The anthropocene reviewed - john green

A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green, adapted from his critically acclaimed podcast. The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu - on a five-star scale. Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy.' John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection that includes both beloved essays and all-new pieces exclusive to the book. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. In his long-awaited return, John Green shares Aza's story with shattering, unflinching clarity. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hudební CD - Nádherný hlas Renée Flemingové nás vezme na hudební cestu, která zkoumá vztah, který měli romantičtí skladatelé k přírodě prostřednictvím děl Fauré, Griega a Liszta. Na klavír s výjimečným doprovodem: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Nádherný hlas Renée Flemingové nás vezme na hudební cestu, která zkoumá vztah, který měli romantičtí skladatelé k přírodě prostřednictvím děl Fauré, Griega a Liszta. Na klavír s výjimečným doprovodem: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop CD Evening / Prison (2 Songs, Op. 83) / Les Etoile (12 Rondels) / L'Heure Exquise (chansons Grises) / En Sourdine (5 Melodies De Venise, Op. 58) / Reve D'Amour, Op. 5 No. 2 / S'Il Est Un Charmant Gazon, S. 284 / Endless Space / Les Berceaux (3 Songs, Op. 23) / Au Bord De L'Eau (3 Songs, Op. 8) / L'Enamouree / Uber Allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh, S. 306 / Lauf Der Welt (6 Songs, Op. 48) / Zur Rosenzeit (6 Songs, Op. 48) / Ein Traum (6 Songs, Op. 48) / Aurora Borealis (alza.cz)

Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. She has disappeared. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and they are for him. Trailing Margo's disconnected path across the USA, the closer Q gets, the less sure he is of who he is looking for. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

