'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and...

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her legendary fashion house continues to exert a powerful sway over today's designers. Jérôme Gautier tells the story of Chanel's iconic style through hundreds of images, many taken by the leading lights of...

Susan Sontag was our last great literary star. Her brilliant mind, political activism and striking image made her an emblem of the seductions - and the dangers - of the twentieth-century world. Her writing on art and politics, feminism and homosexuality, celebrity and style, medicine and drugs, Fascism and Freudianism, Communism and Americanism, reflected the conflicted meanings of a most...

Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple core belief: when your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create. This might seem uncontroversial, but it flies in the face of a tech sector long obsessed with rapid growth and sometimes on disruption as an end in itself. While sweeping digital transformation holds great...

W Nie poddawaj się Simon Snow i jego przyjaciele zrozumieli, że ich wiedza o świecie może być błędna. W Zbłąkanym synu zastanawiali się, czy błędne nie jest to, co wiedzą o sobie.W Co ma być, to będzie Simon, Baz, Penelope i Agatha muszą zdecydować, jak ma wyglądać ich dalsze życie.Simon powinien rozważyć, czy nadal chce należeć do Świata Magów – a jeśli nie, jak to wpłynie na jego relacje z...

W czwartej części "Ostatnich dzieciaków na Ziemi" Maxa Bralliera i Douglasa Holgate'a, dzielny i zwariowany bohater Jack Sullivan i jego przyjaciele znów walczą ze złem. Nieoczekiwanie, ich przeciwnikiem staje się... inny człowiek! Tym razem akcja rozgrywa się w środku zimy i wszędzie leży głęboki śnieg. Dobre potwory boją się śniegu i lodu, a dzieci nie mają najlepszych ubrań na zimę, ale...

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...

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the...

A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism. Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny is one of the essential books of recent years, using the darkest moments in twentieth-century history to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. These include a warning to be aware of how symbols used...

The issues raised in this study concern the contemporary specifics of the Polish territory as well as the historical context, especially legal provisions, economic changes and the political transformation which took place after the Second World War. All these issues are illustrated by numerous local examples from the Gdańsk agglomeration and the Pomerania region. However, the research presented...

Opowieść o prawdziwej przyjaźni Bestseller New York Times Drugi tom bestsellerowej serii Amazona. Szkolne dzieje szóstoklasistki Sary – w tym wieku każdy stara się wyglądać i być perfekcyjnym. Najlepsza przyjaciółka Sary, Aśka, jest najpopularniejszą dziewczynką w szkole i przewodzi gromadzie dziewczyn znanych powszechnie jako...

When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will transform your conversations forever. At work, we're taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We're not...

In 1999, legendary venture capitalist John Doerr invested nearly $12 million in a startup that had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. Doerr introduced the founders to OKRs and with them at the foundation of their management, the startup grew from forty employees to more than 70,000 with a market cap exceeding $600 billion. The startup...

To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to...

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to get through life's ups and downs. Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, this is a must-have handbook for optimising your mental health. Dr Julie's simple but expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient no matter what life throws...

Adobe Photoshop® CS5 dla fotografów Wyostrz swoje umiejętności pracy z Photoshopem dzięki wyczerpującym wskazówkom Conrada Chaveza, przeznaczonym przede wszystkim dla fotografów wykorzystujących technikę cyfrową. Począwszy od pobierania zdjęć, po budowanie wydajnego warsztatu pracy, autor prezentuje praktyczne techniki korekcji tonalnej i barwnej, przetwarzania surowych obrazów, zarządzania...

Seria książek dla miłośników komiksu i fanów świata Star Wars. Do 148 stron z najnowszymi komiksami Star Wars, wydawanymi od 2015 roku przez wydawnictwo Marvel Comics. W każdym tomie prezentowane są zamknięte opowieści obrazkowe, tworzone przez najlepszych scenarzystów i rysowników. Wszystkie komiksy w magazynie należą do obowiązującego kanonu uniwersum Gwiezdnych wojen i wzbogacają dzieje...

Na scenę wkracza bardzo tajemnicza postać - Nora, która okazuje się jeszcze jednym orężem Yato. Bóg-dresiarz nie ma jednak zamiaru korzystać z jej usług. Co więcej, im bardziej Hiyori wypytuje o tę niezwykłą dziewczynkę, tym bardziej utwierdza się w przekonaniu, że Nora jest niebezpieczna i dokonała w przeszłości strasznych czynów. Tymczasem Yato coraz bardziej odczuwa ukąszenia Yukine,...

The phrase `life's little ironies' is now proverbial, but it was coined by Hardy as the title for this, his third volume of short stories. While the tales and sketches reflect many of the strengths and themes of the great novels, they are powerful works in their own right. Unified by his quintessential irony, strong visual sense, and engaging characters, they deal with the tragic and the...

This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these...