Upon the altar of work

Upon the Altar of Work

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Work of Kings

Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Si

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Once Upon a Deal...

Discover the art of negotiation – at work and at home - through stories that bring this essential skill to life.

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Mountains Piled Upon Mountains

Features nearly fifty writers from across Appalachia sharing their place-based fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. Much of the work collected he

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There Were Giants Upon the Earth

The crowning work of the bestselling Earth Chronicles series.

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Once Upon a Time in Facilities Management

What would the world of work look like if interpreted through the lens of the fairytale? To answer this question Once Upon a Time in Facilities Manage

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Kniha - autor Quentin Tarantino, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film. RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the wee...

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Mystical Languages of Unsaying

This work examines apophatic discourse, which embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its ow

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Potential Stranger

"Potential Stranger" reveals that in the public world we are all called upon to perform. This work is a reminder of all the potential strangers we may

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Potential Stranger

"Potential Stranger" reveals that in the public world we are all called upon to perform. This work is a reminder of all the potential strangers we may

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN SOUTHEND and District

A showcase of the work of talented the Southend Standard cartoonists of the mid-1930s - smart, analytical and topical at time and drawn from Southend

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Work-Family Interface

This volume focuses upon the complex nature of the work-family interface, and how families around the globe deal with the inherent dilemmas therein. C

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel (0063112523)

Kniha - 416 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal — is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award- winning film.RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whi...

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood : The First Novel By Quentin Tarantino - Quentin Tarantino

Anotace: Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film. RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save hi...

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Democracy of the Dead

This work asks, "Will democracy figure prominently in China's future?", and, "If so, what kind of democracy?". The authors draw upon the ideas of Dewe

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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout - Newport Cal

Anotace: `Brilliant and timely` - Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand WeeksFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and one of the world`s top productivity experts, a groundbreaking philosophy for creating great work at a sustainable pace.Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we`re either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success...

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Shape of the World

A serene first-person explorer unfolding in a world that grows around you. Journey through a psychedelic and colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.. Note: Immersion, exploration and contemplation form the core of Shape of the World. This ...

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Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe

Drawing upon Muslim Europe's own voices, institutions, and experiences, this compelling work reframes the debates on European secularism, the historic

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Shape of the World (PC)

A serene first-person explorer unfolding in a world that grows around you. Journey through a psychedelic and colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress..Note: Immersion, exploration and contemplation form the core of Shape of the World. This i...

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Conceptualizing and Innovating Education and Work with Networked Learning

The chapters in this book build upon selected research papers from the 12th International Networked Learning Conference 2020, hosted by University of

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Anotace: Set in clear, easy-to-read type, this low budget, slim, lightweight volume is a favourite study text with students. It also features a glossary of obsolete words and words which vary from their ordinary established meaning. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the greatest English dramatist and poet, was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. His surviving works consist of ...

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SpellForce 2 - Demons of the Past

Demons of the Past is the epic new chapter of SpellForce, the unique blend of RPG and RTS. Experience this worthy conclusion of all previous games in the SpellForce-series. Check out the new single player campaign with 25+ hours of gameplay, in which nearly all races are playable – Pact, Clan, Shaikan… The Story Zazhut is free, and his wrath now descends upon...

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The Book of Symbols - kolektiv autorů

<p>This encyclopedia explores the hidden meanings of visual symbols across time and geography, from the sun to whales and the human hand. Spanning different eras and cultures, over 800 beautiful images combine with expert illuminations of symbol history, meanings, and psychic associations, offering readers a precious and fascinating resource for thoughtful interpret...

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Lord of the Rings Socha 1/6 Royal Guard of Rohan 37 cm

Calling upon those who dwelt upon the plains in scattered hamlets, farms and outlying villages, the kingdom of Rohan could muster a grand army of riders in times of great need, but few among the defenders bore arms every day.Farmers, herders, trade and craftsmen, most led lives of quiet, tending to their work to feed their families. Yet even in times of peace and plenty t...

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Psychic Life of Power

Drawing upon Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault and Althusser, this work offers a theory of subject formation that illuminates as ambivalent the psychi

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At the Source

Reflects upon a writer's deep inheritance of language, myth and nature. Lyrical, wise, meticulously observant, this work records the experience of liv

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Unmasking the Psychopath

This book builds upon and expands the pioneering work of the late Hervey Cleckley in defining, recognizing, and treating the antisocial personality an

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Tess of the d´Urbervilles, 1. vydání - Thomas Hardy

<p>Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.</p> <p>An unforgettably powerful tragedy, Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the great classics of the late nineteenth century. This ...

