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Akutní chirurgie tlustého střeva
Akutní chirurgie tlustého střeva.Z obsahu: Historie * Hlavní příčiny akutních chirurgických onemocnění * Střevní neprůchodnost * Perforace * Méně častá onemocnění tlustého střeva * Anatomie a funkce tlustého střeva * Diagnostika * RTG vyšetření * S
onografické vyšetření * CT * Angiografie, imunoscintigrafie * Endoskopie * Vyšetření značkovanými leukocyty, magnetická rezonance * Vyšetření během operace * Možnosti chirurgické léčby * Postup ve více dobách * Postup v jedné době * Stomie, by-passy.
* Stomické systémy * Méně obvyklá řešení * Vzácnější onemocnění tlustého střeva * Pseudoobstrukce * Volvulus, invaginace * Chirurgická léčba akutních komplikací nespecifických zánětů * Příčiny pooperační mortality a morbidity * Poznámky k neodkladný
m výkonům * Střevní obsah * Bakteriální flóra * Pooperační komplikace * Antimikrobiální profylaxe a terapie * Anastomóza * Šicí materiál * Drenáž * Operační technika * Zkušenost chirurga, specializace. * Další faktory ovlivňující výsledek léčby * Pok
ročilost onemocnění * Hodnocení celkového zdravotního stavu * Interní nález, anestezie * Nutrice * Hematologie, imunita * Prognóza
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Ľudské telo-unikátny obrazový sprievodca
Štúdium ľudského tela má mimoriadne dlhú históriu. Najstarším známym lekárskym dokumentom je papyrus Edwina Smitha, pochádzajúci približne z roku 1600 pred Kr. Predstavuje ranú učebnicu chirurgie, v ktorej sa opisujú rozličné ochorenia a spôsoby ich liečby. Hoci dnes by sme väčšinu týchto terapeutických možností nemohli odporučiť, papyrus dokazuje, že starovekí Egypťania poznali vnútornú stavbu tela – vedeli o mozgu, srdci, pečeni či obličkách, no nechápali, ako tieto orgány fungujú. Skúmanie stavby ľudského tela v priebehu dejín zahŕňalo pitvu; slovo anatómia doslova znamená „rozrezať“. Dáva to zmysel, pretože keď sa usilujeme zistiť, ako funguje nejaký stroj, nevystačíme iba s pozorovaním jeho vonkajška a predstavami o jeho vnútornom usporiadaní. Spomínam si na praktické cvičenie z fyziky, na ktorom sme dostali za úlohu zistiť, ako funguje hriankovač. Prišli sme na to tak, že sme ho rozobrali – hoci musím priznať, že sa nám ho vôbec nepodarilo poskladať (preto je asi dobre, že sa zo mňa stala anatómka, a nie chirurgička). Väčšina lekárskych fakúlt má ešte stále pitevne, kde študenti medicíny spoznávajú ľudské telo praktickým, manuálnym spôsobom. Možnosť učiť sa anatómiu práve takto je veľmi prospešná, závisí však od štedrosti ľudí, ktorí venujú svoje telo lekárskej vede. Okrem pitvy dnes máme k dispozícii aj ďalšie metódy skúmania stavby ľudského tela: röntgenové snímky, virtuálne rezy získané pomocou CT (počítačová tomografia) či MRI (magnetická rezonancia) a pozorovanie drobných štruktúrnych detailov elektrónovým mikroskopom. Na začiatok knihy sme zaradili atlas anatómie človeka. Ľudské telo pripomína zložitú skladačku. Svaly a vnútorné orgány tlačia jeden na druhý a vypĺňajú telesné dutiny. Popri nich sa vinú nervy a cievy a vysielajú do nich svoje vetvy. Iba ťažko si možno predstaviť, ako sú jednotlivé zložky tela organizované, ilustrátorom tejto knihy sa však podarilo podať anatómiu spôsobom, akým ju nemožno skúmať v pitevni – postupne znázornili jednotlivé kosti, svaly, cievy, nervy a vnútorné orgány. Ľudské telo, pravdaže, nepredstavuje mŕtvu sochu, ale živý stroj. Jeho funkciami, teda fyziológiou, sa zaoberá druhá časť knihy. Mnohí z nás sa zamyslia nad stavbou a fungovaním svojho tela až vtedy, keď ochorejú. Posledná časť knihy sa preto zameriava na problémy, ktoré narúšajú plynulú činnosť nášho organizmu. Táto kniha pripomína užívateľskú príručku k ľudskému telu, preto istotne zaujme čitateľov všetkých vekových kategórií.
