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The List of Suspicious Things - Jennie Godfrey
***THE NUMBER 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB FOR APRILA BEST DEBUT OF 2024 BY BBC, RED, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘Such a fresh and interesting voice. You''ll cry and you won''t be able to stop reading’MARIAN KEYES''Such a beautiful story about friendship, community and family and secrets and what’s going on underneath''ZOE BALL''Gripping and moving''GUARDIAN''To read it is to feel that little bit better about life''ELIZABETH DAY‘A touching paean to lost innocence and the comfort of friendships’THE TIMES''A beautiful mystery with heart''ROB RINDER''This is a heart-warming book''EMMA HEALEY''A gorgeous, page-turning book''I PAPER''A wonderful story''FEARNE COTTON''This book will live in my heart forever. It''s so tender, warm, real and evocative''DAISY BUCHANANYorkshire, 1979Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South.Because of the murders.Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn''t an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv''s mum stopped talking.Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a list: a list of all the suspicious people and things down their street. People they know. People they don''t.But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighbourhood, within their families - and between each other - than they ever thought possible.What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?THE PERFECT DEBUT NOVEL TO DISCUSS IN BOOK CLUBS***READER REVIEWS***''Left a lump in my throat and a hole in my heart''''A book I won''t forget for a while''''A beautiful and emotional debut that I know will stay with me for a long time''''A superb look at childhood, at growing up, at starting to see the world around you''
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The Story of Contemporary Art - Tony Godfrey
A lively introduction to and history of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present. What does it mean? Is it really art? Why does it cost so much? While these questions are perpetually asked about contemporary art, they are not the questions that E. H. Gombrich set out to answer in his seminal book The Story of Art. Contemporary art is very different from what came before. From the 1960s, where Gombrich’s account concludes, artists began to abandon traditional forms of art and started to make work that questioned art’s very definition.This is where Godfrey picks up the story. Developments in contemporary art have followed no straightforward line of progress or sequence of movements. Recognizing this, Tony Godfrey creates a narrative from a series of often dramatic creative conflicts and arguments around what art is or should be.From object versus sculpture and painting versus conceptual to local versus global, gallery versus wider world, The Story of Contemporary Art traces a history in terms of drastic changes in social and political life over the last sixty years. How do we experience being human in a world that seems to change so quickly? In exploring art’s relationship to this question, Godfrey asserts that multiple voices must be heard: critics, theorists, curators and collectors, but also audiences and artists themselves. Key to the book is the story of how a perception that art was made almost exclusively by white men from North America and Western Europe has been radically overturned.Compelling and intelligent, but never academic, this book tells us how.
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Other Minds : The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life - Peter Godfrey-Smith
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so – a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually ‘think for themselves’? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own.
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Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness - Peter Godfrey-Smith
The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other MindsA Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Waterstones Best Book of 2020The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness.Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals and flower-like worms, whose rooted bodies and intricate geometry are more reminiscent of plant life than anything recognisably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom - the Metazoa - they can teach us about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds.In his acclaimed book, Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus - the closest thing to an intelligent alien on Earth. In Metazoa, he expands his inquiry to animals at large, investigating the evolution of experience with the assistance of far-flung species. Godfrey-Smith shows that the appearance of the first animal body form well over half a billion years ago was a profound innovation that set life upon a new path. He charts the ways that subsequent evolutionary developments - eyes that track, for example, and bodies that move through and manipulate the environment - shaped the lives of animals. Following the evolutionary paths of a glass sponge, soft coral, banded shrimp, octopus and fish, then moving onto land and the world of insects, birds and primates like ourselves, Metazoa gathers these stories together to bridge the gap between matter and mind and address one of the most important philosophical questions: what is the origin of consciousness?Combining vivid animal encounters with philosophy and biology, Metazoa reveals the impossibility of separating the evolution of our minds from the evolution of animals themselves.
