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How the Streets Were Made
Examines the creation of â€the streets†not just as a physical, racialized space produced by segregationist policies but also as a sociocultural
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How the Just So Stories Were Made
A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard KiplingÂ’s world-famous childrenÂ’s classic
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How the World Is Made
Explores how ancient people who grasped the timeless principles of sacred geometry were able to create flourishing societies. This title features more
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Streets of New York
This is a true story about how a 20-year-old southern girl from Louisiana went to New York and landed in a shelter with some of the most troubled youths. Once she was there, she experienced things that she had never been exposed to like prostitutes, drug users, lesbians coming on to her, et cetera. She also went through so much trouble that she even found herself sleeping...
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While You Were Sleeping
You wake up to find the man beside you is dead. He is not your husband. This is not your bed. What do you do? Tara Logan lives a quiet life with her husband, Noah, and two children, teenager Rosie and eleven-year-old Spencer. But her peace is shattered when she wakes in her neighbour Lee's bed, with n...
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A DOGGIE AND A PUSSYCAT HOW THEY WERE WASHING THE FLOOR - Josef Čapek
Anotace: Dear children, Josef Čapek, the writer, wrote for you the Tale About a doggie and a pussycat. For this Tale he also drew lots of very nice pictures. When he was writing and drawing all of this, little Alice was sitting on his lap. She was his daughter and he loved her very much, and little Alice loved her father. Because they were fond of each other like that, M...
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A Doggie and a Pussycat - How they were washing the Floor - Josef Čapek
<p></p><p> Dear children,</p> <p> Josef Čapek, the writer, wrote for you the Tale About a doggie and a pussycat. For this Tale he also drew lots of very nice pictures. When he was writing and drawing all of this, little Alice was sitting on his lap. She was his daughter and he loved her very much, and little Alice loved her father. Because ...
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A Doggie and a Pussycat How They Were Washing the Floor
Čapek Josef. Dear children, Josef Čapek, the writer, wrote for you the Tale About a doggie and a pussycat. For this Tale he also drew lots of very nice pictures. When he was writing and drawing all of this, little Alice was sitting on his lap. She was his daughter and he loved her very much, and little Alice loved her father. Because they were fond of each other like that...
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Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon
Discover how the Moon landing changed the world and learn about the fascinating people who made it happen!
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Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon
Discover how the Moon landing changed the world and learn about the fascinating people who made it happen!
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Imagine You Were There... Winning the Vote for Women
Learn how the women's suffrage movement changed the world and about the people who made it happen.
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A Doggie and a Pussycat How They Were Making a Cake
Dear children and others, we are informing you that everything is in the best disorder, and so we are again meeting you in this next book from the Tales About a Doggie and a Pussycat, which is all about the two of us, written by the author Mr. Josef Čapek. We want to add to this that we are both very happy that he had portrayed us so nicely in his pictures. This new book ...
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A Doggie and Pussycat - How They Were Making a Cake - Josef Čapek
<p></p><p> Dear children and others,</p> <p> we are informing you that everything is in the best disorder, and so we are again meeting you in this next book from the Tales About a Doggie and a Pussycat, which is all about the two of us, written by the author Mr. Josef Čapek. We want to add to this that we are both very happy that he had por...
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The Right Side of History : How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great - Shapiro Ben
Anotace: Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West. So why are we on the verge of throwing it all away?In 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California-Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required to protect his speech. What was so frightening about Shapiro? He came to argue that Western civil...
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How to Survive 2
Special Offer Survivalist, I’ve got a little something for you… Just a little surprise…I love surprises… Reminds me when I was kid in…oh, I’m getting emotional again… Survivor Loyalty Item: “Primal Fear” Armor Set. If you are already a survivor who has How to Survive or How to Survive: Third Person Standalone on ...
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How to Survive 2 (PC)
Special OfferSurvivalist, I’ve got a little something for you…Just a little surprise…I love surprises…Reminds me when I was kid in…oh, I’m getting emotional again…Survivor Loyalty Item: “Primal Fear” Armor Set.If you are already a survivor who has How to Survive or How to Surviv...
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Art of Making a Harpsichord
* A detailed exploration of how historical harpsichords were made, with instructions on how the modern reader can do the same. * Comprehensively illus
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Made In America - Bryson Bill
Anotace: Funny, wise, learned and compulsive. (GQ). Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made in Am...
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The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins (0241989051)
Kniha - autor Tom Higham, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of...
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How to Make a Book with Carlos Saura & Steidl
This documentary film shows the story of creating Carlos Saura's Vanished Spain, a book of Saura's photos of Andalusia and central Spain in the late 1950s, and published by Steidl in 2016. As a young man the great Spanish film director Saura didn't quite know what he wanted to become: a motorcycle racer, flamenco dancer or a photographer. 60 years, 40 films and numerous a...
