This monograph analyses the way that Jews were portrayed in various scholarly journals and lay gazettes published in French in the United Provinces of the Netherlands, mostly by Huguenot refugees. Many of these sources have previously escaped scholarly attention, and as such are valuable sources for exploration. The scholarly journals are mostly focused on the discussion of historical and theological aspects of Jewish people and Judaism, the origins of their lan...

W 1996 roku Czarna skrzynka Darwina sprawiła, że wszyscy uczeni zajmujący się problematyką pochodzenia i rozwoju życia na Ziemi komentowali poglądy amerykańskiego biochemika Michaela Behego. Jego kolejne książki – Granica ewolucja i Dewolucja – zawierały ostrą krytykę darwinizmu i również wzbudziły gorące dyskusje. W większości były to opinie, na które Behe regularnie odpowiadał, między innymi w „New York Timesie”, na blogach naukowych czy w czasopiśmie „Science”. Te odpowied...

Czy zdarza ci się myśleć, że jesteś człowiekiem w pewien sposób wybrakowanym i bezwartościowym? Czy wykazujesz przesadną wrażliwość na wszelkie formy krytyki, a zarazem czujesz skrępowanie, słysząc komplement lub pochwałę? Czy masz wrażenie, że większość ludzi radzi sobie z życiem lepiej niż ty? Poczucie, że jest się gorszym od innych i niedopasowanym, często ma źródło w negatywnych doświadczeniach z dzieciństwa. Jeśli zdarzyło ci się dorastać w bardzo krytycznym, ...

Jedna z najbardziej wyczekiwanych książek Julii Brylewskiej!„Nawet diabeł nie może wszystkiego zniszczyć, bo sam przestałby istnieć, jak wszystko. Nawet najgorsze istoty nie pragną zniszczenia wszystkiego. One chcą tylko wyzyskiwać wszystko dla własnej korzyści”.Istnieje wiele rodzajów śmierci. Kylie umarła w ten najgorszy sposób – pokochała człowieka, który okazał się jej największą zgubą. Najpierw uczynił ją słabą i sprawił, że go potrzebowała. A gdy w końcu nie była w stan...

There has never been a city that would be so inimitable. Most trains, too, completely ignore its existence and pass through it on the way to more useful stops. The story was supposed to strengthen many people during the First World War. The book is full of sentimentalism, but it describes well the different scenes of everyday life.

Nowojorski Greenpoint – przedsionek ziemi obiecanej, do którego od ponad stu pięćdziesięciu lat przybywają Polacy w poszukiwaniu lepszego życia. Budują swoje kościoły, sklepy, kluby. Niektórzy dorobili się milionów, inni poszli na dno. Książka Ewy Winnickiej to wciągająca kronika tego zakątka Brooklynu. Autorka opowiada o historii „Polish neighborhood”, poczynając od XVII wieku, poprzez kolejne punkty zwrotne, fale imigrantów, rewolucje i przełomy. Zagląda przez okna do ...

A classic espionage and adventure novel set during The Great War, featuring the reckless Richard Hannay. Sequel to „The Thirty-Nine Steps” and precursor to Mr. Standfast. Tasked with unraveling a mysterious message, Hannay travels through Germany and the Middle East, searching for the elusive religious leader ’’Greenmantle’’. He is joined by three more of Buchan’s heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S. Blenkiron, the American determined to fight the Kaiser; and ...

The hero of the novel, courier Mikhail Strogov, on behalf of the emperor sets off on a long journey from Moscow to Irkutsk through Siberia, captured by the „Tatars’ uprising” in order to save the tsar’s brother. An unusual trip to Irkutsk, created by the imagination of a French novelist, turned out to be so fascinating that in France there was a fashion for everything Russian, several generations were read this book.

Zbiór powieści i opowiadań, których akcja rozgrywa się w miasteczku Green Town. Niezwykłe historie o krainie dzieciństwa, widzianej z wielką nostalgią i miłością, opowieści o budzeniu się samoświadomości nastoletnich bohaterów, wielkiej afirmacji życia, codziennych wydarzeniach i rytuałach. Ale także podróże do krainy dziecięcych koszmarów, mrocznych miejsc i niepokojących zdarzeń. W skład książki "Green Town" wchodzą: Słoneczne wino, Jakiś potwór tu nadchodzi, Pożegna...

„Green Ginger” is one of the humorous story from mixed collection of sixteen short stories by the author of the Martin Hewitt, Investigator series. Collects several mysteries, including a „Cunning Murrell” tale, also „The Seller of Hate”, a deal-with-the-Devil story, and „The Chamber of Light”, a humorous ghost story of psychic investigator driving the poor spectres to distraction. The stories are well written and definitely a product of their time and place. Arthur George ...

