Anthro-vision : how anthropology can explain business and life - tett gillian

A revelatory model that explains how we buy, sell, work and live. For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using these methods in a different context - to illuminate the behaviour of businesses and consumers around the globe. In Anthro-Vision, Gillian Tett - bestselling author, Financial Times journalist, and anthropology PhD - reveals how anthropology can make sense of the corporate world. She outlines how anthropology helps explain consumer behaviour - revealing the 'webs of meaning' that underpin our shopping habits, and unpicking the subtle cultural shifts driving the rise of green business. She explores how anthropology can shed light on the workplace, identifying the hidden tribes within the office, and pinpointing which rituals are binding together a team. And she shows how we can all use anthropology in our own lives, too: helping us make better decisions, navigate risk - even work out what our peers are really thinking. Along the way, Tett draws on stories from Tajik villages and Amazon warehouses, Japanese classrooms and Wall Street trading floors, all to reveal the power of anthropology in action. The result is a wholly new way to understand human behaviour. In a short-sighted world, we can all learn to see clearly - using the power of Anthro-Vision. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The" New York Times" bestseller that shows how everybody can use food to prevent and cure more than 100 health problems from the common cold to cancer -- by a leading authority on health and nutrition whose syndicated column has more than 10 million readers nationwide. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A Royal Society Science Prize shortlisted author'A talented new writer' Sunday Times__________A philosophical and medical journey through the experience of pain, used as a prism to marvel at biology, psychology and what it means to be human. We know pain when we feel it. We fear it and try to avoid it. But do we know what it really is?We're currently experiencing a Renaissance in pain science. In recent years our understanding of pain has altered so radically it's fair to say that everything we thought we knew about pain is wrong. As Dr Monty Lyman reveals, we misunderstand pain - with harmful consequences. Exploring cutting-edge research and encompassing phantom aches to persistent pain, and interviews with survivors of torture as well as those who have never felt pain, Dr Lyman not only provides hope for reducing and managing pain but takes us to a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.This is the untold story of pain - our most inexplicable feeling. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Elektronická kniha - autor Pavel Ondřejek, 228 stran, anglicky This book reflects on the changing role of the judiciary in Central Europe. From among the many problems associated with the position of courts in contemporary states, the authors focus on various questions of how the courts’ decision-making can reinforce the overall coherence of the law, rather than contribute to its fragmentation. These questions are as follows, for example: What role can be played by the way judges use interpretation methods in terms of strengthening or weakening the law as a system? Is it legitimate for the courts to formulate, in their decisions, general principles and rules which have a potential to impact a very broad circle of future cases? What is the role of courts in strengthening the unity of law in relation to the other branches of government, and to international bodies and institutions? The first part of the book focuses on the theoretical and doctrinal foundations... (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Pavel Ondřejek, 228 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá This book reflects on the changing role of the judiciary in Central Europe. From among the many problems associated with the position of courts in contemporary states, the authors focus on various questions of how the courts’ decision-making can reinforce the overall coherence of the law, rather than contribute to its fragmentation. These questions are as follows, for example: What role can be played by the way judges use interpretation methods in terms of strengthening or weakening the law as a system? Is it legitimate for the courts to formulate, in their decisions, general principles and rules which have a potential to impact a very broad circle of future cases? What is the role of courts in strengthening the unity of law in relation to the other branches of government, and to international bodies and institutions? The first part of the book focuses on the theoretical and doctrinal... (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Vladimír John, 248 stran, anglicky The Truth Revealed about Business Risk covers the ten most interesting business topics in interviews with expert advisors. Through the experiences and advice given in this book, entrepreneurs will learn, in a simple and effective way, how to avoid the most frequent mistakes and protect their businesses from risk, crises and even bankruptcy. (alza.cz)

The Truth Revealed about Business Risk covers the ten most interesting business topics in interviews with expert advisors. Through the experiences and advice given in this book, entrepreneurs will learn, in a simple and effective way, how to avoid the most frequent mistakes and protect their businesses from risk, crises and even bankruptcy. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Truth Revealed about Business Risk covers the ten most interesting business topics in interviews with expert advisors. Through the experiences and advice given in this book, entrepreneurs will learn, in a simple and effective way, how to avoid the most frequent mistakes and protect their businesses from risk, crises and even bankruptcy. (patro.cz)

