The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help (Palmer Amanda)(Pevná vazba)

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help (Palmer Amanda)(Pevná vazba)

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help (Palmer Amanda)(Paperback)

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to

Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kramer Peter (University of East Anglia UK))(Paperback / softback)

Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is the definitive film about the nuclear age. Peter Kramer analyses its key scenes and complex production history, highlighting major themes such as Strangelove's Nazi past and the film's close

Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (George Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Art of the Good Life: 52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and Success (Dobelli Rolf)(Pevná vazba)

Since antiquity, people have been asking themselves what it means to live a good life. How should I live? What constitutes a good life? What's the role of fate? What's the role of money? Is leading a good life a question of mindset, or is it more about reaching your goals? Is it better to actively

Mentors - How to Help and Be Helped (Brand Russell)(Pevná vazba)

Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself? Mentors - the follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery - describes the benefits of seeking and offering help. `I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a

California Vegan: Inspiration and Recipes from the People and Places of the Golden State (Palmer Sharon)(Pevná vazba)

Plant-powered dietitian Sharon Palmer tells the diverse story of California veganism with recipes showcasing local produce and celebrating the cultural roots, historical legacy, and future of plant-based pioneers in the state. California is where vegan culture all began, and where a diverse group

The Art of Mindful Living: How to Slow Down and Live Mindfully (Pyramid)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of mindful tips and reflections to help you live a more peaceful and balanced

Picturing People: The New State of the Art (Mullins Charlotte)(Pevná vazba)

What drives artists to represent people as they do? This question, at the heart of figurative art, and how we represent ourselves as a society, is especially relevant today. Author Charlotte Mullins picks up the conversation at a time when the art world is influenced by the proliferation of images

The Game of Life and How to Play It: The Self-Help Classic (Scovel Shinn Florence)(Pevná vazba)

The classic self-help guide, full of timeless wisdom Florence Scovel Shinn's The Game of Life and How to Play It first appeared in bookstores in 1925 and is now considered a classic in the self-help genre. The author's insights into achieving meaning, happiness and success are just as relevant and

How the Art of Medicine Makes the Science More Effective: Becoming the Medicine We Practice (Welch Claudia)(Pevná vazba)

Does the art of medicine matter? Does it really help us become better doctors and improve results? Dr. Claudia Welch explores how the effectiveness of a physician extends far beyond the ability to prescribe correct treatments, and how mastering the art of doctoring can make the medicine more

Dragons and the Snakes - How the Rest Learned to Fight the West (Kilcullen David)(Pevná vazba)

The Art of Calm Living : How to Find Calm and Live Peacefully - Knight Camille

A collection of easy practices and soothing quotes to help you banish stress and cultivate inner peace. In our busy modern lives it can be easy to feel stressed out, burned out and overwhelmed by stress and anxiety.The Art of Calm Living is a pocket-sized collection of simple tips and soothing

My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count (Ono Ken)(Pevná vazba)

Covering the life and enduring impact of the late mathematical prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan and the influence he had on the life and career of Ken Ono, this book presents a powerful biographical diptych of two great mathematicians.Ono was inspired to become a mathematician from the life and

On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old (Palmer Parker J.)(Pevná vazba)

From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to the brink of everything. Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer,

How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding (Floyd Ted)(Pevná vazba)

Contemporary Management of Innovation: Are We Asking the Right Questions? (Sundbo J.)(Pevná vazba)

Both society and markets have changed, and the art of innovation has changed with them, becoming increasingly complex. The book comprises the chapters of twenty-two European innovation researchers. The authors challenge existing innovation theory and management dogma and present new theoretical

Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals (Dykes Brent)(Pevná vazba)

Master the art and science of data storytelling--with frameworks and techniques to help you craft compelling stories with data. The ability to effectively communicate with data is no longer a luxury in today's economy; it is a necessity. Transforming data into visual communication is only one part

The Cost of My Faith: How a Decision in My Cake Shop Took Me to the Supreme Court (Phillips Jack)(Pevná vazba)

Why Not Just Make the Cake? That's a question countless people across the country started asking in 2012, when Jack Phillips told two men who walked into his Masterpiece Cakeshop that he couldn't create a custom cake for their same-sex wedding. And the question only grew more urgent as Phillips

The Energizing Art of Feng Shui: Cleanse, Declutter and Revitalize Your Life (Darby Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The perfect one-stop manual on how to rearrange and energize your home and life using simple Feng Shui. Bringing ancient wisdom into 21st-century lives, this is the ultimate easy-to-follow handbook on Feng Shui. Packed with practical advice, creative solutions and inventive suggestions for every

The Art of Looking: How to Read Modern and Contemporary Art (Esplund Lance)(Pevná vazba)

A veteran art critic helps us make sense of modern and contemporary art The landscape of contemporary art has changed dramatically during the last hundred years: from Malevich's 1915 painting of a single black square and Duchamp's 1917 signed porcelain urinal to Jackson Pollock's midcentury 'drip'

How to Overcome Your Childhood (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

A guide to breaking free from the enduring, and sometimes damaging, behavioral patterns learned in childhood. When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember,

Art of Jazz: A Visual History - Alyn Shipton, John Edward Hasse

The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art. Everyone knows jazz is on the cutting edge of music, but how much do you know about its influence in the visual

Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying about What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to D (Knight Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and You Do You. The no-f*cks-given, no-holds-barred guide to living your best life. Ever find yourself stuck at the office-or even just glued to the couch -- when you really want to get out (for once),