The invisible life of addie larue (defekt) - victoria schwabová

A beautiful illustrated edition of this genre-defying tour de force, featuring new artwork selected by V.E. Schwab, illustrated plate section, printed endpapers and exclusive jacket.When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone.Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she is convinced she's found a loophole-immortality in exchange for her soul. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone.Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor V. E. Schwab, 560 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Kniha - 546 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá A beautiful illustrated edition of this genre-defying tour de force, featuring new artwork selected by V.E. Schwab, illustrated plate section, printed endpapers and exclusive jacket. When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day. Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to... (alza.cz)

Francie, rok 1714. Ve chvíli nejvyššího zoufalství se mladá žena rozhodne uzavřít faustovskou dohodu, díky níž bude žít navěky, ale s prokletím: nikdo z lidí, s nimiž se setká, si ji nebude pamatovat. Tak začíná neskutečný příběh Addie LaRue, oslnivé dobrodružství odehrávající se napříč staletími a kontinenty, během nějž se mladá žena učí, kam až muže zajít ve snaze zanechat na světě svoji stopu. Všechno se ale změní, když Addie po téměř 300 letech narazí v jednom knihkupectví na mladíka, který si pamatuje její jméno... Nový počin oblíbené autorky překonává hranice žánru a právem jej lze zařadit po bok bestsellerů jako je Zakletý v čase nebo Život za životem. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha: Francie, rok 1714. Ve chvíli nejvyššího zoufalství se mladá žena rozhodne uzavřít faustovskou dohodu, díky níž bude žít navěky, ale s prokletím: nikdo z lidí, s nimiž se setká, si ji nebude pamatovat... Tak začíná neskutečný příběh Addie LaRue, oslnivé dobrodružství odehrávající se napříč staletími a kontinenty, během nějž se mladá žena učí, kam až může zajít ve snaze zanechat na světě svoji stopu. Všechno se ale změní, když Addie po téměř 300 letech narazí v jednom knihkupectví na mladíka, který si zapamatuje její jméno. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha: Život, na ktorý si nik nespomenie. Príbeh, na ktorý nikdy nezabudnete. Francúzsko, rok 1714. Zúfalá mladá žena uzavrie dohodu s temným božstvom, aby mohla žiť večne, nespútane, presne tak, ako vždy túžila, keď snívala o slobode. Zmluva má však háčik – Addie si nik nezapamätá, v tej chvíli, ako ju ľudia stratia z dohľadu, zabudnú na ňu. Svet so svojími nekonečnými možnosťami sa síce Addie otvoril, no prekliatie ju uväznilo v samote. Tak sa začína nezvyčajný príbeh Addie LaRueovej, múzy mnohých umelcov, zabudnutej milenky, ktorá sa vytráca s prvými rannými lúčmi. Až pokým jedného dňa nevstúpi po druhý raz do malého antikvariátu na Manhattane, kde pracuje Henry – a ten si ju pamätá. Po troch storočiach začína Addie znovu žiť, lenže diabol nikdy nehrá fér, a tak sa bude musieť postaviť následkom svojich minulých rozhodnutí a splatiť staré dlhy. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Launching a new trilogy in the Shades of Magic universe, an enchanting and thrilling epic fantasy from the international sensation, V. E. Schwab, perfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Kerri Maniscalco, Leigh Bardugo and R. F. Kuang.Seven years have passed since the doors between the worlds were sealed. Seven years since Kell, Lila and Holland stood against Osaron, a desperate battle that saved the worlds of Red, Grey and White London. Seven years since Kell's magic was shattered, and Holland lost his life.Now Rhy Maresh rules Red London with his new family - his queen, Nadiya, their daughter Ren, and his consort, Alucard. But his city boils with conspiracy and rebellion, fuelled by rumours he is causing magic to fade from the word.Now Kosika, a child Antari, sits on the throne of White London. The new queen leads her people in new rituals of sacrifice and blood in devotion to the altar of Holland Vosijk, summoning vast power she may not be able to control.Now Lila and Kell, living free on the waves, are charged by the captain of the Floating Market to retrieve an immensely powerful artefact, stolen by secretive forces.Now Tes, a young woman with a knack for fixing broken things, is thrust into the affairs of Antari and kings, traitors and thieves. And only her unique powers can weave the threads of power together.A triumphant return to the worlds of The Shades of Magic, The Fragile Threads of Power continues the stories of fan-favourite characters Kell, Lila, Rhy and Alucard, and introduces a new generation of magic, shadows and embers in the dark. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Launching a new trilogy in the Shades of Magic universe, an enchanting and thrilling epic fantasy from the international sensation, V. E. Schwab, perfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Kerri Maniscalco, Leigh Bardugo and R. F. Kuang.Seven years have passed since the doors between the worlds were sealed. Seven years since Kell, Lila and Holland stood against Osaron, a desperate battle that saved the worlds of Red, Grey and White London. Seven years since Kell's magic was shattered, and Holland lost his life.Now Rhy Maresh rules Red London with his new family - his queen, Nadiya, their daughter Ren, and his consort, Alucard. But his city boils with conspiracy and rebellion, fuelled by rumours he is causing magic to fade from the word.Now Kosika, a child Antari, sits on the throne of White London. The new queen leads her people in new rituals of sacrifice and blood in devotion to the altar of Holland Vosijk, summoning vast power she may not be able to control.Now Lila and Kell, living free on the waves, are charged by the captain of the Floating Market to retrieve an immensely powerful artefact, stolen by secretive forces.Now Tes, a young woman with a knack for fixing broken things, is thrust into the affairs of Antari and kings, traitors and thieves. And only her unique powers can weave the threads of power together.A triumphant return to the worlds of The Shades of Magic, The Fragile Threads of Power continues the stories of fan-favourite characters Kell, Lila, Rhy and Alucard, and introduces a new generation of magic, shadows and embers in the dark. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in one another. A shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death-experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. They become EOs, ExtraOrdinaries, leaving a body in their wake and turning on each other.Ten years later Victor has escaped from prison and is determined to get his revenge on the man who put him there, aided by a young girl with the ability to raise the dead. Eli has spent the years hunting down and killing every EO he can find, convinced that they are a crime against God, all except his sidekick, a woman whose power is persuasion and whom he cannot defy. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge-but who will be left alive at the end? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A beautiful collector's hardback edition of the NYT-bestselling, Amazon Book of the Year, start to the Monsters of verity series. Dangerous and compelling, dark and brooding, this is classic urban fantasy, full of vampiric monsters, forbidden romances and life-changing consequences.A gorgeous collector's hardback edition of the first book in the Monsters of Verity duology, featuring gorgeous new jacket artwork, perfect for any Schwab fan's bookcases.Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city, a grisly metropolis where the violence has begun to create real and deadly monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the inhabitants pay for his protection. August just wants to be human, as good-hearted as his own father-but his curse is to be what the humans fear. The thin truce that keeps the Harker and Flynn families at peace is crumbling, and an assassination attempt forces Kate and August into a tenuous alliance. But how long will they survive in a city where no one is safe and monsters are real... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Launching a new trilogy in the Shades of Magic universe, an enchanting and thrilling epic fantasy from the international sensation, V. E. Schwab, perfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Kerri Maniscalco, Leigh Bardugo and R. F. Kuang.Seven years have passed since the doors between the worlds were sealed. Seven years since Kell, Lila and Holland stood against Osaron, a desperate battle that saved the worlds of Red, Grey and White London. Seven years since Kell's magic was shattered, and Holland lost his life.Now Rhy Maresh rules Red London with his new family - his queen, Nadiya, their daughter Ren, and his consort, Alucard. But his city boils with conspiracy and rebellion, fuelled by rumours he is causing magic to fade from the word.Now Kosika, a child Antari, sits on the throne of White London. The new queen leads her people in new rituals of sacrifice and blood in devotion to the altar of Holland Vosijk, summoning vast power she may not be able to control.Now Lila and Kell, living free on the waves, are charged by the captain of the Floating Market to retrieve an immensely powerful artefact, stolen by secretive forces.Now Tes, a young woman with a knack for fixing broken things, is thrust into the affairs of Antari and kings, traitors and thieves. And only her unique powers can weave the threads of power together.A triumphant return to the worlds of The Shades of Magic, The Fragile Threads of Power continues the stories of fan-favourite characters Kell, Lila, Rhy and Alucard, and introduces a new generation of magic, shadows and embers in the dark. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha MP3 - autor Victoria Schwab, čte Zuzana Jurigová Kapráliková Život, na ktorý si nik nespomenie. Príbeh, na ktorý nikdy nezabudnete.Francúzsko, rok 1714.Zúfalá mladá žena uzavrie dohodu s temným božstvom, aby mohla žiť večne, nespútane, presne tak, ako vždy túžila, keď snívala o slobode. Zmluva má však háčik – Addie si nik nezapamätá, v tej chvíli, ako ju ľudia stratia z dohľadu, zabudnú na ňu. Svet so svojími nekonečnými možnosťami sa síce Addie otvoril, no prekliatie ju uväznilo v samote.Tak sa začína nezvyčajný príbeh Addie LaRueovej, múzy mnohých umelcov, zabudnutej milenky, ktorá sa vytráca s prvými rannými lúčmi. Až pokým jedného dňa nevstúpi po druhý raz do malého antikvariátu na Manhattane, kde pracuje Henry – a ten si ju pamätá.Po troch storočiach začína Addie znovu žiť, lenže diabol nikdy nehrá fér, a tak sa bude musieť postaviť následkom svojich minulých rozhodnutí a splatiť staré dlhy. (alza.cz)

Delve into the thrilling, epic tale of the young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, long before he became the king of Red London and adoptive father to Kell, the lead protagonist of A Darker Shade of Magic! The youthful Maresh is sent to a violent and unmanageable port city on the Blood Coast of Verose, on strict orders from his father, King Nokil Maresh, to cut his military teeth in this lawless landscape. There, he encounters an unruly band of soldiers, a lawless landscape, and through a series of incredible adventures learns what it means to be a leader and what it takes to be a future king. This box-set Collects together SHADES OF MAGIC Vol 1: The Steel Prince, SHADES OF MAGIC Vol 2: Night of Knives, SHADES OF MAGIC Vol 3: The Rebel Army. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Victoria Schwab, 536 stran, česky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Francie, rok 1714. Ve chvíli nejvyššího zoufalství se mladá žena rozhodne uzavřít faustovskou dohodu, díky níž bude žít navěky, ale s prokletím: nikdo z lidí, s nimiž se setká, si ji nebude pamatovat. Tak začíná neskutečný příběh Addie LaRue, oslnivé dobrodružství odehrávající se napříč staletími a kontinenty, během nějž se mladá žena učí, kam až muže zajít ve snaze zanechat na světě svoji stopu. Všechno se ale změní, když Addie po téměř 300 letech narazí v jednom knihkupectví na mladíka, který si pamatuje její jméno... Nový počin oblíbené autorky překonává hranice žánru a právem jej lze zařadit po bok bestsellerů jako je Zakletý v čase nebo Život za životem. (alza.cz)

Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Into which mirror must she look to find herself and save herself? She is searching for a new face in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, which professes to be a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between these two cities, disoriented by the fact that, whether high or low, the city seems to offer no answer and no escape. Elena Ferrante is unsurpassed in her ability to draw readers into her books from the very first page and she proves this again with The Lying Life of Adults, pulling us into what the Italian trade magazine Il libraio described as 'not a mere story but an entire world.' The millions of readers who found themselves addicted to My Brilliant Friend and the Neapolitan quartet will find that this new novel has the same addictive, do-not-disturb-I'm-reading qualities. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The mysteries and emotional richness of the animal world revealed as never before, from the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees. Can horses feel shame? Do deer grieve? Why do roosters deceive hens? We tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings but have you ever wondered what’s going on in an animal’s head? From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals opens up the animal kingdom like never before. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Number 1 Sunday Times-bestselling novel, from the author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and A Darker Shade of Magic.A darkly magical and thrilling tale of a young woman caught between the world and its shadows, who must embrace her legacy to stop the approaching darkness. The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Holly Black and Susan Cooper.Fourteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother, a father, and a voice. Her mother vanished all at once, and her father by degrees, and her voice was a thing she never had to start with. She grew up at Merilance School for Girls. Now, nearing the end of her time there, Olivia receives a letter from an uncle she's never met, her father's older brother, summoning her to his estate, a place called Gallant. But when she arrives, she discovers that the letter she received was several years old. Her uncle is dead. The estate is empty, save for the servants. Olivia is permitted to remain, but must follow two rules: don't go out after dusk, and always stay on the right side of a wall that runs along the estate's western edge. Beyond it is another realm, ancient and magical, which calls to Olivia through her blood... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Skvělý příběh o ctižádosti, žárlivosti, touze a nadpřirozené moci… Victor a Eli, dva samotáři, kteří se poznali na studiích, brzy zjistí, že je pojí společná vášeň k nebezpečí a zážitkům blízkým smrti a také že při vhodných příležitostech dokážou dobře rozvíjet své mimořádné schopnosti, dokud se jim jejich odvaha nevymkne z rukou. Victor po deseti letech utíká z vězení a za pomoci mladé dívky hledá svého dávného kamaráda, zatímco Eli pokračuje ve své misi zbavit se všech dalších nadpřirozených bytostí až na svou tajemnou a nepřemožitelnou pomocnici. Oba poháněni vzpomínkou na zradu a prohru jsou k nezastavení, ale kdo nakonec vyvázne se zdravou kůží? V Neobyčejných autorka přichází s drsným komiksově laděným příběhem, který vás zavede do světa, kde získaná nadpřirozená moc nemusí nutně vést k hrdinství a kde se na spojenectví příliš nehraje. Budete svědky fascinující charakterové studie, která vás donutí přemýšlet o tom, co znamená být hrdinou nebo zločincem, a zda je mezi nimi nějaký jasně definovatelný rozdíl. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in one another. A shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death-experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. They become EOs, ExtraOrdinaries, leaving a body in their wake and turning on each other.Ten years later Victor has escaped from prison and is determined to get his revenge on the man who put him there, aided by a young girl with the ability to raise the dead. Eli has spent the years hunting down and killing every EO he can find, convinced that they are a crime against God, all except his sidekick, a woman whose power is persuasion and whom he cannot defy. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge-but who will be left alive at the end? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Number 1 Sunday Times-bestselling novel, from the author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and A Darker Shade of Magic.A darkly magical and thrilling tale of a young woman caught between the world and its shadows, who must embrace her legacy to stop the approaching darkness. The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Holly Black and Susan Cooper.Fourteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother, a father, and a voice. Her mother vanished all at once, and her father by degrees, and her voice was a thing she never had to start with. She grew up at Merilance School for Girls. Now, nearing the end of her time there, Olivia receives a letter from an uncle she's never met, her father's older brother, summoning her to his estate, a place called Gallant. But when she arrives, she discovers that the letter she received was several years old. Her uncle is dead. The estate is empty, save for the servants. Olivia is permitted to remain, but must follow two rules: don't go out after dusk, and always stay on the right side of a wall that runs along the estate's western edge. Beyond it is another realm, ancient and magical, which calls to Olivia through her blood... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The powerful, heart-breaking memoir of Dita Kraus, the real-life Librarian of AuschwitzBorn in Prague to a Jewish family in 1929, Dita Kraus has lived through the most turbulent decades of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Here, Dita writes with startling clarity on the horrors and joys of a life delayed by the Holocaust. From her earliest memories and childhood friendships in Prague before the war, to the Nazi-occupation that saw her and her family sent to the Jewish ghetto at Terezin, to the unimaginable fear and bravery of her imprisonment in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, and life after liberation.Dita writes unflinchingly about the harsh conditions of the camps and her role as librarian of the precious books that her fellow prisoners managed to smuggle past the guards. But she also looks beyond the Holocaust - to the life she rebuilt after the war: her marriage to fellow survivor Otto B Kraus, a new life in Israel and the happiness and heartbreaks of motherhood.Part of Dita's story was told in fictional form in the Sunday Times bestseller The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe. Her memoir tells the full story in her own words. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Královna hrůzostrašných příběhů Victoria Schwabová přináší další napínavou zápletku, která zaručeně nadchne všechny milovníky fantasy. I v druhém dílu série lovkyni duchů Cassidy Blakeovou pronásledují problémy... a to ještě víc než obvykle. Cass se svými rodiči (a samozřejmě i nejlepším kamarádem, duchem Jacobem) tentokrát zamíří do Paříže, kde Blakeovi natáčí další díly pořadu o nejstrašidelnějších místech světa. Bylo by fajn jíst jeden croissant za druhým a užívat si výhled z Eiffelovky, kdyby v podzemních katakombách nečíhalo děsivé nebezpečí. Když Cass omylem probudí mocného poltergeista, zjistí, že to není žádný obyčejný duch a zbavit se ho bude možná nad její síly, pokud včas nevymyslí, jak na něj. A času je zoufale málo... Vydejte se s Cass do světa duchů, přízraků a zjevení a odhalte tajemná zákoutí světů, o kterých jste neměli ani tušení. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Třetí díl fantasy o paralelních Londýnech. Osud našich oblíbených hrdinů pohybujících se v paralelních Londýnech se konečně naplňuje. Kdo klesne a kdo povstane? Křehká rovnováha mezi barevnými Londýny je nebezpečně narušena a hrozí tu vznik Londýna nového, který ostatní města uvrhne do zkázy. Záleží na Kellovi, jestli si dokáže udržet své magické schopnosti, a samozřejmě i na Lile Bardové, která se sice také ledacos naučila, ale její divoká magie není nebezpečná jen pro ostatní, ale i pro ni samotnou. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Svět je, zdá se, zachráněn, dobrodruh Kell, jeho poloviční bratr Rhy a zlodějka Delilah Bardová si lízají rány po drtivém střetu se zlem. V tomto ještě temnějším pokračování Temnější tváře magie se dostáváme ještě hlouběji do autorčina čtyřbarevného světa a poznáváme jeho svérázné obyvatele. Londýny se chystají na mezinárodní kouzelnické hry, hlavně ten červený, ale o slovo se nejspíš opět hlásí i Londýn černý: z každé skončené noci se rodí nové stíny a začínají tropit neplechu. Že by to byli dávní zemřelí, kteří by si také chtěli zasoutěžit o cenu pro největšího mága? To by musely dodržovat pravidla fair-play! Ale jejich zájmy se zdají být jiné a kouzlo, které, je řídí, je mnohanásobně zlovolnější, hrozí totiž zničit každý z barevných Londýnů, ve kterém to ještě trochu žije. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!'), I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters...the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A beautiful collector's hardback edition of the NYT-bestselling, Amazon Book of the Year, start to the Monsters of verity series. Dangerous and compelling, dark and brooding, this is classic urban fantasy, full of vampiric monsters, forbidden romances and life-changing consequences.A gorgeous collector's hardback edition of the first book in the Monsters of Verity duology, featuring gorgeous new jacket artwork, perfect for any Schwab fan's bookcases.Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city, a grisly metropolis where the violence has begun to create real and deadly monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the inhabitants pay for his protection. August just wants to be human, as good-hearted as his own father-but his curse is to be what the humans fear. The thin truce that keeps the Harker and Flynn families at peace is crumbling, and an assassination attempt forces Kate and August into a tenuous alliance. But how long will they survive in a city where no one is safe and monsters are real... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Temnější tvář magie nese všechny znaky klasické fantasy se pohlcující zápletkou a výraznými, nezapomenutelnými hrdiny. Odehrává se v paralelních Londýnech – šedém, červeném a bílém, zatímco ten černý zdánlivě zanikl --, které jsou, ač každý ve svém „jiném“ světě, zcela pravděpodobné. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Skvělý příběh o ctižádosti, žárlivosti, touze a nadpřirozené moci… Victor a Eli, dva samotáři, kteří se poznali na studiích, brzy zjistí, že je pojí společná vášeň k nebezpečí a zážitkům blízkým smrti a také že při vhodných příležitostech dokážou dobře rozvíjet své mimořádné schopnosti, dokud se jim jejich odvaha nevymkne z rukou. Victor po deseti letech utíká z vězení a za pomoci mladé dívky hledá svého dávného kamaráda, zatímco Eli pokračuje ve své misi zbavit se všech dalších nadpřirozených bytostí až na svou tajemnou a nepřemožitelnou pomocnici. Oba poháněni vzpomínkou na zradu a prohru jsou k nezastavení, ale kdo nakonec vyvázne se zdravou kůží? V Neobyčejných autorka přichází s drsným komiksově laděným příběhem, který vás zavede do světa, kde získaná nadpřirozená moc nemusí nutně vést k hrdinství a kde se na spojenectví příliš nehraje. Budete svědky fascinující charakterové studie, která vás donutí přemýšlet o tom, co znamená být hrdinou nebo zločincem, a zda je mezi nimi nějaký jasně definovatelný rozdíl. Victoria Schwabová (1987) začala publikovat teprve v roce 2011, ale už má na svém kontě dvě young adult série. Neobyčejní jsou její první knihou pro dospělého čtenáře. Můžete se těšit i na další klasické fantasy Temnější tvář magie a Setkání stínů. (patro.cz)