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Internationally acclaimed, bestelling author Byron Katie's most anticipated work since Loving What IsWe live in difficult times, leaving far too many of us suffering from anxiety and depression, fear and anger. In her new and most anticipated work since Loving What Is, beloved spiritual teacher Byron Katie provides a much-needed beacon of light, and a source of hope and joy.In A Mind at Home with Itself, Byron Katie illuminates one of the most profound ancient Buddhist texts, The Diamond Sutra (newly translated in these pages by Stephen Mitchell) to reveal the nature of the mind and to liberate us from painful thoughts, using her revolutionary system of self-inquiry called "The Work." Byron Katie doesn't merely describe the awakened mind; she empowers us to see it and feel it in action. At once startlingly fresh and powerfully enlightening, A Mind at Home with Itself offers us a transformative new perspective on life and death.In the midst of a normal American life, Byron Katie became increasingly depressed and over a ten-year period sank further into despair and suicidal thoughts. Then one morning in 1986 she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her. Its direct result, The Work, has helped millions of people all over the world to question their stressful thoughts and set themselves free from suffering. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship.' - John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from VenusIs there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory - the most advanced relationship science in existence today - can help us find and sustain love.Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back.Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and case studies, Dr Amir Levine and Rachel Heller help you understand the three attachment styles, identify your own and recognize the styles of others so that you can find compatible partners or improve your existing relationship. An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In their 2007 bestseller Wikinomics, Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams taught the world how mass collaboration was changing the way businesses communicate, compete, and succeed in the new global marketplace. But much has changed in three years, and the principles of wikinomics are now more powerful than ever. In this new age of networked intelligence, businesses and communities are bypassing crumbling institutions. We are altering the way our financial institutions and governments operate; how we educate our children; and how the healthcare, newspaper, and energy industries serve their customers. In every corner of the globe, businesses, organizations, and individuals alike are using mass collaboration to revolutionize not only the way we work but how we live, learn, create, and care for each other. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,How to Run a Business Without Risk covers the ten most interesting business topics in interviews with expert advisors. Through the experiences and advice given in this book, entrepreneurs will learn, in a simple and effective way, how to avoid the most frequent mistakes and protect their businesses from risk, crises and even bankruptcy. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Cat Marnell, 374 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá (alza.cz)

Elektronická kniha - autor Vladimír John, 131 stran How to Run a Business Without Risk covers the ten most interesting business topics in interviews with expert advisors. Through the experiences and advice given in this book, entrepreneurs will learn, in a simple and effective way, how to avoid the most frequent mistakes and protect their businesses from risk, crises and even bankruptcy. (alza.cz)

Quantum computing has been hailed as a technological game-changer. But what precisely is it and what is its true potential?In this superbly insightful, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Amit Katwala tells you everything you need to know about the next computer revolution. He explains the highly complex science that lies behind it. He describes the competing efforts of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba to create a viable quantum computer, and the different routes they have taken to meet the immense technical challenges involved. He considers the technology's potential application in spheres as diverse as medicine, cyber security and clean energy. And he addresses the fundamental question: how close are we to seeing quantum computers become a widespread reality. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

1- How To Be An Anti-racist2- How To Helping You Be An Anti-Racist3- Why Can't escape its Racist AmericaEuropean racism spread to America alongside the Europeans, but establishment views were questioned when applied to indigenous peoplesAfter the invention of the New World, many of the clergy sent to the New World who were educated within the new humane values of the Renaissance, still new in Europe and not ratified by the Vatican, began to criticize Spain and their own Church's treatment and views of indigenous peoples and slaves (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself? Mentors - the follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery - describes the benefits of seeking and offering help. `I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a spiritual being and as a man who believes that we, as individuals and the great globe itself, are works in progress and that through a chain of mentorship we can improve individually and globally, together . . . One of the unexpected advantages my drug addiction granted is that the process of recovery that I practise includes a mentorship tradition. I will encourage you to find mentors of your own and explain how you may better use the ones you already have. Furthermore, I will tell you about my experiences mentoring others and how invaluable that has been on my ongoing journey to self-acceptance and how it has helped me to transform from a bewildered and volatile vagabond to a (mostly) present and (usually) focussed husband and father.' - Russell Brand Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped describes the impact that a series of significant people have had on the author - from the wayward youths he tried to emulate growing up in Essex, through the first ex-junkie sage, to the people he turns to today to help him be a better father. It explores how we all - consciously and unconsciously - choose guides, mentors and heroes throughout our lives and examines the new perspectives they can bring. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we’re from and even who we want to be. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

