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The Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt


Ancient Egypt has captivated visitors for centuries. This beautifully illustrated volume offers an intriguing insight into the religious and burial practices of the ancient Egyptians. It reveals the tombs of the three most famous ancient burial sites in Egypt: Giza, Saqqara and the Valley of the Kings, where the famous tomb of the boy-king Tuthankhamun was discovered, and investigates the numerous temples of the pharaohs, gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt,  including Luxor and Karnak. Lavishly illustrated with wonderful photographs and detailed plans of the major sites, this informative book will provide the reader with a fresh and authoritative view of this ancient civilization. A fascinating tour of the temples built to worship the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, including Philae, Karnak and Abydos. A detailed survey of the famous tombs of the pharaohs, their queens and their royal officials. Compelling insights into the daily lives and religious practices of the ancient Egyptians. Illustrated with over 500 photographs and paintings of the major sites.
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19,99 €

The Pursuit of Holy Leisure


From Duty to Delight: Transform Your Spiritual Life with Holy LeisureAre you longing for a deeper, more joyful relationship with God—one that feels less like a duty and more like a delight? The Pursuit of Holy Leisure: Enjoying God in Everyday Places by Cara Ray is your invitation to experience spiritual rest, renewal, and intimacy with God, no matter your season of life. In this inspiring and practical book, Cara Ray explores the ancient concept of otium sanctum—holy leisure—a mindset that transforms your daily quiet time from a checklist into a soul-nourishing encounter with God. Drawing from biblical wisdom, personal stories, and the lives of saints past and present, Ray guides readers through the hidden, familiar, hard, and fruitful places of life, showing how God meets us in every moment. You’ll discover:How to move from guilt-driven routines to grace-filled enjoyment of Scripture and prayerThe eight common mindsets that shape our approach to God’s Word—and how to shift toward delightPractical ways to cultivate holy leisure at home, at work, in community, and through creativityEncouragement for seasons of spiritual dryness, suffering, or doubt, with real-life stories of hope and transformationEach chapter ends with thoughtful reflection questions, making this book perfect for personal study, small groups, or book clubs. If you’re ready to trade striving for rest and rediscover the joy of God’s presence, The Pursuit of Holy Leisure will show you how to lean into the mountain—and never be the same.
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12,49 €

Death Drive


Cars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars and car design than in any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness and cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension.The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and a detailed exploration of the circumstances of 24 celebrity car crashes, from Isadora Duncan in an Amilcar, in 1927, to Helmut Newton in a Cadillac, in 2004. The author concludes by confronting the imminent demise of the car itself.
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26,99 €

King of Kings


A spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia. Before the revolution, the Shah of Iran seemed invincible. The world watched in awe as he commanded a huge army and oversaw an economy awash with billions of dollars of oil revenues. The regime's secret police had crushed communist opposition and the Shah appeared to have bought off the conservative Muslim clergy inside the country. On the international stage, Iran had become an invaluable ally to the West during the Cold War. But village streets spoke of a different country - people derided the Shah as an American lackey and blamed him for economic inequality, for spending recklessly on lavish parties and for ignoring the Muslim majority. When a volcanic religious revolution erupted, led by a fiery cleric named Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shah was forced off the throne and into exile. How did it all go so wrong? Brilliantly brought to life by the Sunday Times bestselling author Scott Anderson, this gripping behind-the-scenes narrative reveals how the Iranian Revolution was as world-shattering an event as the French and Russian revolutions, and how its repercussions are still felt around the world today. In the Middle East, in India, in Southeast Asia, and now in Europe and the United States, the hatred of economically-marginalized, religiously-fervent masses for a wealthy secular elite has led to violence and upheaval - and Iran was the template.
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Writing Timbuktu