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The Name of All Things (1509879552)
Kniha - autor Jenn Lyons, 720 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná "Everything epic fantasy should be: rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it."—Lev Grossman on The Ruin of Kings You can have everything you want if you sacrifice everything you believe. Kihrin D'Mon is a wanted man. Since he destroyed the Stone of Shackles and set demons free across Quur, he has been on the run from the wrath of an entire empire. His attempt to escape brings him into the path of Janel Theranon, a mysterious Joratese woman who claims to know Kihrin. Janel's plea for help pits Kihrin against all manner of dangers: a secret rebellion, a dragon capable of destroying an entire city, and Kihrin's old enemy, the wizard Relos Var. Janel believes that Relos Var possesses one of the most powerful artifacts in the world—the Cornerstone called the Name of All Things. And if Janel is right, then there may be nothing in the world...
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The Signature of All Things (1408850044)
Kniha - autor Elizabeth Gilbert, 580 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual, the divine and the magical. The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century, from London and Peru, to Philadelphia, Tahiti and beyond. Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way, most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker.
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The Emperor of All Things - Paul Witcover
1758. England is embroiled in a globe-spanning conflict that stretches from her North American colonies to Europe and beyond. Across the Channel, the French prepare for an invasion - an invasion rumored to be led by none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie. It seems the map of Europe is about to be redrawn.
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The God of Small Things - Arundhati Royová
‘They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.’This is the story of Rahel and Estha, twins growing up among the banana vats and peppercorns of their blind grandmother’s factory, and amid scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. Armed only with the innocence of youth, they fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family: their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher) and their sworn enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun, incumbent grand-aunt).Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize-winning novel was the literary sensation of the 1990s: a story anchored to anguish but fuelled by wit and magic.
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The Peace of Wild Things - Berry Wendell
I come into the peace of wild thingswho do not tax their lives with forethoughtof grief. I come into the presence of still water.And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a timeI rest in the grace of the world, and am free. The poems of Wendell Berry invite us to stop, to think, to see the world around us, and to savour what is good. Here are consoling verses of hope and of healing; short, simple meditations on love, death, friendship, memory and belonging; luminous hymns to the land, the cycles of nature and the seasons as they ebb and flow. Here is the peace of wild things.
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The Land of Lost Things - Andy Griffiths
Adventures Unlimited: The Land of Lost Things is the first book in the fun and exciting illustrated series from the author behind the multi-million bestselling Treehouse series, Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Bill Hope.Remember the time we flew to the moon without a rocket? And the time we went to the bottom of the ocean and fought a high-voltage octopus? And how about the time we got lost in the Land of Lost Things? That was one of our most exciting adventures yet! It all started like this . . .Lose yourself in The Land of Lost Things – you’ll never want to be found!
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The Beauty of Everyday Things - Soetsu Yanagi
"Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial" - Edmund de WaalThe daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and simple, sturdy and safe - the aesthetic result of wholeheartedly fulfilling utilitarian needs. They should, in short, be things of beauty.In an age of feeble and ugly machine-made things, these essays call for us to deepen and transform our relationship with the objects that surround us. Inspired by the work of the simple, humble craftsmen Yanagi encountered during his lifelong travels through Japan and Korea, they are an earnest defence of modest, honest, handcrafted things - from traditional teacups to jars to cloth and paper. Objects like these exemplify the enduring appeal of simplicity and function: the beauty of everyday things.
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The Land of Lost Things - John Connolly
Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to Phoebe the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard.Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres.Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting.To the Land of Lost Things.
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The Land of Lost Things - John Connolly
Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . .Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to her the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard . . .Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting. To the Land of Lost Things.
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Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer (5425016926130)
Karetní hra - párty hra, pro 4 hráče, střední obtížnost, délka hry 20 min, v českém jazyce, vhodné od 10 let Hrajete rádi na párty nebo jen tak ve volné chvíli karetní hry a jste fanoušci seriálu Stranger Things? Pak je tu přesně pro vás hra Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer inspirovaná tímto populárním seriálem. Mozkožrout si tvoří armádu posedlých lidí a plánuje útok na Zemi. Buďte připraveni a dejte pozor, aby nezaútočil na vás a vaše přátele. Doberete kartu a dáte ji jinému hráči, čímž mu například pomůžete, omráčíte ho nebo ho třeba přimějete změnit stranu. Ve hře proti sobě stojí 2 týmy, příčetní a posedlí. Příčetní se snaží odolat útokům mozkožrouta. Posedlí se snaží, aby všechny příčetné postavy byli posedlé nebo omráčené. Pokud na konci hry zůstane aspoň jedna zdravá postava, vyhrávají příčetní. V opačném případě vítězí posedlí. Karetní hra Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer je vhodná pro minimálně 4 hráče od 10 let....
