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The Wilderness - McCarthy Steve

This is a real adventure book, so be careful not to get too lost between its pages...The Vasylenko family are adventurers. They all love the wet and the wild, the thrill of exploring the outside world. All that is ... except Oktober. He prefers the warm and safe comfort of the inside world, and for his adventures to take place between the pages of a book. But tomorrow, Oktober has to join his family on a trek into the slimy, grimy and climby wild, where he sees only danger and worry and fears a creature called "The Wilderness"! Failing to keep his wits about him could be dangerous though – it may even get him a bit ... lost. But perhaps getting lost is just what Oktober needs to find himself and maybe even make an unexpected friend.The Wilderness is a wild and wondrous story of true bravery and discovering friendship in the most unexpected of places, perfect for adventurers and the more timid alike.

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The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy

A SUNKEN JET. NINE PASSENGERS. A MISSING BODY.The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. 1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flightbag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit - by men

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The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy

Volume Two of the Border Trilogy

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The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy

The top ten bestseller from the author of The Road, Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, afraid of the watery deep, and pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding. 'A gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . .. It's rich and it's strange, mercurial and melancholic' - Guardian1980, Mississippi: A sunken jet, nine passengers and a missing body. It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wet suit and plunges into the darkness of the ocean.His dive light illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how?Now a collateral witness, Bobby is haunted by the ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul.Traversing the American South, from the bars of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness. Look out for Stella Maris, the second book in the duology.

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The Road - Cormac McCarthy

One of the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyA post-apocalyptic classic set in a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The Road is a masterpiece of American fiction from Cormac McCarthy.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionThe landscape is destroyed. Nothing moves save the ash on the wind. Cruel, lawless men stalk the roadside, lying in wait. Attempting to survive in this brave new world, the young boy and his protector have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves. They must keep walking.In this unflinching study of the best and worst of humankind, Cormac McCarthy boldly divines a future without hope, but one in which, miraculously, this young family may yet find tenderness.'The Road made me cry for days' – Emma Donoghue, author of Room and Haven'[T]he most important environmental book ever written' – George Monbiot, author of Feral and RegenesisWith an introduction from John Banville, author of The Sea.Adapted into a critically-acclaimed film starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

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The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy

It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats. Missing from the crash site are the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit - by men with badges; by the ghost of his father, inventor of the atom bomb; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul. From the bar rooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness, and one of the final works by Cormac McCarthy, a true American master.

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The Passenger (Defekt) - Cormac McCarthy

It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats. Missing from the crash site are the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit - by men with badges; by the ghost of his father, inventor of the atom bomb; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul. From the bar rooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness, and one of the final works by Cormac McCarthy, a true American master.

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The Border Trilogy - Cormac McCarthy

With an introduction by novelist Rachel KushnerIn the vanishing world of the Old West, two cowboys begin an epic adventure, and their own coming-of-age stories. In All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole's search for a future takes him across the Mexican border to a job as a ranch hand and an ill-fated romance. The Crossing is the story of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham, who sets off on a perilous journey across the mountains of Mexico, accompanied only by a lone wolf.Eventually the two come together in Cities of the Plain, in a stunning tale of loyalty and love. A true classic of American literature, The Border Trilogy is the late Cormac McCarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier. Beautiful and brutal, filled equally with sorrow and humour, it is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life.

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The Orchard Keeper - Cormac McCarthy

'There isn't anyone remotely like him in contemporary American literature' New York Times

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The Sunset Limited - Cormac McCarthy

Deft, spare, and full of artful tension, The Sunset Limited is a beautifully crafted play from the legendary Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country for Old Men and Blood Meridian. 'The Sunset Limited grips from the very first page' - Financial TimesA startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made. In that small apartment the two men, known as 'Black' and 'White', begin a conversatino that leads each back through his own history.White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con in recovery for drug addiction, is the more hopeful of the men. He is, however, desperate to convince White of the power of faith - while White is desperate to deny it.Between them, they hope to discover the meaning of life itself. Praise for Cormac McCarthy:'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

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Cities of the Plain - Cormac McCarthy

The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature' Guardian

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All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

‘His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'All the Pretty Horses is indisputably a masterpiece' – Financial Times1949. At sixteen years-old, John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood.A grand love story, Cormac McCarthy's novel is about the passing of childhood, of innocence and a vanished American age.‘One of the greatest American novels of this or any time’ – GuardianAdapted into a film starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.All the Pretty Horses is followed in the Border Trilogy by The Crossing and Cities of the Plain.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

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Cities of the Plain - Cormac McCarthy

'Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . .McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.' - Anne Enright-----In Cities of the Plain, two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together, between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing beyond recognition. In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military.On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico, where one of the men is drawn again and again, in this story of friendships and passion, to a love as dangerous as it is inevitable. 'In a lovely and terrible landscape of natural beauty and impending loss we find John Grady; a young cowboy of the old school, trusted by men and horses, and a fragile young woman, whose salvation becomes his obsession . .. McCarthy makes the sweeping plains a miracle' - Scotsman'This haunting, deeply felt novel completes one of the literary masterworks of the 1990s' - Daily Telegraph'The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature' - GuardianPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

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Away in the Wilderness - R. M. Ballantyne - e-kniha

eBook: 'Away in the Wilderness' is a classic for young readers. Adults are also bound to enjoy this novel as a semi-biographical adventure tale set in the wilderness in the latter half of the 19th Century. A delightful and humorous tale set in Canada. Boasting vibrant descriptions of Rupert's land, the rambling woods, the mosquitoes and of course the friendly and hospitable Canadian folk. It also contains a very good lesson on the best way to take revenge. A perfect fit for fans of the exciting 19th century adventure stories complete with a potent take on morality. Strongly recommended for readers who adore the 19740-1983 TV series 'Little House on the Prairie' starring Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson. This tale is perfect for young readers approximately aged 12-16 or so.

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The Defence - Steve Cavanagh

''Everything a great thriller should be and I can''t wait to see more of Eddie Flynn.'' Mark Billingham''So Hollywood, punchy and cool and pacy as hell.'' Eva Dolan Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter...Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren''t that different.It''s been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn''t have a choice. Olek Volchek, the infamous head of the Russian mafia in New York, has strapped a bomb to Eddie''s back and kidnapped his ten-year-old daughter, Amy. Eddie only has forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if he wants to save his daughter. Under the scrutiny of the media and the FBI, Eddie must use his razor-sharp wit and every con-artist trick in the book to defend his ''client'' and ensure Amy''s safety. With the timer on his back ticking away, can Eddie convince the jury of the impossible?Praise for race-against-time legal thriller writer, Steve Cavanagh:''A gripping, twisty thriller'' Ian Rankin, number 1 bestselling author of Rather Be The Devil''Legal thrillers are my blind spot, but I''ll always make an exception for Steve Cavanagh. Quite simply, THE PLEA is one of the most purely entertaining books you''ll read this year. It''s a blast.'' John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series''In the crowded field of legal thrillers, Steve Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition, with his skilfully plotted, action-packed and big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels . . . highly intelligent, twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable'' Eva Dolan, author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales''A cleverly constructed legal thriller combined with a classic locked-room mystery. Eddie Flynn is fast becoming one of my favourite fictional heroes and Cavanagh one of my favourite thriller writers.'' S.J.I. Holliday, author of Black Wood''Raymond Chandler could have created Eddie Flynn. THE PLEA is Phillip Marlowe and Michael Connolly''s Mickey Haller combined, with a bit of Jim Thompson''s THE GRIFTERS thrown in. A superb read with a main character destined to be one of the most talked about in crime fiction.'' Howard Linskey, author of The SearchIf you like John Grisham, Lee Child and Michael Connelly, you will LOVE the gripping and twisty Eddie Flynn series:1. The Defence2. The Plea3. The Liar* Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order *

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The Atlas Maneuver - Steve Berry

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure, Yamashita''s Gold, worth billions.1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust.Present day. Retired Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is in Switzerland doing a favor for a friend. But what was supposed to be a simple operation turns violent and Cotton is thrust into a war between the world''s oldest bank and the CIA, a battle that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust. He quickly discovers that everything hinges on a woman from his past, who suddenly reappears harboring a host of explosive secrets centering around bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is being quietly weaponized, readied for an assault on the world''s financial systems, a calculated move that will have devastating consequences. Cotton has no choice. He has to act. But at what cost?From the stolid banking halls of Luxembourg, to the secret vaults of Switzerland, and finally up into the treacherous mountains of southern Morocco, Cotton Malone is stymied at every turn. Each move he makes seems wrong, and nothing works, until he finally comes face-to-face with the Atlas Maneuver.

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The Chimp Paradox - Steve Peters

Do you sabotage your own happiness and success? Are you struggling to make sense of yourself? Do your emotions sometimes dictate your life?The Chimp Paradox is an incredibly powerful mind management model that can help you become a happy, confident, healthier and more successful person. Prof Steve Peters explains the struggle that takes place within your mind and then shows how to apply this understanding to every area of your life so you can:- Recognise how your mind is working- Understand and manage your emotions and thoughts- Manage yourself and become the person you would like to beThe Chimp Mind Management Model is based on scientific facts and principles, which have been simplified into a workable model for easy use. It will help you to develop yourself and give you the skills, for example, to remove anxiety, have confidence and choose your emotions. The book will do this by giving you an understanding of the way in which your mind works and how you can manage it. It will also help you to identify what is holding you back or preventing you from having a happier and more successful life. Each chapter explains different aspects of how you function and highlights key facts for you to understand. There are also exercises for you to work with. By undertaking these exercises you will see immediate improvements in your daily living and, over time, you will develop emotional skills and practical habits that will help you to become the person that you want to be, and live the life that you want to live.

