In an age Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the west stand in sharp contrast to events in the east, where ties are being streighthend and mutural cooperation established."No reader will leave "The New Silk Roads" with her sense of the world unchanged." Times Literary Supplement "Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita." Sunday Times "Frankopan has the gift to perspective - the capacity to see the wood for the trees - which he combines with a Talstoyan knack for weaving little details into the broader sweep of human affairs." Daily ... |
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Sherlock Holmes: A Gripping Casebook of Stories contains the full-length novel "A Study in Scarlet", plus 14 short stories. "A Study in Scarlet" marked Sherlock Holmes' debut appearance in novel form, while Holmes made his first short story appearance in "A Scandal in Bohemia", also included in this compendium. In his perceptive introduction to this compendium, leading crime writer Martin Edwards observes that "the compelling evocation of character is what makes Conan Doyle's stores come alive". Ally this to vivid settings and the result is unbeatable entertainment enjoyed ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Three years after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street, to the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of readers worldwide. From kidnapped heirs to murder by harpoon, Holmes and Watson have their work cut out for them in these brilliant later tales. This collection also includes His Last Bow, a series of recollections from an older Sherlock Holmes of further adventures from his life. In this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides both an ... |
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This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it. We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the story of how we ... |
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Въведение в криптовалутите и технологията, която ги движи. Разбирането на света на криптовалутите и блокчейн не е задължително трудно и напрегнато. С това всеобхватно ръководство постепенно ще научите всичко, което трябва да знаете от историята на парите и техните успехи и неуспехи, през внимателно въведение в криптографията, до най-новото относно криптовалутите, първоначалните предлагания на монети (ICO) и публичните и корпоративни блокчейни. Основи на биткойн и блокчейн осигурява балансирано и освободено от рекламен шум представяне на основните концепции зад редица революционни технологии: еволюцията на парите от ... |
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"The Third Chimpanzee" was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses fascinating questions. If we share more than 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, how is it that we can write, read, talk, build telescopes and bombs, while we put our speechless and bomb-less close relatives in cages and zoos? What can woodpeckers teach us about spacecraft? Is genocide a human invention? Why does extinction matter? Why are we destroying the natural resources on which we depend for survival? ... |
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These special arrangements offer beginning pianists the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Bach . Students of all ages will delight in these easy, pedagogical piano arrangements of familiar melodies such as "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," "Sheep May Safely Graze" and the haunting opening from the "Toccata and Fugue" in D Minor. Arranged in order of approximate difficulty, 26 selections include "Air on a G String", "Wachet Auf", and highlights from the "Brandenburg Concertos", the "Goldberg Variations" and the "Inventions". Additional ... |
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This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favorites features 24 rollicking melodies by "The Big Three" of ragtime - Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb - plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin and other artists. Popular tunes include "Maple Leaf Rag", "The Entertainer" and "Tiger Rag". Novices of all ages will delight in these simplified arrangements of carefully selected pieces. The editor provides suggested fingerings and comments on each piece that include background on the composers and tips for performance. Along with the twenty-four piano arrangements, this collection ... |
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На български, гръцки и английски език. Проверена с GPS. ... Сандански е разположен в подножието на Пирин, по двата бряга на река Санданска Бистрица, Намира се на международен път Е-79 и е изходен пункт за основните туристически маршрути в планината. 20 километра е разстоянието от града до гръцкия граничен пункт Промахон, а до македонската граница - 30 км. Мелник е най-малкият град в България, разположен сред пейзажа на Мелнишките пясъчни скали - плиоценски езерни образувания в югозападните склонове на Пирин. Характеристики на картата на Сандански: Размери на сгъната карта: 10.5 x 19 cm. Размери на разгъната карта: ... |
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На български, руски, английски и немски език. Проверена с GPS. ... В картата ще откриете: информация за историята, природата и забележителностите на населените места; туристически гид за Созопол с туристически маршрути в стария град; азбучник на улиците. Разположен на 30 km южно от Бургас върху живописен скален полуостров, Созопол е създаден на мястото на старата гръцка колония Аполония Понтика (610 г. пр. Хр.), наречена така в чест на бог Аполон, смятан за закрилник на колониите. Черноморец е разположен на 10 km от Созопол. Има собствена плажна ивица, която опира до къмпинг "Градина". На север от ... |
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Sergei Ignatov : Professor of Egyptology, New Bulgarian University, Sofia Founder and director of the Bulgarian institute of Egyptology, New Bulgarian University, Sofia M.A. and Ph.D. in Egyptology from St. Petersburg University, Russia. Specialized in All Souls College, Oxford He served as a Minister of Education, Youth and Science, 2009 - 2013 Rector of New Bulgarian University 2002 - 2009 Dean of the Undergraduate School, NBU 1999 - 2002 Head of the eapertment of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, NBU 1998 0 2002 Has published widely in the field of Egyptology ... |
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Die Welt der Ornamente. L'Univers de L'ornement. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history's most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. "The World of Ornament" brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet’s L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875 - 1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile and ceramic ornament. ... |
