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Microsoft® Windows® Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro - Administrator's PC)
Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers for managing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP from the command line. Zero in on core command-line tools and techniques—learning timesaving ways to extend your operational efficiency and reach over multiple domains and networks. With its quick-reference tables, lists, and step-by-step instructions, this book delivers the fast, accurate information you need to get the job done—whether you’re at your desk or in the field!Get fast facts to: Create and use command-line scripts Perform multiple, complex operations by grouping commands Run commands, scripts, and programs on a scheduled basis Use event-logging tools to monitor and fine-tune system performance Gain control over disks beyond what you can do from the GUI Administer Active Directory users and groups, computer accounts, and domains Maintain network printers and print services Configure, manage, and troubleshoot TCP/IP networking services Get tips for using command-line related Resource Kit tools
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Biometrie a identita člověka
Dostává se vám do rukou zcela jedinečná a neopakovatelná kniha, jejíž mezinárodní kolektiv autorů je smíšený z řad vysokoškolských pedagogů Policejní akademie ČR, Masarykovy univerzity i dalších vysokých škol ČR, Británie, Německa a Švýcarska, ale i soudních znalců a expertů Kriminalistického ústavu. Už toto je důkaz jedinečnosti a neopakovatelnosti této knihy, jež odpovídá pohledu autorů na danou problematiku. V devatenácti kapitolách jsou detailně rozebrány jednotlivé biometrické metody a aplikace (bertilonáž, otisky prstů a dlaní, geometrie tvaru ruky, krevního řečiště dlaně i hřbetu ruky, DNA, rozpoznávání osoby dle její tváře, tvaru ucha, hlasu, oční duhovky i sítnice, podpisu i psaní na počítačové klávesnici). A to vždy ze dvou základních pohledů: ze zorného úhlu forenzních věd, tj. využití biometrických principů a aplikací pro potřeby orgánů činných v trestním řízení (policisté, kriminalisté, vyšetřovatelé, soudní znalci, obhájci a soudci) a z pohledu komerčně využitelných aplikací pro privátní ochranu osob a majetku. Pozornost a tedy i rozsah kapitol odpovídá současnému podílu zastoupení biometrických metod na světovém trhu.
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Vocabulaire Explique du Francais Intermediaire
Le Vocabulaire expliqué du français s'adresse des grands adolescents et adultes aprs 150 heures ou un an d'étude du français. Le Vocabulaire expliqué du français a pour objectif de répondre de façon précise, claire et cohérente aux interrogations des apprenants désireux de communiquer l'oral et l'écrit. Organisé et méthodique, le Vocabulaire expliqué du français se compose de trois grandes parties. La vie des mots : La formation des mots (les préfixes, les suffixes, les mots composés, les locutions verbales...), Le sens des mots (les synonymes, les antonymes, les homonymes...) ; Les mots dans la vie : Les mots et leur usage dans la vie (les mots qui ont plusieurs sens, les registres de langue, les sigles, les néologismes...), La culture dans les mots (les onomatopées et les cris d'animaux, les tournures idiomatiques, les expressions imagées...) ; Les mots et vous : Soyons précis dans certaines situations (comment localiser, décrire, raconter...), Soyons précis, ne nous trompons pas sur... (le genre, l'orthographe, la préposition...) ; Un cahier d'exercices accompagne cet ouvrage.
Ne Tirez Pas Sur L´Oiseau
Dans une petite ville d'Alabama, au moment de la Grande Dépression, Atticus Finch élve seul ses deux enfants, Jem et Scout. Homme intgre et rigoureux, cet avocat est commis d'office pour défendre un Noir accusé d'avoir violé une Blanche. Ce bref résumé peut expliquer pourquoi ce livre, publié en 1960 - au cur de la lutte pour les droits civiques -, connut un tel succs. Il ne suffit pas en revanche comprendre comment ce roman est devenu un livre culte aux Etats-Unis et dans bien d'autres pays. C'est que, tout en situant son sujet en Alabama une époque bien précise - les années 1930 -, Harper Lee a écrit un roman universel sur l'enfance confrontée aux préjugés, au mensonge, la bigoterie et au mal. Racontée par Scout avec beaucoup de drôlerie, cette histoire tient du conte, de la court story américaine et du roman initiatique. Couronné par le Prix Pulitzer en 1961, Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur s'est vendu plus de 30 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde entier.