`This book could not have come at a better moment... The People Vs Tech makes clear that there is still time - just - for us to take back control.' - Camilla Cavendish, Sunday Times The internet was meant to set us free.Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But have we unwittingly handed too much away to shadowy powers behind a wall of code, all manipulated by a handful of Silicon Valley utopians, ad men, and venture capitalists? And, in light of recent data breach scandals around companies like Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, what does that mean for democracy, our delicately balanced system of government that was created long before big data, total information and artificial intelligence? In this urgent polemic, Jamie Bartlett argues that through our unquestioning embrace of big tech, the building blocks of democracy are slowly being removed. The middle class is being eroded, sovereign authority and civil society is weakened, and we citizens are losing our critical faculties, maybe even our free will.The People Vs Tech is an enthralling account of how our fragile political system is being threatened by the digital revolution. Bartlett explains that by upholding six key pillars of democracy, we can save it before it is too late. We need to become active citizens; uphold a shared democratic culture; protect free elections; promote equality; safeguard competitive and civic freedoms; and trust in a sovereign authority. This essential book shows that the stakes couldn't be higher and that, unless we radically alter our course, democracy will join feudalism, supreme monarchies and communism as just another political experiment that quietly disappeared. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published, with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to: - make friends quickly and easily - increase your popularity - persuade people to follow your way of thinking - enable you to win new clients and customers - become a better speaker - boost enthusiasm among your colleagues This classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your interactions with everyone in your life. Dale Carnegie, known as 'the arch-priest of the art of making friends', pioneered the development of personal business skills, self-confidence and motivational techniques. His books - most notably How to Win Friends and Influence People - have sold tens of millions worldwide and, even in today's changing climate, they remain as popular as ever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Take a visual journey through the world of music and learn the science behind it, too.Budding music fans will love discovering musical geniuses of every era, from Mozart and classical music to Bowie and pop, as well as finding out how music is created and what links it all together.The book looks at music throughout history, beginning with the first known melody from the Fertile Crescent and covering modern music phenomena, from K Pop to hip-hop. Instruments and genres from across the world are featured, with "playlists" of key pieces encouraging kids to look up pieces to hear for themselves. STEAM spreads delve into the psychology and math behind music, from how it affects our mood to how it can improve our minds.Covering India's Ragas, Indonesia's Gamelan, Japan's city pop, and more, this book will help children discover a love of music. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Tommy Hilfiger, 338 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá A memoir from the American fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger, chronicling his life and business. (alza.cz)

Should I wax my moustache? Am I too old for a leather jacket? Am I having the right amount of sex? Why do I hate my best friend? Am I turning into my mother? This frank, funny insightful guide to navigating those tricky midlife years, now that looking older than thirty six is an act of negligence on a par with not feeding the fish, answers all these questions and many more."How to Meet a Man After Forty and Other Midlife Dilemmas Solved" is like having a conversation with your sharpest, most trusted, least smug girlfriend about the things that keep us awake at night. It's not just for single girls, it's for everyone who has ever thought, 'Is it just me or is life getting much, much weirder?' Shane Watson is an author, journalist and "Sunday Times" columnist who met and married a man in her forties. She is, in other words, the statistic-defying exception to the rule; a beacon of hope for single women in the thirty-five-plus category who want to find Mr Right and not just Mr Gigantic Compromise. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Dear children, as you well know we both like you a lot and that is why we are writing you a letter today; it’s not long but it is important. You see, both of us, the doggie and the pussycat, we think that you like us a lot, and so we are writing to you because we want you to like all the doggies and pussycats in the whole wide world. That is why this book about us is called How They Wrote a Letter, because it is important that you not only find out what is written in this letter, but also what has been happening about that letter and in fact how all of this have happened. Writing such a letter is a hard work even for children, let alone for doggies and pussycats. However, you will find out all about it in a greater detail in this book, so we better not tell you too much about it beforehand. We will only remind you that any pain hurts doggies and pussycats just as much as it hurts you, the children. So remember it well and if you forget it sometimes, quickly go and read this book again and everything will be all right. Yours DOGGIE AND PUSSYCAT (patro.cz)

