The old Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded. All seems lost. Taita, ex-slave and general of Tamose’s armies, leads his men to victory against Egypt’s enemies. But upon his victorious return to Luxor, he is seized as a traitor. Tamose is dead and a new Pharaoh has risen...
The old Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded. All seems lost.
Taita, ex-slave and general of Tamose’s armies, leads his men to victory against Egypt’s enemies. But upon his victorious return to Luxor, he is seized as a traitor. Tamose is dead and a new Pharaoh has risen.
Pharaoh Utteric is young and cruel, and threatened by Taita’s influence within the palace - especially his friendship with Utteric’s younger and worthier brother, Rameses.
Rameses is torn between duty to his family and loyalty to his friends. Yet he knows that there is no choice. Taita must be set free, Utteric must be stopped and Egypt must be reclaimed.
This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of the enigma of Adolf Hitler—who he was, how he wielded power, and why he was destined to fail.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of our future in space and of humanity's ultimate destiny.
Face Perception provides an up-to-date, integrative summary by two authors who have helped develop and shape the field over the past 30 years. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book is invaluable reading for all students and researchers interested in studying face perception and social cognition.
Vydání v anglickém jazyce. Součástí je samostatný sešit s poznámkami k textu v německém jazyce.
Kniha je napsaná formou dopisů dívenky - sirotka. Kniha je v anglickém jazyce s poznámkami v ruštině.
Written in a clear and accessible style, Tolkien: Author of the Century reveals why all of these books will be timeless. Taking issue with the uninformed criticism that has often been levelled at Tolkien and fantasy in general. Professor Shippey offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy and to the importance of language in literature...
A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club. Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried - and more than a little unsatisfied. And so she's vowed to break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing...
Your ultimate guide to overcoming losses and injuries and achieving greatness on and off the field.
“As well as being a deadly weapon and a unique work of art, the sword in Japan is imbued with a spiritual essence. An appreciation of such beauty, deriving from the laws of nature, is central to the Japanese aesthetic. Like the study of ceramics, the study of the Japanese sword blade as an art form is the study of technical excellence, elegance of shape and beauty of texture.”
For the first time, the collected texts from the critically and commercially acclaimed fantasy video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are bound together in three exciting volumes. Lavishly illustrated and produced, these titles are straight out of the world of Skyrim - and a must for any wandering adventurer. This book introduces the trilogy with Volume 1.
In this bracing, page-turning account of his stranger-than-fiction baptism into the corrupted ways of Washington, Neil Barofsky offers an irrefutable insider indictment of the mishandling of the $700 billion TARP bailout fund...
Kniha v anglickém jazyce... What did the witches once discover? Why was the secret encoded in a mysterious book called Ashmole 782 and then chased through centuries by daemons, vampires, and the witches themselves? How can spellbound witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont fulfill their love and their mission, with the weight of their very different histories pulling them apart?
An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People. By Joe Navarro with Marvin Karlins, Ph.D.
Kniha v originálním vydání v anglickém jazyce od autorky zfilmovaného románu Ďábel nosí Pradu.
From the bestselling author of IT NEVER SNOWS IN SEPTEMBER. Dramatic and heart-rending, this is the story of ordinary people struggling to cope as their street in Arnhem is overwhelmed in a savage and bloody conflict in September 1944.