In memoriam trzech wielkich aktorów

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

In memoriam trzech wielkich aktorów I. Wspłonął i nagle zgasł, jak knot zdmuchnięty,  Oblicza nasze powlókłszy znienacka  Błyskawicowym poblaskiem bladości.    Runął: z nim wespół padły kukły wszystkie,  Do których żył przesączył krew dyszącą;  Bezgłośnie umierały, a gdzie leżał,  Tam się walała ciżba zwłok, rzuconych  Byle jak, w dzikim tłoku: tu kolano  Opoja w władcy źrenicę wtłoczone,  Indziej Don Filip ze zmorą przywartą  Do szyi: to Kaliban. — Wszystko trupy.    Więc pojęliśmy, kto był ów umarły:  Czarodziej wielki z największych szalbierzy!  I z domów naszych zawartych wyszliśmy,  I poczęliśmy gadać, prawiąc, kim był.  Lecz któż to był w istocie, kimże nie był?  Spod jednej maski wpełzał w inną larwę,  Z zewłoku ojca przeskakiwał w syna,  Jak szaty luźne mieniając postaci. [...]Hugo von HofmannsthalUr. 1 lutego 1874 w Wiedniu Zm. 15 lipca 1929 w Rodaun koło Wiednia Najważniejsze dzieła: Der Tod des Tizian (Śmierć Tycjana), Erlebnis des Marschalls von Bassompierre (Przygoda marszałka von Bassompierre), Die Frau ohne Schatten (Kobieta bez cienia), Jedermann (Everyman) Austriacki pisarz, poeta i dramaturg. Pochodził ze zubożałej rodziny szlacheckiej o częściowo żydowskich korzeniach. Pierwsze wiersze opublikował w wieku 16 lat. Od 1892 r. studiował prawo, a następnie języki romańskie na uniwersytecie w Wiedniu. W tym czasie wydał dramat Śmierć Tycjana, potem Szaleniec i śmierć. Napisał rozprawę na temat pisarstwa Victora Hugo, ale nie obronił jej, ponieważ postanowił poświęcić się własnej twórczości. Przeżył fascynację psychoanalizą Freuda i ideami Nietzschego. Od 1909 r. współpracował z Richardem Straussem, pisząc libretta do jego oper. W 1920 r. wraz z Maksem Reinhardtem wznowił tradycję festiwalu muzyki i teatru w Salzburgu. Zmarł w swoim domu pod Wiedniem w dniu pogrzebu swojego młodszego syna, Franza, który zginął śmiercią samobójczą kilka dni wcześniej.Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.

In New York with the Tucker Twins

Emma Speed Sampson

In New York with the Tucker Twins is a sixth book in the Tucker Twins series, written by an American author of juvenile fiction and a movie censor Emma Speed Sampson and published between 1915 and 1924. Nominally its a boarding school series, but actually only two of the books are set at school. Our heroine is 15 year-old Page Allison, a doctors daughter, raised in a rural Virginia community where she has no companionship with girls her own age. On her way to school for the first time, she meets the Tucker family, a set of twins nicknamed Dee and Dum who will be her best friends, and their startlingly young and sprightly widowed father. In it, Page Allison and the Tucker Twins head to New York City for a great adventure...

In Pawn

Ellis Parker Butler

Excerpt from In Pawn: Lem Redding had a dimple in his cheek that appeared when he smiled. For a boy with a faceful of freckles he was pretty. He had dear, bright gray eyes, and his smile, aided by the dimple, made most folks love him at sight. His hair was brown, as his dead mothers had been; in fact he was much like that mother in more ways than one-far more like her than he was like Harvey Redding, his father. Lem was quick, agile, lively, and Harvey was plumb lazy. This book presents In Pawn (1921), from Ellis Parker Butler. Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, is most famous for his short story Pigs is Pigs.

In Polar Seas

Fenton Ash

The works of Fenton Ash are highly prized among bibliophile collectors of classic sci-fi and fantasy. Fenton Ash was a pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-science fiction pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. In Polar Seas is a romance of adventure in the frozen North, targeted mainly at juvenile readers but billed as being for readers of all ages, it describes the adventures of a team of British explorers who discover a lost Viking civilization in a hitherto unknown temperate zone near the North Pole. If you havent discovered the joys of Fenton Ashs adventures there is a good place to start. Highly recommended!

