Hľadanie: Operace Overlord CZ
zobraziť:
Sickened
A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she's tall, skinny, and weak. It's four o'clock, and she hasn't been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to 'get to the bottom of this.' She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. This child will not ruin her plans. From early childhood, Julie Gregory was continually X-rayed, medicated, and operated on in the vain pursuit of an illness that was created in her mother's mind. Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) is the world's most hidden and dangerous form of child abuse, but Julie Gregory not only survived, she escaped the powerful orbit of her mother's madness and rebuilt her identity as a vibrant, healthy young woman: not solely a victim of child abuse.
Vypredané
3,75 €
3,95 €
Connected
Is happiness catching? Are your friends making you fat? Can your sibling make you smart? Is wealth contagious? Where is true love found? Does free will exist? Based on exciting discoveries in mathematics, genetics, psychology and sociology, 'Connected' is an innovative and fascinating exploration of how social networks operate. Think it's all about who you know? It is. But not the way you think. Turns out your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. And a happy friend is more relevant to your happiness than a bigger income. Our connections -- our friends, their friends, and even their friends' friends -- have an astonishing power to influence everything from what we eat to who we sleep with. And we, in turn, influence others. Our actions can change the behaviours, the beliefs, and even the basic health of people we've never met. In this brilliantly original and effortlessly engaging exploration of how much we truly influence one another. Pre-eminent social scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain why obesity is contagious, why the rich get richer, even how we find and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, with revelatory implications for everything from our notion of the individual to ideas about public health initiatives, 'Connected' will change the way you think about every aspect of your life, and how you live it.
Vypredané
11,35 €
11,95 €
Managing Oneself
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers careers. Instead, you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. And it's up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a career that may span some 50 years. In Managing Oneself, Peter Drucker explains how to do it. The keys: Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses; Articulate how you learn and work with others and what your most deeply held values are; and Describe the type of work environment where you can make the greatest contribution. Only when you operate with a combination of your strengths and self-knowledge can you achieve true and lasting excellence. Managing Oneself identifies the probing questions you need to ask to gain the insights essential for taking charge of your career. Peter Drucker was a writer, teacher, and consultant. His 34 books have been published in more than 70 languages. He founded the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and counseled 13 governments, public services institutions, and major corporations.
Infekce oka
Publikace poskytuje čtenáři komplexní pohled na problematiku infekcí oka. Je podán přehled imunologických otázek spojených se záněty oka, imunosuprese, mikrobiologie a souhrn léčby. V klinické části s bohatou obrazovou dokumentací jsou systematicky probrána zánětlivá onemocnění očnice, jednotlivých částí oka, zvláštní kapitola je věnována problematice uveitid v dětství a zánětlivých komplikací očních operací. Kolektiv osmi předních odborníků pod vedením hlavního autora je zárukou kvality publikace.
Vypredané
6,09 €
6,41 €
Verona és a Garda-tó
Verona és a Garda-tó
Kis kötetünk segítségével elkalauzoljuk Európa egyik legromantikusabb városába, a középkori hangulata, rózsaszín mészkőből épült reneszánsz palotái, ősi épületei, vásárai és operái mellett a Garda-tó közelsége miatt is méltán népszerű Veronába.
A mediterrán és mégis hegyvidéki Garda-tó környékén nem csak a lenyűgöző panorámában gyönyörködhetünk: elbűvölő középkori városokat járhatunk be, változatos tájakat, állat- és növényvilágot ismerhetünk meg.
A kirándulások útvonalának megtervezését térképek is segítik.
VilágVándor sorozatunkkal Európa egy-egy kistérségébe kalauzoljuk
az utazót. Törekvésünk szerint ezek az életszerű, változatos, könnyed és korszerű, funkcionális útikönyvek a mai turizmus igényeit hivatottak kielégíteni. Az egyes témáknál megjelenített QR-kódok segítségével az adott hellyel kapcsolatban mindig naprakész információkhoz jutnak a használói.
Šedý zákal
Autor publikace stručně informuje o tom, co je to šedý zákal, jaké jsou jeho typy a příznaky, podrobněji se rozepisuje o operační léčbě, zmiňuje se i o možnosti prevence.
