Knihy 2024
- Magus - Anthony Grafton
Magus - Anthony Grafton
- 2024
- Anthony Grafton
- 304
- anglické
A revelatory new account of the magus - the learned magician - and his place in the world of Renaissance Europe At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High...
- The Light of Asia - Christopher Harding
The Light of Asia - Christopher Harding
- 2024
- Harding, Christopher
- 464
- anglické
This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled,...
- How We Break - Vincent Deary
How We Break - Vincent Deary
- 2024
- Deary, Vincent
- 304
- anglické
An expert, empathetic guide to the science, psychology and physiology of breaking, from the acclaimed author of How We Are What happens when our minds and bodies are pushed...
- The Performer - Richard Sennett
The Performer - Richard Sennett
- 2024
- Richard Sennett
- 256
- anglické
An exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly...
- Pathless Forest - Chris Thorogood
Pathless Forest - Chris Thorogood
- 2024
- Chris Thorogood
- 288
- anglické
The incredible of one man's obsession to find and protect the world's largest flowers As a child, Chris Thorogood dreamed of seeing Rafflesia - the plant with the world's...
- House of Lilies - Justine Firnhaber-Baker
House of Lilies - Justine Firnhaber-Baker
- 2024
- Firnhaber-Baker, Justine
- 448
- anglické
The sweeping story of one of the great epics of Europe's history: the rise and rise of the dynasty that dominated the Middle Ages Starting in the tenth century from an...
- The Weight of Nature - Clayton Aldern
The Weight of Nature - Clayton Aldern
- naučné
- 2024
- Clayton Aldern
- 336
- anglické
A riveting, revelatory account of how the climate emergency is changing us from the inside outIt is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth....
- Rural Hours - Harriet Baker
Rural Hours - Harriet Baker
- naučné
- 2024
- Harriet Baker
- 384
- anglické
In Rural Hours, Harriet Baker tells the story of three very different women, each of whom moved to the countryside and was forever changed by it. We encounter them at quiet...
- The Muse of History - Oswyn Murray
The Muse of History - Oswyn Murray
- 2024
- Murray, Oswyn
- 528
- anglické
How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter todayThe study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since...
- Human Rights - Shami Chakrabarti
Human Rights - Shami Chakrabarti
- 2024
- Shami Chakrabarti
- 272
- anglické
A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedomsAfter the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine...
- The Road to Freedom - Joseph E. Stiglitz
The Road to Freedom - Joseph E. Stiglitz
- naučné
- 2024
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
- 384
- anglické
A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedomDespite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism...
- The Tale of a Wall - Nasser Abu Srour
The Tale of a Wall - Nasser Abu Srour
- naučné
- 2024
- Nasser Abu Srour
- 320
- anglické
A Palestinian prisoner’s memoir of thirty years’ captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose me as...
- Growth - Daniel Susskind
Growth - Daniel Susskind
- naučné
- 2024
- Daniel Susskind
- 368
- anglické
A revelatory account of the past, present, and future of economic growth - and how we should rethink itOver the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from...
- Making Sense of Chaos - J. Doyne Farmer
Making Sense of Chaos - J. Doyne Farmer
- naučné
- 2024
- J. Doyne Farmer
- 384
- anglické
‘Doyne Farmer is the world's leading thinker on technological change. For decades he has focused on the question of how we can make sense of the data of today to see where the...
- Alien Earths - Lisa Kaltenegger
Alien Earths - Lisa Kaltenegger
- naučné
- 2024
- Lisa Kaltenegger
- 288
- anglické
‘Lisa Kaltenegger offers first-hand access to her expertise on the search for planets in the universe, and the life they may contain. Along the way, Lisa's breezy narrative...
- The Struggle for Taiwan - Sulmaan Wasif Khan
The Struggle for Taiwan - Sulmaan Wasif Khan
- 2024
- Khan, Sulmaan Wasif
- 336
- anglické
In the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one relatively minor issue was the future of the Japanese colony of Taiwan, a large island some one...