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Ken Follett
Epic Historial Collection
Pillars of the Earth; World Without End

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 1844
Velikost: 2,16 MB
Knižní žánr: beletrie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-1012-0905-9
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 18:10

Anotace:

This digital edition of the Epic Historical Collection includes #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.





Ken Follett
Fall of Giants
Book One of the Century Trilogy

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 819
Velikost: 1,64 MB
Knižní žánr: beletrie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-101-54355-9
Cena: 14.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 18:04

Anotace:

Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage.

A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. 

From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .





Ken Follett
Edge of Eternity
Book Three of the Century Trilogy

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 970
Velikost: 3 MB
Knižní žánr: beletrie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-698-16057-6
Cena: 9.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 18:01

Anotace:

Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion.

In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they made their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements, and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution—and rock and roll.

East German teacher Rebecca Hoffmann discovers she’s been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive act that will affect her family for the rest of their lives. . . . George Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedy's Justice Department and finds himself in the middle of not only the seminal events of the civil rights battle but a much more personal battle of his own. . . . Cameron Dewar, the grandson of a senator, jumps at the chance to do some official and unofficial espionage for a cause he believes in, only to discover that the world is a much more dangerous place than he'd imagined. . . . Dimka Dvorkin, a young aide to Nikita Khrushchev, becomes an agent both for good and for ill as the United States and the Soviet Union race to the brink of nuclear war, while his twin sister, Tanya, carves out a role that will take her from Moscow to Cuba to Prague to Warsaw—and into history.





Ken Follett
Winter of the World
Book Two of the Century Trilogy

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 739
Velikost: 1,72 MB
Knižní žánr: beletrie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-101-59143-7
Cena: 14.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 17:56

Anotace:

Winter of the World picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families—American, German, Russian, English, Welsh—enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs.

Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak. . . . American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific. . . . English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. . . . Daisy Peshkov, a driven American social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set, until the war transforms her life, not just once but twice, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war—but the war to come.

These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle, their lives intertwine, propelling the reader into dramas of ever-increasing complexity.





James H. Hallas
Saipan
The Battle that Doomed Japan in World War II

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 576
Velikost: 11,01 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-8117-6843-6
Cena: 18.04 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 15:19

Anotace:

The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple Heart Ridge, Death Valley, and Hell’s Pocket, under a commander known as “Howlin’ Mad.” Naval combat: carriers battling carriers from afar, fighters downing Japanese aircraft, submarines sinking carriers. Marine-army rivalry. Fanatical Japanese defense and resistance. A turning point of the Pacific War. James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler of the battle has done. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and ultimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle on the beaches and at and above the sea, it rivals Richard Frank’s modern classic Guadalcanal. This is the definitive military history of the Battle of Saipan.





Donald Macintyre
Battle for the Pacific

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 230
Velikost: 1,37 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
Cena: 0.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 15:14

Anotace:

An absorbing and compelling study of the most intensive naval struggle the world has ever seen.

Beginning with Pearl Harbor, renowned historian Donald Macintyre charts the course of the Pacific war through the major battles that shaped World War Two: Java Sea, Coral Sea, Midway, Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf.

Of course, the Pacific theatre was shaped not only by naval actions but also by closely interlocking military campaigns. Macintyre brings these amphibious struggles, which were more ferocious and wide-ranging than the world had ever seen, to the forefront of readers' minds and demonstrates just why the Allies were able to emerge victorious.

Macintyre, a veteran of the U-boat war in the Atlantic, explores how the Japanese were able to utilize the tactical advantage of their fleet air arm with its superiority in carrier-born fighters and torpedo planes to initially gain the upper hand of the conflict. It was only through military intelligence breakthroughs, the vast American industrial capacity, and brilliant naval and military leadership that the Allies were able to defeat the Japanese even in the face of terrifying kamikaze attacks.





Mark Lardas
US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941
America's mighty last battleship fleet

    Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 121
Velikost: 13,33 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781472859518
Cena: 9.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 15:07

Anotace:

The first book to examine the battleship-led 1941 Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight. Packed with illustrations, this study explains how the US Navy saw the approaching war unfolding.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet was the most powerful in the US Navy. It was still dominated by battleships, but since the late 1930s had been developing naval aviation and integrating them with its battleship-led doctrine.

