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1. 1. Storm of Steel wer. angielska, Ernst Junger

   'As though walking through a deep dream, I saw steel helmets approaching through the craters. They seemed to sprout from the fire-harrowed soil like some iron harvest ...'Storm of Steel is one of the greatest works to emerge from the catastrophe of the First World War. A memoir of astonishing power, savagery and ashen lyricism, it illuminates like no other book the horrors but also the fascination of total war, presenting the conflict through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. As an acco...

2. 2. 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...

3. 3. Greatest Hits wer. angielska, Harlan Ellison

   A collection of award-winning short stories, including the viral “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner.   As one of the great writers of speculative fiction of the twentieth century, Harlan Ellison shaped the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. This inventive and provocative collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect tr...

4. 4. No Longer Human wer. angielska, Osamu Dazai

   Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting...

5. 5. Nobody Can Give You Freedom wer. angielska, Andrews Kehinde

   Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood. So much of what we know about his life and politics is from books, films and documentaries that are all guilty of peddling the Malcolm myth for their own nefarious interests. Forever known as the violent Yang to Martin Luther King`s Yin, in the years since his death he has been co-opted into the American project, punished by his enemies for his radicalism, and marginalised by decades of governmen...

6. 6. The Last Devil To Die. The Thursday Murder Club 4 wer. angielska, Richard Osman

   Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die?

7. 7. David Attenborough. Volume 34, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

   In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of David Attenborough, the inspiring broadcaster and conservationist. Little David grew up in Leicester on the campus of a university, where his father was a professor. As a child, he spent hours in the science library, collating his own specimens and creating a mini animal museum. When he was old enough to go to university, he studied science and zoology &ndas...

8. 8. Co robi Pucio? Wydanie polsko-ukraińskie, Marta Galewska-Kustra

   Książeczki o przygodach Pucia idealnie sprawdzają się w roli pierwszych lektur dla malucha. Jeśli Twoje dziecko jeszcze ich nie zna, warto to nadrobić. "Co robi Pucio? Wydanie polsko-ukraińskie" Marty Galewskiej-Kustry to idealna pozycja dla miłośników takich książek i kolejnych przygód Pucia. Autorka w swojej twórczości postanowiła wyjść naprzeciw oczekiwaniom młodych Ukraińców. W związku z tym powstała publikacja "Co robi Pucio? Wydanie polsko-ukraińskie" Marty Galewskiej-Kustry ukaz...

9. 9. A room with a view / Pokój z widokiem (z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim Poziom B1), E. M. Forster

   Nie od dziś wiadomo, że człowiek najlepiej przyswaja nowy język obcy kiedy służy temu konkretny cel. Może to być zagraniczny wyjazd, partner z innego kraju, praca wymagająca znajomości języka, albo... kiedy nauka sprawia nam przyjemność. Trudno to osiągnąć ucząc się z typowych podręczników, których treści oparte są o nudne, nieciekawe materiały. A co gdyby ten materiał był emocjonującą historią kryminalną, świetnym SF czy klasycznym romansem? Mało tego. Gdyby ich treść zawierała prawdziwe ...

10. 10. The Time Machine / Wehikuł czasu. Czytamy w oryginale, Herbert George Wells

    Adaptacja w wersji angielsko-polskiej Seria wydawnicza ?czytamy w oryginale? zawiera adaptacje największych dzieł literatury światowej w wersji dwujęzycznej, przeznaczonej dla uczących się języka angielskiego. Śledząc losy bohaterów, możemy na bieżąco porównywać tekst angielski i polski. Adaptacja została przygotowana z myślą o czytelnikach na poziomie średnio zaawansowanym, jednak dzięki obecności polskiego tłumaczenia z książki korzystać mogą również początkujący w nauce języka angielski...

11. 11. More Very First Bible Stories

    Introduce your child to more of your favourite Bible stories with this beautifully illustrated Christian toddler book. Enjoy 14 more bite-sized Bible stories, from The Ten Commandments to The Good Samaritan, in this second colourful collection for parents to share with kids starting their faith journey. Share Christianity`s classic tales from the Bible with your little ones in a meaningful, easy-to-follow narrative that is ideal for kids 3-5.Sturdy pages and a padded cover are designed for sm...

