The race against time: adventures in late-life running - richard askwith

A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older.Colourful, informative and inspiring, The Race Against Time is a story of cold science and heart-warming resilience; of champions and also-rans; of sprinting centenarians and forty-something super-athletes barely touched by age. Its heroes are experts and enthusiasts - scientists, coaches, runners - from many countries, each with a different story to tell.This is a book for anyone who has ever felt the healing power of running - or simply wondered about the effects of ageing. It is both a very personal account of one man's journey from despair to hope, and an exhilarating guide, explaining how timely adjustments to lifestyle and training can slow the progress of physiological decay, while sheer human spirit can, if you are lucky, keep you running happily and healthily, all the way into extreme old age. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

For readers of The Fox by Frederick Forsyth and I Am Pilgrim comes an action-packed race against time to stop the release of a deadly bioweapon. The new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author or Nomad.A ruthless far-right terrorist is broken out of captivity.A mysterious scientist with a terrible secret is abducted.A lethal contagion threatens millions of lives across Europe and the Middle East.Ex-M16 officer Marc Dane faces a deadly race against time to stop a devastating attack - before a new kind of weapon is unleashed...What price would you pay to stop a global catastrophe? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work drew her into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens. Moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton’s Paradise Lost to John Clare’s enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth. But the story of the garden doesn’t always enact larger patterns of privilege and exclusion. It’s also a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams. From the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the fertile vision of a common Eden propagated by William Morris, new modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds, experiments that could prove vital in the coming era of climate change. The result is a beautiful and exacting account of the abundant pleasures and possibilities of gardens: not as a place to hide from the world but as a site of encounter and discovery, bee-loud and pollen-laden. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Tato kniha změnila žánr – patří k povinné četbě každého běžce a běžkyně, kteří se alespoň jednou za čas hodlají popasovat s nějakým (nejlépe vyšším) kopcem. Uznávaný autor a běžec se rozhodl, že svět běžců do vrchu zažije na vlastní kůži. Potkával se s běžeckými legendami, které absolvovaly nejděsivější závody a běžecké výzvy, účastnil se mnohadenních závodů, v nejzapadlejších koutech Anglie objevoval tvrdé borce, kteří pamatují doby, kdy běh ještě hodně bolel… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

