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In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York's Chinatown, managed a multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.In The Snakehead, Patrick Radden Keefe reveals the inner workings of Cheng Chui Ping aka Sister Ping's complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them.Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.

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The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick.Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionThe Sunday Times BestsellerA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardOne of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction'I gobbled up Empire of Pain . . . a masterclass in compelling narrative nonfiction.' – Elizabeth Day, The Guardian '30 Best Summer Reads'The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions like Harvard and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin. A blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis – an international epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a million people.In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, award-winning journalist and author of Say Nothing (soon to be streaming on Disney+), Patrick Radden Keefe, exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping reality. Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty, and twenty-first-century greed.'There are so many "they did what?" moments in this book, when your jaw practically hits the page' – Sunday Times‘You feel almost guilty for enjoying it so much’ – The Times

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“Ohromující portrét tří generací rodiny Sacklerů od oceňovaného autora amerických bestsellerů. Jméno Sackler ještě donedávna zdobilo stěny mnoha uznávaných institucí – Muzea umění Harvardovy univerzity v Bostonu, Metropolitního muzea umění v New Yorku, univerzitní knihovny v Oxfordu, muzea Louvre v Paříži a mnoha dalších. Sacklerové patří k nejmajetnějším rodinám na světě a jsou známí svými štědrými dary v oblasti umění a vědy. Původ jejich rodinného jmění dlouho zůstával zahalen tajemstvím. Před časem však vyšlo najevo, že Sacklerové jsou odpovědní za výrobu a prodej OxyContinu, převratného léku proti bolesti, který byl hlavní příčinou tzv. opioidové krize – rozsáhlé epidemie drogové závislosti, kvůli níž přišlo o život téměř půl milionu lidí. Kniha je mistrovským dílem, jež vyčerpávajícím způsobem dokumentuje překvapivou a podmanivou realitu. Je to obraz excesů druhého pozlaceného věku v Americe, studie neúnavného vyšetřování a beztrestnosti, podobenství o nestoudné chamtivosti a lhostejnosti k lidskému utrpení, na níž stojí miliardové bohatství.“

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Patrick Radden Keefe's work has been recognised by prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize and the Baillie Gifford in the UK, for his meticulously reported, hypnotically engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker. As Keefe observes in his preface: 'They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.'Keefe explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines; examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist; spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain; chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black-market arms merchant; and profiles a passionate death-penalty attorney who represents the 'worst of the worst', among other bravura works of literary journalism.The appearance of his byline in the New Yorker is always an event; collected here for the first time readers can see how his work forms an always enthralling yet also deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up to them.

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The Beijing Ripper makes a personal vendetta against Detective Li Yan in the thrilling final episode of the series GRUESOME MURDERS His victims are young, beautiful and coldly mutilated. He calls himself the Beijing Ripper. Li Yan, head of Beijing's serious crime squad, must stop him. FEARSOME LETTERS Just as pathologist Margaret Campbell finds an insight into the killer's cruel signature, Li receives a letter from the killer, betraying his cruel intentions. CHINESE WHISPERS There's no way Li can misinterpret the Ripper's motives: he wants to tear Li and Campbell's lives apart, and write the darkest chapter in Beijing's history. Biographical Notes Peter May is the author of The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. Chinese Whispers is the sixth of his China thrillers. Peter was an award-winning journalist at the age of just twenty-one. He left newspapers for television and screenwriting, creating three prime-time British drama series and accruing more than 1,000 television credits. He now lives in France.

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Kniha - autor Patrick Radden Keefe, 528 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The story of the Sackler Dynasty, Purdue Pharma, and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it generated billions of dollars in profit.

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From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everythingBob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior centre that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, Bob begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed.Behind Bob Comet's straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.

Objev podobné jako The Librarianist - Patrick Dewitt

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

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'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me' So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin. The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title.

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'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.My name is Kvothe.You may have heard of me'So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin.The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title.

