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The Mind is Flat
A radical reinterpretation of how your mind works - and why it could change your life
'An astonishing achievement. Nick Chater has blown my mind' Tim Harford
'A total assault on all lingering psychiatric and psychoanalytic notions of mental depths ... Light the touchpaper and stand well back' New Scientist
We all like to think we have a hidden inner life. Most of us assume that our beliefs and desires arise from the murky depths of our minds, and, if only we could work out how to access this mysterious world, we could truly understand ourselves. For more than a century, psychologists and psychiatrists have struggled to discover what lies below our mental surface.
In The Mind Is Flat, pre-eminent behavioural scientist Nick Chater reveals that this entire enterprise is utterly misguided. Drawing on startling new research in neuroscience, behavioural psychology and perception, he shows that we have no hidden depths to plumb, and unconscious thought is a myth. Instead, we generate our ideas, motives and thoughts in the moment. This revelation explains many of the quirks of human behaviour - for example why our supposedly firm political beliefs, personal preferences and even our romantic attractions are routinely proven to be inconsistent and changeable.
As the reader discovers, through mind-bending visual examples and counterintuitive experiments, we are all characters of our own creation, constantly improvising our behaviour based on our past experiences. And, as Chater shows us, recognising this can be liberating.
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Iron Curtain
In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag," acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union to its surprise and delight found itself in control of a huge swath of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. In "Iron Curtain," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like once they were complete. She draws on newly opened East European archives, interviews, and personal accounts translated for the first time to portray in devastating detail the dilemmas faced by millions of individuals trying to adjust to a way of life that challenged their every belief and took away everything they had accumulated. Today the Soviet Bloc is a lost civilization, one whose cruelty, paranoia, bizarre morality, and strange aesthetics Applebaum captures in the electrifying pages of "Iron Curtain."
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Charles Lindbergh - Transatlantický let
Toho deštivého rána 20. května 1927 se málo známý Američan jménem Charles A. Lindbergh vyšplhal do svého jednomotorového jednoplošníku The Spirit of St. Louis a připravoval se ke vzletu z malého letiště na Long Islandu ve státě New York, pevně rozhodnutý získat Orteigovu cenu ve výši 25 000 dolarů, která byla v roce 1919 přislíbena prvnímu pilotovi, který bez mezipřistání uskuteční přelet mezi New Yorkem a Paříží. Na jeho start se přišlo podívat jen 500 lidí. O třicet tři a půl hodin později, když dosedl v Paříži a dosáhl zdánlivě nemožného, vzal jeho letoun The Spirit of St. Louis útokem více než stotisícový dav. Kniha, která přináší poutavý a unikátní popis odvážného přeletu Charlese Lindbergha přes Atlantik, pochází z pera „jednoho z nejvíce vyznamenaných pilotů v historii letectva“. Je napsaná stylem „přímo z kokpitu“ a opírá se o primární zdroje, jako byly Lindberghův osobní deník, rodinné dopisy nebo nevyužité letecké archivní materiály. „Barvité. … Nabízí pohled na celý let přímo z kokpitu. Tato perspektiva ve stylu „jste tam také“ spolehlivě evokuje napětí, riziko a dovednosti od okamžiku, kdy Lindbergh vzlétl z Roosevelt Field, přeletěl pobřeží Newfoundlandu a směřoval sám do noci nad převalujícími se vlnami.“ (Kirkus Reviews) Podplukovník (v záloze) Dan Hampton odlétal během své dvacetileté kariéry (1986–2006) u Letectva Spojených států amerických celkem 151 bojových misí. Za službu ve válce v Iráku, kosovském konfliktu a válce v Zálivu obdržel pplk. Hampton Záslužný letecký kříž za chrabrost, Purpurové srdce, osm leteckých medailí Za chrabrost, pět medailí Za zásluhy a mnoho dalších ocenění. Je absolventem USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS) a USAF Special Operations School. Jako analytik často hostoval v CNN, Fox News a MSNBC, kde diskutoval o zahraničních věcech, vojenském letectví a problematice zpravodajství, publikoval v Aviation History, Journal of Electronic Defense, Air Force Magazine, Vietnam magazine Airpower magazine a napsal několik prací na taktické úrovni se stupněm utajení pro USAF Weapons Review. Je autorem bestsellerů Viper Pilot a Rytíři nebes.
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Japanese Graphic Design
The best of Japanese graphic poster design, from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to the Issey Miyake logo
This book brings together the best of Japanese graphic poster design--from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to the creation of the Issey Miyake logo, and from the Osaka Expo to the official poster for the Pan-Pacific Design Congress. Japanese contemporary posters are considered to have started in the mid-'50s, after World War II and following a period of depression, post-militarism and post-autarchy. This new expressive mode was fueled by stimuli from abroad, but it was also a chance to reinterpret traditional themes and colors, bringing them into modernity in refreshing and fruitful ways. In the maze of expressive forms that flourished in Japan during the postwar period, graphic design stands out as a precious tool for following the thread of national creativity and the intense permanence of traditional aesthetic sensibility through these new forms.
