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Light in the Darkness
As featured in THE EDGE OF ALL WE KNOW - the new Netflix documentary about Black Holes
For readers of Stephen Hawking, a fascinating account of the universe from the perspective of world-leading astrophysicist Heino Falcke, who took the first ever picture of a black hole.
10th April 2019: a global sensation. Heino Falcke, a man "working at the boundaries of his discipline and therefore at the limits of the universe" had used a network of telescopes spanning the entire planet to take the first picture of a black hole.
Light in the Darkness examines how mankind has always looked to the skies, mapping the journey from millennia ago when we turned our gaze to the heavens, to modern astrophysics. Heino Falcke and Jorg Romer entertainingly and compellingly chart the breakthrough research of Falcke's team, an unprecedented global community of international colleagues developing a telescope complex enough to look directly into a black hole - a hole where light vanishes, and time stops.
What does this development mean? Is this the beginning of a new physics? What can we learn from this about God, the world, and ourselves? For Falcke, astrophysics and metaphysics, science and faith, do not exclude one another. Black Hole is both a plea for curiosity and humility; it's interested in both what we know, and the mysteries that remain unsolved.
Red Memory
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023
WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through Mao's decade of madness.
A 13-year-old Red Guard revels in the great adventure, and struggles with her doubts. A silenced composer, facing death, determines to capture the turmoil. An idealistic student becomes the 'corpse master' . . .
More than fifty years on, the Cultural Revolution's scar runs through the heart of Chinese society, and through the souls of its citizens. Stationed in Beijing for the Guardian, Tania Branigan came to realise that this brutal and turbulent decade continues to propel and shape China to this day. Yet official suppression and personal trauma have conspired in national amnesia: it exists, for the most part, as an absence.
Red Memory explores the stories of those driven to confront the era, who fear or yearn for its return. What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over?
Maradj meg magyarnak
Zavaros idők járnak 1919 januárjában. A nagy háború győztes hatalmai a világ új rendjét tervezgetik, közben pedig ordas hadak lesik, miként tudnak minél nagyobb területet kiszakítani maguknak a Kárpát-medencéből. A magyar kormány tehetetlenségét kihasználva a születőben lévő csehszlovák állam csapatai átlépik a demarkációs vonalat. Január 15-én megszállják Balassagyarmatot, ott pedig megkezdik az új hatalom kiépítését. De a város nem hagyja magát... Mire mehet egy maroknyi - vasutasokból, tisztviselőkből, iparosokból, tétlenségre kárhoztatott katonákból szerveződő - önkéntes az újabb magyar területekre áhítozó megszállók ellen? Elnyerheti-e méltó jutalmát a bátorság, az önfeláldozás, a hazaszeretet? A legnagyszerűbb történeteket az élet írja. Kalandról, hűségről, árulásról, gyűlöletről, szeretetről...
A regény a magyar történelem egy kevéssé ismert, dicsőséges fejezetét dolgozza fel. Valós eseményeket, amelyek nyomán az Országgyűlés Balassagyarmat védőinek tántoríthatatlan bátorságát örök emlékezetül törvénybe iktatta, a település pedig kiérdemelte, hogy a "Civitas Fortissima", azaz a "Legbátrabb Város" címet viselje.
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Should All Drugs Be Legalized?
A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use.
Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this book provides a survey of the history of drug use, a review of the impact of the war on drugs, an appraisal of the effects of legal vs illegal drugs and an evaluation of the impact of the decriminalization of drugs.
According to archaeological and historical records, ethanol in the form of beer in Sumeria and wine in Egypt has been used recreationally for 13,000 years, while psychotropic drugs have been used for thousands of years, mainly for religious purposes. This book sets out the history of the use of drugs since the Neolithic age, and explores the evolution of recreational drug use from the mid-18th century on. It considers the lethal and social impact of heavy use of legal alcohol or nicotine vs the hazards to health and society associated with illegal drugs. It evaluates the effects of the 50-year failed global war on drugs on the criminal production and trafficking of drugs on the black market and on the abuse, health and imprisonment of end users. Finally, it argues for the decriminalization of all drugs and the state regulation of the drug market, with suitable controls and regulation for each drug type.
