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História, vojnová literatúra 
Náboženstvo 
Motivačná literatúra 
Psychológia, etika, logika 
Medicína 
Encyklopédie populárno-náučné 
Ekonómia, manažment, marketing 
Politológia 
Prírodné vedy 
Filozofia 
Právo 
Literárna veda, jazykoveda, slovníky 
Počítačová literatúra 
Sociológia, etnológia 
Pedagogika 
Veda, technika, elektrotechnika 
Odborná a náučná literatúra - ostatné
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Cumbernauld From Old Photographs
Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire has seen huge changes over the years. Originally a village built around Cumbernauld Castle and Cumbernauld House, it was designated a new town in 1955 to house people living in poor conditions and war-damaged areas in Glasgow and elsewhere. Its population grew rapidly as construction started and by 1967, when the town centre was opened by Princess Margaret, Cumbernauld was winning awards for its innovative modernist architecture. Construction and expansion has continued in the ensuing years, with some of its original architecture being modified and even rebuilt for the changing requirements of people living in present-day Scotland.In Cumbernauld From Old Photographs the author has drawn on a remarkable selection of old photographs to give a pictorial record of how much the town and the community has changed over the years. Although many of landmarks have remained the same over the years the photographs show the town adapting and evolving with many other buildings being replaced and the pattern of life in the town changing for many too. This fascinating collection of images will be of interest to those who have lived in Cumbernauld or know it well.
The Sword in the Stone
Many Indo-European peoples worshipped a sword-god, but the oldest of those associated with the Sword in the Stone come from the Hittite culture. The major evidence is found in a sacred complex at Yazilikaya near the original Hittite capitol of Hattusha. Twelve sword-bearing runners are depicted and there is a chamber dedicated to the swords that depicts a sword god. Clearly, we are looking at a zodiac pattern. Christ had twelve disciples and Charlemagne and King Arthur both had twelve companions. The twelve runners with the swords are on the western wall, and ''west'' is the traditional direction of the Otherworld, the Land of the Dead, in many Indo-European traditions. The Hittite ''Prayer of Kantuzzili'' tells how Underworld gods were shaped from clay into the form of swords and implanted in the ground. The story of the Sword in the Stone is repeated down through the centuries in different cultures, and the authors here bring all the strands together to explain hoe we arrive at Arthur. And even Galahad, the son of Lancelot, deputed to be the successful Grail knight in the later accounts of the quest, also performed this miracle. In this case the sword is placed in a floating stone by Merlin.Why is it a forty-thousand-year-old mystery? Observers in the Mesopotamian and Babylonian cultures noticed then that what is today referred to as the Pole Star, which sat at the centre of the heavenly dome, was shifting several degrees to the North. This event, which became known as Northshift, changed the positions of the constellations written across the sky, affecting the way in which the stars were perceived to influence the fate of us all. This is a fascinating tale of human perception of the night sky, and how it produced its own timeless narrative.
Glory and Dishonour
There have been many books on Victoria Cross heroes but this is the first one to explore the lives of those for whom the greatest accolade did not bring contentment, happiness or lasting fame. Men like the Cheltenham-born Duncan Boyes. The seventeen-year-old Midshipman Boyes won the VC in 1864, carrying the Queen's Colour through withering Japanese fire. Four years later, he would commit suicide by jumping out of a hotel window in Dunedin, New Zealand. How such tragedies unfold – and why – is the essence of this book. How do we judge the actions of Martin Doyle VC MM, for example? At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, under heavy fire, he carried a wounded officer to safety. Later he went to the aid of men in a blazing tank. When a machine gun opened up at close range, preventing the rescue of the wounded, he charged and silenced it, taking three prisoners. He also carried another wounded soldier to safety despite intense fire. Soon, he would be an IRA intelligence officer arranging the deaths of British soldiers. For Victoria Cross holders there is an observation that it is sometimes easier to win the medal than to wear it. Glory and Dishonour shows how true that can be.
Preston's Colourful Past
Historic photographs are a fascinating window into the past and due to the advances in the colourising of images we are nowadays able to see the colourful scene that the camera lens captured. These images bring Preston’s past to life. In the photographs that pioneering photographer Robert Patteson took around the town in the 1860s we can now appreciate the colours that he saw with his own eyes as he focussed his camera lens in Avenham, Winckley Square and beyond. Likewise, those images by the press photographers of the 1920s onwards can now be seen in a cavalcade of colour. All the pomp, pageantry and processions of old produced parades teeming with colourful banners, participants and crowds. Royal visits, military parades and Preston Guilds were all occasions to hang out the bunting and wave the multi coloured flags. The mill girls from Horrockses took part in many a procession and they showed it was not only about clogs, aprons and shawls as they paraded in the colourful fashionable frocks produced by them in their Preston factory and worn throughout the land.This book will take you on a journey into Preston''s colourful past. Life in Preston has always had a dash of colour about it but this does not show it through rose-tinted glasses – here we see the true life of bygone days. These pictures transport you back in time as you reflect on the life of Preston and the lives of folk who have dwelt there.
