Sapiens: Grafik Tarih 2
Tüm dünyada milyonlarla buluşan Sapiens’in yazarı Yuval Noah Harari, insanlık tarihini geniş bir okur kitlesinin zevkle okuyacağı yepyeni bir formatta sunuyor.
Dört ciltlik serinin ikinci cildi Uygarlığın Sütunları, avcı-toplayıcı Sapiens’in daha fazla güvence ve üretkenlik peşinde koşarken yerleşik düzene nasıl geçtiğini ve tohumunu ektiği ilk buğdayla birlikte kendisini sonu gelmez çatışmalar, salgınlar ve eşitsizlikler döngüsüne nasıl mahkûm ettiğini anlatıyor. Serinin ilk kitabında tanıştığımız kahramanlar bu kez tarihteki en köklü adımlardan Tarım Devrimi’nin etkilerini eğlenceli hikâyelerle gözler önüne seriyor.
Elindekinden daha fazlasına sahip olmak isteyen ilk yerleşimciler, evcilleştirdikleri ilk bitki ve hayvanlarla, kendilerine ayırdıkları ilk toprak parçasıyla, inandıkları ilk din ve koydukları ilk toplumsal kurallarla fark etmeden dünya tarihini şekillendiren en büyük kısırdöngüleri yaratıyor.
İnsanlık tarihinin dönüm noktalarını farklı disiplinlerin penceresinden son derece keyifli bir üslupla anlatan Harari bu kitapta, medeniyetlerin kuruluşunda kilit rol oynayan ama bir yandan da ırklar ve cinsiyetler arasındaki eşitsizlikleri körükleyen kurmaca hikâyelerin, mantıkdışı toplumsal hiyerarşilerin ve hayali düzenlerin foyasını meydana çıkarıyor.
The Seven Poor Travellers (Charles Dickens)
A short and inspirational work by Charles Dickens written as a Christmas story. Outshined by Dickens much more well known Christmas story, this story has received scant notice. Written in the first person, Dickens tell of being a “poor traveller,” and discovering a humble inn during his travels. Set up as a charitable hostel by a gentlemen deceased over a century previously, the inn offers to “six poor traveller’s,” true in heart, free lodging for one night plus enough money to purchase a simple meal. After satisfying himself of the bona fides of this charitable work, the
“seventh poor traveller,” as Dickens refers to the narrator, determines to contribute his own gift to his fellow “traveller’s,” it being Christmas Eve. Securing a sumptuous meal for the holy occasion, and preparing his own secret recipe of wassail, he shares a most satisfying Christmas Eve meal with his fellows, topping off the night with a personal story that befits a Christ-like life of humble service to the meanest among us. The story told, and following activities, serve to illustrate well the concept Dickens wishes to drive home, which is that at best we are all “poor
traveller’s” together in this life, and make the best of it all by sharing with a true heart whatever good and honest fare comes our way. Without the burden of judging harshly those whom we encounter who seem beneath our station, true happiness may be achieved before we, too, depart this veil of tears.
Warning: Unlike most of the books in our store, this book is in English.
Uyarı: Agora Bilim Pazarı'ndaki diğer birçok kitabın aksine, bu kitap İngilizcedir.
Three Ghost Stories (Charles Dickens)
A collection of three different stories that are true Gothic classics.
The three stories, The Signal Man, The Haunted House and The Trial for Murder were sensational for their time and continue to hold up well, thanks to Charles Dickens' superb skills at storytelling. The Signal Man is the most well known of the three, chronicling the haunting of a railroad signal man who is visited by a ghost just before a tragic event is to happen on the railway.
Warning: Unlike most of the books in our store, this book is in English.
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The Wealth Of Nations (Adam Smith)
Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important book. First published in London in March 1776, it had been eagerly anticipated by Smith's contemporaries and became an immediate bestseller. That edition sold out quickly and others followed. Today, Smith's Wealth of Nations rightfully claims a place in the Western intellectual canon.
