Hľadanie: A History of Photography From 1839 to the Present
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System Of A Down - Mezmerize LP
Tracklist:
1. Soldier Side (Intro)
02. - B.Y.O.B.
3. Revenga
4. Cigaro
5. Radio/Video
6. This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song
7. Violent Pornography
8. Question!
9. Sad Statue
10. Old School Hollywood
11. Lost In Hollywood
My Brief History
His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New Scientist
My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him `Einstein'; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of academia.
Writing with characteristic humility and humour, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease aged twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onwards through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time - one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.
Clear-eyed, intimate and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking's personal cosmos.
'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope' Mail on Sunday
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Her Majesty. A Photographic History 1926-Today
Born in 1926, married in 1947, crowned as Queen in 1953, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has carried out her duty for more than six decades. TASCHEN celebrates her remarkable royal story with a new edition of Her Majesty, a definitive photographic collection of her public and private life.
Brimming with history, tradition, glamour, and culture, the book spans the Queen's early years right through to her most recent state tours and ceremonies. Along the way, we trace her coming of age during World War II; her marriage, motherhood, and coronation; her encounters with such icons of their age as the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK; and her extensive international travels. We visit the spectacular royal palaces and enjoy the infectious celebration of royal weddings and jubilees. We witness the elegance of official portraits, and the tenderness and humor of informal and family moments.
As much a showcase of top photographers as a royal celebration, Her Majesty includes the work of such luminaries as Cecil Beaton, Studio Lisa, Dorothy Wilding, Karsh, Lord Snowdon, David Bailey, Patrick Lichfield, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rankin, and Annie Leibovitz
Curious History of Weights and Measures
A fascinating miscellany of the stories behind our weights and measures.
How long is an ell? How big is the largest champagne bottle? How do you measure the heat of a chili pepper? Why is the depth of water measured in fathoms? And what, exactly, is a cubit?
The Curious History of Weights & Measures tells the story of how we have come to quantify the world around us. Looking at everything from carats, pecks, and pennyweights, to firkins, baker’s dozens, and modern science-based standards such as kilograms and kilometers, this book considers both what sparked the creation of measures and why there were so many efforts to usher in standardization. Full of handy conversion charts and beautiful illustrations, The Curious History of Weights & Measures is a treasure trove of fun facts and intriguing stories about the calculations we use every day.
A History of the Czech Lands
A History Of The Czech Lands podává soustavný výklad naší historie od pravěku až po vstup České republiky do Evropské unie v roce 2004. Kniha sleduje vývoj českého státu a národa, stejně jako menšin žijících na českém území, zejména Židů, Němců, Slováků a Poláků. Osu výkladu tvoří proměny státu (včetně území, která k němu patřila jen dočasně) a společnosti v něm žijící, ale pozornost je věnována rovněž kultuře, náboženství, populačnímu vývoji a tisíciletému přetváření krajinného prostředí. Za vedení dvojice předních českých historiků – Jaroslava Pánka a Oldřicha Tůmy – knihu zpracoval kolektiv odborníků z Historického ústavu a z Ústavu pro soudobé dějiny Akademie věd České republiky. Druhé, doplněné vydání obsahuje bohatý obrazový doprovod (133 ilustrací a fotografií) a 16 map zachycujících územní vývoj českých zemí. Knihu uzavírá nová kapitola, věnovaná událostem let 1993–2004. Dle zahraničních recenzí prvního vydání nejucelenější výklad českých dějin dostupný v angličtině.
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The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylae: Great Battles of History (EN)
Audiobook The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylae: Great Battles of History written by J. M. Gardner. The Battle of Thermopylae is without doubt the most famous battle in European ancient history. It has inspired many poems, stories, and movies, most recently Frank Miller's 300. Vastly outnumbered Greek soldiers fought with all their might and held off the Persian army for seven days, before the rear-guard was annihilated in one of history's most famous last stands.