Kniha - autor Sandra Navidi, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINISuperhubs is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the global financial system and the powerful personal networks through which it is run, at the centre of which sit the Elites - the SuperHubs Combining an insider's knowledge with principles of network science, Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how the financial system really operates. Superhubs reveals what happens at the exclusive, invitation-only platforms - The World Economic Forum in Davos, the meetings of the International Monetary Fund, think-tank gatherings, power lunches, charity events, and private parties. This is the most vivid portrait to date of the global elite: the bank CEOs, fund managers, billionaire financiers and politicians who, through their interlocking relationships and collective influence are transforming the future of our financial system and, for better or worse, shaping our... (alza.cz)

'The ultimate anti-racism guide' Caroline Criado Perez'Seriously important' Bill Bryson'A fascinating debunking of racial pseudoscience' GuardianRacist pseudoscience may be on the rise, but science is no ally to racists. Instead science and history can be powerful allies against bigotry, granting us the clearest view of how people actually are, rather than how we judge them to be. HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST dismantles outdated notions of race by illuminating what modern genetics can and can't tell us about human difference. It is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify racism.Updated edition includes a new Preface from the author (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Something massive is shifting in the world of entertainment. Across the planet, humans spend more of their free time watching video than doing anything else. But increasingly it's not TV they're watching, but online video. In 2016, Swedish vlogger PewDiePie made a record $15 million from his YouTube videos, beating Hollywood A-listers like Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts and Amy Adams. Something massive is shifting in the world of entertainment. Since its founding in 2005, YouTube has become the first and only truly global media platform, with over a billion users worldwide. It has changed the media industry as profoundly as the development of radio, film and television. In Streampunks, YouTube's Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl gets to the heart of this creative revolution through behind-the-scenes stories of its biggest stars - YouTubers like Tyler Oakley, Lilly Singh, and Casey Neistat-and the dealmakers brokering the future of media, like Scooter Braun, who scouted 12-year old Justin Bieber on YouTube, and Vice media mogul Shane Smith who used the platform to turn young people onto news and current affairs. By giving anyone with a smartphone their own TV channel, YouTube is fuelling a new creative boom. Not only is it generating the new faces of entertainment, but also changing how students are taught, how social issues are discussed and how small businesses advertise and develop. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women 'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important' Observer 'Could not be more timely' Spectator The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone. We refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies. In this powerful and necessary book, James Ball sets out on a global journey into the inner workings of the system. From the computer scientists to the cable guys, the billionaire investors to the ad men, the intelligence agencies to the regulators, these are the real-life figures powering the internet and pulling the strings of our society. Ball brilliantly shows how an invention once hailed as a democratising force has concentrated power in places it already existed – that the system, in other words, remains the same as it did before. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Dear children, imagine if you can – how could such a thing happen to pussycats and doggies!? Well, it does happen. Sometimes. When there is the right time and if you can imagine that pussycats and doggies are dressed in their skins just like people are in clothes. A hole in the pants like that is disgraceful for everybody, who wears pants. Th at means doggies as well. People or even animals have to be very careful with their things, because the careless ones could have other things happen to them as well. They could perhaps break some beautiful toy, or even worse, they could loose it. Now you can’t pretend to race with a broken toy car, and you can’t pretend to cook with a lost bucket; and we haven’t even talked about toys that have not been put away. Th ey are the saddest of all toys in the world ever, when their mummies and daddies, those girls and boys, don’t put them away properly. You can perhaps loose a toy or some money by accident, but leaving a toy or even a doll lying somewhere, that is not a done thing among well-behaved children. Not that. Now, since we all know that sometimes some child, a girl or a boy does that, that is why we want to tell you about one small, lost and poor doll, so that you realize that such things must never be done. So bye-bye and regards Yours PUSSYCAT and DOGGIE (patro.cz)

Dear children, Josef Čapek, the writer, wrote for you the Tale About a doggie and a pussycat. For this Tale he also drew lots of very nice pictures. When he was writing and drawing all of this, little Alice was sitting on his lap. She was his daughter and he loved her very much, and little Alice loved her father. Because they were fond of each other like that, Mr. Čapek wrote and drew his story just like his Alice wished. Maybe she even suggested a bit what he should write and draw. However, we are not sure about that, we are just quessing. We would like to tell you that we are in good health and that we just began to be published as a serial for children. Now, as far as we know, you are going to be told in different books how we were washing the floor, how we made a cake, how we were writing a letter, how doggie tore his pants, then about a doll which was crying faintly and also about a proud night shirt. We are looking forward to tell you more. We hope that you feel the same. So bye and regards, Yours PUSSYCAT and DOGGIE (patro.cz)

