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Автор: Claire Harman

‘Dazzling…full of special delights. Harman excels in the vivid presentation of scenes, the selection of detail…[a] marvellous and beautifully written book.’ Elspeth Barker, Independent on SundayAt the age of fifteen, Fanny Burney made a bonfire of all her works, ‘with the sincere intention to extinguish for ever in their ashes her scribbling propensity’. She was anxious that she might turn into an author, a fate incompatible – for a woman – with respectability.Her hope was in vain. Not only was she to write four novels (‘Evelina’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Camilla’ and ‘The Wanderer’), all of which are still in print, she also kept a voluminous diary for the next seventy years and was a prolific letter-writer. Daughter of the eminent music historian Dr Charles Burney; friend of Sheridan, Garrick, Burke and Johnson; second keeper of the robes to George III’s Queen Charlotte; wife to a refugee French aristocrat; detained for ten years in revolutionary France; horrified witness of the aftermath of Waterloo; victim of a mastectomy without anaesthetic…Fanny Burney’s life was as eventful as any novel.

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Автор: Noel Streatfeild

Margaret Thursday, the unforgettable heroine of Thursday’s Child stars in this classic children’s adventure from Noel Streatfeild, the beloved author of Ballet Shoes.When Margaret Thursday lands a role as a child actress at a well-known London theatre, becoming famous almost overnight, news of her success reaches her bitter enemy, the matron of her old orphanage.Margaret knows that Matron is set on revenge, but she keeps her head held high, focusing on the play. But Matron’s evil plans are well prepared, and Margaret is going to need her wits about her – and the help of her friends – if she is to escape unharmed…

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Автор: James Hamilton

A major biography of Michael Faraday (1791–1867), one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London.Faraday’s life was truly inspirational. Son of a Yorkshire blacksmith who moved to London in 1789, he was a self-made, self-educated man whose public life was underpinned by his devotion to a minor Christian sect (the Sandemanians) and to his wife. He was also a fine writer and brilliant lecturer.This book is a passionate exploration of his life, work and times (he was a pioneering scientific all-rounder who also experimented with electromagnetism, techniques for preserving meat and fish, optical glass, the safety lamp, and the identification of iodine as a new element).It will also tell the story of the dawn of the modern scientific age and interweave Faraday’s life with the groundbreaking work of the Royal Institution and other early scientists like Humphrey Davey, Charles Babbage, John Herschel and Mary Somerville.

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Автор: Alexander Osang

Исполнители: Stefan Kaminski

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Автор: Andre Clot

Bu kitabı oxuduqca başa d?ş?rsən ki, İstanbulu fəth edərək «Fateh» ?nvanı qazanan II Mehmedi avropalılar əbəs yerə «B?y?k t?rk» adlandırmırdılar…

Серия: Tarixi yaradanlar

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Автор: Maximilian Klinger

Полный вариант заголовка: «Faust's Leben, Thaten und Hollenfahrt : in 5 Buchern / F.M. Klinger».

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Автор: Michael Morpurgo

Tales from the nation’s favourite storyteller about man’s best friend who will do anything to protect their loving owners.‘Shadow’:Aman and his mother live in war-torn Afghanistan. When a Western dog appears at the mouth of their cave, it soon becomes Aman’s constant companion, his shadow as he calls her. But life is becoming increasingly dangerous for Aman and his family…‘Cool!’:Michael Morpurgo’s inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma – victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping ever deeper into unconsciousness.‘Born to Run’:When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can’t bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA. He pleads with his parents: couldn’t he just keep one of them? Patrick christens his puppy Best Mate, and that’s what he becomes. Until one day Best Mate is kidnapped by a greyhound trainer, and begins a new life as a champion race dog. Suzie, the greyhound trainer’s step-daughter, loves Best Mate on first sight and gives him a new name, Bright Eyes. But what will happen when he can’t run any more?

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Автор: Hunter S. Thompson

‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive …”’Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators, police officers and assorted Middle Americans.This ebook edition of Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic masterpiece, a controversial bestseller when it appeared in 1971, features the brilliant Ralph Steadman illustrations of the original. It brings to a new generation the hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror of Hunter S. Thompson’s musings on the collapse of the American Dream.

Серия: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

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Автор: Leslie Kern

Feminist City: A Field Guide combines memoir, feminist theory, pop culture, and geography to expose what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities built right into our cities, homes, and neighbourhoods. Focusing on gendered experiences of the city, the books grapples with the challenge of claiming urban space amongst barriers designed to keep women «in their place.» From the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. Yet the city is perhaps also our best hope for shaping new social relations based around care and justice. Taking on fear, motherhood, friendship, activism, and the joys and perils of being alone, Kern maps the city from new vantage points, laying out a feminist intersectional approach to urban histories and pathways towards different urban futures. Feminist questions about safety and fear, paid and unpaid work, and rights and representation prompt us to dismantle what we take for granted about cities and open space to ask how we can build more just, sustainable, and care-full cities together.

