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The Innocence of Father Brown - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Originally published in 1911, The Innocence of Father Brown is the first of five official collections of short stories focused on the crime-solving Roman Catholic.He is an endearing character often compared to another famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.Father Brown is a devout Roman Catholic priest who has a penchant for detective work. He first appears in the short story, “The Blue Cross,” which was previously published in 1910 in the Saturday Evening Post. Father Brown stumbles across unusual cases that require his distinct reasoning and deduction skills. He’s often described as a short man with a stocky figure who can see into the heart of evil. His first outing, The Innocence of Father Brown, features 12 stories including “The Hammer of God,” “The Invisible Man” and "The Sins of Prince Saradine." The Innocence of Father Brown is the inaugural edition of G.K. Chesterton’s delightful detective series. It consists of many famous cases and characters including frequent collaborator, Hercule Flambeau. This book is a great introduction to these delightful stories that are fueled by heart and humanity.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Napoleon of Notting Hill - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

London, 1984. England has given up on democracy and selects its rulers by lottery. This time it is the turn of clerk Auberon Quin, a prankster who decrees that each borough of London become an independent mediaeval state, complete with costumes and coats of arms. The citizens bear his joke with varying levels of patience – until Adam Wayne, the intractable Provost of Notting Hill, sword in hand, takes the game far too seriously.First published in 1904, G. K. Chesterton''s deliriously eccentric debut novel is a wild, topsy-turvy satire on a land ruled by fools.

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6x Otec Brown - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Záhady, které vyřeší katolický kněz a zároveň bystrý amatérský detektiv v podání Petra Pelzera.Dále hrají:Bořivoj Navrátil, Michal Pavlata, Jan Přeučil, Ilja Racek, Jiří Plachý, Karel Hlušička, Vlastimil Zavřel, Stanislav Oubram a další.Režie Petr AdlerRozhlasová nahrávka z roku 1997Obsah:Nepřítomnost pana Festa / U Zlomené šavle / Salát plukovníka Craye / Šíp z nebes / Zhoubná kniha /Rychlík do EdinburghuGilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) Anglický katolický spisovatel, autor mnoha románů a detektivek, dramatik, básník, literární a společenský kritik a diskutér, novinář, esejista a křesťanský myslitel. Pocházel ze zámožné londýnské rodiny (po matce byl francouzského původu). V roce 1901 se oženil s Frances Blogg, jejich manželství zůstalo bezdětné.Chesterton napsal přibližně osmdesát knih, několik set básní, kolem dvou set povídek, čtyři tisíce esejů a několik her.Jeho nejznámější literární postavou je kněz z detektivních povídek otec Brown, který vystupuje v 53 krátkých příbězích, které vyšly v letech 1910–1936.Za předlohu pro otce Browna Chestertonovi posloužil jeho přítel, katolický kněz John O’Connor, který ho provázel na cestě spirituálního hledání až ke konverzi na katolickou víru.Detektivky s otcem Brownem jsou stále velmi populární, byly přeloženy do desítek jazyků, dočkaly se i několika zfilmování a seriálů. Velmi oblíbený je stále reprízovaný britský televizní seriál z roku 2013.

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The Man Who Was Thursday - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton''s The Man Who Was Thursday is a thrilling novel of deception, subterfuge, double-crossing and secret identities, and this Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Matthew Beaumont.The Central Anarchist Council is a secret society sworn to destroy the world. The council is governed by seven men, who hide their identities behind the names of the days of the week. Yet one of their number - Thursday - is not the revolutionary he claims to be, but a Scotland Yard detective named Gabriel Syme, sworn to infiltrate the organisation and bring the architects of chaos to justice. But when he discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, Syme begins to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies, unravelling the mysteries of human behaviour and belief in a thrilling contest of wits. But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined ...In his introduction, Matthew Beaumont examines the book''s themes of identity and confrontation, and explores its ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Man Who Was Thursday - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton''"A man''s brain is a bomb," he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. "My brain feels like a bomb, night and day. It must expand! It must expand! A man''s brain must expand, if it breaks up the universe"''In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe''s Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of ''Thursday''. When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies. But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined ...The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Floating Admiral - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Leigh Sayersová

Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton and nine other writers from the legendary Detection Club collaborate in this fiendishly clever but forgotten crime novel first published 80 years ago. Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. But when an old sailor lands a rowing boat containing a fresh corpse with a stab wound to the chest, the Inspector's investigation immediately comes up against several obstacles. The vicar, whose boat the body was found in, is clearly withholding information, and the victim's niece has disappeared. There is clearly more to this case than meets the eye - even the identity of the victim is called into doubt. Inspector Rudge begins to wonder just how many people have contributed to this extraordinary crime and whether he will ever unravel it... In 1931, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and ten other crime writers from the newly-formed `Detection Club' collaborated in publishing a unique crime novel. In a literary game of consequences, each author would write one chapter, leaving G.K. Chesterton to write a typically paradoxical prologue and Anthony Berkeley to tie up all the loose ends. In addition, each of the authors provided ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Everyman Chesterton - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Included here are some of the well-loved Father Brown detective stories, surely among the best in the genre, and a range of poetry, serious and light-hearted - Chesterton wrote some of the best nonsense and satirical verse in the language. The main bias of the selection, however, will be towards his non-fictional prose, where, Dr Ker argues, his real greatness lies. In that sense he is the successor of the great Victorian ''Sages'', Carlyle, Arnold, Ruskin and Newman. Selections will be made from his studies of Victorian literature (particularly his classic essays on Dickens, originally published by Everyman), his critical biographies of St Francis of Assisi, St Thomas Aquinas and William Cobbett; his apologetic classics Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man, his journalistic essays (a form in which he excelled) and from his best political and social criticism, with particular emphasis on his championing of the common man and the masses against virtually all the intellectuals of his day. Edited and introduced by an expert in the field, this substantial volume promises to bring its author back into prominence with a thorough intellectual and literary reassessment of his achievements

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Klub nepochopených mužov - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Každý z protagonistov Chestertonových poviedok – členov „Klubu nepochopených mužov“ – má na svedomí niečo, čomu sa bežne hovorí zločin. Všetci autorovi hrdinovia však tieto kriminálne činy spáchali preto, aby zabránili oveľa horším zločinom. Klub nepochopených mužov (1930) patrí medzi nadčasovú klasiku detektívneho žánru. Anglický prozaik, novinár, esejista, historik a teológ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) napísal štyri odlišné a neuveriteľne napínavé príbehy plné tajomstiev a intríg, v ktorých opäť prejavil svoj osobitý literárny štýl, charakteristický dômyselnými slovnými hračkami a obdivuhodne vybudovanými zápletkami. Kniha sa odohráva na začiatku 20. storočia a čitateľovi ponúka fascinujúci náhľad do spoločenského a kultúrneho kontextu tej doby. Plodný prozaik a vplyvný mysliteľ tak opäť spojil svoje hlboké filozofické postrehy s neuveriteľným rozprávačským talentom a vytvoril strhujúce dielo, ktoré uspokojí každého milovníka kvalitnej detektívky.

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Boží trest - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Vlastimil Brodský jako Otec Brown řeší případ záhadné smrti záletného plukovníka. Jednou z nejznámějších a také nejzábavnějších postav detektivní literatury je katolický kněz, otec Brown. Gilbert Keith Chesterton vybavil svého detektiva amatéra vedle chladného rozumu i řadou neodolatelných vlastností.Osoby a obsazení: Behun, plukovník (Miroslav Moravec), Farář, jeho bratr (Radovan Lukavský), Barnes, kovář (Alois Švehlík), Barnesová, jeho žena (Jiřina Pachlová), Otec Brown, katolický kněz (Vlastimil Brodský), Gibbs, vesnický švec (Jan Novotný), Hostinský (Antonín Molčík), Strážník (Pavel Pípal), Doktor (Miloš Hlavica), Hunter, statkář (Rudolf Pellar) a Joe, venkovský blázen (Jiří Kvasnička)

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The Man Who Was Thursday a Nightmare - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday is a thriller novel written by English author G.K. Chesterton and released in 1908. The book is also sub-titled A Nightmare, an allegory about the threat of anarchy in turn-of-the-century London that combines elements of mystery, comedy, farce, and humor. This book has a really intriguing premise about hidden anarchists, a shadowy police organization, and a game of hide-and-seek that begins as a spy narrative. There are hints of philosophical musings pretty early on, but they don't really take off until later in the novel. Seven anarchists identify as the names of Weekday in this surreal psychological detective novel. The main character of this novel is chosen for the position of "Thursday" on the Anarchist Council. But, will he get this position? Is he going to win or lose? To get answers to these questions, readers should go through ''The man who was Thursday''.

