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V publikácii Z každého rožka troška, ktorú Televízia LUX vydala v roku 2024, čitateľ našiel výber z viac než tridsiatich mojich kníh. V tejto publikácii nájde výťah z mojich prednášok, článkov a besied pre mládež, lekárov, učiteľov a kňazov, ako aj z časopiseckých, televíznych, rozhlasových a knižných rozhovorov za uplynulé roky. Často sa mi vyčíta, že hovorím a píšem viac o negatívach než o pozitívach v osobnom a spoločenskom živote. Je to tak preto, lebo na lekárskych fakultách ma učili, že lekár musí v kontakte s chorým pacientom hovoriť oveľa viac o jeho chorobách a prevencii, než o tom, čo je v jeho tele absolútne zdravé. A dnešný človek a spoločnosť sú z morálneho a ľudského hľadiska veľmi choré. Čitateľ sa v tejto knihe stretne s mnohými otázkami. Ak v nej nájde odpoveď aj na niektorú zo svojich vlastných otázok, nepísal som ju zbytočne.
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11,46 € 13,90€

Odyssey


WHEN GODS TURN VENGEFUL, ONLY THE BRAVE CAN DEFY FATE AND FIND THEIR WAY HOME Discover the stunning conclusion to Stephen Fry's internationally bestselling Greek myths series After the fall of Troy, wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, sails for home and his steadfast queen Penelope. However, the angry gods curse him to wander the seas for ten long years. Tormented by giants and monsters, tempted by witches and goddesses, Odysseus battles to draw ever closer to home. Awaiting him is Penelope, defying reports of his death. But this queen endures her own tormentors - an army of young suitors eager to claim her hand and the throne . . .
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17,90 €

The Buddha in You


Explore core Buddhist teachings, as well as practice through reflections and meditations, in this concise and inviting introduction.Ideal for anyone who is Buddhism-curious, The Buddha in You offers an accessible introduction to the key teachings of Buddhism. But Buddhism is so much more than its teachings? it?s also a lived experience. Through simple reflections, practices, or meditations in every short chapter, The Buddha in You invites you to begin to try the teachings in your own life, whether you want to be Buddhist or not. These teachings can help cultivate more calm, joy, and gratitude even amid life?s challenges.Authors Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, born and raised in Tibet and now teaching in the United States and internationally, and meditation teacher Mordy Levine have introduced countless people to Buddhism and meditation. This book answers the key questions people ask them, including:? What really is karma?? How do I meditate?? Is reincarnation real?? Do I have to believe everything the Buddha taught?? What are the differences among the various schools of Buddhism?? Do Buddhists have to be vegetarian?? And many moreThe Buddha in You invites you to explore both Buddhist teachings and your own inner landscape. As Lama Lhanang writes, ?Enjoy this moment with wisdom, compassion, and kindness? We all have the chance to be a Buddha one day.?
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19,99 €

Choose Your Self


?A liberating guide for every woman ready to embrace her own worth, heal deeply, and find fulfillment from within.? ?Wendy Valentine, host of The Midlife Makeover Show and author of Women Waking UpIf you?ve been waiting for your life to start once your relationship status changes, it?s time to rethink things and learn to choose your self first. We often relate to singlehood as a phase that should be rushed and remedied by finding a partner, rather than relating to it as our most potent opportunity for growth. But if the priority is on being chosen over being the one to choose, you?re more likely to keep ending up with the wrong partner. It?s time to break these old patterns and embrace single life with compassion. ?One of the great advantages of spending time intentionally single,? shares expert coach and therapist Megan Sherer, ?is having time to self-reflect, to learn from your past, and to experiment with new ways of being. Key word: intentionally.?Sherer teaches how to fall in love with your own life and be unwilling to waver in the pursuit of a relationship as strong as the one you build within your self. Using personal story as well as potent reflection prompts, somatic exercises, and self-care practices, she shepherds you through the process of moving beyond attachment wounds to new levels of self-awareness to build a rock-solid foundation for your relationship with self. If you have an interest in partnering in the future, you?ll also discover how to do so in a way that allows you to remain true to your self. Here you?ll uncover:? Clarity in defining your desires? How your attachment style has impacted your relationships? Why you keep choosing emotionally unavailable people? What your patterns are and how to clean up old habits? How to manage your nervous system and heal your inner child? The magic of doing the things you thought you needed a partner forIt?s time to move from the disempowered experience of loneliness to an empowered version of singlehood? one filled with joy, adventure, play, passion, and all the other things that you thought you had to wait for the perfect person to experience. You are that person, and that time is now.
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24,49 €

