Albert Witteveen Knihy

The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship and research, Beevor assembles the whole picture in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific and from the snowbound steppe to the North African Desert. Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's THE SECOND WORLD WAR never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.

Waris Dirie pochází z rodiny kočovných nomádů, s nimiž vyrůstala v somálské poušti. V třinácti utekla do Mogadiša, odkud se po čase dostala do Londýna a do New Yorku, kde se jí podařilo vybudovat závratnou kariéru herečky, spisovatelky a supermodelky mezinárodního věhlasu. Waris Dirie je přední protagonistkou boje proti ženské obřízce – sama ví, o čem mluví. V pouhých pěti letech podstoupila infibulaci, nejkrutější formu ženské obřízky vůbec.

Složité věci popsané jednoduchými slovy Od autora bestselleru Co kdyby Velký formát, skládačky, nákresy… Pro děti, mládež i všechny zvídavce Do rukou se vám dostává kniha, kde autor co nejjednoduššími slovy popsal i velmi složité stroje, zařízení, události, jevy a procesy takovým způsobem a takovými výrazy, aby to pochopily i celkem malé děti. A tak se dozví, jak a proč se na Mars vysílá vesmírné vozítko, co dělá s prádlem sušička, ale také třeba jak funguje americká ústava nebo proč Země není úplně kulatá. Každý vysvětlovaný předmět nebo proces doprovází názorná ilustrace s jednoduchými popisky a vysvětlivkami. Kniha zaujme netradičním způsobem zpracování témat i jednoduchým jazykem přizpůsobeným vnímání a slovní zásobě dětí.

Robespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of him.

The award-winning author of A History of God shares practical recommendations for promoting world peace by cultivating one's intrinsic tendencies for compassion, outlining a program for achieving mindfulness and engaging in acts of kindness.

Early this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection - that somehow the fault lines in my life came crashing together in a form of a couple of policemen - for in Tokyo we have a quake like this every month. I am simply relating the sequence of events as it happened. It has been an unusual day and I would hate to forget anything . . . So begins The Earthquake Bird, a haunting novel set in Japan which reveals a murder on its first page and takes its readers into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly - a young, vulnerable English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which is dangerously ambiguous and compromising . . .Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly had prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why was she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy's story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life . . .

One of the most anticipated international debuts of 2004, DavidBezmozgis’s Natasha and Other Stories lives up to its buzz withnumerous award distinctions and a sheaf of praise from reviewers and readers.These are stories that capture the immigrant experience with wit and deepsympathy, recalling the early work of Bernard Malamud and Philip Roth. Anexquisitely crafted collection from a gifted young writer.

Rosalind Bengal arrives in Bombay on the eve of the monsoon to find her family embroiled in a suspicious situation involving the Bombay movie industry and a series of murders of the community's transgenderprostitutes.

This guide includes an integrated road atlas with index, plus area and city maps. Local tips are highlighted in yellow, covering hotels, restaurants and places to visit. Travel tips are cross-referenced to the atlas.