On March 24, 2021, in the remote north of Mozambique, 500 ISIS militants attacked the small, paradise beach town of Palma - strategically unimportant but for vast offshore gas fields that had attracted $50 billion in foreign investment, including over... Zobraziť viac
Why rebel? Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important... Zobraziť viac
Accented with color plates of select bees, The Bees of the World will continue to be the world's best reference on these diverse insects. Zobraziť viac
This book exposes the history and the future of The Wagner Group, Russia's notorious and secretive mercenary army, revealing details of their operations never documented before. Using extensive leaks, first-hand accounts, and the byzantine paper trail... Zobraziť viac
Up-to-Date Coverage of All Chemical Engineering Topics―from the Fundamentals to the State of the Art... Zobraziť viac
The book provides an accessible overview of audio signal processing, and enables readers to design and write algorithms for the analysis, synthesis, and manipulation of musical and acoustic signals for any programming language... Zobraziť viac
The book provides an accessible overview of audio signal processing, and enables readers to design and write algorithms for the analysis, synthesis, and manipulation of musical and acoustic signals for any programming language... Zobraziť viac
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, millions of lives changed in an instant. Millions of people were suddenly on the move. In this great flow of people was a reporter from the north of Scotland. Jen Stout left Moscow abruptly, ending up on a border... Zobraziť viac
This awe-inspiring collection of over 500 amazing photographs will open your eyes to the wonders of life under the canopy... Zobraziť viac
This wide-ranging account of our emotional responses to technologies, from the telegram to Instagram, shows that technology changes not only how we feel, but what our feelings mean. Facebook makes us lonely. Selfies breed narcissism... Zobraziť viac
Dolphins and parrots call each other by their names. Fork tailed drongos mimic the calls of other animals to scare them away and then steal their dinner. In the songs of many species of birds, and in skin patterns of squid, ... Zobraziť viac
The human body is like an exceedingly well-fortified castle, defended by billions of soldiers - some live for less than a day, others remember battles for decades, but all are essential in protecting us from disease... Zobraziť viac
Druhé, upravené a rozšířené vydání publikace o dějinách budovy Karolina v sepětí s výukou a slavnostmi Univerzity Karlovy. Autor líčí jeho stavební vývoj, pozornost věnuje zejména novodobým přestavbám podle projektů architektů... Zobraziť viac
A breathtaking journey, taking in the most incredible natural wonders of the world, 1001 Natural Wonders is the definitive guide to the stunning features of nature. Some places are in the remote wilderness, others just a bus ride from town, ... Zobraziť viac
We all know that we depend on elements for survival - from oxygen in the air we breathe to carbon in the molecular structures of all living things. But we seldom appreciate how, say, phosphorus holds our DNA together or how potassium... Zobraziť viac
Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species representing 172 families worldwide. This book provides an identification key to the 96 families, 250 genera and the c.580 described species for Canada and Alaska... Zobraziť viac
Almost two centuries after British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died amid paralysing cold and ice in pursuit of the mythical Northwest Passage, the Arctic,in response to temperatures greater than at any time in the last ten thousand years, is... Zobraziť viac
Dare to dive into a world where fear gives way to fascination, and the ocean's most maligned creatures reveal their true, majestic nature. For generations, the very mention of a shark has conjured images of terror, a primal fear amplified ... Zobraziť viac
A young woman channelling the voice of the Holy Spirit. A mother whose children have been replaced by changelings. A family cursed by a mysterious inability to sleep. Pria Anand's patients come to her with myriad peculiar symptoms, but they all have... Zobraziť viac
The little boy did not cry or speak. He just stood there and stared at me intensely. With great effort I stood up and tested to see if I could walk with my injured foot. When I did, he came to stand even closer to me and, without saying a word, grabbed... Zobraziť viac
