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Reign of Serpents
A PRINCE WILL RISE TO POWER OR MADNESS,
A PRINCESS WILL BECOME A QUEEN...
AND BLOOD MAGIC WILL RULE THEM ALL
Prince Alexander of Macedon’s mind has been touched by an incomprehensible evil, even as his betrothed travels from afar to unite their kingdoms against a terrible darkness that threatens both realms: the Spirit Eaters.
From the distant shores of Illyria to a small deserted island, the deadly consequences of Smoke Blood magic loom and lost civilizations emerge to reveal the existence of a weapon that may do the impossible—kill the last living god. As magic rises and warriors clash, the fate of all Macedon rests in the hands of the unstable prince and those whose loyalty can no longer be trusted.
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Best Of Thailand 2
Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher*
Lonely Planet's Best of Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Discover ancient temples in Bangkok and Ayuthaya, take a cooking course in Chiang Mai, and find your perfect beach spot on Ko Phi-Phi - all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Thailand and begin your journey now!
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Free, convenient pull-out Bangkok map (included in print version), plus easy-to-use colour maps to help you explore
Covers Bangkok, Hua Hin, Ayuthaya, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai, Nong Khai, Ko Pha-Ngan, Ko Samui, Railay, Phuket, Ko Phi-Phi
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Best of Thailand, our easy-to-use guide, filled with inspiring and colourful photos, focuses on Thailand's most popular attractions for those wanting to experience the best of the best.
Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all the country has to offer? Check out Lonely Planet's Thailand guide.
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Vidět neslyšené slyšet neviděné
Monografie pojednává o hudbě ve filmu jevu éterickém, pomíjivém a neuchopitelném slovy. Dnešní technologie filmového záznamu se neustále vyvíjejí, ale všichni tvůrci stále řeší odvěké otázky: Proč znovu a znovu skládat hudbu ke stále unifikovanějším filmům? Mluví režisér a skladatel stejnou řečí? Kde začíná svoboda skladatele a končí služebnost společnému dílu? Jak vnímá film skladatel, režisér filmu nebo divák? Kde se stýká univerzální citlivost s egoismem tvůrčí vášně? Obohacují se navzájem, nebo jen parazitují na dobovém a módním?
Autor knihy se k psaní hudby pro dětské animované filmy dostal v dobách, kdy nesměl jako folkový písničkář veřejně vystupovat. Jako zkušený profesionální hudebník umí hrát i na improvizované nástroje a zvládl práci ve studiu. Vlastní povahu práce skladatele hlouběji nahlédl později, když začal přednášet své zkušenosti studentům FAMU, jimž setkání s živým hudebníkem mnohdy výrazně pomohlo při orientaci ve světě tónů.
Nejvýznamnější přínos této odborné publikace je v syntéze obecně platných principů a popisu vlastních zkušeností s psaním a nahráváním filmové hudby rukodělně v domácím studiu. Text je prokládán praktickými návody a triky pro nahrávání, názorně ukazující zákulisí muzikantské kuchyně. Připojené komentáře řady filmových profesí a vyznání hudebníků pak doplňují pokus o ucelený pohled na předmět a rozšiřují práci nad rovinu autorovy možná teoreticky omezené, zato ale prožité a stále korigované zkušenosti.
