Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (Pearson Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (Pearson Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

A reappraisal of Sir Anthony Eden's conduct of foreign relations during the Suez crisis of 1956. This book challenges previous assumptions and demonstrates that Eden was not as bellicose as has been alleged. It traces his conduct of crisis management, from July until his decision to use force on 14

Public Schools and the Second World War (Seldon Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Following on from Public Schools and the Great War, Sir Anthony Seldon and David Walsh now examine those same schools in the Second World War. Privileged conservative traditions of private schools were challenged in the inter-war years by the changing social and political landscape, including a

Glimpses of Eden: Field Notes from the Edge of Eternity (Tulloch Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

A seasonally-arranged collection of the very best of Jonathan Tulloch's acclaimed 'Glimpses of Eden' nature column, which has run in The Tablet for more than ten years. This beautifully-produced gift hardback collection includes black and white illustrations and a short reflective prayer for each

What If We Stopped Pretending? (Franzen Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn't have to mean the world is

Qatar and the Gulf Crisis (Ulrichsen Kristian Coates)(Pevná vazba)

Reluctant European: Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit (Wall Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

A New History of Western Philosophy (Kenny Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as 'wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding' (Times Higher Education Supplement) and 'genial and highly accessible' (London Review of Books). Now these four splendid books have been combined into

Europe and the Financial Crisis (Della Posta Pompeo)(Pevná vazba)

The global financial and economic crisis has brought about many effects that are still difficult to interpret univocally. This book studies the consequences of the crisis on Europe by examining the effects on the European institutional setup, governance and architecture and by studying in detail

Hilda and the Mountain King: Hilda Book 6 (Pearson Luke)(Pevná vazba)

Digital Media and the Greek Crisis: Cyberconflicts, Discourses and Networks (Ferra Ioanna)(Pevná vazba)

This book concentrates on the parallel evolution of debt crisis and digital communications in Greece. By examining four different online and social media platforms, it uncovers the impact of digital media on the contentious politics of crisis, as well as the impact of the political economic sphere

The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath (Bernanke Ben S.)(Pevná vazba)

Cities and crisis (Konvitz Josef W.)(Pevná vazba)

Cities have been missing from analyses of the global economic crisis and debates about how to generate a sustainable recovery. Cities and crisis provides a fresh assessment of what has changed since 1990 and what has not, of policy assumptions about urban economies, and of lessons of experience. A

Non-Design: Architecture, Liberalism, and the Market (Fontenot Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Anthony Fontenot's staggeringly ambitious book uncovers the surprisingly libertarian heart of the most influential British and American architectural and urbanist discourses of the postwar period, illuminating the unexpected philosophical common ground between enemies of state support, most

The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie (McIntosh Jonathan S.)(Pevná vazba)

Jonathan Lethem and the Galaxy of Writing (Brooker Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

Author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, Jonathan Lethem is one of the most celebrated and significant American writers working today. This new scholarly study draws on a deep knowledge of all Lethem's work to explore the range of his writing, from his award-winning fiction to

Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965-1969 (Fredrickson John)(Pevná vazba)

Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and a myriad of human interactions. This is a story that affirms the traditional values of hard work, fidelity, and building the human alliances necessary for achieving enduring success. John Andrew, a retired Boeing executive,

The Branding of Tourist Destinations: Theoretical and Empirical Insights (Camilleri Mark Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Gullah Images: The Art of Jonathan Green (Green Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Paintings, magisterial and universal, that capture the essence of a vibrant African American communityIn his art Jonathan Green paints the world of his childhood and an ode to a people imbued with a profound respect for the dignity and value of others--the Gullah people of the South Carolina

The Transatlantic Reconsidered: The Atlantic World in Crisis (Lerg Charlotte A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Atlantic community seems to be in crisis and it is time to critically rethink past narratives and traditional frameworks of transatlantic relations. Exploring the historiography and legacies of the Atlantic World, contributors open up new, transnational, and global perspectives, helping us to

Ecological Justice and the Extinction Crisis: Giving Living Beings Their Due (Wienhues Anna)(Pevná vazba)

As the biodiversity crisis deepens, Anna Wienhues sets out radical environmental thinking and action to respond to the threat of mass species extinction. The book conceptualises large-scale injustice endangering non-humans, and signposts new approaches to the conservation of a shared planet

Sir Scaly Pants and the Dragon Thief (Kelly John)(Pevná vazba)

The Hour of the Fox (Clark Cassandra)(Pevná vazba)

Introducing reluctant spy and friar-sleuth Brother Rodric Chandler in the first of a brand-new medieval mystery series. London. July, 1399. As rumours spread that his ambitious cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, has returned from exile in France, King Richard's grip on the English throne grows ever more

A Vision of Battlements: By Anthony Burgess (Biswell Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

A Vision of Battlements is the first novel by the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, who was born in Manchester in 1917. Set in Gibraltar during the Second World War, the book follows the fortunes of Richard Ennis, an army sergeant and incipient composer who dreams of composing great music and

Reset Modernity! (LaTour Bruno)(Pevná vazba)

Texts and images document the disconnection between modernity and ecological crisis: do we need to reset modernity's operating system?Modernity has had so many meanings and tries to combine so many contradictory sets of attitudes and values that it has become impossible to use it to define the