Oliver Sacks zastanawia się, co czyni nas ludźmi oraz dzieli się swoim zachwytem nad pięknem świata przyrody i treścią życia w XXI stuleciu. W ostatnim zbiorze esejów Olivera Sacksa możemy zobaczy...
Zawarte w publikacji teksty autorstwa Anny Bas, Doroty Jareckiej, Lecha Stangreta i Magdaleny Ujmy składają się na nowatorską prezentację postaci Marii Stangret. Książka łączy perspektywę zawodową – ...
Wielowymiarowa opowieść o dorastaniu w modernizującej się Afryce wielkich metropolii i prowincjonalnych miasteczek, saga rodzinna obejmująca czasy od lat 80. do dnia dzisiejszego, a przede wszystkim (...
Usłysz nas, Panie, z niebios, miejsca Twego to stary hymn rybaków z wyspy Man - zarazem refren przewijający się przez zbiór opowiadań Malcolma Lowry'ego, przygotowywany przez autora do druku na krótko...
Publikacja przedstawia zjawiska, fakty i idee, które znacznie, niekiedy o całe stulecia, wyprzedzały swoje epoki. Zaletą pracy jest narracja – prosta, żywa, bezpośrednia, pełna humoru i odniesień do...
Kolejne historie ze świata Ursuli K. Le Guin zebrane dla nowego pokolenia czytelników. Tytułowe "Jesteśmy snem" dzieje się w pełnym przemocy świecie, przypominającym nieco lata 70. XX wieku. George ...
Żywa i wizualnie piękna książka, która ucieszy każdego myślącego czytelnika… nieodzowna dla poszukujących wprowadzenia do historii kultury związanej z postacią Maryi… zachwycająca inteligencją, uczono...
Nominacja do Nagród Historycznych POLITYKI 2017. Nie pierwszy raz z analizą naszych domowych problemów lepiej sobie radzi ktoś z innego kraju. Przestrzeń w środku Warszawy, którą zajęła się Jana F...
Książka zawiera skrócone wersje powieści: 1. Wilkołak (pełn. Czarna kartka)- Patricia Cornwell 2. Miejsce zwane domem - Deborah Smith 3. Pięć po dwunastej - James Thayer 4. Prawda pani Julii - Ann...
Współczesny wizerunek dolnośląskiej metropolii utrwalony na fotografiach. Historyczne budowle, ich urokliwe wnętrza, piękne detale rzeźbiarskie, panoramy miejskie są tematami tych zdjęć. Tekst wstępn...
No and company have found their way to Sanctuary, the last piece of civilization in the Quarantine Zone. But they're going to find that even here, there's no place the Spread hasn't touched as they fi...
The 1975 publication of "Language and Woman's Place", with its argument that language is fundamental to gender inequality, inaugurated language and gender research. This volume presents the original t...
World War II has ended, but while America has won the war, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. To her, the world, and her world, seems irrevocably broken. America, the only home she's ever known, imp...
This collection of short stories was birthed because a sworn "I don't like historicals" reader fell in love with what have become some of her favorite books by most of her favorite writers. Surprising...
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now the living and the recently returned struggle to maintain a sense of normalcy amidst political and religious conflicts. Officer ...
This book makes a very useful addition to the rather scarce literature on the subject. What I always look for, and what I'm particularly gratified to find in this book, is a prominent acknowledgement ...
This landmark publication examines the need for establishing a universal framework for assessing the sustainability of a place that can be used for any place, in any part of the world. Using two case ...
The last person Sam Kelly expected to pull wounded from the lake was Sophie Lundgren. Once they shared a brief, intense affair while Sam was undercoverand then she vanished. She’s spent the last month...
The first victim is found floating in a creek - naked, beautiful, brutally garrotted. Lily Slocum was a college student with everything to live for and nothing to fear...until a madman made her his ob...
The humorous adventures of three high school students from a small town who apartment-sit in Toronto for the summer. "A frenetic string of funny scenes-supported by a handful of sturdy characters and ...
An old case spills new blood As an investigator with the CIA's Inspector General's office, Dennis loves policing the agency's network of spies for liars and thieves. But each time he plows into a case...
Dorothy clicked her heels three times and returned to Kansas. The end . . . or was it? Although she's happy to be home with Aunt Em, Dorothy has regretted her decision to leave Oz ever since. So when ...
When one of their number is kidnapped, the powerful farseeker Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits are forced to use their extraordinary mind powers to help the rebels in their struggle to overthrow the opp...
Ever since the fall of the Thallonian Empire, Si Cwan has been searching for his younger sister, the only other survivor of the royal family. His quest has been a hard one, filled with many disappoint...
After their widowed father puts their grandmother in the nursing home so that he can spend more time with his gold-digging fianc ee, college seniors Sara, Hannah, and Sam Cisco set out to free Granny....
When Alexis Blair, 29, is fired from her book publishing job and breaks up with her boyfriend on the same day, she wonders if life is urging her to make a fresh start. She decides it’s time to pursue...
An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey?s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to fle...
Grace Metallious, the author of Peyton Place, a revolutionary novel about sex and secrets in small town America, inspired Annie Barnes to leave Middle River, the tight knit community that believes its...
A masterful, compelling story from an award-winning author, this is the anniversary edition of a story every child and parent will love. Lucas is lonely. Orphaned and sent to live with his formidable ...