A wake-up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of 2008, The 10 Rules of Successful Nations is a slim primer full of pioneering insights on the political, economic, and social habits of successful nations... Zobraziť viac
To identify the economic stars of the future we should abandon the habit of extrapolating from the recent past and lumping wildly diverse countries together. We need to remember that sustained economic success is a rare phenomenon... Zobraziť viac
Although a very prolific poet and arguably America s greatest Emily Dickinson (1830 1886) published fewer than a dozen of her eighteen hundred poems. Instead, she created at home small handmade books. When, in her later years, ... Zobraziť viac
A call-to-arms from Nobel Prize–winning economist and best-selling author Paul Krugman... Zobraziť viac
Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our universe? Black holes, down which anything can fall but... Zobraziť viac
The landmark publication of C.G. Jung's The Red Book spurred enormous interest in Jung-not just as a founding figure in modern psychology but also as a creative man with tremendous figurative and ornamental flair and a vibrant eye for colour. Expanding be Zobraziť viac
The best-selling team behind Charcuterie further deepens our understanding of an ancient craft. An instant classic, Pâté, Confit, Rillette will delight chefs and home cooks eager for knowledge of the most accessible charcuterie... Zobraziť viac
Born attached at the chest, Chang and Eng were considered a marvel, an act of God. By any standard, theirs is a history of epic variety and drama. Mark Slouka recounts their tumultuous story, from the docks of... Zobraziť viac
A leading social critic recounts capitalism's finest hour and shows us how we might achieve it once again. In the years surrounding the Second World War, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and ... Zobraziť viac
In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent discoveries from biology and computer science to show, step by step, how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. A crucial shift... Zobraziť viac
A "thought-provoking and reflective" (Nature) exploration of the age-old complicity between sky watchers and war fighters from the author of Astrophysics to People in a Hurry... Zobraziť viac
Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one paperback volume, his... Zobraziť viac
Three-quarters of Americans believe that a group of unelected government and military officials secretly manipulate or direct national policy in the United States. President Trump blames the "deep state" for his impeachment... Zobraziť viac
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods... Zobraziť viac
When we first meet Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical ... Zobraziť viac
A bold exploration of the Holocaust by a pre-eminent scholar in the field. Peter Hayes has been teaching Holocaust studies for decades and Why? grows out of the questions he’s encountered from his students... Zobraziť viac
A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year... Zobraziť viac
An award-winning cartoonist teams up with an award-winning psychologist to introduce readers to the complex-and often... Zobraziť viac
In this crucial expansion and update of his landmark bestseller, renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E.... Zobraziť viac
An international bestseller, To Fight Against This Age consists of two beautifully written, cogent, and urgent essays about... Zobraziť viac
