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I miti greci sono tra i più importanti mattoni culturali del mondo e sono stati raccontati molte volte, ma raramente si concentrano sulle donne straordinarie al centro di queste antiche storie. Le storie di dèi e mostri sono il fulcro della poesia epica e della tragedia greca, da Omero ad Eschilo, Sofocle ed Euripide, dalla guerra di Troia a Giasone e gli Argonauti. Tuttavia, i narratori moderni dei miti greci sono stati per lo più uomini, che hanno mostrato poco interesse nel raccontare le storie delle donne. Quando lo fanno, queste donne sono spesso dipinte come mostruose, vendicative o semplicemente malvagie. Ma Pandora, la prima donna che secondo la leggenda ha scatenato il caos nel mondo, non era una villain, e anche Medea e Fedra hanno storie più sfumate di quanto le generazioni di racconti possano indicare. In questo libro, Natalie Haynes raddrizza questo squilibrio, mettendo le donne dei miti greci sullo stesso piano degli uomini. Le voci che risuonano in queste pagine sono quelle di Era, Atena, Artemide, e di Clitemenestra, Giocasta, Euridice e Penelope.

In De boekhandel van de wereld vertellen Andrew Pettegree en Arthur der Weduwen het verhaal van de opkomst en het grote succes van het bloeiende zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlandse boekenbedrijf. In de zeventiende eeuw was Nederland het centrum van de boekenwereld. In het verhaal over de Gouden Eeuw wordt dit zelden verteld. Het was de tijd van de VOC, van Rembrandt en Vermeer, en alle aandacht is altijd uitgegaan naar de Hollandse schilderkunst. Maar per hoofd van de bevolking bezaten de inwoners van de Nederlandse republiek meer boeken dan in enig ander land in Europa. De mensen hier waren ongewoon goed geïnformeerd en politiek betrokken. Godsdiensttwisten, welvaart en politiek werden beïnvloed door wat er gelezen werd. Terwijl uitgevers elders in Europa failliet gingen, vernieuwden de Nederlandse uitgevers hun industrie: ze organiseerden boekveilingen en deden veel aan marketing en publiciteit. De aard van dat godvruchtige, welvarende, twistzieke en genereuze volk werd in belangrijke mate bepaald door wat het las.

We stand at the beginning of a new era where AI is rapidly transforming various aspects of life, from war and crime to jobs and our understanding of humanity. This technology has unparalleled potential to shape our future, and Max Tegmark, an MIT professor and co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, is uniquely positioned to explore its implications. In this deeply researched and essential work, Tegmark delves into critical questions surrounding AI and our existence. How can we harness automation to enhance prosperity while ensuring people do not feel purposeless? What measures can we take to guarantee that future AI systems operate safely and effectively? Are we at risk of an arms race involving lethal autonomous weapons? Will AI ultimately benefit humanity or surpass us in intelligence, potentially rendering us obsolete? This book equips readers to engage in one of the most crucial discussions of our time, addressing controversial topics from superintelligence to consciousness and the fundamental limits of life in the universe. It challenges us to consider the kind of future we desire in a world increasingly influenced by AI.

Norman is an enviably skilled pen-portraitist, with a consummate ability to conjure the presence of [McCartney] ... A powerful sense of McCartney the man comes across in this book's evocative high points ... A capably executed biography, brimming with detail John Harris THE GUARDIAN číst celé

Overworked? Exhausted? Powering between career, family and friends and frazzled and libido-less as a result? No wonder you're moody But as New York psychiatrist Julie Holland explains in this radical and eye-opening book, the first step to overcoming the lows is to accept that being testy is in our nature - we were made to be moody bitches.

An account of the last months of the life of President John F. Kennedy weaves together his public and private life and addresses the tantalizing mystery of all - not who killed him but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led his country and the world.

Stranger than fiction, larger than life, full of shades and echoes, Titus Groan is not merely one of the most brilliantly sustained flights of the imagination in modern English fiction, it is also a sustained piece of deadly irony. The characters are weird; the setting fantastic; everything about Mervyn Peake's masterpiece seems eccentric but for the stringent sense of reality which always seeps through the farcical, frightening antics in the mad castle of Gormenghast.