An immediate best-seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, it is the only novel that ranks with Uncle Tom's Cabin as a genuine American folk possession. This was the book that finally overcame the inherent suspicion of fiction that still prevailed in much of America in the late nineteenth...

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

With an Introduction and Notes by Professor Len Platt, Professor of Modern Literatures, Head of Goldsmiths Learning Enhancement Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London,New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Finnegans Wake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well as all our books. Joyce's last great work,...

„Fascynująco mroczna, łamiąca serce i absolutnie oryginalna opowieść“ . – R.F. Kuang Mehr jest półsierotą, nieślubną córką cesarskiego urzędnika. Jest cicha, na pozór pokorna i ma macochę, która robi co może, by zamienić jej życie w piekło. Ale, wbrew pozorom, to nie jest kolejna wersja baśni o Kopciuszku. Bo Mehr ma też moc, którą odziedziczyła po wygnanej matce. W...

'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...

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...

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...

Lata trzydzieste, południe Stanów Zjednoczonych. Wojna secesyjna dawno się skończyła, czarnoskórzy w teorii są już pełnoprawnymi obywatelami, jednak ani takimi się nie czują, ani też biała większość ich za równych sobie nie uważa. W małym miasteczku Maycomb sześcioletnia Scout i jej starszy braciszek Jem pod troskliwą opieką ojca oraz ciemnoskórej kucharki Calpurnii dorastają i...

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...

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...

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...

Little children will love to wind-up the little red car and watch as it whizzes through busy towns and beautiful countryside on its way to the seaside. With four different tracks for the car to drive around, bright and lively illustrations and lots to spot and talk about on every page.

The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was, in fact, a metallic cylinder landing from Mars. Six million people begin to flee London in panic as tentacled invaders emerge and overpower the city. With their heat-ray, killing machines, black gas, and a taste for fresh human blood, is there anything that can be done to stop the...