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Ghosted
An emotional love story with a thrilling twist from the globally bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.
Ariel's accidental meeting with a handsome stranger called Joe is completely perfect; they have a connection like she's never known before. They exchange numbers and agree to meet when he is back from a trip to France. But when Ariel messages him, the number Joe gave her is disconnected. He's ghosted her. She assumes she will never see him again.
Except she does. Again and again.
Ariel returns to the place she and Joe met, and is stunned to find him there, not in France as he said he'd be, and behaving as if he has no idea who she is.
It turns out that their first meeting has been life-changing for them both, actually it's even more than that for Joe. But what do you do when - with every day that passes - you're literally growing apart from the best person you've ever known . . . ?
A Faerie's Revenge
Plot twists, action and excitement will keep you turning the pages of this bestselling YA fantasy!
Still reeling from a shocking revelation, guardian trainee Calla Larkenwood finds the threads of her world unraveling further when she's accused of a horrifying crime she didn't commit: A deadly magical disease has entered the Guild, threatening to wipe out every guardian--and someone is intent on framing Calla for it.
With the Guild Council focusing their investigation on her instead of searching for the real criminal, Calla watches her dream of becoming a guardian rapidly slipping away.
Time is running out. As the lines between good and bad, right and wrong, begin to blur, whom can she turn to for help?
Perfect for fans of The Mortal Instruments, The Iron Fey, and Graceling.
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Lovers and Liars (EN)
Audiobook Lovers and Liars written by Nigel May. Welcome to the Velvet Hotel Barbados where money and sex go hand in hand with murder. When millionaire playboy Sheridan Rivers is found dead at his luxurious hotel on the paradise island of Barbados, there are several suspects in the frame. Sutton: Sheridan’s long-suffering wife was constantly pushed aside for his younger lovers.
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Odd Numbers (EN)
Strange things bring people together. Things like a tragic death. 31st December 1999. The cusp of a new millennium. Six friends gather for their traditional New Year Celebration – this year, in a lakeside cabin on the outskirts of Prague. In every group of friends, each has a role. All except Gael that is.
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Moskva
Štědrý den roku 1985. Na Rudém náměstí je nalezeno odkrvené, vyholené tělo mladého muže. Zmrzlé na kost připomíná kus mramoru. Na pravé ruce schází malíček. Týden poté, co do Moskvy přijede důstojník vojenské rozvědky Tom Fox, se začne pohřešovat patnáctiletá dcera britského velvyslance. A Fox dostane úkol ji co nejrychleji najít. Jenže poslední, co mohou Sověti potřebovat, je cizí rozvědčík čmuchající v jejich rajónu. Zvlášť proto, že se vrah, jehož existenci nelze přiznat, natož aby jej bylo možné polapit, chystá znovu zabíjet… Moskva je studenoválečný thriller, který čtenáře přenese do jiné doby a na jiné místo – do temného srdce poznamenaného zlověstným odkazem z druhé světové války.
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16,49 €
The Capture of a Slaver
A true personal account of the capture of a slave-running ship by a United States gunship in the fleet assigned for the suppression of the slave trade. It is told in 1900 by John Taylor Wood, who, 50 years earlier, had been a young midshipmen on the United States brig Porpoise in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, at the mouth of the Niger River.The captain and crew of the Porpoise sight a slave-running ship, give chase, fire upon it, capture, board, and take its captain and crew into custody, in irons and under guard. Wood describes: "From the time we first got on board we had heard moans, cries, and rumblings coming from below, and as soon as the captain and crew were removed, the hatches had been taken off, when there arose a hot blast as from a charnel house, sickening and overpowering. In the hold were three or four hundred human beings, gasping, struggling for breath, dying; their bodies, limbs, faces, all expressing terrible suffering. In their agonizing fight for life, some had torn or wounded themselves or their neighbors dreadfully; some were stiffened in the most unnatural positions. As soon as I knew the condition of things I sent the boat back for the doctor and some whiskey...."Wood continues describing the voyage to return the captured slaves to the authorities of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, where the United States had arranged for repatriation of emancipated slaves.This story was originally published as "The Capture of a Slaver" in the Atlantic Monthly 86 (1900): 451-463.
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Will
Will Smith's transformation from a fearful child in a tense West Philadelphia home to one of the biggest rap stars of his era and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, with a string of box office successes that will likely never be broken, is an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph, and Will tells it astonishingly well. But it's only half the story.
Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life: not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Only they didn't see it that way: they felt more like star performers in his circus, a seven-days-a-week job they hadn't signed up for. It turned out Will Smith's education wasn't nearly over.
This memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one exceptional man mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same. Few of us will know the pressure of performing on the world's biggest stages for the highest of stakes, but we can all understand that the fuel that works for one stage of our journey might have to be changed if we want to make it all the way home. The combination of genuine wisdom of universal value and a life story that is preposterously entertaining, even astonishing, puts Will the book, like its author, in a category by itself.