The Genius Myth


The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate. Taking us from the Renaissance Florence of Leonardo da Vinci to the Floridian rocket launches of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Helen Lewis unravels a word that we all use - without really questioning what it means. Along the way, she uncovers the secret of the Beatles' success, asks how biographers should solve the Austen Problem, and reveals why Stephen Hawking thought IQ tests were for losers (before taking one herself). And she asks if the modern idea of genius - a class of special people - is distorting our view of the world.
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23,95 €

Zrůda Aileen Wuornosová a další kruté vražedkyně


Jak a proč? Jak se ženy stávají sériovými vražedkyněmi a proč zabíjejí? Proč je jednoduché: mohou zabíjet ze stejných důvodů jako muži sérioví vrazi: kvůli moci, ovládání, sexuálnímu chtíči, zisku, vzrušení, sebeúctě, pomstě a šílenství. Existují však některé pozoruhodné rozdíly. Mužští sérioví vrazi se často dopouštějí únosů, věznění, znásilňování a mrzačení, aby vyjádřili svůj vztek a touhu po kontrole; ženské sériové vražedkyně se obvykle vrhají rovnou do zabíjení – nezastavují se, aby se cestou nechaly zmrzačit nebo kousnout. Žádné polaroidy, masturbace na místě činu nebo sex s mrtvolou. Sériové vražedkyně se věnují pouze svému byznysu... a to je vražda. V tomto smyslu jsou neskonale smrtelnější než mužští predátoři, kteří se řídí fantazií...
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18,68 €

Playing with Reality


A sweeping intellectual history of games and their importance to human progress. We play games to learn about the world, to understand our minds and the minds of others, and to practice making predictions about the future. Games are thought to be older than written language, and have now become the dominant cultural media?bigger than movies, TV, music, and literature combined. They are also fun. But as neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy argues, it’s time we started taking them more seriously. In Playing With Reality, she chronicles the riveting and hidden history of games since the Enlightenment, weaving an unexpected path through military theory, biology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and the future of democracy. Games, Clancy shows us, have been deeply intertwined with the arc of history. War games shaped the outcomes of real wars in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe. Game theory warped our understanding of human behaviour and brought us to the brink of annihilation?yet still underlies basic assumptions in economics, politics, and technology. We used games to teach computers how to learn for themselves, and now we are designing games that will determine the shape of society and future of democracy. Games also inform the basic systems that govern our daily lives: the social media and technology that can warp our preferences, polarise us, and manufacture our desires. Lucid, thought-provoking, and masterfully told, Playing With Reality makes the bold argument that the human fascination with games is the key to understanding our nature.
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15,95 €

Why War


Why has warfare always been part of the human story? From biology to belief, what explains the persistence of violent conflict? What light can this shed on humanity’s past – and its future? There can be few more important but also more contentious issues than attempting to understand the human propensity for conflict. Our history is inextricably tangled in wave after wave of inter-human fighting from as far back as we have records. Repeatedly humans have foresworn war, have understood its appalling risks and have wished to create more pacific, productive societies. And yet almost inevitably circumstances emerge under which war once more seems inevitable or even desirable How can we make sense of what Einstein called 'the dark places of human will and feeling'? Richard Overy draws on a lifetime's study of conflict to write this challenging account of how we can understand the causes of war. Looking at every facet of war from biology to belief, psychology to security, Overy allows readers to understand the many contradictory or self-reinforcing ways in which warfare can suddenly appear a legitimate option, and why it is likely to be part of our future as well as our past.
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15,95 €

