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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. One of the great Victorian novels, The Moonstone has engrossed, entertained and enraptured readers since its first publication in 1868. This edition features an introduction by the renowned historian, journalist and author, Judith Flanders.Lady Verinder's uncle gives her the Moonstone - a magnificent diamond as large as an egg - for her eighteenth birthday, but it is not quite the generous gift it first seems. For he obtained it through bloody and nefarious means in India, and legend says the diamond's guardians will stop at nothing to get it back. When the Moonstone is stolen, an innocent man is accused of the crime and from this simple beginning, Wilkie Collins creates a stunning, complex narrative of dark mystery, suspense and atmosphere - and one of the very first detective stories ever written.

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Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent. The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself. The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward, the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved.

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eBook: A giant diamond stolen from India; a rakish rogue; a naive teenager and a drug-fueled scandal.These are the leading parts that combine to make one of the greatest detective novels of all time.\'The Moonstone\' by Wilkie Collins laid many of the foundations for the detective genre.At heart, though, it is a great story.Rachel Verinder inherits a large Indian diamond on her 18th birthday. It turns out to have been stolen from India by her corrupt uncle and is of immense religious significance.When the diamond goes missing at Rachel\'s birthday party, it sparks a mystery that involves Indian jugglers, Hindu priests, an unlikely love story, betrayal, intrigue - and twists and turns to the final page.Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens, who serialised \'The Moonstone\' in his magazine \'All the Year Round\'.In 2016 it was made into a five-part BBC TV series, starring John Thomson. It is an example of an epistolary one written as a series of documents, including letters and diary entries. Other famous examples include Mary Shelley\'s \'Frankenstein\' and Bram Stoker\'s \'Dracula\'.

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Classic / British EnglishThe Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder’s uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen… The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels.

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Vengeful spirits, mysterious revenants and haunted objects stalk the pages of Wilkie Collins' short fiction, and yet his reputation as a sensation and detective novelist has long overshadowed his inventive contributions to the ghost story genre. Drawing from across the writer's career, Xavier Aldana Reyes presents eight stories of the strange and uncanny to celebrate this lesser-known side of the Collins' imaginative and ground-breaking fiction, guiding the reader into a candlelit night in which unearthly forces - and inescapable doom - lie in wait.

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eBook: Haunted by a death in Boulogne, Lewis Romayne returns to London where he meets Stella Eyrecourt, who falls in love with Lewis. Enter Father Benwell, a Catholic priest who wants to convert Lewis to Catholicism. He makes it his mission to stop a marriage between Lewis and Stella because Stella is Protestant.With the forces against them, Lewis and Stella then become embroiled in gripping events involving love triangles, Catholic authorities and inheritance. An insight into Victorian England’s angst surrounding the Catholic Church, this novel is ultimately about a love story against all odds.

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eBook: Collins' output includes 25 novels, more than 30 short stories and novelettes, over a dozen plays and sporadic bits of journalism. As was the practice with Victorian novelists, Collins wrote his fair share of ghost stories. THE HAUNTED HOTEL, however, was the first novel in which the supernatural is of central interest. Wilkie Collins also penned one of the first in the genre of the detective novel, THE MOONSTONE.

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eBook: An Englishman's fictional account of the first case of wrongful convictions in the history of The United States, the story centers around two brothers sentenced to death and life in prison respectively, for murdering their brother-in-law. However, the evidence is circumstantial, no body is found and how much does one brother's fiancée really know?

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eBook: Banished from the Christian Community at Tadmor, Illinois, Amelius Goldenheart goes to England to the family of John Farnaby. While Farnaby tolerates him, his wife seeks the answer to the disappearance of her child and their niece is kept away from him. Yet after one glimpse, Amelius is captivated.

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eBook: "The New Magdalen" is a classic Victorian sensation novel, highlighting the prejudices against a woman of the streets in English society.Mercy is at the frontline of the war in France when she meets Grace Roseberry, a traveller who is returning to England to connect with her wealthy English relative, Lady Roy, after being left penniless in Italy. Spotting an opportunity to change her life, Mercy cunningly takes Grace’s name. It’s a dramatic tale of a stolen identity amongst the upper classes, which would be right at home in the pages of "The Talented Mr. Ripley".Not only a thriller, this novel is a touching display of female friendship and unexpected romance, with twists in every chapter.