12. 12. All Rhodes Lead Here w.ukraińska, Mariana Zapata

    Having lost everything she thought would last forever, Aurora returns, heartbroken, to a small town nestled in the Colorado mountainsthe only place she ever felt at home. Here, amidst the pine trees and the silence, she wants to start afresh: to piece herself back together, to get back to her creative work, and to learn to breathe again. But along with the cosy room above the garage, two people enter her life: the taciturn, impenetrable and incredibly stubborn Tobias Rhodes the owner of the h...

13. 13. The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann

    It is summertime in the Swiss Alps. Hans Castorp, an `ordinary young man`, has arrived at an exclusive sanitorium for a brief visit to his convalescent cousin. Once there, time will lose its familiar contours, as Hans himself falls ill and loses himself in a landscape of dreams, beauty and eternal snow.The Magic Mountain is Thomas Mann`s masterwork: a Bildungsroman that is also an allegory of Europe before the devastations of the First World War and a profound meditation on time, art, sicknes...

14. 14. Auschwitz Report, Primo Levi

    While in a Russian-administered holding camp in Katowice, Poland, in 1945, Primo Levi was asked to provide a report on living conditions in Auschwitz. Published the following year, it was subsequently forgotten and remained unknown to a wider public. Dating from the weeks and months immediately after the war, Auschwitz Report details the authors' harrowing deportation to Auschwitz, and how those who disembarked from the train were selected for work or extermination. As well as being a searing...

15. 15. Camp Jupiter Classified, Rick Riordan

    An official companion guide to the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series, set in the incredible world of Percy Jackson!It's the February after Gaea's defeat. Camp Jupiter, like everyone else, should be celebrating. But something is causing chaos.Mysterious, sinister incidents are wreaking havoc throughout the camp. Suspicion quickly falls on Claudia, the Fourth Cohort's newest probatio. After all, the mischief started shortly after she stumbled into camp.To find out the truth, delve into the p...

16. 16. I Who Have Never Known Men wer. angielska, Jacqueline Harpman

    Discover the TikTok sensation from the publisher of The Handmaid`s Tale.Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an...

17. 17. Blood in the Garden. Brutalna historia New York Knicks z lat 90., Chris Herring

    Awantury na parkiecie i poza nim, boiskowe kłótnie i pozaboiskowe wyskoki – New York Knicks łamali wszelkie reguły. Oto zakulisowa opowieść o tym zespole. Rywale nie lubili grać przeciwko nim. NBA wprowadzała nowe zasady, żeby „banda z Nowego Jorku” nie zamieniała koszykówki w krwawą jatkę. Mimo to Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley czy Anthony Mason pod dowództwem Pata Rileya stworzyli drużynę, która toczyła zaciekłe boje z Chicago Bulls Michaela Jordana i za...

18. 18. Find Spot in the Garden, Eric Hill

    In this brand new lift-the-flap adventure, Spot and his friends are helping out in the garden. They dig and plant seeds, but then Spot disappears! Where could he have gone? Toddlers will love searching for Spot and discovering plants and animals in the garden along the way. This new story is full of the unexpected surprises and gentle humour that makes the original Where's Spot? a children's classic. With interactive flaps to train fine motor skills and an adventure that sparks cur...

19. 19. The Star Wars Archives. Episodes I-VI wer. angielska

    May the Force Be with YouGeorge Lucas`s vision of a galaxy far, far awayWhen Star Wars was released in 1977, everybody who saw and reviewed it considered the movie an exciting, innovative piece of pop culture, a fast-moving, special-effects laden fairy tale in space. The film, and the episodes that followed, created a worldwide phenomenon, a massive success for creator George Lucas`s production company Lucasfilm, his special effects company Industrial Light and Magic, and for the studio Twent...

20. 20. Before the Coffee Gets Cold wer. angielska, Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" to anglojęzyczna wersja bestsellerowej powieści pióra Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Jest próbą odpowiedzi na odwieczne pytanie, co by było, gdyby...?Wąska, mała uliczka gdzieś w Tokio. To tutaj mieści się kawiarnia Funiculi Funicula. Można napić się tu pysznej kawy. Można też... odbyć podróż w czasie. Trzeba w tym celu przestrzegać długiej listy zasad. Lecz najważniejsza zasada jest prosta. Musisz wrócić, zanim twoja kawa wystygnie...Na kartach tej wzruszającej, mądrej po...