Against Identity


A philosopher explains why the search for identity is meaningless, and how we should escape the self. Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world – hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. We achieve these identities but want others to imitate us. We disagree with those whose identities contradict ours – leading to polarisation and even violence. And yet when they thump against us, we are ashamed to ring hollow. In Against Identity, philosopher Alexander Douglas seeks an alternative wisdom. Searching the work of three thinkers – ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, Dutch Enlightenment thinker Benedict de Spinoza, and 20th Century French theorist René Girard – he explores how identity can be a spiritual violence that leads us away from truth. Through their worlds and radically different cultures, we discover how, at moments of historical rupture, our hunger for being grows: and yet, it is exactly these times when we should make peace with our indeterminacy and discover the freedom of escaping our selves.
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27,95 €

Queer & Christian


Celebrate queer faith and take your rightful place at God?s table with Brandan Robertson, the ?TikTok Pastor,? Biblical scholar, and social activist For too long, the Bible has been weaponized to exclude LGBTQ+ individuals, despite Jesus? radical message of inclusion. In Queer & Christian, Brandan Robertson envisions a faith where all are unequivocally embraced.Ostracized at school, Brandan thought he had finally found his community when he joined the local church. But he soon realized that they were as intolerant as his peers at school had been?if not more so. After agonizing years of repressing his true identity, he discovered that God?s table had always had a place for him. Jesus? love knows no bounds, embracing everyone unconditionally. Queer & Christian is a joyful celebration of queer faith and an unyielding reclamation of the Bible. Dive into pages that offer: -Compelling, evidence-based counterarguments to the ?clobber verses? often used to condemn queerness-Celebrations of queer saints within the Bible?more numerous than you might believe!-Responses to commonly asked questions by queer folks and allies who?re feeling lost within the Christian faith Brandan Robertson stands as a beacon of love, hope, and unwavering support for anyone ready to reclaim their faith from the clutches of intolerance.
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34,49 €

American Bloods


"American Bloods is an unflinching history of our nation . . . This is a breakout book for John Kaag?the natural extension of his genre-defining writing.? ?Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize?winning author of Leadership: In Turbulent Times"Kaag has a knack of stumbling upon treasures . . . The result is a thrilling and illuminating tale." ?John Banville, The New StatesmanA history of a family spanning centuries and continents?one that unfolds into a new portrait of America.The Bloods were one of America?s first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiers?geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual?that would become the very core of the United States. John Kaag?s American Bloods is the account of a remarkable American family, of its participation in the making of a nation, and of how its members embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old Massachusetts farmhouse, Kaag follows eight members of this family from the British Civil Wars in the seventeenth century through the founding of the colonies, the American Revolution, transcendentalism, the Industrial Revolution, the Civil War, and the rise of first-wave feminism, all the way to the beginning of the twentieth century.The Bloods were active participants in virtually every pivotal moment in American history, coming into contact with everyone from Emerson and Thoreau to John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Victoria Woodhull, and William James. The genealogy of the family tracks the ebb and flow of what Thoreau called ?wildness,? an original untamed spirit that would recede in the making of America but would never be extinguished entirely. American Bloods is an enduring reminder of the risks and rewards that were taken in laying claim to the lands that would become the United States, and a composite portrait of America like no other.
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22,99 €

Love Triangle


Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi. Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? Why does the wake behind a duck always form an angle of exactly 39 degrees? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle. In Love Triangle, stand-up comedian, ex-maths teacher and Sunday Times number one bestselling author Matt Parker is on a mission to prove why we should all show a lot more love for triangles, along with the useful trigonometry and geometry they enable. To make his point, he uses triangles to create his own digital avatar, survive a harrowing motorcycle ride, cut a sandwich into three equal parts, and measure tall buildings while wearing silly shoes. But soon these hare-brained experiments begin to reveal a genuinely important truth: triangles are the hidden pattern beneath the surface of the contemporary world, used in everything from GPS to CGI via Spotify streaming, the play button and your best mate’s triangle tattoo. Join Matt Parker as he demonstrates why there’s more to triangles than Pythagoras and SOHCAHTOA. Triangles are everything and everything is triangles.
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15,95 €

