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Our lives are more mediated than ever before. Adults in economically advanced countries spend, on average, over eight hours per day interacting with the media. The news and entertainment industries are being transformed by the shift to digital platforms. But how much is really changing in terms of what shapes media content? What are the impacts on our public and imaginative life? And is the Internet a democratising tool of social protest, or of state and commercial manipulati...

Horace Rumpole - the rascally, Wordsworth-quoting Old Bailey hack - should be enjoying his retirement.Soaking unhappily in the Florida sun with his wife, Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), it is safely assumed by all that Rumpole's wig has been hung up for good. But when a rather unkempt civil servant is mixed up in the mysterious death of a minor aristocrat, Rumpole seizes the opportunity to escape the life of leisure. He is soon back in court (via a budget airline) to do battl...

1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build an egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the cla...

'When you’re living a lie, you find it’s best to avoid close attachments…’Lynch, a burned out con-artist, arrives, broke, in London, trying not to dwell on the mistakes that got him there. When he bumps into Bobbie, a rehab-bound heiress - and when she briefly mistakes him for her missing brother - Lynch senses the opportunity, as well as the danger…Bobbie’s brother, Heydon, was a troubled young man. Five years ago, he walked out of the family home and never went back. His ca...

"Nauka pisania. Liczby od 1 do 100" to zestaw ćwiczeń kształtujących umiejętność pisania cyfr i pozwalających dziecku oswoić się z liczbami od 1 do 100. Książka została wzbogacona kolorowymi ilustracjami i zadaniami sprawdzającymi zdobytą wiedzę.

In a world where birth order determines your fate, what if everything you believed about yourself was a lie?Like all second-born daughters of the realm, Cerise Solon has never ventured beyond the temple grounds where she lives in service to the goddess. But unlike her peers, Cerise is a complete failure as an oracle. Her inability to foretell a single tragedy has brought shame upon her family, something she sees reflected in their eyes during their rare visits. Everything cha...

It is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth. But in The Weight of Nature, award-winning journalist and neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern shows that the warming climate is not just affecting our planet - it is affecting our brains and bodies too.Drawing on six years of ground-breaking research, Aldern documents a burgeoning public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Eco-anxiety, he shows us, is just the tip of the iceberg. The ra...

Karty edukacyjne Dbam o ciało zachęcają do zachowań prozdrowotnych i promują zdrowy styl życia.Są doskonałą inspiracją do mądrej, empatycznej rozmowy o ciele i zdrowiu z dziećmi oraz nastolatkami.W pudełku znajdziesz 50 kart o tematyce:profilaktyka chorób i zaburzeń,aktywność fizyczna,szacunek do ciała,dieta i odżywianie,profilaktyka uzależnień.Karty przeznaczone są dla dzieci w wieku 10-15 lat.Wykorzystaj je w gabinecie psychologicznym, w klasie i w domowym zaciszu – wszędzi...

Neuroplaner to wyjątkowy organizer, który łączy funkcje planera, dziennika i kart z ćwiczeniami opartymi na technikach związanych z uważnością i samoregulacją emocjonalną. Stworzony z myślą o osobach, które czują się przytłoczone codziennością, mają trudności z koncentracją, planowaniem i realizacją celów – szczególnie pomocny dla osób z ADHD i wszystkich, którzy mierzą się wyzwaniami wynikającymi z neuroróżnorodności.Zalety Neuroplanera:To wielowymiarowe podejście – łączy pl...

'Shocking, timely and - as you’d expect from Danny Wallace - very funny' - Adam Kay'Thrilling, thought-provoking, funny and wise. Danny has an incredible knack for taking the bizarre fringes and rabbit holes of humanity and making them compulsively laugh-out-loud readable.' - Danny Robins, journalist, presenter of Uncanny and writer of 2:22 A Ghost Story'Danny Wallace lightens this dark topic about lies and propaganda with his trademark humour and gets the balance just right'...

'Marvellously, insanely readable... Highsmith has done it again' The Times"There's no such thing as a perfect murder... That's just a parlor game, trying to dream one up."Tom Ripley is enjoying his wealthy lifestyle in France, until an associate asks him to kill someone again. But Ripley detests murder, unless it is absolutely necessary. Someone else should do the dirty work for them - yes, someone with no criminal record could earn a very generous fee for doing a couple of s...

Portia Daniels’ life is sorted. She has a perfect man (Jason, a hot Irish TV producer) a perfect apartment (in lower Manhattan), a perfect job (writing for TV). Best of all, unlike the rest of her family, she lives in perfect peace and obscurity.Because it’s all about the drama for her mother – Kerry-born reality TV queen, Dessie – and sisters – Insta-guru, Vinnie, and TikTok teen sensation, Ariel.But then Jason blows up their idyllic life, and Portia flees to LA to take refu...

