Hľadanie: Intence
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Lacná kniha El Hombre Demolido (-70%)
En el siglo XXIV, las armas se han convertido en piezas de museo; cuerpos especializados de telépatas rastrean las mentes para detectar crímenes antes de que ocurran. Cometer un asesinato parece imposible... pero el hombre más poderoso del sistema solar demostrará lo contrario. Retratando desde las orgías de la aristocracia hasta las intrigas por el control de los recursos galácticos, pasando por las subculturas de policías, empresarios y estafadores, Bester ha creado un intenso thriller de ciencia ficción, para demostrar que todo cambia excepto la naturaleza humana. Publicada en 1952, esta novela ganó el primer Premio Hugo de la historia en 1953. Por su argumento y estilo ágil y atemporal, hoy en día constituye un verdadero e insuperable clásico de su género.
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Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the earth was the centre of a universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this centre. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Less than 150 years ago, the special creation by God of living species was still dominant. The relentless application of the scientific method of inference from experiment and observation, without reference to religious, or governmental authority has completely transformed our view of our origins and relation to the universe, in less than 500 years. Few would dispute that this programme has been spectacularly successful, particularly in the twentieth century. This book is about the crucial role of evolutionary biology in transforming our view of human origins and relation to the universe, and the impact of this idea on traditional philosophy and religion.The purpose of this book is to introduce the general reader to some of the most important basic findings, concepts, and procedures of evolutionary biology, as it has developed since the first publications of Darwin and Wallace on the subject, over 140 years ago. Evolution provides a unifying set of principals for the whole of biology; it also illuminates the relation of human beings to the universe and each other. In addition, many aspects of evolution have practical importance; for instance, the rapid evolution of resistance by bacteria to antibiotics and of HIV to antiviral drugs are pressing medical problems.
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Revmatologie
Choroby pohybového ústrojí stále trýzní bolestmi mnoho lidí na celém světě a často jim způsobují i předčasnou invaliditu. Dá se předpokládat, že počet takto postižených osob bude v příštích letech stoupat ruku v ruce se stárnutím populace. Proto je publikace autora Štefana Alušíka velmi aktuální a potřebná i jako orientační příručka pro praxi lékařů první linie. Autor vychází ze základní klasifikace revmatických onemocnění a postupně se věnuje v přijatelném rozsahu výkladu nemocí tam uvedených. Popisuje difusní choroby pojivové tkáně, séronegativní spondyartritidy, osteoartrózy u nejčastěji postižených kloubů, infekce kloubní, artropatie způsobené metabolickými poruchami a endokrinními chorobami, nádory pojivového ústrojí, projevy neurovaskulárních poruch a choroby kostí a chrupavky. Nezapomíná ani na mimokloubní revmatismus a choroby jiného původu spojené s kloubními projevy. Knížka obsahuje 7 přehledných tabulek a 24 zdařilých fotografií i vysvětlujících kreseb popisovaných onemocnění. Publikace se hodí nejen pro lékaře a studenty medicíny, ale i pro rehabilitační pracovníky a fyzioterapeuty.
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Oxford Colour Portuguese Dictionary
This Portuguese dictionary covers over 40,000 words and phrases, and over 65,000 translations. It has a clear colour layout and every word or phrase the user wants to translate is highlighted in blue. The book is intended for anyone starting to learn Portuguese (at school up to GCSE level or as an adult learner), as well as holiday and business travellers.
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Ínyenc fogások az őrület szélén álló anyukáknak
Valójában sokkal könnyebb táplálni a gyerekeket, mint hinnénk. Még akkor is, ha számításba vesszük azt a hihetetlen képességüket, amivel visszautasítják, eldobják, szétszórják az ennivalót. Nem varázsige kell ide, hanem ennek a könyvnek a több mint 50 könnyű receptje, ami tényleg beválik a gyerekeknél.