BEFORE. Miles Halter's whole life has been one big non-event until he starts at anything-but-boring Culver Creek Boarding School and meets Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever, funny and utterly fascinating she pulls Miles into her world, launches him into a new life, and steals his heart. But when tragedy strikes, and Miles comes face-to-face with death he discovers the value of living and loving unconditionally. AFTER: Nothing will ever be the same. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives.Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista. A trio of today's bestselling authors - John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle - brings all the magic of holidays to life in three hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and kisses that will steal your breath away. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Special edition slipcase edition of John Green's Paper Towns, with pop-up paper town. From the bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars.Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery – culminating in another awesome road trip across America – he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for.Masterfully written by John Green, this is a thoughtful, insightful and hilarious coming-of-age story. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washedup child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy - loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Šestnáctiletá Aza neměla vůbec v plánu pídit se po tajemstvích uprchlého miliardáře Rusella Picketta, ale v sázce je sto tisíc dolarů a její nejlepší a nejstatečnější kamarádka Daisy, se nemůže dočkat, až se společně pustí do vyšetřování. Aza se opravdu snaží. Snaží se být dobrou dcerou, skvělou kamarádkou, vzornou studentkou, a taky schopnou vyšetřovatelkou. Zároveň však bojuje s nekončícím vírem svých vlastních myšlenek, kterým není schopná poručit…Dlouho očekávaný návrat úspěšného autora bestsellerů Johna Greena, v němž se inspiroval svými vlastními zkušenostmi s mentální poruchou. Když se ve 12:37 ozve odkudsi shora ten monotónní zvonek, pomyslíte si: Tak teď bych se mohla jít naobědvat. Ve skutečnosti ale zvonek rozhodl za vás. Myslíte si, že jste malíř, jenomže jste plátno. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha:,Je v pohodě nebýt v pohodě. Šestnáctiletá Aza se sice jmenuje příjmením stejně jako slavný detektiv, ale přesto neměla vůbec v plánu pátrat po záhadně zmizelém miliardáři, s jehož synem se v dětství přátelila. V sázce je však sto tisíc dolarů a její nejlepší kamarádka Daisy se nemůže dočkat, až se společně pustí do vyšetřování. Aza se opravdu snaží dělat všechno správně, zároveň však bojuje s nekončícím vírem svých vlastních myšlenek, kterým není schopná poručit… Jako by nestačilo, že s ní cloumají hormony, potýká se ještě s množstvím úzkostí a obsedantně kompulzivní poruchou. Od autora bestsellerů, který se inspiroval vlastní zkušeností s OCD. „Citlivý příběh o tom, jak žít, když se svět ocitne mimo vaši kontrolu.“ – People John Green (1977) Americký spisovatel a vlogger získal mimo jiné ceny Printz Medal, Printz Honor a Edgar Award, dvakrát byl finalistou Knižní ceny LA Times a jeho knihy se dlouhodobě drží na žebříčku bestsellerů New York Times. V češtině zatím vyšly jeho knihy Hledání Aljašky (2013), Hvězdy nám nepřály (2013), Papírová města (2014), Příliš mnoho Kateřin (2015) a Jedna želva za druhou (2018). Do knihy Sněží, sněží (Yoli, 2015) přispěl jedním vánočním příběhem a spolu s Davidem Levithanem napsal román Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Yoli, 2016). Dva z jeho románů se navíc dočkaly také filmového zpracování ‒ Hvězdy nám nepřály (režie: Josh Boon, 2014) a Papírová města (režie: Jake Schreier, 2015). Eva Josefíková (1990) Po gymnáziu v Uherském Hradišti vystudovala činoherní herectví na pražské DAMU. Poté hostovala v Národním a Stavovském divadle, v letech 2013–2015 byla ve stálém angažmá v Městském divadle Kladno, od roku 2011 je členkou divadelní společnosti Tygr v tísni a v současnosti je k vidění na několika pražských scénách, např. X10 Strašnice, Divadlo v Celetné, Vila Štvanice nebo Švandovo divadlo. Zahrála si ve filmech Piko (2010), Čertova nevěsta (2011), Signál (2012), Probudím se včera (2012), Fair Play (2014), Zádušní oběť (2017), Dívka za zrcadlem (2018), výrazně na sebe upozornila v televizním seriálu Kosmo (2017) a objevila se i v mnoha dalších (Semestr, Dáma a Král, Modrý kód). Za roli ve filmu Fair Play režisérky Andrey Sedláčkové byla nominovaná na Českého lva v kategorii Nejlepší ženský herecký výkon ve vedlejší roli. Dále účinkuje v audioknihách vydavatelství OneHotBook: Metro 2034 (2018), Pán věže (2018). (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The #1 New York Times bestseller is now a major Netflix film starring Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush and Isabela Moner.It's Christmas Eve and the worst blizzard for fifty years has blanketed Gracetown. But as well as snowflakes, love is in the air - and appearing in the most unexpected ways . . .Who'd have thought a freezing hike from a stranded train would end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger? Or that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow could lead to romance with an old friend? Or that the path to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks?Touching, hilarious and filled with festive cheer, the magic of the holiday season shines on these three interconnected tales of love, romance and breathtaking kisses. The perfect book for a cold winter's night for any fan of The Fault in Their Stars, The Sun is Also a Star and Eleanor and Park._____John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns and, with David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson.Maureen Johnson is the bestselling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Devilish, Girl at Sea, The Name of the Star and Suite Scarlett.Lauren Myracle is the author of many books for teens, including Shine, Kissing Kate, Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks and The Winnie Years series. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, teenager Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson! Two teens with the same name who run in two very different circles suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions. Culminating in epic turns-of-heart on both of their parts, they team up to produce the most fabulous musical ever to grace the high-school stage. Told in alternating voices from two award-winning, popular names in young-adult fiction - John Green and David Levithan - this unique collaborative novel features a double helping of the heart and humour that has won both authors legions of fans. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see. This title expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From John Grisham, America's #1 bestselling author, comes the most electrifying novel of the year, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It's rare, but it happens. Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history. What's the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month's cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It's a sweet deal: Everyone is making money. But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

John Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to tell the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that followed it, and its profound and lasting effect on the people of Ford County. Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbour, and a faithful member of the Methodist Church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton - was 'I have nothing to say'. And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known. Praise for Grisham's latest book, The Rooster Bar (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett. John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist. They were three young law students. They dreamed of changing the world. But they were duped. They took out massive student loans and have no hope of graduating with a good job. Now the three friends have given up studying and spend a lot of time plotting in a bar. There is only way out of their crushing debt: pretend to be real lawyers and expose the crooked hedge fund operator who owns both the school and the bank that arranged their student loans.They are taking a desperate risk. After all, they are going to war with a billionaire and the might of the FBI. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

