The alignment problem - brian christian

Artificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the news we consume, whether we get a mortgage, and even which friends wish us happy birthday. But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? And fairly?This conundrum - dubbed 'The Alignment Problem' by experts - is the subject of this timely and important book.From the AI program which cheats at computer games to the sexist algorithm behind Google Translate, bestselling author Brian Christian explains how, as AI develops, we rapidly approach a collision between artificial intelligence and ethics. If we stand by, we face a future with unregulated algorithms that propagate our biases - and worse - violate our most sacred values. Urgent and fascinating, this is an accessible primer to the most important issue facing AI researchers today. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Bojujete často s nerozhodností a kladete si otázky jako: Čemu se mám v práci věnovat nejdřív? Bude lepší zaparkovat na prvním volném místě, nebo jet dál do centra? Kolik bytů mám projít před rozhodnutím o koupi? Najdu dvě stejné ponožky? Jakkoli to zní překvapivě, v běžném životě neustále řešíme obdobu nejtěžších problémů, jimiž se zaby?vají informatici. Od počítačů neočekáváme váhání, neefektivitu ani lítost nad špatny?m rozhodnutím - proč tedy nevyužít počítačovy?ch postupů pro optimalizaci našich každodenních rozhodnutí? (patro.cz)

Bojujete často s nerozhodností a kladete si otázky jako: Čemu se mám v práci věnovat nejdřív? Bude lepší zaparkovat na prvním volném místě, nebo jet dál do centra? Kolik bytů mám projít před rozhodnutím o koupi? Půjdeme večer do restaurace, nebo se najíme doma? Najdu dvě stejné ponožky? Nejste sami. Jakkoli to zní překvapivě, v běžném životě neustále řešíme obdobu nejtěžších problémů, jimiž se zabývají informatici. Od počítačů neočekáváme váhání, neefektivitu ani lítost nad špatným rozhodnutím – proč tedy nevyužít počítačových postupů pro optimalizaci našich každodenních rozhodnutí? V této důvtipné knize se mimo jiné dozvíte: Jaké algoritmy využíváme intuitivně a jaké bychom k nim měli přidat. Co stojí za to udělat a kdy to včas nechat být. Jakým způsobem dělit svou pozornost. Kolik chaosu se vyplatí akceptovat. Do jaké míry máme poznávat nové věci a užívat si ty ověřené. O autorech Brian Christian je spisovatel a novinář, autor knihy o umělé inteligenci The Most Human Human. Kromě počítačové vědy vystudoval i filozofii a poezii. Tom Griffiths působí jako profesor kognitivní psychologie na univerzitě v Berkeley. Publikoval více než 150 studií o kognitivní psychologii a kulturní evoluci. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,">> „Pozoruhodná kniha… Algoritmy, o kterých autoři píší, jsou pro život užitečnější, než bych si kdy vůbec pomyslel.“ – časopis Forbes (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history.The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life.The choirboy and cub scout was going to be singer.For over a decade he tried to make his mark with a succession of bands. He appeared on to Top of the Pops, toured Australia and yet the big time looked out of reach. Then he was invited to London for an audition for one of the world's biggest rock acts. AC/DC were a band in crisis following the tragic death of their lead singer, Bon Scott, but with Brian on board they would record their masterpiece: Back in Black. It became the biggest selling rock album of all time. The tour that followed played to packed out arenas. Quickly embraced by the band's fans, the new boy had earned his spurs. But there was to be a twist in the tale. In 2016, Brian was forced to quit the band after being diagnosed with hearing loss, only to make a triumphant return to the band he loved with the release of 2020's smash hit album Power Up.It's been a rollercoaster of a life, throughout which Brian's kept his feet firmly on the ground, never losing touch with his roots.Warm, vivid, evocative, life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian tells the story of one of our most well-loved performers in his own inimitable voice (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The son of a British army sergeant major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life.The choir boy and sea scout was going to be a singer.For over a decade he tried to make his mark with a succession of bands. He appeared frequently on TV and toured Europe and Australia with Geordie, yet real success slipped out of reach. Brian had a family to support and a mortgage to pay, so was forced to take a succession of jobs eventually leading to him running his own business. But if fate had a plan for Brian . . . fate didn't stand a chance.Out of the blue, he was invited to London for an audition for one of the world's best up-and-coming acts. AC/DC were a band in crisis following the tragic death of their lead singer, Bon Scott, but with Brian on board they would record their masterpiece: Back in Black. It became the biggest-selling rock album of all time. The tour that followed played to packed-out arenas and Brian was embraced by their fans. But there was to be a twist in the tale. In 2016, Brian was forced to quit the band after being diagnosed with hearing loss, only to make a triumphant return to the band he loved with the release of 2020's smash hit album Power Up. Brian has lived many lives within his lifetime, but somehow he's kept his feet on the ground, never losing touch with his roots.Touching, personal, indomitable, but always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the story of one of the world's best-loved performers, told in his own inimitable and unique voice. 'Nine lives, Cat's Eyes. Abusing every one of them, and running wild.' (knihydobrovsky.cz)

