China and the world

An Irishman in China - Changtian Zhao

Anotace: It was a long journey--in more ways than mere geography--from a childhood in Northern Ireland to becoming the most influential foreigner in 19th-century China. This historical novel follows the life of Robert Hart, whose career in China spanned more than half a century during the turbulent last decades of the Qing dynasty. As the Qing government`s Inspector Gene...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Another World

1. Space (Brian May) 2. Business (Brian May) 3. China Belle (Brian May) 4. Why Don’t We Try Again (Brian May) 5. On My Way Up (Brian May) 6. Cyborg (Brian May) 7. The Guv’nor (Brian May) 8. Wilderness (Brian May) 9. Slow Down (Larry Williams) 10. One Rainy Wish (Jimi Hendrix) 11. All The Way From Memphis (Ian Hunter) 12. Another World (Brian May) 13. Being On My Own (Bria...

Dostupnost: do 2 dnů

The Birth of the State. Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China - Petr Charvát e-kniha

This book targets the problems of emergence and stabilization of the earliest state bodies in the pristine statehood foci of the Old World - Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China.

Dostupnost: skladem

Problems And Solutions In Mathematical Olympiad (High School 1)

The series is edited by the head coaches of China's IMO National Team.

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Problems And Solutions In Mathematical Olympiad (Secondary 3)

The series is edited by the head coaches of China's IMO National Team.

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Summary & Analysis of AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order a Guide to the Book by Kai-Fu Lee

Dostupnost: skladem

Lonely Planet Epic Runs of the World

Explore 50 of the world's greatest running routes, from short urban runs to cross-country trails and must-do marathons. Entries include China's Great

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Lonely Planet's Wonders of the World

From Antarctica and the Amazon to Victoria Falls and the Great Wall of China, Lonely Planet reveals 101 spectacular sights and how to see them on any

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Combinatorial Extremization: In Mathematical Olympiad And Competitions

In China, lots of excellent students who are good at maths takes an active part in various maths contests and the best six senior high school students

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China over Three Decades

It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China. This Element summarizes results from t

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people (1471175987)

Kniha - autor Michael Wood, 624 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today. China is the olde...

Dostupnost: skladem

The Best of World SF - Lavie Tidhar

<p>The third annual instalment to the 'excellent, lovingly curated' (Financial Times) The Best of World SF series The Best of World SF series is a fixture on the global science fiction scene. If you want to find the most exciting SF authors writing today, look no further. In this third instalment, you'll discover alien artists, rioting dinosaurs, shape-shifting rabb...

Dostupnost: skladem

A Taste of the World - Beth Walrond

Food glorious food! Everyone loves a feast with the family … even the little ones! A Taste of the World travels across the globe uncovering different dishes, traditions, cultures and festivals from Egypt to Germany, from China to America. Learn about the origins of Thanksgiving in America, Bastille Day in France, Christmas in Germany, Hanami in Japan, Chinese New Y...

Dostupnost: skladem

Big Trouble in Little China desková hra *English Version*

There is a secret world where ancient evil weaves a modern mystery... they call it Little China. It's where Big Trouble was waiting for Jack Burton and his friends as they uncover an ancient diabolical plot. The evil minions of the immortal ghost-sorcerer Lo Pan are waiting to chop down the players with axes and guns in dark alleys and all throughout the battle-torn stree...

Dostupnost: neudáno

Influence Empire : The Story of Tencent and China´s Tech Ambition - Chen Lulu

Anotace: In 2017, a company known as Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world`s fifth largest company. It was a watershed moment, a wake-up call for those in the West accustomed to regarding the global tech industry through the prism of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft.Yet to many of the two billion-plus people who live just across the Pacific O...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

My Summer in China Wong Hocheng - Micol Biondi

My Summer in China zjednodušená četba v čínštině pro úplné začátečníky Xinxin is a Chinese girl who lives in Italy. When school finishes for the summer holidays, she travels to Shanghai to spend the holidays with her paternal grandparents. Divided by two cultures, every day Xinxin observes, listens, ‘tastes’ and explores a world that she only partly understands. An unf...

Post-American World

The growth of countries such as India, China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya generates a fresh landscape. This book shows how the West must tr

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China - Wong Chun Han

Anotace: Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world`s most secretive political organisations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi`s intentions during his early years in power, projecting onto him their own hopes that he would emerge as a liberal-minded reformer who stee...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Level 2: The First Emperor of China Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Rollason Jane

Anotace: Around the Ying Zheng, king of Qin, became the first emperor of China. He had new ideas and made new laws. He built big palaces - and a great wall. But life was difficult for his people and dangerous for the emperor. So he took an army with him into the next world.

