Cloudmoney take us to the frontlines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom: it is a captivating tour of the world of money that also asks the most important questions about our future. We are often told that the move towards a cashless society is 'natural progress', but there is seldom reference to the powerful groups that are vigorously pushing for it. What happens when physical money is replaced completely by digital transactions? In the great battle for global monopolization, different 'watchers' are trying to capture and hoard data. Google has search patterns revealing your desires, fetishes and intellectual interests. Facebook has a treasure trove of its users' special moments and projections of vanity. Yet, if we really want to see what a person is motivated to act upon in society, we should examine their payments data. In our large-scale modern economies, a significant amount of a person's life is spent buying things, and this data provides a clear idea of their priorities, habits and beliefs. However, the great information firewall is being completely offline, leaving data black holes. In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure set up by an alliance of partners, including financial institutions, governments and international agencies, to wage a covert cold war against cash. Who benefits from a cashless society and who is left behind? And will the departure of cash also signal the departure of true privacy?
4865 Руб.
Durable Material: Made of PC and TPU material, strong and durable. Protection: Fully protects the device from scratches, dirt, tear and wear. Card slot: The rear card slot can hold multiple cards such as credit cards, debit cards, ID cards or cash as you like. Stand design: The card slot on the flip cover can be used as a mobile phone stand after opening, which makes it more convenient for you to watch hands-free horizontally. Screen and Camera Protection: Raised edges protect your screen and camera from scratches and drops. Full Access Precise Cutouts: Precise cutouts for easy access to all ports and buttons without removing the case.
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Durable Material: Made of PC and TPU material, strong and durable. Protection: Fully protects the device from scratches, dirt, tear and wear. Card slot: The rear card slot can hold multiple cards such as credit cards, debit cards, ID cards or cash as you like. Stand design: The card slot on the flip cover can be used as a mobile phone stand after opening, which makes it more convenient for you to watch hands-free horizontally. Screen and Camera Protection: Raised edges protect your screen and camera from scratches and drops. Full Access Precise Cutouts: Precise cutouts for easy access to all ports and buttons without removing the case.
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Durable Material: Made of PC and TPU material, sturdy and durable. Protection: Fully protects the device from normal scratches, dirt, tears and wear. Card slot: The rear card slot can hold multiple cards such as credit cards, debit cards, ID cards or cash as you like. Screen and Camera Protection: Raised edges protect your screen and camera from scratches and drops. Full Access Precise Cutouts: Precise cutouts for speaker, charging port, audio port and buttons. All ports and buttons are easily accessible without removing the case.
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Ernest Hemingway’s iconic first novel, published in 1926, tracks the Lost Generation of the 1920s from the nightclubs of Paris to the bullfighting arenas of Spain. The Sun Also Rises is both a tragic love story and a searing group portrait of hapless American expatriates drinking, dancing, and chasing their illusions in post-World War I Europe. The man at its centre, world-weary journalist Jake Barnes, is burdened both by a wound acquired in the war and by his utterly hopeless love for the extravagantly decadent Lady Brett Ashley. When Jake, Brett and their friends leave Paris behind and converge in Pamplona for the annual festival of the running of the bulls, tensions among the various rivals for Brett’s wayward affections build to a devastating climax. Hemingway, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, has exerted a lasting influence on fiction in English. His signature prose style, tersely powerful and concealing more than it reveals, arguably reached its apex in this modernist masterpiece.
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The "Compact Slim Thin Credit Card PU Leather Wallet" is the perfect accessory for both men and women. Made from soft and durable PU leather, this wallet offers a sleek and stylish design in a classic brown color. The wallet features multiple card slots, allowing you to carry all your essential credit cards, ID cards, and even a driver's license. There is also a clear window slot for easy access to your ID card or a photo of your loved ones. Additionally, there is a spacious compartment for storing cash, receipts, or even a small number of coins.
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The "Compact Slim Thin Credit Card PU Leather Wallet" is the perfect accessory for both men and women. Made from soft and durable PU leather, this wallet offers a sleek and stylish design in a classic black color. The wallet features multiple card slots, allowing you to carry all your essential credit cards, ID cards, and even a driver's license. There is also a clear window slot for easy access to your ID card or a photo of your loved ones. Additionally, there is a spacious compartment for storing cash, receipts, or even a small number of coins.
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Universal Folk Oracle introduces 44 wise young women, attired in rich colors and patterns to reflect the complexity of our inner selves and the various stages of our growth. The artist has created this culturally nonspecific "universal folk" style to help us bond together as a unified world community. For each card, a healing crystal is also identified to help with your intuitive inquiries and self-care practices. Universal Folk Oracle guides us to discover and master our own universe. Includes 44-cards and 68-page illustrated guidebook with insights and suggestions for readings, meditation and daily practices.
3459 Руб.
