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Božský nosáč
Erotika, umění a politické intriky. Kniha ze života nejslavnějšího básníka veršů o lásce a milování Ovidia a vládce římské říše Oktaviána, zvaného Augustus. Kniha přibližuje zlatou dobu před dvěma tisíci lety, rozkvět umění a život města Říma. Jisté části v knize nám připomínají něco známého, s čím se setkáváme i dnes...
Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon
The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. Members of bands like the Byrds, the Doors, Buffalo Springfield, the Monkees, the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Steppenwolf, CSN, Three Dog Night and Love, along with such singer/songwriters as Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, James Taylor and Carole King, lived together and jammed together in the bucolic community nestled in the ...
Diosamante
Diosamante, the beautiful, egotistical queen falls passionately in love with a king. To prove herself worthy, she begins a long journey in search of self-perfection.
The Official Encyclopedia of Manchester United
This new and absorbing encyclopedia is the definitive work on the story of Manchester United. With all the facts and figures, league tables, over 130,000 words of text and more than 400 photographs throughout, it provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview of the club. Including a season-by-season look at United's progress, with special features on the Reds' trophy-winning campaigns, this book tells the complete story of the Red Devils. Of special value is a section profiling all the club's most significant players throughout its history. With timecharts, easy-to-follow design features and many other special entries, this book is an essential purchase for any fan.
The Official Manchester United Players' A-Z
More than 840 players have worn the shirt of Manchester United since the club played its first official game back in October 1886. Now they are all brought together in this definitive A-Z listing of the footballers who helped to make United the most popular football team in the country. For each player, there is basic statistical information provided about their United career appearances and goals, details of their debut, position played as well as their dates of birth and death, other teams played for, nationality and time spent at United. There are also brief biographies of more than 400 of the key figures in the club's history, revealing some surprising and fascinating information - such as the identity of the only footballer to have played on all four home grounds of United. Whether it is basic information that you need to check, or fascinating insights and trivia that you'll want to share, this book is an essential part of any United fan's library.
Tyranny of the Moment
'Unapologetically top-down and confidently concise.' The Guardian. A fascinating study of the universal dilemma of the scarcity of time.
Echoes from the Dead
'An impressive debut novel' The Times 'Fantastic' Guardian Can you ever come to terms with a missing child? Julia Davidsson has not. Her five-year-old son disappeared twenty years previously on the Swedish island of Oland. No trace of him has ever been found. Until his shoe arrives in the post. It has been sent to Julia's father, a retired sea-captain still living on the island. Soon he and Julia are piecing together fragments of the past: fragments that point inexorably to a local man called Nils Kant, known to delight in the pain of others. But Nils Kant died during the 1960s. So who is the stranger seen wandering across the fields as darkness falls? It soon becomes clear that someone wants to stop Julia's search for the truth. And that he's much, much closer than she thinks . . .
War in the Middle Ages
A history of medieval warfare in Europe covers the fifth through the fifteenth century and discusses armor, artillery, strategy, and courage
The Secret of the Kingdom
Against a background of the strife-torn land of Judea two thousand years ago, Mika Waltari has written what is certainly his most important novel. Seeking the meaning to his life in the study of philosophy, the young Roman. Marcus Manilianus, discovers in an Alexandrian library a vast number of predictions, all tending to confirm his own feeling that the world is about to enter upon a new era. Two chance encounters with Jews who proclaim the coming of a world leader whom they call the Messiah or King, cause Marcus to resolve to make a visit to the Holy City of the Jews. He arrives outside Jerusalem in time to see crowds-some curious, some shocked-staring up at three crosses on a nearby mound...
The Man From Beijing
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WALLANDER MYSTERIES REVENGE CAN TAKE MORE THAN A LIFETIME In a sleepy hamlet in north Sweden, the local police make a chilling discovery; nineteen people have been brutally slaughtered. It is a crime unprecedented in Sweden's history and the police are under incredible pressure to solve the killings. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. When the police make a hasty arrest it is left to her to investigate the source of a nineteenth century diary and red silk ribbon found near the crime scene. What she will uncover leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years. The Man from Beijing is a gripping political thriller and a compelling detective story from a writer at the height of his powers.
