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This is volume 2 of the complete collection of tales set in the Revelation Space universe, by British Science Fiction Award-winner Alastair Reynolds. The ''mastersinger of Space Opera'' (The Times) created the astonishing Revelation Space universe - one of the most vivid and original SF universes ever written. Alongside the award-winning novels is a galaxy of superb short fiction, collected and published here, in two volumes, in chronological order.This volume includes:Turquoise DaysWeatherGrafenwalder''s BestiaryNightingaleMonkey SuitThe Last Log of the LachrimosaNight PassageOpen and ShutPlague Music

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This is volume 1 of the complete collection of tales set in the Revelation Space universe, by British Science Fiction Award-winner Alastair Reynolds.The ''mastersinger of Space Opera'' (The Times) created the astonishing Revelation Space universe - one of the most vivid and original SF universes ever written. Alongside the award-winning novels is a galaxy of superb short fiction, collected and published here, in two volumes, in chronological order.This volume includes:Dilation SleepA Spy in EuropaGalactic NorthGreat Wall of MarsGlacialDiamond Dogs

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(P/V/G Composer Collection). Following up on the first collection of Sondheim''s songs, this volume includes selections from Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Dick Tracy, Evening Primrose, Follies, The Frogs, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music, Merrily We Roll Along, Passion, The Seven Percent Solution, Sunday in the Park with George, and Sweeney Todd arranged for voice with piano accompaniment. Includes detailed notes about the shows and films. Contents: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE: There Won''t be Trumpets * COMPANY: Barcelona * Getting Married Today * Marry Me a Little * Someone is Waiting * You Could Drive a Person Crazy * DICK TRACY: Live Alone and Like it * EVENING PRIMROSE: If You Can Find Me, I''m Here * FOLLIES: Beautiful Girls * Could I Leave You? * One More Kiss * The Road You Didn''t Take * THE FROGS: Dress Big * Invocation and Instructions to the Audience * A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: Bring Me My Bride * Free * I''m Calm * Love, I Hear * INTO THE WOODS: Giants in the Sky * I Know Things Now * Into the Woods * It ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Can''t get enough of puzzles?Try out The Telegraph Puzzle Collection Volume 1, the first bumper collection of miscellaneous puzzles in a brand new series. With over 150 addictive puzzles, from cryptic crosswords and general knowledge to Sudoku, there''s everything you need to test your number and logic skills.With such a huge variety of puzzle types and ability levels, this bumper book has all the puzzling you could ever want!

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Visitors flock to see the beast house with its blood-soaked corridors. But the worst part of the house is actually THE CELLAR... Bestselling author Gorman Hardy is looking for ideas for his next novel. Tyler and her friend Nora are looking for a wild time. But in fact they find pain, bestiality and death in... THE BEAST HOUSE. Horrific events have made the Beast House infamous. For the full story, take THE MIDNIGHT TOUR. Saturday nights only. Limited to thirteen tourists. It begins on the stroke of midnight. You''ll be lucky to get out alive...

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THE GLORY BUS One moment Pamela is a contented newly-wed with a loving husband. The next, she''s the prisoner of a repulsive killer who has lusted after her since high school. Somehow college kid Norman finds himself in a car with hell-raiser Duke and a strange hyper-sexed hitchhiker who tags along for the ride. Together the lawless pair take him on a wild journey that soon becomes a living nightmare...FRIDAY NIGHT IN BEAST HOUSE The last novel in the Laymon''s BEAST HOUSE series. Michael would do anything to get a date with Alison. She has just one condition he has to spend a night with her in the legendary Beast House. To Michael a night alone with Alison is a chance of a lifetime but if the stories about the Beast House are true it may also be a chance to die...

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THE WOODS ARE DARK In the woods are six dead trees. The Killing Trees. That''s where they take them. Innocent travellers on the road in California. Seized and bound, stripped of their valuables and shackled to the Trees. To wait. In the woods. In the dark... OUT ARE THE LIGHTS The Vampire movie came first, then the story of the Axeman. This was the horror movie series to end them all. Cinema buffs admired the grainy, amateur camera work - it suggested the action was the real thing. But it couldn''t be - could it?

