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ماذا لو كان شريكك في التحقيق… ليس إنسانًا؟ في تجربة حكومية غير مسبوقة، تُجبر رئيسة المباحث «كات فرانك» على العمل مع «لوك»، ذكاء اصطناعي تجريبي بهيئة بشرية، لاختبار مستقبل العمل الشرطي، وذلك أثناء التحقيق في سلسلة من حالات الاختفاء الغامضة. «كات» تعتمد على الحدس والخبرة الإنسانية، و«لوك» لا يثق إلا في الأرقام والخوارزميات. لكن هذه القضية ليست عادية؛ كاميرات مراقبة متوقفة، آثار رقمية ممحوّة، وملفات بلا أي خيط واضح. هل هناك مَن يتلاعب بكل ما هو رقمي.. بلا أثر؟ بينما تتقدم التحقيقات، تكتشف «كات» أن هناك قاسمًا مشتركًا واحدًا بين جميع المفقودين، قاسمًا لا تراه الخوارزميات، لكن يلتقطه حدسها فورًا: ابنها «كام». وعندما يختفي «كام» بدوره، يتحول التحقيق إلى سباق مع الزمن، وإلى مواجهة شخصية مع الماضي، ومع سؤال أخطر: هل يمكن للذكاء الاصطناعي أن يفهم الإنسان عندما تصبح حياته على المحك؟ «في غمضة عين» رواية مشوقة تمزج بين الجريمة والخيال العلمي، عن الفقد والأمومة، وعن صراع الذكاء البشري مع الذكاء الاصطناعي، وعن ذلك الحد الفاصل الدقيق بين العبقرية.. والجنون.

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators. As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection but on extinction.

في زمنٍ ينهار فيه كل شيء، وتقترب البشرية من حافّة الفناء، تبدأ الحكايات الأخيرة في التكوّن. حكايات عن مدنٍ سقطت، وأحلامٍ تحوّلت إلى كوابيس، وأسرارٍ تُروى قبل أن يختفي آخر من يتذكرها. في “يوميات آخر البشر”، يصحبنا د. نبيل فاروق في رحلة بين عوالم من الخيال العلمي والرعب والغموض، حيث لا يكون الإنسان دائمًا البطل… وأحيانًا لا يكون حتى الناجي الأخير. فهل ستكشف هذه اليوميات عن الأمل… أم عن النهاية التي لا مفرّ منها؟

A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber - but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is Decima Mullins, who calls on the help of private detective Cormoran Strike as she's certain the body in the silver vault was that of her boyfriend - the father of her newborn baby - who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. The more Strike and his business partner Robin Ellacott delve into the case, the more labyrinthine it gets. The silver shop is no ordinary one: it's located beside Freemasons' Hall and specializes in Masonic silverware. And in addition to the armed robber and Decima's boyfriend, it becomes clear that there are other missing men who could fit the profile of the body in the vault. As the case becomes ever more complicated and dangerous, Strike faces another quandary. Robin seems increasingly committed to her boyfriend, policeman Ryan Murphy, but the impulse to declare his own feelings for her is becoming stronger than ever. A gripping, wonderfully complex novel which takes Strike and Robin's story to a new level, The Hallmarked Man is an unmissable read for any fan of this unique series.

Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

ماذا لو تحطمت مركبتكَ الفضائية على كوكبٍ غامض تشعر فيه كأنكَ على أرض الوطن؟ لكن سرعان ما يتكشف لكَ الكابوس؛ تصبح طريدًا ومصدرًا لخطرٍ أكيد، لمجرد أنكَ من بني البشر. في عالمٍ تسود فيه القردة جنسًا ساميًا، وينحدر البشر إلى سلالة دنيا، تنقلب الحياة رأسًا على عقب ولا يعرف أوليس ميرو كيف له أن يفكر؟ أن يحيا؟ وإلى أين المفر؟
في أول ترجمة عربية معتمدة عن الفرنسية، للرواية التي ألهمت صُنَّاع السينما بإحدى أشهر الملاحم السينمائية، ينتظرك في “كوكب القردة” تحدٍّ من نوعٍ فريد، هل أنتَ على يقينٍ حقًّا بما ظننتَ يومًا أنكَ تعرفه؟

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule. Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.

Title in This Set:

1. See Inside Your Body
2. See Inside How Things Work
3. See Inside The Solar System
4. See Inside: General Knowledge
5. See Inside: The World of Dinosaurs

Description:

See Inside Your Body
Fabulous flap book that reveals the inner workings of the human body. Bright, original colour illustrations and diagrams display all the major organs of the human body and are accompanied by witty, clear and informative text. Contains over fifty embedded flaps that children can lift to reveal extra detail. Written with expert advice from Dr. Zoe Fritz, a Consultant Physician and Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine at Cambridge University.

See Inside How Things Work
An amazing flap book packed with inventions, machines, gadgets and devices, and facts and information about how they work. Over 90 flaps reveal the insides of car engines, toilets, escalators, submarines and microwaves and many, many other machines. Includes internet links to websites with animations, games and experiments.

See Inside The Solar System
Blast off to explore our Solar System - from the fearsome heat of the Sun to the freezing distant planets, plus moons, asteroids and more. Discover how humans are planning to visit Mars, what you would weigh on Jupiter and what makes Venus so deadly.

See Inside: General Knowledge
Over 135 flaps to uncover fascinating facts such as what karaoke means in Japanese, how the Mona Lisa got her name and how many people are descended from Genghis Khan.

Divided into subjects such as Living Things, Science Lab, Treasure Trove, and When Did It Happen? with topics including the periodic table, the formation of the Earth, saltwater crocodiles, the great pyramid of Giza and lots more.

Ideal for improving general knowledge and guaranteed to keep fact-loving, question-asking children entertained for hours.

See Inside: The World of Dinosaurs
A fabulous flap book with over 50 flaps to lift, offering a glimpse into the prehistoric world of the dinosaurs. Stunning illustrations show how dinosaurs lived, hunted and how they died out. Flaps reveal extra facts, information and surprises.