Flash Crash: A Jake Rivett Heist Thriller
ISBN: 9780997281217 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An absolute bullseye, reinventing the heist thriller for the information age." - BestThrillers.com David Belov, a quant programmer working for an investment bank in New York, is blackmailed into writing an algorithm that will intentionally crash the gold market. David discovers that his virtual "Flash Crash" was simply a required stepping stone towards the largest physical gold robbery in history, and that's he's been framed for the resulting chaos, the lives of his beloved wife and son on the balance... With Detective Jake Rivett and the NYPD's finest operators...
"An absolute bullseye, reinventing the heist thriller for the information age." - BestThrillers.com David Belov, a quant programmer ...
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64,63 zł |
Computer Brain
ISBN: 9781482693614 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A brain is, after all is said and done, an interwoven web of electron pathways. From this maze of bio-logic circuitry are manifest the choices and actions by the "self" or what the "self" considers to be morally justified. But in the race to replicate the brain in a computer lab, what might the "self" do if the monetary prize is so high, the time too short, and the consequences of failure too life threatening? Competing for a $30 million prize, a team is developing an unmanned lunar rover that performs well, perhaps even a bit too well. Aerospace writer Midge McConnell becomes suspicious of...
A brain is, after all is said and done, an interwoven web of electron pathways. From this maze of bio-logic circuitry are manifest the choices and act...
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38,58 zł |
Digital Renaissance
ISBN: 9781481018852 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A story about a dreamer that wants to change the world. After joining a startup accelerator, Mike Marquez comes across an algorithm that can change music creation forever. But soon he will find he is working for the dark side. Through the eyes of Mike, discover an emerging fast growing Asia, discover the startup world and the dynamics of startup accelerators. And above all discover how a new generation thinks about work, about the future and about their dreams and ambitions to make a difference. Set in Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur, the story uncovers the values that guide a young generation of...
A story about a dreamer that wants to change the world. After joining a startup accelerator, Mike Marquez comes across an algorithm that can change mu...
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46,15 zł |
Shadow Catcher
ISBN: 9780425266878 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From James R. Hannibal a veteran combat pilot with Top Secret clearance from the U.S. government comes an electrifying high-tech thriller in the great tradition of Tom Clancy
Over ten years ago, Air Force major Nick Baron was part of a failed special ops mission that left a B-2 stealth bomber at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. Now, leading his men the Triple Seven Chase team Baron must find the bomber and dispose of it for good before any unfriendly nation can steal the onboard technology for its own purposes. But as the team embarks on its mission, there are greater dangers waiting.... From James R. Hannibal a veteran combat pilot with Top Secret clearance from the U.S. government comes an electrifying high-tech thriller in the great...
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96,79 zł |
Vegas Was Her Name
ISBN: 9780982589489 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the world's largest technology convention in Las Vegas, Michael Harris, CEO of a top engineering company, debuts Venus, a humanized computer brain that can predict human behavior. He attracts international attention, including the attention of Rachel, a steamy seducer who cons Michael by concealing a secret of her own. Melissa, Michael's wife, flies to Las Vegas to save her husband and her marriage as the events unfold in the shadows of the Las Vegas Strip. At the world's largest technology convention in Las Vegas, Michael Harris, CEO of a top engineering company, debuts Venus, a humanized computer bra... |
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65,77 zł |
Low and Slow: A Novel of Navy Flight Training Behind Round Engines
ISBN: 9781591091882 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Facing the draft, Dario D'Angelo opts for Navy Flight training becasue he hears that Navy wings of gold are girl magnets.
Facing the draft, Dario D'Angelo opts for Navy Flight training becasue he hears that Navy wings of gold are girl magnets.
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78,49 zł |
The Intruder
ISBN: 9780615746951 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Intruder is a sci-fi/suspense novel set in the year 2065 in and around Washington, D.C. Jeremy Mitchell is a refugee from a separatist, anti-technology community who is a fish out of water in the high-tech society of the 21st century. He recklessly plunges into his new environment and find himself caught in a confusing web of technology and intrigue. After receiving his implant -- the late 21st century equivalent to a smart phone -- Jeremy begins to see, through his implant, images of people who are invisible to everyone else. Jeremy's doctor believes that these images are a psychosis...
