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After twenty-three years, Orson Scott Card returns to his acclaimed bestselling series with the first true, direct sequel to the classic Ender''s Game.In Ender''s Game, the world''s most gifted children were taken from their families and sent to an elite training academy. At Battle School, they learned combat, strategy, and secret intelligence to fight a dangerous war on behalf of those left on Earth. But they also learned some important and less definable lessons about life.After the life-changing events of those years, these children—now teenagers—must leave the school and readapt to life in the outside world.Having not seen their families or interacted with other people for years—where do they go now? What can they do? Ender fought for humanity, but he is now reviled as a ruthless assassin. No longer allowed to live on Earth, he enters into exile. With his sister Valentine, he chooses to leave the only home he''s ever known to begin a relativistic—and revelatory—journey beyond the stars. What happened during the years between Ender''s Game and Speaker for the Dead? What did Ender go through from the ages of 12 through 35? The story of those years has never been told. Taking place 3000 years before Ender finally receives his chance at redemption in Speaker for the Dead, this is the long-lost story of Ender.For twenty-three years, millions of readers have wondered and now they will receive the answers. Ender in Exile is Orson Scott Card''s moving return to all the action and the adventure, the profound exploration of war and society, and the characters one never forgot.On one of these ships, there is a baby that just may share the same special gifts as Ender''s old friend Bean…THE ENDER UNIVERSEEnder seriesEnder’s Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the MindEnder’s Shadow seriesEnder’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in FlightChildren of the FleetThe First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth AwakensThe Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)The Swarm /The HiveEnder novellasA War of Gifts /First Meetings

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''Delivers more than almost anything else within the science fiction genre, Ender''s Game is a contemporary classic'' - New York Times''An affecting novel full of surprises.'' - The New York Times Book Review on Ender''s GameTHE HUMAN RACE FACES ANNIHILATION An alien threat is on the horizon, ready to strike. And if humanity is to be defended, the government must create the greatest military commander in history.The brilliant young Ender Wiggin is their last hope. But first he must survive the rigours of a brutal military training program - to prove that he can be the leader of all leaders.A saviour for mankind must be produced, through whatever means possible. But are they creating a hero or a monster?Discover the bestselling, multiple award-winning classic - a groundbreaking tale of war, strategy and survival.Books by Orson Scott Card:Alvin Maker novelsSeventh SonRed ProphetPrentice AlvinAlvin JourneymanHeartfireThe Crystal CityEnder Wiggin SagaEnder''s GameSpeaker for the DeadXenocideChildren of the MindEnder in ExileHomecomingThe Memory of the EarthThe Call of the EarthThe Ships of the EarthEarthfallEarthbornFirst Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Earth UnawareEarth AfireEarth Awakens

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Ender Wiggin is Battle School''s latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. And they need one. A vast alien force is headed for Earth, its mission: the annihilation of all human life. Ender could be our only hope. But first he must survive the most brutal military training program in the galaxy...

Objev podobné jako Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

Audiokniha: Lidstvo čelí hrozbě třetího útoku vojsk mimozemské civilizace, jejichž předchozím invazím se jen tak tak ubránilo díky zásahům geniálního velitele Mazera Rackhama. Armáda vnímá nutnost vychovat jeho nástupce, který by snad mohl odvrátit zkázu. Vhodným adeptem se zdá být chlapec Ender oplývající nadprůměrnou inteligencí a schopnostmi analytického myšlení. Už v šesti letech je odebrán rodině a nastupuje do Bitevní školy pro vojenské důstojníky, kde vystavován nejen musí dostát nejen náročným studijním nárokům a fyzickým zkouškám, ale také mnohým psychickým tlakům. Nezbývá však už mnoho času, než nepřítel znovu udeří… Román Enderova hra byl roku 2013 zfilmován s Asou Butterfieldem, Harrisonem Fordem a Benem Kingsleym v hlavních rolích. Orson Scott Card (*1951) Literárně debutoval roku 1978 sci-fi romány Hot Sleep a Capitol, po nichž následovala kniha Songmaster v žánru fantasy. Skutečně proslulým se však stal díky sérii nazvané Enderova sága. První díl Enderova hra získal ceny Hugo a Nebula. Jeho pokračování Mluvčí za mrtvé tato ocenění získalo o rok později a Card se tak stal jediným spisovatelem, který získal obě „trofeje“ ve dvou po sobě následujících letech. Série dále pokračuje dalšími pěti knihami a navazuje na ni i tzv. stínová řada. Filip Kaňkovský (* 1985) Vystudoval hru na klavír na Konzervatoři Jaroslava Ježka, poté absolvoval obor herectví na DAMU v Praze. Je členem souboru Činohry pražského Národního divadla, hostuje v ústeckém Činoherním studiu, v Divadle Komedie i v Divadle Minor. Je také součástí divadelního uskupení Tygr v tísni. Zahrál si rovněž ve filmech jako ...a bude hůř, Klub osamělých srdcí, Jarmareční bouda, Lidice, Příběh kmotra či v seriálech Čtvrtá hvězda, Modré stíny, Bohéma. Je frontmanem kapely Green Småtroll, v níž zpívá a hraje na klávesy (kapela získala žánrovou cenu Anděl 2009 v kategorii Ska & Reggae za album Rude Jazz). Pavel Rímský(* 1949) Po studiích na JAMU získal angažmá v divadle v Hradci Králové, později vystupoval v divadle Dílna 24, které bylo trnem v oku tehdejšímu režimu. Účinkoval v mnoha oblastních i pražských divadlech, například v Činoherním studiu v Ústí nad Labem, Městských divadlech pražských, Realistickém divadle (dnešní Švandovo divadlo) i v Divadle v Dlouhé. Od roku 1997 je členem souboru Divadla na Vinohradech. Filmoví diváci jej znají z rolí ve filmech Colette, Zemský ráj to napohled, Hanele či Učitel tance ale i z televizních filmů a seriálů jako Četnické humoresky, Dobrodružství kriminalistiky nebo Ulice. Díky svému charakteristickému hlasu se uplatnil také v dabingu (např. major Sidney Theodore Freedman v seriálu M*A*S*H).