Warning: Unlike most of the books in our store, this book is in English.
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Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. Its target audience was the middle- and upper-class members of society—those who were more likely to be well educated— and exposes the poverty existing in two prosperous cities: Paris and London. The first part is an account of living in near-extreme poverty destitution in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins.
Warning: Unlike most of the books in our store, this book is in English.
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield, is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to maturity. It was first published as a serial in 1849 and 1850, and as a book in 1850.
David Copperfield is also an autobiographical novel: “a very complicated weaving of truth and invention”, with events following Dickens’s own life. Of the books he wrote, it was his favourite. Called “the triumph of the art of Dickens”, it marks a turning point in his work, separating the novels of youth and those of maturity.
At first glance, the work is modelled on 18th-century “personal histories” that were very popular, like Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews or Tom Jones, but David Copperfield is a more carefully structured work. It begins, like other novels by Dickens, with a bleak picture of childhood in Victorian England, followed by young Copperfield’s slow social ascent, as he painfully provides for his aunt, while continuing his studies.
Warning: Unlike most of the books in our store, this book is in English.
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A Tale Of Two Cities A Story Of The French Revolution (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. In the Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction, critic Don D'Ammassa argues that it is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed.
As Dickens' best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is claimed to be one of the best-selling novels of all time. In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC's The Big Read poll. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to influence popular culture.
Warning: Unlike most of the books in our store, this book is in English.
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A Haunted House And Other Short Stories (Virginia Woolf)
A Haunted House is a 1944 collection of 18 short stories by Virginia Woolf.
The first six stories appeared in her only previous collection Monday or Tuesday in 1921:
- A Haunted House
- Monday or Tuesday
- An Unwritten Novel
- The String Quartet
- Kew Gardens
- The Mark on the Wall
- The New Dress
- The Shooting Party
- Lappin and Lappinova
- Solid Objects
- The Lady in the Looking-Glass
- The Duchess and the Jeweller
- Moments of Being
- The Man who Loved his Kind
- The Searchlight
- The Legacy
- Together and Apart
- A Summing Up
Transandans
2020 Kraliyet Akademisi Bilim Kitabı Ödülü Finalisti
İnsanı sadece alet edevat kullanan bir çeşit akıllı şempanze olarak düşündüğümüzde türümüzün olağanüstü yönünü gözden kaçırıyoruz. Etrafınıza bakın: Gördüğünüz her şeyin –kendimiz dahil– akıllı tasarımcılarıyız.
Basit taş aletlerden akıllı telefonlara nasıl geldik? Avcı-toplayıcı gruplar nasıl oldu da çokuluslu imparatorluklara evrildi? Sapiens okurları bilişsel bir devrimin –beynimizde meydana gelen çarpıcı evrimsel değişim sayesinde ilkel insanların modern bireylere dönüşmesinin– kültürel bir patlama yarattığını söyleyecektir. Gaia Vince ise Transandans’ta modern insanın genler, çevre ve kültürün birlikte geçirdiği incelikli bir evrimin ürünü olduğunu öne sürüyor. Ona göre insanı benzersiz kılan şey bireysel zekâmızdan çok, kolektif kültürümüz. Vince popülasyon genetiği, arkeoloji, paleontoloji ve nörobilimdeki öncü gelişmelerden yola çıkarak evrimimizin dört lokomotifi olan Ateş, Dil, Güzellik ve Zaman’ın, türümüzü Homo omnis adını verdiği aşkın bir süperorganizmaya nasıl dönüştürdüğünü gösteriyor. Transandans bizleri kimliğimiz üstüne yeniden düşünmeye çağıran ve aldığımız bu uzun yolun sonunda bugün çok daha büyük ama daha yıkıcı olabilecek bir şeyin eşiğinde durduğumuzu gösteren etkileyici ve kışkırtıcı bir kitap.
“Ufuk açıcı, harikulade bir çalışma.”
TIM FLANNERY, Bilim İnsanı Ve Ölümcül Havalar Kitabının Yazarı
