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This Is Not a Job for Cynics. Polish Editions and ISBN.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Below is a working list of Polish editions of “This Is Not a Job for Cynics” (To nie jest zawód dla cyników) by Ryszard Kapuściński. Only book editions are included; ISBN numbers are given where they could be confirmed in the National Library catalogue or publisher’s materials.

Polish Editions

First Edition Year of publication: 2013 Publisher: Dom Wydawniczy PWN; Agora Series: “Biblioteka Gazety Wyborczej”, “Literatura Faktu PWN” ISBN: 978-83-7705-267-9 (Dom Wydawniczy PWN, hardcover) ISBN: 978-83-268-1243-9 (integrated binding) ISBN: 978-83-7705-321-8 (integrated binding)

In Search of a Mentor. "This Is Not a Job for Cynics". Ryszard Kapuściński

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, wrote a book entitled Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead (about which I intend to write a little more another time). Why do I mention it? Sandberg devotes considerable attention to the figure of the mentor. A function that in Polish reality virtually does not exist at all. In the United States, at most seminars devoted to personal development, the function of the mentor is widely discussed. It is even said that finding a mentor is a precondition of success in climbing the rungs of the corporate ladder. A mentor — that is, someone who will advise us. Mentors feel the need to take younger generations under their wings, to point out their life path and to share their experience with them. The mentoring relationship in Sandberg’s understanding is rather a direct one, yet extremely popular are the career autobiographies and self-help books written by specialists in a given field for persons just entering the profession.

"This Is Not a Job for Cynics" — Ryszard Kapuściński's Conversations and Lectures on Media and Journalism

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

For the first time in Poland, a book is published today with Italian and Spanish conversations and lectures by Ryszard Kapuściński on media and journalism.

Contemporary media, the journalist’s profession. How, in a world of money, does one not forget what is most important in this profession? Ryszard Kapuściński shares his experience with younger colleagues.

Ryszard Kapuściński’s lectures and conversations about journalism — published until now only in Spanish and Italian — finally appear in full in Polish translation. The first part, “The Five Senses of the Journalist,” is a transcript of workshops the reporter ran for journalists in Latin America in 2000–2002. The second part, “This Is Not a Job for Cynics,” contains three conversations with the master from 1994 and 1999. At a time when the distinction between journalists and media workers is increasingly blurring, tabloidisation of the media is advancing, and truth in reporting matters less than attractiveness and click-worthiness, Ryszard Kapuściński recalls fundamental truths about his profession.