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Chufuova Velká pyramida je nejstarším ze Sedmi divů světa a jediným, jenž dosud stojí. Za použití nejmodernější počítačové grafiky oživuje kniha svět Egypta z doby 4. dynastie a ukazuje, jak a proč byla postavena tato nejneobyčejnější památka. Původ Velké pyramidy vedl k nesčetným spekulacím. Jak byli staří Egypťané, vybavení jen nejzákladnějšími nástroji, schopni stavět tak přesně? Jak se dopravovaly kamenné bloky, vážící některé až 40 tun? Jak dlouho stavba trvala? Jak žili odvedení dělníci, kteří ji stavěli? Teprve na počátku 21. století nacházíme odpovědi… Autoři sledují dějiny zkoumání gízského pohřebiště, od nejstarších řeckých a římských cestovatelů až po dílo A. Kirchera a J. Greavese o 800 let později. Zkoumají počátky a vývoj egyptologie, zajímá je spojení se svobodným zednářstvím i důsledky hromadné turistiky. Kniha se nevyhýbá i uvedení méně pravověrných teorií pyramidologů a všímá si, jak se Velká pyramida stala magnetem pro všelijaké šarlatány, kacíře a ztřeštěnce. Vydáno jako doprovodná publikace televizního seriálu Pyramida, poprvé vysílaného na BBC v roce 2002. Váz., 192 stran, 18,9 x 24,6 cm, celobarevná publikace. Přeložil doc. PhDr. Ladislav Bareš

A RIVETING ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER that looks at the reality behind the mythical status and the journey that created the New World. Most of the voyagers of that famed 1620 crossing of the Atlantic were not in fact religious pilgrims but people intent on forging a better life for themselves in the virgin territory of America's east coast. 130 hardy souls were confined in a space no bigger than a tennis court, braving the "Northern Crossing' without any firm idea of what awaited them in the New World. Published to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the fabled crossing of the “Pilgrim Fathers” from Plymouth, England. The pilgrims, who held Puritan Calvinist religious beliefs, sighted land at Cape Cod and first anchored in Provincetown Harbour on November 11/12 1620. And from there went on to found the Plymouth Colony.

A veritable multiverse of odd scribblings, encompassing forgotten British filmmakers, cartoons and comic strips, rigorous French theorists, the occult, street art, and internationally renowned photographers, presented in playful essays that are at-once compulsively readable and formally sophisticated. Kevin Flanagan in the Introduction.

Since the dawn of humanity, there have been individuals who want to mess around with Hidden Powers - with the Occult. Some were Mystics, some were Scientists, some were Charlatans. Some were Powerful, some were Wretched. All were pretty bonkers. From Dr. Dee to Kenneth Anger, from Mother Shipton to Madam Blavatsky, from Isaac Newton to David Bowie - centuries of eccentric, bizarre lives. Kevin Jackson and Hunt Emerson have made over 100 pages of comics dealing with the Lives of the Great Occultists. Over 40 Occultists in all, including Faust, Giordano Bruno, Strindberg, Isobel Gowdie, Kircher, William Blake, PL Travers, WB Yeats, Jack Parsons, and - repeatedly - Aleister Crowley. The comics are factual, and very funny.

Kevin Jackson traces the development of jargon in the world of cinema, a jargon that grew out of the need to express ideas and communicate in the heat and hurry of film-making. Many words were stolen from other arts or simply made up on the spot

The young CHARLES DARWIN was like a young Indiana Jones.For five years in his mid-twenties, he sailed on the BEAGLE around the world, exploring jungles, climbing mountains, trekking across deserts. With every new landfall, he had new adventures: he rode through bandit country, was thrown into jail by revolutionaries, took part in an armed raid with marines, survived two earthquakes, hunted and fished.He suffered the terrible cold and rain of Tierra del Fuego, the merciless heat of the Australian outback and the inner pangs of heartbreak.He also made the discoveries that finally led him to formulate his theory of Natural Selection as the driving force of evolution. The five-year voyage of the BEAGLE was the basis for all Darwin's later work; but it also turned him from a friendly idler into the greatest scientist of his century.

An introduction to the life, work and art of one of the most influential and exhilarating writers in English. With 165 illustrations printed in full colour, ranging from private notes to presentation drawings to lecture diagrams - mostly from the collection at the Ruskin Library, and many never before published.

Komentovaný průřez nejslavnějším dílem rané italské renesance. Moderní, čtivý překlad Vladimíra Mikeše odhaluje za náboženskou symbolikou básníkovo poznání lidského údělu, těžce zrozené v čase, kdy se Florencie zmítala v bezohledných mocenských zápasech.

Over 110 effective recipes to help you build and operate OpenStack cloud computing, storage, networking, and automation About This Book Explore many new features of OpenStack's Juno and Kilo releases Install, configure, and administer core projects with the help of OpenStack Object Storage, Block Storage, and Neutron Networking services Harness the abilities of experienced OpenStack administrators and architects, and run your own private cloud successfully Practical, real-world examples of each service and an accompanying Vagrant environment that helps you learn quickly In Detail OpenStack Open Source software is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support software development and big data analysis. It is developed by a thriving community of individual developers from around the globe and backed by most of the leading players in the cloud space today. It is simple to implement, massively scalable, and can store a large pool of data and networking resources. OpenStack has a strong ecosystem that helps you provision your cloud storage needs. Add OpenStack's enterprise features to reduce the cost of your business. This book will show you the steps to build up a private cloud environment. At the beginning, you'll discover the uses of cloud services such as the identity service, image service, and compute service. You'll dive into Neutron, the OpenStack Networking service, and get your hands dirty with configuring ML2, networks, routers, and Distributed Virtual Routers. You'll then gather more expert knowledge on OpenStack cloud computing by managing your cloud's security and migration. After that, we delve in to OpenStack Object storage and how to manage servers and work with objects, cluster, and storage functionalities. Also, as you go deeper into the realm of OpenStack, you'll learn practical examples of Block storage, LBaaS, and FWaaS: installation and configuration covered ground up. Finally, you will learn OpenStack dashboard, Ansible and Foreman, Keystone, and other interesting topics. What You Will Learn Understand, install, configure, and manage Nova the OpenStack Cloud Compute resource Configure ML2, networks, routers, and Distributed Virtual Routers with Neutron Use and secure Keystone, the OpenStack Authentication service Install and set up Swift and Container Replication between datacenters Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with Horizon, the OpenStack Dashboard user interface Automate complete solutions with our recip..

Kevin Jackson recounts that experience in addition to giving a full account of the film's production. But chiefly he analyses the mood and magic of the film, its aesthetics and sensibility, seeking to show, without ever detracting from the film's comic brilliance, just how much more there is to Withnail & I than drunkenness and swearing.