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Internationally acclaimed thought-leader Jonathan Sacks demonstrates how we can build a strong collective morality for the modern era.

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We are living through a period of cultural climate change. We have outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and the state on the other. The markets have brought wealth to many, and the state has done much to contain the worst excesses of inequality, but neither is capable of bearing the moral weight of showing us how to live. This has had a profound impact on society and the way in which we interact with each other. Traditional values no longer hold, yet recent political swings show that modern ideals of tolerance have left many feeling rudderless and adrift. In this environment we see things fall apart in unexpected ways - toxic public discourse makes true societal progress almost unattainable, a more divisive society is fuelled by identity politics and extremism, and the rise of a victimhood mentality calls for 'safe spaces' but stifles debate. The influence of social media seems all-pervading and the breakdown of the family is only one result of the loss of social capital. Many fear what the future may hold. Delivering a devastatingly insightful critique of our modern condition, and assessing its roots and causes from the ancient Greeks through the Reformation ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948-2020) byl světově proslulý rabín, filozof, spisovatel a náboženská i morální autorita. Je autorem třiceti pěti knih, včetně dlouho očekávaného nového anglického překladu a komentáře ortodoxního siduru, Koren Sacks Sidur, a zásadních komentářů k Roš ha-šana, Jom kipur a Pesach Machzorim. Řada jeho knih získala literární ceny. Mezi lety 1991 a 2013 zastával funkci vrchního rabína Velké Británie a Commonwealthu. Princ Charles ho nazval "světlem národa" a Tony Blair "intelektuálním velikánem". Rabín Sacks pravidelně vystupoval v rozhlase, televizi a přispíval do tištěných médií jak v Británii, tak po celém světě a často přednášel na univerzitách. Za svou práci získal řadu mezinárodních ocenění. Roku 2005 byl povýšen do šlechtického stavu, v roce 2009 se stal doživotním členem Sněmovny lordů britského parlamentu.

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Rabbi Sacks argues that preoccupation with self is a mistake and that ethics are concerned with the life we live together, talking with as much authority about Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx as he does about the Bible. With a new foreword by Rowan Williams.‘The only force equal to a fundamentalism of hate is a counter-fundamentalism of love.’Jonathan Sacks was an outstanding moral authority of our time and bestselling author of The Dignity of Difference. One of Judaism’s most distinctive and challenging ideas is its ethics of responsibility. We have been given the gift of freedom and we in turn have to honour and enhance the freedom of others. More than in any previous generation, we have been tempted to imagine that it is the individual’s needs which are the sole source of meaning.This is a clarion call to the outside world to come to its senses.

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Confidence in a faith is a subtle quality and lack of it shows in many ways, some contradictory. Dr Sacks has that confidence and the quiet charisma to communicate it.Sacks argues that faiths must remain open to criticism, keep alive their separate communities and still contribute far more to national debates on moral issues. They must also learn to get along better. His thesis is that we still live under a Biblical canopy and that a cohesive morality needs the uniting bonds of faith.The subject of this book - religions and ethics - is good ground for him to build on: The Jewish contribution to ethics is distinctly rational and has a long and illustrious tradition. Moral philosophy is after all a Jewish preoccupation.In recent years, he writes, religion has taken us unawares. The rise of the Moral Majority in the USA, the Islamic Revolution, the growth of religious parties in Israel, the power of Catholicism in Poland and the African continent all run contrary to the basic thesis that modernity and secularization went hand in hand and could almost be regarded as synonyms. Instead, and against all prediction, religion has resurfaced in the public domain.In this book, Sacks argues ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Rabbi Sacks'' thesis on the future of British society and the dangers facing liberal democracy. With a new foreword by Daniel Finkelstein.Arguing that global communications have fragmented national cultures and that multiculturalism, intended to reduce social frictions, is today reinforcing them, Sacks argues for a new approach to national identity, making the case for "integrated diversity" within a framework of shared political values.Britain, he argues, will have to construct a national narrative as a basis for identity, reinvigorate the concept of the common good, and identify shared interests among currently conflicting groups. It must restore a culture of civility, protect "neutral spaces" from politicization, and find ways of moving beyond an adversarial culture in which the loudest voice wins. He argues for a responsibility- rather than rights-based model of citizenship that connects the ideas of giving and belonging.Offering a new paradigm to replace previous models of assimilation on the one hand, multiculturalism on the other, he argues that we should see society as "the home we build together", bringing the distinctive gifts of different groups to the common good. Sacks warns of the hazards free and open societies face in the twenty-first century, and offers an unusual religious defence of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Rabín Jonathan Sacks předkládá čtenářům své úvahy nad knihou Exodus, zabývá se problémy současnosti na pozadí starozákonních textů a naopak vysvětluje biblické texty na příkladech z dnešního světa. Jak zmiňují recenzenti a kritici, jedná se o výjimečnou publikaci propojující tradiční texty s problémy 21. století, autor se věnuje řadě detailů a přitom je schopen převodu na dnešnímu čtenáři pochopitelnější paralely. Jde o v pořadí druhou knihu cyklu pravidelných úvah nad tématy týdenních oddílů čtení Tóry, nazvaného Covenant & Conversation.

