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Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution
Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google - and how an an epic battle is reshaping the way we think about technology. The deathmatch between Apple and Google is not just a story of corporate competition - it's a dramatic saga of a friendship gone sour, of trust and agreements betrayed, of visionaries Steve Jobs and his successor Tim Cook versus Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt. This is a story of bickering, backstabbing, poaching and paranoia, of hardware versus software and patents versus products. After more than a decade of reporting on this rivalry, Fred Vogelstein has incredible access to the boardroom conversations, unofficial reactions, outbursts, personalities, deals, lawsuits and allegations that have shaped how we use these products.
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Die Bestimmung - Tödliche Wahrheit
Der Aufstand hat begonnen ...
In einer ungewissen Zukunft, in der die Fraktionen zerfallen, gibt es keine Sicherheiten mehr. Außer der einen: Wo auch immer ich hingehe – ich gehe dorthin, weil ich es will…
Drei Tage ist es her, seit die Ken mithilfe der ferngesteuerten Ferox-Soldaten unzählige Altruan umgebracht haben. Drei Tage, seit Tris' Eltern starben. Drei Tage, seit sie selbst ihren Freund Will erschossen hat – und aus Scham und Entsetzen darüber schweigt. Mit den überlebenden Altruan haben Tris und Tobias sich zu den Amite geflüchtet – doch dort sind sie nicht sicher, denn der Krieg zwischen den Fraktionen hat gerade erst begonnen. Wieder einmal muss Tris entscheiden, wo sie hingehört – selbst wenn es bedeutet, sich gegen die zu stellen, die sie am meisten liebt. Und wieder einmal kann es nur Tris in ihrer Rolle als Unbestimmte gelingen, die Katastrophe abzuwenden...
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The Vampire Diaries 7: The Return - Midnight
The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown on ITV2 -concludes in this powerful final volume of The Vampire Diaries. In Midnight, golden girl Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend Stefan Salvatore from imprisonment. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: his vampire brother Damon Salvatore has become a mortal. While the trio reels from this latest twist, they must still deal with the demons that have taken over Elena's hometown, Fell's Church. As in every L.J. Smith novel, no matter how dark the night, there is always a happy ending. MIDNIGHT takes Elena, Stefan, and Damon to their darkest moments yet...Danger, romance, and paranormal mystery will keep readers fascinated with this captivating finale to the New York Times bestselling series.
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Lacná kniha The Vampire Diaries 7: The Return - Midnight (-90%)
The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown on ITV2 -concludes in this powerful final volume of The Vampire Diaries. In Midnight, golden girl Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend Stefan Salvatore from imprisonment. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: his vampire brother Damon Salvatore has become a mortal. While the trio reels from this latest twist, they must still deal with the demons that have taken over Elena's hometown, Fell's Church. As in every L.J. Smith novel, no matter how dark the night, there is always a happy ending. MIDNIGHT takes Elena, Stefan, and Damon to their darkest moments yet...Danger, romance, and paranormal mystery will keep readers fascinated with this captivating finale to the New York Times bestselling series.
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That Glimpse of Truth
Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the finest stories ever written ranges from the essential to the unexpected, the traditional to the surreal. Wide in scope, both beautiful and vast, this is the perfect companion for any fiction lover.
Here are childhood favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and national treasures, Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Kate Atkinson, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V.S. Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Toibin, THAT GLIMPSE OF TRUTH is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today.
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Hulk: Season One
New York Times bestseller Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man) and acclaimed artist Tom Fowler (Venom) retell the beginnings of The Green Goliath for a new generation! The defi nitive origin of The Hulk -- as well as Betty Ross -- now Red She-Hulk -- General Thunderbolt Ross -- now the Avenging Red Hulk! The Gamma Base, Rick Jones, and the introduction of an all-new Hulk villain that will continue to haunt both him and his alter ego, Dr. Bruce Banner, in present continuity! As an added value for the customer, each MARVEL: SEASON ONE graphic novel will be shrinkwrapped with a code for a FREE digital copy of the story on the Marvel Comics app.COLLECTING: HULK: SEASON ONE 1-5, INCREDIBLE HULK (2011) 1.