The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West AfricaPrinted books did not reach West Africa until the early twentieth century. And yet, between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, literate and curious readers throughout the region found books to read—books that were written and copied by hand. In Writing Timbuktu, Shamil Jeppie offers a history of the book as a handwritten, handmade object in West Africa. Centering his account in the historic city of Timbuktu, Jeppie explores the culture of the “manuscript-book”—unbound pages, often held together by carefully crafted leather covers. He describes the most important and most prolific scholars and their works, the subjects they covered, and ways these books were circulated, collected, and preserved. The authors of the manuscript-books wrote to demonstrate their knowledge to their peers, expound theological and legal opinions, and engage in scholarly disputation. After beginning his account in Timbuktu, Jeppie traces the literary connections among places as distant as Marrakesh in the north and Sokoto in the south, and smaller settlements in between. He chronicles the work of Ahmad Baba in late sixteenth-century Timbuktu and his students in early seventeenth-century Marrakesh; the emergence of writers in the eighteenth century in what today is Mauritania; the writings of the scholar-rulers of Sokoto, northern Nigeria, in the nineteenth century; and the eventual discovery of the manuscript-book world of West Africa by European travelers and French colonial officials. Finally, Jeppie finds that the handwritten text persisted even after the advent of the printed book, and even among writers whose books were in print, including the famous Malian novelist Amadou Hampâté Bâ.
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The Kings of Algiers


A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and AmericaAt the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the Bacri brothers and their nephew, Naphtali Busnach, were perhaps the most notorious Jews in the Mediterranean. Based in the strategic port of Algiers, their interconnected families traded in raw goods and luxury items, brokered diplomatic relations with the Ottomans, and lent vital capital to warring nations. For the French, British, and Americans, who competed fiercely for access to trade and influence in the region, there was no getting around the Bacris and the Busnachs. The Kings of Algiers traces the rise and fall of these two trading families over four tumultuous decades in the nineteenth century. In this panoramic book, Julie Kalman restores their story—and Jewish history more broadly—to the histories of trade, corsairing, and high-stakes diplomacy in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath. Jacob Bacri dined with Napoleon himself. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Horatio Nelson considered strategies to circumvent the Bacris’ influence. As the families’ ambitions grew, so did the perils, from imprisonment and assassination to fraud and family collapse. The Kings of Algiers brings vividly to life an age of competitive imperialism and nascent nationalism and demonstrates how people and events on the periphery shaped perceptions and decisions in the distant metropoles of the world’s great nations.
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Reticular Society


The Reticular Society theorizes the online colonization of everyday life, diagramming capitalist society''s network form while searching for the means of abolishing it. As capitalism''s circuits of exploitation and domination invade each dimension of lived reality - integrating, isolating, and impoverishing all of what has been captured - The Reticular Society draws upon the thought of Guy Debord and the Situationist International in order to arm readers with the conceptual and creative artillery needed to tear open holes in our networked world. Each of the book''s chapters sharpens the critical understanding of the waves of calculation and computation which sweep over the present in hopes of contributing to the insurgent project of dismantling and destituting their totalizing grip on life.
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Neuroveda a inteligentné systémy v marketingu, manažmente a podnikaní


Publikácia sa venuje oblasti synergii neurovedy a inteligentných systémov, ktorá otvára nové perspektívy pre manažment, marketing a podnikanie. Pútavým spôsobom preniká do poznania mechanizmov ľudského myslenia a emócií, ktoré umožňuje navrhovať efektívnejšie stratégie riadenia, cielenejšie marketingové kampane a inovatívne podnikateľské modely. Inteligentné systémy zároveň poskytujú nástroje na spracovanie komplexných údajov, identifikáciu vzorcov správania a podporu rozhodovania v reálnom čase. Je koncipovaná ako odborný sprievodca problematikou využitia neurovied a inteligentných systémov v prostredí manažmentu, marketingu a podnikania. Obsahuje teoretické východiská, postupy a praktické odporúčania, ktoré môžu slúžiť ako podpora pre akademické štúdium aj pre aplikáciu v praxi.
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30,49 €