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Rabín Jonathan Sacks předkládá čtenářům své úvahy nad biblickou knihou Numeri, zabývá se problémy současnosti na pozadí starozákonních textů a naopak vysvětluje biblické texty na příkladech z dnešního světa. Jak zmiňují recenzenti a kritici, jedná se o výjimečnou publikaci propojující tradiční texty s problémy 21. století, autor se věnuje řadě detailů a přitom je schopen převodu na dnešnímu čtenáři pochopitelnější paralely. Jde o v pořadí čtvrtou knihu cyklu pravidelných úvah nad tématy týdenních oddílů čtení Tóry, nazvaného Covenant & Conversation.

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''Oliver Sacks’s Letters isn’t a book of the year – it’s a book for a lifetime . . . Keep this by your side, dip into it, be reminded of the wonders of our shared humanity'' – Erica Wagner, ''Books of the year 2024'', New StatesmanA New Yorker and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024Oliver Sacks, one of the great humanists of our age – who describes himself in these pages as a ‘philosophical physician’ and an ‘astronomer of the inward’ – wrote to an eclectic array of family and friends. Most were scientists, artists, and writers, even statesmen: Francis Crick, Antonio Damasio, Jane Goodall, W. H. Auden, Susan Sontag, Stephen Jay Gould, Björk, and his first cousin, Abba Eban. But many of the most eloquent letters in this collection are addressed to the ordinary people who wrote to him with their odd symptoms and questions, to whom he responds with a sense of generosity and wonder.With some correspondents, Sacks shares his struggle for recognition and acceptance both as a physician and as a gay man, providing intimate accounts as well of his passions for competitive weightlifting, motorcycles, botany, and music. With others, he chronicles his penchant for testing ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: ''Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far''. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going . . .From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, as well as with a group of patients who would define his life, it becomes clear that Sacks''s earnest desire for engagement has occasioned unexpected encounters and travels – sending him through bars and alleys, over oceans, and across continents.With unbridled honesty and humour, Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions –bodybuilding, weightlifting, and swimming – also drives his cerebral passions. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual, his guilt over leaving his family to come to America, his bond with his schizophrenic brother, and the writers and scientists – Thom Gunn, A. R. Luria, W. H. Auden, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''Oliver Sacks’s Letters isn’t a book of the year – it’s a book for a lifetime . . . Keep this by your side, dip into it, be reminded of the wonders of our shared humanity'' – Erica Wagner, ''Books of the year 2024'', New StatesmanA New Yorker and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024Oliver Sacks, one of the great humanists of our age – who describes himself in these pages as a ‘philosophical physician’ and an ‘astronomer of the inward’ – wrote to an eclectic array of family and friends. Most were scientists, artists, and writers, even statesmen: Francis Crick, Antonio Damasio, Jane Goodall, W. H. Auden, Susan Sontag, Stephen Jay Gould, Björk, and his first cousin, Abba Eban. But many of the most eloquent letters in this collection are addressed to the ordinary people who wrote to him with their odd symptoms and questions, to whom he responds with a sense of generosity and wonder.With some correspondents, Sacks shares his struggle for recognition and acceptance both as a physician and as a gay man, providing intimate accounts as well of his passions for competitive weightlifting, motorcycles, botany, and music. With others, he chronicles his penchant for testing ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee . . .The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated by the issues, ideas, and questions of all the sciences. That wide-ranging expertise and passion informs the perspective of this book, in which he interrogates the nature not only of human experience but of all life.In The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes – above all, Darwin, Freud, and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age; the questions they explored – the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness – lie at the heart of science and of this book. The River of Consciousness demonstrates Sacks’s unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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V knize esejů Řeka vědomí se její autor, neurolog Oliver Sacks, zabývá tématy z oborů, jako je botanika, chemie, me­dicína, neurověda a umění a obrací se na své velké tvůrčí hrdiny vědy – zejména Darwina, Freuda a Williama Jamese. Byli jeho věrnými druhy od mladých let a značnou část jeho díla lze vnímat jako jakýsi dlouhý rozhovor, který s nimi vedl. otázky, které zkoumali – význam evoluce, kořeny kreativity, podstata vědomí, se nacházejí v samotném středu vědy a této knihy. Oliver Sacks byl stejně jako Darwin bystrým pozorovatelem a velmi rád shromažďoval příklady, z nichž mnohé pocházejí z jeho rozsáhlé korespondence s pacienty a kolegy. Freudovi se zase podobal svou neodbytnou touhou porozumět lidskému chování v jeho nej­záhadnějších rovinách a jeho pozornost podobně jako u Williama Jamese zůstává upřená ke specifičnosti zkušenosti, byť se zabývá náměty teoretické povahy, jako například zkoumáním času, paměti a tvořivosti.Kniha Řeka vědomí, jejíž text Sacks načrtl dva týdny před smrtí, tak prokazuje autorovu jedinečnou schopnost nacházet neočekávatelné spojitosti mezi tématy a skutečnostmi, jeho ryzí radost poznávat a neutuchající snahu porozumět tomu, co nás činí lidmi.

