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Going Mainstream
Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a pandemic, global conflict and rapid technological change, their ideas are becoming more widespread: QAnon proponents run for U.S. Congress, neo-fascists win elections in Europe, and celebrity influencers spread dangerous myths to millions. Going Mainstream asks the question: What is happening here?
Going undercover online and in person, UK counter-extremism expert Julia Ebner reveals how, united by a shared sense of grievance and scepticism about institutions, radicalised individuals are influencing the mainstream as never before. Hidden from public scrutiny, they leverage social media to create alternative information ecosystems and build sophisticated networks funded by dark money.
Ebner's candid conversations with extremists offer a nuanced and gripping insight into why people have turned to the fringes. She explores why outlandish ideas have taken hold and disinformation is spreading faster than ever. And she speaks to the activists and educators who are fighting to turn the tide.
Going Mainstream is a dispatch from the darkest front of the culture wars, and a vital wake-up call.
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Hatsune Miku Rinchan 3
Spend the holidays with Vocaloid Kagamine Rin, as Rin-chan brings her own style to each special occasion, be it Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s, or Valentine’s Day! Based on the video with over 2.5 million combined views on NicoNico and YouTube, the Rin-Chan Now! manga is written, drawn and edited by the video creators!
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Seth - On Walls
Seth: On Walls collects the colorful, visual universe of a globe-trotting street artist who paints with purpose.
For street artist Seth, walls around the world have been canvases for resilience, a space where imagination and real-life encounters become murals of expression, dialogue, and community. Children are often a part of his work, taking him—and us—through city streets on a poetic discovery of their universe, like the rabbit hole into which Lewis Carroll’s Alice plunges.
Seth: On Walls is an insightful, visual exploration of a decade of his travels and the paintings he created in locations such as the working-class districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the war-torn Donbas region of Ukraine. Drawing inspiration from local myths, legends, and tales, and often collaborating with other artists, Seth works within the social, political, and cultural contexts of the places he visits. Through an emphasized mixture of murals and photography, Seth captures the story of a multidimensional globe that is simultaneously fascinating and under threat.
Although his work consists mostly of paintings, the photography he shares not only immortalizes the ephemerality and memory of his work but also conveys the spirit of the place and the relationship between the artwork and its environment. Seth: On Walls is a delicate illustration of the beauty and shadows of the world we live in.
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The Good Enough Job
A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches.
From the moment we ask children what they want to “be” when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life’s ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success.
In The Good Enough Job, journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans’ lives—and why we find it so difficult to let go. Based on groundbreaking reporting and interviews with Michelin star chefs, Wall Street bankers, overwhelmed teachers and other workers across the American economy, Stolzoff exposes what we lose when we expect work to be more than a job. Rather than treat work as a calling or a dream, he asks what it would take to reframe work as a part of life rather than the entirety of our lives. What does it mean for a job to be good enough?
Through provocative critique and deep reporting, Stolzoff punctures the myths that keep us chained to our jobs. By exposing the lies we—and our employers—tell about the value of our labor, The Good Enough Job makes the urgent case for reclaiming our lives in a world centered around work.
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Do not look. Do not ask. Do not pry.
A sumptuous, gothic story about an obsessive female friendship cursed to end in tragedy, a marriage unraveled by dark secrets, and the danger of believing in fairy tales - the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.
Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Castenada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after - and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.
But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom soon finds himself unable to resist. For within the crumbling manor's extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo's dearest childhood friend, who disappeared without a trace.
As the house slowly reveals his wife's secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.
Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
A is for Arsenic
Shortlisted for the Macavity Awards 2016
Fourteen novels. Fourteen poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...
Agatha Christie revelled in the use of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books; indeed, she employed it more than any other murder method, with the poison itself often being a central part of the novel. Her choice of deadly substances was far from random – the characteristics of each often provide vital clues to the discovery of the murderer. With gunshots or stabbings the cause of death is obvious, but this is not the case with poisons. How is it that some compounds prove so deadly, and in such tiny amounts?
Christie's extensive chemical knowledge provides the backdrop for A is for Arsenic, in which Kathryn Harkup investigates the poisons used by the murderer in fourteen classic Agatha Christie mysteries. It looks at why certain chemicals kill, how they interact with the body, the cases that may have inspired Christie, and the feasibility of obtaining, administering and detecting these poisons, both at the time the novel was written and today. A is for Arsenic is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.
