The Prague Spring as a Laboratory (Schulze Wessel Martin)(Pevná vazba)

The Prague Spring as a Laboratory (Schulze Wessel Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Retrospectively, the Prague Spring appears to have been a coherent but unsuccessful experiment in finding a synthesis of Western democracy and socialism. However, this perspective ignores that different groups and individuals participated in these developments and shaped the Prague Spring in

The Vikings (Nurmann/Schulze)(Pevná vazba)

Edward Burtynsky: Natural Order (Burtynsky Edward)(Pevná vazba)

Nature thrives as humankind pauses: Burtynsky's ode to the dynamic cusp of winter and springIn spring 2020 Edward Burtynsky (born 1955) found himself, like most of us, in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time Burtynsky was in his beloved Grey County, Ontario--an area of wild beauty

The End of Empire. Cyprus: A Soldier's Story (Bell Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Martin Bell, the former BBC war reporter and Independent MP, served as a soldier in the Suffolk Regiment during the Cyprus emergency between 1957 and 1959. In a chocolate box in the attic many years later he found more than 100 letters that he had sent home to his family. He was not a journalist

Renewable Energy in India: Economics and Market Dynamics (Deo Pramod)(Pevná vazba)

The scope of renewable energy generation technologies has far exceeded that of a laboratory, as they now require large-scale commercial generation. With them relying heavily on policy support, contemporary debates in energy are grappling with how exactly renewable energy should be priced and

The Silence of Dogs in Cars (Usborne Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Hauntingly beautiful photographs of dogs in cars As a child, photographer Martin Usborne was once left in a car. This was not for long, but he wondered if anyone would come back. Around the same age he fell in love with dogs - they could not speak, just as he felt he was silent in that car. Thirty

Mediated Millennials (Schulz Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), Volume 19 of Emerald Studies in Media and Communications draws on global case studies that examine media use by millennials. By bringing together contributors and

First, Catch - Study of a Spring Meal (Eagle Thom)(Pevná vazba)

A cookbook without recipes, this is an invitation to journey through the mind of a chef as they

Laboratory Lifestyles: The Construction of Scientific Fictions (Kaji-O'Grady Sandra)(Pevná vazba)

Frozen 2 an Enchanted Adventure (Stead Emily)(Pevná vazba)

Enter the world of Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven as they spring to life on--and off--the page! You'll never want to let it go! Explore the characters and the story of Frozen 2, and download the free app to unlock unique experiences and create your very own digital magic. The first section

Cannabis Laboratory Fundamentals (Opie Shaun R.)(Pevná vazba)

The legislative requirement for cannabis to undergo laboratory testing has followed legalization of medical and recreational use in every U.S. state to date. Cannabis safety testing is a new investment opportunity within the emerging cannabis market that is separate from cultivation, processing,

Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist as Revolutionary (Duberman Martin)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive biography of the radical feminist from one of America's leading biographers--essential reading for our #MeToo era 'You may think you know Dworkin, and there may indeed be things that you can't stand about Dworkin . . . but there is so much about her work that is prescient, terrifying

Catching the Impossible (Bowler Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Angling with a rod and line is a gift as old as history itself. Regardless of how we perceive it, angling takes us to another world. This book tells the story of just such a journey through angling beautiful places, amazing fish, the highs and lows, the triumphs and disasters, the friendships and

Spring Cannot Be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy (Gayford Martin)(Pevná vazba)

On turning eighty, David Hockney sought out rustic tranquility for the first time: a place to watch the sunset and the change of the seasons; a place to keep the madness of the world at bay. So when Covid-19 and lockdown struck, it made little difference to life at La Grande Cour, the centuries-old

The Long Spring: Tracking the Arrival of Spring Through Europe (Rose Laurence)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring the wildlife, places, traditions, culture, and personalities associated with spring throughout Europe, and introducing readers to cultural, scientific, and historical research and his recollections of 30 years of continental travel, Laurence Rose paints a vivid picture of one of the

Flower Fairies of the Spring (Barker Cicely Mary)(Pevná vazba)

Skylarks with Rosie - A Somerset Spring (Moss Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

As spring arrives, Stephen Moss's Somerset garden is awash with birdsong: chiffchaffs, wrens, robins and more. Overhead, buzzards soar, ravens tumble and the season gathers pace.But this equinox is unlike any other. As the nation goes into lockdown, Stephen records the wildlife around his home,

The Spring (Connole Annie)(Pevná vazba)

The Spring is a book-length lyric essay that examines grief and transformation through the lens of mystical animal appearances following the death of the narrator's

Deaccessioning and Its Discontents: A Critical History (Gammon Martin)(Pevná vazba)

The first history of the deaccession of objects from museum collections that defends deaccession as an essential component of museum practice.Museums often stir controversy when they deaccession works--formally remove objects from permanent collections--with some critics accusing them of betraying

China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy (Martin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on

Wisdom of Woodstock (Schulz Charles M.)(Pevná vazba)

Beautiful small-format themed gift books, featuring the much-loved Peanuts

The Martin Brothers Potters (Haslam Malcolm)(Pevná vazba)

Proofs from the Book (Aigner Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Agnes Martin (Martin Agnes)(Pevná vazba)

The critically acclaimed, indispensible illustrated monograph on Agnes Martin, published to accompany the major retrospective exhibition organized by the Tate and on view in 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the GuggenheimThis groundbreaking survey provides an in-depth account of