Publisher: 24
De Prospectiva Pingendi / O perspektywie w malarstwie
Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca (ok. 1412–1492) był znany nie tylko jako wybitny malarz epoki renesansu, ale również jako znakomity matematyk. Jest zatem nie tylko autorem słynnych fresków w bazylice San Francesco w Arezzo (Legenda Krzyża Świętego 1452–1459), lecz także wybitnym matematykiem i geometrą. Jeden z największych matematyków Moritz Cantor pozostawał pod takim wrażeniem osiągnięć Piera, że w swoim dziele Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Mathematik z roku 1892 wspominał o równaniach trzeciego, czwartego i piątego stopnia, których próba rozwiązania znajduje się w Trattato d’abaco. Wskazując na błędy obecne u Piera della Francesca, Cantor jednocześnie wychwala nieznanego mu wówczas z nazwiska autora, określając go jako nieprzeciętnie dobrego matematyka i geometrę. Natomiast traktat De prospectiva pingendi ma bezpośrednie odniesienie do malarstwa Piera. Co więcej, dzięki traktatowi możemy lepiej zrozumieć i zinterpretować jego dzieła malarskie.
Valentine Williams
There is a secret surrounding the abandoned local manuar and the death of the local miller. When a lawyer on vacation is found slaughtered, the law enters into force. One area of interest for the British reader is the different legal system and methodology used by Sergeant Biguri, who is conducting an official investigation. His personality perfectly complements and contrasts with the personality of Tredgold. The love interest between Dr. Wood and Adrienne de Saint-Remy is well maintained, and the villagers, including the mayor, priest and notary, come alive.
Dead Man's Island - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library
Escott, John
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.
Dead Man's Island Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library
Escott, John
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by John Escott Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Another fast-paced murder mystery by J.S. Fletcher told in the first person. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age. It was first published in 1920, and has just the right stock of truly good characters, balanced by a couple of nasties. A young apprentice solicitor in a rural English town bordering Scotland, is riding his bike through lonely stretches of countryside very late in the evening, to run a strange errand for a mysterious lodger at his mothers house. He finds a recently murdered body at the end of his ride, and the mysteries keep piling up from there.
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Dead Souls is a unique novel that has become a unique standard of ironic prose for Russian literature. The story of the ingenious businessman Chichikov, buying up the dead souls of serfs in a remote province, still impresses with its modernity and subtle humor.
Anna Tabak
Wydaje ci się, że wiesz, czego pragniesz? Możesz się zdziwić, gdy złośliwy los powie: sprawdzam! Ewa, ambitna menedżerka, nie waha się ani sekundy, gdy na horyzoncie pojawia się szansa awansu czy choćby nagrody. W biurze spędza długie godziny, bez żalu rezygnując z życia towarzyskiego i powoli tracąc kontakt z własnym mężem. Zupełnie nie spodziewa się nadchodzącego huraganu, który zburzy jej uporządkowaną codzienność. Jeden nieszczęśliwy wypadek, jeden telefon, jedna szybka decyzja. Co ma z tym wspólnego zwariowana siedmiolatka, niesforny labrador Browar i wszystko gryzący chomik Hubert? I czy cokolwiek może się okazać ważniejsze od dotrzymania deadlineu w pracy?
Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded. or Red Rover at Powder Pocket
Edward Lytton Wheeler
Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or dime novels, published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler. His stories are well plotted adventures and his slang and dialect heavy narration is funny as hell. Deadwood Dick was an orphan who was adopted, mistreated and then ran away from home to become a notorious outlaw. Originally from New England, he moved to the town of Deadwood, where he became the leader of a gang of highway men, wanted dead or alive for a $500 bounty. He is handsome, valiant, charming and sarcastic and sees himself as a defender of the weak. Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded or Red Rover at Powder Pocket is a fast-paced thriller. With its colorful narrative and surprising twists, the story will keep you hooked till the very end.