Literatura
Edith Wharton
Kate Orme is a young woman whose illusions of marital bliss are shattered when she comes face to face with the dark secret harbored by her fiancé, the wealthy and deceptively ebullient Denis. Kate decides to go ahead and by societys willingness to overlook such transgressions, nevertheless marries him. Years later, her son faces a moral crisis similar to the one that showed her his fathers moral weakness. With the precision, beauty, and sharp awareness of the cracks in upper-class New York society that made her one of the great writers of the twentieth century, Edith Wharton offers a subtle critique of the nature versus nurture debate that raged in the early 1900s. Sanctuary is a spare and moving investigation of the forces that impel human beings toward sin, self-doubt, and redemption.
Edgar Wallace, Robert Curtis
1936. Sanctuary Island is a crime novel by the pioneer of detective fiction Edgar Wallace (an adaption by Robert Curtis). Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peters School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and frequently changing employment circumstances, Wallace went into the military. He served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and then as part of the Medical Staff Corps stationed in South Africa. Over the rest of his life, Wallace produced some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence.
Edgar Wallace
Like most of the later ones even though this one is called Sanders it very much stars Lieutenant Augustus Bones Tibbetts. Employing his unique style of innocent and endearing humor, Bones has written to the newspapers The Surrey Star and The Middlesex Plain Dealer inviting the Foreign Secretary to pay a visit to the African territories which they administer. It is against the regulations and his boss Hamilton is furious. While world powers vie for colonial honors, Sanders and his assistants attempt to administer an uneasy peace in a climate of ju-ju and witch doctors, and all the while Bosambo, chief of the Ochori, watches closely. Sanders should be on the must-read list of every action-adventure junkie.
Edgar Wallace
The book is actually a collection of short stories that are loosely tied together by Sanders himself, his steamship and an unlikely African chief called Bosambo. In the jungles of West Africa, Commissioner Sanders is the highest representative of the British crown. The health and safety of a quarter-million natives who speak countless languages and worship untold gods are his responsibility. Whether disciplining a boy king, expelling troublesome missionaries, or fighting to contain outbreaks of sleeping sickness and beri-beri, Sanders and his lieutenants must be quick, decisive, and fair. Offering readers an action-packed glimpse into a period of history that is often overlooked.
Edgar Wallace
Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the Dark Continent. Sanders and Co. return to Africa (following the events in Bones in London) to bring the old Kings country under the Union Jack and to try and find what has happened to a missionary and his daughter. It is written in a delightfully humorous style. Sandi, the King-maker among other novels by Edgar Wallace conveys the paternal attitude that Englands officials felt toward the native tribes of Africa. Part of his famous African novels (Sanders of the River series), this volume is highly recommended for those who have read and enjoyed others in the series, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection.
Sanditon And Other Miscellanea
Jane Austen
Sanditon And Other Miscellanea contains: Plan of a Novel Sanditon The Watsons Cancelled Chapter of "Persuasion" Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism.
Sanditon. The Watsons. Unfinished fiction
Jane Austen
These two short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles and exploring a range of social classes and settings. Written in the last months of Austens life, the uncompleted novel Sanditon is set in a newly established seaside resort, with a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators,and shows the author contemplating a changing society with a mixture of scepticism and amusement. The Watsons is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities restricted by poverty and pride.
Andrzej Sarwa, Elżbieta Sarwa
Sandomierskie Stare Miasto w granicach nieistniejących już murów obronnych zachowało nienaruszony średniowieczny plan zabudowy. Rynek zaś to jakby serce średniowiecznego miasta lokowanego na prawie niemieckim, magdeburskim, ku któremu zmierzają arterie ulic, czy przylegają place. Zanim jednak powstawało takie miasto, ludzie wznosili osadę o charakterze przede wszystkim targowym, później będącą także ośrodkiem rzemieślniczym. Bo miasto takie właśnie funkcje w dawnych czasach pełniło. Funkcje obronne należały do grodu, dziś niesłusznie i w sposób nieuprawniony uważanego za synonim miasta. Gród był czym innym, miasto czym innym. Mógł istnieć gród, obok którego nigdy nie rozwinęło się miasto. Mogło miasto powstać samodzielnie i tak właśnie większość polskich miast powstała, nie rozwijając się stopniowo z podgrodzi, lecz była lokowana na surowym korzeniu. Dlatego, jeśli można mówić o grodzie Sandomierzu, Poznaniu, Wrocławiu, to bzdurą będzie mówienie o grodzie Stalowej Woli, czy Kielcach. A w Krakowie grodem był Wawel... W Sandomierzu jak i we wszystkich innych naszych stołecznych miastach Gnieźnie, Poznaniu, Krakowie, Wrocławiu, Płocku najpierw powstał gród, a potem w jego pobliżu wyrosło podgrodzie, które z czasem przekształciło się w miasto. Po raz pierwszy Sandomierz uzyskał lokację na prawie magdeburskim przed 1227 rokiem, co miało ogromny wpływ na rozwój miasta. Data ta, choć nie jest potwierdzona żadnym zachowanym dokumentem, wynika z faktu fundacji w roku 1226 drugiego po krakowskim klasztoru dominikanów, a jak wiadomo, w tamtych czasach, dominikanie osiedlali się wyłącznie w znaczniejszych miastach, nigdy w osadach typu wiejskiego.