• Angličtina

Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 248, Nakladatelství: Columbia University Press, Autor: Edmund Phelps, ISBN-13:…

Since the movie industry''s earliest days, Hollywood has mythologized itself through stories of stardom. In the first book…

Examining the rise and fall of East Asian powers over 1,500 years, Beyond Power Transitions offers a new perspective on the…

Subtitled, }Exploring The Science Of Flavor{. Bringing the instruments and experimental techniques of the laboratory into…

Safwan M. Masri explores the factors that have shaped Tunisia's exceptional experience, arguing that its history of…

The transcript of Alain Badiou''s year-long seminar on the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, this book offers a…

This groundbreaking book reimagines marginality as a transformative force, interweaving personal narratives with cultural,…

Produkt Transgender 101 zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Columbia University Press.…

This book traces the evolution of our understanding of the heart from the dawn of civilization to the present. Vincent M.…

A portrait of Parisian intellectuals of the 1960s as seen through the eyes of Olga, a young Eastern European who comes to…

Alberto Mira offers a new account of how pop music revolutionized the Hollywood musical. He shows that while the Hollywood…

The Art of Ideas brings together business concepts with stories of creativity in art, politics, and history to provide a…

Julia Kristeva illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three twentieth-century…

After the Human is an ambitious and audacious grand synthesis that weaves together philosophy, theology, quantum mechanics,…

• Angličtina

Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 312, Nakladatelství: Columbia University Press, Autor: Robert Nicholls,…

• Angličtina

Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 368, Nakladatelství: Columbia University Press, Autor: Stephen Penman,Peter F.…

This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations…

This classic text, originally published in 1991 and now revised and updated to include a new preface, draws upon fieldwork…

In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This…

A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl began a diary; from it, she skillfully created an autobiography later in life.…

Eric Hayot teaches graduate students and faculty in literary and cultural studies how to think and write like a professional…

A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson…

This book is a primer for readers of all levels on the coming energy transition and its global consequences. Bruce Usher…

Soft Burial is one of the most remarkable'-and most controversial'-recent works of Chinese literature. Part mystery, part…

Julia Kristeva''s Time and Sense is a major reassessment of Marcel Proust and In Search of Lost Time. Not only a meditation…

• Čeština

In this wide-ranging introduction, Julia Kristeva presents the evolution and emergence of linguistics.…

People''s Choice Literature presents two novels based on a nationwide poll about literary taste'-one featuring the story…

Designed for presenters of scholarly or data-intensive content, Better Presentations details essential strategies for…

Suncranes and Other Stories showcases a range of powerful voices from Mongolia''s modern literary traditions. Spanning the…

Luce Irigaray reflects on three critical concerns of our time: the cultivation of energy in its many forms, the integration…

Kniha 9780231143721 More Than You Know M J Mauboussin…

Distilling a vast amount of research in a style that is engaging, conversational, and even personal and witty, this book…

Spoiled is an unflinching and meticulous critique of the glorification of fluid milk and its alleged universal benefits.…

Leigh Gilmore provides a new account of #MeToo that reveals how storytelling by survivors propelled the call for sexual…

For more than thirty years, the acclaimed novelist Shirley Hazzard and the renowned scholar of Japanese literature Donald…

Combining poetic observation with philosophical contemplation and scientific evidence, Adrian Parr offers a moving vision of…

Explores artistic choices in cinema exhibition, focusing on film theaters, film festivals, and film archives…

An inside look at the experience of space travel and the destinations we may one day visit as space tourists.…

The research psychologist Barbara Blatchley interweaves an engaging and reader-friendly look at the research on grief with…

As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this…

Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes,…

Timothy Morton explores the foundations of the ecological crisis to reestablish our ties to nonhuman beings and rediscover…

• Čeština

When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did…

In Think Bigger, Sheena Iyengar'-an acclaimed author and expert in the science of choice'-provides essential tools to spark…

Julia Kristeva explicates her foundational distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic and explores their…

Since the 1950s, Warren Buffett and his partners have backed some of the twentieth century's most profitable, trendsetting…

A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the…

This strategy, derived from Newtonian mechanism, is embodied in reductionism: break what is complicated into simpler pieces,…