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Filthy Rich Vampires 3: Three Queens
Thea and Julian have made their choice, but can they survive the fallout?
Returning to the world of the vampire elite as Solstice falls, they must navigate new dangers, treacherous allies, and morally grey friendships. When information leads them to Venice, the couple finds themselves at odds. Following the clue isn't just dangerous, it could be deadly. With the fate of her family on the line, Thea rushes to Venice, and Julian follows despite his haunted history with the city.
The past might hold the key to their future, but to find out, Julian must face the monster he was once, and as forgotten magic stirs in Thea's blood, the search for answers leads to devastating consequences.
With the future of the magical world hanging in the balance, tensions rising in their family, and war looming on the horizon, will their love triumph, or will they pay the ultimate price?
Radio Silence
The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books—now a major Netflix series.
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?
Frances has always been a study machine with one goal: elite university. Nothing will stand in her way. Not friends, not a guilty secret—not even the person she is on the inside.
But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favorite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.
Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’s dreams come crashing down. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past…
She has to confess why Carys disappeared…
Meanwhile at university, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.
It’s only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. And it’s only by being your true self that you can find happiness.
Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.
A coming-of-age read that tackles issues of identity, the pressure to succeed, diversity, and freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.
Suttogó angyal
A Kelly Group International (KGI): szupertitkos elit csapat, a Kelly-fivérek családi vállalkozása.
Adottságok: Magas szintű intelligencia, kőkemény test, katonai előképzettség.
Tevékenységi kör: válaszlépés emberrablás vagy túszejtés esetén. A KGI megoldja azokat az ügyeket, amelyekkel az amerikai állami szervek elakadnak…
Akkor jött el hozzá, amikor a legnagyobb szüksége volt rá.
Nathan Kelly csak azért bírta ki a fogságot, a rettegésben töltött végtelen időt, a kínzásokat, mert ő ott volt, és segített. Abban is ő segített, hogy Nathan kiszabadulhasson.
Csak képzelte volna?
Vagy ott van valahol a lány, és meg kell keresnie, mert most neki van szüksége Nathan segítségére…
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Lacná kniha Sarkvidéki küldetés (-90%)
A kanadai sarkvidék egy lakatlan szigetén egy tudományos expedíció tagjai egy bombázó roncsaira bukkannak. A világ szemében a fél évszázados repülőgép csupán hidegháborús ereklye. Alig néhányan tudják, hogy még mindig fenyegetést jelent az emberiségre - a repülő ugyanis a szovjet légierő biológiai fegyver-hordozója, fedélzetén két tonna bevetésre váró antraxszal. Az Egyesült Államok elnökének közvetlen felügyelete alá tartozó elit ügynökség, a COVERT-ONE megbízásából Jon Smith ezredes, Randi Russell CIA-ügynök és a csinos, de kegyetlen fegyverszakértő, Valentina Metrace professzor elindul, hogy biztosítsa a helyszínt. A szigeten azonban áruló lapul, így Smithnek és csapatának nemcsak vele kell szembenézni, hanem a kegyetlen sarkvidéki időjárással is. Lassan rájönnek, hogy valami mást is rejt az ősrégi bombázó: egy olyan titkot, amely sokkal nagyobb pusztításra képes, mint az antrax, és amely nemcsak az egész világtörténelmet írhatja át, de a harmadik világháború kitörését is okozhatja.
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End Times
One of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society works
What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain their dominant position? And why do ruling classes sometimes suddenly lose their grip on power?
For decades, complexity scientist Peter Turchin has been studying world history like no-one else. Assembling vast databases mined from 10,000 years of human activity, and then developing new models, he has transformed the way we learn from the past. End Times is the result: a ground-breaking account of how society works.
The lessons, he argues, are clear. When the balance of power between the ruling class and the majority tips too far in favour of elites, income inequality surges. The rich get richer, the poor further impoverished. As more people try to join the elite, frustration with the establishment brims over, often with disastrous consequences. Elite overproduction led to state breakdown in imperial China, in medieval France, in the American Civil War - and it is happening now.
But while we are far along the path toward violent political rupture, Turchin's models also light the way to a brighter future. Drawing insight from those occasions in history where the balance was restored, End Times also points towards a different future: an escape from the patterns of the past.
