Maj 2015. Pięć szalonych dziewczyn jedzie do dalekiego kraju, by go zwyczajnie poznać, jego kulturę, mieszkańców, by zobaczyć Wielki Kaukaz z bliska, zasmakować wyśmienitej kuchni i wina, by...
Esther Kinsky, autorka i wielokrotnie nagradzana tłumaczka, wychodząc z własnych doświadczeń, opisuje stosunek między nazwami a rzeczami i zmiany, jakie w tym kontekście dokonują się w procesie tłu...
Michel de Montaigne was the originator of the modern essay form; in these diverse pieces he expresses his views on relationships, contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, arg...
For better or worse, for richer for poorer, till death us do part – we’ve always done it and we’re still doing it. Of all our cultural institutions, marriage is the most ancient, ...
One of the most important thinkers ever to write in English, the Empiricist David Hume liberated philosophy from the superstitious constraints of religion; here, he argues that all are free to choo...
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened...
From Hannah Arendt, the author of The Origins of Totalitarianism, her influential essay examining the relationship between violence, power, war and politics'Violence can destroy power; ...
On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deservesWritten during...
Choć prawda zawarta w tym zbiorze niezwykle dowcipnych, zaczepnych, wzruszających i bardzo, BARDZO osobistych esejów jest nadzwyczaj bolesna, to… Tiffany Haddish przedstawia ją tak, ż...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also ...
Heavy metal to nie muzyka, to styl życia. Za kulisami często bardziej nieobliczalny niż na scenie. Demolka, rozpusta, przekraczanie granic – Jon Wiederhorn zebrał szalone, zabawne, a cz...
A POCKET HISTORY OF POLAND began as a course on Polish history and culture that Dariusz Sirko, then 25, gave in Madeira island, Portugal, while participating in the European Voluntary Service in 20...
The Queen was Britain's longest-reigning monarch and one of the most famous women in the world. But what was she really like? This enthralling story of the life of Queen Elizabeth II is full of pho...
‘Steeped in glory, loved by players for his light touch, he is probably the most coveted coach in the world.’ - Financial Times ‘a treasury of anecdote and insight’ - The Gu...
Porywający reportaż o wielkim biznesie, polityce i obsesjiZaczynali jako firma rolnicza produkująca cukier, papier i nawozy – dziś są technologicznym gigantem. Samsung przez dziesięciol...
**Nazwana jedną z najlepszych muzycznych książek 2020 roku przez magazyny „Rolling Stone” i „Kirkus Reviews”**Legendarny frontman Judas Priest – jednej z najpopu...
When Mark Lanegan first arrived in Seattle in the mid-1980s, he was just "an arrogant, self-loathing redneck waster seeking transformation through rock 'n' roll." Little did he know that ...
The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deepThe revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outsid...
In this collection of eight witty and sharply written essays, Orwell looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and th...
Told from the inside out, this is a harrowing, humorous and hard-hitting tale of life behind bars by a prison doctor who has seen it all. Literally.Dr Shahed Yousaf spends his time runn...