V Askwithově citlivém a vyváženém životopise Zátopek vystupuje ze slupky mýtů a ukazuje se jako laskavý, bezprostřední, chytrý a občas také chybující člověk, který si udržel skromnost a zdravý rozum i na samém vrcholu sportovní slávy a nezahořkl, ani když po roce 1968 kvůli svým občanským postojům tvrdě narazil a léta strávil v zapomnění. Kniha se opírá o pečlivé studium českých i zahraničních zdrojů a rozhovory se Zátopkovými přáteli, kolegy, soupeři a rodinnými příslušníky, zejména Danou Zátopkovou. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Úškľabky, grimasy, vyplazený jazyk, ruky rozhodené kade-tade. Neustále si z neho uťahovali. Vraj pri behu vyzerá, akoby ho mučili démoni. Alebo akoby zápasil s chobotnicou. On sa však na tom len smial.Emil Zátopek vyhral na olympiáde v Helsinkách 1952 všetky tri vytrvalostné bežecké disciplíny, čo nikto iný neodkázal a sotva už niekto dokáže. Utvoril 18 svetových rekordov a hranice vytrvalostného behu posunul na úroveň, ktorá sa v tých časoch zdala nemysliteľná.Bol aj prominentnou tvárou komunistického režimu. Párkrát zlyhal. A poriadne. Inokedy bol pre ľudí hrdinom. Ako po invázii sovietskych vojsk do Československa v roku 1968, keď chodil od tanku k tanku a presviedčal ruských vojakov, aby sa vrátili domov.Zaplatil za to. Čakalo ho vyhnanstvo – život v maringotke s partiou vŕtačov studní, s ktorou kočoval po odľahlých kútoch krajiny a často popíjal. Napokon ho zlomili. Jeho život zahaľuje množstvo legiend, poloprávd a príbehov, ktoré sa donekonečna opakujú a prikrášľujú. Mnohé z jeho najslávnejších historiek sú však vymyslené. Známy aj neznámy zároveň. Kto teda naozaj bol Emil Zátopek?Oceňovaný britský novinár a spisovateľ Richard Askwith navštívil miesta spojené s jeho životom, hovoril s jeho priateľmi, známymi, súpermi. Viedol dlhé rozhovory s jeho manželkou Danou Zátopkovou, ktorá mu dala oprávnenie preskúmať aj Emilov spis v archívoch ŠtB. Askwith dôsledne sleduje fakty a vyvracia mýty, ktoré o Zátopkovi kolujú desaťročia.Výsledkom je strhujúci príbeh športovca, nekonečného dobráka i chybujúceho človeka s jeho vzostupmi a pádmi, ktoré sa prepletali pomedzi búrlivé udalosti 20. storočia.Kniha bola vo Veľkej Británii nominovaná na cenu pre najlepšiu biografiu a najlepšiu športovú knihu roka. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A revelatory portrait of life in a great museum and the moving story of one guard's quest to find solace and meaning in artMillions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. But when his brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer he quit his journalism job, and sought peace in the most beautiful place he knew.To his surprise, this temporary refuge becomes his home away from home for a decade. Bringley enters the museum as a ghost, silent and almost invisible, but soon finds his voice and place among the lively subculture of museum guards. As his bonds with colleagues and the art grow, he learns how fortunate he is to be walled off in this little world and how much it resembles the best aspects of the larger world to which he gradually, gratefully returns. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Československo, říjen 1937. Národ ještě oplakává smrt uctívaného T. G. Masaryka, za hranicemi se rozpíná hrozivá třetí říše – a spřádá plány na útok. V tísnivé atmosféře se do východních Čech sjely obrovské davy na nejprestižnější sportovní událost země: Velkou pardubickou steeplechase. Říká se jí „ďáblův dostih“, je vyhlášená extrémně nebezpečnými překážkami i vyčerpávajícími úseky oranice a mnozí ji považují za vrcholnou zkoušku mužnosti a bojovnosti. Nacistické Německo sem opět vyslalo elitní příslušníky svých polovojenských jednotek: nelítostné důstojníky SS, kteří mají roznést na kopytech jimi opovrhované Slovany. Důstojníci československého jezdectva ani nedoufají, že by je mohli zastavit. Ale je tu ještě jedna jezdkyně – hraběnka se stříbrnými vlasy na zlaté kobylce… Příběh Laty Brandisové patří k nejpodivuhodnějším a nejinspirativnějším v dějinách sportu. Narodila se do privilegované rodiny, přesto prožila dlouhá desetiletí v bídě. Odmítla přijmout omezení, kterými tehdejší společnost svazovala ženy. Místo toho s tichou kuráží opakovaně dosáhla něčeho, co ostatní prohlašovali za nemožné. Skandál, který vypukl kolem jejího prvního pokusu ve Velké pardubické, vyvolal ohlas v celé Evropě. O deset let později se stala nadějí národa v hodině temna. A pak přišla odplata… Nezlomná je příběh o odvaze, zármutku a vzdoru v době předsudků a strachu. Hýbou jím síly – sexismus, třídní nesnášenlivost, nacionalismus –, jejichž stíny dopadají i na dnešní svět. Dominují mu excentričtí šlechtici, salonní špioni, bezhlavě riskující jezdci – a dostih tak brutální, že mnozí považují už jen účast v něm za známku šílenství. A v jeho středu stojí mimořádná hrdinka a její jedinečný vztah ke koni. (patro.cz)

