How europe made the modern world

How Europe Made the Modern World

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Belonging and Betrayal – How Jews Made the Art World Modern

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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (0393343405)

Kniha - autor Stephen Greenblatt, 356 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it.

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China's Revolutions in the Modern World

A concise account of how revolutions made modern China and helped shape the modern world.

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Pathogenesis: How germs made history - Kennedy Jonathan

Anotace: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR`Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy` Sunday Times, Book of the Week`Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman` The Times`Full of amazing facts` Observer`The book shines when it brings cutting-edge science to bear` Fi...

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Pathogenesis: How germs made history - Jonathan Kennedy

<p>A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of the Week'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman' The Times'Full of amazing facts' Observer'The book shines when it brings cutting-edge science to bear' Fin...

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The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are (0241963834)

Kniha - autor Michael Pye, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Bestselling historian Michael Pye tells how the North Sea transformed Northern Europe from a barbaric outpost to the centre of everything, building the world as we know it. Brimming with rollicking adventures, vivid characters and witty observations. Now in paperback.

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Europe : A History - Duroselle Jean Baptiste

Anotace: The first one-volume, complete history of Europe, as told by Europeans themselves, from Homo Erectus to the Celts, to Greek wisdom and Roman grandeur, all of the way to the European phenomenon - the Industrial Revolution.This is the definitive way to discover the real, modern Europe progressively unfolding, because looking back to the past reveals more about our...

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The Women´s History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years - Rosalind Miles

<p>Now is the time for a new women’s history—for the famous, infamous, and unsung women to get their due—from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement. Recording the important milestones in the birth of the modern feminist movement and the rise of women into greater social, economic, and political power, Miles takes us through through a colorful pageant of astonish...

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The Founders: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the Company that Made the Modern Internet (1786498294)

Kniha - autor Jimmy Soni, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Perfect for readers of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and Zero to One by Peter Theil Out of PayPal's ranks have come household names like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin and Reid Hoffman. Since leaving Paypal, they have formed, funded, and advised the leading companies of our era, including Tesla...

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The Right Side of History : How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great - Shapiro Ben

Anotace: Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West. So why are we on the verge of throwing it all away?In 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California-Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required to protect his speech. What was so frightening about Shapiro? He came to argue that Western civil...

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History of the World in 100 Animals

A powerful and fascinating insight into the 100 animals - from the blue whale to the mosquito - that have had the biggest influence on humanity through the ages. We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet.We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our homes.We are humans and we love the idea of our uniqueness. But the fact i...

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We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe

We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe is an interactive fiction adventure game about refugees, set in contemporary Europe and North Africa. Illustrated with dreamlike comic-book graphics. Inspired by true events - the creators actually visited a refugee camp, interviewed dozens of refugees and made their stories the foundation of the game. Key Features: 10 hours of gameplay...

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We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe (PC)

We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe is an interactive fiction adventure game about refugees, set in contemporary Europe and North Africa. Illustrated with dreamlike comic-book graphics. Inspired by true events - the creators actually visited a refugee camp, interviewed dozens of refugees and made their stories the foundation of the game.Key Features:10 hours of gameplay&am...

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Europe : A History - Jean Baptiste Duroselle

<p>The first one-volume, complete history of Europe, as told by Europeans themselves, from Homo Erectus to the Celts, to Greek wisdom and Roman grandeur, all of the way to the European phenomenon - the Industrial Revolution. This is the definitive way to discover the real, modern Europe progressively unfolding, because looking back to the past reveals more about ou...

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Expected Goals: The story of how data conquered football and changed the game forever - Rory Smith

<p>Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and consumed. But it's not the algorithms or new metric...

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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 ...

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The Dream of Enlightenment : The Rise of Modern Philosophy - Gottlieb Anthony

Anotace: The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to RousseauIn a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of mod...

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A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power - James Walvin

<p>A major study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldFor the best part of four centuries, enslaved Africans were the human cogs in a vast machine which transformed the face of the Americas, enhanced the well-being of the Western world, and created cultural habits we are familiar with today. In A World Transformed, celebrated historian James Wal...

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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Marshall Tim

Anotace: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*`I can`t imagine reading a better book this year´ Daily MirrorTim Marshall`s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation´s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn´t changed. But the world has.In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are se...

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The West: A New History of an Old Idea - Mac Sweeney Naoise

Anotace: *A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*`A fantastic achievement` Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads`Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent` Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb_________________A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our hist...

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Angela Merkel: Europe´s Most Influential Leader - Qvortrup Matthew

Anotace: Matthew Qvortrup`s definitive and insightful biography of Angela Merkel is essential reading for anyone interested in current affairs, the fate of Europe, or simply the story of a truly remarkable woman. Updated to within a month from when Merkel steps down as German chancellor.Based on over 14 years of in-depth research, Angela Merkel tells the story of the pol...

