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End Times
One of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society works
What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain their dominant position? And why do ruling classes sometimes suddenly lose their grip on power?
For decades, complexity scientist Peter Turchin has been studying world history like no-one else. Assembling vast databases mined from 10,000 years of human activity, and then developing new models, he has transformed the way we learn from the past. End Times is the result: a ground-breaking account of how society works.
The lessons, he argues, are clear. When the balance of power between the ruling class and the majority tips too far in favour of elites, income inequality surges. The rich get richer, the poor further impoverished. As more people try to join the elite, frustration with the establishment brims over, often with disastrous consequences. Elite overproduction led to state breakdown in imperial China, in medieval France, in the American Civil War - and it is happening now.
But while we are far along the path toward violent political rupture, Turchin's models also light the way to a brighter future. Drawing insight from those occasions in history where the balance was restored, End Times also points towards a different future: an escape from the patterns of the past.
The Future of Competitive Strategy
How legacy firms can combine their traditional strengths with the power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy for the digital era.
How can legacy firms remain relevant in the digital era? In The Future of Competitive Strategy, strategic management expert Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy. Drawing on the experiences of a range of companies, including Caterpillar, Sleep Number, and Whirlpool, he explains how firms can benefit from data’s enlarged role in modern business, develop digital ecosystems tailored to their unique business needs, and use new frameworks to harness the power of data for competitive advantage.
Subramaniam presents digital ecosystems as a combination of production and consumption ecosystems, which can be used by legacy firms to unlock the value of data at various levels—from improving operational efficiencies to creating new data-driven services and transforming traditional products into digital platforms. He explores the ways sensors and the Internet of Things provide new kinds of customer data; presents the concept of digital competitors—other firms that have access to similar data; discusses the new digital capabilities that firms need to develop; and addresses privacy and security issues associated with data sharing.
Who needs this book? Any firm that wants to revitalize traditional business models, offer a richer customer experience, and expand its competitive arena into new digital ecosystems.
Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom
Everything you know about capitalism is wrong.Free markets aren't really free. Record corporate profits don't trickle down to everyone else. And we aren't empowered to make our own choices - they're made for us every day. In Vulture Capitalism, acclaimed journalist Grace Blakeley takes on the world's most powerful corporations by showing how the causes of our modern crisis are the intended result of our capitalist system. It's not broken, it's working exactly as planned. From Amazon to Boeing, Henry Ford to Richard Nixon, Blakeley shows us exactly where late-stage capitalism has gone wrong.Searing, explosive and timely, Vulture Capitalism is the book you need to understand what is happening in the world around you - and what you can do to change it.
Full of explosive examples and eye-opening original research, young thinker Grace Blakeley gives us a fresh look at the problems of our late stage capitalism crisis - and gives us the keys to stop it.
Warcraft: Legendák - Képregény I. kötet
A nagy sikerű Warcraft: Napkút-trilógia nyomán egy újabb döbbenetes erejű, lenyűgöző képi világú sorozatot ajánlunk a Warcraft univerzumának rajongói figyelmébe. Bukottak: A Warcraft: Napkút-trilógiában ábrázoltak folytatásaként a Richard Knaak - Kim Jae-Hwan szerzőpáros Magashegy Trag, a bátor tauren történetét meséli el, aki a Jégárnyak eseményeit követően új létre ébred - de immár élőhalottként... Az utazás: Andorhal Csapás dúlta tájaira vezető útja során aranyra és izgalmakra éhes kalandozók csapata ragad magával egy egyszerű földművest - és változtatja meg ekként mindörökre a férfi és családja életét. Hogyan szerezzünk barátokat: Szörkentyű Lászlónak, a gnóm mérnöknek a háza zsúfolásig van látszólag teljesen hasznavehetetlen találmányokkal, maga a feltaláló pedig hajlamos a lehető legalkalmatlanabb pillanatokban kinyilvánítani a véleményét. Ám amikor egy troll kezdi dúlni a várost, kiderül: talán mégis csak László az egyedüli, aki képes lecsitítani a dühöngő bestiát... Tisztességes csere: Feketeujjú Norit Tóriumbányától a Zsákmánypartig olyan kovácsmesterként ismerik, akinek a kiváló minőségű pengéiből bárki vásárolhat, amennyiben hajlandó azt megfizetni. Ám amikor a mester Tombolónak, a hírhedt banditának és gyilkosnak ad el egyet az általa készített fegyverek közül, tragédiában fogant és vérbe fúló kaland veszi kezdetét...
