Sowa: 40 books

Leading thinkers from a range of disciplines discuss the compatibility of power and care, in conversation with the Dalai Lama. For more than thirty years, the Dalai Lama has been in dialogue with thinkers from a range of disciplines, helping to support pathways for knowledge to increase human...

Marzena Sowa continues her endearing memoir recounting childhood behind the Iron Curtain in Poland. Even at the height of summer vacation deep in the countryside, the noise of urban unrest carries, bringing news of rations, strikes, and Solidarność. Amid a young girl's typical worries—the witch...

Cet été est un temps de grands changements, tant pour Marzi que pour son pays, la Pologne. Alors que ce dernier s'adapte tant bien que mal à la fin du communisme et à sa récente ouverture sur l'Occident, la jeune fille est quant à elle confrontée aux affres de l'adolescence. Car cet été,...

Good Morning. I am Ania. I’m almost six years old, and I am no different than any other girl in my kindergarten. Almost, because today, I will tell you some story. A story about love. I know, you might be thinking that I am only a small girl, who do not know anything about it. Even more so about...

Goodnight, goodbye! Bye! We perish! On 9 May 1987, passenger aircraft Il–62M Tadeusz Kosciuszko of LOT Polish Airlines crashed while on approach for the emergency landing near the Okecie airport. The crew lost a fight for life that lasted for 3o minutes. The last message given by the pilot was: – Goodnight, goodbye! Bye! We perish!

Only during dreams, we can be truly free Short and long. About women, men, death, and friendship. Each one is different. About love, passion, fight and destiny. Stories that are completely different from each other, but at the end they are all connected. What happened in the coffee shop...

Lost world of dreams, which is a nightmare of reality. The shocking story of a woman, who is blindly chasing unrealized love. Orientated to realize her vision of happiness, the main character of the book does not notice, when her dreams lead to the tragedy. Devastating account of struggle with loneliness, anxiety, and delusions.

"This summer, my factory can send you to summer camp. To the mountains or the sea. I've never been to the sea, but now you can go for me." What awaits Marzi on the Baltic shore? It's the summer of 1992. Preteens at camp in newly-democratic Poland are crazy for Madonna, Pepsi, Russian video...

This book is a collaboration to provide a head start for the beginner and warn them of pitfalls and roads to take in an attempt to shorten the trial and error process that the beginner typically goes through when developing interest in exercise. A combination of a scientific approach and a collection...

Auf Grundlage des modernen, risikoorientierten Prüfungsansatzes zeigt dieses Buch, wie effektive Prüfungsaktivitäten in einem komplexen Prüfungsumfeld mit besonderer Berücksichtigung aktueller „Hot-Topics“ wie Datenschutz, Cybersecurity, Penetrationstests und Investigationen bei einer wachsenden...

Band 3 der von Florian Malzacher herausgegebenen englischsprachigen Reihe Performing Urgency. Im Kontext heutiger Politik, Wirtschaft und sich permanent verändernden kulturellen Trends kommt das traditionelle Theater mit seiner Trennung von aktiven Darstellern und passiven Zuschauern immer mehr aus...

"Before, there were trees and countryside. Man didn't intervene. Stalin decided to "rectify" that space, and now, instead of trees, there are concrete buildings, everywhere. Stalin had a factory built. Thanks to that, lots of people got jobs, like my dad." Born in 1979, Marzi is...

One day, while visiting her family in the countryside, Marzi comes across a trail of ants, and decides to have a little fun, blocking their way with sticks and rocks. Is that what it's like to be God? In this second volume, we discover more about Marzi's fascinating life in 1980s Poland, torn between...

The communists are gone, but life is still full of challenges. Both for Poland, and for 12-year-old Marzi, the strong-willed kid finding her voice in a country undergoing radical changes. As the country faces new issues like drug abuse and AIDS, Marzi's piercing gaze notices fraying seams in her own...