What Architecture Is
ISBN: HB: 9780300292954,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
208 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 50 black&white illus.
208 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 50 black&white illus.
Witty, personal, and engaging, this cri de coeur from an esteemed critic takes on the age-old question of what elevates a mere building into an art form.
What is it about architecture that distinguishes it from ordinary building? Frustrated with the...
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16.99 GBP
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James Baldwin
The Life Album
ISBN: PB: 9780300288704,
ISBN: HB: 9780300262209,
Yale University Press,
January 2026
320 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
320 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works as seen through his close relationships and private life.
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a pivotal figure of the twentieth century, an influential author, inte...
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12.99 GBP
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18.99 GBP
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Nighttime Butterfly
A Catholic Woman and Her Jewish Family in Warsaw at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
ISBN: HB: 9780300270839,
Yale University Press,
September 2025
272 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 10 black&white illus.
272 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 10 black&white illus.
A dynamic history of life in turn-of-the-century Warsaw through the eyes of a young woman and her Jewish family who converted to Catholicism.
When Alicja Lewental's parents came of age in the middle of the nineteenth century, they believed they did...
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25.00 GBP
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Henryk Arctowski
In a World of Thoughts
ISBN: HB: 9788375768077,
BoSz,
September 2024
504 pp., 25,0x19,0 cm, 313 colour and black&white illus., language: English
504 pp., 25,0x19,0 cm, 313 colour and black&white illus., language: English
This is the first book devoted to the life and work of Henryk Arctowski (1871-1958), which is not a collection of scientific and conference publications, but a colorful story about reconstructing Henryk's biography based on what no one knew about him...
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119.90 PLN
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Atlas of Finance
Mapping the Global Story of Money
ISBN: HB: 9780300253054,
Yale University Press,
September 2024
240 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 98 colour illus.
240 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 98 colour illus.
A unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history.
From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today's interconnected landscape of high-f...
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30.00 GBP
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Sports Poster in Poland
ISBN: HB: 9788375764734,
BoSz,
August 2024
272 pp., 31,1x24,0 cm, 426 colour illus., language: English
272 pp., 31,1x24,0 cm, 426 colour illus., language: English
"Sports Poster in Poland" is a richly illustrated album by Dorota Folga-Januszewska and Katarzyna Szymanska, designed by Lech Majewski, documenting the development of sports posters in Poland from the 17th century to the present day. The book explore...
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149.90 PLN
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Poland in the European Union
ISBN: HB: 9788375767841,
BoSz,
May 2024
256 pp., 30,0x24,0 cm, 200 colour illus., language: English
256 pp., 30,0x24,0 cm, 200 colour illus., language: English
"Poland in the European Union" is a unique album presenting Poland's achievements in various areas of life, the achievement of which was initiated or made possible by Poland's accession to the European Union and the related possibility of using Europ...
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159.90 PLN
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Remarkable Poles
Pioneers, Inventors, Explorers
ISBN: HB: 9788375767797,
BoSz,
April 2024
368 pp., 25,0x19,0 cm, 165 colour and black&white illus., language: English
368 pp., 25,0x19,0 cm, 165 colour and black&white illus., language: English
"Incredible Poles: Pioneers, Inventors, Conquerors" is a popular science book for young people and adults, which tells the story of the achievements of Poles in an accessible and extremely interesting way. The author describes not only the widely kno...
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129.90 PLN
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Royalty and Architecture
Visions and Ambitions of European Monarchs and Nobility
ISBN: HB: 9789189425958,
Yale University Press,
Stolpe Publishing,
January 2024
280 pp., 26,7x22,8 cm, 80 colour and black&white illus.
280 pp., 26,7x22,8 cm, 80 colour and black&white illus.
Vivid visual insights into European architectural history.
It is well known that, throughout history, royalty have built castles, fortresses and entire cities. However, less consideration has been given to individual monarchs who pursued an interest...
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30.00 GBP
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Mateusz Kowalik
Devil's Rib
ISBN: HB: 9788419233509,
Editorial RM,
July 2023
92 pp., 26,0x19,0 cm, black&white illus.
92 pp., 26,0x19,0 cm, black&white illus.
"Devil's Rib" tells of the radical but inspiring choice some people make to live in the wildness. Mateusz Kowalik, through a very curated selection of images, takes us to this longed-for territory as well as revealing its flip side. Modern hermits th...
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35.00 EUR
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