Rhubarb, the Pie Plant
This is a small booklet that explains general GROWING PRACTICES for rhubarb plant and is meant for growers of this plant. Rhubarb is popularly known as ‘the pie-plant’ because of its significance as a major ingredient in preparing pies. Botanical name of Rhubarb is Rheum rhabarbarum. Rhubarb is a cool season crop which is grown as an herbaceous, perennial vegetable. Rhubarb belongs to the family Polygonaceae. The economically significant portion of the plant is its fleshy leafstalks and the plant is normally grown for these fleshy leaf stalks (petioles) only. Color of petioles may be red, white or green depending upon the cultivar.
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Apocalyptica - Amplifed: A Decade Of... CD
CD 1
1. Enter Sandman (003:41)
2. Harmageddon Best Of Version (004:56)
3. Nothing Else Matters (004:46)
4. Refuse / Resist (003:12)
5. Somewhere Around Nothing (004:09)
6. Betrayal/ Forgiveness (005:12)
7. Farewell (005:31)
8. Master Of Puppets Best Of Version (006:02)
9. Hall Of The Mountain King (003:28)
10. One (005:44)
11. Heat (003:20)
12. Cohkka (004:26)
13. Kaamos (004:42)
14. Deathzone (004:35)
15. Angel Of Death (003:53)
CD 2
1. Repressed (004:27)
2. Path (003:23)
3. Bittersweet (004:26)
4. Hope Vol.2 (004:01)
5. En Vie (003:27)
6. Faraway Vol. 2 (005:12)
7. Life Burns! (003:07)
8. Seemann (005:21)
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Lacná kniha Une Confidence de Maigret (-50%)
L'affaire, au départ, semblait banale. Adrien Josset avait connu une belle réussite sociale. Il avait une jeune maîtresse. Il n'en fallait pas plus pour faire de lui, aprs l'assassinat de son épouse, le suspect numéro un... D'autres éléments, surgissant au fil de l'enqute, allaient non seulement accroître les soupçons, mais en outre le rendre odieux l'opinion publique. Et aux jurés. Des années plus tard, Maigret raconte son ami, le Dr Pardon, cet épisode qui continue lé troubler. Jamais il n'y a eu de preuves, ni d'aveux. Et jamais il n'est parvenu se convaincre de la culpabilité de Josset... Il n'y a pas que des triomphes dans la carrire du commissaire Maigret. Des doutes, aussi. Mais qu'y peut-on ? Certaines existences et certains drames gardent définitivement leur secret.
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The Guru, the Bagman and the Sceptic
A brilliantly witty book about the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter and the guru of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
Welsh-born psychoanalyst Ernest Jones was Sigmund Freud's closest associate and most fervent disciple. Clever, self-confident and intensely ambitious, Jones promoted psychoanalysis as a kind of secular religion. Meanwhile, his intimate friend Wilfred Trotter - a celebrated surgeon who saved the life of George V, and who took on Freud as a patient during his London exile - refused to yield to the seductions of the new Freudianism. A quintessentially English figure, Trotter was unimpressed by slick medical careerists, distrusted grand theories and lacked pomposity and self-regard.
From the first psychoanalytic congress in Salzburg in 1908 to the illness of King George in the late 1920s and the meeting of Freud and Trotter in 1939, Seamus O'Mahony tells the story of these three figures and their intertwined lives with his customary wit and erudition. Not only the story of the development of psychoanalysis, this is a book about the sexual obsessions of intellectual and bohemian circles in London, Cambridge and Vienna, of Bloomsbury, of doctors in pursuit of wealth and fame. It covers a pivotal thirty years in European history, and reveals how and why the writings of a failed neurologist from Vienna became so influential.
Fire
A must-read title for all fans of Patrick Rothfuss and Trudi Canavan, FIRE is an exceptional fantasy novel. From the deft characterisation to the gripping story, the fast-paced action to the evocative prose, this is one of the strongest fantasy novels of the year.
Set in a world of stunningly beautiful, exceptionally dangerous monsters, Fire is one of the most dangerous monsters of all - a human one. Marked out by her vivid red hair, she's more than attractive. Fire is mesmerising.
