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“Keep The Aspidistra Flying“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status and the dismal life that results in....

“Homage to Catalonia“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the POUM militia of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the defining events of his political outlook and a significant part of what led him to ...

“England Your England and Other Essays“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.“England Your England and Other Essays“ is a collection of 11 essays written by George Orwell. The collection consists of these titles:Why I Write (Gangrel, 1947), Writers and Leviathan (Politics and Letters, 1948), North and South (The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937),...

“Critical Essays“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Critical Essays (1946) is a collection of wartime pieces by George Orwell. It covers a variety of topics in English literature and also includes some pioneering studies of popular culture. It was acclaimed by critics, and Orwell himself thought it one of his most important books....

“Coming Up For Air“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Coming Up for Air is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell. The story follows George Bowling, a 45-year-old husband, father, and insurance salesman, who foresees World War II and attempts to recapture idyllic childhood innocence and escape his dreary life by returning to...

“Down and Out in Paris and London“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. Its target audience was the middle- and upper-class members of society—those w...

“A Clergyman’s Daughter“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia.

“Heartbreak House” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Heartbreak House is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. According to A. C. Ward, the work argues that "cultured, leisured Europe" was drifting toward destruction, and that "Those in a position to guide Europe to safety failed to learn their proper business of political navigation". The "Russian ma...

“Back to Methuselah” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface (The Infidel Half Century) and a series of five plays: In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden), The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day, The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170, Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000, and...

“Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress” is a one-act play by George Bernard Shaw, written in 1917.The play is obviously influenced by the Russian Revolution that year. It takes place in an imaginary country which has recently experienced a similar revolution. The two main characters are ...

“The Inca of Perusalem” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Inca of Perusalem is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot appears at first to be a fairy-tale like story about a fantastical "Inca", but it eventually becomes obvious that the Inca is Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

“Augustus Does His Bit” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Augustus Does His Bit” is a comic one-act play by George Bernard Shaw about a dim-witted aristocrat who is outwitted by a female spy during World War I.

Philippa nie wie, kim byli jej rodzice, wczesne dzieciństwo to dla niej strzępy mglistych, pełnych grozy obrazów. Przed laty znalazła ją na plaży i przygarnęła kobieta, która wychowała ją jak własną córkę. Po śmierci opiekunki Philippa postanawia poszukać szczęścia w Londynie. Zabawia ludzi kuglarskimi sztuczkami i barwnymi opowieściami, co od jakiegoś czasu jest zakazane pod groźbą surowej kary. Z opresji ratuje ją Aidan, który przybył z Irlandii na wezwanie królowej Elżbiet...

“O'Flaherty V.C.” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“O'Flaherty V.C.” is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot is about an Irish soldier in the British army returning home after winning the Victoria Cross. The play was written at a time when the British government was promoting recruitment in Ireland, while ma...

Ciro Trapani wspólnie z bratem obmyślają plan, jak odzyskać dom i rodzinną firmę, które zostały nieuczciwie odebrane ich ojcu. Nowy właściciel – Cesare Buscetta – oddał dom swojej młodszej córce Claudii, a firmę – starszej. Ciro uwodzi Claudię i żeni się z nią, licząc, że skłoni żonę do przepisania na niego domu. Jednak już w noc poślubną Claudia przez przypadek słyszy rozmowę Cira z bratem i czuje się wykorzystana. Nie zamierza pozostać w tym małżeństwie ani chwili dłużej…&n...

Sofia czuje się w domu jak w więzieniu. Jest podopieczną surowego wujostwa, którzy wiecznie ją krytykują. Kiedy w dramatycznych okolicznościach poznaje księcia Olivera, jej życie nagle nabiera barw. Nikt nie rozumie, dlaczego ten zdystansowany arystokrata zainteresował się panną o nie najlepszym pochodzeniu, której maniery pozostawiają wiele do życzenia. Wszyscy są jeszcze bardziej zdumieni, gdy książę zaprasza Sofię do swej posiadłości i zaczyna traktować jako jedną z kandyd...

„Jej ciało było miękkie i uległe. Zapach odurzający. Dotykał jej, całował ją. Tamta noc w Atlantic City powracała w jego snach. Mówił sobie, że ubarwia wspomnienia, a jednak ich ciała rozpoznały się po latach. Coś jednak było inaczej. Nikki się zmieniła, urządziła sobie życie, a on tylko uciekał. Czemu po tak długim czasie wciąż miała nad nim władzę, która kazała mu przekraczać wszelkie rozsądne granice? Seks ma też ciemną stronę...”. 

