie?Čo naozaj chcem robit’?Dokážem to zrealizovat’? Simon Squibb, podnikateľ, ktorý v pätnástich začínal od nuly a bez strechy nad hlavou, sa zavyše dvadsať rokov pôsobenia v podnikateľskej sfére rozhodol podporovať ľudí v tom, abyvykročili za svojím snom. Začal oslovovať ľudí na ulici s otázkou, aký majú sen, a ak bolzmysluplný a začínajúci podnikateľ mal reálny plán a najmä skutočné zanietenie na rozbehnutiesvojej firmy, pomáhal mu nielen dobrými radami, ale často aj finančným príspevkom aleboako investor.Táto kniha však nie je len pre začínajúcich podnikateľov. Simon Squibb dáva skvelé rady ajzabehnutým podnikateľom, ako rozširovať podnikanie, ako prijímať tých správnych ľudí azbavovať sa tých, ktorí nemajú rovnaký cieľ ako firma, v ktorej pracujú, ako prekonať ťažkosti,no aj ako svoje podnikanie efektívne ukončiť.

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All Points North - Armitage Simon

''A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in its mad glory'' Sue Townsend, Sunday Times_____________________________________All Points North is part-memoir and part-excursion. Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer''s formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - Simon Armitage explores growing up and being Northern. It''s about humour, language, writing, film, houses, homes, time wasters, one loose tyre, you, me and all points in-between._____________________________________''Laugh-out-loud funny'' Independent''A delight'' Jonathan Raban, Times Literary Supplement ''A perfect holiday dipper'' Scotsman''An Alan Bennett-style diary'' Daily Telegraph

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Jump! - Simon May

Do you repeatedly defer life to later, convinced there will come a time when you''ll be better prepared to seize its opportunities?Do you spend your best hours on chores or trivia before allowing yourself to get to what most matters to you? The real mystery of procrastination is why we avoid goals to which we''re passionately committed. It''s understandable that we''d put off cleaning the fridge or completing our tax return; but why do we swerve a loved one, a vocation, a hobby, or a new life that feels supremely meaningful to us? Simon May argues that the almost universal consensus around overcoming procrastination - setting priorities and optimizing time management: working "smarter not harder" - might work for the boring things but is of little use when it comes to treasured goals that we''re avoiding. Jump! proposes seven radically new ways in which we can overcome this life-sabotaging procrastination. May claims that, for all their pain, the regret and boredom created by procrastination can shine the brightest light on our top priorities, either reaffirming our commitment to them or teaching us that we''re on the wrong path. This is the unexpected blessing of procrastination: that it offers hope of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Night Train to Murder - Simon R. Green

When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle on the late-night train to Bath, Ishmael Jones is faced with his most puzzling case to date.When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis GregsonÂ’s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. IshmaelÂ’s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape? When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve a seemingly impossible crime before the train reaches its destination.

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Southdown Buses in Preservation - Simon Stanford

Southdown Motor Services was formed in 1915 and went on to become the well-known and highly respected operator of green-and-cream buses and coaches seen along the south coast of Sussex and Hampshire. Fast forward to today and there are over a hundred former Southdown buses and coaches surviving in preservation. This is quite remarkable, and possibly represents the highest number of preserved single-operator vehicles outside of London. Most of the examples have been restored to a very high standard, with some licensed to carry passengers for hire and see service on a regular basis. Others attend rallies and shows for us all to enjoy and rekindle those memories from the past. Some not so fortunate vehicles languish in storage awaiting restoration or have been dismantled to provide parts allowing sister vehicles to survive.Simon Stanford presents a vivid collection of images of Southdown buses and coaches that have been lovingly restored and preserved, including a small number from other operators such as Brighton Hove & District, some of their fleet passing to Southdown in 1969.

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Learn to Burn - Simon Easton

This easy-to-learn introduction to the art of pyrography offers fourteen step-by-step projects for making decorative gifts--from coasters and picture frames to bangles, decorative plates, and door hangers--illustrated with clear how-to photographs. Each pyro project can be completed using ready-made materials that are easy to find at your local craft store. Fifty bonus patterns will allow you to unleash your creativity on hundreds of additional woodburning projects.

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Time to Hunt - Simon Gervais

In the latest addition to the acclaimed Pierce Hunt series, Hunt races across Europe to stop an ever-changing threat to national security before itÂ’s too late to save his country or his friends.When the CIA calls on former Army Ranger Pierce Hunt to find a missing operative and friend, the last thing he wants to do is leave the peace of home and family behind. But thereÂ’s more to this mission than meets the eye, and Hunt knows he has no choice but to risk everything to save his friend and protect his country.HuntÂ’s target is Jorge Ramirez, who allegedly has information that poses a threat to the national security of the United States. As Hunt tracks Ramirez in Switzerland, he learns that someone close to his operation has betrayed the CIA. His team is attacked, and not everyone makes it out alive.Facing betrayal on an international scale, Hunt doesnÂ’t know who to trust. The rules of engagement have changed, and the body count is rising. Will he find out the truth in time, or will this be HuntÂ’s final mission?

