House of chains - steven erikson

In Northern Genabackis, just before the events recounted in Gardens of the Moon, a raiding party of tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flat lands. Their intention is to wreak havoc among the despised lowlanders but for one amongst their number, it is the beginning of an extraordinary destiny. His name is Karsa Orlong.Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Coltaine, revered commander of the Malazan 7th Army, is dead. And now Tavore, sister of Ganoes Paran and Adjunct to the Empress, recently arrived at the last remaining Malazan stronghold of the Seven Cities, must take charge. Untested and new to command, she must hone a small army of twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits, into a viable fighting force and lead them against the masses of Sha'ik's Whirlwind. Her only hope of success rests with the few remaining survivors from Coltaine's legendary march.In distant Raraku, in the heart of the Holy Desert, the seer Sha'ik waits with her increasingly restless rebel army. And waiting is never easy, especially when a disparate collection of warlords - tribal chiefs, High Mages, a renegade Malazan Fist and his sorceror - is locked in a vicious power struggle that threatens to tear the rebellion apart from within. And Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the private knowledge of the one she knows is her nemesis . . .So begins this epic novel of war, intrigue, betrayal and magic - the awesome fourth chapter in one of the landmark works of epic fantasy, Steven Erikson's The Malazan Book of the Fallen. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The ravaged continent of Genabackis has given birth to a terrifying new empire: the Pannion Domin. Like a fanatical tide of corrupted blood, it seethes across the land, devouring all who fail to heed the Word of its elusive prophet, the Pannion Seer. In its path stands an uneasy alliance: Dujek Onearm's Host and the Bridgeburners - each now outlawed by the Empress - alongside some enemies of old that include the grim forces of Warlord Caladan Brood, Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, and his Tiste Andii, and the Rhivi people of the Plains.But more ancient clans are also gathering. As if in answer to some primal summons, the massed ranks of the undead T'lan Imass have risen. It would seem that something altogether darker and more malign threatens the very substance of this world.The Warrens are poisoned, and rumours abound that the Crippled God is now unchained and intent on a terrible revenge . . .Marking the return of many favourite characters from Garden of the Moon and introducing a host of remarkable new players, Memories of Ice is the thrilling third chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent, genre defining epic fantasy. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Na Zemi se náhle objeví silová pole, vytvoří zóny, do kterých nemají lidé přístup, a současně zabraňují lidem v násilí a ničení přírody. Zbraně od atomových až po nože a pěsti jsou náhle k ničemu, světová ekonomika se začne hroutit a vlády celého světa ztratí svou moc. Současně cosi začne terraformovat Mars a Venuši, aby se staly obyvatelné. To je však jen začátek a mocní tohoto světa se rozhodně nechtějí „vzdát" bez boje... Spisovatelka science fiction Samanta se ocitne na mimozemské lodi a umělá inteligence aliance mimozemských supercivilizací jí sdělí, že si ji vybrala jako svou mluvčí pro kontakt s lidstvem, kterému už nedovolí dál ničit Zemi ani samo sebe. A jejich plán na „výchovu" lidstva přechází do dalších, ještě bizarnějších fází. Strhující vědeckofantastický román o prvním kontaktu z pera autora známého hlavně díky ságám z Malazské říše je nejen plný napětí a akce, ale také vznáší filozofické otázky po smyslu lidstva, jeho vztahu k vlastní planetě a stavu současné civilizace. Díky nadšenému čtenářskému ohlasu se stal bestsellerem a současně je vysoce hodnocen kritiky jako nová klasika žánru. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