This book is the first to examine the Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight, and how it had been training and preparing in the months leading up to December 7, 1941. Naval historian Mark Lardas explains how, contrary to modern assumptions, it was not wedded to the battleship, but was hedging its bets, building up both its carrier and battleship strength. Most crucially, it had also been building and honing a massive fleet train, enabling the Pacific Fleet to operate easily thousands of miles from home. It was this foundation that enabled the Pacific Fleet to adapt so rapidly to the new world of carrier-led naval warfare, and first check and then defeat the IJN.

With artwork, photos and diagrams, this is a portrait of 1941 in the Pacific Fleet, the last time and place when battleship doctrine held sway. Pearl Harbor would shatter this, and herald the start of the carrier era. The blow fell heavily on the US Pacific Fleet, but it and its successors would emerge more powerful than ever.





Hammond Innes
The Conquistadors

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 289
Velikost: 851 kB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781448211395
Cena: 5.19 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 13:01

Anotace:

This enthralling study which examines the impact of the Spaniards upon the Aztec and Inca worlds is dominated by the personalities involved, in particular Cortes and Montezuma. Their confrontation in the Aztec lake-city of Tenochtitlan is a moving drama of human conflict revealing the dilemma and the enigma of the Indians. It is a story of battles and voyages, full of strange episodes – Cortes burning his ships, Pizarro drawing a line with his sword, saying "Gentlemen, this line represents toil, hunger, thirst, weariness, sickness" and daring them to cross it, and Atahualpa nursing his wound in the hot springs of Cajamarca and watching, with his army, the tiny band of Spanish adventurers descending the green slopes of the Andes.





Brian Lane Herder
Brian Lane Herder - D-Day Fleet 1944, American Sector
The US Navy's Western Task Force

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 86
Velikost: 12,49 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781472863638
Cena: 9.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 12:56

Anotace:

A fully illustrated study of how the US-led half of the Normandy invasion fleet was composed, commanded, and how it fought, from D-Day until the fall of Cherbourg.

The D-Day landings and their aftermath were among the most complex and important naval operations in history. With the target beaches divided into two areas of responsibility – one US-commanded, one British – this armada launched a month-long operation to first support the landings, then to protect, supply, and support the troops ashore, as they fought to expand their toehold in occupied Europe.

In this book, illustrated throughout with 3D diagrams, photos, maps and dramatic artwork, naval historian Brian Lane Herder explains how the US Navy-led Western Task Force was built, and outlines its operations off Normandy during June 1944. It covers this multinational fleet's organization, assembly, and training, as well as the intelligence and logistics picture, and explores its actions that were so crucial to success on D-Day, from its superb and continuous minesweeping efforts to the aggressive gunfire support off Omaha and Utah beaches.

A unique portrait of the American naval sector in the D-Day landings, this book also examines the Western Task Force's operations off Normandy after the beachheads were established, including the destruction of the American Mulberry harbor in a storm, up to the conquest of the port of Cherbourg in late June 1944.





Tor Bukkvoll
Spetsnaz
A History of the Soviet and Russian Special Forces

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 325
Velikost: 1,62 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9780700637928
Cena: 14.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 12.01.2025, 01:25

Anotace:

In January 1951, Lieutenant Evgeniy Borisov was sent to the headquarters of the Soviet 5th Army in Spassk-Dalnii, a small city in the Russian Far East. Borisov was there on a secret mission. Together with his superior, Major Rusinov, his job was to establish the 91st Special Forces Company. The 91st was to be one of forty-six similar units spread out across the Soviet Union. The new forces were called “spetsnaz”—short for spetsnialnoe naznachenie, which translates to “special purpose.”

In Spetsnaz, Tor Bukkvoll presents the first in-depth history of the Soviet, and, later, Russian special operations forces from their establishment until today. He focuses on three broad topics: Soviet and later Russian thinking on the use of special operations forces; the actual process of constructing these forces and how this was facilitated or hampered by other agencies of the Soviet and Russian states; and the use of these forces in combat.