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Dětská neurologie
V dětské neurologii došlo v posledních letech k významnému pokroku. Tím, že se u dosud pouze klinicky definovaných jednotek (např. Rettův syndrom, Angelmanův syndrom, spinocerebelární ataxie) v současnosti otevřela možnost postavit diagnózu na podkla
dě molekulárně genetického vyšetření, mění se i celkový pohled na okruhy neurometabolických, neurodegenerativních a nervosvalových poruch. Nové poznatky v epileptologii přináší magnetická rezonance a video-EEG, moderní antikonvulzívní terapie zahrnuj
e antiepileptika 3. generace. Podstatné jsou pokroky v neuroonkologii, neuroimunologii a relativně nový je koncept neurovývojových onemocnění zahrnující dříve opomíjený autismus.
Tato publikace, koncipovaná jako vybrané kapitoly z dětské neurologie,
nemá být a není kompletní učebnicí. Jednotlivá témata byla volena podle aktuálního programu výuky dětské neurologie s cílem poskytnout čtenářům základní orientaci v problematice a medikům podklad pro aktivní účast na přednáškách. Kapitoly upozorňují
na odlišnosti neurologie dětí a dospělých a zahrnují osvědčené postupy vývojového neurologického vyšetřování novorozenců a kojenců.
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Kinematografie a stát v českých zemích 1895-1945
Kniha filmového historika Ivana Klimeše sleduje formování postoje státu ke kinematografii po dobu pěti desetiletí od vynálezu filmu, a to v rovině politické, hospodářské i kulturní.
Časové ohraničení je na spodní hranici symbolicky dáno rokem 1895, kdy byl veřejnosti v Paříži představen kinematograf bratrů Lumierových a kdy v Praze na Národopisné výstavě českoslovanské čekal na návštěvníky Edisonův kinetoskop. Horní hranici pak tvoří sotva zpochybnitelný přelom, který v dějinách českých zemí, jakož i v dějinách české kinematografie představuje rok 1945. Právě v tomto roce totiž specifickým způsobem kulminuje autorem stopovaný příběh média a státu, příběh o to pozoruhodnější, že ve sledovaném období stihly české země náležet do čtyř různých státních útvarů, vždy s jinými hranicemi.
Hlavními tématy knihy jsou otázky regulace oboru (i jejího očekávání ze strany veřejnosti), využití média v politických zápasech i k reprezentaci státu, otázka letitého zápasu o plnou a veřejnou akceptaci filmového média jako kulturního fenoménu, ale i třeba otázka filmového média jako zvláštní „rezonanční desky“, která zesiluje a zrcadlí politické, hospodářské, sociální i kulturní problémy doby. Struktura knihy je založena na principu střídání "panoramatických" rekonstrukcí vývoje kinematografie jako kulturní formy a společenské instituce s mikrohistorickými exkurzy do dílčích, ale pro vývoj filmu symptomatických fenoménů a praktik.
Kniha Ivana Klimeše je příkladem sebevědomého dialogu domácího badatele s progresivními tendencemi ve světové filmové historiografii posledních třiceti let. Text je na vysoké jazykové úrovni, napsaný čtivým a čistým slohem, důsledně zdrojovaný, doplňují jej pečlivě vybrané a komentované tabulky s kvantitativními údaji a přílohy s edicemi klíčových historických pramenů.
