An authoritative and accessible guide to the world’s most influential force – the contemporary media Our lives are more mediated than ever before. Adults in economically advanced countries spend, on average, over eight hours per day interacting with ... Zobraziť viac
A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed historian of the USSR Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to the ... Zobraziť viac
An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge expert. We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century... Zobraziť viac
The definitive guide to Traditionalism: the world's least-known major philosophy, but one that is essential for understanding our past, present and future... Zobraziť viac
The sea provides more than half the oxygen we breathe, food for billions of people and livelihoods for hundreds of millions. But giant corporations are plundering the world's oceans, aided by global finance and complicit states, following... Zobraziť viac
For many years now, we have known the story of the Solar System, and the Earth's place in it. We have mapped out the stars in the night sky, and have known that we live in a disk of stars that makes up the Milky Way galaxy... Zobraziť viac
Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience... Zobraziť viac
Time has always been political. Throughout history, how we use our time has been defined and controlled by the powerful, and today is no exception. But we can reclaim control, and in this book, the pioneering economist Guy Standing shows us how... Zobraziť viac
There can be few more important but also more contentious issues than attempting to understand the human propensity for conflict. Our history is inextricably tangled in wave after wave of inter-human fighting from as far back as we have records... Zobraziť viac
The definitive guide to Traditionalism: the world's least-known major philosophy, but one that is essential for understanding our past, present and future Traditionalism is founded on ancient teachings that, its followers argue... Zobraziť viac
Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has achieved its aim of female liberation, it has been continually redefined as new generations... Zobraziť viac
A leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble. No recent scientific enterprise has been so alluring, terrifying and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence... Zobraziť viac
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peaceIn three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of... Zobraziť viac
An authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust, from one of the leading scholars of his generation... Zobraziť viac
A succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit, After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination ... Zobraziť viac
A magisterial study of the history and theory of one of the most controversial political movements. Anarchism routinely gets a bad press. It's usually seen as meaning chaos and disorder — or even nothing at all... Zobraziť viac
A leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble. No recent scientific enterprise has been so alluring, terrifying and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence... Zobraziť viac
A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery... Zobraziť viac
A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics... Zobraziť viac
Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world? What are his key ideas? What can he still teach us today? ... Zobraziť viac