Bukkvoll uses a variety of sources, but the most important are the recollections of former spetsnaz soldiers and officers themselves, which allow Bukkvoll to present the history of these forces as the men of spetsnaz see and have seen it. Bukkvoll also draws upon observations and judgments from other parts of the Soviet and Russian militaries, from a number of KGB sources, and from independent Russian experts and journalists.

Spetsnaz is essential reading for anyone interested in special operations forces or Russian military history.





Teorie peněz a úvěru

    Formát: EPUB
Původní název: Theory of Money and Credit
Počet stran: 430
Velikost: 1,56 MB
Knižní žánr: ekonomie
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-86389-76-9
Cena: 300.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 20.12.2024, 00:36

Anotace:

Kniha je stěžejním dílem ekonomické teorie, které se zabývá složitým vztahem mezi penězi, úvěrem a jejich vlivem na ekonomiku. Mises zkoumá původ peněz, jejich funkce v ekonomických transakcích a klíčovou roli, kterou úvěr hraje při utváření dynamiky trhu. Z pohledu rakouské ekonomické školy Mises předkládá komplexní analýzu toho, jak měnová politika, zejména ta, kterou provádějí centrální banky, ovlivňuje hospodářské cykly. Obhajuje nadřazenost volného trhu a varuje před nadměrnými zásahy státu do měnových systémů. Zdůrazněním důsledků tržních zásahů a vyzdvižením přirozeného řádu ekonomických mechanismů slouží tato kniha jako základní kámen v diskusích týkajících se peněz, úvěrů a regulace ekonomik.





Amir D. Aczel
Divoká mysl
Ze života velkých matematiků

    Formát: PDF
Původní název: Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians
Počet stran: 235
Velikost: 9,26 MB
Knižní žánr: logika a matematika
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-7675-218-4
Cena: 249.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 12:31

Anotace:

Matematici bývají vykreslováni jako podivíni, se kterými se člověk moc nepobaví, protože žijí ve vlastním myšlenkovém světě. Amir Aczel tuto veskrze mylnou představu vyvrací. Na pozadí pět tisíc let dlouhého příběhu matematiky vypráví pozoruhodné osudy myslitelů, kteří svými objevy významně přispěli k rozvoji přírodovědného poznání – od „kupeckých počtů“ po složité a hluboké teorie, bez nichž se moderní civilizace závislá na vyspělých technologiích neobejde. Ačkoliv jména jako Newton, Descartes, Eukleides, Fermat či Leibniz vzbuzují v mnoha lidech až posvátnou úctu, autor ukazuje, že tito velikáni vědy byli běžnými smrtelníky a podléhali nejrůznějším vášním i slabostem. V historii matematiky tak narazíme na střelecké souboje, spiknutí, hrdinské činy, tajné spolky, zločiny, vzájemné nevraživosti i milostné aféry. Životní příběhy velkých matematiků byly pestré, často dramatické, někdy opravdu divoké. Jedno však měli společné: hnala je touha po poznání.





Adam Kucharski
Pravidla nákazy
Jak se šíří - a proč končí

    Formát: PDF
Původní název: The Rules of Contagion. Why Things Spread – and Why They Stop
Počet stran: 251
Velikost: 3,61 MB
Knižní žánr: přírodní vědy
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-7675-217-7
Cena: 249.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 12:24

Anotace:

Proč finanční bubliny propukají tak rychle? Proč se některá videa na internetu stávají „virálními“ a některé dezinformační kampaně jsou tak efektivní? Proč je tak náročné vyrovnat se s šířením nových onemocnění, jako je SARS nebo covid-19? A přenášejí se některé formy chování, jako je kouření, násilí či jednání vedoucí k obezitě, podobným způsobem jako nakažlivé choroby? Rozsáhlé epidemie – virů, módních vln či idejí – se dnes šíří rychleji než kdy dřív. Jakými pravidly se řídí a co nám říkají o naší společnosti? Britský epidemiolog a matematik Adam Kucharski zkoumá široké spektrum nákaz – od nemocí, finančních krizí, násilí, manipulací na internetu či počítačových virů přes populární myšlenky a politické postoje až po lidové pohádky – a přesvědčivě dokládá, že pochopit fenomén nákazy je klíčem k porozumění modernímu světu.





