Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months...
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT FOR 30 YEARS.'By far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grote...
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...
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...
Security is one of the fundamental human needs in the contemporary world. Not only citizens, but also political elites should have this awareness because it is them who are largely responsible for ...
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...
In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has ...
'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...
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:...
Praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Anny ParzymiesZbiór artykułów z dziedziny językoznawstwa, historii i sztuki uczonych z najważniejszych ośrodków orientalistycznych Europ...
Historia niniejszego albumu zaczęła się podczas wyjazdu autorów do Rzymu na pogrzeb papieża Jana Pawła II. To przejmujące wydarzenie kiełkowało przez kilka lat, by zaowocować chęcią odkrywan...
Zbiór trzydziestu pięciu historii, które tworzą ścieżkę dźwiękową filmowego projektu Anny Konik W tym samym mieście, pod tym samym niebem..., nagranych w reakcji na rosnącą niechęć wo...
Elie Wiesel's harrowing first-hand account of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, Night is translated by Marion Wiesel with a preface by Elie Wiesel in Penguin Modern Classics.
From prehistoric England, Stonehenge and the Romans to modern times, discover the people, places and events that built a country. A concise but comprehensive guide to English history and how Englan...
W albumie poświęconym historii i znaczeniu ulicy Nalewki - najsłynniejszej, wręcz legendarnej żydowskiej ulicy, będącej bijącym sercem Dzielnicy Północnej - obok licznych archiwalnych fotogr...