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THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW is coming to town and Dwight, Rusty and Slim are determined to go. But it''s for over 18s only. They decide to go and watch the crew set up anyway, hoping to catch a glimpse of Valeria, billed as ''the only known vampire in captivity''. But when the three teenagers break the rules, they run into big trouble.DREADFUL TALES Shane Malone sits sweltering in front of his computer, trying to write an anthology in which every chilling tale must end in the death of a twenty-two-year-old woman in her apartment. But the deafening music from next door is not helping. He furiously bangs on his neighbour''s door and discovers she''s a twenty-two-year-old woman who will not be argued with. Shane is about to find out that life really can imitate art.

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NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER It''s been a long summer for Ed, without Holly. But in September Holly doesn''t return to campus. Ed receives a letter from her - she has fallen in love with someone else and won''t be coming back. Heartbroken, he leaves his apartment and takes a walk. But he''s not the only one out on this October night. There are others - roaming the streets, lurking under bridges, seeking prey...NO SANCTUARY Rick would do anything for his girlfriend. He''d even spent his vacation walking the trails around Fern Lake - though after what happened last time, it''s the one place in the world he''d prefer not to go. But Rick and Bert are not the only ones heading to there. Gillian likes breaking into people''s homes while they are away and living there. But this time she chances on the home of a serial killer...

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NIGHT SHOW When he was in high-school Tony Johnson locked school beauty Linda Allison in a haunted house for the night. Now he has moved to Hollywood determined to break into horror movies and he''s forgotten all about her. But Linda is a girl with vengeance in her heart - and she certainly hasn''t forgotten him... ALLHALLOW''S EVE The Sherwood house has been deserted since the horrific killing of a local family in the sleepy town of Ashburg. When invitations to a mysterious party to be held there are sent out nobody is particularly surprised - after all everyone wants to party in a house of death on Allhallow''s Eve.

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Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the humans now settling the Amarantin homeworld, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin. For brilliant, ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merely intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth.Even if it costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Syveste imagines . .. The original novel in the epic series, Revelation Space was nominated for both the BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke awards.Reynolds' PhD in astronomy and experience with the ESA means that his space operas present hard science spins on intergalactic adventures and have impacted SF for years. 'The stories in the Revelation Space universe are packed with mind-expanding ideas . .. all of which keeps you coming back for more gripping excitement' - Kirkus'Reynolds's vision of a future dominated by artificial intelligence trembles with the ultimate cold of the dark between the stars' - Publishers Weekly'Along with Iain M Banks, Reynolds is perhaps the most successful British ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The legendary space opera that kicked off the ground-breaking, universe-spanning series.Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it''s of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it''s more than merelty intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Syveste imagines ...REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges across the known and unknown universe ... towards the most terrifying of destinations.Readers are hooked on Revelation Space:''An amazing blend of space opera, hard SF, and gothic horror that reads like a cross between Frank Herbert''s "Dune" and Ridley Scott''s film "Alien"'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Marvellous hard space opera. Slowly built, with three story lines which at some point merge together, it depicts a very dark universe, full of technological wonders, both human and alien'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke''s short story A Meeting with Medusa, this novel, with permission from the Clarke Estate, continues the story of Commander Howard Falcon over centuries of space-exploration, interaction with AI, first contact and beyond. All brought to life by two of our greatest SF authors, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds.Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident . . . and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. Not as himself, but as an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable.The Medusa Chronicles charts his journey through time, the changing interaction between humanity and our universe, and combined moments of incredible action with unparalleled exploration of and expansion into space. A compelling read from the beginning, this is classic SF which has appeal for readers who like Gravity and The Martian.

