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**Number One Sunday Times Bestseller**Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda''s assistance, he co-designs Adam''s personality.This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - and soon a love triangle forms, which leads Charlie, Miranda and Adam to a profound moral dilemma. Can you design the perfect partner? What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives?Provocative and moving, Machines Like Me explores whether a machine can ever truly understand the human heart.''Funny, thought-provoking and politically acute...'' Sunday Times''Dazzling'' Guardian''An unsettling examination of the human condition. Bold, clever'' Sunday Telegraph

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Kniha - autor Ian McEwan, 288 stran, slovensky, pevná s přebalem lesklá Môže stroj porozumieť ľudskému srdcu, alebo sme to my ľudia, komu chýba porozumenie? Charlie, ktorý sa ešte aj ako tridsiatnik nezáväzne pretĺka životom a úspešne sa vyhýba pravidelnej práci, je zaľúbený do pôvabnej Mirandy. Tajomnú mladú študentku však ťaží hrozivé bremeno minulosti. Len čo Charlie nečakane príde k peniazom, neodolá kúpe Adama, jedného z prvých umelých ľudí a - s výdatnou Mirandinou pomocou - pracuje na zostavovaní jeho osobnosti. Výsledkom ich spolupráce je takmer ideálna bytosť - príťažlivý, silný a múdry mladý muž. Je iba otázkou času, kedy sa stane nevyhnutné a všetky tri strany budú musieť čeliť hlbokej morálnej dileme.

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Audiokniha: V době, kdy svět stále ještě počítá náklady druhé světové války a železná opona se spustila, život jedenáctiletého Rolanda Bainese se obrátí vzhůru nohama. Dva tisíce kilometrů od matčiny ochranitelské náruče, uvězněný v internátní škole, přitahuje svou zranitelností učitelku klavíru slečnu Miriam Cornellovou a zanechává v ní jizvy i vzpomínku na lásku, která nikdy nezmizí. Hodiny jsou intimní i univerzální příběh o lásce, lítosti a neklidném hledání odpovědí. Ian McEwan: Hodiny | Čte Gustav Hašek| Režie Marek Štifter | Zvuk, střih a mastering studio ArtDOG | Hudba Marek Štifter | Natočeno ve studiu ArtDOG | Grafiku podle knižní předlohy adaptovala Jana Rybová | Produkce Marek Štifter | Supervize Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, v prosinci 2023. Nahrávka vznikla podle knihy: Ian McEwan: HODINY LESSONS Copyright © Ian McEwan 2022 Překlad © Ladislav Šenkyřík, 2023 Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Odeon, 2023.

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Audiokniha: Čtyři nedospělí sourozenci se po smrti rodičů rozhodnou žít sami a po svém v rodinném domě uprostřed takřka opuštěné příměstské zástavby. Čas peskování a výchovných opatření vystřídala volnost, místo svazujících povinností je teď důležitější hra – hra na dospělé. Proslulý román Iana McEwana byl sice poprvé uveřejněn již roku 1978, od té doby však neztratil nic ze své zvláštní, „nemorální“ naléhavosti. Ian McEwan: Betonová zahrada | Překlad Ladislav Šenkyřík | Čte Vasil Fridrich | Režie Jan Herget | Zvuk a střih Kate Hamsíková | Mastering Štěpán Škoch | Hudba Jonáš Rosůlek | Natočeno ve studiu All Senses Production s. r. o. | Grafiku podle knižní obálky upravila Jana Rybová | Produkce Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, červnu 2024. Ian McEwan Betonová zahrada THE CEMENT GARDEN Copyright © 1978 by Ian McEwan Překlad © Ladislav Šenkyřík, 2015 Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Odeon, 2020.

