The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us... Zobraziť viac
A previously unpublished work from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion. In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years'. She described the sessions in... Zobraziť viac
Yuval Noah Harari returns in August 2018 with a new book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. In bringing his focus to the here and now, Harari will help us to grapple with a world that is increasingly hard to comprehend, encouraging us ... Zobraziť viac
"A groundbreaking analysis of the dynamics of Jewish-Arab relations."--Roger Owen, author of "The Middle East in the World Economy, 1800-1914"Very rarely does a scholar set out to do, or accomplish as much, as has Gershon Shafir in this splendid book... Zobraziť viac
This book rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between "Confucianisms" and "women." Zobraziť viac
An essential guide to geopolitics in 2017 — and how we should be fighting back — from the world's leading public intellectual What kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren? How are the discontents kindled today likely to blaze and explode tomor Zobraziť viac
This superlative " Companion" provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the discipline of Sociology. Zobraziť viac
*Provides an overview of how the standards related to IP-based emergency services work, and how various organizations contributed to them * Zobraziť viac
Kniha vychází z poznatku, že současná česká politika se ocitla v hluboké krizi. Postrádá schopnost formulovat a naplňovat dlouhodobé celospolečenské cíle. Vstupem do Evropské unie završuje Česko svůj návrat do Evropy. Tím česká politika naplňuje svůj... Zobraziť viac
Bestselling author Katrine Marçal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to men... Zobraziť viac
Originally titled Children's and Household Tales, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales contains the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for the better part of two centuries. The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German linguists ... Zobraziť viac
In these ten, beautifully moving short stories mostly written over the last year, Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle paints a collective portrait of our strange times. A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle... Zobraziť viac
*A GUARDIAN 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK*'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' - Olivia LaingSo often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a fo Zobraziť viac
Nasrin and Sabrina are two sisters, who on the face of things live successful and enviable lives in London and New York. When their father, Shamsur suddenly dies, they rush to be with their mother at the family home and restaurant in Wales... Zobraziť viac
An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women... Zobraziť viac
Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner of a game reserve in South Africa with a remarkable family of elephants whose adventures have touched hearts around the world. The herd's feisty matriarch Frankie knows who's in charge at Thula Thula... Zobraziť viac
An insider account of activists, politicians, educators and citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions and save democracy from the bestselling author of Winners Take All... Zobraziť viac
What has happened to America, and what's become of the American dream? Behind the self-confident image of world's most influential country we now see a nation tearing itself apart, its people angry and afraid. The United States may arguably be the... Zobraziť viac
Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny, Ulysses is undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day 16th June 1904 in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin, the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, ... Zobraziť viac
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Race provides an up-to-date overview of language and race from a modern global perspective. Zobraziť viac
