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Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1


‘A woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard’ New York TimesFrom trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our prison systemsAn icon of revolutionary politics, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for prison abolition for over fifty years. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis’s essays, conversations, and interviews over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation. Davis traces a genealogy of the penal system, from slavery to the prison industrial complex, offering a trenchant analysis of the relationship between the prison system and capitalism, both in the US and on a global scale. Combining decades of analytical brilliance and lessons from organising both inside and beyond prison walls, Davis addresses the history of abolitionist practice, details the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and offers the radical tools we need for revolutionary change. Powerful and rewarding, filled with insight and provocation, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, is essential reading for anyone seeking to imagine a world without prisons. 'A brilliantly observant, profoundly knowledgeable, and unfailingly original text . . . A must-read essay collection for anyone invested in racial equity' Kirkus (starred review)‘She has eyes in the back of our head. With her we can survive and resist’ John Berger
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15,99 €

Lost Dundee


Lost Dundee brings the second city of renaissance Scotland back to life showing, through previously undiscovered photographs and drawings, the life and the maritime quarter of this great port. It illustrates Dundee''s transformation into a major Georgian town at the centre of the flax trade between St Petersburg and the USA, with the development of major public buildings a result of the influx of wealth into the region. This book goes on to examine Dundee''s next transformation into the jute capital of the world. Its identity was transformed by the arrival of railways, which separated the town from the sea, and by the great mills and factories which engulfed it on both sides. The pressures upon medieval Dundee proved so great that in 1871 the process of replacing it with grandiose Victorian boulevards began.The final section illustrates the changes wrought in the twentieth century with the death of jute and its replacement as the city''s major employer by tertiary education.This book draws particularly upon the rich visual history sources of Charles Lawson''s drawings of old Dundee in the Central Library, the DC Thomson photographic collection, and the University of Dundee Archives. Essential to the understanding of this constantly re-generating city, this book contains 150 drawings, photographs and plans of Dundee.
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Adaptace na chlad u člověka


Monografie pojednává o různých aspektech reakce a adaptace lidského organismu na působení chladu se zvláštním zřetelem na chlad extrémní. Tomu jsou vystaveni sportovci (maratonští plavci, horolezci, vodáci, triatlonisté, sportovní otužilci a často také lyžaři), v profesní oblasti pak potápěči, vodní záchranáři, členové horské služby, vojáci, ale i všichni, kteří jsou nuceni pracovat v drsných klimatických podmínkách. Adaptace na chlad se týká samozřejmě i běžné, nesportující populace - otužování vůči chladu je důležité zejména z hlediska snížení nemocnosti pro akutní respirační choroby. Kniha podává přehled fyziologických pochodů nastupujících jako reakce na celkové působení intenzivního chladového podnětu, zabývá se projevy adaptace na chlad a objasňuje podstatu zvyšování obranyschopnosti organismu otužováním. Text je určen převážně lékařům, ale též pracovníkům v profesích vyžadujících adaptaci na chlad. Dále pak pedagogům a trenérům sportovců, kteří přicházejí s chladem do styku. Kompletní průvodce adaptací na zimu a chladné prostředí pro lékaře, sportovce i širokou veřejnost nabízí odpovědi na tyto otázky: *Které fyziologické procesy stojí za adaptací na chlad? *Jak funguje lidské tělo v extrémních podmínkách? *Je otužování jen módní vlna, nebo má smysl pro všechny? *Jak správně trénovat tělo na chlad a jak tyto poznatky aplikovat ve sportu i v každodenním životě? *Jaká rizika jsou spojena s chladem - a jak jim předejít?
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14,63 €

The Open Bible: Read and Discover the Bible for Yourself (NKJV Brown Leathersoft, Red Letter, Comfort Print)