You know about MI5. You know about MI6. Now uncover the mystery behind Britain's most secretive intelligence agency, in the first ever authorised history of GCHQ. For a hundred years, GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters - has been at the forefront of innovation in national security and British secret statecraft. Famed for its codebreaking achievements during the Second World War, and essential to the Allied victory, GCHQ also held a critical role in both the Falklands War and Cold War. Today, amidst the growing threats of terrorism and online crime, GCHQ continues to be the UK's leading intelligence, security and cyber agency, and a powerful tool of the British state. Based on unprecedented access to classified archives, Behind the Enigma is the first book to authoritatively tell the entire history of this most unique and enigmatic of organisations - and peer into its future at the heart of the nation's security. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept.The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words), his wife Beverley, a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like), and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen.Together they will go on a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant. Along the way they will learn how volatile, how outraged, how unforgiving the world can be when you step from the proscribed path.Powered by John Boyne's characteristic humour and razor-sharp observation, The Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce, absurdity and oblivion. To err is maybe to be human but to really foul things up you only need a phone. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Sníh o Vánocích je hezká věc, ale čeho je moc, toho je příliš. Taková sněhová bouře umí zamíchat i těmi nejlepšími plány – a když k tomu ještě připočtete, čtrnáct roztleskávaček, jedno miniprase a keramickou vesničku pro elfy, bylo by na rozpletení všech těch zmatků v městečku Gracetown skoro zapotřebí nějakého anděla! Tři vánoční příběhy o tom, že ne vždycky je to, oč stojíte, taky to pravé... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Sníh o Vánocích je hezká věc, ale čeho je moc, toho je příliš. Taková sněhová bouře umí zamíchat i těmi nejlepšími plány – a když k tomu ještě připočtete, čtrnáct roztleskávaček, jedno miniprase a keramickou vesničku pro elfy, bylo by na rozpletení všech těch zmatků v městečku Gracetown skoro zapotřebí nějakého anděla! Tři vánoční příběhy o tom, že ne vždycky je to, oč stojíte, taky to pravé... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

LP vinyl - Remasterované LP britského umělce Remasterované LP britského umělce. 28 Studiové album vydané v roce 2006 Reedice na LP 2022 Seznam stop LP Postcards From Richard Nixon / Just Like Noah's Ark / Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC) / Tinderbox / And The House Fell Down / Blues Never Fade Away / The Bridge / I Must Have Lost It On The Wind / Old 67 / The Captain And The Kid (alza.cz)

Šestnáctiletá Aza neměla vůbec v plánu pídit se po tajemstvích uprchlého miliardáře Rusella Picketta, ale v sázce je sto tisíc dolarů a její nejlepší a nejstatečnější kamarádka Daisy, se nemůže dočkat, až se společně pustí do vyšetřování. Aza se opravdu snaží. Snaží se být dobrou dcerou, skvělou kamarádkou, vzornou studentkou, a taky schopnou vyšetřovatelkou. Zároveň však bojuje s nekončícím vírem svých vlastních myšlenek, kterým není schopná poručit… Dlouho očekávaný návrat úspěšného autora bestsellerů Johna Greena, v němž se inspiroval svými vlastními zkušenostmi s mentální poruchou. (patro.cz)

Šestnáctiletá Aza neměla vůbec v plánu pídit se po tajemstvích uprchlého miliardáře Rusella Picketta, ale v sázce je sto tisíc dolarů a její nejlepší a nejstatečnější kamarádka Daisy, se nemůže dočkat, až se společně pustí do vyšetřování. Aza se opravdu snaží. Snaží se být dobrou dcerou, skvělou kamarádkou, vzornou studentkou, a taky schopnou vyšetřovatelkou. Zároveň však bojuje s nekončícím vírem svých vlastních myšlenek, kterým není schopná poručit… Dlouho očekávaný návrat úspěšného autora bestsellerů Johna Greena, v němž se inspiroval svými vlastními zkušenostmi s mentální poruchou. (patro.cz)