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eBook: "The Two Destinies" is a manageable little number about George and Mary – star-crossed lovers from different social classes. The setting is mid-19th Century England – a convenient Collins favourite.But before you glance at your copy of Pride & Prejudice, groan about this novel being yet another installment of a tired old trope and unpause "Bootylicious", keep reading because there's more! Old fortune-telling crones, transatlantic voyages, fat inheritances, malicious scandals, starving children, attempted suicides, spectres and disabled people – the story is a hotpot of explosive adjectives and colourful nouns. For the period at least.

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Editedand with an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror?'This is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The star attraction is the novella The Haunted Hotel, a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death.The action takes place in an ancient palazzo coverted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale. The other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts, corpses that move, family curses and perhaps the most unusual of all, the Devil's spectacles, which bring a clarity of vision that can lead to madness.

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eBook: The Law and the Lady builds on that tradition by introducing one of English literature's earliest women detectives, Valeria Woodville, who investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless.

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eBook: Enticed by a large sum of money, Jessie, a spunky young girl of 20 summers, moves into a grand house inhabited by three older men. Now, if you think you already know where "Queen of Hearts" is heading, you should get your mind out of the gutter, because the year is 1859 and the style is chaste romance... but with a twist.The titular Queen of Hearts, Jessie, is a sensation with the three brothers, but her stay is numbered to only six full weeks (a calamity in itself) yet to top it off, one of the brothers' sons is in love with Jessie and wants to get home in time to propose. Thus, it falls to her hosts to delay Jessie's departure and so they devise a plan to compose and tell stories to enthrall and captivate her.

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eBook: Who is the "solitary figure of a woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments," whose appearance shattered forever the outward peace of life at Limmeridge House? Is she an apparition...a madwoman...perhaps a player in some bizarre scheme? From the moment "the Woman" first appears to Walter Hartright on a moonlit London road, Wilkie Collins' melodrama casts its spell.

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eBook: If you're born in the Western world or have played a lot of video games, chances are the title "The Legacy of Cain" will make you think of either polygon vampires or take you straight back to the lazy sunlit classrooms of primary school Bible studies. Fortunately, Wilkie Collins' 1888 novel avoids the oppressive embrace of both of these constructs yet still manages to mix in both faith and horrific murder.Against both his wife's and doctor's wishes, a minister decides to adopt the baby daughter of a prisoner facing execution, arguing that the mother's evil can't possibly have been passed down. The hitherto childless couple suddenly has a baby girl of their own and the two girls are raised ignorant of the truth. Yet as ghosts of the past creep into the girls' lives, the question becomes how long the secret can be kept – and what the consequences its uncovering will be.An exploration of nature vs. nurture with a pinch of the supernatural, "The Legacy of Cain" isn't about anybody named Cain at all – but we'll wager you'll like it all the same.

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eBook: Enter Big Willy C. In this his first published novel, Collins tackles two conflicts in the Rome of 408 AD: Paganism vs. Christianity and the titular hero, the daughter of a Christian Roman zealot, Antonia vs. Goisvintha – a Goth survivor of a Roman massacre. And when mild-mannered Antonia ends up captured by Goisvintha's brother during a siege, a tale of betrayals, sex and cat and mouse can truly unfold. It's not giant mech battles on distant planets exactly, but for 1850 English literature, this is pretty darn exotic.

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eBook: “In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven… two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had brought with it, ran away from their employer.”Under the pseudonyms of Francis Goodchild and Thomas Idle, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins set off on a walking tour of the north-west of England, reporting back on their adventures for Dickens\'s magazine Household Words.A unique insight into the friendship of two of the towering figures of Victorian literature, and featuring a pair of chilling ghost stories from the leading exponents of the genre, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices is a charming evocation of the adventures they experienced on their trip and the gently mocking nature of their relationship.

