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When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon has not seen his father for twenty years since the mysterious death of his mother. When Luca's death is followed by an arson attempt on the shop, Jon is forced to explore his family's past. Imagine that some people have the power to affect your thoughts and feelings when you read, or they read a book to you. They can seduce you with amazing stories, conjure up vividly imagined worlds, but also manipulate you into thinking exactly what they want you to. When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon has not seen his father for twenty years since the mysterious death of hi

Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman on his way home from a good night out. At 13 years old, they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome, and their mother into obscurity and death in the salt mines. Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior and soothsayer, born enemy of Rome, but doomed to fight for the Republic in the Forgotten Legion. Brennus is a Gaul; the Romans killed his entire family. He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave, Romulus, who dreams night and day of escape and of revenge. The lives of these four characters are bound and interwoven in a

Angličtina do ucha je poslechová učebnice angličtiny, která se zaměřuje na všechny složky studia jazyka najednou. Naučí vás nová slovíčka a fráze, vysvětlí gramatiku a „dohlédne“ na to, abyste ji správně používali. Nejen, že s vámi procvičí nejpoužívanější konverzační fráze, ale také vás naučí, jak na ně správně a pohotově reagovat. Provede vás tréninkem poslechu od nejnižší po nejvyšší obtížnost tak, abyste již nikdy nezaváhali, a to hned za pomoci několika různých typů hlasů. A navíc, to vše zajímavou formou s důrazem na praktické využití a nikoli pouhé „biflování“.

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Nová verze výkladového slovníku angličtiny pokrývající současnou všeobecnou i hovorovou angličtinu. Hesla jsou vybírána podle frekventovanosti v současné psané i mluvené angličtině, a to jak britské, tak americké. Každý význam je jasně vysvětlen jednoduchou a srozumitelnou angličtinou a je doplněn o praktické ilustrační příklady převzaté z anglických tištěných textů a přepisů hovorové angličtiny. Nová aplikace navíc nabízí vylepšené fulltextové vyhledávání a náhled fulltextu. Všechna hesla jsou ozvučena v CD kvalitě a namluvena rodilým mluvčím. Slovník je výbornou pomůckou pro všechny studenty angličtiny a uživatele na střední a pokročilé úrovni.

The Heinle Picture Dictionary for Children is the only children's dictionary that presents vocabulary within the thematic readings and offers opportunities for multi-level practise of every word introduced to help develop English language skills.

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The scar on Rhoda Gradwyn’s face was to be the death of her . . . When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell’s private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy. While she lies drowsily recovering from the anaesthetic a whiteshrouded figure stealthily enters her bedroom and within minutes Rhoda is dead. Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate the murder, and later a second equally horrific death, find themselves confronted with problems even more complicated than the question of innocence or guilt.

Lance Armstrong won the 1999 Tour de France in spectacular style, taking four stages and both a mountain and a time trial. His story is even more remarkable because he was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer in October 1996.

St Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - hidden away, it's a place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They've been on the run, but now they're being dragged back to St Vladimir's where the girls must survive a world of forbidden romances, a ruthless social scene and terrifying night time rituals. But most of all, staying alive.

The Millenium publisher has launched an explosive and far-reaching exposé of the multi-billion kronor sex-trafficking industry in Sweden, and its international links. Double killing in Stockholm apartment: Two found dead. Sispected murder weapon recovered close to the scene. Police are baffled by this apparently professional killing. Lisbeth Salander sought by every police force in Sweden: The chief suspect in three killings, former security analyst Salander eludes nationwide search. Inspector Bublanski leads the Stockholm team. Crusading author and liberal journalist Stieg Larrson died after delivering to his Swedish publisher the novels that are the Millenium Trilogy. Tragically, he did not live to enjoy the phenomenon that his work has become.