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Featuring Inspector Dreyfus - one of Alastair Reynolds most popular characters - this is a fast paced SF crime story, combining a futuristic setting with a gripping tale of technology, revolution and revenge.One citizen died a fortnight ago. Two a week ago. Four died yesterday . . . and unless the cause can be found - and stopped - within the next four months, everyone will be dead. For the Prefects, the hunt for a silent, hidden killer is on . . .Alastair Reynolds has returned to the world of The Prefect for this stand-alone SF mystery in which no one is safe. The technological implants which connect every citizen to each other have become murder weapons, and no one knows who or what the killer is - or who the next targets will be. But their reach is spreading, and time is not on the Prefects'' side.

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''A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author''s trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation'' GUARDIAN''A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far flung future'' SUNReturning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars.Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates, faced down monsters and survived massacres . . . and now they''re in charge. Captaining a fearsome ship of their own, adventures are theirs for the taking - and there''s hoards to loot and treasures to find in the darkest reaches of space. But the rules are also more relaxed out on the fringes, as they''re about to discover . . .''A rollicking adventure yarn with action, abduction, fights, properly scary hazards, very grisly torture and even ghosts of a sort'' DAILY TELEGRAPH''By far the most enjoyable book Reynolds has ever written'' SFX

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Tajemná zpráva od hvězdy vzdálené více než sedmdesát světelných let svede dohromady cesty Gomy a Kanua, potomků slavné rodiny Akinyů, která kdysi pomohla lidem proniknout do kosmických dálav. Soustava Gliese 163, odkud záhadný signál přišel, však skrývá mnohem víc překvapení, než se mohlo na první pohled zdát. Opravdu sem příslušníky lidského rodu přivedla odvěká touha najít odpovědi na velké otázky vesmíru, nebo jsou jenom pěšáky v gigantické šachové partii rozehrané civilizacemi tak starými a mocnými, že by původní obyvatelé planety Země byli pod jejich rozlišovací schopnost - kdyby neměli pár cenných vlastností? Alastair Reynolds ve velkolepém finále uzavírá ságu Poseidonových dětí a znovu dokazuje, že v žánru moderní space opery v novém tisíciletí těžko hledá konkurenci.

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Jeden občan zemřel před čtrnácti dny. Dva před týdnem. Čtyři včera… a pokud se nepodaří najít příčinu a celé to zastavit, budou brzy po smrti všichni. Na deseti tisících habitatech a mikrosvětech obíhajících kolem planety Žlutozemě umírají lidé bez varování a bez zjevné souvislosti mezi oběťmi. Jejich neurální implantáty se z ničeho nic rozpálí a roztaví. Alastair Reynolds se vrátil do světa Prefekta detektivkou, v níž nikdo není v bezpečí, a předkládá strhující příběh o technologiích, revoluci a pomstě.

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Gathered here for the first time are Alastair Reynolds'' stories and novelettes set in the universe of REVELATION SPACE, his first bestselling blockbuster.

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First contact with extraordinary aliens, glittering technologies that could destroy the universe in a nanosecond, huge sweeping space operas: Alastair Reynolds is back!Some centuries from now, the exploration and exploitation of the Solar System is in full swing. On the cold edge of the system, Bella Lind, captain of the huge commercial spacecraft Rockhopper IV, helps fuel this new gold rush by attaching mass-driver motors to organic-rich water-ice comets to move them back to the inner worlds. Her crew are tough, blue-collar miners, engineers and demolition experts.Around Saturn, something inexplicable happens: one of the moons leaves its orbit and accelerates out of the Solar System. The icy mantle peels away to reveal that it was never a moon in the first place, just a parked spacecraft, millions of years old, that has now decided to move on.Rockhopper IV, trapped in the pull, is hurled across time and space into the deep, distant future, arriving in a vast, alien-constructed chamber. And the crew are not alone, for each chamber contains an alien culture dragged into this cosmic menagerie at the end of time.The crew of the Rockhopper IV know a lot about blowing up comets, but not much about first contact ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into interstellar space ...Alastair Reynolds burst onto the SF scene with the Arthur C. Clarke Award-shortlisted REVELATION SPACE, British Science Fiction Award-winning CHASM CITY, and REDEMPTION ARK. Now experience the phenomenal imagination and breathtaking vision of ''The most exciting space opera writer working today'' (Locus) in these two tales of high adventure set in the same universe as his novels.The title story, ''Diamond Dogs'', tells of a group of mercenaries trying to unravel the mystery of a particularly inhospitable alien tower on a distant world; ''Turquoise Days'' is about Naqi, who has devoted her life to studying the alien Pattern Jugglers.

