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Dominique Defert

    Digital Fortress
    The Host
    The Art of Fielding
    The Guardians
    Jennie
    Steve Jobs
    • From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In iSteve: The Book of Jobs, Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs\' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with…

      Steve Jobs
      4.2
    • Podczas ekspedycji naukowej w Afryce, dr Hugo Archibald z Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Bostonie odkrywa małpkę, której matka umiera. Wzruszony, postanawia ją uratować i nadaje jej imię Jennie. Po powrocie do Bostonu, gdzie czekają na niego jego dwoje dzieci, wychowuje ją jak własne. Jennie zaczyna zachowywać się jak człowiek: uczy się jeździć na trójkołowym rowerze, bawi się z rodzeństwem, ubiera się samodzielnie... Jej niewinność i sposób bycia wzruszają wszystkich, którzy ją spotykają. Wkrótce przyciąga uwagę primatologa, który pragnie kontynuować eksperyment, ucząc ją języka migowego. Jednak po zakończeniu eksperymentu, co zostaje z małpki Jennie? Czy znajdzie swoje miejsce w okrutnym świecie ludzi?

      Jennie
      3.0
    • The Guardians

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      He was framed for murder.Now he needs a miracle. 22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.The lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.Finally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.But there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought.

      The Guardians
      4.1
    • The Art of Fielding

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      At Westish College, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for the big leagues until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. His error will upend the fates of five people. [from back cover].

      The Art of Fielding
      3.9
    • The Host

      • 829 pages
      • 30 hours of reading

      The phenomenal #1 bestseller is now a major motion picture: "Startling and addictive. . . . An epic story of love, family, and loyalty." - USA Today Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that takes over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. But Wanderer, the invading "soul" who occupies Melanie's body, finds its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. Soon Wanderer and Melanie--reluctant allies--set off to search for the man they both love. Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human. THE HOST movie opens in theaters on March 29, 2013.

      The Host
      3.9
    • Digital Fortress

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      The NSA's invincible code breaking machine encounters a code that it cannot break. The agency calls in its head cryptographer Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power.

      Digital Fortress
      3.4