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Science of Can and Can't

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Question of Science: Why can't penguins fly? And other questions about animals

A science series that answers the funny, sometimes icky questions that kids really ask!

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Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn´t Food ... and Why Can´t We Stop? - van Tulleken Chris

Anotace: Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT and DAILY MAIL as one of their BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023`If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one` Bee Wilson`A devastating, witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we eat and why` Adam Rutherford---An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production ...

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The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (anglicky) - Terry Pratchett

Anotace: The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge scie...

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Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier - Oprah Winfrey

<p>You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of a lifetime.In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness, no matter how challenging your circumstances. Combining their decades of experience studying happiness from every angle, they show you how to improve your life right now -...

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Why We Sleep : The New Science of Sleep and Dreams - Walker Matthew

Anotace: The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert-Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab-reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. <br> Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, ...

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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, 1. vydání - Peter Attia

<p>- THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -This is the ultimate manual for living better and longer.For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of ageing that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late, prol...

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Book of Paper Airplanes

Making Paper Airplanes doesn't feel like science. And it's not quiteart. Near as we can tell, it's magic. Paper Airplanes fly becauseof good, old rel

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The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat (1474619304)

Kniha - autor Tim Spector, 336 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the author of Identically Different comes a new look at nutritional health, showing us that breakthrough research on microbiomes - the microbes in our stomachs - could hold the key to healthy, balanced diets. What should we eat? It's a simple and fundamental question that still bewilders u...

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8 Rules of Love - Jay Shetty

<p>The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science. Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we're often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now. Instead of presenting love as...

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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness (0307452425)

Kniha - autor Robert Whitaker, 416 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná Updated with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with new research, this New York Times bestseller is essential reading for a time when mental health is constantly in the news. In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker...

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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Anotace: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill B...

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World of Weird: A Creepy Compendium of True Stories - Tom Adams

In the 21st century, a scientist uncovers their Victorian ancestor’s notebook in a box. This ancestor is Dr McCreebor – an eminent explorer, philosopher and collector of the very strange and truly creepy. Dr McCreebor's book is filled with the dark and disturbing stories he has collected on his travels around the world. And now, after over 125 years in a dusty attic, Dr M...

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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found - Lees Jordan

Anotace: The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. Discover a world of magic and secrets, friendship and unimaginable quests in this spectacular new fantasy series from the most exciting new voice in children`s books.A boy who doesn`t believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his min...

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A Short History of Nearly Everything, 1. vydání - Bill Bryson

<p>Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, b...

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Map of Salt and Stars - Jennifer Zeynab Maccani

Anotace: This powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart-a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker's apprentice. <br> This "beguiling" (Seattle Times) and stunning novel begins in the summer of 2011. Nour has just lost her fathe...

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Not in Love: From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

<p>A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on; the financial stability she yearned for as a kid; and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promis...

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Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You - Ali Abdaal

<p>'The master of productivity.' Steven Bartlett, creator of Diary of a CEO'The book we've all been waiting for.' Dr Julie Smith, author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?'This book will free you from the guilt and shame of feeling like you're not doing enough and guide you to accomplish more than you ever dreamed of.' Jay Shetty, author of Think Like a Monk and...

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The Remarkable Life of the Skin : An intimate journey across our surface - Monty Lyman

<p>How does our diet affect our skin? What makes the skin age? And why can’t we tickle ourselves?</p> <p>Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest, fastest growing and yet least understood organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and phy...

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Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You - Abdaal Ali

Anotace: `The master of productivity.` Steven Bartlett, creator of Diary of a CEO`The book we`ve all been waiting for.` Dr Julie Smith, author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?`This book will free you from the guilt and shame of feeling like you`re not doing enough and guide you to accomplish more than you ever dreamed of.` Jay Shetty, author of Think Like a Monk an...

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Glucose Revolution : The life-changing power of balancing your blood sugar - Jessie Inchauspé

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***"Jessie (a.k.a. the Glucose Goddess) takes you on a fun and informative journey to understand how food affects your sugar spikes and your health. This practical guide is full of wonderful tips and hacks on how and what to eat; a must for anyone who wants to understand their body and improve their health." - Professor Tim ...

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Kingdom of Pages: The Wandering Watchers: Band 15/Emerald (Collins Big Cat) - Mohrweis Michelle

Anotace: Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. Join Cl...