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eBook: Po úspěšném románu ´Bez jména´ od Wilkieho Collinse (1824-1889), přítele Charlese Dickense nabízíme jeho další román ´Armadale´, který považoval T. S. Eliot za "nejlepší z jeho románů". Když starý Allan Armadale učiní na smrtelné posteli strašlivé přiznání, netuší, jaké bude mít následky, neboť tajemství, které odhalí, se týká záhadné Lydie Gwiltové: plamenné svůdnice. Její zákeřné intriky jsou hnacím motorem tohoto napínavého románu: příběhu o záměně identit, dědičné kletbě, milostné rivalitě, špionáži ... Postava Lydie Gwiltové vzbuzovala u dobových kritiků hrůzu, jeden z recenzentů ji označil za "jednu z nejzatvrzelejších ženských padouchů, jejichž úklady a touhy nemají obdobu". Zůstává jednou z nejzáhadnějších a nejvíce fascinujících žen v literatuře devatenáctého století a temným srdcem tohoto skvělého viktoriánského románu.

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Román Žena v bílém vypráví napínavý tajemný příběh s detektivní zápletkou, vsazený do ponurých kulis viktoriánské Anglie. Vše se točí kolem neskutečné podobnosti záhadné dívky v bílých šatech Anny Catherickové a bohaté Laury Fairlieové. Příběh o sňatku pro peníze, oddané lásce, šílenství a špinavých intrikách sira Percivala Glydea a jeho „okouzlujícího“ přítele hraběte Foska, který má moc rád bílé myšky, šlehačkové dorty a jed, předkládá autor čtenáři prostřednictvím několika vypravěčů. Fiktivní deníkové zápisky a střídající se úhly pohledu spolu s děsivou atmosférou skrytou pod rouškou společenských konvencí vytvářejí neodolatelný celek. Žena v bílém je jedním z nejvýraznějších a nejoblíbenějších děl anglické literatury viktoriánského období. Autor v textu skvěle propojil prvky gotického hororu a psychologického románu.

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eBook: The Athenaeum reviewer of Armadale (1866) was only one of many contemporary critics horrified by Lydia Gwilt, the bigamist, husband-prisoner and laudanum addict whose intrgues spur the plot of this most sensational of Victorian "sensational novels". When Miss Gwilt flings herself from the first-class deck of a Thames steamer, her attempted suicide sets off events that lead to Allan Armadale inheriting Thorpe-Ambrose in Norfolk, romantic rivalries, espionage, counter-espionage and greedy plans for murder.

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eBook: If you’ve seen "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis, you’ll be familiar with Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome: deliberately making a person feel unwell in order to care for them. In "Jezebel’s Daughter", the poisonous Mrs Fontaine does exactly that in a plan to get her daughter, Minna, married. This is a story of romance and what happens when parents get too involved in their children’s marriages.Centred around a business based in London and Frankfort (or Frankfurt as we say today), "Jezebel’s Daughter" offers distinctive Victorian characters. Fritz Keller, the son of a partner of the business, is in love with Minna Fontaine. Meanwhile, the kindly proto-feminist Mrs Wagner runs the London office which employs women. She is caring for a patient, Jack, from the Bedlam psychiatric hospital.This thriller of a tale culminates when Mrs Fontaine, Mrs Wagner, and Jack all clash in a gothic plot that will determine the happy ending of Fritz and Minna.

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eBook: Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the true meaning of social stigma in Victorian England only after the traumatic discovery that their dearly loved parents, whose sudden deaths have left them orphans, were not married at the time of their births.

