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The Wishing Game: A Novel - Meg Shaffer

<p>Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher’s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially...

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Without Merit - Hooverová Colleen

Anotace: From Colleen Hoover, the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth. Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The on...

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Without Merit - Colleen Hoover

<p>From Colleen Hoover, the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth.Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once c...

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Guinness World Records 2020 (anglicky)

<p>Celebrate the dawning of a new decade with the fully revised Guinness World Records 2020. To kick off the '20s, we've created an electrifying new cover and curated a record-breaking edition packaged with thousands of new, updated and classic superlatives, hundreds of never-before-seen images, and a selection of eye-opening photo-composites that put a new spin on ...

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Upstream: Selected Essays (0143130080)

Kniha - autor Mary Oliver, 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná "In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be." So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver ...

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To Paradise: A Novel (0385548419)

Kniha - 688 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the author of the classic A LITTLE LIFE, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live ...

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A World Without Email : Reimagining Work in the Age of Overload - Cal Newport

<p>Emails are an integral part of work today. But the 'kind regards', forwards and attachments we check every 5.4 minutes are making us unproductive, stressed and costing businesses millions in untapped potential. Bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport, is here to offer a radical new vision - a world without email. Drawing on sociology,...

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World as I See it

The most advanced and celebrated mind of the 20th Century, without a doubt, is attributed to Albert Einstein. This interesting book allows us to explore his beliefs, philosophical ideas, and opinions on many subjects. Subjects include politics, religion, education, the meaning of life, Jewish issues, the world economy, peace and pacifism.

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World Atlas of Wine, 7th Edition

"Immense and beautiful - almost drinkable" -- Midweek, BBC Radio 4 "Simply superb work...buy it if you like wine at all." -- Victoria Moore, The Telegraph "If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one. And this edition, please." -- Andrew Jefford, Decanter Few wine books can be called classic but the first edition of The World Atlas of Wine made publishing history...

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Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux - Thomas Fletcher

<p> </p> To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now.We all know there are major, overlapping, global crises ahead of humanity: climate change, mass migration, new warfare, big tech, further pandemics, authoritarian capitalism. Rather than be daunted, this book charts a way that we can...

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Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers 3 - Among Us Walks A Goliath - Heck Don

With super-sized conflict within the team and colossal menaces without, Stan Lee and Don Heck made AVENGERS a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat extravaganza! The classic stories collected in this volume include battles against Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, Power Man, the Enchantress and the Atlantean warlord Attuma! And while the action will keep your pulse up, twists lik...

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Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers 3 - Among Us Walks A Goliath - Heck Don

Anotace: With super-sized conflict within the team and colossal menaces without, Stan Lee and Don Heck made AVENGERS a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat extravaganza! The classic stories collected in this volume include battles against Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, Power Man, the Enchantress and the Atlantean warlord Attuma! And while the action will keep your pulse up, ...

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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World - Mo Gawdat

<p>A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year'No one ever regrets reading anything Mo Gawdat has written.' - Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Multi-Hyphen Method and host of award-winning podcast Ctrl Alt DeleteTechnology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy maker...

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Smil Václav

Anotace: We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don`t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works ...

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Václav Smil

<p>We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works o...

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Quiet - The power of introverts in a world that can`t stop talking - Susan Cain; Susan Cainová

Anotace: "Quiet" by Susan Cain will change how you think about introverts forever. A "Sunday Times" and "New York Times" Bestseller. Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed. That fact is whether we're an introvert or an e...

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The Holy Grail of Investing: The World´s Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies for Financial Freedom - Tony Robbins

<p>Tony Robbins, who has coached more than fifty million people from 100 countries, is the world's #1 life and business strategist. In this new book, he teams up with Christopher Zook, a renowned financial investor who draws from thirty years of experience to round out the trilogy of #1 New York Times bestselling financial books. Together they reveal how, for decade...

