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Policy Work and Politicisation in the Ministries of the Czech Republic: The Dilemmas of State Service
Over the past thirty years, the Czech public administration has been the subject of research rooted in law, economics, and history. However, only minimal attention has been paid to what Czech public officials actually do on the job (policy work) and the extent of politically motivated interference in their work (politicisation). This book aims to fill this gap by presenting the evidence derived from a large-N survey of the Czech ministries, the first of its kind in the country. The findings presented in the book offer new insights into the activities within the “ivory towers” of the Czech ministries and defy popular notions of an appallingly politicised bureaucracy.
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International Migration: A Very Short Introduction
Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents opportunities that must be taken advantage of in light of the current economic climate. The author debunks myths such as the claim that migrants take jobs away from local workers, and that they take advantage of the health care system and western living conditions without returning any benefits of their own, and reveals that society as we now know it can not function without them. Not only do migrants fill a key gap in the domestic labour market, they also have a significant impact on the economies of their home countries -- in places such as Mexico and the Philippines, the remittances they send home often exceed official development aid. Using interviews with migrants from around the world, the author presents the human side of topics such as asylum and refugees, human trafficking, migrant smuggling, development, and the international labour force. His goal throughout is to allow readers to see beyond the negative spin usually given the subject by the media and politicians, and come to their own conclusions on the international migration situation today.
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Discovery
New archaeological treasures and finds that reshape our view of the past, recounted by the discoverers themselves.An unprecedented look inside contemporary archaeology, Discovery! reveals the most exciting, significant, and astonishing finds from the last fifteen years. Many of the book's contributions are written by the discoverers themselves, who give firsthand accounts of their work and assess the significance. They include famous Egyptologists such as Zahi Hawass, Kent Weeks, and Alain Zivie, pioneering underwater explorers such as Franck Goddio, and leading excavators and scientists from America, Britain, China, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, and elsewhere.Discovery! spans two million years of history, from the latest fossil discoveries that rewrite the story of human origins to wrecks of early submarines and ironclads from the American Civil War. There are revelations about the pyramids of Giza, a just-discovered royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, and gold-filled burials of Assyrian queens at Nimrud, Iraq. Italy's Ice Man and spectacular Inca mummies from high in the Andes bring us face to face with people from the past, while stunning wall paintings from San Bartolo in Guatemala revolutionize our knowledge of the ancient Maya.International in scope and totally authoritative, the book is illustrated throughout with spectacular photographs, many taken at the very moment of discovery. 295 illustrations and photographs, 290 in color.
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How to Be
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other?
Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests, in a life ruled by imagined metaphysical monsters. 2,500 years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbour-cities, that way of thinking began to change. Men (and some women) decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own worrying and thinking minds to the conundrums of life.
These great innovators shaped the beginnings of philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus in Ephesus was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. In Lesbos, the Aegean island of Sappho and Alcaeus, the early lyric poets asked themselves ‘How can I be true to myself?’ In Samos, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms.
Prize-winning and bestselling writer Adam Nicolson travels through this transforming world and asks what light these ancient thinkers can throw on our deepest preconceptions. Sparkling with maps, photographs and artwork, How to Be is a journey into the origins of Western thought.
Hugely formative ideas emerged in these harbour-cities: fluidity of mind, the search for coherence, a need for the just city, a recognition of the mutability of things, a belief in the reality of the ideal ? all became the Greeks’ legacy to the world.
Born out of a rough, dynamic?and often cruel? moment in human history, it was the dawn of enquiry, where these fundamental questions about self, city and cosmos, asked for the first time, became, as they remain, the unlikely bedrock of understanding.
Indigó nyár
"A legelső pillanattól kezdve éreztem, hogy tele van titkokkal, amelyeket sötét mélyén rejteget. Az óceán beszélt hozzám. Ki vagy? - kérdezte. - Smilla - suttogtam, és hirtelen sós könnyeket éreztem a számban."
Magányos strand a Csendes Óceán partján, egy hely, amelyet megtölt a varázslat. Smilla számára ez La Push. A cserediáklány és barátai az indiánrezervátumban állítják fel sátraikat. De miért viselkedik Conrad, az egyik helyi fiatal, ilyen ellenségesen a szörfösökkel? Mit titkolhat Alec és Josh, akik már egy évvel ezelőtt is voltak itt? Egy sorsdöntő fordulat nyomán Smilla a titokzatos Conradot egy egészen más oldaláról ismeri meg, és beleszeret. Amint ez a többiek számára is nyilvánvalóvá válik, hirtelen jeges hangulat uralkodik el a csapaton, Smilla pedig megtudja, mi is történt valójában az előző nyáron.