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The Malta Exchange - Steve Berry

The pulse-pounding new thriller featuring Cotton Malone. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Sam Bourne and Scott Mariani.The pope is dead. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican to select his replacement, but one has fled for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great.Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone is in Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that could re-write history. But someone else is after the same letters and, when Malone obtains and then loses them, he's plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.The knights are the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks the Secreti - an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries. Meanwhile, the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.

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The Beatles všechny písně - Steve Turner

Víte, že melodie Yesterday přišla k Paulovi "sama", ale že s textem se dost natrápil, a dokonce chvíli zpíval o míchaných vejcích? Nebo že inspirací pro Johnovu Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds nebylo LSD, ale obrázek jeho syna? Tušíte, proč Ringo napsal píseň o zahradě chobotnice? A od čeho utíkal George, když skládal Here Comes the Sun? Příběhy všech písní Beatles – největší kapely všech dob – můžete mít teď v jedné knize, spolu s kompletními texty a raritními fotografiemi. Sledujte vývoj tvorby originálních tvůrčích osobností. Skupin jako tato byla v téže době nejen v Liverpoolu spousta. Proč zrovna Beatles? Otevřete knihu a zjistěte, co jedinečného v sobě měli tihle kluci, že se stali nejzářivějšími hvězdami na nebi pop-music.

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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography (034914043X)

Kniha - autor Walter Isaacson, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies,music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

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The Devil´s Advocate - Steve Cavanagh

''The Devil''s Advocate makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold; the terrific trial scenes out-Grisham John Grisham.'' The Times''This guy is the real deal. Trust me.'' LEE CHILD''Top notch thrills and courtroom drama'' SHARI LAPENA''A terrific writer. He has talent to burn.'' DON WINSLOWHE''S WON EVERY TRIAL. BECAUSE HE''S BEHIND EVERY MURDER.Ambitious District Attorney Randal Korn lives to watch prisoners executed.Even if they are not guilty. An innocent man, Andy Dubois, faces the death penalty for the murder of young girl. Korn has already fixed things to make sure he wins a fast conviction. The one thing Korn didn''t count on was Eddie Flynn. Slick, street smart and cunning, the former con artist turned New York lawyer has only seven days to save an innocent man against a corrupt system and find the real killer. In a week the Judge will read the verdict, but will Eddie be alive to hear it?''Addictive, unpredictable and timely'' WILL DEAN''Gripping, twisty and smart'' JANE FALLON''THE beach read of the summer of 2021'' ADRIAN MCKINTY''Like a binge-worthy boxset in book form'' PHILIPPA PERRY''This is Steve Cavanagh''s best yet'' JO SPAIN

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The Malta Exchange (Defekt) - Steve Berry

The pulse-pounding new thriller featuring Cotton Malone. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Sam Bourne and Scott Mariani.The pope is dead. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican to select his replacement, but one has fled for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great.Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone is in Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that could re-write history. But someone else is after the same letters and, when Malone obtains and then loses them, he's plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.The knights are the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks the Secreti - an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries. Meanwhile, the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.

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Steve Schapiro. The Godfather Family Album. 40th Anniversary Edition - Paul Duncan, Steve Schapiro

As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. This book gathers more than 300 of Schapiro’s finest photographs to take us behind the scenes of this epic and inimitable cinematic saga. “It’s dangerous to be an honest man.” — Michael Corleone, Godfather IIIAs special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalized Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton in photos that have since become iconic images, instantly recognizable and endlessly imitated. Gathered together in this book are Schapiro’s finest photographs from all three Godfather films, lovingly reproduced from the original negatives. With contextual essays and interviews covering the trilogy in its entirety, this book contains over 300 color and black-and-white images. Schapiro’s images take us behind the scenes of this epic and inimitable cinematic saga, revealing the director’s working process, capturing the moods and personalities involved, and providing insight into the making of movie history. The photographer American photojournalist Steve Schapiro has documented six decades of American culture, from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy to Andy Warhol’s Factory and the filming of The Godfather trilogy. He has published a dozen books of his photographs, has exhibited his work in shows from Los Angeles to Moscow, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, among others. The editor Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, movie stars, and film posters. TASCHEN turns 40 this year! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. In 2020, we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program—now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

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Hranice - Cormac McCarthy

Román Hranice z roku 1994 je druhým dílem McCarthyho legendární "Hraniční trilogie". Odehrává na jihu Spojených států a v Mexiku před druhou světovou válkou a pojednává o překročení pomyslného prahu dospělosti dvou dospívajících bratrů v sepětí s přírodou, jejími odvěkými rytmy, na pozadí boje dobra a zla. Knihu lze v podstatě číst jako western -- jako příběh synů, kteří se rozhodli pomstít své zavražděné rodiče --, ale stejně jako v mnoha svých dalších dílech autor i zde překračuje žánrové omezení a nabízí čtenáři filosoficky založenou, barvitou a zároveň čtivou prózu, která precizně předvádí prastaré pravdy o lidském údělu.

