Różnice zdań występujące pomiędzy autorami z niniejszego zbioru są mniej ważne niż wspólna więź łącząca ich krytyczne badania. Dlaczego społeczny byt człowieka przyjmuje formę kapital...więcej »
Kiedy w 1965 roku zorganizowano Warszawskie Spotkanie Teatralne nikt z organizatorów nie zdawał sobie sprawy, że oto powołano do życia jedną z najtrwalszych i najważniejszych instytucji życi...więcej »
Paweł z Lewoczy był jednym z czołowych twórców rzeźby gotyckiej w Europie Środkowej. Prowadził duży warsztat, w którym powstały ołtarze należące dziś do największych skarb&oacu...więcej »
Adaring critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, Camus' essay examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing...więcej »
In this collection of eight witty and sharply written essays, Orwell looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and th...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 »
Kraszewski na początku swojej drogi pisarskiej pojawił się w roli interpretatora dziejów Litwy. Swoimi dwoma naukowymi pracami o tematyce litewskiej ("Wilno" oraz "Litwa: star...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 »
Marszałek i naczelny wódz w wojnie 1939 r, Edward Śmigły-Rydz należał do czołowych postaci Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Jego życie jest przykładem szybkiej kariery wojskowej i politycznej. Był ...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 »
Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic and timel...więcej »
Żeromski w Niepodległej - to ostatnie, najszczęśliwsze lata prywatnego życia pisarza.Jednak nie tylko tkwił w burzliwym kontekście epoki, ale z gniewem i z nadzieją, bez pardonu, do końca wal...więcej »
Michel de Montaigne was the originator of the modern essay form; in these diverse pieces he expresses his views on relationships, contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, arg...więcej »
Machiavelli is one of the most famous strategists of all time. In this collection he discusses the dangers of conspiracies, and the component parts of an army, vital for gaining and holding power i...więcej »
John Ruskin's insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art. of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design a...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 »
Anyone who wants to understand the twentieth century will still have to read Orwell' Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of BooksWhether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittil...więcej »
Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in the New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement - a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materi...więcej »
This collection of speeches from one of the great modern orators includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to the British in June 1940 af...więcej »
Mary Wollstonecraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of...więcej »