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George Bernard Shaw - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The book covers Shaw's career as a dramatist and critic in some detail, including his puritanical resistance to Shakespeare. This biography of George Bernard Shaw's writings and political beliefs was written by G. K. Chesterton, who was in the perfect position to do it. Although he was a close friend, he vehemently opposed Shaw's progressive socialism. His analysis of Shaw retains the same lightness of touch and wit as his earlier writings. The book offers an insightful and up-to-date analysis of Shaw's politics and philosophy, as well as the progressive orthodoxy that emerged in the 20th century as a result. The book serves as a fantastic introduction to Shaw's works and the culture of the time they were produced. The majority of individuals either claim to agree with Bernard Shaw or claim to not comprehend him. One and only G. K. Chesterton could comprehend him. The book works because Bernard Shaw is both quick-witted and verbose. A writer who has a quick mind for ideas could end up working more slowly than necessary. Every allusion or analogy requires him to pause and reiterate the historical similarities. The man's path is blocked by the very jungle of his ideas. The play ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Heretics - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Heretics is a collection of twenty essays written by English author G. K. Chesterton where he attempts to compile many of his classic thoughts that are consolidated into a single draft. The concerns he addresses in Heretics are just as relevant to "vague moderns" in the 21st century as they were to those in the 20th. The topics covered in the book include cosmology, anthropology, and soteriology. He also makes arguments against social Darwinism, eugenics, German humanism, English utilitarianism, French nihilism, and European elite hubris. G. K. Chesterton states the philosophy of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. He opposed the philosophy of Sir Wilde but to read what he said, Readers should go through the well-written book, ''Heretics''. With an eye-catching cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Heretics is both modern and relatable. The book has been regarded as a classic and has been a great collection of ideas to be read by readers of any age group.

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Další případy otce Browna - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Otec Brown znovu v akci. Katolický kněz je na první pohled neobvyklý detektiv. Chesterton ho obdařil vtipem, laskavou ironií, dobrým srdcem a silným intelektem. Jako inspirační zdroj mu posloužil přítel, katolický kněz John O'Connor.Příběhy pátera Browna vyšly v pěti sbírkách v letech 1911 až 1935, je jich přesně padesát a jsou neoddělitelnou součástí literárního díla svého tvůrce. Právě díky netradičnímu detektivovi v nich najdeme výrazný otisk autorovy osobnosti, jeho filosofii i etiku, nekonformismus, smysl pro paradox a věčné okouzlení tajuplností přírody a lidské duše.Čte: David Viktora.

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Z případů otce Browna - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Otec Brown znovu v akci. Katolický kněz je na první pohled neobvyklý detektiv. Chesterton ho obdařil vtipem, laskavou ironií, dobrým srdcem a silným intelektem. Jako inspirační zdroj mu posloužil přítel, katolický kněz John O'Connor.Příběhy pátera Browna vyšly v pěti sbírkách v letech 1911 až 1935, je jich přesně padesát a jsou neoddělitelnou součástí literárního díla svého tvůrce. Právě díky netradičnímu detektivovi v nich najdeme výrazný otisk autorovy osobnosti, jeho filosofii i etiku, nekonformismus, smysl pro paradox a věčné okouzlení tajuplností přírody a lidské duše.Čte: David Viktora.

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Anarchista Čtvrtek, zlý sen - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Dokážete si v detektivce představit pikantnější situaci, než je chvíle, kdy se policista Scotland Yardu ocitne na jednání nejvyšší rady anarchistů právě připravující atentát? Přesně tak tomu je v rozhlasové hře, kterou napsali Zdeněk a Marie Hořínkovi podle slavné prózy Gilberta Keithe Chestertona s názvem Anarchista Čtvrtek. Příběh je tíživým snem, ve kterém se komika mísí s prvky výhružné absurdity a detektivka je poněkud stavěna na hlavu.Účinkují: Jiří Ornest, David Novotný, Daniela Kolářová, Jiří Holý, František Němec, Jan Vlasák, Kamil Halbich, Otakar Brousek st., Petr Motloch a další.

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Slavné vánoční příběhy - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Čtyři legendární příběhy světové literatury pro adventní čas Vánoční koleda Ch. Dickense je slavnou novelou o starém lakomci Scroogeovi, kterému duchové ukážou svět chudých a změní tak jeho smýšlení. Sherlock Holmes a doktor Watson řeší ve vánočním Londýně případ Modrá karbunkule. V detektivní povídce spisovatele G. K. Chestertona Létající hvězdy vyšetřuje páter Brown krádež vzácných klenotů v domě uprostřed zasněžené zahrady. Sněhová královna od H. Ch. Andersena je nejznámější zimní pohádkou pro celou rodinu. Literární díla pro posluchače všech generací v mimořádné interpretaci pánů Josefa Somra a Ladislava Freje.

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Modrý kříž - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Další z cyklu detektivních povídek londýnského žurnalisty a spisovatele (1874-1936), autora řady filosofických prací, románů a povídek. Detektivní povídky, v nichž vystupuje jako detektiv katolický kněz Otec Brown, jsou napsané tak, že nechtějí jen vzrušit a pobavit, ale v osobě Otce Browna přinášejí i filosofický podtext. V hlavní roli: Vlastimil Brodský.