Autonomous Vehicles
Elon Musk thought that his company Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. "There are no fundamental challenges left," he said recently. "There are a number of minor issues. And then there's a struggle to solve all these little problems and bring the whole thing together."Although the technology to allow a car to complete a journey without human interference (what the industry calls "level 5 autonomy") can move quickly, the development of a vehicle that can do so safely and legally is another matter.The novelty of autonomous technology is intended to turn our legal and social ties into daily transport. Importantly, without a driver behind the wheel, autonomous vehicles raise concerns about the liability and responsibility for the conduct of the lane.
Therefore, this book is structured to answer many questions about autonomous vehicles and make you not only understand all the aspects of this emerging technology, but master the discussions and debates about the following topics:
Chapter One: The rise of autonomous vehiclesAutonomous vehicles become realityHistory of Autonomous vehiclesRoad Items WeightsSociety of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)
Chapter Two: Tesla AutopilotAutoPilot AIAdvanced Sensor CoverageWide, Main and Narrow Forward CamerasWideMainNarrowForward Looking Side CamerasRearward Looking Side CamerasRear View CameraRadarUltrasonic SensorsProcessing Power Increased 40xTesla VisionAutopilotNavigate on AutopilotAutosteer+Smart SummonFull Self-Driving CapabilityFrom HomeTo your Destination
Chapter Three: A level-by-level explainer of autonomous vehiclesClassification System For The Development Of InnovationsThe J3016 GuidelinesSix SAE levelCriticism of SAE classificationLevel 0: No automationLevel 1: Driver assistanceLevel 2: Partial automationLevel 3: Conditional automationLevel 4: High automationLevel 5: Full automation
Chapter Four: Main Connectivity Specifications Of Autonomous VehiclesVehicle-To-EverythingArchitectures must be both redundant and real-time.The demand for high-speed data would increase onlySecurity and other applications Include external connectivityAutonomous driving efficiency and reliability are non-negotiableMore and more electrified cars would need a new approach to safetyNext generation Car Design Would Need Miniaturized SolutionsCo-creation of the future of mobility
Chapter Five: Building Passenger Trust Is KeyTechnology for self-driving cars is accelerating fast, but our driverless future isn't going anywhere if people don't trust it.rules of the roadimplicit laws are more challengingThe math-based AV safety modelWhat is Sensitive Protection Responsibility?RSS is compatible with other AV systemsHow are AVs safely sharing the road with human drivers?01 Safe distance: Don't hit the car in front of you02 Cutting in: Don't cut it in recklessly03 Right of Way: Right of way is given, not taken04 Limited Visibility: Be cautious in areas with limited visibility05 Avoid Crashes: If you can avoid a crash without causing another one, you mustMoving past the miles-drivenImproving road safety with RSS todayRSS to gain supportBaiduValeoChina ITS AllianceRAND Corp.The Arizona Institute for Automated MobilityJoint Research Institutes
Chapter Six: The reasons Autonomous vehicles still aren’t on our roadsThe Gap Between the Invention and The ApplicationSensorsMachine LearningThe Open RoadRegulationsSocial Acceptability
Chapter Seven: Legal frameworks and other national initiativesThe United StatesEuropean Union MembershipUnited Arab EmiratesJapanAustralia
Chapter Eight: Liability, ethics and human rights implicationsThe novelty of autonomous vehiclesThe critical debateAutonomy Threats
Chapter Nine: Leading opinions on an ethical rollout for autonomous vehiclesThe Three Laws of RoboticsThe Ethical Dilemmas of AutonomyThe Worst-Case ScenarioThe Trolley Issue
Chapter Ten: Social and economic implicationsRoads SafetyVehicles Ownership and Vehicles InsuranceJobs
Chapter Eleven: Ong
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The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday (EN)
Audiobook The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday, written by Kiley Dunbar. 'A romantic book-filled treat' Heidi Swain, author of The Secret Seaside Escape 'The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Cafe invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop for a fortnight. Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy cafe.
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16,99 €
SPACEBOY
Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could change the course of history...
America. The 1960s. Ruth loves climbing trees, making a mess and throwing stones. But the thing she loves most is SPACE. The girl is OBSESSED. She spends her days reading comics about alien invasions, doodling UFOs, watching B-movies about Earth being invaded by creatures from Mars… and gazing at the stars through her old, battered telescope.
Until one night, Ruth creeps out of bed in the attic room of her rickety old farmhouse to watch the stars – and is just dozing off when she spots something blazing across the sky. Something that looks like a flying saucer! Is she dreaming? No! And the flying saucer is on fire…
But when the UFO crash-lands in the cornfield, and Ruth rushes to help, she finds a mystery – and an adventure – beyond her wildest dreams…
Adrift
From New York Times Bestselling author Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of America and the reasons behind its current social and economic crisis
In Adrift, Scott Galloway looks from the past to the present - from 1945 to the 2020s - to reveal how America has reached its current state of political, social and economic crisis. It is on the brink of massive change, change that will disrupt the working of its economy and drastically impact its financial backbone, the middle class.
Telling America's story through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today's perfect storm.
