70,24 zł

Another Year of Wonder Headline Publishing Group

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

'Clemency Burton-Hill makes classical music absolutely accessible, magical and medicinal. Another Year of Wonder is, indeed, another wonder.' Dolly Alderton, broadcaster, writer and bestselling author'Clemmie's recommendations have broadened my mind, sharpened my imagination, tugged on my heartstrings and given me a song for every mood. Read this book and let yourself float away for a moment or two.What a gift.' Emma Gannon, bestselling author and host of the Ctrl Alt Delete podcastANOTHER YEAR OF WONDER IS A CAREFULLY CURATED COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC OFFERING ONE PIECE TO LISTEN TO EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. WITH A FOREWORD BY ELIZABETH DAYIn this follow-up to her much-loved Year of Wonder, award-winning broadcaster, journalist and violinist Clemency Burton-Hill continues her mission to demystify and open up the world of classical music to everyone, offering up one extraordinary piece of music to listen to every day of the year. 'There is no algorithm to this book: it is a thoughtfully curated selection given from one human to another.It is not a history book, or a formal 'guide to classical music'. It is simply from my heart to yours. I have chosen pieces I love, or think historically interesting, or which have some resonance for me personally or in the world.But what matters is what you think; how they make you feel as you listen. I hope that you will fall in love with most of them, or at least be fascinated by their historical context, or find them curious in other ways, because then you are already in a relationship with classical music. This is your book, as much it is mine.'Another Year of Wonder shows that, whoever you are and wherever you come from, classical music can be a soundtrack for your everyday life and a reminder that finding a space to sit and listen to a piece of music every day can be a singular gift.

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27,03 zł

W obronie innych - Sam Childers

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Kaznodzieja dzierżący broń wręku, armia rebeliantów z szaleńcem na czelei całe wsie wycięte wpień tylko dlatego, że były po drodze Książka W obronie innych opisuje historię niezwykłej przemiany Sama Childersa, który z agresywnego bandyty stał się człowiekiem wiary, prowadzącym wojnę o ocalenie dzieci wjednym z najniebezpieczniejszych zakątków świata. Jego życie zainspirowało twórców filmu Kaznodzieja z karabinem z Gerardem Butlerem wroli głównej. W obronie innych traktuje o prawdziwym terroryzmie wymierzonym w200 000 dzieci wpółnocnej Ugandzie iSudanie Południowym. Sam Childers wojownik ikaznodzieja (nazywany przez niektórych najemnikiem) bez wytchnienia przemierza z niewielkim oddziałem dżunglę, występując przeciw okrutnej armii, która znacznie przewyższa liczebnością Peter Fonda,jego siły. Jeden człowiek może bardzo wiele zmienić. I Samowi Childersowi się to z całą pewnością udaje. aktor iproducent filmowy Prezydent SudanuWielebny Sam Childers jest od lat bliskim izaufanym przyjacielem rządu Sudanu Południowego. Południowego Salva Kiir Mayardit PrezydentWielebny Sam Childers to od lat oddany przyjaciel naszego kraju, amy wspieramy jego odważną działalność. Ugandy Yoweri Museveni Nazwa - W obronie innych Oryginalny tytuł - Another man's war Autor - Sam Childers Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Warbook Kod ISBN - 9788364523557 Kod EAN - 9788364523557 Wydanie - 1 Rok wydania - 2016 Język - polski Format - 14.5x20.0cm Ilość stron - 288 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2016-06-16

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41,70 zł

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Penguin

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Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned. This morning the lockworks rattle strange; it's not a regular visitor at the door. An Escort Man's voice calls down, edgy and impatient, 'Admission, come sign for him,' and the black boys go. Admission. Everybody stops playing cards and Monopoly, turns towards the day-room door. Most days I'd be out sweeping the hall and see who they're signing in, but this morning, like I explain to you, the Big Nurse put a thousand pounds down me and I can't budge out of the chair. Most days I'm the first one to see the Admission, watch him creep in the door and slide along the wall and stand scared till the black boys come sign for him and take him into the shower room, where they strip him and leave him shivering with the door open while they all three run grinning up and down the halls looking for the Vaseline. 'We need that Vaseline,' they'll tell the Big Nurse, 'for the thermometer.' She looks from one to the other: 'I'm sure you do,' and hands them a jar holds at least a gallon, 'but mind you boys don't group up in there.' Then I see two, maybe all three of them in there, in that shower room with the Admission, running that thermometer around in the grease till it's coated the size of your finger, crooning,

