Table of ContentsRobert Parker (University of Oxford) Introductory Remarks Scott Scullion (University of Oxford) Penal Sacrifice Włodzimierz Lengauer (Univ...
By the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Es...
Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, celebrated historian Andrew Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern h...
Autorka opisuje nowe technologie stosowane w procesie partycypacji społecznej oraz zależności między danymi i modelem ich wykorzystywania w planowaniu przestrzennym a ideą inteligentnego miasta &nd...
A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such...
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened...
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 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...
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...
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...
Przedstawione w tomie badania obejmują kilka dziedzin badań orientalistycznych: arabistykę, turkologię, ałtaistykę, indologię (z jej wewnętrznym zróżnicowaniem: sanskrytologię, tamilistykę i...
An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey – from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly dig...