Příběhy z nebezpečné říše

    Formát: PDF
Původní název: Tales from the Perilous Realm
Počet stran: 283
Velikost: 11,75 MB
Knižní žánr: sci-fi a fantasy
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-257-4647-9
Cena: 348.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 12:00

Anotace:

Soubor Tolkienových pohádek-povídek Tulák Rover, Sedlák Jiljí z Oujezda, Kovář z Velké Lesné, List od Nimrala a Příhody Toma Bombadila, doplněný studií O pohádkách, která vlastně dala celé knize jméno: hned v jejím úvodu Tolkien píše, že Faerie, říše pohádek, je „nebezpečná zem“ - snad proto, že se v ní může stát cokoli... „Člověk se snad může považovat za šťastného, že do té říše zabloudil, avšak samo její bohatství a podivuhodnost poutají jazyk poutníka, jenž by o nich chtěl vyprávět. A dokud tam přebývá, není radno, aby se příliš vyptával, jinak se brány uzavřou a klíče od nich budou ztraceny,“ píše Tolkien. Soubor poprvé vychází s ilustracemi Alana Leea.





Krut Flasch
Mistr Eckhart
Zrození "německé mystiky" z ducha arabské filosofie

    Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 177
Velikost: 2,25 MB
Knižní žánr: filozofie
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-246-5942-8
Cena: 220.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:57

Anotace:

Mistr Eckhart (1260–1327) vešel do všeobecného kulturního povědomí na počátku 20. století a bleskově získal pověst tajuplného mystika, jenž je hlubinnými souvislostmi propojen s jinými mystiky od starověku po Novalise. Eckhart však byl respektovaný univerzitní učenec a vysoce aktivní řádový hodnostář, autor rozsáhlých latinských spisů, který se sám jednoznačně považoval za křesťanského filosofa. Ústředním tématem Eckhartových zkoumání je „čistý rozum“, intellectus, jak ho latinským myslitelům zprostředkoval Averroes, klíčový inspirátor Alberta Velikého, k jehož velkým žákům a následovníkům nepatří jen Tomáš Akvinský, ale též Dietrich z Freibergu a právě Eckhart.





Jane R. McIntosh
Mesopotamia and the Rise of Civilization
History, Documents, nad Key Questions

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 292
Velikost: 1,04 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-4408-3546-9
Cena: 66.60 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:53

Anotace:

A broad introduction to a major turning point in human development, this book guides the reader through the emergence of civilization in Mesopotamia, when city life began and writing was invented.

Covering Mesopotamia from around 3000 BCE to the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, Mesopotamia and the Rise of Civilization: History, Documents, and Key Questions combines narrative history material and reference entries that enable students to learn about the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia and its enormous influence on western civilization with primary source documents that promote critical thinking skills.

The book provides essential background via a historical overview of early development of society in Mesopotamia. This introduction is followed by reference entries on key topics; 4,000-year-old primary sources that explore Mesopotamian civilization through voices of the time and bring to light the events of a schoolboy's day, the boasts of kings, and personal letters about family concerns, for example; and a section of argumentative essays that presents thought-provoking perspectives on key issues. While the intended readership is high school students, the book's authoritative coverage of intriguing subject matter will also appeal to the wider public, especially in these times of heightened focus on the Middle East.





Phillips Payson O'Brian
How the War Was Won
Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II

    Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 656
Velikost: 8,66 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-107-01475-6
Cena: 32.04 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:49

Anotace:

World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly those on the Eastern Front. Phillips Payson O'Brien shows us the war in a completely different light. In this compelling new history of the Allied path to victory, he argues that in terms of production, technology and economic power, the war was far more a contest of air and sea than of land supremacy. He shows how the Allies developed a predominance of air and sea power which put unbearable pressure on Germany and Japan's entire war-fighting machine from Europe and the Mediterranean to the Pacific. Air and sea power dramatically expanded the area of battle and allowed the Allies to destroy over half of the Axis' equipment before it had even reached the traditional 'battlefield'. Battles such as El Alamein, Stalingrad and Kursk did not win World War II; air and sea power did.





Sergio Miller
Pride and Fall
The British Army in Afghanistan 2001-2014

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 609
Velikost: 7,67 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781472868305
Cena: 15.12 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:40

Anotace:

A detailed new account of the British military campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, based on the experiences of those who served.