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''The story progresses nimbly, with plenty of tension and excitement and Card''s usual well-developed characters'' - KIRKUS REVIEWS on EARTH UNAWARE''Literate prose and superlative characterisation . . . excellent'' - BOOKLIST on EARTH UNAWAREHUMANS THOUGHT THEY WERE ALONE IN THE GALAXY. UNTIL NOW.A hundred years before Ender''s Game, humanity is slowly making its way out to the planets of the solar system, exploring and mining asteroids.The ship El Cavador is far from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. When the ship''s telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, they''re unsure what to make of it. Little do they know that this object is the most important thing to happen to the human race in a million years. It''s humanity''s first contact with an alien race. The First Formic War is about to begin.Book one of the First Formic War - a thrilling space adventure series set in the world of bestselling science fiction classic Ender''s GameBooks by Orson Scott Card:Alvin Maker novelsSeventh SonRed ProphetPrentice AlvinAlvin JourneymanHeartfireThe Crystal CityEnder Wiggin SagaEnder''s GameSpeaker for the DeadXenocideChildren of the MindEnder in ExileHomecomingThe Memory of the EarthThe Call of the EarthThe Ships of the EarthEarthfallEarthbornFirst Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Earth UnawareEarth AfireEarth Awakens

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Americká říše se rozrůstá až příliš rychle a rozpory v domácí politice ji zároveň přivádějí na pokraj kolapsu. Válka slov mezi pravicí a levicí přechází do otevřené války, ačkoliv většina lidí chce jen žít dál v klidu. Bitva mezi ultramoderními zbraněmi na jedné straně a pěšími vojáky na straně druhé ničí města a začíná ovládat venkov. Nicméně drtivá většina, jež nechce nic jiného než ukončit krveprolití a vrátit zemi do časů mírové existence, disponuje vlastní technikou, zbraněmi a geniálními stratégy. Když se americký sen rozplývá v násilnostech, kdo dokáže zajistit, aby národ a vláda táhly za jeden provaz? A na čí stranu se postavíte vy?Orson Scott Card je výtečný vypravěč, jenž si svými sci-fi a fantasy romány získal miliony fanoušků a slova nesmírné chvály. Tentokrát se vydává vstříc přítomnosti a nabízí mrazivý pohled na možný průběh nové americké občanské války.

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The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named Gloriously Bright.On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought.Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The Fleet is on its way, a second xenocide seems inevitable.Xenocide is the third novel in Orson Scott Card''s The Ender Saga.

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Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card''s The Ender Saga, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens'' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.THE ENDER UNIVERSEEnder seriesEnder’s Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the MindEnder’s Shadow seriesEnder’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in FlightChildren of the FleetThe First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth AwakensThe Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)The Swarm /The HiveEnder novellasA War of Gifts /First Meetings

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Druhý díl sedmisvazkové ságy o Alvinovi Tvůrci (první díl vyšel pod názvem Sedmý syn) nás opět zavádí do Ameriky minulého století. Ale je to jiný kontinent, než jaký jej známe my. Ve světě, který nám tak elegantně a s takovou invencí předkládá O. S. Card, šly dějiny poněkud jinudy. A co je nejdůležitější: v životě lidí mají své nezastupitelné místo "talenty". Magické schopnosti zaměřené k některým činnostem.Když mu bylo jedenáct let, viděl, jak bílí lidé vraždí jeho otce. Od toho dne se Indián Lola-šika stal žalostným opilcem. Jeho bratr, Te-kumsa, by chtěl bělochy z kontinentu vyhnat. Ale guvernér Bill Harrison osnuje proti Indiánům mnohem krutější plány. Když je začne uskutečňovat, mimoděk to vede k setkání Alvina juniora - výjimečného bílého chlapce se silnou magickou mocí - s Lola-šikou a Te-kumsou. A tak začíná další etapa Alvinovy výuky.

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V pokračování románu Enderův stín je po válce. Lidstvo zachránil Ender Wiggin se svým týmem nadaných dětí, válečníků. Nepřátelé byli vyhlazeni, Bitevní škola zrušena. Děti se vracejí domů, ke svým rodinám, rozptýleným po celé Zemi. Až na Endera… Jakmile nebezpečí pominulo, Země se opět stává bitevním polem. Děti z Bitevní školy jsou mnohem víc než jen hrdinové, jako potenciální zbraně se stávají významnými pro své země, které by je rády využily. Postupně, jeden po druhém, jsou však všichni bývalí členové Enderovy družiny uneseni. Zachrání se jen Fazolek, který hledá pomoc u Enderova bratra Petra. Petr Wiggin, Enderův starší bratr, stále z pozadí manipuluje pozemskou politikou. A s Fazolkovou pomocí možná dosáhne svého cíle - ovládnutí světa.

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Vládne agentúry cvičia detských géniov ako vojakov proti mimozemskej hrozbe. Šesťročný Andrew „Ender“ Wiggin, talentovaný stratég, prechádza tvrdým výcvikom v Bojovej škole. Čelí izolácii, rivalite a strachu, že sa stane rovnako krutým ako jeho brat. Enderova genialita môže rozhodnúť o osude Zeme, no tlak je obrovský. Je on tým generálom, ktorého ľudstvo potrebuje, alebo len ďalšou obeťou vojny s hmyzákmi?

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The acclaimed Top 10 Sunday Times best-seller on our search for love'Uncommonly wise and honest. Love in Exile flooded me with a sense of continuity and hope. A masterpiece, from start to finish' - Maggie NelsonShon Faye grew up quietly obsessed with the feeling that love was not for her. Not just romantic love: the secret fear of her own unworthiness penetrated every aspect and corner of her life. It was a fear that would erupt in destructive, counterfeit versions of the real love she craved: addictions and short-lived romances that were either euphoric and fantastical, or excruciatingly painful and unhinged, often both. Faye’s experience of the world as a trans woman, who grew up visibly queer, exacerbated her fears. But, as she confronted her damaging ideas about love and lovelessness, she came to realize that this sense of exclusion is symptomatic of a much larger problem in our culture. Love, she argues, is as much a collective question as a personal one. Yet our collective ideals of love have developed in a society which is itself profoundly sick and loveless; in which consumer capitalism sells us ever new, engrossing fantasies of becoming more loved or lovable. In this highly politicized terrain, boundaries are purposefully drawn to keep some in and to keep others out. Those who exist outside them are ignored, denigrated, exiled. In Love in Exile, Shon Faye shows love is much greater than the narrow ideals we have been taught to crave so desperately that we are willing to bend and break ourselves to fit them. Wise, funny, unsparing, and suffused with a radical clarity, this is a book of and for our times: for seeing and knowing love, in whatever form it takes, is the meaning of life itself.

