The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, with an introduction by Neal Ascherton. After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. Here, their...

The Time Traveler Stephen Wilkes’s day-to-night portraits of iconic locations around the world If you were to stand in one spot at an iconic location for 30 hours and simply observe, never closing your eyes, you still wouldn’t be able to take in all the detail and emotion found in a Stephen Wilkes panoramic photograph. Not only does Wilkes shoot over 1,500 exposures from a fixed angle, he also...

In the year 2015 the Polish Institute of World Art Studies, together with the National Museum in Kraków and the National Museum in Warsaw and with the collaboration of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, undertook new research into the work of Henryk Siemiradzki, a distinguished Polish painter who was also associated with Russian and Italian artistic circles. This five-year...

In Measuring and Reasoning, Fred L. Bookstein examines the way ordinary arithmetic and numerical patterns are translated into scientific understanding, showing how the process relies on two carefully managed forms of argument: • Abduction: the generation of new hypotheses to accord with findings that were surprising on previous hypotheses, and • Consilience: the confirmation of numerical...

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. In the early 1990s Katy, a young reporter, arrives in Sarajevo, a city under siege, and receives conflicting advice from two colleagues. 'Of all the wars I've been in,' a news...

In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will. Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal...

‘Koa Beck writes with passion and insight about the knotted history of racism within women’s movements and feminist culture, past and present. Curious, rigorous, and ultimately generous, White Feminism is a pleasure and an education.’ Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad 'Intellectually smart and emotionally intelligent, Beck brilliantly articulates how feminism...

In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates ""The River,"" or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape—and dominate—so much of modern life. These professional risk takers—poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and blue-chip art...

Accompanying the survey exhibition at Tate Modern of the same name, this Music of the Mind paperback exhibition book explores the world of Yoko Ono and reveals the profound impact of her art on the collective consciousness of our time. The exhibition catalogue features previously unpublished photographs from her involvement at Indica Gallery, London, Sogetsu Art Centre, Tokyo and her loft on...

We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man...

These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge, tea or dinner-party, church service, council meeting or art–exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on ‘a very agreeable rack of suspense’....

Number 1 New York Times Bestseller! „Extraordinary”. (JJ Abrams). „Fascinating”. (Arianna Huffington). „Inspire creativity and change”. (Richard Branson). „One of my favourite thinkers”. (Malcolm Gladwell). „Masterful” (Peter Thiel). „One of the great social scientists of our time”. (Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet). „Fresh research, counter-intuitive insights, lively writing, practical...

Monumentalne dzieło z 400 wysokiej jakości fotografiami znakomitego artysty Adama Bujaka. Ukazuje światowej klasy polskie zabytki i unikatowe relikty pierwotnej przyrody. Prezentuje polskie obiekty umieszczone na prestiżowej liście Światowego Dziedzictwa Kulturalnego i Naturalnego UNESCO. Na zdjęciach zobaczymy m.in. wiekowe mury Krakowa, grę świateł w kryształach wielickiej soli, brodzące w...

Get an intimate look at the cult filmmaker of our generation. Packaged in a handsome slipcase and loaded with stunning pictures from the Kobal archives, this biography explores the genesis of Tarantino's unique directorial style and provides insight into his inspirations and his frequent collaborations with favoured actors. An 8-page foldout timeline presents Tarantino’s entire filmography in...

Waging Heavy Peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil YoungNeil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Reflective, insightful and disarmingly honest, Waging Heavy Peace is his long-awaited memoir. From his youth in Canada to his crazy journey out to California, through...

Na głowie burza złotych loków, pod którymi kłębią się tysiące pomysłów... Oto Ana! Razem z gromadką ulubionych pluszaków nigdy się nie nudzi, a każdy dzień jest wspaniałą okazją, żeby wymyślić kolejną psotę. Ana nie zamierza być gorsza od starszego brata. Ona już mu pokaże! Pingwin Pingpong jest głodny jak wilk. Dlatego Ana Ana i jej pluszaki postanawiają upiec...

„Blacksad” to mistrzowski czarny kryminał osadzony w realiach Ameryki I połowy XX wieku. Tom siódmy jest zakończeniem dwutomowej opowieści. Blacksad kontynuuje śledztwo w sprawie Solomona, architekta, który zaprojektował ogromny most, mający być dziełem jego życia. Detektyw odkrywa, że imperium sokoła zbudowano na stosie trupów, a Iris Allen, dyrektorka teatru, nie była pierwszą...

Piąty i ostatni tom znakomitej opowieści łączącej kryminał i thriller polityczny z science fiction. Mitchell Hundred jest burmistrzem Nowego Jorku, ma również ambicje prezydenckie, kiedyś jednak był superbohaterem znanym jako Potężna Machina. Chociaż polityk od kilku lat stara się pomagać mieszkańcom metropolii w oficjalny sposób, jego tajemnicza przeszłość właśnie teraz daje o sobie znać....

Brutalna seria morderstw użytkowników magii nie jest już zagadką dla Elsie Camden. Dziewczyna dobrze wie, kto za tym stoi. Jak jednak ma złapać zabójcę bez ujawnienia swojego sekretu? Elsie stara się pokrzyżować szyki najbardziej przebiegłemu przestępcy w Anglii, który ma do dyspozycji setki skradzionych zaklęć. Jego plan jest prosty – przeciągnąć Elsie na ciemną stronę. Gdy dziewczyna jest...