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Cesta - Cormac McCarthy

McCarthy v románu Cesta stroze a lapidárně líčí svět po globální katastrofě - přesně domýšlí jeho podobu i jednání přeživších ve světě, kde z někdejší civlilizace nezůstalo téměř nic. Děj Cesty tvoří putování otce a syna pustou, bezútěšnou krajinou, trvale zakrytou příkrovem mraků. Poutníci směřují k moři, vedeni neurčitou nadějí, jejíž chatrnost si dobře uvědomují. Většinu času hladoví, přespávají v lesích a pod mosty, vyhýbají se lidem, protože od těch, co přežili, se nedá čekat nic dobrého. Otec vynakládá veškeré úsilí na to, aby syna před světem uchránil a dovedl k cíli, protože tento úkol je to jediné, co má ještě smysl. A možná nejen pro něj samotného. Anotace 2: Svět po globální katastrofě. Bezútěšnou krajinou, šedou a studenou prochází otec s malým synem. Většinou hladoví, nocují v lesích, ostatním přeživším lidem se vyhýbají, protože od nich nemůžou čekat nic dobrého. Jejich nadějí je dojít k moři, otec však ví, že se jeho čas se krátí. Cesta je román temný, ale ne bezútěšný: apokalypsu líčí v mistrovské zkratce, ale čtenáři neodpírá naději. Za tento román autor obdržel v roce 2007 Pulitzerovu cenu.

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Konzultant - Cormac McCarthy

Nedlouho před svou svatbou se Konzultant, uznávaný právník, rozhodne vstoupit do riskantní oblasti obchodu s drogami na drsné texasko-mexické hranici - a doufá, že následkům tohoto rozhodnutí dokáže uniknout. Je pevně přesvědčen, že až mnohamilionový obchod s kokainem proběhne, vše se vrátí do starých kolejí a on se zase navrátí ke svému starému životu po boku milované snoubenky. Namísto toho se však ocitne uprostřed brutální a smrtelně nebezpečné hry, která může zničit všechno, co má rád, a všechny, jež kdy miloval. Cormac McCarthy se i ve svém posledním díle předvádí ve vrcholné formě, i když Konzultant není román, nýbrž "jen" scénář k filmu, který letos natočil hvězdný režisér Ridley Scott s neméně hvězdnými obsazením: v hlavních rolích se tu objeví Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz a Javier Bardem. Českou premiéru měl film 28. listopadu.

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Crossing - Cormac McCarthy

'Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . .McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.' - Anne Enright-----The Crossing forms the second part of the late Cormac McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, a story that began with All the Pretty Horses and concludes with Cities of the Plain. Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War, Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd.Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's property, Billy captures the animal - but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from. When Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.'The Crossing is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous' - The TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

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Satin Island - McCarthy Tom

U. is a 'corporate anthropologist' who, while working on a giant, epoch-defining project no one really understands, is also tasked with writing the Great Report on our society. But instead, U. spends his days procrastinating, meandering through endless buffer-zones of information and becoming obsessed by the images with which the world bombards him on a daily basis: oil spills, African traffic jams, roller-blade processions. Is there a secret logic holding all these images together? Once cracked, will it unlock the master-meaning of our era? Might it have something to do with the dead parachutists in the news? Perhaps; perhaps not.

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Suttree - Cormac McCarthy

In this semi-autobiographical work, a man abandons his life of privilege to live among eccentrics, criminals and the impoverished of Knoxville. Suttree is a humorous, compelling tapestry of life on the edge from Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road and Blood Meridian. 'Suttree contains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair' - Times Literary Supplement1951.Cornelius Suttree lives alone, exiled on a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River. As we meet him, Suttree watches the police haul the body of a suicidal man from the water. Amongst the living, the river is home to hermits, sex workers, alcoholics - and a witch.Conjuring James Joyce's Ulysses, Suttree wanders the river with a detachment and wry humour, encountering a broad cast of humanity as he does - even as dereliction and destitution threaten the last of his remaining dignity. 'Suttree is like a good, long scream in the ear' - New York TimesPraise for Cormac McCarthy:'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

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Cesta - Cormac McCarthy

Svět pohltila apokalypsa. Trosky, popel a mrtví lidé. A otec se synem tlačí pustinou nákupní vozík se vším jejich majetkem. Deštěm, sněhem a mrazem kamsi na jih, na pobřeží, snaží se proklouznout mezi kanibaly a divokými tlupami. Manu Larcenet (Brodeckova zpráva) se bravurně zhostil adaptace románu Cormaca McCarthyho Cesta ověnčeného v roce 2007 Pulitzerovou cenou. Zážitek z neobyčejného příběhu je v jeho podání možná ještě silnější než samotná kniha.