The Intruder is a sci-fi/suspense novel set in the year 2065 in and around Washington, D.C. Jeremy Mitchell is a refugee from a separatist, anti-techn...
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46,15 zł |
Shock and Awe
ISBN: 9781481038928 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Colin MacPherson is a disillusioned high school teacher living and working in the Black Rock section of Buffalo, New York. He is on the verge of quitting and pursuing a different profession. Colin's older brother Michael is a Rhodes Scholar, MIT scholarship recipient, and a very well-connected, high-profile Information Technology consultant. Michael pays Colin a visit in Buffalo and tries to persuade him not to quit. Michael asks Colin to consider re-igniting his students' interest in learning by pioneering state-of-the-art technology that Michael can access. Colin is skeptical and rejects...
Colin MacPherson is a disillusioned high school teacher living and working in the Black Rock section of Buffalo, New York. He is on the verge of quitt...
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28,88 zł |
The Day it Rained Forever
ISBN: 9781482560992 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jimmy Anderson: brightest guy in his class, complete idiot around girls. Now he's hearing voices in his head. Is this it? Has he finally lost it completely, his dysfunctional love-life driven him loopy? Or has a future version of himself "really" managed to communicate through time - a lot of time? And how did his future self get to live so long? And what can he do with his future self's knowledge of his own future? Not fix his girlfriend problems, that's for sure. So how about instead tackling more solvable problems like climate change, clean energy and defeating ageing? With occasional...
Jimmy Anderson: brightest guy in his class, complete idiot around girls. Now he's hearing voices in his head. Is this it? Has he finally lost it compl...
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47,30 zł |
Trade Marks
ISBN: 9781484845646 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zugegeben: wir haben Probleme. Gehaufte Probleme. Die Welt auf bedenklichem Kurs. Zur Panik ist trotzdem kein Anlass: Losungen sind schon in Sicht, bahnbrechende Losungen. Prof. Herbert Keppelmann (MPI, ETH, MIT), in die USA immigrierter osterreichischer Grundlagenforscher, hat Ansatze aufgezeigt. Nach seinem, inzwischen zum regelrechten Kultbuch gewordenen, "The Mastering of the Crisis" (2003) wird vom eigens gegrundeten "Institute for Incredible Ideas (iii)" unter starker finanzieller Dotierung durch die "Common Rubber USA Industrial Foundation" an der realen Umsetzung im grossten Stil... Zugegeben: wir haben Probleme. Gehaufte Probleme. Die Welt auf bedenklichem Kurs. Zur Panik ist trotzdem kein Anlass: Losungen sind schon in Sicht... |
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51,92 zł |
Water's Edge
ISBN: 9781484915806 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Someone is polluting the French Broad River in Asheville, North Carolina with benzene. Retired environmental investigator David Samuels and his chemical-sniffing dog Blackout are asked by David's former employer to find out who's doing it and why. David and Blackout get caught up in a chain of events that's more sinister than anyone can imagine. In fact, river pollution is just the beginning of this wild ride. Ultimately, Blackout plays a key role in uncovering the plot -- and David finds out that "retirement" is more than he bargained for "Water's Edge" is an environmental thriller with...
Someone is polluting the French Broad River in Asheville, North Carolina with benzene. Retired environmental investigator David Samuels and his chemic...
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55,39 zł |
Rules of Engagement
ISBN: 9781937868208 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the New York Times Best-Selling Author of DEFCON One. "Exciting and controversial. A powerful novel of the rules of war--and a man who broke them."--W. E. B. Griffin Marine pilot Brad Austin and his carrier-based F-4 Phantom group fly into the heart of enemy territory daily without fear, but the rules of engagement hinder them nearly as much as the North Vietnamese. Restricted from attacking the enemy's MiG bases, Austin and the other American pilots are vulnerable to attack without the ability to retaliate, a weakness that tragically leads to the death of Austin's...
From the New York Times Best-Selling Author of DEFCON One. "Exciting and controversial. A powerful novel of the rules of war--and a ...
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92,35 zł |
Mortified: A Novel about Oversharing
ISBN: 9781939288035 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the age of blogs and omnipresent social media, where is the line between laudable, cathartic honesty and oversharing?
