The Great Naturalists (Huxley Robert)(Paperback)

The Great Naturalists (Huxley Robert)(Paperback)

We owe a debt of gratitude to the naturalists who described, experimented, collected, and gave us the means to understand the natural world. They came from all over the globe, from classical times to the end of the nineteenth century, when natural history changed from a mainly amateur pursuit to

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of the Philippines (Hutchinson Robert)(Paperback)

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in the Philippines is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from some of the Philippines' top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature,

The Great Terror: A Reassessment (Conquest Robert)(Paperback)

The definitive work on Stalin's purges, Robert Conquest's The Great Terror was universally acclaimed when it first appeared in 1968. Harrison Salisbury called it 'brilliant...not only an odyssey of madness, tragedy, and sadism, but a work of scholarship and literary craftsmanship.' And in recent

Grey Eminence (Huxley Aldous)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldThe life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composing spiritual guidance for the nuns in his

Island (Huxley Aldous)(Paperback)

The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.--Saturday

Notes on the Cinematograph (Bresson Robert)(Paperback)

The French film director Robert Bresson was one of the great artists of the twentieth century and among the most radical, original, and radiant stylists of any time. He worked with nonprofessional actors--models, as he called them--and deployed a starkly limited but hypnotic array of sounds and

The Collectors: Creating Hans Sloane's Extraordinary Herbarium (Huxley Robert)(Pevná vazba)

This lavishly illustrated book reveals the lives of the people who assembled the greatest botanical collection of the Early Modern period, with stories of adventure and discovery across every continent. Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium, housed at the Natural History Museum in London, is probably the

Aldous Huxley (Poller Jake)(Paperback)

A rich and lucid account of Aldous Huxley's life and work. Aldous Huxley was one of the twentieth century's most prescient thinkers. This new biography charts the different phases of Huxley's life and writing: from the early satirist who depicted the glamorous despair of the postwar generation to

Great Acceleration - How the World is Getting Faster, Faster (Colvile Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Rome (Hughes Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Revised for the paperback edition - a dazzling biography of the Eternal City - 'A tour of the great city with a great guide: who could do this better?' EVENING

The Iliad (Homer)(Paperback)

The great war epic of Western literature, in a stunning translation by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer's timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Fraser's Hill & the Highlands of Peninsular Malaysia (Davison Geoffrey)(Paperback)

Psychedelics - Vintage Minis (Huxley Aldous)(Paperback / softback)

Could drugs offer a new way of seeing the world? In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was

Robert Adams: Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews (Adams Robert)(Paperback)

A now classic text on the art, Why People Photograph gathers a selection of essays by the great master photographer Robert Adams, tackling such diverse subjects as collectors, humor, teaching, money and dogs. Adams also writes brilliantly on Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Laura Gilpin, Judith Joy

Essential Haiku - Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa (Hass Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The Essential Haiku brings together Robert Hass's beautifully fresh translations of the three great masters of the Japanese haiku tradition: Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the ascetic and seeker, and the haiku poet most familiar to English readers; Yosa Buson (1716-83), the artist, a painter renowned for

Castles Of Steel - Britain, Germany and the Winning of The Great War at Sea (K Massie Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Brave New World (Huxley Aldous)(Paperback)

Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 (632 A.F.-'After Ford'-in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that

The Odyssey: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Homer)(Paperback)

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's

The Iliad: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Homer)(Paperback)

The great war epic of Western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles, and featured in the Netflix series The OAA Penguin Classic Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer's timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering

Brave New World Revisited (Huxley Aldous)(Paperback / softback)

In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social

Les mytág - Robert Holdstock - audiokniha

Audiokniha:,Steven Huxley se po válce vrací do rodného domu na okraji zdánlivě nevelkého lesa na anglickém venkově. Jeho otec, pro něhož se stalo zkoumání neprostupného hvozdu bezmála posedlostí, za podivných okolností zemřel. A bratr Christian se změnil skoro k nepoznání

Walk (Walser Robert)(Paperback / softback)

One of the great works of European short fiction, by turns funny, reflective and

The Perennial Philosophy (Huxley Aldous)(Paperback)

An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the 'divine reality' common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley'The Perennial Philosophy,' Aldous Huxley writes, 'may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a

CHERUB: Dark Sun and other stories (Muchamore Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The perfect introduction to the bestselling CHERUB series - and a great gift for