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European Armies and the Conduct of War
Through the eyes of the major theorists of the day, and discussing the key issues of modern warfare, Hew StrachanÂ’s work examines the theory and prac
Více informacíShipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea
Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern peri
Více informacíMax Weber and His Contempories
This book assesses Max Weber, a leading modern thinker and social scientist, comparing his work and contribution to such diverse fields as epistemolog
Více informacíSystems Psychodynamics Taylor & Francis Ltd
In the second of this three-volume series, the authors expand on the theory and practice of systems psychodynamics - which integrates psychoanalytic thinking, open systems theory and complexity theory – in its applications to consultancy work in organisations and wider social contexts. With a focus on practical application in real situations, this book will be invaluable ...
Více informacíSystems Psychodynamics Taylor & Francis Ltd
In the second of this three-volume series, the authors expand on the theory and practice of systems psychodynamics - which integrates psychoanalytic thinking, open systems theory and complexity theory – in its applications to consultancy work in organisations and wider social contexts. With a focus on practical application in real situations, this book will be invaluable ...
Více informacíTrajectories of Translation Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book builds on Marais’s innovative A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation to explore the implications of this conceptualization of translation as the semiotic work from which social-cultural reality emerges and chart the way forward for applications in empirical research. This innovative work will be of interest to scholars in translation studies, semiotics, multimod...
Více informacíThe Call for Recognition Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book builds a case for how social norms are neither mere conventions nor are they merely anthropological phenomena, which are relativistic. In other words, it talks about how socio-political norms are built out of our natural social behaviour but at the same time also have objective normative validity. An introspective work, this book will be of great interest to sch...
Více informacíEarshot Taylor & Francis Ltd
Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture with the primary focus being the changing status of sound and hearing in Western culture over the last six hundred years, covering the transition from the medieval period to the contemporary world. This book is not a work of cultural theory but is anch...
Více informacíEarshot Taylor & Francis Ltd
Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture with the primary focus being the changing status of sound and hearing in Western culture over the last six hundred years, covering the transition from the medieval period to the contemporary world. This book is not a work of cultural theory but is anch...
Více informacíLinnaeus, natural history and the circulation of knowledge
The name of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) is inscribed in almost every flora and fauna published from the mid-eighteenth century onwards; in this respect he is virtually immortal. In this book a group of specialists argue for the need to re-centre Linnaean science and de-centre Linnaeus the man by exploring the ideas, practices and people connected to his taxonomic innovation...
Více informacíAdam Smith and Modernity Taylor & Francis Ltd
This volume features essays on Adam Smith’s conception of modernity. The contributions demonstrate the relevance of Smith as the great interpreter of modernity 250 years after the publication of The Wealth of Nations. The chapters in Section 1 focus on structural aspects of Smith’s work. Part 2 addresses the construction of modern subjectivity between Lectures on Rhetoric...
Více informacíThe Economics Book: Big Ideas (9781409376415)
Kniha – 352 stran, česky, pevná s přebalem lesklá - 352 stran, anglicky, pevná s přebalem lesklá All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to economics Bring economics to life with The Economics Book, an essential guide to more that 100 of the big ideas in economic theory and practice covering everything from ancient theories right up to ...
Více informacíEconomics Book - neuveden
Anotace: All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to economics Bring economics to life with The Economics Book, an essential guide to more that 100 of the big ideas in economic theory and practice covering everything from ancient theories right up to cutting-edge modern developments. From Aristotle to John Maynard Keynes and beyond, all ...
Více informacíEconomics Book
<p>All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to economics Bring economics to life with The Economics Book, an essential guide to more that 100 of the big ideas in economic theory and practice covering everything from ancient theories right up to cutting-edge modern developments. From Aristotle to John Maynard Keynes and beyond, all t...
Více informacíMeasurement in Psychology
This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so malleable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. It locates philosophical and social influences (such as scientism, practicalism and Pythagoreanism) reshaping the concept and, at the core of this reshaping, identifies a fundamental problem: the issue of whether psychological att...
Více informacíPygmalion - Shaw George Bernard
Anotace: When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties, and that behind her cockney parlance the girl in question, Eliza Doolittle, has a mind, ideas and aspirations of her own. T...
Více informacíFeminism: A Graphic Guide (1785784900)
Kniha - 192 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Cathia Jenainati, 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná What is feminism? Why are we still talking about it, and what can it tell us about ourselves, our societies and prejudices? In this unique, illustrated introduction, we’ll explore the early history of conscious struggle against sexist oppr...
Více informacíThe Descent of Man - Darwin Charles
Anotace: In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans. Most importantly, he...
Více informacíThe Descent of Man - Charles Darwin
<p>In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans. Most importantly, he ...
