The authors of the "Freakonomics" books on using data over emotion to answer questions have turned what they've learned into a readable and practical toolkit for thinking smarter, harder ...
Gibbon's subversive and iconoclastic description of the rise of Christianity inspired outrage upon publication, and remains one of the most eloquent and damning indictments of the delusory nature o...
[...] The book is a response to existing contemporary demand not only from scientists, students, but from a wide range of people interested in the history of World War II and the participation of P...
A vivid and human glimpse into Europe's borderlands as they emerged from Soviet rule - back in print after nearly 20 years'In this superb book, in which one senses the spirit of Franz K...
Rebiya Kadeer is a political exile from China, one of China's ethnic Uyghur people who reside primarily in the region of the People's Republic of China known as Xinjiang. She has portrayed herself ...
Niewątpliwym walorem poznawczym wielowątkowych analiz i rozważań jest aktualność uwzględnianych kwestii oraz ich praktyczna uchwytność w codziennym doświadczeniu przebywania w przestrzeni miejskiej...
Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. Above all, it will make you think in ways you had not thought before.’ Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast, and SlowYuval Noa...
Selected as a Book of the Year by many of the British broadsheets, Vanished Kingdoms is a dazzling account of Europe's lost realms, which peers through the cracks of history to discover the kingdom...
Antony Beevor's impressive military history of the D-Day landings and battle for Normandy now in paperback. Making use of overlooked and new material, Beevor's gripping narrative brings to life bot...
Zagrożenia współczesnej rodziny w społeczeństwie ryzykaEducational Function of a Family in the Risk SocietyKonsekwencje świadczenia płatnych usług seksualnych i ich wpływ na decy...
Dwadzieścia pięć lat, które minęły od rozpoczęcia przemian w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej skłania do podjęcia rozważań nad kierunkiem przyszłych zmian, zarówno w kontekście przemian...
[...] The papers presented in this publication are providing an overview of the topics that were addressed. However, it is impossible to overestimate the added value of the discussions that were he...
om, który obecnie prezentujemy, składa się z dwudziestu studiów. Ich autorzy analizują tytułową problematykę z różnych perspektyw.[...] Zamieszczone w niniejszej publikac...
The given work pivots on the main events in the Polish history that took place between 1945 and 1989, i.e. when the country was ruled by the communist authorities and when the authorities of the Ev...
Asia is the biggest continent, home to half of the world’s population. It is religion that still plays a key role in this vast land, which is highly diverse in terms of culture, economy and g...
Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots buried in mountains of data. Yet this makes the need for trained field operatives who can...
A brilliant synthesis of history, psychology and storytelling, written in a clear and accessible style. Drawing on diverse sources, Pinker makes the bold and nuanced argument that we are living in ...
The main idea behind The history of Poland. A National and State between West and East was to combine both scientific and educational qualities, as well as enable researchers and students to establ...
In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Milet...
From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no otherFor the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continenta...