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Jan Kochanowski
On Health My good and noble health, Thou matter’st more then wealth. None know’th thy worth until Thou fad’st, and we fall ill. And every man can see, In stark reality, And every man will say: «’Tis health I need today». No better thing we know, No dearer gem we owe, For all that we possess: Pearls, stones of great finesse, High offices and power — One may enjoy this hour — And so the gifts of youth, And beauty are, in truth, Good things, but only when Our health is with us then. [...] Jan Kochanowski Ur. 6 czerwca 1530 r. w Sycynie koło Zwolenia Zm. 22 sierpnia 1584 r. w Lublinie Najważniejsze dzieła: Odprawa posłów greckich (1578), Psałterz Dawidów (parafrazy psalmów, 1579), Treny (1580), Fraszki (1584), Pieśni ksiąg dwoje (1586) Wybitny poeta polski okresu odrodzenia, którego twórczość odegrała ogromną rolę w rozwoju języka, literatury i kultury polskiej. Syn zamożnego ziemianina, studiował w Akademii Krakowskiej (1544-1547) oraz na uniwersytetach w Królewcu i Padwie (1555-1559). Podróżował po Włoszech i Francji, gdzie poznał poetów Plejady (Ronsard). Po powrocie do Polski dzięki biskupowi Myszkowskiemu rozpoczął karierę na dworze Zygmunta Augusta, w 1563 r. został sekretarzem królewskim. Ok. 1575 r. ożenił się i osiadł na wsi. Śmierć jednej z córek stała się pobudką do napisania oryginalnego cyklu trenów. Zmarł nagle na serce. W jego pogrzebie uczestniczył król Stefan Batory, kanclerz J. Zamojski i in. autor: Katarzyna Migdał 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.
John Stuart Mill
Readers are invited to a book by an outstanding English philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and economist John Stuart Mill, which explores the problem of civil liberty of the individual. According to the author himself, the subject of the work is not the so-called free will, namely civil, or social, freedom, that is, the properties and limits of that power, by the power of which society fully manages individual individuals. In various chapters of the book, Mill discusses the freedom of thought and speech, about individuality as one of the conditions for human well-being, and also about the existing limits of the power of society over an individual.
Jack London
The storybook On the Makaloa Mat tells the story of the lives of natives and whites in the Hawaiian Islands. The story, which gave the name to this brilliant collection, is considered one of the best works about love in world literature. Each story has common features: firstly, they all describe some side of life in the Hawaiian Islands, and secondly, these are all the memories of old people, or people close to them in age, wise by experience. And, of course, the local flavor, customs, features of native life, their adaptation and survival after the arrival of whites all this is written simply amazing.
Jack London
“On the Makaloa Mat” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. On the Makaloa Mat is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: On the Makaloa Mat, The Water Baby or The Kanaka Surf.
Fred M. White
Rupert Bascoe and Wakefield are the main characters of the story. They rode in the night express. They were familiar, even more, they had an affair. However, Miss Wakefield did not trust her partner. Let us dive into the past of our heroes and find out that Miss Wakefield had a tough action. Therefore, she constantly carries a weapon with her, like a wristwatch. But is it correct that she took it on a trip?
Charles Darwin
Everyone has opinions about evolution, but how many people have actually read Charles Darwin? If you havent done so yet, youre missing out on what is surely one of the greatest books ever written. Written for the general public of the 1850s, it is a rigorously documented but highly readable account of the scientific theory that now lies at the root of our present attitude to the universe. Darwins book contains a wealth of evidence that the diversity of life arose through a branching pattern of evolution and common descent. Challenging notions such as the fixity of species with the idea of natural selection, and setting forth the results of pioneering work on the ecology of animals and plants, it made a lasting contribution to philosophical and scientific thought. Such an important foundational book that changed the course of the world and laid foundation to many new branches of science.
On the Spot. Violence and Murder in Chicago
Edgar Wallace
Set in Chicago, and written in 1931 by Edgar Wallace, On the Spot truly reflects the horror of gang life in Prohibition Chicago. Tony Perelli, the gang boss, recruits men for his gang and women for his bed with the same ruthlessness and rapidly arranges for their disposal when they become a nuisance. But Minn Lee, the half-Chinese widow, is a little too much for him, and as she gradually learns the extent of his treachery, she plans a revenge... The constant threat of death, the interaction between cops and gangsters, love gone wrong, love gone right, loss of youth, bootlegging, prostitution... its all here and beautifully handled by Edgar Wallace.
On the stock exchange - Na giełdzie
Praca zbiorowa
Seria kieszonkowych poradników językowo-biznesowych pomoże Ci poszerzyć słownictwo i wiedzę w różnych dziedzinach. Książeczki zawierają tematycznie zgromadzone pojęcia i zagadnienia, a także ich tłumaczenia. Bądź specjalistą w swojej dziedzinie, również w kręgach obcojęzycznych! Autor: Daria Frączek Słownictwo poświęcone Giełdzie. Przykład: oversold - an asset or market which is at an artificially low price level due to excessive selling - nadmiernie wyprzedany