Civilization: The Way We Live Now - William A Ewing, Holly Roussell

Civilization: The Way We Live Now - William A Ewing, Holly Roussell

We hurtle together into the future at ever-increasing speed – or so it seems to the collective psyche. Every day and every hour, human civilization expands, evolves and mutates. While we frequently lapse into celebrating the individual at the expense of the group, in science and art, at work and

The Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

Inspired by the financial scandals of its era, The Way We Live Now is a portrait of a society corrupted by greed that continues to resonate with modern readers. Taking place in 1870s Victorian London, the characters are comprised of a motley cast of financiers, investors, and determined

The Way We Live Now - Trollope Anthony - e-kniha

eBook:,Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of nineteenth-century London and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. The story concerns Augustus Melmotte, a French swindler and

The Great American House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now (Schafer III Gil)(Pevná vazba)

The Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

Trollope's magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it into turmoil When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is execrable, and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy

Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

'Trollope did not write for posterity,' observed Henry James. 'He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket.' Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world

Life to Come (Kretser Michelle de)(Paperback / softback)

Michelle de Kretser's fifth novel is both a delicious satire on the way we live now and a deeply moving examination of the true nature of

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure (Quinn Daniel)(Paperback)

In Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there's no one right way to build a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no one right way to make a pair of shoes, but we're convinced that there must be only one right way to live -- and the one we have is it,

Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (Slingerland Edward)(Pevná vazba)

A deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization--and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication. While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic

Metaphors We Live by (Lakoff George)(Paperback)

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless

The Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

'Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.' It is impossible to be sure who Melmotte is, let alone what exactly he has done. He is, seemingly, a gentleman, and a great financier, who penetrates to the heart of the state, reaching even inside the Houses of

Oil (Bridge Gavin)(Paperback)

Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile

The Roman Way (Hamilton Edith)(Paperback)

In this now-classic history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts Roman life and spirit as they are revealed by the greatest writers of the age. Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters; Catullus, who was the quintessential poet of love;

Live Long and . . .: What I Learned Along the Way (Shatner William)(Paperback)

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age. I have always felt, William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100, I couldn't die as long as I

Secret Body - How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live (Davis Daniel M)(Pevná vazba)

Jamaica (Budinova Katerina)(Pevná vazba)

Jamaica: The Land We Love introduces the real Jamaica and will show you the way Jamaicans live their

The Things We Thought We Knew (Snaith Mahsuda)(Paperback)

Ten years ago, two girls' lives changed forever.Now one of them is ready to tell their story. *** 'A quirky lovable mystery and a brilliant, heartbreaking debut' Stylist'A new face of fiction [and] an original coming of age novel' Observer *** The first memory I have of you is all knickers and

Trees that Made Britain (Miles Archie)(Pevná vazba)

As the oldest living inhabitants on the planet, trees have played a major part in the way we live today, providing both the daily oxygen we breathe and the foundation of our nations heritage. Every native tree in Britain, whether its part of a grand avenue, a thriving hedgerow, an ancient wood or a

Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Knowr (Kaplan Jerry)(Paperback)

Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we live, work, wage war, play, seek a mate, educate our young, and care for our elderly. It is likely to greatly increase our aggregate wealth, but it will also upend our labor markets, reshuffle our social order, and

Way We Die Now (O'Mahony Seamus)(Paperback / softback)

An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with

The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 1 (Barclay William)(Paperback)

NOW IN AN ENLARGED PRINT EDITION!Though we find the Gospel of Matthew first in the New Testament, many scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark is older. Matthew then is often seen as an expansion of Mark, incorporating most of the content of Mark while also adding sections that contain the

Great Economists - Ten Economists whose thinking changed the way we live (Thornton Phil)(Paperback / softback)

The Great Economists succinctly and accurately describes the thinking of the world's leading economic thinkers. It captures their key beliefs, explores their backgrounds, assesses their thinking and evaluates their legacy. It explains the schools of thought named after them and clearly shows how

All Together Now: The Co-Living and Co-Working Revolution (Cleaver Naomi)(Pevná vazba)

The pandemic imposed a major shift on how we live and work. National lockdowns eradicated the lines between home, office and school, making conversations around live/work spaces more urgent than ever before. Instead of driving people apart, social distancing, remote working and the reliance on

Migrant Psalms: Poems (Holnes Darrel Alejandro)(Paperback)

Migrant Psalms prays for a way to make sense of immigration to the United States--now that we realize the American Dream was always an impossible one. Both reverent and daring, this verse interrogates religion, race, class, family, and sexuality. Written as a call to action, the collection pulls