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Mrtví umí mluvit
Cassie, asistentka v pitevně, už za svou praxi zažila leccos. Ovšem teď před ní na stole leží někdo, koho velmi dobře znala. Cassie je přesvědčená, že dokáže vnímat poslední myšlenky mrtvých, a teď cítí, že závěr patologa, dle kterého jde o nešťastnou náhodu, není správný. Vidí snad ve svém zármutku přeludy, nebo se její intuice nemýlí a na smrti paní E. je něco zlověstnějšího?
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Kosmova kronika česká
Kosmova kronika česká (latinsky Chronica Boemorum) je nejstarší česká kronika, tj. kronika týkající se dějin Čechů. Původní text byl napsán latinsky a jeho autorem byl Kosmas, děkan pražské svatovítské kapituly. Sepsal ho pravděpodobně v letech 1119 až 1125.
Kronika stojí na úplném počátku české historiografie a je obecně považována za jedno z nejvýznamnějších literárních děl, které v českých zemích ve středověku vzniklo. Zároveň je to jeden z nejdůležitějších historických pramenů pro poznání českého raného středověku.
Vliv Kosmovy kroniky na poznání českého středověku je dokonce natolik zásadní, že se někteří historikové pokoušejí vytvořit i tzv. nekosmovské pojetí českých dějin, tj. na základě jiných pramenů zjistit, co se do historiografie dostalo jako Kosmova invence či jeho specifický náhled na svou současnost.
O umění, zjednodušeně řečeno
Připadá mi zvláštní, co se s naším textem pozvolna děje. Čím dál víc se mi totiž jeví, že se pozvolna emancipoval a začíná stát sám o sobě jako cosi, co nemám potřebu pojmenovat, píše Karel Haloun v jednom z dopisů Pavlu Büchlerovi.
Původním Halounovým záměrem bylo shromáždit v korespondenci materiál pro přehledovou publikaci o Büchlerově tvorbě, která v české literatuře dosud chybí. Výměna názorů mezi dlouholetými přáteli a výtvarníky téže generace se však rozvinula do šíře od současného umění, designu a populární kultury přes Karla Marxe, Andy Warhola nebo Franze Kafku až po otázky estetického hodnocení, funkce kritiky a mnohé jiné a zavede čtenáře mnoha oklikami do míst, kam Pavel Büchler opakovaně a neplánovaně dochází ve své vlastní umělecké praxi.
Řídím se pravidlem, že věc je hotová v momentu, kdy jí sám přestanu rozumět a kdy se jí jaksi podaří uniknout z dosahu mých původních intencí. A pokud mě překvapí něčím, co bych od ní nebyl nikdy čekal a co nemohu nijak ospravedlnit, tím lépe a tím spíše si jsem jist, že ji mohu pustit do světa.
Homeopatická léčba ženských potíží
Autorka je mezinárodně známá indická lékařka a lektorka s dvacetiletou intenzivní praxí. Tato její poslední kniha je určena k praktickému řešení širokého spektra běžně se vyskytujících ženských potíží a nemocí, které dělí podle fází života - puberta, plodný věk, těhotenství, porod, mateřství, menopauza… V kapitolách Sada základních homeopatických gynekologických léků a Vzácně používané, malé, méně známé přípravky se specifickými indikacemi uvádí stručné charakteristiky léků včetně mnoha, které dosud v české literatuře nebyly popsány. V kapitole Klinické tipy na ženské genitálie najdeme 97 nemocí a potíží a u každé jsou uvedeny jeden nebo dva léky. Autorka se zabývá i systémem odebírání případu, volbou potence, opakováním léku. Snad nejcennější pro praxi je sekce Případové studie , uvádějící 33 analýz případů obvyklých ženských potíží, ukazujících, jak léčba konkrétně probíhá a jak se často daří vyřešit i potíže před tím odolávající konvenční léčbě. Kniha podává velmi koncentrovanou a přehlednou informaci vyvěrající z hluboké znalosti a zkušenosti. Ocení ji nejen zkušený homeopat, jemuž přinese mnoho nového, ale také všichni vážní zájemci o tento způsob léčby.