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eBook: William Wilkie Collins (8. ledna 1824 – 23. září 1889) byl anglický romanopisec, autor povídek a divadelních her. Přestože jeho tvorba zůstala ve stínu jeho slavnějšího přítele Charlese Dickense je Wilkie Collins velmi oblíbeným autorem, čemuž nasvědčuje i zvýšený zájem o jeho díla ze strany televizních a filmových producentů. Po mnohaleté pauze jeho knihy opět zaplňují regály v knihkupectvích. Román ´No Name´ (Bez jména), odsouzený viktoriánskými kritiky jako nemorální, je dnes považovaný za dílo s mimořádným společenským vhledem, ukazuje Williama Wilkieho Collinse na vrcholu jeho literární tvorby. Je to příběh dvou sester, Magdalény a Norah, které po smrti svých milovaných rodičů zjistí, že jejich rodiče nebyli v době jejich narození manželé. Vyděděné a vyhnané ze svého domova se musí postarat sami o sebe a buď se smířit se svým neblahým osudem, nebo se rozhodnout získat zpět své bohatství jakýmkoli způsobem. Romantický příběh se zajímavě rozvíjí a bude vás držet od začátku až dokonce. Kniha byla upravena i pro rozhlas, kterou vysílalo na BBC Radio 4 v šesti epizodách v roce 1989 - opakováno pro velký úspěch v roce 2013, 2019 a v září 2021.

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eBook: Collins's 1889 collection of fourteen short stories includes "Miss Morris and the Stranger," about a young governess and a fateful meeting, "Mr. Medhurst and the Princess," about two star-crossed lovers, and a dozen other tales involving love, social classes, money, and even ghosts.

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Audiokniha: Román Žena v bílém předcházel Měsíčnímu kameni a žánrově patří spíše k příběhům s tajemstvím, než by byl plnokrevnou detektivkou. Přesto detektivní zápletku nepostrádá. Mimo ní tu najdeme prvky romantické a hororové. Složitý děj nás zavádí do viktoriánské Anglie. Jednak ho tvoří milostný příběh bohaté dívky Laury a mladého učitele kreslení Waltera, základní osou je však zápletka, v níž hraje hlavní roli neuvěřitelná podoba Laury s chudou dívkou Annou. Na záhadu jejich nepochopitelné podoby se nabaluje série dalších nejasností. Zatímco vycházejí najevo staré zločiny, během příběhu dochází k řadě nových a postupně se objevují a rozkrývají stále nové a nové záhady.

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eBook: When Lady Lydiard has the money stolen from her, the plot becomes a whodunnit. A precursor to modern-day detective novels, this novella revolves around the colourful characters (and a Scottie dog) who are all present in Lady Lydiard’s household when her pound500 disappears.In this fun and compelling tale, two of the men suspected are both romantically interested in Isabel Miller, Lady Lydiard’s companion-cum-adoptive-daughter. "My Lady’s Money" follows these suspects as the intensity of both the theft and romance increases.

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eBook: Man and Wife (1870) combines the fast pace and sensational plot structure of Collins's most famous novels with a biting attack on the inequitable marriage laws in Victorian Britain. At its centre is the plight of a woman who fears that the archaic marriage laws of Scotland and Ireland may have forced her into committing unintentional bigamy. As the novel progresses, the atmosphere grows increasingly sinister when the setting moves from a country house to a London suburb and a world of confinement, plotting, and murder.

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eBook: Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), přítel Charlese Dickense, který o něm řekl, že toužil být stejně dobrým spisovatelem jako on. Kniha ´Slečna nebo paní?´ má dvě základní zápletky. Patnáctileté dívce fyzicky dobře vyvinuté a docela hezké se dvoří mnohem starší muž, kterého nenávidí. Natalie je totiž zamilovaná do mnohem mladšího muže, svého bratrance a on do ní, ale její bohatý otec, který je poněkud naivní, což se mu stane osudné má s ní jiné plány. Druhá zápletka se soustředí na staršího nápadníka. Existuje podezření, že byl v minulosti zapleten do ohavné vraždy. I v tomto případě oceníte, jak Wilkie Collins dokáže poutavě vyprávět svůj příběh.