After decades of warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the rule of the Warlock King. But peace has been exacted at a terrible price - a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect, at worst deadly. To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all of its less-civilised neighbours with rapacious hunger.All save one - the Tiste Edur. But Lether is approaching a long-prophesied renaissance that it will take it from a kingdom and lost colony to an empire reborn - and has fixed its gaze on the rich lands of the Tiste Edur. It would seem inevitable that the tribes will surrender, succumbing to the suffocating weight of gold, or to slaughter at the edge of a sword.Or so Destiny has decreed. A pivotal treaty between the two sides nears, but unknown ancient forces are awakening. For the impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of an altogether more profound, primal battle - a confrontation driven by a still-raw betrayal and a craving for vengeance.War and confrontation, magic and myth collide in this, the stunning fifth chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent The Malazan Book of the Fallen - a series hailed as an epic of the imagination and a classic work of high fantasy. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Seven Cities Rebellion is over, Sha'ik is dead, but a last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y'Ghatan under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy - for it was here that the Empire's greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled... But agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens, sides must be chosen but whatever each god decides, the rules have changed - and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world: a world in which a host of characters, familiar and new, search for a fate that they might fashion by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens. And the prize? Nothing less than existence itself... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Malazská říše povstala z malého ostrovního království a vybudovala impérium, jakému není rovno, na ostří mečů a magii. Nekonečné války, vnitřní rozbroje i krvavé střet s obdivuhodným Anomanderem a jeho Tiste Andii, prastarými a nesmiřitelnými kouzelníky, jsou vyčerpávající a říše vře nespokojeností. Dokonce i armáda, dávno uvyklá na krveprolití, touží po chvilce oddechu. Císařovna Laseen však dál vládne pevnou rukou a poslušnost si vynucuje skrze své děsivé spárské asasíny. Nyní upřela svůj nenasytný zrak na Darúdžistán, starodávnou citadelu a poslední ze Svobodných měst v Genabakis. Poslední bašta nezávislosti dosud vzdoruje síle malazské armády. Nad městem se vznáší nebeská pevnost Měsíční kámen a sami obyvatelé Darúdžistánu si kladou otázku, kdo je vlastně jejich záhadný spojenec.Zdá se však, že říše v této velké hře není sama. Ze stínu vystupují zlověstné síly a sami bohové se připravují vložit do hry… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha’ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and giving birth to legends.....Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, this thrilling novel of war, intrigue, and betrayal confirms Steven Erikson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination, and originality - a new master of epic fantasy. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Na svaté poušti Raraku shromažďuje věštkyně Sha'ik vojsko vyznavačů Knihy Apokalypsy. Hodlá rozpoutat Smršť a postavit se do čela povstání, které zatáhne Malazskou říši do jednoho z nejkrvavějších konfliktů, jaké kdy poznala. Strašlivý vír náboženského fanatismu i krvežíznivosti brzy smete celá města a dá vzniknout legendám. Paliči mostů jsou zničeni a jejich zbytky postaveny mimo zákon. Šumař a asasín Kalam hodlají úder vrátit i s úroky a tvrdohlavě se probíjejí k mytickému cíli: tajemnému Domu mrtvých. Jenže uprostřed vražedné války nejde nic podle plánu – zvláště když zpovzdálí tahá za nitky sám bůh stínu, nevypočitatelný Stínupán. Mezitím Coltain, charismatický velitel malazské Sedmé armády, vede své vojáky do poslední bitvy za záchranu životů třiceti tisíc uprchlíků. Jeho Psí řetěz svádí zápas s pouští, přesilou nepřátel i intrikami ve vlastních řadách. Jak daleko je možné zajít ve snaze o nemožné? Na konci cesty plné krve a slz čeká přístavní město Aren, ale slibuje záchranu, nebo zkázu? Svatá poušť zvolna vydává svá tajemství. Z Domu mrtvých vede mnoho cest, k němu však pouze jediná. Ti, kdo se po ní vydají, už nikdy nebudou jako dřív. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