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Audiokniha: Je to jen svědomí, co nutí člověka stále znovu a znovu zpytovat duši, anebo existuje cosi mnohem hlubšího, kam obyčejný smrtelník nedosáhne, ale o čem jen tuší, že číhá vyrazit každým okamžikem do útoku? Ve svém doposud posledním románu Pokání dovedl Ian McEwan tuto myšlenku k dokonalosti. Třináctiletá Briony odvíjí svůj život v jistých představách, které ji mají neomylně dovést ke konkrétnímu, jasně vytyčenému cíli. Těmto snům přizpůsobuje vše, co přizpůsobit lze. Co nelze, tomu je třeba dopomoci. S fanatickou úporností pubescenta a fantazií, rozvinutou až do krajnosti, dohání protagonisty své soukromé hry na život k tragédii, za kterou by měla činit po zbytek života pokání. McEwan spřádá jednotlivé nitky osudů, jež v závěru splynou v jediný, silný a hluboce pravdivý obraz uplynulého století. Autor nabízí možnosti a klade otázky, na něž je těžké jednoznačně odpovědět. Ale ani on neposkytuje jednoznačné odpovědi, a tak je na čtenáři, aby se rozhodl, po které cestě se vydá - společně s Briony, s jejími spolupachateli, anebo s obětí? Jednoznačný není ani katarzní závěr, stejně jako není černý anebo bílý život kohokoliv z nás. Příběh pokání, jenž se na první pohled vztahuje k Briony, se náhle dotýká každého, i když se současně každý v tom kterém smyslu může ztotožnit s obětí. Nenápadně, avšak s rafinovaností mistra svého oboru, jako zdánlivé vedlejší téma se knihou prolíná - zřetelněji než v kterémkoli McEwanově díle předchozím - motiv psaní, chcete-li spisovatelství a jeho smyslu, jako by autor cítil stále naléhavější nutkání popsat a zdůvodnit především sám sebe a svoji touhu propojit život skutečný se životem svých literárních postav. Autor v tomto díle jednoznačně dosáhl svého vrcholu, alespoň co se týče asociačního spektra možných osudů člověka, jež nám nabízí s elegantní noblesou a odzbrojující bravurou.

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Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwanThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain – and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.With trademark intelligence, insight and scabrous humour, Ian McEwan pays tribute to Franz Kafka’s most famous work to engage with a world turned on its head.

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On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linleyand Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence, Clive as Britain's most successful modern composer, Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge.Gorgeous, feisty Molly had had other lovers too, notably Julian Garmony, Foreign Secretary, a notorious right-winger tipped to be the next prime minister. In the days that follow Molly's funeral Clive and Vernon will make a pact that will have consequences neither has foreseen. Each will make a disastrous moral decision, their friendship will be tested to its limits and Julian Garmony will be fighting for his political life. A contemporary morality tale that is as profound asit is witty, this short novel is perhaps the most purely enjoyable fiction Ian McEwan has ever written. And why Amsterdam? What happens there to Clive and Vernon is the most delicious shock in a novel brimming with surprises.

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**AS FEATURED ON BBC2''S BETWEEN THE COVERS**Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose''s calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe''s beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness.''A plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that night'' A.S. Byatt

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Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Colin and Mary are a couple whose intimacy knows no bounds. Away on a holiday together in a nameless city, they get lost one evening in a labyrinth of streets and canals. They happen upon Robert, a stranger with a dark history, who takes them to a bar and ushers them down into a subterranean land of violence and obsession.‘Haunting and compelling’ The Times‘No reader will begin The Comfort of Strangers and fail to finish it; a black magician is at work’ New York Times

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Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely. Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the cause of their estrangement and is led back to this moment on honeymoon and an experience of such darkness it was to wrench the couple apart.‘Powerful... Unforgettable’ Sunday Telegraph‘Thoughtful and compassionate’ London Review of Books

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Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch''Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty'' Benedict CumberbatchOn a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children''s books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen''s life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen''s own childhood back into the present.

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**AS FEATURED ON BBC2''S BETWEEN THE COVERS**Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose''s calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe''s beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness.''A plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that night'' A.S. Byatt

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The publication of Atonement cemented Ian McEwan’s reputation as one of the most exciting and accomplished writers of his generation. From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summer’s day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that breaks the heart, even as the master novelist’s provocative twists of form dazzle the senses.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA warm treat of a read for the cold winter nights.It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.''McEwan brings Florence and Edward touchingly alive for us'' Guardian

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The story of a life. The story of the summer. 'Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers.He has written his masterpiece' Daily TelegraphWhen the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone with their baby son.Her disappearance sparks of journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future.

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''Dazzling... Profound and urgent'' Observer''A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence... Everyone should read Saturday'' Financial TimesSaturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne, a successful neurosurgeon, stands at his bedroom window before dawn and watches a plane - ablaze with fire like a meteor - arcing across the London sky. Over the course of the following day, unease gathers about Perowne, as he moves amongst hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors in the post-9/11 streets.A minor car accident brings him into confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive man, who to Perowne''s professional eye appears to be profoundly unwell. But it is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance at the Perowne family home that Henry''s earlier fears seem about to be realised...

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On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl''s imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

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Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies.'A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended'On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house.Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.'The best thing he has ever written' Observer**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

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Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Like them, Rose observes all the changes going on around her which others choose to ignore. She watches as the streets of her small German town fill with soldiers. One day she sees a little boy escaping from the back of a truck, only to be captured by the mayor and shoved back into it. Rose follows the truck to a desolate place out of town, where she discovers many other children, staring hungrily from behind an electric barbed wire fence. She starts bringing the children food, instinctively sensing the need for secrecy, even with her mother. Until the tide of the war turns and soldiers in different uniforms stream in from the East, and Rose and the imprisoned children disappear for ever . . .