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Wild at Heart

In the tradition of The World Without Us, a beautifully written and ultimately hopeful history of our relationship with the natural world

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Epistemology

Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Without knowledge, scientific enquiry is meaningless and we can't analyse the world around us. B

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Next Civil War

Ezra Klein's Why We're Polarized meets Alan Weisman's The World Without Us in this deeply researched work of speculative nonfiction that takes a fierc

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Deep Simplicity

The world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom seem to

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To Kill the Truth

Taut, authoritative and explosive, To Kill the Truth takes us to the edge of anarchy, a world without truth in which history will be re-written by tho

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Black Cat STORY OF CHOCOLATE ( Early Readers Level 1)

Chocolate is probably the world’s favourite food. A lot of people can’t live without it. We eat it and we drink it too. It is black, brown and white. It gives us energy and makes us happy. Learn about the history of this delicious food and discover some interesting facts that not everybody knows!

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McMafia : Seriously Organised Crime (Film Tie In) - Misha Glenny

Anotace: Now a major BBC series Have you ever illegally downloaded a DVD? Taken drugs? Fallen for a phishing scam? Organised crime is part of all our worlds - often without us even knowing. McMafia is a journey through the new world of international organised crime, from gunrunners in Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, by way of drug syndicates in Canada and cyber cri...

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Posthumanity in the Anthropocene Taylor & Francis Ltd

Itdiscusses the effects of climate change, at the individual level, and as a collective threat that can lead to a world without us. Further, the three interpretative chapters of the novels center on a generic approach that considers the novels as dystopias. By jettisoning certain subjects that are central in The Handmaid’s Tale—religious extremism—, or in MaddAddam—enviro...

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Zodiac Academy 6: Fated Throne - Peckham Caroline

Anotace: Fate has torn us apart and sometimes I believe the stars have given up on us altogether.Without my sister, the world seems darker than ever before and the shadows loom thicker, rising up to answer the call of the Shadow Princess and changing the face of Solaria for good.Now Lionel Acrux has the strength to make a move for the throne, I`m not sure how much time w...

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Zodiac Academy 6: Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham

<p>Fate has torn us apart and sometimes I believe the stars have given up on us altogether. Without my sister, the world seems darker than ever before and the shadows loom thicker, rising up to answer the call of the Shadow Princess and changing the face of Solaria for good. Now Lionel Acrux has the strength to make a move for the throne, I'm not sure how much tim...

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Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake

<p>The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never beforeThe more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers ...

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Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake

<p>The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2021 The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid enviro...

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An Atlas of Endangered Species - Megan McCubbin

<p>Three species vanish every hour. Our incredible world is at risk, and we all have a part to play in saving it.</p> <p>The diversity of life on earth is astounding, with each species perfectly adapted to its environment. Sharks can navigate the ocean using electromagnetic fields; sloths use algae as camouflage; albatross can fly for hours without beati...

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The Myth of Sisyphus, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

<p>Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and vision...

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Upstream : Selected Essays - Mary Oliver

<p>One of O, The Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of the Year! The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. "In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.&...

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Geopolitics and Geoculture

This is the third volume of Immanuel Wallerstein's essays to appear in Studies in Modern Capitalism, following the immensely successful collections The Politics of the World Economy and The Capitalist World Economy. Written between 1982 and 1989, these pieces offer Wallerstein's perspective on the events of this period, and the background to his interpretation of the mome...

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Guiness Book of Records 2020 - neuveden

Anotace: Celebrate the dawning of a new decade with the fully revised Guinness World Records 2020. To kick off the `20s, we`ve created an electrifying new cover and curated a record-breaking edition packaged with thousands of new, updated and classic superlatives, hundreds of never-before-seen images, and a selection of eye-opening photo-composites that put a new spin on...

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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor - Hank Green

Anotace: The magnificent sequel to Hank Green's #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing The statues disappeared in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. They also contributed to the untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into their path, naming th...

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Super Attractor

'A brilliant book that helped me out during lockdown. Oh my god, it's game-changing!' Fearne CottonAre you ready to take your spiritual practice to the next level and manifest love and joy like you've never experienced before?When we connect to the non-physical presence beyond our visible sight, true miracles happen. Super Attractor is a manifesto for making that connecti...

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Post Wall

This landmark global study makes us rethink what happened when the Cold War ended and our present era was born.The world changed dramatically as the Berlin Wall fell and protest turned to massacre in Tiananmen Square. Now, with deft analysis and a wealth of newly declassified archival sources, historian Kristina Spohr offers a bold and novel interpretation of the revoluti...

