The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic tales, and from satirical epistolary tales to imaginative historical fiction. This volume includes all Pushkin's prose in brilliant new translations, including his masterpieces 'The Queen of...

'Before Cliff Richard and the Shadows, there was nothing worth listening to in British music.' - John Lennon. Cliff Richard tells his story, in his own words, in his highly anticipated new autobiography. Achieving a hit in every decade since the 1950s, Cliff Richard stands alone in pop history. Coming of age in 1950s London, he began his music career at Soho's legendary 2i's Cafe, and now...

Bibliografia dotyczy prac w zakresie akwizycji języka pierwszego. Obejmuje głównie piśmiennictwo w języku angielskim i jest pierwszą tego typu bibliografią w Polsce. Skierowana jest do osób interesujących się szeroko pojętą psycholingwistyką, w szczególności zaś akwizycją języka pierwszego.

Edycja dwujezyczna polsko-angielska / Polish-English bilingual edition "Skrzydła Romantyzmu" to swoisty pamiętnik erudyty. Posłużenie się esejem zwolniło autora od przedstawiania treści w sposób encyklopedyczny. Dzięki temu natomiast mógł sobie pozwolić na efektowne lawirowanie, posługując się plastycznym językiem i często sięgając po anegdoty. Wszyscy, którzy wolą zamiast faktów przyjrzeć...

Das Rätselbuch für Krimi-Fans. Spannende Fälle, knifflige Logikrätsel und ein verborgener Cold Case An kalten, verregneten Tagen zeigt sich Seattle von seiner dunkelsten Seite. 5 Leichen wurden gefunden, 5 Teams ermitteln. Wem gehört der Schädel aus den Untergrund-Tunneln am Pioneer Square? Starb der Barista bei der Verkostung seiner...

The Wall Street Journal's award-winning business reporter unveils the bizarre and sinister story of how a math genius named Tom Hayes, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system ignited one of the greatest financial scandals in history. The paperback edition includes a new chapter discussing further fallout from the scandal. In 2006, an oddball...

Je me suis redressée brusquement et une goutte de sueur s'est échappée derriere mon oreille. Elle a suivi un moment la ligne de ma mâchoire, a glissé le long de mon cou pour trouver son chemin entre mes seins. Aujourd'hui encore, je la sens, cette trace premiere qui m'a marquée jusqu'au creux de mon ventre. Je regardais en silence ce garçon qui se tenait devant moi et tout ce que je sentais,...

Za prawdziwość informacji autor gwarantuje - z racji emocji i nagromadzonych anegdot prosi o wyrozumiałość.Można na Polskę patrzeć perspektywy spraw wielkich, można też dostrzegać w niej swoisty wdzięk - wielki Polak, Fryderyk Chopin stworzył dramatyczne koncerty i Etiudę rewolucyjną, ale też skomponował pełne lekkości mazurki.Polska - państwo 40 milionów mieszkańców - nie jest ani...

‘The best novel I’ve encountered this year, brilliant and funny and profound, producing some of the most complex, fascinating characters I’ve ever known. As far as I’m concerned, the novel is an instant classic’ Jaroslav Kalfar, author of Spaceman of Bohemia ‘This is art of the highest order, a masterpiece of restraint, insight and style’ Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves 9th...

The women who shaped and were erased from our history. The Forgotten Women series will uncover the lost histories of the influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures.

2017 marked three important anniversaries for the Palestinian people: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration; 50 years since the Six-day War; and ten years since the Blockade of Gaza. As an act of penance, solidarity and hope, actor and musician Justin Butcher - along with ten other companions for the full route, plus another hundred joining him for various stretches along the way - walked...

American art museums flourished in the late twentieth century, and the impresario leading much of this growth was J. Carter Brown, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from 1969 to 1992. Along with S. Dillon Ripley, who served as Smithsonian secretary for much of this time, Brown reinvented the museum experience in ways that had important consequences for the cultural...

A brilliant, revelatory account of the Cold War origins of the data-mad, algorithmic twenty-first century, from the acclaimed and internationally bestselling author. 'Back in the 1960s, long before the denizens of Silicon Valley were infiltrating every facet of our lives, the smart men and women of The Simulmatics Corporation were creating algorithms to predict and even influence human...

The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive. Now, Alexander Norman, acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of the history of Tibet, delivers the definitive biography—unique, multi-layered, and at times even shocking. The Dalai Lama illuminates an astonishing odyssey from isolated...

1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary - around ten million French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered on the brink of collapse. Others were more easily contained, but had profound longer-term implications - terrorist groups, feminist collectives, gay rights activists could all trace important...

"Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers has become one of the most influential history books of our century: a remarkable rethinking of the origins of the First World War, which has had a huge impact on how we see both the past and the present. For the many readers who found the narrative voice, craftsmanship and originality of Clark's writing so compelling, Prisoners of Time will be a book...

International #1 Amazon Bestseller in SEVEN Categories in the US and CA, including Weather, Commercial Aviation, Piloting ' Flight Instruction in the US. Pacific Northwest, Commercial Aviation, Pacific Northwest United States History, and Pacific West Travel in CA. The heart-stopping adventure novel of an Alaskan bush pilot, Five Hundred Feet Above Alaska is the story of Peter...

Think of this atlas as the beginning of a journey and a kind of island guidebook, a rough guide to far-flung places, a Baedeker of make-believe, and a new page waiting to be filled. The cycle of Crusoes continues Huw Lewis-Jones Islomania is a recognized affliction. But what is it about islands that is so alluring, and why do so many people find these self-contained worlds...

According to Yeats the fear gorta walks the earth during times of famine, seeking alms from passers-by. In this version the fear gorta can be a potential source of good luck for generous individuals. If you are a stranger, you will not readily get ghost and fairy legends, even in a western village. You must go adroitly to work, and make friends with the children and the old...

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