Free market capitalism is one of humanity's greatest inventions, and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But it's also on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing...
The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably, NA...
Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses have attracted wide notice. In this book, he brings his parallel caree...
The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as...
Cet ouvrage présente les principaux domaines du droit en Grandes-Bretagne et aux États-unis (droit commercial, droit des contrats, du travail, des sociétés, ...
This book is inspired by the quest for the proper function of Aristotle’s active intellect presented in De Anima 3.5. The urge to grasp its essence has always driven philosophy ahead. Neverth...
The authors of this book present a study of the first Arab novels that dealt with the Arab Spring in the period 2011-2013. They show the rapid reaction of Arab novelists to what happened in their c...
Why are all my clothes made in Asia? How come I'm so much richer than my great-great-grandma? And what even is money?Whether you're buying lunch, looking for a job, or applying for a mo...
Before Bill Gates became an expert on climate science, he was known as one of the few who studied pandemics - how they start, how they spread, how they can be controlled. He warned us years ago in ...
A result of 16 years of research, The Book of Jewish Food was originally published in 1997 when Jewish cuisine was overlooked by the food industry and enjoyed instead behind closed doors around the...
Każdy rozdział – przedstawiający określony temat, np.: strukturę i funkcje skóry, trądzik, make-up, cellulite – składa się z dwóch tekstów do czytania, ćwiczeń wzbo...
Praktyczny podręcznik omawiający zagadnienia związane z chirurgią wielonarządową w ginekologii. Opisuje nie tylko teoretyczne podstawy, warunkujące wybór konkretnej techniki operacyjnej, lec...
Publikacja jest nowym wydaniem - gruntownie przejrzanym, poprawionym i uzupełnionym.Zawiera około 117 000 terminów i skrótów, wystepujących w fachowej literaturze p...
Historia ludzkości niemal zawsze koncentrowała się wokół przetrwania – zwykle na przekór przeciwnościom. Jedną z najbardziej zdumiewających opowieści o przetrwaniu jest historia...
The irreplaceable role of narrative in generating meaning inspires Ricoeur to develop an ingenious concept of narrative identity. The inclusion of issues such as mutuality of vulnerability and inde...
It should be stated that the book is an original scientific study of an applicatory nature, which combines management issues with numerous other areas. It allows for noticing and understanding a va...
Caribbean Art presents and discusses the diverse, fascinating and highly accomplished work of Caribbean artists, whether indigenous or from the diaspora, popular or ‘high’ culture, rura...
This collection of essays is devoted to the perspective of agreement, often referred to as reconciliation or communication. […] Everyone is a human being and understanding this fact is share...
This book explores the philosophical issues raised by the fact that while some people, at a given time, have experienced fundamental changes to their frameworks of belief and evaluative commitment ...
Written in beautiful, accessible language, the linguistic and philosophical analyzes are presented carefully, and with care for both sides of the argument. The book is addressed to both the linguis...