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Stettin, lato 1931 roku. Kriminalinspektor Eilhard Kurtz prowadzi śledztwo w sprawie brutalnego morderstwa popełnionego w szpitalu. Denat, prawnik z Hesji nazwiskiem Schwann, ocalał z katastrofy lotniczej, która wydarzyła się dwa dni wcześniej w okolicach Stettina.Wkrótce w identyczny i okrutny sposób ginie węglarz, mieszkający w lesie nieopodal miejsca, gdzie rozbił się lecący z Berlina samolot. W tym samym czasie znika nagle Annelise, córka Kurtza. Dość szybko staje się jas...

The Sunday Times Bestseller Fintech touches every part of our lives, from cashless economies to crypto, and even our climate. This book draws back the curtain on this fascinating world full of friction, failure and fortune. Fintech Wars delves into one of the world's most lucrative and fast-growing sectors. Witness the bold strategies, groundbreaking innovations, and relentless drive that propelled fintech unicorns like PayPal, Nubank and Monzo to transform the world. Featu...

Discover new skills, expand your knowledge and build your confidence through this fascinating and accessible guide to working with AI. Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of our everyday lives. But it remains an elusive, complex and intimidating technology that has hundreds of iterations and nuances. With Confident AI, build your confidence when working with AI by learning the fundamentals and discovering the intricacies of the industry. Andy Pardoe has spen...

The world is more digitally connected than ever before and, with this connectivity, comes vulnerability. This book will equip you with all the skills and insights you need to understand cyber security and kickstart a prosperous career. Confident Cyber Security is here to help. From the human side to the technical and physical implications, this book takes you through the fundamentals: how to keep secrets safe, how to stop people being manipulated and how to protect people,...

Daisy can feel like a solo act at home. On the outside of her twin brothers’ intense relationship, she leans towards her parents, particularly her father, for support. As a passionate classical musician, she is not wildly popular at school, but she has one close friend and a life filled with musical performance. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, and Daisy is left disconnected from her one true love, music.

Men’s Style has come a long way from sneakers and hoodies. The Incomplete is your compass to navigate the most iconic brands and the most desirable accessories.

Happy relationships are possible—for everyone.Even if you’ve been married for twenty years and your routine is boring and stressful; although your mom has always been a help-resistant complainer; and despite the fact that your dearest friend moved across the country — all of us can create lasting and joyful connections with the people we care about the most. Using simple tools drawn from the Buddhist tradition, you can cultivate appreciation, set wise expectations, and create...

Rude włosy, piegi i cicha natura sprawiły, że Amari od zawsze czuła się outsiderką. W szkole dokuczano jej z byle powodu, więc zaczęła unikać ludzi. Znany jej świat runął jednak w jednej chwili. Trafia do nieznanej krainy i odkrywa prawdę, która zmienia wszystko. Ten świat pełen: reguł, tajemnic i ukrytych mocy nagle upomina się o nią. Czy Amari odważy się przyjąć prawdę o sobie, zanim będzie za późno? Liam – król Alfa – potężny, pewny siebie i niebezpiecznie intrygujący. Gd...

A laugh-out-loud picture book all about fish and how we absolutely must not trust them, illustrated by New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medal-winning Dan Santat. Have you ever noticed that fish spend all of their time under water? What are they plotting down there? And did you know that a group of fish is called a ‘school’? Exactly what are they learning in these ‘schools’? We must find answers. But one thing’s for sure.Whatever you do: Don’t. Trust. Fish.Laugh along a...

Humankind is now at the crossroads of perhaps our most unique moment in our short history as a species on Earth. Given enough computing power, data, and time, it is inevitable that at some point in our not-too-distant future, we will succeed in creating a form of artificial intelligence that far surpasses our own. And when that time comes – and it really appears to be a matter of when, not if – how will such a being respond to us? In Building a God, Christopher DiCarlo, a glo...

Written by renowned Polish science fiction and fantasy editor and writer Maciej Parowski adapting the stories and ideas of Andrzej Sapkowski, and illustrated by Bogusław Polch.Collects the original Witcher comics:  • A Road with No Return 
  • The Betrayal 
  • Geralt 
  • The Lesser Evil 
  • The Last Wish 
  • The Bounds of Reason

By award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the fifth book in the Luna Loves... series brings alive the art of gardening.Luna is wowed by her local community garden, there are squashes and runner beans, potatoes and tomatoes and even an apple tree. But each plant hides a story. Grandpa and Nana show her the Callaloo their family grew in Jamaica. It’s time for Luna to grab a trowel and sow seeds that will tell a new story for the whole community as they all discover th...