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The unofficial manual that should have come with your car! Become a Tesla pro in no time with over 250 Tesla tips and tricks to get the most out of your electric vehicle!Scott Kelby and Terry White, both renowned tech experts and bestselling authors, have teamed up to create an entirely new concept for learning about your Tesla—a guide one that''s designed from the ground up to get you straight to whatever you need to know about your Tesla right now, provide quick answers, and get you back to enjoying your electric vehicle.Tesla cars have become the pinnacle of modern driving with their incredible power and depth of features, but sometimes the functions you need aren''t immediately obvious. There will be times when you need to do something in your Tesla, but you''re not sure where that feature is hidden or what the "secret handshake" is to make it work. That''s why this book was created—to get you to the technique, the shortcut, or exactly the right setting, right now.How Do I Do That In My Tesla? covers Tesla''s latest and greatest features, including its advanced driver assistance systems. Here''s how the book works: When you need to know how to do a particular thing, you turn to the relevant chapter (Charging, Navigation, Autopilot, etc.), find the specific task you need to accomplish (each page covers just one topic), and Scott and Terry tell you exactly how to do it as if they were sitting right there in the car with you, using the same casual style as if they were guiding a friend. That way, you can quickly maximize your knowledge of your Tesla and get the most out of your car.This isn''t a book of confusing jargon and complicated multi-step processes. This is a practical guide that tells you where a menu item is, which setting or feature to use, and exactly how and when to use it, so you''re never "stuck" wondering how to do something in your Tesla again. This will be your "go to" resource for learning everything you need to know about your Tesla, and you''re going to love having this type of help right at your fingertips.Whether you''re a new Tesla owner or a long-time driver looking to make the most of your vehicle, Scott and Terry''s expertise will help you become a Tesla pro in no time!Table of ContentsChapter 1: Essentials for First-Time Tesla OwnersChapter 2: Everyday Driver ControlsChapter 3: The Entertainment SystemChapter 4: Using the Navigation SystemChapter 5: All About ChargingChapter 6 :Using the Tesla AppChapter 7: Using Super ChargersChapter 8: Safety and SecurityChapter 9: Autopilot and Full Self-Driving OptionsChapter 10: Handling the HatersChapter 11: Servicing Your TeslaChapter 12: Climate Control

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Lost in Exile,Found in Scripture: A Fresh Look at Psalm 119In this illuminating commentary on Psalm 119, David VanDrunen offers a fresh perspective on the Bible’s longest chapter, exploring its profound relevance for Christians today. Through careful exposition of the psalm’s twenty–two stanzas, VanDrunen reveals how this ancient text speaks to contemporary believers who, like the psalmist, live as ‘sojourners’ in a world that is not their true home.Key Features:Warm and accessible meditation on Scripture’s longest psalmExplores themes of affliction, persecution,repentance, and hopeShows how the psalmist’s journey points forward to ChristTreats Psalm 119 as a cohesive masterpiece rather than isolated verses Written in an engaging and pastoral style, this book will help readers appreciate Psalm 119not merely as a collection of individual verses but as a cohesive masterpiece that traces the spiritual journey of God’s people.Perfect for:Students of ScriptureSmall group studiesPersonal devotional readingAnyone seeking to understand how God’s word sustains his people through times of trialDiscover how this beloved psalm illuminates the relationship between God’s word and his people’s experience as sojourners in this world. Warm, accessible meditation on the longest psalmTreats Psalm 119 as cohesive masterpieceIdeal for personal devotion

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The acclaimed author of The Teller of Secrets returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, story about a young Ghanaian woman’s struggle to make a life in the US, and the challenges she must overcome.Lola is twenty-one, and her life in Senegal couldn’t be better. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a nice apartment, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with possibility. But fate disrupts her world when she falls for Armand, an American Marine stationed at the U.S. Embassy. Her mother, a high court judge in Ghana, disapproves of her choice, but nothing will stop Lola from boarding a plane for Armand and America.That fateful flight is only the beginning of an extraordinary journey; she has traded her carefree existence in Senegal for the perilous position of an undocumented immigrant in 1990s America.Lola encounters adversity that would crush a less-determined woman. Her fate hangs on whether or not she’ll grow in courage to forge a different life from one she’d imagined, whether she’ll succeed in putting herself and family together again. Daughter in Exile is a hope-filled story about mother love, resilience, and unyielding strength.

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Publikace Druhý exil Edvarda Beneše. Fotografie z let 1938-1945 obsahuje fotografie ilustrující druhý exil E. Beneše, druhého prezidenta Československé republiky a jeho aktivity před a v průběhu druhé světové války, v letech 1938-1945. Koncepčně kniha představuje jednofondovou edici vybraného fotografického archivního materiálu chronologicky seřazeného. Edice představuje 99 autentických fotografií pořízených z černobílých pozitivů. Kniha začíná velkou vstupní studií spoluautorů Jana Kuklíka a Jana Němečka o Benešově zahraniční i vnitřní politice v exilu, následuje ediční úvod Jana Bílka a poznámky Erika Maršouna k vybraným fotografiím včetně obsáhlého anglického resumé. The book Second Exile of Edvard Beneš deals with the series of photographs illustrating the second exile of E. Beneš, the second President of the Czechoslovak Republic and his activities before and during WWII, in the years 1938-1945. Conceptually, the book forms a one-collection and selective edition of photographic archival materials arranged chronologically. The edition of reproductions presents a set of 99 full and authentic photographs as black-and-white positives. This book begins with a big introductory study by co-authors Jan Kuklík and Jan Němeček deals about Beneš's foreign and internal policy in exile, followed by an editorial introduction by Jan Bílek and notes of Erik Maršoun who selected the photographs inclusive extensive English resume.

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Kafka in Action is a practical, hands-on guide to building Kafka-based data pipelines. Filled with real-world use cases and scenarios, this book probes Kafka''s most common use cases, ranging from simple logging through managing streaming data systems for message routing, analytics, and more. In systems that handle big data, streaming data, or fast data, it''s important to get your data pipelines right. Apache Kafka is a wicked-fast distributed streaming platform that operates as more than just a persistent log or a flexible message queue. Key Features · Understanding Kafka''s concepts · Implementing Kafka as a message queue · Setting up and executing basic ETL tasks · Recording and consuming streaming data · Working with Kafka producers and consumers from Java applications · Using Kafka as part of a large data project team · Performing Kafka developer and admin tasks Written for intermediate Java developers or data engineers. No prior knowledge of Kafka is required. About the technology Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform for logging and streaming data between services or applications. With Kafka, it''s easy to build applications that can act on or react to data streams as they flow through your system. Operational data monitoring, large scale message processing, website activity tracking, log aggregation, and more are all possible with Kafka. Dylan Scott is a software developer with over ten years of experience in Java and Perl. His experience includes implementing Kafka as a messaging system for a large data migration, and he uses Kafka in his work in the insurance industry.