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR****A Financial Times Best Book of 2023**A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard''s quest to find solace and meaning in art''Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist - but by a museum guard?'' Sunday TimesWhen Patrick’s older brother dies at twenty-six, all he wants is to retreat. So, he does. He quits his job and seeks refuge in the most beautiful place he can think of: New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.All the Beauty in the World recounts Patrick’s time as a museum guard, keeping quiet vigil over some of our greatest treasures and uncovering the Met’s innermost secrets. As his connection to the art and the life that swirls around it grows, so does Patrick – and gradually he emerges transformed by heartbreak, community and the power of art to illuminate life in all its pain, pleasure and hope.''As luminous as the old masters paintings'' Daily Mail''Consoling and beautiful'' Guardian''Marvellous'' Daily Telegraph''A beautiful tale about beauty. It is also a tale about grief, balancing solitude and comradeship, and finding joy in both the exalted and the mundane'' Washington Post

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Deadly professional assassin Martin Terrier returns to Paris after his latest job determined to get out of the game. Ten years ago he made a promise to return to his childhood sweetheart in the south of France. But circumstances put Martin's attempted retirement on hold: a key target is flying in to Paris, and there is only one man fit for the task of eliminating him. As Martin flees southwards, desperate to return to the crushing mediocrity of life in a backwater town, he finds his former employers will stop at nothing to regain his services for one last job. Bursting with Gallic irony and visceral brutality, The Gunman (originally published in English as The Prone Gunman) is a shocking and sardonic masterpiece from the late, great master of the French crime novel, J-P Manchette.

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Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing; to watch him trade is to watch an artist at work. But even a master's brush can slip.When he accepts a gift, taking something for nothing, Bast's whole world is knocked askew, for he knows how to bargain - but not how to owe. From dawn to midnight over the course of a single day, follow the Kingkiller Chronicle's most charming fae as he schemes and sneaks, dancing into trouble and back out again with uncanny grace. The Narrow Road Between Desires is Bast's story.In it he traces the old ways of making and breaking, following his heart even when doing so goes against his better judgement. After all, what good is caution if it keeps him from danger and delight?

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Laugh yourself silly with the InvestiGators! Crime-fighting alligators Mango and Brash are back in Take the Plunge – the second full colour comic book adventure by John Patrick Green. Perfect for fans of Dogman and Bunny vs Monkey.'Fast, fabulous, and fantastically funny' – Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs Monkey.The city is under attack by three dastardly villains! Evil cracker monster Crackerdile is back, a robo–ghost haunts the streets and . . . does that man have a snake arm?Even worse – on top of this crime wave comes. . . an actual wave! A huge flood threatens the city, and the InvestiGators are wrongly blamed for making this big splash. To clear their names Mango and Brash flush themselves down the toilet to find the real culprit! They’ll have to be extra sneaky to solve this mission or they’ll end up in deep water. . .The InvestiGators series is a hit with readers of all ages and covers positive themes like:Fun teamworkNever giving upPesky problem–solvingCollect all the books in this hilarious series of graphic novels for kids: InvestiGators, Off the Hook, Ants in our P.A.N.T.S and tons more. And don't miss Agents of S.U.I.T., the spin off series featuring Mango and Brash's colourful coworkers!

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Laugh yourself silly with the InvestiGators! Crime-fighting alligators Mango and Brash are back in Off the Hook – the third full colour comic book adventure by John Patrick Green, perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey.'Fast, fabulous, and fantastically funny' – Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs Monkey.After escaping from the InvestiGators, villains Crackerdile and Hookline and Slinker are back and badder than ever! Rob a bank? Check. Find a secret lair? Check. Kidnap a giant chicken? Check.Luckily, Mango and Brash are hot on their tail with their hi–tech Very Exciting Spy Technology (V.E.S.T.s). Do the InvestiGators have what it takes to catch the crooks or will the vile villains slither away from justice?The InvestiGators series is a hit with readers of all ages and covers positive themes like: Fun teamwork Never giving upPesky problem–solvingCollect all the books in the hilarious series of graphic novels for kids: InvestiGators, Take the Plunge, Ants in our P.A.N.T.S and tons more. Don't miss Agents of S.U.I.T., the spin off series featuring Mango and Brash's colourful coworkers.

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Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. This is the most exciting fantasy series since George R. R. Martin's A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, and a must-read for all fans of HBO's GAME OF THRONES. Picking up the tale of Kvothe Kingkiller once again, we follow him into exile, into political intrigue, courtship, adventure, love and magic ...and further along the path that has turned Kvothe, the mightiest magician of his age, a legend in his own time, into Kote, the unassuming pub landlord. Packed with as much magic, adventure and home-grown drama as THE NAME OF THE WIND, this is a sequel in every way the equal to its predecessor and a must-read for all fantasy fans. Readable, engaging and gripping THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the biggest and the best new fantasy novel out there.