The Power of Real Optimism


Optimism isn't about pretending everything is fine. It's about staying open and flexible-especially when it's not. In this fresh, science-backed debut, professional psychologist and media expert Dr. Deepika Chopra shows us how to build the kind of optimism that can actually withstand real life. We've been sold the idea that optimism is a mood, a mindset, or worse-just an inherent trait. But what if real optimism is something else entirely? In The Power of Real Optimism, Dr. Deepika Chopra-known as The Optimism Doctor®-offers a radically different definition: optimism as a science, a skill, and a psychological muscle we can strengthen. Drawing from over a decade immersed in the science of resilience, emotional well-being, and cognitive psychology-as well as her work with clients, innovative workshops, and hallmark practices (think: evidence-based visualization, narrative reframing, her signature "self-worth work," and even color)-Dr. Chopra offers a toolkit for navigating the chaos, uncertainty, and nuance of being human-without losing yourself to it. Grounded, practical, and poetic in all the right ways, this book will challenge your relationship with hope, rewire how you recover from hard things, and invite you to stay soft without falling apart. With her blend of intimate storytelling, psychological insight, and tangible tools-including a 33-day Real Optimism Challenge-Dr. Chopra offers something far more enduring than a quick fix or fleeting affirmation. She invites us into a deeper, more resilient way of living-one where we can stay curious in the face of fear, open in the face of grief, and grounded even as the world wobbles beneath us. Because real optimism doesn't deny the dark-it teaches us how to see in it.
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22,45 €

You're In Good Company


Find the community your soul craves when you learn to practice the imperfect kind of hospitality that grows real friendships. You're in Good Company, by Ashlee Gadd and the writers of Coffee + Crumbs, is a heartfelt collection of stories celebrating the unique roles that friendship, food, and hospitality play within the context of motherhood. They say it takes a village to raise a child—but how do you build community in a world that feels too busy, too lonely, and too polishe? hrough captivating and honest essays, You're in Good Company invites you to rediscover what hospitality can look like in a rushed and increasingly isolated world. Forget fancy dinner parties. Showing up looks like folding laundry together, sharing soup on the porch, crying on hikes, and laughing around the fire pit. These are real stories from real moms, offering encouragement to open your door, your heart, and your life—even when things feel messy. This book will help you discover:Deeper connections, richer friendships, and a more engaged sense of communityTangible examples of creating sacred, memorable moments in the midst of a busy lifeEncouragement to approach hospitality through a lens of faith, love, and belonging Hospitality is about showing up, consistently and imperfectly, with love and care. Whether you're craving connection or simply trying to make space for friendship in the midst of a busy life, You're in Good Company invites you to live more openly, love more deeply, and—with time and consistency—create the village you've always wanted.
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24,49 €

The Knights Templar


This expert book covers the fascinating and romantic history that reveals the order of the Knights Templar. It charts the rise and influence of the order, its changing fortunes, losing the base in Jerusalem in the Third Crusade, the fall of Acre, and the destruction of the order by Pope Clement V and Philip IV of France. The speculative myths and questions about these legendary knights are fully discussed, as are controversial claims and conspiracies that have surrounded them for centuries. Among these are whether the Templars discovered America and if they were the guardians of the Holy Grail. With well-researched text and evocative illustrations this volume shows the historical legacy of the Templars and how they have influenced contemporary organizations, art, literature and legend. An in-depth illustrated chronicle of one of history’s most secretive brotherhoods, from its origins as a champion of Christ in the middle ages to its mysterious legacy in the present day. Charts the rise and fall of the order, from humble men of the Cross to powerful warrior-monks. Investigates the templars’ mysteries, handed down through the centuries, and their links to the Holy Grail, the Turin shroud, the ark of the covenant, the skull of Sidon, and involvement in the history of freemasonry. Examines the debate on whether the knights were brave crusaders, servants of Christ, treacherous heretics or mercenary outlaws. A comprehensive and fascinating guide, with 200 illustrations.
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13,49 €

Washington Is Burning


Washington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump's Washington - a grotesque carnival of corruption. Andrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation's political system. Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on arms. After the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development. The American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.
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Unsung Heroines


