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The Art of Statistics - Learning from Data
Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever.
In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the reader through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. Drawing on real world problems to introduce conceptual issues, he shows us how statistics can help us determine the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether serial killer Harold Shipman could have been caught earlier, and if screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial.
How many trees are there on the planet? Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? Why do old men have big ears? Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.
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World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 2
Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Books are thrilled to present the next installment of the wildly popular World of Warcraft Chronicle series. Volume 2 will reveal more sought-after details about the game universe's history and mythology. Showcasing lush, all-new artwork from fan favorites such as Peter Lee, Joseph Lacroix, and Alex Horley, this tome is sure to please all fans--casual and collector alike.
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City of Friends
City of Friends is the number one bestselling twentieth novel from the highly acclaimed author, Joanna Trollope.
She glanced at her phone again. There were appeals from the girls, from her colleagues, a text from Steve reading with uncharacteristic imperiousness, 'Call me.' She couldn't. She couldn't call anyone . . . She leaned forward, gripping the edge of the bench, and stared at the ground. God, she thought, am I losing my mind? Is this what happens when you lose your job?
The day Stacey Grant loses her job feels like the last day of her life. Or at least, the only life she'd ever known. For who was she if not a City high-flyer, Senior Partner at one of the top private equity firms in London?
As Stacey starts to reconcile her old life with the new - one without professional achievements or meetings, but instead, long days at home with her dog and ailing mother, waiting for her successful husband to come home - she at least has The Girls to fall back on. Beth, Melissa and Gaby. The girls, now women, had been best friends from the early days of university right through their working lives, and for all the happiness and heartbreaks in between.
But these career women all have personal problems of their own, and when Stacey's redundancy forces a betrayal to emerge that was supposed to remain secret, their long cherished friendships will be pushed to their limits . . .
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candour.
Best known for his unforgettable roles in Monty Python, from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this brilliantly entertaining memoir that takes us on an unforgettable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theatre and film.
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of The Pythons, and this laugh-out-loud memoir is the perfect celebration, chock-full of behind-the-scenes stories from a high-flying life that features everyone from Princess Leia to the Queen. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout that involve close friends and luminaries such as Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Steve Martin, Paul Simon and David Bowie - let alone the Pythons themselves - Eric captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal hilarity and heart.
Named after the song he wrote for Life of Brian that has since become the number-one song played at funerals in the UK, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life reflects on the highlights of his life and career with the off-beat humour that has delighted audiences for decades.
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Atlas of Improbable Places
It is perhaps the eighth wonder of our world that despite modern mapping and satellite photography our planet continues to surprise us.
Travis Elborough goes in search of the obscure and bizarre, the beautiful and estranged. From the church tower of San Juan Parangaricutiro - that miraculously stands as the sole survivor of a town sunk by lava - to the underground realms of Berlin and Beijing dug for refuge and espionage, these maps reveal incredible stories of hidden lairs, forgotten cities and improbable wonders.
With beautiful maps and stunning photography, Atlas of Improbable Places is a fascinating voyage to the world's most unusual destinations. These curious locations are not just extraordinary sights, but reflections on our own relationship with the world around us.
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The Strange Death of Europe
The Sunday Times number one bestseller
The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them in to the places which cannot accept them.
Told from this first-hand perspective, and backed with impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away. In each chapter he also takes a step back to look at the bigger issues which lie behind a continent's death-wish, answering the question of why anyone, let alone an entire civilisation, would do this to themselves? He ends with two visions of Europe - one hopeful, one pessimistic - which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next.
Leaves of Grass
A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift for poetry lovers. In 1855 Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass. The volume received great praise from leading Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This encouraged what would become a lifelong project as Whitman expanded and rewrote the volume until his death in 1892. Whitman's innovative use of free verse and the quotidian achieved his aim of reaching out to the everyday American. This edition, based on the earliest published version of 1855, features Whitman's most famous poem 'Song of Myself', an American epic inspired by his personal experiences.