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Deadly professional assassin Martin Terrier returns to Paris after his latest job determined to get out of the game. Ten years ago he made a promise to return to his childhood sweetheart in the south of France. But circumstances put Martin's attempted retirement on hold: a key target is flying in to Paris, and there is only one man fit for the task of eliminating him. As Martin flees southwards, desperate to return to the crushing mediocrity of life in a backwater town, he finds his former employers will stop at nothing to regain his services for one last job. Bursting with Gallic irony and visceral brutality, The Gunman (originally published in English as The Prone Gunman) is a shocking and sardonic masterpiece from the late, great master of the French crime novel, J-P Manchette.

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others. With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... As their relentless Captain leads the chase, they embark on a final, vengeful hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of both whales and men. With the lush, atmospheric art of Rovina Cai woven in throughout, this remarkable work by Patrick Ness turns the familiar tale of Moby Dick upside down and tells a story all its own with epic triumph and devastating fate.

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A special anniversary edition, with a striking new cover design, to celebrate 10 years of the Chaos Walking trilogy. Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Then Todd Hewitt unexpectedly stumbles on a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. And now he's going to have to run... This new edition marks the 10th anniversary of the award-winning modern classic, soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley.

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This is a stunning new novella in the Kingkiller universe, and a genuine must-read for fans, showing us a little of the world from the perspective of Auri, one of its best-loved characters.

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When Karl Lagerfeld was named at the helm of the fashion house in 1983, he set out to radically shake up and update its image – not only through bold collections but also, from 1987 onwards, by choosing to shoot the house’s campaigns himself, a move that was unprecedented for a fashion designer. Conceived in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld and the House of Chanel, this definitive publication opens with an essay by Patrick Mauriès before exploring the campaigns themselves, organized chronologically. A carefully curated selection of images showcases hundreds of spectacular clothes worn by the top fashion models – and personalities – of each era, from Inès de la Fressange, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, to Kirsten Stewart and Lily Rose Depp, captured in glamorous locations, from Coco Chanel’s Paris apartment to the French Riviera or LA.

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The second great Patrick Leigh Fermor classic - and the sequel to A Time of Gifts - in John Murray B-format for the first time.

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The second great Patrick Leigh Fermor classic - and the sequel to A Time of Gifts - in John Murray B-format for the first time.

Objev podobné jako Between Woods and the Water (Defekt) - Patrick Leigh Fermor

'The definitive overview of Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard's creations for Chanel, now fully updated, featuring over 180 collections presented through original catwalk photography in a beautiful cloth-bound volume'.

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The #1 Irish Times bestseller WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards ''A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece'' Marian Keyes ''Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent'' Colm Tóibín, Guardian ''With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel'' Irish Times ''Evocative, moving, funny and furious'' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times ''An enthralling, panoramic book'' Patrick Radden Keefe ''A book that will remain important for a very long time'' An Post Irish Book AwardWe Don''t Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O''Toole''s birth, 1958, down to the present. Ireland has changed almost out of recognition during those decades, and Fintan O''Toole''s life coincides with that arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving of memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing social and historical narrative. This was the era of Eamon de Valera, Jack Lynch, Charles Haughey and John Charles McQuaid, of sectarian civil war in the North and the Pope''s triumphant visit in 1979, but also of those who began to speak out against the ruling consensus – feminists, advocates for the rights of children, gay men and women coming out of the shadows. We Don''t Know Ourselves is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand modern Ireland.

Objev podobné jako We Don't Know Ourselves - Fintan O'Toole

Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes - and the 'shadow network' that enables them.VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes. Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's Richard Roper. One dictator's son spent $700 million in just four years on his luxury lifestyle.As they unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity, the team encounter well-known corporations whose operations are no less criminal than the Mafia. This network of lawyers, bankers and real estate agents help park dirty money in London, New York, or in offshore accounts, safe from prying eyes.Patrick Alley's book is a brilliant, authoritative and fearless investigation into the darkest workings of our world - and an inspiration to all of us who want to fight back.

Objev podobné jako Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World´s Network of Corruption - Patrick Alley

A highly readable book about architecture, lavishly illustrated with sixteen intricate cross sections. From straw huts to skyscrapers, palaces to arts centres, The Story of Buildings takes us on a journey across continents and over centuries. Patrick Dillon selects sixteen of the most iconic buildings from around the world including the Parthenon, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Taj Mahal, the Forbidden City, the Bauhaus, Crystal Palace, the Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre, and tells the remarkable human story behind each of them. Stephen Biesty's detailed, intricate cross-sections allow us to see inside these incredible structures and appreciate the inspiration of their creators. Technical information and architectural terms are explained in labels and there is an extensive index and timeline at the end of the book.

