Art of Innovation - From Enlightenment to Dark Matter, as featured on Radio 4 (Blatchford Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Art of Innovation - From Enlightenment to Dark Matter, as featured on Radio 4 (Blatchford Ian)(Pevná vazba)

______________This illustrated modern history of the connections between science and art reveals a new perspective on what that relationship has contributed to the world around us, based on the landmark Radio 4 series, and Science Museum exhibition. Throughout history, artists and scientists have

Hoarder (Kidd Jess)(Paperback / softback)

The mesmerising second novel from Jess Kidd, featured on BBC Radio 2 Book Club. A 'dark, comical tale of haunting and hoarding . . . Brilliant' The

The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook (Barnes Luke A.)(Pevná vazba)

Free yourself from cosmological tyranny Everything started in a Big Bang? Invisible dark matter? Black holes? Why accept such a weird cosmos? For all those who wonder about this bizarre universe, and those who want to overthrow the Big Bang, this handbook gives you 'just the facts': the

Radio Art and Music: Culture, Aesthetics, Politics (Mildorf Jarmila)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political relevance of music in radio art from its beginnings to present day. Contributors include musicologists, literary studies, and cultural studies scholars and cover radio plays, radio shows, and other programs in North American, English,

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science (Engelhaupt Erika)(Pevná vazba)

Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power (Goode Starr)(Pevná vazba)

Traces the origins of the Sheela na gig from Medieval times to Paleolithic cave art - Reveals the sacred display of the vulva to be a universal archetype and the most enduring image of creativity throughout the world - Provides meditations on the Sheelas the author encountered in Ireland, England,

Chaos Function (Skillingstead Jack)(Pevná vazba)

For readers of the best-selling novels Sleeping Giants and Dark Matter, an intense, high-stakes thriller with a science-fiction twist that asks: If technology enabled you to save the life of someone you love, would you do so even if it might doom millions? Olivia Nikitas, a hardened journalist

Malibu Rising (Reid Taylor Jenkins)(Pevná vazba)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today - From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . . . 'Irresistible . . . High drama at the beach, starring four sexy, surfing siblings and their deadbeat, famous-crooner dad.'--People

Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment (Sala-Molins Louis)(Paperback)

Enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau and Montesquieu are best known for their humanist theories and liberating influence on Western civilization. But as renowned French intellectual Louis Sala-Molins shows, Enlightenment discourses and scholars were also complicit in the Atlantic slave trade,

Dark Remains (Rankin Ian)(Pevná vazba)

In this scorching crime hook-up, number one bestseller Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow's original gritty

In the House in the Dark of the Woods (Hunt Laird)(Pevná vazba)

A dark fairytale, full of witchcraft, where nothing is as it

Hummingbird Salamander (VanderMeer Jeff)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things. Security consultant 'Jane Smith' receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a

The Dark (Snicket Lemony)(Pevná vazba)

Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does. This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark. With emotional insight and poetic economy, two

Dark Matter (Crouch Blake)(Paperback)

A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. 'Are you happy with your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney,

India as a Pioneer of Innovation (Singh Harbir)(Pevná vazba)

What does innovation mean to and in India? What are the predominant sites of activity where Indians innovate, and under what situations do they work or fail? This book addresses these all-important questions arising within diverse Indian contexts: informal economy, low-cost settings, large business

Watchman (Rankin Ian)(Paperback / softback)

A classic Ian Rankin from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'No one in Britain writes better crime novels today' Evening

Peter Principle - Why Things Always Go Wrong: As Featured on Radio 4 (Hull Raymond)(Paperback / softback)

'The classic book which warned of the dangers of over-promotion' - The

Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits: Military Procurement as Innovation Policy (Eliasson Gunnar)(Pevná vazba)

Examines the role of public procurement of military products on innovation policyQuantifies civilian spillovers from regional military product development projects from around the world Provides a comparative analysis of cost benefit calculation

Dark City (Carless Scott)(Pevná vazba)

The second collection of poetry and short stories from Balliol Classicist Scott Carless. Dark City returns the reader to the beaten pavements of the author's heartworn literary

Death of a Selkie (Hart-Davis D. P.)(Pevná vazba)

A dark net tightens on the tiny fishing Scottish fishing community of Kildrumna as conflicting forces loom. Tensions mount between owner of an expanding salmon farming enterprise in the pristine bay, local conservationists and the owners of a sporting lodge. When renowned millionaire

THE - BOOK OF THE KING 4-6-0S (Sixsmith Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Hide And Seek (Rankin Ian)(Paperback / softback)

The second Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. 'Ian Rankin is a genius' Lee

Access All Areas: Stories from a Hard Rock Life (Ian Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Entertaining, crazy, and hilarious stories from Scott Ian of Anthrax Scott Ian, famous for cofounding legendary thrash metal band Anthrax and only slightly less so for his iconic beard, has done and seen a lot in his decades of touring. Those of you who have read Scott's memoir I'm the Man may

The Art of the Last of Us (Various)(Pevná vazba)

Naughty Dog Studios and Dark Horse proudly present the essential companion to The Last of Us, a richly detailed and compelling game set in a postpandemic world where humans have become an endangered species. Featuring concept art, character designs, and astonishing settings and landscapes, The Art