Takie książki wydawane są bardzo rzadko i stanowią niespotykany rarytas na półkach domowych bibliotek. "Polska. Panoramy" to monumentalny album, który prezentuje najpiękniejsze polskie krajobrazy. Majestat Giewontu, dostojność Wawelu, zamki, pałace, malownicze pola jakby wyjęte z mickiewiczowskich opisów przyrody, wzburzony Bałtyk, leniwe polskie rzeki - nasza Ojczyzna ujęta w dziesiątkach...

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our...

'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another' Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their...

Are you starting our with watercolour painting, or looking to advance your range of skills as a painter? If so, this is the book for you. Beginning with the basics - such as honing your observational skills and learning about composition - this book takes a comprehensive, in-depth look at techniques to expand your repertoire and ways to paint different subjects. With expert advice from...

Opulent, feminine, iconic. The House of Dior revolutionized the way women dressed, shopped and saw themselves. From the trailblazing New Look silhouette in 1947 through to their exquisite red-carpet couture and feminist T-shirts, Dior\'s pieces have been worn by everyone from Sophia Loren to Natalie Portman. The last word in elegance and celebration of the female form, the House that...

For centuries, artists have learnt from the art that came before them. This book explains how to make paint meaningful and imaginative responses to the works of the masters. There are step by step examples to illustrate how to get started and how to use thumbnail pencil sketches. Advice is given on how to make larger and slower drawings, and then oil-sketch copies of the masters' work. The...

Rarely seen outside the United States, The Phillips Collection's American masterworks trace the development and diversity of modern art in America from the end of the nineteenth century through the post-war decades after World War II. Organized into thematic sections, the story unfolds chronologically from the great romantic realist painters, like Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, to the...

'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.' Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita, he'll do anything to possess her. Unable and unwilling to stop himself, he is...

Gdy Ulisses mimo przeszkód wreszcie ukazał się drukiem w 1922 roku, okrzyknięto go dziełem nieudanym, nieprzyzwoitym, niemoralnym itd. Uchodził za powieść, której porządny człowiek nie powinien nawet brać do ręki. Dziś, prawie sto lat później, jest powszechnie uważany za arcydzieło, którego nie wypada nie znać.O czym jest Ulisses? Można odpowiedzieć na dwa sposoby: o zwyczajnym dniu Stefana...

Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel. A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life...

Polska to fascynująca mozaika tradycji i nowoczesności, wielowiekowych zabytków i nowatorskich rozwiązań architektonicznych. Elegancki album Polska. 1000 lat w sercu Europy zabierze w podróż po tym różnorodnym kraju. Niemal 400 kolorowych fotografii ukazuje kalejdoskop pejzaży: od wydm na wybrzeżu Morza Bałtyckiego, przez równiny centralnej Polski, aż po szczyty Sudetów i Karpat....

DK's first Character Encyclopedia to feature minifigure Super Heroes and Super Villains across the LEGO Marvel theme. Meet more than 200 minifigures from the LEGO Marvel world - plus an exclusive minifigure for your collection! Get the lowdown on Marvel's magnificent Super Heroes, including Spider-Man™, Scarlet Witch™, Black Panther™, and face up to their...

With carefully adapted text , new illustrations , language practise activities and additional online resources , the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content . Titles include popular classics , exciting contemporary fiction , and thought-provoking non-fiction .Wuthering Heights, a Level...

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. The One Memory of Flora, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to...

There is no sun this morning. It is not here. It is sad for Juliet and her Romeo. Romeo loves Juliet and Juliet loves Romeo. But their families are enemies and they cannot marry. Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted,...

A delightful story book with a wind-up ladybird toy and four different tracks to follow through the garden. Wind up the ladybird, place her on the tracks and watch the busy bug as she speeds back home through the garden, passing flowers, vegetables and other insects. The simple story, colourful illustrations, winding tracks and speedy ladybird will give children lots to spot and talk about....

Bursting with colourful photography, Ottolenghi SIMPLE showcases Yotam’s standout dishes that will suit whatever type of cooking you find easy – whether that’s getting wonderful food on the table in under 30 minutes, using just one pot to make a delicious meal, or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you’re ready. These brilliant, flavour-forward dishes are all...

Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up and insist on reciting poems. Some of these poems, such as 'The Walrus and The...

Pastel Dreams The powerful architecture of North Korea Erased by bombing during the Korean War, North Korea’s trophy capital of Pyongyang was entirely rebuilt from scratch from 1953, in line with the vision of the nation’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Designed as an imposing stage set, it is a place of grand axial boulevards linking gargantuan monuments, lined with stately piles of distinctly...