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Proto - How One Ancient Language Went Global
One ancient language transformed our world. This is its story.
Star. Stjarna. Stare. Thousands of miles apart, people look up at the night sky and use the same word to describe what they see.
Listen to these English, Icelandic and Iranic words and you can hear echoes of one of the most extraordinary journeys in humanity’s past. All three of these languages – and hundreds more – share a single ancient ancestor.
Five millennia ago, in a mysterious Big Bang of its own, this proto tongue exploded, forming new worlds as it spread east and west. Today, nearly half of humanity speaks an Indo-European language. How did this happen?
In Proto, acclaimed journalist Laura Spinney sets off to find out. With her we travel the length of the steppe, navigating the Caucasus, the Silk Roads and the Hindu Kush. We follow in the footsteps of nomads and monks, Amazon warriors and lion kings – the ancient peoples who spread these tongues far and wide. In the present, Spinney meets the linguists, archaeologists and geneticists racing to recover this lost world. What they have discovered has vital lessons for our modern age, as people and their languages are on the move again.
Proto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words.
How to Be a Dissident
An invigorating guide to fighting back – part philosophy, part history and part how-to guide for living with integrity in an age of authoritarian drift.
How do we push back in a world where political leaders wield fear and where social media misinforms? We need role models to show us how, and here, acclaimed writer Gal Beckerman goes looking for them.
Drawing on the stories of dissidents from around the globe and across time, from Socrates to Ai Weiwei, and Hannah Arendt to Iris Murdoch, Beckerman reveals the defining characteristics these extraordinary figures share and how they might equip anyone navigating the pressures of modern tyranny.
Structured around ten qualities – among them, Be Pessimistic, Be Funny, Be Reckless and Be Immortal – this illuminating book charts a dissident’s journey from the solitary moment of recognising the truth, through the risks of speaking it and on to the last impact they can have.
Urgent and inspiring, Beckerman shows us that dissidence is a human capacity that we can all cultivate: a refusal to betray one’s inner voice, no matter how great the forces around us. How to Be a Dissident lights the way.
Skanzen
Osmdesátá léta. Devadesátky. Zvláštní bezčasí. Vztahové post-apo.
Pět příběhů první povídkové knihy Martina Uhlíře nespojuje čas, místo ani hlavní postavy. Všechny ale obývají lidé stojící v různém smyslu „na okraji“. Často sami sebe zahnali do kouta, bojují se zbabělostí a hrůzou z opravdové blízkosti. Láska a intimita neposkytují východisko ani naplnění, spíše bývají zdrojem úzkosti, mocenskou hrou, promarněnou šancí.
Muž ohlížející se s lítostí za první láskou. Parta dětí utíkajících z internátu. Lidé, kteří se před životem stáhli do lesního skanzenu. Mladí lidé z velkoměsta experimentující se životem i s drogami. Autorova soustředěná próza, hravá i temná, ale vždy se smyslem pro citlivě vykreslený detail, přesvědčivě zprostředkovává jejich touhu po životě a lásce.
Rod bijících srdcí
CHTĚLA JSEM SI ZÍSKAT PRINCOVO SRDCE… A SKONČILA JSEM S KRÁLEM.
V touze usednout na světlozemský trůn jsem oživila dávného okřídleného vládce – a považovala jsem ho za přítele, dokud mě neobelhal a neuvěznil.
Lorcan sice tvrdí, že mě drží v zajetí v zájmu mého vlastního bezpečí, ale zároveň mě evidentně považuje za svůj majetek. Vypadá to, že z toho pět set let dlouhého spánku pěkně blouzní.
Možná jsme sice spojeni tím zatraceným myšlenkovým poutem, ale i tak jsme každý pánem svého vlastního osudu – a já hodlám ten svůj vést daleko od Nebeského království a proroctví, jimiž to místo oplývá… a hlavně daleko on něj.
Rychle ale zjistím, že se před tímto panovačným mužem nedá tak snadno utéct. A upřímně, ani už si nejsem jistá, jestli utíkat chci.
How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child
A groundbreaking approach to parenting that presents emotional maturity as the foundation for happy and resilient children – from the clinical psychologist of million-copy bestseller Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Emotional maturity is the single most important quality a parent can help develop in their child – it enables a person to function autonomously, handle stress, flourish in diverse environments, form lasting relationships and achieve personal and professional success.
