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“Tarzan and the Ant Men“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the tenth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“Tarzan the Terrible“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the eighth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“Jungle Tales of Tarzan“ is a collection of short stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.This is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories comprising the sixth book in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Wes...

“Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the fifth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“Tarzan the Untamed“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the seventh novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“The Return of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the second novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“The Son of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the fourth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“The Beasts of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the third novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“Tarzan of the Apes“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This novel is the first in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

Magazyn LaManchaZine – pisany przez lektorów i uczniów szkoły LaMancha dla wszystkich sympatyków języka hiszpańskiego. Ponad 25 stron ciekawych materiałów, które w prosty sposób pomogą Ci podnieść Twoją sprawność językową.I to za cenę mniejszą niż kubek kawy.Format: e-book PDF – możesz go czytać wszędzie i mieć do niego zawsze dostęp.Co znajdziesz w środku kwietniowego numeru?Dowiesz się jaką hiszpańskojęzyczną pozycję warto zobaczyć na Netflix’ie. (To świetny i przyjemny spo...

Magazyn LaManchaZine – pisany przez lektorów i uczniów szkoły LaMancha dla wszystkich sympatyków języka hiszpańskiego. Ponad 25 stron ciekawych materiałów, które w prosty sposób pomogą Ci podnieść Twoją sprawność językową.Format: e-book PDF – możesz go czytać wszędzie i mieć do niego zawsze dostęp.Co znajdziesz w środku marcowego numeru?Dowiesz się jaką hiszpańskojęzyczną pozycję warto zobaczyć na Netflix’ie. (To świetny i przyjemny sposób na utrwalenie języka!)Poznasz sekret...

The authors of the monograph apply their competences in the field of risk management in the financial system in order to organise what is currently known about the COVID-19 pandemic.They recognise that by nature it is both endogenous as a result of health habits and exogenous in relation to lockdown. Overall, this poses a systemic risk. Holistic systemic risk management organises the sequence of events and action taken in such a way that the exit strategy from one crisis mark...

The authors of the monograph apply their competences in the field of risk management in the financial system in order to organise what is currently known about the COVID-19 pandemic.They recognise that by nature it is both endogenous as a result of health habits and exogenous in relation to lockdown. Overall, this poses a systemic risk. Holistic systemic risk management organises the sequence of events and action taken in such a way that the exit strategy from one crisis mark...

Publikację tę można uznać za przełomową w dotychczasowym traktowaniu kultury masowej przez polskie nauki humanistyczne._x000D_ Autorzy artykułów dzielą się refleksjami zainspirowanymi muzyką, tekstami oraz osobowościami wspomnianej czwórki. Badane są szczegóły biograficzne, historia kultury popularnonaukowej oraz meandry inspiracji twórczej Beatlesów. Zwraca się uwagę zarówno na kontekst kulturowy i kulturowe dziedzictwo, jak i nowatorstwo i bogactwo twórcze w szczytowym okre...

The Hound of the Baskervilles - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.Dr James Mortimer calls on Sherlock Holmes in London for advice after his friend Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead in the yew alley of his manor on Dartmoor in Devon. The death was attributed to a heart attack, but according to Mo...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.This collection of stories consists of: A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley MysteryThe Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip ...

The Lost World - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.It is a novel concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous peo...

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.This collection of stories consists of: "The Adventure of Silver Blaze""The Adventure of the Cardboard Box""The Adventure of the Yellow Face""The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk""The Adventure of the Gl...

The Sign of the Four - is a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.The Sign of the Four is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in 1888, The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and ...

The Poison Belt - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.Challenger sends telegrams asking his three companions from The Lost World— Edward Malone, Lord John Roxton, and Professor Summerlee— to join him at his home outside London, and instructs each of them to 'bring oxygen'. During their journey there, t...

The Return of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.This collection of stories consists of: "The Adventure of the Empty House""The Adventure of the Norwood Builder""The Adventure of the Dancing Men""The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist""The Adventure of the Priory ...

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - a novel by Daniel Defoe, an English trader, writer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.The book starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Our hero suffered a distemper and a desire to see "his island." He could talk of nothing els...

