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Czy światło to fala czy cząstka? Jak fotony mogą nie mieć masy, a jednocześnie przenosić energię? Jakim cudem mogą „wirować” jednocześnie w dwóch kierunkach i „splątywać się” na odległość? Książka o świetle, czyli o fotonach to wyjątkowa podróż w świat zjawisk, które wykraczają poza intuicję i tradycyjne wyobrażenia. Stanowi ona kontynuację dwóch poprzednich „bajek” naukowych oraz monografii autora, oferując popularnonaukowy wykład wzbogacony dialogami rodzinnymi, które przyb...

'Buy this book' DOUGLAS MURRAY'An urgent call for reformation’ DAVID GOODHARTTHE EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NATIONAL POPULISM AND VALUES, VOICE AND VIRTUE.Depressed tutors and disillusioned students. Funding crises and falling standards. Culture wars and campus protests. Welcome to the broken world of academia. Welcome to Bad Education.-------------------------Our universities are broken. Established as sanctuaries of truth and higher learn...

From the author of the global bestseller, The Power of Habit'This is not just a riveting read about how to understand others better. It’s also a revealing look at how to be understood.' - ADAM GRANTIf you want to improve your communication skills at work and in life, this book is the place the start.' - ARTHUR C. BROOKS Professor, Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times bestselling author___________________________________________________________Who and what are superc...

'Haunting and powerfully resonant... this is a story not just of remarkable individuals, but also a tribute to the wider indomitability of the human spirit at the darkest moment in European history' - Sinclair McKay, bestselling author of Berlin and DresdenZippi Spitzer and David Wisnia’s story began when they first locked eyes across the work floor. It was the start of a romance that could have unfolded anywhere if it weren’t for one key difference: Zippi and David were pris...

EVER since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy - Apophis, the giant snake of chaos - is rising. If Carter and Sadie don't destroy him, the world will end in five days' time. And in order to battle the forces of chaos, they must revive the sun god Ra - a feat no magician has ever achieved. Be...

How to make small changes to feel better, even when under stress.Stress is a normal part of life, but it can be overwhelming. The habits, tools and advice in these pages will help you cope better, understand your own worries, and learn how to pause and respond rather than react when life feels too much.This is the advice I've received - the lessons I've learned in my own ups and downs, the expert conversations from my Happy Place podcast, the therapies I've tried and the habi...

100 simple, tasty and secretly healthy recipes, with flavour in every bite.From restaurant-trained chef and content creator Christina Soteriou (more than 350k followers @christinasots), this is unbelievably delicious plant-based food, packed with protein, whole foods and nutrients.Chapters include:- Small plates, for snacks and starters- Big platters, for sharing and meal prep- Cosy bowls, as comforting as they sound- Baking dish, for hearty one-dish wonders- Dessert spoon, t...

'In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential' -- Daniel H. Pink 'Effortless shows that achieving more doesn't have to be as hard as we make it out to be' -- Arianna Huffington NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year · From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. The intricacy of modern life has crea...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition of The Lost World. Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep into the Amazon jungle, to a lost world where dinosaurs roam free.

Discover the standalone dark mafia romance from the New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation, perfect for fans of Penelope Douglas and Sophie Lark.Mia Sokolov, Mafia heiress and selective mute, holds no prisoners. But when she gives Landon King a taste of his own medicine, she quickly learns that some moves come with dangerous consequences.Landon King is a genius artist, a posh rich boy, and now obsessed with Mia and the dark secret she’s hiding.Despite Landon’...

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not ...

The Bauhaus impactThe most famous art school of modernityIn a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideals for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology to be applied across painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre, and installation.As much an intense personal c...

Starcia z mocami piekła"Przeszedłem od postawy obojętnego, apatycznego, niedzielnego katolika do bycia katolikiem świadomym i zaangażowanym w ciągu kilku krótkich lat. Co zmieniło i rozpaliło moją wiarę? Wiele doświadczonych przez mnie spotkań z piekielną diabolicznością i okultyzmem."AutorJesse Romero to emerytowany policjant, byty zastępca szeryfa hrabstwa Los Angeles. W tej książce po raz pierwszy ujawnia wstrząsające szczegóły swoich doświadczeń z demonami podczas pracy d...

Poruszająca historia biblijnego Hioba, przedstawiona w imponującej, komiksowej formie, znanej Czytelnikom z bestsellerowego dzieła Biblia. Boża historia od Początku po Wieczność. Obraz losu człowieka dotkniętego potwornym złem i nieszczęściem, który z ogromnym trudem przebija się z wszechogarniającej ciemności ku ufności i wierze. Księga Hioba przypomina, że za kulisami naszego świata toczy się potężny tajemniczy konflikt, ucząc nas zaufania Bogu we wszystkich okolicznościach...

Ellie Haycock od zawsze dzieli swoje życie na dwie części: normalną i szpitalną. W tej pierwszej dziewczyna jest dumną członkinią licealnej drużyny przemówień i debat, do której należą także jej chłopak oraz najlepsza przyjaciółka. Z kolei w swoim szpitalnym życiu Ellie towarzyszy zespół lekarzy oraz mama, nieprzerwanie publikującą w sieci szczegóły związane z jej chorobą. Nietrudno zgadnąć, którą odsłonę swojego życia Ellie preferuje. Jednak ten ostatni pobyt w kl...

Tajemniczy świat dinozaurów fascynuje kolejne pokolenia.Chcemy dowiedzieć się więcej na temat zwierząt żyjących na Ziemi setki milionów lat temu.Dzięki pracy paleontologów powoli uzyskujemy odpowiedzi na nurtujące nas pytania: JAK WYGLĄDAŁY DINOZAURY? CZYM SIĘ ODŻYWIAŁY? DLACZEGO WYGINĘŁY?Niniejszy atlas prezentuje wybrane dinozaury, zawiera podstawowe informacje oraz liczne ciekawostki. Dodatkowo każdy z nich opatrzony jest barwną ilustracją, co z pewnością spodoba się zwłas...

Książka ukazuje istotną rolę aniołów w życiu, teologii i duchowości świętej Hildegardy. Autor opisuje wpływ aniołów na życie Hildegardy na tle jej epoki, odwołując się do biblijnych podstaw angelologii i dzieł średniowiecznych myślicieli. Hildegarda postrzegała aniołów jako istoty światła, stworzone w chwili powstania światła, żyjące w płomieniu Bożej miłości. Uważała, że aniołowie stróżowie chronią ludzi, a ich pomoc zależy od ludzkiej otwartości na Bożą miłość. Autor jest k...

'Has the power to move hearts and change minds' Guardian'Tremendously uplifting and a novel of all-too-rare power' Sunday Express'An amazing book . . .I absolutely loved it. I cried my eyes out' Tom FletcherRead the award-winning, multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon that is WONDER in this new tenth anniversary edition. 'My name is August.I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does...

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about.If you do start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. And sooner or later you will arrive with Bruno at a fence. We hope you never have to cross such a fen...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of A Christmas CarolPuffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate the 180th anniversary of A Christmas Carol with this irresistible clothbound edition.Ebenezer Scrooge was a mean, miserable, bitter old man, until one Christmas Eve changed everything...'Bah! Humbug!'Guided by three ghosts, Scrooge visits hi...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of A Christmas CarolPuffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate the 180th anniversary of A Christmas Carol with this irresistible clothbound edition.Ebenezer Scrooge was a mean, miserable, bitter old man, until one Christmas Eve changed everything...'Bah! Humbug!'Guided by three ghosts, Scrooge visits hi...

Founded in 1960 by surfer, artist, and filmmaker John Severson, Surfer was the longest continuously published surf magazine, referred to as 'the bible of the sport'. Surfer was firmly established as the sport's leading voice, serving as a template for a small but growing number of surf magazines around the world. Featuring a mix of travel articles, contest reporting, surf spot profiles, big wave pictorials, and surfer interviews, Surfer worked with the world's best photograph...

The instant New York Times bestseller. A heartbreaking and high-stakes story of queer love and survival set against the backdrop of a climate change apocalypse, this book is Station Eleven and The Last of Us meets All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown.The world is about to end. Again.It’s been a year since a devastating storm ripped Liz’s world apart. Haunted by the memories of those she couldn’t save, Liz is holed up in the only place she felt safe before her world f...

In the tradition of bestsellers including Mexico and The Nordic Cookbook comes the next title in the multimillion-selling national cuisine series, China: The Cookbook. Featuring more than 650 recipes for delicious and authentic Chinese dishes for the home kitchen, this impressive and authoritative book showcases the culinary diversity of the world’s richest and oldest cuisines with recipes from the 33 regions and sub-regions.