But with this extraordinary beauty comes influence and power. People who are susceptible to her appeal will do anything for her attention, and for her affection. They will turn away from their families, their work, and their duties for her. They will forget their responsibilities to please her ... and worse, crush nations, neglect kingdoms and abuse their power.
Aware of her power, and afraid of it, Fire lives in a corner of the world away from people, and away from temptation. Until the day comes when she is needed - a day when, for her king, she has to take a stand not only against his enemies, but also against herself ...
Jak se stát jiným
Může se člověk neustále měnit, aniž by ztratil sám sebe? Ještě mu nebylo třicet, přesto za sebou má několik životů. Zažil dětství v extrémní chudobě, stud za vlastní původ i za sexuální orientaci. Utekl z vesnice do města, kde se už jako náctiletý na gymnáziu snaží co nejvíc vzdálit svým kořenům. Novou identitu touží najít i později na univerzitách v Amiensu a Paříži. Jako spisovatel zažívá nevídaný úspěch, těší se zájmu médií, neustále cestuje a vypráví o svém životě. Pozornost a uznání jsou zpočátku návykové, vždyť přesně o tomhle snil. Jenže postupně se dostavuje únava a znechucení vlastním životem, nejraději by od všeho znovu utekl a pokračoval v nekonečném přetváření sebe sama.
Hluboce osobní a dojemný román je největším dílem literární hvězdy od vydání Skoncovat s Eddym B. Kritika i čtenáři ho ocenili jako pozoruhodný návrat autora, který má co říct a nešetří ani sám sebe.
Édouard Louis (1992) se narodil jako Eddy Bellegueule v Hallencourtu v severofrancouzské Pikardii. Je autorem románů Skoncovat s Eddym B. (En finir avec Eddy Belleguelle, 2014) a Dějiny násilí (Histoire de la violence, 2016) a editorem sborníku esejů a statí o sociologovi Pierru Bourdieuovi (Pierre Bourdieu. L' insoumission en héritage, 2013). Jeho románový debut mu vynesl postavení nejoceňovanějšího prozaika své generace a byl již přeložen do více než dvaceti jazyků.
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11,23 €
Lacná kniha A Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units (-70%)
This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. * Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background * Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature * Notes on associated terminology * Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time * Comprehensive coverage of the whole Systeme International
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Sheeran Ed - Autumn Variations (White) LP
Britský "srdcerváč" Ed Sheeran sa presadil v roku 2011, kedy vydal debut označený znamienkom +. Za vydarenú prvotinu získal hneď niekoľko prestížnych ocenení. Stal sa Objavom a Spevákom roka na Brit Awards, dostal Q Awards pre nováčika roka a ako autor skladby The A Team tiež veľmi rešpektovanú Ivor Novello Awards, ktorej držiteľmi sú napríklad Adele, Bono z U2, Mick Jagger, David Gilmour z Pink Floyd alebo John Lennon a Beatles. Pozíciu jedného z najpopulárnejších interpretov planéty si upevnil druhým albumom x, ktoré mu vynieslo množstvo ďalších ocenení vrátane dvoch Grammy za pesničku Thinking Out Loud. V britských výročných cenách bol zvolený spevákom roka a album x získal Brit Awards pre najlepší britský album. V lete 2015 vypredal hneď štyrikrát za sebou londýnske Wembley pre 80-tisíc divákov. Jeho doska ÷ sa v roku 2017 stala celosvetovým bestsellerom, ktorý v digitálnom prostredí zlomil snáď všetky možné rekordy.
Len pár mesiacov po vydaní svojho albumu Subtract prešiel Ed Sheeran do novej hudobnej kapitoly. Jeho inšpirácia pre nový album čerpá zo zmien a podstaty jesennej sezóny. Počas tvorby Subtract bol tento album vlastne tým, čo on a producent Aaron Dessner pôvodne chceli vytvoriť. Sheeran, ovplyvnený skladbou „Enigma Variation“ skladateľa Elgara, ktorá pozostáva zo 14 piesní venovaných 14 priateľom, cítil podobný pohon. Túžil skomponovať 14 piesní reflektujúcich 14 priateľov, z ktorých každá rezonuje s témou jesene. Predchádzajúca jeseň bola pre Sheerana a jeho priateľov obdobím obrovskej transformácie. Písanie piesní sa stalo Sheeranovou útechou v ťažkých časoch, pomohlo mu spracovať jeho emócie a pochopiť kolotoč udalostí okolo neho. Keď sa stal zasväteným zážitkom svojich priateľov, napísal piesne z rôznych uhlov pohľadu, v ktorých zhrnul ich a jeho vlastné pohľady na svet v tomto období. Jesenné variácie oscilujú medzi vzrušujúcimi vrcholmi novonájdenej lásky a priateľstva a zničujúcimi pádmi poznačenými skľúčenosťou, bezútešnosťou a vnútorným nepokojom.
Tracklist:
01. Magical
02. England
03. Amazing
04. Plastic Bag
05. Blue
06. American Town
07. That's on Me
08. Page
09. Midnight
10. Spring
11. Punchline
12. When Will I Be Alright
13. The Day I Was Born
14. Head > Heels
The Housemaid
"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .
Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.
I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late.
But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am.
They don't know what I'm capable of . . .
An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won't be able to put this down!
Common Mistakes at CAE ... and how to avoid them
This invaluable little book highlights the real mistakes that students make in the exam - and shows how to avoid them. Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts, each unit targets a key problem area. Clear explanations and exercises help students to use the language accurately. Regular tests offer students a further opportunity to check and consolidate what they have learnt. * Highlights common mistakes that learners really make * Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts * Short, snappy explanations focus on key problem areas * Includes exam-style exercises
Free Fall: A Sniper´s Story from Chechnya
Free Fall tells the brutal engrossing story of the Second Chechen War, through the eyes of a young Russian Soldier. Nicolai Lilin was trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Russian Special Forces regiment called the Saboteurs. This hardened and close-
knit band of brothers, operating beyond the control of military code, faced mercenary fighters, anti-personnel mines and torture of the most extreme kind. Free Fall offers a sniper's-eye view of one of the most controversial wars in living memory. It
is unflinching, unforgiving and unputdownable.
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9,31 €
Leila and the Blue Fox
Come with an Arctic fox on a breathtaking journey ... an enthralling story from the bestselling, award-winning creators of Julia and the Shark. With dazzling blue and black illustrations, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of The Last Bear and A Wolf Called Wander.
She was very tired.
She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws.
The sunset licked her face.
The snow covered her like a blanket.
Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering bears and birds beneath the endless daylight of an Arctic summer, navigating a world that is vast, wild and wondrous.
Meanwhile, Leila embarks on a journey of her own - finding her way to the mother who left her. On a breathtaking journey across the sea, Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she'd lost, with help from a determined little fox.
Based on the true story of an Arctic fox who walked from Norway to Canada in seventy-six days, a distance of two thousand miles, this compelling, emotional and beautifully illustrated story is the perfect gift for 9+ readers.
Szilaj - Kirándulás Luckyval a lovak és barátok világába
Lucky Prescott vagyok, én leszek az idegenvezetőd, és mesélek neked mindarról, amit a világon a legjobban szeretek: Miradero városáról, a lovakról (különösképp Szilajról), és barátnőimről, akikkel lóháton felfedezzük a vadnyugat peremvidékein.
Pru, Abigail és néhány érdekes helyi személyiség segít, hogy izgalmas fejtörőkkel, ínycsiklandó receptekkel, kipattintható mellékletekkel és csuda mókás játékokkal, teli kalandban legyen részed.
Tarts velünk!
A Brush with Love
Anxiously awaiting news from the residency program of her dreams, dental student Harper Horowitz is laser focused. So crashing (quite literally) into Dan Craige is exactly the sort of dreamy distraction that she is trying to avoid.
First-year student Dan may not have the same passion for pulling teeth that Harper does, but he's instantly smitten. When Harper makes it clear that she's not interested in trading fillings for feelings anytime soon, they set out to be 'just friends' - a plan with the best of intentions and the poorest of follow-throughs.
Late nights in the dental lab (and the rather unsubtle match-making efforts of their friends), draw Dan and Harper closer. Still, Harper can't shake the worry that a romance with Dan might risk everything she's worked so hard to build.
Harper may have no trouble acing her studies, but falling in love is a whole new challenge.
Nine out of ten dentists agree, A Brush with Love makes your smile brighter!*
*not scientifically proven