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Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon – and writing . . . As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplifting meditations, in Gratitude Dr Sacks reflects on and gives thanks for a life well lived, and expresses his thoughts on growing old, facing terminal cancer and reaching the end. I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and travelled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.

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The fate of all life on Earth depends on a girl who doesn’t know if she wants to live Cleo, a 16-year-old adopted Japanese-American whose anxiety and depression drives her to suicidal thoughts, is fresh out of the hospital and trying unsuccessfully to reintegrate back into her old life. What she doesn''t know is that her real struggles are just beginning as she finds herself encountering an increasingly terrifying succession of ghosts. Is she losing her grip on reality...or is the explanation much, much worse.  A Haunted Girl is a horror story that explores the real-life terror that comes with the struggles of anxiety and depression. Courtesy of writers Ethan Sacks (Old Man Hawkeye, Star Wars: Bounty Hunters) and his daughter, Naomi Sacks and artist Marco Lorenzana (Hulk), this gripping saga aims to be both a paranormal thriller and an inspiration to those who are battling their own, less literal, demons in real life.  Collects A Haunted Girl #1 - 4

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Your guide to the emotions of pregnancy and early motherhood, from top reproductive psychiatrists Dr Alexandra Sacks and Dr Catherine Birndorf.With a combined thirty years of counselling new and expectant mothers, Drs Sacks and Birndorf have seen firsthand how the pressure to be perfect, and perfectly happy, leaves women feeling confused and even ashamed of the conflicting emotions that can bubble up during pregnancy. In What No One Tells You, the two psychiatrists show why it''s natural for ''matrescence'' - the birth of a mother - to be as stressful and transformative a period as adolescence.From the swirl of trepidation and joy of seeing that plus sign, to the complexities of bonding with a tiny yet mighty newborn human, the authors provide a roadmap for mothers-to-be, exploring the emotions (both positive and negative) that can develop, explaining the psychological backstory as to why, and offering women a practical guide for managing the ups and downs of this exciting and exhausting time.After years of hearing their patients say, ''But how come no one told me?'' Drs Birndorf and Sacks are ready to share their secrets with the world.

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‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - ObserverWhen Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control.A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks’ ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked.

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Chicco Nappy Sacks, 50 ks, Sáčky a pytle na pleny pro děti, Usnadněte si přebalování miminka, když jste mimo domov. Sáčky na pleny Chicco Nappy Sacks _ představují pohodlné a hygienické řešení pro použité plenky. Zabrání tak zbytečným nehodám v přebalovací tašce, a navíc také tlumí nežádoucí zápach. Vlastnosti: slouží k hygienické likvidaci použitých plen dostatečná velikost neutralizace nepříjemného zápachu využitelné doma i na cestách praktické úchyty pro snadné zabalení Jak používat: Sáček není hračka a nepatří do rukou dětem.