Исполнители: Nathalie Toriel

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Автор: Heide Braasch

Ein Buch f?r Kinder und Eltern, Lehrer, Erzieher und alle, die Kinder lieben. Was f?hlen, denken, f?rchten und hoffen Kinder im Alter von 6 bis 18 Jahren? Von dem Augenblick an, als sie schreiben lernte, bis zum Eintritt in die Welt der Erwachsenen hat Heide Braasch ihre Gedanken und Gef?hle in Form von Gedichten und Geschichten zu Papier gebracht. Nach Jahren des Vergessens ist dieses Sammelsurium an Zetteln wieder aufgetaucht und hat den Weg in dieses Buch gefunden. Es bietet nicht nur tiefgr?ndige Lyrik und spannenden Lesestoff, sondern ist zugleich eine hochinteressante Studie zu der Entwicklung eines jungen Menschen und der zunehmenden Komplexit?t seiner Welt. Von Phantasiegespinsten bis hin zu Fragen des Seins oder Nichtseins – die Autorin nimmt die Leser mit auf eine Reise durch ihre Kindheit und ?ffnet damit f?r jeden das Fenster zur eigenen Kinderseele. – Heide Braasch, Jahrgang 1979, hat in Berlin und Potsdam Soziologie und Philosophie studiert und zus?tzlich eine Ausbildung als Erzieherin absolviert. Sie lebt mit ihrem Mann und zwei T?chtern in Potsdam und arbeitet zur Zeit als Erzieherin. In ihrer Freizeit ist sie literarisch t?tig und liebt es, Lieder f?r Gitarre zu komponieren und zu texten.

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Автор: Дмитрий Ситько

Пятьдесят – экватор жизненного пути, время, когда мы все чаще оглядываемся назад, подводим итоги, анализируем свой жизненный путь. Кто-то подходит к этому возрасту с тревогой и сомнениями. А кто-то – с благодарностью за жизненный опыт и позитивной уверенностью, что всё самое интересное только начинается. Книга представляет собой серию автобиографических очерков. В ней собраны размышления, воспоминания, диалоги, попытки ответить на вопросы, которые рано или поздно встают перед каждым человеком. Это неспешный дружеский разговор о жизни, о времени, о счастье, о себе. Автор бережно, с любовью к деталям воссоздает атмосферу ушедшей эпохи и показывает, каким интересным и насыщенным может быть настоящее в любом возрасте.

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Автор: Patrick Bishop

In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story.The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fighter Command over the Luftwaffe has always been celebrated as a classic feat of arms. But, as Patrick Bishop shows in this superb history, it was also a triumph of the spirit in which the attitudes of the pilots themselves played a crucial part. Reaching beyond the myths to convey the fear and exhilaration of life on this most perilous of frontlines, Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of Fighter Command.

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Автор: Patrick Bishop

Two of Patrick Bishop’s bestselling books, ‘Fighter Boys’ and ‘Bomber Boys’, are combined in one eBook edition.FIGHTER BOYS: In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story.The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fighter Command over the Luftwaffe has always been celebrated as a classic feat of arms. But, as Patrick Bishop shows in this superb history, it was also a triumph of the spirit in which the attitudes of the pilots themselves played a crucial part. Reaching beyond the myths to convey the fear and exhilaration of life on this most perilous of frontlines, Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of Fighter Command.BOMBER BOYS: Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945.Like RAF pilots, the thousands of brave young men who joined Bomber Command took to the air to help Britain triumph in World War Two. But in the glow of victory, the fighter pilots were lauded for their efforts while the Bomber Boys faded in national memory. Crucial in the heat of combat, they were politically awkward afterwards. Yet with an average life expectancy shorter than that of soldiers on the Western front in WWI, these men faced death, injury and capture time and again to send bombs through the shrieking flak onto enemy territory. ‘Bomber Boys’ is a tribute to their strength, courage and heroism – filling in the historical blanks and immortalising their memory.

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Автор: Len Deighton

Hitler’s top-secret Directive No. 16 set a precondition for a landing operation: ‘The English air force must have been beaten down to such an extent … that it can no longer muster any power of attack worth mentioning against the German crossing.’ Reissued by William Collins, ‘Fighter’ is Len Deighton’s thrilling telling of the ensuing Battle of Britain – the aerial combat between the RAF and the Luftwaffe that was fought between July and October 1940.Deighton has written a compelling account of this all-important action: a balanced study of strategies and tactics that also expertly recounts the development of the aeroplanes that fought each other in the skies – the Spitfires and Messerschmitts – and of radar. And behind the strategies and tactics, and in the cockpits of the aeroplanes, are the men brought vividly to life by Deighton’s skill as a novelist.