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Los Angels
From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of Angels provides a fascinating journey through the city's cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history. It traces the city's development from the 1880s' real estate boom, through the early days of Hollywood and the urban sprawl of the late 20th century, right up to the present day. With over 500 images, L.A. is shown emerging from a desert wasteland to become a vast palm-studded urban metropolis. Events that made world news—including two Olympics, Bobby Kennedy's assassination, and the Rodney King riots—reveal a city of many dimensions. The entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood, and its celebrities are showcased along with many other notable residents, personalities, architects, artists, and musicians. The city's pop cultural movements, its music, surfing, health food fads, gangs, and hot rods are included, as are its notorious crimes and criminals. This book depicts Los Angeles in all its glory and grit, via hundreds of freshly discovered images including those of Julius Shulman, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton and many other superb photographers, culled from major historical archives, museums, private collectors, and universities. These are given context and resonance through essays by renowned California historian Kevin Starr and Los Angeles literature expert David L. Ulin.
OWC News from Nowhere
News from Nowhere(1890) is the best-known prose work of William Morris and the only significant English utopia to be written since Thomas More's. The novel describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a de
centralized and humane socialist future. Set over a century after a revolutionary upheaval in 1952, these "Chapters from a Utopian Romance" recount his journey across London and up the Thames to Kelmscott Manor, Morris's own country house in Oxfordsh
ire. Drawing on the work of John Ruskin and Karl Marx, Morris's book is not only an evocative statement of his egalitarian convictions but also a distinctive contribution to the utopian tradition. Morris's rejection of state socialism and his ambitio
n to transform the relationship between humankind and the natural world, give News from Nowhere a particular resonance for modern readers. This text is based on the 1891 version, incorporating the extensive revisions made by Morris to the first editi
on. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Dior
Published to mark the 75th anniversary of one of the world's greatest couture houses, this gorgeous book combines Christian Dior's classics with the newest creations.
Christian Dior achieved immortality with his first collection in 1947. His 'New Look' amazed the world as it emerged after wartime austerity, and reset the boundaries of modern elegance. Dior's search for the perfect line and the ideal silhouette has been celebrated by couturiers of the first rank: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri have all made their distinctive contribution.
This book honours Dior's influence by celebrating the elements of style for every generation since 1947, through inspired pairings of classic and contemporary photographs. Six thematic chapters express outstanding Dior characteristics, including the silhouette, the evening gown and the eternal muse - in short, the aspects of the House that lend it unique distinction both then and now. The most beautiful fashion plates from Dior's own time sit beside examples of the house's creations through the decades. The resonance between classic archive photographs and the latest most up-to-date frames is clear and compelling.
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Clarke Vince - Songs Of Silence LP
Vince Clarke, ikona synthpopovej éry ako prvý skladateľ Depeche Mode, Yazoo a takmer 40 rokov súčasťou dua Erasure, sa vydáva na novú cestu so svojím vôbec prvým sólovým albumom, odhaľuje pozoruhodný nový aspekt svojej hudobnej brilantnosti s albumom "Songs of Silence". V tomto projekte Clarke skúma nedotknutú cestu ambientnej elektronickej krásy, výrazne sa odchyľuje od svojho slávneho elektropopového dedičstva, aby vytvoril album, ktorý stojí v jeho vlastnej ríši. V skladbe „Songs of Silence“ ste pozvaní zažiť zvukovú scénu, ktorá je bohato sugestívna a zároveň neobsahuje texty. Album preukazuje číre majstrovstvo nad zvoleným médiom a evokuje kozmickú odľahlosť prostredníctvom príbehov vytvorených syntetizátorom, ktoré hlboko rezonujú v ich tichu. Clarke si pri tvorbe tohto albumu osvojil prísny, no inšpirovaný prístup, pričom sa držal dvoch základných pravidiel, ktoré by riadili podstatu tohto projektu. Po prvé, zvuková tapiséria tkaná celým albumom vychádza výlučne zo zvukov generovaných Eurorackom, modulárnym syntetizátorovým formátom, ktorý sa objavil v polovici 90. rokov. Po druhé, každá skladba sa odvíja okolo jedinej, rezonančnej noty, pričom zachováva súdržný kľúč, ktorý skladbu spája v harmonickej jednote. Výsledné kompozície zapuzdrujú príbehy bez slov, ktoré lákajú poslucháčov do ríše pohlcujúceho pokoja, prerušovaného výraznými zásahmi, ktoré slúžia ako dojímavá pripomienka ľudského dotyku, ktorý riadi túto hudobnú odyseu.