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A fabulous collection spanning the galaxies and career of SF superstar Alastair ReynoldsReynolds'' pursuit of truth is not limited to wide-angle star smashing - not that stars don''t get pulverised when one character is gifted (or cursed) with an awful weapon by the legendary Merlin. Reynolds'' protagonists find themselves in situations of betrayal, whether by a loved one''s accidental death, as in ''Signal to Noise'', or by a trusted wartime authority, in ''Spirey and the Queen''. His fertile imagination can resurrect Elton John on Mars in ''Understanding Space and Time'' or make prophets of the human condition out of pool-cleaning robots in the title story.But overall, the stories in ZIMA BLUE represent a more optimistic take on humanity''s future, a view that says there may be wars, there may be catastrophes and cosmic errors, but something human will still survive.

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A mind-blowing anthology of 18 stories bringing you the infinite Earths of the multiverse.Featuring Alix E. Harrow, Clive Barker, Ken Liu, Charlie Jane Anders, Annallee Newitz, Alastair Reynolds and more.Imagine infinite Earths, an endless universe containing every possible world. What if the mistakes we make be taken back? What if the war wasn't won, or that life wasn't saved, or that heart wasn't broken?Explore the infinite potential of the multiverse with the finest minds writing in science fiction today, and see what could have been...

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WASTED SPACE: The Cosmic Collection Hardcover is an out-of-this-world cocktail that’s one part Preacher, one part Star Wars, and a delectable dose of Philip K. Dick shaken well … take a sip and get wasted.WASTED SPACE: The Cosmic Collection Hardcover, now available in a super-limited slipcase edition! THE GALAXY IS WRECKED—A COCKTAIL OF WARLORDS, PIRATES, AND TINPOT DICTATORS, STIRRED TO A FRENZY BY AN ALCOHOLIC FORMER PROPHET. TAKE A SIP AND GET WASTED. Billy Bane is a prophet who got it all wrong, and the galaxy has been burning ever since. All he wants is to waste away in the darkest corner of space with his best pal Dust, a supercharged Fuq bot. But when a new prophet comes calling, Billy is summoned to save the galaxy he's at least partially responsible for destroying. Too bad he couldn't care less. WASTED SPACE, the groundbreaking, 25-issue pulp space adventure, science fiction saga is collected for the first time ever in WASTED SPACE: The Cosmic Collection Hardcover with foil cover treatment, a sewn-in ribbon bookmark, 672 pages, standing more than 11 inches tall, and weighing in at over 3 pounds. Physicists tell us putting this much story in one place it could ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Elektronická kniha - autor Jiří Militký, 172 stran, anglicky Another volume of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Czech Republic project has been published by the National Museum in cooperation with the Czech Numismatic Society in the end of 2021. The catalogue presents the collection of Egyptian provincial coins, collected by ing. Luboš Král, a long-standing member of the Czech Numismatic Society. In total, 584 coins is represented in this volume including a small quantity of duplicates (always stuck from different dies). The core of the collection consists of Alexandrian issues; coins of the Egyptian nomes, which are quite rare, are represented by mere two specimens (nos. 583–584). The collection documents the coin production in Egypt from the time of Augustus till the end of the provincial mint in 295/6. The basic criteria for incorporation into the collection have been the quality and good state of preservation of the numismatic material allowing its further...

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POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY is the third volume of Alastair Campbell''s unique daily account of life at the centre of the Blair government. It begins amid conflict in Kosovo, and ends on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the history books, changing the course of both the Bush presidency and the Blair premiership. In this volume, we see that New Labour''s honeymoon is well and truly over. In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, here we find graphic accounts of a variety of domestic crises: foot-and-mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt. Volume Three includes Peter Mandelson''s second resignation, the agonies of the Millennium Dome, and the most unexpected slow-handclapping in memory, when the Women''s Institute turned against Tony Blair. Yet despite all the problems - not least the most accident-prone manifesto launch in history, complete with deputy prime minister John Prescott punching a voter - Labour won a second successive landslide election victory. That triumph is intimately recorded here, alongside the high points of this period, such as devolution to Northern Ireland and the fall of Milosevic.

