From escalating climate change to the devastation in Syria, pandemic state surveillance to looming nuclear war, Noam Chomsky takes stock of the world today. Over the course of ten conversations wit...
With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds in the Roman Senate, but the story of his last breath is still unfol...
In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century. With un...
Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but l...
As well as analyzing the major changes and the myths that emerged, The Fear and the Freedom uses individual stories to examine the philosophical and psychological impact of the war, by sh...
Readers worldwide know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time.In this collection of essays and other pieces - on subjects that range from ...
At the terrible heart of the modern age lies Auschwitz. In a total inversion of earlier hopes about the use of science and technology to improve, extend and protect human life, Auschwitz manipulate...
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report presented in March 2014, today climate change is already having substantial and widespread impacts which are being felt on all cont...
This book is unique and audacious, and fits very well with current tendencies within qualitative research. It introduces new, fresh threads to questions and concerns that are highly significant for...
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task...
For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religi...
Lektura książki to intelektualna podróż przez historię myśli pedagogicznej, dla której punktem odniesienia była z jednej strony specyfika ludzkiej natury oraz procesu osiągania przez ...
The present work focuses on lexical borrowings from Russian into Middle and Lower Chulym as well as Küärik. The first part of the book is a comprehensive catalogue of currently identifiab...
Książka powstała na podstawie badań terenowych Anny Cieślewskiej przeprowadzonych w latach 2014-2015 w Dolinie Fergańskiej w Tadżykistanie i Kirgistanie. W książce autorka zajmuje się społecz...
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`An elegant, thoughtful book . . . beautifully expresses the importance and experience of liberation from the battery-hen life of constant connection and crowds.' Daily Mail`A compellin...
Join Mario, Luigi, Toad and the rest of your favourites in this fun activity book boasting over 800 stickers.Over 30 years after first appearing in the original Super Mario Bros game, Mario remains...
Oneof the world's greatest contemporary thinkers and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature (described by Bill Gates as 'the most inspiring book I have ever read') shows how to think afresh abou...
What is reality, really?Are humans more special or important than the non-human objects we perceive?How does this change the way we understand the world?We humans tend to be...