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For most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between…

• Rok vydání 2022

Offers an account of the reign of a Byzantine emperor. This book provides a view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and…

• Rok vydání 2013

Winner of the Wolfson Prize 2013 and Herald Books of the Year 2014, this book revels in both the drama of the Kremlin and…

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• Rok vydání 2010

Diarmaid MacCulloch''s epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years follows the story…

Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better…

A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this…

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Presents an introduction to the history of ancient Mesopotamia and its civilizations, incorporating archaeological and…

A narrative history of Roman Britain. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the…

• Rok vydání 2019

'Learn to love your gut with this jam-packed book from Dr Megan' - Jamie Oliver'I've learnt so much from Megan, looking…

It only takes 5 minutes to start changing your life. For good. Feel Better in 5 is the first daily 5-minute plan that is…

In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology…

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• Rok vydání 2025

A lifetime’s learning about art, from one of Britain’s leading artists We are all artists as children, painting and drawing…

• Počet stran 208
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• Rok vydání 2025

The long-awaited new book on the essence of Zen practice from the beloved author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind “Our way of…

• Rok vydání 2009

Presents one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. This book offers a discussion of human goals (artha or purpose,…

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• Rok vydání 2024

'The best account in a single volume of Spain since 1898, exemplary for concision and for accuracy in the use of language,…

Have you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even cause conditions like heart disease,…

Produkt Practical Way To Get Rich ...and Die Trying zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Penguin Putnam Inc.…

• Rok vydání 2020

A journalist pulls a random day in history from a hat to see if he can make a worthwhile story from what happened, and the…

• Počet stran 688
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• Rok vydání 2022

Mike Nichols burst onto the scene as a wunderkind: he was half of a hit improv duo with Elaine May that was the talk of the…

Celebrating the joys of fishing, this work is about contentment, calm and solitude, rivers and river banks, losing track of…

In 1985 the author, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, travelled 100,000 miles…

• Rok vydání 2022

Contains twelve Shakespeare plays in narrative form. This book presents an introduction to Shakespeare for the young.…

• Rok vydání 2014

Demonstrates the talent that made author the most celebrated food writer of her time.…

• Rok vydání 2009

With long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips and Harleys flashing chrome, the Hell's…

Tells the story of Rio De Janeiro through the everyday lives of its people: gangsters and police, activists, politicians and…

• Počet stran 240
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• Rok vydání 2025

''A history that somehow manages to be at once succinct and sweeping: essential reading for anyone interested in this most…

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDiscover simple and delicious Asian-inspired recipes for every day, from the winner of…

• Rok vydání 2019

Paris is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand…

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' Neil…

Andrew Feinstein, former member of the African National Congress, investigates the secretive world of the global arms trade…

"The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire" traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest…

• Rok vydání 2001

In The Metamorphoses, Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series…

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Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon…

Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical…

Offers an account of a low-carb diet that actually works. This diet book for women, by women, comes with simple advice that…

After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk took up the cudgels by…

You want to go freelance. You want to make your career work for you, on your terms and determined by your own definition of…

• Rok vydání 2016

A cookbook and culinary toolkit of more than 100 recipes to get affordable, plant-based family meals on the table in no time…

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• Rok vydání 2013

Penguin: The pacy, sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War, from acclaimed historian…

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A collection of poems that lists them according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.…

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Chronicles events up to the coronation of the heroic Alexius Comnenus in 1081.…

Attempts to reframe our understanding of Napoleon. This book creates a different context for Napoleon's career. It sees the…

With 60 recipes that take their inspiration from restaurants dishes served across the UK and further afield, Nights Out at…

A reference book for crossword addicts. It features words that are arranged within seven mini-dictionaries in word lengths…