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Letting Go describes a simple and effective means by which to let go of the obstacles to Enlightenment and become free of negativity. During the many decades of the author's clinical psychiatric practice, the primary aim was to seek the most effective ways to relieve human suffering in all of its many forms.
A counterintuitive approach to living a good life. #1 New York Times Bestseller.
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time...
Herbert von Karajan was one of the twentieth century’s most prodigiously gifted performing artists. Richard Osborne knew him and had many conversations with him. These, however, were only the starting point for a biography which draws on interviews with those who worked with Karajan during his sixty-year career...
The Tarot is steeped in mystery and magic. It’s also an excellent tool for making decisions, forecasting potential outcomes, and even locating lost objects. In Tarot on Earth, Tom Benjamin shakes the dust from these ancient cards and reinvigorates the learning process with a series of activities that connect cards to the issues we face in modern life.
‘Christopher de Hamel’s exploration of medieval manuscripts - a dozen peaks from St Augustine to Chaucer and beyond, gorgeously and copiously illustrated - is itself an extraordinary book, a work of scholarship and history salted with the author’s excitement as he conducts us among the great libraries of Western civilization.’ - TOM STOPPARD
Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.
How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation. Align your leadership team to deliver the highest possible value to your customers. Karen Martin, Author of the Shingo Research Award-winning The Outstanding Organization, and Mike Osterling.
A lyrical masterpiece by the father of modern Japanese literature. Notsume Soseki's Kusamakura follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or "beauty," is the center of this elegant novel...
Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world: as a foundational work of Western philosophy, and for the richness of its ideas and virtuosity of its writing. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to philosophy...
Written in a clear and accessible style, Tolkien: Author of the Century reveals why all of these books will be timeless. Taking issue with the uninformed criticism that has often been levelled at Tolkien and fantasy in general. Professor Shippey offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy and to the importance of language in literature...
Back from summer vacation, Kyousuke and his classmates prepare for the Athletic Festival. However, Purgatorium Remedial Academy is no normal school, and the students' physical activities could lead to broken bones — or even death! And if that isn't enough to crush his spirits, Renko’s mother pays a surprise visit...
In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young (wo)men of tomorrow. Exploring the entire range of “contrary positions"— from noble dissident to gratuitous nag — Hitchens introduces the next generation to the minds and the misfits who influenced him...
Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing - if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him?
Slavný příběh o Robinsonovi Crusoe, tentokrát v anglickém originálu.
Dan Pearson's irresistible enthusiasm and wealth of knowledge overflow in a book teeming with tips to inspire your own space, be it a city window box or country field. Bringing you a new-found appreciation of nature, both wild and tamed, reading Natural Selection is a deeply restorative experience.
Kniha v anglickém jazyce... In this indispensable guide you’ll discover an abundance of information, most of which is probably wrong and potentially dangerous. Alongside occasionally accurate guides to the places visited on the show, you’ll find exclusive interviews with the presenters and see how some of the show's most spectacular sequences were made.
Kniha v anglickém jazyce... Featuring over 700 photographs, this book offers detailed step-by-step instructions on how to make a wig, how to dress it according to time period, and how to fit and remove it, as well as advice on tools, products and suppliers.
Kniha v anglickém jazyce... On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they’re made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious.
Kniha v anglickém jazyce... Featuring 300 homebrew recipes from your favorite breweries.