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Tinseltown: Hollywood and the Beautiful Game - a Match Made in Wrexham - Ian Herbert

<p>The remarkable inside story of how two Hollywood A-listers, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, stunned the football world by buying a non-league club in North Wales. It was one of the most extraordinary takeovers British football has known. In February 2021, Ryan Reynolds joined with Rob McElhenney to buy Wrexham AFC, a non-league team in North Wales. Wrexham, a f...

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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) - Roma Agrawalová

<p>'A masterclass in storytelling... Agrawal is the perfect narrator: her curiosity, technical knowledge and excitement fill every page. It left me inspired by the ingenuity of historic engineers and optimistic for future innovation.' - Jess Wade, physicist and author of Nano'Inside this wonderfully engaging book is a profound message: that so much of technology com...

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The Storm We Made: The spellbinding WW2 sweeping book club novel ´One of the most powerful debuts I´ve ever read´ Tracy Chevalier - Vanessa Chan

<p>Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war and the power of familial love, for fans of Pachinko, All the Light We Cannot See and Wandering Souls. Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. British Malaya, 1930s Discontented housewife Cecily is seduced by Japanese general Fujiwara ...

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Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way - Kieran Setiya

<p>Pain, Loneliness, Grief, Injustice ... Hope?Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on can feel too much.But could there be solace - and even hope - in acknowledging the hardships of the human condition? Might doing so free us from the tyranny of striv...

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Worlds of the Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean replaces Europe at the center of the globalization of the pre-modern world in this second volume examination of how the region's netw

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Women on the Margins

As she did with Martin Guerre, Natalie Zemon Davis here retrieves individual lives from historical obscurity to give us a window onto the early modern world. As women living in the 17th century, Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de l'Incarnation, and Maria Sibylla Merian, equally remarkable though very different, were not queens or noblewomen, their every move publicly noted. R...

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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everbody for the Last 13000 Years (0099302780)

Kniha - autor Jared Diamond, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Jared Diamond, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A study of how Europe and the Near East became the cradles of modern society, eventually giving rise to capitalism and science, the dominant forces in today's world - and why, until more recent times, Africa, Australasia and the Americas lagged...

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42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams - Adams Douglas

Anotace: `Douglas`s slanted way of looking at reality makes the fuzzy sharp and the improbable probable. In a cock-eyed universe the level gaze is not much use` STEPHEN FRY`Douglas was something that we don`t have a word for yet - a futurologist or an explainer` NEIL GAIMAN"In lieu of a conventional autobiography, this collection of letters, jottings and ephemera - inter...

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The Movie Book : Big Ideas Simply Explained - Dorling Kindersley

Anotace: The ultimate guide to the greatest movies ever to grace the silver screen!Introducing a brand new edition to The Movie Book, an all-encompassing guide that reflects on the history of cinema, from Hollywood`s golden age of black-and-white films to international art-house and modern-day masterpieces. This fantastic book on films is your detailed guide to 100 seism...

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The Movie Book : Big Ideas Simply Explained - Dorling Kindersley

<p>The ultimate guide to the greatest movies ever to grace the silver screen! Introducing a brand new edition to The Movie Book, an all-encompassing guide that reflects on the history of cinema, from Hollywood's golden age of black-and-white films to international art-house and modern-day masterpieces. This fantastic book on films is your detailed guide to 100 seis...

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The Architecture Book : Big Ideas Simply Explained - Štipl Zdeněk, kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Discover the key architectural concepts behind the world`s most incredible buildings and structures.The Architecture Book goes beyond other architecture books to analyse not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures key to the history and evolution of our built environment.From ancient and classical archite...

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Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers - Paul Morland

<p>The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have determined which countries are superpowers and which languish in relative obscurity, which economies top the international league tables and which are at best also-rans.The same forces that have shaped our past and present are sha...

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Obsession Marlene Dietrich: The Pierre Passebon Collection - Henry-Jean Servat

<p>Parisian gallery owner, antiques dealer, and style tastemaker Pierre Passebon curates his favorite portraits of Marlene Dietrich by world-class photographers in this exquisite cloth-bound volume. Featuring rare images from Pierre Passebon’s personal collection, this volume celebrates Marlene Dietrich, Hollywood’s iconic femme fatale, as immortalized by master pho...

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Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine - David Petraeus

<p>'A HUGELY IMPORTANT BOOK ... ELEGANTLY WRITTEN AND PERSUASIVELY ARGUED' DAILY TELEGRAPH, FIVE-STAR REVIEW Two leading authorities - a bestselling historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time - collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweepin...

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Dream of Rome

Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this

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Byzantium

For a thousand years, an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. This book provides various short chapt

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Being Human - Lewis Dartnell

'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL, author of Prisoners of Geography'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY, author of OtherlandsBeing Human is history made flesh. It will change how you see the world. We’re a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats.But we’re also deeply flawed. Our bodies and minds often break, fail, and hinder us. To be human is to live with this extraordinary c...

