What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?' Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. From Moz...
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...
Why are all my clothes made in Asia?How do I get a pay-rise?And what even is money?Join Britain's most venerable financial institution for a rip-roaring crash-course on econ...
‘Steeped in glory, loved by players for his light touch, he is probably the most coveted coach in the world.’ - Financial Times ‘a treasury of anecdote and insight’ - The Gu...
We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind us!'Nietzsche's devastating demolition of religion would hav...
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...
„Błoto słodsze niż miód” to opowieść o kraju udręczonym terrorem Envera Hoxhy, dyktatora, który po zerwaniu sojuszy z Jugosławią, Związkiem Radzieckim i Chinami uwierzył, ...
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...
'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my ...
‘A riveting account of the multiple outrages of the criminal justice system of Alabama. A harrowing masterpiece’ Guardian‘Hinton somehow navigates through his rage and...
Sam Selvon is now widely considered to be one of the greatest chroniclers of the West Indian emigrant experience. His evocation of voice, of place, of longing, defined for many the experience of a ...
'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining ...
TO NIE JEST PRZEWODNIK! TO ŻYWA HISTORIA WAWELU, KTÓRA WCIĄGA JAK KRYMINAŁ! Wawel. Bijące serce Polski, Notre Dame, Wersal i Panteon w jednym. Niemy świadek koronacji i upadków...
Martin Pollack zabiera czytelników w pełną nostalgii wędrówkę po świecie, którego centrum były Przemyśl i Drohobycz, „powietrze było pyszne i świeże”, na głó...
„Coś tam czasem się zatliło z jednej albo drugiej, ale znikomo, jak błędny ognik. O północy byliśmy na miejscu, na zielonym rynku. Jechało się w kółko, wśród drzew, jak d...
Wonder Boy is a riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on r...
Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old and growing up in a quiet Tibetan village, he ran in fields with yaks and mastiffs. The passing of time was simply marked by the changing seaso...
Dorosłość… Kończymy szkoły, pozostawiamy w tyle chaos dorastania, pozbywamy się znienawidzonych pryszczy, zapominamy o szaleństwach młodości. Przed nami całe życie - pewne, stateczne, zorgan...
Poruszająca opowieść o Krzysztofie Krawczyku dwóch najbliższych mu osób: żony, Ewy Krawczyk oraz menedżera – Andrzeja Kosmali. Obszerne, emocjonalne opisy radzenia sobie z żało...
"Za parę minut przelecimy równik. (...) Widzę, jak horyzont jaśnieje. Kończy się zaledwie 33-minutowa noc kosmiczna. Lecimy w stronę Słońca. Krzywizna Ziemi jest wyraźnie zaznaczona pas...