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Oliver Sacks je dnes snad nejslavnější neuropsycholog na světě. Jeho „klinické povídky“ nejsou jen nezúčastněné kazuistiky kuriózních případů. Autor v nich totiž popisuje životy, nemoci i odlišnosti svých pacientů s neobvyklou mírou empatie a představuje je jako hluboce lidské bytosti. V knize se dočteme například o slepé sochařce, která svůj talent objevila až v šedesáti letech, neboť do té doby měla ochrnuté ruce, o nahluchlé ženě, která slyšela nepřetržitě hrát irskou hudbu a měla za to, že to jen její zubní plomba funguje jako krystalka, o muži, jemuž se zdálo, že se stal psem, a ráno se probudil s mimořádně vyvinutým smyslem pro rozeznávání pachů a vůní a s nutkavou potřebou vše očichávat, o dalším, jinak nikterak výjimečném člověku, který znal nazpaměť všech šest tisíc stran hudebního slovníku, či o dvojčatech, která uměla odříkávat prvočísla až po ta dvanáctimístná, ale nesvedla jednoduché sčítání a odčítání. Příběh muže, který si pletl manželku s kloboukem, byl dokonce využit jako námět pro operu skladatele Michaela Nymana, která byla uvedena i v České republice. Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) byl britský lékař, který žil od roku 1965 v New Yorku a věnoval se neurologické praxi. Byl znám svými knihami, v nichž čtenáře seznamoval s nejzajímavějšími klinickými ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Sbírka sedmi povídkově-fejetonistických příběhů neurologických pacientů Olivera Sackse, renomovaného neurologa a mistra vypravěčství, vezme čtenáře na další objevnou cestu do fascinujícího světa lidské mysli. Antropoložka na Marsu obsahuje sedm příběhů lidí, kteří se vyrovnávají s neurologickými poruchami (poškození mozku, autismus či Touretteův syndrom), a odhaluje, jak se jejich zkušenosti dotýkají hloubky existence. Sacks s neobyčejnou empatií, porozuměním a citlivostí zkoumá, jak tyto stavy formují identitu a život jednotlivce, chování a vnímání reality. Každý z příběhů je nejen vědeckou analýzou, ale také lidským příběhem, který čtenáře nutí zamyslet se nad člověčenstvím. Sacksova schopnost propojit neurologii s uměním a filozofií činí z knihy nezapomenutelný zážitek. V době, kdy se hovoří o duševním zdraví a porozumění odlišnostem, je Sacksova práce cenným zdrojem poznání a inspirace, protože pomáhá chápat složitost lidské psychiky a vyzývá k toleranci a empatii. Kniha volně navazuje na knihu Muže, který si pletl manželku s kloboukem.

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The follow up to Stinker Lets Loose, Randy! takes it even further. Introduced by a version of Sacks who finds the document in a garage sale, it is written by the struggling poet and novelist Noah B., who is embedded in the mind and lifestyle of a perversely unexceptional American asshole - one from Maryland, no less. Like Pale Fire if it were about a Danny McBride-style fuckup, it is both unmoored from time and eerily prescient of our own - one so stupid and unbelievable that it requires a writer like Sacks.

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In An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us. Writing with his trademark blend of scientific rigour and human compassion, he describes patients such as the colour-blind painter or the surgeon with compulsive tics that disappear in the operating theatre; patients for whom disorientation and alienation – but also adaptation – are inescapable facts of life.''An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his patients. The result is as rich, vivid and compelling as any collection of short fictional stories'' – Independent on Sunday Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.

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With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes obsessed with Chopin; people with ‘amusia’, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of poets and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds – for everything but music. Dr Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson’s disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people who are deeply disoriented by Alzheimer’s or schizophrenia.Musicophilia alters our conception of who we are and how we function, and shows us an essential part of what it is to be human.Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.

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From the bestselling author of On Gratitude, On the Move and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life – both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Why do humans need gardens? How, and when, does a physician tell his patient she has Alzheimer’s? What is social media doing to our brains?In several of the compassionate case histories collected here, Sacks considers for the first time the enigmas of depression, psychosis and schizophrenia, and in others he returns to conditions that have long fascinated him: Tourette’s syndrome, ageing, dementia and hallucinations. In counterpoint to these elegant investigations of what makes us human, this volume also includes pieces that celebrate Sacks’s love of the natural world – and his last meditations on life in the twenty-first century. Everything in Its Place gives us an intimate portrait of a master writer and thinker at work.‘Life bursts through all of Oliver Sacks’s writing. He was and will remain a brilliant singularity’ The New York Times Book ReviewNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''Seeing Voices is both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language'' – Evening Standard Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar – for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of silence, but also to live in a world where the visual is paramount. In this remarkable book, Sacks explores the consequences of this, including the different ways in which the deaf and the hearing impaired learn to categorize their respective worlds – and how they convey and communicate those experiences to others.

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''The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it'' – Guardian Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients.Rendered catatonic by the sleeping-sickness epidemic that swept the world just after the First World War, all twenty had spent forty years in hospital: motionless and speechless; aware of the world around them, but exhibiting no interest in it – until Dr Sacks administered the then-new drug, L-DOPA, which caused them, temporarily, to awake from their decades-long slumber . . .

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''Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging'' – Sunday Times Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders born totally colour-blind; and to Guam, where he investigates a puzzling paralysis endemic there for a century. Along the way, he re-encounters the beautiful, primitive island cycad trees – and these become the starting point for a meditation on time and evolution, disease and adaptation, and islands both real and metaphorical in The Island of the Colour-Blind.

