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1. 1. The Book of Elsewhere wer. angielska, Keanu Reeves

   She said, We needed a tool. So I asked the gods.There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be killed. Who`s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he`s known simply as “B.”And he wants to be able to die.In the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when an all-too-mortal soldier comes back...

2. 2. Zawsze mieszkałyśmy w zamku (barwione brzegi), Shirley Jackson

   "Zawsze mieszkałyśmy w zamku" to hipnotyzująca powieść, która przenosi czytelników w mroczny i tajemniczy świat rodziny Blackwood. Autorka, znana z kultowego dzieła "Nawiedzony Dom na Wzgórzu", ponownie wciąga nas w wir niezwykłych wydarzeń, które rozgrywają się w rodzinnej posiadłości. Fabuła koncentruje się na losach Merricat Blackwood oraz jej siostry Constance, które po tragicznej śmierci pozostałych członków rodziny żyją w odosobnieniu. Ten gotycki horror odkrywa nie tylko mroczne sek...

3. 3. The Short Story of Contemporary Art wer. angielska, Susie Hodge

   The Short Story of Contemporary Art is a must-read introduction to this exciting and important period, from bestselling author and art historian Susie Hodge.This fascinating pocket guide explains the how, why and when of contemporary art - who introduced certain techniques or genres, and why these matter.Simply constructed, the book explores 40 key works - from the iconic sculpture of Barbara Hepworth to the street art of Keith Haring and the performance pieces of Marina Abramović - and links...

4. 4. The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta. 40th Ed. wer. angielska

   Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the years since his death. With his  paintings now breaking auction records  (Egyptian Queen sold for $ 5.4 million in 2019) he`s long overdue for this ultimate monograph.Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. He claimed to only make art when there was ...

5. 5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Penguin Readers Level 4 wer. angielska, Artur Conan Doyle

   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.The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present ...

6. 6. Delta of Venus wer. angielska, Nin Anais

   In Delta of Venus Anaďs Nin conjures up a glittering cascade of sexual encounters. Creating her own 'language of the senses', she explores an area that was previously the domain of male writers and brings to it her own unique perceptions. Her vibrant and impassioned prose evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning.  Her second volume of erotic writings, Little Birds, is also published by Penguin.

7. 7. East of Eden wer. angielska, John Steinbeck

   Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of indentity; the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence.

8. 8. Travels with Charley wer. angielska, John Steinbeck

   Delightful. This is a book to be read slowly for its savor.'   The AtlanticIn 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California.  He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, Steinbeck observed - with remarkable honesty, insight and a h...

9. 9. Night wer. angielska, Wiesel Elie

   Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of a people from a survivor's perspective, Night is among the most personal, intimate and poignant of all accounts of the Holocaus...

10. 10. Cat's Cradle wer. angielska, Kurt Vonnegut

    Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ... Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean,...

11. 11. W zimowe wieczory. Czytamy w oryginale, Charles Dickens

    Zanurz się w magiczny świat klasycznej literatury angielskiej i jednocześnie rozwijaj swoje umiejętności językowe z serią "Czytamy w oryginale". To niezwykła okazja, by odkryć piękno ponadczasowych opowieści w ich pierwotnym brzmieniu, wspierając swoją przygodę z nauką angielskiego. Wyobraź sobie, że czytasz arcydzieła, które od dziesięcioleci inspirują pokolenia, a zarazem bez trudu przyswajasz nowe słownictwo i konstrukcje gramatyczne. Czyż to nie idealne połączenie rozrywki i edukacji, zwł...

12. 12. Search with Spot, Eric Hill

    Help Spot find all his friends and lots of other things too in this super search and find book. Where's Spot? . . . Where's Steve? . . . Where's Helen? Help Spot find all his friends and lots of other things too in this super search and find book. At home, in the park, at a party and all around Spot's world, every page is packed with detail - over 100 fun things to find.

13. 13. Penguin Readers Level 2 How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars. The Snapchat Story, Billy Gallagher

    At twenty-one years old, product design student Evan Speigel developed the social network Snapchat. Just two years later, he shocked the world by turning down a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook. This is the inside story on how Snapchat grew from a dorm room idea into a multi-billion-dollar company.Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully a...

14. 14. Polska wer. włoska, Bogna Parma

    Głównym walorem naszego albumu o Polsce jest duża ilość pięknych, barwnych zdjęć, które pokazują zarówno pejzaże, jak i wszelką architekturę – od wiejskiej chaty po szklane wieżowce wielkomiejskie. Zobaczymy też imprezy folklorystyczne i obrzędy ludowe, zajrzymy do wielu wnętrz. Są tu chyba wszystkie miejsca, które należy odwiedzić w Polsce. Ostatni rozdział przedstawia sylwetki sławnych Polaków.Prawie 300 zdjęć 96 stron format 17 x 16 cm kreda błyszcząca 170g/m2 oprawa twarda foliowana

15. 15. Ukrainian Modernism wer. angielska

    Ukraine's overlooked modernist buildings are under threat from development, decommunization and war. Photographer Dmytro Soloviov has crossed Ukraine documenting them to form the most comprehensive publication available on the subject.What does Ukrainian Modernist architecture look like and why isn't it better-known in the west?Photographer and architectural tour guide Dmytro Soloviov is fighting to preserve the disappearing modernist heritage of his native Ukraine.T...

16. 16. Archenemies, Marissa Meyer

    A story of superheroes, villains, vengeance and forbidden love, Archenemies by Marissa Meyer is the fabulous sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Renegades. Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But they are each other`s worst nightmare. Nova`s double life is about to get a lot more complicated: As Insomnia, she is a fully-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are d...

17. 17. Poirot. The Labours of Hercules, Agatha Christie

    Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake… In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed `Labours`.Eac...

18. 18. The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge

    Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree only grows healthy and bears fruit if you whisper a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes i...

19. 19. The War of the Worlds. Vintage Classics Library, Herbert George Wells

    No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly AND closely by intelligences greater than man's; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised AND studied. Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast AND cool AND unsympathetic regarded this earth with envious eyes, AND slowly AND surely drew their plans against us. Then, late one night, in the middle of the English countryside, they lan...

20. 20. 1984 wer. angielska, George Orwell

    Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent -...