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Diana Says Yes
A story of desire within marriage from the stars of the hit feminist erotic podcast, Dirty Diana
'Deliciously entertaining, funny, tantalizing' Demi Moore
The satisfying conclusion to the sizzling Dirty Diana series, in which Diana says yes to what she truly wants and sees just how hard she'll have to fight for it - based on the #1 fiction podcast.
Diana Wood's escape to Paris has ended. She's dedicated to rekindling the lost spark with her husband, Oliver, through therapy. They are determined to follow the advice, even when they're told, 'absolutely no sex.'
So Diana begins dating the man who was once her husband. Much to her surprise, the therapist's advice seems to be working: the emotional connection between Diana and Oliver deepens and their physical attraction becomes all-consuming. But Diana's marriage isn't the only thing in her life entering a new phase. Dirty Diana - the website she built in secret to celebrate women's fantasies - has begun to attract celebrity attention. Soon enough, Hollywood is calling … and so is Diana's past.
Diana finally seems to have everything she's always wanted. But can she keep it all together when she returns home? Will her old life, that's always wanted her to be just one thing, ever embrace the multi-dimensional woman she really is?
Classical Mythology of the Constellations
A retelling of the classic myths and timeless tales by bestselling author Annette Giesecke that underlie the 88 named constellations in the night sky--from Andromeda to Orion to Ursa Major.
Classical Mythology of the Constellations is a stargazer's guide to the wondrous stories of the gods, heroes, and monsters that populate the night sky. As long as humans have lived on Earth, they have gazed up at the starry sky with fascination and longing. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Sun, Moon, and Earth were gods. The stars beyond our Solar System, however, represented heroes, animals, and monsters that the gods placed in the sky after their death. These include the great hunter Orion and the scorpion who killed him with its sting, the beautiful maiden Callisto who was turned into a bear (Ursa Major) by the goddess Hera, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and many more.
In this beautifully designed work, stunningly illustrated by Jim Tierney, Giesecke tells the origin stories of the 48 constellations, first catalogued by the astronomer Ptolemy in the first century CE. A final section covers the names, locations, and brief descriptions of the remaining 40 constellations catalogued by astronomers in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, which are not named for Classical figures.
Organized by hemisphere and celestial quadrant, the book also includes two illustrated star maps to help guide the reader to the location of each constellation, as well as 48 color plates throughout.
Povesti spod malokarpatských vŕškov
Regionálna historička, kultúrna aktivistka a znalkyňa račianskych tradícií Dobroslava Luknárová prináša vo svojej novej knihe päť podmanivých príbehov inšpirovaných udalosťami z rôznych období minulosti Rače a jej širšieho okolia, jedného z najstarších a najznámejších vinohradníckych regiónov Slovenska. Text sprevádzajú pôvabné ilustrácie Martina Kellenbergera.
Živly 3: Oheň
Freya má všetko, čo si môže človek priať: je krásna, dobre zarába, má zmysluplné zamestnanie - pracuje ako chirurgička na oddelení popálenín -, môže si dovoliť drahé auto a veľký byt vo vychytenej štvrti. Skrýva však temné tajomstvo. Ovplyvnilo jej dospelý život to, čo zažila jedného osudného leta v detstve, alebo bola taká odjakživa? Narodila sa krutá alebo ju k tomu niečo dohnalo?
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Ahoj, Carlos! - Set
Séria Carlos je pre všetkých malých milovníkov futbalu... alebo aj veľkých?
Jedenásťročný Carlos Alvaréz pochádza z chudobnej juhoamerickej krajiny, kde pre chlapcov znamená futbal všetko. Každý deň ho hráva s kamarátmi na pláži. Raz sa mu podarí zachrániť majiteľa veľkého futbalového klubu a ten mu ponúkne miesto vo svojej futbalovej akadémii. Carlosovi sa úplne zmení život.
SET Carlos obsahuje štyri futbalové dobrodružstvá:
Prihraj, Carlos!
Daj gól, Carlos!
Super strela, Carlos!
To je finta, Carlos!
So Thrilled for You
"the conversation-starting, smart, funny new book club novel from the bestselling author - this is the book for every woman you know"
Is being a mother the most defining role a woman can have?
Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions, and motherhood is at the forefront of their minds. But when Charlotte organises a baby shower for Nicki on a swelteringly hot summer's day, it changes their friendship group forever.
s it Steffi, happily child-free but feeling judged by her friends? Is it Charlotte, desperate to conceive and jealous of those who have? Is it Lauren, who is finding motherhood far, far harder than she imagined? Or is it Nicki herself, who never wanted a baby shower anyway?
In the aftermath, each woman has a different view on what happened that day - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.
Free Fall - Wilde Boys 2
There are no secrets on Del Rey. There is only the three of them. And a truth Nash Wilde can no longer ignore.
Nash Wilde has moved past what happened on Del Rey and agrees to keep the secrets of what he, Zara, and Alistair did buried deep. Needing space and time to reflect, Nash makes his way to Amsterdam and directly into the arms of an older man—and friend of his father’s: Ellis Prior. Nash and Ellis become fast friends, and Ellis shows Nash things he can’t forget.
Things that bring him to his knees. But still not ready to accept the part of himself that loves Ellis, Nash runs again, this time back to his private island. Now Hanna Thurber is on Del Rey looking for a place to escape, and Nash is all too eager to provide.
This ballerina is anything but delicate, and the chemistry between them is electric. But the past won’t stay dead, and Ellis Prior finds his way to the island too. Suddenly, there is something pulling the three of them together.
What starts as innocent and fun turns into an attraction that is undeniably forbidden…
The Deals of Warren Buffett, Volume 4
In this fourth volume of The Deals of Warren Buffett, we trace Buffett’s journey as he made Berkshire Hathaway the most respected company in the world. When we left Buffett at the end of Volume 3 towards the end of the 1990s, he was leading the largest corporation in America and his personal fortune had reached $40 billion. In this enthralling next instalment, we follow Buffett’s investment deals over the first few years of the 21st century, as Berkshire grew to become a giant with annual profits north of $4 billion.
Buffett, then in his early 70s, was still tap dancing to work, thoroughly enjoying analysing companies, finding bargains and interacting with his growing team of managers. By studying the decision-making that went into his investment deals and the successful and unsuccessful outcomes, we can learn from Buffett and become better investors ourselves. During this period, exploiting the low prices following the dot-com crash, Buffett made investments in the following companies: MidAmerican Energy, CORT, Moody’s, H&R Block, Shaw Industries, Star Furniture, Jordan’s Furniture, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Justin Boot, Acme Brick, Benjamin Moore and CTB.
For each of these deals, investing expert and Buffett historian Glen Arnold dives into unprecedented detail to analyse the investment rationale, the stories of the individuals involved and, where possible, the profits Buffett made.
The Choice Factory
25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy
Before you can influence decisions, you need to understand what drives them. In The Choice Factory, Richard Shotton sets out to help you learn. By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, he investigates how our behaviour is shaped by psychological shortcuts.
With a clear focus on the marketing potential of knowing what makes us tick, Shotton has drawn on evidence from academia, real-life ad campaigns and his own original research. The Choice Factory is written in an entertaining and highly-accessible format, with 25 short chapters, each addressing a cognitive bias and outlining simple ways to apply it to your own marketing challenges. Supporting his discussion, Shotton adds insights from new interviews with some of the smartest thinkers in advertising, including Rory Sutherland, Lucy Jameson and Mark Earls.
From priming to the pratfall effect, charm pricing to the curse of knowledge, the science of behavioural economics has never been easier to apply to marketing. The Choice Factory is the new advertising essential.
Seven Empty Houses
A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you, from the three-time International Booker Prize finalist, 'lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon.' -O, the Oprah magazine
The world of Samanta Schweblin's short stories is dark and destabilising. Here, home is not a place of safety but the site of hidden danger, silent menace, unspoken resentment. Picture-perfect doors and spotless windows conceal lives in disarray, slowly unraveling in the face of obsession and fear, jealousy and desire.
Unsettling, exhilarating and fiercely original, these prizewinning stories expose raw and uncomfortable truths about the people and places we think will keep us safe, and ask what happens when that promise proves empty.
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Little Women
The exquisite illustrations of Marjolein Bastin meet timeless text in this elegant special edition of an American masterpiece.
