Aldos Leonard Huxley bol významný anglický spisovateľ a filozof. Narodil sa v Surrvey do rodiny akademikov, ktorá sa zaoberala prírodovedným a humanitným vedám. Z tohto dôvodu Huxley nechodil do školy a bol v opatere súkromných učiteľov.
Aldos Leonard Huxley bol významný anglický spisovateľ a filozof. Narodil sa v Surrvey do rodiny akademikov, ktorá sa zaoberala prírodovedným a humanitným vedám. Z tohto dôvodu Huxley nechodil do školy a bol v opatere súkromných učiteľov.
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The graphic novel adaptation of the classic dystopian masterpiece. From Fred Fordham, graphic novelist behind the sensational TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD graphic novel... Zobraziť viac
Dvě eseje kultovního autora, jež ovlivnila celá 60. léta nejen v Americe. Zobraziť viac
Kultovní satirická antiutopie Aldouse Huxleyho je zneklidňujícím, prorockým obrazem budoucnosti, které vládne genové inženýrství, všeobecná diktatura zábavy a chemicky navozovaného pocitu štěstí. Neveselé podobenství o civilizaci, která se pokusila... Zobraziť viac
V budúcnosti, kde je spoločnosť riadená genetickým inžinierstvom a neustálou „výrobou šťastia“, Bernard Marx začína pochybovať o dokonale naprogramovanom svete. Návšteva Rezervácie divochov mu otvorí oči a odhalí temnú cenu utópie v Huxleyho nadčasovom... Zobraziť viac
An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in ... Zobraziť viac
Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history. In 1632 an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil... Zobraziť viac
In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Huxley discusses the nature of God, enlightenment, being,good and evil, religion, eternity, and the divine. Huxley consistently examined the spiritual basis of ... Zobraziť viac
One of Brave New World author Aldous Huxley’s finest and most personal novels, now back in print in a Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, Eyeless in Gaza is the story of one man’s quest to find a meaningful life, ... Zobraziť viac
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers... Zobraziť viac
Jedna z nejpozoruhodnějších knih science fiction tohoto století, jejíž děj se ve větších či menších detailech realizoval. Zobraziť viac
In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case... Zobraziť viac
Contemporary / British English: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction. It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and live by scientific methods... Zobraziť viac
In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly thirty years later in Brave New World Revisited, Huxley checked the... Zobraziť viac
Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of “half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form.” He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens ... Zobraziť viac
Románové zpracování životních osudů mystika a diplomata kapucínského pátera Josepha Tremblay, zvaného "šedá eminence", jenž proslul jako rádce... Zobraziť viac
1932 erschien eines der größten utopischen Bücher des 20. Jahrhunderts: ein heimtückisch verführerischer Aufriss unserer Zukunft, in der das Glück verabreicht wird wie eine Droge... Zobraziť viac
In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years... Zobraziť viac