Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz draws differences between Western and Eastern European absurdism, points out similarities and adjacencies, and emphasises the function fulfilled by the theatre of the absurd...
Enter the strange and disorienting world of the master of the macabre, Edfgar Allan Poe, as you seek to solve the mind-bending puzzles within. Fever dreams, melancholy hallucinations, and troubling...
Across digital and print media, editorial illustrators create visuals to support text and convey ideas, but there is more to these illustrations than meets the eye.Internationally-recog...
Human beings, says Lee Smolin, author of The Trouble With Physics, have always had a problem with the boundary between reality and fantasy, confusing our representations of the world with the world...
Future generations will consider the beginning of the 21st century as a historic moment when the effectiveness of elections as a democratic procedure began to be exhausted. The primary reason for t...
Bezpieczeństwo energetyczne jest ważne zarówno dla osób fizycznych, podmiotów gospodarczych, jak i zrównoważonej gospodarki każdego kraju na świecie. Bieżące problemy zw...
Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2021The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us...
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their w...
The album Everyday Life in the Shadow of Terror consists of over 400 photographs, most of which have never been published before. The images presented in the book show the reality of German occupat...
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...
Skąd pochodzą pieniądze? Kto je tworzy? To książka, w której znajdziesz pełen zasób wiadomości o wielkiej iluzji zwanej pieniądzem. Nudny temat? Tylko poczekaj! W ciągu pięciu minut w...
A study of scale plastic models built by both semi-professional and amateur modellers, inspired by the three wars that Finland fought between 1939 and 1945, all related to ongoing hostilities betwe...
We are presenting you with a study containing formulas and tables necessary for the application of quantitative methods in practice. The publication can be useful to students of various faculties o...
If you live to 80, you'll have barely more than four thousand weeks on earth. How will you decide how to spend them?Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,'...
Scientific advances and new technologies are letting others manipulate our minds more easily than ever before. Now, those tasked with protecting our minds are finally preparing to fight back. As we...
To niezwykle trudne zadanie wybrać dziesięć obiektów bibliotecznych spośród ponad miliona pozycji inwentarzowych zgromadzonych w Bibliotece Gdańskiej. Jakie przyjąć kryteria, czy kier...
Od królowej Anny do królowej Wiktorii. Wykłady o literaturze i kulturze brytyjskiej z XVIII i XIX wieku. Tom 7Siódmy tom serii From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria zaw...
A thrilling illustrated journey through the history of video games and what they really mean to usPac-Man. Mario. Minecraft. Doom.Ever since he first booted up his brother's...
He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, André Cabannes, returns to tackle Einstein's gene...
This album accompanies the Trails of Hope The Odyssey of Freedom project and is dedicated toGeneral Władysław Anders, whose figure is forever associated with the exodus of our compatriots