Starý biblický příběh v novém, překvapivém komiksovém zpracování Předloha ke stejnojmennému celovečernímu filmu s Russellem Crowem v hlavní roli! V krutém světě sužovaném dlouhým obdobím sucha i ničivými nájezdy barbarských hord žije muž jménem Noe. Je to sice námezdný bojovník, ale také léčitel a mág, který si přeje jen jediné: žít se svou rodinou v klidu a míru. V noci však mívá příšerná vidění o

Krátké texty Jiřího Brdečky zachycují jeho sny od osmnácti do skoro šedesáti let. Je to pohled do fantastického, zářivého a komplexního vnitřního světa. Ten svět se během Brdečkova života nijak nevyvíjel a platily v něm sice surreálné, ale pevné zákony. Knížka je vlastně scénář k filmu, který Brdečka nikdy nemohl natočit. Jde o soukromé zápisky, ale vytříbený styl a vizuální náboj napovídá, že Brdečka

Navštívte s nami kráľovstvo zvierat a spoznajte jedinečné živočíšne druhy žijúce vo voľnej prírode. Nádherné ilustrácie, úžasné opisy a množstvo informácií vám pomôže odhaliť tajomstvá prírody, ktoré sa skrývajú za nevšedným zjavom, výnimočným talentom, spoločenským životom a úspešnou technikou lovu. Preskúmajte s nami nevšedné schopnosti zvierat v ich prirodzenom prostredí. Zistite, ako dokáže delfín

Opisujem sedemnásť rokov prežitých v úzkom spojení s mojou nádhernou tibetskou fenkou Lhasa Apso. Mimoriadna, priam zázračná inteligencia, ktorá vyžarovala z jej správania, postoja a úcty k živému svetu, presahovala moje doterajšie poznanie a udivovala aj moje okolie... Autorka

She says \'I\'ve worked so hard for years and I deserve a rest!\'As she scribbles with crayons and pours custard down her dress,She\'s dangling from the banister with her head upside-down!Does your Mum do this?Help!&,nbsp,My Mum\'s growing DOWN! Mum is a gamer, a party animal and a free spirit making life hard work for her nine year old son. These poems are a glimpse into their parent child relationship,

Vitruvius\' Ten Books of Architecture was the fountainhead of architectural theory in the Italian Renaissance. Offering theoretical and practical solutions to a wide variety of architectural issues, this treatise did not, however, address all of the questions that were of concern to early modern architects. This study examines the Italian Renaissance architect\'s efforts to negotiate between imitation

Allen Carr\'s Easyway is the most effective stop-smoking method of all time and it has now been successfully applied to a wide range of other issues. Alcohol blights women\'s lives often in a different way to men\'s: women tend to stay at home drinking alcohol; women often feel particular shame over drinking too much; drinking around children can be a particular burden; in summary there are a lot

Riding a bike takes more than leg strength. This title offers cyclists a core strengthening programme to make every bike ride faster and painfree. It features beginner, intermediate, and advanced training plans that can help cyclists to stabilise the upper body, improve cycling efficiency and reduce the fatigue that can cause back and neck

A look at the emotional side of medicine--the shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and even love that affect patient care Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life\'s most challenging moments. But doctors\' emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice have a profound impact on medical

Recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This book portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self-satisfaction, imposing on the rest of the world its traditions and tastes, its idealists and

In this marvelous book, the reader is introduced to the bizarre concepts of modern physics as the only way to solve a casebook of otherwise impossibly paradoxical crimes. Murder on a royal train. Divers dead of heatstroke at the bottom of an icy sea. An epidemic of insanity among the world\'s top scientists. This is the story of the great paradigm shifts of science, told as never before: in Sherlock

In Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes created an unlikely duo-a laboratory mouse and a man-who captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world. Now, in Algernon, Charlie, and I, Keyes reveals his methods of creating fiction as well as the heartbreaks and joys of being published. With admirable insight he shares with readers, writers, teachers, and students the creative life behind his classic

They have taken DS Aector McAvoy\'s family. They have taken DCI Colin Ray\'s foundation. They have taken DS Trish Pharaoh\'s fight. Now the ruthless criminal network that has tightened its stranglehold on Hull intends to take everything that remains from those who dare to stand in its way. Taking Pity is a police procedural thriller that pulls no punches. It is the story of three officers who

William Fiennes childhood was one of imagination and curiosity, bounded only by the horizon he saw from the roof-tiles of his ancient family home. His older brother Richard, known for his towering presence, his inventiveness, his great passion for Leeds United, and his suffering due to severe epilepsy, was an adored and charismatic figure in his life. Years later, eager to understand his brother\'s

Preservation by fermentation is one of the oldest food technologies, and yet it continues to play an important role in meat preservation in many parts of the world. In some cases the meat may be smoked and, as with some cheese fermentations, fermented meats may be ripened by moulds and

Zborník z konferencie, ktorú usporiadali v roku 2013 Ústav slovenskej literatúry SAV v Bratislave, Katedra slovenského jazyka a literatúry a Pedagogická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave.

Nesmrtelný příběh havarovaného letce a Malého prince, plný fantazie, originálních ilustrací, neopakovatelné atmosféry, nádherných obrazů i zajímavých myšlenek, opět ožívá, tentokrát ve vydání tak malém, aby se vám vešlo přesně do kapsy. Prožijte dobrodružství Malého prince, kdekoli právě budete!

Třetí svazek edice deníkových zápisků české spisovatelky a libretistky Marie Červinkové-Riegrové (1854-1895), dcery českého politika Františka Ladislava Riegra. Zápisky z let 1887-1889 opět nabízejí unikátní a velmi plastický vhled do \"kuchyně\" české politiky v období dlouhé vlády Eduarda Taaffeho, která se mj. opírala i o hlasy českých poslanců. Autorka byla v častých kontaktech i s předními osobnostmi