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79,10 zł

Opus Dei Penguin

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Opus Dei is the most controversial - and unknown - force in the Catholic Church.  Here, John L. Allen uncovers its real nature.  Accused of promoting a right-wing political agenda, of cult-like practices, and immortalized forever in the pages of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, Opus Dei is the most notorious, most talked about - but least known - religious organization of our time.  Granted unlimited access to those within its ranks, and with an investigative eye intent on uncovering closely guarded secrets, John L. Allen finally separates the myths from the facts:  the actual use of the cilice; the reason men and women remain separate; the true extent of Opus Dei's funds.  Built around a wealth of interviews with the heads of Opus Dei in the Vatican and in centres around the world, comparing the attitudes of current members with those of highly critical members and outsiders, Opus Dei is a portrait of a remarkably powerful organization, both inside and outside the Church. One of the most mysterious and controversial religious forces today, and immortalized in Dan Brown

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51,75 zł

Making the Social World Oxford University Press

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

"Angela Merkel ist die Bundeskanzlerin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland", "Das Stück Papier in der Hand des Kassierers ist ein Fünfzig-Euro-Schein", "John Searle ist verheiratet" mit Sätzen wie diesen sagen wir etwas über die Welt: daß es in ihr Dinge wie Bundeskanzler, Geld und Ehen tatsächlich gibt. Jedoch existieren diese sozialen Tatsachen nur, weil wir glauben, daß sie existieren. Das gilt für natürliche Tatsachen, die Schwerkraft etwa, nicht. Zerfällt die Welt somit in unterschiedliche Sphären des Seins? Gibt es womöglich zwei oder gar drei Wirklichkeiten? §Nein, sagt John Searle, es gibt schlicht nur eine einzige Realität, deren Grundlage die Welt der Natur ist, wie sie Physik, Biologie und Chemie beschreiben. Wie sich die Bestandteile der sozialen Welt dennoch nahtlos in diese Realität einfügen lassen, warum sie ebenso wirklich und objektiv sind wie die Dinge, die unabhängig von menschlichem Zutun existieren, zeigt er in seinem neuen Buch und schlägt dabei einen großen argumentativen Bogen. Sprache und Denken, Geist und Natur, Freiheit und Determinismus werden ebenso behandelt wie das Wesen von Institutionen, das Phänomen der Macht oder der Status der Menschenrechte. §In "Wie wir die soziale Welt machen" führt Searle sämtliche seiner Lebensthemen auf überaus anschauliche und gewohnt pointierte Weise zu einer einheitlichen Theorie der menschlichen Zivilisation zusammen. Es kann als Fortsetzung seines Klassikers "Die Konstruktion der gesellschaftlichen Wirklichkeit" gelesen werden und zugleich als Einführung in das Denken dieses bedeutenden Philosophen. Vor allem aber ist es ein Buch für jeden, der wissen möchte, was unsere Welt zusammenhält.The renowned philosopher John Searle reveals the fundamental nature of social reality. What kinds of things are money, property, governments, nations, marriages, cocktail parties, and football games? Searle explains the key role played by language in the creation, constitution, and maintenance of social reality.§We make statements about social facts that are completely objective, for example: Barack Obama is President of the United States, the piece of paper in my hand is a twenty-dollar bill, I got married in London, etc. And yet these facts only exist because we think they exist. How is it possible that we can have factual objective knowledge of a reality that is created by subjective opinions? This is part of a much larger question: How can we give an account of ourselves, with our peculiar human traits DS mind, reason, freedom, society - in a world that we know independently consists of mindless, meaningless particles? How can we account for our social and mental existence in a realm of brute physical facts?§In answering this question, Searle avoids postulating different realms of being, a mental and a physical, or worse yet, a mental, a physical, and a social. There is just one reality: Searle shows how the human reality fits into that one reality. Mind, language, and civilization are natural products of the basic facts of the physical world described by physics, chemistry and biology. Searle explains how language creates and maintains the elaborate structures of human social institutions. These institutions serve to create and distribute power relations that are pervasive and often invisible. These power relations motivate human actions in a way that provides the glue that holds human civilization together. Searle shows how this account illuminates human rationality, free will, political power, and human rights. Our social world is a world created and maintained by language.