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him. He paints a vivid picture, coloured with wit, anecdote and digression, of the twenty-five postgraduate years he spent teaching at Oxford. He pays affectionate tribute to past colleagues and students, recalling the idiosyncrasies of an establishment steeped in ancient tradition and arcane ritual while also recording his respect for the profound commitment to learning and discovery that lies at its core. He invites us to share the life of a travelling scientist, from fieldwork on the Panama Canal to conferences of stratospheric eminence in exotic locations in the company of some of the most prominent of the world’s scientific luminaries. And he describes his experiences with his many publishers, television producers, interviewers and partners in debate, not least in the heady period when, after publication of The God Delusion in 2006, he is dubbed the world’s most outspoken and controversial atheist. Most important of all, for the first time he reviews with fresh and stimulating insights the evolving narrative of his ideas about science over the course of his highly distinguished career as thinker, teacher and writer. In Brief Candle in the Dark we are invited to enter with him a constantly stimulating world of discovery and to meet a fascinating cast of exceptional characters described by the talented pen of one of the most exceptional of them all. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of running classic Feet in the Clouds. Emil Zatopek won five Olympic medals, set 18 world records, and went undefeated over 10,000 metres for six years. He redefined the boundaries of endurance, training in Army boots, in snow, in sand, in darkness. But his toughness was matched by a spirit of friendship and a joie de vivre that transcended the darkest days of the Cold War. His triumphs put his country on the map, yet when Soviet tanks moved in to crush Czechoslovakia's new freedoms in 1968, Zatopek paid a heavy personal price for his brave defence of 'socialism with a human face'. Rehabilitated two decades later, he was a shadow of the man he had been - and the world had all but forgotten him. Today We Die A Little strips away the myths to tell the complex and deeply moving story of the most inspiring Olympic hero of them all. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Tato kniha změnila žánr – patří k povinné četbě každého běžce a běžkyně, kteří se alespoň jednou za čas hodlají popasovat s nějakým (nejlépe vyšším) kopcem. Uznávaný autor a běžec se rozhodl, že svět běžců do vrchu zažije na vlastní kůži. Potkával se s běžeckými legendami, které absolvovaly nejděsivější závody a běžecké výzvy, účastnil se mnohadenních závodů, v nejzapadlejších koutech Anglie objevoval tvrdé borce, kteří pamatují doby, kdy běh ještě hodně bolel … A vznikl portrét jedné z nejdrsnějších běžeckých disciplín, v níž se střídá extrémní vyčerpání s okamžiky radostného osvícení. Stopy v oblacích jsou kronikou masochistické touhy a obdivuhodné výdrže. Je to lyrická pocta britským horám a lidské vůle. Askwithova kniha Stopy v oblacích získala ocenění za nejlepší literární debut ze sportovního prostředí a Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Lowly Worm is one of Richard Scarry's best loved characters, and the star of this lively collection of stories, in which he takes an unexpected ride on a hot-air balloon; helps Huckle find just the right gift for Mother Cat; rides the roller coaster at the fair and builds a castle at the beach. With everything from bike crashes to a big birthday surprise, these stories show exactly why Lowly is one special worm, loved the world over. Every page has something to delight over and discuss. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Thomas Ligotti, 272 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

> Na tento produkt bohužel nelze uplatnit slevový poukaz.Ride through the fairytale-like snowy plains of the Nordic lands, where signs of civilization appear vanished. This journey combines radical touring, camping, and cooking the best of what local nature has to offer. By taking on some of the most treasured biking trails and terrains across the Nordic landscape, this book is a seated journey of discovery and escapism across a vast scenery set to inspire your next trip.Nordic Cycle is an exploration of regions, people, and food on a mountain bike, with stunning photography and aerial shots. Discover illustrated maps and routes, follow the path of Tobias Woggon in his adventure and learn over 16 recipes with step-by-step instructions, paying homage to the local cuisine across the Nordics.This book has been printed in Germany. FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council™) Certified (vemzu.cz)

Kniha - autor Lewis Carroll, 336 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic stories are reimagined in this deluxe illustrated gift edition from the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima—designed with stunning full color artwork and several interactive features. Originally published in 1865, Lewis Carroll’s exquisite Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass have remained revered classics for generations. The story of Alice, an inquisitive heroine who falls through a rabbit hole and into a whimsical world, has captured the hearts of readers of all ages. Perhaps the most popular female character in English literature, Alice is accompanied on her journey of trials and tribulations by the frantic White Rabbit, the demented and terrifying Queen of Hearts, the intriguing Mad Hatter, and many other eccentric characters. Lewis Carroll’s beloved companion stories... (alza.cz)

