We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life (McKowen Laura)(Pevná vazba)

We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life (McKowen Laura)(Pevná vazba)

'We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It's the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I've read. It's going to save lives.' -- Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir What could possibly be 'lucky' about addiction? Absolutely nothing,

Multisensory Experiences: Where the Senses Meet Technology (Velasco Carlos)(Pevná vazba)

Most of our everyday life experiences are multisensory in nature; that is, they consist of what we see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and much more. Almost any experience you can think of, such as eating a meal or going to the cinema, involves a magnificent sensory world. In recent years, many of these

Mind Beyond Brain: Buddhism, Science, and the Paranormal (Presti David)(Pevná vazba)

Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind relates to the rest of what we consider reality. For millennia, philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted answers, perhaps none more meaningful today

I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life's Essential Daily Habit (Kelly Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Is Your Life Working? Most of us are trying to put together the jigsaw puzzle we call life without a very important piece. Over time this becomes incredibly frustrating. In this extraordinary book, Matthew Kelly powerfully demonstrates that we cannot live the life we have imagined, or experience

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going (Wooldridge Michael)(Pevná vazba)

From the head of Oxford's Computer Science Department and one of the most cited AI researcher internationally comes Michael Wooldridge's A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence, a comprehensive and accessible tour through the history and future of science's most cutting-edge and misunderstood

The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (Price Neil)(Pevná vazba)

Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite the consistency of this picture, surprisingly

What Are the Chances?: Why We Believe in Luck (Blatchley Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Most of us, no matter how rational we think we are, have a lucky charm, a good-luck ritual, or some other custom we follow in the hope that it will lead to a good result. Is the idea of luckiness just a way in which we try to impose order on chaos? Do we live in a world of flukes and coincidences,

A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible (Swenson Kristin)(Pevná vazba)

The Bible, we are constantly reminded, is the best-selling book of all time. It is read with intense devotion by hundreds of millions of people, stands as authoritative for Judaism and Christianity, and informs and affects the politics and lives of the religious and non-religious around the world

Klopp Actually: (Imaginary) Life with Football's Most Sensible Heartthrob (Lexx Laura)(Pevná vazba)

A hilarious diary of married life with the sensible, no-nonsense man of all our dreams: Jrgen Klopp, from critically-acclaimed comedian and Twitter sensation Laura Lexx. Inspired by the viral tweet: 'If I ever met Jrgen Klopp I'd say omg if we have a baby we should call it Klipp just so he'd raise

Magic: The Gathering: Rise of the Gatewatch: A Visual History (Wizards of the Coast)(Pevná vazba)

Over the course of its 25-year history, Magic: The Gathering--the world's first and most popular trading card game--has redefined the fantasy genre through its exploration of diverse, fantastic worlds. And traversing those worlds are Planeswalkers, heroes who have sworn to defend the Multiverse

Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism (Van Luijk Ruben)(Pevná vazba)

If we are to believe sensationalist media coverage, Satanism is, at its most benign, the purview of people who dress in black, adorn themselves with skull and pentagram paraphernalia, and listen to heavy metal. At its most sinister, its adherents are worshippers of evil incarnate and engage in

Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History (Wizards of the Coast)(Pevná vazba)

An official guide to the most iconic legends and legendary creatures from the world of Magic: The Gathering The world of Magic: The Gathering is home to many fantastical characters and creatures, but perhaps none so intriguing as its legendary creature cards, which include dragons, demons, angels,

The Secret Life of the Otter (Howard Andy)(Pevná vazba)

Otters are among Britain's most popular and endearing wild creatures. Made famous by literary phenomenon Ring of Bright Water, they have taken the place in the hearts of the British people. Previously threatened, their survival is now as assured as that of any wildlife can be. Andy Howard has been

Concrete Jungle

Concrete Jungle presents some of the most exciting tropical houses and tells the surprising story of lush modernist architecture. The clash of rational architecture with the organic lushness of tropical vegetation has created some of the most visionary and futuristic buildings we know. Based on the

Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life (Benner David G.)(Paperback)

The most vital and significant moments in life are moments of encounter. Whether we encounter ourselves, others, or God, these moments let us know that life is meaningful. And presence is what makes encounter possible. When we are truly present, everything that has being becomes potentially present

Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Somber Moods (Life of School the)(Pevná vazba)

This is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. This book carefully collects and interprets a selection of the most universally recognisable melancholy states of mind, and thereby renders us less confused by our precious yet elusive

Matter of Death and Life - Love, Loss and What Matters in the End (Yalom Irvin)(Pevná vazba)

A deeply moving reflection on what matters to us most as we approach the end of

How to Find Love (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

A practical guide to making wiser, more informed choices in love. Finding and choosing a partner is one of the most consequential decisions we will ever make. This guide explains everything from why we have 'types' and how our early lives inform our romantic decisions as adults. It sheds light on

Beat of Life - A surgeon reveals the secrets of the heart (Friedl Reinhard)(Pevná vazba)

Arts and Crafts Embroidery (Euler Laura)(Pevná vazba)

Embroidered textiles are the most personal and immediate art form practiced by the Arts & Crafts Movement (c. 1860-1910). This art from another time has its own story to tell. Some items are the humble workaday pieces for utility in the home, while others are priceless works of art. Whether you are

Georgina Weldon: The Fearless Life of a Victorian Celebrity (Martin Joanna)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating account of the life of one of the most famous women of the Victorian era. For more than a decade in the second half of the nineteenth century Georgina Weldon (1837-1914) was one of the most famous women in England. Weldon was an exceptional self-publicist, intelligent and utterly

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Black History Classic (Douglass Frederick)(Pevná vazba)

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most important accounts of slavery in 19th century America that has ever been written. The narrative recounts Douglass' life from early childhood growing up on a Southern Plantation to his eventual escape to his freedom to

Principles of Seed Science and Technology(Pevná vazba)

Seeds are fundamental to agriculture. They are the starting point for the production of most crops and delivery system for advanced genetics. Seeds constitute 70% of our food and recent additional uses of seeds as stored energy has increased both seed and commodity prices worldwide. This book

You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a Useless" Liberal Arts Education" (Anders George)(Paperback)

In a tech-dominated world, the most needed degrees are the most surprising: the liberal arts. Did you take the right classes in college? Will your major help you get the right job offers? For more than a decade, the national spotlight has focused on science and engineering as the only reliable