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Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team.Though only a pawn in an international plot, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life.The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman.It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening; a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he''s willing to shed.''The plot crackles like thin ice with dread and suspense'' Sunday Times

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Meet James Bond, the world's most famous spy, in these landmark 70th anniversary reissues of Ian Fleming's classic series. Set apart from the other books in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a femme fatale in the making - a victim of circumstance with a wounded heart.

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A powerful, timely memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming-of-age in a war that is lost.When Ian Fritz joined the Air Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadn’t been accepted into college thanks to an indifferent high school career. He’d too often slept through his classes as he worked long hours at a Chinese restaurant to help pay the bills for his trailer-dwelling family in Lake City, Florida. But the Air Force recognizes his potential and sends him to the elite Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, to learn Dari and Pashto, the main languages of Afghanistan. By 2011, Fritz was an airborne cryptologic linguist and one of only a tiny number of people in the world trained to do this job on low-flying gunships. He monitors communications on the ground and determines in real time which Afghans are Taliban and which are innocent civilians. This eavesdropping is critical to supporting Special Forces units on the ground, but there is no training to counter the emotional complexity that develops as you listen to people’s most intimate conversations. Over the course of two tours, Fritz listens to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all over the country night and day, in moments of peace and in the middle of battle. What he hears teaches him about the people of Afghanistan—Taliban and otherwise—the war, and himself. Fritz’s fluency is his greatest asset to the military, yet it becomes the greatest liability to his own commitment to the cause. Both proud of his service and in despair that he is instrumental in destroying the voices that he hears, What the Taliban Told Me is a brilliant, intimate coming-of-age memoir and a reckoning with our twenty years of war in Afghanistan.

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Electrifying illustrations and an empowering story combine to introduce young readers to the world of science, observation and problem-solving.There''s NOTHING that Ruben doesn''t find fascinating. Why do leaves change colour? What makes ice cream melt? On a trip to the beach with his mum, he discovers how the world works and the brilliant scientists who have helped us understand it. Maybe he can try out some awesome experiments and become a scientist too?With pages encouraging kids to try out their very own science experiments such as germinating seeds and writing with invisible ink, this brilliant picture book written by scientist and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara unlocks a love of science and celebrates women in STEM.The second book in an exciting new series. Also available:- An Engineer Like Me- A Coder Like Me- A Mathematician Like Me

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Empower children to stand up for what is right with this picture book inspired by the real-life events around the statue of a slave trader, its toppling and heroic replacement. They call him ‘HERO’, but he’s no HERO – not to me. A Hero Like Me is inspired by the events of 7 June 2020, when a statue of seventeenth-century slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into Bristol Harbour during an anti-racism protest. Co-author Jen Reid was one of the protesters that day, and despite being afraid of heights, she spontaneously climbed onto the empty plinth and raised her fist high above her head – a moment that was captured on camera and shared around the world. On the morning of 15 July, a statue of Jen by Marc Quinn was added to the empty plinth. It was called A Surge of Power and it gained national attention for the 24 hours it was in place, and beyond. This inspiring picture book tells the story of these events through the eyes of a little girl who, every day, on her way to school, sees a towering statue. A statue of a man who sold freedom for cotton and tea. The world around her says this man is a hero. But she knows he’s not a hero – not a real one. Heroes are hard to find. She looks for them around corners, under rocks, and on TV, but there are none that she can see. And so, the little girl marches and shouts for them instead. And that statue – he doesn’t belong. He doesn’t stand for Kindness. He doesn’t stand for Peace. Maybe he shouldn’t stand at all. A Hero Like Me empowers children to have courage to stand up for what is right and be their own hero. It shows every child that they have a voice in their community and a say in who is on their streets. That they too have power, just like Jen.