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A szerelem nyara
North Dormer, a XX. század elejei amerikai kisváros álmosan éli unalmas mindennapjait. Generációk, évek, évszakok váltják egymást teljes egyhangúságban és változatlanságban: köztiszteletben álló hölgyek terelgetik szépreményű leányaikat, polgárok és
parasztok végzik hagyományos teendőiket. Különcködésnek semmi helye itt, s a kevés kilengő ifjú hölgy és úr történetét is mélyen maga alá temeti a kisváros pora.
Ebben a közegben keresi saját útját a szépséges, fiatal Charity, akit a település nagybe
csű polgára, Mr. Royall ügyvéd nevelt föl. North Dormert a lány és az ambíciózus ifjú építész, Lucien Harney riasztja föl évszázados révületéből. Charity és Lucien között egy pillanat alatt szerelem szövődik. A Hegyre vezető út menti házban adnak egy
másnak találkát nap nap után, mígnem Lucien váratlanul elutazik. Charity magára marad egy szikrázó szerelem emlékével, megannyi ígéretével és reményével. Kétségbeesett helyzetében mindössze a kisváros fölé magasodó Hegy ígér rejtelmes és megmagyarázh
atatlan vigaszt. A lány egy nap enged a Hegy hívó szavának,,,
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The Plus One
`So funny. And the sex is amazing - makes me feel like a nun!' Jilly Cooper
`Light, fizzy and as snort-inducing as a pint of Prosecco.' Evening Standard Magazine
`Hilarious and compelling.' Daily Mail
`Perfect summer reading for fans of Jilly Cooper and Bridget Jones.' HELLO!
`Bridget Jones trapped inside a Jilly Cooper novel. A beach cocktail in book form.' METRO
`Gloriously cheering.' Red Magazine
`Howlingly funny.' India Knight, Sunday Times Magazine
`This saucy read is great sun-lounger fodder.' Heat
`Sexy and very funny...perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper.' Closer
`Cheerful, saucy and fun!' The Sunday Mirror
`As fun and fizzy as a chilled glass of prosecco...this is the perfect read for your holiday.'The Daily Express
`This book has it all - love, romance, sadness and sex - a rare find that is funny at times and moving at others.' Marie Claire
The Plus One [n] informal a person who accompanies an invited person to a wedding or a reminder of being single, alone and absolutely plus none
Polly's not looking for `the one', just the plus one...
Polly Spencer is fine. She's single, turning thirty and only managed to have sex twice last year (both times with a Swedish banker called Fred), but seriously, she's fine. Even if she's still stuck at Posh! magazine writing about royal babies and the chances of finding a plus one to her best friend's summer wedding are looking worryingly slim.
But it's a New Year, a new leaf and all that. Polly's determined that over the next 365 days she'll remember to shave her legs, drink less wine and generally get her s**t together. Her latest piece is on the infamous Jasper, Marquess of Milton, undoubtedly neither a plus one nor `the one'. She's heard the stories, there's no way she'll succumb to his charms...
A laugh-out-loud, toe-curlingly honest debut for fans of Helen Fielding, Bryony Gordon and Jilly Cooper. Don't miss the hottest book of 2018!
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Der Onkel aus Pressburg
Nicht nur die gute alte Preßburgerbahn, Beethovens Mondscheinsonate oder die weltberühmte Kunstsammlung Albertina verbinden Österreich mit seinem östlichen Nachbarland: Auf dem Staatsgebiet der heutigen Slowakei sind Franz Léhar, Opernprimadonna Lucia Popp und die Maler Attersee und Lehmden, Hotelkönig Eduard Sacher, Filmstar Peter Lorre, Bundespräsident Theodor Körner und Hugo Portisch zur Welt gekommen. Auch Andy Warhol und Paul Newman, Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe Mary Vetsera und der Begründer der Stress-Forschung, Jan Selye, haben slowakische Wurzeln. Die Schafalmen der Hohen Tatra haben die Wiener Heurigen mit "Liptauer", der Schiefersteinbruch von Marinka das gesamte k.u.k. Österreich mit Schultafeln versorgt. Und wie das Sisi-Denkmal von Bardejovské Kúpele (Bad Bartfeld) sämtliche politischen Stürme des 20. Jahrhunderts überstanden hat, ist überhaupt ein Capriccio für sich.