Vypredané
1,24 €
1,31 €
The Descent of Man
'A breeze of a read, makes you see our male-manufactured world a little differently' Matt Haig 'GRAYSON PERRY FOR KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Imagine how BRILLIANT our country would look if he was' Caitlin Moran Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity - what it is, how it operates, why little boys are thought to be made of slugs and snails - since he was a boy. Now, in this funny and necessary book, he turns round to look at men with a clear eye and ask, what sort of men would make the world a better place, for everyone? What would happen if we rethought the old, macho, outdated version of manhood, and embraced a different idea of what makes a man? Apart from giving up the coronary-inducing stress of always being 'right' and the vast new wardrobe options, the real benefit might be that a newly fitted masculinity will allow men to have better relationships - and that's happiness, right?Grayson Perry admits he's not immune from the stereotypes himself - as the psychoanalysts say, 'if you spot it, you've got it' - and his thoughts on everything from power to physical appearance, from emotions to a brand new Manifesto for Men, are shot through with honesty, tenderness and the belief that, for everyone to benefit, upgrading masculinity has to be something men decide to do themselves. They have nothing to lose but their hang-ups.
Vypredané
11,35 €
11,95 €
Lacná kniha Ledi makbet mtsenskogo uezda
N.S.Leskov - zamechatel'nyj russkij pisatel', avtor znamenitykh "Levshi", "Tupejnogo khudozhnika", "Ocharovannogo strannika", "Soboryan", "Zapechatlennogo Angela"... "...Leskov - dolgo i nespravedlivo ne priznavavshijsya klassik pervogo ryada russkoj literatury. ...Vsyu svoyu zhizn' i stoletnee poslesmertie Nikolaj Leskov prebyval mezh palyaschikh ognej. Imperskaya byurokratiya ne proschala emu yadovitye strely v ee adres; slavyanofily zlilis' na slova o bessmyslennosti idealizatsii "dopetrovskoj duri i krivdy"; dukhovenstvo bespokoilos' o podozritel'no khoroshem znanii etim svetskim gospodinom problem tserkovnoj istorii i sovremennosti... On byl blizok po dukhu Saltykovu-Schedrinu, to est' tendentsiozen normal'noj tendentsioznost'yu russkogo cheloveka, ozabochennogo ne ledyanymi vysotami dukha, a problemami povsednevnoj zhizni i vyzhivaniya otechestva". Andrej Krotkov V nastoyaschee izdanie vkhodit znamenitaya povest' Leskova "Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda" (na osnove kotoroj D.Shostakovichem byla sozdana opera "Katerina Izmajlova", a rezhisserom R.Balayanom snyat izvestnyj fil'm) i povest' "Smekh i gore".
Vypredané
0,45 €
9,06 €
dostupné aj ako:
Concrete
Concrete takes a fresh look at the world's most versatile and abundant building material. Collating fascinating and beautiful concrete buildings by some of the most celebrated architects of the last century, it features familiar projects from Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright alongside work from some of the leading lights of contemporary architecture including Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and many lesser-known newcomers. Arranged to promote comparison and discussion, the selected projects take the reader on a global tour of inspiring and intriguing structures: a German skatepark sits beside an Italian rooftop test track, a Japanese crematorium alongside a Portuguese swimming pool and a Brazilian government building next to a Chinese opera house. Illustrated with extraordinary photographs, each project includes an extended caption providing a commentary on the building. An essay by Leonard Koren, author of the best-selling Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, offers an evocative and perceptive view of concrete through the author's experience of studying architecture in California and living in Tokyo. Concrete is a beautiful and informative visual exploration of a material often considered dull and cold but actually full of spectacular potential.
Vypredané
41,79 €
43,99 €
Modelování dodavatelských řetězců
Cílem publikace je upozornit manažery, výzkumné pracovníky a studenty ekonomických a technických vysokých škol na zásadní problémy dodavatelských řetězců a na nástroje, které poskytuje operační výzkum pro jejich modelování a optimalizaci.
Opera
Műemlék e Ház, nem emlékmű. Ybl Miklós 130 esztendős Andrássy úti palotája, az Operaház egyszerre ékszerdoboz és a magyar opera- és balettélet múltjának, jelenének, jövőjének színtere. Gazdag öröksége állandó inspiráció, olykor teher és néha sokkoló mérce. E Ház, s általa a magyar opera- és balettjátszás történetét meséli el írásban-képben e kötet. Aranykorok és válságperiódusok emléke, legendás előadások, világhírű muzsikusok és énekes óriások jelennek meg a könyv lapjain. Felidézzük a Filharmóniai Társaság hosszú és dicsőséges útját, valamint az Operaház nagy "kistestvérének", második játszóhelyének, az Erkel Színháznak a maga száz kalandos esztendejét. Bebarangoljuk az Ybl-palota termeit, és egy fejezet erejéig megmutatjuk, milyen elképzelésekkel és arculattal vág neki a magyar Opera a következő évtizedeknek.
