In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves finding oppression and government corruption, risking imprisonment and even death. A young architecture student, a bereaved daughter, and a peasant...

Weegee documented better than any other photographer the crime, grit, and desperation of mid-century New York City. In Flash, we get a portrait not simply of the man (both deeply talented and flawed, whose masterful eye for capturing violence and sex intimated his own predilections) but also of the fascinating time and place that he occupied. From self-taught immigrant kid to celebrity...

Impresjonistyczna świadomość artystyczna w rosyjskiej i zachodnioeuropejskiej prozie początku XX wieku. Kiazimow, Azja środkowa w twórczości N.S. Tichonowa Lingwokognitywna i lingwokulturoznawcza interpretacja symbolu w tekście artystycznym. Popowa-Bondarienko, Hesse i Dostojewski: komunikacja "lustrzanego odbicia" K. Kropaczewski, Koncepcja sztuki Fiodora...

The importance of quality has been long recognized in the business environment in order to obtain or manufacture higher quality products. In manufacturing environment, quality improves reliability, increases productivity and customer satisfaction. In order to survive in a competitive market, improving quality and productivity of product or process is a must for any company. Quality Control...

While the F­105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam. The Skyhawk entered service in 1956 and remained in continuous production for 26 years. Throughout Operation Rolling Thunder it was the US Navy's principal day­time light strike bomber,...

Sometime in the 1950s, Emiko Davies nonno-in-law began the tradition of ringing in the new year with tortellini al sugo. He served it along with spumante and a round of tombola, and sparked a trend; up until the 1970s, you could find tortellini at midnight on New Years Eve in the bars around the Tuscan town of Fucecchio. This is just one of the over 75 heirloom dishes in this collection, for...

The main purpose of the publication is to present the major achievements and challenges in the process of European integration and show what influence membership in the European Union has on Poland and Poles. The book, addressed to Asian readers, discusses Poland’s position and role in the European Union in a comprehensive manner. The book characterizes the adjustments Poland has gone...

Prace zawarte w niniejszym tomie badają rzeczy pewne i rzeczy niepewne w studiach literackich, to co określone i to co nieokreślone opcji interpretacyjnych, wzorce gatunkowe, związki zachodzące w tekście, jak również złożoność prezentacji. Przyjmując koncepcję struktury za wspólny czynnik określający i/lub punkt wyjścia, eseje badają mechanizmy, które stabilizują lub podważają jej status w...

Album Mazowsza w języku angielskim. 

"The Structure of Desire" by W.F. Lantry, is a wonderful book of poetry for all those who have loved someone. But it is infinitely more than just a book of love poems. The author places his reader at a privileged crossroad of his poetic landscape that reveals the sanctum sanctorum of the multi-faceted magic that results from loving another. In this case Miranda, who he describes as: "A...

Palamedes. A Journal of Ancient History to rocznik poświęcony historii starożytnej. W zamiarach redakcji ma to być forum prezentacji badań zarówno z zakresu historii starożytnego świata klasycznego, jak i innych terenów np. Bliskiego Wschodu

Album podzielony jest na 16 rozdziałów. Każdemu rozdziałowi przypisane jest 1 województwo. Kolorowa mapka i registry pozwalają łatwo znaleźć wybrane województwo. Album zachęca do podróży po Polsce. Jest praktycznym fotograficznym przewodnikiem dla dociekliwego podróżnika, chcącego poznawać nasz kraj, oraz pamiątką dla turysty, przypominającą miłe chwile spędzone w Polsce.

The Home Upgrade looks beyond big budget projects and explores homes where the seemingly impossible has been achieved. Against a backdrop of growing cities and a changing approach to how we live, there are many reasons to refurbish a home. Our buildings must continue to evolve along with us—and that takes a little imagination. Societal shifts continue to impact our homes. People live longer,...

A comprehensive presentation of Ai Weiwei’s recent Public Art Fund exhibition Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, a powerful reflection on the global refugee crisis Internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) transformed over 300 sites across New York City into a compelling, ambitious public art exhibition concerned with the global refugee and migration crises. Good...

The publication of Ambassador of the Middle Kingdom met with widespread interest in China and was described as the best monograph in the world about Michal Boym. It was recognized as containing the most extensive amount of material relating to Boym, and as justly evaluating his great services in spreading knowledge in Europe of the civilization of ancient China. The majority of Jesuit...

Hoinareala printre paginile cartii este o activitate placuta si educativa in familie, dezvoltand memoria si atentia capilului, imbogatindu-i vocabularul si stimulandu-i imaginatia. Copilul "citeste" indicand cu degetelele personajele, comentand asupra imaginilor, descoperind pas cu pas cate un element nou in fiecare povestire. Asemeni unei plimbari prin oras, cu imagini succesive in miscare,...

The history of British Railways in the late 1950s/early 1960s is characterised by change; massive change, as its management attempted to meet statutory obligations against a background of social, economic and political influences. The Modernisation Plan of 1955 paved the way for the electrification of the route from Manchester to London Euston, with a consequential effect of the Midland route...

W czwartym tomie serii Studia Translatorica Czytelnik odnajdzie m.in. teksty: Lwa N.Zybatowa Des Simultandometschers rätselhafte Kompetenzen, Joanny Szczęk Die translatorische Kompetenz in der Praxis – Analyse der Übersetzungen deutscher Sagen ins Polnische, Janusza Stopyry Vom Objekt motivierte Subjektnamen im Polnischen und im Deutschen, Liny Hłuszczenko Poezja Archilocha w tłumaczeniu...

Was fur ein oberbloder Tag! Erst lasst Emma dan Staffelstab beim Wettkampf fallen. Und dann gibt es noch eine Vier in Mathe. Das kann doch echt nicht sein! Im Sprint ist die doch eigentlich die Beste und in Mathe sowieso. 

Join David J. Eicher in this fast-paced and entertaining journey through the history, present, and future of these important yet mysterious cosmic bodies. From ancient times, humans have been fascinated by 'broom stars' and 'blazing scimitars' lighting up the sky and moving against the fixed background of stars. The Great Comets of our time still receive in-depth attention - ISON, Hale-Bopp,...