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The Library of Lost Things - Laura Taylor Namey
Fangirl meets Jane Austen in this deeply heartfelt love story about hiding the worst parts of ourselves, and the people who love us anyway. "How could I open that door and let him see the messiest part of me?" From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother's hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But then Asher Fleet, a former teen pilot with an unexpectedly shattered future, walks into the bookstore where she works...and straight into her heart. For the first time in her life, Darcy can't seem to find the right words. Fairy tales are one thing, but real love makes her want to hide behind her carefully constructed ink-and-paper wall. Still, after spending her whole life keeping people out, something about Asher makes Darcy want to open up. But securing her own happily-ever-after will mean she'll need to stop hiding and start living her own truth--even if it's messy. "A lovely tale for bookish readers that will give them all the feels." --Kirkus
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The Joy of Small Things - Hannah Jane Parkinson
''This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.''NIGELLA LAWSON''Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.''JOJO MOYES''Always funny and frank and full of insight, I absolutely love Parkinson’s writing.''DAVID NICHOLLS''I loved this book . . . Parkinson’s writing transports you to unexpected places of joy and comfort . . . these pages contain happiness.''MARINA HYDE''The twenty-first century feels a lot more bearable in Parkinson''s company.''CHARLOTTE MENDELSONDrawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days. Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown (''like bathing in marshmallow’), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is charmed by the personalities of fonts (''you’ll never see Comic Sans on a funeral notice''), celebrates pockets and gleefully abandons a book she isn’t enjoying. Parkinson’s everyday exaltations – selected from her immensely successful Guardian column – will utterly delight.FEATURES BRAND NEW MATERIAL''A compendium of delights.''OBSERVER''Delightful . . . a love letter to those little moments of bliss that get us through the daily grind.''RED
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The Fairy of Lost Things PB - Victoria Sandøy
Who's that flying through the night?It's the Fairy of Lost Things! She finds things children have lost,and secretly takes them back to their owners. But one night, thefairy finds a little bracelet, and it's so pretty, she can't bearto give it back. What will she decide to do? A magical storyof kindness, friendship and courage.
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
This is a stunning new novella in the Kingkiller universe, and a genuine must-read for fans, showing us a little of the world from the perspective of Auri, one of its best-loved characters.
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The Land of Lost Things (Defekt) - John Connolly
Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to Phoebe the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard.Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres.Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting.To the Land of Lost Things.
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The Book of Lost Things. 10th Anniversary Edition (1473659140)
Kniha - autor John Connolly, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná 'A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel' Daily Mirror'A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood' The Times'This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights' Daily MailThis illustrated edition includes two new short stories - Cinderella, A Version and The Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author.'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother . . .' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters in...
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The Little Book of Things To Do - Martin Ellis
Pocket-sized book full of ideas for children’s activities - on their ownor with other children, inside or in a garden, park or on a beach, on ajourney or on holiday.
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The Book of Lost Things Illustrated Edition - John Connolly
'A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel' Daily Mirror'A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood' The Times'This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights' Daily Mail This illustrated edition includes two new short stories - Cinderella, A Version and The Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author. 'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother . ..' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes.And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters in his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.
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The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For - Douglas Adams
The Meaning of Liff has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since it was first published in 1983, and remains a much-loved humour classic. This edition has been revised and updated, and includes The Deeper Meaning of Liff, giving fresh appeal to Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's entertaining and witty dictionary. In life, there are hundreds of familiar experiences, feelings and objects for which no words exist, yet hundreds of strange words are idly loafing around on signposts, pointing at places. The Meaning of Liff connects the two.