Tracklist:
A1. Cathedral
A2. White Rabbit
A3. Passage
A4. Imminent
A5. Red Planet
B1. The Lamentations Of Jeremiah
B2. Mitosis
B3. Blackleg
B4. Scarper
B5. Last Transmission
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Lets Become Fungal!: Mycelium Teachings and the Arts
Twelve lessons in fungal activism, Indigenous knowledge and collaboration for artists, gardeners, educators and anyone intrigued by the fascinating life and inspiring metaphors of the mycelium and the mushroom.
The enormous popular interest in the world of fungi and the mycelium testifies to its tremendous resonance as a metaphor for new ways of thinking, new systems and behaviors. Taking its inspiration from this world, Let's Become Fungal! looks at a range of Indigenous practices from Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia that are rooted in multispecies collaboration, symbiosis, alliances, non-monetary resource exchange, decentralization, bottom-up methods and mutual dependency--all suggestive of the behavior of the mycelium.
Each of the book's 12 chapters offers teachings on collaboration, decoloniality, nonlinearity, toxicity, mobilization, biomimicry, death and being nonbinary, while also examining the world of fungi. Let's Become Fungal! shows how fungi can inspire artists, collectives, organizations, educators, policymakers, designers, scientists, anthropologists, curators, urbanists, activists, gardeners, community leaders, farmers and others to become more fungal in their ways of working and being.
Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez (born 1984) works as a curator and researcher on art and ecology, and is based in Mexico City. She has founded and directed many international initiatives at the intersection of art and ecology, including the Green Art Lab Alliance (Asia, Latin America and Europe) and the Nature Research Department, the Van Eyck Food Lab, and the Future Materials Bank at the Jan van Eyck Academie (NL).
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Another Year of Wonder
ANOTHER YEAR OF WONDER IS A CAREFULLY CURATED COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC OFFERING ONE PIECE TO LISTEN TO EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
WITH A FOREWORD BY ELIZABETH DAY
In this follow-up to her much-loved Year of Wonder, award-winning broadcaster, journalist and violinist Clemency Burton-Hill continues her mission to demystify and open up the world of classical music to everyone, offering up one extraordinary piece of music to listen to every day of the year.
'There is no algorithm to this book: it is a thoughtfully curated selection given from one human to another. It is not a history book, or a formal 'guide to classical music'. It is simply from my heart to yours. I have chosen pieces I love, or think historically interesting, or which have some resonance for me personally or in the world. But what matters is what you think; how they make you feel as you listen. I hope that you will fall in love with most of them, or at least be fascinated by their historical context, or find them curious in other ways, because then you are already in a relationship with classical music. This is your book, as much it is mine.'
Another Year of Wonder shows that, whoever you are and wherever you come from, classical music can be a soundtrack for your everyday life and a reminder that finding a space to sit and listen to a piece of music every day can be a singular gift.
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Homo Irrealis
The bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the essay form with this collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works.
The irrealis mood knows no boundaries between what is and what isn't, between what happened and what won't. In more ways than one, the essay about the artists, writers, and great minds gathered in this volume have nothing to do with who I am, or who they were, and my reading of them may be entirely erroneous. But I misread them the better to read myself.
