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Railway Day Trips: 160 classic train journeys around Britain
Railway Day Trips: 160 classic train journeys around Britain
Julian Holland
¥95.06
From a very young age Julian Holland has had a fascination with railways. He is a writer and photographer on many railway books, including the highly acclaimed and award winning The Times Mapping the Railways (2011), Exploring Britain’s Lost Railways (2013) and Great Railway Journeys of the World (HarperCollins, 2014). As well as being passionate about train travel, Julian is a leading commentator in the media on railways.
God's Secret Agents
God's Secret Agents
Hogge, Alice
¥94.94
One evening in 1588, just weeks after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, two young men landed in secret on a beach in Norfolk, England. They were Jesuit priests, Englishmen, and their aim was to achieve by force of argument what the Armada had failed to do by force of arms: return England to the Catholic Church.Eighteen years later their mission would be shattered by the actions of the Gunpowder Plotters -- a small group of terrorists who famously tried to destroy the Houses of Parliament -- for the Jesuits were accused of having designed "that most horrid and hellish conspiracy."Alice Hogge follows "God's secret agents" from their schooling on the Continent, through their perilous return journeys and lonely lives in hiding, to, ultimately, the gallows. She offers a remarkable true account of faith, duty, intolerance, and martyrdom -- the unforgettable story of men who would die for a cause undone by men who would kill for it.
Memories of John Lennon
Memories of John Lennon
Ono, Yoko
¥94.88
John Lennon . . . as much a part of our world today as he ever was He touched many lives in his brief forty years, and continues to move and inspire millions more to this day. Now, invited by Yoko Ono, friends, family, and fans from all walks of life including some of the great artists of our day reminisce about Lennon as a visionary and friend, musician and performer, husband and father, activist and jokester.In their own words and drawings, poems and photos, Lennon's life from his childhood through the Beatles years to the happiness and tragedy of his final days become stunningly vivid.Intimate glimpses gathered from musicians who knew John, such as Pete Townshend, Sir Elton John, Billy Preston, and Joan Baez; friends and relatives such as producer David Geffen, publicist Elliot Mintz, and cousin Mike Cadwallader; and artists who followed him such as Bono, Alicia Keys, Steve Earle, Jello Biafra, and Carlos Santana.And, for the first time, renowned photographer Annie Liebovitz presents every frame of the historic last session with John and Yoko.Memories of John Lennon is a rich and deeply felt appreciation of a truly great man.
Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only
Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only
McGilligan, Patrick
¥94.88
Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith: a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story is nearly forgotten today. Now, in a feat of historical investigation and vivid storytelling, one of our greatest film biographers takes on one of the most talented and complex figures in the history of American entertainment.The son of freed slaves, Micheaux grew up in Metropolis, Illinois, then roamed America as a Pullman porter before making his first mark as a homesteader in South Dakota. Disaster and defeat there led him to forge a career publishing a successful series of autobiographical novels. Ever the entrepreneur, when Hollywood failed to bid high enough for film rights to his stories, he answered by forming his own film production company. Going on to produce or direct twenty-two silent and fifteen sound films in his lifetime, Micheaux became the king of the "race cinema" industry at a time when black-produced films had to scrounge for venues in a segregated society. In this groundbreaking new biography, award-winning film historian Patrick McGilligan offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of this little-known pioneer. Part visionary, part raffish Barnum-like showman, Micheaux was both a maverick filmmaker and an inveterate hustler who used every weapon at his disposal to break the color barrier and thrive in a profession he helped to invent. He made a fortune and lost it again, and launched repeated con games that were followed by public arrests and bankruptcies. He eagerly took credit for the work of others including his unsung-heroine wife. In his desperate later years, he even sunk to plagiarizing his final novel a discovery McGilligan reveals here for the first time. In this searching exploration, McGilligan tracks down long-lost financial records, unpublished letters, and unmarked pauper's graves, pinpointing Micheaux's birthplace, his tangled personal life, and the circumstances of his tragic death. The result is an epic that bridges a fascinating period in American history, and offers lessons for anyone who would understand the role of black America in forming the culture of our time.
Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes
Stoddard, Alexandra
¥94.88
For nearly forty years and in numerous books, Alexandra Stoddard has shared her keen eye for design and sure sense of style. Now this renowned decorator and lifestyle philosopher teaches you hoe to see with the expertise and clarity of professional designers.First, Alexandra helps you become more attuned to your surroundings-as you set a table, straighten out a linen closet, stroll through a garden, or browse in a thrift shop. Then, through personal anecdotes; examples from masters; a rich array of ideas, tips, and techniques, she reveals hundreds of ways to see and solve problems or proportion, pattern, color, and composition. Her simple suggestions-whether it's changing a lampshade, rearranging treasured objects on a table, or moving a chair-will yield dramatic results. Filled with practical solutions offered with warmth and encouragement , Open Your Eyes helps make each day a visual feats as it deepens your understanding not only of what makes something beautiful but what makes something beautiful to you.
