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In 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants kindness, he promised to return and build a school. Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools - especially for girls -...
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A young man and woman meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.
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The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, first encounters another human being and fights off cannibals and mutineers. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in an age of...
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Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. This is the junk equation, the way in which heroin redefines the addicts world. Burroughss cult classic is a raw, semi-autobiographical account of drug addiction, which outraged America and influenced generations of writers to come. He relates with unflinching realism the highs and lows of dependency: euphoria, hallucinations,...
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The highly evocative stories in this treasury of tales have become part of our heritage and culture and are an essential part of every child`s imaginative upbringing. As popular today as they were when they were first published, there stories should find a place on the bookshelf of every home. As well as leading us to strange lands where birds and beasts dwell with dwarves, gigants, princesses and peasants, they will continue to delight, terrify...
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An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming and recriminations that follow, not only does the king`s own sanity crumble, but the stability of the realm itself is also threatened.
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| Autor: |
Oscar Wilde |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
256 |
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978-0-14-062322-2 |
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miękka |
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11 x 18 cm |
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Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.
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Set on a hot London day in June 1923, Mrs Dalloway explores both the raw hold of the past and the brighter potential of the future. The tragedy of the First World War is still a vivid presence, and the constraints of time and the freedoms of the mind, the abuse of power and the force of love, are themes that intertwine as the day unfolds. Clarissa Dalloway is the wife of an MP and assured socialite, yet as she prepares for her party the links...
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| Autor: |
Victor Hugo |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
230 |
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978-0-14-062415-1 |
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miękka |
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11 x 18 cm |
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It follows in particular fortunes of Jean Valjean who out of extreme poverty steals a loaf of bread and then apoends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years his rises socially and is a respectable member of society, but he is not allowed to forget his past the sadistic policeman Javert whi is determined to expose him.
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| Autor: |
Beatrix Potter |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
70 |
| Data wydania: |
2004 |
| ISBN: |
0-7232-4986-5 |
| Oprawa: |
twarda |
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22 x 28,5 cm |
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Now, my dears, said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, you may go into fields or down the lane, but don`t go into Mr. McGregor`s garden.
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| Autor: |
Beatrix Potter |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
10 |
| Data wydania: |
2002 |
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0-7232-4824-9 |
| Oprawa: |
twarda |
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21 x 21 cm |
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Help Peter Rabbit find out which of his friends are hiding behind the flaps. Look out for the surprise ending.
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A novel which crosses homosexual/heterosexual barriers conveying a message about love and lust. It tells the story of Jonathan Glover and Bobby Morrow, highschool friends, comrades and lovers. Bobby`s life is shattered when his revered elder brother dies by walking through a glass door.
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| Autor: |
MARIAN KEYES |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
596 |
| Data wydania: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
0-140-29228-4 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
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11 x 18 cm |
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Desperately single thirtysomething men and women populate Keyes`s breezy novel. Childhood friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan muddle along, dealing with the indignities and inconveniences we all face-and then some. Tara`s perfectly horrible, freeloading boyfriend Thomas watches her diet like a hawk and remarks cruelly on the size of her posterior, comparing her unfavorably to younger, thinner women. Katherine is a professional success, but her...
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| Autor: |
Daniel Defoe |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
250 |
| Data wydania: |
2007 |
| ISBN: |
978-0-14-143982-2 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
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12,5 x 19,5 cm |
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The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, first encounters another human being and fights off cannibals and mutineers. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in an age of...
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| Autor: |
Ian Fleming |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
182 |
| Data wydania: |
2006 |
| ISBN: |
978-0-14-118871-3 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
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12,5 x 19,5 cm |
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Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet somone - her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. What damnable luck! Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. I`m sorry I`m late. We`ve got to get moving at once. You`re wanted at the office. She added under her breath: Crash dive.Sudden emergencies...
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| Autor: |
Truman Capote |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
304 |
| Data wydania: |
2004 |
| ISBN: |
978-0-14-118808-9 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
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13 x 19,5 cm |
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A complete collection of short fiction by one of the masters of twentieth-century American literature.
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| Autor: |
Ian Fleming |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
246 |
| Data wydania: |
2007 |
| ISBN: |
978-0-14-118756-3 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
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13 x 19,5 cm |
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He stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest weapon on earthAt Ms request, Bond goes up against Sir Hugo Drax at the card table in an exclusive London club to prevent him from cheating. For Drax a self-made multi-millionaire with a shadowy past has put up ten million pounds to develop a super atomic rocket, and his exposure as a cheat would threaten Britains latest defence system. Assisted by Gala Brand,...
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| Autor: |
JACK KEROUAC |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
204 |
| Data wydania: |
2007 |
| ISBN: |
978-0-141-18488-3 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
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12,5 x 19,5 cm |
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Following the explosive energy of On the Road comes The Dharma Bums in which Kerouac charts the spiritual quest of a group of friends in search of Dharma or Truth. Ray Smith and his friend Japhy, along with Morley the yodeller, head off into the high Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude and experience the Zen way of life. But in wildly bohemian San Francisco, with its poetry jam sessions, marathon drinking bouts and experiments in `yabyum`,...
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| Autor: |
Ian Fleming |
| Wydawnictwo: |
Penguin Books |
| Liczba stron: |
264 |
| Data wydania: |
2004 |
| ISBN: |
978-0-14-118752-5 |
| Oprawa: |
miękka |
| Format: |
12,5 x 19,5 cm |
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Returning from Mexico after cracking a squalid heroin ring, Bond is only too happy to stay at a Miami hotel and figure out how Auric Goldfinger is cheating at Canasta. It seems that the Bank of England are interested in him too, and charge 007 to discover what the richest man in England is doing with the vast quantities of gold he has acquired and what his connection is with SMERSH, the Soviet spy-killing organization.Up against Goldfinger and...
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Wydawnictwo Hachette Polska przedstawia niezwykle poruszającą opowieść o dziewczynce imieniem Dawn. Sprawiała ona wrażenie grzecznej i nieśmiałej, w rzeczywistości była wewnętrznie poraniona.
Wiedza przeciętnego człowieka na temat Australii z reguły nie jest zbyt duża. Ten odległy kraj i kontynent zarazem, kojarzymy zazwyczaj z operą w Sydney, pociesznymi misiami koala i wszechobecnymi, skaczącymi kangurami.
Od 10 lutego 2011 r pod adresem internetowym www.krytyka-architektury.info można pobrać drugi numer cyfrowego magazynu architektonicznego pt. "Krytyka Architektury". Kwartalnik dostępny jest również w wersji wydruku na życzenie na specjalne zamówienie czytelników.