All is not well in the Letherii Empire.Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against its own people. The Errant, once a farseeing god, is suddenly blind to the future. Conspiracies seethe throughout the palace, as the empire - driven by the corrupt and self-interested - edges ever-closer to all-out war with the neighbouring kingdoms. And then there's the great Edur fleet that draws ever closer - a force that includes Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer - each destined to cross blades with the emperor himself. That yet more blood is to be spilled is inevitable . . . Against this backdrop, a band of fugitives seek a way out of the empire. Amongst is Fear Sengar who is searching for the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye. His hope is that it might help halt the Tiste Edur and so save his brother, the emperor. But travelling with them is Scabandari's most ancient foe: Silchas Ruin, brother of Anomander Rake. Ruin's motives are anything but certain. The wounds he carries on his back, made by the blades of Scabandari, are still fresh. Fate decrees that there is to be a reckoning, for such bloodshed cannot go unanswered - and it will be a reckoning on an unimaginable scale . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Na Zemi se náhle objeví silová pole, vytvoří zóny, do kterých nemají lidé přístup, a současně zabraňují lidem v násilí a ničení přírody. Zbraně od atomových až po nože a pěsti jsou náhle k ničemu, světová ekonomika se začne hroutit a vlády celého světa ztratí svou moc. Současně cosi začne terraformovat Mars a Venuši, aby se staly obyvatelné. To je však jen začátek a mocní tohoto světa se rozhodně nechtějí „vzdát“ bez boje... Spisovatelka science fiction Samanta se ocitne na mimozemské lodi a umělá inteligence aliance mimozemských supercivilizací jí sdělí, že si ji vybrala jako svou mluvčí pro kontakt s lidstvem, kterému už nedovolí dál ničit Zemi ani samo sebe. A jejich plán na „výchovu“ lidstva přechází do dalších, ještě bizarnějších fází. Strhující vědeckofantastický román o prvním kontaktu z pera autora známého hlavně díky ságám z Malazské říše je nejen plný napětí a akce, ale také vznáší filozofické otázky po smyslu lidstva, jeho vztahu k vlastní planetě a stavu současné civilizace. Díky nadšenému čtenářskému ohlasu se stal bestsellerem a současně je vysoce hodnocen kritiky jako nová klasika žánru. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Uplynulo mnoho let od chvíle, kdy do malé osady na břehu Stříbrného jezera přišli tři teblorští válečníci, a s nimi krvavé masakry a chaos. Ač se městečko vzpamatovalo a teblorské kmeny již na jih nevyrážejí, vzpomínka na minulé hrůzy zůstává. Karsa Orlong, jeden ze tří, je nyní považován za boha, i když je to bůh odtažitý a lhostejný. Jeho kult je jedním z mnoha, které se objevily v celém malazském světě, včetně uctívačů Coltaina, boha s černými křídly, a kultu průvodce mrtvých Iskara Jaraka, oblíbený mezi říšskou soldateskou. Legie malazských mariňáků je na pochodu ke Stříbrnému jezeru. Objevily se zprávy, které naznačují, že kmeny za hranicemi se daly do pohybu. Mariňáci si nejsou jistí, čemu budou čelit. Třebaže malazská armáda prošla vývojem a dnešní mariňáci nejsou jako ze starých časů, jedna věc se nezměnila: zvládnou všechno, co se jim postaví do cesty. Nebo při tom zemřou. V témže čase ve vysokých horách, kde žijí teblorské kmeny, povstal nový válečný vůdce. Poznamenán skutky Karsy Orlonga se hodlá svému bohu postavit, i kdyby to znamenalo prosekat si krvavou cestu skrz Malazskou říši. Výše v horách se vynořila nová hrozba a Teblorům se krátí čas. Invaze, jejíž hrozba dlouho visela ve vzduchu, má začít každou chvíli. Tentokrát to nebudou tři obyčejní válečníci. Tentokrát se země na jihu chystají zaplavit tisíce Treblorů. A v cestě jim stojí jen jediná legie malazských mariňáků… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Malazská říše povstala z malého ostrovního království a na ostří mečů i magie vybudovala impérium, jakému není rovno. Nekonečné války spolu s vnitřními rozbroji jsou však vyčerpávající a říše začíná upadat. Dokonce i Paliči mostů, kdysi elitní sapérská jednotka malazské armády, upadli v nemilost. Císařovna ale vládne tvrdou rukou a poslušnost si vynucuje skrze Spáry, své děsivé asasíny. Nyní upřela svůj zrak na Drúdžistán, poslední ze Svobodných měst v Genabakis. Ten vzdoruje vojskům říše už čtvrtý rok, hlavně díky zvláštním spojencům. Nad městem se vznáší nebeská pevnost Měsíční kámen a sami obyvatelé si kladou otázku, kdo jsou záhadní Tiste Andii, kteří v ní žijí spolu se svým pánem. Pohár trpělivosti Malazské říše přetekl. Císařovnina pobočnice přichází zlomit Darúdžistán, i kdyby to znamenalo vzkřísit něco, co mělo zůstat navěky pohřbeno. Poslední zbylí Paliči mostů pronikají přímo do obleženého města, aby rozběhli vlastní smělý plán. Ze stínů se však vynořují další zlověstné síly a noví i zapomenutí bohové se chystají vložit do hry. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Na svaté poušti Raraku shromažďuje věštkyně ša’ik vojsko vyznavačů Knihy Apokalypsy. Hodlá rozpoutat Smršť a postavit se do čela povstání, které zatáhne Malazskou říši do jednoho z nejkrvavějších konfliktů, jaké kdy poznala. Strašlivý vír náboženského fanatismu i krvežíznivosti brzy smete celá města a dá vzniknout legendám. Paliči mostů jsou zničeni a jejich zbytky postaveny mimo zákon. Šumař a asasín Kalam hodlají úder vrátit i s úroky a tvrdohlavě se probíjejí k mytickému cíli: tajemnému Domu mrtvých. Jenže uprostřed vražedné války nejde nic podle plánu – zvláště když zpovzdálí tahá za nitky sám bůh stínu, nevypočitatelný Stínupán. Mezitím Coltain, charismatický velitel malazské Sedmé armády, vede své vojáky do poslední bitvy za záchranu životů třiceti tisíc uprchlíků. Jeho Psí řetěz svádí zápas s pouští, přesilou nepřátel i intrikami ve vlastních řadách. Jak daleko je možné zajít ve snaze o nemožné? Na konci cesty plné krve a slz čeká přístavní město Aren, ale slibuje záchranu, nebo zkázu? Svatá poušť zvolna vydává svá tajemství. Z Domu mrtvých vede mnoho cest, k němu však pouze jediná. Ti, kdo se po ní vydají, už nikdy nebudou jako dřív. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'Awe-inspiring. Prepare to fall in love with epic fantasy all over again.' ANNA SMITH SPARK, author of the bestselling The Court of Broken Knives'Erikson is an extraordinary writer . . . treat yourself.' STEPHEN R. DONALDSONThe thrilling opening chapter in an epic new fantasy from the author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen...Many years have passed since three Teblor warriors brought carnage and chaos to Silver Lake.Now the tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. The town has recovered and yet the legacy remains. Indeed, one of the three, Karsa Orlong, is now revered as a god, albeit an indifferent one. In truth, many new religions have emerged and been embraced across the Malazan world. There are those who worship Coltaine, the Black-Winged Lord, and the cult of Iskar Jarak, Guardian of the Dead, is popular among the Empire's soldiery.Responding to reports of a growing unease among the tribes beyond the border, a legion of Malazan marines marches towards Silver Lake. They aren't quite sure what they're going to be facing, but, while the Malazan military has evolved and these are not the marines of old, one thing hasn't changed: they'll handle whatever comes at them. Or die trying.And in those high mountains, a new warleader has risen amongst the Teblor. Scarred by the deeds of Karsa Orlong, he intends to confront his god even if he has to cut a bloody swathe through the Malazan Empire to do so.But further north, a new threat has emerged and now it seems it is the Teblor who are running out of time. Another long-feared migration is about to begin and this time it won't just be three warriors. No, this time tens of thousands are poised to pour into the lands to the south. And in their way, a single company of Malazan marines . . .It seems the past is about to revisit Silver Lake, and that is never a good thing . . .'A master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics.' SALON.COMAcclaim for The Malazan Book of the Fallen:'This masterwork of the imagination may be the high watermark of epic fantasy.' GLEN COOK'Arguably the best fantasy series ever written . . . the quality and ambition of the ten books that make up The Malazan Book of the Fallen are unmatched within the genre.' FANTASYBOOKREVIEW'Nobody does it better than Erikson . . . the best fantasy series around.' SFFWORLD'In a league of his own in genre fiction terms - by turns lyrical, bawdy, introspective, poetical and blood-soaked . . . incredible.' BOOKGEEKS'One of the most original and engrossing fantasy series of recent times.' INTERZONE (knihydobrovsky.cz)

