",A beguiling read . . .A cold-case whodunnit [and] a Shadow of the Wind-style quest", - John Dugdale, Sunday Times",Bestselling writer Luca D'Andrea has concocted a fearsome witches' brew of myth, memory and mayhem", Sunday Times Crime ClubA haunting thriller drawing on myths, legends and fairy tales, set in a mysterious Italian valley - from Italy's bestselling answer to Stephen King. ",D'Andrea piles on the action and the atmosphere with the panache of a seasoned writer", Marcel Berlins, The TimesIt begins with a slap in the face. Out walking his St Bernard, Tony Carcano is confronted by a girl on a motorbike who shows him a photograph from his past.Of him posing with the body of a young woman. Smiling. ",Why were you laughing?",It's not the last Tony sees of Sybille Knapp, an orphan whose mother drowned herself in Kreuzwirt lake in 1999.That was the official verdict. Before long, Tony, a bestselling writer, is turning his imagination to working out what really happened. But Kreuzwirt is a sullen, silent community, loyal to the powerful Perkman family, who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.And there are other forces at work in this valley. Stories of an ancient evil. Whispers of a figure who stands between this world and the next.The Wanderer sings and his song is the wind. Translated from the Italian by Katherine Gregor

Přední česká autorka komiksů vytvořila tuto půvabnou knížku, ve které najdete pět klasických českých pohádek, a navíc ještě něco o jejich původu. Komiksové zpracování přibližuje moderním, svižným a vysoce estetickým způsobem bohatost českých lidových pohádek. Jemný, srozumitelný, poetický styl Lucie Lomové, renomované ilustrátorky a autorky komiksů pro děti i dospělé zaručuje, že tyto pohádky úspěšně představí českou pohádkovou tradici. Pohádky: Dlouhý, Široký a Bystrozraký, Dvojčata, Otesánek, Obuchu, hýbej se, Rozum a štěstí.

Kdo vlastně byla první žena, která objela svět na kole? Do současnosti se o ní u nás nikdo nezmínil ani slovem. A to přesto, že byla v Americe jednou z nejslavnějších žen 19. století. Byla volnomyšlenkářkou spojující v sobě sportovkyni, odvážnou obchodnici a světoběžnici.Onou první ženou, která na bicyklu obkroužila zeměkouli, byla Annie „Londonderry“ Cohen Kopchovsky. Narodila se jako Annie Cohen v židovské rodině v Rize v dnešním Lotyšsku v roce 1870 a emigrovala do Spojených států s rodiči ještě jako dítě. V osmnácti letech se provdala za Maxe Kopchovského a měla s ním v následujících čtyřech letech tři děti.V roce 1894 opustila dočasně manžela a své malé děti ve věku 5, 3 a 2 roky a odstartovala 25. června v Bostonu před davem 500 lidí. Jejím cílem bylo objet zeměkouli v čase 15 měsíců a vydělat si tím 5000 dolarů. Cestou vyměnila vlající sukni a korzet za pánské podkasané kalhoty sahající pod kolena a svůj ženský 42 liber vážící bicykl Columbia zaměnila za pánský Sterling vážící pouhých 21 liber. Kvůli zimě stočila směr své cesty více na východ a poté už směřovala do Evropy. Do francouzského Le Havre připlula 3. prosince 1894. Přes mnohé byrokratické překážky Londonderry vzpomínala, že její cesta přes Francii byla vrcholem jejího putování. I přes to, že byla severně od Marseille přepadena a okradena. Z Paříže na jih země se přesunula za dva týdny. Přepravila se parníkem přes Středozemní moře do Egypta, kde podnikla krátké výlety. Pak pokračovala do Jeruzaléma, do současného Jemenu a přes Ceylon stále na východ až do Singapuru. Přes Koreu se dostala do Japonska a z Jokohamy se plavila lodí zpět na americký kontinent do San Franciska. Cestou si musela v hlavních městech obstarávat podpisy amerických konzulů, aby dokázala, že země skutečně navštívila.Do San Franciska připlula 23. března 1895 a pokračovala do Los Angeles a na sever do Denveru. Během cesty měla četné obecenstvo, které o ní často vyprávělo někdy až smyšlené příběhy. Někteří se dokonce ptali, zda je vůbec žena. Do Bostonu dorazila s velkou slávou 24. září 1895, opravdu 15 měsíců poté, co ho opustila. I přes kritiku, že cestovala více s kolem než na něm, dokázala, že byla impozantní cyklistkou. Nebyl to jen fyzický výkon, nebyla to jen zkouška psychické odolnosti a odvahy ženy, byl to test schopností postarat se sama o sebe v tehdejším světě. Její počin byl později popsán v listu New York World jako „jedna z nejpozoruhodnějších cest, kterou kdy žena podnikla“.Kniha vyšla v USA teprve před nedávnem, přesto v ní autor Peter Zheutlin poutavě popisuje příběh starý bezmála sto dvacet let. Čirou náhodou se mu podařilo zachránit sbírku diapozitivů, které Annie poslala z cesty domů a dokonce vypátral její vnučku Mary.vychází poprvé v českém překladu s dobovými fotografiemi