Objev podobné jako The Story of Buildings: Fifteen Stunning Cross-sections from the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House - Patrick Dillon

The multi-award-winning novel by Patrick Ness, the first in a gripping trilogy, is now a major motion picture starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. Todd Hewitt lives in a town unlike other towns. There are no women, and everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. But then Todd meets someone who should not exist: a girl. Even in a town where privacy is impossible, there is a secret so terrible, they're going to have to run for their lives. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought? "Terrifying, exhilarating and heartbreaking." Sunday Telegraph

Objev podobné jako Chaos Walking : Book 1 The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness

The multi-award-winning novel by Patrick Ness, the first in a gripping trilogy, is now a major motion picture starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. Todd Hewitt lives in a town unlike other towns. There are no women, and everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. But then Todd meets someone who should not exist: a girl. Even in a town where privacy is impossible, there is a secret so terrible, they're going to have to run for their lives. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought? "Terrifying, exhilarating and heartbreaking." Sunday Telegraph

Objev podobné jako Chaos Walking : Book 1 The Knife of Never Letting Go (Defekt) - Patrick Ness

This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!“[The DevOps Handbook] remains a must-read for any organization seeking to scale up its IT capability and expand DevOps practices across multiple departments or lines of business.” —Mike Perrow, TechBeaconFor years, The DevOps Handbook has been the definitive guide for taking the successes laid out in the bestselling The Phoenix Project and applying them in any organization. Now, with this fully updated and expanded edition, it''s time to take DevOps out of the IT department and apply it across the full business.Technology is now at the core of every company, no matter the business model or product. The theories and practices laid out in The DevOps Handbook are tools to be used by anyone from across the organization to create joy and succeed in the marketplace. The second edition features 15 new case studies, including stories from Adidas, American Airlines, Fannie Mae, Target, and the US Air Force. In addition, renowned researcher and coauthor of Accelerate, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, provides her insights through new and updated material and research. With over 100 pages of new content throughout the book, this expanded edition is a must read for anyone who works with technology.“[The DevOps Handbook is] a practical roadmap to improving IT in any organization. It''s also the most valuable book on software development I''ve read in the past 10 years.” —Adam Hawkins, software developer and host of the podcast SmallBatches

Objev podobné jako The DevOps Handbook - Kim Gene, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, Nicole Forsgren, John Willis

Learn how to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and manipulate your mind. There is a war on for your mind. You may not notice, but you are surrounded by manipulators: advertisers, politicians, big tech, even the humble waiter who asks, ‘Still or sparkling?’ Free Your Mind is your field manual to surviving the information battlefield.In this indispensable book, Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan draw on interviews with mind-control experts ranging from monks to magicians, infiltrate cults and forums to uncover their most deceptive techniques and expose the hidden tactics used to influence you, from social media to subliminal messages. Learn how to recognise the nudges, dispel efforts to brainwash you and always question those who say the choice is yours. If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN''Patrick’s book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics’ JOE LYCETTWe used to care a lot about our clothes. We didn’t have many but those we had were important to us. We’d cherish them, repair them and pass them on. And making them provided fulfilling work for millions of skilled people locally. Today the average person has nearly five times as many clothes as they did just 50 years ago. Last year, 100 billion garments were produced worldwide, most made from oil, 30% of which were not even sold, and the equivalent of one bin lorry full of clothing is dumped in landfill or burned every single second. Our wardrobes are full to bursting with clothes we never wear so why do we keep buying more?In this passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but despairing of a broken global system Patrick Grant considers the crisis of consumption and quality in fashion, and how we might make ourselves happier by rediscovering the joy of living with fewer, better-quality things.Weaving in his personal journey through fashion, clothing and the other everyday objects in his life, this is a book that celebrates craftsmanship, making things with care, buying things with thought and valuing everything we own. It explains how rethinking our relationship with clothing could kickstart a thriving new local economy bringing prosperity and hope back to places in our country that have lost out to globalisation, offshore manufacturing and to the madness of price and quantity being the only things that matter.''Presents a new way of thinking about the things we buy'' KEITH BRYMER-JONES

Objev podobné jako Less - Patrick Grant

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.This is the perfect pocket guide for nature and foraging enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly found mushrooms and toadstools in Britain and northern Europe.Authoritative text, beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations show the distinguishing features of each mushroom and toadstool, including details of size, habitat and when it can be found, whether it is edible or poisonous and most importantly, which similar species it can be confused with and why.This new edition builds on the strengths of the unrivalled original, now expanded to include over 240 species of mushroom and toadstool.

