In this collection of wise, witty and fascinating essays, Borges discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and ...więcej »
John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design i...więcej »
A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges...więcej »
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...więcej »
Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature of reality. In these writings he invest...więcej »
Ivan Čolović, wybitny serbski intelektualista, w znakomitym tomie esejów pisze nie tylko o dramacie serbskiego postkomunizmu, gdzie marksizm-leninizm zastąpiła koszmarna m...więcej »
Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. Written at the height of his fame and success, Warhol records the fun of an Academy Awards...więcej »
The first rock-star writer'GuardianWith ‘long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips … and Harleys flashing chrome’, the Hell&rsq...więcej »
In 1929 Robert Graves went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This is his superb account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood a...więcej »
Zawiera 85000 haseł zilustrowanych blisko 15000 przykładówObejmuje angielszczyznę literacką, wyrażenia i zwroty potoczne, przysłowia, terminologię naukową i specjalistyczną różn...więcej »
A chemist by training, Primo Levi became one of the supreme witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from you...więcej »
„Bukareszt jest jak wrzątek albo kipiel, wzburzony i zmętniały. Atrybuty miasta: czarne kłęby przewodów na słupach jak gniazda porzucone przez ptaki, atmosfera rozkopania i prowizorki ...więcej »
Intelektualiści o literackiej proweniencji - na jednym biegunie, a na drugim - naukowcy z fizykami na czele. A między tymi dwoma biegunami zieje przepaść wzajemnego niezrozumienia, czasami (zwłaszc...więcej »