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Poctivost Israele Gowa - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Jeden z cyklu detektivních příběhů londýnského žurnalisty a spisovatele (1874-1936), autora řady filosofických prací, románů a povídek. Otec Brown objasňuje záhadné události na skotském sídle. Detektivní povídky, v nichž vystupuje jako detektiv katolický kněz Otec Brown, jsou napsané tak, že nechtějí jen vzrušit a pobavit, ale v osobě Otce Browna přinášejí i filosofický podtext. V hlavní roli: Vlastimil Brodský.

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U zlomené šavle - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: "Moudrý člověk schová list do lesa. Co ale udělá, když tam les není? Nějaký si vypěstuje." To je počáteční úsudek, z něhož amatérský detektiv Otec Brown vychází při svých úvahách o brazilsko-anglické bitvě. Pátrá totiž po tom, co se stalo s hlavou anglického generála a se srdcem generála brazilského při bitvě u Černé řeky. Otec Brown patří mezi nejslavnější světové detektivy především proto, že se zajímá o zločincovu duši, o její vášně i slabosti. K jakému závěru dojde tentokrát?V hlavní roli Otce Browna tentokrát: Rudolf Hrušínský.

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Tajemná kniha - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Další z cyklu detektivních povídek londýnského žurnalisty a spisovatele (1874-1936), autora řady filosofických prací, románů a povídek. Detektivní povídky, v nichž vystupuje jako detektiv katolický kněz Otec Brown, jsou napsané tak, že nechtějí jen vzrušit a pobavit, ale v osobě Otce Browna přinášejí i filosofický podtext. V hlavní roli: Vlastimil Brodský.

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Z detektivních příběhů otce Browna - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Dobromyslný otec Brown zaujímá čestné místo v řadě proslulých detektivů světové literatury, na jejímž počátku stojí slavný Sherlock Holmes. Nepřítomnost pana Festa, U Zlomené šavle, Salát plukovníka Craye, Šíp z nebes, Zhoubná kniha, Rychlík do Edinburghu, Zločin kapitána Gahagana a Zástava lásky, celkem osm příběhů otce Browna vybral a zdramatizoval Jaroslav Pour. V roce 1997 natočil režisér Petr Adler. Účinkují Bořivoj Navrátil, Petr Pelzer, Miroslav Doležal, Jiří Plachý, Karel Hlušička, Michal Pavlata a další herci.Dílo G. K. Chestertona (1874 - 1936) je rozsáhlé, jeho bibliografie obsahuje kolem 100 titulů. Byl brilantním polemikem a esejistou, pilným a pohotovým publicistou, psal básně, povídky i romány, průběžně se věnoval také literární kritice. Chestertonovo beletristické dílo představují např. romány Napoleon z Notting Hillu, Koule a kříž a různé povídkové soubory, z nichž nejoblíbenější jsou četné příběhy amatérského detektiva otce Browna.

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Ďáblův jícen - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: V dramatizaci povídky Gilberta Keitha Chestertona Ďáblův jícen nevystupuje jeho známý amatérský detektiv otec Brown. Tentokrát po příčinách smrti brigádního generála Garnetta pátrají společně lékař Fischer a policejní komisař Denham. Ďáblův jícen napsal Jiří Strnad podle detektivní povídky ze sbírky Muž, který věděl příliš mnoho. Ta neoprávněně zůstává pro velkou většinu české veřejnosti spíše utajená, protože překladatelé zatím téměř výhradně soustředili svou pozornost v této žánrové sféře literární tvorby Gilberta Keitha Chestertona na "případy otce Browna".

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Zmizení Arthura Vaudreye - Gilbert Keith Chesterton - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Amatérský detektiv otec Brown řeší nenadálé zmizení postaršího anglického šlechtice. Katolický kněz Brown je amatérským detektivem s neobyčejně bystrým postřehem, schopností logické dedukce, ale i se smyslem pro humor. Tyto vlastnosti projeví otec Brown i v případě nenadálého zmizení postaršího anglického šlechtice. Rozuzlení záhady připraví posluchačům překvapení.

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Létající zlaté rybky - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Pavel Soukup, Josef Somr, Petr Pelzer, Miloš Hlavica, Oldřich Vízner, Růžena Merunková - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Filosofa, kritika a spisovatele Gilberta Keitha Chestertona si připomeneme dramatizací detektivní povídky, jejímž hlavním hrdinou je svérázný amatérský detektiv otec Brown. Ten bude tentokrát vyšetřovat krádež vzácných zlatých rybek. Zpočátku vše vypadá, že zloději měli až čarovné schopnosti...

