Pojęcie „dziedzictwo europejskie” weszło do obiegu publicznego dopiero niedawno dzięki instytucjom i dokumentom Unii Europejskiej (UE). Kiedy? Są trzy konkurujące ze sobą daty.
Eugène Atget’s unique city portraitA flâneur and photographer at once, Eugène Atget (1857–1927) was obsessed with walking the streets. After trying his hand at...
Rozprawa poświęcona jest historii retoryki w pierwszym romantyzmie francuskim. Autorka skupia się na dziełach Charlesa Nodiera, jednego z ojców francuskiego romantyzmu, który był zara...
Ważnym pytaniem w archeologii palmyreńskiej (i archeologii w ogóle) jest pytanie o względną, fortiori absolute, chronologię zabytków. Istnieje wiele inskrypcji z tego stanowiska &ndas...
In the age of big data and digital distribution, when news travel ever further and faster and media outlets compete for a fleeting slice of online attention, information graphics have swept center ...
Kolekcja Bouviera obejmuje prawie 800 glinianych lamp oliwnych pochodzących z Egiptu i starożytnego Bliskiego Wschodu. Znajdującą się dziś w Szwajcarii prywatną kolekcję zgromadził podczas wielolet...
With his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People’s Republic i...
This work is an attempt to assess to what extent the new economic governance of the EU helped to discipline public finances in the member states.The poor institutional design of the EU, the a...
Discover the key themes and big ideas behind more than 80 of the world's most important historical events - from the dawn of civilization to the 21st century.From the origins of Homo sa...
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by h...
From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet Union talked about a 'peace-keeping' mission, the de...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened she wo...
'Everyone thinks, tomorrow it will be my turn. Daily, hourly, death is before our eyes . . .'Gustav and Fritz Kleinmann are father and son in an ordinary Austrian Jewish family when the...
[...] the problem of giving local self-government units their own, efficient sources of income, allowing them to finance the tasks assigned to them, is „always" arouse high emotions. [.....
In the "Chronicles of Terror" series we publish testimonies of specific individuals – victims and witnesses of two totalitarianisms. They record the personal experiences of thousand...
Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining.Why did Pheidippides run the 26...
Celem publikacji jest dostarczenie francuskim odbiorcom narzędzi, za pomocą których będą oni mogli przyswoić sobie kolejne etapy historii naszego kraju, ale także przekazanie w sposób...
The reviewed monograph has both cognitive and practical value. The cognitive value results from the authors' scientific analysis of significant problems that have not yet been researched. The util...
‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen FryWelcome to the life of a junior doctor:...