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Młoda Nowa Kobieta/Nowy Człowiek, urodzona w roku 1910, wraca z krótkiego, ale owocnego pobytu w Bauhausie w Dessau (wśród studentek Bauhausu w Dessau nie było Polki, ale mogła być) z postanowieniem zrealizowania nowoczesnego filmu o Nowej Kobiecie (taki film nigdy nie powstał, ale mógł powstać). Światowy kryzys ekonomiczny, narastający faszyzm, wojna domowa w Hiszpanii i wybuch drugiej wojny światowej nie ułatwiają jej pracy.„To prawdziwe kompendium jest, summa, hipnotyczny ...

Drugi tomik poezji Magdaleny Mulawy – poetki urodzonej w Zamościu, mieszkającej w Krakowie z ukochanym mężem i kotem Indianą. Wychowana w miłości do książek i do Roztocza. Skończyła filologię romańską. Wyznaje samoświadomość i pracę nad sobą. Miłośniczka piłki nożnej i kawy.„Dzienniki psychiczne” to różne stany uczuć i emocji oraz świadomego ich umysłu wyrażone bogatym słownictwem i zabawą słowem, okraszone humorem.Kamienie szlachetneLimity wyczerpane na róż i czerwień jak ła...

When Kerry arrives to start a new job as the caretaker of a remote motel in the Catskills, she’s excited for a fresh start.But she quickly realises that something is very wrong.Her room is full of the previous caretaker’s belongings – and it looks like she was trying to leave in a hurry.And then, Kerry sees it – the trails of blood. The hand reaching out from the snow…Confused and scared, in the midst of a snowstorm, Kerry goes out to seek help. When the police arrive, though...

Poruszające świadectwo walki o uzdrowienie wbrew wszelkim przeciwnościom!„Daję mu dziesięć godzin życia" - stwierdził lekarz po zdiagnozowaniu u dwudziestodwuletniego Briana Willsa jednego z najbardziej śmiercionośnych i najszybciej rozwijających się nowotworów, zwanego chłoniakiem Burkitta. To wydaje się nie­wiarygodne, ale ten guz o wielkości piłki golfowej po zaledwie trzech dniach miał już średnicę 25 centymetrów... I tak rozpo­częła się walka Briana o życie - zarówno fiz...

Maluje usta czerwoną szminką, przegląda się w lustrze i informuje swoich współlokatorów, żeby na nią nie czekali. Wybiera się na randkę, z której nigdy nie wraca. Amber Slater po prostu znika.Ostatnią osobą, która widziała Amber, jest jej współlokator. Pamięta, co miała na sobie tamtej nocy. Widział, jak wychodziła. Słyszał każde słowo rozmowy telefonicznej, którą odbyła z przyjaciółką. Niektórzy twierdzą, że on i Amber byli bardzo blisko. Zbyt blisko. I że jego żona właśnie ...

"Brilliant and meticulously researched… I loved it." Santa MontefioreSister. Rival. Protector. Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. Although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at the Egyptian relic parties which have made her father the toast of Victorian society.But at one such party, the words Clemmie interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. The beautiful and dangerous glyphs she...

Jim Woodford, doskonały pilot i odnoszący sukcesy biznesmen, miał wszystko – kochającą rodzinę, znaczne bogactwo i powodzenie. Ale to nie wystarczało, aby zaspokoić pustkę, którą odczuwał w sercu. Zawsze odczuwał głód czegoś więcej. A potem umarł…Nigdy nie był człowiekiem religijnym. Jeśli chodzi o sprawy Boga i wiary, był mocno ambiwalentny. Ale kiedy przez ponad 11 godzin leżał w łóżku szpitalnym w stanie śmierci klinicznej, jego świadomość została przeniesiona do cudów Nie...

Kasia     Na pierwszy rzut oka spełniona narzeczona u boku Michała. Planują wspólną przyszłość, ale odmienność ich charakterów daje się we znaki. Kasia czuje, że czegoś jej brakuje, a jednocześnie ma wrażenie, że Michał coś przed nią ukrywa. Nie zdaje sobie jeszcze sprawy z przyczyny tych niepokojów, ale życie zaczyna prowadzić ją przez pasmo nieszczęść. Pewnego dnia w jej życiu pojawia się mężczyzna, którego myślała, że już nigdy nie zobaczy. Filip     Z pozoru ma wszystko, ...

