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Twelve Days

Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters

podle Victor Sebestyen ...

The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers.The ... Přečtěte si více

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The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers.The
... Přečtěte si více
The Renaissance: A History from Beginning to End

podle Hourly History ...

During the Middle Ages, the nations of Europe forged new identities that moved them away from the lost glory of the Roman Empire into their own ethnicity. The experience of maturation was often clumsy and out of step, an evolutionary process that saw the nation's developing at their own pace as they struggled to replace the protection of Rome with their own home-grown strength. What the nations, ... Přečtěte si více

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During the Middle Ages, the nations of Europe forged new identities that moved them away from the lost glory of the Roman Empire into their own ethnicity. The experience of maturation was often clumsy and out of step, an evolutionary process that saw the nation's developing at their own pace as they struggled to replace the protection of Rome with their own home-grown strength. What the nations,
... Přečtěte si více
The Genius of Lisp

podle Cees de Groot ...

Journey through the fascinating story of Lisp: How it came about and why it was designed the way it was. Meet the geniuses involved in its creation, including Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and the father of Lisp and artificial intelligence, John McCarthy. Lisp has informed the design of most programming languages in use today, and to learn how Lisp was constructed is to learn what programming is all ... Přečtěte si více

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Journey through the fascinating story of Lisp: How it came about and why it was designed the way it was. Meet the geniuses involved in its creation, including Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and the father of Lisp and artificial intelligence, John McCarthy. Lisp has informed the design of most programming languages in use today, and to learn how Lisp was constructed is to learn what programming is all
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Why We're Polarized

A Barack Obama summer reading pick 2022

podle Ezra Klein ...

A BARACK OBAMA AND A BILL GATES SUMMER READING PICK 2022A NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER'This book helped me understand modern politics better' - Bill Gates, Summer Reading Pick 2022'Superbly researched and written' - Francis Fukuyama, The Washington Post'It's been a long time since I learned so ... ... Přečtěte si více

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A BARACK OBAMA AND A BILL GATES SUMMER READING PICK 2022A NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER'This book helped me understand modern politics better' - Bill Gates, Summer Reading Pick 2022'Superbly researched and written' - Francis Fukuyama, The Washington Post'It's been a long time since I learned so ...
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The Road to Unfreedom

Russia, Europe, America

podle Timothy Snyder ...

From the author of international bestseller On Tyranny, this prescient analysis of Russia's ongoing interference in the West is now more relevant than ever.'One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy's retreat in the early years of 21st century' GuardianThe past is another country, the old saying goes. The same might be said of the future. But which country? For ... Přečtěte si více

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From the author of international bestseller On Tyranny, this prescient analysis of Russia's ongoing interference in the West is now more relevant than ever.'One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy's retreat in the early years of 21st century' GuardianThe past is another country, the old saying goes. The same might be said of the future. But which country? For
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Filterworld

How Algorithms Flattened Culture

podle Kyle Chayka ...

**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself."[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what happens to it when it collides with the homogenizing ... Přečtěte si více

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**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself."[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what happens to it when it collides with the homogenizing
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Iron Kingdom

The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947

podle Christopher Clark ...

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe's fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world.Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally ... Přečtěte si více

341,29 Kč

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe's fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world.Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally
... Přečtěte si více
End Times

Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration

podle Peter Turchin ...

THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMESA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' BloombergOne of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society w... ... Přečtěte si více

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THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMESA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' BloombergOne of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society w...
... Přečtěte si více
On Tyranny

The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing

podle Timothy Snyder ...

**NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER **THE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025‘The most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ New StatesmanIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, ... Přečtěte si více

235,79 Kč

**NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER **THE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025‘The most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ New StatesmanIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats,
... Přečtěte si více
American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

podle Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic ... Přečtěte si více

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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic
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The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson

The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627

podle Ólafur Egilsson ...

A seventeenth-century minister tells his story of abduction by pirates, and a solo journey from Algiers to Copenhagen, in this remarkable historical text.In summer 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens and abducting almost four hundred people to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was Lutheran minister Olafur Egilsson.Reverend Olafur—born in the same year as William ... Přečtěte si více

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A seventeenth-century minister tells his story of abduction by pirates, and a solo journey from Algiers to Copenhagen, in this remarkable historical text.In summer 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens and abducting almost four hundred people to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was Lutheran minister Olafur Egilsson.Reverend Olafur—born in the same year as William
... Přečtěte si více
1942

Crux of War

podle Jonathan Parshall ...

An engrossing and encyclopedic narrative of the year in which the outcome of World War Two hung in the balance The year opened with the Axis powers inflicting a series of disasters on the newly formed Allies: Pearl Harbor, followed by Japan's conquest of the Philippines and Southeast Asia; Rommel running unchecked in North Africa; German U-boats transforming the East Coast of the United States ... Přečtěte si více

592,19 Kč

An engrossing and encyclopedic narrative of the year in which the outcome of World War Two hung in the balance The year opened with the Axis powers inflicting a series of disasters on the newly formed Allies: Pearl Harbor, followed by Japan's conquest of the Philippines and Southeast Asia; Rommel running unchecked in North Africa; German U-boats transforming the East Coast of the United States
... Přečtěte si více
The Sleepwalkers

How Europe Went to War in 1914

podle Christopher Clark ...

The pacy, sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War, from acclaimed historian and author Christopher ClarkSUNDAY TIMES and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering ... Přečtěte si více

259,39 Kč

The pacy, sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War, from acclaimed historian and author Christopher ClarkSUNDAY TIMES and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering
... Přečtěte si více
Between the Waves

A rich new history of Britain's relationship with Europe

podle Tom McTague ...

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionA Book of the Year in The Times, TLS and ProspectThe definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before.‘Thought-provoking’ – The Sunday Times'Mesmerising' – LRB'A great big entertaining sweep of a book' – The Guardian'Excellent' – The Telegraph**'Rich and incisiv... ... Přečtěte si více

297,89 Kč

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionA Book of the Year in The Times, TLS and ProspectThe definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before.‘Thought-provoking’ – The Sunday Times'Mesmerising' – LRB'A great big entertaining sweep of a book' – The Guardian'Excellent' – The Telegraph**'Rich and incisiv...
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Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End

podle Hourly History ...

The story of the Mayflower is one of adventure, courage, and destiny. The Mayflower was the ship that launched a nation. She left from England in September of 1620, carrying 102 English Separatists to a new life, one that came with the freedom to practice their religious beliefs as they saw fit. These Pilgrims had the courage of their convictions. They had already potentially faced execution for ... Přečtěte si více

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The story of the Mayflower is one of adventure, courage, and destiny. The Mayflower was the ship that launched a nation. She left from England in September of 1620, carrying 102 English Separatists to a new life, one that came with the freedom to practice their religious beliefs as they saw fit. These Pilgrims had the courage of their convictions. They had already potentially faced execution for
... Přečtěte si více
Wild Swans

Three Daughters of China

podle Jung Chang ...

OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LISTFew books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through the story of three generations ... Přečtěte si více

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OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LISTFew books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through the story of three generations
... Přečtěte si více
A Place of Greater Safety

podle Hilary Mantel ...

An extraordinary work of historical imagination from the double Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series, this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution.**Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome, ... Přečtěte si více

225,29 Kč

An extraordinary work of historical imagination from the double Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series, this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution.**Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome,
... Přečtěte si více
The Rings of Saturn

podle W. G. Sebald ...

Překlad: Michael Hulse ...

Shortlisted for the 1998 Los Angeles Times Book Award in Fiction: "Stunning and strange . . . Sebald has done what every writer dreams of doing. . . . The book is like a dream you want to last forever. . . . It glows with the radiance and resilience of the human spirit."—Roberta Silman, The New York Times Book Review"Ostensibly a record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia," as Robert ... Přečtěte si více

254,99 Kč

Shortlisted for the 1998 Los Angeles Times Book Award in Fiction: "Stunning and strange . . . Sebald has done what every writer dreams of doing. . . . The book is like a dream you want to last forever. . . . It glows with the radiance and resilience of the human spirit."—Roberta Silman, The New York Times Book Review"Ostensibly a record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia," as Robert
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1983

The World at the Brink

podle Taylor Downing ...

