Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming s...więcej »
“What is it about a dull yellow metal that drives men to abandon their homes, sell their belongings and cross a continent in order to risk life, limbs and sanity for a dream?” – S...więcej »
Helmut Newton (1920–2004) always showed a healthy disdain for the easy or predictable, so it’s no surprise that the SUMO was an irresistible project. The idea of a book the size of a pr...więcej »
Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affir...więcej »
In the age of big data and digital distribution, when news travel ever further and faster and media outlets compete for a fleeting slice of online attention, information graphics have swept center ...więcej »
Through ancient wonders, world capitals, and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punches. The world’s second-smallest continent makes up for size with ...więcej »
Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated a...więcej »
Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge collection of instant pictures of frien...więcej »
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by h...więcej »
From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet Union talked about a 'peace-keeping' mission, the de...więcej »
For generations now, Edward W. Said's Orientalism has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition contains a preface written by Said shortly before...więcej »
The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary filmIn June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of Am...więcej »
We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation'James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller...więcej »
Academy Stars to nowy siedmiopoziomowy kurs dla uczniów w wieku 6–13 lat, kładący nacisk na rzetelne i systematyczne rozwijanie zarówno umiejętności językowych i komunikacyjnych...więcej »
Academy Stars to nowy siedmiopoziomowy kurs dla uczniów w wieku 6–13 lat, kładący nacisk na rzetelne i systematyczne rozwijanie zarówno umiejętności językowych i komunikacyjnych...więcej »
Academy Stars to nowy siedmiopoziomowy kurs dla uczniów w wieku 6–13 lat, kładący nacisk na rzetelne i systematyczne rozwijanie zarówno umiejętności językowych i komunikacyjnych...więcej »
The Student’s Book Premium Pack comprises the print Student’s Book, together with a code for the eBook (a PDF version of the Student’s Book with audio) and an access code for the ...więcej »
Academy Stars to nowy, siedmiopoziomowy kurs dla uczniów w wieku 6–13 lat, kładący nacisk na rzetelne i systematyczne rozwijanie zarówno umiejętności językowych i komunikacyjnyc...więcej »
It has been almost a generation since Sebastião Salgado first published Exodus but the story it tells, of fraught human movement around the globe, has changed little in 16 years. The push an...więcej »
The history of nude photography is the history of people’s fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographe...więcej »