2023
The Analysis of Matter
65,00 ₾The Analysis of Matter is the product of thirty years of thinking by one of the twentieth century’s best-known philosophers. An inquiry into the philosophical foundations of physics, it was written against the background of stunning new developments in physics earlier in the century, above all relativity, as well as the excitement around quantum theory, which was just being developed.
Concerned to place physics on a stable footing at a time of great theoretical change, Russell argues that the concept of matter itself can be replaced by a logical construction whose basic foundations are events. He is careful to point out that this does not prove that matter does not exist, but it does show that physicists can get on with their work without assuming that matter does exist. Russell argues that fundamental bits of ”matter”, such as electrons and protons, are simply groups of events connected in a certain way and their properties are all that are required for physics.
This Routledge Classics edition includes the 1992 Introduction by John G. Slater.
My Philosophical Development
75,00 ₾My Philosophical Development is Russell’s intellectual autobiography and provides a fascinating insight into the extraordinary energy and philosophical ambition that saw him write over 40 books. As well as offering some fascinating glimpses into the changing nature of his philosophical beliefs, Russell also reflects on the fundamental themes that governed his thinking in later life.
Beginning with an account of his decisive turn against the philosophical idealism that was prevalent in Cambridge at the turn of the century, Russell takes us through his engagement with the foundations of mathematics and the writing, with A.N. Whitehead, of Principia Mathematica. Russell also provides important insights into his theory of knowledge and the mind and conscious experience, before finishing with reflections on his work on language, universals and particulars and his theory of truth.
An ideal philosophical companion to Russell’s own Autobiography, My Philosophical Development is testament to one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
68,00 ₾“The philosophy of mathematics will naturally be expected to deal with questions at the frontier of knowledge, as to which comparative certainty is not yet attained. But separation of such questions is hardly likely to be fruitful unless the more scientific parts of mathematics are known. A book dealing with those parts may, therefore, claim to be an introduction to mathematical philosophy…” – Bertrand Russell, from the Preface
First published in 1919, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy shows Russell drawing on his formidable knowledge of philosophy and mathematics to write a brilliant introduction to the subject. Russell explains that mathematics can be approached in two distinct directions: one that is driven by a mechanical kind of simplicity and builds towards complexity, from integers to fractions and real numbers to complex ones; and one that searches for abstractness and logical simplicity by asking what general principles underlie mathematics.
From here Russell introduces and explains, in his customary pellucid prose, the definition of numbers, finitude, correlation and relation, mathematical limits, infinity, propositional descriptions and classes. Russell concludes with a fascinating summary of the relationship between mathematics and logic, of which he states “logic is the youth of mathematics.”
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Michael Potter.
Subcultures: The Basics
Original price was: 62,00 ₾.50,00 ₾Current price is: 50,00 ₾.Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to subcultures in a global context. This fully revised new edition adds new case studies and an additional chapter on the digital lives of subculturists as well as reflections on the relationships between subcultures and globalisation and the resurgence of the far-right. Blending theory and practice. this text examines a varied range of subcultures including hip hop. graffiti writing. heavy metal. punk. gamers. burlesque. parkour. riot grrrl. straight edge. roller derby. steampunk. b-boying/b-girling. body modification. and skateboarding. Subcultures: The Basics answers the key questions posed by those new to the subject. including:
What is a subculture? What are the significant theories of subculture?
How do subcultures emerge. who participates and why?
How do subcultural identities interact with other aspects of self. such as social class. race. gender. and sexual identity?
What is the relationship between deviance. resistance and the ‘mainstream’?
How have both progressive and reactionary subculturists contributed to social change?
How does society react to different subcultures?
How have subcultures spread around the world?
In what ways do digital technologies and social media influence subcultures?
What happens when subculturists age?
Tracing the history and development of subcultural theory to the present day. this text is essential reading for all those studying subcultures in the contexts of sociology. cultural studies. history. media studies. anthropology. musicology. and criminology. It pushes the field forward with cutting-edge theories of resistance and social change. place and space. critical race and queer studies. virtual participation. and ageing and participation across the life course. Key terms and concepts are highlighted throughout the text whilst each chapter includes boxed case studies and signposts students to further reading and resources.
Hinduism: The Basics
Original price was: 55,00 ₾.44,00 ₾Current price is: 44,00 ₾.Hinduism: The Basics introduces readers to the third largest. and arguably the oldest. living religious tradition. It opens a vista into the rich and dynamic ethos of the Hindu religious tradition in India and other parts of the world. The book explores the variety of philosophical schools. priestly rituals. and popular practices common in the Hindu faith. presenting the layered diversity of its traditions and how they function in everyday life.
