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„Powieść Jerzego Hardie-Douglasa Boomer to poruszająca opowieść o życiu Piotra Milesa, cenionego chirurga, reprezentanta pokolenia baby boomers, czyli osób urodzonych w latach 1946–1964. (…) Boomer to powieść, która oferuje czytelnikowi głęboką refleksję nad życiem i relacjami międzyludzkimi. Autor kreuje złożone i wielowymiarowe postacie, z którymi czytelnik może się utożsamiać. Piotr Miles jest przedstawiony jako postać niezwykle realistyczna, doświadczająca wypa...

Dermot Harding jest ode mnie starszy o całą dekadę. To przyjaciel rodziny pracujący na ranczu mojego ojca.Kocham go jednak, odkąd sięgam pamięcią.Miałam osiemnaście lat, gdy go pocałowałam. Odepchnął mnie wtedy, twierdząc, że jestem za młoda.Niedługo później poszedł do wojska na trzy długie lata, a teraz wrócił do Gold Rush Ranch. W tej chwili spogląda na mnie zupełnie inaczej niż kiedyś. Zatrzymuje dłonie na moim ciele zdecydowanie dłużej, niż wypada. Proponuje, że pomoże wy...

How do we set about finding greater fulfilment in our lives? How do we achieve a sense of well-being? How do we foster relationships that will add depth and meaning to our existence? How, in other words, do we go from living to flourishing?In his new book, bestselling author Daniel Coyle trains his expert eye on the people who have demonstrated exceptional powers of dynamism and connectivity, and teases out their secrets. The Chilean miners who withstood being trapped deep un...

An utterly absorbing collection of depraved, delectable and enchanting short stories from the queen of weird girl fiction. 'Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy' Lucy Rose, author of LambCan 'no' be a declaration of love? What happens when love is savage, dangerous and all-consuming? In this gorgeous and unsettling collection, women navigate the complexities and cruelties of desire across time and place, from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour to a 1990s high...

Dan and Tamma are two Californian teenagers growing up dirt poor in the shadows of the Joshua Tree National Park, one of the world’s great rock climbing meccas. Their mothers had once been teenage waitresses and best friends until their paths diverged. Now Dan’s mother spends her days locked in her room, her dreams squandered and all her hopes pinned on getting her precociously clever son out of town and away to university.Tamma’s mother holds no such ambition for her mouthy,...

'Dear reader, I love you. And I hope you love yourself enough to leave anyone who breaks your heart. Your heart was meant to be worshipped, not turned into a war zone.'A tender exploration of love, loss, heartbreak and healing. I Don’t Love You Anymore is a deeply personal collection of poems and reflections navigating the emotional terrain of modern relationships by award-winning poet and author Rithvik Singh. For anyone who feels deeply, who cares intensely or who has ever ...

‘The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power.’This landmark work of reportage exposed how a handful of fast-food giants came to dominate America and remake the world in their image: eroding wages, damaging consumers’ health and wrecking the environment. From talking to workers at meatpacking plants with shocking safety...

Bringing head and heart together with its own crazy glue, Lost Lambs follows the spectacular falling apart – and eventual coming together – of the Flynn family.For the three Flynn daughters, it’s been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed ‘War Crimes Wes’. Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist. And the brilliant youngest, Harper, is...

Adam Marzec, właściciel renomowanej firmy budowlanej „Game Pole”, staje przed życiowym wyzwaniem, gdy niepokojące bóle głowy okazują się symptomem poważnej choroby. Jego czas zaczyna się kurczyć równie nieubłaganie, jak rosną stawki w grze, którą prowadzi. Razem z najlepszym przyjacielem Olgierdem odkrywa spisek związany z matactwami przy budowie polskich autostrad. Razem zaczynają niebezpieczną rozgrywkę z międzynarodowymi służbami specjalnymi… „Mocodawca” Dariusza Laskows...

Publikacja poświęcona historii województwa lubelskiego w okresie Polski lubelskiej. Określenia powyższego używano w odniesieniu do terytorium, nad którym władzę sprawował PKWN i Tymczasowy Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w okresie od lipca 1944 r. do przełomu stycznia i lutego 1945 r., gdy władze centralne stopniowo opuszczały Lublin. W książce omówiono: ujawnianie się struktur cywilnych Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego, stronnictwa polityczne związane z PPP, niepodległościowe f...

The only thing Lyra has understood about her magic is that she must keep it secret.But when she’s forced to reveal her abilities to save her family she is found to possess the rarest magic and is claimed by the crown as their Bone Melder.To be the Bone Melder is a death sentence and Lyra is determined to free herself and take revenge for the persecution of her people. Starting with the silent, brooding guard—Roark Ashwood.The more she plots, the closer she is drawn to Roark a...