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Inventive illustrations and an empowering story combine to introduce young readers to the world of engineering, creative thinking and problem-solving.Zara is curious about everything! Travelling around the city with her gran, she sees all kinds of fascinating things. How do roller coasters do loop-the-loops? How do planes stay up? As she marvels about how they work, Zara learns about some of the brilliant engineers who have shaped the world around her. Soon she can''t wait to start creating her own amazing inventions and become an engineer too!With pages encouraging kids to try out their very own engineering experiments such as constructing the perfect paper aeroplane and safely dropping an egg from a height, this brilliant picture book written by engineer and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara unlocks a love of engineering and celebrates women in STEM.The first book in an exciting new series. Still to come:- A Scientist Like Me- A Coder Like Me- A Mathematician Like Me

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“I can give Kingsley piggyback rides, even though he’s older than me! I can run SUPER fast!”Discover Strong Like Me, a picture-book story about finding what makes YOU strong.Kamara loves being super strong - it makes her feel fizzy and zappy! But her classmates and their negative words lead her to question how strong she really is. With Sport''s Day and the Big Race looming, does Kamara have what it takes to reach the finish line?And can she discover what being STRONG means to her?“A BEAUTIFUL celebration of STRENGTH in all its forms.” - Dapo Adeola, author of Hey You! An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up BlackStrong Like Me is a timely picture-book debut by writer, social commentator and podcast host, Kelechi Okafor. This inspirational story sets out to help children discover their power, champion themselves, and be unapologetically secure in who they are.Packed full of heart, the story opens important conversations around ability, intersectionality, race and identity.

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You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece.Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with the confidence and tools they need to navigate the difficulties that come with an intersectional identity. Jaspreet Kaur unpacks key issues such as the media, the workplace, the home, education, mental health, culture, confidence and the body, to help South Asian women understand and tackle the issues that affect them, and help them be in the driving seat of their own lives.Jaspreet pulls no punches, tackling difficult topics from mental health and menstruation stigma to education and beauty standards, from feminism to cultural appropriation and microaggressions. She also addresses complex issues, such as how to manage being a brown feminist without rejecting your own culture, and why Asian girls – the second highest performing group of students in the country – aren''t seen in larger numbers in universities and head offices.Interviews with brilliant South Asian Women of all walks of life as well as academic insight show what life is really like for brown women in the diaspora. Part toolkit, part call-to-arms, Brown Girl Like Me is essential reading for South Asian women as well as people with an interest in feminism and cultural issues, and will educate, inspire and spark urgent conversations for change.

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You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece.Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with the confidence and tools they need to navigate the difficulties that come with an intersectional identity. Jaspreet Kaur unpacks key issues such as the media, the workplace, the home, education, mental health, culture, confidence and the body, to help South Asian women understand and tackle the issues that affect them, and help them be in the driving seat of their own lives.Jaspreet pulls no punches, tackling difficult topics from mental health and menstruation stigma to education and beauty standards, from feminism to cultural appropriation and microaggressions. She also addresses complex issues, such as how to manage being a brown feminist without rejecting your own culture, and why Asian girls – the second highest performing group of students in the country – aren''t seen in larger numbers in universities and head offices.Interviews with brilliant South Asian Women of all walks of life as well as academic insight show what life is really like for brown women in the diaspora. Part toolkit, part call-to-arms, Brown Girl Like Me is essential reading for South Asian women as well as people with an interest in feminism and cultural issues, and will educate, inspire and spark urgent conversations for change.

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New edition with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo ''A brutal record of segregated America ... essential reading'' Guardian''An anti-racist classic'' Bernardine Evaristo In the autumn of 1959, a white Texan journalist named John Howard Griffin travelled across the Deep South of the United States disguised as a working-class black man. Black Like Me is Griffin''s own account of his journey. Published in book form two years later it sold over five million copies, revealed to a white audience the daily experience of racism and became one of the best-known accounts of racial injustice in Jim Crow-era America. Embraced by some and fiercely criticised by others, its legacy sixty years on remains problematic, but Black Like Me nevertheless stands as a fascinating document of its times.''There is a saying among Negroes that no white man, no matter how hard he tries, can really understand what it''s like to be black in America. John Howard Griffin has come closer to this understanding than any white man that I know.'' Louis Lomax, Saturday Review ''If it was a frightening experience for him as nothing but a make-believe Negro for sixty-six days, then you think about what real Negroes in America have gone through for 400 years.'' Malcolm X

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''A must-read for everyone'' Stylist''Tender, emotive and quietly revelatory'' Irish Times''Distinctive, original . . . Louie''s approach to childless lives is thoughtful and empathetic'' Caroline Magennis, author of Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree WomenWho are you? What does your life look like? Did you choose this, or did it happen to you? How do you spend your time? And your energy? And your money? Are you happy? Are you scared? Are you lonely? Do you regret not having kids? If yes, why? If not, why not?Others Like Me is the story of fourteen women around the world, from different walks of life, who don''t have children. It''s also the story of why Nicole Louie had to find them and what they taught her. Part memoir, part exploration of childlessness through candid conversations, this book showcases the many ways in which people find fulfilment outside of parenthood. And because the social expectation to procreate weighs the most on women, Louie focuses solely on them, their experiences and how they flourish outside of motherhood. In doing so, she upends the stereotypes that diminish women who are not mothers and offers reassurance and companionship on a path less known.''Deeply felt and deeply researched, books like this will help women decide what is right for them'' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You''An uplifting read about finding fulfilment outside of motherhood'' The Gloss''With candour and self-reflection, Louie takes us on her journey to a deeper understanding of wanting a life that does not include motherhood'' Laura Carroll, author of The Baby Matrix

