This 'dream-laden and spooked' (Marina Warner, London Review of Books) story is to many one of the best-loved books of the twentieth century. Munthe spent many years working as a doctor in Southern Italy, labouring unstintingly during typhus, cholera... Zobraziť viac
Knihu tvoří úvodní studie a kritická edice korespondence z let 1924–1967 dvou významných geologů střední Evropy, Waleryho Goetela z Krakova a Radima Kettnera z Prahy. Oba dva významně zasáhli do vymezení hranic a geologického... Zobraziť viac
Český fotograf Tomáš Míček pro nás působivým způsobem objevuje dynamickou tvůrčí sílu přírody, která přivádí na svět nádherné skalní útvary a poté... Zobraziť viac
Každého člověka, který se zajímá o minerály, nadchne v první řadě jejich neopakovatelná krása! Člověk nemusí být ani žádný vědec či mineralogický... Zobraziť viac
Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. A beautiful slip-cased gift edition of this touching and wise classic children's book, with the original translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour... Zobraziť viac
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space... Zobraziť viac
THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015&... Zobraziť viac
The father of science fiction, Jules Verne, invites you to join the intrepid and eccentric Professor Liedenbrock and his companions on a thrilling and dramatic expedition as they travel down a secret tunnel in a volcano in Iceland on a journey... Zobraziť viac
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter... Zobraziť viac
The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. Zobraziť viac
From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism and climate crisis. In The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, Tansy E. Hoskins unpicks the threads of capitalist industry to reveal the truth about our.. Zobraziť viac
It was Eunice Newton Foote, an American scientist and women's rights campaigner living in Seneca Falls, New York, who first warned the world that an atmosphere heavy with carbon dioxide could send temperatures here on Earth soaring... Zobraziť viac
If we are to avert the catastrophic effects of climate change, then we need to fundamentally change how and why we live and consume in the ways that we do.But, rather than restricting our freedom, could this actually result in a new and more fulfilling... Zobraziť viac
Progress is power. Narratives of progress, the stories we tell about whether a society is moving in the right or the wrong direction, are immensely potent. Progress has built cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe, delved the oceans and space,... Zobraziť viac
Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of economism. It is a project advocating the democratically-led shrinking of production and consumption with the aim of achieving... Zobraziť viac
Griffin is a scientist, and he discovers how to make things invisible. Then he becomes invisible himself. Griffin thinks that an invisible man will have a lot of power. But life becomes more and more difficult... Zobraziť viac
A major new exploration of the refugee crisis, focusing on how borders are formed and policed. Forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores ... Zobraziť viac
Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. It explores the prehistory of the globe, but can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important as arrival or... Zobraziť viac
From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The... Zobraziť viac
Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature, the first book that alerted us to the dangers of climate change. Falter is a new call to arms, to save not only our planet but our very souls as well... Zobraziť viac
