There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the ...
Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen'How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation...
We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind us!'Nietzsche's devastating demolition of religion would hav...
In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our d...
'A tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand reporting' -- New York TimesUSER FRIENDLY is a must-read fo...
Susan Sontag was our last great literary star. Her brilliant mind, political activism and striking image made her an emblem of the seductions - and the dangers - of the twentieth-century world.
Gdzie można spotkać w Polsce błękitne żaby, a gdzie usłyszeć tokujące cietrzewie? Dlaczego znad Biebrzy zniknęły bataliony? I jak może się zakończyć nieoczekiwane spotkanie z wilkiem?Cz...
Przez kilka dekad nazwisko Harveya Weinsteina było w Hollywood synonimem władzy. Mógł tworzyć gwiazdy i je niszczyć, nadawać karierom bieg lub dusić je w zarodku. Przez wiele lat krążyły plo...
Najgłośniejszy reportaż śledczy ostatnich lat!Gdy w 1998 roku doktor Andrew Wakefield opublikował w czasopiśmie naukowym „The Lancet” artykuł o związku szczepionki przeciwko...
'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.'A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism...
'Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists, and political activists' The New York Times Book ReviewSociety Must Be Defended is Michel Foucault's devastating critiqu...
Pod ziemią umieszczamy to, co cenne, co kochamy lub chcemy chronić; niekiedy ukrywamy to, co szkodliwe. Jednak to, co zostało kiedyś pogrzebane w ziemi, może w niej trwać dłużej od nas. I może nieo...
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: 'The most important book I have read in quite some time' Daniel Kahneman; 'A must-read' Max Tegmark; 'The book we've all been waiting for' Sam Harris<...
What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when?In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel th...
A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great FireIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little...
In the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a decisive break from the classical Greek version of ...
The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture.From the stranger byways of G...
Dlaczego w Szwecji płoną ośrodki dla uchodźców? Dlaczego w holu największego instytutu badawczego w kraju, Karolinska Institutet, nadal znajduje się popiersie Gustava Retziusa, pioniera teor...
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...
90 mil. Tyle oddziela Kubę od Florydy.Dwudziestojednoletnia Biviana nie wróciła na noc do domu. Po kilku dniach nerwowego oczekiwania, matka dziewczyny modliła się już tylko o list od ...