Malá kniha úspěšné autorky, v níž jsou uvedeny afirmace pro pozitivní myšlenky a motivační úkoly. Záleží jak chce čtenář vidět svůj život a svět kolem sebe. Myšlenky si totiž tvoříme sami ve své hlavě tím, jakým způsobem na sebe a kolem sebe hledíme. Pozitivní přístup a udržování čistých myšlenek přispěje k tomu, že budete s úsměvem a radostí žít.

Klasický proces sankcionovania či „trestania" zamestnancov za porušenie pracovnej disciplíny alebo neuspokojivé plnenie pracovných úloh zo strany zamestnávateľa nie je v pracovnoprávnej úprave zakotvený. Hoci Zákonník práce upravuje určitý proces pri riešení porušenia pracovnej disciplíny či neuspokojivého plnenia pracovných úloh, je nastavený všeobecne a stroho, a preto si aplikačná prax vytvára podrobnejšie upravené procesy pre sankcionovanie zamestnancov. Tento proces je často prísne individualizovaný na podnikovej úrovni, keďže zohľadňuje špecifiká daného zamestnávateľa a pracovného prostredia.Autorský kolektív preto pripravil publikáciu, ktorá sa primárne zameriava na vedenie disciplinárneho procesu u zamestnávateľov vrátane ukladania sankcií zamestnancom bez skončenia pracovného pomeru. Predmetom odborného výkladu sú situácie, keď zamestnávatelia ukladajú zamestnancom iné druhy a formy sankcií, ako je skončenie pracovného pomeru podľa príslušných ustanovení Zákonníka práce. Autori zároveň poukazujú aj na príklady nesprávnej aplikačnej praxe vyskytujúcej sa u zamestnávateľov.Publikácia je určená pre odborníkov, ktorí prichádzajú do každodenného kontaktu s realizáciou individuálnych a kolektívnych pracovnoprávnych vzťahov, personálnym riadením, HR agendou, či nastavujú motivačné procesy pre zamestnancov.

Čus rámus, křiklouni!Víte, jaké je nejuřvanější zvíře na světě? Čemu zvukaři říkají klopák? Kdo letí vzduchem rychleji? Letadlo, nebo písnička? Je cool poslouchat rádio? Funguje v budově Českého rozhlasu páternoster? A proč má Majk tak veliké uši?Tohle je knížka, která vás provede světem zvuku, rámusu, hluku, randálu, hřmotu, brajglu, bugru, rambajzu, halasu, rachotu a rozruchu. Dozvíte se, kde se bere, kudy leze člověku do hlavy nebo jak se ho lidé naučili reprodukovat. A teď to nejdůležitější. Také se tu dočtete, jak založit kapelu!Kniha je plná drobných příběhů, veselých komiksů a návodů, jak si ledacos vyzkoušet.Je to hlasitá jízda a legrace. Takže volume doprava a hurá na to!

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There are gifts you do not want. Mine has marked me out to be hunted. Now I am the last of my kind. Because I see peril. Seventeen-year-old Meri Marlowe is the last of her kind. Able to see peril - a colour in the UV spectrum - she is hunted by mortal enemies who will settle for nothing less than the end of her race. After losing her American parents, she has been on the run for years and is now hiding out in a climate-changed London with her guardian, Theo. Kel Douglas is one of an ancient people whose skin is covered in peril-coloured patterns when they come of age. By day he is an ordinary student, the rest of the time he is bodyguard to the heir to the throne. That's until he meets Meri. First book in a new series set in the near future. Perfect for fans of the Hunger Games or the Starcrossed

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