Chapters unpack key concepts from the tradition and discussions about its various aspects. including:
The historical development of Hinduism
Religious practices such as pilgrimage. meditation. and life cycle rituals
The organisation of Hindu society into castes and related social justice issues
The spread of Hinduism around the world. the rise of Hindu nationalism. and other challenges of modernity
The continuum between sacred texts in both elite Sanskrit and in South Asian vernacular languages
Hindu worldviews including karma. reincarnation. and ethics
The vitality of indigenous cultures in every form of Hinduism
Featuring glossaries. timelines. suggestions for further reading. and a list of key deities as well as practices. this is an ideal introduction to Hindu beliefs and traditions for undergraduates and others new to the study of Hinduism.
Death and Religion: The Basics
Original price was: 62,00 ₾.50,00 ₾Current price is: 50,00 ₾.Death and Religion: The Basics provides a thorough and accessible introduction to dying. death. grief. and conceptions of the afterlife in world religions.
It leads readers through considerations of how we understand meanings of death and after-death. and the theories and practices attached to these states of being. with recourse to various religious worldviews: Judaism. Islam. Christianity. Hinduism. Sikhism. Buddhism. Chinese Religions. and Native American belief systems. This inter-religious approach provides a rich. dynamic survey of varying and evolving cultural attitudes to death. Topics covered include:
Religious perspectives of “the good death”
Grief. bereavement. and mourning
Stages and definitions of death
Burial. cremation. and disposition
Remembrance rituals
Religious theories of the afterlife
Death and technology
Featuring a glossary. suggestions for further reading in each chapter and key terms. this is the ideal text for students approaching the intersection of death and religion for the first time. and those in the fields of religious studies. thanatology. anthropology. philosophy. and sociology.
პეტსონი და ფინდუსი
19,90 ₾თუ კეთილი და შთამბეჭდავი ამბების კითხვა გიყვარს, მოხუცი პეტსონისა და მისი ჭკვიანი კატის თავგადასავლები ნამდვილად მოგეწონება.
იცი, პეტსონზე რას ამბობდნენ მეზობლები? შერეკილიაო.
მამა მუმინის მემუარები
11,90 ₾„მივენდე ჩემი ბედის ვრასკვლავს და ისე დავადექი გზას, წარმოდგენაც არ მქონდა, რა საოცარი ამბები მელოდა წინ.“
კომეტა მუმინების ხეობაში
11,90 ₾„კომეტა დედამიწას დაეჯახება 7 აგვისტოს საღამოს 8 საათსა და 42 წუთზე, შესაძლოა, 4 წამით გვიან“.
რა ელის დედამიწას? მუმინტროლი და სნიფი ობსერვატორიის საპოვნელად გაემართებიან, საიდანაც არცთუ დამაიმედებელი ამბით, მაგრამ ახალ მეგობრებთან ერთად დაბრუნდებიან.
ჯადოქრის ქუდი
11,90 ₾მუმინების ხეობა ჯადოქრობის ასპარეზად იქცა. ეს მას მერე მოხდა, როცა მუმინტროლმა, სნუსმუმრიკმა და სნიფმა მთის წვერზე ჯადოქრის ქუდი იპოვეს და შინ წაიღეს.
Jellyfish Age Backwards
25,00 ₾A journey from the farthest reaches of the globe to the most cutting-edge research to explore everything the natural world and science have to offer on the mystery of ageing.
From the backwards-ageing jellyfish to the woman who successfully edited her own DNA, biologist Nicklas Brendborg follows the thread of every experiment, story and myth in search of immortality. With mind-bending discoveries and physiological gifts that feel closer to magic than reality, Jelly fish Age Backwards will reshape everything you thought you knew about ageing – and reveal nature’s secrets to unlocking your own longevity.
Badass Habits
26,00 ₾Badass Habits is a eureka-sparking, easy-to-digest look at how our habits make us who we are, from the measly moments that happen in private to the resolutions we loudly broadcast (and, erm, often don’t keep) on social media. Habit busting and building goes way beyond becoming a dedicated flosser or never showing up late again–our habits reveal our unmet desires, the gaps in our boundaries, our level of self-awareness, and our unconscious beliefs and fears. Badass Habits features Jen’s trademark hilarious voice and offers a much-needed fresh take on the conventional wisdom and science that shape the optimism (or pessimism?) around the age-old topic of habits. The book includes enlightening interviews with people who’ve successfully strengthened their discipline backbones, new perspective on how to train our brains to become our best selves, and offers a simple, 21 day, step-by-step guide for ditching habits that don’t serve us and developing the habits we deem most important.
