Throughout history, the concept of command -- as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority -- has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Free...
On 24 February 2022, the lives of Ukrainians were devastatingly altered. Since that day, many of Ukraine's writers have attempted to fathom what is happening to them and to their country. This anth...
Zbiór wspomnień Fun welt wos iz niszto mer [O świecie, którego już nie ma] rozpoczyna koronacja cara Mikołaja II, która miała miejsce w maju 1896 roku; mały Singer miał wtedy niespełna trzy lata. K...
Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or...
The perfect gift for fans of Florence + the Machine, with additional lyrics, poems and a new chapter of sermonsSongs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages ...
'Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner' Dolly AldertonWe talk about feminism in the workplace and we talk about dating after #MeToo...
The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birth...
From the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet', these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger are filled with darkness and light.Penguin Modern: ...
Radovan Karadžić, przywódca bośniackich Serbów podczas wojny w Bośni (1992–1995), lekarz psychiatra, poeta i zbrodniarz skazany na karę dożywotniego pozbawienia wolności przez M...
In the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a decisive break from the classical Greek version of ...
Życie jak wino – uzupełniona, oficjalna (auto)biografia Krzysztofa Krawczyka, opowieść na dwa głosy: artysty oraz jego menedżera – Andrzeja Kosmali. Całe życie wielkiego piosenkarza aż...
Najsłynniejsza biografia niezwykłej kanadyjskiej pisarki. Mary Henley Rubio twórczości Lucy Maud Montgomery poświęciła całe dekady – samo przygotowanie do druku dzienników pisar...
'A memoir and a master class in musing on modern design . . . It's a collection of thoughtful, absorbing essays about many aspects of modern design, a subject nobody writes better about than Sudjic...
'A tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand reporting' -- New York TimesUSER FRIENDLY is a must-read fo...
Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one of the world's largest economies and a country which exerts a remarkable cultural fascination. David Pilling's new book is an entertaining, deeply kno...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated poet, novelist, critic and thinker and this is the best way of knowing him. Today his name is echoed as that of a 'great man' alongside Pl...
„Michał Kalecki był najbardziej oryginalnym polskim ekonomistą rangi światowej. Gdyby nie jego przedwczesna śmierć w 1970 roku, byłby bardzo poważnym kandydatem do Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie ...
The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty yearsIn 1979, President Jimmy Carter w...
A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrifi...
The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture.From the stranger byways of G...