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Tuesdays With Morrie : An old man, a young man, and life´s greatest lesson - Mitch Albom

Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it?For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.Praise for Tuesdays with Morrie:'This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow' Amy Tan'A moving tribute to embracing life' Glasgow Herald'An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death' Boston Globe'A beautifully written book of great clarity and wisdom that lovingly captures the simplicity beyond life's complexities' M Scott Peck

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Tuesdays with Morrie: 'An old man, a young man, and life''s greatest lesson' (0385496494)

Kniha - autor Mitch Albom, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of your mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college.Tuesdays With Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift to the world.

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The Big Five for Life: 'A Story of one Man and Leadership''s Greatest Secret' (0749929588)

Kniha - autor John P. Strelecky, 226 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Thomas Derale, a mild-mannered businessman from Chicago, embodies leadership's greatest secret: his companies make fortunes, and his people and customers love him. At age 55, though, Derale is dying, and through a series of final encounters with key people in his life, we learn about the true impact the man and his work have had on the people around him. A business parable with a difference, THE BIG FIVE FOR LIFE is a story of great leadership and a powerful reminder that successful leaders are not just in the business of business - they are in the business of life.

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The Old Man and the Sea (9780099273967)

Kniha - autor Ernest Hemingway, 112 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements.

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The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.

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The Old Man and the Sea (00-999084-0-9)

Kniha - autor Ernest Hemingway, 100 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.

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Our Young Man (1408858967)

Kniha - autor Edmund White, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Guy takes on the fashion world in New York and becomes the darling of Fire Island's gay community. Never ageing, at 35 he is still modelling, helplessly enjoying lavish gifts from older men who believe he's far younger. Driven by the memory of his poor childhood, Guy lets them believe - until he finds his way of life is destroying the men he loves.With the richest representations of gay male identity from the disco era to the age of AIDS, this exquisite novel explores the power of physical beauty - to fascinate, enslave and deceive - with sparkling wit and pathos.

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (0751536148)

Kniha - autor Mitch Albom, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE such an astonishing book. The novel's protagonist is an elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the 'Free Fall', dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of a falling cart that hurtles to earth. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life. While each guide takes him through heaven, Eddie learns a little bit more about what his time on earth meant, what he was supposed to have learned, and what his true purpose on earth was. Throughout there are dramatic flashbacks where we see scenes from his troubled childhood, his years in the army in the Philippines jungle, and with his first and only love,...

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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (9780349141800)

Kniha – autor Jonas Jonasson, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Jonas Jonasson, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá The international bestselling sensation. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out, Allan will not . . . Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom window, into the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is revealed. A life in which - remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. Translated by Roy Bradbury. Biographical Notes Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the...

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Mercury and Me: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Freddie Loved (1526614502)

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The Old Man and the Sea: zrcadlový text B1-B2 středně pokročilí (978-80-7547-359-2)

Kniha - 192 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Podle příběhu Ernesta Hemingwaye.

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Go West Young Man (978-80-88617-02-0)

Kniha - autor Tiburce Oger; Hervé Richez, 120 stran, česky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Příběh kapesních hodinek přecházejících z ruky do ruky v dobách dobývání Divokého západu… Čtrnáct povídek obsažených v Go West Young Man zachycuje dobytí Divokého západu, počínaje rokem 1763 a konče rokem 1938. Od potyček na březích Velkých jezer až po žhavou mexickou poušť sledujeme osudy různých postav. Trapeři, průkopníci, indiánské kmeny, zoufalci a prostitutky – všichni bojují o přežití na Velkých pláních nebo v rychle rostoucích městečkách. Go West Young Man (doslovně „Jdi na Západ, mladý muži“ či v obecnější rovině s ohledem na děj knihy „Vzhůru na Západ, člověče“) je bystrá a vědomá pocta westernovému žánru.

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Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath (1849833214)

Kniha - autor Tony Iommi, 352 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Tony Iommi, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Paperback edition of the autobiography from iconic Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. One of the most influential musicians of the past 4 decades, and the inventor of heavy metal, this looks at Iommi's life from his childhood in the Midlands, and the hand injury which caused him to develop his style, to his drug-fuelled life as a rock star, to the present day. Black Sabbath have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. *Also appeared in August Buyer's Notes*

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Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady - Lispector Clarice

'The morning became a long, drawn-out afternoon that became depthless night dawning innocently through the house' Tales of desire and madness from this giant of Brazilian literature. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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Man and His Symbols (0440351839)

Kniha - autor Carl Gustav Jung, 432 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Illustrated throughout with revealing images, this is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams.

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SPIDER-MAN: LIFE STORY - EXTRA! - Chip Zdarsky

Spider-Man makes history! In 1962's AMAZING FANTASY #15, teenage Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and became the amazing Spider-Man! Sixty years have passed in the real world since that event - so what would have happened if the same amount of time had passed for Peter? In celebration of an icon, Chip Zdarsky and legendary artist Mark Bagley spin a unique Spidey tale - telling the entire life story of Spider-Man from beginning to end, set against the key events of the decades through which he lived! From the Vietnam War to Secret Wars and Civil War, all the way through to what just might be a 72-year-old Spider-Man's final mission! Plus: Watch the saga unfold through the jaded eyes of jolly J. Jonah Jameson! Collecting SPIDER-MAN: LIFE STORY #1-6 and ANNUAL #1.

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