Why are there so few public monuments honoring women? Unsung Heroines shows it's time to claim that space!Women are grossly underrepresented in all of the Bay Area's public spaces, but not because they didn't exist! Did you know about Charlotte Brown, a Black woman in San Francisco who in 1863 took the city's transportation system to court for forcibly removing her from a streetcar, and won her landmark case? How about the first Chinese-American woman to register to vote, Clara Chan Lee, who went on to start the Chinese Women's Self-Reliance Association? Or Barbara May Cameron, a Native American writer, photographer, and activist who co-founded the first gay American Indian liberation organization? How many other notable women who deserve public recognition have been written out of the history of our regio? rawn from award-winning journalist Rae Alexandra's KQED Arts & Culture series, "Rebel Girls From Bay Area History," Unsung Heroines is a collection of 35 short profiles honoring the contributions of a diverse group of women from San Francisco, the East Bay, and the greater Bay Area, from the very first years of the founding of San Francisco to the present day. Educators and organizers, adventurers and entertainers, these inspiring women had a profound impact on our region. Together, their stories constitute a new telling of the history of Northern California from the vantagepoint of women who made a difference. A reader's perspective will be permanently altered by the realization of just how many of these untold stories have been lost to time, encouraging them to scan their own environment for traces of women whose stories deserve to be recovered and told.
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The Society of the Screen


How a lifelong engagement with experimental art informed the brilliant Czech-Brazilian philosopher Vilem Flusser s early vision of a world dominated by glowing screens. Predicting the importance of technology and images in the twenty-first century as early as the 1970s, Vilem Flusser warned, the basic structure of our thinking is about to experience a mutation. The bewitching images and screens that surround us could lead toward a centrally programmed, totalitarian society or another, better one characterized by dialogue and collaboration among humans and new forms of intelligence. In this book on the idiosyncratic and prescient Czech-Brazilian philosopher, art historian and critic Martha Schwendener explores the profound effect of art on Flusser s thought. The Society of the Screen reveals how Flusser s lifelong engagement with experimental practices from abstract painting and concrete poetry in Brazil to video, cybernetics, and photography in Europe and the United States as well as his extensive involvement with the Sao Paulo Biennial informed his belief that we were moving from history a civilization informed by linear writing into post-history, dominated by technical images. The book delves deeply into how Flusser s ideas evolved, particularly in correspondence and collaboration with artists like Mira Schendel, Fred Forest, Wen-Ying Tsai, Harun Farocki, Louis Bec, and Karl Gerstner.
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39,49 €

The Unshaming Way Workbook


A hands-on companion to the beloved bestseller The Unshaming Way—a step-by-step guide to free yourself from shame and trauma With practical prompts, personal reflections, and self-help exercisesIn his bestselling The Unshaming Way, author, mental health expert, and professor David Bedrick taught us how we can release ourselves from our histories of trauma and abuse, from the stigmas that steal our true happiness—from our shame. The experience of reading this revolutionary perspective on how we become our authentic selves was so powerful that one reader wrote, “Nothing has helped me more in all my years to be able to love and appreciate myself more fully.”Here, Bedrick has returned with a companion workbook that makes his evidence-based method more accessible than ever, through thoughtful questions and write-in exercises that walk us through the three keys to healing our shame: seeing, feeling, and believing. By going through The Unshaming Way Workbook’s guided reflections, Bedrick teaches us how to unburden ourselves of complex and childhood trauma. We learn how to trust ourselves—to look for not what’s wrong with us, but what’s right. We learn how to free ourselves from the compulsive idea that we need to be “fixed.” And we learn how to protect ourselves from the hurt others can cause us when we haven’t yet discovered who we are and what we need. Through this thoughtful, inspiring self-study, we can finally each become the empowered person we always knew we could—and deserve to—be.
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The Art of Seduction - A csábítás művészete


A The 48 Laws of Power bestseller szerzőjétől egy lenyűgöző kézikönyv a csábításról, a hatalom legárnyaltabb és leghatékonyabb formájáról. Amikor a művészet szintjére emeljük, a csábítás, a hatalom közvetett és finom formája birodalmakat buktatott meg, választásokat nyert meg és nagy elméket taszított rabszolgaságba. Merüljünk el a csábítás folyamatának huszonnégy manőverében és stratégiájában, a szertartásban, amelynek során a csábító uralma alá hajtja a célpontját. Most megérthetjük, hogyan "Tegyük költőivé a jelenlétünket", hogyan "Tartsuk őket bizonytalanságban, hogy mi következik" és hogyan "Sajátítsuk el a merész lépés művészetét". A csábítás művészete éppen olyan nélkülözhetetlen, mint A hatalom 48 törvénye, egyúttal a meggyőzés elengedhetetlen bevezető könyve, amely a történelem legnagyobb fegyvereinek egyikét és a hatalom végső formáját fedi fel.
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28,14 €