The Great Mortality
The Great Mortality
Kelly, John
¥94.87
La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born.
Viharfelh?
Viharfelh?
Allison Brennan
¥94.83
J VILGOK VRNAK RD. res lakás, a családnak semmi nyoma, eléggé hátborzongató. De az egész olyan, mintha katonai támaszpontra lelnénk, amit senki se riz. Pilóta nélküli vadászgépek és tankok tétlenkednek a felszállópályán. Rosszindulatú dzsudzsut érzek itt. Valami rettenetes trtént. Az lenne a legokosabb, ha mindenkit figyelmeztetnél, hogy mielbb húzzanak el innen." Miután a térkapuk ezernyi új világhoz nyitottak utat, megkezddtt a bolygók gyarmatosítása. j életre vágyó telepesek ezrei znlenek ki a Naprendszerbl. Az Ilosz, e roppant új határvidék els emberi kolóniája vérben és tzben születik. A független telepesek pusztán elszántságukra, bátorságukra és az otthoni hosszú háborúk tapasztalataira támaszkodva szállnak szembe a hivatalos engedéllyel rendelkez nagyvállalat gyarmatosító hajójával. A küzdelem egyre inkább elfajul. Ráadásul az új, idegen világ felderítése kzben egyre félelmetesebb dolgokra derül fény. James Holdent és kis hajójának legénységét bízzák meg azzal, hogy békét teremtsenek a háborúskodó felek kztt, és értelmet vigyenek a káoszba. m minél jobban belebonyolódik, Holdenben annál határozottabbá válik a meggyzdés, hogy a küldetése eleve kudarcra ítéltetett. Egy halott ember szavai pedig arra emlékeztetik, hogy a galaktikus civilizáció, amely egykor e fldet birtokolta, rkre eltnt. Ugyanis valami elpusztította.
Engel des doods: een juridische thriller
Engel des doods: een juridische thriller
Colleen Cross
¥94.83
Soms kun je het verleden beter laten rusten...Tijdens een boottochtje naar een afgelegen eiland aan boord van een luxueus jacht heeft fraudeonderzoeker Katerina Carter al snel het gevoel dat de charmante, praatjesmakende eigenaar van de boot een duister geheim verbergt. Die manier die hij aanprijst om snel geld te verdienen – zij kan toch niet de enige zijn die doorheeft dat het zaakje stinkt?Eenmaal op het eiland onderzoeken Kat en haar vrienden de geruchten die de ronde doen over een sinistere sekte, de Aquarian Foundation, en gaan ze op zoek naar verborgen schatten. De sekte heeft mensen geld afgetroggeld en het begint erop te lijken dat dezelfde geschiedenis zich weer herhaalt. Tenminste, als Kat aan de anderen kan bewijzen dat sommige dingen te mooi klinken om waar te zijn...Als niemand haar waarschuwingen serieus neemt, gaat ze op pad om een vreselijke waarheid te onthullen die de mensen waarvan ze het meest houdt in doodsgevaar kan brengen. Nu is het een race tegen de klok: Kat moet de moordenaar ontmaskeren voor hij opnieuw kan toeslaan. Dutch books, Dutch thrillers
The Trial: A History from Socrates to O. J. Simpson
The Trial: A History from Socrates to O. J. Simpson
Sadakat Kadri
¥94.67
In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writer’s eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present. A bold and brilliant debut from a prize-winning writer. ‘The Trial’ spans a vast distance in time, opening in the dread silence of the Egyptian Hall of the Dead and ending with the melodramas and hubbub of the 21st-century trial circus. Reconciliation and vengeance, secrecy and spectacle, superstition and reason all intertwine continually. The book crosses from the marbled courtrooms of Athens through the ordeal pits of Anglo-Saxon England, past the torture chambers of the Inquisition to the judicial theatres of 17th-century Salem, and from 1930s Moscow and post-war Nuremberg to the virtual courtrooms of modern Hollywood. Kadri shows throughout how the trial has always been concerned with doing more than guaranteeing fairness and holding human beings to account for their deliberate crimes. He recounts how insentient and irrational defendants from caterpillars to corpses were once summonsed to court, before being exiled for their failure to attend or sentenced to die again – and argues that the same urge to punish lives on in today's trials of children and the mentally ill. But although Justice’s sword has always been double-edged – as ready to destroy a community’s enemies as to defend its dreams of due process – the judicial contest also operates to enshrine some of the western world’s most cherished values. The show trials of Stalin's Soviet Union were shams, but Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib are a reminder that a lack of a trial is equally unjust, and at a time when our constitutional landscape seems to be melting away, an appreciation of the criminal courtroom’s history is more necessary than ever. As the Labour government launches an almost annual attempt to truncate trial by jury, and as authorities on both sides of the Atlantic are indefinitely detaining people in the name of an endless war on terror, ‘The Trial’ could hardly be more timely. Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.