Find Your Power: Mindfulness
28,00 ₾Empower yourself to quiet your busy mind, this is your practical guide to finding inner calm in a frantic world.
Find Your Power: Mindfulness shows you simple, yet powerful practices that you can integrate into your daily life; helping you to break the vicious cycle of stress, exhaustion, unhappiness and anxiety.
Many of us find it difficult to simply appreciate the present moment, whether we dwell on the past, worry about the future and moving mindlessly from one instant to the next. When we are not being mindful, we miss out on the small moments that are often valuable. This indispensable guide will help you find the joy of looking forward to something new each day, the kind of happiness that gets into your soul and allows you to face the worst that everyday life can throw at you with new courage.
Love of My Life- The Life & Loves of Freddie Mercury
26,00 ₾Millions of Queen and screen fans who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody believe that Mary Austin, the woman he could never quite let go of, was the love of Freddie Mercury’s life. But the truth is infinitely more complicated.
Best-selling biographer and music writer Lesley-Ann Jones explores the charismatic frontman’s romantic encounters, from his boarding school years in Panchgani, India to his tragic, final, bed-ridden days in his magnificent London mansion. She reveals why of his love interests ever perfected the art of being Freddie’s life partner.
In Love of My Life, the author follows him through his obsessions with former shop girl Mary, German actress Barbara Valentin and Irish-born barber boyfriend Jim Hutton. She explores his adoration of globally fêted Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé. She delves into his intimate friendship with Elton John, and probes his imperishable bonds with his fellow band members. She deconstructs his complicated relationship with the ‘food of love’ – his music – and examines closely his voracious appetite for – what some would call his fatal addiction to – sex. Which of these was the real love of Freddie Mercury’s life? Was any of them?
Drawing on personal interviews and first-hand encounters, this moving book brings to the fore a host of Freddie’s lesser-known loves, weaving them in and out of the passions that consumed him. The result, a mesmerising portrait of a legendary rock star, is unputdownable. Love of My Life, published during the year of the 30th anniversary of his death and that would have seen his 75th birthday, is Lesley-Ann’s personal and compassionate tribute to an artist she has revered for as long as she has written about music and musicians.
Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir
36,00 ₾They say the Rooster House is the tallest building in Ukraine: even from its basement, you can see all the way to Siberia. Decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, when the cries of tortured prisoners had long faded, little Victoria watched her great-grandmother take the longest route around the city to avoid walking past its gates, with the giant red sirens – called roosters in Ukrainian – atop its walls.As an adult, Victoria visited her grandmother in 2014, and while the Russian state annexed Crimea, she came across her great-grandfather’s diary, one page scored deep with the single line: ‘Brother Nikodim, vanished in the 1930s fighting for a free Ukraine.’ She had never heard of this uncle and no one – especially her grandmother – could bear to tell her about him. It took years of searching Ukraine’s post-Soviet bureaucracy, travelling to tiny, ruined villages and speaking to survivors of that era, but in the end,Victoria had to face the terrifying Rooster House. It was there she finally found out what happened to her family and how they bore its imprints to this day. The Rooster House is a Ukrainian family history, embroidering its tragic and little understood past with the true colours of human experience: the families torn apart, the traditions that endure and the complex relationship with a Soviet past and children making new lives in the West. Profound, compassionate and threaded with unexpected joy, it is a love letter to a family and their country.
Best of Roger Zelazny
30,00 ₾One of the most influential SFF writers of modern times, Roger Zelazny wrote across a wide range of subgenres and themes, experimenting with form and story with mastery. He won many awards throughout his lifetime, including six Hugo awards, three Nebula awards and two Locus awards. He has inspired many of today’s great SFF authors. This brand new collection contains some of his short stories and novellas, collected together with a new introduction from acclaimed author Lisa Tuttle. Stories in this collection are: A Rose for Ecclesiastes,The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for best novelette), Divine Madness, For a Breath I Tarry The Great Slow Kings, He Who Shapes, Permafrost (winner of the 1987 Hugo Award for best novelette), Corrida, The Last Defender of Camelot (winner of the 1980 Balrog Award for short fiction) The Keys to December, LOKI 7281, Damnation Alley, Home is the Hangman (winner of the 1976 Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novella)
Imperial Earth
27,00 ₾Colonists from the entire solar system converge on the mother planet for the 2276 celebrations.