From meditations on subway poetry and the temporal resonances of an empty Italian street, to considerations of the lives and work of Sigmund Freud, Constantine Cavafy, W. G. Sebald, John Sloan, Eric Rohmer, Marcel Proust, and Fernando Pessoa, and portraits of cities such as Alexandria and St. Petersburg, Homo Irrealis is a deep reflection of the imagination's power to shape our memories under time's seemingly intractable hold
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Dieter Rams - The Complete Works
Made in close collaboration with Rams himself, this catalogue raisonne is the ultimate reference on one of the most influential product designers of all time
"Chances are if you've shaved with an electric razor, blow-dried your hair, or sparked up a cigarette in the past 60 years, you owe a debt of gratitude to Dieter Rams." -Jeff Oloizia, The New York Times
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century, who for more than sixty years has been defining the look, feel, and function of some of the world's best-loved consumer items. Using his 'ten principles for good design' as a philosophy and practice for improving the industry in a more holistic, responsible way, Rams has built a reputation with global resonance.
Here, for the first time, is a catalogue raisonne of every product that he has designed in his lifetime - a true celebration of his seminal contribution to the field of industrial and product design. Including 300 color illustrations, the book is organized chronologically, each product is accompanied by a detailed description and specification breakdown, making this the ultimate reference guide for Rams fans.
The ideal complement to Phaidon's global bestseller Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible
(Nothing But) Flowers
An opulent, joyful homage to the many ways of painting flowers, from Charles Burchfield to Amy Sillman
“Flowers are always working in the service of the passage of time,” writes Helen Molesworth in the opening pages of (Nothing but) Flowers. “In all of the paintings in this book where flowers are depicted, innocently standing in their vases, the minor gestures of gathering, arranging and display can be seen as a verb list dedicated to world-building.” This clothbound volume gathers paintings of flowers by more than 50 artists from Charles Burchfield to Amy Sillman, Joe Brainard to Lisa Yuskavage, who have explored the perennial appeal of this richest and yet simplest of subjects. (Nothing but) Flowers demonstrates the capacity of the humble botanical motif to capture sorrow, stimulate rehabilitation, and guide us through periods of mourning, celebration and rebirth. Writers Hilton Als, Helen Molesworth and David Rimanelli contribute meditations on the many resonances of flowers in art.
Artists include: Gertrude Abercrombie, Marina Adams, Henni Alftan, Ed Baynard, Nell Blaine, Dike Blair, Vern Blosum, Joe Brainard, Cecily Brown, Charles Burchfield, Matt Connors, Andrew Cranston, Ann Craven, Stephanie Crawford, Somaya Critchlow, Verne Dawson, Lois Dodd, Peter Doig, Nicole Eisenman, Ida Ekblad, Minnie Evans, Marley Freeman, Jane Freilicher, Mark Grotjahn, James Harrison, Lubaina Himid, Samuel Hindolo, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Max Jansons, Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Sanya Kantarovsky, Alex Katz, Karen Kilimnik, Zenzaburo Kojima, Matvey Levenstein, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Calvin Marcus, Helen Marden, Jeanette Mundt, Soumya Netrabile, Woody De Othello, Sanou Oumar, Jennifer Packer, Nicolas Party, Hilary Pecis, Richard Pettibone, Elizabeth Peyton, Amy Sillman, Elaine Sturtevant, Tabboo!, Honor Titus, Uman, Susan Jane Walp, Stanley Whitney, Jonas Wood, Matthew Wong, Albert York, Manoucher Yektai and Lisa Yuskavage.
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Remarkable Trees
More than 60,000 species of trees are found in an amazing variety of forms, sizes and habitats. Every tree has its own story and here are over 60, selected for their particular resonance and connection with humankind and representing most of the world's major zones and ecologies. In portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, the authors reveal the details of trees from around the world, both familiar and strange. We use timbers for building and creating, have discovered which tree fruits and seeds taste delicious, and which can kill or cure us, and which species can add colour and spirituality to our lives - from the timber of mahogany to the delights of chocolate and pomegranate, from the medicinal tea tree to the deadly manchineel, and from fragrant frankincense to the highly prized dragon's blood tree.
Artists and botanists alike have been inspired by trees for centuries, and a varied and beautiful range of images from the unrivalled archive at Kew illustrate the stories, to create this enlightening and enchanting book.
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If Beale Street Could Talk
The inspiration for the new film from Oscar award-winning director Barry Jenkins
'Achingly beautiful' Guardian
Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.
