Twenty-first century Tokyo. Rez, one of the world's biggest rock stars, is about to marry Rei Toei, Japan's biggest media star. The only problem is, Rei Toei--the "Idoru"--exists only in virtual reality.
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What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York, a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed, however,... Læs mere
The last of the Sprawl trilogy: the AIs of Neuromancer have suffered a traumatized, cataclysmic coming to self-awareness and now haunt cyberspace as voodoo powers.
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How Great Britain was born - from the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 to the Great Exhibition in London of 1851.
GOLDA'S BALCONY
Both a detailed, wide ranging history of the church in the eighteenth century and a fresh and stimulating re-evaluation of the nature of Anglicanism and its role in society.
The reign of James II was a dramatic failure in Wales. He became King when Welsh loyalty to the crown and church was strong. But his attacks on the church and his own adherents in Wales meant that loyalty to him quickly drained away.