What is that makes urban myths so persistent but many everyday truths so eminently forgettable? How do newspapers set about ensuring that their headlines make you want to read on? And why do we remember complicated stories but not complicated facts? In the course of over ten years of study, Chip and ...
Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the "New York Times" bestseller list for over a year and selling more than 5 million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel Goleman has written a groundbreaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing ...
How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today''s message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds, we''re barely aware of them? ...
Bee Wilson is the food writer and historian who writes as the ''''Kitchen Thinker'''' in the Sunday Telegraph, and is the author of Swindled! Her charming and original new book, Consider the Fork, explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This is the story ...
A fantastic new novella from the master of magic and adventure. Best selling author Raymond E. Feist returns to the city of Krondor and one of his most loved characters, Jimmy the Hand. The Crawler: a name whispered in fear. In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung up to threaten ...
Kniha - autorka Marta Chroma, 488 strán, česká, pevná bez lesklého krytu Tento slovník široko a vyvážene pokrýva pojmoslovní hlavných odvetví slovenského práva pozornosť je venovaná aj ostatným odvetviam, ako sú právo patentové, autorské, ochrany životného prostredia atď. Dielo je výsledkom dlhodobého ...
Nová publikace na velmi aktuální téma zpracování osobních údajů podrobně informuje, jaké jsou povinnosti obcí při zpracování osobních údajů při své práci, např. při zveřejňování na úřední desce, při zpracování agendy přestupků a také v případě instalace kamerových systémů atd. Je skutečností, že obce, ...
We all know that change is hard. It''''s unsettling, it''''s time-consuming, and all too often we give up at the first sign of a setback. But why do we insist on seeing the obstacles rather than the goal? This is the question that bestselling authors Chip and Dan Heath tackle in their compelling and ...
Publikace je určena především zahraničním studentům veřejné politiky. Představuje originální příspěvek k již publikovaným učebnicím veřejné politiky - jakožto mladé, leč rychle se rozvíjející mezioborové disciplíny. Čerpá z mnohaletých zkušeností autora z výzkumu i z výuky této disciplíny v České republice ...
Potreba experimentálneho štúdia javov súvisí s rastúcimi nárokmi na kvalitu strojárskej produkcie, ako aj v súvislosti s produktivitou a hospodárnosťou výroby. Trieskové obrábanie tvorí podstatnú časť strojárskej výroby, na ktorú je naviazaný celý rad metód experimentálnej analýzy. Táto analýza slúži ...
Great Cake Places is the definitive guide to London\''s 100 best and most unique cake venues. Featuring reviews of London\''s finest bakeries, afternoon tea spots and wedding cake makers, plus delectable dessert recipes, Great Cake Places offers something for every cake lover.
Freewheeling Tamara de Lempicka, icon of Art DecoTamara de Lempicka (1896 1980) lived art in the fast lane. With an appetite for glamour and fame as much as Left Bank bohemianism, she fled her native Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and set about taking Paris by storm. Her prolific, monumental oeuvre ...
Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you\''re looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf. Read it and you\''ll know why plans ...
Chapter OneThe Figure of the ShamanOf all the diverse religious institutions that humans have elaborated since before the beginning of recorded history, that of shamanism is one of the most singular and is probably one of the most archaic as well. The shaman is something of a maverick among religious ...
Irreverent and electrifying, when A.J. Ayer’s epoch-making work was published in 1936 it shook the foundations of British philosophy, and made its author notorious. He argues that if you cannot prove a statement by scientific methods, or by experience, it is literally meaningless. In this sense, everything ...
Run until you can''''t run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.'''' The words of Scott Jurek, a dominant force - and darling - in the gruelling and growing sport of ultrarunning for more than a decade. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead ...
Učebnica je venovaná základným technikám aplikovaným pri príprave, analýze a selekcii genetický modifikovaných mikroorganizmov, rastlín a živočíchov.
The ultimate hustle is to move freely between the street and corporate worlds, to find your flow and never stay locked in the same position. This is a manifesto for how to operate in the twenty-first century, where everything has been turned on its head. Building on the runaway success of Robert Greene\''s ...
Již čtvrté vydání dosud nepřekonané práce české teorie překladu, na které vyrůstaly generace překladatelů. Jiří Levý zevrubně popisuje překladatelský proces, zabývá se estetickými problémy překladu a rozebírá i oblasti jako překládání knižního názvu, překlad dramatu a poezie. Vychází z hlubokých znalostí ...
"Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific - the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary - into terms we mortals can grasp." - Tom Hanks§§ NEW YORK TIMES ...
