Zrušit filtry
A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn…
v 6 obchodech
A multifaceted biography of a brilliant mathematician and iconoclastA mathematician unlike any other, John Horton Conway…
v 3 obchodech
From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of…
Martinus
A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity''s greatest technological breakthroughsA…
v 3 obchodech
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument…
v 6 obchodech
“Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.”—Barack ObamaA powerful new blueprint for how governments and…
v 3 obchodech
A classic work on radical aesthetics by one of the great philosophers of the early twentieth century No work of philosopher…
v 3 obchodech
The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most…
v 6 obchodech
Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how…
v 3 obchodech
A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapseIn 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea…
v 5 obchodech
The Essential Goethe is the most comprehensive and representative one-volume collection of Goethe's writings ever published…
v 3 obchodech
One of today''s most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers reveals the rules that regulate all lifeHow does life…
v 3 obchodech
A dynamic exploration of infinityIn Infinity and the Mind, Rudy Rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the universe he…
v 4 obchodech
A trenchant critique of established ideas in political philosophy and a provocative call for changeMany contemporary…
Martinus
An enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made—and thought about—moneyAncient Romans liked…
Martinus
The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropyIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Though…
Martinus
A moving account of working mothers’ daily lives—and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe…
Martinus
In this new edition of George Seferis''s poems, the acclaimed translations by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard are revised…
Martinus
The rise, fall, and modern resurgence of an enigmatic book revered by yoga enthusiasts around the worldConsisting of fewer…
v 3 obchodech
A captivating A–Z treasury about birds and birdingBirdpedia is an engaging illustrated compendium of bird facts and birding…
v 3 obchodech
A superb new edition of Epictetus’s famed handbook on Stoicism—translated by one of the world’s leading authorities on Stoic…
v 3 obchodech
A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love—a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of…
v 4 obchodech
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life?…
v 3 obchodech
In today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather…
v 3 obchodech
A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review…
v 6 obchodech
A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreamingAre humans the only dreamers on Earth?…
v 3 obchodech
A Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg Businessweek Book of the YearWhy our banking system is broken—and what…
Martinus
An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s soundsThe natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many…
Martinus
Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or presidential, two-party or multiparty,…
Martinus
How scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontologyOur understanding of dinosaur behavior…
v 5 obchodech
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has…
Martinus
A lucid guide through the labyrinth of Lacanian theoryThis book provides an illuminating account of the theory of…
v 5 obchodech
The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of…
Martinus
Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales is the subject of this…
Martinus
A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang—and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our…
v 3 obchodech
A radical new approach to economic policy that addresses the symptoms and causes of inequality in Western society…
v 3 obchodech
A landmark work of literary criticismNorthrop Frye''s Anatomy of Criticism is the magnum opus of one of the most important…
v 5 obchodech
Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing—the Nicomachean Ethics—in a lively new abridged translationAristotle’s…
v 3 obchodech
A vibrant new translation of Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life,” a pointed reminder to make the most of our timeWho doesn’t…
v 3 obchodech
A delightful illustrated treasury of botanical facts and fancyFlorapedia is an eclectic A–Z compendium of botanical lore.…
v 3 obchodech
Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to…
v 3 obchodech
A philosopher’s personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly humanUnder the…
v 4 obchodech
Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German…
v 4 obchodech
Why an awareness of Earth’s temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the…
Martinus
How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism,…
v 3 obchodech
An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today’s global economyNot so long…
v 4 obchodech
A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living—ranging from a philosophy of compost…
v 3 obchodech
What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to leadIf recent history has taught us…
v 3 obchodech
