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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A beautiful hardback edition of Huxley's deeply eerie and prescient dystopia, introduced by Yuval Noah Harari... Zobraziť viac
Aldous Huxley, jeden z najvýznamnejších spisovateľských zjavov anglickej a svetovej literatúry minulého storočia, posunul časový rámec hroziacej technizácie a odľudštenia spoločnosti do vzdialenej budúcnosti, ale jeho kritika nestráca adresnosť, hovorí... 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
Dvě eseje kultovního autora, jež ovlivnila celá 60. léta nejen v Americe. 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
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
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
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
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
This title comes with introductions by Margaret Atwood and David Bradshaw. Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational ... Zobraziť viac
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAWThe dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious... Zobraziť viac
Anthony Beavis has watched life from a safe distance. Now he must ask what that distance has cost. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian... 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
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