A provocative study of the 'non-space' which defines our age's love for excess of information and space Zobraziť viac
Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout... Zobraziť viac
What if family were not the only place you might hope to feel safe, loved, cared for and accepted? Zobraziť viac
The scientific monograph is based on long-term qualitative research of the Nová Cvernovka cultural and creative centre in Bratislava, which took place from 2017 to 2019. The book presents the history of this... Zobraziť viac
Throughout much of the history of linguistics, grammaticality judgments - intuitions about the well-formedness of sentences - have constituted most of the empirical base against which theoretical hypothesis have been tested. Although such judgments... Zobraziť viac
This book offers a unique synthesis of past and current work on the structure, meaning, and use of negation and negative expressions, a topic that has engaged thinkers from Aristotle and the Buddha to Freud and Chomsky. Horn's masterful study melds a... Zobraziť viac
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike... Zobraziť viac
In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year... Zobraziť viac
INDEPENDENT BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024Good Housekeeping Travel Book of the MonthA LoveReading Best Book of 2024Smithsonian Magazine Top Ten Best Travel Books 2024'Travel at its best - life enhancing' Bear Grylls'Ash is a great storyteller, whose book... Zobraziť viac
How to Be Animal writes a remarkable story of what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. As well as piecing together the mystery of how this psychology evolved... Zobraziť viac
Sedmý svazek Opery reaguje hned na několik výročí – 80. výročí založení Pražského lingvistického kroužku, 80. výročí narození Jiřího Levého a 40. výročí jeho úmrtí a 50. výročí vydání jeho průkopnické práce České... Zobraziť viac
This is The Sunday Times Bestseller. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived... Zobraziť viac
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict.Famine is disappearing. You are at more risk of obesity than starvation.... Zobraziť viac
Vliv a význam náboženství a křesťanské tradice ve specifické kulturně-geografické konstrukci střední Evropy se stal významným impulsem pro tvorbu národních (sebe)obrazů. Tato kniha se zamýšlí nad duchovně a... Zobraziť viac
Překlad románu-interview Kličky na kapesníku je svébytným "úvodem" do světa a díla Bohumila Hrabala pro anglojazyčné čtenáře. Britský bohemista a překladatel David Short text doplnil základními vysvětlivkami k českým... Zobraziť viac
Anglicky psaná monografie se zabývá španělským kondicionálem s ohledem na kondicionál anglický a český. Text představuje klasifikaci všech užití této slovesné formy vycházející z kognitivní gramatiky... Zobraziť viac
Discover the richness of contemporary creative culture from Ukraine with the best in interior design, architecture, art, photography, and fashion... Zobraziť viac
Why do we have the expression 'see red'? How did consciousness evolve? Why do we sleep badly in blue light? Why are we happier when surrounded by nature? The answer to all of these questions lies in the evolution of vision... Zobraziť viac
The classic New York Times bestseller, with a new introduction by E.J. Dionne Jr. When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a "biblical prophet” (Time).... Zobraziť viac
Monografie představuje příručku shrnující aktuální stav altajské diachronní lingvistiky. Soustřeďuje se na vývoj poznání turkické, mongolské, tunguzské, korejské a japonské větve, nejprve v perspektivě deskriptivní... Zobraziť viac