'A carefully researched and hugely readable account of the build-up to war, the momentum inexorably growing as he assembles each part of the jigsaw. Indeed, his narrative is so persuasive that by the time you are about two- thirds through, it takes some effort to remind yourself that the Third World War never happened' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more ... Přečtěte si více

279,59 Kč

'A carefully researched and hugely readable account of the build-up to war, the momentum inexorably growing as he assembles each part of the jigsaw. Indeed, his narrative is so persuasive that by the time you are about two- thirds through, it takes some effort to remind yourself that the Third World War never happened' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more
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Beneath the Rising

podle Premee Mohamed ...

Série série Beneath the Rising
Hope Has A PriceNick Prasad has always enjoyed a quiet life in the shadow of his best friend, child prodigy and technological genius Joanna ‘Johnny’ Chambers. But all that is about to end.When Johnny invents a clean reactor that could eliminate fossil fuels and change the world, she awakens primal, evil Ancient Ones set on subjugating humanity.From the oldest library in the world to the ruins of ... Přečtěte si více

149,69 Kč

Hope Has A PriceNick Prasad has always enjoyed a quiet life in the shadow of his best friend, child prodigy and technological genius Joanna ‘Johnny’ Chambers. But all that is about to end.When Johnny invents a clean reactor that could eliminate fossil fuels and change the world, she awakens primal, evil Ancient Ones set on subjugating humanity.From the oldest library in the world to the ruins of
... Přečtěte si více
Age of Revolutions

Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

podle Fareed Zakaria ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2024The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.**Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the twenty-first century may be ... Přečtěte si více

281,19 Kč

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2024The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.**Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the twenty-first century may be
... Přečtěte si více
Blood, Sweat & Chrome

The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

podle Kyle Buchanan ...

One of Entertainment Weekly's Best Books of 2022!"New York Times journalist Kyle Buchanan details the bonkers construction of director George Miller's long-awaited and often seemingly-doomed fourth Mad Max movie via testimony from the filmmaker, Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and a host of others. The result is an epic and – when it comes to the Theron-Hardy on-set relationship – acrimonious tale no ... Přečtěte si více

303,39 Kč

One of Entertainment Weekly's Best Books of 2022!"New York Times journalist Kyle Buchanan details the bonkers construction of director George Miller's long-awaited and often seemingly-doomed fourth Mad Max movie via testimony from the filmmaker, Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and a host of others. The result is an epic and – when it comes to the Theron-Hardy on-set relationship – acrimonious tale no
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The Habsburgs

The Rise and Fall of a World Power

podle Martyn Rady ...

'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history' Alan Sked, Times Literary SupplementIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium.From modest origins, ... Přečtěte si více

341,29 Kč

'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history' Alan Sked, Times Literary SupplementIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium.From modest origins,
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The Shock Doctrine

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

podle Naomi Klein ...

International BestsellerWinner of the Warwick Prize for Writing18th in The Guardian's top 100 Greatest Books since 2000"Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell.” —John le CarréThe bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq</... ... Přečtěte si více

265,89 Kč

International BestsellerWinner of the Warwick Prize for Writing18th in The Guardian's top 100 Greatest Books since 2000"Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell.” —John le CarréThe bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq</...
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Moderní elektronické knihy

Twelve Days

The Renaissance: A History from Beginning to End

The Genius of Lisp

Why We're Polarized

The Road to Unfreedom

Filterworld

Iron Kingdom

End Times

On Tyranny

American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson

1942

The Sleepwalkers

Between the Waves

Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End

Wild Swans

A Place of Greater Safety

The Rings of Saturn

1983

Beneath the Rising

Age of Revolutions

Blood, Sweat & Chrome

The Habsburgs

The Shock Doctrine