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Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for midlevel players (1000-1600 Elo rating) teaches you everything you need to know to transform your approach to chess and elevate your gameplay as you face more challenging opponents. How to Win at Chess, Next Level takes a deep dive into the crucial aspects of evolving into an advanced player: pawn play, piece play, tactics, attacking, defending, converting winning positions, endgames, and-most important-how to make a winning plan. Including over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations and exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman's online teaching platform, this book is packed with practical advice and strategies. Rozman also shares best practices for how to leverage powerful tools like chess engines, game analysis, chess bots, and training puzzles, to help broaden your knowledge and secure more victories. Whether you're aiming to defeat your friends or become a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess, Next Level is guaranteed to enrich your understanding of the game and elevate your skills!

<b>Who really rules our future? </b><br/><br/>When Silicon Valley says it is 'moving fast and breaking things', the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Duran reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.<br/><br/>Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Duran traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in <i>The Sovereign Individual</i> by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles - Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan and Elon Musk - and shows how the promise of technological liberation has transformed into a global movement for digital feudalism, powered by cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and the algorithmic propaganda of social media.<br/><br/><i>The Nerd Reich</i> explains the origins, strategies and ambitions of Silicon Valley's war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco's manipulated elections and secret billionaire projects to the corridors of Downing Street and the White House, Duran exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order.

<b>This hardcover edition celebrates the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestseller that set our sights on Mars and inspired the major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, with special features including:<br/><br/>- Intricately designed sprayed edges<br/>- New cover art on a deluxe jacket<br/>- Full-color illustrated endpapers<br/>- A custom-stamped case</b><br/><br/><b>A mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man's struggle to survive. From the author of <i>Project Hail Mary</i> comes "a hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire" (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>).</b><br/><br/><b>"Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling."-<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br/><br/>Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.<br/><br/>Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.<br/><br/>After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive-and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.<br/><br/>Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.<br/><br/>But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills-and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit-he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?<br/><b><br/>NAMED ONE OF <i>PASTE</i>'S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE<br/></b><br/>"A hugely entertaining novel [that] reads like a rocket ship afire . . . Weir has fashioned in Mark Watney one of the most appealing, funny, and resourceful characters in recent fiction."<b>-<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br/><br/>"As gripping as they come . . . You'll be rooting for Watney the whole way, groaning at every setback and laughing at his pitchblack humor. Utterly nail-biting and memorable."<b>-<i>Financial Times</i></b>

Det har blivit en tradition att släppa en årskalender med inspirerande citat ur Paulo Coelhos böcker och vackra illustrationer av Catalina Estrada, och 2027 är inget undantag. Temat för året är magi och citaten är valda med detta i åtanke. En kalender som är så mycket mer: en daglig följeslagare som motiverar sina läsare att knyta an till starka livsvärden. Paulo Coelhos böcker lär oss att vara öppna för nya möten och de äventyr som livet ger oss.

<b>A STUNNING DELUXE EDITION OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard</b><br/><br/><b>A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science, with special features including:</b><br/><br/>Intricately designed stenciled edges <br/><br/>New cover art on a deluxe jacket <br/><br/>Full-color illustrated endpapers <br/><br/>A gorgeous custom-stamped case<br/><br/>HUGO AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: Parade, Newsweek, New York Public Library, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal

Music Sets You Free [Bok / Inbunden]

<b>Legendary comic book creator John Byrne returns to the title he first drew 50 years ago, </b><i><b>Uncanny X-Men</b></i><b>, with this one-of-a-kind new graphic novel series</b><i><b>, X-Men: Elsewhen</b></i><b>. This three-volume graphic novel series picks up the story from Byrne's original run, taking the characters in new and unexpected directions.</b><br/><br/>In Volume 1 of <i>X-Men: Elsewhen</i>, the Dark Phoenix Saga is over and Phoenix is . . . alive?!<br/><br/>Diverging from the epic finale of the original storyline from 1984, <i>X-Men: Elsewhen</i> presents a universe where Jean Grey's powers and intellect have been greatly reduced, and from there, everything you thought you know about the X-Men is forever changed.<br/><br/>John Byrne's monumental return to the X-Men heads in entirely new and surprising directions, as the X-Men head back to the Savage Land, face their climactic adventure with the Sentinels, and contend with special guest-stars such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four along the way.<br/><br/><i>X-Men: Elsewhen</i> is a three-volume graphic novel series in the Marvel Arts line that sees the return of acclaimed <i>X-Men</i> artist Byrne decades after his last work on the series. Byrne has written and penciled every page and inked multiple chapters, all of which pick up the story from where his first go-round ended, taking this beloved lineup of characters-and his fans-in exciting new directions.