An entertaining guide to history’s most fascinating philosophers – from Sappho to Kant, and Aristotle to Simone de Beauvoir – which seeks to help us answer life’s big questions... Zobraziť viac
HE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work... Zobraziť viac
Professor Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist, an influential author and thinker, and a great popular communicator. Throughout his career he was asked questions by business leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics and the ... Zobraziť viac
Bestselling author and comedian, Ruby Wax, uses her iconic wit and expertise to equip readers with a positive roadmap for a kinder, brighter world and better mental health... Zobraziť viac
Combining a scholar’s understanding with hard data and razor-sharp cultural commentary, White Feminism is a witty, intelligent and profoundly eye-opening book that will challenge long-accepted conventions and completely upend the way we understand... Zobraziť viac
To be forever looking beyond is to remain blind to what is here... Zobraziť viac
Combining philosophy, psychology, history and literature, Moran's ultimately upbeat reflections on being human, and his critique of how we live now, offers comfort, hope - and solace. For we need to see that not every failure can be made into a success... Zobraziť viac
V roce 2006 se na anglosaském knižním trhu nečekaně rozhořela válka o náboženství: Známý evoluční biolog Richard Dawkins ve svém bestselleru Boží blud napadl jménem vědy a racionality víru v jakoukoli vyšší moc a strhl lavinu publikací, v nichž... Zobraziť viac
Jedinečnost našeho lidského života, jeho všední běh i mimořádné události před nás staví otázky, na něž nám vědní obory nedávají dostatečnou odpověď. Ještě intenzivněji se s těmito otázkami setkávají pracovníci... Zobraziť viac
In the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a science. In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short... Zobraziť viac
Západní společenská stabilita poválečných let je paradoxně v mnohém dílem komunismu: demokratické státy ze strachu před radikalizací obyvatelstva přijímaly opatření, jimž se dnes souhrnně říká sociální stát. Snad žádné... Zobraziť viac
From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal... Zobraziť viac
The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau In a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all Zobraziť viac
Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding. The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality... Zobraziť viac
Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion ... Zobraziť viac
Svazek je koncipován monotematicky: studie spojuje zájem o různé aspekty učenecké komunikace v období 16. a 17. století. G. Almási srovnává tzv. důvěrný styl v humanistické latinské a vernakulární korespondenci... Zobraziť viac
All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. Meeting basic needs is a feminist issue. Food insecurity, the living wage and access to education are feminist issues... Zobraziť viac
How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil... Zobraziť viac
What aspects of your life do you really control? What do you do when you cannot guarantee that things will turn out in your favour? And what can Stoicism teach us about how to live together? ... Zobraziť viac