V Kurald Galain nastaly těžké časy. Ona prastará země, říše noci, v níž vládne Matka noc, se stala domovem řady mocných bytostí a dokonce ani smrt zde není věčná. Vathu Urusandera, hrdinu prostého lidu, jeho stoupenci nutí, aby se s Matkou nocí oženil, jenomže v cestě takové ctižádostivosti stojí její choť pán Draconus. Nadcházející střet trhá celou říši, a jak se všichni chystají na občanskou válku, vychází z dávno mrtvého moře prastará magie. A První synové noci - Anomander, Andarist a Silchas Zmar z držby Purake - jsou lapeni přímo uprostřed... Steven Erikson se vrací s prvním dílem trilogie odehrávající se tisíce let před událostmi Malazské Knihy Padlých. Nový výpravný příběh líčí události z říše Kurald Galain, které sehrály klíčovou roli v historii světa Malazské říše. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

PRVNÍ DÍL NOVÉ SÉRIE, KTERÁ PŘÍMO NAVAZUJE NA MALAZSKOU KNIHU PADLÝCHUplynulo mnoho let od chvíle, kdy do malé osady na břehu Stříbrného jezera přišli tři teblorští válečníci, a s nimi krvavé masakry a chaos. Ač se městečko vzpamatovalo a teblorské kmeny již na jih nevyrážejí, vzpomínka na minulé hrůzy zůstává. Karsa Orlong, jeden ze tří, je nyní považován za boha, i když je to bůh odtažitý a lhostejný. Jeho kult je jedním z mnoha, které se objevily v celém malazském světě, včetně uctívačů Coltaina, boha s černými křídly, a kultu průvodce mrtvých Iskara Jaraka, oblíbený mezi říšskou soldateskou.Legie malazských mariňáků je na pochodu ke Stříbrnému jezeru. Objevily se zprávy, které naznačují, že kmeny za hranicemi se daly do pohybu. Mariňáci si nejsou jistí, čemu budou čelit. Třebaže malazská armáda prošla vývojem a dnešní mariňáci nejsou jako to ze starých časů, jedna věc se nezměnila: zvládnou všechno, co se jim postaví do cesty. Nebo při tom zemřou.V témže čase ve vysokých horách, kde žijí teblorské kmeny, povstal nový válečný vůdce. Poznamenán skutky Karsy Orlonga se hodlá svému bohu postavit, i kdyby to znamenalo prosekat si krvavou cestu skrz Malazskou říši. Výše v horách se vynořila nová hrozba a Teblorům se krátí čas. Invaze, jejíž hrozba dlouho visela ve vzduchu, má začít každou chvíli. Tentokrát to nebudou tři obyčejní válečníci. Tentokrát se země na jihu chystají zaplavit tisíce Treblorů. A v cestě jim stojí jen jediná legie malazských mariňáků… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Na Zemi se náhle objeví silová pole, vytvoří zóny, do kterých nemají lidé přístup, a současně zabraňují lidem v násilí a ničení přírody. Zbraně od atomových až po nože a pěsti jsou náhle k ničemu, světová ekonomika se začne hroutit a vlády celého světa ztratí svou moc. Současně cosi začne terraformovat Mars a Venuši, aby se staly obyvatelné. To je však jen začátek a mocní tohoto světa se rozhodně nechtějí „vzdát" bez boje... Spisovatelka science fiction Samanta se ocitne na mimozemské lodi a umělá inteligence aliance mimozemských supercivilizací jí sdělí, že si ji vybrala jako svou mluvčí pro kontakt s lidstvem, kterému už nedovolí dál ničit Zemi ani samo sebe. A jejich plán na „výchovu" lidstva přechází do dalších, ještě bizarnějších fází. Strhující vědeckofantastický román o prvním kontaktu z pera autora známého hlavně díky ságám z Malazské říše je nejen plný napětí a akce, ale také vznáší filozofické otázky po smyslu lidstva, jeho vztahu k vlastní planetě a stavu současné civilizace. Díky nadšenému čtenářskému ohlasu se stal bestsellerem a současně je vysoce hodnocen kritiky jako nová klasika žánru. (patro.cz)