Ahogy Ókovács Szilveszter főigazgató fogalmaz: "Mi, operaháziak dolgozunk azon, hogy a 200 esztendeje született Ybl Miklós mégoly szép, immár 130 éves operaháza ne metrómegálló legyen a budapestieknek vagy megközelíthetetlenül tiszteletet parancsoló színháztemplom a vidék Magyarországának, és ne csak látványosság, zenei Halászbástya a külföldiek számára, valamint végképp ne mauzóleumaként maradjon meg egy múltban ragadt kosztümös kornak a világ operajátszása számára. Tudjuk most is, mi a cél: épp ez, a panoptikumra eredendően hajló operai műfajok előadásait élő és eleven jelennel megtölteni vagy felöltöztetni a kortalanul gyönyörű Ybl-palotában! Mai értékkel telíteni a régi formát, és ma értelmezhető ruhába bújtatni az ódon tartalmat. Szél pedig van, lesz is. És a magyar nemzet összművészetének vitorlájába ma már egyetlen, európai viszonylatban is elsők közt teljesítő Operája fújja a passzátszelet."
Ehhez a vízióhoz segítség ez az informatív és gazdagon illusztrált kötet, amelyet élvezettel forgathat mindenki (külföldi és magyar), aki szeretné megismerni - és az is, aki már rendszeresen látogatja a magyar operaművészet kinyitott templomát.
Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse
Donald Trump is putting together the most dangerous cabinet in history. Showing no inclination toward moderation, tolerance or genuine bipartisanship, he has assembled a team that is backed with billionaires, CEOs, rigid ideologues and a rogue's gallery of white nationalists, alt-right hatemongers, voter-suppression schemers, immigrant bashers and climate-change deniers. The people Trump is bringing into his inner circle and handing positions of immense authority make no secret of their determination to impose an uncompromising and ultimately unworkable conservative agenda on a country where most Americans did not vote for Donald Trump or the Congress that will advance his policies. The Trump team, consisting of famously controversial figures and little-known but potentially even more dangerous mandarins, may not have mandate. But it will have the power to remake American foreign policy, redistribute wealth upward and suppress wages, destroy unions, dismantle Medicare and Medicaid, undermine abortion rights and affirmative action, privatize and voucherize education, make health care a privilege rather than a right and create a climate of fear and intimidation for immigrants, refugees, religious and racial minorities and Americans who dare to dissent. This is about much more than one man; this is about a wrecking crew with the power to transform everything we know about America and to make our country and our world a more dangerous place. If we are going to navigate the next four years and have the tools to fight back, we need to know who will be handling the levers of power. And we need to know how to challenge their excesses.Enter John Nichols, veteran political correspondent at The Nation, who has been covering many of these deplorables for decades. Sticking to the hard facts and unafraid to dig deep into histories and the ideologies of the people who make up Trump's inner circle, Nichols will deliver a clear-eyed and complete guide to who these people really are. This is not a laundry list of the high-profile politicians we are already familiar with -- in these pages Nichols will examine and expose all the new power players, including those who operate below the headlines but that can still cause immeasurable damage.
Vypredané
17,05 €
17,95 €
The Big Book of Science Fiction
Quite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time?past, present, and future! What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E. Butler, and Kurt Vonnegut, alongside a century of the eccentrics, rebels, and visionaries who have inspired generations of readers. Within its pages, you?ll find beloved worlds of space opera, hard SF, cyberpunk, the New Wave, and more. Learn about the secret history of science fiction, from titans of literature who also wrote SF to less well-known authors from more than twenty-five countries, some never before translated into English. In The Big Book of Science Fiction, literary power couple Ann and Jeff VanderMeer transport readers from Mars to Mechanopolis, planet Earth to parts unknown. Immerse yourself in the genre that predicted electric cars, space tourism, and smartphones. Sit back, buckle up, and dial in the coordinates, as this stellar anthology has got worlds within worlds. Including: · Legendary tales from Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin · An unearthed sci-fi story from W. E. B. Du Bois · The first publication of the work of cybernetic visionary David R. Bunch in twenty years · A rare and brilliant novella by Chinese international sensation Cixin Liu Plus: · Aliens! · Space battles! · Robots! · Technology gone wrong! · Technology gone right!
