A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day
Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our...
Książka John Woolman’s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom autorstwa Geoffrey Plank stanowi pogłębione studium życia i duchowej drogi Johna Woolmana – XVIII-wiecznego kwakra, kaznodziei i reformatora społecznego działającego w obrębie...
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he...
Cory Taylor is one of Australia’s celebrated novelists, the author of the brilliant Me and Mr Booker (winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Pacific region), and My Beautiful Enemy (shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award).
At the age of...
John Woolman (19 października 1720 – 17 października 1772) – północnoamerykański kupiec, krawiec, autor pamiętnika, wędrowny kaznodzieja kwakierski, a także jeden z pierwszych przeciwników niewolnictwa w kolonialnej Ameryce. Mieszkając...