Více informacíVersion Zero - Yoon David
Anotace: Sometimes you have to break the world in order to fix it...Max is fortunate enough to be employed by Wren, the world`s most powerful social media company. He works in a sprawling campus made of glass on a project so secret he can tell no one about it.But one day he discovers something sinister going on beneath the surface of the company. A terrible secret that m...
Více informacíEncyclopedia of Military Science
The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today's military. Entries include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, socia...
Více informacíVersion Zero - David Yoon
<p>Sometimes you have to break the world in order to fix it... Max is fortunate enough to be employed by Wren, the world's most powerful social media company. He works in a sprawling campus made of glass on a project so secret he can tell no one about it. But one day he discovers something sinister going on beneath the surface of the company. A terrible secret tha...
Více informacíArt of War
Niccolo Machiavelli's Art of War is one of the world's great classics of military and political theory. Praised by the finest military minds in history and said to have influenced no lesser lights than Frederick the Great and Napoleon, Art of War is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the history and theory of war in the West. Christopher Lynch's fluid tran...
Více informacíReason in Human Affairs
What can reason (or more broadly, thinking) do for us and what can't it do? This is the question examined by Herbert A. Simon, who received the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for his pioneering work on decision-making processes in economic organizations." The ability to apply reason to the choice of actions is supposed to be one of the defining characteristics of ...
Více informacíEssential Linear Algebra with Applications
Rooted in a pedagogically successful problem-solving approach to linear algebra, this work fills a gap in the literature that is sharply divided between, on the one end, elementary texts with only limited exercises and examples, and, at the other end, books too advanced in prerequisites and too specialized in focus to appeal to a wide audience. Instead, it clearly develop...
Více informacíThe MR PORTER Guide to a Better Day
<p>A dawn-to-dusk instruction manual for living effortlessly and elegantly in the modern worldThe MR PORTER Guide To A Better Day covers all aspects of a man’s daily life, from morning rituals, to flawless grooming to handy tips for taking the work out of your working and social life. Compiled by MR PORTER’s Editors and featuring wisdom from Messrs Tom Ford, Laird H...
Více informacíPhilosophical and Mathematical Logic
This book was written to serve as an introduction to logic, with in each chapter - if applicable - special emphasis on the interplay between logic and philosophy, mathematics, language and (theoretical) computer science. The reader will not only be provided with an introduction to classical logic, but to philosophical (modal, epistemic, deontic, temporal) and intuitionist...
Více informacíSerotonin (anglicky) - Houellebecq Michel
Anotace: Written by one of the most provocative and prophetic novelists of his generation, Serotonin is at once a devastating story of solitude, longing and individual suffering, and a powerful criticism of modern life.THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BOOK OF THE YEAR___________________`One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading Houelleb...
Více informacíEarth, the Gods and the Soul - a History of Pagan Philosophy
Philosophy was invented by pagans. Yet this fact is almost always ignored by those who write the history of ideas. This book tells the history of the pagan philosophers, and the various places where their ideas appeared, from ancient times to the 21st century. The Pagan philosophers are a surprisingly diverse group: from kings of great empires to exiled lonely wanderers, ...
Více informacíSerotonin (anglicky), 1. vydání - Michel Houellebecq
<p>Written by one of the most provocative and prophetic novelists of his generation, Serotonin is at once a devastating story of solitude, longing and individual suffering, and a powerful criticism of modern life. THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BOOK OF THE YEAR___________________'One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading Houelle...
Více informacíTales of Mystery and Imagination, 1. vydání - Edgar Allan Poe
<p>This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcasts, obsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly unsolvable m...
Více informacíWhy Nations Fail - Robinson a kolektiv James
Anotace: Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of ...
Více informacíPRINCE (CLASSICS DELUXE ED) - neuveden
Anotace: A new translation of the infamous Renaissance classic, in a striking deluxe edition The original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixteenth-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. For this treatise on statecraft, Machiavelli drew upon his own experience of office u...
Více informacíAllegory and Philosophy in Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Islamic allegory is the product of a cohesive literary tradition to which few contributed as significantly as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the eleventh-century Muslim philosopher. Peter Heath here offers a detailed examination of Avicenna's contribution, paying special attention to Avicenna's psychology and poetics and to the ways in which they influenced strains of theological, ...
Více informacíWhy Nations Fail - James Robinson
<p>Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of c...
Více informacíSerotonin (anglicky) - Houellebecq Michel
Anotace: THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BOOK OF THE YEAR___________________`One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading Houellebecq`s work.` Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York TimesDissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional re...
Více informacíYour Brain and Business
Harvard psychiatrist and executive coach Srinivasan S. Pillay illuminates the rapidly-emerging links between modern brain science and the corner office. What does neuroscience have to do with leadership? Everything. In Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders, Phillay discusses recent advances in brain science and neuroimaging and how they can dramatical...
