Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us (Morson Gary Saul)(Pevná vazba)

Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us (Morson Gary Saul)(Pevná vazba)

A timely exploration of intellectual dogmatism in politics, economics, religion, and literature--and what can be done to fight it Polarization may be pushing democracy to the breaking point. But few have explored the larger, interconnected forces that have set the stage for this crisis: namely, a

The Thank You Economy (Vaynerchuk Gary)(Pevná vazba)

'Gary Vaynerchuk has seen the future of marketing. The Thank You Economy shows how it's built on both the time-honored techniques of listening to and appreciating customers and newer services like Twitter that allow you to engage directly with customers at unprecedented scale and speed. The book,

Forecast: A Diary of the Lost Seasons (Shute Joe)(Pevná vazba)

Joe Shute has traveled all over Britain discovering how our seasons are changing, causing havoc with nature and affecting our lives. The changing seasons have shaped all of our lives, but what happens when the weather changes beyond recognition? Joe Shute has spent years unpicking Britain's

The Labyrinth (Steinberg Saul)(Pevná vazba)

A seminal work by an artist whose drawings in The New Yorker, LIFE, Harper's Bazaar, and many other publications influenced an entire generation of American artists and writers. Saul Steinberg's The Labyrinth, first published in 1960 and long out of print, is more than a simple catalog or

Your Glacial Expectations (Eliasson Olafur)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most wide-ranging and ambitious creative minds of his generation, Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has produced a dizzying spectrum of work around the world. Perhaps best known in the United States for his 2008 New York City Waterfalls installation, his constant inventiveness and

JUST A SHOT AWAY (AUSTERLITZ SAUL)(Pevná vazba)

'The most blisteringly impassioned music book of the season.' --New York Times Book ReviewA thrilling account of the Altamont Festival--and the dark side of the '60s.If Woodstock tied the ideals of the '60s together, Altamont unraveled them. In Just a Shot Away, writer and critic Saul Austerlitz

China-Us Trade Frictions Shaping New Equilibriums with the Eu and the Us: Towards a New Multilateralism or Tripolarism (Yu Xugang)(Pevná vazba)

Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Visual Culture: Envisioning the Nation (Lu Sheldon)(Pevná vazba)

Sheldon Lu's wide-ranging new book investigates how filmmakers and visual artists from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have envisioned China as it transitions from a socialist to a globalized capitalist state. It examines how the modern nation has been refashioned and re-imagined in order to

Pounce! a How to Speak Cat Training Guide (Weitzman Gary)(Pevná vazba)

From the experts who brought you How to Speak Cat, learn all about how to train your favorite feline friend in this fun, interactive guide. Whether you want to train your kitty to walk on a leash or are trying to teach your cat to scratch a scratching post instead of the couch, this comprehensive

Participatory reading in late-medieval England (Blatt Heather)(Pevná vazba)

This book traces affinities across the digital-medieval divide to explore how reading functioned as a nexus for concerns about literacy, audiences' agency, literary culture and media formats. Interactive reading offered writers ways to make readers work to their benefit, even as these practices

Wonder (Palacio R. J.)(Pevná vazba)

Kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Millions of people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the

Between the Records (Tepper Julian)(Pevná vazba)

'...Julian Tepper emerges as a modern hybrid of Philip Roth and Saul Bellow.'--Philipp Meyer, New York Times Best-Selling author of The Son and American Rust Jules and Adam Newman's complex, often hostile, relationship has long fueled their music careers as they followed in their father's

Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise (Rozelle Scott)(Pevná vazba)

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse. But as Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell show in Invisible China, the truth is much more complicated and might be

How to Build a Motorcycle: A Nut-And-Bolt Guide to Customizing Your Bike (Inman Gary)(Pevná vazba)

How to Build a Motorcycle leads you through all the key stages - from initially finding the right project for your skill level, to sourcing a base bike and safely taking on some full-on bike-building tasks. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, proper advice and specially commissioned

Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves (Estreich George)(Pevná vazba)

How new biomedical technologies--from prenatal testing to gene-editing techniques--require us to imagine who counts as human and what it means to belong.From next-generation prenatal tests, to virtual children, to the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9, new biotechnologies grant us unprecedented power

Moment Before Impact (Bruce Alison)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant new crime novel from the author of the critically acclaimed DC Gary Goodhew series set in

The Future of Management (Hamel Gary)(Pevná vazba)

What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovation--new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and formulating strategies. Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new

Between Light and Storm - How We Live With Other Species (Woolfson Esther)(Pevná vazba)

A landmark new book about the fraught relationship between humans and animals that takes us from Genesis to climate

The Art of Illusion (Heine Florian)(Pevná vazba)

Discover how artists have been tricking the human eye for centuries in this gorgeous and wide-ranging exploration of the art of illusion. This spellbinding look at the history and development of illusionistic art reveals wide-ranging techniques that have piqued the public's fascination with this

Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, 3 (Dalai Lama)(Pevná vazba)

In these new teachings from the Dalai Lama, discover the mind's infinitely vast potential and buddha nature. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature takes up centrally important premises of Buddhism: the unsatisfactoriness (duhkha) of cyclic existence (samsara), the determination to be free of cyclic

How to Catch the Tooth Fairy (Wallace Adam)(Pevná vazba)

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How To Catch series comes an all-new tooth fairy book!From losing your first tooth to waiting for the arrival of the mysterious tooth fairy, How to Catch the Tooth Fairy celebrates this special event in your child's life with a lively story of the

The New Irish Studies (Reynolds Paige)(Pevná vazba)

The New Irish Studies: Twenty-First-Century Critical Revisions demonstrates how diverse critical approaches enable a richer understanding of contemporary Irish writing and culture. The past two decades in Ireland and Northern Ireland have seen an astonishing rate of change, one that reflects the

This Book Is Made of Clouds (Blaise Misha Maynerick)(Pevná vazba)

This Book Is Made of Clouds is a playful invitation for young minds to explore how they are connected to nature, the universe, and all of humanity. Everything is connected to everything else, from the ocean's phytoplankton who create half of the oxygen we breathe, to the clouds whose rain nourishes

How Kids Celebrate Holidays Around the World (Hanackova Pavla)(Pevná vazba)

This series takes young readers to different parts of the world, showing a wide range of cultures and traditions. See how varied the world is!Are you curious how people make merry in other countries? Good company, great food and drink, and most importantly, lots of fun--we all like celebrating