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Steve Miller Band: The Album - CD (4260494433357)

Hudební CD - Steve Miller Band a jejich výběr na 2CD live. Steve Miller Band je americká rocková skupina, která vznikla v roce 1966 v San Franciscu. Skupinu vede Steve Miller na kytaru a zpěv. Skupina měla řadu hitů z poloviny až konce sedmdesátých let, které jsou základem klasického rockového rádia, a také několik dřívějších psychedelických rockových alb. Seznam stop CD 1 / Super Shuffle / Your Old Lady / Mercury Blues / Goin' To Mexico / I Got Love If You Want It / Mojo (Got My Moyo Working) / Think / Blues With A Feelin' / Fannie Mae / I Wrote My Babe A Letter / Baby I Don't Know Why I Love You / I Want Her Back / Medley / a) Super Shuffle / b) Your Old Lady / c) Another Blues Shuffle / The Joker / Baby's Calling Me Home / Another Shuffle / Title 1 - 14 recorded live throughout the U.S.A. / / Title 15 + 16 recorded live from Shady Grove / Washington D.C., U.S.A. in 1973 / CD 2 / Fly Like An Eagle / Nothing Lasts / Going To The Country /...

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The Bletchley Riddle - Ruta Sepetysová, Sheinkin Steve

A thrilling middle grade historical adventure from bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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The Hare Who Wouldn't Share - Small Steve

There was once a hare who did NOT like to share. What is the point of sharing? thinks the hare. The more I give away the less there is for ME. But even the hare can appreciate the lovingly tended carrot patch created by the neighbouring rabbits. So, when a huge boar threatens to destroy the patch, will this hare come to see that giving things up for others means that you can gain so very much MORE of the most important things in life? A brilliant book to encourage conversations about sharing and communityStunning artwork from the highly-acclaimed illustrator of I'm Sticking with You and The Duck Who Didn't Like Water A warm hug of an ending! Praise for Steve Small: "A pure splash of joy" - Daily Mail on The Duck Who Didn't Like Water "Comical, bold ... tender" - The Sunday Times on I'm Sticking with You Also by Steve Small: The Duck Who Didn't Like Water Wellington's Big Day Out Brave Litle BearWith Smriti Halls:I'm Sticking with You I'm Sticking with You Too Let's Stick Together

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Poo in the Zoo: The Super Pooper Road Race - Steve Smallman

It''s the super POOPER Road Race, and Bob McGrew and the animals in the zoo are building the perfect poo-powered race cars. It’s going to be a poop-tastic adventure . . .But – oh no! – who’s that dastardly driver sabotaging the race? This race course is becoming more doo-doo dangerous by the minute!Who will zoom to victory and who will be left to finish last? Find out in this laugh out loud vehicle book for children. Kids that enjoy things that go and car books like the Diggersaurus series by Michael Whaite, Goodnight Tractor by Michelle Robinson and Nick East, and You Can’t Let an Elephant Drive a Racing Car by Patricia Cleveland-Peck and David Tazzyman will love Poo in the Zoo: The Super Pooper Road Race.

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Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

The wrath of God lies sleeping. It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it. Hell aint half full.Set in the anarchic world opened up by America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic and potent account of the barbarous violence that man visits upon man. Through the hostile landscape of the Texas-Mexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide of blood. But the apparent chaos is not without its order: while Americans hunt Indians - collecting scalps as their bloody trophies - they too are stalked as prey.Since its first publication in 1985, Blood Meridian has been read as both a brilliant subversion of the Western novel and a blazing example of that form. Powerful, mesmerizing and savagely beautiful, it is established as one of the most important works in American fiction of the last century. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

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Gardener's Son - Cormac McCarthy

'Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . .McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.' - Anne Enright-----The first screenplay by the late Cormac McCarthy, The Gardener's Son is the tale of two families: the wealthy Greggs, who own the local cotton mill, and the McEvoys, a family of mill workers beset by misfortune. Two years ago, Robert McEvoy was involved in an accident that led to the amputation of his leg.Consumed by bitterness and anger, he quit his job at the mill and fled. Now, news of his mother's terminal illness brings Robert home. What he finds on his return stokes the slow burning rage he carries within him, a fury that ultimately consumes both the McEvoys and the Greggs.This taut, riveting drama was Cormac McCarthy's first written screenplay. Directed by Richard Pearce, it was produced as a two-hour film in 1976 and received two Emmy Award nominations. This is the first UK publication of the film script in book form.

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Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy

'Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . .McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.' - Anne Enright-----The masterful coda to The Passenger from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road. GOD.TRUTH. EXISTENCE. Stella Maris is the story of a mathematician, twenty years old, admitted to the hospital with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag and one request: She does not want to talk about her brother.

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Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy

Alicia Western is the following: Twenty years old. A brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago. And a paranoid schizophrenic who does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby. Told entirely through the transcripts of Alicia's psychiatric sessions, Stella Maris is a searching, profoundly moving companion to The Passenger. It is a powerful enquiry that questions our notions of God, truth, and life itself by one of America's finest writers.

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Dítě Boží - Cormac McCarthy

Hlavním protagonistou románu je Lester Ballard, vrah a nekrofil, kterého společnost vyloučila ze svého středu a který žije v podzemním labyrintu jeskyní se svými trofejemi - plyšáky, které si vystřílel na poutích, a s rozkládajícími se mrtvolami svých obětí. V první části sledujeme Lesterovu postupnou a nevratnou proměnu v outsidera, vyvrhele a "účastného" pozorovatele, který se stává postrachem Frog Mountain. Druhá část se soustřeďuje na změnu ještě zdánlivě neškodného voyeura v šíleného vraha. Lester Ballard má však přesto s ostatními lidmi něco společného -nezměrnou touhu po lásce, kterou však není schopen získat a naplnit běžným způsobem. Přes všechnu hrůznost Lesterova počínání si čtenář uvědomuje, že k němu není schopen cítit pouze antipatie. Dítě Boží vychází ze skutečného případu, ke kterému došlo v Tennessee. Je zde však také všudypřítomný mýtus, posílený alegorickými prvky díla. Přestože román líčí proces postupného odcizení a totální ztrátu morálních hodnot, nutí současně čtenáře, aby hledal vysvětlení daného stavu, a to zdaleka nejen Ballardových činů. Koneckonců, Lester Ballard je jedním z nás, "dítě Boží, jako vy nebo já".

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Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy

Po dlouhých šestnácti letech, jež uplynuly od vydání jeho světového bestselleru Cesta, se doyen americké literatury vrátil na scénu s novým dílem, románovým diptychem. Jeho první část, nazvaná Pasažér, pojednává o peripetiích záchranáře Bobbyho Westerna, zatímco část druhá, Stella Maris, je věnována jeho sestře Alicii, doktorandce matematiky na Chicagské univerzitě. Ta se znenadání objeví v nemocnici ve Wisconsinu se čtyřiceti tisíci dolary v igelitové tašce. Záhy se ukáže, že trpí paranoidní schizofrenií a že možná v její mentální nestabilitě hraje určitou roli její bratr Bobby, o němž za žádnou cenu nechce mluvit. Reálný svět, zejména vzpomínky na dětství, se na plátně, které čtenářům představuje, prolínají s přeludy, premisami a závěry fyziky a filosofie. Příběh, vyprávěný prostřednictvím záznamů z terapeutických sezení, je působivým dovětkem k románu Pasažér a zároveň úchvatnou meditací o pojmech jako Bůh, pravda, zkušenost a lidská existence.

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Steve Hackett - The Circus And The Nightwhale (Limited Edition) (Red Coloured) (LP)

Žánr: Rock Barva podle výrobce: Red Typ: LP deska;Limitovaná edice;Barevná Země interpreta: Spojené království Země původu: Německo Dekáda interpreta: 2000 - 2009;1960 - 1969;1990 - 1999;1970 - 1979;2010 - 2019;2020 - 2029;1980 - 1989 Balení obsahuje: LP Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Složení setu: 1 ks Barva: Červená Interpret / Téma: Steve Hackett Subžánr: Progressive Rock Rok vydání: 2024.0 Datum vydání: 2024-02-16 Vydavatelství: Inside Out Music Varianta: The Circus And The Nightwhale (Limited Edition) (Red Coloured) (LP)

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A Path through the Jungle - Professor Steve Peters

Professor Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist and author of the bestselling self-help book, The Chimp Paradox. He has years of experience as a clinician, an educator and has worked with some of the world's most successful athletes. His new book 'A Path through the Jungle' will help you to become robust and resilient.

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God and John Point the Way - Steve Eggleton

An imaginative and engaging retelling of John the Baptist's story.

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Raising Boys in the 21st Century - Steve Biddulph

A word of mouth bestseller which has become one of the best loved and most successful books in the parenting field. With around 20% new material, Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys includes some startling new research on what helps – and what harms – boys.In this expanded and updated edition, Steve Biddulph shares and gives practical and honest advice to parents so they can recognise the different stages of boyhood and learn how to raise happy, confident and kind young men.Boys need to be parented in a different way from girls with their own very special psychological and physical make-up. Home, society and education have failed boys badly – and these failures lead to unhappy men who cannot fully become happy, responsible, emotionally-confident adults.While it is essential that boys spend more time learning about manhood from their fathers, Biddulph updates his classic to include helpful information for mothers and single mothers with baby boys.This extended edition explores some important topics:.• How ADHD may be caused by stress in the first year of life.• Whether boys should start school later than girls.• How important it is to let boys cry, and how crying helps avoid violence, suicide, and risky behaviour.• Two completely new stages of boyhood we didn’t know about: the FULL ON FOURS and the EMOTIONAL EIGHTS• Help for single mothers raising sons.• How to choose a sport that does more good than harm.• What we can do about boys and binge drinking.• What science can tell us about teenage boys and driving – and how we can keep our sons safe.Raising Boys offers parents real-life situations, thought-provoking insights, humour and help.