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Grammaire Expliquee du Francais Intermediaire
La Grammaire expliquée du français s'adresse des grands adolescents et adultes aprs 150 heures ou un an d'étude du français. La Grammaire expliquée du français a pour objectif de répondre de façon précise, claire et cohérente aux interrogations des apprenants désireux de communiquer l'oral et l'écrit. Organisée et méthodique, la Grammaire expliquée du français se compose de huit grandes parties : • Généralités (les sons du français, la prononciation, les accents, la ponctuation) • La sphre du nom • La sphre du verbe • Les mots invariables • Se situer dans l'espace et dans le temps • Les différents types de phrases • De la phrase simple la phrase complexe • Les relations logico-temporelles et la grammaire de texte. Et pour aider l'utilisateur : • Un glossaire explique les mots grammaticaux ; • Manires de dire " présente des expressions idiomatiques ; • " Pour aller plus loin " aborde certains points grammaticaux plus complexes ; • Un systme de renvois permet de naviguer dans l'ouvrage ; • Un dictionnaire des verbes les plus fréquents avec leurs constructions, des conjugaisons et un index compltent cet ouvrage."
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Tanítások vezetőknek a szerzetestől, aki eladta a Ferrariját
„Robin Sharma könyvei a világon emberek millióinak gondolkodását és életét változtatták meg.”
Paulo Coelho
„Egyike az év legjobb üzleti könyveinek.”
PROFITE Magazine
„Nem kevesebb, mint szenzációs. Ez a könyv áldás lesz életedre. „
Mark-Victor Hansen - Erőleves a léleknek társszerzője
Hogyan tedd naggyá vállalatodat, cégedet? Mi hát a varázsszer, mely kivívja az egész szakma csodálatát? Ki az a bölcs látogató, aki forradalmasíthatja cégedet, szervezetedet? Hogyan váljunk olyan „látnoki” vezetővé, akire ilyen válságos időben szükség van?
A szerzetes, aki eladta a Ferrariját világsiker szerzője lépésről-lépésre megosztja velünk azokat a tanításokat, melyek visszahozzák a bizalom, elkötelezettség és lelkesedés légkörét a munkánkba és az életünkbe egyaránt.
Sharma, hírneves üzleti guru és professzionális előadó, 8 egyszerű és gyakorlatias leckében fogalmazza meg az igazi Nagy Vezető időtlen bölcsességeit, melyek segítségével a menedzserek, vezetők és vállalkozók megerősíthetik a munkamorált, a lojalitást és megnövelhetik a termelékenységet a mai nehéz gazdasági helyzetben. E bölcsességek egyúttal magán életben is útmutatóul szolgálnak.
Sharma története megadja a lendületet ahhoz, hogy olyan vezetővé váljunk, aki sokak életére van hatással, aki igazi értéket teremt, s akár ahhoz, hogy maradandó nyomot hagyjunk magunk után.
Ideje hát, hogy megosszuk a szerzetes titkát önökkel is szeme előtt tartva Sharma szavait
„Ajánlom mindazon vezetőknek, akik tisztelik munkatársaikat, és megtiszteltetésnek érzik, hogy az élükre állhatnak. Tartsanak továbbra is fontosnak minden embert és a tehetséget.”