Objev podobné jako Mushrooms - Patrick Harding

The year is 1738; the place, Paris. A baby is born under a fish-monger's bloody table in a marketplace, and abandoned. Orphaned, passed over to the monks as a charity case, already there is something in the aura of the tiny infant that is unsettling. No one will look after him; he is somehow too demanding, and, even more disturbing, something is missing: as his wet nurse tries to explain, he doesn't smell the way a baby should smell; indeed, he has no scent at all. Slowly, as we watch Jean-Baptiste Grenouille cling stubbornly to life, we begin to realize that a monster is growing before our eyes. With mounting unease, yet hypnotized, we see him explore his powers and their effect on the world around him. For this dark and sinister boy who has no smell himself possesses an absolute sense of smell, and with it he can read the world to discover the hidden truths that elude ordinary men. He can smell the very composition of objects, and their history, and where they have been, he has no need of the light, and darkness is not dark to him, because nothing can mask the odors of the universe. As he leaves childhood behind and comes to understand his terrible uniqueness, his obsession becomes the quest to identify, and then to isolate, the most perfect scent of all, the scent of life itself. At first, he hones his powers, learning the ancient arts of perfume-making until the exquisite fragrances he creates are the rage of Paris, and indeed Europe. Then, secure in his mastery of these means to an end, he withdraws into a strange and agonized solitude, waiting, dreaming, until the morning when he wakes, ready to embark on his monstrous quest: to find and extract from the most perfect living creatures-the most beautiful young virgins in the land- that ultimate perfume which alone can make him, too, fully human. As his trail leads him, at an ever-quickening pace, from his savage exile to the heart of the country and then back to Paris, we are caught up in a rising storm of terror and mortal sensual conquest until the frenzy of his final triumph explodes in all its horrifying consequences. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance and the haunting power of a grown-up fairy tale, Perfume is one of the most remarkable novels of the last fifty years.

Objev podobné jako Perfume - Patrick Suskind

Když tajemník Švédské akademie udílel Patricku Modianovi Nobelovu cenu za literaturu, nazval ho Marcelem Proustem naší doby. Modiano se ve své tvorbě věnuje tématům paměti, ztráty, identity a hledání a všechna jeho díla jsou variací na stejnou zkušenost: jeho vlastní. Rodokmen je vzácnou příležitostí odhrnout závoj fikce a nahlédnout příběh, jenž stojí na počátku těch ostatních. V těchto poutavých pamětech Modiano vypráví o svérázném životě svých rodičů za německé okupace, o svém dětství v domácnosti plné cirkusových umělců a gangsterů poválečné Paříže i o dospívání, kdy pro něj bylo zásadní seznámení s matčiným přítelem Raymondem Queneauem. I když Modiano přiznává, že na paměť se nedá vždy spolehnout, s bolestnou jasností si vybavuje nejpalčivější momenty svého mládí, včetně smrti svého desetiletého bratra. Modianovy vzpomínky na prvních jedenadvacet let jeho života v Paříži jsou opravdovým darem pro čtenáře jeho románů, k nimž nabízejí jedinečný klíč.

Objev podobné jako Rodokmen - Patrick Modiano

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm… Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. The dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye, though. Sarah can’t help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn’t have a soul but who is seemingly intent on keeping her safe. Because the dragon knows something she doesn’t. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit—and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.

Objev podobné jako Burn - Patrick Ness

Vo štvrtok 9. októbra 2014 Švédska kráľovská akadémia vied udelila Patrickovi MODIANOVI Nobelovu cenu za literatúru, čím poctila „umenie, s akým Modiano rozoberá a skúma pamäť, evokuje nepostihnuteľné ľudské osudy a odhaľuje svet v čase okupácie“, presnejšie okupovaný Paríž. Rodokmeň (2005) je autobiografickým rozprávaním, či skôr strohou zápisnicou, bilanciou prvých 21 rokoch Modianovho života. S rodičmi, ktorých vídal len zriedka, bol Modiano veľmi skoro odkázaný sám na seba. V Rodokmeni sa Modiano, na rozdiel od kníh, ktoré predchádzali aj nasledovali, už neskrýva za fikciu či autofikciu, ale dáva kľúč k pochopeniu celého svojej tvorby. Sleduje a skúma predovšetkým stopu svojho otca za okupácie a jej prostredníctvom vyníma z prízračného šerosvitu, príznačného pre zvyšok jeho tvorby, „postavy s temnou minulosťou, pokútnou prítomnosťou a hmlistou budúcnosťou“ zaľudňujúce okupovaný Paríž.