Normální a patologická láska


Autor se ve své knize věnuje hlubinné analýze milostných vztahů. Zabývá se různými formami lásky od sexuálního vzrušení přes erotickou touhu až po zralou lásku, přičemž se opírá o psychoanalytické teorie Sigmunda Freuda a jeho následovníků. Zkoumá, jak vývoj sexuality ovlivňuje vztahové vzorce a jaké faktory mohou vést k patologii. Kniha se tak soustředí na dynamiku lásky v jejích různých podobách – od zralé sexuální lásky až po poruchy, jako je narcismus, agrese nebo masochismus. Kernberg ukazuje, do jaké míry jsou nevědomé psychické obsahy a jejich aktivace odpovědné jak za vztahové konflikty, tak za ty nejvíce vzrušující momenty milostného života člověka.
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A nagy elszaródás: Miért romlott el hirtelen minden, és mit tehetünk ellene?


Nem csak te érzed így – az internet tényleg pocsék hely lett. De miért, és mit tehetünk ellene? A nagy elszaródás korában élünk: egy olyan korszakban, amikor az életünket átszövő, fontos online szolgáltatások lassan teljesen használhatatlanná és élvezhetetlenné válnak. Az egész rettentő frusztráló és kiábrándító, ráadásul néha egyenesen félelmetes is. Ez a könyv nemcsak felismeri a problémát, hanem megoldást is kínál rá. Amikor Cory Doctorow megalkotta az enshittification kifejezést, nem csupán egy szórakoztatóbb módot keresett arra, hogy elmondja: „minden rosszabb lett.” Egy sokkal pontosabb diagnózist adott a digitális világ állapotáról, és arról, hogyan hat ez mindannyiunk életére (spoilerveszély: nem jól). Az egykor csodálatos internetet elfoglalták a platformok (Google, Facebook stb.), amelyek szinte varázslatos ígéreteket tettek a felhasználóknak, és eleinte tényleg hozták is az elvártakat. De amint elég embert sikerült magukhoz láncolniuk, elkezdték kihasználni őket, hogy kielégítsék az üzleti ügyfeleik igényeit. Ezután jött az üzleti ügyfelek kifacsarása, mert a platformok mindent maguknak akartak. Végül azonban ez a vesztükhöz fog vezetni. Doctorow érvelése telibe talált: amint nevet kapott, nyilvánvalóvá vált, hogy az elszaródás mindenhol ott van. Az Amerikai Nyelvészeti Társaság 2023-ban az év szavának választotta, és a Black Mirror 2025-ös évadát is nagyban inspirálta. Most pedig a szerző túlmutat a bénító „úgyis mindennek vége” érzésen. Megmutatja a konkrét döntéseket, amelyek idáig vezettek minket, hogy kik hozták őket, és ami a legfontosabb: hogyan lehetne mindezt visszacsinálni.
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Filosofický a dějinný smysl geopolitiky 20. a 21. století


Autor rozvrhuje filozofický a dějinný smysl geopolitiky v rámci světových dějin od první světové války do jeho současného vyústění. Ukazuje hlavní souřadnice, jež se během 20. století vyvinuly jako souvislý geopolitický střet fenoménu demokratické civilizace s totalitarismem. Popisuje, jak tento konflikt určujícím způsobem charakterizuje přítomné světové dějiny. Jádro práce tvoří analýza současné „druhé studené války“, tedy v podstatě již globálního konfliktu mezi většinou států demokratické civilizace a úzce kooperující, totalitně orientovanou globální osou Rusko – Írán – komunistická Čína – komunistická Severní Korea, jenž se zatím v nejdramatičtější podobě odehrává jako dobyvačná ruská válka proti Ukrajině, obdobná chystaná válka komunistické totalitní Číny proti čínskému demokratickému Tchaj-wanu, nynější čínská mocenská expanze v Indopacifiku a Jihočínském, resp. Východočínském moři a íránská válka proti Izraeli a demokratickému světu prostřednictvím zástupných teroristických uskupení.
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