Dear children and others, we are informing you that everything is in the best disorder, and so we are again meeting you in this next book from the Tales About a Doggie and a Pussycat, which is all about the two of us, written by the author Mr. Josef Čapek. We want to add to this that we are both very happy that he had portrayed us so nicely in his pictures. This new book about us is named How They Were Making a Cake, because once we really made such a big cake since as it happened we both had a name day and a birthday at the same time. However, it was also for the last time, because we found out that we should not overdo even a good thing; but we can’t reveal more because then you would easily guess how all of this ended. So have a good read and perhaps don’t show our recipe for a real proper cake to your mum. Ask her instead to make you a cake for your name day or birthday from her own head, or from a cookery book. Good appetite! So cheerio and regards Yours PUSSYCAT and DOGGIE (patro.cz)

Kancelářský software Microsoft Office 2021 určený pro 1 zařízení, maximální počet uživatelů v rámci licence: 1 uživatel, přenositelná, obsahuje aplikace: Word, Excel, PowerPoint a Outlook, délka předplatného: bez omezení, trvalá licence, jazyková verze: všechny EU jazyky, způsob instalace: ke stažení (elektronicky), vhodné pro domácnosti a pro firmy, určeno pro PC, kompatibilní s operačním systémem Windows a macOS, zeměpisné omezení: pouze v EU, lic. klíč bude doručen emailem, Originální produkt MS (nejedná se o druhotnou licenci) Seznamte se s Office 2021 pro domácnosti a podnikateleSpolečnost Microsoft a její balík aplikací Office se stal standardem života mnoha rodin při každodenní práci z domova. Máme radost, že vám můžeme představit komplexně vylepšenou verzi Office 2021 ve verzi pro domácnosti a podnikatele. Jednorázovým nákupem tak získáte plejádu zajímavých funkcí.Klíčové vlastnosti Office 2021 pro domácnosti a podnikatele, EN BOXFyzická licence... (alza.cz)

Kniha - anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Nový materiál s podporou pro české studenty připravující se k maturitní zkoušce. V průběhu roku 2022 vychází úroveň Elementary, Pre-Intermediate a Intermediate, pro český trh v "maturitní" úpravě, tzn. včetně slovníčku, zkouškových aktivit a spousty další podpory v češtině. V roce 2023 pak vyjdou zbývající úrovně Upper-Intermediate a Advanced. O doložku MŠMT je již zažádáno. (alza.cz)

Kniha - anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Life Vision helps students gain the language and skills they need to work out where they want to go next, and how exam success will help them take advantage of the global opportunities that proficiency in English brings. Life Vision is built on a carefully-levelled and consistent grammar and vocabulary syllabus aligned to the CEFR. Packed with rich video features, Life Vision is ideally suited to today's teenagers, offering relevant content with a modern approach. Interactive explorations with Vision 360° and new video content give students the skills they need to decide 'where next?'. Life Vision includes an Assessment for Learning approach in the teaching notes, workbook review lessons and tests to enable teachers to give informal assessment and effective feedback, and to help learners to analyse and accelerate their progress. Professional Development support helps you get started with Life Vision. Watch video... (alza.cz)

Kniha - anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Pracovní sešit k učebnici Life Vision Elementary s online procvičováním (licence na 2 roky) Nový materiál s podporou pro české studenty připravující se k maturitní zkoušce. V průběhu roku 2022 vychází úroveň Elementary, Pre-Intermediate a Intermediate, pro český trh v \"maturitní\" úpravě, tzn. včetně slovníčku, zkouškových aktivit a spousty další podpory v češtině. V roce 2023 pak vyjdou zbývající úrovně Upper-Intermediate a Advanced. O doložku MŠMT je již zažádáno. (alza.cz)

