Věra Lamperová Libri

An updated edition of Johnson's broad sweep through Egyptian history. Beginning with the origins of the Egyptian civilisation and the initial unification of the state, religion and culture, Johnson focuses on a number of general themes which illustrate social, political and economic changes throughout three thousand years of history. Subjects include hieroglyphs and writing, death and religious beliefs, the power of the pharaoh, art amongst many others. Lavishly illustrated with images from wall-paintings, reliefs, sculptures, monuments and artefacts.

This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation, showing the impact of Jewish character and imagination upon the world.

A narrative history of the United Sttes, which is also a reinterpretation of every aspect of American history, of its politics and economics, its literature and art, its society and manners, and its religous beliefs.

Zrození této knihy předcházela hluboká osobní odyssea autorova. V roce 1989 se dozvěděl, že je nakažen virem HIV. Východiskem dalších let se mu stal život v meditaci, který plně popsal v této knize. Jedná se o výpověď člověka nemocného AIDS, který prostřednictvím filozofie buddhismu došel k vnitřnímu vyrovnání.

In 1939, after ten years as an expatriate, Henry Miller returned to the United States with a keen desire to see what his native land was really like—to get to the roots of the American nature and experience. He set out on a journey that was to last three years, visiting many sections of the country and making friends of all descriptions. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare is the result of that odyssey.

Formování svébytného anglického národa, jeho historický vzestup v době imperiálního rozmachu říše a pokles v 50. a 60. letech 20. stol.