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Picnic Comma Lightning - In Search of a New Reality
**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**
'Clever, funny and deeply moving... an engaging and thought-provoking journey through the fakery of modern life.' Mail on Sunday
'A stylish, playful exploration of what digital life is doing to the way we find meaning in the world.' Guardian, 'Book of the Week'
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In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, the narrator offers a memorably brief account of his mother's death: 'picnic, lightning'. Picnic Comma Lightning similarly opens with the death of Laurence Scott's parents, and the definitive ending of their deaths raises for him one fundamental question: how much of what we live through is truly real?
With humour and insight, Scott transforms this personal meditation on loss into an exploration of what it means to exist in the world now. It used to be that our vision of the world was rooted to reasonably solid things: to people, places and memories. But today, in an age of constant internet debates, online personas and alternative truths, reality feels more vulnerable than ever before.
Picnic Comma Lightning looks at how digital life is distorting, echoing and magnifying our age-old preoccupation with what is real and what isn't. Where do we draw the line? How is technology shifting these boundaries? And how do we maintain a sense of reality in an increasingly unreal world?
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'A report from the front line of the digital generation by someone superbly well-equipped to read and decode the signals.' Sunday Times
The Golden House
**New York Times bestseller**
A Guardian / Observer Book of the Year
When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking 'Roman' names, and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, he and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society.
The story of the Golden family is told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant, Rene, an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. Rene chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden: the high life of money, of art and fashion, a sibling quarrel, an unexpected metamorphosis, the arrival of a beautiful woman, betrayal and murder, and far away, in their abandoned homeland, some decent intelligence work.
Invoking literature, pop culture, and the cinema, Rushdie spins the story of the American zeitgeist over the last eight years, hitting every beat: the rise of the birther movement, the Tea Party, Gamergate and identity politics; the backlash against political correctness; the ascendency of the superhero movie, and, of course, the insurgence of a ruthlessly ambitious, narcissistic, media-savvy villain wearing make-up and with coloured hair.
In a new world order of alternative truths, Salman Rushdie has written the ultimate novel about identity, truth, terror and lies. A brilliant, heartbreaking realist novel that is not only uncannily prescient but shows one of the world's greatest storytellers working at the height of his powers.
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Honk, Honk! Baa, Baa!
A colourful baby board book from a beloved author/illustrator with charming animals and a novelty surprise.
"Heehaw," says the donkey. "Miaow," says the cat. Turn the pages and learn all the animal sounds in this fun and lively board book from multi-award-winning author/illustrator Petr Horacek. Part of the Baby Walker series of books for babies, the shaped pages build to a special animal ending. You're in safe hands with Baby Walker.
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Once and for All
As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, is set in the world of wedding planning, where crises are routine.Louna spends her summers helping brides plan their perfect day and handling every kind of crises: missing brides, scene-stealing bridesmaids and controlling grooms. Not surprising then, that she's deeply cynical about happy-ever-afters, especially since her own first love ended in tragedy.When handsome girl magnet Ambrose enters her life, Louna won't take him seriously. But Ambrose hates not getting what he wants and Louna is the girl he's been waiting for.Maybe it's not too late for a happy ending after all?'When I read a Sarah Dessen novel, I'm sixteen again, in the flush of first love.' Jodi Picoult
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Indián mesék
Medve Apa, Antilop Anya, Róka Fiúcska és Prérifarkas Apó egy olyan korban éltek, amikor az emberek és az állatok még nem szakadtak el egymástól. Az ő vándorlásuk történetét követve ismerhetjük meg a kaliforniai indián törzsek varázslatos mesevilágát, amelyet a nyelvész-antropológus Jaime de Angulo gyűjtött egy kötetbe. Angulo – akit Ezra Pound „az amerikai Ovidius”-nak nevezett – a pit river törzsnél töltött hosszú évek tapasztalataiból merítve alkotta meg a fikciónak, a folklórnak, a fantasztikumnak, a tréfáknak, az ünnepi rítusoknak és a kalandoknak e sajátos ötvözetét. A történeteket eredetileg a saját gyermekei szórakoztatására írta, szabadon kölcsönözve más bennszülött törzsek hitvilágából is.