Moll Flanders - a novel by Daniel Defoe, an English trader, writer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.It is usually assumed that the novel was written by Daniel Defoe, and his name is commonly given as the author in modern printings of the novel. However, the original printing did not have an author, as itwas an apparent autobiography. The attribution of Moll Flanders to Defoe...

Roxana - a novel by Daniel Defoe, an English trader, writer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.Roxana is an example of the remarkable way in which Defoe seems to inhabit his fictional characters (yet "drawn from life"), despite the fact that they are women. Roxana, which narrates the moral and spiritual decline of a high society courtesan, differs from other Defoe works becaus...

The Deerslayer - a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting frontier and Native American life created a unique form of American literature.This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "Deerslayer": a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York, who objects to the practice of taking scalps, on the grounds that every living thing should follow "the gifts" of its nature, which would keep European A...

The Last of the Mohicans - a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting frontier and Native American life created a unique form of American literature.The novel is set primarily in the area of Lake George, New York, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman N...

The Gambler - a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is indebted to the Frenchman de Grieux and has mortgaged his property in Russia ...

The Idiot - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligen...

The Brothers Karamazov - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into questions of God, free will, and morality. It is a theological drama dealing with problems of faith, doubt and reason in the context of a modernizing Russia, w...

White Nights - a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.Like many of Dostoyevsky's stories, "White Nights" is told in the first person by a nameless narrator. The narrator is a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited....

Crime and Punishment - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg, who formulates a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Before the killing, Raskolnikov believes that with the mone...

Notes from Underground - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. Notes from Underground is considered by many to be one of the first existentialist novels. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man), who is a retire...

Great Expectations - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.On Christmas Eve, Pip, an orphan about seven years old, is visiting the graves of his parents and siblings in the village churchyard, where he unexpectedly encounters an escaped prisoner. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and tools from Pip's hot-tempered elder sister and her amiable husband, Joe Gargery, a blacksmith, who have taken...

Poor Folk - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.Poor Folk is written in the form of letters between the two main characters, Makar Devushkin and Varvara Dobroselova, who are poor third cousins twice removed. The novel showcases the life of poor people, their relationship with rich people, and poverty in general. A deep but odd fr...

A Tale of Two Cities - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
A Tale of Two Cities is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met.

David Copperfield - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.The novel features the character David Copperfield, and is written in the first person, as a description of his life until middle age, with his own adventures and the numerous friends and enemies he meets along his way. It is his journey of change and growth from infancy to maturity, as people enter and leave his life and he passes through th...

The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain - a novella by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.Redlaw is a teacher of chemistry who often broods over wrongs done him and grief from his past. He is haunted by a spirit, who is not so much a ghost as Redlaw's phantom twin and is "an awful likeness of himself...with his features, and his bright eyes, and his grizzled hair, and dressed in the gloomy shadow of his dre...

Hard Times - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Published in 1854, the story concerns one Thomas Gradgrind, a "fanatic of the demonstrable fact," who raises his children, Tom and Louisa, in a stifling and arid atmosphere of grim practicality. Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despair.

The Chimes - a novella by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.On New Year's Eve, Trotty, a poor elderly "ticket-porter" or casual messenger, is filled with gloom at the reports of crime and immorality in the newspapers, and wonders whether the working classes are simply wicked by nature. His daughter Meg and her long-time fiancé Richard arrive and announce their decision to marry next day....

A Christmas Carol - a novella by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

The Battle of Life - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.Two sisters, Grace and Marion, live happily in an English village with their two servants, Clemency Newcome and Ben Britain, and their good-natured widower father Dr Jeddler. Dr Jeddler is a man whose philosophy is to treat life as a farce. Marion, the younger sister, is betrothed to Alfred Heathfield, Jeddler's ward who is leaving the villa...

Oliver Twist - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
The story centers on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.

The Cricket on the Hearth - a novella by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.

The Pickwick Papers - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.The novel's protagonist Samuel Pickwick, Esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. He suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club. Their travels throughout the Engli...

