Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-To-Peer Lending and Banking in France (Hoffman Philip T.)(Pevná vazba)

Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-To-Peer Lending and Banking in France (Hoffman Philip T.)(Pevná vazba)

How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of bankingPrevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty. Yet somehow much of Europe managed to grow rich long before the diffusion of banks. Dark Matter Credit draws on

Serpentine - A short story from the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust (Pullman Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond: The Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin (Yeager Ashley Jean)(Pevná vazba)

How Vera Rubin convinced the scientific community that dark matter might exist, persevering despite early dismissals of her work. We now know that the universe is mostly dark, made up of particles and forces that are undetectable even by our most powerful telescopes. The discovery of the possible

The World of Edena (Moebius)(Pevná vazba)

Working closely with Moebius Productions in France, Dark Horse is putting the work of a master storyteller back in print--with some material in English for the first time Stel and Atan are interstellar investigators trying to find a lost space station and its crew. When they discover the mythical

Chaos Function (Skillingstead Jack)(Pevná vazba)

For readers of the best-selling novels Sleeping Giants and Dark Matter, an intense, high-stakes thriller with a science-fiction twist that asks: If technology enabled you to save the life of someone you love, would you do so even if it might doom millions? Olivia Nikitas, a hardened journalist

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (Prescod-Weinstein Chanda)(Pevná vazba)

From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos--and a call for a more liberatory practice of science. Winner of the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science & Technology Winner of the 2022 Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science Winner of the 2022

Research - A dark and witty thriller from the creator of the prize-winning Bernie Gunther novels (Kerr Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Set in the South of France, a fiendishly clever thriller about the back-stabbing literary world, from the bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther series of prize-winning historical

Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark: (Read-Aloud Family Books, Dinosaurs Kids Book about Fear of Darkness) (Stutzman Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The adorable and indomitable Tiny T. Rex from the critically acclaimed Tiny T. Rex and The Impossible Hug is back in a tale about friendship and overcoming your fears. Meet Tiny T-Rex! He may be a small dino in a BIG world, but that won't stop him from making friends, conquering his fears, and

His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Pullman Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far

His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife (Pullman Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far

Art of Innovation - From Enlightenment to Dark Matter, as featured on Radio 4 (Blatchford Ian)(Pevná vazba)

______________This illustrated modern history of the connections between science and art reveals a new perspective on what that relationship has contributed to the world around us, based on the landmark Radio 4 series, and Science Museum exhibition. Throughout history, artists and scientists have

The Collectors - Philip Pullman

'D'you - er - have you seen her before?' 'Yes. I know who she is.''But, Grinstead, this painting is seventy years old - probably nearer eighty! You're not being serious - I mean . . . What do you mean?'On a dark winter's night in 1970, Horley and Grinstead huddle for warmth in the Senior Common

Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage (Olsen Daniel H.)(Pevná vazba)

In recent years there has been growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism; the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. Expanding on this trend, this book examines dark tourism through the new lens of pilgrimage. It focuses on dark tourism sites as pilgrimage destinations,

The Fate of Stars (Simper S. D.)(Pevná vazba)

'The Fate of Stars, the first book in the Sea and Stars trilogy, is delightfully dark and sexy, full of lush imagery, vibrant characterization, and enough adrenaline to keep me up way past my bedtime.'-Anna Burke, award winning author of THORN and COMPASS ROSEA devout mermaid. A disgraced princess

Introduction to Galaxy Formation and Evolution: From Primordial Gas to Present-Day Galaxies (Cimatti Andrea)(Pevná vazba)

The Universe is filled with beautiful galaxies, made of stars, gas and dark matter, that formed during nearly fourteen billion years since the Big Bang. This advanced textbook, bridging the gap between introductory and specialized texts, reveals the complex physical processes of galaxy formation

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (McDiarmid Jessica)(Pevná vazba)

In the vein of the astonishing and eye-opening bestsellers I'll Be Gone in the Dark and The Line Becomes a River, this stunning work of investigative journalism follows a series of unsolved disappearances and murders of Indigenous women in rural British Columbia. Along northern Canada's Highway 16,

Moebius Library: Inside Moebius Part 3 (Giraud Jean)(Pevná vazba)

Working closely with Moebius Production in France, Dark Horse presents the final part of Moebius's Inside Moebius series. In this third and most surreal volume, Jean 'Moebius' Giraud exists in an expansive, magical desert locale within his subconscious. He not only meets and talks with several of

Heart Shaped Tears: Art, Comics and Dark Secrets (Jame Abby)(Pevná vazba)

In the age of the Anthropocene, girls are tired and jaded. And yet, we are the last reminders of glittering purity. Not dumb sexual purity, but light and love, laughing in beds, sneaking out like the most important thing in the entire world is on the other side of your parent's driveway. We feel

His Dark Materials - Gift Edition including all three novels: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass (Pullman Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Now a major critically acclaimed BBC seriesThis special collection features all three titles in the award-winning trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.Northern LightsLyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon

The Wild Garden (Darke Rick)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson's passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style

The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra (the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the Dark Crystal Book, Fantasy Art (Cesare Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the wild and wonderful creatures of Thra in this guide to the flora and fauna of the Dark Crystal universe featuring remarkable original illustrations. In a world where rocks talk and trees dispense wisdom from across the ages, anything is possible. The Dark Crystal Bestiary is a

The Cry of the Hangman (Calkins Susanna)(Pevná vazba)

Murder always sells. But when a series of dark and puzzling crimes takes place in seventeenth-century London, will printer's apprentice Lucy Campion be publishing the news - or starring in it? London, 1667. Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is unsettled when, on a frozen December morning after

The Writing in the Stone (Finkel Irving)(Pevná vazba)

The landscape of this dark and powerful story is the ancient world of Assyria some 3000 years ago, a time when writing was in the world's oldest script, cuneiform, and the domination of unseen forces firmly in the hands of the state's leading

A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations--And How You Can Find Them in the Sky (Hamilton Meredith)(Pevná vazba)

This charming exploration of the night sky -- featuring a star finder and glow-in-the-dark stickers -- which has more than a quarter of a million young astronomers enjoying the night sky in countries around the world, is now completely revised and updated.A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky is