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"'Harry, this is Leonard. I just wanted you to know I watched your film on me and it struck me I never thanked you enough at the time for the magnificent gift you gave with that film. Call me.' Then he left his personal number.' – Harry Rasky, April 2000. No other book about Leonard Cohen gets so close to the man, his city, his poems and songs, his friends, his background, and the many original influences...

In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. It was only after the story was published that she discovered her own family could have been included - her parents had run their own Chinese restaurant, The Legion Cafe, before she was born. This discovery, and the realization that...

Dwaj wybitni psychologowie każdego uczynią mądrym! Thomas Gilovich i Lee Ross w „Najmądrzejszym w pokoju” prezentują najbardziej użyteczne odkrycia psychologii społecznej. Ale w tej lekcji o ludzkiej naturze, autorzy nie tylko ujawniają drogę do mądrości. Podają także kompleksowe wytyczne do tego, jak wpływać na ludzi, których spotykamy w naszym życiu.  Choć łatwo znaleźć ją w sentencjach – w...