Dwa pokolenia. Pięć kobiet. Jedna noc, która może odmienić ich życie. Magdalena nienawidzi świąt i ucieka w pracę przed bolesnymi wspomnieniami. Teresa marzy, by na chwilę przestać się mart...
Filled with dreams of pursuing a career as a poet, the young Alexander Aduev moves from the country to St Petersburg, where he takes up lodgings next to his uncle Pyotr, a shrewd and world-weary bu...
Best known for his portraits of celebrities, musicians, and artists, photographer Mark Seliger has lived adjacent to Christopher Street for nearly 20 years.His initial curiosity was to ...
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Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby,...
You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business'As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest memb...
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit ...
Kaja i Liliana od dłuższego czasu tworzą relację, której głównym spoiwem jest pożądanie. Wyjazd do kurortu miał je odprężyć i nadać nowy powiew świeżości w ich związku. Plany jednak k...
Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegia...
As the young Zinaida and her sweetheart, the student Nemovetsky, stroll through the idyllic Russian countryside, their memories, dreams and thoughts about life and the future mingle in the evening ...
A story? No. No stories, never again...' The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly...
Total War is an illustrated account of the most pivotal historical episode of the 20th century: the Second World War. It was not one single event, but rather the confluence of many simultaneous con...
Driven to his deathbed by an incurable disease, the thirty-year-old impoverished gentleman Chulkaturin decides to write a diary looking back on his short life. After describing his youthful disillu...
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing th...
Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen short stories included in this collection all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the twenti...
For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.The concept of the magazine is simple: the first ha...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also ...
„Diabelski Maks”, pierwsza część tej dylogii, opowiada historię Mai, pełną bólu i poniżenia, które zafundował jej Maks Woletti. Dziewczyna, gnębiona przez ojca, wpadając w...
Med.683Alison Roberts – To były piękne dni Na konferencji medycznej w Pradze doktor Hamish MacMillan ze Szkocji poznaje pielęgniarkę Hannę Peterson z Nowej Zelandii. Bardzo ...