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A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world’s most widely respected…

• Rok vydání 2014

In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia…

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A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally? To understand world…

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• Rok vydání 2019

Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century-fascism, communism, and liberalism-only the last remains. This has…

• Rok vydání 2019

A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century…

• Rok vydání 2012

Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a…

• Rok vydání 2020

A wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is what makes us human Why are so many…

An introduction to understanding and gaining insight into ancient Greek culture through its pottery. 75 b/w and 100 colour…

In this towering work, Andre Vauchez draws on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi, emphasizing in particular…

• Rok vydání 2021

An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs Kniha 9780300253832 Coral Reefs |…

• Rok vydání 2013

Russia today is haunted by deeds that have not been examined and words that have been left unsaid. A serious attempt to…

\nA bracing account of liberalism\'s most radical critics introducing one of the most controversial movements of the…

• Rok vydání 2011
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In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics…

• Rok vydání 2021

A stunning reexamination of one of the essential tenets of Christian belief from one of the most provocative and admired…

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The Cold War roots of liberalism’s present crisis "[A] daring new book.”—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post "A fascinating and…

• Rok vydání 2024

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy Kniha 9780300276770…

\nA case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years\n…

\nA groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the…

• Rok vydání 2015

Published to coincide with the bicentenary/ies of the Peninsular War and its major battles, this is the first major…

From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential…

• Rok vydání 2010

Critics of intelligence tests - writers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Goleman - have argued in recent…

• Rok vydání 2020

An intimate reflection on culture and tradition, creativity and power, that draws on a lifetime's commitment to aesthetic…

• Rok vydání 1991

In this cross-cultural study of manhood as an achieved status, the author finds that a culturally sanctioned stress on…

• Rok vydání 1994

Provides a portrait of white-collar criminals and their punishments. The authors of this book argue that white-collar crime…

• Rok vydání 2008

Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth…

• Rok vydání 2008

Why do we find ourselves returning to certain pictures time and again? What is it we are looking for? How does our…

• Rok vydání 2014

In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time - climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns…

• Rok vydání 2016

A hard-hitting assessment of the alarming current consequences of the denuding of global natural capital. Kniha…

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• Rok vydání 2020

An “enlightening and persuasive” (Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review of Books) survey of Vietnam as an emerging Asian power…

\nA collection of John Carey\'s greatest, wisest, and wittiest reviews-amassed over a lifetime of writing\n…

\nAn exploration of the mysteries of desire by the French master Pierre Michon\n…

A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of…

\nTerry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literature\n…

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Surveys the schemes, patterns and forms of English verse, and illustrates each variation with an original and witty…

• Rok vydání 2019

An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve…

Examines the power of the Supreme Court and cites specific cases which illustrate its relationship with other political…

• Rok vydání 2000

This study suggests that the language of landscape exists with its own syntax, grammar, and metaphors, and that we imperil…

• Rok vydání 2011

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of 'information…

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity from its origins in Hellenistic and ancient Near Eastern cultures to the…

• Rok vydání 2019

An engaging and beautifully illustrated overview of one of the finest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections in…

A detailed look at a genre that combines virtuoso printmaking techniques, sophisticated imagery, and engaging, playful…

• Rok vydání 2012

Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne,…

• Rok vydání 2012

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this…

• Rok vydání 2023

A "highly readable and compelling" account (Science) of brainwashing's pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nWhy and how America\'s defense strategy must change in light of China\'s power and ambition-A Wall Street Journal best…

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• Angličtina

A renowned scholar argues that liberal hegemony—the policy America has pursued since the Cold War ended—is doomed to…

• Rok vydání 2020

This sweeping, multidisciplinary exploration of the major epidemics since the Black Death reveals the impact of diseases…