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PEN International: An Illustrated History - Carles Torner

‘I believe that despite the enormous odds which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual determination, as citizens, to define the real truth of our lives and our societies is a crucial obligation which devolves upon us all. It is in fact mandatory.’ Harold Pinter, English PEN President and Literature Nobel 2005 PEN – ‘Poets, Essayists, Novelists’ – was found...

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Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations - Prashad Vijay

Anotace: Essays on acts of US imperialism, from the 1953 Iran coup to the 2019 ouster of Evo MoralesWashington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent and readable stories, full of detail about US imperialism, but never letting the minutiae obscure the larger political point. It is a book that could easi...

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Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations - Vijay Prashad

<p>Essays on acts of US imperialism, from the 1953 Iran coup to the 2019 ouster of Evo Morales Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent and readable stories, full of detail about US imperialism, but never letting the minutiae obscure the larger political point. It is a book that could eas...

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism - Martin Wolf

<p>From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks, and one of the most influential writers on economics, a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism. Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very noti...

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Sleep : Change the way you sleep with this 90 minute read - Littlehales Nick

Anotace: ** As heard recently on Dr. Rangan Chatterjee`s podcast Feel Better, Live More ** `Nick Littlehales wants to redefine the very meaning of the word sleep` - Daily Telegraph Proven solutions for better nights, from an elite sleep coach. One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and ...

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Laws Of Human Nature - neuveden

Anotace: Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people`s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend o...

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The Concise Laws of Human Nature - Greene Robert

Anotace: From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people`s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of...

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Concise Laws of Human Nature

From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them th...

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The Concise Laws of Human Nature - Robert Greene

<p>From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious o...

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Sleep : Change the way you sleep with this 90 minute read - Nick Littlehales

<p>** As heard recently on Dr. Rangan Chatterjee's podcast Feel Better, Live More ** 'Nick Littlehales wants to redefine the very meaning of the word sleep' - Daily Telegraph Proven solutions for better nights, from an elite sleep coach. One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine...

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Charms & Symbols

For thousands of years, charms and symbols have allowed us to communicate powerful feelings without the use of a single word. From the elegant, sacred Feather to the strong, rooted Tree of Life, signs and symbols such as these can help guide us on our journey through life. Charms & Symbols is a guide to symbols from cultures around the world. Discover the meanings of the...

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The Laws of Human Nature, 1. vydání - Robert Greene

<p>Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend o...

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To Paradise - Yanagihara Hanya

Anotace: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A LITTLE LIFETo Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Yanagihara`s understanding of our desire to protect those we love - partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens - and the pain that ensu...

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To Paradise, 1. vydání - Hanya Yanagihara

<p>The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A LITTLE LIFETo Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Yanagihara's understanding of our desire to protect those we love - partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens - and the pain that ensue...

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Malcolm Gladwell - Blink

In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people...

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Lies My Gov´t Told Me : And the Better Future Coming - Malone Robert W., Malone Robert W.

Anotace: A guide for the times-breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them.When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduate student in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a movement to expose the dangers of mRNA vaccines that billions of people ha...

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Lies My Gov´t Told Me : And the Better Future Coming - Robert W. Malone

<p>A guide for the times-breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduate student in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a movement to expose the dangers of mRNA vaccines that billions of people h...

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The Children of Hurin, 1. vydání - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

<p>TOLKIEN'S NEW WORK: A Parable on Humanity's Inability to Conquer Evil Without a Redeemer "Already the reviews are pouring in, and most are favorable for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Children of Hurin. Rather than focus on the usual stuff of criticism, I want to look directly at Tolkien the Catholic author and what he does with this material. The man who talked ...

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Wheelmen - Albergotti Reed

Anotace: Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, descri...

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Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media - Jacob Mchangama

<p>The first global history of free speech shows we need to understand the past to address the challenges of the future.Hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat.In F...

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Wheelmen

Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, described his "m...

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Stone Blind: longlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction 2023 - Natalie Haynes

<p>** Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 ** In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before. 'Witty, gripping, ruthless' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter 'Beautiful and moving' - Neil Gaiman via Twitter 'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, ou...

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