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Gilbert & George: The Meaning of the Earth - Gilbert & George, Wolf Jahn

The Meaning of the Earth offers a retrospective on the work and lives of the relentlessly controversial artists Gilbert & George, connecting their beginnings as Living Sculptures to their pictorial work of today. ---------- 'The Meaning of the Earth, Wolf Jahn's new book, explores the vision of our Art like no one has ever done before. Congratulations Wolf! Everyone loves this amazing and beautiful book. It is a masterpiece.' - Gilbert & George ---------- The Meaning of the Earth offers a retrospective on the lives and work of the relentlessly controversial artists Gilbert & George, placing them within the context of twentieth-century British culture. Wolf Jahn tells the story of how Gilbert & George found their identity in opposition to pervasive ideas around social conformity and religion after meeting in 1967. The artists staged an internal revolution, mining their psyches to create visionary and unwaveringly modern art. The ‘two people but one artist’ ask the questions that gnaw at us all: ‘Where do we come from?’, ‘Who are we?’ and ‘Where are we going?’ The book meditates on the artists’ role in this century, connecting their beginnings as Living Sculptures to their pictorial work of today. The Meaning of the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How to Rob the Bank of England - Clifford Thurlow, Keith Cheeseman

On a sunny May morning in 1990, a bank courier strode out of the Bank of England and, minutes later, was robbed at knifepoint of 301 bearer bonds valued at £292 million. It was the biggest theft in British history. The thing is... when Keith Cheeseman received a call from a disbarred lawyer connected to London's underworld and attended a meeting on the night of the robbery, he counted £427 million in bonds - £135 million more than the Bank of England had reported. As Keith set out to launder the bonds, Scotland Yard and the FBI were always one step ahead in tracking them down. Over the next eighteen months, two gangland figures were shot dead and more than eighty people were arrested. Keith was the only man ever jailed for the crime. Keith Cheeseman is the last of the old-time gangsters, a con man who detests violence, wears Savile Row suits and gold watches, and loves classic cars and good dining. He bought non-league Dunstable Town football club and signed Manchester United star George Best to play for the team. He knew the legendary Kray twins and killer Frankie Fraser once threatened to snuff him out over a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How to Rob the Bank of England - Clifford Thurlow, Keith Cheeseman

On a sunny May morning in 1990, a bank courier strode out of the Bank of England and, minutes later, was robbed at knifepoint of 301 bearer bonds valued at £292 million. It was the biggest theft in British history. The thing is... when Keith Cheeseman received a call from a disbarred lawyer connected to London's underworld and attended a meeting on the night of the robbery, he counted £427 million in bonds - £135 million more than the Bank of England had reported. As Keith set out to launder the bonds, Scotland Yard and the FBI were always one step ahead in tracking them down. Over the next eighteen months, two gangland figures were shot dead and more than eighty people were arrested. Keith was the only man ever jailed for the crime. Keith Cheeseman is the last of the old-time gangsters, a con man who detests violence, wears Savile Row suits and gold watches, and loves classic cars and good dining. He bought non-league Dunstable Town football club and signed Manchester United star George Best to play for the team. He knew the legendary Kray twins and killer Frankie Fraser once threatened to snuff him out over a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Innocence of Pontius Pilate - David Lloyd Dusenbury

The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died ''under Pontius Pilate''. But what exactly does that mean?Within decades of Jesus'' death, Christians began suggesting that it was the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus--a notion later echoed in the Qur''an. In the third century, one philosopher raised the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he''d done so justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what is the history of that truth?David Lloyd Dusenbury reveals Pilate''s ''innocence'' as not only a neglected theological question, but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought. He argues that Jesus'' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of Hippo''s North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern Europe. Without the Roman trial of Jesus, and the arguments over Pilate''s innocence, the history of empire--from the first century to the twenty-first--would have been radically different.

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience - William Blake

William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience includes some of the visionary poet’s finest and best-loved poems such as ‘The Lamb’, ‘The Chimney-Sweeper’ and ‘The Tiger’. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a foreword by Peter Harness. Blake’s work is instantly recognizable by its flamboyance and inventiveness. This gorgeous edition contains stunning reproductions of the fifty-four plates of the poems and illustrations together, which Blake etched himself and coloured by hand. Each has the poem printed on the facing page. Whilst Songs of Innocence captures the innocence of childhood, Songs of Experience is its contrasting sequel.

