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 »
Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the ...więcej »
In the hope of saving her brother's life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt? How powerful in the state should religion become? Although Me...więcej »
These lively, varied and thought-provoking science-fiction stories (from the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells) are linked by their imposing central character, the pugnaciously adventurous and out...więcej »
With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately fall on ...więcej »
Translated from the Polish by Danusia Stok, this is the 4th mystery featuring Eberhard Mock, set during WWII. Mock tracks a killer with a murderous taste for human flesh.więcej »
The present work recognized thet foreign language writing instruction naturally draws on both native language and second language composition studies; yet, being distinctly different from both thos...więcej »
Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) is famed for his magical stories, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, here illustrated throughout the inner pages by Sir John Tenniel's much ...więcej »
Monografia poświęcona problematyce "twórczości na wygnaniu". Losy emigracyjnych pisarzy kubańskich - Sarduya, Caseya i Avenasa - przedstawione zostały na szerokim tle uwarunkowań k...więcej »
The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The ...więcej »
Participation is the term often present both in publications concerning social work and manuals on social research mythodology. Quantity does not reflect the clarity of theoretical conceptualizatio...więcej »
Łódź, the third largest Polish city, was chosen as an example, as it is one of the few largest cities which experienced the political transition in Poland very painfully. It is also a city o...więcej »
In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with help of a selfless Swallow, helps p...więcej »
The powerful presence behind this book is, of course, Jane Urquhart herself, and it is to her that the book is dedicated with our thanks compliments. We all appreciated her being with us, her patie...więcej »
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children.But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he...więcej »
Volume 4Piotr Stalmaszczyk & Maxim FominDimensions and Categories of Celticity: Studies in LanguageProceedings of the Fourth International Collogium of Societas Celto-Slavica ...więcej »
Set in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England...więcej »
Poland and Ukraine have a countries-long history of neighbourly relations. There have been various periods in the long coexistence of the two nations, sometimes good and sometimes painful - besides...więcej »
The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a ca...więcej »
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent...więcej »