On 11 September 2001 19 al-Qaeda-inspired jihadists hijacked four aircraft and mounted the deadliest terrorist attack in history. The outrage triggered a chain of events that saw British forces drawn into a lengthy military campaign against a fierce insurgency in Afghanistan.

In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Washington Treaty that obligated military assistance to the United States. The British government supported the initial US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and subsequently committed troops to Kabul and northern Afghanistan from 2002 onwards. However, in January 2006, following NATO's expansion southwards, Britain committed a battlegroup from the Parachute Regiment to Helmand Province in what became known as Operation Herrick, with Defence Secretary John Reid stating he 'would be perfectly happy to leave in three years and without firing one shot'. The reality was very different. From 2006 to 2014, a succession of British task forces rotated through Helmand and fought against an implacable enemy. When they finally withdrew in 2014, British forces had suffered losses of more than 450 killed and 2,000 wounded. The Taliban were not defeated and would grow stronger.

Sergio Miller served in Defence Intelligence in Whitehall throughout the campaign, and Pride and Fall answers the many questions surrounding the conflict. Based on abundant open-source material generated by the war and first-hand testimonies, this is the story of the men and women who served.





Phillips Payson O'Brian
The Strategists
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler – How War Made Them and How They Made War

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 555
Velikost: 20,17 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-405-96660-3
Cena: 14.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:37

Anotace:

Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist.

In The Strategists, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2. For example, Churchill's experiences of facing the German Army in France in 1916 made him unwilling to send masses of British soldiers back there in the 1940s, while Hitler's mistakes on the Eastern Front were influenced by his reluctance to accept that conditions had changed since his own time fighting. The implications of the power of leaders remain with us to this day: to truly understand what is happening in Ukraine, for example, requires us to know what has influenced the leaders involved.

This is a history in which leaders—and their choices—matter. For better or worse.





Chris Stokel-Walker
The History of the Internet
In Byte-Sized Chunks

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 163
Velikost: 2,05 MB
Knižní žánr: počítačová literatura
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-78929-560-3
Cena: 9.49 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:33

Anotace:

The internet is everywhere. But how did it start? How has it changed? And what will it look like in the future?

No development in human history has changed the world as radically, or as quickly, as the advent of the internet. There’s almost no aspect of 21st-century life that it hasn’t shaped or fundamentally altered, for better or for worse. But the history of the internet is longer than you might think. Its foundations stretch as far back as the 1960s, decades before it would become an accessible and inescapable part of everyday life.

In this new entry in the bestselling Bite-Sized Chunks series, author and journalist Chris Stokel-Walker traces the internet from its (relatively) humble beginnings to the ubiquitous force that exists today, from email and dial-up to social media and the metaverse.

Breaking down complex concepts around how the world wide web works, how it has changed over time, and the effects it has had on the world as we know it, as well as explaining key terminology and spotlighting important figures, The History of the Internet in Byte-Sized Chunks explains everything you need to know about this era-defining technology in short, easy-to-digest chapters.





Mrijesh Bakariya, Krishna Kumar Mohbey
MCQ for Python Users
Get Ready for Computer Science Examinations with 5000+ Python MCQ

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 329
Velikost: 440 kB
Knižní žánr: počítačová literatura
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-93-55517-739
Cena: 17.95 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 11:05

Anotace:

This book is intended to provide a collection of various MCQs of the Python programming language

Key Features
● Comprehensive coverage of Python concepts and features.
● Over 5000 multiple choice questions to test and assess the reader’s knowledge effectively.

Description
This Python Question Bank comprises multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for employment assessments, examinations, and educational quizzes. This book is intended for individuals who are learning Python programming through Python literature, videos, or online tutorials and lesson plans. The provided questions and corresponding answers can serve as a means to assess one's proficiency in the Python programming language. If one possesses prior knowledge of the Python programming language, employing it to assess one's ability to independently tackle a certain set of issues without any external assistance remains feasible. Reviewing the following questions before participating in a job interview is advisable.