Home and the World in Slovak Writing : A Small Nation’s Literature in Context


Literatures of small nations represent a minuscule portion of the global literary marketplace, where books written in English outnumber translated works. The struggle for visibility in relation to dominant languages and cultures is not new in Slovakia, a nation of five million whose literary history has been shaped by the influence of more widely spoken languages including Hungarian, Czech, and Russian. Home and the World in Slovak Writing brings Slovak literature out of this isolation to tell the story of how a nation's literature can survive and thrive despite a small domestic audience and relatively limited circulation in English translation. The book demonstrates how historic events such as the post-Stalin Thaw, the Prague Spring, and the Velvet Revolution moulded the Slovak canon and situates contemporary Slovak literature in broader regional and global contexts. Through case studies of the transformations and adaptations of Slovak literature, contributors examine the changing social roles of writers, the tensions between tradition and innovation, and the dynamic interactions between influences from the outside world and domestic sources of inspiration. Home and the World in Slovak Writing maps the relationship between geopolitical destiny and literary production at a critical moment. As relations between the East and the West are destabilized by war, the question of cultural identity has again become a matter of national survival in Central Europe.
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55,50 €

Z výšky stromu do hĺbky srdca


Nechajte sa vtiahnuť do jedinečného príbehu Zacheja, ktorého vnútorná premena inšpiruje aj dnes. Rímskokatolícky kňaz Dávid Sklarčík pozýva na fascinujúcu biblickú cestu plnú pútavých vysvetlení a aktuálnych otázok o zmysle života, viere či autentickom stretnutí s Bohom. Z výšky stromu do hĺbky srdca: Duchovná obnova s biblickým Zachejom spája dôkladnú exegézu biblického textu so živými príkladmi zo súčasnosti, je návodom, ako „zísť zo svojho stromu“ a uvidieť život novými očami. V jednoduchých a zároveň podnetných úvahách autor ukazuje, ako odhaliť korene svojich zranení a otvoriť sa Bohu. Čitateľov aktívne zapája do trefných reflexií a modlitbových podnetov. Vďaka tomu sa z tejto publikácie stáva nielen zaujímavé čítanie, ale aj cenný sprievodca na ceste k hlbšej viere. Vstúpte spolu so Zachejom do radostného stretnutia s Kristom, ktoré dokáže meniť ľudské srdce práve tam, kde to najviac potrebuje.
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9,00 €

Liberated Love


How to identify anxious attachment, banish it, and create true intimacy, in an environment of mutual strength, from the real-life couple behind “Create the Love”It’s time for a new template — one rooted in choice, truth, safety, and respect. To get us there, Mark Groves and Kylie McBeath, champions of positive philosophy, provide us a roadmap, one they walked themselves, to step out of protection mode and into connection mode.Groves and McBeath’s work—through their Create the Love seminars, workbooks, and consultation programs—have educated a new generation of relationship seekers on the best ways to practice and cultivate love. In Liberated Love, you’ll explore your original relationship blueprint and learn how it informs your current relationships (spoiler alert: it’s often a pretty direct line), and discover how limitation can be the key to finding freedom and experiencing full, fully-realized love with another person. Equipped with real-life situations and stories, exercises, rituals, and tools that lead to productive self-examination, Groves and McBeath illuminate how to be aware of our most instinctual defenses, survival strategies, and coping mechanisms, how to have conversations about relationships without turning them into “relationship conversations,” and how to date in a way that protects your heart as you open it up to new possibilities.In these pages, in a format you’ll want to turn to again and again, you’ll learn how to begin and maintain relationships that allow true self-expression—to feel safe and to feel real, involving, sustaining love.
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19,99 €

Super Stimulated


A fresh look at health, habits and longevity from internationally-bestselling author, Nicklas Brendborg - perfect for fans of Ultra-Processed People IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S YOUR BIOLOGY. Modern society is plagued by health epidemics: obesity, record levels of loneliness, increasing mental health problems and various forms of addiction. From the outside, all these issues might seem unrelated. But a single phenomenon actually ties them all together: superstimuli. Superstimuli are exaggerated, unnatural versions of things we have evolved to want and need such as food, sex and social recognition. This hard wired evolutionary response is why we binge on fake ultra-processed food, lust after airbrushed people online, and struggle to stop scrolling on social media, even when it makes us feel bad. Our lack of control isn't because we are weak. It's because powerful companies spend billions creating superstimuli that manipulate our biology for profit, leaving us unhealthy and unhappy as a consequence. Super Stimulated shows how we can resist this hijacking of our natural instincts, recognise superstimulus traps, and take control of our bad habits to live longer, healthier lives.
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23,95 €

