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Velkolepý příběh o statečném válečníku Túrinu Turambarovi, tragickém hrdinovi, který byl za skutky svého otce proklet Temným pánem Morgothem. Nejsmutnější a nejtemnější z Tolkienových příběhů rozepsal autor už ve svých pětadvaceti letech, tedy dávno před tím, než sám tušil, že do stejného světa, byť o 6500 let staršího, jednou zasadí hobity a Pána Prstenů. Román nikdy nedokončil. Z Tolkienových poznámek sestavil Húrinovy děti do finální podoby jeho třetí a nejmladší syn Christopher. Hrdinu Túrina celý život pronásleduje kletba, před kterou se snaží skrýt, která ho však pokaždé znovu dostihne.

"The Swiss Family Robinson" is an adventure novel co-authored by Johann David Wyss and Johann Rudolf Wyss. It has a plot that exemplifies family ideals and the use of the natural world to achieve self-reliance. The story begins with the family in the hold of a sailing ship, riding out a huge storm. The passengers abandon ship without them, and William and Elizabeth Robinson and their four children (Fritz, Ernest, Jack and Francis) are left to survive on their own. How will they cope?

Tennisspelaren Björn Borg är en av Sveriges mest kända idrottsmän genom tiderna. Den här boken skrevs 1977, mitt i hans enastående karriär, och beskriver ett tennisfenomen av sällan skådat slag. Författaren Björn Hellberg berättar historien om den blyge och tillbakadragne stockholmaren som tog världen med storm. En storm som både ledde till sanslös idoldyrkan och ohämmad avundsjuka.

Zeměmoří je fascinující svět, kde se někteří lidé rodí obdařeni magickým talentem. V obyčejném kovářském synku Dunym rozpozná jeho teta, vesnické čarodějka, velké kouzelnické schopnosti. Když pak krajem prochází mlčenlivý mág Ogion, pošeptá chlapci při obřadu průchodu jeho skutečné jméno - Ged a nabídne mu, že jej vezme do učení. Ctižádostivému a nadmíru zvědavému Gedovi však brzy Ogionova moudrost přestává stačit. Odchází tedy do Velkého přístavu a pak ještě dál, na ostrov čarodějů, aby se zde učil od devíti mistrů.

Slavný román o putování hlavních hrdinů Kopčema, Veverčáka a jejich lovecké tlupy stále znovu uchvacuje živým popisem našich krajů v době před 20 – 30 tisíci let. Lovci bojují o holé přežití, jsou nuceni putovat z okolí Věstonic na Moravě až na území Velké Prahy, a musí se utkat s nepřáteli, šelmami, i s přírodou. Tenkrát, kdy v lesích a močálovitých nížinách u nás ještě žili mamuti, nosorožci, lvi, tygři šavlozubí a stáda sobů, byli lidé vyzbrojeni jen primitivními zbraněmi, nástroji z pazourků, a dorozumívali se více posunky než souvislou řečí.

"The First Battle of Bull Run" is a war memoir by Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. The First Battle of Bull Run was the first main clash of the American Civil War. The thorough description of the event comes from an insider's viewpoint, since the author served there as one of the two generals of the Confederate Army. The battle emphasized many of the problems and shortcomings that were emblematic of the first year of the war on both sides.

Bradley Zelder can't find his way in life. After struggling for nearly a decade, he has yet to complete his college degree. Working as a school custodian, living in blue-collar Landsbury, MA, his love life is as empty as the rest of his existence.

Nathan Alexander’s Hunger Gays follows the story of young Aspen Summers who has grown up in a world where young men are rounded up by the government and forced to participate in the deadly MvM match, an annual tournament where there can only be one champion - or one survivor. The feared event not only forces young men into public expressions of sexual domination and submission, but also serves as a reminder that nothing, not even the will of one man, is stronger than the will of the government.

Airbus A320, una de las aeronaves mas voladas del mundo. En esta obra conocerás la filosofía operacional del fabricante y sus principales limitaciones operativas. Una obra que te llevará a aprender el principio de funcionamiento de esta fabulosa aeronave desde una mirada conceptual, junto con un detalle de las principales limitaciones operativas y de sus principales sistemas de vuelo.

