Janus: A Summing Up (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

Janus: A Summing Up (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

The most adventourous, polymathic - and readable - scientific populariser of the age offers in Janus a summing up of a quarter of a century's study and speculations on the life sciences and their philosophic implications. Koestler has an interesting theme to propose. It is this; the human brain has

Invisible Writing (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

The second volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. Taken together, Arthur Koestler's volumes of autobiography constitute an unrivalled study of a twentieth-century

Cizinec na náměstí - Arthur Koestler, Cynthia Koestlerová

Dne 1. března 1983 byla v domě na Montpelier Square v Londýně nalezena těla Arthura Koestlera a jeho manželky Cynthie. Jemu bylo 77, jí 55 let. Byla to sebevražda. Arthur Koestler trpěl Parkinsonovou nemocí a leukémií. Cynthia, jeho třetí žena, bývalá sekretářka, se těšila

Arrow in the Blue (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

The first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. In 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his

Bahno společnosti - Arthur Koestler

Když vypukla druhá světová válka, pobýval Arthur Koestler na jihu Francie a pracoval na svém velkém románu Tma o polednách. Následující dva měsíce ho psal v Paříži, než byl zatčen a internován spolu s dalšími antinacisty, muži a ženami, kteří bojovali proti gestapu,

Šíp do nebe - Arthur Koestler

První díl autobiografie Arthura Koestlera zachycuje dětství, dospívání a mládí pozdějšího slavného autora. Koestler čtenáře provádí pozoruhodnými prostředím Budapešti v době Komuny v roce 1919, Vídně po první světové válce, kde kralují buršácké spolky a Sigmund

Neviditelné písmo - Arthur Koestler

Druhý díl pamětí Arthura Koestlera navazuje na díl první, nazvaný Šíp do nebe, a zobrazuje především proces, v němž se autor odvrátil od komunismu. Jeho hledání, tápání a pochyby jsou pozoruhodné. Neméně důležité jsou ovšem dějiny, které se před očima tohoto bystrého

The Act of Creation (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

The Act of Creation begins where this view ceases to be true. Koestler affirms that all creatures have the capacity for creative activity, frequently suppressed by the automatic routines of thought and behavior that dominate their lives. The study of psychology has offered little in the way of an

Scum of the Earth (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied

Koestler - The Indispensable Intellectual (Scammell Professor Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Best known as the author of the classic 'Darkness at Noon', Koestler was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals, involved in and commenting on almost every political movement of the twentieth century. This title gives an account of Koestler's turbulent private

Darkness At Noon (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Darkness at Noon is set in an unnamed country ruled by a totalitarian government. Rubashov, once a powerful player in the regime, finds the tables turned on him when he is arrested and tried for treason. His reflections on his previous life and his experiences in prison form the heart of this

Španělský testament - Arthur Koestler

Španělský testament popisuje autorovy zážitky z občanské války ve Španělsku a následného pobytu ve vězení. Koestler během občanské války podnikl tři cesty do Španělska, přičemž pracoval ve prospěch Kominterny i jako agent oficiální tiskové agentury loajalistické vlády

Summing Up (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal

The Case of the Midwife Toad (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

On September 23, 1926, and Austrian experimental biologist named Dr. Paul Kammerer blew his brains out on a footpath in the Austrian mountains. His suicide was the climax of a great evolutionary controversy which his experiments had aroused. The battle was between the followers of Lamarck, who

The Poverty of Historicism (Popper Karl)(Paperback)

On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.'A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the

Noc o polednách - Podvratný politický román - Arthur Koestler

Předchozí vydání tohoto mimořádného politického thrilleru nevycházela z německého originálu, ale z dobového amatérského anglického překladu. V něm chyběly celé odstavce a znehodnocovaly ho mylné interpretace. Jeho zdrojem byla raná verze textu, nikoliv definitivní autorské

Testing for Language Teachers (Hughes Arthur)(Paperback)

Sleepwalkers - A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the

Philosophy of Love: A Partial Summing-Up (Singer Irving)(Paperback)

The author of the classic philosophical treatment of love reflects on the trajectory, over decades, of his thoughts on love and other topics.In 1984, Irving Singer published the first volume of what would become a classic and much acclaimed trilogy on love. Trained as an analytical philosopher,

The Imperial Presidency (Schlesinger Arthur M.)(Paperback)

From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush,

Arthur & George (Barnes Julian)(Paperback / softback)

Arthur and George grow up worlds apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of Staffordshire village. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, while George remains in hard-working obscurity. But as the new century begins,

The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 2, 2 (Schopenhauer Arthur)(Paperback)

Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought. It is without question Schopenhauer's greatest work, and, conceived and published before the

The Great God Pan & Other Classic Horror Stories (Machen Arthur)(Paperback)

'Of creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few can hope to equal Arthur Machen.' -- H. P. Lovecraft Arthur Machen (1863-1947), Welsh novelist and essayist, is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his time. While displaying a preoccupation with pagan

Arthur Melville: Adventures in Colour (McConkey Kenneth)(Paperback)

The first monograph on the artist Arthur Melville with commentaries on the individual works featured, including lesser known works from private collections. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery