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In Defying Reality, David M. Ewalt traces the story of virtual reality from ancient amphitheaters to Cold War military laboratories, through decades of hype and failure, to a 19-year-old video game aficionado who made the impossible possible. Ewalt looks at how businesses are already using this tech to revolutionize the world around us, and what we can expect in the future. Ewalt offers a unique perspective on VR. With firsthand accounts and on-the-ground reporting, Defying Reality shows how VR will change our work, our play, and the way we relate to one another.

Da Hazel Bannock, ejer af det globale oliefirma Bannock Oil, er på cruise i det indiske ocean, bliver hendes yacht kapret af somaliske pirater og hendes 19-årige datter, Cayla, kidnappet. Hector Cross er tidligere major i det britiske specialkorps SAS og ejer nu et sikkerhedsfirma, som arbejder for Bannock Oil, og hans loyalitet mod familien Bannock kender ingen grænser. Piraterne kræver en astronomisk høj løsesum for at frigive Cayla, men politiske og diplomatiske hensyn komplicerer sagen, og Hazel tilkalder straks Hector.

The creator and producer of Emmy Award-winning television series All In the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons, Norman Lear is a pioneer of a genre of programming that addresses pressing social issues with unusual candor. He is the founder and chairman of Act III Communications, a multimedia holding company with interests in the recording, motion picture, broadcasting, publishing and licensing industries.

"Min kamp", er en roman om kærlighed og venskab, forældre og svigerforældre, om livet med små børn i en svensk by og om skrivning som et forsøg på forløsning og overskridelse af egne begrænsninger. I bind to af det ambitiøse seksbindsværk "MIN KAMP" dykker Karl Ove Knausgård ned i familielivet med alt, hvad det indebærer, og han fremstiller som i første bog sit liv i alle dets detaljer og nuancer med hudløs ærlighed.

It has been prophesied that I will be the one to restore the balance and make the kingdom safe for all witches and magical creatures. I hoped I could work with Prince Archer on this goal. I hoped he would be open to the idea of restoring the four monarchs. I was wrong.

En 1651, Robinson Crusoé quitte York, en Angleterre pour naviguer, contre la volonté de ses parents qui voulaient qu'il devienne avocat. Le navire est arraisonné par des pirates de Salé et Crusoé devient l'esclave d'un Maure. Il parvient à s'échapper sur un bateau et ne doit son salut qu'à un navire portugais qui passe au large de la côte ouest de l'Afrique. Arrivé au Brésil, Crusoé devient le propriétaire d'une plantation.

Cheating, threesomes, cuckoldry, open relationships. Alyssa K has grown dangerously curious, and has reached out to her fans. In this book, you'll find the naughty stories she's collected in her quest to understand relationships and why some choose to step outside of them. Complete with opening and closing insights and the occasional musing from the kinky authoress herself.

Alyssa Cressfield always wanted a pet - a big, sexy man who would look impressive on a leash. Now, she is finally ready to realize her dream. She visits a pet training center, intending to buy a trained pet. Instead, she finds Jax, a fierce human-alien hybrid freshly caught from space, still untamed and unbroken. Alyssa has never encountered an untamed pet before. She can't resist temptation; she must have him.

Tom, a runaway, clashes with a gang of wicked clocks and loses his way and his sense of time. After wandering around and making new friends, Tom finds himself alone in a cemetery for machines. There, amid the junk of the mechanical remains, he discovers a hidden kingdom of monsters and puzzles, which pique his curiosity. As Tom travels from adventure to adventure and from one challenge to another, clues to the meaning of his quest unfold. At last, he meets Seven, a pretty flower-maiden, in a magical garden.

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene was penned in what most scholars identify as the third century CE. Fragments have turned up over the years - tantalizing scraps of a once widely-read and copied manuscript. Unlike some Gnostic texts which create a fantastic cosmology, this small piece of writing bridges vision and reality and captures the tension between disciples enmeshed in a patriarchal culture and a woman who is sometimes called the "apostle to the apostles".

Oberon, König der Feenwelt, hat sich mit seiner Frau Titania zerstritten, wegen ihrer "außerehelichen Eskapaden" und weil sie sich weigert, ihm einen ihrer Knaben als Pagen zu überlassen. Der gekränkte Oberon plant einen bitterbösen Streich: Der gewitzte Kobold Puck soll Titania während des Schlafs einen Zaubertrunk auf die Augen träufeln, der bewirkt, dass sich Titania in die erste Gestalt verliebt, die sie erblickt. Puck macht sich an die Arbeit und stößt im Wald auf eine Schar von Handwerkern, die ein Theaterstück für die Hochzeitsfeier des Athener Herrscherpaars Theseus und Hyppolyta proben: "Die höchst jammervolle Komödie und der höchst grausame Tod von Pyramus und Thisbe".

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published in London in 1848 in its original German, and two years later in English. It was commissioned by the Communist League and takes an analytical approach to the class struggle and the conflicts of capitalism. The Communist Manifesto summarizes the theories of Marx and Engels on the nature of society and politics, claiming that the history of all societies is a history of class struggles. It also touches on their ideas of how the capitalist society of the time would eventually be replaced by socialism.

As a young man, Earvin "Magic" Johnson admired his father and other small-town entrepreneurs who created jobs and served as leaders in his Midwestern community. He worked for them, watched them, and his interest in building communities through economic development grew even while his basketball career flourished. His fame as an NBA star gave him access to some of the most successful business leaders in the country.

Bridget Carter unknowingly tempts me with her chocolate-colored eyes, long red hair, and bold attitude. She’s awfully bossy for a sub. Which only makes the sadist inside me rumble with the need to come out and play. I bury my feelings deep, because I refuse to become a monster. But life has a way of laughing in my face. When Bridget shows up at my office begging for help, all I can do is agree. I’ll do anything for this woman. When danger arrives at her doorstep, the rules change, and I will do anything to protect her. Even unleash the beast.

BESTE FREUNDE, EIN HEIRATSANTRAG, DUNKLE GEHEIMNISSE - UND DIE GANZ GROSSE LIEBE? Suvi liebt Bücher - und Jo, ihren besten Freund. Nur weiß er nichts davon. Als Jo sie bittet, ihm bei seinem Heiratsantrag für eine andere Frau zu helfen, sieht Suvi nur zwei Möglichkeiten: auswandern, oder endlich um das kämpfen, was ihr Herz sich wünscht. Vorübergehend bei ihm einzuziehen, war dabei nie der Plan. Doch je mehr Zeit Jo mit seiner besten Freundin verbringt, desto größer werden die Zweifel an seinem Vorhaben.

Wer seinen Körper kennt, bleibt länger jung: Bestsellerautorin und TV-Ärztin Yael Adler nimmt uns in diesem umfassenden, erkenntnisreichen und hochspannenden Hörbuch über das Älterwerden mit auf eine innovative Körperreise von den Zellen bis zu den Knochen - mit vielen Aha-Effekten zum Alterungsprozess und möglichen Gegenmaßnahmen. Wir können es nicht ändern, dass wir älter werden - aber wir können sehr wohl etwas daran ändern, wie dies geschieht.

Seit Jahren nehmen Zensur und Repression in Russland zu. Nur wenige wissen, wie es um die russische Gesellschaft und ihre Führung wirklich bestellt ist. Informationen darüber werden systematisch unterbunden. Wie kaum jemand sonst verfügt die Osteuropa-Expertin des Deutschlandfunks über langjährige Einblicke in den von Putin diktatorisch geführten Staat. Schwindet die Macht des Kremlchefs? Wer sind die neuen politischen, militärischen und ökonomischen Akteure? Was halten Russinnen und Russen von ihrem Land? Gibt es Grund zur Hoffnung, oder treibt die Nation in den Abgrund?

Morocco Jones challenges the Mafia in a-kill-or-be-killed novel of murder, molls, and mayhem. The Syndicate made a big mistake when they murdered Chris Shane because Shane was the man who had saved Morocco from torture and death at the hand of a despot's most savage secret agent back in Eastern Europe during the war - his best friend and the man to whom he owed his life. No bunch of gun-happy gorillas could scare a guy like Morocco.

I det selvbiografiske romanvaerk "Min kamp" beskriver forfatteren Karl Ove Knausgård sin kamp for at komme overens med livet, sig selv, sine litteraere ambitioner og de mennesker, han har omkring sig. Efter tre år i gymnasiet i Kristiansand rejser Karl Ove 18 år gammel til Nordnorge, hvor han har fået job som laerervikar. Hans foraeldre er blevet skilt, hans bror Yngve er flyttet for laenge siden, og Karl Ove skal ud i verden og vaere en ung mand. I det nordlige møder han elever og kolleger, som bringer ham i situationer, han aldrig før har befundet sig i.

The reality of being a parent, a mom or a dad, is that one has to bend the truth a little. It is part and parcel of being a parent.