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The Courtship of Eva Eldridge : A Story of Bigamy in the Marriage-Mad Fifties - Simmonsová Diane

Anotace: Everyone Got marrIed In the 1950s, then moved to the suburbs to have the children of the soon-to-be-famous baby boom. For Americans who had survived the Great Depression and World War II, prosperous married life was a triumph. The unwed were objects of pity, scorn, even suspicion. And so in the 1950s, Eva Eldridge, no longer so young and marginally employed, was...

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Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius - Freedman Harry

Anotace: `Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.` - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks`Among the finest volumes on Cohen`s life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued and engaged Leonard himself.` - John McKenna, writer and frien...

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Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius - Harry Freedman

<p>'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 'Among the finest volumes on Cohen's life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued and engaged Leonard himself.' - John McKenna, writer and frie...

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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout - Cal Newport

<p>'Brilliant and timely' - Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand WeeksFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and one of the world's top productivity experts, a groundbreaking philosophy for creating great work at a sustainable pace.Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we're either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success ...

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The Shadow in the Glass - Harwood JJA

Anotace: A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses - a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke.`Deliciously dark`Woman MagazineOnce upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid.Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella`s only refuge is in the bo...

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The Shadow in the Glass - JJA Harwood

<p>A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses - a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke. 'Deliciously dark' Woman Magazine Once upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid. Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella's only refuge is...

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The Principia - Newton Isaac

Anotace: First published in Latin in 1687, "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", commonly referred to as "The Principia", is the groundbreaking work of science and mathematics by Isaac Newton. Consisting of three books, "The Principia" was updated twice by Newton during his lifetime, with new editions published in 1713 and 1726, as he further refined and expan...

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The Principia - Isaac Newton

<p>First published in Latin in 1687, “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”, commonly referred to as “The Principia”, is the groundbreaking work of science and mathematics by Isaac Newton. Consisting of three books, “The Principia” was updated twice by Newton during his lifetime, with new editions published in 1713 and 1726, as he further refined and expand...

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Prague In Black And Gold: The History Of A City - Demetz Peter

Anotace: From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devestation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is a first class history of this unique city, allowing us to unravel layer upon layer of startlingly symbolic sites and buiding...

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Prague In Black And Gold: The History Of A City - Peter Demetz

<p>From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devestation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is a first class history of this unique city, allowing us to unravel layer upon layer of startlingly symbolic sites and buidings...

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On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking´s final theory - Hertog Thomas

Anotace: A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog.Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life.Pondering this mystery led Hawking to study the big bang origin of the unive...

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On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking´s final theory - Thomas Hertog

<p>A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog.Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life.Pondering this mystery led Hawking to study the big bang origin of the univer...

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Kafka&apos;s Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy - Benjamin Balint

Anotace: The story of the international struggle to preserve Kafka's literary legacy. Kafka's Last Trial begins with Kafka's last instruction to his closest friend, Max Brod: to destroy all his remaining papers upon his death. But when the moment arrived in 1924, Brod could not bring himself to burn the unpublished works of the man he considered a literary...

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Kafka´s Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy, 1. vydání - Benjamin Balint

<p>Kafka's Last Trial begins with Kafka's last instruction to his closest friend, Max Brod: to destroy all his remaining papers upon his death. But when the moment arrived in 1924, Brod could not bring himself to burn the unpublished works of the man he considered a literary genius--even a saint. Instead, Brod devoted his life to championing Kafka's writing, rescuin...

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C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man (A Macat Analysis) - Brittany Pheiffer Noble

<p>C.S. Lewis’s 1943 The Abolition of Man is a set of three essays that encapsulate some of the most important elements of good critical thinking. Lewis considers a weighty topic, moral philosophy – and more precisely how we teach it, and where morality comes from. As critics and enthusiasts for Lewis’s work alike have noted, though, he was not a philosopher as such...

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Lizzie Blake´s Best Mistake: The next unique and swoonworthy rom-com from the author of the TikTok-hit, A Brush with Love! - Eddings Mazey

Anotace: `Laugh-out-loud funny, filled with joy, as deliciously swoony as it is downright steamy` CHLOE LIESEThe next sizzling and swoonie rom-com from the author of the TikTok-hit A Brush with Love which readers gave FIVE SHINING STARS!`Oh my TOOTH FAIRY!! This book was so much more than I expected and swept me off my feet` `Swoony, steamy, adorable . . . Read. This. Bo...