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The LEGO® Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You re encouraged to use these elements as building blocks to create your own masterpieces. The Technic models in Simple Machines demonstrate basic configurations of gears, shafts, pulleys, turntables, connectors, and the like. You'll learn how to create small, elegant machines like cranes, operable doors, motorized cars, a rubber band-powered rocket launcher, a hand-cranked drag racer, and even musical instruments. This visual guide, the first in the three-volume LEGO Technic Idea Book series, is the brainchild of master builder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo, Japan. Each title is filled with photos of Isogawa's unique models, all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old. Imagine. Create. Invent. Now, what will you build? NOTE: The LEGO Technic Idea Book series uses parts from various Technic sets. If you don't have some of the pieces shown in a particular model, experiment by substituting your own parts or visit the author's website for a list of the special parts used in the book.

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From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all.A Woman Like Me takes readers through Diane’s incredible journey, painting a vivid picture of growing up in 1960s North London with her working-class Jamaican parents, before entering the hallowed halls of Cambridge University to study history. Ever since the day she first walked through the House of Commons as the first Black woman MP, she has been a fearless and vocal champion for the causes that have made Britain what it is today, whether it’s increasing access to education for Black children and speaking out against the Iraq war or advocating tirelessly for refugees and immigrants.A unique figure in British public life, Diane has often had nothing but the courage of her convictions to carry her through incredibly hostile environments, from torrential abuse in the mainstream media and on social media, to being shunned by the political establishment, including by her own party. Written with frankness and wry humour, A Woman Like Me is an inspirational account that celebrates how one woman succeeded against massive odds and built an extraordinary legacy.

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The stunning new spy thriller that blows the world of James Bond wide open!*A Finalist for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize: Scottish Crime Book of the Year*Six days. A bomb goes off at the BBC. But this is just the beginning. In six days'' time, terrorists will strike again.Three agents. With James Bond captured, three of MI6''s toughest Double O agents race from Venice to Afghanistan to Dubai to stop the terror.One chance to find James Bond.As the Double Os close in, they find themselves unexpectedly inching closer to 007. Now the race is on to stop the terrorists – and save Britain’s finest spy.What readers are saying about A Spy Like Me‘Reading A Spy Like Me is just like being immersed in the world of Bond, with travel, gadgets and glamour galore’‘I gasped aloud at the ending – be prepared for a thunderbolt!!’‘Wow! What a fantastic, gripping read this was. Pure Bond from start to finish. I’m blown away by how good this book was!’‘Immensely enjoyable, a real joy to read and difficult to put down’‘This story moves between a number of different locations and certainly keeps the readers turning the pages’‘A fabulously written gripping story that was a pleasure to read’‘Action packed from the very first page to the very last page’‘you get an excellent world tour in some truly out of this world locations from the comfort of your armchair’‘Wow this book grips you from page one and keeps you on a rollercoaster for the whole book’‘Pure escapist fiction’‘A non-stop whirl of espionage and great fun, with a killer cliffhanger ending’

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Kenny is on a journey of discovery! He likes riding his bike, the colour purple and, best of all, his dog, Ketchup. Is there anyone else in the world like him?Making friends, favourite foods, dreaming big – Kenny thinks about all the things he likes, and on the way he meets lots of friends and discovers fun things about them.Full of interesting details about today’s world, A Book of People Like Me is told in a naturally inclusive way with richly coloured illustrations from a rising star in children’s books. This inspiring story helps young readers think about identity and belonging and celebrates all the little things that bring people together.