Objev podobné jako Rodokmeň - Patrick Modiano

Elektronická kniha - autor Edward St Aubyn, 432 stran, česky Román jednoho z nejosobitějších současných ostrovních autorůNa tom nesejde je první z pětidílné, částečně autobiografické série románů o Patricku Melroseovi, která vznikala v rozmezí let 1992 a 2011. Edward St Aubyn je díky ní považován za předního současného britského spisovatele. První díl, popisující události jednoho jediného dne, nás zavádí na provensálský venkov k městečku Lacoste, do domu patřícímu Eleanor a Davidu Melroseovým, kteří sezvali na večeři své anglické přátele: módního filozofa Victora, jeho partnerku Anne, rodinného přítele Nicholase, vyhlášeného boháče a snoba, a jeho mladou přítelkyni Bridget. Než se však všichni sejdou u stolu, provede David svému pětiletému synovi Patrickovi pár nehorázností, z nichž jedna ho poznamená na celý život.Špatné zprávy zastihují Patricka Melrose v jeho dvaadvaceti letech. Přiletěl si do New Yorku pro popel svého zchudlého otce, s nímž se Eleanor...

Objev podobné jako Patrick Melrose I. (9788025730898)

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Objev podobné jako Vuch Patrick Boxerky Zelená

Existencialni western á la Jarmuschův Dead Man či Cormac McCarthy, nominovaný na Booker Prize 2011.Prospektora Hermanna Warma čeká násilná smrt - nařídil ji záhadný a mocný muž známý pouze jako Komodor a mají se o ni postarat jeho neblaze proslulí zabijáci Eli a Charlie Sesterové. Hloubavý a citově založený Eli sice nesdílí bratrovu zálibu v alkoholu a zabíjení, nic jiného však nikdy nepoznal. Za oběť však tentokrát nedostali snadný cíl a Eli si cestou z Oregon City na Warmův zlatokopecký zábor v Kalifornii na hřbetě svého churavého koně začne klást otázky, jaké si vlastně zvolil živobytí - a jakému muži slouží. V žánrově originálním pikareskním westernu Bratři Sesterové nás Patrick deWitt přenáší do časů kalifornské zlaté horečky - a činí tak pozoruhodným jazykem a strhujícím vypravěčským stylem, v němž těsně pod povrchem zdánlivě vážného líčení mohutně bublá brilantní humor. V jeho dramatické odyseji plné nástrah, svodů a pochybných i fantaskních figurek se mísí absurdita, melancholie i drsnost Divokého západu a dvou pistolnických sourozenců, které spojuje pouto krve, násilí i bratrské lásky.Vydání knihy podpořila Kanadská rada pro umění.

Objev podobné jako Bratři Sesterové - Patrick Dewitt

Jmenuji se Kvothe. Unášel jsem spícím mohylovým králům ukradené princezny. Spálil jsem město Trebon. Strávil jsem noc s Felurian a odešel živý a při smyslech. Byl jsem vyloučen z Univerzity ve věku mladším, než na ni lidé obvykle vstupují. Mluvil jsem s bohy, miloval ženy a skládal písně, při kterých minstrelové vzlykali. Možná jste o mně slyšeli.Tak začíná Kvothův příběh – od jeho dětství strávené ve skupině potulných herců, přes léta prožitá jako polodivoký sirotek na ulicích zločinem prolezlého města až po drzý a nepřehlédnutelný vstup do obtížného a nebezpečného studia magie na slavné Univerzitě. Na samém počátku však Kvotha potkáváme již jako zkušeného mága, zručného zloděje, suverénního muzikanta a neblaze proslulého vraha.Ale ve Jménu větru se toho o něm skrývá mnohem víc, vždyť jde o pravdivé zobrazení událostí skrývajících se za legendou o Kvothovi Královrahovi.