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The Actor - MacDonald Chris
TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, HE MUST SACRIFICE EVERYTHING . . .Read most original new thriller, a story of glamour, secrets and obsession ‘This compelling psychological thriller set in the acting world is both uncompromising and unsettling, with deeply layered characters and a narrative voice that grabs you from the opening line and won’t let you go’ Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient ---- Actor Adam Sealey owes his Oscar nomination to mentor Jonathan Dors. It was Jonathan who trained him in the Method: digging deep into personal trauma in pursuit of the greatest performance. It gets results.But there’s a price. For Adam, it cost him the love of his life. And then there’s what happened twenty years ago.An awful secret he’s buried deep inside. Yet as Oscar night beckons, someone is threatening to dig up the truth. Adam is finally in the spotlight that he craved for so long.But it might just mean the world is watching as everything falls apart . . .----‘A compulsive thriller . . .very, very moving, I adored it’ Abigail Dean ‘Twisty, compulsive fun’ i ‘A barnstorming performance' The Times ‘A brilliantly twisted (and twisting) tale . . .I loved it’ Mat Osman‘Brilliantly evoked, totally compelling. A first-class thriller’ Daily Mail‘Brilliant, dark, immersive, and ultimately hugely satisfying’ Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (0143126563)
Kniha - autor David Allen, 318 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity (0349423148)
Kniha - autor David Allen, 318 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. 'GTD' is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.
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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant
"This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights.We live in a world that's obsessed with talent.We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become.We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn't knock, there are ways to build a door.Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space.He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess-it's about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.Many writers have chronicled the habits of superstars who accomplish great things.This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there.
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The God of Small Things (Collins Modern Classics) - Arundhati Royová
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hairEstha and Rahel, seven-year-old twins, are growing up amidst vats of banana jam, mountains of peppercorns and scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. But when their beautiful young cousin Sophie arrives, their world is irrevocably shaken. An illicit liaison and tragedies both accidental and intentional expose things that lurk unsaid, in a country drifting dangerously towards unrest.Winner of the Booker Prize, The God of Small Things is lush, lyrical and unnerving: a literary sensation and a modern classic.‘A voice of breathtaking beauty… a masterpiece’ Observer
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Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town - Adam Christopher
Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things.Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper's protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked "New York" out of the basement-and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does "Vietnam" mean? And why has he never talked about New York?Although he'd rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can't deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New York-the last big case before everything changed...Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.Soon Hopper is undercover among New York's notorious street gangs. But just as he's about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he's faced before.
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An Echo of Things to Come : Book Two of the Licanius trilogy - James Islington
AS SHADOWS RISE, A DARKNESS AWAKESAn amnesty has been declared for all Augurs - finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against Andarra. However, as Davian and his new allies hurry north towards the ever-weakening Boundary, fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late.Meanwhile, Caeden continues to wrestle with the impossibly heavy burdens of his past. Yet as more and more of his memories return, he begins to realise that the motivations of the two sides in this ancient war may not be as clear-cut as they first seemed . . .An Echo of Things to Come continues the epic story that began in The Shadow of What Was Lost, the acclaimed fantasy blockbuster from James Islington.
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 6 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day!After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.Akira has returned home to his parents' village to repay his folks for all they've done for him. But his former classmate Kanta Higurashi and his gang have shown up to wreak havoc on the quiet community by flooding it with zombies. Forced into a corner, Akira must make a terrible choice-save his parents or become a zombie himself!
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 1 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day!After spending years toiling away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.In a trash-filled apartment, 24-year-old Akira Tendo watches a zombie movie with lifeless, envious eyes. After spending three hard years at an exploitative corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can't even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Ohtori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch-which happens to be another tenant! The whole city's swarming with zombies, and even though he's running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive!
Objev podobné jako Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 1 - Haro Aso
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 8 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day!After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.Akira and the gang's trip takes them to the Sea of Japan. In Niigata, the home of rice production, Shizuka's love of Japanese sake means they're headed straight for a brewery. Being drunk off your rocker is all fun and games until you-know-what show up and kill the buzz. Later, Akira gives his dream of digging up fossils a go. Will his boyish ambition lead to the discovery of a never-before-seen species?
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 2 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day!After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.Akira and Kencho make an impromptu trip to Ikebukuro to snag a widescreen TV. But before they can find one, they wind up trapped by zombies in a department store along with a couple of beautiful girls. As Akira tries to cozy up to one of them, the conversation shifts to childhood dreams, and he realizes it's time to embrace his own-by becoming a superhero!