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"Among the important books in the history of American legal philosophy. It includes insights into the relations between morality and law, and advances a theory of law of great practical relevance. . . . [This] is the best discussion of the demands of the rule of law in existing literature."—Robert S. Summers, Journal of Legal Education"Throughout this profound, imaginative and keenly analytical work, [Fuller] demonstrates his continuing concern with the tension in morality and law between the 'is' and the 'ought'. . . . A book of ideas should . . . provoke and contribute new thoughts. This book does both."—Barry R. Mandelbaum, New York Law Forum In this classic work the legal philosopher Lon L. Fuller explores the relationship between law and morality, distinguishing between the morality of duty and the morality of aspiration.                                                                  ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The last work by “one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy” (Critical Inquiry) on the complexities of love in public and private life  Vladimir Jankélévitch stands alongside Emmanuel Levinas as one of the most admired French ethicists of the twentieth century, known for his work on everything from the possibility of forgiveness after the Holocaust to the philosophy of music.  In his final work, The Paradox of Morality (1981), Jankélévitch turns his attention to the fundamental questions of the moral life: the struggle between egoism and self-sacrifice, the question of whether pure or infinite love exists, and moral agency in the pursuit of human rights. In dialogue with philosophers from Plato to Nietzsche, Jankélévitch proposes that the moral life comprises an acrobatic act in which we must balance the demands of love and our responsibility to the other against our natural attachment to the self. Morality is the activity of realizing and combining, in each individual action, the maximum amount of love possible with the minimum of being. This oscillation between self and other—and between being and love—is never fixed or stable. In the end, morality is not something that exists in the world of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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On the Genealogy of Morality has become the most common point of entry into NietzscheÂ’s thought. It offers relatively straightforward, sustained explanatory narratives addressing many of the main ideas of NietzscheÂ’s mature thought, such as will to power, nihilism, perspectivism, the value of truth and the critique of morality. At the same time, it is challenging to understand because Nietzsche intended it as an expansion and elaboration of his existing ideas. Robert Guay provides the interpretive and philosophical context to help new readers of Nietzsche understand both the book and Nietzsche''s thought more widely. He shows how NietzscheÂ’s narratives engage with philosophical issues about agency, self-knowledge, historical explanation and the critique of morality.

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Sbírka různorodých esejů, která je oslavou lidské zvědavosti. Přední světový neurolog Oliver Sacks v ní nahlíží z různých úhlů na svůj život a vzpomíná zejména na to, co jej nejvíc ovlivnilo. Přibližuje své dětství, kdy se poprvé zamiloval do sodíku, draslíku a chlóru a začal provádět první pokusy (někdy ne zcela povedené, jak dokazovala exploze sklenic se špatně zakonzervovanými kvasícími sépiemi), získává první zkušenosti se čtením a knihovnami (knihovna v rodném domě byla jeho nejoblíbenější místností, soupeřila pouze s chemickou laboratoří) a muzei (jednou strávil celou noc v síni fosilních bezobratlých), z nichž se stala celoživotní láska. Autor připomíná některé zajímavé klinické případy ze své praxe, jako byla návštěva odlehlé osady mennonitů, kde se vyskytuje neobvyklý počet tourettiků s různými tiky, nebo epidemii spavého onemocnění se "zastavenými" pacienty. Popisuje, jak tyto poruchy povětšinou odrážejí pomalu nastávající změny v mozku, kdy dochází k rozrušení samotných základů vědomí a jáství a ke krátkodobému či trvalému pocítění nicoty. Zmiňuje stigma a nepochopení, které takovéto a podobné choroby stále obklopuje, a dotýká se samotného pojetí medicíny, kdy se lékařské techniky a postupy sice změnily, lidský prožitek však nikoli.

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Ve své knize světoznámý neurolog Oliver Sacks netradičně pojednává o migréně, onemocnění, jež postihuje až pětinu žen a šest procent mužů. Detailním přiblížením této nemoci všem lidem s "bolestmi hlavy" ukazuje, že trpí nejspíše neurologickým, po všech stránkách složitým onemocněním, které v jejich životě sehrává jedinečnou roli a je jakýmsi jejich určitým a osobitým "výrazem". Migréna tak z tohoto pohledu není nepřítel, jehož je třeba se co nejrychleji zbavit. Je to naopak životně důležité sdělení organismu, kterému je nutno naslouchat, porozumět mu a adekvátně na ně reagovat. Jelikož migréna se vyznačuje mnoha odlišnými projevy, které se mohou výrazně lišit od pacienta k pacientovi, je třeba vždy zvolit individuální přístup beroucí ohled na pacientovu anamnézu, rodinnou historii, biologické a psychologické pozadí. Autor během svého života léčil více než tisíc migreniků a nastudoval historické prameny vztahující se k bolestem hlavy. V knize se čtenář dozví podrobnosti jednotlivých případů i okolnosti, které je třeba brát v úvahu při léčbě tohoto náročně léčitelného onemocnění. Dočteme se mimo jiné i o častých matoucích příznacích, které migrenici zakoušejí, například o zvláštních zrakových halucinacích a pokřiveném vnímání prostoru, času a tělesného obrazu, zvláštních stavech, které našly své vyjádření v mnoha uměleckých dílech.