Stockton-on-Tees: A Potted History
Stockton-on-Tees was a small port and market town in the north-east of England for much of its history. Shipbuilding and other industries gradually established themselves over the years, but it was with the Industrial Revolution that the town received a massive boost. The opening of the pioneering Stockton & Darlington Railway enabled coal to be transported to the port. Industries developed around the discovery of iron ore locally, as well as engineering and potteries, and the population expanded rapidly. The town was transformed by large areas of Victorian dwellings, absorbing neighbouring settlements. By the turn of the twentieth century the town was supported by a thriving market, theatres, pubs, schools, libraries, fairs, parks and churches. The depression of the interwar years and the closure of shipyards saw many lose their jobs, but the period also saw the start of the chemical industry at Billingham, which grew into a vast complex. Although today Stockton has lost much of its traditional industry, sites have been turned into business parks, attracting service industries and a university campus. The story of the town tells of heroes, inventors, business leaders, rioters as well as the lives of ordinary folk. Illustrated throughout, this accessible historical portrait of the transformation that Stockton-on-Tees has undergone through the ages will be of great interest to residents, visitors and all those with links to the town.
India’s Battlefields From Kurukshetra To Balakot
India`s Battlefields from Kurukshetra to Balakot is an account of 42 of India’s battles, right from the epic battle of Kurukshetra fought over 3000 years ago, down to the present day. Virtually every battle of India’s vast history has been depicted in its pages. Each battle comes alive as an individual story, complete with maps and pictures. The battles have been cross-referenced so as to establish the thread in the canvas of Indian history. Human interest stories and vignettes are sprinkled to provide unknown insights of these battles.
Ready, Relevant and Resurgent II Shaping
The book is a continuation of Gen Anil Chauhan’s thoughts on the evolving paradigms of future warfare and the need for intellectual and structural foundations that will catapult the armed forces into becoming a modern military. This book titled “Ready, Relevant and Resurgent II; Shaping a future ready force” provides a compelling narrative about the evolving nature and character of warfare, blending timeless military wisdom with futuristic thinking. India`s defence strategy must evolve to confront new-age threats across cyberspace, space and cognitive domains. The articles in the book provide deep insights into new constructs that define the contours of modern warfare such as Air Power’s incipience as a dominant force, cyber-threats becoming a theatre of continuous conflict, intelligentization of warfare and militarization of space.
Síla jména
Nevelké dílo Síla Jména (The Power of the Name) světoznámého autora je skutečnou perlou duchovní literatury; od svého vzniku v roce 1974 se dočkalo řady vydání v angličtině a mnoha překladů. Pojednává o tzv. Ježíšově modlitbě („Pane Ježíši Kriste, Synu Boží, smiluj se nade mnou hříšným“), jež má svůj původ v evangeliu. Stala se základní modlitbou hesychastické tradice, nicméně od poloviny 20. století zažívá svou renesanci i v západní církvi. Díky ní se učíme žít v Boží přítomnosti a čerpat z pramenů spásy, k nimž máme přístup právě „v síle Ježíšova jména“.
Kallistos Ware (1934–2022), křestním jménem Timothy, vyrůstal jako anglikán, ale již v mládí přestoupil k pravoslaví. V roce 1982 byl vysvěcen na biskupa a stal se duchovním správcem pravoslavné obce v Oxfordu, kde také přednášel na téma východní spirituality. Jeho životním dílem byl překlad Filokalie do angličtiny. Sám napsal mnoho článků a knih, např. The Orthodox Church a The Orthodox Way (Cestou ortodoxie).
Users
WE ARE NOT USING TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS USING US.
In USERS, legislator and campaigner Beeban Kidron takes you on a journey from the halls of Parliament and the UN to the White House and Silicon Valley. Through her encounters with specialist police officers, bereaved parents, lobbyists and tech bros, you'll witness the unchecked power of Big Tech, as they avoid rules and regulations, and capture governments that are meant to protect us.
You'll see how the issue is not technology itself, but its use and abuse. How tools built to connect people are redeployed to divide, punish, distract, and control; while our tech overlords come to own everything - but continue to be held responsible for nothing. Now that we know their game, it's time to fight back.
This book will show you what went wrong, what is really going on, and what we can do about it.
Wreckers
Wreckers sinks the old narratives of imperialism, revealing the violent, chaotic and improvised reality of empire-building from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.
While figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for their maritime achievements - reaching the Americas, India, and circumnavigating the globe - focusing solely on these voyages distorts our perspective on the past. Many explorers ended up as castaways, clinging to the splintered timbers of their wrecked ships, while those who survived often faced resistance and ridicule from indigenous communities across the globe.
Drawing on maritime stories from various languages and continents - from Brazil and Southeast Africa to India and the Philippines - Wreckers shares dramatic tales of the sea and the events on land that followed. This offers an alternative timeline for the century after Columbus' 1492 voyage and sheds light on the fractures and fault lines that accompanied the increasing geographical range of European ships.
Simon Park argues that even when Europeans arrogantly claimed their own superiority, the truth was that they were often driven by a profound sense of greed and envy, and their actions included numerous mishaps. For example, in his hunt for gold, Martin Frobisher - who fancied himself England's Columbus and Cortés combined - transported worthless rocks across the Atlantic by the tonne. In the search for spices, Captain and profiteer Manuel de Sousa de Sepúlveda's ship was so overladen, it spewed its fragrant cargo when it crashed off the coast of South Africa. Moreover, in every place they went, Europeans depended on local know-how and goodwill - relying on indigenous knowledge of languages, geography, food and medicines.
Wreckers reveals the precarious balance between imperious European powers, cunning locals who colluded to further their own agendas, and others who showed great tenacity in their resistance to European incursions. By focusing on stories of failure, defiance and comeuppance, Wreckers - a term Park uses to refer both to those who were wrecked and those involved in wrecking - offers a gripping and original account of a tumultuous period. It challenges the notion of unstoppable European dominance and enables a reimagining of history as a space of possibilities then, now and in the future.
The Age of Extraction
The pre-eminent exponent of anti-monopoly law explains why we have no option but to break Big Tech's monopolies, and that doing so would unleash innovation and growth.
Today's dominant tech platforms - the places where we exchange information and buy things online - could be the most powerful engines of prosperity ever invented. Instead, they are the most effective instruments of wealth extraction ever created and a grave threat to our societies.
Here the pre-eminent exponent of anti-monopoly law Tim Wu, who coined the phrase 'net neutrality', explains why breaking Big Tech's monopolies would unleash innovation and growth and is essential if we are to avoid further social division. In their place he sets out the five key ways in which future platforms should be managed to harness the extraordinary potential of these essential technologies and to help build the balanced economies we so badly need.
Taiwan
While most English-language histories of Taiwan focus on its geopolitical role, this history centres on the people of Taiwan themselves and explores how they have formed a unique polity, telling the story of the Indigenous Taiwanese, the Hoklo and Hakka who came from China before the twentieth century, Japanese colonialism and the Chinese who arrived after 1945. Historian Evan N. Dawley describes how successive waves of immigration changed Taiwan and how these diverse groups of Indigenous tribes and settlers interacted economically and culturally, creating new Taiwanese identities in the process. Over the last century Taiwan has developed from an authoritarian state to one of the world’s most vibrant democracies and advanced economies. It is a successful independent society, albeit one whose existence remains under a shadow.
Mississippi Conviction
Mississippi Conviction: Betrayal, Brotherhood, and the Fall of the Klan recounts a remarkable and underreported story of conscience, courage, and moral reckoning at the height of the civil rights era in Mississippi. On Father’s Day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan after visiting a burned church in Neshoba County. The brutal killings shocked the nation and launched a major FBI investigation into Mississippi’s "closed society." Amid the search for justice, federal agents turned to an unlikely ally: Reverend Delmar Dennis, a Methodist minister and chaplain for the WKKKK. Dennis’s decision to become an FBI informant came after a pivotal conversation with his friend and mentor, Reverend Carl McArn, a civil rights supporter and advocate for church integration. Their friendship—and the ideological divide it represented—mirrored the broader split within Mississippi’s white churches over race and justice. Coauthored by novelist Stephen J. Gordin and Carl E. McArn II, son of Reverend McArn, this gripping narrative explores the power of moral influence and personal transformation. Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Mississippi Conviction reveals how one man’s betrayal of the Klan became a critical turning point in dismantling a violent domestic terrorist network—and how another’s quiet mentorship helped make that decision possible.
Making It Without Losing It
In Making It Without Losing It, bestselling author Jess Ekstrom delivers a refreshingly honest guide for ambitious humans who want to chase goals without setting their inner peace on fire. Through unfiltered storytelling, practical tools, and “yep, been there” moments, Jess helps readers enjoy work, stay motivated without meltdown, and build a life that feels as good as it looks. She flips the hustle culture script with two truths: success happens now, and motivation comes from within. Eleven mindset-shifting pillars help you rewire your brain, dodge burnout, and embrace the “Arrived Mindset”—knowing you’re already enough. Smart, funny, and practical, this book is a must-read for anyone craving success with joy.