The Marjolein Bastin Classics Series is a chance to rediscover classic literature in collectible, luxuriously illustrated volumes. For the first time ever, the internationally celebrated artwork of Marjolein Bastin graces the pages of the timeless American classic Little Women, the story of the March sisters and their journey from childhood to adulthood during the American Civil War. Beyond bringing these stories to life, Bastin’s series adds elaborately designed ephemera, such as a self-made newspaper, a map, an invitation, and more. Whether an ideal gift for a Louisa May Alcott devotee or a treat for yourself, The Marjolein Bastin Classics Series,as a set or individually purchased, is perfect for anyone who feels a connection to enduring literary gems.
Discover anew the world of Little Women. The 1860s, the turbulent days of the American Civil War, and four sisters as different as they could be: Meg, who likes to approach everything rationally and reasonably; Jo, a nonconformist with literary ambitions; tender Beth, who tries to keep the peace; and Amy, the baby of the family who tends to take herself and her position in society a little too seriously. While their father is off fighting the war, the four girls must learn to get by with just their mother while realizing that it isn’t easy for young women to establish their place in the world. Despite numerous obstacles, the sisters carry on and become independent adults, each in her own way, but without losing sight of the importance of family.
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As If Human
A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being
“Elegant and erudite.”?John Thornhill, Financial Times
Intelligent machines present us every day with urgent ethical challenges. Is the facial recognition software used by an agency fair? When algorithms determine questions of justice, finance, health, and defense, are the decisions proportionate, equitable, transparent, and accountable? How do we harness this extraordinary technology to empower rather than oppress?
Despite increasingly sophisticated programming, artificial intelligences share none of our essential human characteristics?sentience, physical sensation, emotional responsiveness, versatile general intelligence. However, Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson argue, if we assess AI decisions, products, and calls for action as if they came from a human being, we can avert a disastrous and amoral future. The authors go beyond the headlines about rampant robots to apply established moral principles in shaping our AI future. Their new framework constitutes a how-to for building a more ethical machine intelligence.
Regretting You
The #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller that People Magazine calls "a poignant, addictive read."
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris-Morgan's husband, Clara's father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she's been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.
Bride of the Shadow King
For fans of The Bridge Kingdom and A Deal with the Elf King, this sweeping tale of love and betrayal is equal blends sweet and spice. A shunned princess. A reluctant king.
A marriage that could save both their kingdoms . . .
but destroy their hearts. Though she is the oldest daughter, Princess Faraine lives in the background, shunned from court and kept out of sight. Her chronic illness makes her a liability to the crown, and she has learned to give place to her beautiful, favored younger sister in all things.
When the handsome and enigmatic Shadow King comes seeking a bride, Faraine is not surprised that her sister is his choice. Though not eager to take a human bride, King Vor is willing to do what is necessary for the sake of his people. When he meets the lively Princess Ilsevel, he quickly agrees to a marriage arrangement.
So why can't he get the haunting eyes of her older sister out of his head?
Happiness For Beginners
Sometimes to find your way, you have to get really, really lost...
Helen Carpenter has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Finding herself newly divorced and a little lost, Helen decides she needs a reset. So when her annoying younger brother convinces her to sign up for a hardcore wilderness survival course, she hopes the adventure will be exactly what she needs.
Instead, it's a disaster. It's nothing like she expected. She doesn't expect the surprise summer blizzard, for example-or the blisters, or the mean pack of sorority girls. And she especially doesn't expect that her annoying brother's even-more-annoying best friend, Jake, would show up for the exact same course-and distract her, derail her, and... kiss her.
But it turns out sometimes disaster can teach you exactly the things you need to learn. Like how to keep going, even when you think you can't. How being scared can make you brave. And how sometimes getting really, really lost is your only hope of getting found.
Everyone Breaks These Laws
Copyright’s profound impact on the online world as we know it
This book is a captivating exploration of the profound impact of American copyright law on our online lives. By telling stories about hope, art, greed, and fear and how they have affected the legal dimensions of creativity and technological change, this book uncovers the hidden forces shaping our digital world. Gerardo Con Díaz examines the strange world of online copyrights from the 1990s to today’s AI-driven era, showing how our ability to immerse ourselves in digital media depends on the erosion of what it means for people to own their creative works, online and offline.
