The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a ...więcej »
Cervantes’ tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated gene...więcej »
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the ...więcej »
Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in pr...więcej »
First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of marit...więcej »
Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more stric...więcej »
The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about f...więcej »
Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters ...więcej »
The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book's brevity. Written and published first by Antoine de St-E...więcej »
"Angielsko - polski słownik informatyczny. Słownik podręczny" zawiera ok. 11 000 podstawowych terminów angielskich występujących w związanej z informatyką literaturze tego języka o...więcej »
Słownik zawiera około 14 000 podstawowych terminów angielskich z dziedziny medycyny, a także dziedzin z nią powiązanych: biologia, biochemia, farmacja, wraz z ich odpowiednikami lub objaśnie...więcej »
Polish psychologist, Urszula Tokarska, has done a great service to the emerging field of temporal psychology by creating this unique volume, along with 18 authors from around the world, which illus...więcej »
Głównym celem powstania monografii było wypełnienie luki publikacyjnej na rynku literatury naukowo-technicznej, obejmującej zagadnienia związane z asynchronicznymi metodami radiolokalizacyjn...więcej »
The monograph should therefore play a binary role. First it should present the crystal structures of known chalcogenides. Second book should explain a wide range of preparation methods and basic ch...więcej »
Słownik przeznaczony jest dla studentów chemii, pracowników naukowych specjalizujących się w chromatografii i technikach elektromigracyjnych, a także osób zatrudnionych w labor...więcej »
The author proposes a redefinition of critical flow conditions that become universal for pressurised flows, free-surface flow conditions in any shape of channel cross-sectional areas. In fact, the ...więcej »
This monograph is the result of a scientific investigation conducted by the research team of the International Economics Department of the Cracow University of Economics. Its scope embraces a wide ...więcej »
Obszerny anglojęzyczny katalog indeksów retencji RI i widm mas ponad 1100 substancji, z których dotychczas wiele nie zostało scharakteryzowanych (m.in. flawonoidy). Dla ponad 60% prze...więcej »
The emergence and convergence of new technologies such as biotechnologies, information, educational or renewable energy technologies allow to enhance the efficiency and productivity growth, open up...więcej »