LP vinyl - Členové legendárního Joshua Redman Quartet se po šestadvacetiletech opět sešli, aby natočili desku LongGone. Jedná se o šest původních skladeb, které napsal Redman. Nahrávka je k dispozici na CD a LP. Jazzman Joshua Redman patří k nejvšestrannějším saxofonistům. Členové legendárního Joshua Redman Quartet se po šestadvacetiletech opět sešli, aby natočili desku LongGone. Jedná se o šest původních skladeb, které napsal Redman. Nahrávka je k dispozici na CD a LP. Jazzman Joshua Redman patří k nejvšestrannějším saxofonistům. V kariéře hrál s celou řadou talentovaných i slavných kolegů, natáčeli a vystupovali s ním např. Mark Turner, Pat Metheny, Peter Bernstein, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Kevin Hays, Jorge Rossy, Charlie Haden, nebo Billy Higgins. Také Brad Mehldau, americký jazzový pianista, skladatel a též aranžér patří k ikonám svého žánru. Je jedním z nejrespektovanějších jazzových hudebníků současnosti. Pochází z Floridy a zajímá se také o... (alza.cz)

Je možné uniknout ze zamčené a ostře hlídané cely pouze pomocí logiky? Profesor Augustus Van Dusen je o síle lidského ducha nezvratně přesvědčen. Aby svá tvrzení dokázal, nechá se zavřít do chisholmského vězení a vsadí se svými přáteli, že se s nimi sejde za týden na večeři na svobodě. Uplyne týden, a ejhle! – profesor Van Dusen svou sázku opravdu vyhrává. Jacques Futrelle se narodil roku 1875, pracoval jako novinář a přivydělával si psaním detektivních povídek.Zahynul roku 1912 při ztroskotání Titaniku. Povídka „Problém cely č. 13“ patří mezi jeho nejznámější texty a dodnes je řazena mezi nejlepší detektivní povídky 20. století. (patro.cz)

Je možné uniknout ze zamčené a ostře hlídané cely pouze pomocí logiky? Profesor Augustus Van Dusen je o síle lidského ducha nezvratně přesvědčen. Aby svá tvrzení dokázal, nechá se zavřít do chisholmského vězení a vsadí se svými přáteli, že se s nimi sejde za týden na večeři na svobodě. Uplyne týden, a ejhle! - profesor Van Dusen svou sázku opravdu vyhrává. Jacques Futrelle se narodil roku 1875, pracoval jako novinář a přivydělával si psaním detektivních povídek.Zahynul roku 1912 při ztroskotání Titaniku. Povídka "Problém cely č. 13" patří mezi jeho nejznámější texty a dodnes je řazena mezi nejlepší detektivní povídky 20. století. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and 'reigning romance queens' (PopSugar), returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance. Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam 'West' Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA.She also thought she'd signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways. Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up.He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There's just one catch. Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather's will, Liam won't see a penny until he's been happily married for five years.Just when Liam thinks he's in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he's afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents - his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife. But in the presence of his family, Liam's fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Cixin Liu, 416 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Cixin Liu, 416 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná 1967: University student Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. His crime? Failure to recant his belief in science. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, after a spate of apparent suicides among elite scientists, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of international scientists. During the course of his investigation, Wang is inducted into a mysterious online game that immerses him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns. This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything. The key to the scientists' deaths, the key to humanity's place in the cosmos and the key to the extinction-level threat... (alza.cz)