Tennis
Formerly reserved for the elite, tennis has become a popular sport over the years. And even if you don't play yourself, the tennis lifestyle exerts a certain fascination. It's not uncommon at Grand Slams like Wimbledon to find it more interesting who's watching from the stands than who's down on the court.
However, famous tennis personalities are also a source of conversation - just remember John McEnroe's infamous outbursts. This, the ultimate tennis book is dedicated to the stories on and off the court, it explains the history of the sport, shows the most important courts and tournaments, the most exciting competitions and legendary athletes. Tennis fashion and equipment are also covered, and who knows, maybe after reading this entertaining tennis compendium you will feel the need to pick up a racket.
Text in English and German.
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65,95 €
Star Wars Vol. 6: Quests Of The Force
Far, far from home! Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and an elite crew of Rebel heroes are lost in the farthest reaches of No-Space after a mission gone wrong. A desperate maneuver is their only chance to find a way home – but what will it cost them? Meanwhile, the efforts of Lady Qi’ra and Crimson Dawn to destroy the Sith have sent ripples running through the Force, disrupting Luke’s connection to the deep powers of the galaxy. How far will he go to rediscover what he has lost? Luke must undertake an epic quest – or he, and the galaxy, will fall to darkness. In the clutches of Dr. Cuata, with his life hanging in the balance, only another Jedi can save him! Plus: With the discovery that the Empire is building a second Death Star, disaster looms for the Rebel Alliance!
Collecting STAR WARS (2020) #31-36.
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Éjszaka Chilében
Az "Éjszaka Chilében" egyetlen hosszú, lenyűgöző, hol véresen komoly, hol fergetegesen mulatságos monológ, egy haldokló önigazolása önmaga és Isten előtt. Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix mondja el, aki szegény sorból származott és költőnek készült, aztán jezsuita pap és konzervatív kritikus lett, a gazdag és kiváltságos kulturális elit tányérnyalója; majd az Opus Dei megbízásából az európai templomok állagmegóvását tanulmányozta; később, Pinochet hatalomátvétele után a legnagyobb titokban a diktátort oktatta a marxizmus alapjaira; életének groteszk elemekben bővelkedő, olykor szürreális története példázat a sodródó társutas értelmiségiről, aki nem vesz tudomást a körülötte zajló véres valóságról, a társadalmi problémákról és az emberi szenvedésről, s az irodalom oltárán feláldozza az életet.
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Sarkvidéki küldetés
A kanadai sarkvidék egy lakatlan szigetén egy tudományos expedíció tagjai egy bombázó roncsaira bukkannak. A világ szemében a fél évszázados repülőgép csupán hidegháborús ereklye. Alig néhányan tudják, hogy még mindig fenyegetést jelent az emberiségre - a repülő ugyanis a szovjet légierő biológiai fegyver-hordozója, fedélzetén két tonna bevetésre váró antraxszal. Az Egyesült Államok elnökének közvetlen felügyelete alá tartozó elit ügynökség, a COVERT-ONE megbízásából Jon Smith ezredes, Randi Russell CIA-ügynök és a csinos, de kegyetlen fegyverszakértő, Valentina Metrace professzor elindul, hogy biztosítsa a helyszínt. A szigeten azonban áruló lapul, így Smithnek és csapatának nemcsak vele kell szembenézni, hanem a kegyetlen sarkvidéki időjárással is. Lassan rájönnek, hogy valami mást is rejt az ősrégi bombázó: egy olyan titkot, amely sokkal nagyobb pusztításra képes, mint az antrax, és amely nemcsak az egész világtörténelmet írhatja át, de a harmadik világháború kitörését is okozhatja.
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Goodbye Russia
In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances?
Rachmaninoff left Petrograd in 1917 in the throes of the Russian Revolution. He was 44 years old, at the peak of his powers as composer-conductor-performer, moving in elite Tsarist circles, as well as running the family estate, his refuge and solace. He had already written the music which, today, has made him one of the most popular composers of all time: the second and third Piano Concertos and two symphonies. The story of his years in exile in America and Switzerland, has only been told in passing. Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a feted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars- from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his Russian contemporaries and polar opposites, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
Yet the melancholy of leaving his homeland never lifted. Using a wide range of sources, including important newly translated texts, Maddocks' immensely readable book conjures impressions of this enigmatic figure, his friends and the world he encountered. It explores his life as an emigré artist and how he clung to an Old Russia which no longer existed. That forging of past and present meets in his Symphonic Dances (1940), his last composition, written on Long Island shortly before his death in Beverly Hills, surrounded by a close-knit circle of Russian exiles.
