Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction. Welcome to the Alexandrian Society. When the world's best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited - to fill five places. Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind's deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist ... |
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The sequel to the book The Atlas Paradox. Destiny is a Choice. Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment. Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities; elsewhere, an unlikely pair partner to influence politics on a global stage. And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them - while the ... |
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Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment. Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities; elsewhere, an unlikely pair partner to influence politics on a global stage. And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them - while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan ... |
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The sequel to the book The Atlas Paradox. Destiny is a Choice. Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment. Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities; elsewhere, an unlikely pair partner to influence politics on a global stage. And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them - while the ... |
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The sequel to the book The Atlas Six. Six magicians were offered the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society. And two paths lie before them. In this thrilling next instalment, the secret society of Alexandrians is unmasked. Its newest recruits realize the institute is capable of raw, world-changing power. It's also headed by a man with plans to change life as we know it - and these are already under way. But the cost of this knowledge is as high as the price of power, and each initiate must choose which faction to follow. Yet as events gather momentum and dangers multiply, which of their ... |
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Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience. In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that ... |
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An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds. Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of the international bestseller The Phantom Atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other. The Devil's Atlas is an illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world. Packed with colourful maps, paintings and captivating stories, the reader is taken on a compelling tour of the geography, history and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures around the globe. Whether it's the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs, the Chinese Taoist ... |
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"To all the readers who discovered "The Fountainhead" and asked me many questions about the wider application of its ideas, I want to say that I am answering these questions in the present novel and that "The Fountainhead" was only an overture to "Atlas Shrugged". I trust that no one will tell me that men such as I write about don't exist. That this has been written - and published - is my proof that they do." Ayn Rand ... |
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The present Atlas of Biodiversity Risk is the first of its kind to describe and summarise in a comprehensive, easy-to-read and richly illustrated form the major pressures, impacts and risks of biodiversity loss at a global level. The main risks identified are caused by global climate and land use change, environmental pollution, loss of pollinators and biological invasions. The impacts and consequences of biodiversity loss are analyzed with a strong focus on socio-economic drivers and their effects on society. Three scenarios of potential futures are the baseline for predicting impacts and explore options for mitigating ... |
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Written in the 1850s when its author was a young doctor, "Gray's Anatomy" was the most comprehensive and accessible medical textbook of its time. This edition comprises an abridged version of the classic 1860 text - the last to be published during Gray's lifetime - and the masterly wood-block illustrations that ensured the runaway success of the original book. With Original Illustrations by Henry Carter. ... |
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В шедьовъра си авторката на бестселъра Тихите разкрива силата на горчиво-сладката перспектива към живота и как копнежът и меланхолията ни правят по-силни. С Тихите Сюзан Кейн призовава обществото да опознае силата на интровертите и да култивира пространство за необикновения им поглед към живота. В Горчиво-сладко тя използва същия подход, обединяващ научни изследвания, спомени и житейски истории, за да изследва защо изпитваме копнеж и меланхолия. На какви изненадващи уроци за творчеството, състраданието, лидерството, духовността, смъртността и любовта могат да ни научат тези състояния на ума? Кейн показва как горчиво- ... |
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В книгата са разгледани нелинейни ефекти, проявявани при протичането на природните бедствия, негативните последици от тях и преодоляването им. Основно внимание е отделено на най-опасните и смъртоносни бедствия (земетресения и цунами), които през последните години предизвикват все повече жертви и разрушения. Разгледани са и други природни опасности като вулкани, горски пожари, наводнения, бури и др. Изучаването на природните опасности, тяхното моделиране, разработването на методологии за комплексна оценка на риска и менажирането и картирането му, са сред основните тематични направления в книгата. Оценката на уязвимост, ... |
