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Human Rights

25,17 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedomsAfter the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards, for privacy, fair trials and free speech, and outlawing torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global justice, equality, and peace.

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The Warped Side of Our Universe

50,39 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Epic verse and pulsating paintings merge to shed light on time travel, black holes, gravitational waves and the birth of the universe. Nearly two decades in the making, The Warped Side of Our Universe marks the historic collaboration of Novel Laureate Kip Thorne and award-winning artists Lia Halloran.

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To The City

21,29 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

'An enthralling guide one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul. A book that is as informative as it is enjoyable'PETER FRANKOPANWalking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country's history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.Caught between two seas and two continents, Istanbul lies at the centre of the most pressing challenges of our time.

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Rest Is Resistance

14,50 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Extremely important and brilliant work... [Hersey] is a revolution.' - Glennon Doyle, activist and bestselling author of Untamed, Love Warrior and Carry On, Warrior'Essential...Rest is a necessary step in reclaiming our power to resist systemic oppression.' - Ibram X. Kendi, activist, professor and bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist'This book will save lives and transform the world.' - Emily Nagoski Ph.D., bestselling author of Come As You Are and Burnout'This book has honestly left me changed and rearranged.' - Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of Brit(ish)'May we have space to navigate our lives from a liberated rest state.May all of culture slow down. The time to rest is now.' - The Nap MinistryReclaim power, rest and heal from grind culture Rest is Resistance is a call-to-action for anyone suffering from the toxic urgency of modern-day life.

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Mountains. Epic Cycling Climbs

43,60 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

The mountains of Europe have many different meanings to many different people. For the locals they are a way of life; for visitors they represent breathtaking beauty, active holidays and peaceful moments.

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Is It Ever Just Sex?

23,77 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

A delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader'It was just sex.'It's a familiar claim. But is it really possible?The old idea that sexuality is a smouldering, animalistic force within us, desperate for release yet restrained by social forces, has little to support it.

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History of the World Map by Map

37,78 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map by map. Come on a journey through global history, told in more than 130 specially made maps that each offer a window on a key event.

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The Tools

30,56 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Change can begin right now. Learn to bring about dynamic personal growth using five uniquely effective tools—from psychotherapist Barry Michels and psychiatrist Phil Stutz, subject of the Netflix documentary Stutz.

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The Power Of Regret

31,53 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free—not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed.

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Cult Object, Design Object, Bicycle

44,57 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

In bicycles, design and technology are increasingly meld, as is particularly evident in the frame and its materials, but also in the drive system used, the suspension and the wheels. The highlights of bicycle design from 1817 to the present day can be traced on the basis of numerous detailed photographs.

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Hunting the Falcon

21,29 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

'A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh reality of politics' Amanda Foreman'Better than Wolf Hall because it's all true' Andrew Roberts The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband s passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone. In Hunting the Falcon, John Guy and Julia Fox examine the most recent archival discoveries and peel back layers of historical myth to present Anne and Henry in startlingly new ways.

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The Generation Divide

14,50 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Are we in the middle of a generational war? Are Millennials really entitled 'snowflakes'? Are Baby Boomers stealing their children's futures?

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The Value of a Whale

16,98 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out.

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

30,99 €

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From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks, and one of the most influential writers on economics, a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism.

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The Miracle Of Mindfulness

14,50 €

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'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' Time. This is the definitive book on mindfulness from the beloved Zen master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh.

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The Right to Sex

12,13 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

How should we talk about sex? It is a thing we have and also a thing we do; a supposedly private act laden with public meaning; a personal preference shaped by outside forces; a place where pleasure and ethics can pull wildly apart.

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The Story of the Human Body

13,53 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies This ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years, then it's normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather fresh food which is high in fibre, low in sugar, and barely processed.

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Austerity

15,47 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013. Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse.

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On Nationalism

16,01 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

I remain in the curious position of disliking, distrusting, disapproving and fearing nationalism wherever it exists . . . but recognising its enormous force, which must be harnessed for progress if possible. In the last two decades the uses of the term 'nationalism' has increased steeply with the rising tide of nationalist parties.

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Gothic

30,56 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Crumbling ruins, undead fiends, dark alleys and forests teeming with horrors seen and unseen: the tendrils of the Gothic have crept out of the architecture of churches, mosques and grand houses and into suburban malls, overcrowded cities, the deserted corners of the world and beyond, taking the shape of monsters from Beowulf to Gojira, Cthulhu or the wendigo to our own terrifying, warped reflections. Across time, form and media, this book traces the weaving path of the Gothic from the shadows of history to the very heart of popular culture today.

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The Weirdest People in the World

19,89 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYED Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network?

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There is No Point of No Return

6,74 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Emphasizing joy in the world, human cooperation and the value of all living things, this selection of Arne Naess' philosophical writings is filled with wit, learning and an intense connection with nature.

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A Short History of Humanity

17,95 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving... In this eye-opening book, Johannes Krause, Chair of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Humanity, offers a new way of understanding our past, present and future.

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One. Pan, Pot Planet

30,56 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

Award-winning cook Anna Jones blazes the trail again for how we all want to cook now: quick, sustainably and stylishly. In this exciting new collection of over 200 simple recipes, Anna Jones limits the pans and simplifies the ingredients for all-in-one dinners that keep things fast and easy.

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Them and Us

19,89 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

What do we really know about immigration? Immigration is one of the most controversial issues these days.

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Speeches That Changed the World

13,53 €

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From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context. With over a million copies already sold, this completely revised and updated pocket edition includes speeches by those that have truly shaped the modern world: from Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump, and from Nadia Murad to Oprah Winfrey.

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Factfulness (Illustrated)

29,05 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

The international best-selling phenomenon loved by BARACK OBAMA and BILL GATES in a new and updated illustrated edition'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES *#1 Sunday Times bestseller * instant New York Times bestseller * Observer 'best brainy book of the decade' * #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller * Irish Times bestseller * Audio bestseller * Guardian bestseller * FACTFULNESS: the stress-reducing habit of only having opinions for which there are strong supporting facts. Things aren't as bad as we think.

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Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front

23,23 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction. In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan.

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The Levelling

27,11 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

The world is at a turning point. While globalization benefited many, it produced extremes with drastic wealth inequality, indebtedness, and political volatility among the most important.

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A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes

30,56 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

In "A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes", David Tanis shows readers how to slow down, pay attention, and give ingredients their due. Worlds away from showy "Food Network" personalities and chefs who preach fussy techniques, Tanis serves up charming, unassuming meals for friends and family: couscous with rabbit and turnip for a special birthday fete, clam and chorizo paella to eat by the fireplace, and turkey with duck confit for Thanksgiving.

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The Fifth Risk

18,38 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

The phenomenal new book from the international bestselling author of The Big Short 'The election happened ... And then there was radio silence.' The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy - an agency that deals with some of the most powerful risks facing humanity - waited to welcome the incoming administration's transition team. Nobody appeared.

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The Middle Kingdoms

18,38 €

Uvedená cena je platná k 01.07.2024

'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph*The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs*Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it has been the target of invasion from the east.In the Middle Ages, Central Europeans cast their eastern foes as 'the dogmen'. They would later become the Turks, Swedes, Russians and Soviets, all of whom pulled the region apart and remade it according to their own vision.