The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is:
A student
A campaigner
An inspiration
__________
Malala is known across the world for her bravery, resilience and hope in the face of terrifying adversity.
From playing in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to making speeches at the United Nations, she has become an inspiration for people fighting for justice.
Discover what it took for one incredible girl to become the voice of so many, in this beautifully illustrated book that brings Malala's extraordinary story to life.
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Kaviarnička pod citrónovníkom 1: Šálka nádeje
Rosie miluje svoje hektické zamestnanie. No a čo, že nie je vydatá a usadená ako jej sestra. Vzťah by jej iba prekážal v nabitom pracovnom programe. Keď však neočakávane ostane na mesiac bez práce, rozhodne sa pomôcť starej mame – Talianke servírovať esspresso a biscotti v jej Kaviarničke pod citrónovníkom, v malom kúsku Talianska uprostred pahorkov Derbyshiru. Od jej poslednej návštevy to však s kaviarňou ide dolu vodou a Rosie si robí starosti, že skrachuje. Stará mama predtým zatvára oči, nechce vidieť pravdu a rozčuľuje ju, že do jej kaviarne pchá nos. Čoskoro medzi nimi vzniknú vážne nezhody. Keď sa Rosie rozhodne, že je čas vrátiť sa späť do reality, objaví sa jej starý známy a vyhliadky na život v Kaviarničke pod citrónovníkom zrazu nadobudnú úplne inú perspektívu...
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Tom Gates - Top of the Class (Nearly)
The ninth book in the bestselling series, from the brilliantly
talented Liz Pichon.
TIPS FOR BEING TOP OF THE CLASS
(Sadly...I did NONE of these things.)
1. Stay awake in lessons (it helps.)
2. Don't draw HILARIOUS pictures of your teachers.
3. AVOID the class bully to stay out of trouble.
4. Don't let Mum and Dad write ANYTHING in your school planner.
5. Don't let your grumpy sister Delia BOSS you around. (Technically
not a school issue - but still important.)
I'm TRYING to get voted onto the school council as well -
but thanks to the ABOVE list it's not exactly going to plan.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
Written in diary form
Full of Tom's doodles and pictures & his amazing sense of
humour
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, was the winner of
the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!
Perfect gifts for boys & girls who love to laugh themselves
silly
this updated edition comes with trading cards
The Story of Looking
Looking can be an act of empathy or aggression. It can provoke desire or express it. And from the blurry, edgeless world we inhabit as infants to the landscape of screens we grow into, looking can define us.
In The Story of Looking, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images - through how our looking selves develop over the course of a lifetime, and the ways that looking has changed through the centuries. From great works of art to tourist photographs, from cityscapes to cinema, through science and protest, propaganda and refusals to look, the false mirrors and great visionaries of looking, this book illuminates how we construct as well as receive the things we see.
Brilliant and eclectic, The Story of Looking is a photo album and an art gallery, a road movie and a visual grammar: once you've read it, you'll never see things the same way again.
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A Political History of the World
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peaceIn three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent over one hundred years at war.
The dream of peace has been universal in the history of humanity. So why have we so rarely been able to achieve it? In A Political History of the World, Jonathan Holslag has produced a sweeping history of the world, from the Iron Age to the present, that investigates the causes of conflict between empires, nations and peoples and the attempts at diplomacy and cosmopolitanism. A birds-eye view of three thousand years of history, the book illuminates the forces shaping world politics from Ancient Egypt to the Han Dynasty, the Pax Romana to the rise of Islam, the Peace of Westphalia to the creation of the United Nations.
This truly global approach enables Holslag to search for patterns across different eras and regions, and explore larger questions about war, diplomacy, and power. Has trade fostered peace? What are the limits of diplomacy? How does environmental change affect stability? Is war a universal sin of power? At a time when the threat of nuclear war looms again, this is a much-needed history intended for students of international politics, and anyone looking for a background on current events.
