Małgorzata Abassy's book is a useful and clever analysis in which an intellectual story of a Russian thinker becomes a material for a case study that strengthens a broader reflection about the tran...
The study, Vijayanagara: A Forgotten Empire of Poetesses, is devoted to two works: the Madhuravijaya of Ga?gadevi and Varadambikapari?aya Campu by Tirumalamba. The Madhuravij...
In an introduction to proceedings of the conference 'Images and Myths of Europe', organised in 2002 at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Romano Prodi wrote: "These 'Images a...
The sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives.The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degenera...
We belive that this publication is a multi - aspect and diverse scientific guide to the contemporary Asian power status. It shows political and economic, legal and cultural, as well as ideological ...
Ethnicity, as a conceptual category developed by representatives of various scientififi c disciplines, refers to extensive and complex sets of social and psychological phenomena that take place bot...
Ethnicity, as a conceptual category developed by representatives of various scientififi c disciplines, refers to extensive and complex sets of social and psychological phenomena that take place bot...
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 ...
Benedick: I am man enough to say that I love thee. Is that not strange?Beatrice: Not really…Benedick: By my sword, Beatrice thou lovest me.Beatrice: Get over yourself...
The book Community, the State and Development Assistance: Transforming the Mahalla in Tajikistan by Anna Cieślewska, is a critical analysis of the various interactions between state administration,...
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...
Symbols have accompanied humans for centuries. It seems that almost from the dawn, even of pre-history, symbols were present in the human mind as images, memories, thoughts, ideas, which later evol...