Universal Folk Oracle introduces 44 wise young women, attired in rich colors and patterns to reflect the complexity of our inner selves and the various stages of our growth. The artist has created this culturally nonspecific "universal folk" style to help us bond together as a unified world community. For each card, a healing crystal is also identified to help with your intuitive inquiries and self-care practices. Universal Folk Oracle guides us to discover and master our own universe. Includes 44-cards and 68-page illustrated guidebook with insights and suggestions for readings, meditation and daily practices.
3459 Руб.
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Lady of the Lake" is one of the most famous narrative poems of the nineteenth century. It consists of six cantos, describing three exciting plotlines: the contest among Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme for the love of Ellen Douglas; uneasy relations between King James V and James Douglas; and the war between the Lowland and the Highland clans of Scotland.
615 Руб.
2,200 miles. 47 days. One remarkable journey. In July 2015, ultramarathon legend Scott Jurek smashed the world record for running the Appalachian Trail, the sprawling mountain path that runs nearly the entire length of the United States. For nearly seven weeks straight, Jurek battled the elements to run, hike and stumble 50 miles every single day. A tale of mind-boggling physical exertion, pressure and endurance, North reveals the extraordinary lengths to which we can push our bodies and our minds.
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When Jenny Humphrey arrived at Waverly Academy, the student body immediately started buzzing about her and her body. She quickly caught the eye of three of the hottest guys on campus, kissed two of them, and made one her boyfriend: the adorable Easy Walsh. Too bad Easy just happened to belong to somebody else - Jenny's roommate, Callie Vernon. It didn't take long for powerful Tinsley Carmichael to tell Callie their sweet-faced new roommate was really a manipulative skank. So what if Tinsley herself stole a guy out from under their other roommate Brett Messerschmidt's perky little nose? Then Callie and Tinsley threw Jenny and Brett out of their ultra-exclusive club. And just like that, it was war. Now the four roommates have been split up across enemy lines - Jenny and Callie are living together in Dumbarton 303, and Brett and Tinsley are seemingly miles away downstairs. What will happen when Easy sneaks in to see Jenny . . . but finds Callie instead? And what if Brett discovers the one secret Tinsley's kept hidden for years? Everyone at Waverly is watching and whispering. With girls this wild, anything can happen, but only one can be it.
483 Руб.
A visual history of Tarot To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective human story. For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. Hundreds of years and hundreds of creative hands—mystics and artists often working in collaboration—have transformed what was essentially a parlor game into a source of divination and system of self-exploration, as each new generation has sought to evolve the form and reinterpret the medium. Author Jessica Hundley traces this fascinating history in Tarot, the debut volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series. The book explores the symbolic meaning behind more than 500 cards and works of original art, two thirds of which have never been published outside of the decks themselves. It's the first ever visual compendium of its kind, spanning from Medieval to modern, and artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the 78 cards of the Major and Minor Arcana. It explores the powerful influence of Tarot as muse to artists like Salvador Dali and Niki de Saint Phalle and includes the decks of nearly 100 diverse contemporary artists from around the world, all of whom have embraced the medium for its capacity to push cultural identity forward. Rounding out the volume are excerpts from thinkers such as Eliphas Levi, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell; a foreword by artist Penny Slinger; a guide to reading the cards by Johannes Fiebig; and an essay on oracle decks by Marcella Kroll.
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Acclaimed historian and TV presenter Michael Scott guides us through an epic story spanning ten centuries to create a bold new reading of the classical era for our globalised world. Scott challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers and empires that swept across Central Asia to India and China - resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history. With stunning range and richness Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers and characters of antiquity shared ambitions and crises, ways of thinking and forms of governing: connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved, mighty armies clashed, universal religions were born and our modern world was foreshadowed. Scott focuses on three epochal 'moments' across the ancient globe, and their profound wider significance: from 509-8 BCE (birth of Athenian democracy and Rome's republic, also the age of Confucius's teachings in China); to 218 BCE (when Hannibal of Carthage challenged Rome and China saw its first emperor); to 312 CE, when Constantine sought to impose Christianity on the Roman world even as Buddhism was pervading China via the vast trading routes we now know as the 'Silk Roads.' A major work of global history, Michael Scott's enthralling journey challenges the way we think about our past, re-draws the map of the classical age to reveal its hidden connections, and shows us how ancient history has lessons for our own times.
3335 Руб.
Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Lady of the Lake" is one of the most famous narrative poems of the nineteenth century. It consists of six cantos, describing three exciting plotlines: the contest among Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme for the love of Ellen Douglas; uneasy relations between King James V and James Douglas; and the war between the Lowland and the Highland clans of Scotland.
685 Руб.
Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Lady of the Lake" is one of the most famous narrative poems of the nineteenth century. It consists of six cantos, describing three exciting plotlines: the contest among Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme for the love of Ellen Douglas; uneasy relations between King James V and James Douglas; and the war between the Lowland and the Highland clans of Scotland.
685 Руб.