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City Houses

<p>An expansive and shrewdly curated collection of the most cutting-edge, effective, and appealing breakthroughs in home architecture, perfect for aspiring professionals, ambitious design firms, and anyone interested in exploring the frontiers of residential living spaces. Featuring amazing photographs of some of the world’s most innovative homes, this book also c...

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Japanese Woodblock Prints. 40th Anniversary Edition - Andreas Marks

<p>The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent. Breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons torment the living, and sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors are rock stars. This condensed edition revisits the most exceptional prints from 1680–1938, presenting the finest impressionsin museums and private colle...

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Habermas - A Biography

'Jürgen Habermas', wrote the American philosopher Ronald Dworkin on the occasion of the great European thinker's eightieth birthday, 'is not only the world's most famous living philosopher. Even his fame is famous.' Now, after many years of intensive research and in-depth conversations with contemporaries, colleagues and Habermas himself, Stefan Müller-Doohm presents the ...

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Freezing Order - Browder Bill

Anotace: Following his explosive international bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin`s number one enemy by exposing Putin`s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.When Bill Browder`s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten ...

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Freezing Order - A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin`s Wrath - Browder Bill

Anotace: Following his explosive international bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin`s number one enemy by exposing Putin`s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.When Bill Browder`s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten ...

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Freezing Order - A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath, 1. vydání - Bill Browder

<p>Following his explosive international bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin's number one enemy by exposing Putin's campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way. When Bill Browder's young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten...

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Freezing Order - A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath, 1. vydání - Bill Browder

<p>Following his explosive international bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin's number one enemy by exposing Putin's campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way. When Bill Browder's young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten...

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David Hockney. A Chronology. 40th Anniversary Edition - David Hockney

<p>Published to mark TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, this special edition is an unprecedented year by year journey through the life and work of David Hockney. From the London of the Swinging Sixties, via Californian swimming pools, to the expansive landscapes of his native Yorkshire, the book’s juxtaposition of artworks and biographical text makes us discover how Hockne...

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Contemporary Japanese Architecture. 40th Anniversary Edition - Philip Jodidio

<p>Since Osaka World Expo ’70 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Presenting the latest in Japanese building, this book reveals how the likes of Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Junya Ishigami are relinking past, present, and future—building greener and smarter than ever before.</p> <p&...

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Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope - Mason Mark

Anotace: From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope. We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it`s ever been-we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*ck...

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Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope - Mark Mason

<p>From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope. We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it's ever been-we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*c...

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After You, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>THE SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING BOOK ME BEFORE YOU - THE FILM ADAPTATION WILL BE RELEASED JUNE 3RD. Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. Whether her close-knit fam...

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Stephen Wilkes: Day to Night - Stefen Wilkes

<p>Stephen Wilkes’s extraordinary panoramas depict our most famous landmarks from dawn to dusk. He captures thousands of single exposures, carefully editing and blending them into one seamless composition that shows the passage of time. With details highlighting the individual stories captured within each multi-moment image, this collection unveils a new way of seei...

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2064: Read Only Memories

2064: Read Only Memories merges old-school adventure gaming with modern storytelling to explore some of the social challenges we will face in the near future. Explore the colorful future metropolis of Neo-San Francisco, meeting a huge cast of fascinating characters and solving a far-reaching mystery. Think carefully about your choices, because you never know how they...

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2064: Read Only Memories (PC)

2064: Read Only Memories&nbsp;merges old-school adventure gaming with modern storytelling to explore some of the social challenges we will face in the near future. Explore the colorful future metropolis of Neo-San Francisco, meeting a huge cast of fascinating characters and solving a far-reaching mystery. Think carefully about your choices, because you never know how ...

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2064: Read Only Memories (PC)

2064: Read Only Memories&nbsp;merges old-school adventure gaming with modern storytelling to explore some of the social challenges we will face in the near future. Explore the colorful future metropolis of Neo-San Francisco, meeting a huge cast of fascinating characters and solving a far-reaching mystery. Think carefully about your choices, because you never know how ...

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2064: Read Only Memories

2064: Read Only Memories merges old-school adventure gaming with modern storytelling to explore some of the social challenges we will face in the near future. Explore the colorful future metropolis of Neo-San Francisco, meeting a huge cast of fascinating characters and solving a far-reaching mystery. Think carefully about your choices, because you never know how they...

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Česká literatura 3/2016

<p>Česká literatura 64, 2016/3<br /><br />Studie / Studies<br />Tomáš Havelka [Filozofický ústav AV ČR; havelka@flu.cas.cz]<br /> "Slyšme jeden strašlivý příběh". K exemplům v 17. a 18. století, zvláště v českých postilách<br />Studie upozorňuje na současnou zanedbanou situací výzkumu raně novověkých exempel. Exempla mají nev...

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