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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Little Book of Bees

    An illustrated guide to the extraordinary lives of bees

    podle Hilary Kearney ...
    Bees continue to fascinate and charm us all – from novice gardeners and nature-lovers to dedicated environmentalists – and today, bees need our help more than ever. Discover the story of these incredible creatures, with The Little Book of Bees.Bees first appeared on Earth an incredible 130 million years ago. Since the time of the dinosaurs, evolution has taken our beloved bees on an incredible ... Přečtěte si více

    272,59 Kč

  • Paula

    A Memoir

    podle Isabel Allende ...
    Newly ReissuedNew York Times Bestselling Author“Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles TimesWhen Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ... ... Přečtěte si více

    239,69 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

  • 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

  • A Child Called It

    From international bestseller Dave Pelzer, the book that broke a million hearts

    podle Dave Pelzer ...
    A harrowing and inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from international bestseller Dave Pelzer.'A story where love, kindness, patience and endurance triumph' Daily Mail*****Brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable and alcoholic mother, Dave became a slave; he was no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes torn and unwa. ... Přečtěte si více

    248,19 Kč

  • The In-Between

    Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments – THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    podle Hadley Vlahos ...
    ‘Refreshingly forthright’ New York Times | ‘Extraordinary’ Laura Lynne Jackson | ‘Beautifully written’ Katy Butler | ‘Tender and transformative’ Christie Tate | ‘Meaningful and sublime’ Theresa BrownWhat can life’s final moments teach us about living well today?In this bestselling memoir, palliat... ... Přečtěte si více

    261,69 Kč

  • After Steve

    How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

    podle Tripp Mickle ...
    From the New York Times' Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants—Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO—and how the fading of the former and the rise of the latter led to Apple losing its soul.Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second ... Přečtěte si více

    385,39 Kč

  • Frankie

    How One Woman Prevented a Pharmaceutical Disaster

    Ten million thalidomide pills had already been produced for distribution in the United States when it was first submitted to the FDA for approval. The morning sickness wonder drug had been approved for sale in Germany, Canada, and the UK, and the drug's distributors assumed that it would be no different in the United States. The answer they received was unexpected and firm: it needed more testing. ... Přečtěte si více

    198,09 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

    The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

    podle Rafe Esquith ...
    Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog.From one of America’s most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child’s educationIn a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is an exceptional classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also ... Přečtěte si více

    173,19 Kč

  • Ghost in the Wires

    My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

    podle Kevin Mitnick ...
    In this "intriguing, insightful and extremely educational" novel, the world's most famous hacker teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and Big Data (Frank W. Abagnale).Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world's biggest companies -- and no matter how fast the ... Přečtěte si více

    198,89 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

  • When Breath Becomes Air

    The powerful and moving memoir of a doctor, the global bestseller

    podle Paul Kalanithi ...
    ****THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful,' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal**What makes life worth living in the face of death?At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient ... Přečtěte si více

    298,39 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

  • Alan M. Turing

    Centenary Edition

    'In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.' So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turing's name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigma code became public in the 1970s. The story of Turing's life fascinates and in the years since ... Přečtěte si více

    359,29 Kč

  • Sid Meier's Memoir!

    A Life in Computer Games

    podle Sid Meier ...
    **One of Wired's 25 Great Tech Books to Gift (or Keep for Yourself)The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the “godfather of computer gaming” and creator of Civilization, featuring his rules of good game design.**"Sid Meier is a foundation of what gaming is for me today." — Phil Spencer, head of XboxOver his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world’s most ... Přečtěte si více

    258,69 Kč