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Sám s fotografiou - Alone with photography
Zámerom knižnej monografie, ktorá vyšla k rovnomennej výstave Rudolf Sikora | Sám s fotografiou | Alone with Phtography (v slov. a angl. jazyku) je čo najkomplexnejšie zmapovať a predstaviť fotomediálnu tvorbu Rudolfa Sikoru, poukázať na jeho novátorskú úlohu v rozširovaní hraníc fotografie. Narábal s „nájdenou“ i zámernou, autorskou fotografiou a s fotomontážou ešte v preddigitálnej ére, fotografiu využíval vo veľkej miere pre vznik svojich konceptuálnych prác a dodnes môžeme v jeho tvorbe identifikovať viacero technológií, pričom niektoré z nich sú autorské. Hoci časť jeho fotomediálnej tvorby bola výstavne prezentovaná v rámci väčších retrospektívnych (Národní galerie v Praze, 2006; Slovenská národná galéria v Bratislave, 2008) či monotematických výstav (Galéria umenia E. Zmetáka v Nových Zámkoch, 2011; Turčianska galéria v Martine, 2014), jej knižné spracovanie prichádza pri príležitosti bratislavskej výstavy v Galérii UMELKA. Ambíciou knižného projektu je predstaviť Sikorovu fotomediálnu tvorbu v čo najúplnejšej miere od je začiatkov až po dnešok, zhodnotiť jeho miesto a hlavné prínosy do dejín konceptuálne orientovanej fotografie a fotomediálnej tvorby. Rudolf Sikora patrí medzi prvých umelcov, ktorý sa sústavne zaoberal novou témou globálne-civilizačného a ekologického ohrozenia sveta. Svoj spôsob metaforického konceptuálneho myslenia postavil na využití diagramov, textov, interpunkčných znamienok, na práci s fotografiou či fotomontážou. Temné a varovné tóny čoskoro vystriedali optimistickejšie kozmologické výskumy, ktoré Sikora okrem iného podoprel aj vedeckými poznatkami z teórie vzniku a existencie vesmíru a k vede vytvoril originálnu umeleckú paralelu so silnou myšlienkovou výpoveďou. Neodmysliteľnou stránkou jeho osobnosti je dodnes spoločenský aktivizmus, ktorý našiel prirodzené uplatnenie aj v jeho výtvarných konceptoch plných etickej apelatívnosti. Systematicky sa zaoberá odkazom ruských revolučných avantgárd reprezentovaných hlavne dielom K. Maleviča. Reflektuje duchovný odkaz jeho novátorského činu, ale cez neho aj všeobecnejšiu problematiku sociálnych utópií a ich dôsledkov na život ľudí a spoločenských systémov v 20. a 21. storočí. Štúdie v katalógu pojednávajú o autorovej fotografickej tvorbe z rôznych aspektov, súčasťou knihy sú reprinty starších textov (E. Sikorová, V. Macek), ako aj nové syntetické i monotematické pohľady od domácich (K. Bajcurová) a zahraničných kurátorov (A. a R. Fowkes, M. S. Witkovsky), prílohou knihy je rozsiahla štúdia o fotografickom diele R. Sikoru z rokov 1970 – 1998 od českej fotografky J. Havelkovej (skrátená a redigovaná verzia jej diplomovej práce z r. 1998, ktorá vznikla na Inštitúte tvorivej fotografie v Opave). Kniha obsahuje rozsiahlu fotografickú časť (vyše 300 vyobrazení), v ktorej sú prezentované aj viaceré doteraz nepublikované diela, ako aj podrobnú dokumentáciu a faktografiu autorovej tvorby.
The Diary of a CEO
This is not a book about business strategy. Strategy changes like the seasons. This is a book about something much more permanent.
At the very heart of all the success and failure I've been exposed to - both my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I've conducted on my podcast - are a set of principles that can stand the test of time, apply to any industry, and be used by anyone who is search of building something great or becoming someone great.
These are the fundamental laws that will ensure excellence.
They are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, are based on the wisdom of tens of thousands of people I've surveyed across every continent and age group, and of course, drawn from the conversations I've had on my chart-topping podcast with the world's most successful people.
These laws will work now or in 100 years from now. Are you ready to get started?
Fear: An Alternative History of the World
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease, poverty, and other people. In Fear: An Alternative History of the World, Robert Peckham considers the impact of fear in history, as both a coercive tool of power and as a catalyst for social change.