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Автор: H. Kotz David

Devise an organized, proactive approach to financial compliance Financial Regulation and Compliance provides detailed, step-by-step guidance for the compliance professional seeking to manage overlapping and new regulatory responsibilities. Written by David Kotz, former Inspector General of the SEC with additional guidance provided by leading experts, this book is a one-stop resource for navigating the numerous regulations that have been enacted in response to the financial crisis. You'll learn how best to defend your organization from SEC, CFTC, FINRA, and NFA Enforcement actions, how to prepare for SEC, FINRA, and NFA regulatory examinations, how to manage the increasing volume of whistleblower complaints, how to efficiently and effectively investigate these complaints, and more. Detailed discussion of the regulatory process explains how aggressive you should be in confronting federal agencies and self-regulatory organizations and describes how commenting on issues that affect your business area can be productive or not. The companion website includes a glossary of terms, regulations and government guidance, relevant case law, research databases, and FAQs about various topics, giving you a complete solution for keeping abreast of evolving compliance issues. These days, compliance professionals are faced with a myriad of often overlapping regulatory challenges. Increased aggressiveness on the part of regulators has led to increased demand on financial firms, but this book provides clear insight into navigating the changes and building a more robust compliance function. Strengthen internal compliance and governance programs Manage whistleblower programs and conduct effective investigations Understand how to minimize exposure and liability from Enforcement actions Learn how to prepare for the different types of regulatory examinations Minimize exposure from FCPA violations Understand the pros and cons of commenting on regulations The volume and pace of regulatory change is causing new and diverse pressures on compliance professionals. Navigate the choppy waters successfully with the insider guidance in Financial Regulation and Compliance.

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Автор: Dr. Sabine Theadora Ruh

Mit lebensnahen Tipps f?r die Alter von 55, 60 und 67 kann jeder seine individuelle Finanzplanung erstellen. Neben Sparm?glichkeiten bei Versicherungen gibt dieser Ratgeber ausf?hrliche Empfehlungen f?r die Immobilienanlage, Verf?gungen und Vollmachten, rund um Testament und Vererben. Aufgezeigt werden zudem die richtigen Geldanlagen in den verschiedenen Altersphasen und die Folgen der Rente mit 67. – Erfolgsbuch der Autorin und Speakerin. 2002 beim Campus-Verlag als Printbuch erschienen – nun als E-Book v?llig neu ?berarbeitet.

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Автор: Dion Leonard

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERLike A Streecat Named Bob before it, Finding Gobi is a truly heart-warming story for animal lovers worldwide…In 2016, Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, unexpectedly stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the Gobi Desert. The lovable pup, who earned the name ‘Gobi’, proved that what she lacked in size, she more than made up for in heart, as she went step for step with Dion over the treacherous Tian Shan Mountains, managing to keep pace with him for nearly 80 miles.As Dion witnessed the incredible determination of this small animal, he felt something change within himself. In the past he had always focused on winning and being the best, but his goal now was simply to make sure that his new friend was safe, nourished and hydrated. Although Dion did not finish first, he felt he had won something far greater and promised to bring Gobi back to the UK for good to become a new addition to his family. This was the start of a journey neither of them would ever forget with a roller coaster ride of drama, grief, heartbreak, joy and love that changed their lives forever.Finding Gobi is the ultimate story of hope, of resilience and of friendship, proving once again, that dogs really are ‘man’s best friend.’

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Автор: Diana Finley

Every family has its secrets. None more than this one. Alison’s life has been a lonely one, but now it’s time to change that. With no children in her future there is only one answer – she’ll take one.She’ll rescue a girl who needs a better home. A better mother. A better life.It will be the start of a perfect family, and no one will question who Lucy really is. Especially not Lucy herself…A dark story of psychological suspense, perfect for fans of Kerry Fisher, Liane Moriarty and Linda Green.

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Автор: Sir Richard Branson

Random House presents the abridged audiobook edition of Finding My Virginity by Sir Richard Branson, read by the author.   50 years ago, Sir Richard Branson started his first business. In his new autobiography, Finding My Virginity, the Virgin Founder shares his personal, intimate thoughts on five decades as the world's ultimate entrepreneur. In Finding My Virginity, Sir Richard Branson shares the secrets that have seen his family business grow from a student magazine into a global brand, his dreams of private citizens flying to space develop from a childhood fantasy to the brink of reality, and his focus shift from battling bigger rivals to changing business for good. Following on from where bestselling Losing My Virginity left off at the dawn of the new millennium, Finding My Virginity takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride with the enigmatic entrepreneur. Learn how Branson created 12 different billion dollar businesses and hundreds more companies across dozens of sectors, going from a houseboat to his own private island. But this book goes far beyond the numbers – it is a journey into the heart and mind of Britain's best-loved businessman. Join Sir Richard as he juggles working life with raising his children Holly and Sam, building a marriage with his wife Joan and creating a unique company culture. Discover how he created a new life on Necker Island, while continuing to grow the Virgin brand into all corners of the world. Get the real story behind adventures and run-ins with everyone from Bill Gates and Kate Moss to Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. Go behind the scenes as Sir Richard Branson creates the world's first commercial spaceline, Virgin Galactic, and handles the biggest crisis he has ever faced. Get under the skin of world record attempts on land, sea and air, and see how the original business hippy adapted to becoming a doting 'grand-dude' to his four grandchildren, Eva-Deia, Etta, Artie and Bluey. This is the true account of how the Virgin Founder reinvented himself and his brand for the 21st Century, while continuing to push boundaries, break rules and reach for the stars in more ways than one. This is the story of the man behind the beard, the business, the bravado and the brand. Find out how the ultimate entrepreneur did it for the first time – all over again.   'A fantastic book … offers valuable guidance and inspiration to anyone looking to become a leader, chase a dream or try something new … and reminds us to embrace original thinking and innovation.' – Sheryl Sandberg'A terrific read' – Bill Gates'This is a fascinating book … a real page turner' – Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show

Исполнители: Sir Richard Branson

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Автор: Cathy Glass

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up.Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour so they place him in care.Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe. When his younger siblings tell their grandmother that they have a secret they can’t tell, Cathy is worried. However, nothing could have prepared her for the truth when Stevie finally breaks down and confesses what he’s done.

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Автор: Cathy Glass

Part 2 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up.Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour so they place him in care.Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe. When his younger siblings tell their grandmother that they have a secret they can’t tell, Cathy is worried. However, nothing could have prepared her for the truth when Stevie finally breaks down and confesses what he’s done.

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Автор: Cathy Glass

Part 3 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up.Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour so they place him in care.Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe. When his younger siblings tell their grandmother that they have a secret they can’t tell, Cathy is worried. However, nothing could have prepared her for the truth when Stevie finally breaks down and confesses what he’s done.

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Автор: John Harvey Kellogg

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Автор: Ant Middleton

NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNo one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he’s learned over the course of his fascinating, exhilarating life.Special forces training is no walk in the park. The rules are strict and they make sure you learn the hard way, pushing you beyond the limits of what is physically possible. There is no mercy. Even when you are bleeding and broken, to admit defeat is failure.To survive the gruelling selection process to become a member of the elite you need toughness, aggression, meticulous attention to detail and unrelenting self-discipline, all traits that make for the best leaders.After 13 years service in the military, with 4 years as a Special Boat Service (SBS) sniper, Ant Middleton is the epitome of what it takes to excel. He served in the SBS, the naval wing of the special forces, the Royal Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal, achieving what is known as the ‘Holy Trinity’ of the UK’s Elite Forces. As a point man in the SBS, Ant was always the first man through the door, the first man into the dark, and the first man in harm’s way.In this fascinating, exhilarating and revealing book, Ant speaks about the highs and gut-wrenching lows of his life – from the thrill of passing Special Forces Selection to dealing with the early death of his father and ending up in prison on leaving the military – and draws valuable lessons that we can all use in our daily lives.

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Автор: Ruri Pilgrim

An extraordinary portrait of one family across the years of Japan’s greatest changes; a loving, honest, moving biography of the author’s mother.Ruri Pilgrim tells the story of her family from the 1870s to the 1950s. She begins with the formality and security of the arrangements of life for a Japanese middle-class family, living in a walled compound with their servants, following exactly the tradition inherited from their parents, with marriages arranged for the children, which continued up till World War II.By then her mother was married to an engineer and living in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. That period, with her mother’s often funny, painful experiences of learning about the Chinese and Russians with whom she now lived with her growing family, and the war seen from her point of view, is fascinating. At the end of the war, the Japanese – women, children, everyone – had to escape, walking hundreds of miles to the coast.The family returned to a Tokyo where the society, the culture, the economy was entirely overturned. The Americans were everywhere, the Japanese were unemployed, and the ways of society that they had all known had vanished. And yet somehow Ruri’s indomitable mother survived.

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Автор: Елена Тимохина

Молодая амбициозная писательница с приятным обременением в лице двух детей и мужа решает немного отдохнуть и насладиться жизнью. 24 февраля 2022 года застает ее прямо в самолете, летящем на Мальдивские острова. Отдых, а вместе с ним и вся понятная ей жизнь, остаются в прошлом, а впереди – эмиграция, поиск нового дома и выстраивание себя с нуля. Это рассказ о переживаниях, о которых принято молчать, о потерях, которые сложно признать, и внутренней силе, которая спасает нас всех в самые темные ночи. В составе: юмор, душетрепательные инсайты, обнимашки и много-много надежды!

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Автор: Rainer Buck

Er gilt als einer der gr??ten Schriftsteller aller Zeiten. Seine Romane „Schuld und S?hne“ oder „Die Br?der Karamasov“ sind Klassiker der Weltliteratur. Sein Denken beeinflusste Kafka, Nietzsche, Camus und Thomas Mann. Niemand sonst verstand es, dem Menschen so tief in die Seele zu blicken wie Fjodor M. Dostojewski. Diese F?higkeit verdankte er nicht zuletzt seinem bewegten Leben: Gerade als Schriftsteller etabliert, wird er wegen einer angeblichen Verschw?rung gegen den Zaren zum Tode verurteilt und erst begnadigt, als er schon vor dem Erschie?ungskommando steht. Anschlie?end muss er vier Jahre Straflager durchleiden. Nur ein Neues Testament in der Tasche, wird er angesteckt von der Faszination der Figur Christi. Das gefundene Fundament wird er fortan nie mehr verlassen. Auch nicht, als weitere Schicksalsschl?ge – etwa der Tod seiner ersten Frau sowie zweier Kinder – sein Dasein ersch?ttern.