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Hlavním podnětem k sepsání této knihy bylo pro autora jeho obyčejné zranění se zvláštními následky, které utrpěl při nehodě v horách. Oliver Sacks se tak ocitl v postavení pacienta, jehož rutinní chirurgická léčba se zkomplikovala a on na vlastní kůži prožil to, co je předmětem jeho celoživotního bádání - neurologické problémy. Sám na sobě zakusil zážitek odcizení části těla... Myšlenky, které ho v jeho nemoci provázely, byly existenciální povahy: Je možné zachovat si celistvé "já" i v případě, že přijdeme o část těla? Co vlastně znamená toto "já"?"Všechno to bylo ještě pořád ohromně neskutečné. Nebyla to moje noha, co jsem po ní šel, nýbrž mohutná, neohrabaná protéza, bizarní přívěsek, sádrový válec ve tvaru nohy - a navíc válec, který pořád měnil svůj tvar i velikost, jako bych používal jakýsi podivně neobratný a nestálý robotský vynález, naprosto směšnou umělou nohu. Byl to pohyb svého druhu, ale neživočišný, nelidský. Tohle že je chůze? Ptal jsem se sám sebe, a potom se záchvěvem hrůzy: s tímhle že se budu muset smířit pro celý zbytek svého života? To se mi pocit opravdové chůze už nikdy nevrátí? Už nikdy nebudu umět přirozeně, spontánně a svobodně chodit? Budu už odteďka nucen myslet na každý pohyb? Musí ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksIf a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities, and yet are gifted with unusually acute artistic or mathematical talents. If sometimes beyond our surface comprehension, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century''s greatest neurologist.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

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WINNER OF THE JANET HEIGINGER KAFKA PRIZE FOR FICTION“The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank. . . . The characters’ interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book''s denouement.” —Entertainment Weekly“Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the sentence and tension level rise to meet her ambition. She keeps us constantly on edge. . . . City of a Thousand Gates makes a convincing case for a literature of multiplicity, polyphonic and clamorous, abuzz with challenges and contradictions, with no clear answers but a promise to stay alert to the world, in all its peril and vitality.” —Washington PostBrave and bold, this gorgeously written novel introduces a large cast of characters from various backgrounds in a setting where violence is routine and where survival is defined by boundaries, walls, and checkpoints that force people to live and love within and across them.Hamid, a college student, has entered Israeli territory illegally for work. Rushing past soldiers, he bumps into Vera, a German journalist headed to Jerusalem to cover the story of Salem, a Palestinian boy beaten into a coma by a group of revenge-seeking Israeli teenagers. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy’s adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.Oliver Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy, he developed the intellectual curiosity that would shape his later life. And we hear of his return to London, an emotionally bereft ten-year-old who found solace in his passion for learning. ‘If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind’ – The Times

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WINNER OF THE JANET HEIGINGER KAFKA PRIZE FOR FICTION“The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank. . . . The characters’ interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book''s denouement.” —Entertainment Weekly“Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the sentence and tension level rise to meet her ambition. She keeps us constantly on edge. . . . City of a Thousand Gates makes a convincing case for a literature of multiplicity, polyphonic and clamorous, abuzz with challenges and contradictions, with no clear answers but a promise to stay alert to the world, in all its peril and vitality.” —Washington PostBrave and bold, this gorgeously written novel introduces a large cast of characters from various backgrounds in a setting where violence is routine and where survival is defined by boundaries, walls, and checkpoints that force people to live and love within and across them.Hamid, a college student, has entered Israeli territory illegally for work. Rushing past soldiers, he bumps into Vera, a German journalist headed to Jerusalem to cover the story of Salem, a Palestinian boy beaten into a coma by a group of revenge-seeking Israeli teenagers. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''A mine of treasures, a source of visions, a microcosm of human experience and suffering, the philosopher''s stone: Migraine is a remarkable achievement'' - Sunday Telegraph. Migraine is an age-old – the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years – and often debilitating condition, affecting a ''substantial minority'' of the population across the globe. In Migraine, Oliver Sacks offers at once a medical account of its occurrence and management; an exploration of its physical, physiological, and psychological underpinnings and consequences; and a meditation on the nature and experience of health and illness.