Blockbuster writer Brian Michael Bendis takes on Marvel's misfit movie stars! Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Groot assemble alongside the Avengers to thwart Thanos' latest scheme - and they take Iron Man back into space with them! They'll face the wrath of the Badoon, Peter Quill's father and - once again - the infinite threat of Thanos! But can anything prepare them for Angela? The Guardians will add new recruits and fight alongside the X-Men, but which team members will end up star-crossed lovers? And when SECRET WARS obliterates the galaxy, what will be left to guard? Collecting AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (2012) #1-8, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2013) #0.1 and #1-27, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL (2014) #1, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: TOMORROW'S AVENGERS, ALL-NEW X-MEN (2012) #22-24, GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #1-4, GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #1-2 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014 (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY). (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Příslušenství Pomocná šablona pro přesné nastavení přenosky. Prostřednictvím této šablony nastavíte offsetový úhel, o který je vychýlená přenoska vůči spojnici hrotu přenosky a osy otáčení raménka. Nastavíte jej ve zvoleném nulovém bodě dle koupené šablony. Při nastavování je potřeba postupovat pečlivě, trpělivě a hlavně co nejpřesněji. (kytary.cz)

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel. But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Cixin Liu, 550 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Cixin Liu, 550 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Now in paperback, this is the second novel in the SF trilogy. Ties in with the hardback publication of the final book, "Death's End", which is also out this month. 'A milestone in Chinese science fiction' "New York Times" (alza.cz)

Podrobnosti o produktu: Věk: od 3 let Je na vaší zahradě velryba? Nebojte se, naše přátelská bílá velryba Christian neuvízla na mělčině, chce si s vámi jen hrát! Podívejte se, když rodiče připojí Christiana k zahradní hadici, postříká vás vodou. Takové velrybí ochlazení je v teplých letních dnech skvělá zábava. S novou vodní stříkačkou se naše klasika ve tvaru velryby přesune na vaši zahradu a stane se skutečným letním hitem pro děti i dospělé. S délkou xxx cm se velryba snadno vejde do každé zahrady. Stejně jako všechny výrobky z kolekce Filibabba SWIM jsou i dětské plavací kruhy vyrobeny z mimořádně kvalitního PVC. Tento výrobek má tloušťku přibližně 0,25 mm a samozřejmě neobsahuje ftaláty a BPA. Všechny plavecké výrobky Filibabba jsou pečlivě testovány a schváleny podle evropské normy EN-71 a nesou označení CE. Rozměry a hmotnost: Material & Care: Materiál: PVC bez ftalátů a BPA. Pokyny pro péči Součástí dodávky: Filibabba Vodní postřikovač Christian the Whale (pinkorblue.cz)

You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated endless funds to good causes around the world. But there's another side to Bill Gates.We might like to think of the Gates Foundation as an innocent charity giving away money, collaborating with stakeholders, and listening to the desires of the populations it hopes to help, but is that how it works in practice?Combining rich storytelling and ground-breaking reporting, The Bill Gates Problem offers readers a provocative and timely counter-narrative about one of the world's most widely recognized individuals - a true global celebrity with international reach. But more than that, this book speaks to a vital political question around economic inequality and the erosion of democratic institutions - why should the super-rich be able to transform their wealth into political power, and just how far can they go? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Příslušenství pro DJ - pomocná šablona pro nastavení přenosky (alza.cz)

Tour Sticks představují přenosnou, multifunkční tréninkovou pomůcku, která slouží k posílení základů golfového švihu včetně zarovnávání. Vzhledem k všestrannost jsou tréninkové hole vhodné pro golfisty všech úrovní a věkových kategorií. Barva:Black. Barva podle výrobce: Black Země původu: Čína (muziker.cz)

Tour Sticks představují přenosnou, multifunkční tréninkovou pomůcku, která slouží k posílení základů golfového švihu včetně zarovnávání. Vzhledem k všestrannost jsou tréninkové hole vhodné pro golfisty všech úrovní a věkových kategorií. Barva: bílá Země původu: Čína Barva podle výrobce: White (muziker.cz)