Objev podobné jako Jméno větru - Patrick Rothfuss

Jednoho chladného nedělního večera na začátku roku 1957 čekala Sára Dewhurstová se svým otcem na parkovišti u benzinové pumpy Chevron na draka, kterého si najali jako pomocníka na farmě… Sára a její otec, vyděděnci malého městečka Frome ve státě Washington, jsou nuceni najmout si na práci na farmě právě tohoto tvora, což je něco, k čemu se uchylují jen ti nejnuznější… Drak Kazimir však představuje něco mnohem víc, než co je viditelné pouhým okem. Sára se o něj proti své vůli začne zajímat: o bytost, která údajně nemá duši, ale zdá se, že je z nevysvětlitelných důvodů odhodlaná chránit ji a držet v bezpečí. Protože drak ví něco, o čem Sára nemá tušení. Přispěchal na farmu poháněn dávným proroctvím. Proroctvím, v němž figuruje úkladný vrah, kult uctívačů draků, dva zuřiví agenti FBI - a samozřejmě i Sára samotná.

Objev podobné jako Dračí plamen - Patrick Ness

Patrick Roth vypráví neuvěřitelný příběh Josefa z Nazaretu jako zoufajícího si člověka, líčí jeho hlubokou víru a neposlušnost vůči Bohu. Román zároveň pátrá po možnosti nového počátku. Jeruzalém v roce 70 po Kristu: hrozí, že římské oddíly zboří ochranné hradby. Obléhání Svatého města je výchozím bodem románu plného silných obrazů, jehož oblouk vyprávění se klene až k okamžiku Ježíšova narození. Ve středu událostí stojí Josef, Mariin muž, o němž evangelia vyprávějí, že naslouchal snům, když k sobě přijal ženu a dítě. Patrick Roth mu přisuzuje osud plný napětí, drama mezi člověkem a božskostí jako neuchopitelnou mocí. Třináct let po Ježíšově zrození vyžaduje Bůh od Josefa nejvyšší oběť. „Kde je tu spravedlnost, abych porozuměl?“ žaluje Josef tváří v tvář neopodstatněné Boží vůli. Dokáže tuto oběť přinést? V rafinovaně do sebe propletených pasážích mezi snem a realitou proniká román do prostoru prožitků, v němž se bortí zdánlivé jistoty. Rothovo vypravěčské umění vychází z existenciální zkušenosti a svědčí o výjimečné síle autorova jazyka, který je ve svém přiblížení výrazovému rytmu Bible sám estetickým zážitkem. Od současné tvorby se způsob Rothova vyprávění odlišuje především v tom, že připouští transcendenci, a ve své radikální vážnosti je ojedinělým zjevem v německy psané literatuře.

Objev podobné jako Východ slunce - Patrick Roth

Novela z cyklu Kronika Královraha. Hluboko pod Univerzitou existuje temné místo, o němž ví jen málokdo. Jde o zborcené bludiště prastarých chodeb, průchodů a dávno opuštěných místností. V rozlehlé spleti tunelů zvané Podvěcí se skrývá křehká dívka, schoulená v samotném srdci tohoto zapomenutého místa. Jmenuje se Auri a sama je plná tajemství.Hudba ticha je letmý, hořkosladký pohled do jejího života, do jejího malého, ale poutavého dobrodružství, příběh současně radostný i ponurý, nabízející čtenáři příležitost spatřit svět jejíma očima. A dozvědět se skutečnosti, o nichž ví pouze Auri... V této knize nás Patrick Rothfuss zavede do kouzelného světa jedné z nejzajímavějších postav úspěšnéKroniky Královraha. V Hudbě ticha zazní tajemství a záhady tragického příběhu dívky, která se pokouší přežít ve světě, jenž se jí rozpadl pod rukama...

Objev podobné jako Hudba ticha - Patrick Rothfuss

Seth se topí, zoufalý a osamělý v posledních okamžicích svého zápasu s rozběsněným mořem. Pak ale procitne. Nahý, hladový a žíznivý, ale při vědomí. Jak je to možné? Vybavuje si přece, jak se mu lámaly kosti, jak mu pukla lebka při nárazu o skalisko. Jakto, že je teď tady? A co je tohle vlastně za podivné místo? Seth začíná pátrat po odpovědích, v naději, že možná není úplně sám, že se neocitl ve svém soukromém pekle, kterého se tolik bojí, že tu možná je... něco víc. Znepokojující a podmanivý příběh, překračující hranice Young Adult literatury.

