The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. In fact, far from being the tale of a single nat...
A stunningly topical and timely book. Lewis Baston is a remarkable talent, very gifted as a writer and quite extraordinarily perceptive and original in his thinking' ANTHONY SELDONA riv...
This album accompanies the Trails of Hope The Odyssey of Freedom project and is dedicated toGeneral Władysław Anders, whose figure is forever associated with the exodus of our compatriots
The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object: the coin.When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by h...
On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish priest named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz.Kolbe's life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded a moveme...
This book offers a crash course in contemporary Russian politics. An updated version of the bestselling 2016 edition, it explores the decline in western relations since the early 2000s, from the di...
Ukrainian politics, the Russian invasion and the escalating crisis of the post-Soviet worldTowards the Abyss presents searching analysis of a decade of war and upheaval in Ukraine. Volo...
Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, technological and economic change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands, f...
Pierwsza popularno-naukowa monografia poświęcona ulicy Tłomackie – ulicy szczególnie ważnej dla stołecznej społeczności żydowskiej. Publikacja ukazuje dzieje tego miejsca i jego mieszk...
This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.Fro...
How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzi...
Album dedykowany jest pamięci niestrudzonych obrońców wartości chrześcijańskich i patriotycznych, tragicznie zmarłych w pobliżu Lasu Katyńskiego Lecha Kaczyńskiego i Ryszarda Kaczorowskiego....
Whether as a battleground or a cradle of civilizations, Europe has left an enduring imprint on the history of the world for over two millennia.From megalithic civilizations through clas...
A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world, seen through the eyes of those who travelled across itFrom the bustling bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Cald...
Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.-16°C, sunlight, silence. I drove the childr...
I Love Russia takes us to places that non-Russians have never seen and brings us voices we have never heard. It is Elena Kostyuchenko’s courageous attempt to document Russia as experienced by...
'Comrade Stalin wishes to speak with you.'A fascinating exploration of the relationship between writers and tyranny, from the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize.
Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, Hobbes' cold political vision c...
In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, a...