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The Duck Who Didn't Like Water - Small Steve

Duck is not like other ducks. Duck doesn’t like water and is perfectly fine alone, thank you very much.But then, one dark and stormy night, an outgoing, water-loving, and very lost Frog turns up at Duck’s door. Can this odd couple find Frog’s home? And will they find friendship along the way? This endearing, gorgeously illustrated tale marked the author-illustrator debut for Steve Small, illustrator of the highly acclaimed, I’m Sticking with You and is now available in this board book edition.

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The Elephant Who Came for Dinner - Steve Smallman

Hotpot, Wolf and Omelette are back in the seventh book in the internationally bestselling The Lamb Who Came for Dinner series, written by the inimitable Steve Smallman (Poo in the Zoo, The Eyebrows of Doom, The Monkey with the Bright Blue Bottom) and illustrated with warmth by Joëlle Dreidemy. One starry night, the woods are filled with enchanting songs and beautiful sculptures. Whoever could have made them? Badger thinks he has all the answers: it has to be a spotty wood-warbler. So, Wolf, Hotpot and Omelette venture deeper into the woods with Badger to try to find the mystery singing-sculptor. But, soon enough, it becomes clear that things aren’t as they seem, and the friends can’t always trust a know-it-all Badger. In The Elephant Who Came for Dinner, facts that are stated with confidence turn out to be false, gently introducing young readers to the importance of interrogating the information we are told. Fans of The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, Weirdo by Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, and Magenta Fox, and The Pirates Are Coming! by John Condon and Matt Hunt, will love this latest addition to The Lamb Who Came for Dinner series.

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The Story of Dinosaurs - Catherine Barr, Steve Williams

This brilliant book introduces the dinosaurs that once roamed our planet. Using bitesize text and beautifully bright illustrations, this is the perfect book for dinosaur lovers everywhere. The world was once full of magnificent beasts, big and small, who stomped across the land, soared through the skies and swam through waters deep and murky. Dinosaurs witnessed the shaping of our mountains, continents, seas and deserts and eventually an asteroid that would wipe out half of all life on Earth. This is the exciting and dramatic story of dinosaurs and how they lived on our planet. Journey back in time to the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and come face-to-face with prehistory’s most spectacular dinosaurs. Read about when they lived, where they lived, what they ate and how you can see clues of these prehistoric creatures in our modern world. With fact-packed text by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams and vibrant illustrations by Amy Husband, readers will walk across continents with a titanosaurus, stalk prey with a T-rex and care for a baby velociraptor. This is an engaging first look at the incredible world of dinosaurs, written especially for young children.

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Stella Maris (anglicky) - Cormac McCarthy

The masterful coda to The Passenger from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road.GOD. TRUTH. EXISTENCE.Stella Maris is the story of a mathematician, twenty years old, admitted to the hospital with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag and one request: She does not want to talk about her brother.

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Města na planině - Cormac McCarthy

Závěrečný díl autorovy Pohraniční trilogie svádí dohromady oba přeživší kovboje z předchozích románů: Johnyho Grady Colea ze Všech krásných koní, nyní o tři roky staršího, tedy devatenáctiletého, a Billyho Parhama z Hranice, kterému je teď osmadvacet. Je rok 1952 a pracují spolu na ranči v Novém Mexiku kousek od hranic s Texasem a Mexikem. Oba tuší, že nadchází konec starých časů a starých zvyků, konec kovbojů, a začíná se něco nového a hrozného, neboť válka všechno změnila. John se při návštěvě bordelu v mexickém Juárezu zamiluje do prostitutky Magdaleny s dobrým srdcem a kamarád Billy mu kryje záda, neboť každá prostitutka má také pasáka, který už dobré srdce nemá. Dochází na milostné melodrama, označované za McCarthyho verzi Romea a Julie, kdy znepřátelenými rody jsou Mexičané a Američané. Silná ramena ustupují tak trochu sentimentu. I zde je však prolito hodně krve. Název knihy odkazuje na biblická města Sodomu a Gomoru, jež sešla ze světa pro svoji hříšnost.

