A Big History of Everything from the Big Bang to the first stars, to our solar system, life on Earth, dinosaurs, homo sapiens, agriculture, an ice age, empires, fossil fuels, a Moon landing and mass globalization. And what happens next... ... "I have long been a fan of David Christian. In "Origin Story", he elegantly weaves evidence and insights from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single, accessible historical narrative." Bill Gates Most historians study the smallest silver of time. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the Big Bang through the present day ... |
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From the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the Future . This is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary god equation which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the greatest minds in physics took up the search, from Stephen Hawking to Brian Greene. None have yet succeeded. In The God Equation, renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku takes the reader on a mind-bending ride through the twists and turns of this epic journey: a ... |
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The Belgica's journey into the Dark Antarctic night. The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of ... |
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Discover how a cosmic perspective can change everything. Why are we here? What gives us hope? How do we know? 101 exchanges with the most influential scientist on the planet."The most popular scientist in the world". Sunday Times "Don't fear change. Don't fear failure. The only thing to fear is loss of ambition. But if you've got plenty of that, then you have nothing to fear at all." Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson is arguably the most influential, acclaimed scientist on the planet. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, and host of Cosmos and StarTalk, he has dedicated his life ... |
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Когато вижда във вестника обява, без да губи време, белият мечок си поръчва пингвинче за домашен любимец. Ала когато пингвинчето пристига, не всичко се получава така, както е очаквал мечокът… Трогателна история за приятелството и за готовността да се откажеш от нещо свое, за да направиш щастливи тези, които обичаш. ... |
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История за момче с име Лео, което много обича пингвините и успява да спаси цялата зоологическа градина в града си от закриване. След забавни и напрегнати приключения, точно по време на Коледа, момчето успява да избяга от лошите с един пингвин, скрит под якето му. Помагат му много добри, а понякога и малко странни хора... Юрай Райман е роден през 1972 г. в Спишска Собота, Словакия. След като завършва гимназията в Битча (1990 г.), той учи драматургия във Факултета по филми и телевизия на Академията за сценични изкуства в Братислава през 1990 - 1995 г. Публикува първите си стихотворения и разкази през 1989 г.. Публикува и ... |
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Книгата е удостоена с "Пулицър" за 2015 г. за документална книга. Книга, която ни кара да преосмислим какво означава да си човек. ... През последните 500 милиона години са отчетени пет масови измирания, помели внезапно и драматично живота на Земята. Учени по цял свят в момента наблюдават признаците за шестото измиране, предполагаемо по-смъртоносно дори от астероида, виновник за изчезването на динозаврите. Този път причината за този катаклизъм сме самите ние. "Хората са загубили способността си да предвиждат какво ги чака и да го предотвратяват - и в крайна сметка ще унищожат Земята." Алберт Швайцер & ... |
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Създадена по оригиналната документална поредица на Netflix. ... Със специален предговор от Дейвид Атънбъро. Книгата ще ви поведе на вълнуващо пътешествие през безкрайни океани, ледове, равнини, пустини и непроходими джунгли. Ще срещнете различни животни и растения. Ще научите как всички те са свързани помежду си и създават мястото, което наричаме свой дом - нашата планета. Това е книга за цялото семейство. Тя ще очарова децата, ще помогне на родителите да ги запознаят с разнообразието на живота на планетата. Ще ги научи как заедно да започнат да се грижат за нашия общ дом - Земята. Изданието е луксозно, с цветни ... |
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Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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Humbert Humbert – scholar, aesthete and romantic – has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky-skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers viciously in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Savagely hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust. " ... |
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Book 1 of the "Malice" Duology. ... The princess isn't supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of "Sleeping Beauty", true love is more complicated than a simple fairy tale. Perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and Holly Black . Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only be broken by true love's kiss. Utter nonsense. Let me tell you, no one in Briar cares what happens to our princess. I thought I didn't care, either. Until I met her. Princess Aurora, last heir to the ... |
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40th anniversary edition. Sandleford Warren is in danger. Hazel's younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen. And why would they when it is spring and the grass is fat and succulent? So together Hazel, Fiver and a few other brave rabbits secretly leave behind the safety and strictures of the warren and hop tentatively out into a vast and strange world. Chased by their former friends, hunted by dogs and foxes, avoiding farms and other human threats, but making new friends, Hazel and his fellow rabbits dream of a new life in the emerald embrace of Watership ... |