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The Corruption of Hollis Brown - K. Ancrum

From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search of meaning, and Walt, a spirit with unfinished business, collide when Walt takes possession of Hollis's body...and maybe his heart. For fans of Adam Silvera and Aiden Thomas! Now in paperback!A School Library Journal 2025 Stars So Far list pick! An ALA Booklist's Editors' Choice Picks pick for 2025! A BookPage's Best Books of 2025 list pick!Hollis Brown is stuck. Born to a blue-collar American Dream, Hollis lives in a rotting small town where no one can afford to leave. Hollis's only bright spots are his two best friends, cool girls Annie and Yulia, and the thrill of fighting his classmates. As if his circumstances couldn’t get worse, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger named Walt results in a frightening trap. After unknowingly making a deal at the crossroads, Hollis finds himself losing control of his body and mind, falling victim to possession. Walt, the ghost making a home inside him, has a deep and violent history rooted in the town Hollis grew up in and he has unfinished business to take care of. As Walt and Hollis begin ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Reading Planet - Team Bravery: The Story of David Brown and Jerome Avery - Turquoise: Galaxy - Emily Hibbs

After losing his sight, David Brown proved there are no limits to what you can achieve with the right person by your side. Meet Team Bravery! Team Bravery: The Story of David Brown and Jerome Avery is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 6-7 years

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The Genius of Charlie Brown - Charles M. Schulz

Our favourite lovable loser and owner of the world''s most beloved beagle, Snoopy, Charlie Brown shares his outlook on life in this beautifully produced gift book for all generations. In his incomparable style, Charlie Brown spends his days battling with the kite-eating tree, yearning for the Little Red-Haired girl, refusing to give in on the baseball field and wrestling with his multiple anxieties. For the millions of faithful Charles Schulz fans, and those who fondly remember this insecure little boy in his yellow striped shirt, this is the first in a series to cherish that will see the beguiling Peanuts gang share their sentiments on everything from food to friendship.

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The Tale of Angelino Brown - David Almond

A warm and witty tale from a master storyteller, author of Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig and internationally bestseller The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas.Bert and Betty Brown have got themselves a little angel. Bert found him in his top pocket when he was driving his bus.Bert and Betty’s friends think he’s lovely. So do Nancy and Jack and Alice from Class 5K. What a wonder!But Acting Head Teacher Mrs Mole is not so sure. Nor is Professor Smellie. Or the mysterious bloke in black who claims to be a School Inspector.Then there’s Basher Malone – big, lumbering Basher Malone. He REALLY doesn’t like Angelino. And it looks like he’s out to get him...

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The Story of Israel - Martin Gilbert

From Theodor Herzl's efforts to establish a sovereign Jewish nation in Palestine to the 21st-century roadmap for peace and beyond, this is an exploration of Israel's history.

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Miles To Go Before I Sleep - Claire Gilbert

''Claire''s honest, raw, authentic diaries will be a source of comfort to many''- Miranda Hart At the age of 54 Claire Gilbert was diagnosed with myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood. The prognoses ranged from surviving only a few months to living for several decades, with no guarantee of which outcome was to be hers. It was a shocking diagnosis into uncertainty, or rather, into only one certainty: death. But Claire discovered that facing her own mortality was liberating. She discovered this through writing letters. Claire asked her siblings and a small group of friends if they would let her write to them with total honesty about what she was going through, as she was going through it. These letters turned out to be a great solace, and gradually her group of ''dear readers'' has grown; what she had to say wasn''t just of value to herself, but to others, too. The letters chart Claire''s journey through diagnosis, chemotherapy and a brutal round of stem cell treatment, and end with the rest of the UK joining her in her immuno-compromised isolation in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Unflinchingly honest and wide-ranging, Claire writes about the restorative role ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Letters from Father Christmas - J. R. R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien

This edition of Tolkien's famous illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his children is presented in a new hardback edition. The perfect Christmas gift for Tolkien lovers of all ages. This classic festive book of Tolkien's amazing Father Christmas letters written to his children between the 1920s and the 1940s has been reworked into a new hardback edition to match other beloved Tolkien titles.It contains high-quality digital reproductions of his beautiful letters and pictures. 'My dear children, I am more shaky than usual this year. The North Polar Bear's fault.It was the biggest bang in the world, and the most monstrous firework there has ever been. It turned the North Pole black!' Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's children.Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole:* How all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place* How the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas's house into the dining-room* How he broke the Moon ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Father Yourself First - Glen Henry