Over half a century after the inception of graphics and with the coming Olympic Games taking place in 2021, this volume takes a wide view of the trends and aesthetic shifts that can be traced in the development of graphic design in Japan. Contemporary Japanese Posters includes 85 graphic designers and 756 posters. It is the most complete volume on the subject in any language.
Sapphire
Sapphire is the third and final instalment in Thames & Hudson's showstopping series on coloured gemstones, created by Violette Editions. A feast for all the senses, the book features page after page of exquisite sapphire jewels and artefacts from the 4th century BC to the present day, interspersed with text exploring the history of this beautiful gemstone and its enduring popularity with style icons, past and present.
Joanna Hardy, the highly regarded jewelry and gemstone expert, reviews the sapphire's history with captivating stories told in a succinct exhilarating style. She takes the reader on a journey from early trade along the Silk Route and the creation of medieval talismans, to the jewelry collections of the great royal houses of Europe and the finest designers at work today. Along the way, she showcases spectacular jewels worn by many notable figures, including Elizabeth Taylor, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duchess of Windsor, as well as pieces by such iconic jewelry houses as Cartier, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chaumet and Tiffany. A selection of work by 21st-century jewelry designers such as Shaun Leane, Hemmerle, Lauren Adriana, Bina Goenka and Mish is featured. There is also an exclusive insight into six major private collections, including previously unpublished pieces.
With its rich, royal-blue silk cover and gold-foil blocking, Sapphire is a beautiful addition to any gem-lover's library.
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Krajíček Ivan/Hlaváček Oldo - Hostinec pod gaštanom/V samoobsluhe zábavy 3CD
Hostinec Pod gaštanom (CD I.)
1. STARÁ VOJNA
2. KÚPELE
3. SILVESTER
4. AUTIAK
5. FOTBAL
6. ŽENY
7. CESTA DO SVETA
8. NA SILVESTRA O SILVESTRI
9. O NOVOM ROKU
Hostinec Pod gaštanom – V samoobsluhe zábavy (CD II.)
1. O INZERÁTOCH
2. O KÚPEĽOCH
3. O REŠTAURÁCIÁCH
4. O PLETENÍ
5. O PIJAVICIACH
6. O DOVOLENKE
V samoobsluhe zábavy (CD III.)
1. MIŠO A ĎURO
2. O CHOROBÁCH
3. O LIETANÍ
4. O ZAMESTNANIACH
5. O CHRÁPANÍ
6. O ÚRAZOVOSTI
Lacná kniha Album s 3D nálepkami - Profesie (-70%)
Vďaka tomuto albumu s trojrozmernými nálepkami objavuj svet zamestnaní. Na 10 stranách s rôznymi pozadiami a 139 opakovateľne použiteľnými nálepkami, sa ti postupne predstavia učiteľ, lekár, stavbár, policajt, požiarnik, pilot a mnohí ďalší! Pomocou nálepiek doplň obrázky nástrojmi a príslušenstvom a vytvor zaujímavé scény s množstvom detailov. Sadu tvorí 100 nálepiek, ktoré sa ľahko nalepujú, odlepujú a opäť umiestňujú na iné miesto. Táto aktivita ponúka deťom neobmedzené možnosti vyjadriť svoju kreativitu, zatiaľ čo si zdokonaľujú jemnú motoriku a komunikačné zručnosti. Praktické balenie je vhodné aj na cesty.
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A Polar Bear in the Snow
A majestic polar bear heads out on a mysterious walk in a dazzling, playful collaboration from an exciting pair of picture-book creators.
Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even a human ... where is he going? What does he want? Acclaimed author Mac Barnett's narration deftly balances suspense and emotion, as well as poignant, subtle themes, compelling us to follow the bear with each page turn. Artist Shawn Harris's striking torn-paper illustrations layer white-on-white hues, with bolts of blue and an interplay of shadow and light, for a gorgeous view of a stark yet beautiful landscape. Simple and thought-provoking, illuminating and intriguing, this engaging picture book will have readers pondering the answer to its final question long after the polar bear has continued on his way.
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Wolverine The Daughter of Wolverine
To celebrate Marvel's 80th anniversary, Wolverine stars in a story that stretches across the decades! But what crazy vigil could require Logan to do what he does best every ten years beginning in the 1940s? Who is the young woman that he is fated to keep reacquainting himself with? And exactly how deep a connection will they share? Find out as Charles Soule -the writer who killed Wolverine and brought him back from the dead -unveils a new, hidden chapter in Logan's long history! It begins in the fi nal days of World War II when a French sorceress is forced by the Nazis to conjure a demon to join their fi ght against the Allies. Logan stands among the Canadian soldiers engaged in battle -but can he handle the Truth? COLLECTING: Marvel Comics Presents (2019) 1-9 (Wolverine stories)
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The Hundred Loves of Juliet
Epic. Legendary. Irrevocable. Romeo and Juliet as you have never seen them before.
I may go by Sebastien now, but my name was originally Romeo. And hers was Juliet.
It's a frosty fairytale of an evening when Helene and Sebastien meet for the first time. Except it isn't the first time. You already know that story, though it didn't happen quite as Shakespeare told it.
To Helene, Sebastien is the flesh-and-blood hero of the love stories she's spent her life writing. But Sebastien knows better - Helene is his Juliet, and their story has always been the same. He is doomed to find brief happiness with her over and over, before she dies, and he is left to mourn.
Albrecht and Brigitta. Matteo and Amélie. Jack and Rachel. Marius and Cosmina. By any name, no matter where and when in time, the two of them are drawn together, and it always ends in tragedy.
This time, Helene is determined that things will be different. But can these star-cross'd lovers forge a new ending to the greatest love story of all time?
The Burning God - The Poppy War 3
The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.
After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn't given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much - the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges - and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation.
Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix's intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?
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Revolučná angličtina 2. generácie CD
Chcete sa konečne naučiť anglicky? Už ste veľakrát začali, ale bez výsledkov? Tu nájdete riešenie. Revolučná angličtina II. generácie je dnes najnovšia, najpohodlnejšia a hlavne nejúčinnejšia jazyková metóda. Čo vám druhá generácia Revolučnej angličtiny prinesie?
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Lacná kniha Revolučná angličtina 2. generácie CD
Chcete sa konečne naučiť anglicky? Už ste veľakrát začali, ale bez výsledkov? Tu nájdete riešenie. Revolučná angličtina II. generácie je dnes najnovšia, najpohodlnejšia a hlavne nejúčinnejšia jazyková metóda. Čo vám druhá generácia Revolučnej angličtiny prinesie?
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Slovakia The Legend of the Linden
This book takes you on an emotional journey deep into the Slovak and Slavic inner world. Follow the trail that opens your eyes to the magical realm guarded by the Linden tree and its sacred heart-shaped leaf. It is a code that carries the story of the people born at the crossroads of worlds.
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Lacná kniha Fashion Prints+Cd Moda
FASHION PRINTS is a concise step-by-step guide to designing symmetrical and repeat patterns for fashion design. The book contains 12 chapters, each containing a wide range of basic elements needed to create a pattern. It is demonstrated how to make various grids and how to apply the design elements to come to a repeating pattern. The visual approach makes these procedures very easy to understand and helps the reader develop his/her own creative ideas.Furthermore, each chapter gives a number of examples how to apply colour to the patterns. Last but not least, step-by-step drawings are included showing how to render the result on a fashion figure.All design elements are stored on the accompanying free CD-Rom and allow for near limitless variations in creating designs according to your own taste and style.Fashion Prints is a must-have for everybody interested in textile and fashion design.
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Bílé zlato
Neobyčejný příběh Thomase Pellowa a milionu evropských otroků v severní Africe. Je založen na nezveřejněných dopisech a rukopisech psaných otroky, jakož i kněžími a vyslanci, kteří byli posíláni je vysvobodit. Odhaluje znepokojivou a zapomenutou kapitolu dějin, kterou líčí s plným elánem a zaujetím jednoho z nejlepších historiků.
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Almond
A BTS fan favorite! A WALL STREET JOURNAL STORIES THAT CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE PICK * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S STAY HOME AND READ PICK * SALON'S BEST AND BOLDEST * BUSTLE'S MOST ANTICIPATED
The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.
This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.
One of the monsters is me.
Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends-the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that-but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Their little home above his mother's used bookstore is decorated with colorful Post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh.
Then on Christmas Eve-Yunjae's sixteenth birthday-everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school, and they develop a surprising bond.
As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people-including a girl at school-something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life at risk, Yunjae will have the chance to step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become the hero he never thought he would be.
Readers of Wonder by R.J. Palaccio and Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig will appreciate this "resonant" story that "gives Yunjae the courage to claim an entirely different story." (Booklist, starred review)
The Stolen Ones
My name is Inge. I am sixteen. I live with Mama and Papa in Munich. Food is still rationed, though the war ended over ten years ago. My boyfriend is Jewish. I have to hide this from my parents. Sometimes I think they are hiding something from me, too. Letters arrive every year on my birthday, but they are not addressed to me. They are for a girl named Kasia. This is her story.
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Lacná kniha Little Book of Shocking Global Facts (-90%)
Combining startling graphic imagery with truly shocking facts gathered from the world's most authoritative sources, "The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts" is a powerful visual manifesto by the world's most respected graphic designer, Jonathan Barnbrook and his studio. How is it that the developed world spends billions of dollars annually on weaponry, while the poor of the developing world have no access to education, medicines or even clean drinking water? What exactly is the relationship between cheap goods on the high street and the wage-slavery of sweatshops? How have large corporations branded the world in which we live?. "The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts" addresses these questions and many more besides, through its thought-provoking imagery and the persuasiveness of its first-rate research. This landmark publication demonstrates compellingly through words and pictures that unfettered globalisation is a highly destructive force when used for profit or political power, and that a new compassionate world order needs to be instigated. This important manifesto for global change will undoubtedly change its readers hearts and minds.
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