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História, vojnová literatúra 
Náboženstvo 
Motivačná literatúra 
Psychológia, etika, logika 
Medicína 
Ekonómia, manažment, marketing 
Encyklopédie populárno-náučné 
Prírodné vedy 
Politológia 
Filozofia 
Právo 
Literárna veda, jazykoveda, slovníky 
Počítačová literatúra 
Sociológia, etnológia 
Pedagogika 
Veda, technika, elektrotechnika 
Odborná a náučná literatúra - ostatné
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A Political Ecology of Kenya’s Mau Forest
A timely and important examination of the forest's environmental crises, investigating their biophysical, political, economic, and socio-cultural aspects, that reveals why previous conservation efforts failed. The eastern part of the Mau Forest, the most important closed-canopy forest in East Africa, has come under severe threat since the 1990s. In this political ecology Lisa Fuchs exploring the failure of the government-led forest restoration and rehabilitation initiative to 'Save the Mau', launched in 2009, the author examines two of the most contentious issues in Kenya since colonial times: land and the environment. She sheds light on the structural factors and the role of individuals in the forest's destruction and of non-protection and traces the colonial legacy of post-independent environmental conservation policies and practices. In doing so, Fuchs demonstrates that the Mau crisis is more than an environmental crisis: it is also a political, an economic, and a socio-cultural crisis. Though a detailed empirical analysis, the author shows that the 'Mau crisis' led to the near collapse of landscapes and livelihoods in the Mau Forest ecosystem. She traces the implementation of insufficient conservation programmes, which resulted from historical path-dependency and the adoption of global environmental governance blueprints, forest allocation and benefits, and exposes a forest management system that prioritises commercial forest production over biodiversity conservation. Access and entitlements to the highly fertile forest land, and the amalgamation of forest rehabilitation with the reclamation of grabbed public forest are emphasised as a further core contributor to the crisis. The socio-cultural dynamics within and among various forest-dwelling communities, including the indigenous hunting and gathering Ogiek and 'in-migrant' groups, are also analysed. The book highlights that local types of environmentalism are caught between the 'invention of traditions' and 'perverse modernisation' and shows the contradictory effects of the celebrated, highly anticipated but poorly executed 'Save the Mau' initiative, and how the presence of political will to maintain the crisis conditioned its perseverance. Finally, the book proposes realistic alternatives to sustainable forest management in politicised environments, whose relevance and applicability are considerable in this age of anthropogenic 'environmental' crises and conflicts. Published in association with IFRA/AFRICAE
Unholy Kingdom
In recent years, the de facto head of the House of Saud, Mohammed bin Salman, has promoted the oil-rich kingdom as an open, liberalizing nation that has invested in culture, tourism, and social innovation to become a beacon for the region. Malise Ruthven, a leading commentator on Islamic affairs, reveals the historical currents beneath these changes: how the royal house co-opted Wahhabism to consolidate its power and enforce authoritarianism in collusion with Western businesses and governments.
Věci. Dějiny žen ve stovce předmětů
Role žen v dějinách byla mnohem aktivnější a rozmanitější, než si myslíme.
Annabelle Hirsch vypráví dějiny prostřednictvím věcí, které patřily nebo byly určeny ženám. Stovka předmětů zde zastupuje normy a mýty, ale také symbolizuje ženskou emancipaci. Dočteme se o kuriózních objektech, například o skleněném dildu ze šestnáctého století nebo kovovém korzetu, ale i o zcela všedních věcech, jako je psací stroj nebo bicykl. Tyto předměty vyprávějí o osudech neznámých žen, umělkyň, intelektuálek i současných celebrit, od kurtizán a otrokyní přes Hannu Arendt až po Kim Kardashian. Krátké příběhy jednotlivých věcí vrhají nové světlo na roli žen v dějinách a dokazují, že ženy nikdy nestály stranou historie, pouze jim nebyla věnována pozornost.
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Structuring the Group Experience
An all-encompassing guide for designing and executing your own psychoeducational groups, this book is as practical as it is thorough. From introducing the group dynamic, to creating curricula that utilizes well-conceived content and activities, it offers a step-by-step guide for developing a group that fosters the knowledge and skills necessary for client growth and development. Designed to be used again and again, this is a resource for everyone from students looking for hands-on guidance to practitioners wanting to sharpen their skillset.