John Milbank to jeden z najważniejszych współczesnych teologów, który z wielkim rozmachem i godną podziwu konsekwencją tworzy własną wizję teologiczną. Wizja ta po to, aby ukazać fundamentalne znaczenie i funkcję teologii dla współczesnej refleksji, programowo wykracza poza własne granice: podejmuje wysiłek genealogicznych badań nad kluczowymi przekonaniami człowieka nowoczesnego, odnajdując jej źródła w rozstrzygnięciach o charakterze teologicznym. Realizacja tego zamierzeni...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition of The Jungle Book. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mow...

Every organisation is plagued by destructive friction. Lengthy and convoluted emails, inefficient processes, and antiquated procedures can all be obstacles to excellence at work.Yet some forms of friction are incredibly useful. Often teams need to slow down, struggle and develop some bad ideas to find that rare good one. And leaders who attempt to improve workplace efficiency often make things even worse.Drawing from seven years of hands-on research, The Friction Project by b...

Rafe is finally getting a taste of the cool life – but his problems are red-hot. Rafe is finally getting a taste of the cool life – but his problems are red-hot. Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village's trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of middle school food chain – Rafe is finally going to be popular! He just has two...

What if moments of great difficulty are, in fact, opportunities for growth and self-discovery? What if they can serve as stepping stones to greater things in life?Modern life doesn't always go our way. Loss, rejection, uncertainty and loneliness are unavoidable parts of the human experience -- but there is solace to be found. In When Things Don't Go Your Way, Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim provides simple but powerful wisdom for navigating life's challenges. Through his tr...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'When you want to sort medical fact from medical fiction, Dr Karan is your man. This is the only book that will have you laughing and learning in equal measure' Dr Julie Smith, bestselling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before'Wonderfully comforting' Chris van Tulleken, bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People'In a world of charlatans and social media snake-oil salesmen, [Dr Karan] provides a voice of reason...his health hacks may save...

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age?‘Wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt’ WILLIAM BOYD‘A tender love story’ DAILY TELEGRAPH*LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025*Lily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets eyes on him. It takes Sam a day or two longer. Curious, because Lily has never quite believed in love, while Sam thought he understood it inside out.Lily, a documentary maker, and Sam, a playwright, are both in relationships that...

A cold case is about to turn hotter than the sun.Texas Ranger Rory Yates has proven his strength on the field time and again. Now he faces the toughest case of his career.He’s on the trail of two missing women. Both are Native American. Does anything else link them?As he digs deeper, he discovers that a Native American woman has gone missing every summer solstice for the past few years. The captor leaves no trace, except for a very strange calling card.The Texas Ranger must d...

In this collection of new recipes, Nancy Singleton Hachisu, the most authoritative voice in Japanese home cooking today, showcases Japanese vegetarian dishes, bringing the exquisite flavors of the nation’s elegant cuisine to those who follow a plant-based diet or want to lower the amount of fish and meat they eat.

Since 1989, the year the World Wide Web was born, the art world has grappled with the rise of networked culture. This unprecedented survey of the artists and innovators in this area from 1989 to today is interwoven with the personal narrative of one of the leading voices on the digital world. In this book, Omar Kholeif, whose prolific career parallels the growth of the internet, tells the story of this mass medium and how it has fostered new possibilities for artists, both an...

'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?'Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make mor...

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Zoo, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present...

Jane Smith is running out of time . . .Her repeat client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than a second family is gunned down.He says he's being set up – again. Despite the odds, Jane believes him.Now she must mount the most complex investigation of her career. But she’s facing her own battle too. A terminal medical condition.The defence may never rest. _______________________________________...

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all?1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles.She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed.As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relati...

Discover a deliciously dark and piercing story of food and secrets, a Stylist Best Debut Novel.‘A sharp, dark, must-read story about appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame’ Daily Mail‘If I owned a bookstore, I’d hand-sell Piglet to everyone’ New York Times Book Review‘A dark, weird, satisfying tale about greed and desire’ i News-------------------Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?For Piglet – an unshakable childhood nickname – getting married is her opportunity to rein...

How did the world's most remarkable people get that way?This is a book about how the highest-performing people changed their lives - and how you can change yours.Drawing on interviews with record-setting athletes, Olympic coaches and billionaire founders, Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes introduce the five simple steps that take you from where you are to where you want to be. And they introduce the cutting-edge research that explains why these surprisingly simple too...