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Lizzie Blake´s Best Mistake: The next unique and swoonworthy rom-com from the author of the TikTok-hit, A Brush with Love! - Mazey Eddings

<p>'Laugh-out-loud funny, filled with joy, as deliciously swoony as it is downright steamy' CHLOE LIESEThe next sizzling and swoonie rom-com from the author of the TikTok-hit A Brush with Love which readers gave FIVE SHINING STARS!'Oh my TOOTH FAIRY!! This book was so much more than I expected and swept me off my feet' 'Swoony, steamy, adorable . . . Read. This. Boo...

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Illustrated Treasury Of Disney Songs

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes A Spoonful Of Sugar A Whole New World Baby Mine Be Our Guest Beauty And The Beast Bella Notte (This Is The Night) Best Of Friends Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo (The Magic Song) Can You Feel The Love Tonight Candle On The Water Castle In Spain Circle Of Life Colors Of The...

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Post-Bionian Field Theory of Antonino Ferro

This exciting and original collection explores Antonino Ferro’s Post-Bionian Field Theory, expanding upon the analytic work of Wilfred Bion to focus o

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The Silmarillion [Illustrated Edition] (0008433941)

Kniha - autor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien, 358 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Including brand-new paintings, this is a fully illustrated new edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of ...

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The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events - Skeslien Charles Janet

Anotace: The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France.`This is hands down my book of 2024. A rich, glorious life-affirming ode to the power of books and female solidarity. S...

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The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events - Charles Janet Skeslien

<p>The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France.'This is hands down my book of 2024. A rich, glorious life-affirming ode to the power of books and female solidarity. Si...

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson

<p>The Sanderson book for readers who have never picked up a Sanderson book before...Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson returns to his beloved Cosmere Universe in this exquisitely romantic standalone adventure perfect for fans of This Is How You Lose the Time War and genre-blending anime and manga sensations like Your Name.</p> <p>'This was utter...

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The Witcher Volume 5: Fading Memories - Sztybor Bartosz

Anotace: As Geralt explores new career possibilities, he receives a request from the mayoress of Towitz-a small town where children are being kidnapped by Foglets. Upon accepting the work, Geralt´s thrust into the mysterious past of a mourning mother and her now abducted son. Caught between the townsfolks´ recollections of the kidnapping and a slew of disturbing visions,...

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A Space of Their Own Taylor & Francis Ltd

This collection explores how nineteenth and twentieth-century women writers incorporated the idea of ‘place’ into their writing. Whether writing from a specific location or focusing upon a particular geographical or imaginary place, women writers working between 1850-1950 valued ‘a space of their own’ in which to work. A Space of Their Own will be of interest to those stu...

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The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

<p></p><p> "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once."</p> <p> Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer ...

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The Night Stalker, 1. vydání - Robert Bryndza

<p>'Absolutely brilliant ...impossible to put this book down! ... A must read' The Quiet KnitterIf the Night Stalker is watching, you're already dead...In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer's night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a clear plasti...

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Ennio Morricone: The Platinum Collection - 3CD - Morricone Ennio

Anotace: The book: Ennio Morricone is an Italian composer and conductor of many Italo-Western classics such as "The Good the Bad and the Ugly." Born in Rome, Morricone wrote more than five hundred soundtracks for a wide variety of genres and received the Honorary Academy Award for career achievement in 2007. The book is a portrait of the artist with many private, mostly ...

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The Fault in Our Stars (978-0-413-5507-8)

Kniha - autor John Green, 336 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once." Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly...

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Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Unofficial Guide - Jolin Dan

Anotace: Quentin Tarantino is one of the most iconic and best loved movie directors of the last two decades. Whether he`s shooting up the Deep South, slicing through the Japanese underworld, blasting Nazi-occupied France or taking a flamethrower to `60s Los Angeles, Tarantino is a director who combines a radical vision with a sense of history: making movies precisely the...

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Vermeer. The Complete Works. 40th Anniversary Edition - Karl Schutz

<p>Discover one of the most admired artists in history: Johannes Vermeer. Complete with crisp reproductions, details, and insightful essays, this monograph spans his entire repertoire, illuminating the artist’s outstanding ability not only to bear witness to the spirit of the Dutch Golden Age, but also to encapsulate an entire story in just one transient gesture, ex...

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Postcolonial Feminism in Management and Organization Studies

This book draws upon the feminist work grounded specifically in the context of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to demonstrate the plurality of thinkin

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