Lucian Freud (1922 2011) was interested in the telling of truth. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the esteemed portrait painter observed his subjects with the regimen...więcej »
Pod bezlitosnym rzymskim słońcem, dla kogoś, kto potrafi je dostrzec, kamienie żyją z taką intensywnością, że zakrawa to na halucynację.Za sprawą Carceri Piranesi staje się jedynym Włoc...więcej »
Wielość – czyli otwarcie na nieskalkulowaną przyszłość, w której życie może przybierać różny kształt. Gdzież jednak szukać wielości – w świecie czy w tekście literackim? D...więcej »
Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inwards and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at work, at school or at home, hop...więcej »
Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one of the world's largest economies and a country which exerts a remarkable cultural fascination. David Pilling's new book is an entertaining, deeply kno...więcej »
Sztuka jako wyzwanie dla socjologii to wywiad rzeka, którego Nathalie Heinich udzieliła Julienowi Ténédosowi. Dowiadujemy się z niego o przebiegu jej drogi naukowej – poc...więcej »
Na dzisiejszym, zmodernizowanym Tahiti rdzenny aktywizm, choć wpisuje się w powstały w latach 70. ruch odrodzenia kulturowego na Polinezji, jest czymś więcej niż postkolonialnym projektem emancypac...więcej »
Choroba nie jest czyimś upadkiem, agresją, przed którą się ustępuje, ale pierwotnym, makromolekularnym defektem. Jeśli organizacja jest pierwotnie rodzajem języka, to genetycznie uwarunkowan...więcej »
Leksykon ten chciałby być lampą. Służyć ilustrowaniu pojęć i terminów, a zwłaszcza oświetlać te miejsca, w których czujemy się niepewnie, bo dawno tam nie byliśmy. Ilustrowanie (ilumi...więcej »
The story of modern fashion from couture to mass marketThe 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering for the wealthy elite into a global industry empl...więcej »
Hailed the “Prince of the Impressionists”, Claude Monet (1840-1926) transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the precedent of centuries, Monet did not seek t...więcej »
Jack Morgan has a company called Private. Private helps people. Sometimes, Private helps the police, too. Now, Jack's friend is dead. Private must find the killer.Penguin Readers is a s...więcej »
In 1897, people found gold in the Klondike, Canada. Thousands of people traveled there to find more gold. They needed big, strong dogs to work for them. This is the story of one of those dogs, Buck...więcej »
Everybody wants to know Jay Gatsby. He is handsome and very rich. He owns a big house, and he has wonderful parties there. But after the music and dancing, does anybody really know who Jay Gatsby i...więcej »
Why is the Earth's climate changing? And how will this change our lives? HRH The Prince of Wales is worried about climate change. In this book, he explains why it is so important for us to stop cli...więcej »
Jonathan Harker visits a castle in Transylvania to help a man named Count Dracula to buy a house in England. While he is there, he discovers many terrible things about the count. As strange things ...więcej »
It is winter in Yorkshire, England. A man rides through the snow to visit a house called Wuthering Heights. While there, the man learns about Catherine, who lived in the house years before. Catheri...więcej »
Andrew Brown works at a big international bank. He makes lots of money every day, but he never has enough time. Now, he might have found a way to borrow some. But, instead of making his life easier...więcej »
Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of an English country gentleman, meets Mr Darcy, a rich man who owns land. At first, Elizabeth hates him and thinks he is proud, but slowly her feelings start to chan...więcej »
When Lou Clark loses her job at a café, she is given a job caring for Will Traynor. Will was disabled in a motorbike accident. Lou knows she needs the money. Will knows that his accident too...więcej »
