Polish History

Część ukraińskich intelektualistów znalazła się w okopach, gdzie o europejskość swojego kraju walczą w dosłownym znaczeniu słowa. Pozostali wszystkim, którzy chcą słuchać, tłumaczą rzeczy dla Ukraińców oczywiste – że ta wojna nie zaczęła się ani w 2022, ani w 2014. Wśród nich jest Oksana Zabużko, która 23 lutego wpadła z krótką wizytą do Warszawy, i tak w dniu inwazji została „pisarką w podróży”. Od tamtego dnia powtarza: Rosja do takiego stopnia nie może pogodzić się z niepodległością Ukrainy, że chce ni mniej, ni więcej, tylko tego, żeby Ukraina nie istniała.

Dzisiejsza młodzież wariuje na punkcie długowłosych śpiewaków albo mistrzów piłki kopanej, ale w latach dwudziestych i trzydziestych XX wieku największym wzięciem cieszyli się lotnicy. A jeśli w dodatku byli tak przystojni, wytworni i inteligentni jak Charles Augustus Lindbergh.

1968: The New Times Are Coming is a big journalistic story about the most rebellious year of the 20th century.

After her brilliantly received literary debut, Urszula Dudziak returns with another book. I'll Sing You More.... is a serving of great anecdotes and inspiring stories from the life of this phenomenal artist and electrifying woman with charismatic personality. Urszula Dudziak exhorts other women to action, regardless of their age. She shows how to embrace every moment and live your life to the fullest.

A collector of strange machines. An enthusiast of skiing and sweets. A world famous fantasy writer who kept many secrets, even from his own family. What did he do with the unsuccessful versions of his books? What did he do to anger Philip K. Dick? How did he survive three occupations of Lviv? In a word: Stanisław Lem's life was out of this world. It's a story full of unexpected twists of fate, funny anecdotes, tragic events, small secrets, and big mysteries. It's the first Polish biography of Stanisław Lem, written by another science fiction writer, Wojciech Orliński.

Nowe wydanie książki wybitnego polskiego historyka, uzupełnione o rozdziały poświęcone najnowszym dziejom naszego kraju. Historia Polski spisana przystępnym dla młodych ludzi językiem, zabiera nas w niezwykle pasjonującą podróż po meandrach polskich dziejów. Ta opowieść jest wciąż żywa i stanowi źródło wszechstronnej wiedzy. Poznawanie przeszłości jest wspaniałym ćwiczeniem umysłu. "Dzieje Polski opowiedziane dla młodzieży” to nie tylko daty, liczby, nazwiska czy opis zmieniających się granic naszego kraju.

On July 15, 1410, Tannenberg was the site of another decisive battle between the army of the Germanic Teutonic Order and that of Poland-Lithuania, a battle now commonly referred to as the Battle of Grunwald (after a nearby village). German nationalism saw the destruction of the Russians as vengeance upon the Slavs for the defeat of 1410, and the Nazis also exploited that sentiment during their invasions of Poland and Russia.

A portrait of a man who became a legend, even though he didn't even want it. Tomek Mackiewicz changed the impossible into reality. Eight years ago, he set himself a goal to be the first person to climb Nanga Parbat, Naked Mountain in the winter. Famous Himalayan mountaineers entered the race, but “Czapkins” didn't want to compete. He wanted to climb the mountain on his own terms...

Following the end of the First World War, Poland was wedged uncomfortably between the two dominant nations of Germany and the Soviet Union. Poland was obliged to plot and negotiate to try and prevent them from realizing their ambitions to eviscerate the country. As well as bitter ethnic battles between Germany and Poland for the political control of Upper Silesia, there were also the burning ambitions of Weimar Germany, and later Nazi Germany, to reclaim lands incorporated into the new state of Poland at Versailles.

During the late 1930s the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin and the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler reached a secret alliance, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. By the terms of this agreement, the two dictators divided up Eastern Europe between them, and for a time Stalin even sought Axis membership. Though the alliance forged between the fascist and communist states could not survive their diametrically opposed views, they cooperated long enough to conquer Poland together in 1939.

Sam tytul " Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej poczatki" kieruje nas w strone historii odrodzenia sie panstwa polskiego w obliczu kleski i upadku trzech mocarstw zaborczych. "Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej poczatki" zawieraja opisy bitew, powstan i plebiscytów na ziemiach wchodzacych w sklad mlodej Polski.