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A Siege of Bitterns - Book 1 A Birder Murder Mystery
Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn't mind ruffling a few feathers. Indeed his success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn't really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh, located in the heart of Britain's premier birding country, Jejeune's two worlds collide with the grisly murder of a prominent ecological activist. His ambitious police superintendent foresees a blaze of welcome publicity, although doubts soon emerge when Jejeune's best theory involves a feud over birdwatching lists. A second murder does little to bolster confidence. Jejeune must call on all his birding knowhow to solve the mystery and deal with unwelcome public acclaim, the mistrust of colleagues and his own insecurities. For, in the case of the Saltmarsh birder murders, the victims may not be the only casualties...
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Sharpe´s Escape
Sharpe's Escape is the tenth novel in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series, finding the hero embroiled in the British retreat through Portugal in 1810 from the defence of the Ridge at Bussaco to the Lines of Torres Vedras, where the French offensive was
successfully halted. Set in 1810, the novel finds Captain Richard Sharpe threatened as commander of the South Essex Regiment Light Company by the family politics of the Regiment's Commanding Officer. While the British and their Portuguese allies see
off the French assault at Bussaco, Sharpe becomes embroiled in a private feud with the criminal Ferragus, whom he pursues from the abandoned town of Coimbra back towards the massive defensive works which Wellington has ordered built at Torres Vedras.
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The Forsyte Saga
With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D. The Forsyte Saga is Galsworthy's enduringly popular masterpiece. Initially, the plot centres on Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor living in London with his beautiful wife, Irene. A pillar of the late-Victorian upper middle class, wealthy and well-connected, he seems to lead an enviable life. But beneath the respectable exterior lie acute tensions and frustrations. The marriage of Soames and Irene culminates in sexual violence and recriminations. The consequent feud within the family will be long-lasting, with ironic and dramatic outcomes. In The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy analyses the achievements, confusions and hypocrisies of an era. This renowned chronicle of a divided dynasty, repeatedly filmed and televised, has engrossed audiences internationally.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
This collection of Vonnegut's letters is the autobiography he never wrote - from the letter he posted home upon being freed from a German POW camp, to notes of advice to his children: 'Don't let anybody tell you that smoking and boozing are bad for you. Here I am fifty-five years old, and I never felt better in my life'. Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, Vonnegut is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: 'I am an American fad-of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop.' Like Vonnegut's books, his letters make you think, they make you outraged and they make you laugh. Written over a sixty-year period, and never published before, these letters are alive with the unique point of view that made Vonnegut one of the most original writers in American fiction.
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Poirot The Abc Murders Tv Tie-In Edition
John Malkovich stars as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's ingenious serial-killer thriller, newly adapted for BBC Television in 2018 by the award-winning team behind And Then There Were None, Witness for the Prosecution and Ordeal by Innocence.
`Let us see, Mr Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.'
Murder is a very simple crime. But at the hands of a maniac, a serial killer, it becomes a very complicated business.
The 1930s is a time when the nation is dangerously divided and suspicion and hatred are on the rise. In the midst of this, Poirot faces a serial killer known only as A.B.C. First the killer strikes in Andover, then Bexhill. As the murder count rises, the only clue is the copy of The ABC Railway Guide at each crime scene. Poirot's investigations are thwarted at every turn by an enemy determined to outsmart him. If Poirot is to match his nemesis then everything about him will be called into question: his authority, his integrity, his past, his identity.