How to Compete
An energetic new translation of the ancient Greek satirist Lucian’s humorous and enlightening dialogue on the pros—and cons—of athletics, fitness, and competitionSports and philosophy went hand in hand for the ancient Greeks and Romans, and philosophical conversation was a recognized part of gym life throughout Greco-Roman antiquity. Athens’s Lyceum was a gym—and reportedly a hangout of that philosophical gym rat Socrates—before it became the site of Aristotle’s school. Fittingly, that gym is the setting of the Greek satirist Lucian’s Anacharsis, a witty philosophical dialogue that wrestles with questions about the purpose and value of sports—questions that we are still grappling with in our own sports- and fitness-obsessed times. How to Compete presents a new translation of Lucian’s timeless classic, inviting us into a ringside debate about the point of sports. Pitting a sports skeptic, Anacharsis, against a superfan, Solon, this delightful and thought-provoking work tries to make sense of sports. Why do so many of us care so much about them? Are sports like boxing too violent? Should we take fitness so seriously? Do athletics have educational value? And, most important of all, why did the ancient Greeks exercise naked? While Anacharsis, observing a Greek sport that sounds something like mixed martial arts, asks what kind of citizens set aside serious affairs to watch young men beat each other to a pulp, Solon counters that sports have great civic benefits and that athletes are ultimately competing for the highest prize—human excellence. Featuring an inviting introduction, a handy glossary, helpful notes, and the original Greek on facing pages, How to Compete is a winning exploration of why sports are more than just a game.
Ecological Nation
At the quarter mark of the twenty-first century Canada faces two existential threats: runaway climate change and the rising global tide of right-authoritarian imperialism. The inextricable relationship between the two threats requires clear vision and bold policy as Canada reconceives its future. Arguing that peace, order, and good government form the cornerstone of Canada’s national identity, Byron Williston revives the vision of philosopher George Grant to explore how these values can guide Canada in reimagining its identity across its own regions, within the North American context, and in the global political order. In a work that lays out a positive vision for Canada rooted in the ideal of an ecological nation, Williston argues that this country faces a stark choice between this ideal and absorption into the American empire. The key is a refined governance model addressing the failed history of Canadian climate policy and overcoming the false belief that Canada is essentially a land of inexhaustible resources. The nation-building project described here will both benefit all Canadians and avoid capture by the forces of social and political regression. It will help secure a sovereign and flourishing future for this country. The challenges Canada faces are profound. To meet them the country must engage fully with the eco-national project. While daunting, this moment provides a unique opportunity for Canada to link its national well-being to that of planetary health and to create a singularly Canadian political ethic informed by Indigenous knowledge and developed in step with the ongoing project of reconciliation
How to Find Happiness
Does happiness come from the pursuit of pleasure or moral virtue? A vivid new translation of Cicero’s exploration of a timeless question“Of course, we all want to be happy.” So wrote the Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. He and his fellow Greek and Roman philosophers agreed that the secret to happiness—or what they called the “good life”—is pursuing the “greatest good.” The only problem is that they couldn’t agree on what the greatest good is. Cicero addressed this dilemma by composing a set of dialogues, On the Greatest Good and Evil (De finibus bonorum et malorum), in which he pitted advocates of different philosophical approaches to happiness against one another. Notably, these include the Epicureans (who believe that the greatest good is pleasure) and the Stoics (according to whom it is moral virtue). Rather than choosing sides, Cicero considers the pros and cons of the different philosophies, ultimately leaving it to his readers to make up their own minds. In How to Find Happiness, Katharina Volk offers a vivid new translation of selections from Cicero’s work, complete with an introduction and the original Latin text on facing pages. The result is a lively and engaging debate that invites each of us to discover our own path to happiness.
The Enneads of Plotinus
The second volume in a landmark commentary on an important and influential work of ancient philosophyThis is the second volume of a groundbreaking commentary on one of the most important works of ancient philosophy, the Enneads of Plotinus—a text that formed the basis of Neoplatonism and had a deep influence on early Christian thought and medieval and Renaissance philosophy. This volume covers Enneads IV and V, which focus on two of the principal “hypostases” of Plotinus’s ontological system, namely the soul and the Intellect. Paul Kalligas provides an analytical exegesis of the arguments, along with an account of Plotinus’s principal sources, references to other parts of his work, and a systematic evaluation of his overarching theoretical aspirations. A landmark contribution to Plotinus scholarship, this is the most detailed and extensive commentary ever written for the whole of the Enneads.