The New Dress and Other Stories
As Mabel Waring takes off her cloak and steps into the drawing room of Clarissa Dalloway, she immediately realizes that something is not right: her pale-yellow silk dress, which she has had specially made for the occasion, is clearly old-fashioned, dowdy and out of place. Everyone seems to be looking at her in dismay or mocking her appearance. Crushed at once by her insecurity, Mabel is pervaded by a sense of self-loathing, and feels utter revulsion for the social world she has tried so hard to impress.
Written in 1924 and perhaps intended for inclusion in Mrs Dalloway, a book Woolf was working on at the time, 'The New Dress' is here accompanied by most of the short stories she published in her lifetime and six other posthumously published narratives that share the milieu and some of the characters of her celebrated novel. Together, they reveal their author as one of the finest practitioners in the field of short fiction.
Heresy
‘In the beginning was the Word,’ says the Gospel of John. This sentence – and the words of all four gospels – is central to the teachings of the Christian church and has shaped Western art, literature and language, and the Western mind.
Yet in the years after the death of Christ there was not merely one word, nor any consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. There were many different Jesuses, among them the aggressive Jesus who scorned his parents and crippled those who opposed him, the Jesus who sold his twin into slavery and the Jesus who had someone crucified in his stead.
Moreover, in the early years of the first millennium there were many other saviours, many sons of gods who healed the sick and cured the lame. But as Christianity spread, they were pronounced unacceptable – even heretical – and they faded from view. Now, in Heresy, Catherine Nixey tells their extraordinary story, one of contingency, chance and plurality. It is a story about what might have been.
The Poisons We Drink
In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family.
Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her.
Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister Janus safe is now her responsibility. When the powerful Grand Witcher, the ruthless head of her coven, offers Venus the chance to punish her mother's killer, she has to pay a steep price for revenge. The cost? Brew poisonous potions to enslave D.C.'s most influential politicians.
As Venus crawls deeper into the corrupt underbelly of her city, the line between magic and power blurs, and it's hard to tell who to trust...Herself included.
The Poisons We Drink is a potent YA debut about a world where love potions are weaponized against hate and prejudice, sisterhood is unbreakable, and self-love is life and death.
Flirting with Danger
A picture should tell a story. It should open doors to a mysterious journey of thought by letting its viewers forget the world around them for a brief moment. David Drebin is known for infusing his photographic masterpieces with compelling narratives. Although each of his works is marked by creative uniqueness, his signature style puts a distinct stamp under each image - a romantic melancholy with a hint of eroticism that elegantly invites you into an exciting fantasy. In his new illustrated book Flirting With Danger, the renowned star photographer now presents particularly sensational moments of this theme. David Drebin creates a dream world in a cinematographic way, which, thanks to his hyper-realistic style, seems so lifelike that the viewer feels part of the scenery. Perhaps it is this twist that makes his artworks so suspenseful, or perhaps it is the way he skilfully stages his protagonists. Each of his pictures leaves the impression of its own dramaturgy, which only stimulates the mental cinema. What will happen next? What happened before? The artist's new coffee-table book is now dedicated to the fascinating attraction of the forbidden and the dangerous. Intense snapshots show approaches to the exciting sides of life. The result is a book in a class of its own. In an extra-large format, the artist's pictures can achieve maximum effect and thus skilfully bring the emotions of the viewers to their peak.
All That We Never Were
Devastating grief has a way of overshadowing love...
Nineteen-year-old Leah Jones is struggling to cope after she and her twenty-nine-year-old brother Oliver lose their parents in a horrific car accident. Leah was in the car and is plagued by nightmares, intense grief and numbness-her life as she knew it is over.
Oliver hates leaving Leah at a time like this, but the only way he can support them both is if he transfers to Sydney for work. He implores his best friend Axel Nguyen to let her move in with him in their hometown of Byron Bay and watch over her while he's away. Oliver, Axel and Leah have known each other since childhood.
For Axel, seeing Leah so broken and devastated is a punch to the gut. He promises himself he'll do anything to bring the light back into her eyes, no matter what it takes. He would be shocked to learn that Leah is in love with him.
Little by little, as he does everything in his power to bring Leah back to the sparkling, energetic beauty he's known, he falls in love with her, too, even though he feels that he's betraying Oliver's trust. Before he can tell him, Oliver finds out about Leah and Axel's relationship and is outraged. He insists Axel prove his love by letting her go so she can fully experience life at college.
