This book is a collaborative effort of scholars from Australian universities and prominent international researchers. It comes at a time when Central and Eastern European countries are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It examines the political, economic and social transformations that have taken place in the post-communist era. In particular, it...

Compiled by the State Council Information Office of China, the CCCPC Party Literature Research Office and China International Publishing Group, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China is published by Foreign Languages Press in Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese, distributed worldwide. This book is a compilation of Xi Jinping's major works from...

There is constant debate around the questions of what constitutes the 'just' distribution of goods and how we can assess existing distribution patterns. Some commentators mistakenly believe that there can be one simple, all-encompassing governing principle that automatically yields the 'fairest' results. In this book Grzegorz Lissowski argues that three types of principles need to be...

One Hundred Years Of Polish Diplomatic Presence In The United States: 1919–2019 to anglojęzyczna publikacja autorstwa Mariusza M. Brymory, która w wyczerpujący sposób opisuje dzieje polskiej dyplomacji z USA na przełomie ostatniego stulecia, począwszy od II Rzeczypospolitej, aż do czasów współczesnych. Autor wnikliwie przedstawił funkcjonowanie polskich placówek dyplomatycznych w Stanach...

This vintage book contains Immanuel Kant’s 1790 philosophical work, “Kant's Critique of Aesthetic Judgement”. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) was a famous German philosopher, widely hailed as one of the most important figures of modern philosophy. This seminal volume provided the foundation for the development of modern aesthetics, and is highly recommended for those with a serious interest in...

"Książka podejmuje ważny temat dotyczący perspektyw rozwoju tożsamości UE jako globalnego aktora. Wiadomo, że jest to sprawa żywo dyskutowana wśród specjalistów. Próba budowania wspólnej identyfikacji w Europie ma dwa podstawowe wyzwania. Pierwsze dotyczy wzmocnienia polityki zagranicznej UE, a tym samym ma prowadzić do podwyższenia pozycji geopolitycznej Europy w stosunkach...

'This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life-the ones you have with yourself.' - Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel H. Pink's Next Big Idea Club Winter 2021 Winning Selection One of the best new books of 2021 - BBC Science Focus Magazine, The...

What is depression? Is it a persistent low mood or a complex range of symptoms? Is it a single diagnosis or a range of mental disorders requiring different treatments? And is there a way of curing such a complex, and diverse, condition? A sufferer of depression himself, science writer Alex Riley has spent years thinking about these issues as he was prescribed antidepressants and underwent...

Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, based at the University of Łódź, is an international and interdisciplinary journal, which seeks to engage in contemporary debates in the humanities by inviting contributions from literary and cultural studies intersecting with literary theory, gender studies, history, philosophy, and religion. The journal focuses on textual...

Parmi les cinq sens, l'odorat est certainement celui qui est le moins etudie par les litteraires, ce dont temoigne, sans conteste, la deficience flagrante de travaux qui lui sont consacres. Toujours est-il que, si nous comparons la situation de l'olfaction a celle des quatre autres sens, pour lesquels on dispose d'etudes nourries, nous constatons facilement que le sens olfactif n'a guere...

This book explores how language and attitude conspire to communicate attitudinal meaning (e.g. criticism, praise). It takes an experimental pragmatics perspective and assumes an exploratory approach, drawing insights from interdisciplinary research, to explain how linguistic means and attitude cues bind to communicate attitudinal stance (approval, disapproval). The explorations are settled...

Dekadentzya is an annual English-language literary journal of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. We welcome all submissions.

"As general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping has delivered many speeches on a broad range of issues. He has offered his thoughts, views and judgments, and answered a series of important theoretical and practical questions about the Party and the country in these changing times. His speeches embody the philosophy of the new...

Essential guide to British universities that gives you all the information you need to make the crucial decisions on what to study, where to study, and how much it might cost. Objective and authoritative, it is the best-selling guide to making the right university choice for you. For more than 25 years The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide has provided the most accurate and...

The main purpose of the publication is to present the major achievements and challenges in the process of European integration and show what influence membership in the European Union has on Poland and Poles. The book, addressed to Asian readers, discusses Poland’s position and role in the European Union in a comprehensive manner. The book characterizes the adjustments Poland has gone...

Nowadays, any kind of support is meant not only as a matter of caring or helping but also as an important sustainable element of educating and upbringing. In terms of theory and practice social support and supporting are recognised as core actions in social work as well as in rehabilitation and in special education. The new legislation in Poland is going to determine a lot of changes for the...

Autor przedstawia proces zmian społecznych, jakiemu podlegały wspólnoty rybaków zamieszkujących wybrzeże Zatoki Meksykańskiej w okolicach laguny Alvarado od XVI wieku po czasy współczesne. W analizie odwołuje się do koncepcji długiego trwania (longue durée) F. Braudela. Wyniki badań wskazują, że w wyniku eksploatacji zasobów i rozwoju procesów technologicznych następuje zmiana środowiska...

This collection of essays has grown out of a project undertaken at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund. The inspiration for the project came from the work of Professor Hayden White, who kindly accepted the project coordinators’ invitation to give a lecture and conduct a workshop for scholars from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech...

Publikacja anglojęzyczna z przedmową Włodzimierza Cimoszewicza. Stanowi ona pierwszy tom serii wydawniczej "European Integration and Democracy Series", która będzie się ukazywać się we współpracy Oficyny Wydawniczej ASPRA, Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku oraz Center for Direct Democracy Studies.

Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of...