If you are an educator or instructor who is imparting knowledge on Python, these multiple-choice questions can serve as a valuable assessment tool to gauge how much your pupils have comprehended your material. The questions presented below pertain to Python 3 and are designed for individuals who are either initiating their study of Python or have recently acquired knowledge of the language. The answer key for these questions is supplied at the conclusion.

What you will learn
● Mastering Python concepts through multiple choice questions.
● Strengthening problem-solving skills by practicing with diverse scenarios.
● Enhancing knowledge of Python programming principles and best practices.
● Improving test-taking abilities for Python-related assessments and certifications.
● Gaining confidence in applying Python for various programming tasks.

Who this book is for
This Python MCQ Book is perfect for anyone looking to test and improve their knowledge of Python programming through multiple choice questions.





Santiago Zabala
Ancient China
An Ilustrated Introduction to the History, People, Culture and Beyond

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 145
Velikost: 21,97 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-63288-026-0
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 01:55

Anotace:

Richly illustrated with photographs of historical heritage, this book chronicles “ major” events which led to the rise and fall of dynasties. The focus is also on historical figures such as a petty bureaucrat in the Qin dynasty, a writer who loved travelling, or a scholar-official who devoted himself to calligraphy and painting. In this way, the authors, all young historians, narrate stories about the history of ancient China: from the era of the Warring States (475– 221 BC) when seven kingdoms wrestled with each other for supremacy to the unification of the country in the Qin dynasty (221– 207 BC), from the period of Three Kingdoms (220– 280) when it was divided again after the collapse of the Han dynasty (206 BC– AD 220) to the massive Rebellion of An Lushan (755– 763), which shook the Tang dynasty (618– 907), and from the everyday life in the Song dynasty (960– 1279) to the increased integration of ethnic groups to the transformation of the country in the Ming (1368– 1644) and Qing (1636– 1911) dynasties. Who were Chinese? How did they become what they are today? What does it mean to be Chinese in a long run? The book attempts to address such issues that have been widely discussed.





Anshul Saxena, Shalaka Verma, Jayant Mahajan
Generative AI in Banking Financial Services
A Guide to Use Cases, Approaches, and Insights

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 203
Velikost: 908 kB
Knižní žánr: technická literatura
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 979-8-8688-0559-2
Cena: 61.74 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 01:49

Anotace:

This book explores the integration of Generative AI within the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector, elucidating its implications, applications, and the future landscape of BFSI.

The first part delves into the origins and evolution of Generative AI, providing insights into its mechanics and applications within the BFSI context. It goes into the core technologies behind Generative AI, emphasizing their significance and practical applications. The second part explores how Generative AI intersects with core banking processes, ranging from transactional activities to customer support, credit assessment, and regulatory compliance. It focuses on the digital transformation driving investment banking into the future. It also discusses AI’s role in algorithmic trading, client interactions, and regulatory adaptations. It analyzes AI-driven techniques in portfolio management, customer-centric solutions, and the next-generation approach to financial planning and advisory matters. The third part equips you with a structured roadmap for AI adoption in BFSI, highlighting the steps and the challenges. It outlines clear steps to assist BFSI institutions in incorporating Generative AI into their operations. It also raises awareness about the moral implications associated with AI in the BFSI sector.

By the end of this book you will understand Generative AI’s present and future role in the BFSI sector.

What You Will Learn
Know what Generative AI is and its applications in the BFSI sector
Understand deep learning and its significance in generative models
Analyze the AI-driven techniques in portfolio management and customer-centric solutions
Know the future of investment banking and trading with AI
Know the challenges of integrating AI into the BFSI sector

Who This Book Is For
Professionals in the BFSI and IT sectors, including system administrators and programmers





Erik Herman
AI Revealed
Theory, Applictaions, Ethics

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 111
Velikost: 7,07 MB
Knižní žánr: technická literatura
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-50152-333-5
Cena: 41.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 01:44

Anotace:

This book is a guide to navigating the ever-changing landscape of artificial intelligence. It is designed for both novices and seasoned professionals, covering a wide range of topics from fundamental concepts to cutting-edge advancements. Readers will investigate the principles of machine learning, explore the intricacies of deep learning architectures, and discover the applications of natural language processing and computer vision. Through concise explanations and practical examples, readers will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to confidently navigate the dynamic field of artificial intelligence. Additionally, the text examines real-world case studies and addresses important ethical issues, providing valuable insights into the ethical implications and societal impacts of technology.