In How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child, Dr Lindsay Gibson explains the cognitive, psychological and social challenges children face, and how, as parents, we can support their emotional development so they become confident, happy and resilient adults.
Using the lens of the Seven Parental Mindsets for Maturity, you’ll find out how to:
Identify common parenting traps and behaviours to avoid
What children really need to mature emotionally at every stage
Why you should let go of trying to be a ‘perfect parent’
Drawing on decades of work with families, this long-awaited book is essential reading for every parent – and your children will thank you for it!
The Summer Proposal (Deluxe Edition)
*The deluxe limited edition comes with designed edges*
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keeland comes a steamy, standalone hockey romance.
No strings attached…right?
Georgia first meets Max Yearwood on a blind date, and their chemistry is off the charts. He's insanely gorgeous and funny, with the biggest dimples she's ever laid eyes on. Exactly what she needs after her breakup.
Or so she thinks…until her real date arrives.
Turns out, Max was only pretending to be the guy she was there to meet, and to say she's disappointed is an understatement. But before he leaves, Max slips Georgia a ticket to a hockey game a few blocks away in case things don't work out on her actual date.
When they don't, she takes a chance and stops by the game on her way home. The seat next to hers is empty, but as a player's face flashes on the Jumbotron, Georgia freezes at his familiar smile.
You guessed it: dimples.
Max is the perfect guy for Georgia right now-fun, sexy, up for anything, and only around for a few months before he moves to a new team three thousand miles away. He proposes they spend the summer helping Georgia forget about her ex, and it sounds like a good plan.
Then again, you know what they say about the best laid plans…
Take Me To Your Leader
If you met an alien, what might it be like?
Ever since childhood, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has wanted to be abducted by aliens. Here, he draws upon a lifetime's fascination to explore the science of alien life - and to offer a practical guide to your first alien encounter.
Would an alien really be a humanoid with a pointy head, or might it look more like a worm, a roving cloud of gas, or perhaps a 'testicle monster'? How should you communicate with an alien who didn't speak English, and what does it have to do with the Pythagorean Theorem? Why has no alien (apparently) ever contacted us, and what does that say about our species' likeability? And if an alien did demand 'Take me to your leader!', who are you actually meant to take it to?
Touching on Star Wars and Spielberg, UFOs and Area 51, Take Me to Your Leader is both a romping work of popular science and a love letter to our as-yet-uncontacted extraterrestrial friends. It is the most entertaining book ever written by one of the best-loved scientists in the world, and perhaps in the galaxy.
Lonely Planet Atlantic Canada, 8th edition
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Atlantic Canada.
Discover Atlantic Canada's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from driving Newfoundland's Viking Trail for Norse history, icebergs and World Heritage Sites; to feasting on freshly shucked oysters and warm lobster rolls in Victoria-by-the-Sea; and visiting New Brunswick's breathtaking New River Beach for a swim.
Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's Atlantic Canada travel guide:
Our classic guidebook format contains the most comprehensive level of information for planning multi-week trips
All-new structure and design that's easy to use so you can navigate Atlantic Canada effortlessly
Exciting itineraries help you create your perfect adventure with suggestions for extended journeys, day trips, walking tours and activity-led excursions
Expert local recommendations on eating, drinking, nightlife, shopping, accommodation, festivals, when to go and more
Vibrant photography and maps
Get fresh takes on must-visit sights from Joggins Fossil Centre to Kejimkujik National Park Seaside and Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
Essential information toolkit containing tips on arriving; transport; local etiquette; using money; LGBTIQ+ travel advice; useful words and phrases; accessibility; and responsible travel
Connect with Atlantic Canadian culture through stories that delve deep into local life, history and traditions
Covers: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador
Create a trip that's uniquely yours and get to the heart of this extraordinary part of the world with Lonely Planet's Atlantic Canada.
Mandarínský sršeň
Spisovatel pohádek a pohodových příběhů Vlastimil Peška vstoupil i na pole detektivní literatury.
Jeho příběh Mandarínský sršeň má podtitul Detektivka s nevšední zápletkou. Nebývá zvykem, aby se v detektivkách objevil i humor. Ostatně ten je s Peškovým spisovatelským perem nerozlučně spjatý.
