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Renata Kamenická

    When we were orphans
    The Practice of Writing
    Chaos
    Hrdinové irských bájí
    War in European History
    • A novel about a British detective who investigates his parents' disappearance in Shanghai.

      When we were orphans2012
      3,6
    • The Practice of Writing

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      First published in 1996, this is a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking essays on the relationship between creative writing, the teaching of the same and the task of dramatizing literary works for television and the stage.

      The Practice of Writing2003
      3,8
    • War in European History

      • 176bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Wars have often determined the character of society. Society in exchange has determined the character of wars. This is the theme of Michael Howard's stimulating book. It is written with all his usual skill and in its small compass is perhaps the most original book he has written. Though he surveys a thousand years of history, he does so without sinking in a slough of facts and draws a broad outline of developments which will delight the general reader.' A. J. P. Taylor, Observer

      War in European History1997
      4,7
    • Chaos

      Making a New Science

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      This book brings together all the work in a new field of physics, the chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics. The author shows how computers have been able to help researchers, by mapping the whole plane of solutions of non-linear equations.

      Chaos1996
      4,1
    • Irsko je zemí hrdinů. Někteří z nich jsou slavní a vypráví se o nich v mýtech a legendách, jiní téměř upadli v zapomnění. Začněme ale příběhem o narození prvního ze slavných irských hrdinů. Byl synem jednoho z božských Tuatha de Danann a sám se časem také stal bohem. Prý byl i otcem Cuchulainovým. Jmenoval se Lugh a byl vnukem strašného démona Balora... (z přebalu knihy)

      Hrdinové irských bájí1996
      4,1