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Survival, Revival and Moral Revolution - Simon Williams

Captured by Napoleon’s forces off the coast at Brighton in the year of Trafalgar, the fourteen year old Scot, Alexander Stewart, survived ten years in often appalling conditions in French prisons. He stood up to the bullies, taught himself French and discovered Voltaire. He made four attempts to escape before returning to England where he became an inspirational Congregational minister, who played a full part in the Evangelical revival. The Nonconformists returned from the margins of society to help transform the political and moral landscape of the nation. In two seismic years, the landed classes lost their virtual monopoly of power and slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Spearheaded by preachers such as Stewart and educators such as the Anglican Thomas Arnold, the political nation underwent a moral revolution, asking the question of what ought we to do rather than what do we want to do.Simon Williams, is the great-great-grandson of Alexander Stewart. He has drawn on the manuscript written by Stewart for his children to provide an exciting, new perspective on nineteenth century British history.

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Watch_dogs: Return to Rocinha - Simon Kansara

Based on the hit-video game of the same name, a young hacker in Rio makes her stand against the corruption in her home!Sauda, a young hacker from the Rochinha favela in Rio, returns years later to the neighborhood she grew up in to discover her little brother has fallen under the influence of the local gangs. Determined to bring him out, Sauda discovers that drug trafficking is just the tip of the iceberg for the corruption consuming her hometown.

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A Time to Lie - Simon Berthon

An explosive, fast-paced espionage thriller for fans of Frank Gardner and Mick Herron.‘Dark and twisted, A Time to Lie is a tense and timely novel’ Adam HamdyA pulse-pounding thrill-ride’ Chris WhitakerA LONG-BURIED BODY.On the morning of the Tory Party conference, the bones of a young woman’s hand are discovered in a London building site.A DIVISIVE PRIME MINISTER. Prime Minister Robin Sandford is accused of killer her. With his career on the brink of ruin, he enlists the unofficial help of MI5. A decision which leads him into a new world of espionage, mass executions and murder.A PLOT TO BRING HIM DOWN…The deeper he goes, the more treacherous the game becomes. And if he fails to expose the truth, the whole country will pay the price…‘A pulse-pounding thrill-ride’ Chris Whitaker‘Dark and twisted, a tense and timely novel’ Adam Hamdy‘Masterful … I was completely absorbed’ Daily Record‘Brims with tension’ Sunday Post

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I Really Want to Shout - Simon Philip

Sometimes I find it really tough to make sure I'm not in a huff because there's simply so much stuff that makes me want to yell. We all get angry once in a while, but it can be hard to know what to do when we feel this way. The determined heroine of I Really want the Cake is back with a new connundrum.

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Himalayas Bottom to Top - Simon Chapman

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelTake a look at the Himalayan mountain range – from the jungle valleys at the bottom right up to the icy peaks at the very top. Find out about the climate, the vegetation and the wildlife and how people live their lives at each level.Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.Text type – An information book.The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.The glossary and index can be used to develop children''s information retrieval skills further.Curriculum links: Geography

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Big Questions from Little Learners: Why do I have to go to bed? - Simon Couchman

Text in Arabic. Is there always an endless question of (why?) in your little one''s heads, now, satisfy the children''s desire for knowledge and work together to find answers to their questions and look at the interesting knowledge hidden in these pages! Hop in and find out why you need to go to bed!

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Další prevít? Jen to ne! - Simon Brett

Třetí část úspěšné série nahlížející z nezvyklého úhlu rodičovské starosti s batoletem. Malý prevít, který v předchozích dílech šikanoval a zcela zotročil své rodiče a domácí kočku, musí čelit nové výzvě, jež ohrožuje jeho dosud výsadní postavení: nyní proti němu nestojí jen On a Ona, ale také nový sourozenec. Jak se náš malý hrdina vyrovná s novými protivenstvími? Nepochybně jako pravý prevít! Někdo bude škaredě litovat, ale to už bude pozdě!

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I Really Want to Win - Simon Philip

And as I know that I'll be great, I've planned how I will celebrate - because I'm going to win. Our heroine is determined that she's going to win all the events at school sports day. She doesn't win the running race or the tug of war - and she can't even win a game of hide-and-seek.

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