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From the burrows and secret bunkers beneath our feet to imagined hellscapes and surrealist dreamscapes, the disquieting, alarming and wonderful visuals span natural and constructed subterranea and ...
The last generation of steam-powered locomotives are often viewed as antiquated throw-backs to the Victorian era, which stayed in service well beyond their useful lives. In-fact, even in the twilig...
Wolter, genialny pisarz, filozof i historyk francuski, został pochowany w paryskim Panteonie. Na sarkofagu umieszczono napis: „Pomścił Calasa, Sirvena, La Barre’a i Montbailli’ego...
W stronę krytycznej nowoczesności to na polskim gruncie ukrainoznawczym dzieło pionierskie, zapełniające jedną z najdotkliwszych luk badawczych. Z pełnym przekonaniem mogę stwierdzić, że recenzowan...
This work is a fascinating attempt to probe deep into the socio-cultural ramifications of the visual artefacts of ancient India, which has a rich heritage of iconographic treasures of varying sizes...
From the first decorative pigments in Paleolithic caves, to Sonia Delaunay’s contrasts of primary and secondary colors, to Dan Flavin’s neon light installations, this comprehensive, ill...
The complex phenomenon of colour has received detailed attention from the perspectives of physics, chemistry, physiology, psychology, linguistics and philosophy. However, the people who work most c...
Our brains have distinct mechanisms for talking about thoughts, about memories, about feelings and about the future. In Praise of Talking will be about the neuroscience of how we talk about ourselv...
Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, Hobbes' cold political vision c...
A panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine.A toy, a tool, a liberator, or complete nuisance: the bicycle has been many things to many people over t...
There are many routes to mental wellbeing and award-winning neuroscientist Camilla Nord is at the forefront of finding them. In this ground-breaking book, she offers a revelatory tour of the scient...
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Your own behaviour is the only behaviour over which you have absolute control. To change your children's behaviour, you first need to change your own.Here, Britain's leading behaviour e...
Kompendium wiedzy o zaangażowaniu Zaangażowanie zespołu nie bierze się znikąd, nie pojawia się jak za dotknięciem magicznej różdżki, nie znika też bez przyczyny. Jest efektem pracy w duchu D...
The textbook Mathematics for Students of Economics, Finance, and Management has been prepared mostly for students in the disciplines: Economics and Finance and Quality and Management Sciences. Howe...
The book is dedicated to the topic and relevant issue, namely the impact of the war in Ukraine on the policy of the Visegrad Group countries. Collective monography deals with various aspects of rel...
**SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**This is our world, as you've never seen it before.The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and t...