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Great Thinkers: guide to some of the best ideas of Eastern and Western culture.
The Great Thinkers is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture - drawn from the works of those philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most to offer to us today.
We've worked hard to make the thinkers in this book clear, relevant and charming, mining the history of knowledge to bring you the ideas we think have the greatest importance to our times.
This 480-page book contains the canon of The School of Life, the gallery of individuals across the millennia who help to frame our intellectual project - and we have succeeded if, in the days and years ahead, you find yourself turning to our thinkers to illuminate the multiple dilemmas, joys and griefs of daily life.
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Lacná kniha Storytime Theatre ( " Shrek The Third " ) (-90%)
Shrek the Third Rules Summer 2007! Dreamworks Animation presents the most anticipated comedy of Summer 2007, Shrek the Third! Slide the storybook theatre out of it's case and reveal the land of Far Far Away to explore your own Shrek adventures. Press out your characters and follow the story around the theatre, then make up your own new stories!
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How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex
From the moment there was an “online,” there was sex online. The famous test image used by software engineers to develop formats like the jpeg was “Lena,” taken from Playboy’s November 1972 centerfold. Early bulletin boards and multi-user domains quickly came to serve their members sexual musings. Facebook started as a way to rate “hot or not” Harvard co-eds. In fact, virtually every significant development that defines the Internet we know and love (and hate) today—privacy issues, online payments and online banking, dating, social media, streaming technology, mass data collection—came out the meeting of sexuality and technology.
Not only did sexuality vastly influence the internet, but the internet arguably changed modern sexuality by giving every imaginable non-hetereonormative community a safe place to explore, fantasize, thrive, and be accepted. Which of course only led to more exploring, more fantasizing, more thriving.
A lively, highly visual history, filled with broad themes and backstories, pioneering personalities and eureka-moments, How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex covers everything from Jennicam (remember her?) to deep fakes. And most of what came in between, including “A Brief History of Online Dating” and the promise that VR spaces like the metaverse hold for the future of human sexual interactions.
Porn is just one part of the story. Rather, this is a story about human nature during the digital gold rush of the last fifty years.
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Pygmejové
„Nejmenší lidé planety“, středoafričtí pygmejové, jsou mimořádně zajímavým etnikem. Kolektiv antropologů se nejprve zaměřuje na záhadu jejich evolučního původu a otázky spojené s jejich fyzickým vzhledem. Poté přibližuje důležité oblasti každodenního života těchto lidí, kterými jsou lov a sběr, zkrášlování těla, hudba a tanec, a začíst se můžete i do několika pygmejských mýtů. O původním způsobu života pygmejských skupin víme mnohé díky významnému etnologovi P. J. Šebestovi. Jeho misionářskému a etnologickému působení u pygmejů je zde věnována samostatná kapitola. Šebestovou zásluhou navíc nemusí zájemce o poznání pygmejů cestovat až do pralesa Ituri, stačí navštívit po něm pojmenovanou expozici v Hrdličkově muzeu člověka PřF UK v Praze. Jaká je historie této expozice a co v ní můžete spatřit dnes? Dočtete se na dalších stránkách. A jaká je současnost samotných pygmejů v Africe? O tom vypráví zkušený cestovatel, který se za nimi do této neklidné části světa vypravil.
My Hero Academia, Vol. 30
Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy.
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?
Midoriya and Tomura have finally come to blows and the battle intensifies as Tomura tries to steal One For All. The clash extends into the One For All spirit realm, where the previous users and even All For One join the struggle. While the battle for the ultimate Quirk rages, the other heroes and villains duke it out. Ochaco finds herself taking on Toga, who doesn't want a fight so much as a heart-to-heart? Then, Dabi finally arrives in Jaku City with a shocking revelation...
The Viking Great Army and the Making of England
The hidden story of a little-known but transformative period in the formation of England as a nation.
The Viking Great Army that swept through England between AD 865 and 878 altered the course of British history. Since the late 8th century, Viking raids on the British Isles had been a regular feature of life, but the winter of 865 saw a fundamental shift that would change the political, economic and social landscape forever. Instead of making quick smash-and-grab summer raids for silver and slaves, Vikings now remained in England for the winter and became immersed in its communities. Some settled permanently, acquiring land and forming a new hybrid Anglo-Scandinavian culture. The Viking army was here to stay. Its presence was a catalyst for new towns and new industries, while transformations in power politics would ultimately see the rise of King Alfred the Great and make Wessex the pre-eminent kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England.