“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.

In short stories, Fred M. White often has a love theme. So in the story „The Green Bungalow”. The main character, Hilton Blythe, has a generous character and is always happy to give useful advice. He was proud that nobody and nothing had ever shocked him. However, one meeting, one look changed everything...

"Frank Cascio, biznesmen i producent – kompetentny zarówno w dziedzinie finansów, jak i w sferze muzyki rozrywkowej – zaprzyjaźnił się z Michaelem Jacksonem w 1984 roku, gdy był zaledwie kilkuletnim chłopcem. Gdy skończył osiemnaście lat, Jackson zatrudnił go jako osobistego asystenta, a z czasem awansował na swojego menedżera. Frank Cascio był bliskim przyjacielem Jacksona przez ponad 25 lat. W książce Mój przyjaciel Michael (My Friend Michael) prezentuje głęboko osobisty, ...

’Michael’s Evil Deeds’ (and they are very evil at times) is a rather ingenious crime novel in more ways than one. Firstly the 11 chapters each represent a separate incident but overall they do link together, if on occasions somewhat loosely. And secondly the tale is told by various of the protagonists so there is often a different point of view within each chapter.

„The Green Pack” is a novel adapted from a successful play by the playwright Robert Curtis. Robert Curtis was the private secretary to British crime writer Edgar Wallace. Curtis and Wallace met for the first time in 1913, before parting following the outbreak of World War One, as Curtis had to do his military service. In 1916, he was discharged from the service after contracting malaria. In 1918 he was reunited with Wallace who employed him as his secretary, he had the task...

Morrison’s most popular books are probably his detective stories, featuring Martin Hewitt, a methodical investigator, who uses his ability to be „thoroughly at home among any and every class of people” to invite confidences in gathering evidence. Martin Hewitt stories are similar in style to those of Conan Doyle, cleverly plotted and very amusing. Morrison made two other forays into the detective field, the first: „The Dorrington Deed-Box”, which introduces the quasi-crimin...

Mrs. Trenchard’s figure contains all the jealous stubbornness of a strong parent who does not want to let go of his child. Her strength lies mainly in her ability, as she is understood to be unsympathetic, to impose creative possibilities on those whom she loves, and singles out a caring Catherine as a person whose fate she wants to control. When Katherine agrees to be engaged during the year, she realizes the need to pay any reasonable price to keep her mother and Trenchar...

The protagonist Destin is a poor gentleman who meets his soul mate and together they create Green Mouse Lmtd to further his search for a soul mate through psychic waves.

Craving for travel, curiosity and a great desire to find his brother made the Irish Terrier Michael to get on board the ship. Friendship with a man helped Michael to survive in a sea voyage, and unusual quick wits made the terrier a welcome prey for sensational hunters. But at any twist of fate, Michael believed that sooner or later he and his brother would be together again.

Cassidy is a loyal and legendary soldier in the Corps of Royal Engineers. He is brave, proud, and even his elders are afraid of him. Cassidy meets the narrator, a high-ranking officer in Flander. They talk about life at the front. Indeed, a spiritual story, the reader himself will be able to feel all those spiritual moments of life.

Another rip-roaring tale from Edgar Wallace, „The Green Archer” features a beautiful girl looking for the mother from whom she was stolen as a baby, her kindly foster-father, a redheaded journalist, a very secret policeman who is also a master of disguise, an Anglo-Indian petty criminal and his wife, assorted villains and, at the center of it all, Abel Bellamy, a very ugly, very rich man who’s bought a Garres Castle in Scotland. Running through it all is the mysterious Gree...

This story began around Christmas, when a group of guys from the village of Melstock walked and sang carols. It was then that the cab driver Dick Dewey saw and fell in love at first sight with the new teacher Fancy Day who had just arrived. She is also looked after by a wealthy farmer Shiner, whom Father Day favors, and pastor Maybold, who considers himself the most suitable party for Fancy. But the story did not begin in vain on the fabulous days of Christmas - it will end...

In „The Green Ribbon” an insurance investigator researches the accidental death of a jockey. His inquiry leads to an illegal gambling organization, as well as the knowledge that the jockey’s death was not accidental. He also saves the life of another jockey who has been the victim of a couple of accidents. One of Edgar Wallace’s occasional horse racing novels which centers of a betting syndicate involving the jovial Mr. Trigger, the sinister Dr. Blanter, the strange Mr. Goo...

The vicar suffered – almost the same way he suffered the night his wife, Elena, died – and because he suffered, he put his beautiful cameo-like face in the sunniest smile. It was his path – part of his daily life, an integral part of himself. A pious man, in the strongest senses of this over-used word, Philip Reynolds possessed a noble talent for the things of the earth that at the same time soften human life and give it a poignancy.