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 5 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day!After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.Looking to cross another item off his bucket list, Akira has returned to his rural hometown to show his parents the appreciation they deserve. There, he reunites with former college classmate-turned-dropout Kanta Higurashi, who's knocking entries off a bucket list of his own. Unfortunately, Higurashi is all about getting revenge on the world that failed him. Can Akira stop his friend from destroying the fragile peace of the village?
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 7 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day!After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.Akira and the gang head out to save the world. Their goal? Hokkaido and the northernmost tip of Japan. Why? Because they feel like it. Unfortunately, they run out of gas 246 kilometers short of their destination. Can an item on their bucket list save the day? Later, the gang find themselves in a luxurious but strange hotel. Will their wild and extravagant party be their last?
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 3 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket. One by one, Akira has been checking little items like cleaning his room and snagging a new TV off his bucket list. Now, having grown weary of the hotbed of infection that is Tokyo, Akira makes the decision to head to his parents' home in Gunma. But to get there, he'll need to get past his former boss!
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Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses - David Scheel
What is it like to be an octopus?The octopus is a highly intelligent and deeply mysterious creature. It can change colour as quickly as it can move, 'think' with its tentacles and communicate in sophisticated ways.Marine biologist David Scheel's lifelong preoccupation with these animals has led to a career of groundbreaking research, from finding previously unknown species to the discovery of signaling communication. In Many Things Under a Rock, Scheel shares his deep scientific understanding of octopuses and recounts his intrepid adventures with these mysterious, charismatic creatures.He investigates four major mysteries about octopuses: what can we know about such elusive and camouflaged creatures? Why are they so extraordinarily resilient? How do their bodies work? And what kind of relationships do they have? In unravelling these mysteries, Dr Scheel shows octopuses to be complex emotional beings and reveals what they can teach us about ourselves.
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 11 - Haro Aso
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.Akira and company make it to Shikoku and take on a massive 1,300-kilometre pilgrimage! But just as they're getting used to the austere monastic life, Beatrix is captured by a group of coldhearted criminals! Can they save her without breaking their vows? Later, the gang is welcomed aboard a luxury cruise ship docked in the Seto Inland Sea. With no land-dwelling zombies to fear, it's a paradise of wild parties and loose living! For a while, at least!
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The Peepshow - Kate Summerscale
‘Once more, Kate Summerscale shatters our preconceptions of a classic crime’ Val McDermid''A gripping account of murder, misogyny and spectatorship'' Sarah Waters, author of FingersmithFrom Britain''s top-selling true crime writer and author of Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER...London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden. But they have already investigated a double murder at 10 Rillington Place, three years ago, and the killer was hanged. Did they get the wrong man?A nationwide manhunt is launched for the tenant of the ground-floor flat, a softly spoken former policeman named Reg Christie. Star reporter Harry Procter chases after the scoop. Celebrated crime writer Fryn Tennyson Jesse begs to be assigned to the case. The story becomes an instant sensation, and with the relentless rise of the tabloid press the public watches on like never before. Who is Christie? Why did he choose to kill women, and to keep their bodies near him? As Harry and Fryn start to learn the full horror of what went on at Rillington Place, they realise that Christie might also have engineered a terrible miscarriage of justice in plain sight.In this riveting true story, Kate Summerscale mines the archives to uncover the lives of Christie’s victims, the tabloid frenzy that their deaths inspired, and the truth about what happened inside the house.''A forensic reappraisal of a grimy episode in postwar British history ... Shocking, impeccably researched, lucidly written and always utterly compelling'' Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of His Bloody Project''A masterclass in true crime storytelling ... As relevant now as it was in the 1950s'' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
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Finally Mine: the unmissable small town love story from the author of Things We Never Got Over - Lucy Score
Gloria is due a happily ever after. She's lost ten years to a toxic, dangerous relationship. Now that she's finally free - and medicating with makeovers and margaritas in her mother's kitchen - she has a long road ahead of her remembering who she really is.And just when she has sworn off men for at least a decade more, along comes larger-than-life, hometown hero Aldo Moretta. He's saying all the right things and flirting in all the right ways, but he is leaving for six months.One dazzling kiss, and he's gone. Or so Gloria thought . . .