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The second installment in the brilliant ‘Scott Pilgrim’ graphic novel series from Bryan Lee O’Malley, writer of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – now a major Netflix series.Scott Pilgrim has two girls on the go.When he’s with Knives Chau, he feels like he can erase his past and start over. When he’s with Ramona Flowers, he’s ready to accept the past, grow up and move on. But like all adult relationships, Ramona comes with baggage – in her case, seven evil ex-boyfriends, showing up one by one to challenge Scott for the right to date her. What happens when Knives and Ramona meet? What happens when Scott’s own ex-flames get thrown in? How will Scott deal? Which girl will he choose? Fights! Drama! Secrets revealed!Find the answers to these questions and more in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs The World’, the second volume in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s brilliant graphic novel series.

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Learn to divine the wisdom of the cards with this beginner-friendly reference Tarot & Oracle Card Reading For Dummies gives you the tools and expertise you need to become the savvy card reader you've always wanted to be. Inside, you'll find complete information on the meanings of the 78 tarot cards as well as insights into working with oracle card decks of all kinds. You'll also explore tarot's shift from a playing card game to a deeply engaging tool for fortune telling, psychological reflection and creativity boosting. If you're brand new to card reading, never fear! This book offers a step-by-step guide for understanding your deck, nailing the basics, and divining for yourself and others. With fun and easy to use exercises for interpreting the cards, you'll be able to do it blindfolded! Okay, not blindfolded, but definitely with ease. With this fun Dummies guide, you'll become a master soothsayer in no time. Discover the three schools of tarot—Marseilles, Rider-Waite-Smith, and Thoth—and the many varieties of oraclesGet clear explanations of basic card spreads and how to interpret them for yourself and othersSee examples of how to intuitively connect cards to real-life situations and intentionsRefine your card reading skills and learn new techniques This unintimidating Dummies guide belongs in the arcane libraries of beginning mystics and regular people curious about tarot and oracle cards.

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A collection of private correspondence from one of the Harlem Renaissance’s brightest and most radical voices  The Jamaican-born, queer author Claude McKay (1890–1948) was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His 1919 poem “If We Must Die” expressed a revolutionary vision for militant Black protest art, while his novels, including Home to Harlem, Banjo, and Banana Bottom, described ordinary Black life in lyrical prose. Yet for all that McKay connected himself to Harlem, he was a restless world traveler who sought spiritual, artistic, and political sustenance in France, Spain, Moscow, and Morocco.  Brooks E. Hefner and Gary Edward Holcomb bring together two decades of McKay’s never-before-published dispatches from the road with correspondents including W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Max Eastman, and Louise Bryant. With wit, wisdom, insight, and sometimes irascible temper, McKay describes how he endured harassment from British authorities in London and worked alongside Leon Trotsky and Alexander Kerensky in Bolshevik Moscow. He reflects on Paris’s Lost Generation, immerses himself in the Marseille dockers’ noir subculture, and observes French colonialism in Morocco. Providing a new perspective on a unique figure of American modernism, this collection reveals McKay gossiping, cajoling, and confiding as he engages in spirited debates and challenges the political and artistic questions of the day.

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It's 1951 and the servants of Stalin are closing in on the occupied nations of eastern Europe. As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta - best and bravest of freedom fighters - is told to escape to the West and undertake a dangerous mission.Greta's task is to find a missing girl: the precious daughter of a partisan general who was sent into exile in the final days of the war.But the so-called Free World is no place for vulnerable young refugees. Europe is in ruins, the old Empires are dying, and a spectacular cast of spivs, gangsters and rival intelligence agencies are fighting over the scraps.Crossing the Iron Curtain will require nerves of steel as Greta faces down the French mob, ex-Nazis, Soviet spies, all the glamour and temptation of Paris and ultimately, her own demons.The Exile is the stunning prequel to The Partisan, Patrick Worrall's critically-acclaimed debut, which introduced the world to the force of nature that is Greta.This is her white-knuckle ride into the black heart of postwar Europe - a terrifying world in which allies and enemies are impossible to tell apart.

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''An espionage story of high literary calibre'' Strong Words Magazine''A dramatic and thoroughly immersive account of loyalty, ideology and betrayal'' Guardian''A terrific new voice in spy fiction…A complex, action packed portrait of a continent in ferment’ Mail on Sunday''In remarkably granular detail, Worrall conjures up a Fifties Paris where historical and fictional characters coexist'' Sunday Times________________It''s 1951 and the servants of Stalin are closing in on the occupied nations of eastern Europe. As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta - best and bravest of freedom fighters - is told to escape to the West and undertake a dangerous mission.Greta''s task is to find a missing girl: the precious daughter of a partisan general who was sent into exile in the final days of the war.But the so-called Free World is no place for vulnerable young refugees. Europe is in ruins, the old Empires are dying, and a spectacular cast of spivs, gangsters and rival intelligence agencies are fighting over the scraps.Crossing the Iron Curtain will require nerves of steel as Greta faces down the French mob, ex-Nazis, Soviet spies, all the glamour and temptation of Paris and ultimately, her own demons.The Exile is a white-knuckle ride into the black heart of postwar Europe - a terrifying world in which allies and enemies are impossible to tell apart.________Praise for The Partisan''Fast-paced, intriguing and deeply atmospheric'' Tom Bradby''Remarkedly assured debut ... the advent of a real talent...One to watch'' Sunday Times''Impressive ... The scene-setting is finely detailed and evocative, the characters skilfully drawn'' Financial Times''Immersive, intriguing, and intelligent - incredibly impressive, up there with the best in the genre'' Lee ChildPatrick Worrall, The Bookseller bestseller, July 2023

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When a girl is found dead with a signed copy of Rudian Stefa’s latest book in her possession, the author finds himself summoned for an interview by the Party Committee.Unable to guess what transgression he has committed Rudian goes fearfully to meet his interrogators. He has never met the girl in question but he remembers signing the book. As the influence of a paranoid regime steals up on him, Rudian finds himself swept along on a surreal quest to discover what really happened to the mysterious girl to whom he wrote the dedication – to Linda B.‘Powerful, empathetic, at times harrowing... executed with an elegant combination of horror, absurdity, indignation, and other-worldliness... A chilling, humane and strangely beautiful work’ Independent

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Book 5 in the internationally best-selling Honor Harrington science fiction series. First time in Trade Paperback!

