Matthew Ward je autor, ktorého inšpirujú staré miesta a historické mestá. Po desaťročí práce na svetoch Warhammer a Warhammer 40,000 sa pustil do vytvárania vlastných, plných mágie a dobrodružstva. Píše, aby pobavil čitateľov, ktorí túžia po väčšej dávke mágie vo svete okolo seba. Jeho diela často odrážajú jeho záľubu v hlbokých, prepracovaných svetoch.
Prehľadná príručka na spoznávanie ulít, lastúr a iných schránok viac ako 500 druhov morských mäkkýšov. Vyše 600 farebných fotografií s podrobnými opismi umožňuje spoľahlivú identifikáciu schránok. Stručné texty upozorňujú na kľúčové znaky každého druhu, poskytujú rýchle a jasné informácie.
Tento skvelý fotografický sprievodca predstavuje kľúč na určovanie širokej škály stromov Európy v ich prirodzenom prostredí (biotope). Či ste úplný začiatočník, alebo skúsený prírodovedec, kniha Stromy z edície Príroda do vrecka vám bude perfektným sprievodcom na každom výlete do prírody, od záhrady za domom až do vzdialených hôr.
Legacy of Light is the spectacular conclusion to Matthew Ward's acclaimed
Legacy series - an unmissable tale of war and intrigue that combines the
imagination of George R. R. Martin with the gritty realism of Bernard
Cornwell.
For every child who’s ever dreamed of being in the Guinness Book of World Records comes the story of eleven-year-old Arthur Whipple and his fantastic family of world record breakers . . . - Most Crème Brulée Eaten in One Minute - Highest Number of Matching Outfits Worn by a Stuffed Toy and Its Owner - Youngest Person to Summit the Third-Highest Mountain in the World These are just three of the 49,521 records won by Arthur’s twelve brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, unlike his siblings, Arthur hasn’t broken a single, solitary world record! But when the Whipples suffer a spate of catastrophes and a curious amount of attention from a pair of irregularly sized and unusually menacing clowns, Arthur might be the only one who can save his family from losing their collective crown . . . or worse. A 2013 BOOK EXPO AMERICA (BEA) BUZZ PANEL SELECTION!
"A year has passed since an unlikely alliance saved the Tressian Republic from fire and darkness, at great cost. Thousands perished, and Viktor Akadra - the Republic's champion - has disappeared. While the ruling council struggles to mend old wounds, other factions sense opportunity. The insidious Parliament of Crows schemes in the shadows, while to the east the Hadari Emperor gathers his armies. As turmoil spreads across the Republic, its ripples are felt in the realms of the divine."--Publisher.
"Ruling families -- once protectors of justice and democracy -- now plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives. Blinded by ambition, they remain heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire."--Goodreads.com.
The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are Humanity's ultimate warriors, dedicated to the defence of the Emperor and the Imperium of Man. They are barely human at all, but superhuman, having been made superior, in all respects, to a normal man by a harsh regime of genetic modification, psycho-conditioning and rigorous training. Organised into small independent armies called Chapters, their unswerving loyalty is to the Emperor of Mankind and no other.This 144-page Warhammer 40,000 Codex contains all the rules you'll need to field a Space Marine army, as well as detailed background information, bestiary, accompanying artwork and 'Eavy Metal showcase.You must possess a copy of Warhammer 40,000 in order to use the contents of this book.
The Grey Knights are the most mysterious of all the Imperium's many organisations. Few outside the upper echelons of the Inquisition hold any knowledge of the Chapter's founding, and even these most trusted of men are denied the full truth. For ten thousand years the Grey Knights have stood between the Imperium and the Daemons of the Warp. An incorruptible army of genetically engineered warriors, they are armed and armoured with the finest wargear Mankind can supply, for no others in the Emperor's service have so dire a task as they.
In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine―the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion―Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."