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The Worst Best Man: a hilarious and spicy romantic comedy from the author of Things We Never got Over - Lucy Score
The bride is a doll. The groom is the perfect gentleman. But the rest of the wedding party are the stuff of nightmares.Rich? YesVapid? YesEntitled? YesAnd the Best Man? More like the Worst Man. But Maid of Honor Franchesca takes her duties seriously. There's no way she's going to let that pretentious, judgmental jackhole ruin her best friend's wedding. No matter how sexy he is . . .
Objev podobné jako The Worst Best Man: a hilarious and spicy romantic comedy from the author of Things We Never got Over - Lucy Score
The Night in Question - Susan Fletcher
Discover the uplifting literary murder-mystery with a uniquely loveable protagonist, perfect for fans of Elizabeth is Missing, Small Pleasures and Dear Mrs Bird.''A wonderfully warm and involving page-turner.'' Clare Chambers, Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Pleasures''A life-affirming novel, full of surprises. It''s a gripping literary whodunnit and so much more . . . I adored it.'' Emma Stonex, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamplighters''Full of unforgettable characters, a beguiling mystery with gorgeous prose’ Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things______________Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way.Then, one midsummer''s night, something terrible happens - so strange and unexpected that Florence – or Florrie, as her friends call her – is suspicious.Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer?The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded earlier that day.And Florrie - cheerfully independent but often overlooked - is the only person determined to uncover the truth.As she does, Florrie finds herself looking back on her own life . . .…and a long-buried secret becomes ever harder to ignore.-------------------''[Fletcher''s] prose is extraordinarily lyrical . . . and her themes are profound.'' Sunday Times''A gifted storyteller'' Independent''Fletcher unpeels with delicacy and insight the complex layers of the human heart.'' Guardian
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Gentlest of Wild Things - Sarah Underwood
A fantasy romance, by dazzling new talent Sarah Underwood, inspired by Greek mythology and the tale of Eros and Psyche.On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than Desire—love itself, bottled and sold to the highest bidder by Leandros, a power-hungry descendent of the god Eros.Eirene and her beloved twin sister, Phoebe, have always managed to escape Desire’s thrall. Until Leandros’ wife dies mysteriously and he sets his sights on Phoebe. Determined to keep her sister safe, Eirene strikes a bargain with Leandros: if she can complete the four elaborate tasks he sets her, he will find another bride. But it soon becomes clear that the tasks are part of something bigger; something related to Desire and Lamia, the strange, neglected daughter Leandros keeps locked away.Lamia knows her father hides her for her own protection, though as she and Eirene grow closer, she finds herself longing for the outside world. But the price of freedom is high, and with something deadly—something hungry—stalking the night, that price must be paid in blood . . .
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Gentlest of Wild Things - Sarah Underwood
A fantasy romance, by dazzling new talent Sarah Underwood, inspired by Greek mythology and the tale of Eros and Psyche. On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than Desire-love itself, bottled and sold to the highest bidder by Leandros, a power-hungry descendent of the god Eros. Eirene and her beloved twin sister, Phoebe, have always managed to escape Desire's thrall. Until Leandros' wife dies mysteriously and he sets his sights on Phoebe. Determined to keep her sister safe, Eirene strikes a bargain with Leandros: if she can complete the four elaborate tasks he sets her, he will find another bride.But it soon becomes clear that the tasks are part of something bigger; something related to Desire and Lamia, the strange, neglected daughter Leandros keeps locked away. Lamia knows her father hides her for her own protection, though as she and Eirene grow closer, she finds herself longing for the outside world. But the price of freedom is high, and with something deadly-something hungry-stalking the night, that price must be paid in blood ...