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The third of Joan Lingard''s ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books.Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin have married and "escaped" to London - but will they ever really be free of Belfast and its troubles? In this third book about Sadie and Kevin, Joan Lingard has added an understanding of the strains of young marriage to the sombre representation of life in Belfast.

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MagSafe peněženka - peněženka a stojánek na mobilní telefon v jednom, kompatibilní s iPhone 12/13/14, magnetické uchycení, pro až 3 karty, úzké provedení, PU materiál Mějte důležité čipové karty vždy po ruce. MagSafe peněženka ChoeTech 2-in-1 bezpečně uchytíte na iPhone 12/13/14 a vložíte do ní i 3 karty současně. Peněženka je tak úzká, že vám nebudete překážet ani v kapse. MagSafe peněženka ChoeTech 2-in-1 slouží také jako praktický stojánek pro mobilní telefon, nastavíte jej horizontálně i vertikálně. Klíčové vlastnosti MagSafe peněženky ChoeTech 2-in-1Praktická peněženka na platební či čipové karty a stojánek na mobilní telefon v jednomMagnetické uchyceníKompatibilní s iPhone 12/13/14Ultra úzká - nebude překážet ani v kapseVložení až tří karetMateriál PU

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MagSafe peněženka - peněženka a stojánek na mobilní telefon v jednom, kompatibilní s iPhone 12/13/14, magnetické uchycení, pro až 3 karty, úzké provedení, PU materiál Mějte důležité čipové karty vždy po ruce. MagSafe peněženka ChoeTech 2-in-1 bezpečně uchytíte na iPhone 12/13/14 a vložíte do ní i 3 karty současně. Peněženka je tak úzká, že vám nebudete překážet ani v kapse. MagSafe peněženka ChoeTech 2-in-1 slouží také jako praktický stojánek pro mobilní telefon, nastavíte jej horizontálně i vertikálně. Klíčové vlastnosti MagSafe peněženky ChoeTech 2-in-1Praktická peněženka na platební či čipové karty a stojánek na mobilní telefon v jednomMagnetické uchyceníKompatibilní s iPhone 12/13/14Ultra úzká - nebude překážet ani v kapseVložení až tří karetMateriál PU

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MagSafe peněženka - peněženka a stojánek na mobilní telefon v jednom, kompatibilní s iPhone 12/13/14, magnetické uchycení, pro až 3 karty, úzké provedení, PU materiál Mějte důležité čipové karty vždy po ruce. MagSafe peněženka ChoeTech 2-in-1 bezpečně uchytíte na iPhone 12/13/14 a vložíte do ní i 3 karty současně. Peněženka je tak úzká, že vám nebudete překážet ani v kapse. MagSafe peněženka ChoeTech 2-in-1 slouží také jako praktický stojánek pro mobilní telefon, nastavíte jej horizontálně i vertikálně. Klíčové vlastnosti MagSafe peněženky ChoeTech 2-in-1Praktická peněženka na platební či čipové karty a stojánek na mobilní telefon v jednomMagnetické uchyceníKompatibilní s iPhone 12/13/14Ultra úzká - nebude překážet ani v kapseVložení až tří karetMateriál PU

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Discover the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby with this exquisite edition from Union Square & Co.’s Signature Gilded Editions series! The stunning Great Gatsbyspecial edition features sprayed edges, color end pages, a built-in ribbon bookmark, and embossed foil cover. The beautiful design and attention to detail set this special edition book apart, whether you’re reading for the first time or building a library of your favorite classic literature books. When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has no idea that the lavishly outfitted mansion next to his modest house is home to Jay Gatsby. Eventually, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby's intense interest in his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and when Daisy's brutish husband, Tom, probes Gatsby's background, he uncovers unsavory revelations about his rival's wealth. First published in 1925, F.Scott Fitzgerald's third novel offers a definitive portrait of the opulence and recklessness of the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in 1925.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, New York, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a wealthy, mysterious, and complex man driven by an obsession with his past, and Daisy Buchanan, a married woman he loved in his youth. Considered one of the greatest novels ever written, it explores the themes of love, loss, and the American Dream. The Great Gatsby has been adapted numerous times for film, most recently in 2013 starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby.Despite its commentary on a different time period in American history, the story is particularly relevant today—contrasting the glamorous lives of the wealthy with the realities beneath the surface and revealing the fallacy of the American Dream.

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Uncover the transformative power of composition and elevate your photography!If you bought a book from the 1940s on photography composition, what would you imagine its chapters might be? “Rule of Thirds”? “Leading Lines”? “Using Patterns”? Exactly. Heck, the phrase “leading lines” in photography composition was first used back in the late 1700s, but after all this time, we’re still teaching these rules of composition. Why? It’s probably because they actually work pretty well, but they only scratch the surface of composition. After all, there has got to be more to great composition than just those rules or everybody would already be a composition master, right?That’s what sets Crush the Composition apart. Written by photographer and best-selling author Scott Kelby, it’s the first book of its kind to take you beyond the time-honored rules of composition covered in every book on composition since the beginning of photography and share the concepts that nobody has been talking about—until now. These are some of the best-kept secrets in photography, and Scott unveils them all here in this groundbreaking new book whose layout and design put one leg in the classroom and one leg on the coffee table. You’re holding a book that has the power to transform the way you see, frame, and create images from this day forward because it will give you a clear plan of exactly what to do when you pick up your camera and start to frame up your shot.You’ll learn exactly how to “work the scene” when it comes to photographing landscapes, travel, and even portraits, along with what to do first, what to do next, and how to move step by step through the process. Plus, you’ll learn:• What to do when the classic rules don’t apply (for example, what you can do if there are no leading lines or using the rule of thirds doesn’t work).• How to vary your settings and how it can change your composition. Plus, you’ll learn not only when to do it but, most importantly, why you’d want to in the first place.• How to add depth to your images, so they go from looking flat to having that deep, epic feeling that draws the viewer into your image.• How to compose for great-looking portraits and why certain composition decisions can make your subject look their very best.• How to use sharpness and depth of field to your advantage and how they play into your entire composition (it’s more powerful than you’d think).You’ll also find a chapter on composition tips and tricks, and there’s even a short chapter that covers those classic rules of composition. But, instead of dedicating an entire chapter to each rule, each one is just one page—they’re short, sweet, and to the point, so you get them out of the way fast. They’re still valid, but the way Scott describes them, in his trademark casual style, all you’ll need is that one page and you’ll totally “get” them. That way, you can focus on the stuff that goes way beyond just those classic rules.It’s all here in the only book of its kind, so get ready to rethink everything and come away with the type of images you’ve always dreamed of creating.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Seeing DifferentlyChapter 2: Work the SceneChapter 3: Change Your PerspectiveChapter 4: Work the SharpnessChapter 5: Work the SettingsChapter 6: Add Depth to Your CompositionChapter 7: The Power of SimplicityChapter 8: Composition for PortraitsChapter 9: How to Critique Your Own WorkChapter 10: Composition TipsChapter 11: The Classic Rules of CompositionChapter 12: The Numbers Behind the Pixels

