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Dwóch przyjaciół wchodzi na zamknięty teren pełen rozległych budynków i zadbanych ogrodów. Główny bohater emocjonuje się wyprawą, porównuje zabudowania do Hollywood, raz po raz wyrzuca z siebie krótkie rymowanki, jest niejako "pod władaniem poezji". Jego towarzysz, Właduchna, opanowany i obojętny, tłumaczy mu, że to teren szpitalny i odprowadza go do gabinetu lekarskiego. To klinika dla psychicznie chorych, a czytelnik wraz z głównym bohaterem poznaje coraz lepiej rzeczywisto...

Dość rozpowszechniony jest pogląd, iż opowiadanie – jako forma literacka – nie umożliwia autorowi zgłębienia tematu, przedstawienia zaprezentowanej historii do końca, czy wzbudzenia w czytelniku prawdziwego zainteresowania. Jurjan udowadnia, że pogląd ten można włożyć między bajki, gdzie notabene jest jego miejsce. W książce, którą trzymacie w ręku, znajduje się kilkanaście opowiadań różnej objętości, które łączy jedno: wciągają one nas już przy pierwszym zdaniu, by następnie...

“The Turtles of Tasman” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Turtles of Tasman is a series of short stories and plays by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: By the Turtles of the Tasman, The Hobo and the Fairy or The First Poet.

“The Valley of the Moon” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The novel The Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who leave city life behind and search Central and Northern California for suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for its scenes in whi...

“Theft” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Theft is a political piece set in Washington, DC. A Congressman, Howard Knox, is ready to reveal the corrupt practices of Anthony Starkweather, a wealthy industrialist. To complicate matters, Starkweather's daughter is helping Knox. The play's underlying anti-capitalist theme is also found in some of London's ot...

“The Star Rover” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Star Rover is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack London. A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for murder. Prison officials try to break his spirit by means of a torture device called...

“Tales of the Fish Patrol” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Tales of the Fish Patrol is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: White and Yellow, The King of the Greeks or The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen".

“The Strength of the Strong” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Strength of the Strong is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: The Strength of the Strong, The Enemy of All the World or The Sea-Farmer.

“The Son of the Wolf” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Son of the Wolf is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of nine moving and thrilling stories such as: The Son of the Wolf, In a Far Country, The Wisdom of the Trail or The Wife of a King.

“A Son of the Sun” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.A Son of the Sun is a novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, b...

“South Sea Tales” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.South Sea Tales is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: The Whale Tooth, The Terrible Solomons or The Seed of McCoy.

“Smoke Bellew” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Smoke Bellew Jack London's adventure novel, set in Alaska, during the "gold rush". The title character, Christopher Bellew, is a young man from a good home, educated, resident of a big city, working in the editorial office of one of the newspapers. When, during a meeting with his uncle, he learns about a ...

“The Scarlet Plague” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London.. The book was noted in 2020 as having been very similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially given London wrote it at a time when the world was not as quickly connected by travel as it is today.

W którą stronę zmierza świat, jakie wartości zyskuje, a co gubi? Na te i inne pytania odpowiada znana publicystka Elżbieta Królikowska-Avis Od czasów Wielkiej Rewolucji Francuskiej trwa proces erozji znanego nam świata, rozpiętego w trójkącie: religia chrześcijańska, filozofia grecka i prawo rzymskie. Kilkadziesiąt lat temu tempo rozwoju zmian przyspieszyło i od tego czasu znajdujemy się na zakręcie cywilizacyjnym, na rozdrożach wartości. Kolejny etap systemowej wojny z ...

“The Red One” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Red One is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of four moving and thrilling stories such as: The Red One, The Hussy, Like Argus of the Ancient Times and The Princess.

“The People of the Abyss” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London made up of his firsthand account of life in the East End of London. George Orwell was inspired by The People of the Abyss, which he had read in his teens. In the 1930s, he began disguising himself as a derelict and made tramping expedition...

Gdy tylko Hania zobaczyła na jarmarku bożonarodzeniowym drewnianego niedźwiadka, wiedziała, że jest w nim coś magicznego. Dlatego kiedy kukiełka się popsuła, dziewczynka była zrozpaczona. Zapłakana zasnęła, ale w środku nocy obudził ją odgłos warczenia, a ona przekonała się, że jest zamknięta w stajni... z prawdziwym niedźwiadkiem! Czy Hania zdoła pomóc niedźwiadkowi w ucieczce i powrocie do lasu, czyli tam, gdzie jest jego dom?„Zaopiekuj się mną” to bestsellerowe książki Hol...

Dziewięć wspaniałych polskich autorek napisało opowiadania w klimacie górskim.Góry mają swoją tajemną moc, urok, niebezpieczeństwo i mogą zarówno zachwycać, jak i przerażać. Trzeba się do nich odnosić z szacunkiem i nie lekceważyć. A odwdzięczą się cudownymi widokami, naturą, aurą, powietrzem, a i czasami… miłością. To właśnie ona pojawia się w opowiadaniach, chociaż ukazana różnie, zmienia się tak szybko, niczym pogoda na górskich szlakach. Jest często nieprzewidywalna, właś...

“On the Makaloa Mat” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.On the Makaloa Mat is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: On the Makaloa Mat, The Water Baby or The Kanaka Surf.

“The Mutiny of the Elsinore” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a novel by the American writer Jack London first published in 1914. The novel is partially based on London's voyage around Cape Horn on the Dirigo in 1912.The character "De Casseres", who espouses nihilistic viewpoints similar to the ideas of French philosopher ...

“The Night-born” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Night-born is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of ten moving and thrilling stories such as: The Night-Born, The Madness of John Harned, When the World was Young or To Kill A Man.

“Michael, Brother of Jerry” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Michael, Brother of Jerry is a novel by Jack London released in 1917. This novel is the sequel to his previous novel Jerry of the Islands. Each book tells the story of one of two dog siblings, Jerry and Michael, born in the Solomon Islands.

“Moon-Face & Other Stories” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Moon-Face & Other Stories is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: Moon-Face: A Story of Mortal Antipathy, Amateur Night or All Gold Canyon.

“Martin Eden” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. Living in Oakland at the beginning of the 20th century, Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of se...