To już II część przygód legendarnego detektywa Sherlocka Holmesa i jeszcze więcej opowiadań. Idealna propozycja dla osób lubiących poczuć dreszczyk emocji. W zbiorze znajduje się aż siedem następujących opowiadań: The Six Napoleons (Sześciu Napoleonów), The Three Students (Trzech studentów), The Second Stain (Druga plama), The Musgrave Ritual (Rytuał Musgrave’ów), The Noble Bachelor (Nobliwy kawaler), The Beryl Coronet (Diadem z berylami), The Resident Patient (Stały pa...

Piękna Panna Mary Morstan otrzymuje co roku tajemnicze przesyłki, cudowne perły i prosi Sherlocka Holmesa o wyjaśnienie zagadki. W trakcie śledztwa okazuje się, że Panna Morstan jest spadkobierczynią ogromnej fortuny, skarbu, który jej tajemniczo zaginiony ojciec nabył podczas swojej służby w Indiach. Jak rozwiążę się ta historia, do czego doprowadzi szaleńczy pościg po Tamizie i kto stoi za zaginionym skarbem. Zapraszamy do kolejnej niezapomnianej przygody Sherlocka Ho...

The Victorian Royal Nursery attempts to shed more light on the nursery for the children of Queen Victoria. It examines the creation, organisation, and financing of the nursery, with a consideration of the most important individuals who looked after the Royal children, namely the medical staff, wet nurses, monthly nurses, permanent nurses, governesses and subgovernesses. The study is based mostly on the numerous unpublished documents from the Royal Archives at Windsor as well ...

“Venezuela” to coś więcej niż tylko ćwiczenia. Oprócz nauki języka poznajemy ciekawe miejsca i zwyczaje panujące w tym kraju. Wenezuela to samo naj! Najwyższy wodospad na świecie, największa łąka, najlepsza kawa, największy wąż, najsmaczniejsze lody? Tego wszystkiego dowiecie się z tekstów zamieszczonych w ebooku, a najważniejsze, że będziecie przy tym uczyć się języka hiszpańskiego. Przyjemne z pożytecznym.Teksty opracowane są na podstawie prawdziwych przygód autorów “Tor...

“México y Guatemala” to coś więcej niż tylko ćwiczenia. Oprócz nauki języka poznajemy ciekawe miejsca i zwyczaje panujące w tym kraju. Co czeka na turystów w Tikal, kto to jest Maximón, co to jest Pacaya i czym jeździ się na Holbox? Tego wszystkiego dowiecie się z tekstów zamieszonych w ebooku, a najważniejsze, że będziecie przy tym uczyć się języka hiszpańskiego. Przyjemne z pożytecznym.Teksty opracowane są na podstawie prawdziwych przygód autorów “Toros bravos sueltos, c...

“Bolivia” to coś więcej niż tylko ćwiczenia. Oprócz nauki języka poznajemy ciekawe miejsca i zwyczaje panujące w tym kraju. Jak wejść na najwyższe wulkany w Andach i zajrzeć w gardziel diabła, co piją Boliwijczycy do obiadu i jak smakuje lama, czy skąd się wzięło srebro w Cerro Rico? Tego wszystkiego dowiecie się z tekstów zamieszonych w ebooku, a najważniejsze, że będziecie przy tym uczyć się języka hiszpańskiego. Przyjemne z pożytecznym.Teksty opracowane są na podstawie...

Пьеса посвящена переломному моменту истории России – революции и Гражданской войне, раз и навсегда изменившим жизнь русской интеллигенции. Это произведение в гораздо большей степени было реалистическим, чем то допускали его критики, представлявшие действительность, в отличие от Булгакова, в виде заданных идеологических схем.

Chile to coś więcej niż tylko ćwiczenia. Oprócz nauki języka poznajemy ciekawe miejsca i zwyczaje panujące w tym kraju. Pustynia Atacama, gejzery el Tatio, Torres del Paine, cieśnina Magellana i wulkan Lascar. Te wszystkie miejsca opisane są e-booku, a czytając o nich będziecie się uczyć języka hiszpańskiego. Przyjemne z pożytecznym.Teksty opracowane są na podstawie prawdziwych przygód autorów “Toros bravos sueltos, czyli podróże pewnego małżeństwa”. Polecamy również ten d...