Věra Kovářová Livres

Challenges popular misconceptions about fats and nutrition science, revealing the distorted claims of nutrition studies while arguing that more dietary fat can lead to better health, wellness, and fitness.

ALWAYS HUNGRY will change everything readers ever thought about weight loss, diet, and health, and show us how to lose weight without counting the calories or feeling hungry.

New York Times Bestseller Makeup, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. In Face Paint, Lisa Eldridge reveals the entire history of the art form, from Egyptian and Classical times up through the Victorian age and golden era of Hollywood, and also surveys the cutting-edge makeup science of today and tomorrow. Face Paint explores the practical and idiosyncratic reasons behind makeup's use, the actual materials employed over generations, and the glamorous icons that people emulate, it is also a social history of women and the ways in which we can understand their lives through the prism and impact of makeup.

Lab Girl est un livre sur le travail et l'amour, et sur les montagnes qui peuvent être déplacées lorsque ces deux éléments se rejoignent. Il est raconté à travers les histoires remarquables de Jahren : les découvertes qu'elle a faites dans son laboratoire, ainsi que son combat pour y parvenir ; son enfance à jouer dans le laboratoire de son père ; comment le travail en laboratoire est devenu un sanctuaire pour son cœur et ses mains ; Bill, l'homme brillant et blessé qui est devenu son collègue fidèle et son meilleur ami ; leurs excursions sur le terrain - parfois autorisées, parfois pas du tout - qui les ont menés du Midwest à travers les États-Unis, en Norvège et en Irlande, des cieux pâles du pôle Nord à l'Hawaï tropical ; et son effort constant pour donner le meilleur d'elle-même, ainsi que son dévouement sans faille à son travail de vie. Viscéral, intime, glorieux et parfois extrêmement drôle, les descriptions de Jahren sur son travail, sa relation intense avec les plantes, les graines et le sol qu'elle étudie, ainsi que ses réflexions sur la nature, animent chaque page de ce livre captivant. Dans Lab Girl, nous redécouvrons le pouvoir complexe du monde naturel et la force qui peut découler du fait d'affronter avec courage et conviction le défi de découvrir qui nous sommes.

Eine mitreißende Liebesgeschichte vor dem Hintergrund des dramatischsten Schiffsunglücks seit der Titanic April 1915. Caroline Telfair Hochstetter reist mit der RMS Lusitania von New York nach Europa. Dringende Geschäfte ihres Ehemanns zwingen sie trotz Kriegszeiten zu der gefährlichen Überfahrt. An Bord befinden sich außerdem Carolines einstige große Liebe Robert Langford sowie die Betrügerin Tessa Fairweather. Ein letzter Auftrag, dann will die junge Frau in England ein neues Leben beginnen. Doch während das Schiff seinem Schicksal entgegenfährt, beginnt für alle drei ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um eine Verschwörung aufzudecken, die nicht nur ihre eigenen Leben grundlegend verändern wird. Fast ein Jahrhundert später stößt die Schriftstellerin Sarah Blake im Nachlass ihres Urgroßvaters – einst Steward auf der RMS Lusitania, die während des Ersten Weltkriegs von einem deutschen U-Boot versenkt wurde – auf ein Dokument, das dafür sorgen könnte, dass die Geschichte neu geschrieben werden muss ...

The Hair-Raising Adventures of an Irish Vet .Whether castrating horses in Dublin's inner city or dehorning cattle in the wilds of Wicklow, rescuing mangled cats from mongrels or tending to stoned guard dogs, vet Gillian Hick's sense of humour never deserts her in this engaging account of the challenging situations she encounters in the course of her work as a newly qualified veterinary surgeon.Not only does she have to deal with the animals and their ailments, but she also has to contend with the perils of matchmaking mothers and macho farmers -- not to mention the guys who want to know 'where is the real vet?'

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert. Now, this beloved author digs deep into her own life to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and generosity, she ponders the mysterious nature of inspiration, asking us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear. Whether we are looking to create art, address challenges in our work, give ourselves permission to embark on a dream long deferred, or simply to infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

International Bestseller One of the most anticipated books of 2017: The Millions, CBC, Chatelaine, Globe and Mail, Maclean's From the author of The Bear, the enthralling story of two women separated by millennia, but linked by an epic journey that will transform them both Forty thousand years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth. After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a mate. But the unforgiving landscape takes its toll, and Girl is left alone to care for Runt, a foundling of unknown origin. As Girl and Runt face the coming winter storms, Girl realizes she has one final chance to save her people, even if it means sacrificing part of herself. In the modern day, archaeologist Rosamund Gale works well into her pregnancy, racing to excavate newly found Neanderthal artifacts before her baby comes. Linked across the ages by the shared experience of early motherhood, both stories examine the often taboo corners of women's lives. Haunting, suspenseful, and profoundly moving, THE LAST NEANDERTHAL asks us to reconsider all we think we know about what it means to be human.