Adrift seeks to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway's unique take on where America is headed and what it will become. It's a vital guide for anyone who wants to understand the state the country is in and how and why its influence on the world has changed.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Vampyre (EN)
Aubrey is a young Englishman, who meets Lord Ruthven – a mysterious man who has recently entered London’s upper class. The two men travel to Rome. There Ruthven does something that Aubrey disapproves, so the young man leaves for Greece. He meets the daughter of a hotelier, Ianthe, who draws his attention.
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The Reunion (EN)
Audiobook The Reunion, written by Lotte Kirkeby Hansen. Visceral and poetic, these short stories reveal everyday miracles and trivialities, human desires and anxieties in a very recognizable reality. The woman who cooks soup for the lover whose fidelity she questions, the man who loses courage when faced with the birth of his child, the married couple who know they have embarked on their last summer together.
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10,99 €
Em Neu Hauptkurs 2008 Ed. Arbeitsbuch + CD
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008m. Abb.FortgeschritteneGewicht: 444 gr / Abmessung: 28 cmVon Perlmann-Balme, Michaela, Schwalb, SusanneVoraussetzung: em neu Hauptkurs ist für Lernende, die die Grundstufe erfolgreich abgeschlossen haben.Lernziel: Sprachbeherrschung auf der Niveaustufe B2.Das Arbeitsbuch ist vor allem für das selbständige Arbeiten zu Hause gedacht, bietet aber auch Übungen, die im Unterricht eingesetzt werden können.
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Wait, What
New York Times Bestseller "What, What? is a welcome-and joyful-reminder that true wisdom comes from asking the right questions. Should you read this book? Absolutely." -Clayton Christensen, bestselling author of How Will You Measure Your Life?Based on the wildly popular commencement address, the art of asking (and answering) good questions by the Dean of Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. Whether we're in the boardroom or the classroom, we spend far too much time and energy looking for the right answer. But the truth is that questions are just as important as answers, often more so. If you ask the wrong question, for instance, you're guaranteed to get the wrong answer. A good question, on the other hand, inspires a good answer and, in the process, invites deeper understanding and more meaningful connections between people. Asking a good question requires us to move beyond what we think we know about an issue or a person to explore the difficult and the unknown, the awkward, and even the unpleasant.In Wait, What?, Jim Ryan, dean of Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, celebrates the art of asking-and answering-good questions. Five questions in particular: Wait, what?; I wonder...? Couldn't we at least...?; How can I help?; and What truly matters? Using examples from politics, history, popular culture, and social movements, as well as his own personal life, Ryan demonstrates how these essential inquiries generate understanding, spark curiosity, initiate progress, fortify relationships, and draw our attention to the important things in life-from the Supreme Court to Fenway Park. By regularly asking these five essential questions, Ryan promises, we will be better able to answer life's most important question: "And did you get what you wanted out of life, even so?" At once hilarious and illuminating, poignant and surprising, Wait, What? is an inspiring book of wisdom that will forever change the way you think about questions.
Madwoman
In 1887 young Nellie Bly sets out for New York and a career in journalism, determined to make her way as a serious reporter, whatever that may take.
But life in the city is tougher than she imagined. Down to her last dime and desperate to prove her worth, she comes up with a dangerous plan: to fake insanity and have herself committed to the asylum that looms on Blackwell's Island. There, she will work undercover to document - and expose - the wretched conditions faced by the patients.
But when the asylum door swings shut behind her, she finds herself in a place of horrors, governed by a harshness and cruelty she could never have imagined. Cold, isolated and starving, her days of terror reawaken the traumatic events of her childhood. She entered the asylum of her own free will - but will she ever get out?
An extraordinary portrait of a woman way ahead of her time, Madwoman is the story of a quest for the truth that changed the world.
Misrule
Did they break the curse, or begin one? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice
The Dark Grace is dead.
Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce has spent 100 years wreaking her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. No one escapes the consequences of her wrath.
Not even the one person who holds her heart.
Princess Aurora saw through Alyce's thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But that love came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce's vast power cannot seem to break, and their dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash.
Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means descending into the monster Briar believed her to be. But could Aurora ever love the villain Alyce has become?
Or is true love only for fairy tales?
A Classroom Surprise
In A Classroom Surprise the Brite Star Kids get a visit from some special guests. Fire Chief Mike, Officer Dan and Nurse Sally pay a visit to the class and share how each of them is involved in caring for the community.
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Lacná kniha Mafia (-50%)
The Mafia is a criminal phenomenon that has inspired historical
books, novels and movies, but is here told in a book of images
containing a rare selection of over 600 photographs, newspaper
pages and prints. The Mafia Worldwide, from Sicily to the United
States of America and from South America to the Far East shown
through places, personalities, crimes, events, trials, policemen,
politicians and magistrates. From Al Capone to Joe Petrosino,
from Toto Riina to the Colombian drug trafficking gang and the
Hong Kong crime lords. From the turn of the century to the
present day, the chronicle, written by Italian journalist Marco
Gasparini, supported by a rich collection of images from
Scalarchives and partners, will tell the true and ultimate illustrated
story of the World Mafia.
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