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Yellowfin

Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.

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Narrative Inquiry

Shows how narrative inquiry can be used in educational and social science research. Tracing the origins of narrative inquiry in the social sciences, t

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Quietus

Atransdimensional anthropologist can't keep herself from interfering with Earth'sdarkest period of history in this brilliant science fiction debut

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Sound: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction explores the science of sound and its nature, hearing and harmony. Considering sound we can't hear, the author also cover

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Invisible Universe

A guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can’t see from a dazzling new voice in popular science

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You've Been Werewolfed

When Tyler is sent to summer camp, she can't resist packing one of her latest science projects - the Hologramaphone 3000. Problem is, some the phone's

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Invisible Universe

A guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can’t see from a dazzling new voice in popular science

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Little Book about the Big Bang

Tony Rothman offers a primer on the science of the big bang and the questions we still can’t answer about the origins of the universe. Enlisting thoug

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Fullmetal Alchemist: A New Beginning - Inoue Makoto

Anotace: Complete the Fullmetal experience with these best-selling novels featuring original stories.Somewhere between magic, art and science exists a world of alchemy. And into this world travel Edward and Alphonse Elric-two brothers in search of the Philosopher`s Stone, the ultimate alchemical treasure!Winry, childhood friend of the Elric brothers, is ecstatic to advan...

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How To Prevent the Next Pandemic - Bill Gates

<p>The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this?Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and in this book he lays out c...

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Script: Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits - CD (0194399381328)

Hudební CD - The Script je tříčlenná skupina z Dublinu, která byla založená v roce 2001 a na tomto CD najde to nejlepší. The Script je tříčlenná skupina z Dublinu, která byla založená v roce 2001 a na tomto CD najde to nejlepší. Rok vydání : 2021 (kompilace) Seznam stop CD Breakeven / The Man Who Can't Be Moved / For The First Time / Nothing / Hall Of Fame / If Y...

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Build the Life You Want - Oprah Winfrey

<p>You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of a lifetime.In Build the Life You Want, Harvard Professor Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness, no matter how challenging your circumstances. Combining their decades of experience studying happiness from every angle, they show you how to improve you...

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What if? - Randall Munroe

<p>Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to im...

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Not in Love - Ali Hazelwood

Anotace: A forbidden, secret affair proves that all`s fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promi...

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Influence (0063136899)

Kniha - autor Robert B. Cialdini, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for influence and persuasion—a renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold—now revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications.In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert Ci...

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Iron Widow - Zhao Xiran Jay

Anotace: The instant #1 New York Times bestseller, now available in a stunning new paperback look with bonus content.Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid`s Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond th...

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Iron Widow, 1. vydání - Xiran Jay Zhao

<p>The instant #1 New York Times bestseller, now available in a stunning new paperback look with bonus content. Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond...

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe (1529331056)

Kniha - autor Daniel Whiteson; Jorge Cham, 368 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Why can't I travel back in time? Is there another version of me out there? Will time ever stop? What would a bowl of Higgs bosons taste like? Inspired by their hugely popular pop-science podcast (over one million downloads) in Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe, ph...

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The Choice - Jakub Trpiš

Anotace: A bestseller that can change your life `´I dream of a world in flames: nuclear bombs falling on cities, consuming them like cancer; surviving in underground shelters, where we slowly turn into animals. These dreams are so lifelike. I´m afraid that one day I´m going to want to wake up, only to find it´s too late.´´ Tomáš is a young man in the prime of life. T...

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Harley Hitch and the Fossil Mystery - Hardy Vashti

Anotace: In this third book in the series, Harley goes on a time-twisting adventure! On a school trip to the Inventia Jurassic Coast, Harley finds an unusual fossil. Has she discovered an entirely new species of dinosaur? Her class nemesis, Fenelda, doesn`t believe it, so Harley decides to build a time machine to prove the discovery and win ...

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Dirty Vegan - Matt Pritchard

<p>FROM THE BBC'S FIRST EVER VEGAN COOKERY PROGRAMME ** From the ex presenter of the cult TV show Dirty Sanchez, Matt Pritchard, comes the BBC's first ever (and long overdue) vegan cookery programme and accompanying book. In this television tie-in, Matt shows you just how easy and cheap it can be to go vegan and how the right nutrition can help you perform bett...

