Discover how a cosmic perspective can change everything. Why are we here? What gives us hope? How do we know? 101 exchanges with the most influential scientist on the planet."The most popular scientist in the world". Sunday Times "Don't fear change. Don't fear failure. The only thing to fear is loss of ambition. But if you've got plenty of that, then you have nothing to fear at all." Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson is arguably the most influential, acclaimed scientist on the planet. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, and host of Cosmos and StarTalk, he has dedicated his life ... |
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Love moves to its own beat. Evie is disillusioned about love ever since her dad left her mum for another woman - she's even throwing out her beloved romance novel collection. When she's given a copy of a book called Instructions for Dancing, and follows a note inside to a dilapidated dance studio, she discovers she has a strange and unwelcome gift. When a couple kisses in front of her, she can see their whole relationship play out - from the moment they first catch each other's eye to the last bitter moments of their break-up. For Evie, it confirms everything she thinks she knows about love - that it doesn&# ... |
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Rob had it all, but when his dad was caught embezzling funds from half the town, everything changed. Now Rob's the social pariah who los everything - his friends, his status, even his family. Maegan was a typical overachiever until the pressure got to her last year. And now that her sister is pregnant, pretending to be "perfect" family might be too much to handle. When Rob and Maegan are paird together at school, they're both reluctant to let down the walls they've built. But Rob's plan to fix the damage caused by his father could ruin more than their fragile new friendship... ... |
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31 countries, 127 maps. Includes Turkey and Morocco. ... The Rough Guide to Europe 2005 edition is the ultimate budget guide to the continent. There is a 24-page full-colour section containing a selective and subjective taste of the continent's highlights illustrated with dozens of photos. There are lively accounts of all the main attractions, from seeing the midnight sun to taking a Turkish bath. First-hand advice guides the reader around bar-hopping in Berlin, exploring temples in Greece and trekking in Morocco. The practical focus is on budget travel, with everything students and backpackers need to know to get ... |
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A brief history of all things: Mathematical. ... In this book, Johnny Ball tells one of the most important stories in world history - the story of mathematics. By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding of shapes, numbers and patterns from ancient times, a story that leads directly to the technological wonderland we live in today. As Galileo said, 'Everything in the universe is written in the language of mathematics', and Wonders Beyond Numbers is your guide to this ... |
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A story of healing, home and new beginnings. It has been a long time since Alice has felt safe. Because of him. Ross. But now she, Mum and her little brother Henry have finally moved far away, where Ross will never find them. It's a fresh start, Mum says. This time, she is never going back. Slowly Alice starts to build a life for herself, at a new school with new friends. But she can't escape the feeling she is being watched. That he might be lurking, waiting to ruin everything again. That Mum might be about to break her promise. That, just when Alice is starting to feel safe, everything will be taken away from ... |
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Sometimes you find something that changes everything. From the author of bestselling and Carnegie-nominated debut "Boy Underwater" comes a moving and hilarious novel for 10+ readers about friendships, family secrets, mystery - and life-changing hidden treasure... Jessica is playing with her family at the river when she finds a dirty, bedraggled teddy bear in the water. She has no idea that it will change everything, forever. Meanwhile, Cymbeline comes home from school to find that his mum’s house has been broken into - and the thieves seemed oddly focused on his toys. Thank goodness he had Not Mr Fluffy, his ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything ancient too: beautiful palaces; high mountains and hot springs; cherry blossom in the spring; quiet gardens with water and trees. ... |
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Don't let love pull you under. For fans of Nina LaCour and "The Spectacular Now", a powerful coming-of-age story about a girl with creative aspirations and the boy who charms his way into her life, centering on themes of addiction, loss, and the tumultuousness of first love and how to find strength when everything falls apart. Ever since her mom's cancer scare, Hadley hasn't been one for taking risks. And after seeing her sister go through one too many heartbreaks, she definitely has no interest in dating. Hadley just wants to keep her head down and enjoy the rest of high school with her friends, ... |
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Life, death and everything in between. ... Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. She has no idea how she got there. It is only when a police car arrives, and she sees her own body, that she realises she is in fact... dead. But nobody can see or hear her, however hard she tries. So what is she supposed to do next? Then Lily is given once-in-a-deathtime opportunity. Will she take it? "Wonderful... a near perfect piece of writing - funny and tender and wounded and furious." Matthew Crow, author of "In Bloom" ... |
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Новият албум на Pat Metheny, "From This Place" е издаден на 21 февруари 2020 г. Записът включва 10 композиции от Metheny, към когото се присъединяват дългогодишния му барабанист Antonio Sanchez, малазийско-австралийската басистка Linda May Han Oh и британският пианист Gwilym Simcock, както и "Hollywood Studio Symphony" под ръководството на Joel McNeely. Meshell Ndegeocello (вокали), Gregoire Maret (хармоника) и Luis Conte (перкусии) са специални гости във From This Place, първият албум на Metheny от нови творби след "Kin". От 2014 г. Metheny, Simcock, Oh и Sanchez започват обширно ... |
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С над 200 милиона преглеждания в "YouTube", Kehlani се радва на завидна фен база. Талантливата Kehlani има африканско-американски, кавказки, американски, испански и филипински корени, и въпреки трудностите, с които се сблъсква през годините, тя успява да пробие извън родния си Oakland и да завладее света. Микстейпът ѝ от 2014 "Cloud 19" я представя на света, и публиката се влюбва в нея. Медии като "Complex", "Pitchfork", "Vice" и "Buzzfeed" застават зад нея, подкрепяйки творчеството ѝ. През април 2016 г. излезе "You Should Be Here", който &# ... |