Discover the extraordinary depth and wisdom of the Bible for yourself!For over 50 years, The Open Bible has been a trusted resource for exploring and understanding Scripture. Join the millions who have navigated the treasures of God’s Holy Word with a powerful collection of topical tools, outlines, cross-references, articles, and more. With this time-tested Bible, you can trace the interconnected themes from Genesis to Revelation, easily find key teachings, and appreciate the beauty of this divinely inspired 66-book masterpiece.Features include:Topical Index to the Bible—This easy-to-navigate feature quickly displays the scriptural connections between more than 8,000 names, places, concepts, events, and doctrines.Concordance—Quickly find the Bible verses you’re looking for with over 6,200 word entries and 37,500 Scripture references.The Visual Survey of the Bible—The detailed 24-page visual overview of the Bible unfolds the people, events, and themes of scripture at a glance. Life application notes crystallize central spiritual truths.Bible Book Introductions—Extensive at-a-glance outlines plus a detailed overview of the overview help broaden your perspective of each book.How to Study the Bible—Expert advice for both personal and family Bible study, plus helpful principles of Bible interpretation.Over 200 Word StudiesOver 40 Charts, Maps, and IllustrationsStarred Messianic Prophecies—420 stars in the OT and NT denoting prophecies about JesusThe Christian’s Guide to the New Life—A complete doctrinal overview of Scripture divided into 32 “Christian Guides,” supported by hundreds of scripture references.And more: The Scarlet Thread of Redemption, Read Your Bible Through in a Year, 60 Days Through the Story of Scripture reading plan, Between the Testaments, Teachings and Illustrations of Jesus Christ, Prophecies of the Messiah Fulfilled in Jesus Christ, The Parables of Jesus Christ, The Miracles of Jesus Christ, A History of the Twelve Apostles, The English Bible and Its Development, The History of the Red Letter Bible, Facts about the Bible, The Laws of the Bible, Detailed Maps, A Harmony of the Gospels, and still more.Clear and readable 9-point NKJV Comfort Print® 
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England


A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Challenging, forensic, compelling'' SATHNAM SANGHERA‘Pure centrist erotica. A myth-busting chronicle of bad-tempered, Brexit-riven England'' SUNDAY TIMES‘Wonderfully evocative. Too honest, too nuanced and too deep for any party manifesto'' MATTHEW PARRISAfter an election where people voted for a politics that our new Prime Minister describes as ''treading more lightly on people’s lives'', this must-read book charts a gentler course for a country that has suffered the ructions of profound change in recent decades.Some politicians will still talk of restoring an English birthright of liberty and the swashbuckling self-confidence to rule the waves. Others yearn for the old-fashioned morality which they claim once civilised a savage world or want to look inwards to a story of an enchanted island that can stand alone and isolated against the world. But England, by Tom Baldwin, the bestselling biographer of Keir Starmer, and Marc Stears, an influential think tank head, unravels the myths that have distorted ideas of this country and provided ammunition for culture warriors from both left and right. Instead of vainly promising to solve everything all at once, Baldwin and Stears provide clues for how a humbler, less grandiose, set of ideas rooted in real lives can help fix some of the things that have gone so badly wrong in recent years. They travel from muddy fields in the Home Counties to the ports of Plymouth and Hull. They visit the old industrial heartland of Wolverhampton, spend weekends in the worn-down seaside resort of Blackpool, then gaze up the gleaming towers of modernity on the edge of London and the dreaming spires of Oxford. Along the way, they speak with many different people who tell stories of England, including politicians Nigel Farage and David Lammy, campaigner Chrisann Jarrett, playwright James Graham and scientist Sarah Gilbert. What emerges is a startlingly fresh and vivid picture of an old country that belongs to everyone, or at least, to no one in particular.
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14,99 €

