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In American Notes, Charles Dickens sets out on an eye-opening journey across the Atlantic in the early 19th century, capturing his impressions of a rapidly growing United States. Published in 1842, the book recounts his travels through the U.S. and Canada, blending lively storytelling with sharp social observations—something Dickens was especially known for.

Why do we travel, what are we looking for, and will we recognize it if we find it? With the author’s 50th birthday looming, there seemed a need for something significant to happen. Not seeing an expiry date on his birth certificate made it hard to gauge when to have a mid-life crisis, but he’d almost definitely left it too late.

Preparing for the first winter in his new home, ready to embrace the slower pace of early retirement, he soon discovers that it’s not working. From floods to explosions, from protection rackets to hospitalisations, from coping with the death of his hero to trying to find solace in a confusing and abstract relationship, this is a frank, funny and always heartfelt story of how not working doesn’t always work out, and it might just be Graham’s wildest ride yet.

New, extended edition of the collection of “women's” reportages by Mariusz Szczygło. Unusual, nostalgic, atmospheric stories about ordinary women - beginning from Janina, who filled 700 notebooks describing her life step by step, and ending with two friends who have been writing letters to each other every week for 50 years, having never visited each other. These are only some of the characters in Mariusz Szygło's collection of wonderful “female stories” which come together into one, unusual story. This edition contains a new introduction and a new story about Iga Kamińska.