Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family.
'I loved this novel's brain and heart'DAVID MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS'A first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive'JEFF VANDERMEER, AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATIONThere are creatures in the water of Con Dao. To the locals, they're monsters. To the corporate owners of the island, an opportunity. To the team of three sent to study them, a revelation. Their minds are unlike ours. Their bodies are malleable, transformable, shifting. They can communicate. And they want us to leave. When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to investigate a highly intelligent, dangerous octopus species, she doesn't pause long enough to look at the fine print. DIANIMA - a transnational tech corporation best known for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence - has purchased the islands, evacuated their population and sealed the archipelago off from the world so that Nguyen can focus on her research.But the stakes are high: the octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence and there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage of their advancements. And no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. And what they might do about it.Locus Award 2023 - Winner of First Novel awardNebula Award 2023 Finalist. Ray Bradbury Prize 2023 Finalist.
Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks—the best examples
Escrito por el mismo equipo que trabajó en el galardonado Modernist Bread, este nuevo libro recopila más de cuatro años de investigación independiente sobre las bases, métodos y ciencia de la elaboración del pan. Ahora todo ese conocimiento se ha condensado en un único volumen de 420 páginas, fácil de usar y pensado para los panaderos aficionados. En sus páginas hallará trucos para que el proceso sea más sencillo junto con recetas deliciosas, consejos para ahorrar tiempo y técnicas de vanguardia con las que obtendrá excelentes resultados y que le proporcionarán las habilidades necesarias para evolucionar como panadero.Con Modernist Bread at Home, incluso el más novato de los panaderos descubrirá que hacer pan puede ser algo sencillo. El libro pone el foco en las técnicas, equipamientos y recetas que mejor funcionan en un entorno doméstico y el formato de las recetas se ha revisado para facilitar su uso. Además vienen acompañadas de más de 60 procedi mientos paso a paso y más de 1100 fotos para que hornear su propio pan sea sencillo y práctico.Con Modernist Bread at Home,incluso el más novato de los panaderos
Arabic Stories for Language Learners--a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Arabic language. The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, hi
Written by Joi Barrios as the continuation of her Tagalog for Beginners book, 'Intermediate Tagalog' is the first intermediate-level book designed specifically for people who already speak or understand some basic Tagalog and now wish to achieve greater fluency in speaking, reading and writing standard Filipino.
Do you want your Korean language skills to shine? Essential Korean Grammar offers what you need to understand and express which grammar option is best. Having a solid understanding of grammar is vital to learn Korean effectively. Essential Korea
The Art of Alien Isolation is a high-end art book featuring over 300 images from the latest game in the critically and commercially acclaimed Alien franchise. Taking players back to the survival horror atmosphere of the first film, Alien Isolation features Amanda Ripley as the hero trying to survive on a wrecked space station. This book is the ultimate gallery of the game, a must-have for any fan.
The present framing of the cultural debate in terms of materialism versus religion has allowed materialism to go unchallenged as the only rationally-viable metaphysics. This book seeks to change this. It uncovers the absurd implications of materialism and then, uniquely, presents a hard-nosed non-materialist metaphysics substantiated by skepticism, hard empirical evidence, and clear logical argumentation. It lays out a coherent framework upon which one can interpret and make sense of every natural phenomenon and physical law, as well as the modalities of human consciousness, without materialist assumptions. According to this framework, the brain is merely the image of a self-localization process of mind, analogously to how a whirlpool is the image of a self-localization process of water. The brain doesn't generate mind in the same way that a whirlpool doesn't generate water. It is the brain that is in mind, not mind in the brain. Physical death is merely a de-clenching of awareness. The book closes with a series of educated speculations regarding the afterlife, psychic phenomena, and other related subjects.
The Caro-Kann Defence remains a very popular option for Black at all levels of chess. It has always enjoyed a solid reputation, but if anything its popularity has increased in recent years with the realization that the Caro-Kann can also be employed with the intention of reaching sharp dynamic positions, rich in possibilities for both sides and with a guarantee of genuine counterplay for Black. In this book, International Master Jovanka Houska presents the reader with a complete Caro-Kann repertoire, which is based primarily on her own repertoire she has used with success over many years at international level. Houska provides a comprehensive update on her popular 2007 book Play the Caro-Kann and focuses on key new developments since then. She offers solutions against all of White's main options and efficient methods to deal with tricky sidelines. She examines important tactical and strategic plans for both sides and deals with key move order issues. This book tells you everything you need to know about playing the Caro-Kann. *An complete repertoire to 1 e4 *Packed with new ideas and analysis *Written by a Caro-Kann expert
A definitive study of the Chinese martial arts, initially being worked on by Bruce Lee in the months leading up to his death. Now edited and is published here for the first time in its entirety.
Electrifying, provocative, and controversial when first published thirty years ago, Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" is even more relevant today, when the divisions that she so eloquently challenges--of human and machine but also of gender, class, rac
Published as Ready, Set, Slow in the United States In the face of burnout, lack of passion and endless to-do lists, what if to achieve more you need to do less? In this accessible guide, Lee Holden shares The Slow Method, principles of slow mind, body and relationships drawn from the philosophical wisdom of Eastern meditation, martial arts and philosophies, and merged with Western science. The resulting practices offer a comprehensive understanding of how to slow down and increasingly embrace life's rhythms. Whether you're practising primal shaking or gratitude meditation for the mind; vagal breathing or optimal digestion acupressure, youll learn to access the magical benefits of slowing down to create lasting change in your life and the lives of those you love. 'Slow is a breakthrough in modern living. Lee gives us techniques that anyone can benefit from' - Deepak Chopra 'Lee unlocks the ancient biohacking techniques of the East' - Dave Asprey aka The Father of Biohacking 'Truly an inspiration. He always amazes me with how he takes ancient wisdom and makes it accessible.' - James Nestor, international bestselling author of Breath Autorid: Lee Holden
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