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King of Dead Things - Holness Nevin
Magical contemporary London. Two lives are about to collide. A journey of self-discovery.For fans of dark fantasy like Cemetery Boys, Noughts and Crosses and Threads that Bind from major new YA talent Jamaican British author Nevin HolnessThe first time Eli had tried taking magic that wasn’t his, it had wrapped around his palms like razor wire, tight enough that he’d needed stitches. Since then, Eli had bled magic from a soul enough times that he knew the rhythm of it. He knew what kinds of magic to stay away from and which he could upsell, which would get stuck beneath his fingernails and which would crumble and turn to ash if he held on too tightly.Eli doesn't know who he is or where he came from. What he does know is that he can pluck the magic from a soul like a petal from a flower. And he knows there is nothing he wouldn't borrow, steal or destroy in order to discover his past.Malcolm knows he can raise the dead with a wave of his hand but all he really wants is to be able to save his mother. When Eli is sent to track down the legendary fang of the leopard god Osebo, he finds himself entangled with an old and ancient power. Forced to team up, Malcolm and Eli must weave through the cracks of London, unearthing magic that should have stayed buried.Until finally, they face a power greater than either of them could have imagined: the daughter of Death herself . . .Raising the dead is easy, living is harder.
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The Best Things - Giedroyc Mel
The Parker family has lost it all. But can they find what matters?Sally Parker is struggling to find the hero inside herself.All she wants to do is lie down.Her husband Frank has lost his business, their home and their savings, in one fell swoop. Their bank cards are being declined. The children are running wild. And now the bailiffs are at the door.What does an ordinary woman do when the bottom falls out?Sally Parker is about to surprise everybody.Most of all herself.
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Forever Never: an unmissable and steamy romantic comedy from the author of Things We Never Got Over - Lucy Score
You don't fall for your brother's high school sweetheart, your boss's daughter, or your ex-wife's best friend. Especially when they're all the same woman.Under Brick Callan's mile-wide chest beats a loyal heart with a few cracks in it. He's the steadfast, overprotective type. Especially when it comes to the one woman he can never have. When Remi Ford returns to Mackinac Island in the dead of winter with a secret, Brick makes it his mission to find out what put the shadows in those green eyes. Even if it means breaking down the walls he's built between them. Even if it means falling for the one girl he'll never get over.
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Lots of Things to Doodle - Ellis Krysia
Children will love doing all kinds of doodles and drawings to complete the lively scenes in this brilliant draw-in book. There are over 120 pages of doodling activities in four sections: Doodling Dinosaurs, Animals, People and Things That Go. Just add pens or pencils to keep children entertained for hours on holidays, journeys and rainy days.
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Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus - Caitlin Schneiderhan
Two years before the events of Stranger Things Season 4, Eddie Munson-Hellfire Club leader, metalhead, and Hawkins outcast-has one shot to make it big. Hawkins, Indiana-for most, it's simply another idyllic, manicured all-American town. But for Eddie Munson it's like living in a perpetual Tomb of Horrors.Luckily, he only has a few more months to survive at Hawkins High. And what is senior year, really, but just killing time between Dungeons & Dragons sessions with the Hellfire Club and gigs with his band?It's at the worst dive bar in town that Eddie meets Paige, someone who has pulled off a freaking miracle. She escaped Hawkins and built a wickedly cool life for herself working for a record producer out in Los Angeles.Not only is she the definition of a badass-with a killer taste in music-she might be the only person that actually appreciates him as the bard he is instead of the devil incarnate. But the best thing? She's offering a chance for him to make something of himself, and all he needs is to get her a demo tape of Corroded Coffin's best songs. Just one problem: Recording costs money.Money Eddie doesn't have. But he's willing to do whatever it takes: even if that means relying on his old man, Al Munson. His dad just stumbled back into his life, with another dubious scheme up his sleeve, and yet Eddie knows this is his only option to make enough dough in enough time.It's a risk, but if it pays off he will finally have a one-way ticket out of Hawkins. Eddie can feel it: 1984 is going to be his year.
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Band Of Horses - Things Are Great (LP)
Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Barva podle výrobce: Black Země původu: Německo Balení obsahuje: LP Typ: Album;LP deska Barva: Černá Dekáda interpreta: 2010 - 2019;2020 - 2029;2000 - 2009 Složení setu: 1 ks Žánr: Folk;Indie;Rock Země interpreta: USA Interpret / Téma: Band Of Horses Subžánr: Power Pop;Alternative Rock;Southern Rock;Indie Rock;Folk Rock Rok vydání: 2022.0 Datum vydání: 2022-03-04 Vydavatelství: BMG Varianta: Things Are Great (LP)
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