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''A must-read for everyone'' Stylist''Tender, emotive and quietly revelatory'' Irish Times''A vital work'' Stella DuffyIn a world that expects all women to become mothers, what happens to those who circumvent motherhood?Now and throughout history, women without children have been misunderstood and even vilified for not conforming to the prescriptive path of daughter, wife, mother, whether by choice, circumstance or ambivalence. But with an increasing number of people choosing to forego children, Nicole Louie knew she was not alone. As she recounts her own journey towards embracing a life without children, Louie weaves in stories from the women around the world she found in her search for community and guidance, from their pasts to their presents to their hopes for the future.Others Like Me is a candid, tender and distinctive exploration of how fourteen women found fulfilment and flourished outside of motherhood, upending stereotypes and offering reassurance and recognition down a much-treaded but lesser-known track.''Deeply felt and deeply researched, books like this will help women decide what is right for them'' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan''An uplifting read about finding fulfilment outside of motherhood'' The Gloss''With candour and self-reflection, Louie takes us on her journey to a deeper understanding of wanting a life that does not include motherhood'' Laura Carroll''An important, beautiful, self-excavating memoir about female autonomy told with great tenderness'' Nuala O''Connor

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BIPOC and white gender minorities with Autism have existed on the fringes of mainstream media for too long, rarely seeing representations of their unique experiences, hardships and triumphs. Delving into topics like sex, living room dance parties, the natural world, eating disorders, religion and allencompassing passions, Someone Like Me brings together an eclectic mix of forms and voices that expand the cultural definition of the Autistic experience. Featuring contributions from authors from Australia and beyond - including Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb - this groundbreaking anthology invites Autistic people of all kinds to find company in these pages, and maybe even see themselves too.

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From the author of the million-copy bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts comes a heart-stopping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming and a heroine you can't trust . . . THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when her alter-ego takes control, the consequences are devastating. Someone Like Me is the intoxicating new thriller from the phenomenal M. R. Carey. A modern take on the Jekyll and Hyde tale, think Gone Girl meets Stephen King - but you won't have read anything quite like this before . . .

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CAREY LOGANShe was the genius wild child of the New York art scene, and my idol.FAKEI was a no-name painter from the Florida backwater, clawing my way into their world.LIKEWhen she died, she left a space that couldn''t be filled. Except, maybe, byMEEverything that gets created destroys something else.When a fire rips through her studio and burns the seven enormous paintings for her next exhibition, a young, no-name painter is left with an impossible task: recreate her art in just three months - or ruin her fledgling career. Thirty-four, single and homeless, she desperately secures a place at an exclusive upstate retreat. Brimming with creative history and set on a sparkling black lake, Pine City and its founders - a notorious collective of successful artists - is what she''s idolized all her life. She''s dreamt of the parties, the celebrities, the privilege. What she finds is a ghost of its former self.The recent suicide of founding member Carey Logan haunts everyone, lurking beneath the surface like a shipwreck. And one thought begins to shadow her every move - what really happened to her hero?With a flair for sensational detail and acidic wit, Barbara Bourland delivers a darkly satirical thriller about art, money and identity with a twist so sharp it cuts.

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In this stunningly illustrated volume, get a detailed year-by-year overview of every production machine ever built by Germany’s top motorcycle manufacturer.BMW launched its motorcycle dynasty in 1923 with the R32. From that first model to today’s stunning M 1000 RR superbike, this book covers over 100 years of motorcycling excellence. Ian Falloon’s detailed text is accompanied by historic photos from BMW’s archive as well as contemporary images. Technical specs are provided for each model, and BMW’s long racing history is discussed throughout. This revised and updated 3rd edition adds all models from 2021 to 2025, making it the most complete reference to BMW’s models available. This comprehensive source discusses all BMW bike families including:Side-valve machines from the pre-WWII eraEarly overhead-valve performance bikesModern Airheads and OilheadsFour-cylinder and six-cylinder touring bikesSingle-cylinder modelsThe latest parallel twins, and inline-four-cylinder sport bikesIn addition to BMW’s modern lineup, you’ll find all the classic models that cemented the company’s reputation—pre-World War II machines like the R5; the R12 that carried the Wehrmacht as it battled its way across Europe; the Earles-fork R69S; the R90S café racer; the K1 “flying brick”; the uber-successful GS (Gelände Sport) series that launched a dual-sport revolution, and today’s world-class S 1000 RR superbike and retro-inspired R nine T.The Complete Book of BMW Motorcycles is the most up to date and thorough guide to Germany’s greatest motorcycle company.

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Part of the much loved Children Just Like Me series, Food Like Mine is a touching celebration of children from all over the world and the food they eat.Featuring more than 20 easy-to-follow recipes and beautiful photography throughout, Food Like Mine is part of DK''s groundbreaking series on children of the world and features children from Botswana to the USA. Perfect for children key stage 1 & 2 who will learn about staple ingredients, see where they''re eaten and discover how they''re grown. Then you can use these staples in more than 20 delicious, international dishes to make at home. Food Like Mine shows that even if we live thousands of miles apart, our lives share a common ingredient - food!

