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"[Metropolis is] a perfect goodbye--and first hello--to its hero...Bernie Gunther has, at last, come home."--Washington Post New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad. Summer, 1928...

Modern begins on a specific day—March 22, 1905—at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited. Philip Hook illuminates how this new art came to be—and how truly shocking it was. We witness movement upon movement that burst forth in dizzying succession: Fauvism, Expressionism, Primitivism, Symbolism, Cubism, Futurism, and Abstract. His vivid accounts breathe new life into the work and times of nearly two hundred artists, and whose collective genius was understood and appreciated by few at the time.

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Considered "the world's most popular cult novelist" (The Guardian), Haruki...

Det menneskelige medie. Hør verden i digtform. Enkelt. Tydeligt, men alligevel subtilt. Tiden er på din side. Jeg har ikke svarene. Men jeg interesserer mig for spørgsmålene. Og perspektiverne. Og for at kunne være sammen, også selvom vi ikke nødvendigvis er enige.

As Philip Guedalla aptly puts it, History is the most interesting part of geography, and this is particularly true for European history, which is intricately tied to the continents ever-changing borders. From the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 to the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Europe experienced a relentless cycle of partition and re-partition fueled by conflict. Frederick the Great forged Prussia at Austrias expense, while Catherine the Great claimed the Ukraine. Meanwhile, France witnessed the collapse of the old order as Napoleon redefined the map of Europe. Join us for a compelling journey ...

In Now It Can Be Told, I delve into the harrowing realities of war, sharing insights that the world needs to remember. This book serves not only as a tribute to the bravery displayed during tragic times but also as a stark warning of the potential for history to repeat itself if we do not eradicate the roots of evil and folly from our hearts. Through the eyes of British soldiers and their counterparts on various fronts, I aim to reveal the profound truths of modern warfare—not through an exhaustive recounting of events, but by exploring the experiences that shaped their understanding. My ...

Hi Listener, We are your hosts - Philip & Rajasekhar (Phil & Raj for short). We have varied experience in finance and accounting and also are ardent fans of personal finance books. Our object is to simplify complex financial concepts into bite sized servings, to help you make informed financial decisions. If you wish to collaborate or contribute topics we can discuss on the show, please reach us on hello@wealthinformed.in.

If you read (or listen to) nothing else on marketing that delivers competitive advantage, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your marketing by putting it—and your customers—at the center of your business.

Celebrated promoter of the "Four P's of Marketing", Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers' needs and make a difference in the world. In a new age when marketers are struggling with the digital transformation of business and the changing behavior of customers, this book provides marketers with a way to integrate technological and business model evolution with the dramatic shifts in consumer behavior that have happened in the last decade.

In "The Hanging Stranger", TV salesman Ed Loyce is a practical man who, when he sees something wrong, tries to correct it. Then one day he sees a lifeless body hanging in the town square. What he can't figure out is why nobody seems to care.

Philip K. Dick skrev nogle af sine mest ildevarslende fremtidsvisioner om USA i novelleform i 50erne. Deres kredsen om temaer som overvågningssamfundet, tiden og det menneskelige - og den totale paranoia - har siden fascineret laesere verden over. - Og i de sidste 20 år biografgaengere med, for siden 1982, hvor Ridley Scott for første gang filmatiserede Philip K. Dick, er flere af hans noveller omformet til biografens laerred - og i et stadig voksende tempo.

A member of the parliament is stabbed to death in Reykjavik, the small and usually peaceful capital of Iceland. Police officer Grímsson thinks he saw the perpetrator earlier that night, in a pub in the city's east end. The young man turns himself in. He has no previous record and does not remember anything about the night of the murder, but his fingerprints are on the murder weapon. Grímsson feels that the young man is somehow innocent, a victim rather than a wrongdoer.

King Solomon had all the fame and fortune that any man could want. He was the world's wisest and wealthiest king. And yet, tragically, he threw it all away for the love of money, the pleasures of sex, and the powers of an earthly kingdom. In studying the life of Solomon, we see both the true greatness and the tragic failure of our own humanity - from godly devotion to self-serving excess. Philip Graham Ryken tells us how, by the grace of God, to prevent those downfalls and to seek God's glory amid earthly temptations through this rich, Christ-centered study of the life of Solomon.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

La novela más leída de Philip K. Dick, inspiración de Blade Runner. En el año 2021 la guerra mundial ha exterminado a millones de personas. Los supervivientes codician cualquier criatura viva, y aquellos que no pueden permitirse pagar por ellas se ven obligados a adquirir réplicas increíblemente realistas. Las empresas fabrican incluso seres humanos. Rick Deckard es un cazarrecompensas cuyo trabajo es encontrar androides rebeldes y retirarlos, pero la tarea no será tan sencilla cuando tenga que enfrentarse a los nuevos modelos Nexus-6, prácticamente indistinguibles de los seres humanos.

A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists. A man comes to awareness in a cold church in the Icelandic countryside, not knowing who he is, why he's there, or how he arrived, with a stranger staring mockingly from a few pews back. Startled by the man's cryptic questions, he leaves—and plunges into a history spanning centuries, a past pressed into his genes that sinks him closer to some knowledge of himself.

The Philip K. Dick Short Story Collection gathers some of the author’s most unsettling and visionary works—stories that helped define modern science fiction and inspired generations of writers, filmmakers, and thinkers. In this gripping volume, Philip K. Dick explores paranoia, identity, war, and perception through razor-sharp ideas and unforgettable twists.

Before Arthur commanded a round table of legendary knights in Camelot, he was simply a young squire with dreams of becoming a great knight himself. Arthur lived during a time when Britain was without a ruler, but fate would quickly draw him into the middle of a grand search for the next king - a search that involved a sword famously set in stone.

Dedicated to publishing Apostle Philip Cephas's sermons, Reaching the Message across the nations of the Nations. Listen and be blessed by the this great vessel of the most high God.

Single mother Harpa has always been a misfit. Her physical description is like no other Icelander: so small she self-deprecatingly refers to herself as a dwarf, so dark-skinned she doubts her genetic link to her parents, so strange she nearly believed the children who mistook her for a mythical creature of the forest. Even as an adult, she struggles to make sense of her place in the world. When she sees how her teenage daughter, Edda, has suffered since a friend’s drug overdose, Harpa has no choice but to tear her away from her friends.