dostupné aj ako:
Klimt
Gustav Klimt was born in Austria in 1862. In his early career he received a public commission to paint a series of frescoes. He received the Gold Cross for Artistic Merit for his Burgtheater murals. However it is to the Viennese Secession that Klimt's name will most enduringly be linked. This revolutionary movement separated itself definitively from public, academic art. The artistic chaos which reigned in Vienna at the time made it an extraordinary place to live. The atmosphere of Klimt s Nuda Veritas could be likened to the slow languor of Strauss operas or to the theatre productions of Schnitzler. His paintings and the few of his drawings which were not destroyed by fire demonstrate a sensuality of rare delicacy. For Klimt All art is erotic , whether expressed through the extravagant Byzantine deco-ration of his Judith I, or through pure nudity. This book brings together Klimt's finest paintings, along with a text that demonstrates the extraordinary eclecticism of this great artist.
Vypredané
9,49 €
9,99 €
Mismatch
Our brains evolved to solve the survival problems of our Stone Age ancestors, so when faced with modern day situations that are less extreme, they often encounter a mismatch. Our primitive brains put us on the wrong foot by responding to stimuli that - in prehistoric times - would have prompted behaviour that was beneficial. If you've ever felt an anxious fight or flight response to a presenting at a board meeting, equivalent to facing imminent death by sabre-toothed tiger, then you have experienced a mismatch. Mismatch is about the clash between our biology and our culture. It is about the dramatic contrast between the first few million years of human history - when humans lived as hunters and gatherers in small-scale societies - and the past twelve thousand years following the agricultural revolution which have led us to comfortable lives in a very different social structure. Has this rapid transition been good for us? How do we, using our primitive minds, try to survive in a modern information society that radically changes every ten years or so? Ronald Giphart and Mark van Vugt show that humans have changed their environment so drastically that the chances for mismatch have significantly increased, and these conflicts can have profound consequences. Reviewed through mismatch glasses, social, societal, and technological trends can be better understood, ranging from the popularity of Facebook and internet porn, to the desire for cosmetic surgery, to our attitudes towards refugees.
Mismatches can also affect our physical and psychological well-being, in terms of our attitudes to happiness, physical exercise, choosing good leaders, or finding ways to feel better at home or work. Finally, Mismatch gives us an insight into politics and policy which could enable governments, institutions and businesses to create an environment better suited to human nature, its potential and its constraints. This book is about converting mismatches into matches. The better your life is matched to how your mind operates, the greater your chances of leading a happy, healthy and productive life.
Vypredané
18,00 €
18,95 €
Changing Rules of Delegation
With each legislative issue, legislators have to decide whether to delegate decision-making to the executive and/or to expert bodies in order to flesh out the details of this legislation, or, alternatively, to spell out all aspects of this decision in legislation proper. The reasons why to delegate have been of prime interest to political science. The debate has concentrated on principal-agent theory to explain why politicians delegate decision-making to bureaucrats, to independent regulatory agencies, and to others actors and how to control these agents. By contrast, Changing Rules of Delegation focuses on these questions: Which actors are empowered by delegation? Are executive actors empowered over legislative actors? How do legislative actors react to the loss of power? What opportunities are there to change the institutional rules governing delegation in order to (re)gain institutional power and, with it influence over policy outcomes? The authors analyze the conditions and processes of change of the rules that delegate decision-making power to the Commission's implementing powers under comitology. Focusing on the role of the European Parliament the authors explain why the Commission, the Council, and increasingly the Parliament, delegated decision-making to the Commission. If they chose delegation, they still have to determine under which institutional rule comitology should operate. These rules, too, distribute power unequally among actors and therefore raise the question of how they came about in the first place and whether and how the "losers" of a rule change seek to alter the rules at a later point in time.