eBook: When Leopold Pospíšil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to investigate the legal systems of the local tribes, he was warned about the Kapauku who reputedly had no laws. Dubious that any society could exist without laws, Pospíšil immediately decided to live among and study the Kapauku. Learning the language and living as a participant-observer among the Kapauku, Pospíšil discovers that the supposedly primitive society possesses laws, rules, and social structures that are as sophisticated as they are logical. Having survived the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and fled the Communist regime, Pospíšil has little patience for the notion that so-called advanced civilizations are superior to the ‘stone age’ society in which he now lives. On the basis of his research and experiences among the Kapauku – he would stay with them five times between 1954 and 1979 – Pospíšil pioneered in the field of legal anthropology, holding a professorship at Yale, serving as the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and publishing three books of scholarship on the Kapauku law. As Jaroslav Jiřík and Martin Soukup write in their afterword, however, “His three previously published works are about the Kapauku; this one is about the anthropologist among the Kapauku.” The memoir is filled with charming anecdotes and thrilling stories of trials, travels, and war – told with humor and humility—and accompanied by a wealth of the author’s personal photos from the time. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Is this a cookbook?Well, it's full of Heston's typically brilliant, delicious and inventive recipes, including green gazpacho, beetroot and pea salad, quinoa with vegetables, Moroccan pasties, hemp panna cotta, banana and parsley smoothie, tomato and coffee muffins, parsnip granola, rice ice cream, sherry vinegar posset, cricket ketchup and thyme and orange kombucha, not forgetting popcorn chicken with real popcorn. Every recipe is simple, straightforward and totally do-able. This is Heston at his most accessible.But there's so much more. Each of the 70 recipes is accompanied by Heston's thoughts, stories, insights and hacks, turning each cooking session into a journey that'll excite and inspire and reveal a whole world of culinary possibilities and fresh perspectives. Brought to life by the incredible illustrations by Dave McKean, Heston's long-term collaborator and widely acknowledged as one of the greatest illustrators at work today, it's the next best thing to having Heston as your sous-chef. So why not get in the kitchen and have an adventure? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Lewis Carroll, 246 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná And "Through The Looking Glass". (alza.cz)

It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters. Brought to life by Sir John Tenniel's legendary illustrations in black and white, and with an afterword by Anna South, this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition is perfect for old and new fans alike.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Země interpreta: USA Typ: LP deska;Nové vydání;Remastered;Album Vydavatelství: Sony Music Balení obsahuje: LP Subžánr: Rock;Funk Metal;Rap Rock;Rap Metal;Metal;Nu Metal;Alternative Rock;Alternative Metal Žánr: Rap;Metal;Nu Metal Upozornění pro rodiče: Nevhodný obsah pro děti a nezletilé Interpret / Téma: Rage Against The Machine Varianta: Rage Against the Machine (Vinyl LP) Země původu: Evropská unie Barva: Černá Rok nahrávky: 1992.0 Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Barva podle výrobce: Black Rok vydání: 2015.0 Hmotnost: 180 g Složení setu: 1 ks Dekáda interpreta: 2020 - 2029;2010 - 2019;2000 - 2009;1990 - 1999 Datum vydání: 2015-08-07 (muziker.cz)

It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters. Brought to life by Sir John Tenniel's legendary illustrations, delightfully coloured by Barbara Frith, and including an afterword by Anna South, this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition is perfect for old and new fans alike.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Lewis Carroll, 284 stran, anglicky, Pevná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Lewis Carroll, 284 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá A pocket hardback edition of Lewis Carroll's classic story for children (alza.cz)