This new tie-in edition coincides with the new BBC production adapted for television by Sarah Phelps, with an all-star cast including John Malkovich, Rupert Grint, Tara Fitzgerald, Andrew Buchan, Shirley Henderson, Kevin McNally, Gregor Fisher and Jack Farthing.
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Piszkos Fred, a kapitány
Az elveszett cirkáló közmegbecsülést kiérdemelt kapitánya, Piszkos Fred ebben a kötetben új oldaláról mutatkozik be: érző szívű apakánt, aki a maga módján mindent elkövet, hogy Isten kegyelméből trónörökössé lett fiát az uralkodói székbe segítse. Közben megismerjük Fülig Jimmyt is, aki bár Piszkos Frednek régi ellenlábasa, ez alkalommal úgy is mint szépíró, úgy is mint "beugró" trónörökös-herceg, Fred kapitány malmára hajtja a vizet, pedig csupán kedves csontnyelű kését keresi, amit véletlenül mindig valaki hátában felejt.
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Renoir
The joy that permeates Renoir’s paintings was created by a complicated person. Even close friends and family members were often baffled by the multi-faceted and contradictory artist. Having known Renoir for over twenty years, Camille Pissarro complained in a letter to his son Lucien: ‘Nor can I understand Renoir’s mind – but who can fathom the most changeable of men?’
Here, the world’s leading authority on the life and work of Auguste Renoir presents an intimate biography of this great Impressionist artist. Her narrative is interspersed with over a thousand extracts from letters by, to, and about Renoir, of which 452 come from unpublished letters. Through these words, the reader gains direct contact with Renoir, as an artist, friend and father. Renoir became hugely popular despite great obstacles: thirty years of poverty followed by thirty years of progressive paralysis of his fingers. Close friendships with scores of people who helped him with money, contacts and companionship enabled him to overcome these challenges to create more than 4,000 optimistic, life-affirming paintings. Barbara Ehrlich White brings a lifetime of research to bear in her biography to provide an unparalleled and intimate portrait of this complex artist.
Table of Contents
Maps • Introduction • 1. 1841–77 • 2. 1878–84 • 3. 1885–93 • 4. 1894–1900
5. 1901–09 • 6. 1910–15 • 7. 1915–19 • Afterword; Appendix: Selected Renoir
Paintings Worldwide; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography
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Something Ive Been Meaning To Tell You
"Alice Munro's stories are miraculous". (Sunday Times). "No one else can - or should be allowed to - write like the great Alice Munro". (Julian Barnes). "She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wasted". (Daily Telegraph). "Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell: they are made to last". (Observer). "She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive". (Jeffrey Eugenides).
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Noise of Time
"BARNES' MASTERPIECE." (OBSERVER). In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big House ever return. So begins Julian Barnes' first novel since his Booker-winning The Sense of an Ending. A story about the collision of Art and Power, about human compromise, human cowardice and human courage, it is the work of a true master.
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Faeryland
From the author of the bestselling book Pirates and our own How To See Faeries (with Brian Froud) comes a wonderful interactive book about Faeries. The book includes faeries of the British Isles as well as those of Scandinavia, Germany, North America and even the Asian, Arab and African worlds. The book is divided into 13 sections: among them A Brief History of Faeries; Who's Who of Faeries; Good Faeries vs Bad Faeries; Faerie Courts; Faerie Spells; Faerie Places, Faerie Sightings; Faerie Gold; Faerie Children; Faerie Good and Bad Fortune; and Faerie Music. The book is illustrated with new art from talented faerie artist Matt Dangler as well as other celebrated contemporary artists alongside classic art by William Blake, Henry Fuseli, William Turner and others. An important aspect of the package will be the striking memorabilia included: A Handbook for Faery Hunters; a small manual of how and where to look for fairies; an envelope of real faery photos; a 19th century faery pull out map (currently housed in the Library of Congress!) and more.
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19,94 €
20,99 €