Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation. In 1797, Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland among themselves, rewriting Polish history to show that they had brought much-needed...

Das Astronomie-Jahrbuch Nr. 1! Das "KOSMOS Himmelsjahr" ist der zuverlässige Wegweiser zu den astronomischen Ereignissen des Jahres 2024. Mit allen Infos zum Planetentreffen von Mars und Jupiter am 15. August und zur partiellen Mondfinsternis am 18. September. Die wichtigsten Himmelsereignisse auch in der kostenlosen KOSMOS-PLUS-APP.

Freddy is back - with a twist - in this sinister graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling YA novel Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones!

Buildings from all over the world using the latest developments, innovations and achievements of eco-friendly architecture. Climate change and environmental pollution, rising energy prices and dwindling resources pose major challenges for the world of construction today. If sustainability is to become a global reality, it must also be designed and expressed with trend-setting...

Bóg? Honor? Ojczyzna? Morfina! Konstanty Willemann, warszawiak, lecz syn niemieckiego arystokraty i spolszczonej Ślązaczki, niewiele robi sobie z patriotycznych haseł i tradycji uświęconej krwią bohaterskich żołnierzy. Jest cynikiem, łajdakiem i bon-vivantem. Niewiernym mężem i złym ojcem. Konstanty niechętnie bierze udział w...

»Die vier maßgebenden Menschen haben eine geschichtliche Wirkung von unvergleichlichem Umfang und Tiefengang gehabt. Andere Menschen hohen Ranges mögen für kleinere Kreise von gleich starker Bedeutung gewesen sein. Aber der Abstand an nachhaltiger und umfassender Wirkung in Jahrtausenden ist so gewaltig, daß das Herausheben jener vier zur Klarheit welthistorischen Bewußtseins gehört.«

Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin’s number one enemy by exposing Putin’s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way. When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a...

A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software...

The perfect introduction to the Heeler family! Meet the Heelers - there`s Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli! Learn all about the Heeler family, explore their home and discover games they like to play in this fun shaped board book for kids of all ages. Want more Bluey? Also available: Bluey: All About Bluey: A Bluey-Shaped Board Book Bluey: Meet Bluey! Sticker Activity Book Bluey: The Pool...

Ruffy ist der Allerbeste! Er schleppt die todkranke Nami zu Dr. Kuleha und ihrem Assistents-Elch Tony Chopper und rettet ihr damit das Leben. Ruffy will Chopper als Schiffsarzt anheuern, doch das ist nicht so einfach! Chopper hat nämlich Angst vor Menschen und außerdem vermisst er seinen besten Freund Dr. Bader...

Der beliebteste Manga der Welt! Erlebe die Geschichte des zukünftigen Königs der Piraten in einer unvergleichlichen Geschichte voller Action, Abenteuer, Dramatik, Freundschaft und Humor. Mit über 500 Millionen verkauften Bänden weltweit ist One Piece die meistverkaufte Mangaserie der Geschichte! Ruffy und seine Freunde müssen gegen den Allesfresser König Wapol...

Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Her black cat is called Mogg and then there's her friend owl, an anthropomorphic, uh, owl. The three hang out more often with werewolf jones. What comes at first glance as an episodic sitcom turns out to be a sophisticated character study on closer inspection. the suburban boredom that it could take with works by Todd Solondz, Matt Groening or...

A searing, post apocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They...

His destiny was to become King. But for 70 years, he was a Prince. From his declared heirdom aged three to his years spent fulfilling royal duty in support of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles has spent his entire life serving the nation. But there is still so much we don't know. In this fascinating exploration of his public and private lives, Sally Bedell Smith - the acclaimed,...

En el escenario majestuoso de la Ribeira Sacra, Álvaro sufre unaccidente que acabará con su vida. Cuando Manuel, su marido, llega aGalicia para reconocer el cadáver, descubre que la investigación sobre el caso se ha cerrado con demasiada rapidez. El rechazo de supoderosa familia política, los Muñiz de Dávila, le impulsa a huir pero le retiene el alegato contra la impunidad que Nogueira, un...

Do you love your partner but want to rekindle that ‘in love’ feeling? Do you go on plenty of dates but can’t seem to click with the right person? Do you keep having the same conflicts with your partner? Vex King, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New High is back with Closer to Love, a practical, emotional and spiritual guide to deeper and...

Could you live permanently on the road? When all your belongings fit in a few bags, your office is a roadside diner, and your home is a meandering route from Canada to the southern tip of Argentina? In Two Years on a Bike, Martijn Doolaard puts it to the test. Strapping the necessities onto his bicycle, he ventures into desolate wastelands and sojourns in vast cities,...

A month before graduating from Willowgrove Christian Academy, the principal’s perfect daughter, prom queen Shara Wheeler, kisses Chloe Green and vanishes. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. There’s also Smith, Shara’s long-time sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad-boy neighbour with a crush. Thrown into an unlikely alliance, Chloe, Smith and Rory...

n a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power – the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion. Thus begins J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of...

From the author of joyous New York Times bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea. Welcome to Charon’s Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own sparsely-attended funeral, Wallace is outraged. But he begins to suspect she’s right, and he is in fact dead. Then...