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...
The essence of Buddhism is compassion, or rather tapping into the unlimited resources of mind's inner wealth, the full development of human potential. Art and literature are also often understood a...
Obszerne, filologiczne opracowanie grupy staroangielskich tekstów religijnych datowanych na połowę XI wieku, dotąd stosunkowo mało znanych i niedostatecznie opracowanych. Analiza obejmuje we...
Anyone who wants to understand the twentieth century will still have to read Orwell' Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of BooksWhether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittil...
Travels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays – to India, China and Africa – with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket. He sees Louis Armstron...
In 1929 Robert Graves went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This is his superb account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood a...
Nietypowy autoportret jednego z najwybitniejszych współczesnych polskich reżyserów i animatorów. Główna jego część to opowieść obrazkowa ułożona z rodzinnych fotografii,...
Tom Znaki czy nie znaki? powstał z inicjatywy profesora Gennadija Zeldowicza w Zakładzie Semiotyki Instytutu Lingwistyki Stosowanej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego i jest plonem cyklu spotkań naukowych ...
The study, "The Language of the Gods in the World of Royal Ladies of Kerala. Toward a History of Women's Writing in Sanskrit in the 18th- to 20th-century Kerala", addresses the subject of...
This Batman encyclopedia is packed with all the latest Batman comic book art, stories, facts and statistics on DC Comics' Batman characters, including Super Heroes and allies such as Robin and Alfr...
A name synonymous with ground-breaking music, Tony Visconti has worked with the most dynamic and influential names in pop, from T.Rex and Iggy Pop to David Bowie and U2. This is the com...
The answers to some of life's biggest questions are found not in trite self-help manuals but in the tough-love lessons explored in Russian literature. Here, Viv Groskop delves into the novels of hi...
Z recenzji wydawniczej prof. zw. dra hab. Juliana Maliszewskiego (Katedra Języka Biznesu Politechniki Częstochowskiej):„Tom zbiorowy (…) Selected aspects of interpreting in...
Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's acclaimed biography of A. A. Milne, one of the most successful English writers ever, and the crea...
Przekład ustny jest taką formą przekładu, w której — oprócz transferu języka źródłowego na język docelowy — dochodzi do wielu procesów kognitywnych oraz psyc...
Worlds in the making Constructivism and Postmodern KnowledgePreface; Constructivism in Language Sciences and Education: Zdzisław Wąsik: Investigative Perspectives in the Construction of Scien...
The "Relevance Studies in Poland" series accommodates selected papers written by the participants of the biennial conference "Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation&qu...
Książka jest niezwykle ambitnym i pionierskim, wielowątkowym studium dyskursu z punktu widzenia aksjologii. Jest to pierwsza monografia kontynuująca wybitne dzieło Tomasza P. Krzeszowskiego Angels ...
The poet and critic Allen Tate might be called the 'Eliot of the American South'. In his essays of the 1920s and 1930s Tate was to give the idea of the South a decisive philosophical foundation. Fu...