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Автор: Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis, the Master of the Big Story, is back with Flash Boys  If you thought Wall Street was about alpha males standing in trading pits hollering at each other, think again. That world is dead.  Now, the worlds money is traded by computer code, inside black boxes in heavily guarded buildings. Even the experts entrusted with your cash dont know whats happening to it. And the very few who do arent about to tell – because theyre making a killing.  This is a market thats rigged, out of control and out of sight; a market in which the chief need is for speed; and in which traders would sell their grandmothers for a microsecond. Blink, and youll miss it.  In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis tells the explosive story of how one group of ingenious oddballs and misfits set out to expose what was going on. Its the story of what its like to declare war on some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. Its about taking on an entire system. And its about the madness that has taken hold of the financial markets today.  You wont believe it until youve read it.  I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. Ill never play like that. But its good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like – Malcolm Gladwell  Probably the best current writer in America – Tom Wolfe  Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He has written several books including the New York Times bestsellers Liars Poker, widely considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s, Boomerang and The Big Short, probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written (Reuters). Lewis is contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and also writes for Vanity Fair and Portfolio magazine.

Исполнители: Dylan Baker

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Автор: Brigitte Lenz

The closer the end of Second World War came, the louder the voices of those who demanded the displacement of the Sudeten German population became. The Czechs' ever greater hatred of everything that was German became noticeably clear. Terrible attacks on the civilian population followed. Experience a piece of contemporary history with this book. The author describes moving experiences and the escape from the Sudetenland – up close. No food, Czech military everywhere and all that remained was an escape plan. Based on a true story. Based on what happened in 1945.
An insightful book about human destinies and traumatic events.

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Автор: Annie Auerbach

Reinventing the rules for a smarter, happier life.Flex is a creative, rebellious, badass way to live. It’s about looking at routines (like the nine to five) and social norms (like women bearing the brunt of the ‘emotional load’ at home) and bending and re-shaping them.Flex is looking within and understanding yourself, your body and the patterns of your relationships, and working out how to live, earn money and be happy in a way that is perfect for you and your unique talents.Flex is knowing that the world is changing fast. The jobs we were trained for in school won’t exist in a decade. And the more robotic our behaviour, the more vulnerable we are to the robots taking our place.If you feel stuck, tired, not at your best, bored… this book is for you.If you are burning with ideas but stuck in an environment that squashes them… this book is for you.If you are a rebel at heart… this book is for you.Flex is reinventing the rules for a new future.Because rigidity in a world of change means something is going to break, and that thing could be you.

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Автор: Emin Liebscher

Piroz, der siebzehnj?hrige Kurde aus Syrien, hat gerade sein Abi Fachrichtung Naturwissenschaften bestanden. Er begibt sich nach Damaskus, um auf der Uni in Mezzeh franz?sische Literatur zu studieren. Aufgrund seines Status als staatenloser Kurde und Ausl?nder der Provinz Al-Hassaka und dem von Geheimdienst unterstellten Verdacht, zu politischen Aktivit?ten zu neigen, wird ihm das Studium verweigert. Durch seinen Komplizen Messoud lernt Piroz Beshir kennen, der ihm eine M?glichkeit in Beirut anbietet und ihm das Blaue vom Himmel verspricht, um auf der arabischen Universit?t in Beirut sein Studium anzufangen. Piroz ergreift die Chance und riskiert die illegale Reise in den Libanon. Dort herrscht B?rgerkrieg und jedes Gebiet wird von Milizen kontrolliert. Piroz stellt schnell fest, dass er belogen und betrogen wurde. Es bleibt ihm nichts anders ?brig als sich der neuen Situation anzupassen, aber mit dem Ziel, wieder ganz schnell nach Syrien zur?ckzukehren. Er wird zu einem Trainingslager irgendwo im Osten Libanons gebracht, das zu einer kurdischen Bewegung geh?rt, die sich Harakat E Ssaeiqa (Brusk) nennt und die eng mit dem syrischen Au?engeheimdienst und der sozialistisch-nationalen syrischen Partei im Libanon arbeitet, junge Kurden rekrutiert und daf?r Geld kassiert. So vergehen etwa drei sehr lange und ereignisreiche Monate, bis ihm die R?ckkehr nach Syrien irgendwie doch gelingt. In Syrien beginnt Piroz seine Flucht wieder von vorne zu planen, aber diesmal Richtung Europa.