The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, this book presents adidas´s history through more than 350 pairs of shoes from the “adidas Archive”, including one-of-a-kind originals, vintage models, never-before-seen prototypes, and designs from Stella McCartney, Yohji Yamamoto, Parley for the Oceans, and more. 100 years ago the brothers Adolf ("Adi") and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collabs later, this book presents the first visual review of the adidas shoe through more than 350 models including never-before-seen prototypes and one-of-a-kind originals. To further develop and tailor his products to athletes´ specific needs, Dassler asked them to return their worn footwear when no longer needed, with all the shoes eventually ending up in his attic (to this day, many athletes return their shoes to adidas, often as a thank you after winning a title or breaking a world record). This collection now makes up the "adidas archive", one of the largest, if not the largest archive of any sports goods manufacturer in the world—which photographers Christian Habermeier and Sebastian Jäger have been visually documenting in extreme detail for years. Shot using the highest reproduction techniques, these images reveal the fine details as much as the stains, the tears, the repair tape, the grass smudges, the faded autographs. It´s all here, unmanipulated and captured in extremely high resolution—and with it comes to light the personal stories of each individual wearer. We encounter the shoes worn by West Germany´s football team during its “miraculous” 1954 World Cup win and those worn by Kathrine Switzer when she ran the Boston Marathon in 1967, before women were officially allowed to compete; custom models for stars from Madonna to Lionel Messi; collabs with the likes of Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Raf Simons, Stella McCartney, Parley for the Oceans or Yohji Yamamoto; as well as the brand´s trailblazing techniques and materials, like its pioneering use of plastic waste that is intercepted from beaches and coastal communities. Accompanied by a foreword by designer Jacques Chassaing and expert texts, each picture tells us the why and the how, but also conveys the driving force behind adidas. What we discover goes beyond mere design; in the end, these are just shoes, worn out by their users who have loved them—but they are also first-hand witnesses of our sports, design, and culture history, from the beginnings of the Dassler brothers and the founding of adidas until today. Concept and photography by Christian Habermeier has been working as a photographer and designer since 1989. He taught communication design and has taught photography and digital illustration from 2000 to 2006. His own projects span from Cuba, Kenya, Nepal, India, Switzerland, to Hong Kong. In 2000 he founded studio waldeck photographers and was able to realize his long cherished vision of a CO2-neutral studio in 2013. Sebastian Jäger studied design at the Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, focusing on moving images and photography, where he met former lecturer Christian Habermeier in 2005. Their joint company studio waldeck photographers serves customers from industry and the cultural sector. Since 2011, they have been creating a visual record of the holdings of the historical adidas archive. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

We can survive the climate crisis. This book shows us how.We have two choices for our future, which is still unwritten. It will be shaped by who we choose to be right now. So, how can we change the story of the world?The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms from former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and Tom Rivett-Carnac, senior political strategist for the Paris Agreement. We are still able to stave off the worst and manage the long-term effects of climate change, but we have to act now. We know what we need to do, and we have everything we need to do it.Practical, optimistic and empowering, The Future We Choose is a book for every generation, for all of us who feel powerless in the face of the climate crisis.This is the final hour: it can be our finest.But we must act now. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED*Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world's greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and women. These brilliant and passionate declarations by Socrates, Robespierre, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I, Churchill, Washington, Pankhurst, Gandhi and many others provide a vivid glimpse of history in the making while retaining their power to move and inspire today.'Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume' Andrew Roberts, Sunday Times'Works well not just as an anthology but as a history' Independent on Sunday. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness"Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring--and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time."--Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of NudgeFor most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened?Since Charles Darwin wrote about "evolutionary fitness," the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the "self-domestication theory," Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive.But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an "outsider." The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare's groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest.Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, this book presents adidas’s history through almost 200 pairs of shoes, including one-of-a-kind originals, vintage models, and designer pieces. The history of the adidas shoe, from its earliest beginnings until today More than 100 years ago the brothers Adolf ("Adi") and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collabs later, this book presents a visual review of the adidas shoe through almost 200 models.To further develop and tailor his products to athletes’ specific needs, Dassler asked them to return their worn footwear when no longer needed, with all the shoes eventually ending up in his attic (to this day, many athletes return their shoes to adidas, often as a thank you after winning a title or breaking a world record). This collection now makes up the "adidas archive", one of the largest, if not the largest archive of any sports goods manufacturer in the world—which photographers Christian Habermeier and Sebastian Jäger have been visually documenting in extreme detail for years.Shot using the highest reproduction techniques, these images reveal the fine details as much as the stains, the tears, the repair tape, the grass smudges, the faded autographs. It’s all here, unmanipulated and captured in extremely high resolution—and with it comes to light the personal stories of each individual wearer. We encounter the shoes worn by West Germany’s football team during its “miraculous” 1954 World Cup win and those worn by Kathrine Switzer when she ran the Boston Marathon in 1967, before women were officially allowed to compete; custom models for stars from Madonna to Lionel Messi; collabs with the likes of Pharrell Williams, Raf Simons, Stella McCartneyor Yohji Yamamoto; as well as the brand’s trailblazing techniques and materials.Accompanied by expert texts, each picture tells us the why and the how, but also conveys the driving force behind adidas. What we discover goes beyond mere design; in the end, these are just shoes, worn out by their users who have loved them—but they are also first-hand witnesses of our sports, design, and culture history, from the beginnings of the Dassler brothers and the founding of adidas until today. The concept_and_photography_by Christian Habermeier has been working as a photographer and designer since 1989. He studied communication design and taught photography and digital illustration from 2000 to 2006. He also pursues his own projects in Cuba, Kenya, Nepal, India, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. In 2000 he founded studio waldeck photographers, and in 2013 he achieved his long-held vision of a CO2-neutral studio. Sebastian Jäger studied design at the Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, focusing on moving images and photography, where he met former lecturer Christian Habermeier in 2005. Their joint company studio waldeck photographers serves customers from industry and the cultural sector. Since 2011, they have been creating a visual record of the holdings of the historical adidas archive. The adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection. 40th Ed.Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.11 kg, 512 pages (knihydobrovsky.cz)

