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It’s a game you’re already playing, whether you like it or not. You can choose to ignore it and remain at the mercy of what... Zobraziť viac
One day in November 1994, Lawrence Levy received a phone call out of the blue from Steve Jobs, whom he’d never met, offering... Zobraziť viac
Summer, 1840. Edgar Allan Poe arrives in London to meet his friend C. Auguste Dupin, in the hope that the great detective will help him solve a family mystery. For Poe has inherited a mahogany box containing sheathes of letters that implicate ... Zobraziť viac
Frances is alone. Cast away on a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, she has to find water, food and shelter.... Zobraziť viac
Twenty-five years into the future, a glitch in the global communications network is ripping a previously united world apart at the seams. The millennials find themselves hardest hit, ... Zobraziť viac
Simon saved his best friend, Kat, from the clutches of the Company and their high-tech VR gaming experience, Otherworld. But it was at a steep price. Now he, Kat, and their friend Busara are on the run. They know too much.... Zobraziť viac
My Head Spins. I'm Lying in a Bed. Where am I? Who am I? A man wakes up in hospital.He has no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The doctor tells him his name, but he doesn't remember it. He remembers nothing... Zobraziť viac
Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge... Zobraziť viac
Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet another dramatic confrontation with the local Rottweiler, Anthony McGowan realises it’s high time he and Monty had Zobraziť viac
Democracy today is widely regarded as an ideal form of government. Yet in practice it sometimes seems a sham, a political puppet show in which hidden elites pull all the strings... Zobraziť viac
Katie, Maeve and Evelyn - friends forever, united by their childhood games and their dreams of escaping the tiny Irish town of Glenbruff... Zobraziť viac
The profound emotion felt around the world upon seeing images of Notre-Dame in flames opens up a series of questions: Why was everyone so deeply moved? Why does Notre-Dame so clearly crystallise what our civilisation is about? ... Zobraziť viac
Five times our world has stood on the brink of Armageddon. It s been scorched, frozen, poison-gassed, smothered and pelted by asteroids. We are very lucky to be alive... Zobraziť viac
The future we want is already here - it's just not evenly distributed. By bringing together for the first time tried and tested solutions to society's most pressing problems, from violence to inequality... Zobraziť viac
From Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan. Everyone knows about DNA, the essence of our being, the molecule where our genes reside. But DNA by itself is useless without a machine to decode... Zobraziť viac
It's the first day of the holidays and Sam is roaming the island of Texel, imagining what it'd feel like to be the last person on earth. Then, like a whirlwind, 12-year-old islander Tess swoops into his life... Zobraziť viac
"Awareness of Dracula" as a masterly gothic thriller has increased ever since its publication in 1897, and the novel is regarded as one of the most seminal horror stories of ever written, having inspired countless copycat tales and literary spin-offs. Zobraziť viac
Fluorescent fish that glow near pollution. Robot-armoured beetles that military handlers can send on spy missions. Beloved pets resurrected from DNA. Scientists have already begun to create these high-tech hybrids to serve human whims and needs... Zobraziť viac
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it feel an insect’s spindly legs? How do roses know when it’s spring? Do they actually remember the weather? ... Zobraziť viac