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Автор: Jean Joice

From the best selling authors of Food Combining for Health and Food Combining For Vegetarians and with a foreword by Doris Grant – the Food Combining for Health Cookbook is the definitive recipe collection and nutrition guide for food combiners.Don’t Mix Foods That Fight!The motto of food combiners is still working for the many thousands of people in the UK now following a food combining diet as popularised by Doris Grant and the hugely successful Thorsons food combining series.Weight problems – mood swings – allergic reactions – headaches – digestive disorders – skin problems – tiredness and irritability – all these symptoms and many more have been shown to be either eased or irradicated by changing to a food combining diet .In fact the only problem with a food combining diet is that sometimes, it’s perceived as a bit complicated. The Food Combining For Health Cookbook is designed to be simple. It brings together recipes from the Thorsons collection and includes an easy reference food-type chart so each ingredient can be checked off as Starch, Protein or Alakaline.Clear, spacious design and layout of recipes• Over 200 recipes• Seasonal menu planners

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Автор: Группа авторов

People are often surprised to learn that although the current global levels of food production are sufficient to feed all of humanity, the problems of undernourishment increase year by year in many countries. Economic growth, while important, is not a guarantee for reducing hunger. The intensification of income concentration worldwide, in the face of the persistence of millions of hungry families, demonstrates that economic interest is not guided by the needs of humanity. Moreover, the problem of food no longer refers to the lack of food alone. Many people are still unaware that our diets are not simply choices of taste and tradition but the result of international dynamics driven by geopolitical factors, the trajectory of capitalism, and other ulterior forces.
The authors deepen the link between international relations and food security by exploring the humanitarian and ethical importance of a solution to the problem of hunger; the role of the state as a strategically relevant actor in achieving food security; and the nature of the problem of food security in a world in which the rationale guiding food production and distribution is a capitalist one.

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Автор: Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes’s great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume ‘Sidetracks’.In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called ‘Footsteps’ and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring mix of travel, biographical sleuthing and personal memoir, it broke all the conventions of the genre and remains ons of the most intoxicating, magical works of modern literary exploration ever published.Sleeping rough, he retraces Robert Louis Stevenson's famous journey through the Cevennes. Caught up in the Parisian riots of the 1960s, he dives back in time to the terrors of Wordsworth and of Mary Wollstonecraft marooned in Revolutionary Paris and then into the strange tortured worlds of G?rard de Nerval. Wandering through Italy, he stalks Shelley and his band of Romantic idealists to Casa Magni on the Gulf of Spezia.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

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Автор: Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes’s great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume ‘Sidetracks’.In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called ‘Footsteps’ and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring mix of travel, biographical sleuthing and personal memoir, it broke all the conventions of the genre and remains ons of the most intoxicating, magical works of modern literary exploration ever published.Sleeping rough, he retraces Robert Louis Stevenson's famous journey through the Cevennes. Caught up in the Parisian riots of the 1960s, he dives back in time to the terrors of Wordsworth and of Mary Wollstonecraft marooned in Revolutionary Paris and then into the strange tortured worlds of G?rard de Nerval. Wandering through Italy, he stalks Shelley and his band of Romantic idealists to Casa Magni on the Gulf of Spezia.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

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Автор: Dr. Campbell-Begg Richard

An amazing collection of eyewitness accounts of the British experience in World War II. First-hand narratives are drawn from every rank of the army and every corner of the conflict to create a moving and illuminating story of the greatest war of this century.Fascinating, moving, frightening, sometimes comic, this selection of eyewitness accounts has been edited into chronological order to form a magnificent oral history of the British and Commonwealth forces at war.We follow some 60 interviewees from the Army, RAF and Navy from 1939 to the Battle of Britain, the Desert War, the fall of Singapore, the Italian campaign, D-Day, to the occupation of Germany and the war in Burma. We hear from fighter pilots, nurses, gunners, commandos, Chindits and paratroopers. Their experiences on land, sea, in the air…and in some cases as prisoners of the Germans or Japanese are unique testimony from some remarkable men and women.

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Автор: Luke Bradbury

With women falling at his feet, Luke happily entertains his long list of regular clients, whilst his reputation leads him into some new and exotic encounters – including a steamy threesome onboard a luxurious yacht and an evening with an older lady with a fetish for S&M.Things reach breaking point when Luke’s new flatmates unwittingly uncover his secret profession, and worse, reveal it to a potential girlfriend, forcing Luke to take a long hard look at his life.Can he relinquish the glamour and wealth of escorting for the chance of a more stable lifestyle? Or does Luke enjoy his job more than he cares to admit – even to himself?

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Автор: Anelia Schutte

A small town’s struggle for freedom against apartheid‘They call her Nobantu. I call her mother.’Anelia Schutte grew up in Knysna – a beautiful town on the coast of South Africa centred around a picturesque lagoon and popular with tourists.But there was another side to Knysna. In the hills surrounding the town, with its exclusively white population, lay the squatter camps where black people were forced to live.Most white children would never venture over the other side of the hill, but Anelia did. As a young child in the 1980s, she often went there with her mother – a social worker who served Knysna’s black community and found herself swept up in their struggle.Thirty years later, Anelia returns to Knysna to uncover the stories of a town that was torn apart by apartheid, and her mother’s tireless work during the political unrest that clouded the country at the time.They called her Nobantu: ‘for the people’.An exploration of apartheid told through the struggle for freedom by one small town in the Western Cape of South Africa.