Obsah:
Jak číst knihy o hudbě? (Múzičnost, muzikalita, amúzie * Mozek, oko a ucho * Mág a magie hudby na úsvitu kulturních dějin * Historické pozadí a jeho stylizace * Orgiastické rituály, erós a moc * Moc hudby na pozadí doby * Melodie a atonalita * Proměny hudební stavby * Melodie řeči a vypravěč * Animace, móda, trh a média * Demokracie hudby a etika * Politizace hudby, etika a zneužití hudby mocí * Klišé a alternativa * Skladatel a spektákl * Kulturní imperialismus globálního popu * Tanec a rytmické gesto * Hudba a originalita * Fascinace hlasem * Vnímání hudby tělem * Jak posloucháme hudbu ve skutečném životě, jak ve filmu? * Absolutní svoboda hudby a generační tabu * Pravdivost a pravděpodobnost hudebního dramatu * Muzikantský slabikář) * Múzické aspekty filmové řeči (Vzdělání, nebo intuice? * Symbióza hudby a filmu * Kořeny hudby pohledem filmaře * Skrytá hudba obrazů jak slyšet viděné? * Obraznost a hudba * Hudba a vizualita * Melodie jako příběh * Sny a realita * Herec, loutka a gesto * Jak slyšet sama sebe? * Hudební představa * Umění neříct vše * Velký příběh víry * Hudebnost příběhu * Umění naslouchat * Konvence a komerce * Skladatel jako demiurg stylu * Mýtus a skutečnost * Hudební drama * Funkce scénické hudby * Hudební smog v animovaném filmu * Proměny vnímání zvuku v prostoru příběhu * Hudebník a scénář * Role vypravěče * Vjem, počitek a prožitek * Diktatura paní Módy) * Psychologie smyslu, překonávání hranic (Synkretické vnímání * Nástrojové barvy * Překonávání hranic) * Skladatel v továrně na umění (Racionální vyprávění, nadsázka a klam * Sound canvas organizace zvukového materiálu * Vizuální inspirace a hudební příběh * Filmový čas a temporytmus) * Hudba a divák (Hranice symfonického kýče * Krása není líbivá * Dotvoření nahrávky * Eklektik a originál * Technologie a stylové roviny filmu * Styly animace a kompozice * Kouzlo hudebního motivu * Mezižánry a mobilita animace * Fiktivní realita a skutečnost * Herec a animátor * Scénická hudba a žánr * Dětská hudba nebo hudba zdětinštělých skladatelů? * Polopravdy a klišé * Stisk doby * Amatér ve studiu * Skladatel-interpret v domácím studiu * Vzorce prostorového vnímání * Setrvalost práce a vrtkavost úspěchu * Pravda fikce a klam realismu* Recyklace historických záznamů * Gender a krása)* Myšlení nástrojem (Povaha hudebníka inspirace a náhoda * Konvence a inovace * Krást či nekrást? * Triky z domácího studia * Charaktery postav a nástrojů * Instrumentace charakterů * Věčný začátek * Skladatel, nebo filmař? * Charisma př
The Day of the Accident
Sixty seconds after she wakes from a coma, Maggie's world is torn apart.
The police tell her that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing.
When Maggie begs to see her husband Sean, the police tell her that he has disappeared. He was last seen on the day of her daughter's funeral.
What really happened that day at the river?
Where is Maggie's husband?
And why can't she shake the suspicion that somewhere, somehow...
her daughter is still alive? An emotional page-turner with amazing characters from the Top Ten bestselling author of My Sister's Bones, this thriller is perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh's I Let You Go and Lisa Jewell's Watching You.
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Konflikte gewinnen Machtposition & Status sichern
Das bringt Ihnen dieses Buch: Sie unterstützen zertifizierte Klimaschutz-Projekte, erhalten schnell kompakte Informationen und Checklisten von Experten (Übersicht und Pressestimmen in der Buchvorschau) sowie in der Praxis erprobte Ratschläge, die auch dank AddOn Schritt für Schritt zum Erfolg führen.
Denn wer in Unternehmen seine Meinung vertreten, etwas erreichen und verändern will, muss sich gegen andere durchsetzen. Doch das bedeutet nicht zwangsläufig, die berüchtigten Ellenbogen auszufahren. Erfolg und Machterhalt sind in der Regel meist das Ergebnis einer ausgeklügelten Strategie und eines taktischen klugen Vorgehens, das in Unternehmen und Organisationen den eigenen Status absichert. Wer sich zudem die Methoden erfolgreicher Strategen näher anschaut, wird feststellen, dass diese häufig das Ergebnis hervorragender Konzepte und richtiger Entscheidungen sind. Dieses Buch zeigt auf, worauf beim Konzeptionieren und strategisch wichtigen Entscheidungen wirklich ankommt.
Unsere Ratgeber richten sich vor allem an Einsteiger. Leser, die vertiefende Informationen suchen, können diese umsonst als AddOn mit individuellen Inhalten nach Wunsch erhalten. Möglich wird dieses Konzept durch ein besonders effizientes, innovatives Digital-Verfahren.
Der Verlag engagiert sich auch gemeinnützig in zahlreichen, gut dokumentierten Projekten, z.B. zum Klimaschutz, und unterstützt durch seine Übersetzung vom Deutschen ins Englische die Qualität von neuronalem Maschinenlernen und die Völkerverständigung.
Herausgeberin Simone Janson ist Vorständin, Verlegerin und Bestseller-Autorin. Sie war außerdem eine der 20 wichtigsten deutschen Bloggerinnen und Kolumnistin renommierter Medien - mehr zu ihr in Wikipedia.