A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces captured Iraqi president Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit. Beset by body-double rumors and false alarms during a nine-month search, the Bush administration needed positive identification of the prisoner before it could make the announcement that would rocket around the world. At the time, John Nixon was a senior CIA leadership analyst who had spent years studying the Iraqi dictator. Called upon to make the official ID, Nixon looked for telltale scars and tribal tattoos and asked Hussein a list of questions only he could answer. The man was indeed Saddam Hussein, but as Nixon learned in the ensuing weeks, both he and America had greatly misunderstood just who Saddam Hussein really was. Debriefing the President presents an astounding, candid portrait of one of our era's most notorious strongmen. Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture, offers expert insight into the history and mind of America's most enigmatic enemy. After years of parsing Hussein's leadership from afar, Nixon faithfully recounts his debriefing sessions and subsequently strips away the mythology surrounding an equally brutal and complex man. His account is not an apology, but a sobering examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington policymakers-and Tony Blair's government -astray. Unflinching and unprecedented, Debriefing the President exposes a fundamental misreading of one of the modern world's most central figures and presents a new narrative that boldly counters the received account. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year 2015. In The Soul of the Marionette, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free wil (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pultizer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and powerlessness, yet out of their struggle Steinbeck created a drama that is both intensely human and majestic in its scale and moral vision. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

„Než potkal Jima Morrisona, než si s Rayem Manzarekem a Robbym Kriegerem zajamoval na „Little Red Rooster“, nebo než si přečetl text „Break on Through“, vzal si John Densmore LSD. Bylo to jeho první nahlédnutí do propasti. Ale to nelze srovnat s temnou cestou, kterou podstoupil jako bubeník Doors. Riders on the Storm je první zprávou o této plodné rockové kapele od jednoho z jejích členů. Densmore vzpomíná, jak hudba vznikala, ale nemůže zapomenout, jak Jim Morrison ničil sám sám sebe – i kapelu –, a bojuje zde s démony, kteří jej pronásledovali od Morrisonovy smrti v roce 1971. Hledání pravdy pod mýtem, kterým se Doors stali, je ojedinělým pohledem do srdce rock and rollu.“ (patro.cz)

Hudební CD - John Mayall a jeho výběr na 2CD. John Mayall je jedním z průkopníků britského blues a také jedním z hudebníků, kteří přinesli blues do nových experimentálních forem.. Seznam stop CD 1 / A Big Man / I'm Your Witchdoctor / John Lee Boogie / Lost And Gone / Reaching For A Mountain / Roadshow / Why Worry / Dream About The Blues / Cold Blooded Woman / The Dirty Dozen / Fascinatin' Lover / Chicago Line / Life In The Jungle / All Your Love / CD 2 / Gimme One More Day / Help Me / The Last Time / Mama, Talk To Your Daughter / One Life To Live / Tears Came Rollin' Down / Wild About You / Live From The Club / Riding On The L And N / Room To Move / Baby, What You Want Me To Do / Racehorse Man / It Ain't Right / Mexico City / Parchman Farm (alza.cz)

Hudební CD - John Denver a jeho výběr na 2CD. John Denver je jedním z nejúspěšnějších hudebníků americké country scény. Seznam stop CD 1 / Take Me Home, Country Roads / Rocky Mountain High / Sunshine On My Shoulders / Annie's Song / Ponies / Postcards From Paris / I Watch You Sleeping / Higher Ground / For You / Whispering Jesse / Stonehaven Sunset / The Gift You Are / The Flower That Shattered The Stone / Amazon / Eclipse / American Child / All The Joy / CD 2 / Back Home Again / I'm Sorry / The Eagle & The Hawk / Calypso / Rocky Mountains Suite / To The Wild Country / Alaska And Me / Tenderly Calling / Raven's Child / Children Of The Universe / Windsong / Thanks To You / Never A Doubt / Ancient Rhymes / Two Different Directions / A Little Further North / Eagles & Horses (alza.cz)

Hudební CD - Mayall John & The Bluesbreakers a jejich výběr z roku 1998. Mayall John & The Bluesbreakers a jejich výběr z roku 1998. Rok vydání : 1998 (kompilace) Seznam stop CD Mail Order Mystics / Wake Up Call / I Could Cry / Not At Home / When the Devil Starts Crying / Spinning Coin / Ain't No Brakeman / No Big Hurry / Dead City / Stone Gold Deal / Blues For the Lost Days / I Don't Mind / Movin' Groovin' Blues / Fan the Flames (Alternate Take) (alza.cz)

