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Poland 100 Years is a richly illustrated album prepared on the occasion of the centenary of Poland’s independence celebrated in 2018.

One Hundred Years of Polish Diplomatic Presence in the United States: 1919–2019 is a book in English by Mariusz M. Brymora offering a comprehensive take on the history of Polish diplomacy with the United States at the turn of the previous century, starting from the Second Polish Republic until the present day.

This extended interview with Professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski –  Poland’s most renowned musicologist and music editor – offers a more intimate look at the man who is considered the ultimate authority on Chopin.

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A collection of 40 poems by Nobel Prize Laureate Wisława Szymborska, containing parallel translations into Ukrainian by Andrij Sawenec. The book's original graphic layout and illustrations have been inspired by the Poet's work, and are the creations of two Lvov designers, Romana Romanyshin and Andrew Lesiv. It is yet another publishing project following the excedingly popular Zielniki (Herbals), which combines the poetry of Wisława Szymborska with interesting visual art.

This richly illustrated book by Alina Kręcisz provides several accounts from a journey to the island of Sri Lanka, following the footsteps of famous individuals from the turn of the 20th century — Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and Bronisław Malinowski.

“Spinning Love. Letters of Polish Writers” is a wonderful collection of correspondence of the most famous Polish writers from romanticism to the modern times. In volume one, the author, Barbara Riss, discusses and presents letters written by e.g. Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, Maria Konopnicka, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and Stefan Żeromski.

“Devil Knows” is a continuation of “Devil and Company”, which was presented with the 2014 Best Polish Book for Children Award at the Children’s Literature Festival. It was created by a collaborating duet: a famous author of literature for children and adults, Agnieszka Taborska, and an accomplished illustrator and designer, Lech Majewski.

The fascinating story about Jerzy Skarżyński, his life and artistic activity, told by him in the last months before his death in January 2004, written down by Katarzyna Filimoniuk.

God’s blundersis a collection of over 50 poems by a famous Polish lyricist, librettist and poet Jacek Cygan. The afterword has been written by Tadeusz Nyczek, renowned literary, theatre and art critic.