20 koraka prema naprijed
20 koraka prema naprijed
Jorge Bucay
¥94.50
One man. Four women. Seventeen mysterious years. Dóra, Gabi, Szilvi, and Judit: They were best friends in high school, but a terrible secret bound them together for life. After a delirious night ending in tragedy, they make a pact to leave the country. They must flee to where the past can’t catch up with them. But before they say good-bye, they vow to meet again in Budapest, seventeen years later. Life scatters them to four corners of the world. Dóra starts her new life on the Island of Bali, and though she lives in the land of Earthly Paradise, all she can think about is her unfulfilled, lost love. Szilvi secretly writes a novel in which their shared past plays an important role. Gabi is torn between two successful and charming men, while Judit finally gets the man she’d never even dared to dream of... Seventeen years pass and the date of their reunion draws near. Have they found happiness? Can best friends betray each other for the sake of love? What other surprises does their mysterious past have in store for them? Is it possible to forgive and forget? Eva Fejos is a reporter and novelist, author of eighteen best-sellers. She loves sunshine, coffee, chocolate, and travel, writes her novels in the evening and late at night, and hates getting up early.
Oblik du?e
Oblik du?e
Gordana Benić
¥94.42
Din petice surprinz?tor de diferite, ca nuan?? ?i lucr?tur?, Dincolo de ferestre este o p?tur? multicolor? de pove?ti care pe mul?i ?i va ?nc?lzi. Jongl?nd cu emo?ii ?i st?ri, cu situa?ii ?i detalii, scriind despre orori ?i splendori, st?p?n? deja pe acest nou teritoriu, Irina Georgescu debuteaz? – deloc nea?teptat – cu un volum remarcabil. - Veronica D. Niculescu O colec?ie de dou?zeci ?i dou? de fic?iuni cu miez de magie, montate la limita dintre real ?i fantastic, av?nd ca numitor comun misterul ?i suspansul. ?n spatele pove?tilor se ascund ?ngerii. Ei s?nt pe urmele de?inutului care ?ncearc? s? evadeze din realitatea absurd? a unui penitenciar circular, f?r? ie?ire (?Encarcerado“), sau ale surorilor care scap? de atacatori datorit? muzicii (?Radio“). ?ngerii ?l privesc pe b?rbatul orb care, m?cinat de gelozie, ??i caut? rivalul ?n propria cas? (??ntuneric“) ?i afl? c? locatarii unei sc?ri de bloc s?nt alunga?i de farmecele unei vr?jitoare (?Rebound“). Surprinse ?n momentele cele mai vulnerabile, unele personaje ??i pierd capul – socrul sedus de cuscr? sare pe fereastr? sub privirile ginerelui (?Père Tinel“), b?iatul care g?se?te un pe?te auriu ?n para du?ului ??i pune o dorin?? neinspirat? (?Un tip f?r? noroc“), iar pendula vr?jit?, care d? verdicte la sf?r?itul proceselor, ?l pune ?n ?ncurc?tur? pe judec?tor (?Pendula lui Costic?“). Dincolo de Ferestre vorbe?te despre fragilitatea realit??ii, de limitele ei permeabile ?i de faptul c?, odat? traversat? aceast? barier?, lucrurile nu mai s?nt ce p?reau a fi. (Irina Georgescu Groza)
Uronjeni
Uronjeni
Žarko Paić
¥94.42
Aceast? carte de interviuri, pe care le-am realizat ?n timp, reprezint?, pentru mine, portrete scrise ?i vorbite ale unor scriitori de valoare cu care am avut ?ansa s? m? ?nt?lnesc. Dar ele nu au numai o valoare literar?, ci ?i una afectiv?.