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Pusztító tűz
A haditengerészet elit SEAL-egységének parancsnoka, Mack Bedford elveszti társait egy brutális ütközetben, amelyben az iraki felkelők bevetik az új és könyörtelen Gyémántnyíl páncéltörő rakétát. Mack bosszúból végez a támadókkal, emiatt hadbíróság elé állítják és leszerelik a flottától. A helyzetet tovább rontja, hogy Mack tudomására jut: a betiltott Gyémántnyíl rakétát nem más gyártja és forgalmazza, mint a francia iparmágnás és politikus, Henri Foche, akiről úgy tudni, a francia választások nagy esélyese. Az is kiderül, hogy Mack súlyos beteg kisfiának életét csak egy külföldön végzett és megfizethetetlenül drága műtéttel lehetne megmenti, így amikor a város hajómágnása a segítségét kéri egy Henri Foche elleni merénylethez, Mack igent mond. Ám mielőtt Mack Foche közelébe kerülhetne, egy gátlástalan zsoldosokból álló szervezet figyelmezteti a francia politikust, rendkívül megnehezítve ezzel a magányos merénylő dolgát. Vajon sikerül felkutatnia és megölnie a francia zsarnokot? Sikerül kiköszörülnie a becsületén esett csorbát, és biztosítania szülővárosa jövőjét? Sikerül megmenteni egyre betegebb fiát, mielőtt túl késő lenne?
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Street Art by Women
A recognition of graffiti and street art by women from around the world
This book showcases the work of more than 50 female graffiti artists, street artists and muralists from all over the world who are dedicated to reclaiming public space and enriching our urban environments with work that explores personal experience and cultural identity, alongside dreams and aspirations of a better world for all. Alongside stunning imagery, readers are offered interviews with each artist, which tell of their personal experience and offer insight into how these women have fought to find their place in a male-dominated art form and continue to fight to break free of the inequalities that linger in our society today, which continue to affect women’s rights in all aspects of life. Inspiring and thought-provoking, this thoroughly illustrated book will motivate the reader to seek out diverse street art in our cities, pointing towards a fairer world.
PARTICIPANTS. Argentina: Agus Rucula, Hola Pum Pum, K2man, Milu Correch. Australia: Danielle Weber, Vexta. Belarus: Julia Yu Baba. Brazil: Magrela. Canada: Emily Read, Priscilla Yu. Chile: Anis88. Colombia: Ledania, Mugre Diamante. Equador: Mo Vasquez. France: Claire Prouvost, Emyart, Mademoiselle Kat, Wuna (+Canada), Zabou (+UK), Zoia. Finland: Camilla Siren, Anetta Lukjanova (+Spain). Germany: Minas. Italy: Alice Pasquini, Rame13, Vera Bugatti. Mexico: Lourdes Villagómez, Paola Delfín, Tahnee Flor, Triana Parera, Adry del Rocío, Alina Kiliwa, Alegría del Prado (+Spain:). Norway: Missprinted. Peru: Niz (+USA). Poland: Natalia Rak, Nespoon. Portugal: Tamara Alves. Spain: Btoy, Didi Leona, Elisa Capdevila, Julieta xlf, Lily Brik. The Netherlands: JDL. UK: Helen Bur, Rosie Woods (+Australia). USA: Emily Eldridge (+Germany), Kaz Williams/KAZILLA (Miami, FL), Kee Romano, Nico Cathcart (Richmond, VA), Toofly (+Equador). Venezuela: Sandra Betancort.
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Gemini Man - The Official Movie Novelization
The official novelization of Gemini Man, the latest film by Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, starring two-time Academy Award-nominee Will Smith.
Henry Brogan is an elite assassin who becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, he soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself. This is the official novelization of the hotly anticipated Gemini Man, the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Life of Pi; Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), starring two-time Academy Award-nominee Will Smith.
Very Important People
A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men
Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit?from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez?to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure.
Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. She describes how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their venues in order to attract men and get them to spend huge sums in the ritual of bottle service. These "girls" enhance the status of the men and enrich club owners, exchanging their bodily capital for as little as free drinks and a chance to party with men who are rich or aspire to be. Though they are priceless assets in the party circuit, these women are regarded as worthless as long-term relationship prospects, and their bodies are constantly assessed against men's money.