Děj detektivního příběhu, ve kterém sehraje hlavní roli mandarínský sršeň, zavede čtenáře až do dalekých Japonských Alp, ale také do vesnice nedaleko Ústí nad Orlicí, do cikánské osady za slovenskými hranicemi a nakonec i do Bratislavy, kde zmizelého nebožtíka vyloví policie z vln Dunaje. Čtivá detektivka je svého podtitulu hodna. Čtenáře potěší nejenom netradiční zápletkou, ale i zmíněným humorem.
Sefer Jecira
Česko-izraelská hebraistka Helena Beinish připravila svazek, který obsahuje nový český překlad slavné kabalistické knihy Sefer Jecira z originálu. Bilingvní vydání obsahuje hebrejský i český text a je doplněno podrobným výkladem jednotlivých veršů. Publikace rovněž nabízí řadu komentářů sledujících nejen židovský základ textu, ale i vliv řeckých, gnostických a hermetických souvislostí, jakož i vztah k starověkým mýtům o stvoření. V závěru autorka dokazuje starověký původ jádra Sefer Jeciry a seznamuje čtenáře se základními pojmy judaismu a kabaly. Jedná se o významné původní kabalistické dílo, fundovaně zpracované po religionistické i hermetické stránce!
First Helpings
What should children eat and why? How should they eat it and what should they learn about food? Answers to questions like these have differed over time. First Helpings explores the relationship between children and food in history, drawing on a rich variety of social records, cookery and etiquette books and children’s literature. Topics covered include breast versus bottle feeding, the difference between ‘adult’ and ‘children’s’ food and drink, table manners, school meals and learning to cook. Albon and Palmer discuss wider social issues, such as teaching children about the ethics of food choices, the role children have played in food production and the ever-present scandal of hungry children in society. First Helpings provides a unique look at childhood and eating that relates past to present and considers ways forward.
Asian American History
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringAsians have migrated to North America for centuries, in search of opportunities and conveyed by increasingly dense, international circuits of trade, labor markets, and family networks. Drawn by the riches promised by the relatively undeveloped, but not unpopulated, New World, Asians joined a diverse array of immigrants arriving in capacities such as merchants, farmers, fishermen, soldiers, missionaries, artists and artisans, industrial and agricultural laborers, technicians and scientists, journalists, sailors, diplomats, tourists, bankers, students, and entrepreneurs of every stripe. They contributed significantly to the massive transformation of the United States into the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world, particularly on the west coast and Hawaii. Unlike their European counterparts, however, Asians challenged American conceptions of racial homogeneity and national culture which produced legislative and institutional efforts to segregate them through immigration laws, restrictions on citizenship, and limits on employment, property ownership, access to public services, and civil rights. Only with World War II, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights era''s remaking of racial ideologies and forging of a more egalitarian, multiethnic democracy Asian Americans have gained ground and acceptance, albeit in the still stereotyped category of "model minorities."Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction provides a narrative interpretation of key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North America. Clearly written and elegantly argued, this book complements typical American history narratives by highlighting how Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal interpretations of America as a "nation of immigrants."ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Mókás barátok - színezőkönyv a legkisebbeknek - Fisher - Price
Játssz! Tanulj! Nevess!
Ebben a kedves színezőkönyvben állatkölykök hívják játékra a legkisebbeket és teszik örömtelivé az alkotást.
A Fisher Price elkötelezetten támogatja a családokat a gyerekek minden életszakaszában, az apró pillanatoktól a nagy mérföldkövekig!
Město duchů
Toto je román o rodině, paměti a návratu. Mnohovrstevnatý příběh, v němž se prolíná realita s fantaskními prvky a osobní zkušenost s kolektivní pamětí. Intimní a potměšile hravá kniha otevírá témata dospívání, jinakosti, hledání vlastní identity i zkušenosti, která se vymyká očekáváním okolí. Vypravěč se po letech vrací domů, aby se vyrovnal s rodinnou historií i ztrátou. Kevin Chen rozehrává podmanivý příběh o tom, co nás nikdy nepřestává pronásledovat a co si nás nakonec vždycky najde. Mezinárodně úspěšný román zároveň otevírá prostor k nečekaně blízkému setkání s autorovým rodným Tchaj-wanem.
No Time to Spare
Ursula Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In her last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shone.
The collected best of Le Guin's blog, No Time to Spare, presents perfectly crystallised dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world and her wonder at it.
She brings her signature wit and wisdom to topics as diverse as ageing, imaginative literature, capitalism, her beloved rescue cat, classism, cultural perceptions of fantasy and the courage and resolution involved in eating an egg from the shell.