Ghosts of Iron Mountain


How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil ‘deep state’?In 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, a group of New York writers concocted what appeared to be a top-secret government report into what would happen to the USA if permanent global peace broke out. Report from Iron Mountain claimed that winding down America’s vast war-making machinery would wreck the economy and tear society apart, necessitating draconian controls over the population. It was published as non-fiction – and was frighteningly convincing. Journalists tried to find out who had written it. Worried memos reached right up to the president. It became a bestselling cause celebre.Even when the hoax was revealed, many refused to believe it wasn’t real. The Report was seized on by eager figures on the far right and in the militia movement, who insisted that it revealed terrifying government conspiracies to pollute the environment, enslave Americans and even instigate eugenics. And its legacy lives on today.Ghosts of Iron Mountain traces this story through a gallery of vivid characters, from the radical academic C. Wright Mills and the writers E.L. Doctorow, Victor Navasky and Leonard Lewin in 1960s New York, to the far-right impresario Willis Carto, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper,L. Fletcher Prouty (the inspiration for ‘Mr X’ in the film JFK), and ranting broadcaster Alex Jones.This is one of the great stories of our time and reveals how nightmares about its own government drove America crazy.
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33,49 €

The Sisterhood


Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination – even because of it – women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives.They were unlikely spies – and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives – first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda – though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape – an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous.
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The Nazi Mind


How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly - often enthusiastically - oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? In THE NAZI MIND, bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the latest research in psychology to help answer some of the most perplexing questions surrounding the Second World War and the Holocaust. Ultimately, he delves into the darkness to explain how and why these people were capable of committing the worst crime in the history of the world.
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22,99 €

Húzd meg a határaidat


Többségünknek soha nem tanították meg, hogyan érvényesítse saját érdekeit és miként fejezze ki hatékonyan a vágyait. Sőt, inkább passzív-agresszív viselkedés mögé rejtjük az érzéseinket, megtagadjuk saját igazságainkat vagy addig nyomjuk el érzelmeinket, amíg depressziósak vagy annyira frusztráltak leszünk, hogy felrobbanunk, amivel akár tönkre is teszünk egy nehezen felépített bizalmat és kapcsolatot. Földünk legsikeresebb és legelégedettebb embereinek van egy közös vonása: asszertívak, vagyis képesek világos, egészséges határokat felállítani, és ezeket kommunikálni. Egyértelműen ez a képesség a legfontosabb tényező, ha arról van szó, hogy egészséges, boldog és önrendelkezéssel teli életet éljünk. Miket ismerhetsz meg a kötetből: • Mik a határállítás alapjai? • Milyen típusai vannak az egészséges határainknak • Hogyan vezet társfüggőséghez, ha nincsenek meg a határaink • Melyek azok a rossz minták, amelyekkel eddig próbáltunk rosszul határokat húzni? • Kik az életünkben a határrombolók? • Három lépés, amivel felismerheted majd felállíthatod az egészséges határaidat • Egyedi, határállító terved elkészítése Ebben a kötetben Terri Cole pszichoterapeuta tehát azokat a különleges készségeket mutatja be, amikkel felhagyhatunk a mások kedvében járásnak (méghozzá bűntudat és dráma nélkül), önmagunk cserben hagyásának, és amikkel képessé válhatunk arra, hogy tudatosan irányítsuk érzelmi, spirituális, fizikai, személyes életünk minden egyes aspektusát. Mivel a határállítás mesterévé válás egy folyamat, Cole a gyakorlatba is átültethető stratégiákat, forgatókönyveket és technikákat mutat be, amelyeket bármely pillanatban használhatunk, amikor csak szükségünk van rájuk. Ez a könyv azoknak is szól, akik már belefáradtak a túlzott adakozásba, a túlcsinálásba vagy akár a túlérzésbe. Ha már mindent megtettél másokért, főként a saját rovásodra, ajándékozd meg magad a határállítás felszabadító erejével!
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18,28 €

Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House


The phrase “cleanliness is next to godliness” isn’t found in the Bible. Your house can never be good enough to please God—not because you can’t scrub it or declutter hard enough, but because that is never what He was looking for in the first place. Join Dana K. White, author of Decluttering at the Speed of Life, as she works through removing the shame associated with having a messy home and reveling in the grace and love of our Savior.This book is for you, if no matter how competent you feel in other parts of your life, you still feel overwhelmed and defeated by your messy home. While it’s true that keeping a clean and organized living space can contribute to a sense of peace and well-being, it should never be equated with your worth, moral standing, or what Jesus thinks about you. Dana K. White, trusted by millions for her no-holds-barred cleaning confessions and practical decluttering method wants to:remove any shame or identity crisis associated with disorganizationhelp you understand God''s love and purposeful design for you that is much bigger than any mess in your house.  Sharing relatable stories, biblical teaching, and practical life application, Dana will help you find a sense of freedom, acceptance, and a deeper understanding of God''s love and purpose for you and your house.
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Lost Bristol