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The Inhibitors are back and Humanity is doomed!Many, many millennia ago, the Inhibitors seeded the universe with machines designed to detect intelligent life - and then to suppress it. But after hundreds of millions of years, the machines started to fail and intelligent cultures started to emerge.Then Dr Dan Sylveste and the crew of Infinity discovered what had happened to the long-vanished Amarantin race ... and awakened the Inhibitors.On Yellowstone, where no one is quite who they appear, the Inquisitor and the planet's Most Wanted War Criminal are watching as the Inhibitors turn a small group of planets into raw materials. Whatever they are building with those materials is not going to be good for Humanity.Once again, Al Reynolds has produced a stunning, universe-spanning space opera of mind-blowing proportions. Big in size, big in concepts, REDEMPTION ARK will leave you gasping at its audacity and breathless at its conclusion.This is British SF at its absolute best.

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''A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author''s trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation'' GUARDIAN''A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far flung future'' SUNReturn to the Revenger universe, for another thrilling tale set among the stars . . .Quoins are accepted currency throughout the thousands of worlds of the Congregation. Ancient, and of unknown origin and purpose, people have traded with them, fought for them, and stolen quoin hordes from booby-trapped caches at risk to life and limb throughout the Thirteen Occupations. Only now it''s becoming clear they have another purpose . . . as do the bankers who''ve been collecting them.The Occupations themselves are another puzzle. The rise and fall of civilisation may have been unevenly spaced across history, but there is also a pattern. Could something be sparking the Occupations - or ending them? And if so, what could it be, lurking far beyond the outermost worlds of the Congregation?The Ness sisters are being hunted for crimes they didn''t commit by a fleet whose crimes are worse than their own. If they''re to survive, and stay one step ahead of their pursuers - if they''re ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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MANKIND HAS REACHED THE STARS. Two hundred years after the fall of Mechanism, human society has achieved a kind of stability. There are colonies beneath the oceans, throughout the solar system, and beyond: on extrasolar planets. Vast hemi-relativistic ships connect these colonies, travelling at half the speed of light. Or rather they would, if the ominous presence of the alien Watchkeepers had not led to an enforced moratorium on interstellar travel.But when a seemingly impossible radio signal reaches the colony Crucible, everything changes:SEND NDEGEIt''s origin is unpopulated, unexplored space. No one could be there - at least, not if they travelled using human technology - so who could have sent it? How did they get there? And what use do they have for the disgraced scientist Ndege Akinya?Finding the answers will require one of the greatest expeditions humankind has ever launched, a journey further than ever attempted before, conducted under the implacable scrutiny of the Watchkeepers.But as a mission is prepared on Crucible, it turns out they weren''t the only ones to see the message - or its potential . . . ''Reynolds'' future is so brilliantly extrapolated . . . original ideas fizzing off every page'' The Guardian''Brilliant, self-assured, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair. Prelude to Power is the first of four volumes, and covers the early days of New Labour, culminating in their victory at the polls in 1997.Volume 1 details the extraordinary tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as they resolved the question as to which one should stand to become Labour leader. It shows that right from the start, relations at the top were prone to enormous strain, suspicions and accusations of betrayal. Yet it also shows the political and personal bonds that tied them together, and which made them one of the most feared and respected electoral machines anywhere in the world. A story of politics in the raw, Prelude to Power is above all an intimate, detailed portrait of the people who have done so much to shape modern history.

