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How to Stand Up to a Dictator [Oprawa Miękka]
Maria Ressa

How to Stand Up to a Dictator - Maria Ressa

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021 What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by he

Into the wild [Oprawa Miękka]
Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months l

Winter Notes on Summer Impress [Oprawa Miękka]
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Winter Notes on Summer Impress - Fyodor Dostoevsky

In June 1862, Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see first-hand the s

When McKinsey Comes to Town [Oprawa Miękka]

From Enron to the opioid scandal, an explosive, deeply-reported exposé that shows how McKinsey's has made the world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous over the last sixty years McKinsey

The Light We Carry Overcoming In Uncertain Times [Oprawa Twarda]
Michelle Obama

The Light We Carry Overcoming In Uncertain Times - Michelle Obama

Her life. Her learnings. Her toolkit to live boldly. How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What do we do when it a

How to Lose a Country The seven steps from democra.. [Oprawa Miękka]
Ece Temelkuran

How to Lose a Country The seven steps from democracy to dictatorship - Ece Temelkuran

‘It couldn’t happen here’ Ece Temelkuran heard reasonable people in Britain say it the night of the Brexit vote. She heard reasonable people in America say it the night Trump’s election was sou

Twilight of Democracy The Failure of Politics an.. [Oprawa Twarda]
Anne Applebaum

Twilight of Democracy
The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends - Anne Applebaum

Anne Applebaum is a leading historian of communism and a penetrating investigator of contemporary politics. Here she sets her sights on the big question, one with which she herself has been deeply en

Less You Know, Better You Sleep Russia's Road to T.. [Oprawa Miękka]
David Satter

Less You Know, Better You Sleep Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship Under Yeltsin and Putin - David Satter

In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, "it was surprising it t

Miami and the Siege of Chicago [Oprawa Miękka]
Norman Mailer

Miami and the Siege of Chicago - Norman Mailer

Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War is raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy have just been assassinated. The Republican Party meets in Miami and picks Richard Nixon as its candidate, to

Speeches of Note A celebration of the old, new and.. [Oprawa Twarda]
Shaun Usher

Speeches of Note A celebration of the old, new and unspoken - Shaun Usher

A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - from the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note. Di

On Tyranny [Oprawa Miękka]
Timothy Snyder

'These 128 pages are a brief primer in every important thing we might have learned from the history of the last century, and all that we appear to have forgotten' Observer History does not repeat,

Into The Wild [Oprawa Miękka]
Jon Krakauer

In April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the Alaskan wild. He had given his savings to charity, abandoned his car and his possessions, and burnt the money in his wallet, determined to live

Into the Wild [Oprawa Miękka]
John Krakauer

In April 1992 Chris McCandles, a young man from a well-to-do family, hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. He had given all his savings to charity, abandoned his car and posessio

Power and Progress Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over.. [Oprawa Miękka]
Daron Acemoglu , Simon Johnson

Power and Progress Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity - Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson

The extraordinary untold story of how technological change has shaped our history and determined who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity. Throughout history, technological change - wh

A Promised Land [Oprawa Twarda]
Barack Obama

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presid

Elon Musk [Oprawa Twarda]
Walter Isaacson

Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story. Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is Musk a genius or a jerk? From

Going Infinite The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon [Oprawa Twarda]
Michael Lewis

Going Infinite The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon - Michael Lewis

Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't just rich. Before he turned thirty he'd become the world's youngest billionaire, making a record fortune in the crypto frenzy. CEOs, celebrities and world leaders vied for hi

Nuclear War A Scenario [Oprawa Miękka]
Annie Jacobsen

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. It could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now…

Bob Dylan Mixing Up the Medicine [Oprawa Twarda]
Mark Davidson , Parker Fishel

Bob Dylan Mixing Up the Medicine - Mark Davidson, Parker Fishel

BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative life of one of America’s most groundbreaking, influential and enduring artists. ‘If there is anything new to be disc

Leonardo da Vinci The Biography [Oprawa Miękka]

‘Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, he’s simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable man’ Books of the Year - The Times ‘Walter Isaacson keeps th

Joseph Conrad i narodziny globalnego świata [Oprawa Twarda]
Maya Jasanoff

Joseph Conrad i narodziny globalnego świata - Maya Jasanoff

Arcydzieło. Jedna z najważniejszych książek na temat kolonializmu, jakie powstały w naszych czasach. William Dalrymple, „The Guardian” Najlepsza książka 2017 „New York Timesa” Joseph Conrad i

My Kronika upadku [Oprawa Miękka]
Dmitry Glukhovsky

Nikt nie jest prorokiem we własnym kraju… ale trudno też być nim poza jego granicami. „My. Kronika upadku” to próba udzielenia przez Dmitrija Glukhovsky’ego odpowiedzi na pytanie: „Co się stało z Ros

Gracz [Oprawa Miękka]
Ben Mezrich

Kilka lat temu wybitnie uzdolniony informatyk Semyon Dukach wraz z grupą przyjaciół ze słynnego Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rzucił wyzwanie domom hazardu w Las Vegas. Opracował on sku

Feliks Nowowiejski Biography [Oprawa Twarda]
Iwona Fokt

Feliks Nowowiejski Biography - Iwona Fokt

A sizable biography of an outstanding Polish composer, organ virtuoso, conductor, teacher and social activist. The book follows him from the day he was born in Polish lands under Prussian rule, throu