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A collector of strange machines. An enthusiast of skiing and sweets. A world famous fantasy writer who kept many secrets, even from his own family. What did he do with the unsuccessful versions of his books? What did he do to anger Philip K. Dick? How did he survive three occupations of Lviv? In a word: Stanisław Lem's life was out of this world. It's a story full of unexpected twists of fate, funny anecdotes, tragic events, small secrets, and big mysteries. It's the first Polish biography of Stanisław Lem, written by another science fiction writer, Wojciech Orliński.

In Polish: This is a story about the journey of two brothers who travelled through the largest river in the world on...bikes. But not ordinary bikes - they were "Amazonian” bikes. The story is as bodacious as the trip itself, which seemed like an unachievable madness, but turned out to be a great adventure and a valuable life lesson. For one of its heroes it was a dream come true, for another the last chance for salvation. The book is written by Piotr Chmieliński - the first person on Earth who sailed through the Amazon River in a kayak.

Kiedy ukraińska dziennikarka Julia Mendel otrzymała telefon z propozycją pracy dla prezydenta Wołodymyra Zełenskiego, nie miała pojęcia, co ją czeka. W swojej szczerej i poruszającej relacji była rzeczniczka prasowa Zełenskiego opowiada historię jego nieprawdopodobnej kariery od popularnego komika do prezydenta Ukrainy. I to z najbliższej perspektywy. Jako świadek siedzący w pierwszym rzędzie Mendel uczestniczyła w wielu kluczowych wydarzeniach poprzedzających rosyjską inwazję w 2022 r.