Terry Pratchett: Život v poznámkách pod čarou
Terry Pratchett byl nesmírně plodným autorem. Jen ze Zeměplochy vzniklo jedenačtyřicet příběhů,
běžně napsal dvě, někdy i tři knihy ročně. Jednu však nikdy nedokončil – vlastní biografii. V roce
2015, kdy ho definitivně přemohla degenerativní choroba mozku, stihl svému osobnímu asistentovi
Robu Wilkinsovi nadiktovat nějakých 24 tisíc slov a došli do roku 1979. Dál už to bylo na Wilkinsovi.
Výsledkem jeho několikaleté práce je zábavný a místy dost bolestný intimní pohled na slavného spisovatele, proložený osobními postřehy a zkušenostmi. Není to bezuzdná glorifikace a Terry
Pratchett z knihy vychází jako člověk, který exceloval v mnoha věcech – od včelařství a výroby medoviny přes zahrádkářství po smlouvání a vytáčení lidí do běla. Ale ze všeho nejvíc ze stránek dýchá dojem člověka, který skutečně miloval to, co dělá.
Protože se mu v hlavě, už když jednu knihu dopisoval, líhla zápletka další, zůstala po něm spousta
útržků textů a nápadů. Rob Wilkins pár z nich v knize přibližuje, ale druhého Christophera Tolkiena
se nedočkáme; Pratchett si v závěti výslovně přál, aby se všechny nápady zničily (stylově – parním
válcem jménem Lord Jericho) a nikdo už je nedopisoval. A je to asi dobře, Terry Pratchett by měl
být jenom jeden. Ale jak řekl jeho blízký přítel Neil Gaiman: „Spisovatelé mají takovou výjimku – dokud nás čtete, nejsme mrtví.“
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Season of Storms
Before he was Ciri's guardian, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Season of Storms is an adventure set in the world of the Witcher, the book series that inspired the hit Netflix show and bestselling video games. Now in a brand-new hardcover edition, this is the ultimate way to experience the epic story of the Witcher.
Geralt. The witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings. He uses a magical sign, potions and the pride of every witcher - two swords, steel and silver.
But what would happen if Geralt lost his weapons?
Andrzej Sapkowski returns to his phenomenal world of the Witcher in a stand-alone novel where Geralt fights, travels and loves again, Dandelion sings and flies from trouble to trouble, sorcerers are scheming ... and across the whole world clouds are gathering.
The season of storms is coming...
Dawn
'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century' JUNOT DIAZ
'Octavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same' GLORIA STEINEM
One woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful, thought-provoking novel by the bestselling, award-winning author. For readers of Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin.
When Lilith lyapo wakes in a small white room with no doors or windows, she remembers a devastating war, and a husband and child long lost to her.
She finds herself living among the Oankali, a strange race who intervened in the fate of humanity hundreds of years before. They spared those they could from the ruined Earth, and suspended them in a long, deep sleep.
Over centuries, the Oankali learned from the past, cured disease and healed the world. Now they want Lilith to lead her people back home. But salvation comes at a price - to restore humanity, it must be changed forever...
Stříbrná a modrá: šperky z Číny v Náprstkově muzeu / Silver and Blue: Jewellery from China in the Ná
První práce v českém jazyce, která přináší ucelené informace o šperku z Číny. Zaměřuje se na sbírku v Náprstkově muzeu pocházející z období konce dynastie Čching (16441911). Tím, že tato sbírka zastupuje materiály, techniky výroby a typy, které se objevují během celé historie čínského šperkařství, je možné na jejich příkladu ukázat, jakou roli šperky zastávaly v tradiční čínské společnosti. Kromě toho přibližuje osobnosti a příběhy spojené s touto sbírkou. Práce je určena zájemcům o dějiny šperkařství, sběratelství a čínské umělecké řemeslo. Dvojjazyčné, česko-anglické vydání, bohatý obrazový doprovod.
The present monograph is the first Czech language study to provide comprehensive information about jewellery in China. It focuses on the Late Qing Dynasty (16441911) collection in the Náprstek Museum. However, it represents the materials, techniques, and types that have appeared throughout the history of Chinese jewellery-making and shows the role of jewellery in traditional Chinese society. In addition, it also presents personalities and acquisition histories associated with this collection. This work is intended for those interested in the history of jewellery, collecting, and Chinese arts and crafts.
