Although China's great empire lasted for longer than any other, no country has suffered so great an imbalance between the fame of its art and obscurity of its history. The names of the great dynast...
Since its original publication in 1981, When Bad Things Happen to Good People has brought solace and hope to millions. In the preface to this edition, Rabbi Kushner relates the heartwarming respons...
Drawing on interviews with all the key figures at Instagram, No Filter vividly recreates the rise of the most successful photo app in history: from its origins in a Silicon Valley coffee shop, to i...
Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple core belief: when your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create.This ...
The biggest names... the coolest sounds... the 40 most inspirational movers, shakers and innovators in black music are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn ...
In 2015, Russia's Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following revelations of an elaborate state-sponsored doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. I...
A decade ago, Caitlin Moran thought she had it all figured out. Her instant bestseller How to Be a Woman was a game-changing take on feminism, the patriarchy, and the general ‘hoo-ha’ o...
'The perfect guide for a course correction in life' Deepak ChopraIf we open our eyes and see clearly it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instantAn insig...
For all that’s been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway.Instead of buying th...
What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and (with his wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow)...
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A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such...
The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I (1100-35) was never meant to be king, but he was destined to become one of the greatest of all medieval monarchs, both through his own ruthless...
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Die Monographie ist ein Ergebnis der Beschäftigung des Verfassers mit der Person Bernhard Schmids, mit dessen Leben und Werk und Leistung als Kunsthistoriker und Konservator, der sich um den ...
John Locke (1632-1704) was perhaps the most influential English writer of his time. His Essay concerning Human Understanding (1690) and Two Treatises of Government (1690) weighed heavily on the his...
Konfucjusz powiedział: "Nie dowiesz się, jak poprawnie się wyrażać, dopóki nie przestudiujesz Księgi Pieśni". Chociaż kierował te słowa do swoich współczesnych, Księga Pieśn...
Trzecia część trylogii zawiera biografie prezydentów Stanów Zjednoczonych od Jamesa Earla Cartera do Donalda Trumpa.Ta praca jest zbiorem szkiców biograficznych. Starałem...
Większość tekstów drukowanych w niniejszym tomie napisanych zostało w latach 1978-2003. "Ćwiczenia pamięci" drukowane były przez ćwierć wieku w miesięczniku "Dialog" i zł...
Szczegółowa prezentacja postaci i dorobku pisarza śląskiego Hansa Niekrawietza, laureata Nagrody Literackiej im. Eichendorffa, jednej z bardziej kontrowersyjnych osobistości niemieckiego życ...