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As the Royal Navy takes part in the wars against Napoleonic France, young Jack Aubrey receives his first command, the small, old, and slow HMS Sophie. Accompanied by his eccentric new friend, the physician and naturalist Stephen Maturin, Aubrey does battle with the naval hierarchy, with his own tendency to make social blunders, and with the challenges of forging an effective crew—before ultimately taking on enemy ships in a vivid, intricately detailed series of sea battles.

Jeden prsten vládne všem, jeden jim všem káže, jeden všechny přivede, do temnoty sváže. Ve starých časech byly Prsteny moci ukovány elfskými kováři a Sauron, Temný pán, ukoval Jeden prsten a vložil do něj svou vlastní moc, aby mohl vládnout všem ostatním. Jeden prsten mu však byl odebrán, a třebaže ho hledal po celé Středozemi, zůstal pro něj ztracen. Po mnoha věcích se dostal do rukou Bilba Pytlíka, jak je vyprávěno v Hobitovi. V ospalé vesnici v Kraji se mladý Frodo Pytlík ocitá před nesmírným úkolem, když mu jeho starý příbuzný Bilbo svěří Prsten do péče. Frodo musí opustit domov a vydat se na nebezpečnou cestu napříč Středozemí k Puklinám osudu, aby tam Prsten zničil a zmařil zlověstný záměr Temného pána.

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

The bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English invites us to explore the joyful benefits of living with loving-kindness. With his signature clarity and warmth, Bhante Gunaratana shares with us how we can cultivate loving-kindness to live a life of joyful harmony with others. Through personal anecdotes, step-by-step meditations, conversational renderings of the Buddha’s words in the suttas, and transformative insights into how we live in and relate to the world, we learn that peace here and now is possible—within ourselves and in all our relationships. Bhante G speaks directly to how we can cultivate loving-kindness to find emotional clarity, overcome anger, and become more peaceful—both on and off the meditation cushion. Loving-Kindness in Plain English was chosen for the Spirituality & Practice Book Award as one of the 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2017 by the website Spirituality & Practice.