FEATURES:

  • Practical applications and case studies with a section on use cases across various industries, including healthcare, finance, transportation, and retail.
  • Actionable steps for getting started with AI include how to set up an AI development environment, learning Python for AI applications, and utilizing popular AI libraries.
  • Resources for further study including, AI online courses, AI communities and forums, and recommended books essentially, a roadmap for continuous learning.




Matt Zandstra
PHP 8 Objects, Patterns, and Practice
Volume 1

    Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 594
Velikost: 7,44 MB
Knižní žánr: počítačová literatura
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 979-8-8688-0482-3
Cena: 39.99 EUR
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 01:24

Anotace:

Develop elegant and rock-solid systems using PHP, aided by three key elements: object fundamentals, design principles, and best practices. Now in its 7th edition, this book has been fully updated for PHP 8.3 and split into two volumes to better accommodate its wealth of new content. Volume 1 covers objects and patterns, while Volume 2 focuses on tools and best practices.

You’ll begin this volume by reviewing PHP's object-oriented features including key topics such as class declarations, inheritance, and reflection. The second part of the book is devoted to design patterns. It explains the principles that make patterns powerful and covers many of the classic design patterns, as well as enterprise and database patterns.

This volume provides a solid grounding in PHP's support for objects and builds on this foundation to apply the core principles of software design. New topics covered include read only classes, enumerations, typed class constants, as well as various additions to argument and return types. The knowledge gained from this book will help you master the object-oriented enhancements and the design patterns available for PHP 8, paving the way for developing best practices in Volume 2.

What You Will Learn
Work with object fundamentals.
Write classes and methods, instantiate objects, and create powerful class hierarchies using inheritance.
Master advanced object-oriented features, including static methods and properties.
Manage error conditions with exceptions and create abstract classes and interfaces.
Use design principles to deploy objects and classes effectively in your projects.
Discover a set of powerful patterns that you can implement in your own projects.

Who This Book Is For
Anyone with at least a basic knowledge of PHP who wants to use its object-oriented features in their projects.





Phillips Payson O'Brian
The Second Most Powerful Man in the World
The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 658
Velikost: 26,13 MB
Knižní žánr: biografie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9780399584817
Cena: 14.99 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 14.12.2024, 01:15

Anotace:

The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief

“Fascinating… greatly enriches our understanding of Washington wartime power.”—Madeleine Albright

Aside from FDR, no American did more to shape World War II than Admiral William D. Leahy--not Douglas MacArthur, not Dwight Eisenhower, and not even the legendary George Marshall. No man, including Harry Hopkins, was closer to Roosevelt, nor had earned his blind faith, like Leahy. Through the course of the war, constantly at the president's side and advising him on daily decisions, Leahy became the second most powerful man in the world.

In a time of titanic personalities, Leahy regularly downplayed his influence, preferring the substance of power to the style. A stern-faced, salty sailor, his U.S. Navy career had begun as a cadet aboard a sailing ship. Four decades later, Admiral Leahy was a trusted friend and advisor to the president and his ambassador to Vichy France until the attack on Pearl Harbor. Needing one person who could help him grapple with the enormous strategic consequences of the war both at home and abroad, Roosevelt made Leahy the first presidential chief of staff--though Leahy's role embodied far more power than the position of today.

Leahy's profound power was recognized by figures like Stalin and Churchill, yet historians have largely overlooked his role. In this important biography, historian Phillips Payson O'Brien illuminates the admiral's influence on the most crucial and transformative decisions of WWII and the early Cold War. From the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and France, to the allocation of resources to fight Japan, O'Brien contends that America's war largely unfolded according to Leahy's vision. Among the author's surprising revelations is that while FDR's health failed, Leahy became almost a de facto president, making decisions while FDR was too ill to work, and that much of his influence carried over to Truman's White House.





Náboženství Mayů

    Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 366
Velikost: 9,04 MB
Knižní žánr: religionistika a teologie
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-246-4218-5
Cena: 270.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 27.11.2024, 00:02

Anotace:

Kdo byli Mayové? Kde a jak žili? Jak vypadal jejich náboženský svět? Jaké bohy uctívali? Jaké rituály provozovali? Jaké představy měli o světě i sami o sobě? A jaké představy o nich máme dnes?

