The Impressionists – Monet, Manet, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley and others – are probably the most popular of all artistic schools. Their struggle to impose a new vision is ...więcej »
Praise for Theft by Finding, the first volume of David Sedaris's diariesThe writing here is funnier, (even) sharper . . . There isn't a dull word among these pages -- India Knight, Sund...więcej »
Jest to angielska wersja publikacji Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Listy. Korespondencja kompozytora stanowi świadectwo jego żywego intelektu i nietuzinkowej osobowości. Na kartach listów artysta re...więcej »
In this book, Andy Gill assesses the circumstances behind Dylan's most famous songs, tracing the artist's progress from young tyro folkie to acclaimed protest singer, and through the subsequent cha...więcej »
Wonder Boy is a riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on r...więcej »
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of ...więcej »
Kate Bush: the subject of murmured legend and one of the most idiosyncratic musicians of the modern era.Comprising fifty chapters or visions, Running Up That Hill is a multi-faceted bio...więcej »
Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's l...więcej »
'Entertaining...essential...peppered with brilliant observations' Tim Shipman, Sunday TimesAndrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns ...więcej »
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated rel...więcej »
'Magisterial' - Guardian'Outstanding' - Ian KershawVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States...więcej »
Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. These vivid and entertaining portraits take th...więcej »
After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn...więcej »
Meet 30 positive male role models from throughout history. From activists like Mahatma Gandhi and Frederick Douglass to creative innovators like Prince and David Hockney, these men have fought conv...więcej »
An essential, early portrait of Africa’s wildlife crisis“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains and out of the bush...vani...więcej »
By the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. Yet despite initial triumphs in the early stages of war, the Führer's fortunes would turn dramatically as the conflict raged on. Re...więcej »
Pół wieku podróżowałem po Azji.Byłem pielgrzymem z okiem otwartym. Usiłowałem zbliżyć się do pojęć i światów nam niedostępnych. Szukałem odpowiedzi na istotę człowieczeńs...więcej »
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 »
That incomparable melancholy in Edward Hopper's magical oeuvre occasionally leads us to look at the details of his life. Where did he live and work? What were his most important influences while he...więcej »
Roman Polanski: A Retrospective is the definitive tribute to one of the world’s most prolific and influential film directors. Editor and film critic James Greenberg takes readers chronologica...więcej »