The Scythians
The Scythians offers a bold new take on the horse-riding peoples who once inhabited the vast steppe lands from the Black Sea to the Siberian Altai. Drawing on archaeological finds, ancient texts and comparative insights, Caspar Meyer shows how these communities forged dynamic networks rooted in art, mobility and interspecies relationships. He brings ancient and modern encounters with the Scythians into dialogue – from Herodotus’ ethnography to modernist art and contemporary national imaginations – revealing how their literary and visual afterlives continue to shape our understanding. Long reduced to barbarian stereotypes, the Scythians emerge as cultural innovators and co-creators of Eurasian history. Lively, accessible and thought-provoking, this book opens up a world in which people and things move together in unexpected and transformative ways.
China Afghanistan Relations
China has been a part of the Afghan maze, but landlocked Afghanistan seemed to have factored either marginally or episodically in its geopolitical quests in the past decades. While the role of certain regional actors in Afghanistan has been far widely debated and analysed, China’s role, particularly the nature and scope of its bilateral interactions and engagements with various Afghan regimes in Kabul, from Zahir Shah to the Taliban, has remained comparatively understudied. This book is a modest effort in that direction.
Modern Conflicts and Changing Character of Warfare
The volume underscores that war is no longer confined to land, sea, and air; instead, it now extends into cyber, space, and cognitive realms. Emerging technologies such as drones, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems are transforming not only battlefield tactics but also the very nature of operational art and strategic decision-making. Equally, it cautions that while technology may act as a force multiplier, it introduces new risks, ethical dilemmas, and vulnerabilities that require careful management.
Mitől lehetsz jó vezető?
Miért is kellene vezetőnek lennünk?
Mert kiérdemeltük a presztízst, a hatalmat, vagy azért, hogy szolgáljuk és sikeressé tegyük a csapatunkat?
A legendás szervezetfejlesztési tanácsadó, Patrick Lencioni eddigi legizgalmasabb tanmeséje egy rivális vezérigazgatók közötti beszélgetésbe és következményeibe avat be bennünket. A történet segítségével felismerhetjük a vezetés iránti valódi motivációnkat: hogy mikor működünk jutalomvezérelten, és mikor felelősségteljes vezetőként.
Lencioni világos és gyakorlatias útmutatása alapján megváltoztathatjuk a hozzáállásunkat öt kulcsfontosságú területen – a vezetői csapat építése, a beosztottak irányítása, a nehéz beszélgetések lefolytatása, a hatékony megbeszélések vezetése, valamint a kulcsüzenetek rendszeres ismétlése terén. Ennek a rövid, mégis elgondolkodtató könyvnek a segítségével minden vezető és vezetővé válni készülő szakember nemcsak újragondolhatja a saját vezetői motivációit, de hosszú távon egészséges, jól teljesítő szervezetet építhet fel.
Mindenki másképp egyforma
Valóban racionálisak vagyunk?
Miért hozunk sokszor rossz döntést, miközben pontosan tudjuk, mi lenne észszerű?
Miért működik a versengés néha jobban, mint az együttműködés – máskor pedig éppen fordítva?
Milyen stratégiákat alkalmazunk, amikor együttműködünk, versengünk vagy éppen konfliktusba kerülünk másokkal?
Hajlamosak vagyunk azt gondolni, hogy döntéseinket a józan ész vezérli. A valóság azonban bonyolultabb: gondolkodásunkat egyszerre alakítják logikus számítások, érzelmek, ösztönök és tanult minták. A racionalitásnak pszichológiai korlátai vannak, és mindannyian saját stratégiáink különleges keverékével közelítünk a világhoz.
Mérő László könyve a játékelmélet segítségével mutat rá, milyen rejtett szabályok irányítják döntéseinket és kapcsolatainkat. A Mindenki másképp egyforma szellemes, gondolatébresztő példákon keresztül tárja fel, hogyan működik az emberi gondolkodás a hétköznapi helyzetekben a versengéstől az együttműködésig, a konfliktusoktól a kompromisszumokig. Olvasás közben könnyen ráismerhetünk saját döntéseink logikájára és irracionalitására is.
Mérő László eredeti szakmája matematikus, 1974–84-ig az MTA SZTAKI mesterségesintelligencia-kutatója volt. 2005 óta az ELTE Pszichológiai Intézetének professzora, jelenleg professor emeritusa, 2007–22 között a kolozsvári Babeş-Bolyai Tudományegyetem professzora. Fő kutatási területei a gondolkodás- és a gazdaságpszichológia. Több mint 50 éve foglalkozik játékfejlesztéssel, játékai több amerikai és japán díjat is nyertek. Eddig 18 könyvet írt, amelyek 11 nyelven jelentek meg, és számos kötet társszerzője. Keresett előadó, tudományos standupjaival számos helyre eljut.
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.
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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.
