Charles Moore’s masterful and definitive biography of Britain’s first female prime minister reaches its climax with the story of her zenith and her fall.How did Margaret Thatcher ...
Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the seq...
Elton John and iconic photographer Terry O’Neill worked together for many years, taking in excess of 5,000 photographs. From intimate backstage shots to huge stadium concerts, the photographs...
The definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most towering figures: her writing and her radical thought, her public activism and her private faceSusan Sontag was our last g...
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and over...
From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century’s worth of fashion greats from the permanent ...
Franciszka i Stefan biorą ślub w roku 1931. Razem tworzą pięć filmów, w których wykorzystują eksperymentalne techniki fotograficzne, rozwijane przez Stefana od roku 1928. Jednym z wyn...
Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott’s diaries, turning him into...
Wraz z przemianami ustrojowymi zapoczątkowanymi obradami Okrągłego Stołu i wyborami parlamentarnymi w 1989 r. zaistniała potrzeba dokumentowania i opisywania powojennych dziejów Polski,...
Terturlian Stablewski (1901-1973) - syn właścicieli ziemskich ze Szlachcina, ze znanej rodziny Stablewskich - był krewnym prymasa Polski Floriana Stablewskiego. Absolwent gimnazjum benedyktyn&oacut...
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) is recognized around the globe for his conceptual installations that generate dialogue between the contemporary world and traditional Chinese modes of thought and production. ...
Soren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of th...
Próchniccy herbu Korczak do połowy XVI w.Dzieje linii na PruchnikuMysłakowscy herbu Ogończyk - czterysta lat w rodowym gnieździe Szlacheckie intercyzy ślubne oblatowane w k...
Próchniccy herbu Korczak do połowy XVI w.Dzieje linii na PruchnikuMysłakowscy herbu Ogończyk - czterysta lat w rodowym gnieździe Szlacheckie intercyzy ślubne oblatowane w k...
A stunning exploration of over 80 famous artists and their fascinating lives, from Leonardo da Vinci to Frida Kahlo.Artists: Their Lives and Works tells the inspiring stories behind the...
From Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Márquez and Toni Morrison, delve into more than 100 biographies of the world's greatest writers.Introduced with a stunni...
The magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historianGandhi lived one of the great 20th-century lives. He inspired and enraged, challenged and galvanized many millions of...
Curiocity is a new A to Z exploring every aspect of life in London. Its 26 chapters weave together the city's stories with striking reflections, practical ideas and itineraries, and contributi...