Veštenie – toto nenormálne dieťa ľudskej túžby po poznaní vecí skrytých v čase i v priestore – na rozdiel od vedeckého bádania snaží sa využiť sily nadprirodzené či procedúry, ktoré s vlastným predmetom poznania nemajú nijakú racionálnu súvislosť.Človek je tvor zvedavý, láka ho všetko neznáme, tajomné. ...
Geológ a geograf Juraj Činčura pozbieral mýty, legendy aj fakty na tému biblická potopa sveta a hľadá odpovede na dodnes nezodpovedané otázky – kto, kedy, kde a prečo ju "zapríčinil". Príbeh potopy sa začína odvíjať v poľadovej dobe v krajinách ležiacich medzi Perzským zálivom a Kaspickým aj Stredozemným ...
Len málo ľudských výtvorov pôsobí tak stabilne a nemenne ako budova. Napriek tomu však život budovy nie je daný raz a navždy, ani nemenný. Parthenon, najznámejšie rozvaliny antického chrámu, slúžili po stáročia ako kostol a mešita, katedrála Notre Dame bola "zrekonštruovaná" do podoby, ktorú by žiadny ...
Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors with his fast-moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work. And now he''s back, with his first SF novel for eight years... and it promises to be a publication to remember. An ex-corporate ...
First came the Teds, then the Mods, Rockers, Hippies, Skinheads, Suedeheads and Punks. But by the late Seventies, a new youth fashion had appeared in Britain. Its adherents were often linked to violent football gangs, wore designer sportswear and made the bootboys of previous years look like the dinosaurs ...
Emerging amid the brutality of World War I, the revolutionary Dada movement took disgust with the establishment as its starting point. From 1916 until the mid-1920s, artists in Zurich, Cologne, Hanover, Paris, and New York launched a radical assault on the politics, social values, and cultural conformity ...
Founded in 1848 as a secret society, the Pre-Raphaelites rejected classical ideals and the dominant artistic genre painting of their era for what they saw as a more spiritual, sincere, and naturalistic approach. Inaugurated by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, they ...
Brazilian curves: A uniquely sensual modernism in Brasilia and beyondUntil his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907 2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming skylines from Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria, to his ...
Publikácia sa zameriava na problematiku konštituovania a činnosti slovenského povojnového exilu spätého so Slovenskou republikou z rokov 1939 – 1945 a vplyvu jej režimu v širších súvislostiach vnútropolitického a medzinárodnopolitického vývoja v nasledujúcom období od roku 1945 do konca 60. rokov minulého ...
You are shrunk to the height of a penny and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in sixty seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of the world''''s top employers, you''''ll need to have a convincing answer to this and countless other baffling puzzles. Are You Smart Enough ...
Whether you''re discovering printmaking for the first time or you''re looking for fresh ideas to reinvigorate your practice, you''ll find plenty of inspiration in The Printmaking Ideas Book. From traditional methods such as screenprinting, etching and lithography to contemporary techniques such as risography ...
The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations. Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, ...
Touto knihou LETECKÁ SLUŽBA se uzavírá volná trilogie vyprávění Miroslava A. LIškutína, vojenského i civilního pilota, ale hlavně upřímného, poctivého a statečného člověka, opravdového českého vlastence. Při psaní této knihy - LETECKÁ SLUŽBA bylo snahou autora hlavně čtenáři přiblížit: "…méně známé pozadí ...
Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files Volume I features more than 180 photographs of Russian criminal tattoos and official police papers from the collection of Arkady Bronnikov, regarded as Russia’s foremost authority on criminal tattoo iconography. From the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, Bronnikov worked ...
Graham Hancock''s multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth''s lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work filled with completely ...
What do major artists consider their best kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market? In "100 Secrets of the Art World" the most powerful international individuals share their insights with you. This indispensable guide to contemporary art contains ...
Kniha – autor Dava Sobel, 336 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá.''A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating'' The Observer ''A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves'' The Economist 1 New York Times bestselling ...
Buckle up for the next installment in our ''Epic'' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa. ...
