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Bywords by Professor Jerzy Bralczyk is a rich digest containing over 300 most popular sayings. In a dozen themed chapters, with precision and wit, the author examines bywords in details.

Mouth-watering illustrations accompany 181 „yummy words” in this lexicon of food-related vocabulary, meticulously researched and appetizingly arranged by popular Polish linguist, Professor Jerzy Bralczyk.

Ghosty. Stories for Children of All Ages by Jacek Cygan, with beautiful illustrations, is a friendly and thought-provoking story of Ghosty, who wanders around the various corners of the Useless Things Warehouse in order to find help for a damaged lamp.

“The Sinful Bohemia” is a particularly captivating book by Stefania Krzysztofowicz-Kozakowska. The author discusses the intriguing topics of scandals in the Polish artistic life in the interwar period. The fascinating story at first introduces us into the artistic world of the Young Poland. 

“Amazing Poles. Pioneers, Inventors, Explorers” is a popular-science book for youth and adults, presenting a reader-friendly and fascinating story of the achievements of Polish people. The author describes not only well-known figures of Marie Curie, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Aleksander Doba, and Henryk Arctowski, but also a number of lesser-known, yet highly important people in the history of Poland and the world, whose work paved the way for modern science and technology.

“Passion by Design. The Art and Times of Tamara de Lempicka” is a best-selling book by Kizette de Lempicka-Foxhall.

Tamara de Lempicka’s paintings defined art déco, and her life epitomised the age of jazz. Having escaped from the Russian revolution, the exceptionally talented, ravishingly beautiful, powerful personality forged her own success. In the 1920s, she conquered Paris with her sophisticated portraits of the rich and famous, and the nudes radiating cool eroticism, then led a passionate life in Hollywood, New York, Houston, and Cuernavaca, never parting with a brush.

A new edition of the Polish national epic poem is a project combining aspects of romantic aesthetics with contemporary elements. Adam Mickiewicz’s work was first published in 1834 and still remains an unrivalled description of the life of Polish nobility and the Polish spirit. An obligatory school reading, it is essential to the education of generations of Poles.

Zdzisław Beksiński was a versatile artist. Painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography – at these five art genres he had been most successful and they had earned him fame.

Poland 100 Years is a richly illustrated album prepared on the occasion of the centenary of Poland’s independence celebrated in 2018. The work on this exceptional publication are led by the Programme Council appointed on a social initiative.

Zbigniew Pełczyński. A Life Remembered is a biography of an eminent Polish philosopher, long-standing lecturer at the Oxford University, Professor Zbigniew Pełczyński.