Ally Is a Verb


Your next step on the journey of reconciliation starts here.What can you do to be a better ally for your Indigenous colleagues, community members, and friends? By actively listening to the history and current lived experiences of Indigenous peoples, you can take steps to address the inequities they continue to face. Author Rose LeMay notes that if you continually educate yourself, you will see many opportunities to be an ally.This insightful book suggests how to enter the field of reconciliation in a good way, in your community and your workplace. You will learn:-more about the true history shared by Indigenous peoples and colonial governments-why reconciliation is mostly the responsibility of non-Indigenous people-approaches to intervene when you see racism happening-better ways to respond to emotions that come up when doing the work of an ally-how to be an active team player for equity and inclusionLeMay describes key principles to promote reconciliation, deepen your practice of allyship, and contribute to meaningful change.
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22,99 €

GSG 9: From Munich to Mogadishu


In October 1977, an unknown German police unit made global headlines by storming a hijacked Lufthansa airliner in Mogadishu, Somalia. Operatives of GSG 9 freed 86 hostages, eliminated three of the four terrorists, and emerged with a near-total victory. This daring rescue left the world in awe, including the U.S. military. President Carter asked, “Do we have the same capability as the West Germans?” The answer was no—and it was this realization that impelled the creation of Delta Force.This gripping book is the first comprehensive English-language history of GSG 9, tracing its roots back to the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, which exposed the world’s unpreparedness for modern terrorism. Formed in the aftermath, GSG 9 quickly evolved from a fledgling unit housed in makeshift barracks to an elite force. Author and journalist Martin Herzog draws from extensive research, German and international archives, and interviews with GSG 9 veterans and active members, including recent commander Robert Hemmerling. This deeply researched narrative chronicles GSG 9’s humble beginnings, the vision of its founder Ulrich Wegener, and the evolving strategies that have made the unit one of the best in the world. Covering the rigorous training, recruitment, and modern-day operations of GSG 9, this book offers readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one of the most respected special operations forces in the world.
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39,49 €

War in Ukraine Volume 9


Soviet military doctrine long placed great emphasis upon the use of massed artillery and its use was honed to a fine art during the Great Patriotic War. In the early part of the Cold War this arm was allowed to atrophy in an era where it was expected that nuclear weapons would dominate the battlefield from the outset. During the 1960s, 70s and 80s however the Soviet artillery arm underwent a renaissance and large numbers of the resulting generation of weapons systems were passed on to the inheritor states of the USSR in the 1990s.While Russia was able to maintain its Soviet-legacy artillery systems, and introduce some new developments, Ukraine was much less able to do so and in particular lacked the levels of ammunition reserves and manufacturing capability of Russia. Inevitably, Ukraine turned to the West and began to receive weapons and ammunition from NATO and allied nations.Despite the critical role gun artillery plays in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the technical aspects and histories of the individual artillery systems used by both sides have received relatively little attention in English, where they are often lumped together as generic ?artillery?. This book aims to rectify this deficiency in the accessible literature and examine the major tube artillery systems and mortars employed by both sides in this conflict.War in Ukraine Volume 9: Artillery 2022?2024 is illustrated throughout with original colour photographs and the @War series signature colour artworks.
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26,99 €

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Odborná literatúra obsahuje podrobné informácie, teórie a výskum v rôznych oblastiach ako veda, medicína, technológia, právo, ekonomika a psychológia. Populárno-náučná literatúra je prístupnejšia verejnosti a zaujímavo prezentuje tématické úseky, históriu, biografie a vedecké objavy.

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K najznámejším autorom odbornej literatúry patria Stephen Hawking, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Kahneman či zo slovenských autorov Roman Králik, či Vojtech Zamarovský.