Fathering yourself might be the most important work you do as a father.Glen Henry never wanted to be a father. He grew up in a broken home and assumed that the role was worthless. Then he saw what a good father looked like and became passionate about not only being a good father himself but helping others see what fatherhood could be through his wildly popular YouTube channel, Beleaf in Fatherhood.Maybe you weren’t given a handbook on fatherhood but that doesn’t mean you’re unprepared. In fact, you have what it takes to grow into the kind of father your children need. In Father Yourself First Glen offers hard-earned wisdom, honest storytelling, and six foundational principles that will help youfather yourself to maintain a healthy inner voice,parent from a place of healing by addressing unresolved issues from your own past,connect with your children by embracing childishness and adventure,identify your children’s unique gifts early on and help fine-tune their skills into productive habits, andestablish a community of fathers to exchange values and practices and regularly see examples of healthy fatherhood. Whether you’re stepping into fatherhood for the first time or figuring it out as you go, this book will meet you right ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Charlie Brown's America - Blake Scott Ball

Despite--or because of--its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through the voices of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang.In postwar America, there was no newspaper comic strip more recognizable than Charles Schulz''s Peanuts. It was everywhere, not just in thousands of daily newspapers. For nearly fifty years, Peanuts was a mainstay of American popular culture in television, movies, and merchandising, from the Macy''s Thanksgiving Day Parade to the White House to the breakfast table.Most people have come to associate Peanuts with the innocence of childhood, not the social and political turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. Some have even argued that Peanuts was so beloved because it was apolitical. The truth, as Blake Scott Ball shows, is that Peanuts was very political. Whether it was the battles over the Vietnam War, racial integration, feminism, or the future of a nuclear world, Peanuts was a daily conversation about very real hopes and fears and the political realities of the Cold War world. As thousands of fan letters, interviews, and behind-the-scenes documents reveal, Charles Schulz used his comic strip to project his ideas to a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown - Charles M. Schulz

America''s most beloved comic strip, Peanuts, is now a major motion picture produced by Blue Sky Studios. Now you can collect the first ten original comic strip collections, published by Titan Comics! A ninth collection of classic Peanuts newspaper comic strips covers the period 1959 -1960 and sees the introduction of Charlie Brown''s sister, Sally. This book is a facsimile edition of the ninth Peanuts collection originally published back in 1960 by the Clarke, Irwin & Company, Ltd of Toronto, Canada.This collection of daily newspaper strips covers the period 1959 - 1960 and features the introduction of Charlie Brown''s baby sister, Sally who was the first new character in five years to be added to the strip.

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Call Me Mrs. Brown - Brendan O'Carroll

Give them a feckin'' great time with the hilarious and remarkably honest autobiography from the star of Mrs Brown''s Boys, Brendan O''CarrollA story of humour born of pain, success wrung from adversity and of the steely ambition beneath the affable exterior - Sunday Life__________ ''What? What is it?'' ''You''re colour-blind.'' Nothing? Nothing? I was aghast. ''But that could be dangerous. I mean, when I start to drive how will I be able to tell traffic lights?'' ''I''ll give you a hint, son, the red one is on the forking top.'' Before he became the nation''s favourite Mammy, Brendan O''Carroll was known simply as Brendan. The youngest of ten children from a poor family in Dublin, Brendan left school at the mere age of 12 to begin what would become a long and varied working life. He would go on to be a waiter, a publican, a window cleaner and a publisher amongst other jobs. Throughout the tough moments, Brendan always had humour and a good story to tell alongside the ever-guiding inspiration of his own Mammy, a formidable figure who became Ireland''s first female Labour MP. His hope and determination meant he never gave up, and eventually a chance opportunity ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Library of Fragrance Dark Roses kolínská voda unisex 30 ml

Kolínská voda Dark Roses od The Library of Fragrance je unisex vůně s hlubokou květinovou kompozicí. Kombinuje tóny čajové růže, pačuli, ambry a vetiveru. Je určena pro večerní nošení a speciální příležitosti.

  • Unisex vůně vhodná pro ženy i muže
  • Hluboká a elegantní květinová kompozice
  • Vydatná koncentrace kolínské vody
  • Autentická a jedinečná vonná skladba

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Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine - Bob Gale

Doc Brown's Owner's Workshop Manual, Discover the secrets of Doc Brown's time-traveling DeLorean with the first-ever under-the-bonnet user's manual featuring never-before-seen schematics and cutaways of cinema's most iconic car., One of the best-loved movie sagas of all time, the Back to the Future trilogy has left an indelible impact on popular culture. Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Owner's Workshop Manual delves into the secrets of the unique vehicle that transports Marty McFly and Doc Brown through time, including both the original version of the car and the updated flying model. From the DeLorean's unmistakable gull-wing doors to Doc's cutting-edge modifications, including the Flux Capacitor and Mr. Fusion, this manual offers unprecedented insight into the car's inner workings., Filled with exclusive illustrations and never-before-disclosed information, Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Owner's Workshop Manual is the perfect gift for the trilogy's legion of fans., Authors, Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director best known as co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973. He has written over thirty ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (1473619815)

Román vypráví příběh Rosemary Harper, která se připojí k posádce lodi Wayfarer. Posádce je nabídnuta jedinečná příležitost vybudovat hyperspace tunel na vzdálenou planetu. V těsném prostoru vesmírné lodi se postupně odhalují tajemství jednotlivých členů posádky.

