ISBN: 9780300227031 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 288 Rok wydania: 2017
For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe.
ISBN: 9780300268126 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 360 Rok wydania: 2022
This collection brings together articles aby Thomas Piketty in which the world‑renowned economist comments on recent political events that have shaken the planet. They offer readers an accessible...
ISBN: 9780300230611 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 296 Rok wydania: 2017
An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood's standards of beauty and glamour Barbra Streisand has been called the "most...
ISBN: 9780300248678 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 178 Rok wydania: 2019
In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient...
ISBN: 9780300178210 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 440 Rok wydania: 2011
The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and brought the thrill of...
ISBN: 9780300244366 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 296 Rok wydania: 2019
A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and...
ISBN: 9780300205527 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 384 Rok wydania: 2021
The complete history of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to Brexit "A wonderful book, beautifully written.... Informative and incisive."-Irish Times After two decades of relative...
ISBN: 9780300205718 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 192 Rok wydania: 2014
What is it to be a work of art? Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, this book challenges the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to...
ISBN: 9780300246650 Oprawa: miękka Autor: Nic Cheeseman; Brian Klaas Ilość stron: 320 Rok wydania: 2019
An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree to hold...
ISBN: 9780300219852 Oprawa: miękka Autor: Shawn, Allen Ilość stron: 360 Rok wydania: 2016
A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor
ISBN: 9780300219722 Oprawa: miękka Autor: Friedlander, Saul Ilość stron: 200 Rok wydania: 2016
Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence in his many letters, in his...
ISBN: 9780300224283 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 224 Rok wydania: 2016
A biography of French author Marcel Proust, dealing at length with the themes of Jewishness and homosexuality.
ISBN: 9780300181845 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 224 Rok wydania: 2012
In the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. He shows...
ISBN: 9780300170351 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 280 Rok wydania: 2012
Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions, though it is not among the best understood. Originating with Iranian tribes living in Central Asia in the second millennium BCE,...
ISBN: 9780300246636 Oprawa: miękka Autor: George Magnus Ilość stron: 248 Rok wydania: 2019
A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at...
ISBN: 9780300234176 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 360 Rok wydania: 2018
A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges
ISBN: 9780300095241 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 240 Rok wydania: 2003
In this volume, an eminent political scientist questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. Robert Dahl reveals the Constitution's potentially...
ISBN: 9780300223361 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 160 Rok wydania: 2019
An introduction to an original poetic voice from eastern Ukraine with deep roots in the unique cultural landscape of post-Soviet devastation "Everyone can find something, if they only look...
ISBN: 9780300268133 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 208 Rok wydania: 2022
A bracing account of liberalism's most radical critics introducing one of the most controversial movements of the twentieth century"Powerful.... Bracing.... Part of the book's eerie...
ISBN: 9780300234367 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 256 Rok wydania: 2018
A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them