A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.In The Living Planet, David Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing – the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.In The Living Planet, David Attenborough's searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing - the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so – a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually ‘think for themselves’? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Salpetriere asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated - for these women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives or strong-willed daughters. Once a year a grand ball is held at the hospital. For the Parisian elite, the Mad Women's Ball is the highlight of the social season; for the women themselves, it is a rare moment of hope.Genevieve is a senior nurse. After the childhood death of her sister, she has shunned religion and placed her faith in Doctor Charcot and his new science. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugenie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family. Because Eugenie has a secret, and she needs Genevieve's help. Their fates will collide on the night of the Mad Women's Ball...Now an Amazon Prime film starring Melanie Laurent. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Od toho dne, co se Cassidy málem utopila (no, ona se vlastně utopila, ale nerada na to vzpomíná), dokáže odtáhnout Závoj, který odděluje živé od mrtvých... a vstoupit do světa duchů. Dokonce její nejlepší kamarád Jacob je duch. Už tak je její situace dost na pováženou. A to se ještě zhorší. Když se její rodiče pustí do natáčení televizního pořadu o nejstrašidelnějších místech na světě, zamíří všichni i s Jacobem do skotského Edinburghu, kde se místní hřbitovy, hrady a tajné uličky jen hemží neklidnými duchy. A tehdy Cassidy potká Laru, dívku, která má stejný dar jako ona, a zjistí, že se toho má o Závoji - a sama o sobě - ještě hodně co učit. A bude se muset učit rychle, protože Město duchů je daleko nebezpečnější, než by myslela. První díl úspěšné série Cassidy Blakeové od mistryně strašidelných příběhů Victorie Schwabová nyní poprvé v českém překladu. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kdekoli se objeví duchové, tam se vydá i Cassidy… anebo je to naopak?Od toho dne, co se Cassidy málem utopila (no, ona se vlastně utopila, ale nerada na to vzpomíná), dokáže odtáhnout Závoj, který odděluje živé od mrtvých... a vstoupit do světa duchů. Dokonce její nejlepší kamarád Jacob je duch.Když se její rodiče pustí do natáčení televizního pořadu o nejstrašidelnějších místech na světě, zamíří všichni i s Jacobem do skotského Edinburghu, kde se místní hřbitovy, hrady a tajné uličky jen hemží neklidnými duchy. A tehdy Cassidy potká Laru, dívku, která má stejný dar jako ona, a zjistí, že se toho má o Závoji – a sama o sobě – ještě hodně co učit. Později Cass se svými rodiči (a samozřejmě i nejlepším kamarádem, duchem Jacobem) zamíří do Paříže. Bylo by fajn jíst jeden croissant za druhým a užívat si výhled z Eiffelovky, kdyby v podzemních katakombách nečíhalo děsivé nebezpečí. I když už má Cass pocit, že lovení duchů celkem zvládá, překvapil ji New Orleans, který svá strašidelná místa vystavuje přímo na odiv. Ve městě plném staré magie, duchařských atrakcí, tajuplných kobek a nespoutané hudby se Cass propadá do děsivých příběhů doslova na každém kroku. A za tím vším číhá protivník, o kterém nikdy netušila, že mu bude muset čelit: služebník samotné Smrti. Před Cassidy stojí zatím její nejnebezpečnější výzva… a před jejím přátelstvím s Jacobem také. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Třetí díl fantasy o paralelních Londýnech. Osud našich oblíbených hrdinů pohybujících se v paralelních Londýnech se konečně naplňuje. Kdo klesne a kdo povstane? Křehká rovnováha mezi barevnými Londýny je nebezpečně narušena a hrozí tu vznik Londýna nového, který ostatní města uvrhne do zkázy. Záleží na Kellovi, jestli si dokáže udržet své magické schopnosti, a samozřejmě i na Lile Bardové, která se sice také ledacos naučila, ale její divoká magie není nebezpečná jen pro ostatní, ale i pro ni samotnou. (patro.cz)

Královna hrůzostrašných příběhů Victoria Schwabová přináší další napínavou zápletku, která zaručeně nadchne všechny milovníky fantasy. I v druhém dílu série lovkyni duchů Cassidy Blakeovou pronásledují problémy... a to ještě víc než obvykle. Cass se svými rodiči (a samozřejmě i nejlepším kamarádem, duchem Jacobem) tentokrát zamíří do Paříže, kde Blakeovi natáčí další díly pořadu o nejstrašidelnějších místech světa. Bylo by fajn jíst jeden croissant za druhým a užívat si výhled z Eiffelovky, kdyby v podzemních katakombách nečíhalo děsivé nebezpečí. Když Cass omylem probudí mocného poltergeista, zjistí, že to není žádný obyčejný duch a zbavit se ho bude možná nad její síly, pokud včas nevymyslí, jak na něj. A času je zoufale málo... Vydejte se s Cass do světa duchů, přízraků a zjevení a odhalte tajemná zákoutí světů, o kterých jste neměli ani tušení. (patro.cz)

Od toho dne, co se Cassidy málem utopila (no, ona se vlastně utopila, ale nerada na to vzpomíná), dokáže odtáhnout Závoj, který odděluje živé od mrtvých... a vstoupit do světa duchů. Dokonce její nejlepší kamarád Jacob je duch. Už tak je její situace dost na pováženou. A to se ještě zhorší. Když se její rodiče pustí do natáčení televizního pořadu o nejstrašidelnějších místech na světě, zamíří všichni i s Jacobem do skotského Edinburghu, kde se místní hřbitovy, hrady a tajné uličky jen hemží neklidnými duchy. A tehdy Cassidy potká Laru, dívku, která má stejný dar jako ona, a zjistí, že se toho má o Závoji – a sama o sobě – ještě hodně co učit. A bude se muset učit rychle, protože Město duchů je daleko nebezpečnější, než by myslela. První díl úspěšné série Cassidy Blakeové od mistryně strašidelných příběhů Victorie Schwabová nyní poprvé v českém překladu. (patro.cz)

