peace
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War and Peace – ebook
Leo Tolstoy
”War and Peace” is not just a classic novel, but a real heroic epic, the literary value of which is not comparable to any other work. The writer himself considered it a poem, where the private life of a person is inseparable from the history of the whole country. Events and impressions from a peaceful life do not leave characters during the war, on the contrary, they come to life more strongly in their...Data dostępności:
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Megadeth. Nieznana historia powstania legendarnej płyty Rust in Peace – ebook
Dave Mustaine Joel Selvin
Wokalista i gitarzysta Megadeth przedstawia kulisy powstania legendarnej płyty zespołu - Rust in Peace. Gdy album Rust in Peace ukazywał się w 1990 roku, przyszłość zespołu była niepewna. W związku z niedawnym występem na bijącym wszelkie rekordy popularności festiwalu Monsters of Rock, a także wobec sporej popularności na listach sprzedaży nowych albumów Slayera, Anthrax i Metalliki, ciążyła na...Data dostępności:
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Domestic Peace – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
„Domestic Peace”, a short story by Honoré de Balzac, was originally published in 1831 under the French title of „La Paix du Ménage” and can be found in Scenes from private life (Scenes de la vie privee) in „La Comedie Humaine”. It takes place in November of 1809 at the height of Napoleon’s empire, a time of great splendor and decadence. Everyone who’s anyone in the Parisian aristocracy is gathered...Data dostępności:
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A Room of One’s Own – ebook
Virginia Woolf
The beauty of „A Room of One’s Own” is that it serves as an example of peace of mind, which, as Wooolf insists, is the defining quality of all great artists. Her transparent and elegant essay is devoted not only to the necessary material conditions of writing, but also to the self-overcoming of the creator. Virginia Woolf, in her essay, talks about a woman’s right to work. The writer considers a centuries-old...Data dostępności:
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Niusia from Schindler’s list – ebook
Magda Huzarska-Szumiec
A personal memoir, detailing the life of Niusia Horowitz-Karakulska and her family, penned by Magda Huzarska-Szumiec, interwoven with chapters covering Oskar Schindler’s wartime exploits and his famous list. Magda Huzarska-Szumiec takes us back to the grimmest moments of World War II, showing what Niusia experienced as a child in the Krakow ghetto and two concentration camps. And yet this story contains...Data dostępności:
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The Last of the Mohicans – ebook
James Fenimore Cooper
Fenimore Cooper is known for everyone who were interested in Indians and their life in childhood. Almost everyone knows the name of Cooper’s favorite hero, wandering from novel to novel – Natanael, Bampo. The hero of „The Last of the Mohicans” is Hawkeye. The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans – Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye – live...Data dostępności:
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The Confessions of Saint Augustine – ebook
„Confessions” is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written between AD 397 and AD 398. Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, „The Confessions of Saint Augustine” has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world...Data dostępności:
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An Old-Fashioned Girl – ebook
Louisa May Alcott
Do you ever feel like you are tied up in our times? Worrying too much about cell phones, fashions, and the latest whatever’s? This book can set you straight. It gives you a peace of mind and fills you with simple pleasures. Polly Milton is a fourteen-year-old country girl raised on old-fashioned values and invited to Boston for an extended stay with her friend, Fanny Shaw. Quite the unlikely friendship...Data dostępności:
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All of My Mums – ebook
Renata Piątkowska
"All My Moms" is a book that is part of a series of books telling children about war. A little boy, the hero of this story, takes us by the hand and leads us behind the barbed wire of the Warsaw ghetto. The author shows us the war seen through the eyes of a child, and we rarely look at it from this perspective. The book features Irena Sendler, who saved two and a half thousand children from extermination....Data dostępności:
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Czarna fala – ebook
Kim Ghattas
Jedna z najlepszych książek 2020 roku według „New York Timesa” Czarna fala to bezprecedensowa książka pokazująca niejednoznaczną i skomplikowaną prawdę o przyczynach konfliktu na Bliskim Wschodzie, która znacząco zmienia nasze postrzeganie historii tego regionu. Kim Ghattas zręcznie splata historię, geopolitykę i kulturę, aby dostarczyć czytelnikowi pasjonującej lektury o mało zbadanej rywalizacji...Data dostępności:
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