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"In this book, David Patterson offers original insights into the dynamics that underlie phenomenon of endemic antisemitism, arguing that in all its manifestations, antisemitism is fundamentally anti-Judaism. Structured in a unique matrix of chapters that are linked historically and theoretically, his book elucidates the interconnections that tie antisemitism with the Holocaust, as well as the Judaism that the Nazis sought to obliterate from the world....
383) The Viper Club
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The boss of the Shanghai criminal underworld has issued a deadly challenge to the members of his Viper Club. At stake is a $100 million prize - and the lives of three innocent people. S.T.O.R.M. are in Sydney when they uncover the plans - but so is one of the killers. Who lives, and who dies, will be down to who gets there first.
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"Nos muestra cómo desde los primeros diccionarios que realizasen los misioneros cristianos hasta el arabismo actual, el Islâm ha sido explicado a partir de unas identificaciones y paralelismos fáciles con el Cristianismo que tergiversan radicalmente el modo de ver el mundo del profeta Muh̲amma."--from back cover.
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Nariyuki Yuiga comes from an impoverished family, so he's eager to secure a full scholarship to college before he graduates high school. His principal agrees, with one stipulation--he must tutor three of the most talented girls at school and make sure they get into their target colleges! Nariyuki has graduated from college and is now a newly hired teacher at...Ichinose Academy! Not only is he teaching at his alma mater, but he's fallen for the teacher...
387) Geek abroad
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While in London visiting her mother, fifteen-year-old Miranda guiltily enjoys the company of a British boy while wondering why Dex is out of touch, but she returns home to find her friendships, love life, family, and math team are all in turmoil.
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"An in-depth and unified exploration of genius in the arts and sciences through the life and works of five seminal intellectual and cultural figures: Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Ludwig von Beethoven, and Albert Einstein. Who among us hasn't read Hamlet, listened to the Fifth Symphony, gazed at the Mona Lisa, or marveled at the three laws of physics and the Theory of Relativity and been struck with the same simple question:...
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Beethoven's extraordinary ability to compose great music despite severe health problems, including deafness and depression, has puzzled and inspired. The author looks at the relationship between Beethoven's health and creativity to show how the composer was able to transcend physical and emotional torment to produce some of the most powerful and beautiful music in Western culture.
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Marie Curious girl genius volume 3
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When Vance invests in a multi-million dollar eSports tournament, Marie and her three best friends are sucked into the world of professional gaming. Glitzy parties, infinity pools and the latest tech are all at their fingertips but when Vance discovers that someone in the tournament is cheating, it's left to Marie to infiltrate the GAME House where all the top gamers live, and find the culprit.
393) Sin límites
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La vida de Eddie Spinola toma un inesperado giro cuando prueba el MDT-48, una droga sintética desarrollada por un misterioso laboratorio. Sus efectos le permitirán experimentar una inusitada actividad intelectual y física que lo llevarán a alcanzar el éxito con el que siempre son̋ó. Sin embargo, al mismo tiempo que comienza a vivir en un mundo de lujos exorbitantes y multimillonarias transacciones, Spinola padece los nefastos efectos secundarios...
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Max Einstein volume 2
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"Conoce a Maxine Einstein. Valiente. Creativa. Brillante. Los únicos superpoderes que necesita una chica."--
Max y sus amigos de CMI intentan usar su inteligencia para encontrar soluciones a una crisis de agua, mientras que una corporación codiciosa con el objetivo de capturar a Max parece conocer todos sus movimientos.
Max and her CMI friends attempt to use their smarts to find solutions to a water crisis, while a greedy corporation with an eye...
396) Akkad: Book 1
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"In the near future, Earth is falling to a catastrophic alien invasion: giant beetle-like creatures emerge without warning from spatio-temporal rifts, wipe out resistance in a certain zone, then seal it behind a completely impenetrable barrier. Entire sections of the planet have already been lost forever. With conventional weaponry powerless, the USA authorize a program that will turn five teenagers into pure geniuses. Will the test subjects find...
397) Akkad: Book 2
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"Professor Kessler's experiment continues, but the powers of his test subjects are growing at a phenomenal rate. He calls upon Sofi, herself a guinea pig for him once, and who loathes him, to oversee the teenagers ... and track them down when they inevitably escape. But are his calculations as good as he thinks? Is it not already too late to hope to control the five geniuses - or even to stop the invasion, as the number of enemy incursions suddenly...
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Conductor and violinist Scott Yoo is on the road again, for Season 4 of Now hear this. Join him in Buenos Aires, to learn the tango and Piazzolla's conflicted relationship with it. In Scotland and Germany, explore the connection between mental health and creative genius. In the boroughs of New York, meet a dynamic new composer pointing classical in a new direction. And in Spain, discover the breathtaking musical portraits of Albeniz.
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