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 »
Whether it's Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to...więcej »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
Vincent van Gogh’s story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, fe...więcej »
Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a...więcej »
Jezus i żydowskie korzenie Eucharystii to świeże spojrzenie na Ostatnią Wieczerzę opisaną z perspektywy tradycji judaizmu. Brant Pitre dzięki swojej dogłębnej wiedzy biblijnej odpowiada na kluczowe...więcej »
Biblia – historia zakochanego BogaDlaczego w drzewie genealogicznym Jezusa znajdziemy imiona Tamar, Rachab czy Batszeby, mimo że tradycyjne rodowody raczej pomijały kobiety? Dlacz...więcej »
Ostatnia rozmowa z księdzem Janem KaczkowskimBył inspiracją dla milionów ludzi - wierzących i niewierzących. Każdy, kto go słuchał, czuł: on mnie rozumie. Ksiądz Jan nie oferował...więcej »
Od nas zależy, czy poprawiamy jakość naszych myśliŚw. Jan KasjanKażdy z nas tworzy autosugestie. Są to nieustannie obecne w naszej głowie słowa, które wpływają na to, co my...więcej »
To właśnie uważność ostatecznie prowadzi do Boga. Kontemplacja jest oglądaniem. W życiu wiecznym nie będziemy o Bogu rozmyślać, ale Go oglądać. Nie będziemy także zajmować się Bogiem w zewnętrznej ...więcej »
Yoga is to be known through yoga. Yoga arises from yoga. One who is vigilant by means of yoga delights in yoga for a long time'Yoga is hugely popular around the world today, yet until n...więcej »
John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, ideas, perception, tr...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 »
George Orwell's first published work, Down and Out in Paris and London, is a vivid, sensitive account of the time he lived as one of the poor in the late twenties. In a bug-infested hotel, survivin...więcej »
