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Everyone is capable of learning a language... the secret is knowing how to learn.- Struggling to find a logical pathway through all those books, apps, and foreign films?- Frustrat...
'China's first iconic modern intellectual. His lucid and prolific writings, touching on all major concerns in his own time and anticipating many in the future, inspired several generations of think...
Alexander McQueen has been synonymous with drama, risk-taking and cutting-edge innovation. From iconic collaborations to shocking runaway shows, the controversial, uncompromisjing and much-missed d...
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Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own perso...
Buon Natale -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats filled with ancient churches, trains whistling through the countryside, steaming tureens, plates piled high w...
Dwujęzyczny album prezentuje nasze najpiękniejsze święta, zwyczaje i obrzędy doroczne, które towarzyszą nam już od wieków i ciągle są świadectwem siły i ciągłości polskich tradycji. U...
One of the original big Parisian couture houses, alongside the likes of Dior and Chanel, Pierre Balmain reigned supreme over the 1950s fashion world with his spectacular and intricate evening wear....
'Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. In this grou...
'Dazzling... Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese... Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigati...
Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happen in Eliz...
Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, spe...
Yves Saint Laurent transgressed the traditional forms of fashion to invent a multitude of new silhouettes—pure, abstract, geometric, or graphic.Examining forty years in the couturier&rs...
For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable technical language. Even for more seasoned art lovers the question of how to think about art is a perenn...
Rozprawa jest krytycznym przeglądem teorii edytorskich sformułowanych w anglo-amerykańskiej literaturze naukowej drugiej połowy XX wieku, ale w sposób oczywisty sięgających korzeniami dziewi...
The ultimate introduction to global art, presenting 30,000 years of creativity in one lavishly illustrated book.Discover all you need to know about art history in this definite guide. A...
Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and eve...
Karl Lagerfeld lived a very public life. He shaped the Chanel and Fendi brands for decades, and his wit and wisdom amused and informed the world. Yet despite a massively public persona, his hinterl...
Whether at peace or at war, Paris during the first half of the twentieth century pulsated with frenzied energy. Creatives from across Europe flocked to the French capital where they had free rein t...