Amy Chua
autor
Bojová pieseň tigrej matky
Mal to byť príbeh o tom, že čínski rodičia vedia deti vychovať lepšie ako západní rodičia, miestami sa však veci vymkli z rúk. Táto publikácia, podľa mnohých recenzentov najkontroverznejšia kniha roku, sa trávi veľmi ťažko, hlavne ak ste sami rodičmi. Kladie otázky, či pre svoje deti naozaj robíme to najlepšie, alebo sa pokúšame dostať cez celé rodičovské dobrodružstvo tak bezbolestne a ľahko, ako sa len dá.
Amy je matkou prísnou až do úplných extrémov. Jej deti sa nehrajú s inými deťmi, nemajú možnosť si vybrať svoje vlastné záľuby a nemajú dovolené za žiadnych okolností pozerať televízor. Svoje detstvo, priamo v krajine amerického sna, trávia študovaním mandarínskeho jazyka, vysokoškolskej matematiky a dlhými hodinami cvičenia na hudobnom nástroji – cvičenia tak tvrdého a nekompromisného, že jej staršia dcéra obhrýza drevené rohy klavíra a jej mladšia dcéra chce radšej zmrznúť v záhrade ako precvičovať čo i len ďalšiu minútu.
Hoci sa to na prvý pohľad nezdá, Amy nekonečne miluje obe svoje dcéry, je im plne oddaná a chce pre nich to absolútne najlepšie – pretože chcieť pre vaše dieťa, aby dosiahlo čo najviac, je základom výchovy každej „čínskej“ matky.
RECENZIE:
„Dych vyrážajúce osobné svedectvo… Príbeh rovnako presvedčivý ako dobrý thriller.”
– Financial Times
„Nielen že zasahuje rodičovstvo na jeho najcitlivejšom mieste, ale hovorí o pocitoch neistoty, ambíciách, vysokej kultúre, vzdelaní, postavení žien, ako aj silnejúcom vplyve Číny na úkor Ameriky. Autorkine presvedčenie, že tvrdá práca vedie k vnútornej sebaistote, nám určite má čo povedať.”
– Chicago Tribune
The Golden Gate
A sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change.
Berkeley, California 1944: A former presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms at the opulent Claremont Hotel. A rich industrialist, Walter Wilkinson could have been targeted by any number of adversaries. But Detective Al Sullivan's investigation brings up the spectre of another tragedy at the Claremont ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, a member of the wealthy and influential Bainbridge family. Some say she haunts the Claremont still.
The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining Bainbridge heiresses, now adults: Iris's sister, Isabella, and her cousins Cassie and Nicole. Determined not to let anything distract him from the truth - not the powerful influence of Bainbridges' grandmother, or the political aspirations of Berkeley's district attorney, or the interest of Chinese first lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek - Sullivan follows his investigation to its devastating conclusion.
Chua's page-turning debut brings to life a historical era rife with turbulent social forces and ground-breaking forensic advances, when access to power, and therefore justice, hinged on gender, race and class.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
`One of the most controversial books of 2011' --Guardian`If you think you are ambitious for your child, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother will make you think again ... Amy Chua's philosophy of child-rearing may be harsh and not for the fainthearted, bu
t ask yourself this: is it really more cruel than the laissez-faire indifference and babysitting-by-TV which too often passes for parenting these days? Millions of failing British children could use a Tiger Mother in their tank' --Allison Pearson, Da
ily Telegraph`Blissfully funny ... The book, for all its hilarious/hair-raising insights into how to raise terrifyingly over-accomplished children, strikes me as ultimately being not so much about parenting methods as about the immigrant experience,
though the two are of course inextricably intertwined ... Chua remains a second-generation immigrant who wants the best for her children. It is not hard to understand if you know the milieu, and not hard either to feel a sneaking admiration for her'
--India Knight, Sunday Times`Could it be that much of the laissez-faire parenting of the modern West uses the idea of enlightened liberality to give an intellectual justification for what is actually a form of laziness? ... If it's results you want,
then the Chinese mother does indeed know best' --Dominic Lawson, Independent`Her tale is compelling in the same way as a good thriller' --Financial Times.