Objev podobné jako Něco víc - Patrick Ness

Elektronická kniha - Čtvrtý a pátý díl ironické ságy o Patricku Melroseovi. Podle románů autor napsal scénář k pětidílné televizní minisérii nazvané podle jména hlavního hrdiny. Titulní roli bravurně ztvárnil Benedict Cumberbatch. - autor Edward St Aubyn, 408 stran, česky Čtvrtý a pátý díl ironické ságy o Patricku MelroseoviV Mateřském mléce se s naším smutným hrdinou setkáváme jako s otcem. Patrickova minulost ovlivňuje jeho manželství, které je směsicí zmatků, příkoří, naschválů a nedorozumění. Určitá naděje se snad skrývá v jeho synkovi Robertovi. V posledním pátém dílu Konečně se příbuzní a přátelé sjíždějí na pohřeb Patrickovy matky Eleanor a Patrick jako už tolikrát zpytuje a bilancuje svůj život. Hledá odpověď na otázku, zda teď, když jsou oba rodiče po smrti, pro něj konečně přijde vysvobození a zacelení starých ran.Podle románů autor napsal scénář k pětidílné televizní minisérii nazvané podle jména hlavního hrdiny. Titulní roli bravurně ztvárnil...

Objev podobné jako Patrick Melrose II (9788025733899)

Třináctiletého Conora navštěvuje noc co noc netvor. Není to však ten, kterého Conor očekával - ten z noční můry, jež ho pronásleduje od doby, kdy jeho maminku začali v nemocnici týrat neúspěšnými léčebnými procedurami. Tenhle netvor je jiný. Je to tajuplný přízrak z dávných časů, ukrývající se v podobě starého stromu za domem. Je tu proto, aby Conorovi vyprávěl tři příběhy. Na oplátku ale něco chce. Tu nejnebezpečnější věc ze všech. Chce pravdu. Tajemnou knihu plnou temně pohádkové atmosféry napsal Patrick Ness na námět zesnulé Siobhan Dowdové a v roce 2016 podle něj natočil stejnojmenný film Juan Antonio Bayona.

Objev podobné jako Volání netvora - Patrick Ness

Martinický spisovatel opřel svůj román o rodné prostředí, kde ještě žije autentický tvůrce ústní slovesnosti. Solibova smrt inspiruje fantastický, groteskní i oslavný románový zpěv nasycený věcnými detaily a básnicky zacházející s jazykem, zpěv k poctě prapůvodních hodnot tvorby a kultury.

Objev podobné jako Solibo Ohromný - Patrick Chamoiseau

Generace prarodičů dnešních dospělých byla zvláštní tím, že její příslušníci postupně žili v několika státech a společenských zřízeních, aniž by vytáhli paty ze svého města. Bouřlivé zvraty dvacátého století se jim vryly do životů a daly vzniknout komickým i dramatickým příběhům, které jejich vnuci nadšeně hltali. A nové s nimi prožívali. Jak vypadalo dětství vedle jednoho takového dědy na rázovitém východočeském venkově? Vedle dědy přesvědčeného komunisty, který prošel nacistickým vězením a sabotoval invazi v roce 1968? Dětství kluka, kterého politika vůbec nezajímala, ale chtěl vědět, co se skrývá v té bedně s haknkrojcem v dílně pod ponkem... Známý propagátor internetu a renomovaný technologický publicista Patrick Zandl vzpomíná na svého dědu - a potažmo celou generaci Husákových prarodičů - s humorem i nostalgií.

Objev podobné jako Husákův děda - Patrick Zandl

Ve strhujícím závěru napínavé trilogie se do Nového Prentisstownu stahují rovnou tři armády a schyluje se k ničivé válce. Domorodí Sádrovci zmobilizují všechny síly, aby pomstili vyvražděné soukmenovce. Starosta Prentiss a mistrová Coyleová, bezohlední vůdci dvou znepřátelených lidských frakcí, se chystají za každou cenu bránit své zájmy a představy o pořádku, který chtějí v Novém světě nastolit. A do toho se na planetu blíží kosmické lodě nových osadníků

Objev podobné jako Probuď monstrum - Patrick Ness

Čtyřicetiosmiletý Američan George Duncan provozuje tiskařský krámek v Londýně, je rozvedený a osamělý víc, než si chce přiznat. Jedné noci ho vzbudí zvláštní zvuk nesoucí se ze zahrady. Ke svému překvapení tam najde bílého jeřába. Pták má poraněné křídlo, ale když mu George vytáhne šíp z rány, odletí k nebi. Druhý den vstoupí do krámku žena jménem Kumiko s netradiční prosbou. Její krása je tak oslňující a tajuplná, že se do ní George bezhlavě zamiluje a touží odhalit všechna její tajemství… Je to ale dobře?

Objev podobné jako Jeřábí žena - Patrick Ness