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This volume includes two novels, „The Shadow of a Great Man” and „The Tragedy with Corosco,” as well as historical stories. The Romans, who conquered Britain several hundred years ago, received orders to return to their homeland, besieged by barbarian troops. And at that moment a British deputation came to the Roman governor to ask for self-government.

The book contains several topics: the relationship between a man and a woman before marriage, the betrayal of loved ones and their forgiveness, fathers and children. As the life stories of two women are almost the same, as Ivan tried to prevent the same end for Natasha. The breaking lives of good people because of unclean ones on hand.

In the book „The Double” Dostoevsky appears before the reader as a writer with an inimitable sense of humor. The author shows an extraordinary skill in describing comic episodes from life and makes the reader cheerfully laugh at the shortcomings of his characters and the comic nature of the situations. Before the reader St. Petersburg streets of the XIX century come to life, he will get acquainted with the mores of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg.

The protagonist in the novel is a young man of 19, Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of the landowner Versilov and the peasant woman Sophia. From childhood, he almost did not see his parents. He was sent to a special institution for rich children, where he was always humiliated and called, a footman. And after graduating from school he receives a letter from his father, in which he calls Arkady to St. Petersburg, where the main events of the novel take place with him....

This is a story of less than 100 pages, but in it Conrad demonstrates how many great writers do it, the simple and elegant power of short work. Here, a writer can briefly convey a compelling message in an economic way. The situation is in the southern seas, and we see that our narrator takes his first command near the Gulf of Thailand. A strange young captain finds refuge and harbors another man, and they make a strange friendship.

Since this is not a very famous story, and most of the pleasure that it provides depends on the surprise that the highlight in the story will present to the reader. Winston Bunter, who registered as First Mate on Sapphire, a ship bound for Calcutta. His commander, Captain Jones, is described as an extremely unpleasant person, incredulous and capricious, who believes that sailors over forty are no longer suitable, and he always talks about ghosts and ways to contact them. Desp...

Jerzy Surdykowski jest pisarzem, który nie udaje; pisze wprost, że „tylko pytaniami bez łatwej odpowiedzi warto się zajmować”. Do takich pytań należy pytanie o sens – pytanie-ojciec wszystkich pytań bez ła­twej odpowiedzi, a może nawet wszystkich pytań w ogóle, bo czy w świecie pozbawionym sensu można pytać o cokolwiek? Rzeczywistości, która nie jest absurdalna, lecz tylko ukrywa przed nami odpowiedzi, czyli jest dla nas Tajemnicą, można stawiać pytania i, mozoląc się po nieł...

Autorzy podjęli próbę udokumentowania w duchu socjologii gorącej ruchu pomocowego zainicjowanego w Polsce po wybuchu pełnoskalowej wojny w Ukrainie. W kolejnych rozdziałach prześledzone zostały procesy pomagania na granicy i dworcach, na zapleczach odpowiedzialnych za logistykę i organizację pomocy, w punktach recepcyjnych oraz prywatnych domach i mieszkaniach osób goszczących uchodźców. W opisie uwzględniono przestrzenne usytuowanie pomagania, jego cielesność i materialność,...

W dniu, w którym dziesięcioletni Antek wyrusza do kaszubskiej wsi na zieloną szkołę, dowiaduje się o ciążącej nad nim przepowiedni. Ma przeżyć to samo, co brat jego pradziadka, który 100 lat temu, jako dziesięcioletni chłopiec, wrócił pewnego dnia z wyprawy do lasu kompletnie odmieniony, a tamto wydarzenie wpłynęło na całe jego życie.Na zielonej szkole dzieci czeka gra terenowa, podczas której mają dotrzeć do zapadniętego zamku i odkryć ukryty w nim skarb. Antek wraz ze ...

Riley Oh wychowała się w pełnej miłości rodzinie, która ją adoptowała. Ale dopiero niedawno dziewczyna dowiedziała się, że jest ostatnią gwiazdą, która opadła na ziemię wiele lat temu. W przeciwieństwie do swoich bliskich Riley nie posługuje się magią. Nawet jej status jako istoty boskiego pochodzenia dla niektórych szamanów nic nie znaczy. A już na pewno Riley Oh nie ma zdolności przywódczych. Nagle jednak cała społeczność szamanów zaczyna uważać, że ona i jej duchowy bliźni...

Pożądanie, przemoc i żądza odwetu… Pewnego dnia Eliza Falkowska otrzymuje wiadomość, że jej ojciec się powiesił. W tym czasie w zupełnie innej rodzinie dochodzi do podobnego zgonu. Komisarz Gabriel Skonieczny zaczyna podejrzewać, że obie śmierci coś łączy, a ślady pozostawione na miejscu zbrodni wskazują na to, że aby znaleźć sprawcę, musi on dogłębnie poznać przeszłość ofiar... Dawne grzechy muszą znaleźć zadośćuczynienie, a zemsta będzie jak tornado, chciwie zag...

