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In Praise of Failure - [EN] Brožovaná 2024
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Charming and brilliant." -Times Literary Supplement "Provocative, stimulating,…
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Charming and brilliant." -Times Literary Supplement "Provocative, stimulating,…
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Marcus Aurelius (121 180 CE), philosopher-emperor, wrote the Meditations (his title was The matters addressed to himself) in…
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“A civil but honest dialogue…As illuminating as it is fascinating.”—Ayaan Hirsi AliIs Islam a religion of peace or war? Is…
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The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in…
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"This book has the potential to change CEO mindsets, human resource practices, manager behavior, and employee well-being-if…
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"Essential reading for all who have a vested interest in the rise of AI." -Daryl Li, AI & Society…
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What is race and why does it matter? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? America’s foremost novelist reflects…
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A Financial Times Book of the YearA ProMarket Book of the Year“Superbly argued and important…Donald Trump is in so many ways…
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Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the…
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An Economist Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearA Prospect Best Book…
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A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of…
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“Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War.”—Ron…
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A cutting-edge neuroscientist and a leading clinical psychologist look to religious, mystical, and mind-altering experience…
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The nation-state and the colonial state have always been the same thing: the ethnic and religious majorities of the former…
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Branko Milanovic presents a bold account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Using vast data sets, he…
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A prize-winning historian provides the missing piece in the story of America’s founding, introducing us to the ordinary men…
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Benjamin's famous "Work of Art" essay sets out his boldest thoughts-on media and on culture in general. This book contains…
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Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party’s political monopoly endures. How?…
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Aimed at law students and upper-level undergraduates, this primer on legal reasoning is also an original exposition of basic…
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The definitive new translation of Max Weber’s classic work of social theory—arguably the most important book by the foremost…
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One of America’s leading political theorists analyzes the nihilism degrading—and confounding—political and academic life…
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“Blockchains will matter crucially; this book, beautifully and clearly written for a wide audience, powerfully demonstrates…
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“A timely account of how the 1% holds on to their wealth…Ought to keep wealth managers awake at night.”—Wall Street…
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A daily glass of wine prolongs life—yet alcohol can cause life-threatening cancer. Some say raising the minimum wage will…
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How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do…
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Joseph LeDoux argues that ideas like the self are increasingly barriers to discovery and understanding. He offers a new…
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Over the past twenty-five years, Bruno Latour has developed a research protocol different from the actor-network theory with…
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Recasting the birth of fascism, nationalism, and the fall of empire after World War I, Dominique Kirchner Reill recounts how…
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"From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent’ is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this…
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The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes…
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The unique relationship between dogs and humans has had huge evolutionary consequences, changing the physical, behavioral,…
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Pigeonholed in popular memory as a Jazz Age epicurean, a playboy, and an emblem of the Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald…
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Pokles cenySoaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction…
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Works in this volume recount the circumstances of Socrates' trial and execution in 399 BC. Euthyphro attempts to define…
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What sort of thing is a lyric poem? An intense expression of subjective experience? The fictive speech of a specifiable…
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Before the Communists came to power, China lay broken. Today it is a global force, but its leaders are haunted by the past.…
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Forty years in the making, this long-awaited reinterpretation of Hegel’s The Phenomenology of Spirit is a landmark…
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This rigorous but brilliantly lucid book presents a self-contained treatment of modern economic dynamics. Stokey, Lucas, and…
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Success is all very well, but failure teaches us what is most important: humility. Costica Bradatan tells the stories of…
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The "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius is seen as one of the three most important expressions of Stoicism. Pierre Hadot here…
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The use of perspective in Renaissance painting caused a revolution in the history of seeing, allowing artists to depict the…
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