And then there was the Jewish district of Warsaw

Władysław Bartoszewski, Marek Edelman

372 pages

And yet we were so close to each other. Barely several dozen meters, only separated by a wall.

Władysław Bartoszewski

Władysław Bartoszewski and Marek Edelman, two witnesses of the tragedy of the Warsaw ghetto, give account of these events as seen from two different perspectives and two sides of the wall. There is the story of the uprising soldier in the ghetto, and the one of a historian and journalist, who was actively involved in helping the Jews throughout the war.

Both authors share their memories – remembered visions, emotions, decisions, and facts. They also recall the pre-war history of the Jewish quarter. Each of the texts collected in this publication has been written at different times, therefore some of the pieces seem detached, while others may be described as an extremely emotional travel in time. 

In addition, the book contains:

– selection of documents,

– calendar describing the formation of the Jewish quarter in Warsaw and the events that were taking place during and after the uprising,

– vocabulary of names,

– extended index of names,

– rich illustrative material,

– maps of the wartime ghetto and of today’s Warsaw.

The Great German-Polish PWN Dictionary

Edited by prof. Józef Wiktorowicz, dr Agnieszka Frączek

The second volume of the Great Polish-German dictionary published in 2008 and prepared by a team of expert lexicographers and linguists.

It contains not only the most up-to-date general vocabulary, specialist terms and proper nouns, but also regional phrases and words of different stylistic varieties of contemporary German language. Just as the first volume, this dictionary offers typical collocations and grammatical constructions, illustrated with complete, real-world examples, accurate translations of idioms and proverbs, as well as interesting details, typical for the German language area.

The Embassies of Austria, Germany and Switzerland, Deutsches Polen-Institut in Darmstadt as well as Władysław Bartoszewski and Gesine Schwan took honorary patronage of the publication.

pp. 1100, hardcover

Terrorism. Actors, extras, audiences

Bartosz Bolechów

The publication presents and interdisciplinary approach to the issue of terrorism from the perspective of social sciences. This complex issue is analyzed both from the terrorists’ point of view as well as the point of view of their victims and anti-terrorism organizations. Therefore, this publication provides an important voice in the present discussion on terrorism, its causes and consequences.

Bartosz Bolechów is working at the Department of International Political Relations at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław, and specializes in the analysis of terrorism. He is also a member of the Scientific Board of The Terrorism Studies Center of Collegium Civitas.

pp. 400, softcover

Zoology, volume 1: Invertebrates

The Modern Compendium of the Animal World

Edited by Czesław Błaszak

The first volume of a modern, three-volume textbook of systematic zoology, an exhaustive description of the diversity of the animal world. It contains complete information regarding morphology, anatomy, reproduction and development, as well as the distribution of taxons around the globe. The content is presented in systematic order, based on phylogenetics and taking into consideration the latest molecular research.

What makes the book so unique in comparison to previous (also foreign) publications on the subject is the fact that it presents three phylogenetic systems of Metazoa (Ecdysozoa-Lophophorata and Spiralia) and compare them in great detail. As a result, the reader can choose from three systematics of the animal world.

All the systematic groups ever known are presented in this textbook. A special attention was paid to species significant to mankind, such as parasites and species transmitting dangerous diseases.

This publication is addressed to academic workers, research workers of The Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as students of such faculties as: biology, biotechnology, veterinary, zoology and zootechnics, forestry and fishing. It will inspire them to broaden their knowledge on the subject of zoology. A proper knowledge of the systematics is also crucial in ecology and environmental protection. The scope of this study, its structure, as well as the fact that it includes the latest information – it all adds up to a compendium of zoological knowledge at the highest level. This book is not only for professionals, but for everyone interested in animals and wishing to improve their knowledge about them.

The team of authors consists of 77 Polish experts in zoology, both from Polish and foreign scientific institutions.

Volume 1 is devoted to invertebrates, excluding arthropods, which will be discussed in volume 2; volume 3 will focus on vertebrates.

pp. 802, softcover

The Beauty of the Body

Milan Čabrić, Leszek Pokrywka

Am I attractive?

Why do I find some people attractive while others not?

What are the threats of the unquestioning chase after the beauty ideal presented in the media?

Why do we differ in opinion when it comes to the beauty of the body?

How is our everyday life affected by the attractiveness of our body?

How does a beautiful body look like?

The book attempts to answer these and other questions, using the latest research results on human body in such fields as: anthropology, medicine, evolutionary psychology or even the history of art...

Although we may try to look for answers in popular magazines, we must be aware of the fact that the results may be unsatisfactory. And yet the body’s attractiveness is an important issue that strongly affects our lives. Therefore, we need the answers to be as detailed as possible and based on scientific knowledge.

This publication contains, among other things:

– Anthropometric analysis of people who are considered beautiful. The analysis is based on unique and precise data collected by the authors, indicating what distinguishes attractive women from an average woman;

– Analysis of the ancient beauty ideal – the „divine proportion”, also in the context of today’s canons of beauty;

– Reasons for differences in our valuation of attractiveness.

pp. 200, softcover

Textual criticism

Jerzy Bartmiński, Stanisława Niebrzegowska Bartmińska

The first academy textbook to textual criticism in Poland:

– synthetic lecture of issues concerning creating, receiving and transforming of statements,

– an in-depth discussion on problems of structure, semantics and pragmatisms of text,

– good tips, how to analyse and to interpret an artistic text.