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Vlak Sunset Limited - Cormac McCarthy

"Román v divadelní formě" poněkud vybočuje z celku McCarthyho díla: nejen tím, že vznikl původně jako divadelní hra (jež se v roce 2006 hrála s úspěchem na Broadwayi a v Chicagu), ale také přísnou jednotou místa a času, strohým jazykem a na kost oholenými dialogy. Setkáváme se v něm jen se dvěma postavami, označenými jako "Černý" a "Bílý", jež spolu vedou dlouhý rozhovor v zašlém newyorském bytě - a neřeší přitom nic menšího než otázku po smyslu života. "Bílý", nihilisticky založený profesor humanitních věd, je pevně rozhodnutý spáchat sebevraždu, "Černý", bývalý kriminálník, jenž díky kdysi nalezené víře v Boha změnil svůj život od základu, se mu jeho úmysl pokouší rozmluvit. Zdánlivě jednoduchý půdorys díla se ovšem v brilantním McCarthyho podání komplikuje a zpočátku přehledná, jednoznačně rozvržená pře obou mužů se postupně mění v rafinovanou disputaci nabitou symbolickými významy, v níž jako by se střetával Tomáš Akvinský se Samuelem Beckettem.

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Krvavý poledník - Cormac McCarthy - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Cormac McCarthy vydal svůj pátý román, Krvavý poledník aneb Večerní červánky na západe, v roce 1985, a přestože byly kritické recenze víceméně příznivé, většinu hodnotitelů zarazila nebývalá míra násilí a pozoruhodná absence morálních zásad. Z komerčního hlediska nebyla kniha příliš úspěšná a trvalo několik dalších let, než byla čtenáři opravdu doceněna. Dnes je už pravidelně ražena mezi nejdůležitější americké romány dvacátého století. Dej se odehrává v letech 1849-1850 na americko-mexickém pomezí, kde Glantonova tlupa nájemných zabijáku loví pro mexickou vládu indiánské skalpy. V tlupě se objevuje mnoho historicky doložených postav, ale též smyšlený a bezejmenný šestnáctiletý kluk, protagonista celého příběhu. Nade všemi se však tyčí tajuplný soudce Holden, jenž právem aspiruje na nejzlověstnější postavu americké literatury vůbec. Krvavý poledník je syrovou výpravou do historického mezidobí, které na Západe zavládlo po americko-mexické válce a kdy platil pouze zákon silnějšího, zákon rychlejší ruky a zákon většího kalibru. V nachově masitých barvách, za libozvučného křupání chrupavek a s nasládlou pachutí krve se zde v celé své grotesknosti vyjevuje pravá podstata lidství – ovládá nás krutost, násilí, válka. CORMAC McCARTHY se narodil roku 1933 v Providence ve státě Rhode Island. Navštevoval University of Tennessee, během studií začal psát a publikovat a univerzitu nedokončil. Rukopis svého prvního románu Strážce sadu poslal do nakladatelství Random House, kde se ho ujal někdejší Faulknerův redaktor Albert Erskine, s nímž pak McCarthy spolupracoval dalších dvacet let. Vydal deset románu (v českých překladech je všechny přineslo nakladatelství Argo). K nejslavnějším patří Všichni krásní koně (první díl „Hranicní trilogie“, spolu s romány Hranice a Města na planinách), Krvavý poledník, Tahle země není pro starý (úspěšné zfilmováno v roce 2007). Jak sám řekl, respektuje jen spisovatele, kteří se zabývají otázkami života a smrti. Sám toto pravidlo naplňuje bohatým jazykem a nebojácnou obrazností, která čtenáře neušetří ničeho z lidského zla, jež je v McCarthyho knihách všudypřítomné. Autorovi se dostalo velkého kritického uznání i literárních cen, mezi nimiž nechybí National Book Award for Fiction ci National Book Critic Circle Award anebo Pulitzerova cena za Cestu. V roce 2007 zařadila vlivná Oprah Winfreyová Cestu do svého „Knižního klubu“ a McCarthy přijal pozvání do jejího televizního poradu; obojí přispělo k tomu, že se se samotářským autorem a jeho dílem seznámil širší okruh čtenářů. „Cormac McCarthy je zasloužilý následovník Melvilla a Faulknera. Žádný jiný žijící americký romanopisec nám nedaroval tak silnou a velkolepou knihu.“ – literární kritik Harold Bloom. Cormac McCarthy: Krvavý poledník aneb Večerní červánky na západě | Překlad Martin Svoboda | Čte Lukáš Hlavica | Režie Petr Gojda | Zvuk a střih Kate Hamsíková | Hudba Ivan Acher | Mastering Štěpán Škoch | Natočeno ve studiu All Senses Production s. r. o. | Grafi ka CD Jana Rybová | Produkce Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, v březnu 2023 CORMAC McCARTHY: Krvavý poledník aneb Večerní červánky na západě Z anglického originálu Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West vydaného roku 1990 nakladatelstvím Picador v Londýně přeložil Martin Svoboda | Vydalo nakladatelství Argo, 2019 | Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West | Copyright © 1985 by Cormac McCarthy | Překlad © Martin Svoboda, 2019

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