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ABC What Can She Be? presents a world of possibilities—from astronaut to zoologist and everything in between—for all little girls with big dreams.Not even the sky is the limit with this fun approach to learning the alphabet! This book from Walter Foster Jr. encourages young girls by presenting a colorful variety of choices for their future careers. Talented illustrator Jessie Ford artfully pairs the letters of the alphabet with vibrant, eye-catching illustrations that paint an inspiring picture for budding trailblazers everywhere. Representing all kinds of girls, ABC What Can She Be? depicts girls with diverse colors, sizes, shapes, and abilities in both traditional and nontraditional occupations.ABC What Can She Be? explores 26 different career paths, including engineer, writer, neurosurgeon, software engineer, and pilot. Each page introduces a letter of the alphabet with bright artwork and highlights a career that is fun, challenging, and makes a big impact in its own way. These 26 careers are just some of the things she can be!A boldly illustrated, fun family read, ABC What Can She Be? is a great way for parents to introduce their small children to the bright futures before them. Girls can dream big and do anything! The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in this series include:ABC What Can He Be? ABC What Can I Be? ABC Let’s Celebrate You & Me ABC Everyday Heroes Like Me

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Engage your baby with the world around them with See Touch Feel Look At Me by Priddy Books!Part of the best selling See Touch Feel series, this title focuses on how much babies love to look at other children. Each page has a large, engaging image of a child either doing an action or an expression for the reader to copy or interact with. The rhyming text provides extra encouragement:I love to giggle. Hee, hee, hee!Wave your hands, just like me.As well as the stand-out bright and bold embossed cover that this series is known for, this board book also features a gatefold cover with a mirror. This mirror can be kept folded out throughout the book so that babies can enjoy looking at their reflection as they copy the baby faces or actions that they see.This interactive book is ideal for parents and children to enjoy together. It encourages play and inspires babies and toddlers to explore the world around them as they turn the pages of the book.

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"Will leave you feeling moved and inspired. A must read!" CosmopolitanA stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate U Give and I Am Thunder. People like me are devils before we are angels. Hanan has always been good and quiet. She accepts her role as her school's perfect Muslim poster girl. She ignores the racist bullies. A closed mouth is gold - it helps you get home in one piece. Then her friend is murdered and every Muslim is to blame. The world is angry at us again. How can she stay silent while her family is ripped apart? It's time for Hanan to stop being the quiet, good girl. It's time for her to stand up and shout.

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Throughout my life I have been told directly and indirectly that dyslexia is found in particular people... [In fact] dyslexia can be found in someone like me. It isn''t just ''okay'' but something to be proud of. This book has been written because I want people to know that dyslexia can be found in people of every colour, creed, or circumstance.In this book, rising star entrepreneur Onyinye Udokporo shares her story of growing up dyslexic in a society where neurodivergence was always presented as a white male issue.Onyinye discusses her experience of being diagnosed at 11 years old, starting a business the following year, gaining a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school and going on to complete two degrees by the age of 22, while also being honest about the difficulties she faced throughout including with bullying and anxiety. She shares the tips she picked up over the years for thriving with dyslexia and the strategies she used to overcome her difficulties in reading and writing well, staying organised and speaking with confidence.Illuminating wider issues of systemic racism in the educational sector and providing a timely reminder that dyslexia can be found in any community and culture, this is an empowering story of surviving and thriving in the face of adversity.

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Celebrate 25 years of Priddy Books! Inspiring a love of learning in over 200 million babies, toddlers, and young children.Children will love joining the Priddy Explorers to discover fascinating facts about mega machines in this exciting new title by Priddy Books.Filled with bitesized facts about different pieces of machinery, such as how bridges are constructed, how high the biggest crane can reach, how fast bullet trains can travel and many more, this board book provides hours of learning fun. The incredible photographic images and specially-commissioned illustrations feature all types of vehicles that kids are sure to love, from diggers and dump trucks, to monster trucks and more.What''s more, there''s also an engaging quiz for children that love to test their knowledge, a useful index, and a helpful glossary that provides additional information for those tricky words.

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When all else fails, when our compass is broken, there is one thing some of us have come to rely on: music really can give us a sense of something like home. With It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track, legendary music critic Ian Penman reaches for a vanished moment in musical history when cultures collided and a certain kind of cross-generational and ‘cross-colour’ awareness was born. His cast of characters includes the Mods, James Brown, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, John Fahey, Steely Dan and Prince – black artists who were innovators, and white musicians who copied them for the mainstream. In ‘prose that glides and shimmies and pivots on risky metaphors, low puns and highbrow reference points’ (Brian Dillon, frieze), Ian Penman’s first book in twenty years is cause for celebration.

