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The Odyssey of Homer

First American Trade Edition. 8vo. [x], 327p. Translated by T. E. Shaw (T. E. Lawrence). Designed by Bruce Rogers with blue medallion on title page.

The Way Things Work

Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The Way Things Work to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. This sweepingly revised edition embraces all of the latest developments, from touchscreens to 3D printer. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained–with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth. An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book, along with a glossary of technical terms, and an index. What possible link could there be between zippers and plows, dentist drills and windmills? Parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? Macaulay explains them all.

Ivo Kalina

Ostali autori: Ervin Dubrović Berislav Valušek

I servizi segreti di Venezia

La Repubblica di Venezia e tra i primi stati italiani a sviluppare un sistema spionistico strutturato. Agli ordini del Consiglio dei dieci, i servizi segreti veneziani agiscono in patria e all’estero contro i nemici della Repubblica, servendosi di ogni sorta di persone come informatori e sicari. Ma nel Settecento, quando Venezia e ormai quasi assente dalla scena politica europea, gli agenti degli inquisitori di stato rivolgono le loro attenzioni a nobili depravati, giocatori d’azzardo, prostitute e seguaci dell’illuminismo, in un tentativo di controllare la societa tanto capillare quanto sterile. Il libro traccia l’affresco affascinante di una potenza economica e politica che, per difendere i propri interessi, non arretra davanti ad alcun mezzo.

The Care and Feeding of Ideas

Good ideas are not easy to cultivate. They need rich soil, attention, and encouragement to take root and grow. Jim Adams’s classic Conceptual Blockbusting was a handbook to weeding your garden, to clearing your mind of rubbish that stifles creative thought. The Care and Feeding of Ideas is its long-awaited sequel, a guide to creating a greenhouse environment in which ideas can thrive.?If you’re serious about encouraging creativity”, writes Adams, ?you need to understand the entire creative process-from concept to reality.” You need to understand thinking-the mysteries and mechanics of creative thought. You need to understand doing-the actions you can take to increase your creativity. Only by becoming aware of how you conceptualize, and of the techniques that lead to better problem solving, can you begin to bring forth your very best ideas.Adams leads a tour through the unconscious mind, the brain and nervous system, and the storehouse of memory, and points out how they work (and conspire against us) when we tackle problems. He shows that bad problem-solving habits can be broken, that money and time are your muse’s best friends, that creativity involves risk but the risk is worth it, and that the stereo you bought with your last bonus was not a luxury but a necessary reward. He illustrates his arguments with ingenious games and exercises that will surpirse you with what they reveal about your patterns of thought. Whether you’re a midnight novelist or a managment consultant, a Sunday painter or a city planner, this book can forever change the way you approach creative challenges.

Joseph Banks: A Life

One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history’s most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O’Brian’s biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration. It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage [on the ship Endeavor] that Mr. O’Brian is at his most brilliant. . . . He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two dogs, a cat and a goat.—Linda Colley, New York Times An absorbing, finely written overview, meant for the general reader, of a major figure in the history of natural science.—Frank Stewart, Los Angeles Times

Ljubav u Salzburgu

Kratak roman u kojem autor na zabavan i humorističan način u obliku dnevničkih zapisa priča ljubavnu priču. Uoči Drugog svjetskog rata Georg Rentmeister odlazi na godišnji odmor u austrijski grad Salzburg. Tamo upoznaje sobaricu Konstancu i događa se ljubav na prvi pogled. No nije sve tako jednostavno jer Konstanca skriva jednu tajnu. Autor poznati njemački pjesnik i novelist proslavio se romanima za djecu među kojima se posebno ističe “Emil i detektivi”.