“The Music Cure” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Music Cure is a short comedy sketch by George Bernard Shaw.Lord Reginald Fitzambey, Under-Secretary of State for War, is in a distressed state. He explains to his doctor that, knowing the British army would soon be put on a vegetarian diet, he bought shares in the Macaroni Trust. Brought before a p...

Okazuje się, że zwierzęta z „Zoo” mogą rozmawiać. Wesołe rymowanki i gry słowne zapewniają jedyną w swoim rodzaju zabawę językiem. Wierszyki zdobią niezwykle barwne ilustracje autorstwa Elżbiety Wasiuczyńskiej. Nowa odsłona publikacji została wzbogacona o dotąd nieznane, przewrotne wiersze i zachwycające rysunki.

“Great Catherine” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Great Catherine” is a play by George Bernard Shaw. The plot focuses on Captain Charles Edstaston, a very prim and proper British military attaché who, in 1776, is assigned to the Imperial Russiancourt in Saint Petersburg, and brings his equally prim fiancée, Claire, with him. In the midst of court in...

“Pygmalion” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights.

Pożegnanie z Marią i inne opowiadania Tadeusza Borowskiego należą do wielkich literackich świadectw o II wojnie światowej. Opowiadania, oparte na autobiograficznych wspomnieniach autora, łączy postać Tadka, głównego bohatera, a zarazem narratora, który w pierwszej osobie opisuje swoje doświadczenie więźnia obozu koncentracyjnego. Opowiadania napisane są metodą behawiorystyczną, opisują wyłącznie zachowania i zewnętrzne reakcje ludzi, których los połączył w skrajnie nie...

“Overruled” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Overruled is a comic one-act play written by George Bernard Shaw. In Shaw's words, it is about "how polygamy occurs among quite ordinary people innocent of all unconventional views concerning it."The play concerns two couples who desire to switch partners, but are prevented from doing so by various consider...

“Androcles and the Lion” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Androcles and the Lion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters...

“Fanny's First Play” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Fanny's First Play is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It was first performed as an anonymous piece, the authorship of which was to be kept secret. However, critics soon recognised it as the work of Shaw. The mystery over the authorship helped to publicise it. It had the longest run of any of Shaw's ...

“Press Cuttings” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Press Cuttings, is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a farcical comedy about the suffragettes' campaign for votes for women in Britain. The play is a departure from Shaw's earlier Ibsenesque dramas on social issues. Shaw's own pro-feminist views are never articulated by characters in the play, but i...

“Misalliance” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Misalliance is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play takes place entirely on a single Saturday afternoon in the conservatory of a large country house in Hindhead, Surrey in Edwardian era England.It is a continuation of some of the ideas on marriage that he expressed in his play, Getting Married....

“Dark Lady of the Sonnets” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Dark Lady of the Sonnets” is a short play by George Bernard Shaw. “THE BEEFEATER: Stand. Who goes there? Give the word.THE MAN: Marry! I cannot. I have clean forgotten it.THE BEEFEATER: Then cannot you pass here. What is your business? Who are you? Are you a true man?THE MAN: Far from i...

Doskonale napisana powieść przygodowa dla młodzieży napisana w starym, dobrym stylu. Jej akcja rozgrywa się w Turcji, dzięki czemu zapoznajemy się z egzotyczną kulturą i historią tego kraju, mającego, jak się okazuje, pozytywne związki z Polską i Polakami. Niezapomniany klimat, świetne pisarskie rzemiosło, wątek romansowy, archeologia. Książka bawi – ucząc. Dalsze losy głównego bohatera – Julka – Eugeniusz Paukszta opisał w książce „W cieniu hetyckiego sfinksa”.BEATA (lubimyc...

Kontynuacja powieści „Złote korony księcia Dardanów”.Doskonale napisana powieść przygodowa dla młodzieży napisana w starym, dobrym stylu. Jej akcja rozgrywa się w Turcji, dzięki czemu zapoznajemy się z egzotyczną kulturą i historią tego kraju, mającego, jak się okazuje, pozytywne związki z Polską i Polakami. Niezapomniany klimat, świetne pisarskie rzemiosło, wątek romansowy, archeologia. Książka bawi – ucząc. TURMS (lubimyczytac.pl): Po pierwszej części byłem zachwycony, prze...

