modern

Rebecca Eckler is a popular newspaper columnist who lives the fabulous life and gets paid to write about it. So when a tipsy romp with her fiancé on the night of their lavish engagement party leaves her unexpectedly expecting, she is utterly at a loss. How will a woman who loves nothing more than a night out on the town sipping cocktails with her fellow party girls survive the pregnant life? Knocked...

In the chaos of early-1990s Russia, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union’s collapse from him in order to keep him - and his pension - alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova’s The Man Who Couldn’t Die tells the story of how two women try to prolong a life - and the means and meaning of their own lives - by creating a world that...

Personal adornments, modern and ancient, are often perceived as merely decorative objects used for embellishing body or robe. This book refutes this simplified opinion by showing that jewelry carries a load of information regarding the social and financial status, gender, ethnic affiliation and religious beliefs of its wearers. Investigations into the function and meaning of personal adornments have...

Numer jest poświęcony problematyce wczesnego dzieciństwa prezentowanej w świetle dorobku naukowego profesor Barbary Wilgockiej-Okoń (1927-2022). Profesor stworzyła na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim nowoczesny program kształcenia nauczycieli wczesnej edukacji oraz prowadziła badania nad rozwojem i wychowaniem dzieci. Szczególnie interesowały ją pedagogika przedszkolna i wczesnoszkolna, zwłaszcza w zakresie...