Photographs have a strange and powerful way of shaping the way we see the world. The most successful images enter our collective consciousness, defining eras, making history, or simply touching som...więcej »
Stephen Hawking was a very famous scientist whose ideas changed the world. He studied space and time and taught people about the universe. Stephen was often very ill and his life was not easy, but ...więcej »
The Japanese woodblock print showcased breathtaking landscapes, blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons that torment the living, and made sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors into rock stars. This co...więcej »
The definitive photographic history of how hip-hop blinged out and redefined the world of jewelry, luxury, and styleWhether it's diamond-encrusted grills, oversized “truck” ...więcej »
Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically em...więcej »
Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest mountaintops t...więcej »
Learn all about the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the birth of Heracles and the adventures of Theseus, to the first fall of Troy and the battle of t...więcej »
It is May 1940. Western countries are falling into Nazi hands. Britain must prepare to be invaded any day. The future of the world lies on the shoulders of one man. This is the story of how British...więcej »
George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak progressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial ...więcej »
While the female nude has long played a conspicuous role in western iconography, the male nude has not always enjoyed such attention, or acceptance. This ode to the male physique celebrates the evo...więcej »
"Człowiek współczesny ma wielki dług w stosunku do mieszkańców Mezopotamii. W czasach, gdy atom służy celom pokojowym, jak i militarnym, gdy badamy system słoneczny i kosmos, war...więcej »
zawiera ok. 20 000 polskich terminów wraz z ich niemieckimi odpowiednikami z dziedziny architektury i budownictwa, samą budową i wykonawstwem oraz wyposażeniem, instalacjami, ciepłem dla dom...więcej »
Książka Stanforda Shawa jest jedną z najbardziej znanych i cenionych prac poświęconych dziejom Turcji od założenia państwa Osmanów w Anatolii w XIV wieku, przez czasy wielkiego imperium, na ...więcej »
Książka przedstawia wiadomości z gramatyki współczesnego języka koreańskiego oraz materiał do praktycznych ćwiczeń z tego języka. Część 2 dla zaawansowanych.więcej »
A unique tribute from David Bowie’s official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie’s blessing.In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbr...więcej »
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that fl...więcej »
Albertus Seba’s unrivalled catalog of animals, insects and plantsThe Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements and remains ...więcej »
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises.<...więcej »
A Revolution in PaintingThe mysterious genius who transformed European artCaravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to ...więcej »