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eBook: This is a charming and very readable novel written in the mid 19th century by a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Written around the time of Voltaire's Candide and Flaubert's A Sentimental Education, this novel also mixes the adventure and unexpected turns of a picaresque work with the protagonist being from a mildly upper class lineage. Like those others, A Rogue's Life trades on the main character's one foot in the noble's world and one foot in the workingman/adventurer's world to shed light on the inconsistencies and moral hazards that appear when those two spheres meet. A Rogue's Life also includes a 'lifelong' love story as well, although this one, fortunately, rewards the reader heaps more than the other works mentioned. ... (Avel Rudenko)

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eBook: The journey began aboard ship. In 1851 the railway stopped in Plymouth and so travellers had to be ferried across the River Tamar into Cornwall. The vogage is wonderfully related with such vivid descriptions and a helpful local local boatman coming to life on the page.

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eBook: Wilkie Collins's intriguing story about a blind girl, Lucilla Finch, and the identical twins who both fall in love with her, has the exciting complications of his better-known novels, but it also overturns conventional expectations.

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eBook: What happens if two boys are given the exact same name? If you guessed \'disaster in adulthood\', you would be right. When one of the men dies, there is an exciting adventure to find his heir. Leading from London to the sunny Mediterranean and across to the Alps, you will meet a diverse cast of characters; some good, some bad, and some that are eerie and exotic. \'No Thoroughfare\' is a play in five acts written as a collaboration between two great writers; Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Full of mystery and romance with a touch of excitement, this dramatic play is well worth reading for any Dickens or Collins fan.

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Imagine you could hide a secret. Forever. Emmett Farmer is a binder's apprentice.His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused. In a vault under his mentor's workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded.Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it.

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*PRE-ORDER BRIDGET COLLINS'' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE SILENCE FACTORY, NOW*LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BREAKOUT SENSATION OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019‘Spellbinding’ Guardian‘Magic’ Erin Kelly‘Immersive’ Sunday Times‘Astounding’ Anna MazzolaEmmett Farmer is a binder’s apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory.If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused.In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded.Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Alas that mortalsShould blame the gods! From us, they say,All evils come. Yet they themselvesIt is who through defiant deedsBring sorrow on them-far more sorrowThan fate would have them bear.'Attributed to the blind Greek poet, Homer, The Odyssey is an epic tale about cunning and strength of mind. It takes its starting point ten years after the fall of the city of Troy and follows its Greek warrior hero Odysseus as he tries to journey to his home of Ithaca in northwest Greece after the Greek victory over the Trojans.On his travels, Odysseus comes across surreal islands and foreign lands where he is in turn challenged and supported by those that he meets on his travels as he attempts to find his way back home in order to vanquish those who threaten his estate. In turn, his son Telemachus has to grow up quickly as he attempts to find his father and protect his mother from her suitors.Dealing with the universal themes of temptation and courage, the epic journey that Odysseus undertakes is as meaningful today as it was almost 3,000 years ago when the story was composed.

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__________________*From the author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Good to Great*‘No matter what your walk of life, no matter how big or small your enterprise, no matter whether it’s for-profit or nonprofit, no matter whether you’re CEO or a unit leader, the question stands, How does your flywheel turn?’ – JIM COLLINS__________________The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan. It is the act of turning the flywheel, slowly gaining momentum and eventually reaching a breakthrough. Building upon the flywheel concept introduced in his groundbreaking classic Good to Great, Jim Collins teaches readers how to create their own flywheel, how to accelerate the flywheel’s momentum, and how to stay on the flywheel in shifting markets and during times of turbulence.Combining research from his Good to Great labs and case studies from organisations like Amazon, Vanguard, and the Cleveland Clinic which have turned their flywheels with outstanding results, Collins demonstrates that successful organisations can disrupt the world around them – and reach unprecedented success – by employing the flywheel concept.