With a foreword by Lauren Asher, author of The Fine Print and Love Redesigned‘I dare you to read the first chapter … chances are you won’t be able to stop once you start.’ – Lauren AsherCraving adventure, seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland leaps at the opportunity to step into the dizzying world of British high society in the resort town of Bath.Adventure arrives in the form of handsome clergyman Henry Tilney, and the ominous promise of his family home: Northanger Abbey. Bu...

Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood. So much of what we know about his life and politics is from books, films and documentaries that are all guilty of peddling the Malcolm myth for their own nefarious interests. Forever known as the violent Yang to Martin Luther King’s Yin, in the years since his death he has been co-opted into the American project, punished by his enemies for his radicalism, and marginalised by dec...

First in the bestselling Folk of the Air trilogy. The sequels - The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing - are the winners of/won the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy in 2019 and 2020. Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Winner of the silver INKY for best international YA book. "A dark jewel of a book . . . intoxicating" - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of CrowsOf course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fi...

Do you feel you’re simply going through the motions? Succeeding at work, pulling your weight at home, living an active social life… yet deep down, you feel drained? If so, you may be experiencing High-Functioning Depression.In the first book to uncover this common yet misunderstood condition, Columbia University psychiatrist Dr Judith Joseph combines her experiences with brand-new research and client cases to demystify HFD. She unveils her unique methodology known as the five...

Is Lady Juvelian at greater risk of dying at the hands of her father’s political enemies… or of falling in love? Desperate to appear unavailable for marriage to the tyrannical Crown Prince Maximillian – the villain of her previous life – Juvelian has proposed a contract relationship with her father’s rebellious protégé. At first glance, he’s the perfect choice, but a veil of misunderstandings hides a dark truth that could challenge Juvelian’s attempts to change her future.Mea...

How did everything start?And how did we come to exist?In one book Oxford Professor Tim Coulson seeks to simply explain what science tells us about the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the existence of humanity, and whether our existence was always inevitable or if we are just incredibly lucky.Coulson's engaging and accessible storytelling will enthral even the most reluctant of readers with its exploration of what thousands of years of study has told us about who ...

Our human rights are endangered. After the devastation of World War Two the international community united to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards. They protected privacy, fair trials and free speech and outlawed torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global justice, equality and peace. That settlement is now under attack from opponents on both left and right and populist and authoritarian movements worldwide. Simu...

Introducing the new 'How To...' series from #Merky Books: unlock your potential with our short, practical pocket-sized guides.How to Move It: Reset Your BodyThis book is about motivating your body through the power of movement, focusing on you as an individual and not the ideal of fitness we see so often. Before you lift a single kettle bell or hit the yoga mat, Nike Master Trainer Joslyn Thompson Rule will break down the stages to moving your body for the better. Starting wi...

352 strony, formatu B6 wydłużonego (11 x 19 cm), 39 panoram górskich, 16 mapek i planów miejscowości. Oprawa miękka z dwoma skrzydełkami, szyta.Wydawnictwo „Trawers” – wyd. XXIV, Latchorzew 2025Przewodnik nie mający odpowiedników w polskiej literaturze krajoznawczej. Od 30 lat stale na rynku, z wydania na wydanie rozszerzany i aktualizowany. Towarzyszy w wędrówkach doświadczonym turystom górskim, wprowadza w Tatry nowicjuszy. Zawiera szczegółowe opisy wszystkich szlaków w Tat...

"Akademia Malucha" to seria zeszytów edukacyjnych przeznaczona dla dzieci w wieku przedszkolnym.
Zeszyty zostały opracowane tak, by zapewnić zrównoważony i prawidłowy rozwój. Dzięki zeszytom dzieci poznają świat, wzbogacają słownictwo, uczą się logicznego myślenia, ćwiczą koncentrację oraz wprawiają rękę przygotowując dziecko do rozpoczęcia procesu edukacji wczesnoszkolnej.
A specjalnie przygotowane naklejki umilają zabawę.

Niedołężny, starzejący się książę Władysław Herman i jego wszechwładny palatyn Sieciech, co do którego są podejrzenia, że syn władcy, Bolesław, jest jego potomkiem, do tego potężny ród Prawdziców, który swego czasu podsunął księciu młodą niewiastę, co zaowocowało przyjściem na świat Zbigniewa, również pretendenta do tronu. Ci właśnie ludzie stanowią podstawę dramatu, jaki rozgrywa się w młodym państwie polskim. Wszystko dzieje się dla nich i przez nich. Synowie buntują się pr...

"To nadal magia, nawet jeśli się odkryje, na czym polega". Sir Terry Pratchett „Pokazać świat Dysku Terry’ego Pratchetta” prowadzi czytelników za kulisy zadziwiającej współpracy Terry’ego Pratchetta i artysty Paula Kidby’ego. Demonstruje, w jaki sposób Dysk został powołany do wizualnego życia – od najwcześniejszych szkiców do ostatecznych arcydzieł – i jak Terry i Paul reagowali na zjawiska kultury popularnej, wplatając je w dyskowy krajobraz. Co prawda Terry b...