The World Book Encyclopedia U-V - Volume 20

Kniha v anglickém jazyce... “A breakneck cross between a hospital drama, The Godfather, and a Quentin Tarantino film.” - BLOOMBERG.COM

Have you ever wondered what Hungarian goulash is doing in the Czech Republic? Would you like to know where one of Europe’s largest museums dedicated to washing machines is located? And how about the several places in this quiet, often-overlooked little country where you are welcome to come on over and look for the long-lost treasure no one else has been able to find?

An evidence-based guide to delivering high performance. Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management addresses all areas of performance management. From setting objectives and giving feedback to managing underperformers and having difficult conversations... 

From the founding editor of Everyman’s Library comes this enthralling illustrated collection of thirty-three fairy tales to please children of all ages—and the parents who read to them. Favorite English characters such as Dick Whittington, Jack the Giant Killer, and King Arthur appear alongside Tom Thumb, Chicken-Licken, and other figures from the wider world of folklore...

There was a time, not long ago, when all Zara wanted was to have Nick back. Rescuing him from Valhalla should have made all her problems disappear. He's Bedford’s greatest warrior, not to mention Zara’s true soulmate. Except Nick isn't the person he used to be. And neither is Zara. She’s a pixie queen. Astley’s queen...

Kniha v originálním vydání v anglickém jazyce od autorky zfilmovaného románu Ďábel nosí Pradu.

Designing sequences of work for the language classroom. From the series Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers. Series Editor Scott Thornbury. 

45 RPM records were first introduced in 1949, but it wasn’t until the advent of rock ’n’ roll that they became part of the scene. Elvis and his Sun Records releases changed everything and when Beatlemania washed ashore in the 1960s the 45 was a part of almost every American home with a teenager, every radio station and every bar with a jukebox... 

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO MONEY MASTERY. CREATING PEACE OF MIND IN A WORLD OF VOLATILITY. TONY ROBBINS WITH PETER MALLOUK. RANKED THE #1 WEALTH ADVISOR IN THE U.S. FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS BY BARRON'S. 

CONTAINS A BONUS SHORT STORY. Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. But in a town where privacy is impossible, there is a secret so awful that Todd, still a month shy of being a man, must run for his life... 

Cabo Ortegal (Galicia) to Gibraltar. Fully Revised Seventh Edition. RCC Pilotage Foundation. 

A lyrical masterpiece by the father of modern Japanese literature. Notsume Soseki's Kusamakura follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or "beauty," is the center of this elegant novel...

A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand. Second Edition. 

Dan Pearson's irresistible enthusiasm and wealth of knowledge overflow in a book teeming with tips to inspire your own space, be it a city window box or country field. Bringing you a new-found appreciation of nature, both wild and tamed, reading Natural Selection is a deeply restorative experience.

Tentokrát je detektiv Ted Carmady, předobraz slavného Phila Marlowa, jinak drsný chlapík, který má vždy blízko ke sklence brandy a svému lugeru ráže 7,65, najat starým ochrnutým generálem, aby vyřešil zmizení jeho zetě Duda O' Mary. A stejně jako je město, jímž Carmady projíždí ve svém cabrioletu, skryté neproniknutelnou oponou deště, tak je i případ, který řeší, zahalen oponou špinavých intrik.

The scientific story of first impressions - and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually wrong.