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Автор: Anelia Schutte

A true story of small-town apartheidAnelia Schutte grew up in Knysna – a beautiful town on the coast of South Africa, centred around a picturesque lagoon and popular with tourists. But there was another side to Knysna that those tourists never saw. In the hills surrounding the town with its exclusively white population lay the townships and squatter camps where the coloured and black people were forced to live.Most white children would never go to the other side of the hill, but Anelia did. Her earliest memories are of being the only white girl at a cr?che for black children that her mother, Ow?na, set up in the 1980s as a social worker serving the black community.Thirty years on, Anelia, now living in London, yearns to find out more about her mother’s work, and to understand the political unrest that clouded South Africa at the time. She returns to Knysna to find the truth about the town she grew up in, from the stories and memories of the people who were there.For the People is an exploration of apartheid South Africa through the eyes of Ow?na – a white woman who worked tirelessly for the black people of Knysna and found herself swept up in their struggle. They called her Nobantu: ‘for the people'.

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Автор: Jade Goody

Jade's heart-breaking diary of her fight against terminal cancer and her final precious months with her beloved family.In August 2007 Jade Goody received the shattering news that she had cervical cancer. She was only 27 years old. But with her usual strength of character, Jade was determined to beat the disease and carry on with life as normal with her two little boys Bobby and Freddy.Neither the chemotherapy, which left her weak and bald, or the hysterectomy that crushed her dreams of having a little girl, could break Jade's sunny personality or her fierce refusal to be a victim. But in February 2009, Jade received the tragic news that any mother dreads to hear: she was going to be torn from her beloved sons. The cancer had spread and was untreatable.Forever In My Heart is Jade's final 'love letter' to her two little boys. Covering her initial diagnosis while appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in India, their emotional last Christmas as a family, her magical wedding to her partner Jack Tweed and her dying wish to see be christened with her boys, Jade's heart-breaking diary of her final months is set against a backdrop of flashbacks to her difficult early years, her rise to fame in the Big Brother house and those moments of joy and laughter as the nation's darling.It is the powerful story of a young mother's brave fight against a terminal disease, her unique humour, her determination to provide for her sons and her fierce desire to leave a legacy which might prevent other young women being torn from their families in the prime of life.A percentage of profits from the book will be donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

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Автор: Алана Вулф

Эта книга посвящена одному из самых ярких, талантливых и успешных поп-исполнителей современности – Трою Сивану. Потрясающий голос и трогательные, лиричные тексты завоевали сердца миллионов поклонников во всем мире, сделав Сивана иконой молодого поколения. Дебютный альбом Троя Blue Neighbourhood получил самые высокие оценки музыкальных критиков и других исполнителей – в числе его поклонников такие звезды, как Тейлор Свифт, Адель, Гарри Стайлс, группа BTS и многие другие. Помимо музыкальной карьеры, Трой Сиван снимается в кино и активно проявляет свою жизненную позицию, что помогло ему попасть в список самых влиятельных молодых людей в мире по версии журнала Times. «Forever Young. История Троя Сивана» – это очень личная биография молодого исполнителя, рассказывающая о его восхождении к вершинам хит-парадов и о том, кто ему помогал на этом пути, а также о тех, кому помог он сам – поверить в свои силы и не бояться быть самим собой.

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Автор: Nicole Pankoke

Das selbstkonsistente Verfahren dieser Monographie ist geleitet von der Suche nach einer Forschungsmethod(ologi)e – ein von Paul Mecheril gepr?gter Begriff –, die das Subjekt nicht ausklammert, sich einer machtsensiblen und verantwortungsvollen Wissensproduktion verschreibt und sich zugleich jeglicher Methodenfixierung widersetzt. Dabei stellt sich die grundlegende Frage, ob es ?berhaupt eine Vorgehensweise geben kann, die eine solche Forschungshaltung erm?glicht, so dass heroische Forschungspositionen vermieden, Grenzen von Erkennen akzeptiert und diese in ihrer Bescheidenheit transparent dargelegt werden k?nnen. Denn jedes Forschen steht im Zwiespalt zwischen dem wissenschaftlichen Anspruch an Nachvollziehbarkeit, Reproduzierbarkeit und Objektivit?t auf der einen Seite und andererseits der Tatsache, dass Forschen eine menschliche T?tigkeit ist und bleibt. Doch wie mit der Subjektivit?t in Forschungsbeitr?gen umgegangen werden soll, ist hart umk?mpft.
Der dialog-ph?nomenologische Beitrag wird weder ein formvollendeter noch ein in sich geschlossener Diskurs sein. Mithilfe des Gestaltansatzes, der Erfahrungsph?nomenologie sowie der Bewusstseinsph?nomenologie und der Dialogphilosophie kommt Nicole Pankoke dem (Nicht-)Erleben, (Nicht-)Erkennen sowie (Nicht-)Erfassen innerhalb des Forschungsprozesses auf die Spur. Neben dem Erarbeiten eines selbstkonsistenten Vorgehens bei der Entwicklung und Durchf?hrung des Method(ologi)e-Ineinandergreifens setzt sie sich mit Grenzen des Sagbaren auseinander, mit Ph?nomenen von Scham und Schutz sowie mit der Angst vor dem Scheitern im Kontext von Forschung.
Pankokes Monografie ist gepr?gt von der Hoffnung, dass Sie als Leser*in sich in den beschriebenen Schwierigkeiten wiedererkennen sowie von der Art und Weise, wie sie den skizzierten Erkenntnisprozess transparent macht, dazu angeregt werden, die dialog-ph?nomenologische Method(ologi)e weiterzudenken. Nicht zuletzt dadurch macht sie uns bewusst, dass wir uns immer auf der Suche nach Erkenntnis befinden.