  • Brožovaná vazba s matným přebalem
  • Rozsah 432 stran pro ponoření se do příběhu
  • Originální anglický text pro autentický zážitek
  • Přístupná cena díky brožované verzi

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The Shining (1444720724)

Kniha The Shining od Stephena Kinga vypráví příběh pětiletého Dannyho, který má psychické schopnosti. Když se jeho rodina přestěhuje jako správci do opuštěného hotelu Overlook, Danny začne zažívat děsivé vize. Hotel ožívá vlastním životem a rodina se ocitá v pasti během zimní bouře.

  • Klasický horor od Stephena Kinga v anglickém jazyce
  • Brožovaná vazba pro snadné čtení a přenášení
  • Intenzivní atmosféra izolace a nadpřirozena
  • Poutavý příběh s psychologickými prvky

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The Lorax Activity Book - Dr. Seuss

An activity book extravaganza based on Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, complete with puzzles, mazes and LOTS of stickers! Join the Lorax in a brilliant activity book adventure through the land of the brown Bar-ba-loots and Truffula Trees! Based on Dr. Seuss’s classic story, The Lorax, puzzle your way from beginning to end with all the characters and memorable moments from the original book! Filled with mazes, dot-to-dot, counting, colouring and clue-solving, discover a world of amazing activities and splendid sticker scenes in this companion activity book to Dr.Seuss’s best-loved eco-tale.

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The Promised Party - Jennifer Clement

AN iNEWS BEST BOOK TO READ THIS MONTH''Clement has lived a life like no other, and made of it a shimmering mosaic, a masterpiece, which is this book'' Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessGrowing up in Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo''s house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and one that allowed an awakening of creative freedom and curiosity about the world. Leaving behind the revolutions in Latin America for the burgeoning counter-culture scene in ''80s New York, Clement quickly became a fixture on the art scene, inhabiting the world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Colette Lumiere and William Burroughs, and frequenting The Mudd Club, Danceteria and Studio 54. From the author of cult classic Widow Basquiat, this memoir is a tale of two cities and their artists. It recreates the fury, ecstasy and danger that made ''70s Mexico City and ''80s New York two of the greatest places to be young, free and alive.

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The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie

A priest’s death leads to sinister goings-on in an old country pub… To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning? Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman’s head? Or was it when the priest’s assailant searched him so roughly he tore the clergyman’s cassock? Or could it have been the priest’s visit, just minutes before, to a woman on her death bed? Or was there a deeper significance to the violent squabble which Mark Easterbrook had himself witnessed earlier? Wherever the beginning lies, Mark and his sidekick, Ginger Corrigan, may soon have cause to wish they’d never found it…

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Y: The Last Man Book One - Brian K. Vaughan

Y: The Last Man, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he''s the last man on earth.Collects Y: The Last Man #1-10.

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The Night Woods - Paula Munier

The sixth Mercy Carr Mystery in which Mercy and Elvis must prove the innocence of a new friend accused of murder.Record snow and sleet and rain are pummeling Vermont and a wild boar has escaped from an exclusive hunting club nearby—but that won’t stop a very pregnant and very bored Mercy Carr from hiking her beloved woods with her loyal dog Elvis. She’s supposed to be decorating the nursery and helping her mother plan the baby shower, but she’d much rather be playing Scrabble with Homer Grant, a word-loving, shotgun-toting hermit living deep in the forest. But when she and Elvis drop by Homer’s cabin for their weekly game, they arrive to find an unknown dead man—and no sign of Homer.As they search the woods, Mercy discovers a patch of devastation that could only be left behind by wild boar. She’s relieved when Elvis tracks Homer, injured but alive. But Homer’s troubles are far from over, as he’s still the number one suspect and he remembers nothing of the attack. When another corpse with a link to Homer is found, Mercy is determined to help her friend, an effort complicated by the unexpected arrival of her young cousin Tandie, sent ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The People V. O.J. Simpson - Jeffrey Toobin

Now a major BBC TV series.The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The People V. O.J. Simpson is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin explores the secret dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the case, and how a combination of the prosecution''s over-confidence, the defence''s shrewdness, and the Los Angeles Police Department’s incendiary history with the city’s African-American community, gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended the world. The People V. O.J. Simpson tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of the trial of the century.

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