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Very Bad People
"Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth." - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond
Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes - and the 'shadow network' that enables them.
VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes. Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's Richard Roper. One dictator's son spent $700 million in just four years on his luxury lifestyle.
As they unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity, the team encounter well-known corporations whose operations are no less criminal than the Mafia. This network of lawyers, bankers and real estate agents help park dirty money in London, New York, or in offshore accounts, safe from prying eyes.
Patrick Alley's book is a brilliant, authoritative and fearless investigation into the darkest workings of our world - and an inspiration to all of us who want to fight back.
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Amerikai elnökök könyve
Üdvözöljük az Amerikai elnökök könyve világában!
1789-ben George Washingtont választották az Egyesült Államok első elnökévé, és ez az amerikai függetlenségi háború korszakalkotó eseményei után segített átlépni a világtörténelem egy új időszakába. Azóta az Egyesült Államok, sőt a világ történelmét is azok az emberek formálják, akik az ország legmagasabb tisztségét töltik be. Az olyan lelkesítő vezetőktől, mint Abraham Lincoln, az olyan vétkes és vitatott figurákig, mint Richard Nixon, a Fehér Ház adott otthont a történelem legikonikusabb személyiségei közül jó néhánynak. A Bookazine Bestseller Amerikai elnökök könyve felöleli mindegyikük életrajzát. Ez a könyv – minden elnök részletes bemutatásával, Washingtontól Trumpig – nagyszerű bepillantást nyújt azoknak az embereknek az életébe, akik olyanná alakították az Egyesült Államokat, amilyennek ma látjuk. Reméljük, élvezettel olvas róluk.
Art Is Life
Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering work of African American, LGBTQ+, and other long-marginalized creators. Sotheby's Institute of Art has called him, simply, “the art critic.”
Now, in Art Is Life, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning points—from the cultural reset of 9/11 to the rolling social crises of today—Saltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltz’s eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina Abramović; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a “failed artist,” and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux.
With his signature blend of candor and conviction, Jerry Saltz argues in Art Is Life for the importance of the fearless artist—reminding us that art is a kind of channeled voice of human experience, a necessary window onto our times. The result is an openhearted and irresistibly readable appraisal by one of our most important cultural observers.
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Répa, retek, mogyoró...
A színes rajzokkal illusztrált könyvben 44 mondókát találunk, többek között: -Felmászott a nyúl a fára -Boci, boci megfázott -Kis Bence -Kicsi kocsi -Antanténusz -Ha én cica volnék -Három alma, két körte -Dundi dongó lépeget -Volt egyszer egy kis törpe -Fúj a szél -Esik eső, csepereg
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Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer is a monograph of the legendary US typographer and graphic designer.
This 448-page book features hundreds of examples of Lubalin's work (many never before published), and previously unseen photographs of him at work and play.
Divided into sections on his work in Advertising, Typography and Editorial, it features an extensive biographical text by Adrian Shaughnessy that includes interviews with George Lois, Seymour Chwast, Alan Peckolick, Carl Fischer, Steven Heller, and members of the Lubalin family.
Produced in association with The Herb Lubalin Study Center at Cooper Union, New York, and with the active cooperation of the Lubalin family, this monograph has become the definitive work on one of America's most influential designers.
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A becsület lobogója
Hatvan év telt el azóta, hogy a titkos Sioni Újjászületés Rendje, a Templomos Lovagrend alapítói felfedezték az örökül rájuk hagyott kincset Jeruzsálemben, a Templom-hegy mélyén. A nagyra törő és könyörtelen Plantagenet Richárd király, akit Oroszlánszívűnek is neveznek, újabb keresztes hadjáratot vezet, immár a harmadikat Szaladin ellen, veszélybe sodorva a templomosok becsületét és a Sioni Újjászületés Rendje küldetését. André Saint-Clairt, a titkos rend tagját megtanították arabul, mielőtt elküldték a Szentföldre. Saint-Clairre és unokatestvérére fontos küldetést bíztak, mely során be kell hatolniuk a veszélyes sivatagba és a félelmetes haszaszinok fészkébe. Unokatestvére azonban fogságba esik egy csatában, barátságot köt a pogányokkal, és kétség merül fel a hűségét illetően. Közben Szaladin okos taktikával folyamatosan meghiúsítja a keresztesek terveit. Végül azonban mégis Oroszlánszívű Richárd árulása győzi meg a két rokont arról, hogy a keresztes hadjárat csak álca, és hogy küldetésük sikere fontosabb, mint valaha.
