Back in 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes prophesied that by the century's end, technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks. But instead, something curious happened. Today, average...
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of ...
There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the ...
'Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists, and political activists' The New York Times Book ReviewSociety Must Be Defended is Michel Foucault's devastating critiqu...
Profesor Tadeusz Tołłoczko – nestor polskiej chirurgii, który mówi o sobie, że „jako chirurg urodził się w 1957 roku w I Katedrze i Klinice Chirurgicznej AM w Warszawie&rd...
Przez wielu uznana za najlepszą książkę o Tolkienie, ta nagrodzona biografia skupia się na wojennych doświadczeniach J.R.R. Tolkiena oraz ich wpływie na jego życie i powstanie Hobbita oraz Władcy P...
Pierwsza oficjalna biografia Miroslava Klose!Miroslav Klose był jedynym w swoim rodzaju napastnikiem i bezinteresownym piłkarzem zespołowym. Kogoś takiego jak on w zawodowej piłce nożnej już ...
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by h...
From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet Union talked about a 'peace-keeping' mission, the de...
Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. A detective in his own right, he must solve the mystery of sudden and unexplained deaths.He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, incl...
Proud to be a Mammal (1942-97) is Czeslaw Milosz's moving and diverse collection of essays. Among them, he covers his passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped ou...
Elie Wiesel's harrowing first-hand account of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, Night is translated by Marion Wiesel with a preface by Elie Wiesel in Penguin Modern Classics.
The elder daughter of Henry VIII, Mary I (1553-58) became England's ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short reign is one of the great potential turning points in the count...
From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have helped both change the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped. A great orator, however, has to have the right words and the right message t...
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT FOR 30 YEARS.'By far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grote...
Najnowsza książka Pawła Zyzaka Tajemnica Wilczego Jaru przenosi czytelnika w okres sprzed wybuchu społecznego latem 1980 roku. Osią narracji jest sprawa katastrofy autobusowej, która wydarzy...
'His first novel is a revelation ... the writing is vivid, serious and extraordinary ... wonderful' The TimesThe Sea is My Brother is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly afte...
The Father of Existentialism, Kierkegaard transformed philosophy with his conviction that we must all create our own nature; in this great work of religious anxiety, he argues that a true understan...
The book that created the modern United States, Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule converted millions to the cause of independence and set out a vision of a just s...
Najtrudniej jest pisać biografie politycznych realistów, którzy zdają sobie sprawę z tego, że droga ku Polsce wolnej i silnej wcale nie jest prosta, że wiedzie przez liczne kompromisy...