Zillions of fun figures at your fingertips!Do you want to impress your friends with the most incredible facts and stats? Would you like to number-crunch your way around the wonders of our world? Arm yourself with nuggets of number knowledge and fantastic figures with this data-filled book that explores everything in our world from space to sport and animals to art. How long does it take to put on a spacesuit? How many times does a sloth poo in a week? How many stone blocks ar...

Learn amazing animal facts, and have fun spotting all of Elmer the patchwork elephant's friends in his colourful world!In this big and busy search and find board book adventure, learn amazing animal facts. Did you know that giraffes' tongues are black? Or that baby rabbits are called kittens? And crocodile mums carry their babies in their mouths? Jam-packed fun facts spotting activities, questions to answer and details to discover, all from Elmer’s colourful world. Featuring ...

If happiness were a virus, who would search for a cure?A heart-pounding dystopian YA thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Scythe. "[The] epic biological thriller ... enigmatic, jaw-dropping" Publishers WeeklyA deadly and unprecedented virus is spreading.But those who survive it experience long-term effects no one has ever seen before: utter contentment. Soon after infection, people find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to ...

FOR WHAT DO YOU HUNGER . . .?Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them from London to the Peak District, to the remote, imposing Nethershaw estate, where he plans to host a hunting party. Lenore must work to restore the crumbling house and ready it for Henry's guests - their future depends on it.But as the couple trave...

This luxurious boxed set with exquisite accordion-fold pages and a booklet offers a captivating journey into the heart of autumn through the eyes of Japan’s master printmakers. For centuries, autumn has held a central place in Japanese culture and folklore, celebrated for its vivid beauty and profound spiritual resonance. Featuring over seventy exquisite accordion-fold reproductions and an accompanying booklet with insightful texts, this edition beautifully captures the spiri...

Czy wiesz, czym jest enneagram? To wyjątkowe narzędzie, które nie tylko pomoże ci odkryć swoje wewnętrzne motywacje, ale także wzmocni poczucie własnej wartości. Dzięki poznaniu typów enneagramu lepiej zrozumiesz swoje emocje, co pozwoli ci podejmować bardziej świadome decyzje i rozwijać intuicję. To twoja szansa na głębszy rozwój osobisty i duchowy. Stosując się do porad w książce odnajdziesz spokój wewnętrzny, poprawisz relacje z bliskimi i zaczniesz czerpać pełnię radości ...

Zmagasz się z traumami z dzieciństwa? Masz objawy zespołu stresu pourazowego (PTSD)? Dzięki tej książ-ce poznasz sprawdzone techniki samoregulacji emocji i metody self-reg, które pomogą ci odzyskać zdrowie psychiczne. Praktyczne ćwiczenia oparte na neuronauce i neuroplastyczności pozwolą ci zredukować stres, stany lękowe, depresję i niepokój. Zyskasz poczucie własnej wartości, wewnętrzny spokój i samoakceptację. Nauczysz się radzić sobie z emocjami i zaczniesz kierować swoim ...

Designed to take fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings deeper into the myths and legends of Middle-earthThe Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves ...

"Głód życia, głód wieczności" to zbiór szkiców Adriany Szymańskiej poświęconych polskiej poezji współczesnej. W swojej najnowszej krytycznej książce, wybitna i wielokrotnie nagradzana poetka oraz eseistka, pochyla się nad twórczością tak ikonicznych dla polskiej kultury postaci jak Julian Przyboś, Zbigniew Herbert, Wisława Szymborska czy też Joanna Pollakówna, ale również wskazuje oraz analizuje innych ważnych i wciąż aktywnych twórców, między innymi Krystynę Dąbrowską, Piotr...

The Wonderful World of the Wizard of Oz, which the the Library of Congress named as ‘America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale’, is one of the great works of children’s literature. The story concerns Dorothy, a young girl from Kansas, who, with her little dog Toto, is caught up in a terrifying tornado, which whisks her far away to the magical land of Oz. Here she encounters the Munchkins, strange small creatures, who tell her that in order for her to return home s...

Odkryj nowatorskie podejście do treningu siłowego, które łączy aktywność fizyczną z neuroplastycznością mózgu. Neurocentryczny trening siłowy nie tylko pomoże ci zbudować większą masę mięśniową i wzmocnić zdrowe kości, ale także zoptymalizuje ćwiczenia na stawy i zminimalizuje ból mięśni. Dzięki terapiom i ćwiczeniom oddechowym nauczysz się prawidłowo oddychać, co poprawi twoją wydolność oraz pomoże radzić sobie ze stresem. Dodatkowo, dowiesz się, jak trenować mózg, aby zwięk...