At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated... Zobraziť viac
An urgent manifesto for global democracy from the leading 23-year-old Hong Kong activist - Nobel Peace Prize nominee and TIME, Forbes and Fortune world leader... Zobraziť viac
Where are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs, hopes and dreams hold any significance out there in the void? Can human purpose and meaning ever fit into a scientific worldview? ... Zobraziť viac
Autoři této kolektivní práce se pokoušejí zmapovat základní kontury vývoje evropské historiografi e soudobých dějin. Historiografie soudobých dějin přestala být pro badatele i pro čtenářské uživatele brzy po konci studené války přehledná... Zobraziť viac
A Pelican introduction to the century of Russia's revolutionary experience. What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Why are we still all living with its consequences? ... Zobraziť viac
Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, ... Zobraziť viac
Author, publicist, and political analyst in his philosophical-political analysis stems from the idea that due to human influence the world changed so profoundly that old social... Zobraziť viac
Weve all heard of pyramids, hieroglyphs and Cleopatra, but how much do you really know about ancient Egypt? Why was the Nile integral to the unification of Egypt? What is the mystery surrounding Queen Hetepheres tomb? ... Zobraziť viac
Now Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success happens, told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica... 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
A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa from a co-executive producer of The Big Bang Theory, the #1 sitcom on television... Zobraziť viac
Puffin: First published over sixty years ago, Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl has reached millions of young people... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell (J.B. Priestley )The best spy story I have ever... Zobraziť viac
China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese... Zobraziť viac
How do you fall back in love? This was the underlying problem of one in four couples seeking help from relationship therapist Andrew G. Marshall. They described their problem as: 'I love you but I'm not in love with you'... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through Zobraziť viac
The French: orderly and anarchic, rational and mystical, arrogant and anxious, charming and exasperating, serious and frivolous, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual... Zobraziť viac
Antiquarian, archaeologist, vulcanologist, and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, Sir William Hamilton (1731 – 1803) was a leading European figure of his time. Though the romance between his wife Lady Emma Hamilton and ... Zobraziť viac
The ninth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world... Zobraziť viac
Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the en Zobraziť viac