From the Sunday Times and international bestselling author of Surrounded by IdiotsDo you often feel exhausted by conversations?Are there people in your life with belittle you through words or actions?Or, do you have colleagues who take up your time and don't actually do much?You could be surrounded by vampires! International bestselling author and behavioural expert Thomas Erikson will help you recognise and deal with the four most common vampires.Be it time, energy, attention or habit vampires, these ubiquitous social villains can leave you feeling drained and depleted. Whether they're lurking in your office, hiding amongst friends and family, or invading your thoughts, vampires can be found all around you.Fortunately, no human or habit Vampire can survive when the sun shines on them. With the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson will help you spot the vampires around you and find your light to vanish their influence for good. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him.He paints a vivid picture, coloured with wit, anecdote and digression, of the twenty-five postgraduate years he spent teaching at Oxford. He pays affectionate tribute to past colleagues and students, recalling with characteristic wry humour the idiosyncrasies of an establishment steeped in ancient tradition and arcane ritual while also recording his respect for the profound commitment to learning and discovery that lies at its core. He invites us to share the life of a travelling scientist, from fieldwork on the Panama Canal to conferences of stratospheric eminence in exotic locations in the company of some of the most prominent - and some of the most eccentric - of the world's scientific luminaries. And he describes his experiences with his many publishers, television producers, interviewers and partners in debate, not least in the heady period when, after publication of The God Delusion in 2006, he is dubbed the world's most outspoken and controversial atheist.Most important of all, for the first time he reviews with fresh and stimulating insights the evolving narrative of his ideas about science over the course of his highly distinguished career as thinker, teacher and writer. In Brief Candle in the Dark we are invited to enter with him a constantly stimulating world of discovery and to meet a fascinating cast of exceptional characters described by the talented pen of one of the most exceptional of them all. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: ‘The Life of Mr. Richard Savage’ is an incredibly interesting true crime book by Daniel Defoe. The book examines the case of the poet Richard Savage who murdered a man during a brawl in 1727. The salacious trial received great publicity at the time as wild accusations were made about both the criminal and the victim. Defoe provides invaluable insight into the crime and Savage’s attempt to receive a pardon from the Queen during his trial. This account of the murder stands out as Defoe delves deep into Savage’s fascinating childhood and troubled relationship with his adulterous mother that may have affected him in later years. ‘The Life of Mr. Richard Savage’ should be read by all true crime fans as it is a riveting account of one of the first famous true crime stories. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School! From #1 bestselling author Marcus Rashford comes another exciting adventure full of fantastic friendships, high-stakes mysteries and strange goings-on! Written with Alex Falase-Koya and packed with tons of illustrations by Marta Kissi, it's the perfect book for children aged 8-11.There’s something strange going on at school . . .The Breakfast Club Investigators haven't managed to solve a mystery in months and Marcus is worried that the group is going to break up! So when Gbenga, the captain of the school basketball team, comes to ask for their help Marcus knows this might just be the Investigator's last chance to prove themselves.The basketball team have had a streak of bad luck, and Marcus and his mates are sure there's more going on than meets the eye. As the mystery deepens and they uncover one surprising clue after another, they discover that someone – or something – has cursed the basketball team! Can Marcus and his friends solve the mystery in time? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST.CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL.GENIUS. THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAINHis face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius.Today, he's a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind, even of the age. But who was Einstein really?The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered relativity, black holes and E = mc2, dined with Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood and was the inspiration for (highly radioactive) element 99, Albert Einstein was also a high school dropout with an FBI file 1,400 pages long. In this book, Samuel Graydon brings history's most famous scientist back to life.From his lost daughter to escaping the Nazis, from his love letters to unlikely inventions, from telling jokes to cheer up his sad parrot Bibo to refusing the Presidency of Israel, through the discoveries and thought experiments that changed science, Einstein in Time and Space tells 99 unforgettable stories of the man who redefined how we view our universe and our place within it. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: A young baby named Claus is found abandoned in a forest. Claus is taken in by Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World and a wood nymph named Necile and has a happy upbringing away from other humans. When Claus moves away, he gains a reputation for kindness towards children, and starts carving toys to give them. The evil Agwas steal the toys as they are stopping the children from misbehaving, forcing Claus to enter homes through chimneys to deliver his gifts. There are plenty more adventures in store for Claus before he becomes Santa Claus, in this delightful festive children’s story from renowned author L. Frank Baum. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Foreword by Bob StanleyOn a sunny Saturday morning in May 1956, a fifteen-year-old, then called Harry Webb, was mooching down Waltham Cross High Street. He heard some music blaring out of a parked car. It stopped him in his tracks.The song was 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley. It sounded like nothing he had ever heard before. In that instant, the schoolboy who was destined to take the hit parade by storm as Cliff Richard fell in love with rock and roll. It gave him the thrill, the purpose and the mission that has shaped his life ever since.Cliff lives in and for music. And with 65 years as a hitmaker, the music filling his head is a broad category. His soundtrack begins by blasting us all back into that first life-changing explosion of rock and also includes great soul soul stars such as Aretha Franklin, longtime colleagues like Elton John, and much-missed close friends Cilla Black and Olivia Newton-John.This book is meaningful to Cliff on many levels. The 30 or so songs here that make up the soundtrack to his life have each moved him deeply, but it's also about the legendary artists he met, and often got to know. He shares those stories and memories with you, too.A Head Full of Music is a vibrant personal journey for Cliff, and it's a joy to accompany him on it. Get wired for sound with him and read on. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Foreword by Bob StanleyOn a sunny Saturday morning in May 1956, a fifteen-year-old, then called Harry Webb, was mooching down Waltham Cross High Street. He heard some music blaring out of a parked car. It stopped him in his tracks.The song was 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley.It sounded like nothing he had ever heard before. In that instant, the schoolboy who was destined to take the hit parade by storm as Cliff Richard fell in love with rock and roll. It gave him the thrill, the purpose and the mission that has shaped his life ever since.Cliff lives in and for music.And with 65 years as a hitmaker, the music filling his head is a broad category. His soundtrack begins by blasting us all back into that first life-changing explosion of rock and roll, and also includes great soul soul stars such as Aretha Franklin, longtime colleagues like Elton John, and much-missed close friends Cilla Black and Olivia Newton-John.This book is meaningful to Cliff on many levels. The 30 or so songs here that make up the soundtrack to his life have each moved him deeply, but it's also about the legendary artists he met, and often got to know.He shares those stories and memories with you, too.A Head Full of Music is a vibrant personal journey for Cliff, and it's a joy to accompany him on it. Get wired for sound with him and read on. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: In 1901, the author – the real Elizabeth – went on a trip to the Baltic island of Rügen with her maid, a chauffeur, a friend, and a carriage piled high with their luggage. From this, she weaves a captivating tale of her encounters in this semi-autobiographical novel. A snobbish bishop’s wife and her handsome son, a dressmaker, and a long-lost cousin Charlotte form the basis of this story, as Charlotte tries to evade the pursuit of her husband. Elizabeth von Arnim\'s humorous novel ‘The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen’ will be enjoyed by fans of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’. Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany. Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Gabriel García Márquez, 348 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Studiový projekt maďarské progrockové skupiny z roku 2017 obsahuje několik coververzí se slavnými hosty (Dieter „Maschine' Birr z Puhdys v Der Grosse Magnet, Józef Skrzek z SBB v Dziwny jest ten swiat, Petr Janda z Olympic v Jasná zpráva)... Studiový projekt maďarské progrockové skupiny z roku 2017 obsahuje několik coververzí se slavnými hosty (Dieter „Maschine' Birr z Puhdys v Der Grosse Magnet, Józef Skrzek z SBB v Dziwny jest ten swiat, Petr Janda z Olympic v Jasná zpráva) zpívaných v původním jazyce. CD obsahuje také Omega verzi skladby White Dove, kterou Scorpions kdysi nahráli jako coververzi původního hitu Omega Gyöngyhajú Lány. Druhé CD obsahuje nahrávky János Kóbor and 100 Folk Celsius - intro a 6 Omega hitů z jejich rané beatové éry (1967-70) zaranžovaných do country stylu, zpívaných v maďarštině. Tracklist: CD 1 1. Also Sprach Zarathustra 01:36 2. Tower Of Babel 03:38 3. Der Grosse Magnet 05:21 4. Ötvenhatos Lány 04:42 5. Immigrant 03:50 6. Good Morning America 03:47 7. Never Feel Shame 04:31 8. Dziwny jest ten swiat 04:40 9. Don't Think About The Fire 03:32 10. Radio Luxembourg 04:48 11. Jasná zpráva 04:10 12. Tomorrow (Levél - Poste restante) 03:54 13. Still Loving You (Dedicated to The Scorpions) 05:08 14. White Dove (Gyöngyhaiú lány) (Dedicated to The Scorpions) 04:38 CD 2 1. Once Upon A Time In Western 03:20 2. Ismertem egy lányt 03:15 3. Szeretnék visszamenni hozzád 03:15 4. Ha én szél lehetnék 02:55 5. Olyan szépen mosolygott 02:47 6. Naplemente 03:58 7. Kiabálj, énekelj! 03:04 8. Régi csibészek (Dedicated to Fonográf) 01:01 9. Once Upon A Time In The East (Dedicated to Fonográf) 01:25 (dvd-premiery.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)