Hudební CD - Záznam několika vystoupení britské skupiny Echo & The Bunnymen ve slavném pořadu britského rozhlasového modrátora a dýdžeje Johna Peela, která zde skupina odehrála během čtyř let 1979 - 1983. Na albu je i patrně největší hit skupiny, skladba The Killing Moon. Záznam několika vystoupení britské skupiny Echo & The Bunnymen ve slavném pořadu britského rozhlasového modrátora a dýdžeje Johna Peela, která zde skupina odehrála během čtyř let 1979 - 1983. Na albu je i patrně největší hit skupiny, skladba The Killing Moon. Echo & the Bunnymen je britská post-punková hudební skupina založená v roce 1978 v Liverpoolu. Původní složení bylo Ian McCulloch, kytarista Will Sergeant a baskytarista Les Pattinson. Krátce poté se ke skupině přidal bubeník Pete de Freitas a v této sestavě nahráli své první album nazvané Crocodiles. McCulloch ze skupiny odešel v roce 1988 a jeho místa se ujal Noel Burke. Bubeník Freitas zemřel v roce 1989 a jako náhrada za něj... (alza.cz)

Zpěvník LITTLE BLACK SONGBOOK: ELTON JOHN Zpěvníky z edice Little Black Book obsahují texty a akordy k desítkám populárních skladeb. Tato verze těchto zpěvníků kapesní velikosti představuje ty největší hity Eltona Johna. Seznam skladeb: Amoreena Answer In The Sky Are You Ready For Love Bad Side Of The Moon Believe Bennie And The Jets Blessed Blue Eyes Border Song Can You Feel The Love Tonight Candle In The Wind Carla/Etude Chloe Club At The End Of The Street Country Comfort Crocodile Rock Daniel Don't Go Breaking My Heart Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Easier To Walk Away Elderberry Wine Empty Garden Friends Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Grow Some Funk Of Your Own Hakuna Matata Healing Hands Heartache All Over The World Hello Hello High Flying Bird Honky Cat I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues I Want Love If It Wasn't For Bad I'm Still Standing Indian Sunset Island Girl Kiss The Bride Levon Live Like Horses Made In England Madman Across The Water Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Monkey Suit My Father's Gun Nikita No Shoe Strings On Louis Old 67 Part-time Love Philadelphia Freedom Postcards From Richard Nixon Rocket Man Sacrifice Sad Songs (Say So Much) Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Simple Life Sixty Years On Skyline Pigeon Someone Saved My Life Tonight Something About The Way You Look Tonight Song For Guy Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word Step Into Christmas Take Me Back Take Me To The Pilot Talking Old Soldiers That's What Friends Are For The Bitch Is Back The Captain And The Kid The Last Song The One This Song Has No Title This Train Don't Stop There Anymore Tinderbox Tiny Dancer Tonight Tower Of Babel White Lady White Powder Written In The Stars You Gotta Love Someone Your Song (kytary.cz)

Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Nate O'Riley is a powerful Washington lawyer. Returning to work after a long stay in hospital is difficult for Nate. Then he is sent on a journey that takes him from the tense courtrooms of Washington to the dangerous swamps of Brazil. It is a journey that will change his life forever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it's the beginning of their life together. That same day, a hooded figure scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: 'Why don't you swallow broken glass.' Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis, sees the note from the hotel bar and is shaken to his core. Thirteen years later Vincent mysteriously disappears from the deck of a Neptune-Avramidis ship. Weaving together the lives of these characters, Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel moves between the ship, the towers of Manhattan and the wilderness of remote British Columbia, painting a breathtaking picture of greed and guilt, fantasy and delusion, art and the ghosts of our pasts. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', twice winner of the Booker Prize 'The Death of Jesus is full of truth' -- David Sexton, Book of the Week, Evening Standard In The Childhood of Jesus, Simon found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Ines. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive. In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simon and Ines are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness. With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions. **A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2020** (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Frank Brill, a retired small-town newspaper editor, has just been given a terminal diagnosis. Rather than compile a bucket list of all the things he's ever wanted to do in his life, he instead has at the ready his 'fuck-it list'. Because Frank has had to endure more than his fair share of personal misfortune, not to mention having to live through two terms of a Trump Presidency. Armed with the names of all those who are to blame for the tragedies that have befallen him, it's time for revenge. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. But maybe there’s a way out. Maybe there’s a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no . . .Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time at The Rooster Bar. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Trump's National Security Advisor took detailed notes. The result is the most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration from a senior advisor who had served three previous presidents over 30 years, with stunning revelations about happened inside the most powerful room in the Nation. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hudební CD - John Lee Hooker a jeho výběr na 2CD. John Lee Hooker byl poválečný bluesový kytarista a zpěvák. Seznam stop CD 1 / Lucille / Heartaches And Misery / I'm Bad Like Jesse James / Boogie Everywhere I Go / It Serves Me Right To Suffer / Dimples / Crawling King Snake / Goin' To California / I'm In The Mood / Hard Headed Woman / Shake, Holler And Run / Hobo Blues / Whiskey And Wimmen / Cool Little Car / Sally Mae / Maudie / Crawlin' Black Spider / Boogie Chillen / CD 2 / Lou Della / I'm Leaving Baby / No Shoes / Wrong Doin' Woman / Big Legs, Tight Skirt / Dusty Road / House Rent Boogie / I Want To Ramble / Onions / Send Me That Pillow That You Dream On / Old Time Shimmy / Love Is A Burning Thing / Mambo Chillum / Everybody Rockin' / She's Long, She's Tall / Boom, Boom / Flowers On The Hour / One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (alza.cz)

Original / British English Hannah loves her job on old Mr Duval's small boat. The boat takes people to the beautiful coral reef every day. Then a rich man arrives with a big new boat. Suddenly, there isn't any work for Hannah and Mr Duval. Then the hurricane comes ... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

At a bleak, isolated military school on the fringes of the Austro- Hungarian Empire, four young cadets - Torless, Beineberg, Reiting and their victim Basini - drift even further away from their school- fellows into a private world of ritual, secrecy and torture. First published in 1906. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Nat, a veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, thinks his years as an agent runner are over. But MI6 have other plans. To tackle the growing threat from Moscow Centre, Nat is put in charge of The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. His weekly badminton session with the young, introspective, Brexit-hating Ed, offers respite from the new job. But it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Nat down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

John Kennedy Toole, autor slavného Spolčení hlupců, napsal Neonovou bibli již v šestnácti letech, vydání se však dočkala až dvacet let po jeho tragické smrti. Jde o zvláštní a temnou knihu, v níž se na rozdíl od Spolčení hlupců jen občas zablesknou groteskní náznaky a satirická nálada. Působivý baladický příběh je umocněn jednoduchým jazykem a naprosto přímočarým proudem vyprávění. Bilingvní vydání. (patro.cz)

Tragikomický příběh lásky a nenávisti odehrávající se v Los Angeles na konci 30. let. Pošetile ctižádostivý pisálek a hladovějící snílek Arturo Bandini hledá v Městě andělů sám sebe, leč nachází krásnou mexickou číšnici Camillu... Jedná se o jeden z nejdojemnějších amerických románů 20. století, prodchnutý upřímnou vášní a něžným humorem. John Fante svým prostým, poetickým stylem inspiroval např. Kerouaca a Bukowského a bývá srovnáván se Salingerem, Saroyanem, Steinbeckem a Henry Millerem. Jak píše v předmluvě Charles Bukowski: "Konečně se našel chlap, co se nebál emocí. Geniálně a přitom jednoduše se mu podařilo smíchat humor s bolestí. Byl to šílený, neuvěřitelný zázrak. Fante byl můj bůh." (patro.cz)