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Small Talk – Lerne schnell & effektiv besseres Networking durch Kommunikation
Das bringt Ihnen dieses Buch: Sie unterstützen zertifizierte Klimaschutz-Projekte, erhalten schnell kompakte Informationen und Checklisten von Experten (Übersicht und Pressestimmen in der Buchvorschau) sowie in der Praxis erprobte Ratschläge, die auch dank AddOn Schritt für Schritt zum Erfolg führen.
Denn vor allem schüchterne und introvertierte Menschen fühlen sich von typischen Small-Talk- und Networkingsituationen eher abgeschreckt. Wenn Sie auch dazu gehören, kommt Ihnen diese Situation sicher bekannt vor: Auf einer Veranstaltung sind viele Menschen, doch Sie wissen nicht so recht mit wem Sie sprechen sollen, wie Sie sich am besten präsentieren. Mit diesem Problem sind Sie nicht alleine und genau hier hilft dieses Buch weiter: Es gibt Ihnen Tricks und Kniffe abseits der üblichen Networking-Ratschläge an die Hand und hilft Ihnen, damit aus jedem zufälligen Gespräch ein guter, langlebiger Kontakt werden kann.
Unsere Ratgeber richten sich vor allem an Einsteiger. Leser, die vertiefende Informationen suchen, können diese umsonst als AddOn mit individuellen Inhalten nach Wunsch erhalten. Möglich wird dieses Konzept durch ein besonders effizientes, innovatives Digital-Verfahren.
Der Verlag engagiert sich auch gemeinnützig in zahlreichen, gut dokumentierten Projekten, z.B. zum Klimaschutz, und unterstützt durch seine Übersetzung vom Deutschen ins Englische die Qualität von neuronalem Maschinenlernen und die Völkerverständigung.
Herausgeberin Simone Janson ist Vorständin, Verlegerin und Bestseller-Autorin. Sie war außerdem eine der 20 wichtigsten deutschen Bloggerinnen und Kolumnistin renommierter Medien - mehr zu ihr in Wikipedia.
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Die Ananas-Strategie – Networking für jeden Typ
Das bringt Ihnen dieses Buch: Sie unterstützen zertifizierte Klimaschutz-Projekte, erhalten schnell kompakte Informationen und Checklisten von Experten (Übersicht und Pressestimmen in der Buchvorschau) sowie in der Praxis erprobte Ratschläge, die auch dank AddOn Schritt für Schritt zum Erfolg führen.
Denn Networking funktioniert wie eine Ananas: Hat man erst die harte, stachelig Schale geknackt, kann man sich an dem weichen und süßen Inhalt erfreuen. Doch Networking ist für jeden Menschen anders und das ist das Problem vieler Ratgeber zum Thema: Während z.B. Introvertierte oft überhaupt nicht wissen, mit wem sie sprechen sollen, weil ihnen das oberflächliche Small-Talken nicht liegt, sind extrovertierte Naturen zwar die Rampensäue auf den Events, ihnen mangelt es aber an einer fundierten Nachbereitung, die das Kontakte knüpfen auch nachhaltig und effizient machen. Genau auf diese Unterschiede geht dieser Ratgeber ein und verhilft somit jedem Leser typgerecht zum Erfolg.
Unsere Ratgeber richten sich vor allem an Einsteiger. Leser, die vertiefende Informationen suchen, können diese umsonst als AddOn mit individuellen Inhalten nach Wunsch erhalten. Möglich wird dieses Konzept durch ein besonders effizientes, innovatives Digital-Verfahren.
Der Verlag engagiert sich auch gemeinnützig in zahlreichen, gut dokumentierten Projekten, z.B. zum Klimaschutz, und unterstützt durch seine Übersetzung vom Deutschen ins Englische die Qualität von neuronalem Maschinenlernen und die Völkerverständigung.
Herausgeberin Simone Janson ist Vorständin, Verlegerin und Bestseller-Autorin. Sie war außerdem eine der 20 wichtigsten deutschen Bloggerinnen und Kolumnistin renommierter Medien - mehr zu ihr in Wikipedia.