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From Marcus Collins, strategist to Apple, Nike and Beyoncé, discover how you can harness the most powerful vehicle for influencing behaviour: true cultural engagement.'Compelling and vivid' – Robert Cialdini, author of Pre-SuasionWe all try to influence others in our daily lives. We are all marketers, whether you are a manager motivating your team, an employee making a big presentation, an activist staging a protest or a company executive selling the next big thing. In For the Culture, Marcus Collins argues that to inspire communities, we first need to think hard about how we appeal to their values and what we will contribute to their culture.With a deep perspective based on a century’s worth of data, Collins breaks down the many ways in which culture influences behaviour. Using captivating stories from his own life as a top marketer – including spearheading digital strategy for Beyoncé, working with iTunes and Nike+ on their collaboration, and designing ads for McDonalds – he shows how you can do the same.Full of memorable examples, from 1960s hippy culture to the enduring success of Patagonia, For the Culture offers the essential tools for creating lasting engagement and influence.'Some people seem to intuitively ‘get it.’ Most do not. Collins articulates ‘it’ for the rest of us and provides not just an understanding, but a guide for how to actually engage and influence culture' – Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO, Reddit

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*Special collector’s edition with designed foil board and endpapers, limited to the first print run*The whole world disappears when you enterTHE SILENCE FACTORY''Extraordinary writing… silk, secrets and silence woven into a gleaming Gothic web. What a treat''ANNA MAZZOLA''Epic in scope and rich at sentence level, this is storytelling at its most immersive'' ERIN KELLYHenry dreams of silence.A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock.Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can drown out the clamour of the world – and everything Henry is so desperate to escape.Summoned to Sir Edward’s secluded factory to try to cure his young daughter’s deafness, Henry is soon drawn deeper and deeper into the origins of this otherworldly gift: a gift that has travelled from ancient Mediterranean glades to English libraries.Ignoring repeated warnings from the girl''s secretive governess, he allows himself to fall under the spell of Sir Edward and his silk… but when he learns its true cost, will it be too late to turn back?From the #1 bestselling author of THE BINDING, this is an enthralling story about complicity, desire and corruption – a novel to lose yourself in.GLOWING READER REVIEWS''Charming, troubling, thought-provoking and absolutely entrancing'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️''A splendid work of imagination, almost magical in places, but darkly realistic in others'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️''A brilliant gothic mystery… spellbinding and chilling'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️''I became so submerged in this book… the ending was really exciting and not at all what I expected'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️''I was spellbound by this novel… prepare yourself for an immersive ride'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️''Unpredictable, exciting and very creepy!'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️''Bridget Collins has created a world that is rich in detail and atmosphere, I was drawn in from the very first page'' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Barva: Černá Subžánr: Funk;Soul;Pop Rock;Pop;Rock Žánr: Soul;Pop;Funk;Rock Složení setu: 2 ks Varianta: The Singles Barva podle výrobce: Black Rok vydání: 2018.0 Typ: Single;LP deska;Album Datum vydání: 2018-08-06 Interpret / Téma: Phil Collins Vydavatelství: Atlantic Dekáda interpreta: 2010 - 2019;2020 - 2029;1970 - 1979;1980 - 1989;2000 - 2009;1990 - 1999;1960 - 1969 Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Země původu: Evropská unie Země interpreta: Spojené království Balení obsahuje: LP Hmotnost: 180 g

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The true Scot''s insider''s guide to the very best Scotland has to offer. Fully revised and updated in Peter Irvine’s own unique style, the 14th edition includes more than 2,000 recommendations for every type of adventure.Trusted for 30 years, this fully comprehensive and independent guide to Scotland gives you only the very best recommendations, whatever your budget.Discover stunning scenery, landscapes and historical highlightsFind the best coastal walks, city strolls and sight-seeing spotsEat at the best local cafés and regional restaurantsGreat advice on where to sleep, from wild camping to boutique hotelsExplore the true culture of Scotland and discover local, hidden gemsPeter Irvine is your personal guide to the very best of Scotland. From the streets of Edinburgh to the Western Isles, he’s visited, rated and remarked on the must-see highlights of Scotland. The 14th edition is the perfect travel companion, complete with essential information including websites, phone numbers, costs and insider tips to let you experience the best of everything Scotland has to offer.