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Caught in the no man's land between being a key figure in Downing Street and the relative anonymity of the world outside politics, Alastair Campbell finds himself being torn in several directions. Having succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown wants Campbell at his side. Campbell resists, flooding his reservoir of guilt as a general election looms and Brown's indecision and fluctuating moods suggest the Labour administration is seriously threatened by the Tory posh boy, David Cameron. Soon Campbell is earning not only praise but big money from motivational speaking and writing novels which darkly reflect the personal mood swings that continue to concern to both him and his family. Serious journalism across platforms old and new puts him back in the public eye and together with live appearances and a love of sport his enduring love affair with Burnley Football Club still smoulders sees him board a celebrity merry-go-round that often leaves him far from his comfort zone. With politics constantly tugging his sleeve, he eventually returns to the front line to marshal a party in disarray. The intensity of the months leading up to 6 May 2010 is as dramatic as any screenplay, with Campbell chronicling Brown's ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Outside, Inside is the first of four new volumes of diaries from Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former chief press secretary and director of communications and strategy.

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Fourth volume of the collection: return to Earth, and some great upheavals in the characters' lives, are on the menu for the best titles of the series. This volume contains books 9 to 12 ? two unmissable two-parters that represent a turning point in the story of our agents, and which are widely considered by critics and readers alike to be the pinnacle of the series. Characterised by a return to 20th century Earth, these two stories are suffused with incredible melancholy and poetic charm, and force Valerian, the action man, to face his limitations. As the real date neared 1986, final year of our world according to the authors, Pierre Christin reconciled fiction and reality with consummate skill and daring, sweeping aside the status quo and sending his heroes down a completely new path. This book is introduced by several articles of the recently departed Stan Barets.

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF GREAT ADVENTURERS - WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD CHILDREN'S TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019.Sometimes adventure, like life, doesn't work out as you want it to. Even determined explorers make mistakes. Many of the greatest adventurers of all time have failed along the way...Hand-picked by adventurer Alastair Humphreys, this compilation retells the extraordinary journeys undertaken by explorers who have tried, failed and succeeded against the odds. It features adventurers whose expeditions went desperately wrong, turning into struggles for survival. And adventurers who had to fight for their right to succeed in the face of discrimination or setbacks that threatened to squash their dreams. These are stories of self-belief, resilience, friendship, courage, determination and hope - against the odds.Featuring explorers modern and ancient, from Zheng He to Joe Simpson, Jeanne Baret to Matthew Henson, these men and women ventured into space, oceans, deserts and jungles, and may inspire you to do the same."We often hold a very narrow ideas of what 'success' means. We think that if we don't reach a certain outcome, then we've failed and wasted our time. But in this book, you are going to read of changed plans leading to greater happiness, of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Straightforward Q&A Guide for Understanding the End Times Who are the 144,000 in Revelation 7:1-8? Are the trumpet judgments literal or symbolic (Revelation 8; 11)? What is the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:18)? If you have questions about the book of Revelation, you probably don’t want to wade through pages of commentary to find answers. Prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock offers a helpful solution in this concise Q&A format. Questions are grouped in broad categories that focus on interpretation, background information, Jesus Christ, and the letters to the churches. A final category, “The Consummation,” is further divided into subparts that address the tribulation, the second coming, the millennium, and more. These easy-to find and easy-to-understand responses to the most commonly asked questions about the book of Revelation will empower you to mine its riches and stand strong in your faith.

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Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence, resulting in judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.Overview of Commentary Organization:Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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From Morrissey and Nick Cave to The Streets and Kanye West, this is the book that explores the links between hip-hop and rock. Reynolds has focused on two strands: white alternative rock and black street music. He''s identified the strange dance of white bohemian rock and black culture, how they come together at various points and then go their own way. Through interviews he has carried out as a top music journalist for the last twenty years Reynolds is here able to tell a story of musical rivalry which no-one has told before.The approach is similar to Rip It Up and Start Again: a cultural history told through the music we love and the stars and movements that have shaped the world we live in.