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94,63 zł

PURE DIVAS CHRISTINA AGUILERA WHITNEY HOUSTON TLC CD WYDAWCA

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PURE DIVAS 1 Christina Aguilera Beautiful 2 Alicia Keys Fallin' 3 Pink* I Don't Believe You 4 Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart 5 Delta Goodrem Born To Try 6 Lisa Stansfield All Woman 7 Alison Moyet That Ole Devil Called Love 8 Bette Midler Fever 9 Paloma Faith New York 10 Jennifer Rush The Power Of Love 11 LaBelle Lady Marmalade 12 Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real 13 Amerie 1 Thing 14 TLC Waterfalls 15 The Pointer Sisters* Slow Hand 16 Delaney & Bonnie And Friends* Groupie (Superstar) 17 Aretha Franklin Respect CD 2 1 Whitney Houston One Moment In Time 2 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 3 Natalie Imbruglia Smoke 4 Natasha Bedingfield Wild Horses 5 Martina McBride Concrete Angel 6 Dee C. Lee See The Day 7 Etta James Cry Me A River 8 Deniece Williams Free 9 Tina Charles I Love To Love 10 Gladys Knight & The Pips* Baby Don't Change Your Mind 11 Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You 12 Lesley Duncan Love Song 13 Jackie DeShannon Bette Davis Eyes 14 Fairground Attraction Perfect 15 Carly Simon In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 16 Betty Carter Let's Fall In Love 17 Nina Simone Ain't Got No - I Got Life CD 3 1 Shakira Whenever, Wherever 2 Sara Bareilles Love Song 3 Charlotte Church Finding My Own Way 4 Gloria Estefan Don't Wanna Lose You 5 Bonnie Tyler Holding Out For A Hero 6 The Weather Girls It's Raining Men 7 Des'ree You Gotta Be 8 Heather Small Proud 9 Mary Mary Love You That Much 10 Melba Moore This Is It 11 Carmen McRae With The Dave Brubeck Quartet Take Five 12 Mahalia Jackson Down By The Riverside 13 Eartha Kitt I Want To Be Evil 14 Rosemary Clooney Half As Much 15 Doris Day Move Over Darling 16 Sarah Vaughan The Nearness Of You 17 Billie Holiday I Get Along Without You Very Well CD 4 1 Dido Thank You 2 Macy Gray I Try 3 Kelly Rowland Stole 4 Anastacia Sick And Tired 5 Naomi Campbell Love & Tears 6 Tina Arena Chains 7 Sophie B. Hawkins Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover 8 Cyndi Lauper True Colors 9 Sarah McLachlan Angel 10 Brandy (2) Long Distance 11 Martika Toy Soldiers 12 Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker 13 Evelyn 'Champagne' King* Love Come Down 14 Taylor Dayne Love Will Lead You Back 15 Jennifer Warnes Shot Through The Heart 16 Marlena Shaw I'll Be Your Friend 17 Janis Joplin Piece Of My Heart Gandalf.com.pl

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69,33 zł

Flower Fables APPLEWOOD

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

"Fairyland" was familiar territory to young Louisa May Alcott and her sisters, for they had often romped there and explored its secrets under the guidance of family friend, Henry David Thoreau. Fifteen years her elder, Thoreau led the Alcott girls and their friends on berry-picking expeditions in the wooded land around Walden Pond, which he fancifully called "fairyland." It was on a piece of this land, owned by neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson, that the girls' father, Amos Bronson Alcott, helped Thoreau build the now-famous cabin where he lived "deliberately" and wrote Walden. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. The remarkable convergence of 19th century writers in Concord, Massachusetts may be glimpsed in this collection of stories inspired during visits to Walden Woods. The Alcott family often visited Thoreau to swim in the cove near his cabin or explore the changing seasons in this tranquil spot. I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. When visitors came in larger and unexpected numbers there was but the third chair for them all, but they generally economized the room by standing up. It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with their bodies, at once under my roof, and yet we often parted without being aware that we had come very near to one another. With Thoreau as a guide, Louisa and the other children learned much about nature, but Louisa in particular delighted in another aspect ofThoreau's point of view. The very fact that he called the woods "Fairyland" opened up a new way of thinking in the young writer's mind. Whether he pointed out a new animal track, made a perfect bird call or discovered a bit of a cobweb and called it a fairy's handkerchief, it was a