In Praise of a Suffolk Cottage

Mary Cholmondeley

Most of the stories were written in a cottage in Suffolk. Everyone now has a so-called cottage. This is a story about how a seemingly simple cottage won the heart of the protagonist and it happened for a reason.

In Quest of Identity. Studies on the Persianate World

Opracowanie zbiorowe

red. Mirosław Michalak, Magdalena Rodziewicz Stability and changeability of identities, especially in the context of their disappearance and revival, is one of the leitmotifs of the current publication, which is a fruit of a collective effort of scholars who represent diverse areas of the humanities and varied approaches to the issue of identity in the lands occupied by the Persian-language civilization. Treating the issue of identity in an interdisciplinary manner made it possible to present it from a variety of standpoints, consequently yielding a complex picture of the matter. Moreover, as it often happens when an interest in a certain research problem is shared by many specialists, new perspectives were discovered. The effect of synergy that emerged during the preparation of this publication undoubtedly adds to its quality. In addition, whereas sociologists and psychologists have long conducted research on identity or identities, an approach to the subject made from the point of view of Oriental Studies is to some extent an innovation and constitutes an interesting challenge.

In Search of a Legal Model of Self-Employment in Poland. A Comparative Legal Analysis Part II

Tomasz Duraj

This monograph is the result of the work of scholars from various European countries who joined the research project funded by the National Science Centre and led by Tomasz Duraj, titled "In Search of a Legal Model of Self-Employment in Poland. A Comparative Legal Analysis". The chief research objective tackled by the project participants consisted in a complex legal ana lysis of self-employment - not only from the perspective of Polish regulations and case law, but also with regard to solutions existing in international law, European Union law, and selected European countries. The area of study covered the legal systems of the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, ltaly, Hungary, as well as Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Research design was rather innovative. To date, no large-scale research had been conducted into the legal environment as it pertains to self-employment, encompassing not only the Polish regulations and case law, but also the solutions adopted in international law, European Union law, and the laws of selected European countries. The inclusion of the regulations on self-employment in other countries, processed to fit within in the framework of a structured study, provides added value for Polish legal scholarship. This monograph contains an analysis of self-employment under the law of the Baltic States and under Polish law. The concluding chapter presents the final results of the research carried out as part of the research project. On their basis, an attempt was made to create an optimal legal model of self-employment in Poland. The comments as to the potential future regulatory approaches are designed to help the Polish legislator draft a new law on the legal status of self-employed workers, in order to systematically and comprehensively regulate the key aspects of self-employed work, with particular emphasis on the social protection of the workers. Its implementation will contribute to resolving a number of disputes and clarifying a number of doubts that currently exist in legal scholarship and in case law. The proposed optimal legal model of self-employment in Poland outlined in this monograph has a universal dimension, going much beyond self-employment as such. The research results suggest certain conclusions that offer a springboard for a broader discussion about the future of labour law. They encourage reflection on the need and legitimacy of expanding the applicability of protective regulations of labour law, with a view to bringing under their umbrella various new groups of workers who provide work, independently, outside the employment relationship (in particular under conditions of dependence on the client). The scope of this protection and manner of its differentiation require further critical reflection and development. The monograph is primarily addressed to legal academics, students, legislators, judges and representatives of other legal professions, social partners, practitioners and other circles interested in the issue of atypical forms of employment.

In Search of the Castaways. Or, The Children of Captain Grant

Jules Verne

Children of Captain Grant is one of the best novels of the outstanding French writer Jules Verne, a wonderful example of a classic work of youthful literature. From the book, the reader learns about the amazing adventures that occurred with the heroes of the novel during their extraordinary journeys in South America, Australia and other places where they find themselves in search of Captain Grant.

In Search of the Unknown

Robert W. Chambers

The protagonist narrator serves as a common thread for stories that also feature humor. A young scientist travels the world in the footsteps of mysterious animals. This is an ironic and fantastic adventure of a self-confident biologist.

In Secret

Robert W. Chambers

The main character landed in New York that very morning. At that moment, he was standing in the bar of the Astor Hotel, sober enough not to tell the bartenders everything he knew, and drunk enough to talk too much in a place where the enemy is always listening.

