Vincent van Gogh, niedoceniony za życia malarz bez jednego ucha, chwytał nie tylko za pędzel, żeby przetrwać ciężkie czasy. Mówi: „W życiu robiłem różne rzeczy: byłem po trochu marszandem, kaznodzieją w zagłębiu węglowym, nauczycielem języków, sprzedawcą książek.” Jak udało mu się przetrwać i nie zarzucić pasji do malowania?

Tym razem macie szansę poznać jednego z nasławniejszych artystów na świecie. Pablo Picasso, bo o nim mowa, był twórcą wiszących w najlepszych muzeach obrazów, ale także rzeźb i scenografii teatralnych. Miał poza tym bardzo ciekawe i intensywne życie, obejmujące większą część obfitującego w wydarzenia XX wieku. Poznał wielu słynnych i interesujących ludzi, a zajmowały go nie tylko sztuka, ale...

Chociaż ten obywatel Torunia to przede wszystkim autor słynnej rozprawy „O obrotach sfer niebieskich”, miał również wiele innych zainteresowań. Niewielu wie, że Kopernik poza astronomią i matematyką świetnie znał się na prawie, medycynie i… pieniądzach. Tak, miał także swój wpływ w rozwój systemu monetarnego! Prawdziwy człowiek renesansu. Dowiedzcie się, czym jeszcze zasłynął i dlaczego jego...

How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.

Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The human body is extraordinary and fascinating and, well . . . pretty weird. Yours is weird, mine is weird, your maths teacher's is even weirder. This book is going to tell you what's actually going on in there, and answer the really important questions, like: Are bogeys safe to eat? Look, if your...

Part botany, part history, part cultural anthropology—Trees goes beyond the basics to tell readers everything they might want to know about this particular branch of the plant kingdom. Trees explores the important roles trees play in our ecosystem, takes an up-close-and-personal look at the parts of trees (from roots to leaves), and unpacks the cultural impact of trees from classification...

From Athena to Alexander the Great and from Egypt to Ethiopia, author Piotr Socha explores different methods of beekeeping and uncovers the debt that humans owe this vital species. His beautiful guide for children offers full-color two-page topical entries dominated by large, detailed illustrations with text running along the lower half of the pages. Bees are essential to the health of...

If you are attracted by Georgia, the Georgian language, then this phrase book is for you. This fascinating manual for young and adults will undoubtedly help you learn to learn the Georgian language. The book contains phrases for communication between parents and the child. The book is organized as one day in the life of the child, from morning to evening. Many phrases are not only childish, but...

Forget about the boring pages of textbooks. Witty and tricky problems for ingenuity and fascinating puzzles, secrets of encrypted correspondence and amazing tricks with numbers, intricate tricks of mathematical gymnastics and even short stories with a mathematical secret await you. The great popularizer of science Yakov Isidorovich Perelman will help you understand: mathematics is entertaining...

This unique book contains colorful stories, poems, nursery rhymes, fables, riddles and an alphabet for beginning readers. There are also tips and examples on how to write letters. A colorful first reading, which is a popular reading in schools.

The textbook is part of the educational complex for children from 11 years old, studying Russian as a foreign language from scratch to level B1. The line is designed for 4 years (class) of training. A kit for each level includes a textbook, workbook, and teacher's book. Interactive tasks and audio applications are available by QR codes placed in print media. A large set of additional materials...

The workbook is part of the educational complex for children from 11 years old, studying Russian as a foreign language from scratch to level B1. The line is designed for 4 years (class) of training. The kit for each level includes a textbook, workbook and teacher's book, provided with links to the audio application and additional tasks in a digital environment. There are prescriptions for...