Groene schijn: juridische thriller
Groene schijn: juridische thriller
Colleen Cross
¥94.42
Lawinegevaar is niet het enige dat levens bedreigt in de bergen…Fraudeonderzoeker Katerina Carter en haar vriend Jace gaan een gezellig weekendje weg naar een huisje in de bergen. De dagen voor kerst zijn immers nog veel romantischer in de juiste omgeving. Bovendien heeft Jace een klus: overdag werkt hij aan de biografie voor een stinkendrijke milieugoeroe terwijl Kat gaat wandelen in de besneeuwde bergen.Maar dan overlijden er twee milieuactivisten uit de buurt onder verdachte omstandigheden. Kat en Jace moeten de waarheid achterhalen voor er nog meer ongelukken gebeuren. Want de bergen kennen geen genade... en de moordenaar net zomin. In de eenzame Rocky Mountains passen mensen normaal goed op elkaar, maar een koelbloedige moordenaar denkt daar anders over. En hij komt steeds dichterbij. Iemand wil duidelijk niet dat de waarheid aan het licht komt en doet er alles aan om Kat te dwarsbomen. Als je van spanning, mysterie en een winterse sfeer houdt, mag je Groene Schijn niet missen!? thrillers kobo plus, thriller ebooks nederlands, bestseller boeken nederlands, thriller boeken
中國佛教史
中國佛教史
蔣維喬
¥94.34
*中國佛教通史著作 簡要系統 不乏卓識 語言順暢 曲致風趣 資料豐富 存闕存疑 本書初版是一九三一年由商務印書館出版,此後其他出版社也曾多次出版,被公認為中國近代早出版的一部系統的中國佛教通史、*中國佛教通史著作之一,對民國以後的中國佛教研究影響很大。 本書共四卷十八章,對佛教在東土的傳播、其間的發展興衰,直至民國初年中國佛教之狀況,進行了系統的、提綱挈領的描述和講解,並缕析各宗代表人物、流行情况和特点。
Septuagenarian Stew
Septuagenarian Stew
Bukowski, Charles
¥94.15
Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles. He writes of the housewife, the bum, the gambler and the celebrity to evoke a portrait of Los Angeles
Manifest Your Destiny
Manifest Your Destiny
Dyer, Wayne W.
¥94.10
From the inspirational leader and author of the international bestsellers Your Sacred Self and the classic Your Erroneous Zones comes this mind-awakening guidebook for making your desires reality. Based on ancient principles and spiritual practices, Manifest Your Destiny introduces the Nine Spiritual Principles that will help you overcome the barriers--both within and around you--that prevent you from getting what you want, including: Developing spiritual awareness Trusting yourself Reconnecting to your environment Attracting your desires Accepting your own worthiness Practicing unconditional love Meditating to unlock the power within you Letting go of demands Filled with warmth and insight, this invaluable book will help you achieve your goals--and take you to a level higher than you've ever dreamed.
The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy
Huxley, Aldous
¥94.10
An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions." With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam—Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others.
Shattered Love
Shattered Love
Chamberlain, Richard
¥94.10
In Shattered Love , Richard Chamberlain poignantly recounts his lifelong struggle to find happiness. Tracing a fascinating path over his meteoric rise to success, he chronicles his struggle to come to terms with his own imperfections, his growing desire to be honest about his sexual orientation, and his yearning to live with an open heart. And along the way he imparts the lessons he has learned about overcoming our own self imposed obstacles to happiness.
Discover the Power Within You
Discover the Power Within You
Butterworth, Eric
¥94.10
The Inspirational Classic That Has Sold More Than 250,000 Copies! In this 40th anniversary edition of Eric Butterworth's inspiring tour de force , the author shares the greatest discovery of all time: the ability to see the divine within us all. Jesus saw this divine dimension in every human being, and Butterworth reveals this hidden and untapped resource to be a source of limitless abundance. Exploring this "depth potential," Butterworth outlines ways in which we can release the power locked within us for better health, greater confidence, increased success, and inspired openness to let our "light shine" forth for others.
Bread for the Journey
Bread for the Journey
Nouwen, Henri J. M.
¥94.10
When beloved author Henri Nouwen set out to record this daybook of totally new reflections, he suddenly found himself on "a true spiritual adventure." For in these 366 original, interlocking morsels of daily wisdom, Nouwen provides both sustenance and a trail for us to follow, as he unveils, to his own surprise, his personal map of faith. From the delicate interplay of human experience to the surrender to Christ and the embrace of Christian community, that journey of Christian spirituality is explored and celebrated here in each eloquent, thought–provoking passage, "The table is one of the most intimate places in our lives. It is there that we give ourselves to one another. When we say, 'Take some more, let me serve you another plate, let me pour you another glass, don't be shy, enjoy it,' we say a lot more than our words express. We invite our friends to become part of our lives. We want them to be nurtured by the same food and drink that nurture us. We desire communion.... Every breakfast, lunch, or dinner can become a time of growing communion with one another." Intimately personal and inspiring, Bread for the Journey is a daily feast of fresh insight into the challenges and deep joys of a life lived in close communion with God. Nouwen is a wise, loving companion who invites us along as he finds joy in the community of loss, true freedom in forgiveness of others, and hope in surprising places. Each daily meditation is a stepping–stone along a path of private discovery, offering Nouwen's seasoned yet fresh ideas on kindness, love, suffering, and prayer, the Church as God's people, and the importance of Jesus in one's life–reflecting, as a whole, Nouwen's own 'personal creed.' Bread for the Journey brims with daily nourishment and guidance for devoted followers and new friends alike –– food for thought on a yearlong journey of discovery and faith.
The Known World
The Known World
Jones, Edward P.
¥94.10
In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.