The Fall of the House of Fifa is the definitive story of Fifa's rise - and the most spectacular fall sport has ever seen. 1904: 'No person should be allowed to arrange matches for personal profit' - Fifa congress A century later: 'Fifa is a Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organisation (RICO) enterprise' - A judge in Brooklyn, using a term originally coined for the mafia For forty years Joao Havelange and then Sepp Blatter presided over a Fifa now plagued with scandal - dawn raids, FBI investigations, allegations of money laundering, industrial-scale bribery, racketeering, tax evasion, vote-buying and theft. Now David Conn, football's most respected investigative journalist, chronicles the extraordinary history and staggering scale of corruption. He paints revealing portraits of the men at the centre of Fifa - the power brokers, the indicted, the legends like Franz Beckenbauer and Michel Platini - and puts the allegations to Blatter himself in an extended interview. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The stakes have never been higher. If Percy Jackson and Annabeth fail in their quest, there'll be hell on Earth. Literally. Wandering the deadly realm of Tartarus, every step leads them further into danger. And, if by some miracle they do make it to the Doors of Death, there's a legion of bloodthirsty monsters waiting for them. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kšiltovka - s motivem Game of Thrones, velikost UNI, materiál: bavlna, S potiskem, pro dospělé Máte rádi Game of Thrones, potom vám jistě udělá radost kšiltovka s tímto motivem. Kšiltovka je ozdobena potiskem, který se stane vaším oblíbeným. Zásadní vlastnosti kšiltovky Game of Thrones - House of the Dragon - kšiltovka Na této kšiltovce najdete motiv Game of Thrones Materiálem pro zhotovení kšiltovky Difuzed je bavlna Tato kšiltovka disponuje velikostí UNI Kšiltovka je opatřena potiskem (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Rick Riordan, 598 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The penultimate book in the high-octane Percy Jackson series, now available in paperback and coinciding with publication of the 5th and final in the series. The stakes have never been higher. It Percy and Annabeth fail in their quest, there'll be hell on earth. Literally. (alza.cz)

As the cofounder of NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation, Steven Brill has observed the rise of fake news from a front-row seat. In The Death of Truth, with startling, often terrifying clarity, he explains how we got here—and how we can get back to a world where truth matters.None of this—conspiracy theories embraced, expertise ridiculed, empirical evidence ignored—has happened by accident. Brill takes us inside the decisions made by executives in Silicon Valley to code the algorithms embedded in their social media platforms to maximize profits by pushing divisive content. He unravels the ingenious creation of automated advertising buying systems that reward that click-baiting content and penalize reliable news publishers, and describes how the use of these ad-financed, misinformation platforms by politicians, hucksters, and conspiracy theorists deceives ordinary citizens. He documents how the most powerful adversaries of America have used American-made social media and advertising tools against us with massive disinformation campaigns—and how, with the development of generative artificial intelligence, everything could get exponentially worse unless we act. The stakes are high for all of us, including Brill himself, whose company’s role in exposing Russian disinformation operations resulted in a Russian agent targeting him and his family.Crucially, Brill lays out a series of provocative but realistic prescriptions for what we can do now to reverse course—proposals certain to stir debate and even action that could curb the power of big tech to profit from division and chaos, tamp down polarization, and restore the trust necessary to bring us together. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