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Diary of Wimpy Kid 10 box
The first Nine Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and the fun-filled Do-It-Yourself book in a collectable slip-case! Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 1. Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results. Rodrick Rules Book 2. Whatever you do, don't ask Greg about his summer vacation because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it ...It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything - someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg's private - his big brother, Rodrick. How can Greg make it through this new school year with his not-quite-cool reputation intact? The Last Straw Book 3. Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid ...well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is is mentioned and Greg realizes that he's going to have to come up with something very special to get out of this one ... Dog Days Book 4 . The way I like to spend my summer holidays is in front of the TV, playing video games with the curtains closed and the light turned off. Unfortunately, Mom's idea of the perfect summer holiday is different from mine. Greg's mom has a vision of "family togetherness" that really doesn't sound a whole lot of fun. But there's a brand-new addition to the Heffley family to contend with and it looks like Greg might be outnumbered. It could be a real dog of a summer ... The Ugly Truth Book 5. Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older. And after a fight with his best friend Rowley, it looks like Greg is going to have to face the "ugly truth" all by himself ... Cabin Fever Book 6. Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he is going to have to face the music but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family? The Third Wheel Book 7. Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out. A dance at Greg's middle school has everyone scrambling to find a partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. So he concocts a desperate plan to find someone anyone! to go with on the big night. But Greg's schemes go hilariously awry, and his only option is to attend the dance with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and a female classmate as a "group of friends." But the night is long, and anything can happen along the way. Who will arrive at the dance triumphantly, and who will end up being the third wheel? Hard Luck Book 8. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has abandoned him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard luck story? The Long Haul Book 9. A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you re theHeffleys.The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns.Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig not exactly Greg Heffley s idea of a good time.But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure and this is one the Heffleyswon t soon forget." Do-It-Yourself. Now everyone can have their own Wimpy Kid diary! Draw your own Wimpy-Kid-style cartoons, fill in facts and lists, check out the full-colour comics inside and even write your own Wimpy Kid journal, just like Greg.
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Incredibles
The city of Municiburg is protected by many superheroes, but its main champion is the ultra strong Mr. Incredible - who always works alone. But things go awry for Mr. Incredible and the rest of the supers when they are hit with a series of lawsuits brought by those they once saved. In an effort to diffuse the situation, the government steps in and creates a program to relocate the supers and put them into hiding in exchange for their promise never to use their powers again. Mr. Incredible is forced to resume the life of his secret identity - Bob Parr. But family life and the daily nine-to-five aren't enough for Bob, who takes to sneaking out and doing "super-hero work" in the evenings with his good friend Lucius who used to be known as Frozone. These evening outings cause problems for Bob at home. But things take an unexpected turn when Bob is contacted by a mysterious woman named Mirage who wants to recruit Bob for some top secret superhero work...
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Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to ziggurat, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of architecture available. Beautifully illustrated and written in a clear and concise style, it covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of leading architects, from Brunelleschi and Imhotep to Le Corbusier and Richard Rogers. The text is complimented by over 250 beautiful and meticulous line drawings, labelled cross-sections and diagrams. These include precise drawings of typical building features, making it easy for readers to identify particular period styles. The first edition of the Dictionary of Architecture received excellent reviews. Now it has been fully revised, and expanded, bringing it completely up-to-date. New entries include definitions of landscape terms, and biographies of modern architects. Each entry is followed by a mini-bibliography, with suggestions for further reading. It also contains over 50 new illustrations. This is an essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in architecture. With clear descriptions providing in-depth analysis, it is invaluable for students and professional architects, and provides a fascinating wealth of information for the general reader.
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Praktická supervize
Kniha je určena všem zájemcům o profesionální supervizi chápanou jako formu podpory kvalitní práce v sociálních a zdravotnických službách či ve školství. Autoři zde propojili teoretické poznatky se zkušenostmi a ukázkami z praxe. Kniha tak může sloužit jako příručka pro začínající supervizory, ale konkrétními příběhy a ukázkami dosažených změn zaujme i každého, kdo se zajímá o zlepšení své práce s využitím supervize. Některé kapitoly si mohou s užitkem přečíst vedoucí pracovníci, kteří již se supervizí pracují nebo ji chtějí teprve zavést. Na našem knižním trhu jde o ojedinělou, komplexně pojatou odbornou publikaci k tématu profesionální supervize, která vyrůstá z českého prostředí.
Publikace je členěna do čtyř částí. V první části je vysvětlen pojem supervize, její obsahová náplň, formy a odlišnost od jiných forem externí podpory zaměstnanců. Druhá část informuje, jak připravit situaci pro supervizi a jak proces supervize v organizaci zahájit a formovat. Dále uvádí do principů supervize skupiny a týmu v pomáhajících organizacích. Třetí část přináší zkušenosti z vybraných přístupů a metod využívaných v supervizi, včetně praktických ukázek. Poslední, čtvrtá část obsahuje exkluzivní oborové informace o využívání supervize v řízení, školství, v ergoterapii, supervizi zdravotnických pracovníků, ve videotréninku interakcí a v duchovním doprovázení.