We can survive the climate crisis. This book shows us how.We have two choices for our future, which is still unwritten. It will be shaped by who we choose to be right now. So, how can we change the story of the world?The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms from former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and Tom Rivett-Carnac, senior political strategist for the Paris Agreement. We are still able to stave off the worst and manage the long-term effects of climate change, but we have to act now. We know what we need to do, and we have everything we need to do it.Practical, optimistic and empowering, The Future We Choose is a book for every generation, for all of us who feel powerless in the face of the climate crisis.This is the final hour: it can be our finest.But we must act now. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns. This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Jacques Futrelle, 110 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu matná Je možné uniknout ze zamčené a ostře hlídané cely pouze pomocí logiky? Profesor Augustus Van Dusen je o síle lidského ducha nezvratně přesvědčen. Aby svá tvrzení dokázal, nechá se zavřít do chisholmského vězení a vsadí se svými přáteli, že se s nimi sejde za týden na večeři na svobodě. Uplyne týden, a ejhle! – profesor Van Dusen svou sázku opravdu vyhrává. Jacques Futrelle se narodil roku 1875, pracoval jako novinář a přivydělával si psaním detektivních povídek.Zahynul roku 1912 při ztroskotání Titaniku. Povídka „Problém cely č. 13“ patří mezi jeho nejznámější texty a dodnes je řazena mezi nejlepší detektivní povídky 20. století. (alza.cz)

Jason Bourne is back... and this time he's the hunted one. The latest electrifying entry in Robert Ludlum's #1 New York Times bestselling series.Around the world, Treadstone agents are being hunted down and murdered... and Jason Bourne may be next on the list. Someone high up in the U.S.government is erasing all evidence of a shocking mission from Bourne's past, known as Defiance – and that evidence includes Bourne himself. Staying one step ahead of a team of killers, Bourne follows a global trail that leads him to one of the government's darkest secrets. But exposing the truth about the Defiance mission will also bring Bourne face to face with his arch-enemy, the assassin known as Lennon, for a final deadly confrontation.'The action is relentless but expertly rendered, and Bourne remains a fascinating creation more than 40 years into his life on the page. Series fans will leave this entry exhausted, satisfied, and hungry for more.' Publishers Weekly on The Bourne DefianceReviewers on Brian Freeman:'Freeman has a firm grasp of Bourne's tangled background plus the skills to keep the action front and center. Bourne fans will hope for an encore from this talented author.' Publishers Weekly'This guy can tell a story.' Michael Connelly'Some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today.' Jeffery Deaver (knihydobrovsky.cz)

