Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, spe...
From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have helped both change the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped. A great orator, however, has to have the right words and the right message t...
Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. Here, Kapuscinski describes the tyrannica...
An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world’s leading public intellectualWe have two choices. We can be pessimis...
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on ...
One of our best-known living philosophers Guardian How do we respond to the refugee crisis - by opening our doors, or pulling up the drawbridge? Both solutions, argues Slavoj Zizek, offer ideologic...
'No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.'In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that a state's only legitimate political authority comes from its ...
"Między porządkiem a chaosem. Faza nierównowagi systemu międzynarodowego" to interesująca pozycja na rynku wydawniczym z trzech przynajmniej powodów. Po pierwsze, Autor rozw...
Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have spent four years uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hu...
The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall...
A vivid and human glimpse into Europe's borderlands as they emerged from Soviet rule - back in print after nearly 20 years'In this superb book, in which one senses the spirit of Franz K...
A selection of 'greatest hits' essays from the bestselling non-fiction writer. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising ...
The idea of democracy which emerged in the Athenian polis constitutes a major determinant of social and political life at the and of the 20th and the begining of the 21st century. Both indirect and...
Podjęte w niniejszej eksploracji poszukiwania badawcze są ważnym elementem wzbogacającym naszą wiedzę o współczesnej emigracji zarobkowej Polaków do innych krajów Unii Europejs...
Kategoria państwa była w myśli politycznej Prawa i Sprawiedliwości szczególnie ważna. "Przywiązanie do państwa" uważano za najważniejszy wyróżnik prawicowości partii. Państw...
Autorka opracowała zagadnienie estymacji parametrów na poziomie małych obszarów oraz oceniła przydatność metod estymacji pośredniej zastosowanej w reprezentacyjnych badaniach rolniczn...
W warunkach kształtowania się nowego ładu cywilizacyjnego (tj. społeczeństwa informacyjnego) zachodzą jednocześnie dwa procesy: unifikacji rzeczywistości kulturowej i jej dywersyfikacji. Z jednej s...
Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves t...
Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism,...
Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and ...