Sting - Live At The Olympia Paris BD
Tracklist:
1. Synchronicity II
2. Spirits in the Material World
3. Englishman in New York
4. I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
5. One Fine Day
6. She’s Too Good for Me
7. I Hung My Head
8. Fields of Gold
9. Petrol Head
10. Down, Down, Down
11. Shape of My Heart
12. Pretty Young Soldier
13. Message in a Bottle
14. Ashes to Ashes
15. 50,000
16. Walking on the Moon
17. So Lonely
18. Desert Rose
19. Roxanne / Ain’t No Sunshine
20. Next to You
21. Every Breath You Take
22. Fragile
Bonus Features
Sting & Joe Sumner:
1. Heading South On The Great North Road
Joe Sumner:
2. Looking For Me, Looking For You
3. Don’t Change The Love
4. Jellybean
The Last Bandoleros:
5. Maria
6. River Man
7. Take Me To It
8. I Don’t Want To Know
9. Where Do You Go?
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Einstein csodálatos éve
"Einstein csodálatos éve - 1905 - folyamán a fizika örökre megváltozott. Öt nagyszerű cikkében, melyek a világ legnagyobb fizikusává emelték, Einstein tizenkét hónap alatt jó néhány féltve őrzött tudományos hittételt söpört el. A XX. században fizika
i világképünk két forradalmi átalakulását volt szerencsénk figyelemmel kísérni. Az évek során az első forradalmat a relativitáselmélet szóval határoltuk körül, a másodikat pedig a kvantumelmélet kifejezéssel illettük. Különösen fegyelemre méltó, hogy
egyazon fizikus - Albert Einstein - olyan mélyen belelátott a természet működésébe, hogy mindkét forradalom alapját megvetette, ráadásul egyetlen esztendőben, 1905-ben." (Roger Penrose, az Oxfordi Egyetem Rose Ball matematikaprofesszorának előszaváb
ól)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine 2LP
Tracklist:
LP I.
SIDE A
1. Welcome To My World
2. Angel
3. Heaven
4. Secret To The End
SIDE B
5. My Little Universe
6. Slow
7. Broken
8. The Child Inside
9. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
LP II.
SIDE C
10. Should Be Higher
11. Alone
12. Soothe My Soul
13. Goodbye
SIDE D
1. Long Time Lie
2. Happens All The Time
3. Always
4. All That's Mine
Vlčie dieťa
Tisíce detí prišli v povojnových rokoch vo Východnom Prusku o svojich rodičov a zostali vo svete samé. Hovorilo sa im vlčie deti. Tisíce týchto malých, túlavých žobrákov prežili vďaka pomoci litovského obyvatelstva vo vtedajšej Litovskej sovietskej socialistickej republike. Len málo sa ich zatúlalo ďalej na východ na lotyšské a bieloruské územia Sovietskeho zväzu.
Aj malá Liesabeth prespáva v stodolách alebo pod mostami, príležitostne ju na deň-dva prichýlia sedliaci. Nikto sa jej však nechce ujať natrvalo. Štvú proti nej psov, miestne deti ju týrajú pri hre na Hitlera, v ôsmich rokoch sa stane obeťou znásilnenia. Keď ju ako pätnásťročnú pristihnú pri krádeži, skončí v trestaneckých táboroch na Sibíri. Po prepustení sa začína jej úmorné putovanie krížom krážom po Sovietskom zväze. Plamienok nádeje, že raz opät nájde svoju rodinu, v nej však stále tlie...
Liesabeth Ottová vyrozprávala svoj životný príbeh nemeckej novinárke Ingeborg Jacobsovej, ktorej dokumentárny film o bývalom vlčom dieťati, o železnej Márii získal ocenenie World Television Award. Zakrátko vznikla táto kniha, otvorený a v prvej osobe vyrozprávaný príbeh o tom, ako Liesabeth napriek mnohým úderom osudu nestráca odvahu prebíjať sa životom a neúnavne v ňom hľadá svoje miesto, svoje korene, rodinu a domov, kde by mohla byť konečne slobodná a šťastná.