This is essential reading for Le Guin's myriad admirers, revealing new sides to a trailblazing and beloved author who influenced literary greats across genres and generations.
The Dispossessed
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, was raised on Anarres, a barren moon with no government, army, laws, or police that has long been isolated from other worlds because of its rigid dedication to radical equality.
Shevek's work promises a breakthrough that could alter the course of human civilisation, but to realise it, he must journey to Urras: a planet dazzling in its beauty and advancement yet fractured by hierarchy.
Though initially welcomed by this unfamiliar civilisation, Shevek soon finds himself caught between competing visions of freedom, a bridge - and a threat - to both. In the conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs, even as he ignites the fires of change.
From the inimitable Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed is a true classic of the twentieth century, a moving story about what it means to return home and a must-read science fiction masterpiece.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM RODDY DOYLE
Lonely Planet Ireland, 17th edition
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Ireland.
Discover Ireland's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from tapping your feet to trad music in the world-famous pubs of Dublin's Temple Bar; to taking a surf lesson on the sands of Tramore, County Waterford's summer playground; and clambering over the ruins of Dunluce Castle to gawp at its spectacular setting on the Causeway Coast.
Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's Ireland travel guide:
Our classic guidebook format contains the most comprehensive level of information for planning multi-week trips
All-new structure and design that's easy to use so you can navigate Ireland effortlessly
Exciting itineraries help you create your perfect adventure with suggestions for extended journeys, day trips, walking tours and activity-led excursions
Expert local recommendations on eating, drinking, nightlife, shopping, accommodation, festivals, when to go and more
Vibrant photography and maps including a pull out map of Dublin
Get fresh takes on must-visit sights from Glendalough to Skellig Islands and Rock of Cashel
Essential information toolkit containing tips on arriving, transport, local etiquette, using money, LGBTIQ+ travel advice, useful words and phrases, accessibility and responsible travel
Connect with Irish culture through stories that delve deep into local life, history and traditions
Covers: Dublin; Wicklow & Kildare; Wexford, Waterford, Carlow & Kilkenny; Cork; Kerry; Limerick & Tipperary; Clare; Galway; Mayo & Sligo; Donegal; The Midlands; Meath, Lough, Monaghan & Cavan; Belfast; Down & Armagh; Derry & Antrim; Fermanagh & Tyrone
Create a trip that's uniquely yours and get to the heart of this extraordinary country with Lonely Planet's Ireland.
Kozliatka - Rozprávka o kozliatkach, ale poslušných/ ale neposlušných, 2. vydanie
Známu rozprávku o neposlušných kozliatkach a zlom vlkovi napísala Mária Rázusová-Martáková.
Jaroslava Blažková zasa vymyslela rozprávku o poslušných kozliatkach, ktorým je sveta žiť. Smejú sa na hlúpom vlkovi a jeho popletenej pesničke. Zato, že boli poslušné, mamička im kúpi krásne čižmičky: červené na predné nožičky, zelené na zadné.
Obidve rozprávky filigránsky spojené do jednej knihy ilustroval vynikajúci ilustrátor Vladimír Král. Kniha s magickými celostranovými ilustráciami Vladimíra Krála zo série „obracaj knihu ako chceš, všade rozprávku nájdeš.“ je pre deti od 3 rokov.
Mojinka
Pre niekoho je to Magdaléna, pre jej mamu Mojinka a pre svet dievča, ktoré vidí prírodu inak než ostatní. Je veľmi naviazaná na svoju maminku a miluje všetko, čo ju mama naučila v prírode hľadať a spoznávať – od stôp zvierat až po vôňu machu. Život však nie je vždy len prechádzka lesom. Niekedy sa v ňom objavia „výrastky“, ktoré tam nemajú čo robiť.
Toto je silný príbeh o dievčati vyrovnávajúcom sa s vážnou chorobou najbližšieho človeka. Ukazuje, že hoci sa náš svet môže otriasť v základoch, v prírode a v živote sa nič celkom nestráca. Kým máme svoje spomienky, láska môže rásť ďalej – presne ako malý semenáčik, ktorý odvážne vyklíčil z koreňov starej lipy.
Všetci sme navzájom prepojení – stromy, huby, zvieratá i ľudia.
Ilustrácie: Andrea Tachezy
Preklad: Zuzana Stanislavová
