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A brief history of humankind. ... Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind’s extraordinary history - from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age - and our journey from insignificant apes to rulers of the world. ... |
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"What I wanted was to be one with her, with nothing coming between us." You've just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you're destined for - what do you do? In Murakami's world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, lust, sudden infatuation or the secret longings of the heart. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin, Ted Goosen and Philip Gabriel. ... |
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A novel by the author of "Ellen Foster". "Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery - but mastery all the same". Reynolds Prince ... When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other ... |
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Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid's, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten concept. Offred remembers her old life - love, family, a job, access to the news. It has all been taken away. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire. Includes exclusive content: In The "Backstory" you can read Margaret Atwood's account of how she came to write this landmark ... |
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One of the Great Novels of the Century... ... "Catch-22" is a satirical, historical novel by the American author Joseph Heller , first published in 1961. The novel, set during the later stages of World War II from 1943 onwards, is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. It has a distinctive non-chronological style where events are described from different characters' points of view and out of sequence so that the time line develops along with the plot. The novel follows Caesarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and a number of other characters. Most events ... |
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Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind’s extraordinary history - from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age - and our journey from insignificant apes to rulers of the world. ... |
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From the author of the million-copy bestseller "Sapiens" Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the ... |
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Тефтерът Vintage от серията Conceptum на Sigel се отличава с добър дизайн, отлично качество и висока функционалност. Може да бъде използван като личен дневник, работен бележник или за всичко друго - от списъци за пазаруване до парти планиране. Разполага със 194 страници, от които 20 перфорирани листа. Хартията е в бял цвят с плътност 80 g/m 2 . Тефтерът е снабден с магнит за плътно затваряне. От вътрешната страна на предната и задната му корица има джобове за съхранение на бележки. Характеристики: размери: 14.8 x 21.3 cm брой страници: 194, на квадратчета 20 перфорирани листа плътност на хартията: 80 g/m 2 ... |
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Насладете се на безупречен грим и ослепителна визия с продуктите на Makeup Revolution . ... Палитрата с хайлайтъри от Revolution включва 4 очарователни нюанса - опал, жълто злато, розово злато и бронз, които озаряват кожата на лицето и придават неустоим блясък. Нюансите са силно пигментирани, за да подчертаят естествената ви красота. Нежната кремообразна текстура на хайлайтърите се превръща във фин прах, който прави нанасянето им лесно и се сливат чудесно с кожата. Палитрата Makeup Revolution оставя фин блясък и е чудесен завършек за вашият грим. ... |
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Запалката Brushed Chrome Vintage на Zippo е лека и компактна, като се побира лесно в джоба, раницата или чантата ви. Разполага с функционален механизъм, камъче, ветроустойчив дизайн и наклонени линии по ъглите. Ветроустойчивата запалката се предлага в подаръчна кутия. Характеристики: винтидж стил изцяло метална конструкция ветроустойчив дизайн може да се презарежда доживот Съвет: За оптимална работа използвайте само оригинален бензин Zippo. ... |