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Bad Blood meets Burn Book in this expose about tech icon Bob Lee - and what his life and 2023 murder tell us about San Francisco in the Internet Age. For fans of Going Infinite and Super Pumped: Sex and drugs, parties and violence, genius coders and VC tycoons - welcome to the rip-roaring world of the American tech industry. The full story of an industry, a city, and two men - one who got everything he ever wanted, one who never got what he thought he deserved - and what happened the night it all came apart. Like his many peers in the tech industry who had poured into San Francisco over the last two decades, Bob Lee was remaking the world, building the most familiar parts of our digital lives, a lead innovator at one start-up after another, such as Google, Android, Square, and CashApp. When Lee was found stabbed to death one night on the streets of San Francisco, the city''s many critics knew exactly what it meant. Just like they had been saying, the city was violent, dangerous, and out-of-control. San Francisco was so bent on creating a liberal utopia that it was failing at its most basic tasks - to keep its citizens safe. It''s a familiar story - familiar and wrong. Bob Lee was a man without limits, and he had a recklessness that led to his triumphs as well as his downfall.

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Microsoft Word in easy steps will get you up and running in no time, and then reveal all the clever features of this popular word processor. Learn all you need to know about:Creating, structuring and adding styles to your documents; text editing and formatting.Adding and editioniting pictures, graphics, videos, hyperlinks; and faster shape formatting. Working with equations, symbols and tables. Writing, sharing and collaborating on documents in real time and while on the move using different devices. Proofing, indexing, adding citations, and creating tables of contents. Reviewing and protecting your documents. The must-have guide for all Microsoft Word newbies as well as for those needing to take their word processing skills to the next level!Covers MS Word in Microsoft 365 suite.

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A moving and original examination of Stefan Zweig's tragic decline from universal acclaim to obscurity and suicide in exile.

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So many days I felt like a god, drunk with freedom and power, riding a motorcycle I’d crafted with my own two hands with that winged skull on my back. George Christie was president of the notorious Ventura charter of the Hells Angels for three decades. While Sonny Barger was the club’s reckless leader, George was the negotiator, the spokesman. In Exile on Front Street he takes us on an action-packed ride through his years as a Hells Angel, from the bloody brawl that started the war with the Mongols to learning that a contract had been taken out on him by the head of the Outlaws. He describes the brotherhood and the betrayals, being targeted by the Feds and his stretches in prison. He also reveals how the club changed, why he decided to leave for the sake of his family and how the leadership turned on him. Now Christie has decided to set the record straight in this hard-hitting account of what it means to be a Hells Angel through good times and bad.

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If you like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden, you will love this second book in THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Manda Scott''s epic retelling of the story of Britain''s great warrior queen."One of the boldest of recent adventures in historical fiction...Scott celebrates the mystic matriarchy of the British tribe with lush lyricism and story-weaving panache..." -- INDEPENDENT"A cry for freedom cloaked in lyrical and sensitive prose." -- OXFORD TIMES"Of the recent historical novels set in Roman times, this is the best one I''ve read." -- MAIL ON SUNDAY"So well written and atmospheric that you are ''there'' along with the characters. Plenty of development of the main characters from the first book, lots of suspense and page turning action." -- ***** Reader review"Amazing writing, spellbinding, transporting... History and fiction woven together in a memorising way and creating a real and vivid picture of life in Britain 2000 years ago. Highly recommend it!" -- ***** Reader review"Every book in the series has you on the edge of your seat. It makes you laugh and cry, love and hate. In fact be prepared to experience every emotion." -- ***** Reader review*********************************************THIS IS A HEART-STOPPING STORY OF WAR AND PEACE; OF LOVE, PASSION AND BETRAYAL; OF DRUIDS AND GODS IN A WORLD WHERE EACH LIFE IS SACRED BUT EACH DEATH EVEN MORE SO...In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome - the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush the vibrant native civilization of our island home ...Dreaming The Bull continues the story of Breaca - now hailed Boudica, the Bringer of Victory, and her half-brother, Bán, now an officer in the Roman auxiliary cavalry. Each stands on the opposing side in a brutal war between the occupying army and the defeated tribes; each is determined to see the other dead. Caught between them are two children, son and daughter to two of the greatest warriors their world has ever seen. While in distant Rome, the Emperor Claudius holds the balance of lives in his hands....Boudica''s story continues in Boudica: Dreaming the Hound. Have you read Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle, the first instalment of the Boudica story?

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Raised by his grandmother in Tennessee, Gil Scott-Heron''s journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most uncompromising and influential songwriters of his generation is a remarkable one. In this, his heartfelt, beautifully written and posthumously published memoir, we are given bright insights into the music industry, New York, the civil-rights movement, modern America, governmental hypocrisy, Stevie Wonder and our wider place in the world. It is also a fitting testament to the generous brilliance of Gil Scott-Heron and to the Spirits that guided him.

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God's love covers every area of our lives from the good times to the heartbreaking times, He cares about it all! This lovely book includes devotions and prayer starters to help make your faith stronger, deeper, and more fully rooted in an all-important relationship with your gracious and powerful provider God.

