Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne...

Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points - industrial or transportation hubs - cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell delves deep...

The New York Times Bestseller, acclaimed by author such as Freakonomics co- author Steven D. Levitt, Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nudge co- author Richard Thaler, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny...

Największym marzeniem Claudette jest pokonanie giganta. Ale jej wioska jest bezpieczna i cicha! Co ma zrobić przyszła gigantyczna pogromczyni? Ze swoją najlepszą przyjaciółką Marie (aspirującą księżniczką) i jej bratem Gastonem (cukiernikiem-szefem kuchni) wyrusza bez zgody rodziców w supertajną misję znalezienia olbrzyma. Czy trójka bohaterów odnajdzie i pokona giganta, zanim rodzice...

With Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead, Man Booker International Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk returns with a subversive, entertaining noir novel. In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she's unconventional,...

Winner of the Booker Prize 2020 It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves...

Imagine we could discover something that could make us richer, healthier, longer-living, smarter, kinder, happier, more motivated and more innovative. What is this elixir? Confidence. If you have it, it can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. But if you don't, it can have a devastating effect on your future. Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen....

In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds. Mythos captures these extraodinary myths for our modern...

NOPI: THE COOKBOOK includes over 120 of the most popular dishes from Yotam’s innovative Soho-based restaurant NOPI. It’s written with long-time collaborator and NOPI head chef Ramael Scully, who brings his distinctive Asian twist to the Ottolenghi kitchen. Whether you’re a regular at the NOPI restaurant and want to know the secret to your favourite dish or are an Ottolenghi fan who wants to...

The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body. 'Van der Kolk draws on thirty years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma...

Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors whom he fears but, despite all precautions, the old man is...

The butchered bodies of a young woman and her maid are discovered in a train-carriage. The dreadful slashes to their stomachs are rendered even more awful by the bizarre presence of scorpions, writhing inside the wounds.

Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka’s world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. The Trial, where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and if there is any help to be had, it will come from unexpected sources, is a chilling, blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very end, a relentless atmosphere...

A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth about Eleven’s mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down. It's the summer of 1969. The world is changing, and Terry Ives isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment, she signs on as a test subject. But behind the walls of Hawkins...

J-23 znowu nadaje! Trzeci z dwudziestu zeszytów kultowego komiksu „Kapitan Kloss”.

Komuna ustępuje miejsca krwiożerczemu kapitalizmowi , co jednak wcale nie oznacza, że wszystko nagle układa się świetnie. To był taki dobry plan, co mogło się nie udać?! Miały być zyski z wyśrubowanych norm i wakacje w Bułgarii. Miał być wyzysk i poganianie klasy robotniczej batogiem przez spasionego burżuja z cygarem w zębach....

Książka "Moje komiksy Vol. 1. Od Tajfuna do Supermana" zabiera czytelnika w nostalgiczną, ale także pełną odniesień do współczesności, podróż przez fantastyczne światy. Wszystko zaczyna się na odległej planecie, terroryzowanej przez straszliwe monstrum, a kończy w świecie opanowanym przez superbohaterów. W trakcie tej wyprawy dowiecie się, co Tytus zawdzięcza radzieckiemu Sputnikowi, czym...

"Jane Eyre" ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position...

Kolejny album historyczny z przygodami Tytusa, Romka i A’Tomka. Po ukazaniu się 31 ksiąg w formacie zeszytowym przygody Tytusa przybrały formę albumów omawiających ważne tematy historyczne. W albumach historycznych czytelnicy mieli okazję poznania wielu władców, przywódców, bohaterów i ich dokonań. Wspólnie z chłopcami poznawali historię Polski i śledzili losy...

Drugi tom cyklu Szklany tron, opowiadającego o zabójczyni Celaenie Sardothien Po roku ciężkiej pracy w kopalni soli osiemnastoletnia Celaena Sardothien zdobywa pozycję królewskiej zabójczyni. Nie jest jednak lojalna względem tronu, choć ukrywa ten sekret nawet przed najbliższymi przyjaciółmi. Nie jest jej łatwo utrzymać tę tajemnicę, zwłaszcza gdy król zleca jej...