Książki językowe
Translating Scotland. Nation and Identity Książka omawia specyfikę Szkocji pod względem historycznym, językowym i literackim. Udziela odpowiedzi na pytanie jakie czynniki ukształtowały skomplikowaną tożsamość tego narodu. W tym celu autorka analizuje wielojęzyczność Szkocji i jej odzwierciedlenie więcej » |
Together To The Poles. Razem na bieguny "Marek Kamiński`s book is an amazing story. He and Jasiek show such determination and courage in their desire to reach the North Pol e, and Jasiek has only one leg. I would not have undertaken such a challenge and I would not have advised Jasiek to do it więcej » |
Titus Andronicus An embittered Roman General returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest, in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the queen` unending hatred. And when she is made empress by the new em więcej » |
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his mo st famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the więcej » |
Thunderball Blofeld – leader of the terror organization SPECTRE – is holding the world to ransom. He has stolen two powerful atomic weapons and will destroy a major city if his demands for L100,000,000 are not met. Given one week to find the missing bombs, Bond goes więcej » |
This is the way the world ends Goerge, kamieniarz z Massachusetts, podpisuje deklarację o obojętności wobec wybuchu wojny nuklearnej, a w zamian otrzymuje skafande r dla córki, nieosiągalny w inny sposób. Gdy wojna wybucha giną wszyscy, nieważne w skafanrze czy bez. Tylko George i piąt więcej » |
The Winter`s Tale The jealous King of Sicily becomes convinced that his wife is carrying the child of his best friend. Imprisoned and put on trial, th e Queen collapses when the King refuses to accept the divine confirmation of her innocence. The child is abandoned to die więcej » |
The Voyages of Sindbad Seven voyages. Seven missions. Only one man has survived them. A poor man meets a great sailor and asks to hear his tale. He is amaz ed to be told of seven journeys to foreign lands, every one ending in shipwreck. As he listens, the traveller describes a więcej » |
The Ultimate Book of Knowledge Covers a comprehensive range of interesting, everyday topics, many of which tie in with classroom subjects. Staple homework support- tool for primary school children. Easy-to-use sections. Clear, informative text. Amazing fact boxes on every page highligh więcej » |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Leaving behind both home and beloved, a young man travels to Milan to meet his closest friend. Once there, however, he falls in love with his friend`s new sweetheart and resolves to seduce her. Love-crazed and desperate, he is soon moved to commit cynica więcej » |
The Turn Of The Screw And The Aspern Papers Oscar Wilde called James’s chilling The Turn of the Screw ‘a most wonderful, lurid poisonous little tale’. It tells of a young gover ness sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within t więcej » |
The Taming of the Shrew The beautiful but sharp-tongued Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio, it seems that she has finally met her match. And as he meets her own caustic words with a feigned, capr więcej » |
The Survivors. Tribes around the world Globalization is putting traditional communities to the test. From Euroasia`s icy north to Australia`s desert ant the rain forest of Amazonia, many of these somewhat different citizens of the world are seeking – and insisting upon – their place in the gl więcej » |
The Subterraneans Leo Percepied, aspiring writer and self-styled free-wheeling bum, gravitates to the subterraneans, impoverished intellectuals who ha unt the bars of San Francisco. One of them is Mardou Fox, part Negro, part Cherokee, beautiful and a little crazy, whose d więcej » |
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales Of Terror Published as a ‘shilling shocker’, Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personali ty. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll’s strange association with ‘damnable young man’ Edward Hyde the hunt through fog-b więcej » |
The Story Of Painting. From The Renassance To The Present This series provides quick and sound knowledge on the most central cultural-historical topics with a chronological depiction of the most important topics. Includes timelines, illustrations and maps. więcej » |
The story of inventions. From antiquity to the present This unique book presents history of inventions in chronological order: prehistoric times, ancient to classical, post-classicalt to renaissance, early modern, the modern era, the war period, post-war 20th century, 21st century. Book contain glossary, inde więcej » |
The Story Of Architecture. From Antiquity To The Present Architecture in Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and Helenism, The architecture of the Roman Empire, Early Christian and Byzantine ar chitecture, from Muhammed to the fall of Granada, the great Ottoman era, the Gotic style in Germany, Florence and the Earl więcej » |
The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed are wonderfully vivid and perceptive descriptions of two great Italian cities, told throu gh their history and art, revealing Mary McCarthy to be one of literature`s greatest travelling companions. Here she depic więcej » |
The stone boudoir To znakomity rachunek znikania drogi w środku życia, opowiadany przez kogoś, kto szuka zrozumienia, czym jest kultura. więcej » |
