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...
The revolution is here. In breakthrough after breakthrough, pioneering physicists are unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experience...
"Swą działalnością Fugger stworzył fundamenty strategii dla wszystkich, którzy obracają pieniędzmi. To wiedza obowiązkowa dla każdego, kto interesuje się historią lub pomnażaniem d&oacu...
'Magisterial' - Guardian'Outstanding' - Ian KershawVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States...
It is often forgotten just how provocative Impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. The advocates of the new style rejected the established principles of art prevalent ...
A Nobel Laureate explains quantum entanglement and teleportation and why Einstein was wrong about the nature of realityWhat is the true nature of reality? To find out, Nobel Laureate An...
Waging Heavy Peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil YoungNeil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into ...
Gdy odwiedzam Syberię, mam poczucie, że niezwykła kombinacja ekstremalnie trudnych warunków przyrodniczych, nieustających konfliktów zbrojnych i setek lat tyranii ukształtowała świat,...
Wyobraź sobie, jak mogłoby zmienić się twoje życie, gdyby stworzony przez ciebie produkt zyskiwał codziennie nieprawdopodobną liczbę 100 000 nowych użytkowników – i to bez wydawania an...
„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 ...
Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. Looking back not only at his own much younger self, b...
That incomparable melancholy in Edward Hopper's magical oeuvre occasionally leads us to look at the details of his life. Where did he live and work? What were his most important influences while he...
WINNER OF THE GOOD READS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018The masterful true crime accoun...
Przed wojną źle, po wojnie jeszcze gorzej. W dwudziestoleciu Maję Berezowską i jej śmiałe rysunki prześladowały bigotki, po 1945 roku – ideolodzy socrealizmu. Ona sama zupełnie się tym jednak...
An incredible story of courage, resilience and survival.'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis...
Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen'How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation...
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...
The history of textiles, more than that of any other artifact, is a history of human ingenuity. From the very earliest needles of 25,000 years ago to the smart textiles of today, textiles have been...
Wishful Drinking is a touching and incisive account of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood.' Independent 'No motive is pure. No one is good or bad - but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life ac...