Ať už kastruje koně v Dublinu nebo odřezává rohy skotu na wicklowském venkově, zachraňuje zraněné kočky před podvraťáky nebo se potýká se zdrogovanými hlídacími psy, veterinářku Gillian Hickovou humor nikdy neopouští. A právě její neutuchající smysl pro humor se promítá do této knihy, jež je jakýmsi záznamem náročných situací, se kterými se v práci jako čerstvě promovaná veterinářka setkává. Nejen že musí pomoci zvířatům od jejich neduhů, ale musí se vypořádat i s "lidskými" nástrahami v podobě dohazovačských matek nebo šovinistických farmářů, nemluvě o chlapících, kteří se neustále ptají: "A kde je ten opravdickej veterinář?" (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Přežije mladá veterinářka na irském venkově? Jedině se smyslem pro humor! Prostě James Herriot v sukních! Ať už kastruje koně v Dublinu nebo odřezává rohy skotu na wicklowském venkově, zachraňuje zraněné kočky před podvraťáky nebo se potýká se zdrogovanými hlídacími psy, veterinářku Gillian Hickovou humor nikdy neopouští. A právě její neutuchající smysl pro humor se promítá do této knihy, jež je jakýmsi záznamem náročných situací, se kterými se v práci jako čerstvě promovaná veterinářka setkává. Nejen že musí pomoci zvířatům od jejich neduhů, ale musí se vypořádat i s „lidskými“ nástrahami v podobě dohazovačských matek nebo šovinistických farmářů, nemluvě o chlapících, kteří se neustále ptají: „A kde je ten opravdickej veterinář?“ Humorem a energií nabitá sbírka příhod jedné neohrožené mladé veterinářky v Irsku. (patro.cz)

Zdálo se to jako ideální manželství. Zdání však může vražedně klamat… Amy Elliottová Dunneová zmizela v den pátého výročí svatby. Nick Dunne, její muž, je po sérii nalezených důkazů obviněn z vraždy své ženy. Nick prohlašuje, že nic nespáchal, Amyini přátelé a zápisky v jejím deníku tvrdí opak. Kdo má pravdu? Jak ji poznat? A pokud je Nick nevinný, kam se poděla Amy? Kriminální psychologický román americké spisovatelky Gillian Flynnové z roku 2012 se stal doslova literární senzací – 37 týdnů vévodil žebříčku bestsellerů New York Times a řada periodik ho jmenovala nejlepším thrillerem roku; vyšel ve 46 zemích a dosud se ho prodalo více než 16 milionů výtisků. O dva roky později natočil oscarový režisér David Fincher (Klub rváčů, Sedm, Muži, kteří nenávidí ženy) filmovou adaptaci, Rosamund Pike byla za roli Amy nominována na Oscara. (patro.cz)

Tento přehled historie Velké Británie a Spojených států amerických je vhodný pro studenty angličtiny středních a jazykových škol, hlavně pro ty, kteří se připravují k jazykové zkoušce z angličtiny.. (patro.cz)

Dear children, as you well know we both like you a lot and that is why we are writing you a letter today; it’s not long but it is important. You see, both of us, the doggie and the pussycat, we think that you like us a lot, and so we are writing to you because we want you to like all the doggies and pussycats in the whole wide world. That is why this book about us is called How They Wrote a Letter, because it is important that you not only find out what is written in this letter, but also what has been happening about that letter and in fact how all of this have happened. Writing such a letter is a hard work even for children, let alone for doggies and pussycats. However, you will find out all about it in a greater detail in this book, so we better not tell you too much about it beforehand. We will only remind you that any pain hurts doggies and pussycats just as much as it hurts you, the children. So remember it well and if you forget it sometimes, quickly go and read this book again and everything will be all right. Yours DOGGIE AND PUSSYCAT (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'A devastating expose.' Mail on Sunday They helped cause the 2008 financial crash. They created a global tax avoidance industry. They lurk behind the scenes at every level of government... The world's 'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite, with an average partner's salary rivalling that of a Premier League footballer. How has this seemingly humdrum profession achieved this, and what price are we paying for their excesses? Informed by numerous insider interviews, investigative journalist Richard Brooks charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a gripping expose of the accountancy industry. This is essential reading for anyone interested in how our economy really works.show less (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2016 The world's most intractable problems solved: ambitious lessons in leadership and hope from free-thinkers and innovators who have tackled our biggest challenges From immigration reform to energy resources, from political paralysis to inequality and extremism, we are beset by a raft of huge and seemingly insurmountable issues. The daily newspapers, the rolling 24-hour television news, portray a world in terminal decline. What goes under-reported are the success stories. Here, taking ten of the most knotty issues we face today, Jonathan Tepperman examines unsung individuals' bold and innovative attempts against all odds and expectations to solve some of the important problems governments have struggled with for decades. Each chapter tells the story of one government that's found a way to avoid the snares that entangle most of the others. The solutions described in the book aren't speculative: they've all already been tried, and they work. Controversial, provocative but always stimulating, Tepperman here offers a powerful, data-driven case for optimism. Written with flair and an infectious exuberance, The Fix is a book to restore hope to the pessimistic, and offer both practical advice and inspiration in a time of relentless bad news. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Dear children and others, we are informing you that everything is in the best disorder, and so we are again meeting you in this next book from the Tales About a Doggie and a Pussycat, which is all about the two of us, written by the author Mr. Josef Čapek. We want to add to this that we are both very happy that he had portrayed us so nicely in his pictures. This new book about us is named How They Were Making a Cake, because once we really made such a big cake since as it happened we both had a name day and a birthday at the same time. However, it was also for the last time, because we found out that we should not overdo even a good thing; but we can't reveal more because then you would easily guess how all of this ended. So have a good read and perhaps don't show our recipe for a real proper cake to your mum. Ask her instead to make you a cake for your name day or birthday from her own head, or from a cookery book. Good appetite! So cheerio and regards Yours PUSSYCAT and DOGGIE (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Life Vision helps students gain the language and skills they need to work out where they want to go next, and how exam success will help them take advantage of the global opportunities that proficiency in English brings. Life Vision is built on a carefully-levelled and consistent grammar and vocabulary syllabus aligned to the CEFR. Packed with rich video features, Life Vision is ideally suited to today's teenagers, offering relevant content with a modern approach. Interactive explorations with Vision 360° and new video content give students the skills they need to decide 'where next?'. Life Vision includes an Assessment for Learning approach in the teaching notes, workbook review lessons and tests to enable teachers to give informal assessment and effective feedback, and to help learners to analyse and accelerate their progress. Professional Development support helps you get started with Life Vision. Watch video... (alza.cz)