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
This richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien's enduring popularity. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images of his manuscripts, drawings, maps and letters, the book traces the creative process behind his most famous literary works - 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Silmarillion' and reproduces personal photographs and private papers,some of which have never been seen before in print.
Tolkien drew on his deep knowledge of medieval literature and language to inform his literary imagination. Six introductory essays cover some of the main themes in Tolkien's life and work including the influence of northern languages and legends on the creation of his own legendarium; his concept of `Faerie' as a literary construct; the central importance of his invented languages in his fantasy writing; his visual imagination and its emergence in his artwork; and the encouragement he derived from the literary group known as the Inklings.
This book brings together the largest collection of original Tolkien material ever assembled in a single volume. Drawing on the archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and Marquette University, Milwaukee, as well as private collections, this exquisitely produced catalogue draws together the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien - scholarly, literary, creative and domestic - offering a rich and detailed understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary author.
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Planeta hvězd
Fotbalový svět i jeho samotný fanoušek se poměrně často ptají: Kdo že je skutečně nejlepším jedincem v historii fenomenální hry, která se před půldruhým stoletím narodila v Anglii a postupně začala ovládat planetu Zemi?
PELÉ – vysloví jméno fotbalového poloboha téměř polovina fanoušků, vždyť třikrát přivedl Brazílii ke Zlaté Niké (1958, 1962, 1970), dobrá čtvrtina doslova vynese do nebe fantoma MARADONU, kapitána argentinského triumfu v roce 1986. Současně vyslechneme názory, že tihle dva zcela výjimeční plejeři dominovali fotbalu zejména ve svém období, ale že od jejich času se hra a výkonnost a umění hráčů neporovnatelně posunuly. Nejlepšími z nejlepších jsou přece ti, kteří jsou nejlepší právě dnes. A těmi vyvolenými jsou bezpochyby CRISTIANO RONALDO a LIONEL MESSI, pětinásobný resp. sedminásobný držitel Zlatého míče. Myslí si to také Iker Casillas, který se ve volném čase intenzivně zabývá filozofií. „Ti dva jsou z jiné planety. Přemohli, co bylo, a předběhli to, co bude. Mají vlastní úroveň, společný level přístupný jen jim, o spoustu pater výš, než jsou všichni ostatní,“ zní výrok mistra světa a dvojnásobného evropského šampiona. Má hloubku a sílu a vyjadřuje realitu prvních dvou desetiletí nového tisíciletí. Gólmanská ikona potvrzuje, že je dnes při veškeré úctě k legendám zpochybnitelným názor, že nejlepšími fotbalisty historie jsou právě Pelé či Maradona. Ano, se stali legendami. Ve své éře, podobně jako Alfredo di Stéfano či Johan Cruijff, vyčnívají vysoko nad ostatními, ale k současným géniům, Cristianovi a Lionelovi, je těžko můžeme přirovnávat, a vůbec – takové měření, které dělí tři desítky let až půlstoletí, je velmi obtížné. Alespoň je ale zřejmé, že Pelé, Maradona, Ronaldo a Messi jsou ikonami fotbalu. Až po nich následující výjimeční muži, které můžeme pojmenovat vládci desetiletí. V padesátých letech udivuje svět Alfredo di Stéfano, po boku Pelého pak září černá perla z Mosambiku, Eusébio. Sedmdesátá léta zase patří Johanu Cruijffovi a Franzi Beckenbauerovi. V „osmdesátkách“ vynikají společně s Maradonou Michel Platini a Marco van Basten, o desetiletí později udivují Italové, Paolo Maldini s Robertem Baggiem, na počátku nového věku jsou skvělí držitelé Světového poháru Zinedine Zidane a Brazilec Ronaldo.
