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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.