Vypredané
57,67 €
60,71 €
Moral Molecule
Human beings can be so compassionate. They can also be shockingly cruel. What if there was a master control for human behaviour? Switch it on and people are loving and generous. Switch it off and they revert to violence and greed. Pioneering neuroeconomist Paul J. Zak has discovered just such a master switch: a molecule in the human brain. Zak's colleagues call him Dr Love. They also call him the vampire economist. He and his research team have travelled from his laboratory in California to the jungles of Papua new Guinea via a summer garden in Devon, taking blood from people as they attend a wedding, make decisions with money, play football on the field, even jump from an aeroplane. Their experiments to measure a chemical in the bloodstream called oxytocin reveal the answers to those mysteries about why we make the decisions we do: why we are sometimes rational, at other times irrational; why men cheat more than women; how the moral molecule operates in the market place, and most importantly, once we understand the moral molecule, how we can consciously use it to make our lives better.
Vypredané
9,98 €
10,50 €
The History of Bees
***THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***
`Fans of Cloud Atlas and Never Let Me Go will love The History of Bees' Good Housekeeping
`Dystopian and electric, this book is set to blow minds everywhere' Stylist
'Haunting and poignant ... an important and wonderful book' Dave Goulson, bestselling author of Bee Quest
In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees - and to their children and one another - against the backdrop of an urgent, global crisis.
England, 1851. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new type of beehive-one that will give both him and his children honour and fame.
United States, 2007. George is a beekeeper and fights an uphill battle against modern farming, but hopes that his son can be their salvation.
China, 2098. Tao hand paints pollen onto the fruit trees now that the bees have long since disappeared. When Tao's young son is taken away by the authorities after a tragic accident-and is kept in the dark about his whereabouts and condition-she sets out on a grueling journey to find out what happened to him.
Haunting, illuminating, and deftly written, The History of Bees joins these three very different narratives into one gripping and thought provoking story that is just as much about the powerful relationships between children and parents as it is about our very relationship to nature and humanity.
Praise for The History of Bees:
`Spectacular and deeply moving. Lunde has elegantly woven together a tale of science and science fiction, dystopia and hope, and the trials of the individual and the strengths of family' Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author
`Such is the genius of debut novelist Maja Lunde that her tale of three eras-the long past, the tenuous present and the biologically damned future-is strung on the fragile hope of the survival of bees' Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author
`As a lover of honeybees and a fan of speculative fiction, I was doubly smitten by The History of Bees. Maja Lunde's novel is an urgent reminder of how much our survival depends on those remarkable insects. It is also a gripping account of how-despite the cruelest losses-humanity may abide and individual families can heal' Jean Hegland, author of Into the Forest
`By turns devastating and hopeful, The History of Beesresonates powerfully with our most pressing environmental concerns. Following three separate but interconnected timelines, Lunde shows us the past, the present, and a terrifying future in a riveting story as complex as a honeycomb' Bryn Greenwood, New York Times bestselling author
`Here is a story that is sweeping in scope but intimate in detail' Laura McBride, author of We Are Called to Rise
'A brilliant and beautiful novel' Jan Askelund, Stavanger Aftenblad
'She does everything right [...] She paints on a broad canvas, the topic is highly important and the language is both comprehensive and precise' Geir Vestad, Hamar Arbeiderblad'One can easily understand the buzz ...' Maria Arolilja Ro, Adresseavisa
'The settings portrayed in the novel are impressively visual and each character is perfectly naturally rooted in his or her own era and environment' Janneken Overland, Klassekampen
'Maja Lunde will reach a big audience with The History of Bees. (...) She has written a novel many will read in one go, and then sit down and think, about life, the world and the future. That is unique and it is very well done' Annette Orre, littkritikk.no
'The History of Bees is a fascinating and brilliantly written novel that elegantly moves between the various stories and timelines' Oddmund Hagen, Dag og Tid
Vypredané
10,93 €
11,50 €
History of Photography
This is a unique survey of photography from its origins until now. From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949 the site has operated as an international museum of photography and film, and today holds the largest collection of its kind in the world. The continually expanding photography collection contains over 400,000 images and negatives - among them the work of Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams and others - as well as 23,000 cinema films, five million film stills, one of the most important silent film collections, technical equipment and a library with 40,000 books on photography and film. The George Eastman House is a pilgrimage site and a place of worship for researchers, photographers and collectors from all over the world. This volume shows in chronological order the most impressive images and the most important developments in the art of light that is photography. It provides in its huge collection and themes a unique survey of the medium from its origins until now.