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Pocha; short for pojangmacha, which literally translates as ‘covered wagon’; pocha is a tented or tarpaulin-covered stall, bar or market vendor serving up cheap and unfussy Korean comfort food, snacks and drinks. In Pocha, Su Scott is going home to the streets where she grew up and the food that shaped her. From daybreak to sundown, 80 delicious and playful recipes take you on a journey through the narrow streets of Seoul and sheltered halls of tarpaulin-roofed markets where dust motes and steam glitter in the glow of orange tungsten lights. This is unfussy, easy, comforting food from a country that has perfected late night eating and drinking culture. From Corn Dogs and Fried Chicken to Kimchi Pancakes and Perilla Oil Noodles for slurping (and perhaps some ice-cold soju to wash it all down), Pocha invites you to bring the beating heart of Korea's food scene into your kitchen. Filled with vibrant location photography from Seoul that weaves a tale of Su's touching return to her home country, Pocha is an electric and tender cookbook.

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Before the revolution, the Shah of Iran seemed invincible. The world watched in awe as he commanded a huge army and oversaw an economy awash with billions of dollars of oil revenues.The regime’s secret police had crushed communist opposition and the Shah appeared to have bought off the conservative Muslim clergy inside the country. On the international stage, Iran had become an invaluable ally to the West during the Cold War. But village streets spoke of a different country – people derided the Shah as an American lackey and blamed him for economic inequality, for spending recklessly on lavish parties and for ignoring the Muslim majority.When a volcanic religious revolution erupted, led by a fiery cleric named Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shah was forced off the throne and into exile. How did it all go so wrong?Brilliantly brought to life by the Sunday Times bestselling author Scott Anderson, this gripping behind-the-scenes narrative reveals how the Iranian Revolution was as world-shattering an event as the French and Russian revolutions, and how its repercussions are still felt around the world today. In the Middle East, in India, in Southeast Asia, and now in Europe and the United States, the hatred of economically-marginalized, religiously-fervent masses for a wealthy secular elite has led to violence and upheaval – and Iran was the template.

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Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you''ve never read about them beforeFancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military intelligence broke into the Democratic National Committee network, grabbed what it could, and may have contributed to the election of Donald Trump.Robert Morris was curious. Experimenting one night, the graduate student from Cornell University released "the Great Worm" and became the first person to crash the internet.Dark Avenger was in love. To impress his crush, the Bulgarian hacker invented the first mutating computer virus-engine and nearly destroyed the anti-virus industry.Why is the internet so insecure? How do hackers exploit its vulnerabilities? Fancy Bear Goes Phishing tells the stories of five great hacks, their origins, motivations and consequences. As well as Fancy Bear, Robert Morris and Dark Avenger, we meet Cameron Lacroix, a sixteen-year-old from South Boston, who hacked Paris Hilton''s cell phone because he wanted to be famous and Paras Jha, a Rutgers undergraduate, who built a giant botnet designed to get him out of his calculus exam and disrupt the online game Minecraft, but which almost destroyed the internet in the process. Scott Shapiro''s five stories demonstrate that computer hacking is not just a tale of technology, but of human beings.Yet as Shapiro shows, hackers do not just abuse computer code - they exploit the philosophical principles of computation: the very features that make computers possible also make hacking possible. He explains how our information society works, the ways our data is stored and manipulated, and why it is so subject to exploitation. Both intellectual romp and dramatic true-crime narrative, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing exposes the secrets of the digital age.

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When you hear the name ‘God’, does an image come into your head? Do you think of him as a shining light, or with a human shape, or as an anchor in the storm, a rock, a fortress?As we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott Robinson, a poet and storyteller, answers this question with imagination and a close reading of the text.Week 1: When God appearsWeek 2: God the creatorWeek 3: God the ownerWeek 4: Veiled in fleshWeek 5: Visible in creation

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When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has no idea that the lavishly outfitted mansion next to his modest house is home to Jay Gatsby. Eventually, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby’s intense interest in his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and when Daisy’s brutish husband, Tom, probes into Gatsby’s background, he uncovers unsavory revelations about his rival’s wealth. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel offers a definitive portrait of the opulence and recklessness of the Jazz Age.

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The small group of enthusiasts and photographers who had braved the winter weather and gathered on the slopes of the Lake District’s iconic valleys on Wednesday, 9 January 2019, were witnesses to the end of an era. The RAF Tornado GR.4 that raced past them, in some cases at a lower altitude than the onlookers, made the last ever low-level flight by this aircraft in the United Kingdom Low Flying System. Never again would the ‘Mighty Fin’, an aircraft that had been a familiar sight among the valleys of the UK for around forty years, provide such a spectacle. First flown in August 1974, the Tornado arguably become of the RAF’s most important aircraft of the Cold War. Indeed, the Tornado was the mainstay of RAF strike aircraft, from its early days as a nuclear capable low-level interdiction strike fighter (the GR.1 in RAF service), through to its retirement as a more versatile medium to high-level strike fighter, the GR.4\. Along with the shorter-lived Air Defence Variant, the F.2/F.3, the Tornado was without doubt one of the best loved aircraft types amongst photographers and crews with the sheer number of the initial GR.1s allowing them to populate eleven front-line squadrons as well as the training units of the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment and the Tornado Weapons Unit. Altogether, over twenty units flew variants of the type in the RAF alone. The Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment also catered for the other partner nations of Germany and Italy with all crews finding their way into the United Kingdom Low Flying System on a regular basis. It was, in fact, the impending introduction of the Tornado and the resulting increase in low-level activity that forced a restructuring of the UKLFS in 1979\. In this book, Scott Rathbone provides a pictorial record of the Tornado in its element, that of low-level. With images dating back to the 1980s, almost all variants are accounted for, as are the majority of RAF squadrons and units from other nations’ air arms. Colour is in abundance, with various camouflage patterns and special schemes as seen and photographed in the UKLFS and elsewhere, including the United States of America, over four decades. This, then, is a unique tribute to a remarkable aircraft.