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Readerful Independent Library: Oxford Reading Level 11: Made for Us
Who designed the first touchscreen? How were electric toothbrushes developed? Find out in Made for Us, and learn about the inclusive designs of produc
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The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World - A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Tim Marshall
<p>AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating and crucial insight into how, even as humanity moves upwards into the final frontier, we'll be influenced by the geographies of space. Marshall has done it again!' Professor Lewis Dartnell, author of Being Human Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy in...
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Conversations on Love: with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, and many more - Lunn Natasha
Anotace: *THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*`This book might just change your life` Sunday Times`Wise, wonderful, moving and brilliant... will leave your heart in a much better place` StylistAfter years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and ...
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The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World - THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Marshall Tim
Anotace: THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and The Power of GeographySpy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.This isn`t sc...
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Brooklyn Crime Novel - Lethem Jonathan
Anotace: 1978 and two14-year-old white boys are creating dubious art by using a hacksaw to cut multiple quarters into pieces. A child who`s just bought ice cream from a Mr. Softee truck witnesses a daylight sidewalk shooting in 1979. At another time, a couple of blocks over, a kid gets caught trying to shoplift an adult magazine from a Puerto Rican hole-in-the-wa...
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Leadership in War : Lessons from Those Who Made History - Roberts Andrew
Anotace: Napoleon, Nelson, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Marshall, de Gaulle, Eisenhower and Thatcher: each of these leaders fundamentally shaped the outcome of the war their nation was embroiled in. How were they alike, and in what ways did they differ? Was their war leadership unique, or did these leaders have something in common, traits and techniques that transcend time...
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The Guardians - John Grisham
<p>He was framed for murder. Now he needs a miracle. 22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a...
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Archaeology: The Whole Story
Global in perspective and covering over four million years of history, this accessible volume provides a chronological account of both the development of the human race and the order in which modern societies have made discoveries about their ancient past. Beginning deep in prehistory, it takes in all the great archaeological sites of the world as it advances to the prese...
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The Atomic Human
A vital perspective is missing from the discussions we're having about Artificial Intelligence: what does it mean for our identity?Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displ...
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The Glamourist (The Vine Witch, 2) - Smith Luanne G.
Anotace: A spellbinding novel of bloodlines, self-discovery, and redemption by the author of the Washington Post bestseller The Vine Witch.Abandoned as a child in turn-of-the-century Paris, Yvette Lenoir has longed to uncover the secrets of her magical heritage and tap her suppressed powers. But what brave and resourceful Yvette has done to survive the streets has made h...
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The Enigma Girls - Fleming Candace
Anotace: Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed works of narrative nonfiction aimed at middle-grade and young adult readers. These books help readers learn about the world in which they live and develop their critical thinking skills so that they may become dynamic citizens who are able to analyze and...
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The Adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection - Christian Habermeier
<p>The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, this book presents adidas’s history through more than 350 pairs of shoes from the “adidas Archive”, including one-of-a-kind originals, vintage models, never-before-seen proto...
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The Future of Geography - Marshall Tim
Anotace: Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries` GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years.This isn`t science fiction. It`s astropolitics.Humans are heading up and out, and we`re taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers and seas have on Earth. It`s no ...
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The World of Poo - Pratchett Terry
Anotace: From Snuff: `Vimes` prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to ...
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The World of Poo - Terry Pratchett
<p>From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to b...
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The Future of Geography - Tim Marshall
<p>Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.</p> <p>We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth.</p> <p>Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, m...
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The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor - Jaku Eddie
Anotace: Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the `happiest man on earth`. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud...
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A History of the World in 100 Objects (0241951771)
Kniha - autor Neil MacGregor, 614 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A paperback reader's edition of this original and very successful history of humanity. The book's range is enormous, with each chapter immersing the reader in a past civilisation, not just describing the objects and how they were made, but what their significance is. 'Magnificent...brings hom...
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Survival of the Friendliest - Brian Hare
<p>A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness "Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring--and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time."--Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge For most of the approximately 300,00...
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The History of the Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien,John D. Rateliff
Anotace: In one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself. The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a ...
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The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition, 1. vydání - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
<p>In one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.</p> <p>The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of th...
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The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition - Tolkien John Ronald Reuel
Anotace: Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a unique design inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien`s own artwork, featuring a ribbon marker and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase. The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a st...
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The Choice, 1. vydání - Edith Eva Egerová
THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERby Edith Eger, as seen on BBC BreakfastEven in hell, hope can flower'I'll be forever changed by her story' - Oprah Winfrey 'One of those rare and eternal stories you don't want to end' - Desmond Tutu'A masterpiece of holocaust literature. Her memoir, like her life, is extraordinary, harrowing and inspiring in equal measure' – The ...
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The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor, 1. vydání - Eddie Jaku
<p>‘Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming’ – Daily Express Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom. Life can be beautiful...
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Gaudi. The Complete Works - 40th Anniversary Edition - Rainer Zerbst
<p>Antoni Gaudí merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a unique Modernista aesthetic that put Barcelona on the global architecture map. With brand-new photography, plans and drawings by Gaudí himself, as well as an extensive appendix of all his works including furniture and unfinished projects, this book takes us through the Catalonian’s fantastic...