Wspomnienia żony aresztowanego w sfingowanym procesie rosyjskiego inteligenta. Tatiana Czernawina opisuje urągające ludzkiej godności warunki życia w Rosji bolszewickiej, pobyt w więzieniu i ucieczkę przez zieloną granicę wraz z mężem i synkiem. Nakładem KARTY ukazały się wspomnienia jej męża Władimira Czernawina Zapiski „szkodnika”. To nie jest polityczna rozprawa, lecz opowieść o sowieckim losie kobiety w czasach terroru. Nie sądzę, aby ktokolwiek z rządzący...

CZERWONY – zdumiewająca opowieść o manipulacji Dwudziestosześcioletnia Marcelina ma szczególny dar – postrzega świat kolorami. Według niej każdy człowiek ma aurę, którą dziewczyna nie tylko widzi, ale także rozumie. Od kilkunastu tygodni dręczą ją senne koszmary, w których topi się w krwistej czerwieni. Sny się powtarzają, a nawet rozwijają, a wszystkie dotyczą jednego miejsca – Bromierzyka, opuszczonej wsi w Puszczy Kampinoskiej. Okazuje się, że jest to miejsce istotne d...

This is an exciting saga located in the Indian Ocean basin, against the stormy backdrop of barely suppressed military operations between the Dutch and British merchant fleets, told by one of Conrad’s classic passages. After all, Freya’s unique perspective on the sharply etched nature is one of Conrad’s most piercing studies of how power hunger can lead people to greatness – or its opposite.

The tale begins, like many books about Konrad, with a group of travelers gathered together and exchanging maritime stories. Falk is subtle and minimalistic, and perhaps only the writer of the great Conrad can still do this; a calm, introspective story, which, however, is worth reading. This is a charming romantic tale in which Conrad’s usual gloomy, psychological fabrications, but evocative, but truly pedestrian story of a Marine... with a dark, primitive twist.

„A Smile of Fortune” is located on a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean, on which the narrator, captain docked; ship suppliers are supposedly brothers who have not talked to each other for 18 years. One of the brothers, Ernest, is an assimilated citizen. He owes a lot of money, has parties, has taste and manners, and is trusted. He treats the half-blood servants as cruelly as the rest of the colonists. Another, Arthur, is an outcast, not because of his race or profession, ...

”A Personal Record” is the story of the design and manuscript of „Caprice Olmeyer,” Conrad’s first novel, as well as the story of his dream about the sea, and the story of his cousin who ate a dog, and the story of a beloved dog presented to his son, but above all, – the story of the novel „The Olmeyer Caprice”, and the strange prototype of the hero of this novel, and a few more words about the man who was the first reader of this novel. At the same time, „A Personal Record” ...

This is a collection of judgments. In „The Analects” the mystical layer is completely absent, as well as the natural-philosophical problems. Outwardly unsystematically arranged aphorisms are united by the theme of creating an ideal social order, which for Confucius is an expression of the Tao in the Celestial Empire. Its implementation is possible as a result of self-improvement of a person through familiarization with „writing / culture” (wen).

A short story about an unhappy involuntary marriage. Family quarrels, like bad weather in the Russian wilderness: there is nothing worse than becoming an involuntary captive of a blizzard of someone else’s spousal abuse. The main character of the story is an ordinary woman with an unfortunate fate. All its features consist only in youth and attractive appearance, and in the still alive soul, which writhes under the weight of the cargo that has landed on it and stubbornly does...

The story of a boy Egor, who goes from his home to a gymnasium located in another city. This trip is the last event before the start of a new life away from mother and familiar places. Nothing unexpected happens on the way, but at the same time, there is a constant change of landscapes and moons of Egor, meetings with new people, both ordinary and of noble origin. The boy is a witness to the life of people whose path also lies through the steppe.

The theme of the „little man”, which appeared in many of Chekhov’s short stories, was also touched on in the novel „My Life”. The main character, Misail Poloznev, a nobleman by birth, becomes a simple worker. In order to live the way he wants, he breaks with his father. He is opposed to lies and hypocrisy, namely they, in his opinion, reign among the intelligentsia. The quote of the old house painter Radish: „Aphids eat grass, rust – iron, and lies – the soul”. According to t...

This story is about a girl whose family has lost everything. Despite his young age, Agnes makes an important decision for himself and his family to go to work as a governess. Those close, at first discouraging a young girl, but understanding her resolve, do not resist her impulse. The work of a governess is not an easy job, Agnes Gray on her way gets acquainted with the life, traditions and way of life of different families. Her students are not always obedient and diligent, ...

It can be seen from the book that at that time rhetoric was used to a greater extent in the courts, and Aristotle writes a lot about judicial speeches, how to convince judges and jurors, and sometimes goes into consideration of laws. Also, rhetoric was used in deliberative and laudatory speeches, in the modern century this is no longer so relevant. The second part of the book describes human passions. Aristotle, as always, in his style from all sides examined anger, mercy, sh...