Více informacíEnglish World Level 10 Workbook & CD Rom
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 10 Exam Practice Book
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 10 Teacher's Guide
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 9 Teacher's Guide
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 10 Audio CD
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 9 Audio CD
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 9 Teacher's Digibook
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 9 Exam Practice Book
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíEnglish World 9 Student's Book
English World is a stunningly visual ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by interactive activities on the WB CD-ROM....
Více informacíLife 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...
Více informacíLIT: Life Ignition Tools - Jeffrey Karp
<p>How can we achieve greater mental performance and creativity in a modern world of constant distraction, always-urgent deadlines, mindless social media scrolling and anxiety-inducing 24/7 news?In LIT, innovative Harvard and MIT scientist Jeff Karp has found a powerful way to access high energy thinking with the help of his brain hacks, or Life Ignition Tools (LIT)...
Více informacíVáclav Havel (Critical Lives) - Kieran Williams
<p>Václav Havel claimed to want a quiet life dedicated to writing, but he lived exactly the opposite: as the most famous dissident in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule, he spent many years in jail as a political prisoner and, after leading a revolutionary movement in 1989, thirteen years as president and twenty as one of the most respected intellectuals on the wor...
Více informacíSerotonin (anglicky), 1. vydání - Michel Houellebecq
<p>THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BOOK OF THE YEAR ___________________ 'One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading Houellebecq's work.' Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional...
Více informacíC. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man (A Macat Analysis) - Brittany Pheiffer Noble
<p>C.S. Lewis’s 1943 The Abolition of Man is a set of three essays that encapsulate some of the most important elements of good critical thinking. Lewis considers a weighty topic, moral philosophy – and more precisely how we teach it, and where morality comes from. As critics and enthusiasts for Lewis’s work alike have noted, though, he was not a philosopher as such...
Více informacíN-W - Smith Zadie
Anotace: NW is Zadie Smith`s masterful novel about London life. Zadie Smith`s brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - after they`ve left their childhood council estate, grown up and moved on to different lives. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their city is brutal, beautiful and complicated. Yet after a...
Více informacíMacmillan Readers Washington Square Beginner
This classic novel, originally published as a serial in "Cornhill Magaine" and "Harper's New Monthly Magaine," tells the story of the struggles between a daughter and her intelligent, controlling father from the viewpoint of an unnamed narrator. This book is often compared to Jane Austen's works for the clearness of its prose and its extreme concentration on human trouble...
Více informacíActa Comeniana 35 / LIX - Lucie Storchová,Vladimír Urbánek
Anotace: Svazek přináší pět studií, jednu recenzní studii a recenze vztažené k tematice intelektuálních dějin raného novověku. L. Řezníková (Praha) se věnuje funkci metafor v Komenského historické teorii a naraci. J. Malura (Praha/Ostrava) zkoumá dějepisné reflexe stavovského povstání a české války z hlediska narativního uchopení společenské krize. R. Újlaki (Budapest) r...
Více informacíActa Comeniana 35 / LIX - Lucie Storchová
<p>Svazek přináší pět studií, jednu recenzní studii a recenze vztažené k tematice intelektuálních dějin raného novověku. L. Řezníková (Praha) se věnuje funkci metafor v Komenského historické teorii a naraci. J. Malura (Praha/Ostrava) zkoumá dějepisné reflexe stavovského povstání a české války z hlediska narativního uchopení společenské krize. R. Újlaki (Budapest) ro...
Více informacíWilliam Faulkner Novels 1930-1935 (LOA #25): As I Lay Dying / Sanctuary / Light in August / Pylon - Faulkner William
Anotace: Between 1930 and 1935, William Faulkner came into full possession of the genius and creativity that made him one of America´s finest writers of the twentieth century. The four novels in this Library of America collection display an astonishing range of characters and treatments in his Depression-era fiction.As I Lay Dying (1930) is a combination of comedy, horro...
Více informacíMaths of Life and Death
"Kit Yates shows how our private and social lives are suffused by mathematics. Ignorance may bring tragedy or farce. This is an exquisitely interesting book.It's a deeply serious one too and, for those like me who have little maths, it's delightfully readable" - Ian McEwan "Kit Yates is a natural storyteller. Through fascinating stories and examples, he sho...
Více informacíFashion Designers A–Z. 40th Anniversary Edition - Suzy Menkes
<p>Celebrating over a century of fashion’s greatest talents, from Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent. This updated edition features photographs of hundreds of garments selected from the permanent collection of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum in New York City.</p> <p> </p> <p>Defining design...
Více informacíShoes A-Z. The Collection of The Museum at FIT - Valerie Steele
<p>Step inside one of the world’s most enviable closets to celebrate the empowering, sensual, playful, and practical shoe. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, ephemera, and sketches are featured in this volume, a follow-up to Fashion Designers A–Z, from the most coveted labels such as Louis Vuitton, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chanel, Gucci, Saint Laurent, Roger Vivier, Ch...
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