[In Sophie's Diary]

Juliusz Słowacki

[In Sophie’s Diary] For poems, Sophie, ask me not, I pray.  When thou art back in Poland’s merry clime,  A flower will sing a song for thee each day,  A star at night will make for thee a rhyme.  Before the flower may die, before the star may fall,  Listen! They are the finest poets of them all. [...] Juliusz Słowacki Ur. 4 września 1809 r. w Krzemieńcu Zm. 3 kwietnia 1849 r. w Paryżu Najważniejsze dzieła: Kordian (1834), Anhelli (1838), Balladyna (1839), Lilla Weneda (1840), Beniowski (1840-46), Sen srebrny Salomei (1844), Król-Duch (1845-49); wiersze: Grób Agamemnona (1839), Hymn o zachodzie słońca (1839), Odpowiedź na ?Psalmy przyszłości? (1848) Polski poeta okresu romantyzmu, epistolograf, dramaturg. W swoich utworach (zgodnie z duchem epoki i ówczesną sytuacją Polaków) podejmował problemy związane z walką narodowowyzwoleńczą, przeszłością narodu i przyczynami niewoli. Jego twórczość cechuje kunsztowność języka poetyckiego. W późniejszym, mistycznym okresie stworzył własną odmianę romant. mesjanizmu i kosmogonii (system genezyjski). Studiował prawo w Wilnie, krótko pracował w Warszawie w Komisji Rządowej Przychodów i Skarbu oraz w Biurze Dyplomatycznym Rządu powstańczego 1831 r. Podróżował po Szwajcarii, Włoszech, Grecji, Egipcie i Palestynie. Osiadł w Paryżu, gdzie zmarł na gruźlicę i został pochowany na cmentarzu Montmartre. W 1927 r. jego prochy złożono w katedrze na Wawelu. autor: Katarzyna Starzycka   Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.

In Strange Company. A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas

Guy Boothby

At Guy Booths Strange Company, Australian writer Guy Boothby put his passion for travel to work as food for his fiction. Although his first publication was a popular science story about traveling around his home country, he soon turned to fiction as an outlet for his work, focusing mainly on adventure adventures, secrets, and discovery stories. In the Strange Company was Boothby

In the Archive of Memory. The Fate of Poles and Iranians in the Second World War

Opracowanie zbiorowe

Owing to the publishing initiative of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, we have received a very important publication that contributes greatly to documenting the history of the Polish diaspora and its fate during the Second World War and in the early postwar period. The volume consists of 14 texts contributed by 14 different people, making it not only a valuable but also interesting piece of reading. It contains materials of varying character: besides academic papers there are letters of Iranian ambassadors to Poland and a Polish ambassador to Iran, as well as personal reminiscences of Poles from their stay in the „inhuman land. ” (...) These texts deal with the issue of Polish attitude towards Persians and the reaction of the indigenous population to the sudden arrival of considerable numbers of people, both military and civilian. The knowledge about the relations that were shaping between those two worlds is far from common. Unexpected and sudden arrival of such great mass of military and Polish refugees Persians and the Iranian government retained in their kind memory. Let us be grateful to them for that. Professor Bogdan Skladanek

In the Days of Drake

Joseph Smith Fletcher

This is a short story about a young English boy whose cousin is kidnapped by a Spanish nobleman. He ends up in Mexico and finds himself on a galley bound for Spain. Francis Drake raids a galley and rescues British slaves, bringing them back to England.

In the Days of the Comet

Herbert George Wells

In the Days of the Comet is set in early 20th century England and covers Willie, a socialist who is angry and frustrated with everything to do with the world he lives in. The only thing Willie finds beautiful and tranquil is the love of his life, Nettie. The story follows Willie and his lust for Nettie as he finds himself perplexed by what the love of his life decides to do. The comet is referred back to quite often and eventually, when it hits, it brings some sort of cleansing gas with it, ridding the world of hatred and jealousy. People can finally see the world for what beauty it really is. A fantastic tale of the worlds beauty and unity after the Great Change occurs. The novel is divided into three parts: Book I: The Comet; Book II: The Green Vapours; and Book III: The New World and each are distinctive in style, tone and mood.

In The Mayors Parlour

Joseph Smith Fletcher

This is a story of graft and corruption set in one of Fletchers favoured Northern towns. The mayor who is on a clean-up campaign is found dead in his parlour and our hero, his younger cousin, is determined to find out who killed him. Was he eliminated for this reason? There are entanglements involving city officials and his proposed reforms plus jealousy related to relationships. Lots of twists with a surprise murderer. The plot is cleverly centered around the inquest, which keeps being adjourned in hope of new evidence.