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From palace-based societies in Minoan Crete to the Germanic invasion of Rome, it tells the story of these classical civilizations, covering their political development, the rise of the city state, and the growth of their empires. Also included are insights into the architectural, artistic and cultural impact of early Greece and Rome and vignettes of key political and cultural figures.

As this fascinating memoir unfolds, moving backwards and forwards through time, two parallel stories emerge: one of a Second World War Spitfire ace whose flying career comes to a premature end when he’s shot down and loses an eye, the other of his progeny, a second generation fighter pilot who eventually reaches the rank of air marshal.

Nazi Germany killed approximately 13 million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, overwhelmingly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the Nazis’ pan-European racial purification program. Alex Kay argues that the genocide of European Jewry can also be examined in the wider context of Nazi mass killing.

A definitive new edition of a classic memoir, published in association with the RAF Museum. Guy Gibson was the leader of the famous Dambusters raid and Enemy Coast Ahead is a vivid, honest account, widely regarded as one of the best books on World War II. It is also an insider's account that sets down in clear, honest detail the challenges that the RAF faced in the war against Germany's Luftwaffe.

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.

A collection of charming anecdotes, written with sophistication and taken from Michał Rusinek's life. They all start with an unfortunate use of some word or with a language puzzle. This book is a great feast for the lovers of anecdote, classy sense of humor, and beautiful, erudite use of the Polish language. ALERT: You won't find better Polish than written by Rusinek.

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.

These never-before-released lectures are considered by the thousands who have heard them to be profound and illuminating. Originally released by the Philosophical Research Society, Better Listen! is pleased to make available to the wider public a series of very special edition audio recordings from Manly P. Hall.

Queen Elizabeth I took Parliament by surprise when she began her speech of November 30, 1601. They had expected a discussion of the nation’s economic situation, but instead she announced this speech would be her last as Queen. She drew tears from some of her listeners as she spoke earnestly of her love for her position, people, and country, saying, “though you have had and may have many mightier and wiser Princes sitting in this Seat, yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better.”