George Orwell 's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101. 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, ... |
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Taryn Cornick barely remembers the family library. Since her sister was murdered, she's forgotten so much. Now it's all coming back. The fire. The thief. The scroll box. People are asking questions about the library. Questions that might relate to her sister's murder. And something called The Absolute Book. A book in which secrets are written - and which everyone believes only she can find. They insist Taryn be the hunter. But she knows the truth. She is the hunted... "The Absolute Book" is a tale of sisters, ancient blood, a forgotten library, murder, revenge and a book that might just have the ... |
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In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign. From its ruins, however, emerged a poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, that would infuse the existence of two rivers and bind together three lives. In 1840 London, Arthur is born beside the stinking, sewage-filled River Thames. With an abusive, alcoholic father and a mentally ill mother, Arthur's only chance of escaping destitution is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a leading publisher, Arthur' ... |
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Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it underpins all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering, no computers. A century after the development of quantum mechanics, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat tells the full story of how scientists reckoned with a truth stranger than any fiction. John Gribbin leads us into the ever more bizarre and fascinating world of the smallest particles we have discovered, requiring only that we approach it with an open mind. He introduces the ... |
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From the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the Future. This is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary god equation which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the greatest minds in physics took up the search, from Stephen Hawking to Brian Greene. None have yet succeeded. In The God Equation, renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku takes the reader on a mind-bending ride through the twists and turns of this epic journey: a ... |
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The master of weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft combines cosmic fantasy with creeping horror in these three tales of malevolent alien forces, body-switching and travel across the space-time continuum."Evil in Lovecraft is universal, pervasive." Michael Chabon "His prescience and novelty seem more and more remarkable... shows a deeply modern horror at the universe." Guardian "A unique and visionary world of wonder, terror and delirium." Clive Barker ... |
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The multi-million copy bestseller. ... "Everyone must read 12 Rules for Life. And then pass it on to a friend." Chris Evans "Genuinely extraordinary... unmatched by any other modern thinker... a prophet for our times." Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Mail "Briliant... The truth can set you free." Sunday Times "The most influential publick intellectual in the Western world right now." The New York Times "Masteful... He's filling the hole out of which my generation has just clambered." Amol Rajan, New Statesman "A recipe for salvation." Daily Telegraph "A ... |
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Пет изключителни момичета. Пет митични създания. Едно епично приключение. В Терафамилиар е настъпил Денят на свързването, в който всяко десетгодишно дете открива своето животно, с което ще прекара остатъка от живота си. Но в края на церемонията се оказва, че Марина и още четири други момичета не са намерили своите животни. Случва се нещо изключително. Животните на петте момичета са създания излезли от легендите и те трябва да поемат на пътешествие, за да ги открият."Това морско приключение е идеалното начало в един нов литературен свят." Буклист "Това е книгата, която бих искала да прочета като дете - ... |
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Вдъхновена от необичайната логика на децата и умението им да правят удивителни взаимовръзки, книгата "Юху-Буху-Измислячус!" събира 17 кратки стихотворения за различни животни - от крава и пингвин до бухал и пчела. Всяко животно е главен герой в сюжет, който хем е небивал и изненадващ, хем е по свой начин логичен, и подканва децата да сглобяват света по шеметно нов начин. Книжка-упражнение по фантазиране. Игра на невероятни възможности, които обаче звучат логично! Рисунките на Антония Мечкуева капват ароматен мед в лъжицата на детското въображение. ... |
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Комплектът е част от серията Creatto, където ще откриете още продукти по темата. ... Сглоби си сам светещо панда с комплекта от Thames and Kosmos! Той е подходящ за деца над 8-годишна възраст и се състои от 61 гъвкави елемента и 40 LED ленти, с които да се сглоби фигурка. Инструкциите в кутията ще ти покажат как да направиш своя нов аксесоар, а ако желаеш, можеш да се опиташ да сглобиш друг орнамент - куче, акула или пингвин. Когато си готов, можеш да поставиш новият си светещ аксесоар на нощното шкафче. Комплектът работи с 2 батерии AA, които можете да закупите отделно. ... |
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Играчката е част от серията Full-Bodied, където ще намерите още интересни продукти. ... Пингвинът от The Puppet Company ще зарадва децата. Животинчето е меко и приятно на допир. Малчуганите могат да създават театрални постановки, в които да включат своя нов приятел. Те могат да разиграват ролеви игри с пингвина или да го гушкат. Дайте им шанс да развият своето въображение, докато играят и се забавляват. Размерите на пингвина са 18 / 33 / 12 cm. Играчката може да се пере ръчно. ... |
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Humbert Humbert – scholar, aesthete and romantic – has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky-skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers viciously in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Savagely hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust. " ... |