Syntetizující práce Zuzany Marie Kostićové podává souborný, srozumitelný a aktuální přehled světového bádání týkajícího se mayského náboženství a fenoménů, které s ním bezprostředně souvisejí. Zdůrazňuje jeho regionální a partikulární charakter a snaží se uvést na pravou míru některá východiska a dosud nereflektované omyly, které se zabydlily ve světové mayistice.

Text může sloužit laikům jako úvod do problematiky, vysokoškolským studentům jako učební materiál a expertům z příbuzných oborů jako komplexní příručka.





Zločin, který unikl trestu
Masakr v Katyni

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 229
Velikost: 5,76 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: čeština
ISBN: 978-80-7557-908-9
Cena: 169.00 CZK
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 26.11.2024, 23:59

Anotace:

Celá desetiletí byly zamlčovány zločiny, jimiž se Stalinův režim provinil vůči Polsku, Evropě i světu, zdiskreditoval svou vlastní zemi. Tyto zločiny dodnes zůstávají nepotrestány.

Kniha zkušeného autora literatury faktu přináší vylíčení fakt o podepsání sovětsko-německého paktu, kterým Stalin dodatečně Hitlerovi schválil uchvácení Rakouska i českých zemí a umožnil mu útok na Polsko, k němuž se pak připojil, aby se s ním mohl podělit o dobyté území. Sovětský svaz tak vrazil bojující polské armádě dýku do zad vpádem vojsk, a třebaže sovětská vláda lživě zdůvodňovala invazi snahou o záchranu životů a majetku obyvatelstva, její vojska bezohledně rozsévala zkázu. Přitom bylo přes 200 tisíc polských vojáků odvlečeno do zajateckých táborů, kde jich stovky zahynuly. Během spěšné proměny východního Polska v sovětskou západní Ukrajinu a Bělorusko byl zhruba milion polských obyvatel deportován do asijských pustin. Nejhrůznější zločin však byl spáchán masovým povražděním více než 15 tisíc polských důstojníků. Podrobnosti, jak tyto vraždy proběhly, a historii jejich odhalení v průběhu války i v poválečných letech najde čtenář na stránkách tohoto titulu.





The Future of Geography
How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

    Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 208
Velikost: 10,24 MB
Knižní žánr: politologie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-78396-689-9
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 26.11.2024, 23:52

Anotace:

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.


Humans are heading up and out, and we’re taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers and seas have on Earth. It’s no coincidence that Russia, China and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics.
In this gripping book, bestselling author Tim Marshall lays bare the new geopolitical realities to show how we got here and where we’re going, covering the new space race; great-power rivalry; technology; economics; war; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth. Written with all the insight and wit that have made Marshall the UK’s most popular writer on geopolitics, this is the essential read on power, politics and the future of humanity.





Daniel J. Hughes, Richard L. Dinardo
Imperial Germany and War
1871-1918

    Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 697
Velikost: 12,21 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9780700626014
Cena: 37.95 USD
Přečteno: NE
Vloženo: 26.11.2024, 23:45

Anotace:

An in-depth, finely detailed portrait of the German Army from its greatest victory in 1871 to its final collapse in 1918, this volume offers the most comprehensive account ever given of one of the critical pillars of the German Empire—and a chief architect of the military and political realities of late nineteenth-century Europe.

Written by two of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918 examines the most essential components of the imperial German military system, with an emphasis on such foundational areas as theory, doctrine, institutional structures, training, and the officer corps. In the period between 1871 and 1918, rapid technological development demanded considerable adaptation and change in military doctrine and planning. Consequently, the authors focus on theory and practice leading up to World War I and upon the variety of adaptations that became necessary as the war progressed—with unique insights into military theorists from Clausewitz to Moltke the Elder, Moltke the Younger, Schlichting, and Schlieffen. Ranging over the entire history of the German Empire, Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918 presents a picture of unprecedented scope and depth of one of the most widely studied, criticized, and imitated organizations in the modern world. The book will prove indispensable to an understanding of the Imperial German Army.






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