A my můžeme být hrdí, že mezi nejlepší fotbalisty historie náleží také dva čeští držitelé Zlatého míče JOSEF MASOPUST, velký „Chilan“ z MS 1962 a souputník Pelého, a PAVEL NEDVĚD, jakýsi fotbalový gladiátor a srdce bronzového Česka z EURO 2004, a s nimi samozřejmě JOSEF BICAN, autor rekordních 821 soutěžních gólů. Slavného Pepiho právě překonává úžasný Cristiano Ronaldo, rekordman bez limitů.
Tři Čechoslováci či Češi v první stovce fotbalistů historie! Už nám je nikdo nevezme!
A nesmíme zapomenout ani na ANTONÍNA PANENKU, jednoho ze strůjců našeho evropského titulu z roku 1976. Právě zakladatel “penaltového oblouku”, slavný muž s číslem 7, je ambassadorem knihy fotbalových osobností historie.
A tak se s našimi novodobými hrdiny Cristianem a Lionelem vydejme za jejich slavnými předchůdci a rovněž poznejme jejich možné nástupce Kyliana Mbappého, Roberta Lewandowského, Karima Benzemu či Neymara. Interesantní a speciální otázka zní: zvedne někdo z nich po šampionátu v Kataru nad hlavu pro každého fotbalistu snový Světový pohár?
What Girls Are Made Of
Nina's mother always told her that love there's no such thing as unconditional love. Now Nina will do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of him. But when he breaks up with her, Nina is lost. What is she, if not a girlfriend? Broken-hearted, Nina tries to figure out what the conditions of love are, and what she's really made of.
A powerful and unflinching novel that explores what young women really think and feel about relationships, What Girls Are Made Of is for anyone who has ever had to pick up the pieces of their heart and rebuild it.
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The Beauty of Time
Lavishly illustrated, The Beauty of Time contains a selection of nearly two hundred wonders? from mechanical and pendulum clocks to pocket and wristwatches. The timepieces are annotated by an expert horology historian and accompanied by a text that elucidates the cultural and artistic contexts in which they were created. As a counterpoint to the timepieces, extensive reproductions of artistic masterpieces provide perspective regarding the technical advances of each period and demonstrate the evolution of aesthetic tastes over time. This unique book, an homage to a single instrument?so often conceived as a work of art? is intended as much for horology enthusiasts as for art and decorative-arts aficionados, history lovers, and collectors.
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A Column of Fire
The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.
Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed.
The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love, and Ned soon finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald.
Then Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen and all of Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country’s first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions and invasion plans.
Elizabeth knows that alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots lies in wait in Paris. Part of a brutally ambitious French family, Mary has been proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, with her own supporters scheming to get rid of the new queen.
Over a turbulent half-century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed, as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. With Elizabeth clinging precariously to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents, it becomes clear that the real enemies – then as now – are not the rival religions.
The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else – no matter the cost.
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A Column of Fire
The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.
Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed.
The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love, and Ned soon finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald.
Then Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen and all of Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country's first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions and invasion plans.
Elizabeth knows that alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots lies in wait in Paris. Part of a brutally ambitious French family, Mary has been proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, with her own supporters scheming to get rid of the new queen.
Over a turbulent half-century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed, as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. With Elizabeth clinging precariously to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents, it becomes clear that the real enemies - then as now - are not the rival religions.
The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else - no matter the cost.
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Atlas of Imaginary Places
Upside-down mountains, volcanoes that spew bubble gum, a gentle humpback whale keeping an entire city afloat. These and other wonderful worlds may not exist on Earth, but elsewhere- who knows? Each spread of this captivating book invites readers on a fantastic voyage. Ana de Lima's whimsical, softly colored illustrations are filled with surprising details that reward close examination, while Mia Cassany's soothing narrator is a nameless fellow traveler.
A jungle where the animals exchange stripes, spots, and markings each time they sneeze, an archipelago made up of dessert-shaped islands, and a lighthouse so tall you can draw a new galaxy with your finger are just some of the wild places to visit. Perfect for before-bed reading, or daytime dreaming, this stunningly illustrated book will delight young readers and encourage them to conjure their own imaginary places.
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