This landmark book uncovers for the first time in detail one of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century: the vast system of Soviet camps that were responsible for the deaths of countless millions.Gulag is the only major history in any language to draw together the mass of memoirs and writings on the Soviet camps that have been published in Russia and the West. Using these, as well as her...

A modern classic, The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America is the book Buffett autographs most and likes best. Its popularity and longevity over three decades attest to the widespread appetite for this definitive statement of Mr. Buffett’s thoughts that’s uniquely comprehensive, non-repetitive, and digestible. New and experienced readers alike will gain an invaluable...

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This is a well done analytical and review work on the various components of sustainable development in its macroeconomic context. The analysis is characterized by a high academic level and the number of references to literature is impressive, which is a testimony to the good knowledge of the subject by the authors. Work can be a very useful study for both macroeconomics and sustainable...

This volume contains Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1877 short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man". It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's streets while musing upon how ridiculous his life is, as well as its distinct lack of meaning or purpose. This train of thought leads him to the idea of suicide, which he resolves to commit using a previously-acquired gun. However, a chance encounter with...

Il était une fois un prince qu'un enchantement avait métamorphosé en bête et une jeune fille très belle et très bonne... Il était une fois un prince très laid mais plein d'esprit et une jeune fille très belle mais dépourvue d'intelligence... ou bien encore un vilain caneton qui était en réalité un cygne... De Perrault à Andersen, en passant par Madame Leprince de Beaumont, les contes...

The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE<i>,</i> on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in 2025 and the pressing needs of our times have urged Pope Francis to share this personal legacy now. HOPE is the revelatory first-ever autobiography to be published by a sitting Pope. Beginning in the early...

The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent and penicillin. Today, in the face of urgent ecological, societal and...

In Poland there is a well-known saying, “Proverbs are the wisdom of nations”. Like most Poles I have heard the proverb, “The grass is greener on the other side of the fence” meaning that we undervalue familiar things and may not even know what treasures we possess. One such treasure is Polish cuisine. It is rarely featured in restaurant, which usually offer “universal” dishes, although such...

Historia krakowskiego getta opowiedziana przez polskiego aptekarza Tadeusz Pankiewicz patrząc na rozgrywającą się pod oknami apteki tragedię krakowskich Żydów uratował ich od niepamięci – spisał wiernie dzieje getta. Książka opublikowana po raz pierwszy w 1947 r. Tadeusz Pankiewicz pracował i mieszkał przez dwa i pół roku w getcie. Przeżył wszystkie etapy jego istnienia: od zamknięcia bram i...

In engaging prose and with practical examples and anecdotes, an eye-opening look at human reasoning and essential reading for anyone with important decisions to make. Have you ever: Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn\'t worth it? Overpayed in an Ebay auction? Continued doing something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or...

Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middle-earth, from Bag End to Mordor, in this richly illustrated sketchbook fully of previously unseen artwork, anecdotes and meditations on Middle-earth. Middle-earth has been mapped, Bilbo’s and Frodo’s journeys plotted and measured, but it remains a wilderland for all that. The roads as yet...

An intensely emotional and gripping companion novel to Laura Nowlin's USA Today and New York Times Bestselling novel If He Had Been With Me about the love that both breaks and heals us. Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Jenny Han. If only I'd told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn't be here now. Finn has always loved Autumn. She's not just the girl next door or...

It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, the Diver\'s calculated perfection begins to crack. As dark truths emerge, Fitzgerald shows both the disintegration of a marriage and the failure of idealism....

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied. Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER \'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure\' TIMES \'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic\' ALICE SLATER \'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime\' JULIA ARMFIELD \'Lovable and joyful\' NEW YORK TIMES A BROTHER. A SISTER. A LOT OF EMOTION IN ONE...

A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world. 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and carbon dioxide and global warming. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution,...

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later.

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for...

Find out how to live a long and happy life thanks to the ikigai miracle, a Japanese philosophy that helps you find fulfilment, joy and mindfulness in everything you do. It is extraordinary that Japanese men's longevity ranks 4th in the world, while Japanese women's ranks 2nd. But perhaps this comes as no surprise when you know that the Japanese understanding of ikigai is embedded in their...