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Sons of the Blood
'Sons of the Blood is a first-rate reimagining of the struggle for the English throne between Richard III and Henry Tudor, with its vicious, ever-twisting political wheels and personal tragedies - the helpless Princes in the Tower are portrayed with particular poignancy, while the London of the 1480s is drawn with great vividness.' C. J. Sansom In the dying days of the Wars of the Roses a secret war is born. The battle for a crown is about to become a fight for the world. Bastard son, mercenary soldier, protector of the rightful king, seeker of a secret more treacherous than any in Christendom: Jack Wynter is destined to live in dangerous times. In England, the Wars of the Roses ended a decade ago with the fall of the House of Lancaster and the victory of King Edward of York. But peace sleeps uneasy in this divided realm and when the king dies unexpectedly it isn't long before old blood feuds and ambitions are awoken. In the sun-baked city of Seville, unaware of the clouds of war rising over England, Jack Wynter is cursing his fortune. Sent here by his secretive father, king's man, Sir Thomas Vaughan - with a locked chest he has been ordered to guard with his life - Jack wonders if this mission was simply a ruse to get an illegitimate, inconvenient son out of the country. But when a stranger arrives with news that his father has been arrested for treason, Jack finds himself thrust into the heart of a deadly conspiracy. What is the secret Jack has been guarding? Is it the reason for his father's fall? The only place he is going to find answers is back in England, where young Prince Edward is due to become king...unless his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, decides to make a move for the throne. It is also where Jack's half-brother, Harry, broods bitterly over their father's apparent preference for a bastard son. Jack Wynter is coming home, to a realm of intrigue and corruption, mystery and war. Somehow, he is connected to a secret that can kill him - or make him. Its influence spans Europe and will draw him towards the very edge of the known world, and beyond, in Robyn Young's dazzling new epic. The old world is turning. A new world is rising.
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Josef Albers
While Josef Albers' Bauhaus colleagues Klee and Kandinsky are household names, Albers himself has remained inscrutable. He is best known as the painter of the Homages to the Square, a series of over 2,000 seemingly tightly controlled experiments in the interaction of colour. Yet he did not begin these pictures until he was in his sixties, already several decades into his career as an artist, maker and theorist, much of it pursued in the United States following the Nazi dissolution of the Bauhaus in 1933.
Misunderstanding of the Homages reflects a wider misreading of Albers' life and work. Married to the textile artist Anni Albers, his papers include letters from fellow artists John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra and Eva Hesse; colleagues such as Buckminster Fuller and Philip Johnson; and fans and collectors ranging from the composer Virgil Thomson to the cartoonist Saul Steinberg. If his network of influence was surprisingly wide, so, too, were his interests. Albers started life at the Bauhaus as a glassmaker, ran their renowned wallpaper workshop, and designed furniture that is still in production eighty years later. He pioneered the study of colour at Black Mountain College, organized its famed `Summer Sessions' with guest tutors from Willem de Kooning to Merce Cunningham, and went on to head the design department at Yale.
Drawing on extensive unpublished writings, documents and illustrations, Darwent offers a broad view of not only the artistic and political currents, but also the friendships and rivalries that formed the backdrop to Albers' creative output.
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Superman: Son of Kal-El Vol. 1: The Truth
A new Man of Steel for a new era! Jonathan Kent dons his father’s cape as the 21st century Superman, from the bestselling writer of DCeased and Injustice!
Jonathan Kent has experienced a lot in his young life. He’s fought evil with Robin, traveled across galaxies with his Kryptonian grandfather, and lived in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes, who were intent on training him for the day his father could no longer be Superman.
There is a hole in the Legion’s history that prevents Jon from knowing exactly when that will happen, but all signs point to it being very soon. It’s time for the son to wear his father's cape and continue the never-ending battle as a symbol of hope for his home planet.
But can Jon be Superman and still have a normal life? The son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane will learn the hard way as he heads to college and combats the dangers of the modern world.
Superstar writer Tom Taylor (DCeased, Injustice) teams with visionary artist John Timms (Future State: Superman of Metropolis) to tell the saga of the 21st century Superman!
This volume collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #1-6.
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The Beat of Life
The heart is our most important - and perhaps most mysterious - organ.