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Written by Amy Fine Collins, Introduction by Graydon Carter, Foreword by Carolina Herrera A lavishly illustrated banquet of style, elegance, and taste, this is a who's who of the most glamorous men and women around the world, the ultimate treasury of fashion inspiration.This sumptuous volume--the ultimate sourcebook for fashion mavens, Instagram followers, and celebrity worshippers--presents the complete history of the much-lauded and highly visible International Best-Dressed List (IBDL) launched by Eleanor Lambert, "Godmother of Fashion," in 1940. The List has become a barometer of style and the highest honor a sartorial savant can receive, and today it's an ongoing record of the world's most glamorous women and men from society, royalty, Hollywood, celebrity, fashion, art, culture, sports, and media. These gorgeous "swans" of elegance, influence, and grace are gathered here in the most comprehensive survey ever published.This rich story is told by insider and IBDL Hall-of-Famer Amy Fine Collins through her encyclopedic knowledge, exclusive insights, and countless entertaining anecdotes about the behind-the-scenes goings-on--Lambert was offered kickbacks and bribes of up to $50,000 by list aspirants--that shed light on the selection process, the vibrant personalities (not to mention egos) of the chosen, and the zeitgeist of the times.For sixty years, Lambert was queen of the International Best-Dressed List. In 2002, she formally ceded the reins to Graydon Carter, Amy Fine Collins, Reinaldo Herrera, and Aimée Bell.

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LP vinyl - V roce 2016 vyšla obsáhlá kompilace největších hitů Phila Collinse ve variantách 2xCD, 3xCD a 4xLP. Toto dvojalbum je zkráceným výběrem zmíněné kompilace. V roce 2016 vyšla obsáhlá kompilace největších hitů Phila Collinse ve variantách 2CD, 3CD a 4LP. Tato 2LP verze je zkráceným výběrem zmíněné kompilace. Anglický zpěvák, skladatel a multiinstrumentalista se v roce 1970 přidal ke skupině Genesis, kde hrál na bicí a zpíval. Zkraje osmdesátých let se věnoval také sólové kariéře. Debutoval v roce 1981 albem Face Value. Patří k nejúspěšnějším zpěvákům posledního dvacetiletí dvacátého století, velmi populární je i u nás. Obsah: LP 1 In The Air Tonight (2015 Remastered) I Missed Again (2015 Remastered) You Can't Hurry Love (2016 Remastered) Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) [2016 Remastered] Easy Lover Sussudio (2016 Remastered) A Groovy Kind Of Love (2016 Remastered) Two Hearts (2016 Remastered) LP 2 Another Day In Paradise (2016 Remastered) I...

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Hudební CD - Singlová kolekce je poskládána z nahrávek z remasterovaných alb vydávaných postupně v letech 2015 a 2016. Vychází ve formátech 2CD, 3CD nebo 4LP. Anglický zpěvák, skladatel a multiinstrumentalista se v roce 1970 přidal ke skupině Genesis, kde hrál na bicí a zpíval. Singlová kolekce je poskládána z nahrávek z remasterovaných alb vydávaných postupně v letech 2015 a 2016. Vychází ve formátech 2CD, 3CD nebo 4LP. Anglický zpěvák, skladatel a multiinstrumentalista se v roce 1970 přidal ke skupině Genesis, kde hrál na bicí a zpíval. Zkraje osmdesátých let se věnoval také sólové kariéře. Debutoval v roce 1981 albem Face Value. Patří k nejúspěšnějším zpěvákům posledního dvacetiletí dvacátého století, velmi populární je i u nás. Seznam stop CD 1 Easy Lover / Two Hearts (2016 Remastered) / Sussudio (2016 Remastered) / I Missed Again (2015 Remastered) / Wear My Hat (2016 Remastered) / Don't Lose My Number (2016 Remastered) / You Can't Hurry Love...