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Hudební CD - Jedinečná kolekce nejvýznamnějších nahrávek Iana Duryho obsahuje nahrávky od jeho první skupiny Kilburn The High Roads, přes slavnou éru s The Blockheads, až ke skladbám z posledního alba, které vyšlo dva roky po umělcově smrti v roce 2002. Jedinečná kolekce nejvýznamnějších nahrávek Iana Duryho obsahuje nahrávky od jeho první skupiny Kilburn amp; The High Roads, přes slavnou éru s The Blockheads, až ke skladbám z posledního alba, které vyšlo dva roky po umělcově smrti v roce 2002. Ian Dury byl anglický punkový zpěvák, skladatel a herec, jehož sláva vyrostla během nástupu punku a nové vlny na konci 70. let. Pro svou brilantní práci s anglickým jazykem byl označován za básníka punku. Jeho energická vystoupení a šoumanství, vtip i moudrost z něj dělalo umělce, který na punkové scéně neměl obdoby. Rok vydání : 2020 Seznam stop CD1 Sex amp; Drugs amp; Rock amp; Roll / Wake Up and Make Love with Me / Sweet Gene Vincent / Clevor Trever /...

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Smart machine fundamentals, using clear, expert explanations and comic illustrations to spark interest and enthusiasm in the next generation of computer scientists!Click, Connect, Compute: Smart Machines uncovers how machine that can learn are created and how they operate. Readers will discover the meaning of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the benefits of teamwork in tech, and the role that the ''Internet of Things'' plays in helping homes, hospitals and cities run. And the end of the book fast-forwards to the future of computer science, robotics and AI and considers what it might mean to live in a ''smarter'' world.Contents: What are smart machines? / Smart machine fundamentals / Putting together a smart machine / What''s AI got to do with it? / Data''s part to play / The Internet of Things (IoT) / Making smart spaces / Are robots smart? / The rise of smart machines / Just how smart are smart machines? / The rights and wrongs of using smart machines / The future of smart machines / Pioneer portraits / Further information / Glossary / Quiz yourself! / IndexThe Click, Connect, Compute series untangles the computer science web and teaches children about the essentials of computer software, hardware and digital literacy as well as discussing the ethics surrounding this evolving field. Featuring fun, friendly comic strip illustrations, pioneer bios and a quiz, this is a perfect read for children aged 8+.Books in the series: Computer Science Essentials / Data, Big and Small / Smart Machines / The Languages of ProgrammingWritten in a clear, thoughtful way by computer science expert, Dr. Dharini Balasubramaniam, a strong advocate for ethics and education in her field.

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LP vinyl - Album „Spiritual Machines II” je desátou studiovou deskou a jak už název napovídá navazuje na jejich album „Spiritual Machines” z roku 2000. Album „Spiritual Machines II” je desátou studiovou deskou a jak už název napovídá navazuje na jejich album „Spiritual Machines” z roku 2000. Skupina Our Lady Peace, někdy používá i zkrácenou formu OLP, je alternativně rocková skupina z kanadského Toronta založená v roce 1992. Skupinu tvoří Raine Maida (zpěv), Duncan Coutts (baskytara) a Steve Mazur (kytara). Rok vydání : 2022 (10.album) Seznam stop LP A1 RK1.Age of Spiritual Machines / A2 Stop Making Stupid People Famous (feat. Pussy Riot) / A3 Holes / A4 RK2.Consciousness / A5 The Message / A6 Wish You Well / A7 RK3.UBI / A8 Future Disease / B1 19 Days / B2 Run / B3 RK4.Escape Velocity (feat. EMTEE) / B4 Simulation / B5 Good Die Young / B6 RK5.Turing Test / B7 Temporary Healing

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Hudební CD - Album „Spiritual Machines II” je desátou studiovou deskou a jak už název napovídá navazuje na jejich album „Spiritual Machines” z roku 2000. Album „Spiritual Machines II” je desátou studiovou deskou a jak už název napovídá navazuje na jejich album „Spiritual Machines” z roku 2000. Skupina Our Lady Peace, někdy používá i zkrácenou formu OLP, je alternativně rocková skupina z kanadského Toronta založená v roce 1992. Skupinu tvoří Raine Maida (zpěv), Duncan Coutts (baskytara) a Steve Mazur (kytara). Rok vydání : 2022 (10.album) Seznam stop CD RK1.Age of Spiritual Machines / Stop Making Stupid People Famous (feat. Pussy Riot) / Holes / RK2.Consciousness / The Message / Wish You Well / RK3.UBI / Future Disease / 19 Days / Run / RK4.Escape Velocity (feat. EMTEE) / Simulation / Good Die Young / RK5.Turing Test / Temporary Healing

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