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The Birds – ebook
Pisfeter manages to convince the birds that their mission is to rule the world. According to his idea, the bird city of Tucekukuyshchyna is being built between heaven and earth; birds give wings to Pisfeter and Evelpid, Pisfeter becomes the ruler of the new city and puts into effect a plan whose goal is to take power from the Olympic gods. Birds intercept the smoke from the sacrifices that the gods...Data dostępności:
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The Inspector General – ebook
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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 there was a rumor that the inspector will visit the city soon. Khlestakov, by chance and human imprudence, is mistaken for an auditor who decided to remain incognito. From that moment, all city officials are...Data dostępności:
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The Knights – ebook
Knighs are not just equestrians: the whole estate was called in Athens – those who had enough money to keep a war horse. These were wealthy people, had small estates outside the city, lived on their income, and wanted Athens to be a peaceful, closed agricultural state. The poet Aristophanes wanted peace; therefore, he made the riders the chorus of his comedy.Data dostępności:
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The Steppe – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The story of a boy Egor, who goes from his home to a gymnasium located in another city. This trip is the last event before the start of a new life away from mother and familiar places. Nothing unexpected happens on the way, but at the same time, there is a constant change of landscapes and moons of Egor, meetings with new people, both ordinary and of noble origin. The boy is a witness to the life of...Data dostępności:
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Mother – ebook
Maxim Gorky
The novel „Mother”, one of Gorky’s most popular works, was based on the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence, an exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, and the selfless heroism of the main revolutionary hero Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the mother of the hero,...Data dostępności:
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Judgment at Chelmsford – ebook
Charles Williams
„Judgement at Chelmsford” is a pageant play, written for a church setting. The author Charles Williams (1886-1945), who was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet, was commissioned to produce this play to mark the 25th anniversary of The Diocese of Chelmsford in 1939. In it, he created a huge, sprawling drama about the history of Chelmsford. Eight episodes, a prologue and epilogue, make...Data dostępności:
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Dissonant heritage? The architecture of the Third Reich in Poland – ebook
Heritage can often be difficult, as best evidenced by the former Auschwitz concentration camp or the Palace of Culture and Science. In Poland, however, the most problematic is the heritage left behind by the Third Reich. The complexity of this issue is demonstrated in the latest book by the International Cultural Centre. It also provides the most complete, often surprising, overview of these "badly...Data dostępności:
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Poniedziałkowe dzieci – ebook
Patti Smith
Było to lato, gdy umarł Coltrane, lato miłości i zamieszek, lato, gdy przypadkowe spotkanie na Brooklynie pchnęło dwoje młodych ludzi na drogę sztuki, miłości i wspólnej pracy. Patti Smith została poetką i piosenkarką, a Robert Mapplethorpe rozwijał swój prowokacyjny styl w fotografii. Niewinni, oddani sztuce, przemierzali Nowy Jork od Coney Island po Czterdziestą Drugą Ulicę, aż dotarli do słynnego...Data dostępności:
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Dzieje obiektów sportowych w Europie. Historia architektury sportowej od czasów starożytnych do współczesności – ebook
Anna Pawlikowska-Piechotka Maciej Piechotka
W każdej z rozwiniętych cywilizacji europejskiej, krzewienie kultury fizycznej łączyło się z budową obiektów i urządzeń sportowych. Ponieważ dla najdawniejszych z tych społeczności sprawność fizyczna i współzawodnictwo sportowe były równie istotne jak religia i nauka, budowle sportowe, oświaty i religijne były ze sobą formalnie i funkcjonalnie przeplatane (w kulturze helleńskiej na przykład Olimpia...Data dostępności:
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