*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED*Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness"Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring--and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time."--Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of NudgeFor most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened?Since Charles Darwin wrote about "evolutionary fitness," the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the "self-domestication theory," Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive.But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an "outsider." The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare's groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest.Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Subžánr: Art Rock;Glam Barva podle výrobce: Black Dekáda interpreta: 1970 - 1979;2000 - 2009;2020 - 2029;2010 - 2019;1990 - 1999;1980 - 1989 Složení setu: 1 ks Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Rok vydání: 2017.0 Typ: Album;LP deska;Nové vydání;Remastered Datum vydání: 2017-11-17 Interpret / Téma: Brian Eno Hmotnost: 180 g Země interpreta: Spojené království Vydavatelství: Virgin Records Žánr: Rock;Elektronický Balení obsahuje: LP Země původu: Evropská unie Varianta: Here Come The Warm Jets (Remastered) (Vinyl LP) Barva: Černá (muziker.cz)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the best-kept secret in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist - the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death for those who drink the blood of Jesus. The Holy Grail and its miraculous contents have never been found. In the absence of any hard data, whatever happened at the Last Supper remains an article of faith for today's 2.5 billion Christians. In an unprecedented search for real answers, The Immortality Key examines the archaic roots of the ritual that is performed every Sunday for nearly one third of the planet. Religion and science converge to paint a radical picture of Christianity's founding event. And after centuries of debate, to solve history's greatest puzzle once and for all. Before the birth of Jesus, the Ancient Greeks found salvation in their own sacraments. Sacred beverages were routinely consumed as part of the so-called Ancient Mysteries - elaborate rites that led initiates to the brink of death. The best and brightest from Athens and Rome flocked to the spiritual capital of Eleusis, where a holy beer unleashed heavenly visions for two thousand years. Others drank the holy wine of Dionysus to become one with the god. In the 1970s, renegade scholars claimed this beer and wine - the original sacraments of Western civilization - were spiked with mind-altering drugs. In recent years, vindication for the disgraced theory has been quietly mounting in the laboratory. The constantly advancing fields of archaeobotany and archaeochemistry have hinted at the enduring use of hallucinogenic drinks in antiquity. And with a single dose of psilocybin, the psychopharmacologists at Johns Hopkins and NYU are now turning self-proclaimed atheists into instant believers. But the smoking gun remains elusive. If these sacraments survived for thousands of years in our remote prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Greeks, did they also survive into the age of Jesus? Was the Eucharist of the earliest Christians, in fact, a psychedelic Eucharist? With an unquenchable thirst for evidence, Muraresku takes the reader on his twelve-year global hunt for proof. He tours the ruins of Greece with its government archaeologists. He gains access to the hidden collections of the Louvre Museum to show the continuity from pagan to Christian wine. He unravels the Ancient Greek of the New Testament with the world's most controversial priest. He spelunks into the catacombs under the streets of Rome to decipher the lost symbols of Christianity's oldest monuments. He breaches the secret archives of the Vatican to unearth manuscripts never before translated into English. And with leads from the archaeological chemists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he unveils the first scientific data for the ritual use of psychedelic drugs in classical antiquity. The Immortality Key reconstructs the suppressed history of women consecrating a forbidden, drugged Eucharist that was later banned by the Church Fathers. Women who were then targeted as witches during the Inquisition, when Europe's sacred pharmacology largely disappeared. If the scientists of today have resurrected this technology, then Christianity is in crisis. Unless it returns to its roots. Featuring a Foreword by Graham Hancock, the New York Times bestselling author of America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The classic Hans Christian Andersen story retold with simple text for children just beginning to read. The nightingale sings so sweetly that everyone loves to hear her song. But when the Emperor of China receives a new dazzling mechanical songbird made from gold and rubies, he has eyes for nothing else. What will become of the little nightingale now? Colourfully illustrated by Graham Philpot. Developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: How much are you willing to sacrifice in the name of love? In the beloved fairy tale ´The Little Mermaid´, Hans Christian Andersen beautifully depicts a mermaid princess' tranquil but tragic life under the sea. Curious about humans, the princess daringly ventures above the surface and finds herself drawn to a human prince. However, being unable to do anything about her growing love for the prince, she eventually seeks help from a mystical sea witch, who changes her life forever - but at what cost? A story which uncovers themes such as unrequited love and alienation, ´The Little Mermaid´ is the ideal read for fans of Guillermo del Toro's ´The Shape of Water´. A live-action remake featuring Halle Bailey is set to release in 2023. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet, and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen", and "The Ugly Duckling". (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Once upon a time there was a prince without pity: he wanted to be the strongest and sent armies of soldiers to destroy villages and stop other kings, he even got it into his head to prove that he was worth more than God… Little did he know where this arrogance would lead him! Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films "The Little Mermaid" in 1989 and "Frozen", which is loosely based on "The Snow Queen", in 2013. Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Weaving a complex web of stratagem, subterfuge, philosophy and physics across light years of space and 18.9 million years of time, this tale of humanity’s struggle to reach the stars is a visionary masterwork of unprecedented scale and momentum. A boxed set of Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem trilogy, containing The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Cixin Liu, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Cixin Liu, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Earth and Trisolaris must face a new threat of an altogether different magnitude: this is the stunning conclusion of the Three-Body Problem trilogy. The first part won the Hugo Award for best novel and was described as a breakthrough book and a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics, history and conspiracy theory. This is Asimov for a new Millenium. (alza.cz)