This fresh voice in American poetry wields lyric pleasure and well-honed insight against a cruel century that would kill us with a thousand cuts. "Morín's writing uses the mundane details of everyday life...as a jumping-off point for creating fascinating and philosophical worlds." —LitHub...

King Claudius, when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference to it forbidden under penalty of death. The King has a son - Hamlet - whose tendency to soliloquize has so alarmed his mother, Queen Gertrude, that she has sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to devise some Court revels for his entertainment. Rosencrantz is a former lover of Ophelia, to whom Hamlet is betrothed, and they lay their heads together to devise a plan by which Hamlet may be put out of the way. Some Court theatricals are in preparation.

El joven y humilde Aladino es engañado por un mago para apoderarse de un valioso y mágico objeto, pero eso será solo el comienzo de esta historia repleta de aventuras y fantasía que transcurre en una ciudad de China. Aladino es una fábula deslumbrante, que emociona y deja una enseñanza acerca de los valores humanos.

Det är inte vilka pensionärer som helst som hamnar i kampen mot extrem och ytterst välorganiserad brottslighet. Den ene är journalistveteranen Erik Ponti, den andre hans gamle vän från förr, den forne underrättelseofficeren Carl Hamilton. Till synes ett mycket omaka par, som det dock vore oklokt att underskatta. De hamnar snart i ett mycket händelserikt äventyr där inte bara livet står på spel.

En la obra trascendental 'Tres Palabras Mágicas', U.S. Andersen nos invita a embarcarnos en un viaje íntimo de autodescubrimiento y transformación espiritual. Con cada página, el autor despliega el velo de nuestra percepción cotidiana para revelar una verdad profunda y poderosa que yace en el núcleo de nuestra existencia.

Tre år efter succéboken Svensk maffia en kartläggning av de kriminella gängen berättar journalisterna Lasse Wierup och Matti Larsson om vad som hände sedan. Fler och fler unga män skulle kämpa för att slå sig in i den värld där den våldsammaste vinner. Otåliga 90 talister hade inte tid att gå den långa vägen utan bildade egna grupper. Frustrationen i segregerade förorter kanaliserades genom nya gäng. Konkurrensen utlöste krig och konflikter i helt en ny omfattning. Och i tysthet fortsatte de mest välorganiserade att bygga upp sina förmögenheter.

Nos encontramos ante un producto artístico plena­mente oriental. El problema de que los árabes no fueran creadores de formas artísticas propias no resta mérito alguno a su labor. Las soluciones arquitectónicas por ellos adoptadas habían sido empleadas por persas y bizantinos desde muchos...

"The Lone Star Ranger" is a Western novel by Zane Grey. The story takes place in Texas, and numerous main characters are Texas Rangers, a famous band of highly adept law enforcement officials. Buck Duane becomes an outlaw and then redeems himself in the eyes of the law. Though an outlaw is not always a crook, if the Rangers say he is an outlaw, it's just as bad - he's a hunted man. After killing a man in self-defense, Duane is compelled to 'go on the dodge'. At an outlaw hideaway, he meets a captured, beautiful young woman and wishes to see her free.

Wes Ward finds himself in new territory. Less than a year ago, he lived in New York City in a fantastic loft that overlooked upper Manhattan. Women in and out of his bed anytime he wanted and not a damn care in the world. Now? Now, he finds himself back in Boston plotting ways to stop his high school girlfriend, Mandy, from getting married, dodging his mother's every attempt at helping him settle down, and trying to understand why Clare Monroe makes him forget everything and everyone when she smiles at him.

Good things come in extra-tall, smoking hot stilettos. Things like Jocelyn Jones. Jocelyn "Ice Queen" Jones is the hottest agent in town, and I'm determined to make her mine. My agent, that is. She's the best at what she does, which is why I'm intent on keeping our relationship strictly platonic, even if the sexual tension between us is thick enough to slice with a skate.

The Man in the Iron Mask is a classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. A mysterious prisoner is held anonymously in the French penal system, required to wear a mask when seen by any but his jailer or his valet. There are rumors that the Man in the Iron Mask is the twin brother of Louis XIV, who had been hidden and incarcerated from birth by his father and mother, "for the good of France". In this, the last of the Three Musketeers novels, we see a world of intrigue and suspense, with politics and espionage making themselves known.