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What Makes Winning Brands Different
This book increases advertising effectiveness through lessons drawn from the bestselling brands of the world. Analyzing over 500 extremely effective campaigns, the authors extract the underlying strategies and psychological approaches which made them successful and combine them into a proven program for readers to apply to their own brands. The result is a practical toolkit featuring 60 precise techniques which systematically help to build winning brands, achieve growth and solve any brand problem.* Provides the first ever complete analysis of successful brands to discover what has really driven their success. Enables readers to build for the first time on this global branding experience.* Identifies the 'growth codes' consistently applied by successful brands, and isolates them to create a global standard tool that anyone can apply them to sell more product at minimum risk.* Based on a six-year study of 1,045 extremely successful brands from all over the world. Includes international case examples from Nestl?, Siemens, Procter and Gamble and many more.* Formerly at Procter &, Gamble, the authors are among Europe's leading marketers. They run their own agency and have been selected as marketers for the world's first virtual agency.
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Freedom Next Time
The latest hard-hitting investigative book from the best-selling author of Heroes, Hidden Voices and A Secret Country — fully updated for the paperback edition.John Pilger here examines five countries, each of which has experienced a long struggle for freedom, where the people, having shed blood and dreams, are still waiting. Afghanistan, Iraq and South Africa had the promise of hope, even an “official” freedom, but these divided societies do not enjoy real freedom. In Palestine, the cycle of violence continues with no resolution in sight. And the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is a microcosm of the ruthlessness of great powers. Sold by the British to the American military in the 1960s, the island’s indigenous population — descended from slaves forcibly removed to the slums of Port Louis in Mauritius — continues to fight for a return to their homeland. The island remains the United States’s third biggest military base — a base from which the Americans are able to launch attacks against the Middle East.Once again John Pilger gives voice to people living through momentous times and, in gripping detail, reveals the lives behind the headlines.
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Jak jsem fotografoval zvířata
Fotografujete zvířata? Ano? Potom pro vás možná bude tato kniha zajímavá. Autorem knihy je odborník na zvířata i fotografování, Vladislav T. Jiroušek, dlouholetý ředitel zoo v Jihlavě a majitel jednoho z největších archivů fotografií zvířat nejen u nás. Fotografie zveřejněné v této knize autor doprovází texty, které vyjadřují jeho neobyčejný vztah ke zvířatům i mnohaleté zkušenosti s fotografováním, ať již ve volné přírodě, v zoologických zahradách nebo v podmínkách studia. Cenné je na knize mimo jiné i to, že autor nic nezakrývá - fotografie jsou uvedeny tak, jak skutečně na diapozitivech jsou, bez jakéhokoliv kouzlení, úprav nebo vylepšování v grafických editorech. Můžete se tak seznámit s tím, jak autor scénu viděl, jak ji vyfotografoval a přečíst jeho hodnocení nebo poznámky ke snímku.
Fotografujete zvířata? Ne? Potom pro vás možná bude kniha zajímavá. Vedle řady skvělých snímků zvířat vám autor nabízí i zajímavé čtení jak o zvířatech, tak i o tom, jak je fotografoval. Možná, že vás přesvědčí, že byste se měli zajít podívat - ať už do zoologické zahrady nebo jenom na procházku do lesa. A pokud s sebou vezmete i fotoaparát, věřím, že zažijete také jeden z těch malých příběhů, o které se s vámi autor knihy podělil.
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Oxford World´s Classics)
It came to me first of all, quite suddenly, as a sort of legendary tale, suggested by my recollection of having once, in early childhood, seen a linen-weaver with a bag on his back; but, as my mind dwelt on the subject, I became inclined to a more realistic treatment. Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicable events occur: Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. The imaginative control George Eliot displays as her narrative gradually reveals causes and connections has rarely been surpassed. Silas Marner (1861) is the shortest and most immediately accessible of Eliot's novels. She takes the materials of legend and fairy tale and provides them with a historically precise setting, drawing on some of the most advanced ideas of her day in order to represent states of mind and belief at the limits of rational perception.This edition, which is based on the carefully corrected text George Eliot prepared a few months after the first edition, is accompanied by an introduction which illuminates the intellectual context of what has often been presented as a nostalgic, sentimental tale.