Beginning with the Black Death in the fourteenth century, Peckham traces a shadow history of fear. He takes us through the French Revolution and the social movements of the nineteenth century to modern market crashes, Cold War paranoia and the AIDS pandemic, into a digital culture increasingly marked by uniquely twenty-first-century fears.
What did fear mean to us in the past, and how can a better understanding of it equip us to face the future? As Peckham demonstrates, fear can challenge as well as cement authority. Some crises have destroyed societies; others have been the making of them. Through the stories of the people and the moments that changed history, Fear: An Alternative History of the World reveals how fear and panic made us who we are.
The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is the senior thesis written by Henry Kissinger at Harvard university in 1950, when he was twenty-seven. More than 70 years later it is now being published for the first time. The thesis explores the thought of three distinct but important thinkers in the canon of Western philosophical and historical thought, in a way that also reflected Kissinger's own transition from the Continental world to the Atlantic. Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) was a German historian and philosopher; Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975) a British historian and philosopher and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), a Prussian of the European Enlightenment era and one of the most important moral and political philosophers to emerge from his time.
The study is intimidatingly long and weighty in its own right; at almost four hundred typed pages, it wrestles with some of the first-order dilemmas of Western political, philosophical, and moral thought. Its scope ranges from the Enlightenment through to the midpoint of the twentieth century - an era scourged by two world wars and the advent of the nuclear age. Equally important, it provides great insight into the conceptual perspective of its author, Henry Kissinger, who was to become the most influential American scholar statesman of the post 1945 period.
The History of Sexuality: 4
The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century
In the fourth and final volume of his far-reaching and influential study of human sexuality, Foucault turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the notion of the 'flesh'. Ranging over marriage, procreation and the concept of virginity as a divine state, Foucault brilliantly shows how a fledgling religion altered and defined the Western history of desire. Confessions of the Flesh brings to a conclusion one of the twentieth century's seminal works.
The History of the Hobbit
Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a unique design inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's own artwork, featuring a ribbon marker and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase.
The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that 'grew in the telling', and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their 'fireside reads'.
Together in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines - chapter by chapter - why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.
As well as reproducing the original version of one of the world's most popular novels - both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings - this book includes many little-known illustrations and draft maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.
Endorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume The History of Middle-earth, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.
Alika a stratená kniha Asahuru and lost book of Asahuru
a stratená kniha Asahuru/and lost book of Asahuru, Časť 1. a 2.
Dvojjazyčný príbeh v anglicko-slovenskej verzii
Alika je bezstarostné dievčatko, ktoré prichádza spolu so svojim bratom na vidiek k starým rodičom, kde majú stráviť letné prázdniny. Alika sa však hneď v prvý deň stretáva so zvláštnymi úkazmi a objavuje záhadné miesta, ktoré sa rozhodne spolu so svojim bratom preskúmať. Akýmsi záhadným spôsobom sa však dostanú do úplne iného sveta, z ktorého sa snažia nájsť cestu späť. Kniha obsahuje aj CD s nahovoreným príbehom, v slovenskom aj anglickom jazyku. Príbeh sa skladá z 12 častí, pričom každá časť bude vychádzať raz mesačne v samostatnej knihe.
The Secret History of the Mongols
'By the Power of Eternal Heaven; By the Protection of the Majestic Imperial Fortune.'
Born a poor nomad in an unforgiving world, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan transformed the thirteenth century, ultimately ruling an empire that would stretch from Korea to Crimea and Syria to Siberia. Much of what we know about Chinggis comes from the horrified comments of foreign chroniclers, but there is one exceptional and authentic source: The Secret History of the Mongols, written after Chinggis's death to be read exclusively by the Mongolian imperial family (hence 'secret' to all other readers).
This new translation gives an unparalleled insight into one of the transformative moments in world history and a society where unchecked swagger, menace, and ambition lay side by side with unexpected tenderness and vulnerability. Based around kinship, horses, yurts, weapons and immense spaces, The Secret History is a sometimes opaque and mysterious saga that brings the reader face to face with nomad warlords and their ladies impelled by Heaven's uncanny destiny. This remarkable new translation does full justice to the earliest surviving work written in Mongolian.
