From its very first frame, the Star Wars series created a compelling universe, with complex characters and engaging storytelling. In advance of the highly anticipated new movie, Star Wars: Episode ...
The characters of "The Walking Dead" live in a desolate postapocalyptic world, filled with relentless violence and death. In reality, how would such neverending trauma affect the psyche? ...
The next entry in Sterling's pop-culture psychology series features 20 essays and an exclusive interview with Rod Roddenberry, son of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry. In a fun and ac...
Now available in a new pocket edition, "Cocktails of the Movies" serves up the 64 greatest cocktails to have featured on film.Take a journey through Hollywood's lifelong love ...
A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region's primary identity. In opposition are na...
In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, "it was surprisi...
Słownik medyczny to publikacja powstała z myślą o odbiorcach pragnących zgłębić angielską terminologię medyczną, szczególnie zaś lekarzach, pielęgniarkach i innych pracownikach służby zdrowi...
Spis treści:PREFACE / 7INTRODUCTION. THE CONSTITUENTS OF MEMORIAL CULTURE / 111. Memory and the question of the "production of space" / 112. Collective...
Prezentujemy Państwu edycję najstarszej księgi miejskiej Zgorzelca (Görlitz), zwanej też Czerwoną Księgą, która obecnie przechowywana jest w bolesławieckim oddziale Archiwum Państwowego...
One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Hans Rosling tells the...
The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history - 'A first-class storyteller' The TimesThroughout the three hundred years t...
'Masterfully opens up a little explored realm: how the quest for religion and spirituality drives hundreds of millions of Chinese' Pankaj Mishra'A fascinating odyssey ... a nuanced group portrait o...
We like to think that there is a clear distinction between true and false. Unfortunately, the reality is far murkier.Hector Macdonald has spent his entire career exploring the ways that...
If you can persuade a cat ... you can persuade anyone. This is the essential guide to getting your way.Jay Heinrichs, award-winning author of Thank You for Arguing and advisor to the Pe...
Native Lands is Norman Davies's account of a global circumnavigation, of the places he visited and the history he found there, from Abu Dhabi to Singapore, the settlement of Tasmania to the short-l...
The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain. In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It...
'A history of resilience ... sweeping, comprehensive ... it's a story that has been waiting to be told' Guardian 'An account sorely needed ... a kaleidoscopic view of Native American history, refre...
Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperilled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, th...
'This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it' Stephen Hawking'This is a rich and visionary book and everyone should read it' The ...