Jaime de Angulo nem törekszik tudományos pontosságra, de nem fest romantikus, idealizált képet sem az indiánok életéről, gondolkodásmódjáról. Ő maga ezt tanácsolja az olvasóknak: „Ha azon kapjátok magatokat, hogy valamit nem értetek, és gépies magyarázatot kerestek rá, akkor találjatok ki egyet. Ha pedig valamilyen következetlenségre vagy csodás valószínűtlenségre bukkantok, jusson eszetekbe, amit a hajdani indiánok mondtak: »Így szokták elmondani ezt a mesét. Nem én találtam ki!«”
Jaime de Angulo 1887-ben született Párizsban, spanyol szülők gyermekeként. Tizennyolc éves korában kivándorolt az Egyesült Államokba, ahol az első években segédmunkásként dolgozott egy nagybirtokon. Később orvosnak tanult a Johns Hopkins Egyetemen, és az első világháborúban egy egészségügyi alakulatban szolgált. Több évtizedet töltött a Csendes-óceán partvidékén élő indián törzseknél, ahol az antropológustól az orvosságos emberig sokféle szerepben kipróbálhatta magát. 1950-ben halt meg Berkeley-ben.
Taiko: An Epic Novel Of War And Glory In Feudal Japan
In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Warrior monks in their armed citadels block the road to the capital; castles are destroyed, villages plundered, fields put to the torch. Amid this devastation, three men dream of uniting the nation. At one extreme is the charismatic but brutal Nobunaga, whose ruthless ambition crushes all before him. At the opposite pole is the cold, deliberate Ieyasu, wise in counsel, brave in battle, mature beyond his years.
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Far North
Every day I buckle on my guns and go out to patrol this dingy city. Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city and tries to keep its unruly inhabitants in check. Into this cold, isolated world comes evide
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Paillard, Jean-Francois - French Baroque Music 14CD
KDO: Baritone Vocals – Gérard Souzay / Conductor – Jean-François Paillard / Flute – Jean-Pierre Rampal / Harpsichord – Anne-Marie Beckensteiner / Oboe – Pierre Pierlot / Orchestra – Ensemble Instrumental Jean-Marie Leclair, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard / Trumpet – Maurice André / Violin – Gérard Jarry
CO: Jen málo prvotřídních dirigentů se může pochlubit faktem, že jsou současně majiteli vysokoškolského titulu v oboru matematiky, a ještě k tomu z pařížské Sorbonny. Samozřejmě to automaticky neznamená přínos pro jejich hudební kariéru, ale na druhou stranu schopnost analytického myšlení nemusí být při interpretaci barokní hudby na škodu. Jean-François Paillard byl totiž jedním z prvních dirigentů, kteří se hudebnímu baroku věnovali cíleně, v jeho případě především tomu francouzskému. Navíc byl i jedním ze zakladatelů hudebního vydavatelství Erato, pro které nahrál se svým instrumentálním ansámblem bezpočet nahrávek. Výběr těch nejlepších vychází na čtrnácti kompaktních discích na stejném labelu, který Paillard kdysi spoluzakládal. Najdeme tu jeho kmenový francouzský repertoár, tedy Leclaira, Couperina, Charpentiera, Lalanda a Rameaua, spolu s několika méně frekventovanými autory. Mezi jmény hostujících sólistů se objeví například slavný trumpetista Maurice André nebo flétnista Jean-Pierre Rampal.
14CD
CD 1-2: Leclair - 12 Concertos Op. 7 & 10
CD 3: Corette Blavet Naudot - Flute Concertos
CD 4-5: Couperin - Les Nations, Le Parnasse Ou L'apotheése de Corelli
CD 5: Aubert - Concerto Op.17 No 6; Dauvergne - Troisieme Concert
CD 6: Charpentier - Sonate ? 8 (H.548); Couperin - Apothéose de Lully
CD 7: Rameau - Les Six Concerts En Sextuor
CD 8: Lalande - Simphonies Pour Les Soupers Du Roy; Mouret - Simphonies Pour Des Violons Et Hautbois Et Des Cors de Chasse...
CD 9: Franc?ur - Symphonies Du Festin Royal de Monseigneur Le Comte D'Artois
CD 10: Fanfares, Simphonies & Suites
CD 11: Trompettes de Cavalerie, Trompes de Chasse
CD 12: Cantatas For Baritone By Courbois, Campras, Rameau ...
CD 13: Leclair - Sonate En Trio, Oboe Concerto Op.7 No.3; Concertos By Boismortier, Naudor & Buffardin
CD 14: Lalande - Sinphonies Pour Les Souper Du Roy (4e Suite); Marais - Alcyone Suite; Charpentier - Noëls Pour Les Instruments
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Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 1
The book is intended for a broad academic and professional readership. It will help postgraduate students and participants in requalification courses, doctoral students as well as students in other forms of higher education to get to grips with a complex subject. The book links theory to practice and will also be of service to the owners of enterprises, shareholders, senior and middle managers. It is useful for specialists in a range of fields because its unifying objective is to show how management is a discipline with universal relevance.