Table of Content
1. Dame Agatha's Deadly Dispensary
2. A is for Arsenic – Murder is Easy
3. B is for Belladonna – The Labours of Hercules
4. C is for Cyanide – Sparkling Cyanide
5. D is for Digitalis – Appointment with Death
6. E is for Eserine – Crooked House
7. H is for Hemlock – Five Little Pigs
8. M is for Monkshood – 4:50 from Paddington
9. N is for Nicotine – Three Act Tragedy
10. O is for Opium – Sad Cypress
11. P is for Phosphorus – Dumb Witness
12. R is for Ricin – Partners in Crime
13. S is for Strychnine – The Mysterious Affair at Styles
14. T is for Thallium – The Pale Horse
15. V is for Veranol – Lord Edgware Dies
The ABCs of Real Estate Investing
This book will teach you how to:
- Achieve wealth and cash flow through real estate
- Find a property with real potential
- Show you how to unlock the myths that are holding you back
- Negotiating the deal based on the numbers
- Evaluate property and purchase price
- Increase your income through proven property management tools
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Görög mesék
A novelláskötet tartalma:
A NAIÁD HALÁLA
MYTHOS A SYRINXROL
MEGCSALÓDOTT ISTENEK
A KENTAUR
EGY KORINTHOSI SZERELEM
AZ ELHAGYOTT OLTÁR
AZ ARCFESTÉK
SZERELEM
KLONÁRION ÉS A REMETÉK
A RABSZOLGA ISTENE
A CSILLAG JEGYÉBEN
"Fellépése körülbelül egybeesett a Nyugat nagy nemzedékének fellépésével. Elso novelláskötete már 1900-ban megjelent, de elso sikerét csak 1911-ben érte el az Emberek a kövek közt c. regénnyel és az a muve, amelynek népszeruségét köszönhette, a Régi ház, 1915-ben jelent meg. A Nyugat-nemzedékkel nemcsak annyiban volt rokon, amennyire egy nemzedék tagjai elkerülhetetlenül rokonok szoktak lenni, ha tehetségesek: nyugatos volt a szó alapveto, a Nyugat-mozgalomtól független értelmében is, a nyugati irodalmak rajongója és követoje volt, és «nyugatos» volt muvészi szándékának mélyén is, a muvészetrol alkotott viziójában. Artisztikus író volt, a finom, lelkiismeretesen kidolgozott részletek, a tuno és csendes hangulatok, az önmagukért megbecsült ritka szavak és hasonlatok írója, dekoratív tehetség és a szó nemes értelmében dekadens.
Öncélú mondatokat írt, amelyek arra voltak rendelve, hogy ötvözött formásságukban a kontextusból kiszakítva is megállják a helyüket és megállítsák, elmerengésre hívják az olvasót, felkeltve benne a szépség szomorúságát és a távoli dolgok igézetét. Annak a stílusnak és stílusteremto életérzésnek volt a hordozója, amely legmagasabb szintjét Babits Mihály fiatalkori verseiben és Kosztolányi Dezso és Tóth Árpád költészetében érte el....
A világháború után az irodalmat elhagyta a politika kedvéért. A leheletszeru finomságok írónoje meglepoen aktív és energikus közéleti embernek bizonyult. Olyan aktívnak és energikusnak, hogy sokan el is fordultak Tormay Ceciletol, az írótól. Ekkor alapította a Napkelet címu folyóiratot, és ennek szellemi irányítója maradt haláláig. Mint szerkeszto, sokoldalúan megérto volt, munkatársait hatalmas közéleti befolyásával is jótékonyan támogatta." - Szerb Antal
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1,38 €
Tupac Shakur
The authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a “touching, empathetic portrait” (The New York Times) of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more.
Artist, poet, actor, revolutionary, legend.
Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated, and influential figures in modern history. Drawing on exclusive access to Tupac’s private notebooks, letters, and uncensored conversations with those who loved and knew him best, this estate-authorized biography paints the fullest and most intimate picture to date of the young man who became a legend for generations to come.
In Tupac Shakur, author and screenwriter Staci Robinson—who knew Tupac from their shared circle of high school friends in Marin City, California, and who was entrusted by his mother, Afeni Shakur, to share his story—unravels the myths and unpacks the complexities that have shadowed Tupac’s existence. Decades in the making, this book pulls back the curtain to reveal a powerful story of a life defined by politics and art—a man driven by equal parts brilliance and impulsiveness, steeped in the rich intellectual tradition of Black empowerment, and unafraid to utter raw truths about race in America.
It is a story of a mother and son bound together by a love for each other and for their people, and the relationship that endured through their darkest times. It is a political story that begins in the whirlwind of the 1960s civil rights movement and unfolds through a young artist’s awakening to rage and purpose in the ’90s era of Rodney King. It is a story of dizzying success and its devastating consequences. And, of course, it is the story of Tupac’s music, his timeless, undying message as it continues to touch and inspire us today.
Posledná vojna antiky
Byzantínci nikdy nezabudli na prvé obliehanie svojho mesta. V horúcich letných dňoch roku 626 obkľúčilo Konštantínopol mohutné vojsko Avarov za asistencie Slovanov, Bulharov a v menšej miere aj Gepidov. Hrdinská obrana metropoly, kolektívne prejavená
odvaha, i konečný triumf obrancov - to všetko boli momenty, ktoré zásadne ovplyvnili súčasníkov i neskoršie generácie a vytvorili z historickej udalosti mýtus.
Byzantínci, ale najmä obyvatelia Konštantínopola, považovali víťazstvo za zázrak Panny Má
rie. V celej ríši sa každoročne slávil sviatok, ktorý pripadal na výročie oslobodenia mesta - 7. augusta.
Kniha skúma avarský útok na Konštantínopol ako jedinečnú historickú udalosť, ktorá bola aj vyvrcholením takmer dvestoročnej mocenskej expanzie
kaganátu na strednom Dunaji. Nešlo však o spontánnu a izolovanú akciu. V čase útoku prebiehal posledný veľký konflikt antiky - byzantsko-perzská vojna (602-628). Vzájomné súvislosti a politické pozadie tejto vojny skúma prvá časť knihy. Práve posledn
á vojna antiky sa stala prológom širokých politických zmien celého vtedajšieho sveta, ktoré symbolizoval nástup expanzívnej sily - islamu.
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Zabudnutý vesmír
Cyklus poviedok Zabudnutý vesmír popisuje cez konkrétne ľudské osudy život v jednej z mnohých kolonizačných vetiev, ktorá sa pomocou hyperpriestorovej technológie dostane do vzdialenej časti vesmíru a natrvalo tam uviazne. Ľudia sa snažia prežiť, vytvoriť si nový domov a pôvodnú kolísku ľudstva - Zem (kam sa nedokážu vrátiť) - začínajú postupne pokladať za mýtus.
Poviedky Antona Stiffela sú rozdelené na priamu líniu a voľne nadväzujúcu líniu. Osobitnou kapitolou sú samostatné poviedky, ktoré nám predostierajú farbisté, spektakulárne či katastrofické príbehy zo Zeme, Slnečnej sústavy a Mliečnej dráhy.
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Simply Maths
Understanding maths has never been easier.
Combining bold, elegant graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Maths is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge.
Covering more than 90 key mathematical concepts from prime numbers and fractions to quadratic equations and probability experiments, each pared-back, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before.
Organized by major themes - number theory and systems; calculations; geometry; algebra; graphs; ratio and proportion; measurement; probability and statistics; and calculus - entries explain the essentials of each key mathematical theory with simple clarity and for ease of understanding.
Whether you are studying maths at school or college, or simply want a jargon-free overview of the subject, this indispensable guide is packed with everything you need to understand the basics quickly and easily.
Horse
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner tells a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history
Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamour of any racetrack.
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse-one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is an original ,gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America.
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Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 1 (New Edition)
The Dark Knight's greatest enemies have all simultaneously escaped from Arkham Asylum and are preying on Gotham City.
With his city under siege, Batman pushes his body to the limit as he takes on The Joker, the Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, The Riddler and the Scarecrow.
But things get much worse when Bane, the man behind all the madness, confronts an exhausted Batman–and breaks his back..
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Rebel Fire
The second in a pacy and lyrical fantasy adventure trilogy set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and rebel uprisings.
Kurara and her shipmates have escaped the grasp of the princess, whose wish to control and command them as her own human shikigami would be a fate worse than death. Travelling through the forests and across the seas of Mikoshima, they finally the Grand Stream, where their old airship – and old enemies – await.
Both parties seek the greatest shikigami of all: Suzaku, a paper phoenix. But will it be saved – or destroyed?
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None of the Above
In None of the Above, Travis Alabanza examines seven phrases people have directed at them as a Black, mixed race, non-binary person. Some are deceptively innocuous, some deliberately loaded or offensive, some celebratory; sentences that have impacted them for better and for worse; sentences that speak to the broader issues raised by a world that insists that gender must be a binary.
Through these seven phrases, Travis Alabanza turns a mirror back on society, giving us reason to question the very framework in which we live and the ways we treat each other.
Twice Shy
Twice Shy is different from any other book Dick Francis has written - because instead of just one point of view, there are two narrators. One is Jonathan Derry, a mild-mannered Physics teacher who through a turn of fate ends up in possession of a computer program that can predict which horse will win a race. The second is William Derry, Jonathan's younger brother, who is working as a manager of an American millionaire's English horses. The second part of the book takes up about ten years or more after the first. Everything centres around the computer program - what it does and who wants to get their hands on it?
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Lacná kniha Twice Shy (-70%)
Twice Shy is different from any other book Dick Francis has written - because instead of just one point of view, there are two narrators. One is Jonathan Derry, a mild-mannered Physics teacher who through a turn of fate ends up in possession of a computer program that can predict which horse will win a race. The second is William Derry, Jonathan's younger brother, who is working as a manager of an American millionaire's English horses. The second part of the book takes up about ten years or more after the first. Everything centres around the computer program - what it does and who wants to get their hands on it?
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0,45 €
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Beast Complex, Vol. 3
Short stories that set the scene for the best-selling BEASTARS series!
Seven dark, twisted tales from the world of BEASTARS!
Python Kameji faces a dilemma when he finds hyena Murou, the class bully, hanging from a noose in a classroom. Snow leopard Luke jeopardizes the career of his costar, Japanese deer Rosé, when he makes a shocking confession. Lion Eado and rabbit Ako, former classmates of dwarf rabbit Haru, meet again months after the mauling that ended their relationship. Plus, a tale featuring favorite beasts gray wolf Legoshi and spotted seal Sagwan as they attempt to rescue a kidnapped octopus. And more!
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