World As It Once Was (Balan George Dian)(Pevná vazba)

World As It Once Was (Balan George Dian)(Pevná vazba)

Once Upon Another Time (Esenwine Matt Forrest)(Pevná vazba)

Once upon another time, the world was young and new. If you want to know this world, there's something you can do...With sweeping landscapes and up-close details of the natural world, Once Upon Another Time takes readers through a lyrical exploration of the world as it was before humans made

The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt (Hjkov Anna)(Pevná vazba)

Terezin, as it was known in Czech, or Theresienstadt as it was known in German, was operated by the Nazis between November 1941 and May 1945 as a transit ghetto for Central and Western European Jews before their deportation for murder in the East. Terezin was the last ghetto to be liberated, one

A Clockwork Orange (Burgess Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

A Clockwork Orange is as brilliant, transgressive, and influential as when it was published fifty years ago. A nightmare vision of the future told in its own fantastically inventive lexicon, it has since become a classic of modern literature and the basis for Stanley Kubrick's once-banned film,

Bradshaw's Handbook to London (Bradshaw George)(Pevná vazba)

Bradshaw's guide to London was published in a single volume as a handbook for visitors to the capital, and it includes beautiful engravings of London attractions, a historical overview of the city, and lots of other information relating to London theatres, Hackney carriages, omnibuses, London

As Time Went by (Sanabria Jose)(Pevná vazba)

2017 Batchelder Honor Book and ALA Notable Book Once upon a time there was a ship that sailed beside the sun with very important people on board. The spirit of reinvention - and the importance we place on things - is beautifully expressed in Jos Sanabria's visually evocative story. A steamship

Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean! - Our Watery World As You've Never Seen It Before (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Fox and the Star (Bickford-Smith Coralie)(Pevná vazba)

Once there was a Fox who lived in a deep, dense forest. For as long as Fox could remember, his only friend had been Star, who lit the forest paths each night. But then one night Star was not there, and Fox had to face the forest all

Self-Reliance (Emerson Ralph Waldo)(Pevná vazba)

It is the once-in-a-generation events that reshape our world and our thinking, and it is in such times that we turn to timeless works that offer reassurance and provide inspiration. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 'Self-Reliance,' which resonates just as strongly now, 'The voyage of the best ship

Bayeux Tapestry(Pevná vazba)

The Bayeaux Tapestry is unique both as a historical document and as a work of art. It was made soon after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and it tells the story of the events that led up to William the Conqueror's invasion of England and the battle

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Pevná vazba)

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid expose of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized

Churchill's Cookbook (Landemare Georgina)(Pevná vazba)

'It is well to remember that the stomach governs the world.'--Winston Churchill 'Mrs. Landemare's food is distinguished. She is an inspired intuitive cook.'--Clementine Churchill Churchill's Cookbook provides fascinating insight into what the legendary prime minister ate during World War II,

A Passionate Prodigality: Fragments of Autobiography (Chapman Guy)(Pevná vazba)

When A Passionate Prodigality was first published in 1933 it was hailed as one of the finest English works to have come out of the First World War. Today this memoir reads with a graphic immediacy, not merely in the descriptions of the filth and shock and carnage that characterized the struggle,

Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia (Makari George)(Pevná vazba)

By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the idea's origins. To his astonishment, he discovered an unfolding series of never-told stories. While a fear and

Global Sufism: Boundaries, Narratives and Practices (Piraino Francesco)(Pevná vazba)

Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence, from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago and Sweden. The contributors

Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning (Kennicott Philip)(Pevná vazba)

As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was the only music that didn't seem trivial or irrelevant, and it enabled him to both experience her death and remove himself from it. For him, Bach's music held the elements of both joy and despair, life

Lying (Harris Sam)(Pevná vazba)

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption--even murder and genocide--generally require an additional

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell George)(Pevná vazba)

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The year is 1984, and life in Oceania is ruled by the Party. Under the gaze of Big Brother, Winston Smith yearns for intimacy and love - 'thought crimes' that, if uncovered, would mean imprisonment, or

The Dark Judges: The Fall of Deadworld, 1 (Kek-W)(Pevná vazba)

Is it possible for the living to evade to cold, icy grasp of Death? Deadworld was once a planet similar to Earth, until Judge Death and his brothers Fear, Fire and Mortis deemed that as only the living could break the law, life itself should be a crime. As the Dark Judges set out to bring

The Strength in Numbers: The New Science of Team Science (Bozeman Barry)(Pevná vazba)

Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents and represent a range of hierarchies. These collaborations can be powerful, but they demand new

Corvette - America's Star-Spangled Sports Car 1953-1982 (Ludvigsen Karl E.)(Pevná vazba)

When it was published in 1973, Corvette-America's Star Spangled Sports Car was groundbreaking as the first book written about the Corvette, or any single car model for that matter. It has since been credited with helping to kick-start the exciting Corvette hobby, and four decades later is still

Panzer Killers (Drabkin Artem)(Pevná vazba)

What was it like to confront the German panzer armies as an anti-tank gunner on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How could you hope overcome of one of the best-equipped, well-trained and tenacious armored forces of the time? And how did the Red Army's tactics and skills develop over

Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell (Zee A.)(Pevná vazba)

Since it was first published, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell has quickly established itself as the most accessible and comprehensive introduction to this profound and deeply fascinating area of theoretical physics. Now in this fully revised and expanded edition, A. Zee covers the latest

A Forest (Martin Marc)(Pevná vazba)

Once there was a forest. One day people began cutting down the