On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat... Zobraziť viac
Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another... Zobraziť viac
Einstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius... Zobraziť viac
Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there... Zobraziť viac
Albert Einstein hat mehr für die Wissenschaft geleistet als jeder andere Forscher der letzten 150 Jahre. Noch nie zuvor erlaubte eine Biografie so umfassende persönliche Einblicke in das Leben des genialen Physikers wie dieses Buch... Zobraziť viac
Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic account of life on the streets To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found... Zobraziť viac
For thirty years, prize-winning Sicilian journalist Attilio Bolzoni has reported on the shadowy activities of Cosa Nostra. Now, for the first time, he has collected together a powerful anthology of rare interviews, .. Zobraziť viac
A concise, readable and revelatory biography of the most powerful man in the world... Zobraziť viac
This book explores the discursive constructions of gender equality and the implications of these understandings in a broad range of policy fields... Zobraziť viac
When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he'd long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, ... Zobraziť viac
A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best... Zobraziť viac
One of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated, The Communist Manifesto is a revolutionary summons to the working class-an incisive account of a new theory of communism that would be brought about by ... Zobraziť viac
What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed—a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy's trip to heaven and back... Zobraziť viac
The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative published in Penguin Modern Classics... Zobraziť viac
Laugh, cry, stand up and cheer: Forrest Gump is everyman´s story, everyman´s dream. A wonderfully warm, savagely barbed, and hilariously funny "tale told by an idiot", from the razor-sharp pen of a contemporary wizard... Zobraziť viac
Rozbor sociologických kořenů holocaustu, tj. vyvraždění deseti milonů Evropanů v nacistických koncentračních táborech. Možnosti prevence budoucích ... Zobraziť viac
Neuropatologa MUDr. Františka Koukolíka jistě není nutno představovat. Skoro třicet let je primářem patologie Fakultní Thomayerovy nemocnice v Praze. Jeho život je v zajetí vědy, která ho okouzluje, vzrušuje a stále překvapuje... Zobraziť viac
Historik Jan Rychlík, profesor českých, slovenských a československých dějin na U niverzitě Karlově, vyučující řadu let také na U niverzite Mateja Bela v T rnavě, byl v době rozpadu Československa poradcem tehdejšího předsedy... Zobraziť viac
Směřování dnešního světa se odchyluje od hodnot a principů, jakými jsou svoboda, tržní hospodářství a parlamentní demokracie, kterých jsme rychle dosáhli na počátku 90. let. Tento neutěšený stav mne trápí a vidím jej nejen... Zobraziť viac
Kniha sleduje vzestup a pád ministra vnitra Rudolfa Baráka (1915–1995), pozoruhodné postavy komunistické éry v našich dějinách. Ambiciózní pohlavár, jehož zatčení za přítomnosti samotného Antonína Novotného a následující proces... Zobraziť viac