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it...Amy Chua's daughters, Sophia and Louisa (Lulu) were polite, interesting and helpful, they had perfect school marks and exceptional musical abilities. The Chinese-parenting model certainly seemed to produce results. But what happens when you do not tolerate disobedience and are confronted by a screaming child who would sooner freeze outside in the cold than be forced to play the piano? Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old.Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.
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7,59 €
7,99 €
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Updated with a new postscript by Amy Chua and a letter from her eldest daughter, Sophia Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.
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11,35 €
11,95 €
Political Tribes
'A beautifully written, eminently readable and uniquely important challenge to conventional wisdom' J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy
Never has our society felt more divided.
In Political Tribes, Amy Chua diagnoses the cause of our current political discord: tribalism. In many parts of the world, the group identities that matter most - the ones that people will kill and die for - are ethnic, religious, sectarian or clan-based. Time and time again our blindness to tribalism has undermined our foreign policy.
At home, we have recently witnessed the rise of identity politics, a movement that encourages us to define ourselves against, and thereby exclude, others. The shock results of the US election and the Brexit referendum show that tribalism is a social truth that we ignore at our peril. When people are defined by their differences to each other, extremism becomes the common ground, and the grand ideals of democracy have a hard time competing with a more primal need to belong.
If we are to transcend our political tribes, we must rediscover a broader, more nuanced unity that acknowledges the reality of our group differences. Insightful, challenging and provocative, Amy Chua's groundbreaking book could not be more timely.
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Political Tribes
In Political Tribes, Amy Chua argues that we must rediscover an identity that transcends the tribalism we see in politics today. Enough false slogans of unity, which are just another form of divisiveness. When people are defined by their differences to each other, extremism becomes the common ground. It is time for a more difficult unity that acknowledges the reality of our group differences and fights the deep rifts that divide us.
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Lacná kniha Bojová pieseň tigrej matky (-90%)
Mal to byť príbeh o tom, že čínski rodičia vedia deti vychovať lepšie ako západní rodičia, miestami sa však veci vymkli z rúk. Táto publikácia, podľa mnohých recenzentov najkontroverznejšia kniha roku, sa trávi veľmi ťažko, hlavne ak ste sami rodičmi. Kladie otázky, či pre svoje deti naozaj robíme to najlepšie, alebo sa pokúšame dostať cez celé rodičovské dobrodružstvo tak bezbolestne a ľahko, ako sa len dá.
Amy je matkou prísnou až do úplných extrémov. Jej deti sa nehrajú s inými deťmi, nemajú možnosť si vybrať svoje vlastné záľuby a nemajú dovolené za žiadnych okolností pozerať televízor. Svoje detstvo, priamo v krajine amerického sna, trávia študovaním mandarínskeho jazyka, vysokoškolskej matematiky a dlhými hodinami cvičenia na hudobnom nástroji – cvičenia tak tvrdého a nekompromisného, že jej staršia dcéra obhrýza drevené rohy klavíra a jej mladšia dcéra chce radšej zmrznúť v záhrade ako precvičovať čo i len ďalšiu minútu.
Hoci sa to na prvý pohľad nezdá, Amy nekonečne miluje obe svoje dcéry, je im plne oddaná a chce pre nich to absolútne najlepšie – pretože chcieť pre vaše dieťa, aby dosiahlo čo najviac, je základom výchovy každej „čínskej“ matky.
RECENZIE:
„Dych vyrážajúce osobné svedectvo… Príbeh rovnako presvedčivý ako dobrý thriller.”
– Financial Times
„Nielen že zasahuje rodičovstvo na jeho najcitlivejšom mieste, ale hovorí o pocitoch neistoty, ambíciách, vysokej kultúre, vzdelaní, postavení žien, ako aj silnejúcom vplyve Číny na úkor Ameriky. Autorkine presvedčenie, že tvrdá práca vedie k vnútornej sebaistote, nám určite má čo povedať.”
– Chicago Tribune
Vypredané
1,10 €
10,95 €
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Before the underground city of Blackwell, before the cybernetic enforcers known as the Keepers of the Peace, there was the MUSIC. In a small town in Iowa, three young KISS fans - Sam, Milo, and Kimi - meet at a concert and form their own band. When Sam's obsession with KISS, and especially The Demon, takes a new and potentially dangerous twist, the journey that's meant to change their lives might just change the fate of the world!
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