Kniha - 608 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 608 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Kvalitní 100 % uretanový golfový míček s pokročilou technologií vyrovnávání, navržený pro vysoký výkon za nižší cenu. LEPŠÍ ZAMĚŘENÍ, ZPĚTNÁ VAZBA, VIDITELNOST 360° ClearPath Alignment™ byl navržen s ohledem na golfistu. Tato technologie Tour Response Stripe™ nové generace se obepíná kolem středu golfového míčku, aby vám pomohla lépe, rychleji a konzistentněji mířit paty a zároveň poskytuje okamžitou zpětnou vazbu o kvalitě vašeho odpalu. Limetkově žlutá povrchová úprava nabízí lepší viditelnost. NOVÝ VZOR Tour Flight Dimple Pattern odemyká aerodynamiku další úrovně a zároveň podporuje maximální vzdálenost. Tato Tour ověřená technologie, která se nachází v TP5 / TP5x, byla poprvé přidána do Tour Response. 100 % URETÁNOVÝ KRYT Tour Response je navržen tak, aby reagoval na vaši hru se 100 % uretanovým krytem pro přidaný greenside spin a lepší pocit v porovnání s ionomerem. Měkký materiál pomáhá drážkám lépe uchytit míček při odpalech při zachování odolnosti. URČENY PRO VYSOKU RYCHLOST 3-dílná konstrukce Tour Response byla navržena tak, aby maximalizovala přenos energie a produkovala vysokou rychlost míčku. Speedmantle™ s HFM obklopuje jádro s nízkou kompresí a pomáhá míčku při nárazu explodovat z tváře. LITÝ URETÁNOVÝ KRYT Měkký, odlévaný uretanový kryt je navržen tak, aby zvýšil greenside spin. Chemická reakce vytváří uretanový materiál, který vytváří nevratné spojení pro lepší odolnost proti smyku a větší trvanlivost. SPEEDMANTLE™ S HFM Pevnější druhá vrstva obklopuje měkké vnitřní jádro a umožňuje explozivní přenos energie a rychlý míček. Počet dimplů: 322.0 Barva: Bílá Počet míčků v balení: 12 Počet vrstev: 3 Typ míčků: Kontrola;Vzdálenost;Pocit;Viditelnost Věková skupina: Dospělý Komprese míče: 70.0 Varianta: Alignment Země původu: Čína Barva podle výrobce: Stripe Série: Tour Response Pohlaví: Unisex Materiál: Uretan (muziker.cz)

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And there are more stars in the Universe than grains of sand on every planet in the Solar System. But amid all this vastness, the Milky Way Galaxy, our Sun and the Earth are home to the only known life in the Universe - at least for now.With a foreword from Professor Brian Cox, and access to all the latest stunning NASA photography, Andrew Cohen takes readers on a voyage of discovery, via the probes and telescopes exploring the outer reaches of our galaxy, revealing how it was formed and how it will inevitably be destroyed by the enigmatic black hole at its heart. And beyond our galaxy, the expanding Universe, which holds clues to the biggest mystery of all - how did it all begin? We now know more about those first moments of existence than we ever thought possible, and hidden in this story of how it all began are the clues to the fate of the Universe itself and everything in it. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, this edition rounds up some of today’s most exceptional and inspiring interiors across six continents. From rustic minimalism to urbane eclecticism, the selection celebrates a global spectrum of styles, united by authenticity, a love of detail, and a zest for individual expression that will never go out of fashion. Includes interiors in Argentina, Brasil, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the UK, the USA, and many more countries. With pictures by leading interior photographers including: Xavier Béjot, Pieter Estersohn, Marina Faust, Reto Guntli, François Halard, HieplerBrunier, Ditte Isager, Nikolas Koenig, Ricardo Labougle, Eric Laignel, ?ke Lindman, Thomas Loof, Jason Schmidt, Mark Seelen, René Stoeltie, Tim Street-Porter, Vincent Thibert, Simon Upton, Paul Warchol. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The third and final book in the LEGENDS OF DUNE series, based on the vision of Frank Herbert. The trilogy follows the campaigns of the Butlerian Jihad, the great war against the thinking machines. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Spider-Man meets Spider-Gwen! The two most sensational web-spinners of the 21st century don't just cross paths - they lock lips! Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy are two young heroes from different Earths, and a multiversal mission is about to upend both their lives! But as the plot thickens, will this spider-crossed pair see teen romance give way to arachnid animosity? Then, with Miles' life turned upside down, his mother copes with startling new truths. Who can she turn to? Meanwhile, Miles needs a win - but when the Black Cat and Hammerhead incite an underworld gang war, things don't end well for Miles. Will his battle against his inner demons consume him? Or can his amazing friends help him find his way back to the light? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