Long Problems
Political strategies for tackling climate change and other “long problems” that span generationsClimate change and its consequences unfold over many generations. Past emissions affect our climate today, just as our actions shape the climate of tomorrow, while the effects of global warming will last thousands of years. Yet the priorities of the present dominate our climate policy and the politics surrounding it. Even the social science that attempts to frame the problem does not theorize time effectively. In this pathbreaking book, Thomas Hale examines the politics of climate change and other “long problems.” He shows why we find it hard to act before a problem’s effects are felt, why our future interests carry little weight in current debates, and why our institutions struggle to balance durability and adaptability. With long-term goals in mind, he outlines strategies for tilting the politics and policies of climate change toward better outcomes. Globalization “widened” political problems across national boundaries and changed our understanding of politics and governance. Hale argues that we must make a similar shift to understand the “lengthening” of problems across time. He describes tools and strategies that can, under certain conditions, allow policymakers to anticipate future needs and risks, make interventions that get ahead of problems, shift time horizons, adapt to changing circumstances, and set forward-looking goals that endure. As the climate changes, politics must, too. Efforts to solve long-term problems—not only climate change but other issues as well, including technology governance and demographic shifts—can also be a catalyst for a broader institutional transformation oriented toward the long term. With Long Problems, Hale offers an essential guide to governing across time.
The Sacramental Magic of Easter
A complete system of magical initiation into the Christian mystical traditionThe power of the seasonal cycle is recognised by magical and religious traditions throughout the world. Beyond religion and magic, the cycles of the year have been sources of inspiration for many people since time immemorial, inspiring much of our great art, poetry, and music. Sadly, the cycle of the year has largely been lost in contemporary culture, and above all in modern Christianity. Guiding the reader through the Easter period, The Sacramental Magic of Easter re-situates the Easter and Lenten period as an important season of initiation into the Christian mystery tradition. The book provides a thorough overview of the purpose of Lent, exploring each of the seasons and offering practices for each. It moves on to explore specific feast days within the period, such as Ash Wednesday, Ascension, Pentecost, Passion Sunday, and more, outlining a number of meditations and rituals for each. The Sacramental Magic of Easter will make a worthy addition to the bookshelf of any student or seasoned magical practitioner looking to enhance or refine their practice, and will indeed appeal to more orthodox believers as well.
The Story of Capital
For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader. In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.
The Frontier Between the Map and the Territory
Dualism has a long track in philosophy. Although often overlooked, it supports much of our worldview, and lies at the center of many frontline scientific issues. This dialectic has specific phrasings in different scientific areas, but it is arguably the expression of the same conflict in diverse contexts: namely, the framework between Matter and Information, or, metaphorically, the frontier between the Territory and the Map. This book attempts to analyse this Map/Territory frontier in several quite different settings, including its relevance in the present trans-humanist projects. It tries to draw parallelisms and similarities between diverse territories (e.g. the idea of Entropy as the distance between the Map and the Territory, the dependence on deep 'hyperpriors' such as Space, Time or the 'Me/Not-Me' duality, etc). It also points at certain resonances between a number of very actual scientific problems and certain trends in oriental philosophy. This Map/Territory polarity is especially present in Medicine, and a significant part of the book addresses this polarity as it is perceived in clinical practice.The gap between the Map (disease as an entity) and the Territory (the patient s ailment) is at the heart of most theoretical (and practical!) medical problems, and is the cause of many patient-physician misunderstandings. We cannot conceive a clinical practice without the concept of disease. But at the same time, we are all painfully aware of the inconsistencies and contradictions brought by this paradigm. The impending crisis derived from this approach, as well as some other alternative medical narratives are discussed.