Bristol has a rich historical heritage dating back to the city''s beginnings in Anglo-Saxon times. For centuries, it was England''s second city and, as a thriving port, its past is steeped in its involvement in trade, whether of cloth, wine, pottery, glass - or slaves. As there is no commercial shipping now, much of Bristol''s past is hidden within the modern city, just out of sight, but waiting to be discovered. Lost Bristol is an exploration of Bristol''s hidden past, its ways of life, legends, relationship with the sea and its role in English history.The book includes some of the more famous aspects of the city''s past, as well as stories and information unknown even to most locals. In an informed and entertaining style, Victoria Coules uncovers events and episodes such as the 1793 bridge toll riots, the jurisdiction of the Knights Templar over certain areas in Bristol and the creation of the Floating Harbour. Lost Bristol also reveals how a 13th century quay became a traffic roundabout, what happened to Bristol''s own hot water spa and why Bristol cod merchants were also intrepid explorers.Many more surprising and remarkable stories about Bristol''s past, accompanied by maps, engravings and photographs, make this book essential reading for all those curious about the city''s hidden history.
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Kaput


''Compelling'' Guardian''Eloquent and comprehensive'' Financial Times''Excellent'' The Telegraph''Astonishing'' The Times''An eye-opener'' Gavin EslerUntil recently, Germany appeared to be a paragon of economic and political success. But recent events – from Germany’s dependence on Russian gas to its car industry’s delays in the race to electric – have undermined this view.In Kaput, Wolfgang Münchau argues that the weaknesses of Germany’s economy have, in fact, been brewing for decades. The close connections between the country’s industrial and political elite have left Germany technologically behind, over-reliant on authoritarian Russia and China, and with little sign of being able to adapt to the digital realities of the twenty-first century. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of Europe’s most important economy.
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14,99 €

Taking Manhattan


‘An informative and thought-provoking history’ The TelegraphIn 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader on Manhattan.Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention: the result not of a violent English takeover, but of clever negotiations that led to the fusing of the multiethnic, capitalistic society the Dutch had pioneered to the power of the rising English empire. But the birth of what might be termed the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery.Based on newly translated sources, Taking Manhattan shows how the paradox of New York’s origins — boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement — reflect America’s promise and failure to this day.
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29,49 €

A History of the World in 47 Borders


People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly. From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
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18,95 €

Breaking the Patterns That Break You


Experience lasting healing and real hope as you learn to break free of destructive patterns in your life.At some point everyone finds themselves wondering…Why do I keep falling into the same patterns that leave me feeling broken?Will I ever move past the pain and experience healing?Is there something wrong with me?In Breaking the Patterns That Break You, bestselling author Tori Hope Petersen shares the profound ways she finally found relief and healing from the pain of her past, and how you can too. Tori gently shows you why it''s important to recognize the destructive personal, relational, and generational patterns in your life so you can finally find freedom. As Tori weaves together vulnerable storytelling, therapeutic insights, and biblical teaching, you will feel as though she''s sitting across from you, holding your hands, and inviting you into a journey that changed her life and can change yours. You will learn how to:Identify and disempower destructive cyclesDismantle codependent tendencies in order to gain and maintain healthy relationshipsFeel less alone in your inevitable human brokennessRebuild a truer perspective of self Breaking the Patterns That Break You will give you the hope and tools you need to get unstuck and find healing that lasts. If you are willing to do the hard work, it''s possible to break the patterns that have broken you and see yourself for who you truly are—good, safe, and loved.
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19,99 €