Drawing on the most up-to-date discoveries and the latest scientific techniques, the authors' recent research at the Viking Great Army's winter camp at Torksey in Lincolnshire has revolutionized what we know about its size, activities and social makeup, as has the wealth of newly recovered evidence from metal-detectorists. Unfolding like a great detective story, this account traces the movements of the Great Army across the country, piecing together a new picture of Viking Age England in unprecedented detail, from swords, coins, jewelry and the burials of great warriors to the everyday objects that ordinary farmers and craftsmen discarded. It is the definitive story of a vital period in British history.
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
A sophisticated look into the eight Greek myths that remain the most relevant to us today, exploring their powerful cultural impact from their ancient origins to the present.
The Greek myths have been retold countless times, first by the conquering Romans, then through the medieval and Renaissance eras of Europe, and finally finding new expression in masterworks of art, literature and cinema on the global stage. Classical scholar Richard Buxton explores the stories at the heart of this ancient mythology and how they have come to influence our society today.
The Greek legends seem to speak to us universally, their deities tantalizingly human - often indulging in behaviours morally ambiguous at best and obscene at worst - and their heroes dealing with dilemmas and destinies that echo, if exaggeratedly, conflicts in our own lives. The dramatic choices that such figures as Prometheus, Medea and Oedipus face have resonated with audiences over thousands of years. Each chapter focuses on a mythical character and the powerful stories and interpretations that surround them. Yet the myths' relevance has not been uniform; they shift with the cultural tide. They have endured moments of censure, criticism, and even ridicule, but now their influence can be recognized almost everywhere, from opera to psychology, from fashion to contemporary art.
How is it that these tales have retained their power to connect with our own fascinations, fears and desires, though they came from a world very different from our own? Here Buxton charts their cultural impact through a rich variety of re-imaginings, examining the many guises they have taken through the ages and the profound truths that they continue to illuminate.
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The Elephant in the Room
eelings travel even when people cant...Its been almost a year since Silas mum travelled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States.The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to bear. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Their new alliance leads to the rescue of a circus elephant named Veda, and then to a friendship with a unique boy named Mateo, proving that comfort and hope come in the most unlikely of places.A moving story of family separation and the importance of the connection between animals and humans, this novel has the enormous heart and uplifting humour that readers have come to expect from the beloved author of Counting by 7s.
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Lacná kniha The hostile hospital-8
There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on...The Penultimate Pe
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Illustrated Brief History of Time and The Universe
This is Stephen Hawking´s updated, expanded and illustrated edition of his celebrated work which includes the most recent developments in the field, many of which were forecast by him. At the same time, he explains his complex theories through a fresh visual dimension. Over one hundred and fifty stunning colour illustrations have been specially commissioned for this purpose to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp. It includes a new introduction written specially for this edition.
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Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix
Piata kniha o Harrym Potterovi vyšla po anglicky 21. júna. V slovenčine vyjde zrejme až v decembri 2003...
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We Are the Smurfs: Bright New Days! (We Are the Smurfs Book 3)
The Smurf-tacular tales continue in the third volume in this graphic novel series perfect for beginner readers!
Welcome back to Smurf Village in the third installment of this early reader comic series! With the help of Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Hefty Smurf, and Brainy Smurf, young readers will learn how to process big feelings such as impatience, rejection, and grief, while learning how to take better care of themselves, their communities, and the Earth around them.
With three all-new, full-color stories, and back matter dedicated to helping children explore and better understand their emotions, this book is the perfect option for newly independent and reluctant readers alike. And with its zany humor and familiar blue faces, this new volume is perfect for Peyo comic fans old and new!
Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss! (Light Novel) Vol. 1
An isekai adventure about an ordinary boy taken under the wing of a mysterious undead girl!