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282,08 zł

On the Collecting of Chess Sets Re Di Roma-Verlag

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Chess has a deep history. A contest of strategy that has attracted wonderful characters to the board for generations. A game played across many cultures and vast regions – it has transcended a mere board game to become interwoven with culture and politics. This rich historical tapestry makes the chess world a collector’s paradise. The interesting players and the classic games are well documented. What of the pieces? How have they evolved and how do we enter the collector’s mind? Today, the (chess) world is characterised by highly standardised chess pieces of the Staunton-style – practical and beautiful pieces to be sure. Yet, an exciting diversity of chess pieces opens up to those who collect antique and vintage chess sets beyond the standard. As an enthusiastic collector, I am interested in the stories behind the pieces. Always wanting to learn more about their background. Finding reliable information is not always easy. The understanding of the craft and artisans behind the chess pieces is a learning journey. It is my intent that this book takes the reader on that journey. It is aimed at chess enthusiasts who want to venture a look beyond. Experienced collectors and beginners will find interest and value. A book cannot replace the experiences that each collector must make themself, but it can provide orientation. It covers topics such as piece types and patterns, materials and well-known manufacturers. It is also intended to give suggestions on how to find a focus for collecting. The explanations are supported and illustrated with examples from the author‘s collection. It is therefore equally suitable as a reference and as casual reading.

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341,28 zł

On the Collecting of Chess Sets (Hardcover-Ausgabe) Re Di Roma-Verlag

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Chess has a deep history. A contest of strategy that has attracted wonderful characters to the board for generations. A game played across many cultures and vast regions – it has transcended a mere board game to become interwoven with culture and politics. This rich historical tapestry makes the chess world a collector’s paradise. The interesting players and the classic games are well documented. What of the pieces? How have they evolved and how do we enter the collector’s mind? Today, the (chess) world is characterised by highly standardised chess pieces of the Staunton-style – practical and beautiful pieces to be sure. Yet, an exciting diversity of chess pieces opens up to those who collect antique and vintage chess sets beyond the standard. As an enthusiastic collector, I am interested in the stories behind the pieces. Always wanting to learn more about their background. Finding reliable information is not always easy. The understanding of the craft and artisans behind the chess pieces is a learning journey. It is my intent that this book takes the reader on that journey. It is aimed at chess enthusiasts who want to venture a look beyond. Experienced collectors and beginners will find interest and value. A book cannot replace the experiences that each collector must make themself, but it can provide orientation. It covers topics such as piece types and patterns, materials and well-known manufacturers. It is also intended to give suggestions on how to find a focus for collecting. The explanations are supported and illustrated with examples from the author‘s collection. It is therefore equally suitable as a reference and as casual reading.

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42,80 zł

Nine Perfect Strangers Penguin Books

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

One house. Nine strangers. Ten days that will change everything . . .FROM THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR BEHIND EMMY- AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING HBO SERIES BIG LITTLE LIES AND SMASH-HIT NOVEL THE HUSBAND'S SECRETThe retreat at health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation.Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages.Miles from anywhere, without cars or phones, they have no way to reach the outside world. Just time to think about themselves, and get to know each other.Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission. But quite a different one from any the guests might have imagined.For behind the retreat's glamorous facade lies a dark agenda.These nine perfect strangers have no idea what's about to hit them . . .'This wonderful novel by the Big Little Lies author had me utterly hooked' Daily Mail'Acutely observed, pacey' Sunday Times'Original, suspenseful and laugh-out-loud funny. Downright brilliant' Clare Mackintosh'Utter brilliance, with a twist halfway through that blew my mind' Marian Keyes'A fantastic piece of entertainment . . . Read this witty and fast-moving novel now, before the inevitable TV series' The Times'I am jealous of anyone who hasn't read this yet' Grazia'If it was summer, this would be your beach read. As it is, settle under a duvet and begin . . .' Stylist'Hugely enjoyable. Will grip you from the first page. Brilliantly combines humour with emotional honesty' Sunday Express'A super-suspenseful page-turner' Mail on Sunday'Another page-turning belter. An absolute must' Heat

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34,20 zł

The Law of Dreams Canongate Books Ltd.

