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Leszek Kolakowski

In these essays, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century writes about communism and socialism, the problem …

Czeslaw Milosz

Proud to be a Mammal (1942-97) is Czeslaw Milosz's moving and diverse collection of essays. Among them, he covers his …

Slawomir Mrozek

The Elephant (1957) is Slawomir Mrozek's award-winning collection of hilarious and unnerving short stories, satirising life in Poland under a …

Leszek Kolakowski

Can nature make us happy? How can we know anything? What is justice? Why is there evil in the world? …

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Travels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays – to India, China and Africa – with …

Czeslaw Milosz

New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001 celebrates seven decades of Czeslaw Milosz's exceptional career. Widely regarded as one of the greatest …

Ryszard Kapuscinski

After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled …

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature …

Anne Applebaum

This landmark book uncovers for the first time in detail one of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century: the …

Czeslaw Milosz

Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had …

Ryszard Kapuscinski

This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'. In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to …