The book treats three primary themes. The first covers the Baden, Kostolac/Bošáca and Vučedol cultures, demonstrating their genetic relationship and indigenous development. This development is marked by changes in distribution (the global horizontal stratigraphy) caused by the penetration of the Pit Grave Culture, our second theme. The third theme analyses the emergence of the EBA. Particular attention is afforded to the absolute chronology. Two excursuses discuss finds outside the Carpathian Basin, but part of its cultural sphere. The archaeological analysis of the cultures underpins a novel cultural and historical interpretation. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

An invaluable guide to a complex subject, this atlas:* gives a general introduction to the physical, ethnic and religious composition of the region* includes summary maps of Eastern Europe in 1900, 1923, and 1945* charts the ebb and flow of the first and second world wars in Eastern Europe* presents detailed information relating to consituent territories, elections, economic developments and land holding patterns for key individual countries in the inter-war years* provides crucial social and economic data, evidencing changes under communist domination* gives maps of the new states of the post-communist years with details of elections and economic indicators for Belarus, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Slovakia and others.* contains an extensive glossary listing the major towns of the area under their linguistic variants (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother's garden in a sloping Somerset field, then two successive Oxfordshire gardens of her own, and the smaller urban garden in the North London home she lives in today. It is also a wise, engaging and far-ranging exploration of gardens in literature, from Paradise Lost to Alice in Wonderland, and of writers and their gardens, from Virginia Woolf to Philip Larkin. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (first published in 1865 and 1871, respectively) have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, clever dialogue, and playfully logical illogic epitomize the whit and whimsy of Carroll's writing. Both stories feature the coloured classic illustrations of John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is one of Barnes & Noble's Ieather bound classics for children. It features classic illustrations, an elegant bonded leather binding, a satin-ribbon bookmark, and distinctive gilt edging. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hudební CD - Back in the World of Adventures je první studiové album vydané švédskou progresivní rockovou skupinou The Flower Kings. Back in the World of Adventures je první studiové album vydané švédskou progresivní rockovou skupinou The Flower Kings. Flower Kings je švédská progresivní rocková skupina, kterou v roce 1994 založil kytarista a zpěvák a skladatel Roine Stolt . Rok vydání : 1995 (1.album) Rok reedice : 2022 Seznam stop CD World of Adventures / Atomic Prince / Go West Judas / Train To Nowhere / Oblivion Road / Theme For A Hero / Temple Of The Snakes / My Cosmic Lover / The Wonder Wheel / Big Puzzle (alza.cz)