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Автор: Ralf Spoerer

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Автор: Генри Джеймс

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Автор: Janette Benaddi

A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SPORTS BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way.Janette, Frances, Helen and Niki, though all from Yorkshire, were four very different women, all juggling full time jobs alongside being mothers to each of their 2 children. They could never be described as athletes, but they were determined to be busy and the local Saturday morning rowing club was the perfect place to go to have a laugh and a gossip, get the blood pumping in the open air, and feel invigorated.Brought together by their love of rowing, they quickly became firm friends, and it wasn’t long before they cooked up a crazy idea over a few glasses of wine: together, they were going to do something that fewer people than had gone into space or climbed Everest had succeeded in doing. They were going to cross 3,000 miles of treacherous ocean in the toughest row in the world, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.Yes, they had children and husbands that they would be leaving behind for two months, yes they had businesses to run, mortgages to pay, responsibilities. And there was that little thing of them all being in their 40s and 50s.But two years of planning, preparation, fundraising, training and difficult conversations later, and they found themselves standing on the edge of the San Sebastian harbour in the Canary Islands, petrified, exhilarated and ready to head up the race of their lives.This is the story of how four friends together had the audacity to go on a wild, terrifying and beautiful adventure, not to escape life, but for life not to escape them.

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Автор: Anthony Doerr

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats – the chroniclers of Rome who came before him – and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they describe. He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II and takes his twins to the Pantheon in December to wait for snow to fall through the oculus. He and his family are embraced by the butchers, grocers, and bakers of the neighbourhood, whose clamour of stories and idiosyncratic child-rearing advice is as compelling as the city itself.This intimate and revelatory book is a celebration of Rome, a wondrous look at new parenthood and a fascinating account of the alchemy of writers.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

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Автор: Stephen Westaby

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away.The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two. In the operating room there is no time for doubt. It is flesh, blood, rib-retractors and pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it. An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve, and the cost is measured in human life. Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart.Professor Stephen Westaby took chances and pushed the boundaries of heart surgery. He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career and now, in his astounding memoir, Westaby details some of his most remarkable and poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old, a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years.A powerful, important and incredibly moving book, Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating and sometimes tragic world of heart surgery, and how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands.

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Автор: Stephen Westaby

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away.The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two. In the operating room there is no time for doubt. It is flesh, blood, rib-retractors and pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it. An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve, and the cost is measured in human life. Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart.Professor Stephen Westaby took chances and pushed the boundaries of heart surgery. He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career and now, in his astounding memoir, Westaby details some of his most remarkable and poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old, a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years.A powerful, important and incredibly moving book, Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating and sometimes tragic world of heart surgery, and how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands.

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Автор: Peter Lerf

Jay ist in einer der Todeszonen von Kintaru abgest?rzt. Ein ?u?erst gef?hrlicher Ort, denn sch?dliche Strahlung und wilde Tiere bedrohen sein Leben. Auf der verzweifelten Suche nach dem rettenden Zaun entdeckt er das Wrack eines feindlichen Raumschiffes. Als Jay es erkunden will, muss er feststellen, dass ein Mitglied der Besatzung noch am Leben ist …

Исполнители: Gordon Piedesack

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Автор: Юлия Музалевская

Танцевальное сообщество уже давно знакомо со стилем Frame Up Strip и его создательницей Настей Юрасовой. Но что стоит за его популярностью?В сотрудничестве с культурологами, социологами, психологом и врачом поворачиваем Frame Up Strip на 360 градусов и смотрим на стиль под разными углами. Описываем не только историю его создания, но и выясняем, откуда взялся каблук, почему люди танцуют Frame Up, что стало причиной негативной коннотации этого направления в обществе и как танцевать с травмой.

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Автор: Gayley Charles Mills

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