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The Walt Disney Film Archives. The Animated Movies 1921–1968. 40th Anniversary Edition - Daniel Kothenschulte
<p>One of the most expansive illustrated publications on Disney animation, finally available in a compact edition. The landmark volume includes behind-the-scenes photos, story sketches, and cel setups of famous film scenes. It covers each of the major animated features made during Walt’s lifetime, as well as lesser-known short films and episodic musical films.</p...
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The Secret World : A History of Intelligence - Andrew Christopher
Anotace: The history of espionage is far older than any of today`s intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.`God sent out spies into the land of Canaan`. From there, Christopher Andrew traces the shift in the ancient world from divination ...
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The adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection. 40th Anniversary Edition - Christian Habermeier
<p>The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, this book presents adidas’s history through almost 200 pairs of shoes, including one-of-a-kind originals, vintage models, and designer pieces.</p> <p> </p> ...
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The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic - de Visé Daniel
Anotace: The Blues Brothers hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage; but Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honour the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues, some of whose greatest artists - Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Cab Calloway, Ray Charle...
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The Reinvention of Humanity : A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture - Charles King
Anotace: The Reinvention of Humanity tells the story of a small circle of renegade scientist-explorers who changed something profound: what it means to be normal. In the early twentieth century, these pioneering anthropologists, most of them women, made intrepid journeys that overturned our assumptions about race, sexuality, gender and the nature of human diversity. Fro...
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The Reinvention of Humanity : A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture - Charles King
<p>Magnificent' Guardian / 'Hugely informative and adhesively readable' Sunday Times The Reinvention of Humanity tells the riveting story of a small circle of renegade scientist-explorers who changed something profound: what it means to be normal. In the early twentieth century, these pioneering anthropologists, most of them women, made intrepid journeys that overt...
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42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams - Adams Douglas
Anotace: `Douglas`s slanted way of looking at reality makes the fuzzy sharp and the improbable probable. In a cock-eyed universe the level gaze is not much use` STEPHEN FRY`Douglas was something that we don`t have a word for yet - a futurologist or an explainer` NEIL GAIMAN"In lieu of a conventional autobiography, this collection of letters, jottings and ephemera - inter...
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42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams - Douglas Adams
<p>'Douglas's slanted way of looking at reality makes the fuzzy sharp and the improbable probable. In a cock-eyed universe the level gaze is not much use' STEPHEN FRY'Douglas was something that we don't have a word for yet - a futurologist or an explainer' NEIL GAIMAN"In lieu of a conventional autobiography, this collection of letters, jottings and ephemera - i...
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The Little Book of Tom. Military Men - Dian Hanson
<p>Stand at attention with this pocket-sized army of free, proud, masculine fantasy men committed to pleasure and male camaraderie. With multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings, as well as personal photographs and sketches, The Little Book of Tom: Military Men celebrates the artist’s most iconic vision of masculine perfection.</p> <p> ...
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The Little Book of Tom. Bikers - Dian Hanson
<p>Tom of Finland fell for Marlon Brando as The Wild One and created a fantasy world of hyper-masculine motorcycle outlaws – loving other hyper-masculine outlaws. Get your hands on his avatar Kake, and over 200 more leather-clad hard riders– and we mean hard – in 192 compact pages.</p> <p> </p> <p>Leather-clad outlaws with big strong motorcyc...
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The Wolf of Investing: My Playbook for Making a Fortune on Wall Street - Jordan Belfort
<p>From Jordan Belfort, author of The Way of the Wolf and subject of the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street, comes his long-anticipated guide for mastering the stock market. The Wolf of Investing teaches you when to buy, sell, hold, and cash out; how to make smarter (and safer) investments; and how to build significant wealth over both the short- and long-term. Unlik...
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The Pope: Official Tie-in to Major New Film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins - McCarten Anthony
Anotace: On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a one time tango club ...
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Moonshot : Inside Pfizer´s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible - Bourla Albert
Anotace: A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when the scientists at Pfizer, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Albert Bourla, made "the impossible possible"-creating, testing, and manufacturing a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine that previously ...
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The Pope: Official Tie-in to Major New Film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins - Anthony McCarten
<p>From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour, The Two Popes is a fascinating, revealing and gripping tale of two very different men whose destinies converge with each other - they both live in the Vatican - and the wider world.</p> <p>On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope...
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Just Haven´t Met You Yet: The new feel-good love story from the author of THIS TIME NEXT YEAR - Cousens Sophie
Anotace: The stunning new love story from the bestselling author of This Time Next Year`Impossible to put down` CATHY BRAMLEY`A sure-fire hit!` LAURA JANE WILLIAMS`Packed full of holiday sparkle` JOSIE SILVER____________________________Tell me the story of how you two met. . .Laura has built a career out of interviewing people about their epic real life love stories.When...
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