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  • Relic

    podle Dr. Ed Simon ...
    Série série Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a significance which stretches beyond their literal importance. Whether the bone of a Catholic martyr, the tooth of a Buddhist lama, or the cloak of a Sufi saint, relics are material conduits to the ... Přečtěte si více

    141,56 Kč

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  • The Illuminati

    podle Mark Naples ...
    Whether or not The Illuminati – an elite body claiming an ancient pedigree – does exist, it is important that growing numbers of people nonetheless do believe it exists. So does it exist? If so, is it a force for evil or a force for good - or, as some would have it, a conspiracy aimed at making us believe there is a conspiracy? Was the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt the true inheritor of ... Přečtěte si více

    75,14 Kč

  • Heretics and Heroes

    How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World

    podle Thomas Cahill ...
    Série série The Hinges of History
    The New York Times bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization reveals how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world. • “Cahill is our king of popular historians.” —The Dallas Morning NewsThis was an age in which whole continents and peoples were discovered. It was an era of sublime artistic and scientific adventure, but also of newly powerful ... Přečtěte si více

    136,79 Kč

  • Library: An Unquiet History

    podle Matthew Battles ...
    "Splendidly articulate, informative and provoking....A book to be savored and gone back to."—Baltimore SunOn the survival and destruction of knowledge, from Alexandria to the Internet. Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray ... Přečtěte si více

    223,29 Kč

  • The Creators

    A History of Heroes of the Imagination

    podle Daniel J. Boorstin ...
    Série Kniha 1 - Knowledge Series
    By piecing the lives of selected individuals into a grand mosaic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin explores the development of artistic innovation over 3,000 years. A hugely ambitious chronicle of the arts that Boorstin delivers with the scope that made his Discoverers a national bestseller.Even as he tells the stories of such individual creators as Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso ... Přečtěte si více

    136,79 Kč

  • Dancing in the Streets

    A History of Collective Joy

    podle Barbara Ehrenreich ...
    From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes Barbara Ehrenreich's fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy."Fascinating . . . An admirably lucid, level-headed history of outbreaks of joy from Dionysus to the Grateful Dead."—Terry Eagleton, The NationIn the acclaimed Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich delved into the ... Přečtěte si více

    231,19 Kč

  • Glittering Images

    A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars

    podle Camille Paglia ...
    WIth full-color illustrations throughoutFrom the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn and one of our most acclaimed cultural critics, here is an enthralling journey through Western art’s defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas’s volcano planet duel in Revenge of the Sith.America’s premier intellectual provocateur returns to the ... Přečtěte si více

    189,09 Kč

  • The Atheist's Bible

    An Illustrious Collection of Irreverent Thoughts

    podle Joan Konner ...
    A wise and witty collection of quips, quotes, and musings from the world's greatest geniuses and jokers, proving that "all thinking men are atheists" (Ernest Hemingway)From Sophocles to Homer Simpson, The Atheist's Bible celebrates the long and rich tradition of rejecting organized religion. Included here are insights and observations from scientists, writers, philosophers, and comedians ... Přečtěte si více

    273,79 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • On the Road with Saint Augustine

    A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts

    podle James Smith ...
    The Patron Saint of Restless HeartsThis is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us.Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine and invites us to join him on this journey with an ancient African thinker who knows far more about us than we might expect. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron ... Přečtěte si více

    337,99 Kč

  • The Library at Night

    podle Alberto Manguel ...
    In the tradition of A History of Reading, this book is an account of Manguel’s astonishment at the variety, beauty and persistence of our efforts to shape the world and our lives, most notably through something almost as old as reading itself: libraries. The Library at Nightbegins with the design and construction of Alberto Manguel’s own library at his house in western France – a process that ... Přečtěte si více

    235,89 Kč

  • The Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues

    A Visual History

    podle Ed Simon ...
    Série série Visual History of the Sacred & Profane
    The Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues: A Visual History is a richly illustrated, large‑format exploration of how humanity has attempted to understand morality, self‑control, and spiritual struggle through art, religion, and philosophy.Presented as a substantial hardcover volume with extensive color imagery throughout, the book brings together visual history and cultural analysis in a ... Přečtěte si více

    457,19 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • The Intellectual Devotional: Biographies

    Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities

    Série série The Intellectual Devotional Series
    The fifth installment of the bestselling Intellectual Devotional series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities in history.Like its compulsively readable predecessors, The Intellectual Devotional Biographies is organized into seven categories, one for each day of the week. With their trademark wit and style, authors David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim offer an array of ... Přečtěte si více

    195,89 Kč