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A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent—offering a way to extend yoga’s gifts and tools for all who parent.Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers a way to extend yoga’s gifts into the motherhood experience and offers guidance that eases not just physical discomforts but existential ones. Many moms and birth parents balance boundless love and boredom, overwhelming joy and moments of isolation, self-confidence and self-doubt. Yoga provides an opportunity to practice the much needed body love and self-connection many parents need. Accessible to new yoga students, advanced yoga practitioners, and yoga teachers alike, Whole Mama Yoga is for parents with children of all ages. It is for those just thinking about beginning a family, those in the early stages of pregnancy, those getting close to labor and delivery, and for those new moms, who often feel harried and overwhelmed. This is a book to reference as children grow, change, and become little (and big) people. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A mesmeric, harrowing and uplifting childhood memoir that will open up much-needed conversations about identity and mental health''This will blow you away''- Stylist''Joly''s prose is sensitive and heartbreaking...darkly compelling'' - Business Post''An extraordinary and thought-provoking memoir'' - Belfast TelegraphIt was an ordinary day in 2016. In Gatwick Airport, Jonathan and his wife Anna were having breakfast with their two little children while waiting for their flight to be called. And then it happened, a familiar sensation that Jonathan hadn''t had for decades: an out-of-body experience that transported him to another place, the safe place he used to escape to in his mind when he was a boy. Because growing up in conservative 1980s Dublin, where there was little tolerance for children who were ''different'', Jonathan Joly was, indeed, a different sort of child: creative, expressive, and - on the inside - a girl. The limitations of the people around him to understand his differences led to years of tyrannical bullying and abuse, forcing him to withdraw within himself to the point of clinical absence. His only chance for survival was the inner world he created for himself, rich with loving and supportive friends and playmates, that only he could see. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Against majority opinion within his profession, Donald Bloxham argues that it is legitimate, often unavoidable, and frequently important for historians to make value judgements about the past. History and Morality draws on a wide range of historical examples, and its author''s insights as a practicing historian. Examining concepts like impartiality, neutrality, contextualisation, and the use and abuse of the idea of the past as a foreign country, Bloxham''s book investigates how far tacit moral judgements infuse works of history, and how strange those histories would look if the judgements were removed. The author argues that rather than trying to eradicate all judgemental elements from their work, historians need to think more consistently about how, and with what justification, they make the judgements that they do. The importance of all this lies not just in the responsibilities that historians bear towards the past - responsibilities to take historical actors on those actors'' own terms and to portray the impact of those actors'' deeds - but also in the role of history as a source of identity, pride, and shame in the present. The account of moral thought in History and Morality has ramifications far beyond the activities of vocational historians.

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This book deals with the morality, self-conception and honour of states, something that goes well beyond the narrow, rationalist defence of national interests, which dominates most IR studies. The volume pursues this line of thinking by focussing on three different but interconnected thematics: political moralism, the honour of states and the peace/war-problematic. The moral self-conception of states – which comes most clearly to the fore in situations of war – rests on the ideal conception of ‘all of us’, which includes all citizens, all classes and all generations, set against their opposite numbers outside of ‘our’ immediate sphere of domination. This state-based image of itself and its existential teleology constitutes its very essence, notwithstanding that it is often seen as a deviation (‘exception’) from the normal state of affairs, where the state is ‘just ‘ there to serve and support the economy and its principal actors. All three chapters thus revolve around issues that relate to the interaction of war and democracy and the underlying morality that both legitimates and underpins the actions of politicians as well as citizens.

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On the Genealogy of Morality is a history of ethics, a text about interpreting that history, and a primer on interpretation in general. It also has elements of archaeology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and etymology. Nietzsche’s history-based approach to the development of morality, as well as his keen understanding of how power relations—especially the role played in this process by social, class, and racial divisions—continue to shape our ethical norms and standards of behavior. His reading of history and the human capacity for rationalization anticipated, influenced, and underpinned the interpretative techniques and strategies that emerged as dominant in the humanities and social sciences over the past several decades. In this age of “alternative truths,” Nietzsche’s insight into the nature of interpretation is more valuable than ever before.