When Kanbara Kanata is whisked away from his mundane life to a world of adventure, he inadvertently offends the all-powerful being who brought him there. As punishment, he is sent to the bottom of the most dangerous dungeon without a single special power or ability! He is sure that he’s a goner until he meets a lich girl named Lunaere—an undead powerhouse who hates humans, but grudgingly decides to assist him all the same. With Lunaere’s help, Kanata may just grow into someone truly incredible
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The School of Life Dictionary
A dictionary is a guide to a language. This dictionary is for the distinctive language that The School of Life 'speaks': that of emotions. It is an alphabetical selection of some 200 words and phrases that shed light on our feelings about ourselves, other people, and the workings of the modern world. Too often, we struggle to find the right words to explain what we mean; The School of Life's dictionary is a tool to help us convey our true intentions with economy and precision. The School of Life - an organisation dedicated to making sense of our emotional lives - offers us a complete vocabulary with which to understand some of our key emotional states and ideas and to express them succinctly and successfully to the world.
Definitions include:
Addiction
Anger
Eudaimonia
FOMO
Good Materialism
Inner Voices
Meaningful Work
Nagging
Philosophical Meditation
Sane Insanity
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All The Light We Cannot See
WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II When Marie Laure goes blind, aged six, her father builds her a model of their Paris neighborhood, so she can memorize it with her fingers and then navigate the real streets. But when the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall. In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, is enchanted by a crude radio. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent ultimately makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE is his most ambitious and dazzling work.
The Wolf and the Woodsman
Stories don't have to be true to be real...
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Evike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Evike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.
But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Evike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he's no ordinary Woodsman - he's the disgraced prince, Gaspar Barany, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gaspar fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gaspar understands what it's like to be an outcast, and he and Evike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.
As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Evike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gaspar need to decide whose side they're on, and what they're willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.
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Krall Diana - Turn Up The Quiet 2LP
Tracklist:
1. Like Someone In Love
2. Isn't It Romantic
3. L-O-V-E
4. Night and Day
5. Sway
6. No Moon At All
7. Dream
8. I'll See You In My Dreams
9. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
10. Moonglow
11. Blue Skies
Lacná kniha Žil jsem ve středověku (-90%)
V knize Žil jsem ve středověku jsou vzpomínky Jiřího Kejře (* 1921), historika specializujícího se na právní dějiny středověku, nejsou a ani nechtějí být obsáhlými a zásadními memoáry, které by měly odhalit závažné události a vystihnout velké osudy jejich protagonistů. Jsou to spíš vzpomínky, které se mu vynořují v paměti od mládí až do současnosti a jsou určeny jeho blízkým přátelům a kolegům a také na památku jeho vnukům, kteří žijí v odlišné době, než jaká byla údělem jeho generace. Jiří Kejř vystudoval právnickou fakultu a po celý život působil na několika pracovištích Akademie věd, kde se zabýval svým oborem – právními dějinami středověku. V jeho životě nedošlo k sensačním událostem ani k napínavým životním zvratům – jeho prostředím je jeho ústav a kruh odborných znalců. V textu vzpomínek se objeví řada jeho kolegů, přátel, ale i významných zahraničních vědců. Jeho život je nerozlučně spojen především s jeho dílem, takže vzpomíná i na některé publikace nebo články, jimiž se zabýval v průběhu úctyhodných téměř šesti desetiletí své práce.
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Lacná kniha Můj život s Hitlerem, Stalinem a Havlem - svazek I. a II. (-50%)
Zatím poslední, čtvrtá část memoárománů Pavla Kohouta nazvaná Můj život s Hitlerem, Stalinem a Havlem vychází poprvé v tomto svazku pod názvem Předběžná bilance. Je to kapitola rozsahem nejmenší, ale z hlediska čtenářů, kteří už možná některou ze vzpomínkových knih přečetli, možná nejdůležitější: autor nás vede svým životem až do dnešních dnů a opět, jako v celých svých pamětech, se nevyhýbá kontroverzním otázkám – a jakoby je od čtenářů očekával, rovnou na ně po svém odpovídá. Všichni, kdo byli dosud k životním postojům Pavla Kohouta rezervovaní, nebo dokonce odmítaví, měli by si jeho Život s Hitlerem, Stalinem a Havlem přečíst. Mohli by být překvapeni, s jakou otevřeností a snahou vyrovnat se s vlastními omyly a pochybeními se autor dává publiku v plen... Ano, je v tom i dovednost úspěšného dramatika, spisovatele a poválečného proslulého mládežnického poety, který ví, jak čtenáře či diváka zaujmout, ale je tam ještě něco navíc, co v mnohých pamětech osobností postrádáme: úzkostlivá snaha nesvalovat vinu za své činy a postoje na někoho či něco jiného.
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