Kniha - autor Diana Gabaldon, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A collection of Lord John's shorter adventures, as 3 novellas are brought together in one volume. They are "Lord John & The Hellfire Club, LJ & The Succubus" and "LJ & The Haunted Soldier". Sweeping 18th century drama from the "Sunday Times" top 10 author. (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - V rámci reediční kampaně se na vinylech zpřístupňuje katalog Johna Coltranea. Při té příležitosti vznikla i novinka Trane: The Atlantic Collection, která mapuje hudebníkovo působení na značce Atlantic. V rámci reediční kampaně se na vinylech zpřístupňuje katalog Johna Coltranea. Při té příležitosti vznikla i novinka Trane: The Atlantic Collection, která mapuje hudebníkovo působení na značce Atlantic. Kolekce obsahuje slavné skladby My Favourite Things nebo Giant Steps, je doplněna poznámkami Bena Ratliffa, renomovaného jazzového kritika a autora životopisu Johna Coltranea. Záznamy byly pro účely tohoto vydání zremasterovány. Slavný jazzový saxofonista začínal s bebopem a hard bopem, později se stal průkopníkem free jazzu. Často spolupracoval s jazzovými velikány, jakými byli trumpetista Miles Davis nebo pianista Thelonious Monk. Rok vydání : 2017 (kompilace) Seznam stop LP My Favorite Things, Pt 1 (Single Version) (Remastered) / Like Sonny... (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - Po svém debutovém albu v roce 1971 se John Prine v následujícím roce vrátil se svým druhým studiovým albem Diamonds In The Rough. Po svém debutovém albu v roce 1971 se John Prine v následujícím roce vrátil se svým druhým studiovým albem Diamonds In The Rough. Rok vydání : 1972 Rok reedice : 2020 Seznam stop LP 1 Strana A / Everybody / The Torch Singer / Souvenirs / The Late John Garfield Blues / Sour Grapes / Billy The Bum / The Frying Pan / LP 1 Strana B / Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You / Take The Star Out Of The Window / The Great Compromise / Clocks And Spoons / Rocky Mountain Time / Diamonds In The Rough (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - Desáté album Eltona Johna vydané v roce 1975. Na albu se jako jeden z členů doprovodné kapely objevil slavný skladatel James Newton Howard. Desáté album Eltona Johna vydané v roce 1975. Na albu se jako jeden z členů doprovodné kapely objevil slavný skladatel James Newton Howard. Rok vydání 1975 Reedice 2015 Seznam stop Straan A Medley (Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly) / Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future) / Island Girl / Grow Some Funk Of Your Own / I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) Strana B Street Kids / Hard Luck Story / Feed Me / Billy Bones And The White Bird (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - Záznam několika vystoupení britské skupiny Echo & The Bunnymen ve slavném pořadu britského rozhlasového modrátora a dýdžeje Johna Peela, která zde skupina odehrála během čtyř let 1979 - 1983. Na albu je i patrně největší hit skupiny, skladba The Killing Moon. Záznam několika vystoupení britské skupiny Echo & The Bunnymen ve slavném pořadu britského rozhlasového modrátora a dýdžeje Johna Peela, která zde skupina odehrála během čtyř let 1979 - 1983. Na albu je i patrně největší hit skupiny, skladba The Killing Moon. Echo & the Bunnymen je britská post-punková hudební skupina založená v roce 1978 v Liverpoolu. Původní složení bylo Ian McCulloch, kytarista Will Sergeant a baskytarista Les Pattinson. Krátce poté se ke skupině přidal bubeník Pete de Freitas a v této sestavě nahráli své první album nazvané Crocodiles. McCulloch ze skupiny odešel v roce 1988 a jeho místa se ujal Noel Burke. Bubeník Freitas zemřel v roce 1989 a jako náhrada za něj... (alza.cz)

Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are robots going to take our jobs? Will better healthcare lead to an ageing population that cannot be cared for? And has our demand for energy driven the Earth's climate to the edge of catastrophe?John Browne argues that we need not and must not put the brakes on technological advance. Civilisation is founded on engineering innovation; all progress stems from the human urge to make things and to shape the world around us, resulting in greater freedom, health and wealth for all. Drawing on history, his own experiences and conversations with many of today's great innovators, he uncovers the basis for all progress and its consequences, both good and bad. He argues compellingly that the same spark that triggers each innovation can be used to counter its negative consequences. Make, Think, Imagine provides an eloquent blueprint for how we can keep moving towards a brighter future. (knihydobrovsky.cz)