Objev podobné jako Bring the Noise - Simon Reynolds

The brilliant new Wilde/Chase novel from bestseller Andy McDermott - in their eleventh adventure Nina and Eddie must go on a desperate search to find the truth behind the Book of Revelation, as they try to deal with the most momentous change to their lives to date - Nina''s pregnancy... For fans of Cussler, Mariani and Rollins, the Daily Express says McDermott''s novels ''explode off the page''.2002 - Southern Iraq A CIA covert operation in the desert uncovers ancient ruins concealing a humanoid statue, with six wings and the face of a lion. Team member Ezekiel Cross is convinced that it represents one of four angels prophesied in the Book of Revelation, and when the agents are attacked by Iraqi forces, leaving Cross the only survivor, he steals it to begin his own mission from God ... Present Day - New York Depressed following the death of a friend, Nina Wilde has been focusing her energies on her pregnancy, rather than the archaeological discoveries for which she is renowned. But adventure still finds her - when she''s kidnapped by religious cultists intending to force her to locate the remaining angels! Held prisoner in a strange village, Nina engages in a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Revelation Code (Wilde/Chase 11) - Andy McDermott

Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It''s a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they''re sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake - and their goal­­­--Until disaster strikes.Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well--Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration - and their lives - into his own hands . . .

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Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone. Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation?As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience.Four years ago, when an investigation linked to one of his most dangerous adversaries got a little too personal, Dreyfus arranged for Tench to continue the enquiry by proxy. In using her - even though he had his reasons - did Dreyfus also put her in the line of fire?And what does Tench's misadventure tell him about an enemy he had hoped was dormant?

Objev podobné jako Machine Vendetta - Alastair Reynolds

A spectacular, large-scale space opera - the ultimate galaxy-spanning adventureSix million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every two hundred thousand years, to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.Campion and Purslane are not only late for their thirty-second reunion, but they have brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them, and why - before their ancient line is wiped out of existence, forever.

Objev podobné jako House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds

Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past.Fleeing the ''wolves'' - the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors - he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world called Michaelmas. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything ... utterly. Which is how Miguel finds himself on a one-way mission with his own destructive mandate: to eliminate a passing ship, before it can bring unwanted attention down on them.Only something goes wrong.There''s a lone survivor.And she knows far more about Miguel than she''s letting on . . .Ranging from the depths of space to the deeps of Pattern Juggler waters, from nervous, isolated communities to the ruins of empire, this is a stealthy space opera from an author at the top of his game.

Objev podobné jako Inhibitor Phase - Alastair Reynolds

The stakes explode in Volume 3 of Space Punch, as Joe Kazuma steps into the ring—not just as a boxer, but as a pawn in a brutal gang war. After agreeing to replace his injured friend Tony in a high-profile match, Joe finds himself representing the Darumas, one of Mirai City’s most feared mafia factions. His opponent? Solomon, the champion fighter of the rival Gospels gang. With powerful figures watching and reputations on the line, defeat isn’t just personal—it’s political. Meanwhile, Zack Kazuma continues his crusade against corruption within the police force, using his enhanced cognitive abilities to expose the rot from within. As the brothers navigate their diverging paths, the city descends into chaos, and the line between justice and survival grows ever thinner. Themes explored in Volume 3:Brotherhood under pressure: Joe and Zack’s bond is tested as they face moral and physical battles on separate fronts. Gang warfare and power dynamics: The Darumas and Gospels clash in a violent struggle for control, with Joe caught in the middle. Boxing as resistance: Joe’s fight becomes a symbol of defiance, identity, and the cost of loyalty. Systemic corruption: Zack’s storyline reveals the deep entanglement between law enforcement and organized crime. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The fight for justice intensifies in Volume 2 of Space Punch, as brothers Joe and Zack Kazuma begin to unlock the true potential of the mysterious artifacts left behind by their father. Joe, fueled by rage and a desire to reclaim his dignity, returns to the boxing ring—this time with supernatural strength. Zack, now gifted with heightened cognitive abilities, sets his sights on dismantling the corruption festering within the police force. But Mirai City is on the brink of chaos. The Gospels, a rising criminal faction, are encroaching on the territory of the Darumas, the dominant mafia clan. As gang war erupts, the brothers are pulled deeper into a violent power struggle that threatens to consume the city—and themselves. Themes explored in Volume 2:Urban corruption and systemic decay: A gritty portrayal of law enforcement compromised by organized crime. Sibling dynamics and moral divergence: Joe and Zack take radically different paths, testing their bond and values. Supernatural empowerment: The artifacts grant abilities that blur the line between heroism and vengeance. Boxing as metaphor: Physical combat reflects emotional resilience and personal transformation. Gang warfare and social collapse: The manga explores how unchecked power destabilizes communities. Recommended by Radiant creator Tony Valente, Space ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Previously published as THE PREFECT. A rollercoaster ride through the dark and turbulent universe of REVELATION SPACE: an interstellar thriller where nothing - and no one - is what they seem ... Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best.His force is Panoply, and his beat is the multi-faceted utopian society of the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone. These days, his job is his life. A murderous attack against a Glitter Band habitat is nasty, but it looks to be an open-and-shut case - until Dreyfus starts looking under some stones that some very powerful people would really rather stayed unturned.What he uncovers is far more serious than mere gruesome murder: a covert takeover bid by a shadowy figure, Aurora (who may once have been human but certainly isn't now), who believes the people of the Glitter Band should no longer be in charge of their own destiny. Dreyfus discovers that to save something precious, you may have to destroy part of it.