God’s Ghostwriters


For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture has credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But the truth is that these individuals did not write alone. In some meaningful ways they did not write at all. Hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of enslaved coauthors and collaborators, almost all of whom go uncredited. They were responsible for producing the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament. They took dictation, sometimes editorialising in the process, and polished and refined the final manuscripts. When the Christian message began to move independently from the first apostles it was enslaved missionaries who undertook the dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean and along dusty Roman roads to move Christianity from Jerusalem and the Levant to Rome, Spain, North Africa and Egypt. Finally, when these texts were read aloud to new audiences of curious potential converts, it was educated and trained enslaved workers who performed them – deciding whether a statement was sincere or sarcastic; a throwaway remark or something central to be emphasised. Their influence in the spread of Christianity and making of the Bible was enormous, yet their role has been almost entirely overlooked until now. Filled with profound revelations for reading and understanding the gospels themselves, God’s Ghostwriters is a groundbreaking and rigorously researched book about how enslaved people shaped the Bible, and with it all of Christianity. It’s also an intimate portrait of lives not often considered by history, and a reckoning with the motives and methods of the early Christians as they spread their message across the ancient world.
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Lost Perth


As one of Scotland''s most historically significant cities, Perth has played an important role in the nation''s story. Not surprisingly for a place that has seen continuous human settlement for thousands of years, much has come and gone over the centuries. The followers of Knox and Cromwell, and later the slum clearers, planners and developers, each had their own reasons for taking a pickaxe to Perth, but the cumulative effect of their actions has been to convert most of the ancient city to rubble and road infill.This is the first book to consider just how much of Perth has been lost over the centuries and why. As well as looking at the ancient monasteries and chapels, and other great buildings such as Gowrie House, Cromwell''s hated citadel and the first City Hall, Jeremy Duncan uncovers the vanished streets, waterways and open spaces, the once-cherished industries, beloved sporting venues and many other topics, ranging from schools and shops to post offices and prisons.Superbly illustrated with over 100 old photos and engravings, this book, written by a son of Perth and a keen student of its history, makes lost Perth visible again to new generations.
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Power and Glory - As seen on Channel 4’s Edward vs George


Power and Glory begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor''s wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In between, it depicts a monarchy - and a country - struggling to cope with the aftermath of World War Two, in an era where old certainties have been replaced by the rise of a new, uncertain world, and where love, tragedy and modernity battle for supremacy.The book draws on extensive unpublished correspondence between major members of the Royal Family including George VI, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Windsor, the Prime Ministers Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, and previously unseen diaries and memoranda from courtiers, personal secretaries and leading politicians, exploring everything from the King''s declining health to the (often negative) reactions to Elizabeth''s marriage to Prince Philip and Coronation.Power and Glory features the same intricately researched and incisively written account of Britain''s most famous family as Larman''s previous books, but on an epic international scale. It covers everything from the end of British rule in India to the foundation of the United Nations, and the crucial role that monarchy played in the ever-shifting era - as well, naturally, as the way in which the Duke and Duchess of Windsor attempted to return to relevance, whatever the cost might be to the wider Royal Family.
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17,99 €

Vietnam


Vietnam: The Unwinnable War is a dramatic guide to the suffering, sacrifice and heroism of one of the most significant and debated periods in twentieth-century history. Expertly retold with searing imagery and accounts of the events that unfolded, this definitive visual history memorializes this controversial and bloody conflict. Also included are 20 pieces of memorabilia reproduced on the page, taken from US archives and personal collections to give an authentic and moving telling of events, from personal letters from US soldiers, US Airborne calling cards, extracts from US Army phrasebooks, and even letters sent between the Vietnamese and American governments during the fighting.See the war through the eyes of those that experienced it first-hand and gain a deeper understanding of this historical moment and its human and political cost.
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39,49 €

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Kategória Odborná a populárno-náučná literatúra zahŕňa knihy a texty, ktoré poskytujú informácie a odborné znalosti v rôznych odboroch. Táto kategória sa líši od beletristickej literatúry a zameriava sa na vedomostný prínos.

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.