Svět je, zdá se, zachráněn, dobrodruh Kell, jeho poloviční bratr Rhy a zlodějka Delilah Bardová si lízají rány po drtivém střetu se zlem. V tomto ještě temnějším pokračování Temnější tváře magie se dostáváme ještě hlouběji do autorčina čtyřbarevného světa a poznáváme Svět je, zdá se, zachráněn, dobrodruh Kell, jeho poloviční bratr Rhy a zlodějka Delilah Bardová si lízají rány po drtivém střetu se zlem. V tomto ještě temnějším pokračování Temnější tváře magie se dostáváme ještě hlouběji do autorčina čtyřbarevného světa a poznáváme jeho svérázné obyvatele. Londýny se chystají na mezinárodní kouzelnické hry, hlavně ten červený, ale o slovo se nejspíš opět hlásí i Londýn černý: z každé skončené noci se rodí nové stíny a začínají tropit neplechu. Že by to byli dávní zemřelí, kteří by si také chtěli zasoutěžit o cenu pro největšího mága? To by musely dodržovat pravidla fair-play! Ale jejich zájmy se zdají být jiné a kouzlo, které, je řídí, je mnohanásobně zlovolnější, hrozí totiž zničit každý z barevných Londýnů, ve kterém to ještě trochu žije. (patro.cz)

When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more. No matter the challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help. You will learn: - The three books legendary investor Ray Dalio recommends most often - Lessons and tips from elite athletes like Maria Sharapova, Kelly Slater, Tony Hawk and Dan Gable - How and why Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says no to most incoming requests - The meditation and mindfulness practices of David Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Sharon Salzberg, Rick Rubin, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and others - The high-school loss that motivated actor Terry Crews for life . . . and how you can use the lesson - Why TED curator Chris Anderson thinks `pursue your passion' is terrible advice - How Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens went from repeated rejections to global mega-bestseller - Why comedian Patton Oswalt wishes at least one catastrophic failure on anyone in the arts - Astrophysicist Janna Levin's unique reframe that helps her see obstacles as opportunities - Why actor Ben Stiller likes to dunk his head in a bucket of ice in the morning TIM FERRISS is one of Fast Company's `Most Innovative Business People' and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Alibaba and more. He is also the author of The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef and Tools of Titans. The Observer and other media have named him `the Oprah of audio' due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the community becomes tangled in a web of spite, distrust and denunciation. The finger of suspicion falls on a young couple struggling to make a home and feed their children: Hugh Parsons the irascible brickmaker and his troubled wife, Mary. It will be their downfall.The Ruin of All Witches tells the dark, real-life folktale of witch-hunting in a remote Massachusetts plantation. These were the turbulent beginnings of colonial America, when English settlers' dreams of love and liberty, of founding a 'city on a hill', gave way to paranoia and terror, enmity and rage. Drawing on uniquely rich, previously neglected source material, Malcolm Gaskill brings to life a New World existence steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in curses and enchantments, and precariously balanced between life and death.Through the gripping micro-history of a family tragedy, we glimpse an entire society caught in agonized transition between supernatural obsessions and the age of enlightenment. We see, in short, the birth of the modern world. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more. No matter the challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help. You will learn: - The three books legendary investor Ray Dalio recommends most often - Lessons and tips from elite athletes like Maria Sharapova, Kelly Slater, Tony Hawk and Dan Gable - How and why Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says no to most incoming requests - The meditation and mindfulness practices of David Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Sharon Salzberg, Rick Rubin, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and others - The high-school loss that motivated actor Terry Crews for life . . . and how you can use the lesson - Why TED curator Chris Anderson thinks `pursue your passion' is terrible advice - How Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens went from repeated rejections to global mega-bestseller - Why comedian Patton Oswalt wishes