Jedna z najlepszych powieści popularnego autora. Epicka opowieść o losach polsko-niemieckiego małżeństwa i jego córki, rozgrywająca się na tle burzliwych wydarzeń, w które obfitowała pierwsza połowa XX wieku. KASANDRA_85 (biblionetka.pl): Książka piękna, wzruszająca, refleksyjna, która zabiera nas w podróż do powojennej Polski i ukazuje zmagania Lucjana, któremu przyszło zaopiekować się córką. Małgosia, owoc niemiecko-polskiego małżeństwa, nienawidzi wszystkiego, co polskie. ...

Pasjonująca lektura i lekcja historii. Zbiór 25 opowiadań rozgrywających się na naszych Ziemiach Zachodnich, których akcja obejmuje okres od wczesnego średniowiecza do końca II Wojny Światowej. Spis treści: I. OD AUTORA II. WIELECI III. W MIĘDZYRZECKIM EREMIE IV. GDY GNIEW SIĘ ROZPALAŁ V. SZCZURY KSIĘCIA BOLESŁAWA VI. KRÓLEWSKI POPIELEC VII. WIELMOŻA WINCENTY VIII. ZBÓJECKA WAROWNIA IX. MISJA JOHANNA VON ELING X. KRWAWA SUKCESJA XI. BUNT U SUKIENNIKÓW XII. GORZOWSKIE SWARY XI...

“The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Shaw claimed that "this little play is really a religious tract in dramatic form", the plot being less important than the debate about morality and divinity that occurs between the characters. He was using the folksy language and quirky insights of his principal character to explore hi...

“The Doctor’s Dilemma” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of private medicine as a business and a vocation.

“Getting Married” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Getting Married is a play by George Bernard Shaw. First performed in 1908, it features a cast of family members who gather together for a marriage. The play analyses and satirises the status of marriage in Shaw's day, with a particular focus on the necessity of liberalising divorce laws.

“Major Barbara” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Unders...

“Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction is a short play by Bernard Shaw. It is a comic mock-melodrama, written to raise funds for charity.Late at night, Phyllis, the maid, is combing the hair of her employer, Lady Magnesia FitzTollemache. Phyllis expresses foreboding and the fear that she ...

“Man and Superman” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ra...

“John Bull's Other Island” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.John Bull's Other Island is a comedy about Ireland, written by George Bernard Shaw in 1904. Shaw himself was born in Dublin, yet this is one of only two plays of his where he thematically returned to his homeland, the other being O’Flaherty V.C.

“How He Lied to Her Husband” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.How He Lied to Her Husband is a one-act comedy play by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote it, at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. In its preface he described it as "a sample of what can be done with even the most hackneye...

Po zerwanych zaręczynach Isla spełniła swe marzenie i przyjęła pracę lekarki na luksusowym statku wycieczkowym. W wieczór poprzedzający rejs poznała w nadmorskim barze przystojnego i czarującego Nikhila. Po krótkiej rozmowie Nikhil zaprosił ją do eleganckiej restauracji na kolację. Obudził w niej uśpione dotąd zmysły. Ich przygoda nie przypominała niczego, co dotąd przeżywała, i skończyła się w pokoju hotelowym. Nikhil jednak od początku stawiał sprawę jasno: jedna noc to wsz...

Vincenzo Cavalli i top modelka Alessandra Giovanni poznali się na Bali i po krótkim romansie wzięli ślub. Jednak następnego ranka Alessandra dowiaduje się, że to Vincenzo stoi za atakami na firmę jej przyrodnich braci. Uświadamia sobie, że została wykorzystana przez Vincenza do porachunków z jej rodziną. Natychmiast od niego ucieka. Jednak Vincenzo, choć tyle przed Alessandrą zataił, ich małżeństwo traktował poważnie. Odnajduje ją w Mediolanie, w otoczeniu rodziny. Przyszedł ...

Izzy Campbell sprząta w hotelu, żeby zarobić na studia. Gdy pewnego dnia spóźnia się do pracy, w pokoju hotelowym zastaje już gościa. Nigdy w życiu nie widziała tak przystojnego mężczyzny. Zauroczona, spełnia jego prośbę i przygotowuje dla niego kolację. Romantyczny wieczór kończy się w łóżku, lecz następnego dnia rano on wyjeżdża. Po miesiącu Izzy odkrywa, że jest w ciąży. Zaczyna szukać tajemniczego kochanka, by mu powiedzieć, że zostanie ojcem… 

“Captain Brassbound's Conversion” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play explores the relationship between the law, justice, revenge and forgiveness. Sir Howard Hallam, a judge, and his sister-in-law, Lady Cicely Waynflete, a well-known explorer, are at the home of Rankin, a Presbyterian minister. Sir Howard tells Rankin that his brother's property...

“Caesar and Cleopatra” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw wanted to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as...

Thea Lambros zostaje zmuszona przez ojca do poślubienia Christa Callasa. Wie, że dla męża jest tylko środkiem do osiągnięcia celów finansowych i nie zamierza ani chwili tkwić w tym małżeństwie. Christo jednak domyśla się jej zamiarów i udaremnia próbę ucieczki zaraz po ślubie. Zabiera ją do swojego domu. Jest dla niej dobry i troszczy się o nią. Thea zaczyna się w nim zakochiwać. Ale to małżeństwo nie może trwać – to tylko układ, a Thea zawsze marzyła o wolności… 

Finn DeLuca, uzależniony od adrenaliny złodziej dzieł sztuki, wychodzi z więzienia. Genevieve, projektantka biżuterii artystycznej, wolałaby się z nim nie spotykać, ale Finn domaga się widzeń z ich synkiem. Kiedyś kochali się nieprzytomnie. Był jak diabeł, kusił. Genevieve wiedziała, że pod jego nienaganną powierzchownością czai się niebezpieczna otchłań, która ją pociąga. Marzyła o tym, by ich miłosna noc powtórzyła się jeszcze choćby raz, bez względu na konsekwencje... ...

„Zarzuciła mu ręce na szyję i zaczęła go całować. Otoczył go jej upajający zapach i uwierzył, że dobrze zrobił, przyjmując zaproszenie. Jego ciało płonęło. Żadnej kobiety tak nie pożądał. Wyrzuty sumienia, wątpliwości, dezorientacja – to problemy innych ludzi. Nie jego, nie tu, nie teraz…”. 

“The Admirable Bashville” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Admirable Bashville” is a short play based loosely on Shaw’s novel “Cashel Byron's Profession”. The play was written to protect American copyrights after the novel became unexpectedly successful in the United States.

“You Never Can Tell” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play is set in a seaside town and tells the story of Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip, and Gloria, who have just returned to England after an eighteen-year stay in Madeira. The children have no idea who their father is and, through a comedy of errors, end up inviting him to a...

“Candida” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play questions Victorian notions of love and marriage, asking what a woman really desires from her husband. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, The Man of Destiny and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his ...

“The Devil's Disciple” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Devil's Disciple” is Shaw's eighth play, and it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright. Set in Colonial America during the Revolutionary era, the play tells the story of Richard Dudgeon, a local outcast and self-proclaimed "Devil's disciple". In a ...

Natalia mieszka na Osiedlu Radosnym w Świdnicy. Prowadzi poradnię psychologiczną. Jej życie jest uporządkowane i niemal sterylnie czyste do chwili, gdy poradnię odwiedza Dominik. Brodaty i tajemniczy klient wciąga Natalię w dziwną grę. Kto ją wygra?

“The Man of Destiny” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Man of Destiny is a play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his firs...

“Arms and the Man” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Arms and the Man is a humorous play that shows the futility of war and deals comedically with the hypocrisies of human nature. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included The Man of Destiny, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contra...

“Mrs. Warren's Profession” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audien...

Trójka odważnych nastolatków wybiera się na ryzykowną wyprawę do wnętrza wielkiego bunkra. Jest to jedyna tego typu (młodzieżowa) pozycja w dorobku autorki kultowych kryminałów (dla dorosłych), która i w tym gatunku literackim sprawdza się doskonale. Książka została wydana w serii Biblioteka Błękitnych Tarcz (bbt) Wydawnictw Szkolnych i Pedagogicznych. MISTER (lubimyczytac.pl): Marek kupuje od młodszego brata za sześć znaczków ze zwierzętami tajemniczą mapę, prawdopodobnie je...

“The Irrational Knot” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.An Unsocial Socialist is George Bernard Shaw's second novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting.

“Widowers' Houses” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Widowers' Houses was the first play by George Bernard Shaw to be staged. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences – as the traditional Victorian theatre was expected to – but to ra...

“The Philanderer” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Philanderer was written in 1893 but the strict British censorship laws at the time meant that it was not produced on stage until 1902. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences –...