Antonín Dvořák can be without any exaggeration considered the most famous Czech ever. He is the author of the most played compositions in the history of music, he brought up an entire generation of his followers both in Bohemia and in the United States, and he represents a symbol of Czech culture all over the world. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Proceedings includes materials of the international scientific conference «SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE – 2015», held in Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary‐Russia, Moscow, 24‐25 December 2015. The main objective of the conference ‐ the development community of scholars and practitioners in various fields of science. Conference was attended by scientists and experts from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine. At the conference held e‐Symposium "Physics and mathematics and natural sciences", "Social Sciences and Humanities", "Construction, design and architecture." International scientific conference was supported by the publishing house of the International Centre of research projects. Sborník obsahuje materiály mezinárodní vědecké konference "Věda, technika a život - 2015“, která se konala v České republice - Karlovy Vary a v Rusku - Moskva, 24. - 25. prosince 2015. Hlavním cílem konference - vývojářská komunita vědců a praktiků v různých oblastech vědy. Konference se zúčastnili vědci a odborníci z Ázerbájdžánu, Kazachstánu, Kyrgyzstánu, Ruska, Tádžikistánu, Ukrajiny. V rámci konference se konala e-sympozia "Fyzika a matematika a přírodní vědy "," Sociální a humanitní vědy "," Konstrukce, design a architektura". Mezinárodní vědecká konference byla podpořena nakladatelstvím Mezinárodního střediska výzkumných projektů. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha o Antonínu Dvořákovi vypráví příběh hudebního génia, o kterém lze bez nadsázky říci, že je nejslavnějším Čechem. Byl autorem nejhranějších skladeb v dějinách hudby, vychoval celou generaci svých následovníků v Čechách i ve Spojených státech, je symbolem české kultury pro celý svět. (patro.cz)

Dear children, Josef Čapek, the writer, wrote for you the Tale About a doggie and a pussycat. For this Tale he also drew lots of very nice pictures. When he was writing and drawing all of this, little Alice was sitting on his lap. She was his daughter and he loved her very much, and little Alice loved her father. Because they were fond of each other like that, Mr. Čapek wrote and drew his story just like his Alice wished. Maybe she even suggested a bit what he should write and draw. However, we are not sure about that, we are just quessing. We would like to tell you that we are in good health and that we just began to be published as a serial for children. Now, as far as we know, you are going to be told in different books how we were washing the floor, how we made a cake, how we were writing a letter, how doggie tore his pants, then about a doll which was crying faintly and also about a proud night shirt. We are looking forward to tell you more. We hope that you feel the same. So bye and regards, Yours PUSSYCAT and DOGGIE (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Josef Čapek, 48 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá (alza.cz)