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Introducing Chaos
"Introducing Chaos" explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexity, the new unifying theory which suggests that all complex systems evolve from a few simple rules.This is an accessible introduction to an astonishing and controversial theory that could dramatically change our view of the natural world and our place in a turbulent universe.
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Egy jóravaló ház
Egyszer volt hol nem volt, az üveghegyen túl, az italok óceánján innen volt egyszer egy képzeletbeli kisváros, valahol Amerikában egy álomszép tengerparti gazdagok által lakta vidéken.
Így is kezdődhetne ez a történet, ám ez egy komoly embermese egy alkoholistáról. és ahogy a fejezetekbe egyre jobban belemerülünk, tabumentesen feltárulnak azok a kapuk, amik szenvedélybetegségéhez vezettek.
Hildy Good a salemi boszorkány elődökkel, és sötét örökséggel terhelt, csúcsingatlanos meséli el életének történéseit.
Egy sikeres üzletasszony, akinek a gazdagság nem hullott csak úgy az ölébe. Elvált. Családos, mégis magányos és boldogtalan. Kőkeménnyé tette az élet, öntörvényű, realista, feminista, aki boszorkányos trükkjeit az emberek kiismerésére fordítja. És aki többnyire titokban az alkohol sötét mentsvárába, ismerős démonjai közé menekül vissza. Ám mint minden mesében itt is megjelenik a reménysugár, egy fogyatékkal élő kisfiú családja, és egy egyszer volt hol nem volt félszeg férfi szenvedélyes, őszinte szerelmében, aki a maga csöndes módján mindig ott van, ahol kell...
A regény komoly kérdéseket feszeget: Lehetséges-e mindebből, kiutat találni, a félelmekkel szembe nézni, őszintén érdekek nélkül szeretni túl a sokadik x-en, és annyi hátba döfés után, bízni magunkban, vagy azokban, akik szeretnek minket?
Lehetséges-e a megtévesztés, a félelmek, az önbecsapás mámorító világából kilépni a valódi életbe, szembesülni mindavval, amit a szenvedélyen túli pillanatnyi mámor kínál?
Ann Leary gyilkos humorral, és oly meghatóan nyers őszinteséggel mesél, hogy kezdeti ellenszenvünk és előítéletünk - Hildyvel és ezzel a sokakat érintő gonddal szemben - másfaj megvilágításba kerül.
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The Cycle Of The Red Moon 1
The fantasy trilogy that took Europe by storm! Twelve teenagers from around the world fall under the spell of a demigod and journey to a mystical realm of devastation and cruelty where they must survive until the Red Moon returns. Despite the perils, these kids do not intend to surrender--they have magic on their side, and the time has come to take initiative! But an evil older than the kingdom itself awakens among the ruins, and the Red Moon approaches... Welcome to Rocavarancolia Welcome to the Kingdom of wonder and fright, of monsters and nightmares. Welcome to the Kingdom at death's door. After a long, hard-fought war, Rocavarancolia languishes, a city in ruins. There are no more dragons in the skies; vampires are dying of thirst; and magic is no longer strong enough to hold the Kingdom together. There is a sliver of hope, however. This year, same as every year, Rocavarancolia's demiurge plans his Harvest. He travels to Earth, where he masterfully cons a group of teenagers to return with him to his world, where they are then left to fend for themselves. They are told they must survive the many dangers of Rocavarancolia until the Red Moon appears in the sky. And that, for the last thirty years, no one has ever made it that far. Why was this group chosen? What makes them special? Why are they so important? And should they survive, what will happen once the Red Moon arrives? Hector, Alex, Marina, Bruno and the others search for answers while fighting for their lives in the crumbling city. Soon they will realize they are so much more than they seem: Natalia sees hidden creatures in the shadows; Marina glimpses into the future; Bruno wields magic with astounding talent... The old inhabitants of the city watch anxiously from a distance. This Harvest is Rocavarancolia's only chance. But one by one they fall. Death awaits in every shadow and Rocavarancolia has no mercy, no place for the weak. The city is made of darkness and, slowly but surely, its nature infects the survivors. Rocavarancolia poisons them, transforms them and tears away all remnants of humanity.