Among the influx of humanity is Duncan Makenzie, scientist-administrator from the underground colony of Titan, one of the outer moons of Saturn. Makenzie is not just on Earth for the celebrations, though; he has a delicate mission to perform – for his world, his family and himself . . .
Last Unicorn
28,00 ₾“If men no longer know what they are looking at, there may well be unicorns in the world yet, unknown and glad of it.”
Living in peace in her lilac wood, the Unicorn didn’t know the world had changed, or that anything had happened to the rest of her kind. Overhearing a chance conversation, she resolves to venture out and discover the truth. The road is dangerous, and the risks are great. If she fails, then unicorns will be lost. Forever.
A modern fairy tale, The Last Unicorn is a beloved classic, voted by TIME as one of the 100 greatest fantasy novels of all time. It is fantastical, poignant, wistful and wonderous, showing us the humanity of magic, and the magic of humanity.
Post Office
26,00 ₾Charles Bukowski’s classic roman à clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age.
Post Office is an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaski’s life from the mid-1950s to his resignation from the United States Postal Service in 1969, interrupted only by a brief hiatus during which he supported himself by gambling at horse races.
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”–Joyce Carol Oates
“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”–Leonard Cohen, songwriter
Lemming: That Time I Got Drunk & Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf
Original price was: 25,00 ₾.12,50 ₾Current price is: 12,50 ₾.Kimberly Lemming is doing god’s work, I swear. Finally, well written, funny, steamy (the sex scenes, whoa) fantasy romance with heroines who look like me. Finally!’ Amazon review
Anyone else ever thrown a drink at someone’s head, only to miss entirely and hit a stranger behind them? Then have that stranger fall madly in love with you because it turned out that drink you threw was a love potion? No, just me? Well, damn.
Dealing with a pirate ship full of demons that just moved into town was hard enough. Now on top of it, I have to convince a werewolf that I’m not his fated mate, he’s just drugged. Easier said than done.
Though I have to say, having a gorgeous man show up and do all of your chores while telling you you’re beautiful isn’t the worst thing to happen to a girl.
‘[P]erfect entertainment for my stressed out brain, and I was definitely rooting for those two wacky kids to have their HEA’ Smart Bitches, Trashy Books on That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Siddhartha
28,00 ₾Siddhartha,novel by Hermann Hesse based on the early life of Buddha, published in German in 1922. It was inspired by the author’s visit to Sri Lanka and Indonesia before World War I. Illness prevented him from visiting India itself as he had planned, but Hesse returned from his visit to South Asia with an idealized view of an India grounded in spirituality and religious devotion that remained with him for the rest of his life.The theme of the novel is the search for self-realization by a young Brahman, Siddhartha. Realizing the contradictions between reality and what he has been taught, he abandons his comfortable life to wander. His goal is to find the serenity that will enable him to defeat fear and to experience with equanimity the contrasts of life, including joy and sorrow, life and death. Asceticism, including fasting, does not prove satisfying, nor do wealth, sensuality, and the attentions of a lovely courtesan. Despairing of finding fulfillment, he goes to the river and there learns simply to listen. He discovers within himself a spirit of love and learns to accept human separateness. In the end, Siddhartha grasps the wholeness of life and achieves a state of bliss and highest wisdom.
Godfather
32,00 ₾Mario Puzo’s tale of loyalty and revenge follows the fortunes of the Corleone family, torn apart when the shooting of patriarch Vito escalates into a war among New York Mafia. Michael Corleone reluctantly takes on the business and embarks on a violent plan to save the family.
Winter Garden
28,00 ₾From the Number One multi-million copy international bestselling author of THE FOUR WINDS and THE NIGHTINGALE. Winter Garden is a haunting and compelling novel illuminating the intricacy of mother-daughter bonds and the enduring links between past and present. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her family and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But these two estranged women come together at their father’s deathbed standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, to hear the one last promise he extracts from the women in his life. It begins with a story like no other. A captivating, mysterious love story that spans sixty-five years and moves from war torn Leningrad in the 1940’s to modern-day Alaska. The three women are brought together by a story so unexpected and extraordinary that when Meredith and Nina finally learn the secret of their mother’s past and uncover a truth so terrible, it will shake the very foundation of the family and who they think they are.’A tearjerker . . . a journey as lovely and haunting as a snow filled winter’s night’ People
Quiet Tenant
36,00 ₾Aidan Thomas is a hardworking family man and a respected member of his community. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. He’s also a kidnapper and serial killer who has murdered eight women. And there’s a ninth, a woman he calls Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed where she fears for her life. When Aidan’s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Cecilia, are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel too, introducing her to Cecilia as a family friend who needs a place to stay. He knows that after five years of captivity, Rachel is too frightened of the consequences to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and a survivor. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia’s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan’s secret. The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan’s crimes on the women in his life through the voices of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily – and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying novel by a major talent.
