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Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions...
42) Elon Musk
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"From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter"--
43) Batman & Robin
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Warner Home Video
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English
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The Caped Crusader and Robin battle Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy. Uncle Alfred is dying and his niece comes to help and becomes Batgirl.
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A quirky love story set in Dublin that's perfect for fans of PS, I Love You and Jojo Moyes, Grace After Henry is a funny, heartfelt debut novel about one woman learning what it means to move on and to let go When her fiancé, Henry Walsh, is killed in a freak biking accident, Grace feels like she's lost her own shadow. For five years, they'd been inseparable: five years of the most rollicking, soul-finding love Grace thought any two people could share....
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Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
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2023.
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English
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"At 11:34 PM on April 9, 2021, the Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling. California governor Gavin Newsom's bid to enact enhanced COVID restrictions was overturned in a sweeping redefinition of existing law. The shadowy circumstances of this ruling-an unsigned decision made in just a few pages, without a full briefing, and in the middle of the night-are not typical of the Supreme Court. But, as legal scholar and expert Stephen Vladeck shows, they're...
46) Batman forever
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Warner Home Video
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English
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The Caped Crusader returns to do battle with Two-Face and the Riddler. Also introduces Robin who becomes his partner, while Kidman is Batman/Bruce Wayne's love interest.
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B&H Publishing Group
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[2014]
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English
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An American woman on assignment in Italy to photograph the frontlines during World War II finds love after becoming involved with a soldier dedicated to saving great monuments and works of art from the Third Reich.
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2014]
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English
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After serving in Afghanistan, a young Jack Ryan becomes an analyst in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the CIA under the guardianship of his handler, Harper. When Ryan believes he's uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from analyst to spy, fighting to save his own life and those of countless others. Meanwhile, he is also trying to protect his relationship with his fiancee Cathy.
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"For decades now, America's national security state has grown ever bigger, ever more secretive and powerful, and ever more abusive. Only once did someone manage to put a stop to any of it. Senator Frank Church of Idaho was an unlikely hero. He led congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and had become a scathing, radical critic of what he saw as American imperialism around the world. But he was still politically ambitious, privately yearning for...
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Titan Books
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2023.
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English
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"Eight stories of literary dark fiction from a master storyteller. Exploring the shadow side of love, these are tales of grief, obsession, control. Intricate examinations of trauma and tragedy in raw, poetic prose. In these narratives, a woman imagines horrific scenarios whilst caring for her infant niece; on-line posts chronicle a cancer diagnosis; a couple in the park with their small child encounter a stranger with horrific consequences; a toxic...
53) Murder is a must
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"Hayley Burke is determined to make the First Edition Library a success in every way but was not counting on having to solve an old friend's murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. I am happy to report that I am finally settling in to my position as curator of Lady Fowling's collection of first edition mysteries at the First Edition Library in Middlebank House. I have even made progress with Lady Fowling's former...
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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Yoda's top secret mission becomes a battle for survival, pitting the Jedi Master and three clone troopers against enemy assassin Asajj Ventress and her massive droid army. Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker leads a clone squadron attack against the destructive vessel, damaging but not destroying it. When Padmé Amidala and C-3PO fall into a trap and are taken hostage aboard the ship, Anakin and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi boldly infiltrate it in the hope...
55) The long shadow
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Annika Bengtzon novels volume 8
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Emily Bestler Books/Washington Squre Press
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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A violent robbery has killed an entire family on the Costa Del Sol. Annika Bengtzon is assigned to cover the story for the Evening Post. But when she arrives in Spain she discovers there was a third child, a teenage daughter, who is unaccounted for. Annika makes it her mission to find the missing girl. But as she delves into the mystery she becomes embroiled in a far darker side of Spanish life than she'd envisioned, as she begins to piece together...
56) In the shadow
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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A healer is tormented by the dark side of his gift. -- Exhausted from the demands of his gift as a healer Diego lives in isolation in Puerto Rico. His life is disrupted when filmmaker Hilary arrives. Intrigued by Diego's mystery, she tries to get closer. As the two become attracted to each other, Hilary discovers that Diego's gifts come with a violent curse that changes their lives.
58) Dishonored
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Bethesda
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Dishonored is set in Dunwall, an industrial whaling city where strange steampunk- inspired technology and otherworldly forces coexist in the shadows. You are the once-trusted bodyguard of the beloved Empress. Framed for her murder, you become an infamous assassin, known only by the disturbing mask that has become your calling card. The truth behind your betrayal is as murky as the waters surrounding the city, and the life you once had is gone forever....
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