Tomáš Kačer Libri

Dimenticate Troia, gli scenari di guerra, i duelli, il sangue, la morte. Dimenticate la violenza e le stragi, la crudeltà e l'orrore. E seguite invece il cammino di due giovani, prima amici, poi amanti e infine anche compagni d'armi - due giovani splendidi per gioventù e bellezza, destinati a concludere la loro vita sulla pianura troiana e a rimanere uniti per sempre con le ceneri mischiate in una sola, preziosissima urna. Madeline Miller, studiosa e docente di antichità classica, rievoca la storia d'amore e di morte di Achille e Patroclo, piegando il ritmo solenne dell'epica alla ricostruzione di una vicenda che ha lasciato scarse ma inconfondibili tracce: un legame tra uomini spogliato da ogni morbosità e restituito alla naturalezza con cui i greci antichi riconobbero e accettarono l'omosessualità. Patroclo muore al posto di Achille, per Achille, e Achille non vuole più vivere senza Patroclo. Sulle mura di Troia si profilano due altissime ombre che oscurano l'ormai usurata vicenda di Elena e Paride.

Spánek považujeme za samozřejmost. Nic není vzdálenější skutečnosti. Současná civilizace funguje v módu 24/7. Tento režim však koliduje s naší biologickou potřebou spánku a odpočinku. Spánek se proto často považuje za projev lenosti nebo ztrátu času — stává se z něj problém k vyřešení. Západní medicína i různá průmyslová odvětví se tak v posledních letech stále více zaměřují na to, jak zmenšovat dopady spánkové deprivace na lidské zdraví. Tím se však řeší až důsledky, nikoli příčiny celé epidemie spánkových poruch, a vzniká paradoxní situace: problémy průmyslově řízených životů řeší opět průmysl. Antologie Odpočinek v neklidu přináší pohledy kulturních teoretiků, historiků, filozofů a sociologů na současnou krizi spánku, která až donedávna zůstávala na okraji zájmu humanitních a sociálních věd. V textech zásadních autorů se ukazuje, jak moderní kapitalistické řízení formuje biopolitiku — moc, jíž se podřizují naše těla i sny.

Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking... 'It's not often that you miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that... The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn't win awards, I will eat my copy' Independent on Sunday 'Bakewell shows how fascinating were some of the existentialists' ideas and how fascinating, often frightful, were their lives. Vivid, humorous anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of their complex philosophy... Tender, incisive and fair' Daily Telegraph 'Quirky, funny, clear and passionate... Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understand' Mail on Sunday

By 1979, we knew all that we know now about the science of climate change - what was happening, why it was happening, and how to stop it. Over the next ten years, we had the very real opportunity to stop it. Obviously, we failed.Nathaniel Rich's groundbreaking account of that failure - and how tantalizingly close we came to signing binding treaties that would have saved us all before the fossil fuels industry and politicians committed to anti-scientific denialism - is already a journalistic blockbuster, a full issue of the New York Times Magazine that has earned favorable comparisons to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and John Hersey's Hiroshima. Rich has become an instant, in-demand expert and speaker. A major movie deal is already in place. It is the story, perhaps, that can shift the conversation.In the book Losing Earth, Rich is able to provide more of the context for what did - and didn't - happen in the 1980s and, more important, is able to carry the story fully into the present day and wrestle with what those past failures mean for us in 2019. It is not just an agonizing revelation of historical missed opportunities, but a clear-eyed and eloquent assessment of how we got to now, and what we can and must do before it's truly too late.

From its roots in the development of printing, graphic design has evolved as a means of identification, information and promotion, to become a profession and discipline in its own right. This authoritative documentary history begins with the poster and goes on to chart the development of word and image in brochures and magazines, advertising, corporate identity, television and electronic media, and the effects of technical innovations such as photography and the computer. A new final chapter in this revised edition covers the international developments and leading practitioners in graphic design over the past ten years, exploring the revolutionary impact of digital technology. With over 800 illustrations fully integrated within the text, this indispensable account is uniquely clear, comprehensive and absorbing."--Jacket

Strani eventi accadono intorno ad Ariel Manto, studentessa della British University. Prima scompare il suo professore, poi l'università crolla davanti ai suoi occhi, infine in un negozio di libri usati si imbatte in una copia di un libro rarissimo e maledetto, "Che fine ha fatto Mr Y.". Scritto da Thomas Lumas, uno scienziato del XIX secolo che compiva esperimenti sui poteri della mente umana, il libro è in grado di trasportare chi lo legge nella "Troposfera", dove è possibile viaggiare nel tempo e nello spazio entrando nelle menti di altri uomini. È una porta dimensionale che schiude un mondo di conoscenze, ma anche molti pericoli da cui Ariel dovrà fuggire... o è soltanto un'affascinante allucinazione?

Břitký průvodce odvrácenou stranou Silicon Valley. Dan Lyons měl šťastnou a spokojenou rodinu, skvělou kariéru a práci, která ho bavila. Všechno změnil jeden telefonát jeho šéfové z Newsweeku. Po pětadvaceti letech novinařiny je najednou bez práce: padesátník, který sice umí psát, má vynikající přehled v technologické sféře — ale přece jenom, jednapadesátiletý chlap. Píše se rok 2012 a média jsou kvůli odlivu peněz z inzerce v dlouhodobé krizi. Lyonsovi nezbývá než se poohlédnout jinde. Třeba v nějakém perspektivním startupu, mladé dravé technologické firmě. Vůbec netuší, do jakého šílenství se vrhá. Na odpis je nesmírně zábavné líčení tragikomické srážky pragmatického profesionála s firemní kulturou startupů „připomínajících montessori školky“ a zároveň čtivý průvodce temnými stránkami internetového vizionářství, v němž jde často více o peníze než o revoluční nápady.

'Ingenious' New York Times 'Mesmerising' The Times 'Loveable' Evening Standard Nine-year-old Tooly is spirited away from Bangkok by a seductive group of outsiders who take her from city to city across the globe. At twenty, she is wandering the streets of Manhattan with a scribbled-on map, scamming strangers for her shadowy protector, Venn. Now, aged thirty-one, she runs a second-hand bookshop on the Welsh borders and has found peace with her strange upbringing - until she's called to return to New York to see her dying father. Warm, hilarious and fizzing with intelligence, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers is a masterpiece about the search for identity.