Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt... Zobraziť viac
Why do some radical ideas make history while others founder... Zobraziť viac
Agatha Christie's exotic seaside mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving... Zobraziť viac
Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly... Zobraziť viac
More than one fifth of children want to become influencers and it's easy to understand why... Zobraziť viac
Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, old has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood... Zobraziť viac
Skoyeno seriyu zhakhlyvykh ubyvstv. Vyrishuyuchy, khto stane nastupnoyu zhertvoyu, zlochynetsʹ zvertayetʹsya… do abetky. U hru vstupaye neperevershenyy detektyv Erkyulʹ Puaro. Pered kozhnym ubyvstvom nevidomyy nadsylaye detektyvovi lysta, v Zobraziť viac
Carved into our past, woven into our present, numbers shape our perceptions of the world and of ourselves much more than we commonly think. Numbers and the Making of Us is a sweeping account of how numbers radically enhanced ... Zobraziť viac
Animal Farm is George Orwell's brilliant political satire and allegorical fable about the corrupting effects of power. Published in 1945 it is, to this day, one of the most famous and influential works of fiction ever written... Zobraziť viac
All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to understand world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements...but if you don't know geography, you'll never ... Zobraziť viac
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall... Zobraziť viac
Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others... Zobraziť viac
After the brutal care of the workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist falls into the more welcoming arms of a den of thieves. But the sinister Fagin's grip is not light, and life in the underworld where Oliver now finds himself often ends in a noose... Zobraziť viac
George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, published with an introduction by Ben Pimlott in Penguin Modern Classics... Zobraziť viac
In 1993 the esteemed journal FOREIGN AFFAIRS published an article entitled "The Clash of Civilizations?" by Samuel P. Huntington. According to the journal's editors it went on to generate more discussion than anything they had published since the... Zobraziť viac
One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treas-ure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim... 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
Dej románu nás zavedie na neobývaný skalnatý ostrov pri pobreží Devonu, kam skupinu desiatich ľudí pozval majiteľ prepychového sídla pán Amis. Tajomný hostiteľ sa však neukáže a hostia čoskoro pochopia, že na ostrove sú ako ... Zobraziť viac
Studie shrnuje výsledky velkého mezinárodního výzkumu domácího násilí IVAWS, který se v ČR uskutečnil v roce 2003. Kromě obšírného popisu prevalence zkušeností českých žen přináší také výsledky sondy realizované později mezi.. Zobraziť viac
Kniha Rétorika v evropské kultuře i ve světě vymezuje postavení rétoriky v systému kultury a vzdělanosti od starověku po dnešek. Zkoumá pokles jejího významu v období racionalismu a osvícenství, uvádí příčiny, v jejichž důsledku... Zobraziť viac
