‘What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?’ Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and...

Bill Kaulitz ist eine der charismatischsten Figuren der Musikwelt. « Süddeutsche Zeitung»Er wäre heute nicht dort, wo er ist, hätte er nicht bedingungslos zu sich selbst gestanden. Fans verehrten seinen androgynen Style, die Presse reagierte mit Ratlosigkeit und Spekulationen über seine sexuelle Identität. Als der Rummel um die eigene Person gefährliche Ausmaße annahm, floh Bill mit seinem...

Mieczysław Tomaszewski, Chopin: The Man, His Work and Its Resonance, jest poprawioną i uzupełnioną wersją anglojęzyczną książki – laureatki wielokrotnych nagród Chopin. Człowiek, dzieło, rezonans (Poznań, 1998), która stanowi sumę wiedzy i refleksji profesora odnośnie do tematyki związanej z Chopiem; prędko weszła do kanonu literatury fachowej o Chopinie w Polsce, a stopniowo – dzięki...

Many of us think we know his story well. His ruthless ambition was evident from his insistence, as a three-year-old, that he would one day be 'world king'. Eton and Oxford prepared him well for a frantic career straddling the dog-eat-dog worlds of journalism and politics. His transformation from bumbling stooge on Have I Got New for You to a triumphant Mayor of London was overshadowed only...

'Magisterial' - Guardian 'Outstanding' - Ian Kershaw Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to...

Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write,...

An exclusive designed elegant Album with text by Mieczysław Tomaszewski. Ovesized custom format, carefully selected luxurious paper, cloth-bound covers. Design by Leszek Szurkowski.

During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson did not seek out recognition or attempt to change the world around her, even in the smallest way. A private but not antisocial person, she kept her life's work, and her innermost feelings, almost entirely to herself. Her life was rich in intellectual pursuits, and she had many friends with whom she exchanged witty and brilliant letters, but she rarely...

Poziom 1 - 300 słów. Wyścigi samochodowe to dawniej sport tylko dla mężczyzn, lecz nie w dzisiejszych czasach. Danica Patrick jest z USA, Mika Duno z Wenezueli, a Laleh Seddigh z Iranu. Wszystkie te kobiety biorą udział w rajdach samochodowych i ścigają się z mężczyznami, co najlepsze - wygrywają z nimi. Przeczytaj historię tych fascynujących kobiet.

70 lat temu, 1 sierpnia 1944 roku, do walki o wolność swojego miasta przystąpiło kilkanaście tysięcy słabo uzbrojonych powstańców. Dowództwo podziemnej Armii Krajowej, decydując o podjęciu jawnych działań zbrojnych przeciwko przeważającym siłom okupanta niemieckiego, planowało utrzymanie kontroli nad miastem przez tydzień, może 10 dni. Zakładano, że wkrótce do szturmu na Warszawę ruszy Armia...

THE postcard on the cover of this book says it all. The card was written by John Lennon and sent to his friend Chris Hutchins. On the card's photograph of the Beatles, John had drawn a fifth member - the founder of the group Stuart Sutcliffe who John went on to describe as the best friend he ever had. This is the kind of confidence John, Paul George and Ringo shared with writer Hutchins who...

Monika Osiecka’s Mirror Fragments is a fascinating record of a woman’s experience, an artist’s self-reflection. It is an intimate diary composed of words, sculptures, and the author’s own photographs. Don’t be misled by the impression that the central focus of this unusual publication, this album, yet not album, is the image. Subtle nudes, female figures emerging out of stone, rugged...

Depuis le XIIe siecle, Aliénor d’Aquitaine a sa légende. On l’a décrite libre, sorciere, conquérante : « le roi disait que j’étais diable », selon la formule de l’éveque de Tournai… Clara Dupont-Monod reprend cette figure mythique et invente ses premieres années comme reine de France, aux côtés de Louis VII. Leurs voix alternent pour dessiner le portrait poignant d’une Aliénor...