The Great Alone
28,00 ₾The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss from the number one bestselling author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Women. ‘A master storyteller’ – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing‘A woman has to be tough as steel up here. You can’t count on anyone to save you and your children.
Diary of a Young Girl
26,00 ₾A deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teenage girl.
First published over sixty years ago, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl has reached millions of young people throughout the world.
In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such close quarters, and her thoughts, feelings and longings as she grows up. Her diary ends abruptly when, in August 1944, they were all betrayed.
Since its publication in 1947, The Diary of a Young Girl has been read by tens of millions of people, now reissued with a fresh new cover to mark what would have been Anne Frank’s 90th birthday in June 2019.
Anness: Japanese Cooking
60,00 ₾Experience the simple and elegant culinary delights of Japan, from sushi and tempura to steamed fish and noodles – a guide to ingredients and techniques is followed by 100 recipes, all shown in 600 beautiful and informative photographs.
Anness: Life & Works of Leonardo da Vinci
65,00 ₾A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.
Eversion
27,00 ₾Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It’s a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they’re sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake – and their goal-Until disaster strikes. Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well – Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration – and their lives – into his own hands
ქრისტინე
22,00 ₾ეგნატე ნინოშვილი „ქრისტინეში მხოლოდ ერთი ტიპის ქალს არ აღწერს, რითაც თავს არიდებს მათ თუნდაც დადებით კლიშეებში მოქცევას. თუკი ქრისტინე ხალასი, მორალური, მგრძნობიარე ადამიანია, მის გვერდით არიან პერსონაჟები, რომელთათვისაც ეს თვისებები უცხოა. ასევე სიმპტომატურია სახე დედისა, რომელიც ძალადობს ქრისტინეზე და, როგორც ძირითადად სახლში, ქრისტინეს გვერდით მყოფი პერსონაჟი, ერთ-ერთი უმთავრესი დამნაშავეა მისი ამ სახლიდან გაქცე- ვისა. თუმცა ისიც კარგად ჩანს, რომ, მეორე მხრივ, დედა თავადაა პატრიარქალური ძალადობის მსხვერპლი […]. მოთხრობაში კარგად იკვეთება მთელი ის ძალადობრივი ჯაჭვი, რომელსაც პატრიარქატი ქმნის და რომელიც თავის მსხვერპლად თუ იარაღად აქცევს ირგვლივ ყველას.
სკანდინავიური მითები და ლეგენდები
20,00 ₾სკანდინავიური მითოლოგია გერმანულ-სკანდინავიური მითოლოგიის ერთ-ერთი განშტოებაა, რომლის ჩამოყალიბებაც დაახლოებით ძველი წელთაღრიცხვის V საუკუნეში დაიწყო და ქრისტიანობის გავრცელებამდე გრძელდებოდა. თავად გერმანიკული ტომების მითოლოგიის შესახებ შემონახული ცნობები ძალიან მცირე და ფრაგმენტულია, იმ დროს, როდესაც სკანდინავიური მითოლოგია – ღმერთები, არსებები, კოსმოგონია, სამყაროს მოდელი და ესქატოლოგია – დაწვრილებითაა აღწერილი შუა საუკუნეების ლიტერატურულ წყაროებსა და ძველ ისლანდიურ ტექსტებში, რომლებიც XIII საუკუნეშია ჩაწერილი და ედები ეწოდება.
სკანდინავიური მითოლოგიის ძლიერმა ტრადიციებმა ძალიან დიდი ზეგავლენა იქონია თანამედროვე ფენტეზის ჟანრის განვითარებაზე და კერძოდ, ისეთი ცნობილი მწერლების შემოქმედებაზე, როგორებიცაა: ჯონ რონალდ ტოლკინი, ჯორჯ მარტინი, ჯოან როულინგი და სხვები.
სკანდინავიური მითები ქართულ ენაზე პირველად იბეჭდება. დარწმუნებულები ვართ, რომ ქართველი მკითხველიც დიდი ინტერესით გაეცნობა ამ მშვენიერ სამყაროს და წიგნში მისთვის უამრავ საინტერესო და ნაცნობ სიუჟეტს აღმოაჩენს არა მხოლოდ მსოფლიო ლიტერატურიდან, არამედ ქართული ფოლკლორიდანაც.