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World Whisperer
A devastating sacrifice. A daring rescue. A new world of magic unveiled. As a fourteen-year-old outsider girl in the Worker village, Isika is destined for endless drudgery, serving her priest stepfather and worshiping the four goddesses of the Worker people. She doesn't fit in and she hates the goddesses, but her mother is dead, and her three remaining siblings need her to be good and keep them safe. She can't think of anything beyond surviving each day and trying to avoid her stepfather's wrath.Until he decides to sacrifice her youngest brother to the goddesses. And Isika decides that enough is enough. She sets out on a journey to save her brother, facing an unknown world outside the walls of the Worker village. In the new world, ancient gifts awaken within her as she finds more beauty and more trouble than she could have imagined. To save her brother, she will have to trust the magical creatures and mysterious new friends who have come to guide her.What's more, as she learns to love her new place in the world, she will have to learn to control magic that could be the key to her destiny and the fate of everyone around her.Perfect for fans of Madeleine L'Engle, the Chronicles of Narnia, and Robin McKinley. Buy your copy to begin the adventure today!
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Puzzle Dinner with Frida
If you could have dinner with any artist, who would it be?
A Mexican fiesta awaits in the garden at Casa Azul, but only if you can make it past some spider monkeys, hairless dogs, a fawn and an Amazonian parrot. Join Frida (and Frida and Frida), along with Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky and a trio of powerful women - Josephine Baker, Georgia O'Keeffe and Jacqueline Lamba - as you piece together the artists, artworks and surroundings that bring Frida Kahlo's passionate story to life.
Do you know why Frida wore long colourful skirts? Or why she often claimed to be three years younger than she was? The answers to all these questions, along with 23 other insightful Frida-facts, have been printed on the inside lid of the puzzle. Brace yourself for one of the most iconic, most interesting artist stories in history as you take up the challenge of this 1000-piece puzzle.
The Dinner Date Jigsaw Puzzle series is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of history's most famous artists. It is a high-quality, luxury puzzle. Each puzzle piece is backed with white board, ensuring that the puzzle doesn't fray, but is still compatible with puzzle glue.
Completed puzzle measures 48.5 x 68 cm.
The Book of Wonder
The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with Time and the Gods.The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author.Source: Wikipedia
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Princesses Sticker Book
Add the stickers to create a magical world where princesses (and some princes) live in magnificent palaces, play hide-and-seek, attend a grand ball and go skating by moonlight.
Shannara kivánságdala
Négyföldet új fenyegetés, ám egy nagyon is ősi gonosz környékezi. A Sötét Mágia Könyve, az Ildatch ismét öntudatra ébredt, és mint már annyiszor, ezúttal is az Omshfordok új nemzedékének kell harcba szállnia a veszély ellen.
Brin és Jair Oshford különleges hatalommal bír: varázserejű énekük, a Kívánságdal képes megváltoztatni az őket körülvevő világot. Kettejük közül ezúttal a leányra, Brinre hárul a feladat, hogy a Maelmord rettenetes erdején át az Ildatch közelébe kerüljön. Védelmezői közt ott van maga Allanon, a druida, no meg Rone Leah, Menion leszármazottja.
Jair, a fiú hátramarad, ám szörnyű jóslatot hall: ha nem indul időben nővére után, mind Brin, mind Allanon odavész. Az ő társasága sem szégyellni való - egy legyőzhetetlen fegyvermester és egy elf királyfi, valamint egy határmenti óriás, egy törpe és egy gnóm nyomkövető alkotja. Csakhogy útjukat újra meg újra elállják az Ildatch szolgái, a fáradhatatlan Mordrémek, Brinre és Allanonra pedig halál vár, ha Jair túl soká késlekedik..
Skupinové hry pro rozvíjení sebeúcty
Tato praktická příručka plná her je zaměřena na rozvoj sebeúcty dětí předškolního a mladšího školního věku. Hry pomáhají rozvíjet jejich sebepoznání, sebedůvěru, sebevyjádření, sebepřijetí, sebejistotu aj. Čtenář zde nalezne hry vyžadující fyzickou činnost i nečinnost, verbální i nonverbální vyjádření. Kniha je proto vhodná i jako zásobník her pro děti s tělesným postižením a s poruchou v komunikaci. U každé hry jsou pomocí ikon zobrazeny základní údaje o její délce, velikosti skupiny, věku dětí, zaměření (poslech, spolupráce, rozhodování, empatie, kreativita). Následuje popis hry, její varianty, a otázky vhodné pro reflexi.
Deborah M. Plummer je vysokoškolská pedagožka (De Montfort University, Leicester) a terapeutka, autorka řady publikací pro práci s dětmi i s dospělými (Anger Management Games for Children, Social Skills for Children aj.). V Portále vyšla její kniha Učíme děti zvládat úzkost, obavy a stres.
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