REVISED AND UPDATED WITH BRAND NEW MATERIAL The acclaimed political thriller that first introduced the unforgettable Francis Urquhart MP and launched Michael Dobbs' No 1 bestselling career - now updated with brand new material. Michael Dobbs' entertaining tale of skulduggery and intrigue within the Palace of Westminster has been a huge hit with the public. Its scheming hero, Chief Whip Francis Urquhart, who uses fair means and foul to become Prime Minister, is one of the best-known characters of the last decade - the politician we all love to hate. Acclaimed for its authenticity and insights into a secret world - the result of many years working behind the scenes for the Conservative Party - it became a highly popular, award-winning BBC TV series, with Francis Urquhart memorably portrayed by Ian Richardson, and was followed by two further sequels, 'To Play the King' and 'The Final Cut', which also became top-rating TV series (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'Such is the power and wealth of the Goldbaums that on dull days, it's said, they hire the sun just for themselves.' The Goldbaums' influence reaches across Europe. They are the confidants and bankers of governments and emperors. Little happens without their say-so and even less without their knowledge. But Greta Goldbaum has no say at all in who she'll marry. While power lies in wealth, strength lies in family. Greta's union with cousin Albert will strengthen the bond between the Austrian and the English branches of the dynasty. It is sensible and strategic. Greta is neither. Defiant and unhappy, she is desperate to find a place that belongs to her, free from duty and responsibility. But just as she begins to taste an unexpected happiness, the Great War is looming and even the Goldbaums can't alter its course. For the first time in two hundred years, the family will find themselves on opposing sides. The House of Goldbaum, along with Europe herself, is about to break apart. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates returns with the second gothic mystery in the Ghosts and Shadows Series.She'll never survive these secrets...For readers who love gothic horror novels and gothic romancePerfect for fans of V.C Andrews and M.C. WebbSophie and Joseph Argenton have survived the impossible this house of ghosts... for now. But their escape from Northwood is short-lived. The sinister shadow that haunted their ancestral home survived, and has attached itself to Joseph's young cousin. Desperate, they travel to meet her father at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion overlooking a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that now possesses Elise. There's a chance that here they will find a way to kill the creature without harming the girl.But Kensington has its own dangers, and once it has Sophie and Joseph within its grasp, it may never let them leave.Trapped inside the ancient building's collapsing walls, Sophie and Joseph are forced to confront the horrors that hide within. Shrouded figures stalk them from the shadows. Whispers echo through the night. Unmarked graves dot the property. And the dead are not as restful as they seem... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From the USA Today bestselling author and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates comes the haunting story of a sinister house full of ghosts and shadows.She'll never escape this shadow...For readers who love gothic horror novels and gothic romancePerfect for fans of V.C Andrews and M.C. WebbSophie's world is shattered when disaster bankrupts her family. She's still reeling when she's offered an unexpected solution: Mr. Argenton, a wealthy stranger, has asked for her hand in marriage. Marrying Mr. Argenton will save her family, but it condemns Sophie to a life in Northwood, a vast and unnaturally dark mansion situated hours from civilization.Still, she has no choice but accept the offer and hope the darkness won't swallow her whole.It's a struggle to adjust to her new position as mistress over the desolate house. Mr. Argenton's relatives are cold, and Mr. Argenton himself is keeping secrets. Even worse, the house is more than it seems. Doors slam. Inhuman figures slink through the surrounding forest. A piano plays itself in the middle of the night. Blood drips a macabre warning down the walls. Day by day, Sophie is inevitably pulled towards the terrifying truth at the heart of this gothic mystery: Northwood's ancient halls are haunted, and the man she married--the man she's coming to love--is hiding an unforgiveable truth about his ancestral home...and the spirits that now haunt them both. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Hollow sisters - Vivi, Grey and Iris - are as seductively glamorous as they are mysterious. They have black eyes and hair as white as milk. The Hollow sisters don't have friends - they don't need them. They move through the corridors like sharks, the other little fish parting around them, whispering behind their backs.And everyone knows who the Hollow sisters are. Because one day the three Hollow sisters simply disappeared. And when they came back, one month later, with no memory of where they had been, it was as if nothing had changed. Almost nothing, Apart from, for example, the little scar that had appeared in the hollow of their throats ... and a whispering sense that something is not quite right about them, despite (or maybe because of) the terrible passion to be with them that they can exert on anybody at will...A thrilling, twisting, novel that is as seductive and glamorous as the Hollow sisters themselves.... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

