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  • When We Cease to Understand the World

    Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize

    podle Benjamín Labatut ...
    Překlad: Adrian Nathan West ...
    SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 'A monstrous and brilliant book' Philip Pullman'Wholly mesmerising and revelatory... Completely fascinating' William Boyd Sometimes discovery brings destruction When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are ... Přečtěte si více

    179,09 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • Careless People

    A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

    **#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al... ... Přečtěte si více

    346,89 Kč

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    podle Rebecca Skloot ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK ... Přečtěte si více

    173,19 Kč

  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    podle Lori Gottlieb ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing.”—Katie Couric“This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book.”—Arianna Huffington, Founder, Huffington Post and Founder & CEO, Thrive Global“Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book.”—... ... Přečtěte si více

    342,09 Kč

  • The Emperor of All Maladies

    WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN‘Extraordinary’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FAR</p... ... Přečtěte si více

    209,79 Kč

  • American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

    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

    238,49 Kč

  • Steve Jobs in Exile

    The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary

    The Untold Story of Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years—and the Creation of a LegendIn 1985, Steve Jobs—the brilliant, volatile founder of Apple Computer—walked out of his company's headquarters, driven from the very corporation he had created. What happened next would transform not only his life and career, but the future of technology itself.For twelve years, from 1985 to 1997, Jobs wandered the ... Přečtěte si více

    255,49 Kč

  • Amazing Scientists

    B1

    Série série Collins Amazing People ELT Readers
    The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Antoine Lavoisier who wrote the first modern chemistry textbookHumphry Davy who discovered ‘laughing gas’Charles Darwin who changed people’s ideas with his theory of evolutionGregor Mendel who first discovered the science of geneticsLouis Pasteur who saved millions of lives by killing germsFrancis Crick who helped to discover the ... Přečtěte si více

    140,99 Kč

  • Proving Ground

    The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer

    podle Kathy Kleiman ...
    **Discover a fascinating look into the lives of six historic trailblazers in this World War II-era story of the American women who programmed the world's first modern computer."Kleiman’s persistence in sleuthing out the story of the ENIAC 6 programmers has resulted in an admirable contribution to the historical record and a labor of love." ―Wall Street Journal**After the end of World War II, the ... Přečtěte si více

    187,79 Kč

  • Prisoner's Dilemma

    podle William Poundstone ...
    A masterful work of science writing that’s "both a fascinating biography of von Neumann, the Hungarian exile whose mathematical theories were building blocks for the A-bomb and the digital computer, and a brilliant social history of game theory and its role in the Cold War and nuclear arms race" (San Francisco Chronicle).Should you watch public television without pledging?...Exceed the posted ... Přečtěte si více

    217,69 Kč

  • Endurance

    A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

    podle Scott Kelly ...
    From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station – what it’s like out there and what it’s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.As soon as you realize you aren’t going to die, space is the most fun you’ll ever have...The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder ... Přečtěte si více

    261,69 Kč

  • The Lightning Tamers: True Stories of the Dreamers and Schemers Who Harnessed Electricity and Transformed Our World

    podle Kathy Joseph ...
    You flick on a light without thinking about it. But what about the fascinating and bizarre stories hidden behind that simple action? Fortunes were made and lost, ideas stolen, rivalries pursued, dogs electrocuted, beards set on fire, arms amputated, and decapitated human heads reanimated all with the invention and evolution of electricity.In this physics and engineering chronicle disguised as an ... Přečtěte si více

    208,44 Kč

  • See Jane Fly

    podle Nicole Kluemper ...
    When five-year-old Nicole, already caught in the middle of her parents' contested divorce, returns home from a visit to her mother with accountings of sexual abuse, her father is awarded full custody following the bitter court battle.Twelve years later, Nicole asks the trial's forensic evaluator for a copy of the video recordings he made as part of his assessment so long ago. She had since ... Přečtěte si více

    166,71 Kč

  • Tao Te Ching

    A New English Version

    The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell"Mitchell’s rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." — Huston Smith, author of The Religions of ManIn eighty-one ... Přečtěte si více

    192,19 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • Fermat’s Last Theorem

    podle Simon Singh ...
    ‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution ... Přečtěte si více

    250,29 Kč

  • Legacy

    A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

    **AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN GLOBAL HEALTH“This book is more than a memoir—it also serves as a call to action to create a more equitable healthcare system for patients of color, particularly Black women.” —EssenceOne of NPR’s 11 Books to Look Forward to in 2024One of Good Morning America’s 15 New Books to Read for the New Year“Legacy is both a ... Přečtěte si více

    99,39 Kč

  • Elon Musk

    Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

    podle Ashlee Vance ...
    A New York Times BestsellerIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark—and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon ... Přečtěte si více

    220,19 Kč

  • The Butchering Art

    Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

    podle Lindsey Fitzharris ...
    Winner, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing"Warning: She spares no detail!" —Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead WakeIn The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters—no ... Přečtěte si více

    213,69 Kč

  • Breaking Through

    A Remarkable Memoir of Grit, Determination and Discovery

    podle Katalin Karikó ...
    **From butcher's daughter in communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives.'Riveting. A true story of a brilliant biochemist who never gave up or gave in'** BONNIE GARMUS'This remarkable memoir ... is a joy to read' FINANCIAL TIMES'Karikó's story is an inspiration' ... Přečtěte si více

    298,39 Kč

  • Lieb und teuer

    Was ich im Puff über das Leben gelernt habe

    Zwei Jahre lang arbeitet Ilan Stephani in einem Berliner Bordell als Prostituierte. Sie erschafft sich ein Alter Ego, mit dem sie diesen tabuisierten Randbereich der Gesellschaft erforscht. Neugierig begegnet die junge Frau dieser für sie bis dahin völlig unbekannten Welt und macht erstaunliche Entdeckungen: Statt Huren und Freiern im Zwielicht erlebt sie den Puff als Spiegel der Gesellschaft. Die ... Přečtěte si více

    399,00 Kč

  • Wild Ride

    A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships

    podle Hayley Arceneaux ...
    The youngest American to ever orbit the earth—cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux—shows us all that when we face our fears with hope and faith, extraordinary things can happen.“A potent reminder to all of us that nothing on earth—or in the heavens, for that matter—can keep us from becoming commanders of our own destiny.”—Marlo Thomas, actor, author, and national outreach director for St. Jude ... Přečtěte si více

    119,29 Kč

  • This Is for Everyone

    The Captivating Memoir from the Inventor of the World Wide Web

    podle Tim Berners-Lee ...
    **A Waterstones, Observer and Financial Times Book of the Year, 2025The instant Sunday Times bestseller'Charming, clever, self-effacing, interesting and thoughtful' – The Observer**'Visionary . . . Full of warmth and humanity' – Kate Bush'A remarkable book by a remarkable man' – Mail on SundayThe groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This ... ... Přečtěte si více

    458,29 Kč

  • The Last Lecture

    podle Randy Pausch ...
    After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic."We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy PauschA lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise ... Přečtěte si více

    187,79 Kč

  • Deer

    The Animal Answer Guide

    Série série The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist
    Think of deer and the image that pops into most American's minds is that of a white-tailed deer, the most common large mammal in North America. Most Europeans are more familiar with red deer. It may surprise many people to know that there are actually about 50 species of deer found throughout the world. Here, readers will find nontechnical, expert information about the wide range of diverse deer ... Přečtěte si více

    512,49 Kč