He delves into the often overlooked impact of digital ownership on privacy and self-expression in this fascinating field guide to the complex landscape of online rights.
Darček, 2. vydanie
Niekedy je pravda taká hrozivá, že neznalosť je najväčší dar na svete.
Milan Berg patrí k nekonečnému radu nemeckých analfabetov. Keď na priechode zastaví auto, Milan zbadá na zadnom sedadle vystrašené dievčatko, ktoré zúfalo pritíska na okno papier. Odkaz nedokáže prečítať, no cíti, že dievčatko je v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve.
Napriek svojej nevzdelanosti si zapamätal tvar písmen a presne ich nakreslil svojej priateľke Ambre. Tá mu len potvrdí, čo tušil – dieťa bolo unesené a prosí o pomoc. Pátranie Milana zavedie na ostrov Rujana a do detských spomienok, ku ktorým sa nikdy nechcel vrátiť.
Nebol by to Fitzek, keby nás po celý čas nezavádzal a neviedol po falošných stopách, ktoré sa na konci zlejú do jasnej výpovede. Fitzek má svoj príbeh opäť brilantne premyslený a až do poslednej strany sa s čitateľom majstrovsky zahráva.
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Pacient, 2. vydanie
Aby zistil pravdu, musí sa vzdať rozumu.
Malý Max zmizne a jeho otec Till Berkhoff prežíva nočnú moru.
Všetky indície vedú jedným smerom, a tak polícia dospeje k záveru, že Maxa uniesol sériový vrah Guido Tamnitz, a uzavrie pátranie po zmiznutom dieťati. Toho medzitým usvedčili z viacerých únosov a zavreli na psychiatrickej klinike. Zúfalý otec vidí jedinú možnosť, ako sa dozvedieť pravdu o svojom synovi – musí sa stať pacientom rovnakej kliniky ako vrah.
Autor hneď na prvých stranách vybičuje napätie do takých obrátok, že nedokážeme knihu pustiť z ruky. Vpletie do príbehu množstvo dramatických zvratov, ani jeden z nemeckých autor trilerov to nedokáže lepšie. V krátkych kapitolách, ktoré umožňujú zmenu perspektívy, nadobúdajú jeho romány príťažlivé tempo, ktorému sa nedá odolať.
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Aspergerove deti. Počiatky autizmu v nacistickej Viedni
Hans Asperger, priekopník výskumu autizmu a Aspergerovho syndrómu v nacistickej Viedni, bol vážený a oslavovaný pre svoju súcitnú obranu detí s mentálnym postihnutím. V prelomovej knihe Aspergerove deti však oceňovaná historička Edith Sheffer odhaľuje, že Asperger sa nielenže podieľal na rasovej politike Hitlerovej Tretej ríše, ale bol aj spoluvinníkom vraždenia detí.
Keď nacistický režim počas druhej svetovej vojny vyvraždil milióny ľudí v celej Európe, selektoval ich podľa rasy, náboženstva, správania a fyzického stavu, aby ich buď liečil, alebo likvidoval. Nacistickí psychiatri sa zameriavali na deti s rôznym typom myslenia – najmä na tie, o ktorých si mysleli, že im chýbajú sociálne zručnosti – a tvrdili, že v Ríši pre ne nie je miesto. Asperger a jeho kolegovia sa snažili z niektorých „autistických“ detí vytvoriť produktívnych občanov, zatiaľ čo ostatné, ktoré považovali za neliečiteľné, presunuli do Spiegelgrundu, jedného z najsmrteľnejších centier na vraždenie detí v nacistickej Tretej Ríši. V prvej komplexne podanej histórii súvislostí medzi autizmom a nacizmom Sheffer odhaľuje, ako sa dnes bežná diagnóza vynorila zo zverstiev Tretej ríše. Vďaka živému rozprávaniu a rozsiahlemu výskumu Aspergerove deti prinútia čitateľov prehodnotiť spôsob, akým spoločnosť posudzuje, označuje a zaobchádza s osobami s diagnostikovaným postihnutím. Kniha vychádza v preklade Dany Petrigáčovej.
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