With an introduction by translator Christopher P. Atwood.
A-ha - Headlines And Deadlines: The Hits Of A-ha LP
KDO: Norské trio se zformovalo v roce 1982. Do celosvětového povědomí se dostalo v polovině osmdesátých let, kdy si skupiny všiml producent John Ratcliff. Debutové album Hunting High And Low se stalo v roce 1985 jedničkou v rodném Norsku, dvojkou na britských ostrovech a dosáhlo na patnácté místo v Americe. Kapela, kterou tvoří Morten Harket (zpěv), Magne Furuholmen (klávesy) a Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (kytary), byla velmi úspěšná i v dalších letech a patří k nejpopulárnějším skandinávským interpretům všech dob.
CO: Vinylová reedice kompilační desky vydané původně v roce 1991. Kromě největších hitů skupiny album obsahuje i novou skladbu Move To Memphis, která byla později přetočena a vydána na páté studiovce Memorial Beach. Na vinylu je deska k dispozici poprvé po 25 letech.
LP 1
1. Take On Me [3:46]
2. Cry Wolf [4:05]
3. Touchy! [4:31]
4. You Are The One (Remix) [3:47]
5. Manhattan Skyline [4:52]
6. The Blood That Moves The Body [4:05]
7. Hunting High And Low (Remix) [3:47]
8. Move To Memphis [4:22]
9. I've Been Losing You [4:24]
10. The Living Daylights (Single Version) [4:16]
11. Crying In The Rain [4:25]
12. I Call Your Name [4:54]
13. Stay On These Roads [4:44]
14. The Sun Always Shines On T.V. [5:06]
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Photography
This lavish coffee-table book traces the history of photography from the first black and white images to celebrated examples of 21st-century digital photography.
Photography celebrates the most iconic photographs of the past 200 years and includes more than 50 biographies of the most famous photographers, explaining how they pushed the bounds of the medium. It also showcases examples of the extraordinary cameras that photographers experimented with, from the daguerreotype to the latest camera phones!
Charting the influence of social and cultural change, as well as the impact of science and technology, this beautiful book follows the history of photographs from the first grainy attempts at portrait and landscape photography to gritty photojournalism, street photography, and digital photography, with special features delving into the stories behind photographic images that changed how people saw the world.
This fantastic photography book promises:
- A selection of the most important "lost" cultural artefacts from ancient times to the present day
- Features images of the artworks where available, or specially commissioned illustrations of them based on written accounts
- Includes details of the ongoing debate about whether looted art should be returned to its country of origin
Packed with information and full of inspiration, Photography is the perfect reference for budding photographers, seasoned professionals, and anyone with an interest in the subject. Whether you're looking for a riveting reference book to display on your coffee table or gift to a friend, or you're a life-longer learner with a thirst for knowledge - Photography is sure to delight!
In Quest of History
Dialog Karla Hvížďaly, novináře-zvědavce z Prahy, s Jiřím Přibáněm, právním filosofem z britského Cardiffu, nad uzlovými body naší historie, ku příležitosti 100. výročí republiky, v širokém teritoriálním i časovém kontextu od 9. do 21. století. Toto rozpětí umožnilo nahlédnout do minulosti a ptát se, proč a jak jsme v různých dobách vnímali a chápali naše dějiny a co to znamená pro naši přítomnost i budoucnost.
S tímto hledáním je spojena i snaha zbavit se redukce dějin na projekční plátno našich frustrací. Autoři zvolili formu dialogu, ve kterém se snaží vrátit do veřejného prostoru otázky, které se většinou řeší jen na akademické půdě nebo kterým se vyhýbáme.
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System Of A Down - Steal This Album CD
Tracklist:
1. Chic-N-Stu
2. Innervision
3. Bubbles
4. Boom !
5. Nüguns
6. A.D.D.
7. Mr. Jack
8. I-E-A-I-A-I-O
9. 36
10. Pictures
11. Highway Song
12. Fuck The System
13. Ego Brain
14. Thetawaves
15. Roulette
16. Streamline
SPQR - A History of Ancient Rome
The Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerShortlisted for a British Book Industry Book of the Year Award 2016Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us.
And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us.
Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome'.