Remarkable lives of numbers

Remarkable Lives of Numbers

Packed with illustrations, amusing facts, puzzles, brainteasers and anecdotes - an enthralling and thought-provoking numerical voyage through the hist

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Secret Lives of Numbers

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The Secret Lives of Numbers - Kate Kitagawa

<p>A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa...

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8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

A playful, ambitious and action-packed novel that explores the turbulent story of twentieth-century Korea through the life of one remarkable, charisma

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8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster - Mirinae Lee

<p>A playful, ambitious and action-packed novel that explores the turbulent story of twentieth-century Korea through the life of one remarkable, charismatic - and unreliable - woman</p> <p>SLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER.At the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not unusual for residents to invent stories. So wh...

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More. Numbers. Every. Day.: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives - And Why It´s Time to Set Ourselves Free - Micael Dahle

<p>How many steps have you done today?How many emails answered?How much money have you spent this week And how many hours have you slept?Welcome to the numberdemic, where a deluge of figures, stats and data manipulate your every move. From the way you work, date and exercise to the products you buy and the news you read, numbers have worked their way into every part...

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Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers - Paul Morland

<p>The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have determined which countries are superpowers and which languish in relative obscurity, which economies top the international league tables and which are at best also-rans.The same forces that have shaped our past and present are sha...

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The Number Bias: How Numbers Lead and Mislead Us (1529342775)

Kniha - autor Sanne Blauw, 176 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Even if you don't consider yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words. It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our l...

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Numbermania: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives and How To Set Ourselves Free - Dahlen Micael

Anotace: `An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.` -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems?`A smart and insightful read that will totally change the way you think - and live.`-Thomas Erikson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Surrounded By Idiots`Written in lucid, skillfully translated prose that puts the sc...

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Numbermania: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives and How To Set Ourselves Free - Micael Dahlen

<p>'An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.' -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems?'A smart and insightful read that will totally change the way you think - and live.'-Thomas Erikson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Surrounded By Idiots'Written in lucid, skillfully translated prose that puts the sci...

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Women of Science

An investigation into the lives of some of the more remarkable women in the history of scientific discovery.

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Women of Science

New paperback edition - An investigation into the lives of some of the more remarkable women in the history of scientific discovery.

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Uncovering the Secrets of Time and Number

Rhythm and number underpin our lives, from the days of the week to the time of day. This intriguing book explores the origin and qualities of numbers

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Acts of Resistance

In Acts of Resistance, Amber Massie-Blomfield writes about the artists who have treated the protest site as their canvas and contributed to movements that have transformed history - from the musicians in Auschwitz to the four-year Siege of Sarajevo, from the to ACT UP's 1989 invasion of the New York Stock Exchange, to the Niger Delta and indigenous communities in Bolivia....

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Wizrogue - Labyrinth of Wizardry

The legendary RPG Wizardry is reborn as a Rogue-like game. Terrifying monsters and countless traps stand in your way. Infinite eerie Labyrinths filled with terrifying monsters and countless traps to snare Adventurers. Your destiny is in your hands! Never far behind are the deadly battles and the creeping fear of being trapped alive. Take on Labyrinths with your own mighty...

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The Art of Living (1846045096)

Kniha - autor Thich Nhat Hanh, 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Master the art of living from one of the world's most revered spiritual leaders. Thich Nhat Hanh, the world's most renowned Zen master, turns his mindful attention to the most important subject of all - the art of living. The bestselling author of The Miracle of Mindfulness presents, for th...

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Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England

Explores themes of queenship, gender and power within Anglo-Saxon England. Focuses on the lives of remarkable women: women who rules and schemed, were

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Wizrogue - Labyrinth of Wizardry (PC)

The legendary RPG Wizardry is reborn as a Rogue-like game. Terrifying monsters and countless traps stand in your way. Infinite eerie Labyrinths filled with terrifying monsters and countless traps to snare Adventurers. Your destiny is in your hands! Never far behind are the deadly battles and the creeping fear of being trapped alive. Take on Labyrinths with your own mighty...

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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

This riveting paperback explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, and shines a piercing light on perceptions of powerful women today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in an

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The Witcher: Time of Contempt - Andrzej Sapkowski

Anotace: The adventures of Geralt the Witcher continue in this second novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games. Now in a brand-new hardcover edition, this is the ultimate way to experience the epic story of the Witcher. The kings and armies are manoeuvring for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each feari...

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In the Shadow of the Empress

Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited...

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Taylorová Laini

Anotace: The 10th anniversary edition of the first in Laini Taylor`s breathtaking fantasy trilogy`Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy.` GUARDIANErrand requiring immediate attention. Come.The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. `He never says please`, sh...

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The Invention of Wings - Kidd Sue Monk

<p>The No. 1 New York Times bestseller from the author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women. Sarah Grimké is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Han...

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A Reunion of Ghosts - Judith Claire Mitchell

Anotace: `What if the man who invented chemical weapons was also a grandfather, and what if his great-grandchildren grew up to be three hilarious, introverted, deeply-haunted sisters? And what if those sisters co-wrote a fascinating, funny, and deeply sad 350-page suicide note? Then you´d have A REUNION OF GHOSTS.´Anthony DoerrMeet the Alter sisters: Lady, Ve...