As treasured today as they will undoubtedly be for generations to come, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales are cornerstones of our collective consciousness as much as of the Western literary canon. From The Ugly Duckling to The Little Mermaid and The Emperor’s New Clothes, this beautifully presented collection shares the eternal magic of these stories with a selection of eight tales, each illustrated with sparkling vintage artwork from the 1890s to the 1980s. True to the international appeal of the stories, the featured artists hail from Scandinavia to Japan and include such greats as Kay Nielsen, Josef Paleček, Tom Seidmann-Freud (niece of Sigmund Freud), and the groundbreaking film animator Lotte Reiniger. The collection also features historic and contemporary silhouettes, a presentation of Andersen’s immense legacy, brief historical introductions to each fairy tale, as well as a set of stickers of favorite motifs. A treasure for the whole family, this precious edition inspires and enchants as much as the mystical, magical worlds of Andersen’s imagination.The following fairy tales are featured in the book:The Princess and the Pea, The Nightingale, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox. The editor Noel Daniel is a graduate of Princeton University and a former Fulbright Scholar to Berlin. She earned an MA in London and was director of a photography gallery before editing books. Her TASCHEN publications include East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Wintertime Tales, Magic, and The Circus. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From Sunday Times-bestselling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner-Award winning artist P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton and Paul Chadwick comes an imaginative graphic novel anthology of four fantastical tales: The Problem of Susan, October in the Chair, Locks and The Day the Saucers Came. Two stories and two poems. All wondrous and imaginative about the tales we tell and experience. Where the incarnations of the months of the year sit around a campfire sharing stories, where an older college professor recounts a Narnian childhood, where the apocalypse unfolds, and where the importance of generational storytelling is seen through the Goldilocks fairy tale. These four graphic novel adaptations have something for everyone and are a must for Gaiman fans. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The perfect gift for baby showers and for those already in the throes of parenting, Fowl Language: Children are a Gift is here to let you know that you're not alone. Parenting is hard and often gross. Laughing about it helps. Everyone's favorite parenting cartoon featuring ducks presents a comprehensive view of the early parenting years in all of their maddening cuteness and sanity-depriving chaos. The new collection will include fifty comics that have appeared on the website and will feature fifty never-before-seen cartoons. Fowl Language: Children are a Gift is organized into 10 thematic chapters-including Babies: Oh Dear God, What Have we Done?; Pooping: Get Your S*** Together; and Holidays: Magic Traditions and Tragic Overeating-each of which begins with a hilarious, illustrated 500-word essay. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Typ: High Quality;Album;LP deska;Nové vydání Subžánr: Psychedelic Rock Balení obsahuje: LP Země původu: Německo Datum vydání: 2022-02-28 Interpret / Téma: Brian Jonestown Massacre Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Složení setu: 2 ks Barva podle výrobce: Black Rok vydání: 2022.0 Vydavatelství: Cargo Barva: Černá Žánr: Rock Varianta: Take It From The Man! (Reissue) (2 LP) (muziker.cz)

Hudební CD - Debutové sólové album americké pěvkyně Julie Bullockové na labelu Nonesuch, kombinující prvky klasické hudby, jazzu a spirituálu. Nejznámější skladbou nahrávky je pravděpodobně „Knoxville: Léto 1915” Samuela Barbera na působivý text Jamese Ageeho. Debutové sólové album americké pěvkyně Julie Bullockové na labelu Nonesuch, kombinující prvky klasické hudby, jazzu a spirituálu. Nejznámější skladbou nahrávky je pravděpodobně „Knoxville: Léto 1915” Samuela Barbera na působivý text Jamese Ageeho. Toto dílo vzniklo původně na objednávku sopranistky Eleanor Steberové, která ho také v roce 1948 uvedla ve světové premiéře s Bostonským symfonickým orchestrem a dirigentem Sergem Koussevitzkym. Na svém aktuálním albu tak po ní převzala pomyslnou štafetu Julia Bullocková s londýnským Philharmonia Orchestra pod vedením dirigenta Christiana Reifa. Ten také doprovází pěvkyni jako klavírista ve zbývajícím, komorněji laděném programu. Julia Bullock / Philharmonia... (alza.cz)