From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why it mattersThe Bible is held to be both universal and ...
Global thinker, public intellectual and world-famous theorist of ‘liquid modernity’, Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was a scholar who, despite forced migration, built a very successful acad...
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience....
The Medicine Cabinet is a beautifully curated and expertly written compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine. Each object is cared for by London's Science Museum, ...
Take a new look at Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) through the music he composed for his films. Chaplin began his silent-film career in 1914, and with the invention of his character the Little Tramp, h...
"Materiał archiwalny dotyczący 10. Grupy Artylerii jest znikomy. W zespole akt zgromadzonym w Centralnym Archiwum Wojskowym WBH w Warszawie poświęconych 10. GA znajduje się zaledwie jedna cien...
Książka zawiera niezwykle cenne dokumenty Sztabu Generalnego WP, do których nie sięgali dotąd historycy. Stanowią je - pisane "na gorąco" ad hoc zmieniającej się sytuacji (NATO, św...
Publikacja Cypriana Kamila Norwida ,,Dzieła wszystkie” nawiązuje do bogatych tradycji edytorskich pism poety. Jest zarazem pierwszym w pełni krytycznym ich wydaniem, które przygotowane...
Książka wydana z okazji 50-lecia Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, jest spotkaniem z autorami zebranych tu esejów. Jest też opowieścią o Uczelni przez pryzmat Ludzi, którzy ją współtwor...
Książka o polskim prymasostwie i jego przedstawicielach obejmuje trzy części: instytucja, prymasi, dokumenty. Celem autora było zebranie całokształtu wiedzy na ten temat na obecnym etapie badań. Cz...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the ongoing conflict has led to widespread sanctions being imposed on Russia. As the effects of these measures begin to take hold, the lives of ...
Ambitious in scope, democratic in nature, Magnum Streetwise> is an unmissable tour through the photographs and practices that have helped define what street photography is and can be. Magnum pho...
The Vietnam War remains one of the most heroic and heartbreaking events in history. This definitive guide charts the unforgettable story of the world's first televised war.Hundreds of i...
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, poli...
Quentin Tarantino is one of the most influential and distinctive filmmakers at work in the world today. His films are so admired that nearly every one he makes becomes an instant cult classic. Here...
The Minotaur Years opens in 1933 with a visit by the Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï to Picasso's château in Normandy, Boisgeloup, where he would take his iconic photographs of the...
Despite the borders of the USSR being closed to majority of its population, Soviet citizens were among the world’s most frequent flyers. This book unfolds the story of Soviet air ...
Sinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' made her a global icon. She outraged mil...
Talked over, talked down or talked for, the history of sex work is one of control, stigma and stereotype in which the lived experience of people selling sex is largely obscured. In this provocative...