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Bringing into harsh focus the daily struggle for existence in a Soviet gulag, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is translated by Ralph Parker in Penguin Modern Classics. This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety, warmth and food are the first objectives. Reading it, you enter a world of incarceration, brutality, hard manual labour and freezing cold - and participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life.Though twice-decorated for his service at the front during the Second World War, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was arrested in 1945 for making derogatory remarks about Stalin, and sent to a series of brutal Soviet labour camps in the Arctic Circle, where he remained for eight years. Released after Stalin's death, he worked as a teacher, publishing his novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich with the approval of Nikita Khrushchev in 1962, to huge success. His 1967 novel Cancer Ward, as well as his magnum opus The Gulag Archipelago, were not as well-received by Soviet authorities, and not long after being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970, Solzhenitsyn was deported from the USSR. In 1994, after twenty years in exile, Solzhenitsyn made his long-awaited return to Russia.If you enjoyed One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, you might also like Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, available in Penguin Classics.'It is a blow struck for human freedom all over the world ... and it is gloriously readable'Sunday Times

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SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025An autobiographical white-knuckle ride around the global fight game by the legendary Steve Bunce: the voice of the sport who is celebrating four decades of writing and talking about boxers and boxing.In Around the World in 80 Fights, let ''the Voice of Boxing'' take you on the ultimate sporting odyssey: to the rings of New York, to the makeshift rings of Bukom in Ghana, to the riches of Las Vegas, and to Riyadh, Atlantic City, Bethnal Green, Mexico City, Rome and Berlin.To the basement rooms in dingy pubs where old fighters chase the last round; a bullring in December under the stars; a small square on the outskirts of Naples with a ring obscured by a fountain; the abandoned centre of boxing excellence in a forest lost in East Germany; a railway arch in south London and a bin-bag packed with cash. Let ''Buncey'' tell you about the conversations with Mr. T at ringside; a meeting with the Pope''s people; the thoughts of Donald Trump when he had plans to make boxing great again; Don King in exile in his nineties; an overheard conversation with Fidel Castro; and a very real diplomatic incident.The hard conversations with a dead boxer''s mother in the hour after a machine had been switched off. The bravery, stupidity, guts, desire and glory of the boxers in the world''s most famous and unknown rings. They fought for millions, for pride, for their country and for nothing. They bled, cried and died in those rings.Around the World in 80 Fights vividly reveals the simple, wonderful and truly awful business of boxing. It is Buncey''s business and this is his story.

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Society is seen through the lenses of Hope Livingston, a woman whose birth is shrouded in secrecy. While in exile, she talks about her life as a white Creole woman born on the island of St. James in the West Indies. Against the wishes of Angela, her personal slave, Hope fantasizes about becoming a sugar cane plantation owner. The indignity of slavery is placed in the background as she aspires to find a prominent place in society at all costs. In an industry dominated by men like Master Livingston, who scorns the idea of women governing in the lucrative sugar industry, Hope joins forces with Gloria Hanover, the most influential plantation owner on the island. Hope becomes immersed in a lifestyle where sexual deviance, desire for status and cruelty, are guided by her idol. The unleashing of fear upon black people manifests with beatings as a powerful means to dominate. Little did they know that the subservience was a facade. Amid the frequent Maroon rebellions and resistance to slavery, social uncertainty begins to seep into the lives of the privileged and prideful class. When the reliance on free labor begins to collapse, secrets find their way out of the closet. And Hope''s life begins to turn upside down when dry bones refuse to remain hidden behind great house walls.

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A father is stranded with his baby daughter as violence breaks out in the jungle, in this page-turning and explosive new novel'Brilliant, harrowing and heartbreaking, yet utterly compelling' David PeaceDeep in a vast tropical rain forest, Kit and Lara escape the hollowness of modern life doing charitable work in a jungle village. With them is their tiny baby, Helen, who flourishes under the anxious care of her father. Their life of idyllic isolation is shattered by the arrival of an outsider with frightening news: close at hand, across the border, violence is looming. Hidden in a tiny memory card, Kit unwittingly holds evidence of the world-shattering event that is unfolding, the desperate power-play of a flailing superpower. Separated from Lara, with war erupting around them, Helen and Kit are forced to flee through the forest with a band of local children, pursued by a ruthless and determined army. Caught between the struggle of rival powers, Kit must keep his baby daughter alive while protecting the secret that his pursuers will kill to get their hands on. 'Immersive and immensely readable, never not terrifying' Richard BeardPraise for the award-winning Ghosts of the Tsunami:'A book of absolute, harrowing truth and beauty. I'd give up four of my novels to have written this book' Jim Crace, author of Harvest'Every time I think of it, I'm filled with wonderment... A future classic' Observer'A remarkable and deeply moving book' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm

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The General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simón Bolívar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. ''It was the fourth time he had travelled along the Magdalena, and he could not escape the impression that he was retracing the steps of his life''At the age of forty-six General Simón Bolívar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his youth. Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do, Bolívar hopes to see a way out of the labyrinth in which he has lived all his life. . .. ''An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny'' Sunday Telegraph''An imaginative writer of genius'' Guardian''The most important writer of fiction in any language'' Bill Clinton

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An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novel''Having news from you is like opening a window''Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane. Far away in a different country, his father tries to adjust to life in exile, his daughter marvels at the big city, and his beautiful, careworn wife finds herself irresistibly drawn to another man, as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom. Told with tenderness and fury through the voices of a family torn apart by history, Springtime in a Broken Mirror asks whether shattered lives can ever truly be mended. ''A masterful novel ... a remarkable collage of unique perspectives - or shards from that eponymous broken mirror'' The National

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Antarctica. Winter 1912.Hunkering down in the windiest place on earth, eighteen young Australians eagerly await a chance to prove themselves as polar explorers and scientists. The spring sledging season will bring adventure, danger, and the discovery of new lands under the command of Douglas Mawson. But tragedy also lies in wait.Douglas Mawson''s tale is legendary, an epic struggle between one man''s self-belief and the worst conditions the hostile polar environment can throw at him. His journey represents not only a feat of physical endurance but also a triumph of the human spirit''s ability to conjure hope when luck has all but run out.Praise for previous books in this polar adventure series:''Into the White: Scott''s Antarctic Odyssey.''For thrill-seeking middle school students who love nonfiction adventure stories...the adventures of Scott and his crew don''t disappoint.'' - School Library Journal''Joanna Grochowicz''s narrative non-fiction brings to life characters and events without skimping on historical fact. From the outset, it is apparent that Grochowicz has hit her stride as a writer. The characters feel fully developed and the pacing is slick, while the delivery is consistently on the mark for an intermediate-level reader.'' - New Zealand Review of Books''Amundsen''s Way is a thoroughly enjoyable and readable story about some very brave people coping with horrific challenges. It is ideal for making young readers aware of the pleasures of long-form non-fiction books.'' - Magpies''Shackleton''s Endurance: ''The engaging and dynamic writing will hook even readers who typically do not gravitate toward nonfiction.'' - Kirkus reviews

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