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A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising
On August 1, 1944, Miron Bia oszewski, later to gain renown as one of Poland s most innovative poets, went out to run an errand for his mother and ran into history. With Soviet forces on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Polish capital revolted against five years of Nazi occupation, an uprising that began in a spirit of heroic optimism. Sixty-three days later it came to a tragic end. The Nazis suppressed the insurgents ruthlessly, reducing Warsaw to rubble while slaughtering some 200,000 people, mostly through mass executions. The Red Army simply looked on. Bia oszewski s blow-by-blow account of the uprising brings it alive in all its desperate urgency. Here we are in the shoes of a young man slipping back and forth under German fire, dodging sniper bullets, collapsing with exhaustion, rescuing the wounded, burying the dead. An indispensable and unforgettable act of witness, "A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising"is also a major work of literature. Bia oszewski writes in short, stabbing, splintered, breathless sentences attuned to the glaring identity of now. His pages are full of a white-knuckled poetry that resists the very destruction it records. Madeline G. Levine has extensively revised her 1977 translation, and passages that were unpublishable in Communist Poland have been restored."
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Marvellous Magicians: The greatest magicians of all time!
Marvellous Magicians celebrates the work of eight pioneering illusionists, both famous and under-represented, whose tricks have been the making of modern magic. Through a magical blend of biography, history and illustration, it brings these amazing magicians and their illusions into the spotlight. They include one of the first female magicians, Adelaide Herrmann, and African American illusionist Richard Potter, alongside such well-known greats as Houdini and his namesake and inspiration, Houdin.
Two spectacular fold-out pages reveal the secret workings of the Automata Chess Player and Howard Thurston's dramatic transformation of an empty box into a world of wonders, while themed spreads explore the early history of magic, the eight effects of magic on which all tricks are based, the magician's tool box, and the under-appreciated role of the magician's assistant. For its finale, Marvellous Magicians explores the hidden societies who have kept the secrets of illusions closely guarded for decades, provides advice on becoming a magician and introduces readers to contemporary magicians from around the world including Australia, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK and USA. Written in a theatrical style and illustrated with original gouache paintings, Marvellous Magicians is the perfect book for all aspiring magicians.
The Courage of Hopelessness
The maverick philosopher returns to explore today's idealogical, political and economic battles, and asks whether radical change is possible
In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Yet, argues Slavoj Zizek, it is only when we have admit to ourselves that our situation is completely hopeless - that the light at the end of the tunnel is in fact the headlight of a train approaching us from the opposite direction - that fundamental change can be brought about.
Surveying the various challenges in the world today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to terrorism, the explosion of rightist populism and the emergence of new radical politics - all of which, in their own way, express the impasses of global capitalism - Zizek explores whether there still remains the possibility for genuine change. Today, he proposes, the only true question is,or should be, this: do we endorse the predominant acceptance of capitalism as fact of human nature, or does today's capitalism contain strong enough antagonisms to prevent its infinite reproduction? Can we, he asks, move beyond the failure of socialism, and beyond the current wave of populist rage, and initiate radical change before the train hits?
'Zizek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative' - Guardian
'Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation' -New Yorker
If I Stay
Soon to be a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz. Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. 'Stay,' he says. Everybody has to make choices. Some might break you. For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they're all about a future full of music and love, a future that's brimming with hope. But life can change in an instant. A cold February morning ...a snowy road ...and suddenly all of Mia's choices are gone. Except one. As alone as she'll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of all. Gripping, heartrending and ultimately life-affirming, If I Stay will make you appreciate all that you have, all that you've lost - and all that might be. Includes interviews with the stars of the film!
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Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible
'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'
In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career, John Berger celebrates and dissects the close links between art and society and the individual. Few writers give a more vivid and moving sense of how we make art and how art makes us.
One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Hrajeme na kytaru
Podrobný průvodce hrou na kytaru pro začátečníky, ale i zkušené muzikanty. Kniha Hrajeme na kytaru obsahuje 39 lekcí, které vám pomohou postupně zvládnout kytarovou hru. Osvojíte si rozmanité základní i náročnější techniky, bez nichž se neobejde žádný dobrý kytarista. Ve druhé části knihy se setkáte s přehledy akordů, které jste se naučili v učebních lekcích, a získáte zajímavé informace i o některých dovednostech nejslavnějších rockových kytaristů.
The Cruel Prince The Folk of the Air
"Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book . . . intoxicating" - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows
Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.
And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.
One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal.
As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong.
But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan . . .
Enter the dramatic and thrilling world of the Folk of the Air, brimful of magic and romance from New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.