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

PEAR | Level 2: The First Emperor of China Bk/Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Jane Rollason

<p>Around the Ying Zheng, king of Qin, became the first emperor of China. He had new ideas and made new laws. He built big palaces - and a great wall. But life was difficult for his people and dangerous for the emperor. So he took an army with him into the next world.</p>

Dostupnost: skladem

Another world - Brian May

Anotace: Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy skupiny Queen Briana Maye, které vyšlo 1. června 1998 u Parlophone Records ve Spojeném království a 15. září 1998 u Hollywood Records v USA. Album bylo věnováno jeho matce. Píseň "Business" z tohoto alba byla použita jako znělka první série komediálního seriálu Frank Stubbs Promotes, zatímco skladba "...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Another world - Brian May

Anotace: Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy skupiny Queen Briana Maye, které vyšlo 1. června 1998 u Parlophone Records ve Spojeném království a 15. září 1998 u Hollywood Records v USA. Album bylo věnováno jeho matce. Píseň "Business" z tohoto alba byla použita jako znělka první série komediálního seriálu Frank Stubbs Promotes, zatímco skladba "...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Another world - Brian May

<p>Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy skupiny Queen Briana Maye, které vyšlo 1. června 1998 u Parlophone Records ve Spojeném království a 15. září 1998 u Hollywood Records v USA. Album bylo věnováno jeho matce. Píseň "Business" z tohoto alba byla použita jako znělka první série komediálního seriálu Frank Stubbs Promotes, zatímco skladba "...

Dostupnost: skladem

Latin American Foreign Policies in the New World Order

At a time of growing US-China tensions, and of Latin AmericaÂ’s deepest crisis in a century, Active Non-Alignment option embodies a novel way out of t

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

He Who Drowned the World - Shelley Parker-Chan

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun.

Dostupnost: skladem

He Who Drowned the World - Parker-Chan Shelley

Anotace: Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. What would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory - one that tore southe...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

He Who Drowned the World - Shelley Parker-Chan

<p>Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun.What would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory – one that tore southern Ch...

Dostupnost: skladem

The Secret World : A History of Intelligence - Andrew Christopher

Anotace: The history of espionage is far older than any of today`s intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.`God sent out spies into the land of Canaan`. From there, Christopher Andrew traces the shift in the ancient world from divination ...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

100 Interiors Around the World - Brian Cole Miller

<p>Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, this edition rounds up some of today’s most exceptional and inspiring interiors across six continents. From rustic minimalism to urbane eclecticism, the selection celebrates a global spectrum of styles, united by authenticity, a love of detail, and a zest for individual expression that w...

Dostupnost: skladem

The New Silk Roads : The Present and Future of the World - Peter Frankopan

<p>A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads `Masterly mapping out of a new world order' - Evening Standard Revised and updated edition The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world is changing dramatically ...

Dostupnost: skladem

A Short History of the World in 50 Places - neuveden

Anotace: Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, through fifty of the most surprising and often less well-known places in the world.From the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where remains of some of our earliest tool-using ancestors were found, to the CERN laboratory, where revolutionar...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Alibaba´s World (9781447290667)

Kniha - anglicky In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Westerners had never heard of held the largest IPO in history - bigger than Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest e-commerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over ten years, while building a customer base larger than Amazon's, and handling the bulk of e-commerce t...

Dostupnost: skladem

Beijing Rules: China´s Quest for Global Influence - Allen Bethany

Anotace: `Allen has shown remarkable courage in writing this . . . A disturbing, insightful book about China`s hidden, multitiered war-and how the West can fight back` Kirkus Reviews The remarkable story of China`s two-decade quest for global dominance.For several decades China`s ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of quie...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Another world (CD) - Brian May

<p>Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy skupiny Queen Briana Maye, které vyšlo 1. června 1998 u Parlophone Records ve Spojeném království a 15. září 1998 u Hollywood Records v USA. Album bylo věnováno jeho matce. Píseň "Business" z tohoto alba byla použita jako znělka první série komediálního seriálu Frank Stubbs Promotes, zatímco skladba "...

Dostupnost: skladem

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - Peter Frankopan

<p>The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search o...

Dostupnost: do 4 dnů

Amazons : The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World - Man John

Anotace: Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks. For centuries people believed in their ex...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Level 5: World Folk Tales - neuveden

Anotace: Classic / American English These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

PER | Level 5: World Folk Tales

<p>Classic / American English These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.</p>

Dostupnost: skladem

Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food - Dunlop Fuchsia

Anotace: `A brilliant, passionate and spellbinding tour de force` Claudia Roden`Fuchsia Dunlop is one of the world`s best writers on Chinese food` Ken Hom CBE The epic tale of the world`s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, told through a banquet of thirty Chinese dishesChinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese labourers began to sojourn ...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future - Lee Kai-Fu

Anotace: A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*Now with a new foreword on ChatGPT*_____________How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unpreceden...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

May Brian: Another World - CD (3862303)

Hudební CD - Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy Queen Briana Maye, které původně vyšlo 1. června 1998. Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy Queen Briana Maye, které původně vyšlo 1. června 1998. Rok vydání : 1998 (2.album) Rok reedice : 2022 Seznam stop CD Space / Business / China Belle / Why Don't We Try Again / On My Way Up / Cyborg / Th...