The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves.In the late nineteenth century, when non-European societies were seen as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how Western civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a thrilling new discipline which attracted the brightest minds of the academic world. But, by the middle of the twentieth century, colonialism was recognised as being inextricably linked to exploitation and outdated labels like 'savage' were inconceivable when so-called 'civilised' man had wreaked such devastation across two world wars.Focusing on twelve key European and American anthropologists working in the field, from Franz Boas on Baffin Island in the 1880s to Claude Levi-Strauss in Brazil fifty years later, Lucy Moore explores the brief flowering of anthropology as a quasi-scientific area of study with all its insights and ambivalence. In Search of Us tells the story of the men and women whose observations of the 'other' would transform attitudes about race, gender equality, sexual liberation, parenting and tolerance in ways they had never anticipated.In an enthralling, perceptive narrative, Moore shows how these radical anthropologists were inspired by their time in the furthest-flung reaches of the known world, becoming pioneers of a new way of thinking. In the end, their legacy is less about understanding foreign cultures and more about their attempts to persuade human beings to look at one another with eyes washed free from prejudice. Their intention may have been to explain what they saw as the primitive world to the civilised one but they ended up changing the way people viewed themselves - at least for a time. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Je velkým problémem sbírek archeologické či historické povahy, nejenom mincí, pokud nejsou publikační formou prezentovány odborné veřejnosti. Prezentovat skupinu mincí zveřejněných v tomto katalogu znamená nejen je chránit jako veřejný majetek jedné konkrétní univerzity, ale dát je k dispozici celé vědecké společnosti a tím umožnit pokrok v oblasti historických a numismatických studií. V práci Federica Gambacorty lze proto uvítat významné rozšíření publikovaného numismatického materiálu ve vlastnictví Univerzity Karlovy. Tato práce důstojně navazuje na dílo V. Marka, který před více než čtvrtstoletím podnikl první krok k publikaci univerzitní mincovní sbírky. Oproti původnímu rozhodnutí věnovat se pouze pozdně římským mincím autor do svého zpracování zahrnul rovněž mince byzantské a barbarské._x000D_ Tento katalog seznamuje publikum se skupinou mincí, které byly samy o sobě hlavními postavami a svědky doby, kdy byly vytvořeny. Mince narozdíl od jiných kategorií objektů byla používána na všech společenských úrovních a všude dokázala předat srozumitelné informace i těm, kteří neuměli číst. Obrazy na nich zpodobených vládnoucích císařů, členů císařské rodiny, dědiců a ručitelů kontinuity a stálosti říše tyto osoby umožňují rozpoznat a představují vhodné modely k napodobení u poddaných všech tříd. Jiná vyobrazení na reverzu mají za účel uklidňovat uživatele ohledně úsilí císaře o zajištění míru, solidnosti institucí, neporušenosti hranic. V poslední fázi říše se množí legendy oslavující vítěze císařů, slávu Římanů, bezpečnost státu, obnovu státu, zdraví státu a concordie císařů s vyobrazením Říma na trůně a se symboly moci. Typy a legendy na mincích nás informují o sociálních a náboženských změnách, které proběhly ve struktuře římské říše v době od Konstantina Velikého a dále. Byzantské mince a mince vyráběné Ostrogóty v Itálii v posledním století výroby mincí před krizí, která v západní části starého římského impéria způsobí zmizení mince, se prakticky od mincí římských neliší._x000D_ (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life. As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious... (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Thomas L. Friedman, 486 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná We all sense it - our lives are speeding up at a dizzying rate. Thank You for Being Late exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them. Friedman's thesis is that the planet's three largest forces - Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loss) - are all accelerating at once. Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to think about this era of accelerations and how we can anchor ourselves in the eye of this storm. It's also an argument for 'being late' - for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we're passing through and reflecting on its possibilities and dangers. Written with his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, and with unequalled access to many of those at the forefront of the... (alza.cz)

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Nativesspeaks directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.Natives is the searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Meet the brand new detective from the modern master of crime fiction...*****CRIME NEVER SLEEPS.Los Angeles can be a dangerous city - never more so than in the dead of night. Detective Renee Ballard, once one of the department's young hotshots, now works 'The Late Show', the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD.It's a thankless job keeping strange hours in a twilight world of tragedy and violence, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure.Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect.Ballard knows it is always darkest before dawn. But what she doesn't know is how deep her dual investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, her department and her past...If you're already a fan you'll love THE LATE SHOW. If you haven't read a Connelly book yet: now is the perfect time to start.*****'One of the great crime writers' Daily Mail'A master of the genre' Stephen King'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian'The consistency of his excellency is remarkable' LA Times'The greatest living American crime writer' Mirror'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

As read on BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year AwardLonglisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize'Sherman's is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she notices, offers something. The Bells of Old Tokyo is a gift . . . It is a masterpiece.' SpectatorFor over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo, later known as Tokyo, relied on its public bells to tell the time. In her remarkable book, Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history.Through Sherman's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital: An aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945. A scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. A sculptor eats his father's ashes while the head of the house of Tokugawa reflects on the destruction of his grandfather's city ('A lost thing is lost. To chase it leads to darkness').The result is a book that not only engages with the striking otherness of Japanese culture like no other, but that also marks the arrival of a dazzling new writer as she presents an absorbing and alluring meditation on life through an exploration of a great city and its people. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

One of Cosmopolitan's Best Romance Novels EverTurns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating--and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst.PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation--if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years.It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbor, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). It's not long before Phoebe realizes that Sam might be something much scarier--a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armor to reach her vulnerable heart. (knihydobrovsky.cz)