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Memories of the Future
A provocative, wildly funny, intellectually rigorous and engrossing novel, punctuated by Siri Hustvedt's own illustrations - a tour de force by one of America's most acclaimed and beloved writers.
Fresh from Minnesota and hungry for all New York has to offer, twenty-three-year-old S.H. embarks on a year that proves both exhilarating and frightening - from bruising encounters with men to the increasingly ominous monologues of the woman next door.
Forty years on, those pivotal months come back to vibrant life when S.H. discovers the notebook in which she recorded her adventures alongside drafts of a novel.
Measuring what she remembers against what she wrote, she regards her younger self with curiosity and often amusement. Anger too, for how much has really changed in a world where the female presidential candidate is called an abomination?
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Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol II
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was one of the writers who defined the course of twentieth-century poetry. In the Letters, we discover the art of Plath's correspondence. Most has never before been published, and it is here presented unabridged, without revision, so that she speaks directly in her own words.
The letters document Plath's extraordinary literary development: the genesis of many poems, short and long fiction, and journalism. Leading Plath scholars Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil, editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962, provide comprehensive footnotes and an extensive index informed by their meticulous research. Alongside a selection of photographs and Plath's own drawings, they masterfully contextualise what the pages disclose.
This later correspondence witnesses Plath and Hughes becoming major, influential contemporary writers, as it happened. Experiences recorded include first books and other publications; teaching; committing to writing full-time; travels; making professional acquaintances; settling in England; starting a family; and buying a house. Throughout, Plath's voice is completely, uniquely her own.
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Deep Purple - Gold: Greatest Hits 3CD
Tracklist:
CD 1
1. Highway star (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
2. The cut runs deep
3. Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic
4. Ramshackle man
5. A castle full of rascals
6. Perfect strangers (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
7. Truth hurts
8. Solitaire
9. Loosen my strings
10. Anyone's Daughter (Live At The Nec)
11. A touch away
12. Black night (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
13. Nasty piece of work
CD 2
1. Slow down sister
2. Child in time (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
3. Anya (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
4. Love conquers all
5. Sometimes I feel like screaming
6. Wicked ways
7. The purpendicular waltz
8. Speed king (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
9. The battle rages on
CD 3
1. King of dreams
2. Soon forgotten
3. Knockin' At Your Back Door (Live At The Nfc)
4. Fire in the basement
5. Time to kill
6. Cascades: I'm not your lover
7. Fortuneteller
8. Lazy (Live At Schleyer-Halle)
9. Somebody stole my guitar
10. Hush (Live At The Nec)
11. Smoke On The Water (Live At The Nec)
The Education Of An Idealist
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Samantha Power is a Pulitzer winner, an incredible writer, and a great friend. Her memoir grapples with the balance between idealism, pragmatism, advocacy, and governancy. It's a must read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.' Barack Obama
What can one person do?
At a time of division and upheaval, Samantha Power offers an urgent response to this question - and calls for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.
The Education of an Idealist combines gripping storytelling, vivid character portraits and deep political insight, tracing Power's journey from Irish immigrant to war correspondent and presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected Senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama's human rights adviser, and in 2013 took one of the world's most powerful diplomatic positions, becoming the youngest ever US Ambassador to the United Nations.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Power transports us from her early years in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia into the White House Situation Room and the arena of high-stakes diplomacy. The Education of an Idealist lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life and shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, and reminds that in the face of great challenges there is always something each of us can do to advance the cause of human dignity. Honest, inspiring and evocatively written, Power's memoir is an unforgettable account of the world-changing power of idealism - and of one person's fierce determination to make a difference.
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In Defence of Open Society
'Soros has become a standard bearer for liberal democracy' Financial Times
George Soros - universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics and investment success, and now under sustained attack from the far right, nationalists, and anti-Semites around the world - gives an impassioned defence of his core belief in open society.George Soros is among the world's most prominent public figures. He is one of the history's most successful investors and his philanthropy, led by the Open Society Foundations, has donated over $14 billion to promote democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. But in recent years, Soros has become the focus of sustained right-wing attacks in the United States and around the world based on his commitment to open society, progressive politics and his Jewish background.
In this brilliant and spirited book, Soros offers a compendium of his philosophy, a clarion call-to-arms for the ideals of an open society: freedom, democracy, rule of law, human rights, social justice, and social responsibility as a universal idea. In this age of nationalism, populism, anti-Semitism, and the spread of authoritarian governments, Soros's mission to support open societies is as urgent as it is important.
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