Objev podobné jako Aurora Rising - Alastair Reynolds

Take another awe-inspiring leap into the darkly imagined future of REVELATION SPACE, where it is time for Humanity to meet its Unmakers.Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war ... but there is still no time for peace and quiet.Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, they discover an avenging angel, a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety, and the ability to draw down their darkest enemy.And on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse ...

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A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the ''mastersinger of space opera'' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery.Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He''s aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He''s hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon''s most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he''s about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.Gripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end.A fresh new masterpiece, from the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Halcyon Years - Alastair Reynolds

A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the 'mastersinger of space opera' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe - strap in for a gripping murder mystery . . .Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He's aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He's hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon's most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he's about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.Gripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end.Halcyon Years ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Halcyon Years - Alastair Reynolds

From the author of the Revelation Space series comes an interstellar adventure of war, identity, betrayal, and the preservation of civilization itself.A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur - and for humanity - peace is not to be.On the brink of the ceasefire, Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal, and left for dead in the ruins of a bunker. She revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel. Something has gone terribly wrong with the ship.Passengers - combatants from both sides of the war - are waking up from hibernation far too soon. Their memories, embedded in bullets, are the only links to a world which is no longer recognizable. And Scur will be reacquainted with her old enemy, but with much higher stakes than just her own life.

Objev podobné jako Slow Bullets - Alastair Reynolds

The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell''s diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the history books, and it ends on the day Campbell leaves Downing Street. In between there are two wars: first Afghanistan, and then, even more controversially, Iraq. It was the most difficult decision of Tony Blair''s premiership, and almost certainly the most unpopular. Campbell describes in detail the discussions with President Bush and other world leaders as the steps to war are taken, and delivers a unique account of Blair as war leader. He records the enormous political difficulties at home, and the sense of crisis that engulfed the government after the suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly. And all the while, Blair continues to struggle with two issues that ran throughout his time in government - fighting for peace in Northern Ireland, and trying to make peace with Gordon Brown. And Campbell continues to struggle balancing the needs of his family with one of the most pressurised roles in politics. Riveting and revelatory, The Burden of Power is as raw and intimate a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Growing up is hard to do…but with Ramona Quimby it’s never boring! This special collection contains the second four books in Beverly Cleary''s stories about the wonderful, blunderful Ramona Quimby.Life is full of ups and downs in this second collection of stories about Ramona Quimby. Ramona contends with pesty Willa Jean, deals with the horror of throwing up at school, welcomes a new addition to the Quimby family, and even makes her first best friend. Growing up isn’t easy, but with Ramona it is always an adventure!For generations, Ramona''s adventures have continued to amuse, delight, and comfort young readers worldwide. These editions are charmingly illustrated and sure to be enjoyed by readers ages 6-12.The beloved final four books in the Ramona series are included in this box set:Ramona and Her MotherRamona Quimby, Age 8Ramona ForeverRamona''s World

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