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...więcej »
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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.więcej »
Heavy metal to nie muzyka, to styl życia. Za kulisami często bardziej nieobliczalny niż na scenie. Demolka, rozpusta, przekraczanie granic – Jon Wiederhorn zebrał szalone, zabawne, a cz...więcej »
'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...więcej »
A POCKET HISTORY OF POLAND began as a course on Polish history and culture that Dariusz Sirko, then 25, gave in Madeira island, Portugal, while participating in the European Voluntary Service in 20...więcej »
The story of a man whose music changed the world.Farrokh Bulsara was a young boy who loved music and was known for being quiet and kind, even when people made fun of his unusual teeth.<...więcej »
Wstrząsająca historia Solomona Northupa – dystyngowanego, wykształconego obywatela Północy Stanów Zjednoczonych, który – uprowadzony i sprzedany handlarzom niewolni...więcej »
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Zestaw trzech albumów poświęconych wybitnym politykom II Rzeczypospolitej - Ignacemu Paderewskiemu, Józefowi Piłsudskiemu i Ignacemu Mościckiemu. Ta patriotyczna trylogia objęta zosta...więcej »
W książce zostały zaprezentowane życiorysy czterech działaczy społecznych: Antoine’a-Frédérica Ozanama (1813-1853), ks. Carla Sonnenscheina (1876-1929), Piera Giorgia Frassatieg...więcej »
Życie grobowe otwiera czytelnika na zdumienie. Pozwala zachwycić się opowieścią o świecie ukrytą w strefie pośredniej pomiędzy żywymi a umarłymi, pomiędzy przestrzenią codzienności (miasta, wsi, pu...więcej »
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'A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that "in the beginning" sexual activity was guilt-free and delicious, being repressed and blighted only by the...więcej »
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...więcej »
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 ...więcej »
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Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, ...więcej »