Społeczno-obyczajowaPowieść historyczna, WojennaOpowiadania i miniatury literackie

The Law of Dreams tells the story of a year in the life of Fergus O'Brien during the Great Potato Famine in Ireland during the 1840s. It takes us from his home on a mountaintop, which he leaves after witnessing his family all burning to death - deaths which were in fact murders that committed by his landlords. From there he travels to Liverpool, then Wales and onto a harrowing boat journey across the Atlantic to America. Along the way Fergus meets all manner of people who, like himself, are all struggling to survive. He encounters violence, treachery, thieves and prostitution - at one point being groomed as a `pearl' boy. On his travels he falls in love 3 times, each time ending up with a broken heart. Fergus has very few moments of joy and often wishes it were possible to live inside his head with his dreams. Peter Behrens transports the reader back in time, to a world that was full of hardship, sorrow and tremendous losses. It teaches us how resilient the human spirit can be in order to overcome the horrors we sometimes have to face. Behrens has written a fantastic piece of historical fiction and Fergus's story will stay in my mind forever.

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79,28 zł

Thinking in Systems Chelsea Green Publishing Co

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The classic book on systems thinking, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide!This is a fabulous book. This book opened my mind and reshaped the way I think about investing. ForbesPerfect for fans of Kate Raworth, Rutger Bregman and Daniel Kahneman!The co-author of the international best-selling book Limits to Growth, Donella Meadows is widely regarded as a pioneer in the environmental movement and one of the world's foremost systems analysts . Her posthumously published Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills critical for 21st-century life.Some of the biggest problems facing the world war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous impact.While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner.No matter what industry or career you re in, Thinking In Systems will bring clarity to the complicated, crowded and interdependent networks that make up the world today. Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.

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34,70 zł

Housewife On Top PAN BOOKS

Książki

I?ve left you a list on my desk,? Rick said . . . The house fell silent and I wandered into the study to collect my instructions. There was only one scrawled piece of paper on the desk so there was no mistaking the single command. It said: organize Christmas. Helen is finally finding her feet just in time for the looming festive season. Surrounded by family, friends and the finer things in life, Helen?s generous offer to organize Christmas for the neurotic Leoni soon snowballs into an unmanageable avalanche of tasks when her chaotic boss dumps his seasonal arrangements on her too. And with Julia heading towards a mind-boggling midlife crisis of her own, it looks as though Helen is well and truly stuffed! And so it begins, the season of good grief to all women . . .

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51,75 zł

Paradox Transworld Publ. Ltd UK

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

This book is about my own personal favourite puzzles and conundrums in science, all of which have famously been referred to as paradoxes, but which turn out not to be paradoxes at all when considered carefully and viewed from the right angle. A true paradox is a statement that leads to a circular and self-contradictory argument, or one that describes a logically impossible situation. Our subject is 'perceived paradoxes' - questions or thought-experiments that on first encounter seem impossible to answer, but which science has been able to solve. Our tour of these mind-expanding puzzles will take us through some of the greatest hits of science - from Einstein's theories about space and time, to the latest ideas of how the quantum world works. Some of our paradoxes may be familiar, such as Schrodinger's famous cat, which is seemingly alive and dead at the same time; or the Grandfather Paradox - if you travelled back in time and killed your grandfather you would not have been born and would not therefore have killed your grandfather. Other paradoxes will be new to you, but no less bizarre and fascinating.We will ask such questions as: how does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? And why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving? In resolving our paradoxes we will have to travel to the furthest reaches of the Universe and explore the very essence of space and time. Hold on tight.

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