A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity.
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Overlord, Vol. 8 (Light Novel)
A group of "workers" whose better judgement has been clouded by hopes and expectations have descended into the unknown depths of a mysterious tomb.
These trespassers include the small but elite team Foresight, the storied warriors of Heavy Masher, the crew lead by a legendary elder worker, Green Leaf, and the invincible swordsmen of Angel.
They are some of the best that can be hired, but as more and more vengeful residents of Nazarrick appear, will any make it out alive?
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Bleach 3in1 Edition 23 (Includes 67, 68, 69)
Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife.
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow—a malevolent lost soul—Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo’s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!
Yhwach and his Quincies have been sowing destruction throughout the Soul Society, although the royal palace might prove to be their last stand. The ultra-elite forces of Squad Zero will do whatever it takes to protect the sacred fortress. But when two unstoppable forces meet, what price must the world pay?
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Túlélők
"A régi nemesség pozitívan reagált a bírálatokra - régi és új, kard és talár közötti különbség elhalványult. Aix-en-Provence egyetlen egységes elit uralma alá került, amely kifinomult volt, művelt és modern... Az egyes magyar társadalmi rétegek addig és annyiban befolyásolták a kormánypolitikát, ameddig és amennyiben "feudálisak" maradtak. A nemesi elit hatalmának alternatívája nem a polgárság uralma, hanem a tekintélyelvű hivatalállam volt..." Elitek túlélési stratégái a XVI-XX. század viharaiban.
A(z) Túlélők (Könyv) szerzője Volker Press, Donna Bohanan, Brendan Dooley, Lawrence Stone, William D. Rubinstein, Péter László.
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Banana Fish 16
Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!
VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s...
Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish's stripped-down, non-stop style.
Ash and his crew are faced with a new deadly enemy, as Golzine has hired ex-member of the French Foreign Legion Colonel Foxx and his elite cadre to destroy them. To fight back, Ash has formed alliances with local Chinese and African American gangs. While the two sides clash in an all-out melee in New York's garbage-strewn back alleys and abandoned buildings, Yau-Si is still obsessed with the notion of killing Eiji...
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Art Brut Collection: Architecture
Architecture, the second Art Brut Biennale, presents a selection of works from the Art Brut Collection (Lausanne), linked together by a common theme. The exhibition and the catalogue show the public new works by perhaps lesser-known authors, while taking a new slant on some historical pieces. Running the gamut from reality to utopia, Art Brut authors design architectures in resonance with their everyday lives or their memories, reorganising the space around them according to their own rules and needs. Their imag- ination and inventiveness carries them to distant, unexplored lands. Yet the vision of architecture that these Art Brut authors offer us here opens up a new dimension, escap- ing all practical considerations. Over 250 works by 52 creators of all origins - European, North American, or Asian - have been selected for the exhibition. This book presents colour illustrations, a short biography, and a bibliography for each artist. The diversity at the heart of this concept can be seen in the many different forms and techniques used, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, and embroidery.
Among the artists: Aloi se, Juliette Elisa Bataille, Filippo Bentivegna, Georges Berthomier, Gregory Lee Blackstock, Benjamin Bonjour, Edouard Boschey, Luigi Brunetti, Andre Car, Diego, Paul Duhem, Paul End, Samuel Failloubaz, Florent, Jacqueline Fromenteau, Willem Van Genk, Jules Godi, Heer, Magali Herrera, Stefan Holzmu ller,Testuaki Hotta, Norimitsu Kokubo, F. Kouw, Helmut Nimczewski, Nikifor, Prinz Otto, E mile Ratier, Royal Roberston, Hans Saletmeier, Victorien Sardou, Yuri Titov, Johann Tro sch, Yuji Tsuji, Berthe Urasco, Pepe de Valence, Pascal Verbena, Scottie Wilson, Adolf Wo lfli.Building on the legacy of some five thousand pieces collected by Jean Dubuffet between 1945 and 1971, the Art Brut Collection now owns over sixty thousand works, the fruit of nearly forty years of research. Architectures is the second volume in the series Art Brut - The Collection, published by 5 Continents and the Swiss institution, after Vehicles (2014).
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