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Quantum computing has the promise to be the next huge thing in technology. How do we know that? Look at how much the big players in tech are investing in the technology. Quantum Computing For Dummies preps you for the amazing changes that are coming with the world of computing built on the phenomena of quantum mechanics. Need to know what is it and how does it work? This easy-to-understand book breaks it down and answers your most pressing questions.

Quando John, de 14 anos, caiu em um lago congelado no Missouri em uma manhã de inverno, sua mãe, Joyce Smith, achou que havia perdido tudo. Ao chegar ao hospital, Joyce descobriu que John já estava sem vida havia mais de sessenta minutos. Mas ela não estava pronta para desistir do filho. Joyce reuniu toda a sua fé e força e clamou a Deus em voz alta para salvá-lo. Milagrosamente, o coração de John começou a bater novamente.

When Genevieve Grimm’s mother is killed, Genevieve wants answers nobody can give… until she receives an invitation to Enchantra, a cursed palace filled with temptations and illusions. Arrogant and dangerously handsome, Rowin Silver meets her at the door and refuses to let her inside. But Genevieve finds her own way in… And soon realizes her mistake. Enchantra is a twisted labyrinth of marble and thorns, where Rowin’s family are trapped forever in a deadly game. Now, Genevieve must win or die.

Em Will, uma das maiores personalidades do entretenimento se abre em uma biografia corajosa e inspiradora sobre sucesso, felicidade e conexão humana. Ao longo da narrativa, Will Smith descreve em detalhes uma das jornadas mais incríveis já vividas no mundo da música e do cinema. O processo de transformação de Will Smith de um jovem do oeste da Filadélfia a um dos maiores astros do rap de sua geração e, posteriormente, um dos nomes mais conhecidos de Hollywood é uma narrativa épica — mas é apenas parte da história.

Não se trata de um livro sobre Agostinho. De certa forma, é um livro que Agostinho escreveu sobre cada um de nós. Agostinho passou a vida buscando um lar para sua alma. Nessa trajetória, passou a conhecer como ninguém a natureza humana com seus medos e desejos, frustrações e esperanças. Um peregrino espiritual, ele se tornou também um guia para os corações inquietos, pois sentiu na pele a angústia e a incerteza da procura por respostas. Esse monge e filósofo fez as perguntas que todos querem fazer, e conheceu o sucesso e a frustração que vêm com a caminhada.

Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late 60s and 70s and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.

Set during the Civil War, against a backdrop of grand estates, unimaginable riches, and deadly secrets, three teenagers in Mystic Falls, Virginia, enter a torrid love triangle that will span eternity. Brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore are inseparable, until they meet Katherine, a stunning, mysterious woman who turns their world upside down. Siblings turned rivals, the Salvatores compete for Katherine's affection....

I’ve been desperately looking forward to Christmas in my family’s snowy alpine chalet. Two blissful weeks of skiing, eating, and sneaking off for 'naps' to listen to my favourite audio erotica star. Yes, the man who warms my bed each night may have no idea I exist, but that doesn't stop me fantasising that his spicy stories and filthy words are for my ears only. It's set to be the most relaxing Christmas ever. Until my brother shows up… with an unexpected guest.

One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.

How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture's beloved artists offers a detailed account of her own creative process, inspirations, and unexpected connections. Patti Smith first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession - a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story.

How (Not) to Be Secular is what Jamie Smith calls "your hitchhiker's guide to the present" - it is both a reading guide to Charles Taylor's monumental work, A Secular Age, and philosophical guidance on how we might learn to live in our times. Taylor's landmark book, A Secular Age (2007), provides a monumental, incisive analysis of what it means to live in the post-Christian present - a pluralist world of competing beliefs and growing unbelief. Jamie Smith's book is a compact field guide to Taylor's insightful study of the secular.

Despite all the high-tech tools available to salespeople, the most personal method still works best. Storytelling packs the emotional punch to turn routine presentations into productive relationships. It explains products or services in ways that resonate; it connects people and creates momentum. Stories speak to the part of the brain where decisions are made. Paul Smith, author of the acclaimed Lead with a Story, shifts his best-selling formula to the sales arena.

Barclay Flint is the eccentric proprietor of The Bottle Bank wine shop in Lewes, the small Sussex town renowned for its annual Bonfire Night festival. Barclay can taste a kaleidoscopic universe in a single glass of wine - and will delight in luring you to share in its charms. Barclay passes his days happily matching his customers to the wines of their dreams, but when his friend, struggling regenerative vineyard owner Victor Crawshaw, goes missing, Barclay falls under suspicion and must deploy his wine detection skills to crack the case and clear his name.

The eleven-year collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann is often called the greatest director-composer partnership in cinema history. Their eight films together include such classic thrillers as Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. In Hitchcock and Herrmann, Steven C. Smith delivers an intimate account of how the reserved, but deeply anxious, Hitchcock found his ideal creative partner in the cantankerous, but deeply romantic, Herrmann.

Here's the truth of the matter. If that’s where you are at this moment, you’re not alone. I was in your shoes. I felt those things. I worried about the same exact things. The words "gaslighting" and “emotional abuse” weren’t in my vocabulary back then. I was young and in my first “real” relationship. I didn't have the language or the relationship experience to describe how I was slowly losing trust in my perceptions or how my confidence was eroding one heartbreak at a time. I didn’t recognize the manipulation. His yo-yo treatment was commonplace.

Single, fabulous, and thriving—this is your era. Being single isn't a problem to fix—it’s a lifestyle worth celebrating. Single by Choice is the ultimate feel-good guide for anyone embracing independence with confidence, joy, and a generous splash of humor. Whether you're single by choice, by chance, or somewhere in between, this book is your unapologetic permission slip to ditch outdated relationship rules and build a life that’s rich, fun, and completely your own.

She’s an artist living a quiet life in the Suffolk countryside. He’s the guy who never stopped loving her. When a chance reunion at Christmas brings them together, will they finally find their happy ending?

Praise for Anna Smith's Kerry Casey series 'Martina Cole fans will love this' Daily Mirror 'Will keep you reading into the wee small hours' The Sunday Post 'Gritty, hard-edged, not for the faint-hearted' Sunday Mirror

Olivia Adler’s life is picture-perfect: a behind-the-scenes job she loves in a bustling newsroom, an engagement to golden-boy Wells, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to create the documentary she’s always wanted to make. Then one sleepless night, everything unravels. One message on Wells’s phone shatters her engagement. A second message—an anonymous global email quickly dubbed Soulmail—shakes the world. Delivered to every individual’s inbox, Soulmail reveals the name and birthdate of your soulmate.

Losing her fiancé, Duncan, a year ago changed August. Not only is her dream of becoming a romance author fading fast, she’s exhausted from trying to keep the home that she and Duncan shared. She never writes anymore and hates her waitressing job, but she can’t afford to lose it. Her life has never been such a mess. It’s not what she imagined for herself at thirty-two years old. Not even close.