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Hudební CD - Singlová kolekce je poskládána z nahrávek z remasterovaných alb vydávaných postupně v letech 2015 a 2016. Singlová kolekce je poskládána z nahrávek z remasterovaných alb vydávaných postupně v letech 2015 a 2016. Anglický zpěvák, skladatel a multiinstrumentalista se v roce 1970 přidal ke skupině Genesis, kde hrál na bicí a zpíval. Zkraje osmdesátých let se věnoval také sólové kariéře. Debutoval v roce 1981 albem Face Value. Patří k nejúspěšnějším zpěvákům posledního dvacetiletí dvacátého století, velmi populární je i u nás. Seznam stop CD 1 In The Air Tonight (2015 Remastered) / I Missed Again (2015 Remastered) / If Leaving Me Is Easy (2015 Remastered) / Thru These Walls (2016 Remastered) / You Can't Hurry Love (2016 Remastered) / I Don't Care Anymore (2016 Remastered) / Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (2016 Remastered) / Why Can't It Wait 'til Morning (2016 Remastered) / I Cannot Believe It's True (2016...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.'The quality of mercy is not strain'd,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven'Bassiano, a noble Venetian, hopes to woo the beautiful heiress Portia. However, he requires financial assistance from his friend Antonio. Antonio agrees, but he, in turn, must borrow from the Jewish moneylender Shylock. As recourse for past ills, Shylock stipulates that the forfeit on the loan must be a pound of Antonio's flesh. In the most renowned onstage law scene of all time, Portia proves herself one of Shakespeare's most cunning heroines, disguising herself as a lawyer and vanquishing Shylock's claims; meanwhile, Shylock triumphs on a humanitarian level with his plea for tolerance: 'Hath not a Jew eyes?'Viewed paradoxically as anti-Semitic, while at the same time powerfully liberal for its time, The Merchant of Venice is at its core a bittersweet drama, exploring the noble themes of prejudice, justice and honour.

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'I want – I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that – categories like that – won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.’ Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite. However, the arrival of May’s cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland’s life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. With the Countess, Newland is freed from the limitations that surround him and truly begins to ‘feel’ for the first time. Wharton’s subtle exposé of the manners and etiquette of 1870s New York society is both comedic, subtle, satirical and cynical in style and paints an evocative picture of a man torn between his passion and his obligation.

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The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Viking is an hilarious fictional diary putting us in the shoes of a young Viking in 1000 AD as he embarks on a series of disastrous adventures.

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Original / British English One day a leopard swims across the sea to Sindi. He is hungry and he is looking for food. He runs into an old lighthouse. The people of Sindi do not want the leopard in their lighthouse. But what can they do? How can they catch the leopard?

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Žánr: Rock;Funk;Soul;Pop Dekáda interpreta: 2010 - 2019;2020 - 2029;1960 - 1969;1980 - 1989;2000 - 2009;1990 - 1999;1970 - 1979 Země původu: Evropská unie Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Subžánr: Rock;Pop Rock;Funk;Soul;Pop Typ: LP deska;Album Země interpreta: Spojené království Složení setu: 1 ks Barva podle výrobce: Black Varianta: The Essential Going Back (Deluxe Edition) Vydavatelství: Atlantic Interpret / Téma: Phil Collins Rok vydání: 2016.0 Datum vydání: 2016-10-06 Hmotnost: 180 g Balení obsahuje: LP Barva: Černá

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Sherlock Bones, the world’s greatest dog detective, and his trusty sidekick Dr Jane Catson are back for another crime-solving adventure.Bones and Catson are visiting New York when the local police chief asks for their help. The city is being terrorised by a masked villain who is threatening the police with chaos if they don't solve his riddles. After thwarting a fiendish plot in Manhattan, Bones and Catson are hot on the heels of the mysterious criminal on an epic coast-to-coast chase across USA. Along the way, they take in Niagrowl Falls and scale the faces of the great dog presidents on Mount Ruffmore until the adventure concludes at the walls of Aldogtraz prison in San Francisco.But there’s a greater mystery to solve while all this is going on. Who is the villain? And how can they unmask them?The fifth book in Buster’s Sherlock Bones fiction series features intricate artwork and illustrated puzzles – including search-and-finds, mazes and number riddles – that are woven into the action, so the reader feels immersed in the exciting detective plot.Also available in the series:9781780557502 Sherlock Bones and the Case of the Crown Jewels9781780557519 Sherlock Bones and the Curse of the Pharaoh's Mask9781780559216 Sherlock Bones and the Mystery of the Vanishing Magician9781780559223 Sherlock Bones and the Horror of the Haunted Castle

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