“An Unsocial Socialist” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.An Unsocial Socialist is George Bernard Shaw's novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting.

Potentat przemysłowy Leo Romanos musi się zaopiekować czwórką osieroconych siostrzeńców. Potrzebuje kobiety, która zastąpiłaby im matkę. Partner biznesowy Lea, który chciałby, aby Leo wszedł do rodziny i przejął jego firmę, proponuje, by poślubił jego wnuczkę, Letty Harbison. Leo nie szuka miłości, oświadcza się Letty jedynie dla dobra dzieci. Nie jest przygotowany na to, że ta inteligentna i uparta dziewczyna postawi mu swoje warunki… 

“Love Among the Artists” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Love Among the Artists is George Bernard Shaw's novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting.

Aleksander i Eloise zaręczyli się – a właściwie zawarli układ – w dniu poznania. Nikt nie powinien wątpić w ich uczucie, bo grają o wysoką stawkę. Aleksander dzięki małżeństwu zachowa tytuł i majątek, Eloise zapewni bezpieczną przyszłość młodszym siostrom. Darzą się sympatią i bez trudu udają zakochanych. Wkrótce zaczynają uchodzić za wzór do naśladowania i zamykają usta plotkarzom, którzy uznali te pospieszne zaręczyny i ślub za skandal. Eloise chętnie zmieniłaby warunki ich...

“Cashel Byron's Profession” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Cashel Byron's Profession is George Bernard Shaw's fourth novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting. The novel follows Cashel Byron, a world champion prizefighter, as he tries to woo wealthy...

Opracowanie ma wielką wartość poznawczą, porządkuje i w syntetyczny sposób przedstawia zagadnienia rozproszone w licznych, często trudno dostępnych, dokumentach. Bazą źródłową książki stały się materiały pochodzące przede wszystkim z Archiwum Żydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego oraz Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Archiwum Państwowego we Wrocławiu, w Szczecinie, Poznaniu oraz Archiwum Joint Distribution Committee. Początki osadnictwa opisał Józef Tenenbaum na podstaw...

Zabawa w skojarzenia to świetna zabawa dla tych, którzy lubią myśleć, porównywać i szukać podobieństw.W książce znajdziemy aż 100 wyrazów, do których należy dopasować skojarzenia. Znajdują się one w tabeli. Spośród 20 skojarzeń należy wybrać tylko te, które najbardziej się nam kojarzą z podanym wyrazem. Ich ilość jest ograniczona, co znaczy, że trzeba pokolorować tyle kratek ze skojarzeniami, ile jest liter w podanym wyrazie. Kolory kratek także muszą się zgadzać z tymi w wyr...

Wszawica jest częstą chorobą pasożytniczą, a przy tym stanowi problem o wymiarze społecznym. Mimo że nie jest już istotną kwestią zdrowotną, jej pojawienie się powoduje często niepokój społeczny, co prowadzi do poczucia wstydu, powoduje nieobecności w szkole czy pracy. Zarażenie wszami nie jest tylko kwestią przestrzegania zasad higieny ani dowodem na jej nieprzestrzeganie. Choroba występuje na całym świecie, pojawia się w różnych populacjach ludzkich, w różnych środowiskac...

ROZDZIAŁ 5 Z PUBLIKACJI PT. "NANOTECHNOLOGIA W PRAKTYCE", REDAKCJA KAMILA ŻELECHOWSKA. Jest to pierwsza tego typu pozycja na rynku polskim. Dostarcza praktycznej wiedzy dotyczącej przeprowadzania doświadczeń laboratoryjnych z obszaru nanotechnologii. Opisana jest zarówno synteza, jak i badanie właściwości otrzymanych nanomateriałów oraz przykłady komercyjnego wykorzystania nanostruktur. Każdy rozdział rozpoczyna się wstępem, potem jest opis wykonania doświadczenia i dodatkowy...

Wymiar polityczny relacji polsko-żydowskich w XIX i XX wieku to temat piątego tomu serii Stosunki Polsko-Żydowskie. Zebrane w nim artykuły poruszają zagadnienia trudne – jak konflikty narodowościowe, dyskryminacja czy przemoc antyżydowska – jednak nie zabrakło tu także tekstów prezentujących współpracę między społecznościami. Niektóre dotyczą kwestii szczegółowych, inne zaś ukazują stosunki polsko-żydowskie w szerszej perspektywie. Publikacja, zgodnie z założeniem serii, ...