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‘Your world is about to be rocked.’ Elena Armas, author of The Spanish Love Deception ‘Hopelessly, brilliantly, wonderfully romantic. I loved it even more than The Love Hypothesis, and I didn’t think that was possible’ Cressida McLaughlin From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis – with explosive results. Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What ...

Jedna z najbardziej wyczekiwanych książek 2021 roku. Pierwsza powieść Kazuo Ishigury opublikowana po tym, jak w 2017 roku otrzymał Nagrodę Nobla. Historia, w której słychać echa jego wcześniejszej książki – Nie opuszczaj mnie. Świat widziany oczami niezwykłej narratorki. Rzeczywistość, którą od naszej dzieli tylko krok… a może nawet mniej. Odwieczne pytania o to, co człowieka jako jednostkę czyni istotą wyjątkową. Czy jest coś takiego jak ludzka dusza? Czy jedną osobę można ...

Powieść jednej z najważniejszych współczesnych pisarek i autorka świetnie przyjętej w Polsce powieści „Normalni ludzie”! Mieszkająca w Dublinie Frances ma dwadzieścia jeden lat i chłodny umysł obserwatorki. Jest studentką i początkującą pisarką; ze swoją najlepszą przyjaciółką i byłą dziewczyną Bobbi występuje na slamach poetyckich. Przypadkowa znajomość z Melissą, popularną dziennikarką, której mąż Nick jest aktorem, otwiera im drzwi do świata pięknych domów, hałaśliwych pr...

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, through his education in Berlin, experience and prizes gained in Europe and across the world, social and artistic work in Kraków, and until the last years spent in Poznań. The author uncovered new facts from Nowowiejski’s life, explaining some misunderstandings and correcting mistakes ...

Un pobre vagabundo tras el que se oculta un gran tzadik, un odiado avaro que resulta ser un santo, unos taimados comerciantes de carne no kosher que finalmente se convierten, la celebración de una boda a la que pone fin la ira divina... En estas historias, a menudo, las cosas no son lo que parecen y todo tiene un toque como mágico y misterioso. Las diferentes leyendas de nuestro libro han sido acompanadas de comentarios que sitúan las historias en el marco de la tradición ju...

?Por qué una de las torres de la Iglesia de Santa María es más baja? ?Quién nos mete el miedo en el cuerpo en los sótanos del Palacio de los Krzysztofory? ?Qué hay de extraordinario en la Iglesia de El Salvador? ?Qué mangas dieron origen a la llamada Manga del barrio de Podgórze? Este libro responde a estas y a otras muchas preguntas. Llévalo en tus paseos por Cracovia; nuestras leyendas cuentan de forma amena la historia de diferentes lugares y de distintas tradiciones....

Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp’s 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and shapes, marks and melodies, and different fields of composition and performance. In Francesco Spampinato’s unique anthology of artists’ record covers, we discover the rhy...

'For me, it's really the joy of looking out into the world and getting this positive energy... It's opening up our vision, and how we look'—David HockneyWhen David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibilities for his art. He made his first digital paintings in spring 2009, describing the morning landscape in broad lines and dazzling colors directly on a display that offered subtle hues as unmixed expressions of pure light.Then i...

GLOW-WEBS-GLOW! Light up your world with more than 100 glow-in-the-dark stickers of Team Spidey, their best friends, and their fearsome foesCreate glowing action scenes with stickers of all your favourite heroes and villains from Spidey and His Amazing Friends, or even just stick them to your personal items to brighten up the place! Help Spidey catch the Green Goblin across New York City with the help of Black Panther, swing into action with Miles and Ghost-Spider back at WEB...

From a couture Dior gown and a rose-adorned Barbie to ancient mosaics and Victorian Valentine’s cards, this curated collection of more than 200 stunning images celebrates the world’s most iconic flower. Discover the extraordinary ways the universally beloved bloom has been depicted through time and culture, both within and beyond the garden.

In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it has today. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerz...

Three-year-old girl disappears without a trace from her wealthy parents’ summer house. The alarm was on all night long and the windows and doors were locked. Investigators do not find any evidence of an abduction and fear the worst. Experienced lawyer, Joanna Chylka, and her novice protégé, Kordian Orynski, are tasked with defending a married couple charged with murder by the prosecutor’s office. The trial is circumstantial in nature, but everything seems to point to the par...

The inspirational new business book from the star of Dragons' Den, teaching you the lessons, habits and strategies needed to start, run and grow a business in just six minutes each week.‘Sara cuts through the noise to show that just six minutes is enough, if you have the drive, passion and consistency to achieve your dream’ Steven BartlettHave you ever wanted to start or grow your own business, but found that life keeps getting in the way?Sara Davies, founder of the global cr...

THE ALL NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR**WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS CHAPTER ANNOTATED BY LUCY AND GORGEOUS INSIDE COVER PRINTING!**A GILMORE GIRLS MEETS SCHITT'S CREEK REDEMPTION ROMCOMHazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer's block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she's hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her pu...