'If Beale Street Could Talk affirms not only love between a man and a woman, but love of a type that is dealt with only rarely in contemporary fiction - that between members of a family' Joyce Carol Oates
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Epic Continent
'A thought-provoking treatise interwoven with blistered-feet-on-the-ground accounts of spots both pretty and gritty' National Geographic'Compelling, thought-provoking, and courageous, this epic-poetic journey peels back layers of collective emotional and imaginative inheritance. Jubber gets under the skin of our complicated continent and his timing is dead right' Kapka Kassabova'A genuine epic' Wanderlust'The prose is colourful and vigorous...Jubber's journeying has indeed been epic, in scale and ambition. In this thoughtful travelogue he has woven together colourful ancient and modern threads into a European tapestry that combines the sombre and the sparkling' Spectator'Epic Continent sets out on a physical and mythological journey to uncover what it means to be European' GeographicalThese are the stories that made Europe.Reaching back into the ancient and medieval eras in which these defining works were produced, and investigating their continuing influence today, Epic Continent explores how matters of honour, fundamentalism, fate, nationhood, sex, class and politics have preoccupied the people of Europe across the millennia.
In these tales soaked in blood and fire, Nicholas Jubber discovers how the world of gods and emperors, dragons and water maidens, knights and princesses made our own: their deep impact on European identity, and their resonance in our turbulent times. Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through our continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times, and how they have since shaped us.
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In the Beginning
Featuring a neon and metallic cover, this spectacular volume is a work of literary art. From Genesis to the Book of Daniel, it recounts 35 stories from the Old Testament in a modern and inviting way, combining spirited illustrations with spare, eloquent prose. Acclaimed illustrator Serge Bloch expertly captures the many scenes in these beloved tales, conveying extraordinary breadth of emotion and action in his seemingly simple drawings. Biblical expert Frédéric Boyer and poet and translator Cole Swensen contribute accessible and enlightening text, further illuminating the stories with notes on their history and symbolism. Full of contemporary resonance, here are universal stories of love, anger, betrayal, faith, and courage revealed in a way that encourages readers of all ages and faiths to engage with them anew.
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A Year At The Circus
Welcome to the White House.
At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speed. The one thing absent from the weather forecast is the tranquil eye of the storm. That we never see.
In A Year at the Circus: Inside Trump's White House, BBC North America Editor, Jon Sopel, takes you inside Trump's West Wing and explores the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of American institutions. Each chapter starts inside a famous Washington room, uncovering its history and its new resonance in the Trump era.
You are invited to step inside the Oval Office where Trump called for loyalty from FBI Director James Comey, and experience life as a reporter in the Briefing Room, where the tense relationship between the media and the President is played out. Guiding you through these rooms, Jon reveals the inner workings of the Trump White House and details the key moments and conversations that have unfolded within its walls.
From Kim Jong-un and Kavanaugh to Merkel and the Mueller Inquiry - this is your insider guide to the Washington Circus. Roll up, roll up ...
The Glorious Life of the Oak
AS FEATURED ON 'BBC RADIO 4 'GOOD READS'.
Woodlands Awards 2019: Woodland Books of the Year
'The oak is the wooden tie between heaven and earth. It is the lynch pin of the British landscape.'
The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. It has roots that stretch back to all the old European cultures but Britain has more ancient oaks than all the other European countries put together. More than half the ancient oaks in the world are in Britain.
Many of our ancestors - the Angles, the Saxons, the Norse - came to the British Isles in longships made of oak. For centuries the oak touched every part of a Briton's life - from cradle to coffin It was oak that made the 'wooden walls' of Nelson's navy, and the navy that allowed Britain to rule the world. Even in the digital Apple age, the real oak has resonance - the word speaks of fortitude, antiquity, pastoralism.
The Glorious Life of the Oak explores our long relationship with this iconic tree; it considers the life-cycle of the oak, the flora and fauna that depend on the oak, the oak as medicine, food and drink, where Britain's mightiest oaks can be found, and it tells of oak stories from folklore, myth and legend.
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