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Time of Contempt: Collector´s Hardback Edition - Andrzej Sapkowski

<p>The adventures of Geralt the Witcher continue in this second novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games. Now in a brand-new hardcover edition, this is the ultimate way to experience the epic story of the Witcher.The kings and armies are manoeuvring for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each fearing ...

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The Story of the Lost Child - Ferrante Elena

Anotace: The Story of the Lost Child is the concluding volume in the dazzling saga of two women- the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults, with husbands, lovers, aging parents, and children. Their friendship has been the gravitational center of their lives. Both women fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up-a pr...

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Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World´s Greatest Survival Story - Vierci Pablo

Anotace: It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences: the body of the plane broke violently into two, its floor torn to smithereens; seats flew out of the air...

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Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World´s Greatest Survival Story - Pablo Vierci

<p>It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences: the body of the plane broke violently into two, its floor torn to smithereens; seats flew out of the air ...

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Holy Shocking Saints

Celebrating the extraordinary lives of twelve remarkable people

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There are Rivers in the Sky: From the bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak

<p>The breathtaking new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World*****This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water.In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lie...

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Time of Contempt : Witcher 2 - Now a major Netflix show - Andrzej Sapkowski

Anotace: The adventures of Geralt the Witcher continue in this second novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games.The kings and armies are manoeuvring for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each fearing their neighbours more. Intrigue, dissent and rebellion fester on all sides.After decades of oppression, the...

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Time of Contempt : Witcher 2 - Now a major Netflix show - Andrzej Sapkowski

<p>The adventures of Geralt the Witcher continue in this second novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games. The kings and armies are manoeuvring for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each fearing their neighbours more. Intrigue, dissent and rebellion fester on all sides. After decades of oppression,...

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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics (0141985135)

Kniha - autor Michael Pollan, 480 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of...

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Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room - Donoghue Emma

Anotace: Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize. Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last forever. 'Emma Donoghue is a genius of compassion. In our fractured world she brings a...

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Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room - Emma Donoghue

<p>Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last forever.'Emma Donoghue is a genius of compassion. In our fractured world she brings a great sen...

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The Black Angels. The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis - Maria Smilios

<p>New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage.So begins the remarkable true story of the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest plagues, told alongside the often strange chronicle of the cure's discovery.During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed 1 in 7 people, white nurses at ...

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We are Three Sisters

Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.

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Women Who Saved the English Countryside

A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women

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Edith Cavell

A revealing insight into the remarkable life of the First World War heroine who saved hundreds of lives.

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Helga´s Diary: A Young Girl´s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp - Helga Weiss

Anotace: 'The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank' Daily Telegraph First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice . . . In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to their hom...

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Helga´s Diary: A Young Girl´s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp - Helga Weissová

<p>"The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank". (Daily Telegraph). First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice...In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to ...

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Number Bias

A playful, sharp-eyed myth-busting reassessment of the part numbers and statistics play in our lives.

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Frank Pantridge MC

This stirring biography reveals the full story of a remarkable man who survived against the odds to save countless lives.

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Yiddish Revolutionaries in Migration

A remarkable historical account of the lives and activities of members of the General Jewish Labour Bund, spanning decades and continents.

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The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events - Skeslien Charles Janet

Anotace: The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France.`This is hands down my book of 2024. A rich, glorious life-affirming ode to the power of books and female solidarity. S...

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The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events - Charles Janet Skeslien

<p>The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France.'This is hands down my book of 2024. A rich, glorious life-affirming ode to the power of books and female solidarity. Si...

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Scientists

Tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing

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With Christ in Service

This little book tries to encapsulate some of the responses the Jesuits have made through the ages, by focusing on the lives of a few remarkable indiv

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Champion

The inspiring story of one of the greatest jockeys ever whose legacy lives on. ‘A remarkable story, brilliantly told.’ Irish Examiner‘Inspiring,

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The Joy of Work: The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again - Daisley Bruce

Anotace: `Bruce Daisley is on a mission to change the world of work.´ The Times__________________________From the creator of hit podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat comes a revolutionary re-envisioning of how to enjoy your job.Do you want to get more done, feel less stressed and love your job again?Sometimes having a job can feel like hard work. But between Monk Mode mornings,...

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Great British Women

Great British Women is a Quality Pocket Book ( A6 ) which presents the lives of remarkable British women who made a mark on their country, and beyond.

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Martin Luther King

Provides introduction to the remarkable lives of important historical figures. Each book describes a famous life, following the protagonist through th

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Mercury Falling

'Shows once more Edric's unassuming yet remarkable talent for conjuring up the lives of his characters' The Sunday Times ________The Fens, 1954. It do

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Tribute to a Hero

The life story of three remarkable people, their resilience, fortitude and pride as they rebuild their lives over a fifteen-year period.

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Latchkey Ladies

A powerful and moving novel from 1921, about the lives and choices of modern women, by Canadian author Marjorie Grant. This remarkable novel focuses

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Castile for Isabella

_____________________The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchs. In the 15t

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Something Like Happy

In these remarkable stories, John Burnside takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointme

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Strange Blooms

This 'wonderful book' (Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph) describes the remarkable lives and times of the John Tradescants, father and son, immortalized

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Weather Girls

A tale of bravery, adventure and a remarkable friendship, inspired by true events from World War 2 following twelve-year-old Grace, who lives at Black

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Through Her Eyes

This remarkable book provides an account of the history of Ireland like weÂ’ve never seen before. Told through the prism of the lives of twenty-one ex

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