Kniha Stvorení pre beh je veľkolepým dobrodružstvom plným neuveriteľných postáv, úžasných atletických výkonov, najnovších vedeckých poznatkov a najmä nefalšovanej inšpirácie. Na jeho počiatku stojí jednoduchá otázka: Prečo ma bolí noha? Odpoveď sa autor Christopher McDougall vydal hľadať do kmeňa najväčších bežcov na Zemi, aby sa naučil ich tajomstvá. Pritom odhaľuje, že všetko, čo sme si kedy o behaní mysleli, je lož.
The story of Mika, a Jewish boy, who finds a way to survive in the Warsaw ghetto - a stunning novel for anyone who was moved by The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Milo Weaver, bývalý "turista" v CIA - utajený agent bez domova, bez totožnosti - odišiel z terénu, aby sa stal vedúcim úradníkom v centrále CIA v New Yorku. Našiel si ženu, dieťa a slušný byt v Brooklyne a pokúšal sa zbaviť svojho starého života zaťaženého tajomstvami a klamstvom. Istá udalosť však spôsobí, že sa musí k bývalej práci vrátiť...
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel. American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets. He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information. Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended? 'A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you' Vince Flynn 'Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?' Nelson DeMille
The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives
A fascinating look at the way we age today and the extent to which we can shape the process In What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a ninety-three-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average ninety-three-year-old. She not only looks and acts like a much younger woman, she holds over twenty-three world records in track and field, seventeen in her current ninety to ninety-five category. Convinced that this remarkable woman could help unlock many of the mysteries of aging, Grierson set out to uncover what it is that’s driving Olga. He considers every piece of the puzzle, from her diet and sleep habits to how she scores on various personality traits, from what she does in her spare time to her family history. Olga participates in tests administered by some of the world’s leading scientists and offers her DNA to groundbreaking research trials. What emerges is not only a tremendously uplifting personal story but a look at the extent to which our health and longevity are determined by the DNA we inherit at birth, and the extent to which we can shape that inheritance. It examines the sum of our genes, opportunities, and choices, and the factors that forge the course of any life, especially during our golden years.
Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. His days as a criminal defence lawyer are long behind him. Yet, when a disturbing rape case is brought before him, the judge begins to question the very nature of the law and his role within it. What is troubling George Mason so deeply? Is it his wife's recent diagnosis? Or the strange emails?
Svazek navazuje na úspěšný první díl převedení televizní Cestománie do knižní podoby, které připravuje Kartografie Praha ve spolupráci s Filmovou a TV společností Febio. I tentokrát vás poutavě napsané kapitoly zavedou do všech koutů světa. Projedeme se po Transsibiřské magistrále, zavítáme k protinožcům do Austrálie, prozkoumáme severní část Itálie, navštívíme tuniské oázy i peruánské indiány. Každá z kapitol přibližuje několik zajímavých míst deseti zemí: Švýcarska, Jihoafrické republiky, Peru, Srí Lanky, Kanady, Itálie, Tuniska, Austrálie, Ruska, Vietnamu. Všechny kapitoly jsou ilustrovány mnoha fotografiemi a mapami, doplněny rozhovorem s režisérem televizního pořadu a také aktuálními praktickými informacemi o každé ze zemí.
Grega Ilesa pokladajú za jedného z najprenikavejších a najduchaplnejších autorov novej generácie tvorcov bestsellerov. Jeho triler Projekt Trinity mapuje hrôzu vzbudzujúce územie, kde sa veda a ľudský duch stretávajú v bitke o budúcnosť sveta.
A powerful new stand-alone novel from Scotland’s princess of crime -- author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy. Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife Susie has been convicted of the murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal, Susie will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter. Harriot is convinced that his wife, a respected forensic psychiatrist, is innocent, and each night he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers, laboriously transcribing into his computer her case notes, her interviews with Gow and the press cuttings from the trial. But his search for the truth soon raises more questions than answers. Why had Susie stolen prison files and then lied about it? What was the nature of her relationship with Gow? And what is it in her study that she doesn’t want her husband to find? As things become ever more complex, he must decide what to do with a discovery that involves violence, sexual obsession, lust and ultimate betrayal. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Příručka pro rodiče předškoláků nabízí prostředky k řešení nejčastějších výchovných problémů
