Quarks, Elephants & Pierogi

“A stunning combination of content and design... I enjoyed every bit of it, and wish there were more like this, on other languages.” - David Crystal, award-winning author and world-leading authority on the English language

“A must read for the well-heeled and down-to-earth types, urbanites and artists, bureaucrats and politicians, travelers and vagabonds, as well as historians and curiosity-seekers. This version of Poland is not found in papers or other planet guides, or dispensed by private tour gurus and discovered on the internet or dark web sites. It comes in print only (for now) and will certainly come in handy, even if you only plan to couch-surf Poland.” - Marek Żebrowski, Director of the Polish Music Centre at USC Thornton in Los Angeles

“For people merely interested in Poland or completely in love with it, this is from the ‘must have and read’ shelf. The descriptions of the words, the fun had with them (in both languages — English and Polish), as well as the wonderful illustrations really do what was intended — they promote us Poles with thought.” - Michał Nogaś, literary critic

“I can’t tell you how much I've enjoyed the book. I expected it to be good, but it was
even way better. Wide-ranging, beautiful, humorous and quite simply captivating...
It really brims with joyful writing and artful illustrations. Wow.” – Gaston Dorren, linguist and polyglot, author of the best-selling Lingo and Babel

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