The comic, titled “Action Comics No. 1,” is described as the most important comic book ever published, featuring a version of Superman that was later used in subsequent comics and movies.

The comic also marks the first appearance of Lois Lane, the journalist whom Superman falls in love with.

The previous record for the sale of a comic book was also held by a Superman issue, which sold for $5.3 million in 2022.

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Innumerable motifs ornament the architecture of the French capital each a minor masterpiece of fine design and ironwork artistry. Exquisite, neverbefore- published watercolors and ink drawings by French illustrator Dominique Mathez bring each building s beautiful exterior to life.

Away from the over-celebrated monuments and landmarks, the city s true, subtle charm emerges, distilled in a striking invitation to take a new look and rediscover its architecture through the ages.

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No one can get in or out. Apart from him. King Midas, who rescued me from the streets. Who gave me food, shelter, and his heart. Who I promised to love forever. But everything I thought I knew about King Midas is shattered when political upheaval sees me sent across kingdoms to a future I no longer understand.

The world has only ever heard his story. Now it’s time to hear mine.

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In Tech Boss Lady, Adriana Gascoigne dives into the gritty, raw side of startups. She shares her own story – of defying Silicon Valley’s boy’s club and founding the largest organization for female entrepreneurs in the world – as well as candid true tales from more than 20 leading women in tech.

The result: a no-nonsense guide for the entrepreneur, intrapreneur and Tech Boss Lady within each of us.

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Only through knowledge of Kissinger’s early life (as a Jew in Hitler’s Germany, a poor immigrant in New York, a GI at the Battle of the Bulge, an interrogator of Nazis, and a student of history at Harvard) can we understand his debt to the philosophy of idealism.

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A decade after its first publication, the bestselling monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available in a new paperback edition. Documenting the life and work of one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design, the book presents an array of sketches, photographs, and correspondences, charting the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, an artist who continues to fascinate those inside and outside the architectural world. 

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He managed Yugoslavia’s internal tensions through personality, the force of will, and political oppression. It was only after his death in 1980 that the true scale of this feat was understood.

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„It was the fourth time he had travelled along the Magdalena, and he could not escape the impression that he was retracing the steps of his life“

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The story quickly shot to the top of the paper’s most emailed list. It would earn the team of Times reporters a prestigious Loeb award, the George Polk award, and a spot on the Pulitzer short list. But it only skimmed the surface.

The investigation’s lead reporters, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang, spent eighteen months piecing together the story of how one of the most powerful companies in the world tried to bury a damning truth-that Facebook has become a conduit for disinformation, hate speech, and political propaganda. The unrivalled sources of these two veteran journalists led them to perhaps the most recognizable names in the tech industry: Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. Both have long existed as archetypes of uniquely 21st century executives-he, the tech “boy genius” turned billionaire, she, the ultimate woman in business, an inspiration to millions through her books and speeches.

An Ugly Truth is the definitive story of Facebook’s fall from grace, following the embattled company from 2011, when its power and positive influence was undisputed, to 2020, when it will face its biggest test yet-the US presidential election. What are the ultimate ramifications when a few individuals are in charge of the technology used by half the world’s population? Can they control the technology they’ve unleashed into the world? And if not, can we, as individuals and as a society, control them?

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How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It’s full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.

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Named one of best summer reads by Parade and PopSugar!

When an American woman inherits the wealth of her Taiwanese family, she travels to confront them about their betrayals of the past in this stunning debut by Lyn Liao Butler.

Lexa Thomas has never quite fit in. Having grown up in a family of blondes while more closely resembling Constance Wu, she’s neither white enough nor Asian enough. Visiting her father in Taiwan as a child, Lexa thought she’d finally found a place where she belonged. But that was years ago, and even there, some never truly considered her to be a part of the family.

When her estranged father dies unexpectedly, leaving the fate of his Taiwanese family in Lexa’s hands, she is faced with the choice to return to Taiwan and claim her place in her heritage . . . or leave her Taiwanese family to lose their home for good. Armed with the advice of two half-sisters (one American and the other Taiwanese, who can’t stand each other), a mother who has reevaluated her sexuality, a man whose kisses make her walk into walls, and her self-deprecating humor, Lexa finds the courage to leave the comfort of New York City to finally confront the person who drove her away all those decades ago.

With fond memories of eating through food markets in Taiwan and forming a bond with a sister she never knew she had, Lexa unravels the truth of that last fateful summer and realizes she must stand up for herself and open her heart to forgiveness, or allow the repercussions of her family’s choices to forever dictate the path of her life.

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“In 1704, the scientist Isaac Newton published Opticks, the result of many years of researching light and color. By splitting white light, Newton identified the visible range of colours or the rainbow spectrum. In Opticks, he built a color system around his findings, and he visualised this system in a circular shape, making it one of the first printed color wheels.

Alexandra Loske

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When No Logo was first published, it became an instant bestseller and international phenomenon. Its riveting expose of the branded and corporate world in which we live became a rallying cry for rebellion and self-determination. Engaging, humanising and inspiring, No Logo is a book that defined both a generation and its language of protest. Its analysis is as timely and powerful as ever.

Naomi Klein

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Longlisted for the Financial Times and Mckinsey Business Book of the year award WeWork would be worth $10 trillion, more than any other company in the world. It wasn’t just an office space provider. It was a tech company—an AI startup, even. Its WeGrow schools and WeLive residences would revolutionize education and housing.

Eliot Brown

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