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Haunted
Haunted" is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of them to be precise. Twenty-two of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter - sometimes all at once. They are told by the people who have all answered the ad headlined 'Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months'. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of 'real life' that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. But 'here' turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theatre where they are utterly isolated from the outside world - and where heat and power and, most importantly, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations become to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction blockbuster that will certainly be made from their plight. "Haunted" is at one level a satire of reality television. It draws from a great literary tradition - "The Canterbury Tales", "The Decameron", the English storytellers in the Villa Diodati who produced, among other works, "Frankenstein" - to tell an utterly contemporary tale of people desperate that their story be told at any cost. Appallingly entertaining, "Haunted" is Chuck Palahniuk at his finest - which means his most extreme and his most provocative."
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CD-After Dark
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise theyve been acquainted through Eri, Maris beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help.Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is too perfect, too pure to be normal. pulse and respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months. Eri has become the classic myth - a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television´s plug has been pulled. Murakami, acclaimed master of the surreal, returns with a stunning new novel, where the familiar can become unfamiliar after midnight, even to those that thrive in small hours. With After Dark we journey beyond the twilight. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night?
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La guerre des boutons CD-MP3
Cela fait des générations que les enfants de deux villages voisins, ceux de Longueverne et de Velrans, se font la guerre. Une histoire de tradition sans doute, pour une guerre qui, bien qu'enfantine, n'en reste pas moins d'un grand sérieux. Moins sanglante que celle des adultes bien sûr, mais tout aussi dangereuse pour l'amour-propre de ceux qui, prisonniers, se retrouvent à la merci de leurs ennemis ! En effet, le butin de guerre des deux armées est constitué des boutons et lacets, attributs indispensables sans lesquels les malheureux tombés aux mains de l'ennemi se voient obligés de s'enfuir tout nus, et même parfois copieusement fessés ! De batailles perdues en revanches, cette guerre épique et truculente rythme la vie des enfants de ces deux villages, menée par des personnages hauts en couleur comme Lebrac, Petit Gibus, Grand Gibus, La Crique ou Camus. On ne peut s'empêcher de rire à certaines des ruses inventées par ces jeunes stratèges mais aussi de s'apitoyer sur le sort des pauvres victimes. Certaines des expressions sont crues comme l'a voulu l'auteur et comme il le précise : J'ai voulu faire un livre sain, qui fût à la fois gaulois, épique et rabelaisien , un livre où coulât la sève, la vie, l'enthousiasme... Aussi n'ai-je point craint l'expression crue, à condition qu'elle fût savoureuse, ni le geste leste, pourvu qu'il fût épique. Un classique de la littérature pour enfants pour tous ceux qui ne craindront pas de s'écarter d'une certaine pudeur verbale. --Xavier Marciniak
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After Dark
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri, Mari's beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help.Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; pulse and respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth - a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television's plug has been pulled. Murakami, acclaimed master of the surreal, returns with a stunning new novel, where the familiar can become unfamiliar after midnight, even to those that thrive in small hours. With After Dark" we journey beyond the twilight. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night? "
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EXPLOATION OF AFRICA
The continent of Africa has always exerted a strong pull on the imagination of the adventurous, through the mystery of its native art and artifacts, the promise of untold riches, and the lure of the unknown. The Exploration of Africa documents the history of this passion in a large format, with a vivid and concise text and hundreds of beautiful photos and illustrations. Though the mouth of the Congo river was discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1483, much of the African continent remained terra incognita until the eighteenth century, when merchants and arms traders opened trade routes within the continent. In 1871, the journey of journalist Henry Morton Stanley to rescue the explorer David Livingstone captured the public imagination and sparked a craze for African art and artifacts. After the continent was partitioned by the Berlin Conference of 1885, school textbooks featured edifying images of African natives and makers of commercial goods used stereotyped portrayals of natives in their advertisements, belying the fact that, deep within the continent, rapacious profiteers were turning the jungles into the "heart of darkness" that Joseph Conrad documented. The Exploration of Africa offers the unique opportunity to share the sights and impressions of the actual explorers—both in their words and with photographs of what they saw—and to see how their adventures resonated in the public imagination, with reproductions of the art and ephemera, newspaper and magazine illustrations, that were inspired by them.
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