This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'.In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence. For months he...
Edycja dwujęzyczna polsko-angielska.Nagroda dla Nobla to eseistyczne rozważania autora Waldemara Andrzejczyka. Opowieść krąży wokół kategorii Nagrody im. Alfreda Nobla, lecz nie ...
Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. Here, Kapuscinski describes the tyrannica...
Mary Wollstonecraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of...
Ilustrowane wydawnictwo Chopin, autorstwa Mieczysława Tomaszewskiego, przygotowane zostało z okazji obchodów 160. rocznicy śmierci oraz 200. rocznicy urodzin Fryderyka Chopina. Syntetyzujące...
Kronika opery od 1992 do 2012 roku powstała ze względu na przypadający w tym roku jubileusz pracy Michała Znanieckiego. Jest to opracowanie działalności artystycznej najwybitniejszego polskiego re...
En la década de los cincuenta, mientras recorre Polonia, un Kapuscinski aprendiz de reportero vive obsesionado con cruzar la frontera. No logra ir a Checoeslovaquia pero, a cambio, la redacc...
Charles Manson was an unlikely messiah. Freshly paroled, he stumbled into San Francisco in 1967 just as thousands of impressionable young people were streaming into town for the Summer of Love. Pos...
Acclaimed for his good looks as much as his searing acting ability, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling first came to attention, aged 12, as a Mouseketeer in Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. After the show ende...
In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone lived undercover with the Mafia.
In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the sho...
At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing an...
What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock'n'roll? How is that he has not only remained the single most successful reggae artist ever, but has also become a ...
During the first third of the 20th century, Russian art went through a series of dramatic changes, reflecting the political and social upheavals of the country and producing - for a brief, exciting...
The coronavirus outbreak is a grave test for China. Never since its founding in 1949 has the People's Republic seen an intense epidemic. The coronavirus is aggresive and spreads very fast, reaching...
This book documents a difficult period, with the whole of China fighting the coronavirus outbreak. It is part our effort to give readers both at home and abroad a full picture of China's battle aga...
A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery. Who wrote like an an...