Making Democracy Count
How we can repair our democracy by rebuilding the mechanisms that power itWhat’s the best way to determine what most voters want when multiple candidates are running? What’s the fairest way to allocate legislative seats to different constituencies? What’s the least distorted way to draw voting districts? Not the way we do things now. Democracy is mathematical to its very foundations. Yet most of the methods in use are a historical grab bag of the shortsighted, the cynical, the innumerate, and the outright discriminatory. Making Democracy Count sheds new light on our electoral systems, revealing how a deeper understanding of their mathematics is the key to creating civic infrastructure that works for everyone. In this timely guide, Ismar Volic empowers us to use mathematical thinking as an objective, nonpartisan framework that rises above the noise and rancor of today’s divided public square. Examining our representative democracy using powerful clarifying concepts, Volic shows why our current voting system stifles political diversity, why the size of the House of Representatives contributes to its paralysis, why gerrymandering is a sinister instrument that entrenches partisanship and disenfranchisement, why the Electoral College must be rethought, and what can work better and why. Volic also discusses the legal and constitutional practicalities involved and proposes a road map for repairing the mathematical structures that undergird representative government. Making Democracy Count gives us the concrete knowledge and the confidence to advocate for a more just, equitable, and inclusive democracy.
Jak porozumět člověku
Každému z nás byly od dětství vštěpovány různé rady a pravidla chování – ale ohledně sounáležitosti a opravdového pochopení druhého člověka jsme se toho dozvěděli překvapivě málo.
David Brooks spojil poznatky z psychologie, neurologie, divadla, filozofie a vzdělávání, aby vytvořil praktického a optimistického průvodce mezilidskými interakcemi. Poutavě vysvětluje, jak druhému věnovat plnou, laskavou pozornost, správně naslouchat a vést dobré rozhovory (i ty náročné), abychom mohli být dobrým přítelem a oporou v těžkých časech.
Všude kolem nás jsou lidé, kteří se cítí neviditelní, nevidění, nepochopení. Kniha Jak porozumět člověku vás naučí, jak s pomocí těch správných otázek můžeme dosáhnout hlubšího poznání nitra druhého člověka a pomáhat si navzájem k budování empatie, moudrosti a sounáležitosti.
Zjistíte:
jak se naučit dobře číst ostatní,
jestli jste osvětlovatel, nebo zmenšovatel,
jak dát druhým pocítit, že je vidíme, slyšíme a chápeme,
jaké vrozené sklony nám brání přesně vnímat druhé a jak je překonat,
jak se stát chápavějšími a ohleduplnějšími k druhým
a jak najít radost, která pramení z toho být opravdu viděn.
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Ako sa robia veľké veci
Nič nie je inšpiratívnejšie než veľká vízia, ktorá sa premení na triumfálnu novú realitu. Spomeňte si, ako sa Empire State Building zmenil zo skice na klenot panorámy New Yorku za dvadsaťjeden mesiacov, alebo ako sa iPod od Applu posunul od projektu s jediným zamestnancom k uvedeniu produktu na trh za jedenásť mesiacov.
Sú to úžasné príbehy. No väčšinu času sa veľké vízie menia na nočné mory. Pamätáte si bostonský „Big Dig“? Takmer každé väčšie mesto na svete má podobné fiasko na každom kroku. V skutočnosti až 92 % megaprojektov nedodrží rozpočet alebo harmonogram – alebo oboje. Náklady na projekt vysokorýchlostnej železnice v Kalifornii vzrástli z 33 miliárd dolárov na 100 miliárd a trať dokonca ani nepovedie tam, kam mala. Aj skromnejšie zámery, či už ide o rozbeh malej firmy, organizáciu konferencie alebo „len“ o dokončenie pracovného projektu načas, sa často zaseknú. Prečo teda niektoré projekty zlyhajú?
Pochopiť, čo odlišuje triumfy od zlyhaní, je celoživotnou prácou oxfordského profesora Benta Flyvbjerg?, ktorého nazývajú „popredným svetovým expertom na megaprojekty“. V knihe Ako sa robia veľké veci pomenúva chyby v úsudku a rozhodovaní, ktoré vedú k zlyhaniu projektov – veľkých aj malých – a predstavuje výskumom podložené princípy, vďaka ktorým môžete uspieť aj vy.
Napríklad:
• Poznajte svoje šance. Ak ich nepoznáte, nevyhráte.
• Plánujte pomaly, konajte rýchlo. Rýchlo sa pustiť do práce môže pôsobiť správne, no nie je to tak.
• Premýšľajte sprava doľava. Začnite cieľom a potom si definujte kroky, ako sa k nemu dostať.