Dostupnost: skladem

May Brian: Another World - LP (3862299)

LP vinyl - Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy Queen Briana Maye, které původně vyšlo 1. června 1998. Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy Queen Briana Maye, které původně vyšlo 1. června 1998. Rok vydání : 1998 (2.album) Rok reedice : 2022 Seznam stop LP Space / Business / China Belle / Why Don't We Try Again / On My Way Up / Cyborg / The ...

Dostupnost: skladem

World Atlas of Wine, 7th Edition

"Immense and beautiful - almost drinkable" -- Midweek, BBC Radio 4 "Simply superb work...buy it if you like wine at all." -- Victoria Moore, The Telegraph "If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one. And this edition, please." -- Andrew Jefford, Decanter Few wine books can be called classic but the first edition of The World Atlas of Wine made publishing history...

Dostupnost: do 2 dnů

Culture: A new world history - Martin Puchner

<p>Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner...

Dostupnost: skladem

The World: A Family History - W. a CH. Awdry, Montefiore Simon Sebag

Anotace: The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents, from the perspective of places as diverse as Haiti, Congo and Cambodia as well as Europe, China and America. S...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Homes For Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World - 40th Anniversary Edition - Philip Jodidio

<p>Enter the world’s finest homes in this dependable global digest featuring talents like Shigeru Ban and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-comers like Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunri Nishizawa. Organized by architect and brimming with crisp photography and plans, the result is a sweeping survey of the contemporary house.</p> <p>Across smal...

Dostupnost: skladem

Alibaba´s World - How a remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the face of Global Business - Porter Erisman

<p>In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Westerners had never heard of held the largest IPO in history - bigger than Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest e-commerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over ten years, while building a customer base larger than Amazon's, and handling the bulk of e-commerce transaction...

Dostupnost: skladem

Strike From The Sea

INDO-CHINA 1941Cruising somewhere off Saigon is the world's largest and most dangerous submarine - the French Soufri¨re. He must take the foreign sub

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Monsters of the Deep

The fifth volume in an extraordinary SF series set 200 years in the future when China rules the world. With Triad bosses and assassins, emperors, whor

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

War on the Uyghurs

This is the first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes. Revealing how China has used the US-led War on Terror as cove

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

War on the Uyghurs

This is the first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes. Revealing how China has used the US-led War on Terror as cove

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Contest of the Century

China's rise has now entered a new phase, as it seeks to translate its considerable economic heft into a larger role on the world stage, challenging A

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

May Brian: Another World (2x CD) - CD (3862311)

Hudební CD - Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy Queen Briana Maye, které původně vyšlo 1. června 1998. Another World je druhé studiové album kytaristy Queen Briana Maye, které původně vyšlo 1. června 1998. Rok vydání : 1998 (2.album) Rok reedice : 2022 Seznam stop CD 1 Space / Business / China Belle / Why Don't We Try Again / On My Way Up / Cyborg / ...

Dostupnost: skladem

Changing World Order : Why Nations Succeed or Fail - Ray Dalio

<p>From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the international bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced...

Dostupnost: do 18 dnů

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World - A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Tim Marshall

<p>AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating and crucial insight into how, even as humanity moves upwards into the final frontier, we'll be influenced by the geographies of space. Marshall has done it again!' Professor Lewis Dartnell, author of Being Human Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy in...

Dostupnost: skladem

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World - THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Marshall Tim

Anotace: THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and The Power of GeographySpy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.This isn`t sc...

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Origins of the Korean War

This edition has been revised to take account of new perspectives concerning the two Koreas and the looming presence of China on the world stage. New

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Imperialism and the Development Myth

China and Third World societies cannot 'catch up'. Much of the world’s work has moved to the poor countries, yet – through dominating critical aspec

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Rays of the Rising Sun

The Japanese ruled parts of China prior to World War II by means of Chinese "puppet" governments who ruled their own population on behalf of the Japan

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů

Beneath the Tree of Heaven

Chung Kuo is David Wingrove's extraordinary 20-volume series set 200 years in the future when China controls the world - a compelling tale of fallen

Dostupnost: do 7 dnů