Jim was a tall boy, taller than Bart and probably a year older, and would have looked nice if not for his conceited expression. His hair was black as ink, he had very dark eyes, and his skin was da...więcej »
A few minutes passed, and Martin, lazily tapping his pencil on paper, seemed to have little interest in sounds. Then suddenly his attitude changed, his back straightened, and a look of passionate i...więcej »
The stories, united under the name „Through Russia”, were originally printed by M. Gorky in various periodicals and collections. In the series of short stories „In Russia”. ...więcej »
The cold drizzle made Plymouth unhappy, and it was with a sigh of relief that Bruce Carey exchanged the greasy, dirty platform of North Road Station for the warm, well-lit comfort of a first-class ...więcej »
The boy knew all too well that his father was fighting to preserve the farm. The land was poor and they had three bad seasons. Unable to even pay for the labor, the farmer Holt and his seventeen-ye...więcej »
Keith Marlowe, who had just been trained at the Mounted Police Barracks, Regina, is heading to the country of Kuchin and the Rockies to gather white drug dealers. Keith has a long, painful journey,...więcej »
The TEA at the Wasperton School was nothing more than thick slices of bread and margarine and an ominous black mixture served in huge metal teapots. The food was so bad that the boys could hardly e...więcej »
Claire słyszała od rodziców, że pochodzi z solidnego rodu. Ze strony ojca – bliskiego współpracownika Charlesa Masona – szaleni bajarze, cwaniaczki i pijacy. Matka z kolei...więcej »
Czy jesteśmy odpowiedzialni za wszystko, co nas spotyka?
Dlaczego tak bardzo chcemy uniknąć tego, co nieuniknione?
Czy naprawdę powinniśmy się nieustannie rozwijać i dążyć do wyk...więcej »
W chłodne popołudnie lutego 2019 roku do ambasady Korei Północnej w Madrycie wtargnęli zamaskowani napastnicy, by porwać jednego z urzędników. Grupą dowodził Adrian Hong, znany aktywi...więcej »
Na początku grudnia 2019 roku władze Chin wydają komunikat, że nieznany dotąd wirus, który szybko rozprzestrzenia się w okolicach Wuhanu, nie przenosi się z człowieka na człowieka, a chorobę...więcej »
Jak oddać paraliżujący strach towarzyszący niechcianej ciąży i potajemnej aborcji? Jak opisać nastoletni seks, który bywa źródłem wolności, ale i upokorzenia? I jak sportretować rozko...więcej »
The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where the...więcej »
Wielkością przypomina zaciśniętą pięść – i ma podobną do niej moc. Macica była pierwszym domem każdego człowieka. Leah Hazard, położna i autorka książek, szuka informacji o macic...więcej »
Dead Souls is a unique novel that has become a unique standard of ironic prose for Russian literature. The story of the ingenious businessman Chichikov, buying up the „dead souls” of se...więcej »
The book describes the events that took place in the first half of the 17th century, when the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks defended their rights. Taras Bulba is a grown man, a Cossack colonel meets his so...więcej »
Nie byli ani chłopami pańszczyźnianymi, ani panami – przez wieki żyli i pracowali na swoim, mimo zmieniającej się władzy. To właśnie drobna szlachta zamieszkująca pogranicze Mazowsza i Podlas...więcej »
There has never been a city that would be so inimitable. Most trains, too, completely ignore its existence and pass through it on the way to more useful stops. The story was supposed to strengthen ...więcej »
„I had turned the corner at Thirty-fifth Street and was halfway down the block in my search for a number I had just taken from the telephone book when my attention was suddenly diverted by th...więcej »
Intoxicated by success, the crowd walked along the street, screaming and screaming, while broken glasses and women’s cries marked her progress. In a few minutes they will be ahead. Suddenly a...więcej »