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A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain.

Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a...

"David Shenk looks at the new face of our world with a curiosity and connection-making responsiveness that make him exhilarating to read. These are bits, takes, provisional sweeps at issues still coming into focus, but taken together they give us a startling glimpse of where we are. Shenk is so close to the present that most readers will mistake it for the future." -SVEN BIRKERTS, author, THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES

"If the world of constant, instantaenous communication makes you a little nervous from time to time, David Shenk can explain why. This book is a very useful antidote to the...

Winner 2016 -Christianity Today Book Award- for Mission/Global Church catelogry.

Can Christians and Muslims be friends? Real friends? Even in an era of intense religious conflict, David Shenk says yes. In Christian. Muslim. Friend., Shenk lays out twelve ways that Christians can form authentic relationships with Muslims--characterized by respect, hospitality, and candid dialogue--while still bearing witness to the Christ-centered commitments of their faith.

Rooted in fifty years of friendship with Muslims in Somalia, Kenya, and the United States, this...

Dva hráči, třicet dva figurek, šedesát čtyři polí. A stovky let historie, myšlení a fascinace. Šachy jsou všude kolem nás. Ať už je to šachovnicový vzor, spousta jazykových obratů typu myslet pár tahů dopředu či patová situace, samozřejmé spojování šachů a inteligence, nebo rostoucí popularita hry samé - zkrátka šachy představují neoddělitelnou součást západní kultury a společnosti. Během své dlouhé a spletité historie tato ve svých pravidlech jednoduchá, ale o to komplexnější hra stačila ovlivnit filozofii, umění i politiku a dodnes...