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In sport, money is everything • Behind every victory lap, every goal celebration, every triumph against the odds and every dropped relay baton is a story of money • Why would someone pull the plug on a Premier League match? • What prompts an athlete to search for sponsorship on eBay? • How can the decision of a drinks brand CEO make or break an entire sport? • Why would a sprinter think they can’t afford not to dope? • Sport Inc. reveals the behind-the-scenes finances that drive sport - who gets rich and who gets left on the bench • Through investigations into a wide range of sports, including how football agents really work, the betting industry and corruption, esports, the NFL’s efforts to take over the world and the real cost of hosting events like the World Cup and the Olympics, the financial realities of our obsession with sport are exposed

The first book of the blockbuster trilogy is the basis for the buzzed about Fox TV series, The Passage, set to premiere in January 2019. An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape but he can't stop civilization's collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world

The everything-you-need-to-know WIRED guide to the future of genomics • Genome sequencing is one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past thirty years. But what precisely does it involve and how is it developing? • In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Rachael Pells explains the science behind genomics. She analyses its practical applications in medical diagnosis and the treatment of conditions that range from cancer to severe allergic reactions to cystic fibrosis. She considers its potential to help with advances in agriculture and environmental science. She explores the ethics of genetic modification and the dangers involved when humans 'play God'. And she addresses the fundamental question: to what extent will future advances transform human longevity and the quality of life

The everything-you-need-to-know WIRED guide to cryptocurrency • The past decade has seen the relentless rise of cryptocurrency as an alternative form of digital currency. But what precisely is it and what potential does it have to change the world of money? • In this brilliantly clear, one-stop guide WIRED Senior Editor Gian Vopicelli explains everything you need to know about cryptocurrency. He outlines its development and describes precisely how it operates. He demystifies the jargon it has spawned, from blockchain, Bitcoin and stablecoins to mining, smart contracts and forking. He looks at the political and economic ideologies that drive it. And he addresses the central question: will cryptocurrency have the transformative economic and social impact that its champions claim for it?

How to go on in a world where everything is set against you? With hope? In fear? Or, in violent struggle? In this gripping and disturbing book, Richard Wright weaves his own childhood recollections with those of Bigger Thomas - a young black man trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago, and unwittingly involved in a wealthy woman's death - to paint a portrait of insurmountable oppression. Through the strange pride Bigger takes in his crime, Wright brings us to confront the systems of justice we blindly assume are always on our side

Потрясающее угощение, которое сразит вас наповал! • Как раз в тот момент, когда ты подумала, что безопасно вернуться в парк • Тимоти Поупа продувает то в одну, то в другую сторону в ветреном парке - но среди свистящего ветра и бушующих волн это может быть акула, которую он видит в свой телескоп. Загляните в вырезанное штампом отверстие на страницах книги, чтобы узнать это • Третья книга из серии бестселлеров "Акула в парке" - это фантастически весело! • Книга на английском языке • A Jaws-ome treat that will blow you away! • Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the park • Timothy Pope is blown this way and that way in the windy park -- but among the whistling wind and blustering brollies could that be a shark he spies through his telescope

Пелэм Вудхаус: Спасибо тебе, Дживс • Шансы складываются не в пользу Чаффи, когда он по уши влюбляется в американскую наследницу Полин Стокер. Кто лучше поможет ему завоевать ее расположение, как не Дживс, истинный джентльмен из джентльменов. Но когда Берти, бывший жених Полин, оказывается втянутым в драку, к большому своему ужасу, даже Дживс изо всех сил пытается заставить Чаффи рассказать свою сказочную концовку • Книга на английском языке • `The Funniest writer ever to put words on paper' Hugh Laurie • `I mean, if you're asking a fellow to come out of a room so that you can dismember him with a carving knife, it's absurd to tack a 'sir' on to every sentence. The two things don't go together.' • The odds are stacked against Chuffy when he falls head over heels for American heiress Pauline Stoker

Ms Wiz Loves Dracula: Ms Wiz is dancing with a stranger - a tall, dark-haired man with long white fangs. Can it be true? The children of class three go into action when they realise that Ms Wiz is falling in love - with Dracula! Ms Wiz Spells Trouble: The first story, when Class 5 discover that their new teacher is a witch! She wears black nail polish, she has a talking rat and a special classroom aide - and she uses some very direct action teaching methods!

The Dealing with Feelings series returns to help kids battle the green-eyed monster jealousy! In This Makes Me Jealous, a young girl is proud of being the star athlete at her school. But when a new kid moves to town and she suddenly has to share the spotlight, jealousy gets the best of her. After a tough soccer matchup, the girl's gym teacher helps her to empathize with the new student and give her a chance. Soon, the girl learns that making new friends and being inclusive are more important than being the best. The Dealing with Feelings series of early readers is designed to give voice to what's brewing inside. Through short, simple text and repetitive observational phrases, children will learn to name their emotions as they learn to read

A new and definitive account of the German invasion of Poland that initiated WWII in 1939, written by a historian at the height of his abilities • 'Deeply researched, very well-written... This book will be the standard work on the subject for many years to come' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny • The Polish campaign is the forgotten story of the Second World War • The war began on 1 September 1939, when German tanks, trucks and infantry crossed the Polish border, and the Luftwaffe began bombing Poland's towns and cities. The Polish army fought bravely but could not withstand the concentrated attack. When the Red Army invaded from the east, the country's fate was sealed • This is the first history of the Polish war for almost half a century

Anither title in the classic Little Red Train series which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide • When Duffy the driver is told to keep on going until the lights change, that's exactly what he does - so he doesn't even notice that he's driven Little Red Train right under the channel to France! • This is a gloriously detailed book that will be a joy to return to again and again • With a minimal text and bright, busy pages, Ben Blathwayt's picture books have enormous appeal for young children

Moscow in the 1930s is a symbol of Soviet paradise, a fairy-tale capital where, in Stalin's words life has become better, life has become merrier. Moscow Chestnova bears her captial's name, and seeks the happiness it promises. She flits from man to man, fascinated by the brave new world around her. In an age of spin and soundbites, this anarchic satire retains its bite