Murder isn’t always ugly.Aimée is drop-dead gorgeous, razor-sharp, and lethally efficient. A killer with a cool head and a taste for chaos, she arrives in the backwater town of Bléville – a festering stew of grudges, corruption, and small-town rot – ready to make a killing.It's a game she’s played before: stir up trouble, pit the locals against one another, then disappear with blood on her hands and money in her pocket. But this time, something breaks and the game turns on he...

Termin „zbrodnia pomorska 1939” oznacza eksterminację przez Niemców na terenie przedwojennego województwa pomorskiego, polskiej ludności cywilnej (głównie inteligencji, ale także rolników i robotników), osób chorych psychicznie, a także pomorskich Żydów, której dokonano w pierwszych miesiącach okupacji. Pierwsza monografia zbrodni pomorskiej udziela nowej, pełniejszej odpowiedzi na pytanie dlaczego skala zbrodni niemieckich na terenie przedwojennego województwa pomorskiego by...

Sharpen your instincts in a world full of uncertainty and risk.The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one-in-a-thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic consequences. Throughout his high-pressure career in the cockpit of the world's most advanced and expensive weapons systems, Hasard Lee learned to master s...

Shon Faye grew up quietly obsessed with the feeling that love was not for her. Not just romantic love: the secret fear of her own unworthiness penetrated every aspect and corner of her life. It was a fear that would erupt in destructive, counterfeit versions of the real love she craved: addictions and short-lived romances that were either euphoric and fantastical, or excruciatingly painful and unhinged, often both. Faye’s experience of the world as a trans woman, who grew up ...

The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of ‘spreading democracy’ – except wreak havoc across the globe and establish a reckless foreign policy that serves the interest of few and has endangered all too many?In this timely book, Noam Chomsky writing with Nathan J. Robinson, vividly traces America’s pursuit of global domination – from Washington’s role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – offerin...

One couple. One past. A million tomorrows. Adam and Jules have been married for 25 years when they discover a time machine in their shed - can it bring back their romantic spark? Or will it unravel everything? Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future looks, well, boring. Then Adam stumbles across a pile of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, i...

In this epic conclusion to Star Wars: The High Republic, the Jedi face a final confrontation against the Nihil and Marchion Ro. The Force is everything. A single life connected to all life. All things connected to all other things. This is what the Jedi believe, and this is why they fight. For life . . . and the light.For too long, the light has been threatened by Marchion Ro, a sinister despot who will stop at nothing in his quest for power. The conflict with Ro and his mara...

In the revolution, everyone paysIn Paris, the Nada gang – a small cell of left-wing radicals – hatch a plan to kidnap the U.S. ambassador. They’re armed, angry, and almost successful – but totally unprepared for what follows. As the crackdown begins, the group splinters, exposing cowardice, betrayal, and the thin line between radical idealism and outright nihilism. There will be no heroes – only casualties.Jean-Patrick Manchette skewers both the establishment and its would-be...

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'So bracing, so strange and humane . . .I loved it.' SHARLENE TEO, author of PONTI‘Funny . . .All the people in this novel are alive.’ HIROMI KAWAKAMI, author of STRANGE WEATHER IN TOKYO‘Witty and sharp . . .I devoured it.’ NATALIE SUE, bestselling author of I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL'A slim but impactful novel that will make you laugh and think' DAZEDThe power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lun...

We used to go to work to learn to do the job. Now learning IS the job.Whatever your career, staying relevant and adaptable is essential to your success. And your unexpected role model for learning at work? A lobster.In Learn Like a Lobster, Sunday Times bestselling authors Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis explore the unexpected parallels between lobsters and lifelong learning:Lobsters never stop growing - and neither should youLobsters grow through hard moments - use your challen...

Corruption, sleaze and violence were woven into the fabric of twentieth-century Sicilian life, as the Mafia rose to dominance. This is the story of one man who stood in opposition.In 1986, the largest Mafia trial in Italy’s history took place in Sicily. The maxi-processo saw 471 men and 4 women take the stand, accused of kidnapping, extortion, drug trafficking and many thousands of murders. Sitting in the gallery was Leonardo Sciascia, then aged sixty-five. One of the greates...

'For anyone who has wondered whether they'll ever be in charge of their emotions, this book has the answer: yes' - Angela Duckworth, author of Grit'This book does much more than make sense of emotions – it breaks new ground on how to manage them' - Adam Grant, author of Think AgainWhether it’s anxiety about the dentist, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic or devastation after a painful break-up, our lives are filled with situations that send us spiralling. But as difficu...

If you ask the average person who an entrepreneur is, they’ll probably say people like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. But the truth is, you don’t need to know how to code or raise VC money to start a business. There are hundreds of millions of small business owners globally, with most creating simple, straightforward services that customers need.Nick Huber, founder of The Sweaty Startup and several million-dollar businesses, challenges the prevailing Silicon Valley...