Every day it pumps 9000 litres of blood and beats around 100,000 times. But the heart is more than just a pump. In all major human cultures, it is seen as the source of love, sympathy, joy, courage, strength and wisdom. Why?
Having witnessed the extraordinary complexity and unpredictability of human hearts in the operating theatre - each one individual in its make-up, like a fingerprint - heart surgeon Reinhard Friedl went on a search for answers. He examined closely the latest findings in neurocardiology and psychocardiology, and in The Beat of Life he shares his discoveries, using riveting personal stories to illustrate the complex relationship between the heart, the brain and the psyche.
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Southeast Asia on a Shoestring 18
Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to skip, what hidden discoveries await you, and how to optimise your budget for an extended continental trip. Wander among the temples of Angkor, dine like an emperor in Hoi An's Old Town, or lock eyes with prehistoric monsters at Komodo National Park, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Southeast Asia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Southeast Asia on a Shoestring Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Budget-oriented recommendations with honest reviews - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, politics, arts, environment, cuisine, health, lifestyle, religion Over 160 maps Covers Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for just a few of the destinations included in this guide? Check out Lonely Planet Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei our most comprehensive guides that cover Southeast Asia's top sights and offbeat experiences. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Nick Ray, Isabel Albiston, Greg Bloom, Ria de Jong, David Eimer, Sarah Reid, Simon Richmond, Iain Stewart, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Richard Waters, China Williams About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. *Best-selling guide to Southeast Asia. Source: Nielsen BookScan. Australia, UK and USA.
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Panama 10
Lonely Planet's Panama is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore Panama City, surf at Santa Catalina, and dive at Parque Nacional Coiba; all with your trusted travel companion.
Inside Lonely Planet's Panama Travel Guide:
Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's best experiences and where to have them
Itineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interests
Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics
Eating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to try
Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travelers, LGBTQIA+ travelers, family travelers and accessible travel
Color maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Covers Panama City, Panama Province, Cocle Province, Peninsula de Azuero, Veraguas Province, Chiriqui Province, Bocas del Toro Province, Colon Province, Comarca de Guna Yala, Darien Province and more
Taiwan 12
Lonely Planet's Taiwan is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Cycle the East Coast, explore temple treasures and hike Taroko Gorge; all with your trusted travel companion.
Inside Lonely Planet's Taiwan Travel Guide:
Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's best experiences and where to have them
Itineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interests
Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics
Eating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to try
Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travellers, LGBTQIA+ travellers, family travellers and accessible travel
Colour maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Covers Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taroko National Park, the East Coast, Yushan National Park, Western Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan's Islands, and more
MALE REPETITORIUM ZUB.LEKARA
Monotematické i polytematické monografie sú často pre odborne nezorientovaného študenta zdrojom množstva nezatriediteľných informácii, ktoré v ňom vyvolávajú skôr zmätok, ako solídne, ucelené a použiteľné poznatky. Stretávame sa s tým u čerstvých
absolventov lekárskych fakúlt, ktorí sú schopní doslova "vysypať" teóriu v podobe štátnicovej otázky, ale tieto poznatky nedokážu prakticky uplatniť pri riešení konkrétnych klinických problémov. Aj riešenie tohto problému v stomatológii je cieľom aut
orov tejto publikácie.
Naším cieľom pri tvorbe tejto malej príručky bolo poskytnúť čitateľovi hutné až heslovité zhrnutie najdôležitejších nozologických jednotiek a diagnóz, s ktorými sa mladý lekár stretáva už bezprostredne po promócii v každodennej
lekárskej praxi. Publikácia by mala byť pomôckou, po ktorej môže siahnuť lekár, či študent v akejkoľvek situácii, ktorú život prináša.
Ivan Erdelský, Richard Jurkovič, Tomáš Siebert
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Fiji 11
Lonely Planet's Fiji is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Say bula to the locals at a dance ceremony; trek to hidden waterfalls on 'Garden Island' Taveuni or ride a bamboo raft through the Namosi Highlands; all with your trusted travel companion.
Inside Lonely Planet's Fiji Travel Guide:
Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's best experiences and where to have them
Itineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interests
Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics
Eating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to try
Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travellers, LGBTQIA+ travellers, family travellers and accessible travel
Colour maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Covers Nadi, Suva, Viti Levu, Mamanuca Islands, Yasawa Islands, Ovalau, Lomaiviti Islands, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Kadavu Islands, Lau Islands, Moala Islands and more