Columbia University Press
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Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
Shir Alon develops a new theory of the emergence of modernist literary forms through a series of parallel readings of Arabic and Hebrew prose.990 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
This book explains how and why our brains think in stories. Angus Fletcher, an expert in neuroscientific approaches to narrative, identifies this capacity as “storythinking.â€660 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Suncranes and Other Stories showcases a range of powerful voices from Mongolia’s modern literary traditions. Spanning the years following the socialist revolution of 1921 through the early twenty-first century, these stories offer vivid portraits of…660 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of…726 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
The Senegalese Muslim scholar Shaykh Musa Kamara wrote a monumental history of West Africa in a time when colonial discourses asserted that Africans lacked both writing and history. Textual Life considers Kamara’s story as a…990 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
This is the first English-language book to explore the rich and fascinating archaeological site of Tharros in western Sardinia.1 386 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Science
Jeffrey D. Sachs presents a compelling and practical framework to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development. Sachs explains how modern societies can develop economically,…1 386 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
In Han China, few luxury objects were as widely coveted as bronze mirrors. Yanlong Guo explores how and why these objects became so beloved throughout early imperial China, uncovering the varied ways these seemingly trivial…1 815 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
The Best American Magazine Writing 2021 presents outstanding journalism and commentary that reckon with urgent topics, including COVID-19 and entrenched racial inequality.561 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and life-long virginity - in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book questions how theological views on sexuality and the human…1 155 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Food & Drinks, Knihy, Nonfiction
This book is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated compendium of the characteristics and properties of the plants used in making beer around the world. The botanical expert Giuseppe Caruso presents scientifically rigorous descriptions, accompanied by…1 155 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
This book explores the ways several twentieth-century thinkers—Pierre Hadot, Georges Friedmann, Michel Foucault, Martin Luther King Jr., and Audre Lorde—can help us relate the ethical transformation of the self and the political transformation of the…990 Kč KoupitArt, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Brian Jacobson traces the surprising and inextricable connections between extractive industries and cinema, developing new ways to read films in light of the typically unseen material practices out of which they are built.825 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
This book provides the most complete account of Paul Thomas Anderson’s career to date, encompassing his evolution from a self-anointed auteur to one of his generation’s most distinctive voices. It is at once an unconventional…825 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
Richard John Lynn presents an English translation of the commentary on the "I Ching" written by Wang Bi (226-249), who was regarded as the chief authority on the work for some 700 years.990 Kč Koupit
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