Axel agrees to break both of their hearts, and stoically breaks up with Leah so she can start a new life, not realizing the repercussions that will affect them both for years to come.
On Our Best Behaviour
Why do women equate self-denial with being 'good'?
We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We put others' needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. Journalist and podcast host Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses – often lauded as distinctly feminine instincts – are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of social mores:
Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride.
These so-called 'deadly sins' have been used by the patriarchy to control women throughout our history. For instance, a fear of gluttony drives us to ignore our appetites and an aversion to greed prevents us from negotiating a better salary at work.
So, what would happen if we stopped trying to be 'good'?
Provocative and bold, On Our Best Behaviour is a probing analysis of history and contemporary culture that explains how women have internalised the patriarchy, and how they unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions, Elise Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover a path toward a more balanced, fulfilled way to live.
Simply Lies
NO TRUTH
Former Jersey City detective and single mother of two, Mickey Gibson, now works for global investigation company, ProEye, to track down assets of the wealthy who have tried to avoid their creditors. One day she gets a call from a colleague, Arlene Robinson, asking her to visit the home of a notorious arms dealer who has cheated some of ProEye’s clients in the past. Mickey arrives at the mansion to discover the body of a man hidden in a secret room.
NO LIMITS
It turns out that nothing is at it seems. The arms dealer did not exist, and nobody at ProEye knew of Arlene Robinson. Mickey had been tricked and now the cops were involved. The body was that of Harry Langhorne, who’d been in Witness Protection having had links with the mob.
NO FEAR
Now begins a cat-and-mouse showdown between hardened ex-cop, Mickey, and a woman with sociopathic tendencies who has no name and a mysterious past. She intends to get what she wants and people who get in her way will die. For Mickey to stop her, she must first discover her true identity and what damaged her all those years ago. And the truth behind why she selected Micky to become her nemesis . . .
Loki
Step into the ancient fir-tree forests of Scandinavia and bear witness to legends as epic as those of the Greeks and the Romans.
Melvin Burgess revolutionised children's literature with the infamous cult novels Junk and Doing It. In his first adult novel, Loki, he breathes new life into Norse myths.
Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Norse mythology, from the time the gods - the founders of Asgard - defeated races of monsters, and hurtling through famous stories, including Odin hanging himself on the World Tree, the theft of the corrupting gold ring and the murder of Baldr, the god of love and the Sun. This narrative may seem familiar enough at first, but the reader should beware.
Born within the heart of a fire in the hollow of a tree-trunk, Loki arrives in Asgard as an outsider. He is a trickster, an unreliable narrator, the god of intelligence and politics. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this...) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor.
Alongside the politics of Asgard, it charts the course of Loki's many loves and families, from his mothering of Odin's famous horse to his intense, turbulent, and, eventually, fatal relationship with Baldr the Beautiful - a tender and moving story of love that goes wrong, jealousy and a transitioning that is forbidden by society.
This is a retelling that is contemporary in tone, at once amusing and relatable. It is a heartfelt plea to overthrow the old gods of power and authority and instigate a new era ruled by love and intelligence.
Forms of Enchantment
An anthology of compelling essays by Marina Warner, one of our pre-eminent writers and critics.
Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she captures the visual experience of the work of several artists – with a notable focus on the inner lives of women – through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude. Metamorphosis features vividly in the imagery, stories and media of the art that Warner has chosen to write about: in connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, for instance; with the Catholicism of Damien Hirst; and with performance as a medium of memory and resistance in the installations of Joan Jonas.
Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, the author’s approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. She argues that art and aesthetics increasingly fulfil a magical social function – a principle that runs through these writings to give the collection a quality that is polemical as well as coherent. With an introductory essay and illustrations throughout, Marina Warner investigates how artists noted for their treatment of disturbing, uncanny material have reached beyond the visible, to express interior states. Truly inspiring, her writing unites the imagination of artist, writer and reader, creating a reading experience parallel to the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art.