Kiedy osiemnastoletnia Anna po wielu latach wraca do rodzinnego miasteczka w Teksasie, czuje się zagubiona i wyalienowana. Jako córka burmistrza traktowana jest przez rówieśników z dystansem i nieufnością, a jej rodzice, wiecznie zajęci karierą i przestrzeganiem konwenansów, nie mają dla niej zbyt wiele czasu. Wszystko się zmienia, kiedy pewnego wieczora na jej drodze staje Jax - przystojny harleyowiec,...
The essays collected in this book were written over a period of more than a decade. They are arranged chronologically in order to create a complete sequence. The first essay in the collection, "Sensitivity of Matter", is dedicated to Edward Stachura, an exceptional Polish poet who became a national hero among young people after his suicide in 1979. The essay was inspired by my conversations and debates...
Have you ever been on any diet? How long? What were the effects? Did you get tired? Was it difficult? How fast did it take to return to the previous state? How do you rate yourself in these tests? Was it success or failure for you? Perhaps the answer to all these questions is contained in the content of the audiobook. The method itself boils down to shifting the weight loss process in your head, not...
Alexandra Ziolkowska-Boehm’s “Open Wounds: A Native American Heritage”was inspired by her great uncle, sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski,who in response to the Lakota Sioux Indian Chief Henry Standing Bear’s request “tell my story in stone”, decided to sculpt Sioux Chief Crazy Horse from a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Ziolkowska-Boehm explores the real...
Forex Access Codes is a guide for investors and those who are just taking their first steps on the Global Investment Market. An innovative discovery, which has been thoroughly described, for the first time in history comes to light and is within your reach.
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"Cheesecakes sweet and dry" is a translation of polish culinary book "Serniki słodkie i wytrawne".
You will find here a whole gallery of recipes for sweet and salty versions of cheesecakes. The author has been in love with cheesecakes since childhood and cherishes our eyes with surprising taste combinations. The book contains different types of cheesecakes, for excample: with fruit, coffee, lavender,...
"This volume is respectfully dedicated to Professor Tadeusz Majda, a renowned scholar in the fields of Oriental Studies and Art History. His numerous publications attest to his preeminent scholarly standing. But it is not the high number of his books and articles that alone mark him as a true teacher and a man of knowledge. It is the position he holds among his learned colleagues; the intense interest...
"Książka - napisana przede wszystkim na podstawie źródeł żydowskich, przeważnie w języku hebrajskim - stanowi cenny wkład w badania nad dziejami Żydów w Polsce. Na przykładzie gmin w Poznaniu i Swarzędzu pokazuje mechanizmy funkcjonowania i politykę władz gminy żydowskiej w epoce nowożytnej w okresie między zakończeniem wojen szwedzkich a schyłkiem Rzeczypospolitej. Szczegółowy opis oraz analiza struktury...
Bruno Schulz był artystą totalnym. Nie tylko malował i rysował, nie tylko pisał własne opowieści, ale również zajmował się tłumaczeniem. I to właśnie jemu zawdzięczamy genialny przekład Procesu Franza Kafki.
Proces w tłumaczeniu Schulza ilustrowany jego grafikami.
Impulsem do napisania Procesu było dla Kafki zerwanie z narzeczoną. Pisarz planował początkowo opowiadanie o konflikcie ojca z synem. Jednak...
Al-Ğāhiz, an Arabic scientist of the 9th century, belongs to the thinkers whose participation in and contribution to the development of the world science has not been recognized and appreciated. The great erudite and author of numerous works in various areas formulated, among others, the theory of social communication which may be compared to the late 20th century Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of...
