Non-fiction

Průvodce po Londýně vás nejprve seznámí s historií tohoto multikulturního města a poté nabídne rozsáhlý přehled míst, která stojí za návštěvu, ať už se jedná o historické památky, nebo moderní tvář Londýna.

Vyhledejte některé z doporučených restaurací a ochutnejte pokrmy typické pro anglickou kuchyni. V obsáhlém výčtu klubů a barů si můžete vybrat ten, v němž byste chtěli zažít atmosféru nočního londýnského života. Zajisté využijete i mnoho praktických informací o londýnské kultuře, dopravě, o místních zvycích či tipy na ubytování. Publikace obsahuje mapy různých částí Londýna a plánek metra.

Londýn je mě

Austrálie je obrovská země zabírající celý kontinent. Má několik různých klimatických pásem a tři pásma časová. Díky tomu zde najdeme značně různorodou krajinu – od červených pouští po zelené deštné pralesy a od písečných pláží až po sněhem pokryté vrcholky hor. Působivou přírodní krásu doplňují moderní města nabízející veškeré požitky městského života, navíc však v jejich blízkém okolí můžete vyrazit buď do některého z řady národních parků, nebo se jen tak procházet po místních plážích.

• Největší australské zajímavosti: Sydney, Melbourne, vnitrozemí, národní parky a ostrovní letoviska .
• Tipy: vyzkoušejte potápění u Velkého bariérové

From the maverick creative mind behind Wreck this Journal, Keri Smith's "This is Not A Book" is curious, engaging, and creative rethinking of what a book can be. This object does not exist without you. You will determine the content and the final product. All will be shaped by your imagination. You must go out into the world in order to bring it to life and complete the assignments. With intriguing prompts, you will discover that this book can be: A secret message: tear out a page, write a note on it for a stranger, and leave it in a public place. A recording device: have everyone you contact today write their name in the book. An instrument: create as many sounds as you can using the book, like flipping the pages fast or slapping the cover. "This Is Not a Book" will engage readers by

Průvodce po Londýně vás nejprve seznámí s historií tohoto multikulturního města a poté nabídne rozsáhlý přehled míst, která stojí za návštěvu, ať už se jedná o historické památky, či moderní tvář Londýna.

Obsah:

• Vyčerpávající přehled londýnských zajímavostí: Big Ben, Tate Modern, the London Eye a mnohé další.
• Od nakupování v Knightsbridge po divadla ve čtvrti West End: jak nejlépe využít volný čas.
• Černá smrt, paláce, pie and mash shops: pomohou vám lépe pochopit Londýn dnešní i minulý.
• Kde se ubytovat, najíst a jak cestovat: spolehlivá doporučení a rady odborníků.

Now a major motion picture starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver 'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.' So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company. Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery and tran

When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her child again, she nonetheless spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic. Philomena's son, renamed Michael Hess, grew up to be a top Washington lawyer and a leading Republican official in the Reagan and Bush administrations. But he was a gay man in a homophobic party where he had to conceal not only his sexuality but, eventually, the fact that he had AI

Jamie gets the nation cooking clever, shopping smart and wasting less with his new cookbook, Save with Jamie. This year, I've got the message loud and clear that as everyone comes under bigger and bigger financial pressure, they want help to cook tasty, nutritious food on a budget, so this book was born completely out of public demand. Save with Jamie draws on knowledge and cooking skills to help you make better choices, showing you how to buy economically and efficiently, get the most out of your ingredients, save time and prevent food waste. And there's no compromise - I'm talking big flavours, comfort food that makes you happy, and colourful, optimistic dishes. Our biggest luxury is knowledge, whether times are hard or not, so get kitchen smart and smash the recession. Jamie Oliver

'Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.' The words of Scott Jurek, a dominant force - and darling - in the gruelling and growing sport of ultrarunning for more than a decade. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead in the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile jaunt over the Gold Rush trails of America's Sierra Nevada. He went on to win that race seven years in a row. Jurek was also one of the elite runners who travelled to Mexico to run with the Tarahumara Indians, as profiled in the international bestseller Born to Run. His accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary. In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as an elite athlete, and about the vegan diet that is key to his succe

A new-look printing of Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' to mark the 25th anniversary of her death. Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, having become the best-selling novelist in history. Her autobiography, published in 1977 a year after her death, tells of her fascinating private life, from early childhood through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan. Not only does the book reveal the true genius of her legendary success, but the story is vividly told and as captivating as one of her novels.

This is a unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury and The Wizard of Id to illustrate some of the points. The book should have a wide readership not only amongst students who want to read leading linguists writing about popular misconceptions but also amongst the large number of people who enjoy reading about language in general.

In "The English" Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are? Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted? What is behind the English obsession with games? How did they acquire their odd attitudes to sex and to food? Where did they get their extraordinary capacity for hypocrisy? Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypyes, language and more, "The English" brims over with stories and anecdotes

Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in the vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999 - and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery.There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Guardian as 'the most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature', Stephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down