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment - Kahneman Daniel

Anotace: From the world-leaders in strategic thinking and the multi-million copy bestselling authors of Thinking Fast and Slow and Nudge, the next big book to change the way you think.Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients - or that two judges in the same court give different sentences to people who have committed matchin...

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, 1. vydání - Daniel Kahneman

<p>From the world-leaders in strategic thinking and the multi-million copy bestselling authors of Thinking Fast and Slow and Nudge, the next big book to change the way you think. Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients - or that two judges in the same court give different sentences to people who have committed matc...

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Loathe to Love You - Hazelwood Ali

Anotace: Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes t...

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What If?

Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to importan...

What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - Munroe Randall

Anotace: CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF THE MILLION-SELLING POP SCIENCE CLASSIC WITH A SPECIAL EDITION. THIS IS WHAT IF? . . . x10.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`Nerd royalty` BEN GOLDACRE `Totally brilliant` TIM HARFORD`Required reading across the world` NEW YORK TIMESFrom the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you pr...

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What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - Randall Munroe

<p>CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF THE MILLION-SELLING POP SCIENCE CLASSIC WITH A SPECIAL EDITION. THIS IS WHAT IF? . . . x10.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Nerd royalty' BEN GOLDACRE 'Totally brilliant' TIM HARFORD'Required reading across the world' NEW YORK TIMESFrom the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you pro...

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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (9781848549562)

Kniha - autor Randall Munroe, 320 stran, anglicky Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com...

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The Choice - Jakub Trpiš

<p></p><p> A bestseller that can change your life</p> <p> <em>‘’I dream of a world in flames: nuclear bombs falling on cities, consuming them like cancer; surviving in underground shelters, where we slowly turn into animals. These dreams are so lifelike. I’m afraid that one day I’m going to want to wake up, only to find it’s too late....

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The Cartographers - Shepherd Peng

Anotace: There are some maps you can lose yourself in...Nell Young has lived her life in and around maps. Her father, Dr. David Young, was one of the most respected cartographers in the world. But this morning he was found dead - or murdered? - in his office at the New York Public Library.Nell hadn`t spoken to her father in years, ever since he fired her after an argumen...

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Smil Václav

Anotace: We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don`t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works ...

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Václav Smil

<p>We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works o...

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Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (but were too afraid to ask) - Muir Kate

Anotace: `I have huge respect for Kate. A forensic journalist and menopause warrior.` Davina McCallAn eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to the perimenopause and menopause written by campaigner, journalist and documentary-maker Kate Muir. Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (and were too afraid to ask) is the thinking woman`s guide to the menopause, bringing ...

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The Sanctuary: the gripping must-read thriller by the Sunday Times bestselling author - Murray Andrew Hunter

Anotace: There`s no way back from paradise. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Day, this high-concept thriller will provoke and grip you from the very first page . . .`Imaginative and intriguing ... Sucks you in and doesn`t let you leave until the very last page` Anthony Horowitz`Smoothly written, thought provoking ... with an effective shocker of an en...

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Loathe to Love You - Ali Hazelwood

<p>Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to l...

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Remixes 81>04 Deluxe 2CD Limited Edition 1. vydání (Depeche Mode Remixes 81··04 CD edition)

Sběratelské 2 CD album Depeche Mode Remixes 81··04 1.vydání. CD 1 obsahuje: Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix) 9:31 Policy Of Truth (Capitol Mix) 8:00 Shout (Rio Remix) 7:31 Home (Air 'Around The Golf' Remix) 3:55 Strangelove (Blind Mix) 6:33 Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix) 5:26 I Feel You (Renegade Soundwave Afghan Surgery Mix) 4:57 Barrel Of A Gun (Underworld Har...

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Academia : School Simulator

Build a high school with fantastic facilities like science labs, basketball courts, and art rooms, or do the bare minimum and live off government subsidies! Will you offer your delinquent students counseling, or simply send them to detention to let them waste their lives away? Will you hire the best teachers or cheap out and build giant classrooms with a 1:100 teacher to ...

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Academia : School Simulator (PC)

Build a high school with fantastic facilities like science labs, basketball courts, and art rooms, or do the bare minimum and live off government subsidies! Will you offer your delinquent students counseling, or simply send them to detention to let them waste their lives away? Will you hire the best teachers or cheap out and build giant classrooms with a 1:100 teacher to ...

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