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The Man Who Solved the Market
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019
NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER
'Reads more like a delicious page-turning novel...Put it on your holiday gift list for your favourite hedge-fund honcho' Bloomberg
'A compelling read' Economist
'Captivating' New York Times book review
Jim Simons is the greatest moneymaker in modern financial history. His record bests those of legendary investors, including Warren Buffett, George Soros and Ray Dalio. Yet Simons and his strategies are shrouded in mystery. The financial industry has long craved a look inside Simons's secretive hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies and veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman delivers the goods.
After a legendary career as a mathematician and a stint breaking Soviet codes, Simons set out to conquer financial markets with a radical approach. Simons hired physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists - most of whom knew little about finance - to amass piles of data and build algorithms hunting for the deeply hidden patterns in global markets. Experts scoffed, but Simons and his colleagues became some of the richest in the world, their strategy of creating mathematical models and crunching data embraced by almost every industry today.
As Renaissance became a major player in the financial world, its executives began exerting influence on other areas. Simons became a major force in scientific research, education and Democratic politics, funding Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign. While senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency - he placed Steve Bannon in the campaign, funded Trump's victorious 2016 effort and backed alt-right publication Breitbart. Mercer also impacted the success of the Brexit campaign as he made significant investments in Cambridge Anatlytica. For all his prescience, Simons failed to anticipate how Mercer's activity would impact his firm and the world.
In this fast-paced narrative, Zuckerman examines how Simons launched a quantitative revolution on Wall Street, and reveals the impact that Simons, the quiet billionaire king of the quants, has had on worlds well beyond finance.
Night Watch
A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel.
Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all.
But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck...
Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion.
There's a problem:if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future...
Carmilla + CD-ROM, Mp3 Pack Level 3
Laura and her father live quietly in a castle in the middle of a thick forest, but their lives change when beautiful, strange Carmilla becomes their guest. People start dying, and Laura also becomes ill. Laura's father is worried. Will his daughter die too? Or can the deaths be stopped?
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Punisher Max - The Complete Collection Vol. 6
Frank Castle's relentless war on crime continues! It's Christmas, and the Punisher is checking off his naughty list! Frank gets creative to take down snuff filmmakers! In the United Kingdom, he takes on some of Earth's hardest soldiers, the SAS, and unleashes his war wagon against a biker gang! But when a hit woman releases her lurid tell-all book, will the Punisher be her salvation, temptation...or damnation? Plus: stories from the murky world that exists in the Punisher's shadow, starring an opportunistic psycho, a frantic father, a mild-mannered accountant and the young son of one of Frank's victims. COLLECTING: PUNISHER MAX X-MAS SPECIAL, PUNISHER: NAKED KILL, PUNISHER: GET CASTLE, PUNISHER: BUTTERFLY, PUNISHER: HAPPY ENDING, PUNISHER: HOT RODS OF DEATH, PUNISHER: TINY UGLY WORLD, UNTOLD TALES OF PUNISHER MAX 1-5
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Broke: How To Survive The Middle-Class Crisis
If you thought being middle-class meant your own home, something set aside for the kids and a comfortable retirement - think again. For the first time ever, today's middle classes will struggle to enjoy the same privileges of security and comfort that their grandparents did. How did this situation come about? What can be done about it? In this beautifully shaped inquiry, David Boyle questions why the middle classes are diminishing and how their status, independence and values are being eroded. From Thatcher's boost of the mortgage market in 1980 to the move from regional to centralised institutions; from the collapse of Barings Bank to the 1986 Big Bang, 'Broke' examines the key moments in recent history that threatened the middle-class way of life. What he discovers is that the triumphs of the middle classes have been just as influential in their undoing as their disasters.
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Phantom of the Opera
There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?
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What I Saw and How I Lied
Summer's ending, Evie's step-father is finally home from the Second World War, and Evie is tired of her glamorous mother treating her like a little girl. Then a mysterious stranger appears; a handsome ex-GI who served with Evie's step-father. Slowly,
Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him - but he has dark secrets, and a strange control over her parents. When he is found dead, Evie's world is shattered. Torn between her family and the man he loved, Evie must betray someone. The quest
ion is ...who? Summer's ending, Evie's step-father is finally home from the Second World War, and Evie is tired of her glamorous mother treating her like a little girl. Then a mysterious stranger appears; a handsome ex-GI who served with Evie's step-
father. Slowly, Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him - but he has dark secrets, and a strange control over her parents. When he is found dead, Evie's world is shattered. Torn between her family and the man he loved, Evie must betray som
eone. The question is ...who? Hide
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