at least one catastrophic failure on anyone in the arts - Astrophysicist Janna Levin's unique reframe that helps her see obstacles as opportunities - Why actor Ben Stiller likes to dunk his head in a bucket of ice in the morning TIM FERRISS is one of Fast Company's `Most Innovative Business People' and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Alibaba and more. He is also the author of The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef and Tools of Titans. The Observer and other media have named him `the Oprah of audio' due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Conor, Abeke, Mej-lin a Rolan se společně se svými spirituálními zvířaty vydávají na zoufalou cestu. Zavede je hluboko pod povrch země a budou ji provázet veliké ztráty. V boji proti temnotě přijdou o své přátele a spojence, ale pokud budou chtít zlo porazit, nezbývá jim než vytrvat. Kdyby tušili, že nepřítel má před nimi náskok a nepozorovaně je obklíčil… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

#1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, launches her incredible world of super beings with this ALL-NEW dazzlingly illustrated graphic novel set in the five years between Vicious and Vengeful. A must for all Schwab fans everywhere! This collection also features, for the first time ever in print, Schwab’s original 2013 text short story Warm Up, which is set in the Vicious universe. Taking place in the years between VICIOUS and VENGEFUL, ExtraOrdinary follows the tale of a teenage girl named Charlotte Tills who following a fatal bus crash, seemingly dies only to wake up to discover she has become an EO ― a person with ExtraOrdinary abilities. In Charlotte's case, it's the ability to see people's deaths, but when she looks into her own future, sees her own murder at the hands of the self-proclaimed hero and notorious EO killer Eli Ever, who is currently in prison for the murder of Victor Vale. Refusing to accept her fate, Charlotte sets off to find-and change-her future-before it comes for her. This graphic novel introduces Eli Ever, the antagonist at the heart of the Villains series. Also includes for the first time ever in print, V.E. Schwab's original text short story, Warm Up. Set in the Vicious universe and follows the story of a family man called David, who after surviving a deadly avalanche wakes up as an EO with the terrifying ability to create fire with his mind. Drawn by sensational Mexican artist Enid Balam, ExtraOrdinary introduces a whole new take on the genre of super-powered humans! (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Marvel break-out Shang-Chi sets off to unlock the keys to immortality and save his father in this all-new, original graphic novel adventure! Twelve-year-old Shang-Chi and and his younger sister, Shi-Hua, are the only children in the grand palace of the Five Weapons Society. Their father, Zheng-Zu, is a harsh master, and all Shang-Chi wants is to prove himself in his father's eyes. So when he overhears that his father's powers may be waning and discovers an ancient scroll that might be the key to helping him get those powers back, Shang-Chi knows exactly what to do.For the first time in his life, he sneaks out of the palace and into the outside world, hoping to return with one of the legendary Peaches of Immortality to gift his father. But the world beyond the palace is very different from everything Shang-Chi has been taught, especially a boy called Lu, who knows more about Zheng-Zu than he should. With his home and father's health on the line, Shang-Chi cannot fail in his quest - but does his father deserve to be saved? A bright graphic novel following Marvel's Shang-Chi An action packed and fun story Perfect for fans of Marvel (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Not being able to sleep is deeply frightening. We panic about our ability to cope with the demands of the next day; we panic that we are panicking; the possibility of sleep recedes ever further as the clock counts down to another exhausted, irritable dawn. Our societies have learnt to treat insomnia with the best applied discipline we know: medicine - in particular, with pills powerful enough to wrestle consciousness into submission. But there are other things to do besides, or alongside, medicalising insomnia. We can reflect on our sleeplessness, define it to ourselves and others, try to understand where it springs from in human nature and speculate on what it might - in its own confused way - be trying to tell us. This book is an eloquent guide to, and companion through, the long sleepless hours of the night. We come away from its soothing pages informed, consoled and armed with insights that will make us feel a lot less alone - as we wait for sleep, eventually, to come. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha z kolekce The School of Life Press. Sbírka nejlepších a nejpronikavějších citátů ze série Škola života o vztazích, smutku, úzkosti, práci, přátelích, rodině, cestování a smyslu života. (answear.cz)