• Nájdite si svoje lego. Veľké veci sa najlepšie stavajú z malých.
• Budujte tím. Bez „my“ neuspejete.
• Naučte sa pracovať s tým, o čom ani neviete, že to neviete. Väčšina ľudí si myslí, že sa to nedá, a preto zlyhá. Flyvbjerg ukazuje, ako to dokážete.
• Uvedomte si, že najväčším rizikom ste vy sami.
Kniha je plná živých príkladov – od stavby Sydney Opera House cez vznik pixarovských filmových trhákov až po nepodarenú rekonštrukciu domu v Brooklyne. Ako sa robia veľké veci odhaľuje, ako dotiahnuť akýkoľvek ambiciózny projekt do konca, načas a v rámci rozpočtu.
Klamy a manipulace napříč staletími
V době, kdy se pravda stává relativním pojmem, je nezbytné pochopit, jak lidé od nepaměti ovlivňují myšlení druhých – od šíření pradávných mýtů až po algoritmy dnešních sociálních sítí. Manipulace je totiž nástrojem, který se jen přizpůsobuje novým médiím a technologiím. Poznejte s publikací expertů v oblasti bezpečnostní politiky, jak se techniky ovlivňování proměňovaly napříč staletími, jaké strategie formují veřejné mínění a jak rozpoznat, kdy se s informacemi nakládá jako se zbraní.
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Týmová dynamika
Proč některé týmy fungují velmi efektivně, zatímco jiné se spíše jen potýkají samy se sebou? Na to se snaží odpovědět kniha, která je určena pro vedoucí, manažery, teamleadery, členy týmů, týmové kouče a vůbec všechny, kteří chtějí vnímat dynamiku týmů a pracovat s ní jako s neviditelným, a přesto nejsilnějším přírodním zákonem lidských společenství.
Kniha zahrnuje novodobé poznatky o týmech a tipy na jeho rozvoj. Na praktických příkladech ukazuje, jak se dynamika projevuje v reálném životě týmů a jak s ní pracovat. Dočtete se o nástrojích, které mohou napomoci k diagnostice týmu, a také o slepých uličkách, kterými zdárně prošli ti, kdo otázky týmové dynamiky řešili před vámi.
Víťazstvo nad hlavnými hriechmi
Sedem Kristových slov z kríža. Sedem hlavných hriechov. Jedno víťazstvo.
Fulton J. Sheen v tejto výnimočnej knihe vedie čitateľa pod Kristov kríž. Ukazuje, ako Ježišove posledné slová odhaľujú najhlbšie korene hlavných hriechov – hnevu, závisti, smilstva, pýchy, obžerstva, lenivosti a lakomstva – a zároveň ponúkajú cestu k ich premene na čnosti.
Každé slovo z kríža sa stáva odpoveďou Božej lásky na ľudskú slabosť. Autor s mimoriadnou duchovnou prenikavosťou spája Sväté písmo, morálnu teológiu a znalosť duše človeka, aby ukázal, že kríž nie je odsúdením, ale liekom, ktorý vedie k nášmu uzdraveniu.
Víťazstvo nad hlavnými hriechmi nie je knihou morálnych výčitiek, ale pozvaním k obráteniu, odpusteniu a nádeji. Tento duchovný sprievodca vás privedie od sebapoznania k milosti – a od kríža k slobode.
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Rozšírte svoje vedomosti z nových oblastí ako ekonómia, manažment a marketing. Zaujímate sa o vesmír a jeho fungovanie, správanie živočíchov či históriu času? Správny smer do života a pozitívnu psychológiu prinesie motivačná literatúra. Knihy odborné - z oblasti práva, pedagogiky, sociológie či medicíny - ukrýva práve táto sekcia.
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.
Odborná a populárno-náučná literatúra je dôležitá pre vzdelávanie, osobnostný rozvoj a celoživotné učenie. Pomáha nám porozumieť svetu, objavovať nové perspektívy a zlepšiť naše schopnosti. Tieto diela od renomovaných autorov sú zdrojom inšpirácie a prínosov pre naše profesionálne a osobné životy.
K najznámejším autorom odbornej literatúry patria Stephen Hawking, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Kahneman či zo slovenských autorov Roman Králik, či Vojtech Zamarovský.