In Polish: A life as interesting as an action movie. Life of Zuzanna Łapicka, daughter of Andrzej Łapicki, an ex-wife of Daniel Olbrychski, is the perfect material for a screenplay about the life of the so-called artistic elites, not only Polish. In her book, Łapicka creates portraits of tens of intriguing people she met, like Krzysztof Kieślowski and Andrzej Żuławski. She looks at them closely and amusingly. She writes about Agnieszka Osiecka and Jeremi Przybora, about Federico Fellini met in Cinecittà, and Pope John Paul II whom she visited in the Vatican.

When Hitler invades Poland in 1939, newlyweds Józef and Marysia Buko are catapulted into a sudden and heart-wrenching seven-year separation. Józef honors the soldier’s code and is forced to fight battles in many foreign lands. Marysia remains in Warsaw to join in the underground resistance against Poland’s Nazi occupiers. Each faces life-threatening situations demanding courage, faith, and resilience if the couple is ever to see each other again.

The Second World War began on 1 September 1939, when German tanks, trucks and infantry crossed the Polish border, and the Luftwaffe began bombing Poland’s cities. The Polish army fought bravely but could not withstand an attacker superior in numbers and technology; and when the Red Army invaded from the east - as agreed in the pact Hitler had concluded with Stalin - the country’s fate was sealed. Poland was the first to fight the German aggressor; it would be the first to suffer the full murderous force of Nazi persecution.

Zolnierze Wykleci, zwani teZ Zolnierzami Niezlomnymi badz Zolnierzami II Konspiracji - wierni Ojczyznie do konca, samotni w swej ostatniej walce. Walce juZ nie tyle o zwyciestwo, lecz przede wszystkim o honor. Dla tych, którzy zbrojnie opierali sie sowietyzacji Polski, wojna nie skonczyla sie w 1945 roku. Nie godzili sie na ustalony sila porzadek. W odróZnieniu od tej czesci spoleczenstwa, która uznala narzucona odgórnie przez Stalina "wladze ludowa", oni - wykleci przez komunistyczny system - nie zloZyli broni.

A reportage from the turbulent, chaotic birth of the free Angola; the author calls it his “first real book”. Ryszard Kapuściński arrives to a country divided by two armies. For some time he's the only foreign correspondent there. Among the unbelievable chaos, he meets more and more people whose fates become the illustration of the cruelty of war. This book is a unique combination of war reportage with literary artistry - so characteristic of Ryszard Kapuściński.

A millioner and a self-made businessman, Marek Zmysłowski, built African Amazon and became one of the most famous people in IT in Africa. One day it turned out that he's also a fugitive wanted by the Interpol. How did this happen? In his autobiography, Zmysłowski doesn't take himself too seriously and with humor shows the backstage of doing business, which was sometimes dangerous. With his journalistic verve, he draws a colorful picture of Africa, which became his favorite continent.

No longer war, but not yet peace. A fascinating journey through 12 months of fear, hope, euphoria, and disappointment. A journalistic story about the most dramatic year of the 20th century. Grzebałkowska examines the fate of the last living witnesses of that time. She gives voices to the victims, but also the oppressors, especially when she can use them to show the post-war blending of roles and fates. 1945: War and Peace won the 2016 Nike Literary Audience Award.

Zbiór opartych na faktach opowiadan o bohaterskich agentach dzialajacych podczas II wojny swiatowej. Ksiazka sklada sie z czterech czesci. W pierwszej z nich poznajemy nieznane epizody z dzialalnosci wywiadowczej rzadu emigracyjnego w Londynie. Czesc druga jest poswiecona czterem sposród trzydziestu dziewieciu agentek SOE, sekcji specjalnej wywiadu brytyjskiego.

"Pamietnik pilota", jedna z popularnych ksiazek Bohdana Arcta, autora takich pozycji jak m.in. "W pogoni za Luftwaffe", "W poscigu za V-1", "Wielki dzien dywizjonu 303", "W podniebnej chwale", "Lew pustyni w potrzasku", "Samoloty Swiata", "Ucieczki", "Bohaterowie nieba", "Na progu kosmosu", ukazuje sie w postaci audiobooka w interpretacji Miroslawa Utta.