Maggie Kelly started her personal blog for one reason: to prevent her head from exploding with frustration. She is, frankly, tired of at-home motherhood and weary of her husband Michaels frequent absences due to his workaholic ways. She feels like a hostage to marriage and maternity. So when a friend suggests that she create an anonymous blog where she can complain to her hearts content and not have to hold anything back, "Maggie Has Had It" was born. After her... In the age of blogs and omnipresent social media, where is the line between laudable, cathartic honesty and oversharing?
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73,67 zł |
Weitere Trade Marks
ISBN: 9781484911518 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nach Probleme? H. Keppelmanns "Lehrbuch" der Grundlagenforschung "The Mastering of the Crisis" (Chicago 2003) zeigt Losungen auf. Verbluffend. Querdenkerisch. Vom "Institute for Incredible Ideas (iii)" dank weiterer - zugegeben nicht ganz selbstloser - Finanzierung durch "Common Rubber" unbeirrbar auch weiterhin in weitere Tat-Sachen umgewandelt. WEITERE TRADE MARKS(TM) sind die Folge. ... Nach |
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61,16 zł |
The Discovery: A Sean Henderson Book
ISBN: 9781484174234 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Approximately 4.54 billion years ago, during the formation of this blue-green planet Earth, wormholes appeared in space near the forming planet. These wormholes allowed matter from a connected alternate universe to flow into our universe. The matter gradually formed a solid sphere and the force of gravity drew the sphere inexorably toward its traveling companion. Approximately 400 million years ago, the sphere, with a mass of hundreds of thousands of tons, plunged through Earth's primordial atmosphere, broke apart and impacted various areas around the globe where it remained undiscovered...
Approximately 4.54 billion years ago, during the formation of this blue-green planet Earth, wormholes appeared in space near the forming planet. These...
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69,06 zł |
Transmission
ISBN: 9780141008295 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's the twenty-first century, and everything and everyone is connected. Meet Arjun Mehta, an Indian cybergeek catapulted into California's spiralling hi-tech sector; Leela Zahir, beguiling Bollywood actress filming in the midge-infested Scottish wilds; and Guy Swift, hyped-up marketing exec lost in a blue-sky tomorrow of his own devising.
It's the twenty-first century, and everything and everyone is connected. Meet Arjun Mehta, an Indian cybergeek catapulted into California's spiralling...
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92,59 zł |
Ghost
ISBN: 9781416520870 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Former SEAL Michael Harmon, Team Name "Ghost," retired for service injuries, is not enjoying college life. But things are about to change, if not for the better. When he sees a kidnapping a series of, at the time logical, decisions leave him shot to ribbons and battling a battalion of Syrian commandos with only the help of three naked co-eds who answer to the names Bambi, Thumper and Cotton Tail. A fast-paced, highly-sexual, military-action thriller that ranges from a poison factory in the Mideast to the Florida Keys to Siberia, the novel will keep you guessing what twisted fate will bring...
Former SEAL Michael Harmon, Team Name "Ghost," retired for service injuries, is not enjoying college life. But things are about to change, if not for ...
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35,15 zł |
Passion, Sex and Technology
ISBN: 9781483661797 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,54 zł |
Mars North Polar Explorer: and robotic friends
ISBN: 9781490569543 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Artificial Intelligence will be factor in the development of a successful manned mission to Mars. Mars North Polar Explorer is the first in a line of Intelligent robots that is destined to help make the dream of landing men on Mars a reality
Artificial Intelligence will be factor in the development of a successful manned mission to Mars. Mars North Polar Explorer is the first in a line of ...
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46,15 zł |
Everything to Lose
ISBN: 9780062326379 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A determined, (down on her luck, ) mother caring for her handicapped son becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep a twenty year old secret buried in this blistering thriller, set during the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, from Andrew Gross, the New York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds and No Way Back. While driving along a suburban back road, Hilary Blum, who's just lost her job and whose deadbeat husband has left her alone to care for her son with Asperger's, witnesses a freakish accident. A car ahead of her careens down a hill and... A determined, (down on her luck, ) mother caring for her handicapped son becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep a twenty year old secr... |
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118,74 zł |