WANTED: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a 'bloodmaid'.Though she knows little about the far north - where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service - Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery - and there, at the centre of it all is her.Her name is Countess Lisavet. Loved and feared in equal measure, she presides over this hedonistic court. And she takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, charismatic, seductive - and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home - and fast - or its halls will soon become her grave. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Discover the filmmaking secrets behind HBO and Sky's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON!Witness the genesis of a Targaryen dynasty with this deluxe book that explores the creation of HBO's hit series House of the Dragon.Based on visionary author George R. R. Martin's book Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon charts the earth-shattering events that led to the fall of Westeros's most powerful family, House Targaryen. Brought to the screen by showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, the ambitious prequel series required a striking new vision that would transport viewers back in time, two centuries before the events of Game of Thrones. With unparalleled access to the show's cast and crew, including Condal, Sapochnik, and Martin, this book tells the incredible story of their creative journey, from the initial scriptwriting process to the epic international shoot. Illustrated with a remarkable wealth of concept art, on-set photography, and other key visuals, this is the ultimate companion to House of the Dragon and a must-have for fans.EXCLUSIVE ACCESS: Go behind the scenes of House of the Dragon and discover exclusive insights and secrets from the show's ambitious shoot.REVEALING INTERVIEWS: Go behind the scenes of House of the Dragon through in-depth interviews with showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, creator George R. R. Martin, and the incredible cast including Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Milly Alcock, and Emily Carey.STUNNING IMAGERY: Explore a treasure trove of never-before-seen images, including concept designs for the show's dragons, locations, and costumes, plus candid on-set photos.OFFICIALLY LICENSED: The only officially licensed making-of book for HBO's House of the Dragon.COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION:The perfect companion to The Art of Game of Thrones and Game of Thrones: The Costumes. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Set in a Spanish mansion, this is the story of innocent and timid Father Julian Alvarez as he tries to turn the aristocratic owner away from drinking, womanizing and emptying the last of the family coffers. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Amber Knight is London's hottest ticket - pop star, film star, front-page, gossip. Nick Belsey is less celebrated. He can't shake his habit of getting into serious trouble. His career at Hampstead CID is coming to a dishonourable end. He is currently of no fixed address. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hudební CD - Hudba k filmu House Of Gucci z roku 2021. Klan Gucci je inspirován šokujícím skutečným příběhem impéria italského módního domu. Tři desetiletí rodinné historie, v níž nechybí láska, zrada, dekadence, pomsta ani vražda, skládají dohromady mozaiku toho, co všechno s sebou nese slavná značka Gucci. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop CD Faith - George Michael / La Ragazza Col Maglione - Pino Donaggio / On the Radio - Donna Summer / Anna (Ana) - Miguel Bosé / Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer / Sono bugiarda (I'm A Believer) - Caterina Caselli / Verdi: Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) from La Traviata - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, The National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge / Una Notte Speciale - Alice / Ritonerai - Bruno Lauzi / Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox David Stewart / I Feel Love - Donna Summer / Blue Monday - New Order / Paid in Full (The Coldcut Remix) - Eric B.... (alza.cz)

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY'This House of Grief, in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood' KATE ATKINSON 'It grabbed me by the throat in the same way that the podcast series Serial did' GILLIAN ANDERSON'Utterly gripping' MARK HADDONFather's Day, 2005. Just after nightfall, a discarded husband drove his three young sons back to their mother, his ex-wife. On that dark country road, barely five minutes from the children's home, the old white car swerved off the highway and plunged into a dam.The father freed himself and swam to the bank, but the car sank to the bottom, and all the children drowned. The court case that followed became Helen Garner's obsession, one that would take over her life until its final verdict. The resulting book is a true-crime classic and literary masterpiece, which examines just what we are capable of and how fiercely we hide it from ourselves.A W&N Essential with an introduction by Rachel Cooke (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous.In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton gives us a witty and piercingly insightful dark satire about the privileged society of early twentieth-century New York.This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The House of Mirth features an introduction by novelist Danuta Reah.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Philadelphia, 1948: Fifteen-year-old Ruby's dreams are almost within reach. She's going to be the first in her family to attend college, despite having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising her only daughter.But falling madly in love with the one boy she is forbidden from threatens to pull Ruby back into poverty and desperation. When she's imprisoned in a home for unwed mothers - locked in the House of Eve with other 'fallen girls' - everything she's worked so hard for starts slipping through her fingers. Washington, DC, 1948: Eleanor arrives in the city with ambition, hope and a past she's trying her hardest to run from.When she meets William at Howard University, with his inky black eyes and broad shoulders, it's love at first sight. But William hails from one of Washington, DC's elite Black families, who don't let just anyone into their inner circle - especially not a girl from 'the wrong side of the tracks'. Eleanor hopes that a baby will mean they finally accept her, and that her secrets won't see the light of day - but fate has other plans in store...In the dawn of the 1950s, Ruby and Eleanor are complete strangers - until their paths unexpectedly collide. Forced to make the most heartbreaking decisions of their lives, will their choices save them... or be their undoing?Fans of Kate Quinn, Lisa Wingate and Kristin Harmel will fall head over heels for this totally gripping and heart-wrenching historical-fiction page-turner. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

WANTED: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a 'bloodmaid'.Though she knows little about the far north - where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service - Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery - and there, at the centre of it all is her.Her name is Countess Lisavet. Loved and feared in equal measure, she presides over this hedonistic court. And she takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, charismatic, seductive - and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home - and fast - or its halls will soon become her grave. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Tritan láhev s praktickým šroubovatelným uzávěrem. Skvělý doplněk pitného režimu pro fanoušky filmového světa. 850 ml (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Thea Brandt is about to turn eighteen, and at the theatre in Amsterdam's golden city centre she has met the love of her life. At home, the Brandt family faces ruin, and Thea's aunt Nella is convinced the only solution is to find Thea a wealthy husband among the city's elite. As Thea and Nella clash over the demands of duty and the heart, past secrets begin to overwhelm their present.Will each woman be able to rescue her destiny from the whims of fortune?Returning the reader to the resplendent world of the million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist, The House of Fortune is a story of love, fate, and two women determined to make their own way. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'Such is the power and wealth of the Goldbaums that on dull days, it's said, they hire the sun just for themselves.' The Goldbaums' influence reaches across Europe. They are the confidants and bankers of governments and emperors. Little happens without their say-so and even less without their knowledge. But Greta Goldbaum has no say at all in who she'll marry. While power lies in wealth, strength lies in family. Greta's union with cousin Albert will strengthen the bond between the Austrian and the English branches of the dynasty. It is sensible and strategic. Greta is neither. Defiant and unhappy, she is desperate to find a place that belongs to her, free from duty and responsibility. But just as she begins to taste an unexpected happiness, the Great War is looming and even the Goldbaums can't alter its course. For the first time in two hundred years, the family will find themselves on opposing sides. The House of Goldbaum, along with Europe herself, is about to break apart. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Sarah J. Maas, 768 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Tričko - s krátkými rukávy, s kulatým výstřihem, materiál bavlna Zásadní přednosti trička Cotton Division Tričko Cotton Division nabízí komfort a pohodlí jak pro běžné nošení, tak pro sportovní aktivity Jeho výrobním materiálem je bavlna Bavlněné tričko je pohodlné a dobře odvádí vlhkost Krátké rukávy vhodné do teplejších dnů Klasika v podobě kulatého výstřihu (alza.cz)

Kšiltovka - s motivem Game of Thrones, materiál: bavlna, Snapback, pro dospělé Máte rádi Game of Thrones, potom vám jistě udělá radost kšiltovka s tímto motivem. Pomocí snapbacku si nastavíte správnou velikost. S tím vám pomůže plastový pásek vzadu. Významné vlastnosti kšiltovky House of the Dragon - kšiltovka Tato kšiltovka se chlubí potiskem Game of Thrones Materiálem k výrobě kšiltovky Difuzed je bavlna Typově se zařazuje ke snapbacku (alza.cz)

eBook: Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Head of the House of Coombe was published first in 1922 in Canada. Revolving around the life of Lord Coombe and his mysterious past, it presents the raw and intelligent little Robin trying to cope with the adversities of life and accurately describes the social life of pre-war London. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

IN A HOUSE OF LIES...Everyone has something to hideA missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - is that his body was in an area that had already been searched.Everyone has secretsDetective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled and now - after a decade without answers - it's time for the truth.Nobody is innocentEvery officer involved must be questioned, and it seems everyone on the case has something to hide, and everything to lose. But there is one man who knows where the trail may lead - and that it could be the end of him: John Rebus. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Figurka - figurka, Soška, sběratelská, výška 9 cm, materiál Vinyl, nepohyblivá Hlavní vlastnosti figurky Funko POP! House of Dragon - Syrax Figurka Funko bude pěkným dárkem pro sběratele Materiálem je vinyl Funko POP! House of Dragon - Syrax poslouží jako dekorace V balení naleznete jednu figurku Figurka Funko měří 9 cm (alza.cz)

Keramický hrnek v objemu 410 ml v boxu. Hrnek je vhodný do myčky nádobí a mikrovlnné trouby. (bambule.cz)

A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland an his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places - the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few.By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard and a box of the king's most treasured documents, as well as irritating a clan of small blue creatures.Caught up in an intense royal search, she encounters an intimidating sorceress named Sophie. And where Sophie is, can the Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer be far behind? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEARA WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEARWillie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. But in 1921 he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write.His friend Robert Hamlyn offers an escape in the Straits Settlements of Penang, where Robert's steely wife Lesley learns to see Willie as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self. As Willie prepares to leave, Lesley confides in him secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic revolutionary Dr Sun Yat Sen. And more scandalous still, her connection to an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From USA Today bestselling author Leia Stone comes the next book in the addictive Gilded City series, about a girl who must battle curses, dark powers, and her own heart. This world of dazzling fae magic and romantic pining is perfect for fans of Wednesday and Holly Black. The only guy in the world who could kiss me was about to be taken out by some Nightling with a vendetta against his family.Fallon Bane thought that being cursed to feel pain every time she was touched was the worst thing that would ever happen to her. She was wrong. The worst thing was finding and falling for Ariyon—the only person in the realm who can touch her—only to accidentally trap him in the land of souls and swap powers with him.Now she must act as Maven healer to Queen Solana while trying to figure out how to sneak into the Realm of Eternity to save Ariyon. She drove me crazy, in both good and bad ways, and all I wanted to do was finally kiss her, hold her, feel her body relax into mine like it'd found its missing other half. Aryion Madden had enough to deal with: heir to the throne, Maven healing powers that meant he would die young, and orphaned by Marissa Bane.Then, he met Marissa's daughter and fell in love, upending everything he thought he knew. Now, he has to fight for his life—and maybe his afterlife—against the undead using Fallon's dark magic. And if that's not enough to worry about, all the while, the prophesied Nightling war is approaching. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams. (knihydobrovsky.cz)