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The Physio is an incredibly powerful, and totally unforgettable, narrative that explores the present and the past of author, Jonathan Smith, a man whose life has been upended by Parkinsons - a condition that threatens to take away his independence and identity. As he painstakingly relearns to perform the simplest tasks with his left hand, he is forced to confront his limitations and the reality of his condition. But it is within the walls of the physiotherapy room that Jonathan finds an unexpected ally in Clare, his physiotherapist - whose expertise and adventurous spirit challenge him to push beyond his boundaries. As Jonathan grapples with the frustrations of daily life, Clare becomes more than just a therapist; she becomes a mentor and confidante. Their relationship, rooted in mutual respect and understanding, blossoms as they share stories, fears, and laughter - each session a step closer to Jonathan''s physical and emotional healing. But the book is also a vivid account of the books and plays that he has written as well as those that he has read, and one begins to understand that this is not just a book about healing but an autobiography, a total life, viewed through the lens ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘Epic, stunning, and completely delicious. Jonathan Becker: Lost Time is a fitting legacy for one of the true photographic masters of our age.’ – Graydon Carter, founder and co-editor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair The first retrospective monograph on photographer Jonathan Becker, one of the great visual storytellers of our time Over the course of five decades, Jonathan Becker has produced a body of evocative photographic work that documents lives of the twentieth-century beau monde. A protégé of legendary Parisian photographer Brassaï and a longtime contributor to Vanity Fair, Becker’s work provides a link between fine-art photography and the notion of the photographer as social observer. Bringing together commissioned and personal work, this stunning collection presents more than 200 images from across Becker’s career, charting his journeys in New York, Paris, London, and Buenos Aires from the 1970s to the 2010s. Portraits of artists Ed Ruscha and Cindy Sherman, writers Arthur Miller and Eudora Welty, musicians David Bowie and Mick Jagger, and others reveal Becker’s exceptional eye and astute sociological observations. The monograph includes an introductory text by the book’s editor, Mark Holborn, along with a narrative text by Becker about his life, travels, and encounters ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST •  Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Slate, and PeopleOne of Barack Obama''s Favorite Books of 2023“Brave and nuanced . . . an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” —The New York Times“Immensely emotional and unforgettably haunting.” —The Wall Street JournalAcclaimed author Jonathan Rosen’s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. A story about friendship, love, and the price of self-delusion, The Best Minds explores the ways in which we understand—and fail to understand—mental illness.When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Both children of college professors, the boys were best friends and keen competitors, and, when they both got into Yale University, seemed set to join the American meritocratic elite.  Michael blazed through college in three years, graduating summa cum laude and landing a top-flight consulting job. But all wasn’t as it seemed. One day, Jonathan received the call: Michael had suffered a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A formally audacious and deeply moving memoir in three timeframes that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son. In 1939, Jonathan Lichtenstein’s father Hans escaped Nazi-occupied Berlin as a child refugee on the Kindertransport. Almost every member of his family died after Kristallnacht, and, arriving in England to make his way in the world alone, Hans turned his back on his German Jewish culture. Growing up in post-war rural Wales where the conflict was never spoken of, Jonathan and his siblings were at a loss to understand their father’s relentless drive and sometimes eccentric behaviour. As Hans enters old age, he and Jonathan set out to retrace his journey back to Berlin. Published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary, this is a highly compelling account of a father and son’s attempt to emerge from the shadows of history.For readers who enjoyed East West Street, The Berlin Shadow is a beautiful memoir about time, trauma and family. Praise for Jonathan Lichtenstein's work: ‘The writing is keenly observed and emotionally resonant. . . an impressive achievement given the breadth of its reach, from Berlin in the 1930s to Bethlehem today’ New York Times ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The complete edition of a timeless classic, includes the recently rediscovered Part Four and ‘Last Words’ by Richard Bach.Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary.‘Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again,’ writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. ‘For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.’ Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes this story soar.This bestselling modern classic is a fable about seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe or neighbourhood finds your ambition threatening (at one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock). By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan learns the meaning of love and kindness and gets the ultimate payoff – transcendence.The dreamy illustrations by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations for this spirituality classic that has inspired thousands of readers to follow their own path in life and so fulfill their ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim of oppression, war and famine. This makes its current position as arguably the most important global superpower all the more extraordinary. Jonathan Fenby's comprehensive account is the definitive guide to this remarkable transformation. 'His book is a miracle of thoroughness, truthfulness and readability - the perfect primer for a time when China is about to enter all our lives' Sunday Telegraph 'Jonathan Fenby's ... illuminating book [is] the first major history that looks at the country with the eyes of the 21st century rather than the 20th' Rana Mitter, Financial Times 'Reads like a novel and is never less than thoughtful and compassionate for the fate of a much-abused people ... [Fenby has] a journalist's eye for telling detail' Herald 'Taut, anecdote-studded ... a great introduction for a general audience, with vivid scene setting and character sketches' Michel Sheridan, Sunday Times 'For an accessible, authoritative, fair and comprehensive and well written account, this would be hard to better' ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''Beautiful to behold and to read'' - THE SUNDAY TIMES''An arboreal odyssey'' - NATURE''One of the most quietly beautiful books of the year'' - DAILY MAIL''Jonathan Drori''s deep-seated love of nature is contagious in this tree-by-tree journey across countries and continents. A book to take your time over'' - WIREDJonathan Drori''s number one bestseller, now available in paperback!Bestselling author and environmentalist Jonathan Drori follows in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg as he tells the stories of 80 magnificent trees from all over the globe.In Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable. From the trees of Britain, to India''s sacred banyan tree, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration - not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup.Stops on the trip include the lime trees of Berlin''s Unter den Linden boulevard, which intoxicate amorous Germans and hungry bees alike, the swankiest streets in nineteenth-century London, which were paved with Australian eucalyptus wood, and the redwood forests of California, where the secret to the trees'' soaring heights can be found in the properties of the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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