As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. T...
Fini's satirical attack, Americo, is a humorous take on the notion that wealth and power are earned by individuals on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement, rather than bestowed by the se...
Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slo...
Trzech genialnych amerykańskich pisarzy i trzy wielkie powieści:James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans. Ostatni MohikaninJack London White Fang. Biały KiełMark Twain The A...
Korespondencja Jana Dantyszka (łac. Ioannes Dantiscus, 1485-1548), urodzonego w Gdańsku, pochodzącego zaś z osiadłej od kilku pokoleń w Prusach dolnoniemieckiej rodziny von Höfen, sekretarza k...
Korespondencja Jana Dantyszka (łac. Ioannes Dantiscus, 1485-1548), urodzonego w Gdańsku, pochodzącego zaś z osiadłej od kilku pokoleń w Prusach dolnoniemieckiej rodziny von Höfen, sekretarza k...
Korespondencja Jana Dantyszka (łac. Ioannes Dantiscus, 1485-1548), urodzonego w Gdańsku, pochodzącego zaś z osiadłej od kilku pokoleń w Prusach dolnoniemieckiej rodziny von Höfen, sekretarza k...
Fitness guru Anthony Mikalauskas writes an excellent piece on Amino Acids, and turns the complex science into something anyone interested in fitness can follow. Detailing his extensive knowledge...
May the words and verses in these 50 days of devotionals help you embrace your role as the heart behind the heart behind the badge and bring your comfort and encouragement in this crazy blue lif...
Numerical simulation of ammonia converter to optimize conversion percentage is presented. The aim of this simulation is to maximize the ammonia reaction conversion depending on pressure, temperatur...
Ammunition, Demystified is Hatcher's Notebook for the twenty-first century. It's a "soft" technical document intended for small caliber ammunition design and production engineers, as well as ...
Nigeria's Niger Delta has become increasingly famous because of its rich massive oil deposits and escalating violence in the region. The emergence of deadly militant groups and activities in protes...
What Edmund Burke identifies as the sublime in human experience, the arts, and science has been
“overthrown” by a new cult-like religion of Scientism. As a secular religion, th...
A first-person account of wild bear behavior that is both a thrilling animal story and a groundbreaking work of science.
In the spring of 1993, Ben Kilham, a naturalist who lives in the woodlands ...
This volume is an excellent description of the more important forces that have made Denmark one of the most highly civilized and enlightened nations of the world--a nation in which the problems of ...
Not everything is what it seems.The sleepy Appalachian village of Drovers Gap hides a dark secret beneath its placid facades - an insatiable evil that hungers to devour the tow...
The year is AD 877, and King Alfred has succeeded in driving the marauding Danes from his kingdom - for the time being. Edwin and his sister Edith are just beginning to enjoy their liberty when,...
He's a disgraced actor. She's the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Both are hiding in the Scottish Highlands, but despite their antagonistic attraction, they can't seem to hide from each o...
When three-year-old Joshua Gortler and his family were forced from their hometown in Poland during World War II, they scrambled for safety across border after border, finding refuge at last in E...