Tom trzeci zawiera ponad 1550 depesz szyfrowanych z 1943 roku, wymienianych między Poselstwem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Bernie a Ministerstwem Spraw Zagranicznych RP na uchodźstwie, a także innymi placówkami dyplomatycznymi i instytucjami. Zgromadzone dokumenty ukazują różnorodność działań podejmowanych przez poselstwo kierowane przez Aleksandra Ładosia, jak m.in. kwestie finansowe i organizacyjne, opieka nad uchodźcami, internowanymi i jeńcami wojennymi, pomoc ludności żyd...
"Co tu pasuje?" to seria książeczek, która zachęcając do zabawy z naklejkami, pozwala dziecku wzbogacić słownictwo dotyczące otaczającego świata. Każdy zeszyt przedstawia kilka pokrewnych tematów zilustrowanych za pomocą rysunków różnych przedmiotów, wśród których kilku brakuje. Dziecko na podstawie podpisu i kształtu wyszukuje brakujący element wśród naklejek i uzupełnia wolne miejsca, kompletując całość. Oprócz poznawania otaczającego dziecko świata, atrakcyjna forma książe...
EduKarty. Język angielski to pomoc w nauce słownictwa języka angielskiego dla dzieci w klasach od zerówki do trzeciej. Zestaw przeznaczony jest do nauki w domu, w szkole i podczas kursów językowych. Zakres słownictwa obejmuje takie tematy jak części ciała, zabawki, szkoła, liczby, kolory czy pogoda. Zestaw zawiera:120 kart, w tym 60 kart ze słówkami i 60 kart z ilustracjami. EduKarty zawierają także specjalny zestaw ćwiczeń-zabaw, które trenują mózg, aby lepiej się uczyć i ła...
Polska, Górny Śląsk, połowa lat 70. Na początku roku szkolnego okazuje się, że dwie klasy trzeba nagle połączyć w jedną. Co się stało z dziećmi, które nagle zniknęły? Jolanta Król, lekarka z miejscowej przychodni rozpoznaje u nich rzadką i groźną chorobę: ołowicę. Odpowiedzialna za to jest pobliska huta od lat bezkarnie zatruwająca środowisko. Czy jednej lekarce uda się powstrzymać setki zachorowań i nagłośnić problem tuszowany przez miejscowe władze? Po latach daw...
In nineteenth-century France, the first fascist was born. Decades before Mussolini, the Marquis de Mores became the first populist and openly antisemitic leader in the Western world. A key figure behind the Dreyfus affair, he tore France apart with his inflammatory media rhetoric and violent stunts. Who was this man, who both anticipated and propelled the fascist politics that erupted in the twentieth century?Drawing on a wealth of original sources, award-winning historian Se...
She can't read his mind. He can't read hers. But you can read both.The iconic '90s rom-com from the number-one bestselling authors. Dating in the 90s sucks. Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and no one is getting a call after the first date.Meet Jack: twenty-seven-year old commitment-phobe and serious partier. He tried love – it didn’t work out. So why bother, when being single is this much fun? Right?Meet Amy: while she’s stuck in dead-end temp jobs, her friends are se...
Our bodies tell our story.Upon turning forty, Afua Hirsch had an encounter that forever altered her preconceived notions of ancestry and body image, making her question everything from body-modification rituals such as tattoos and piercings to the foundations of sexuality.Decolonising My Body charts her year-long journey of radical unlearning. Bringing together global scholarship, on-the-ground reportage, personal anecdotes and interviews with beauty experts, practitioners an...
‘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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
'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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
