Towards Female Empowerment. The New Generation of Irish Women Poets: Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitriona O'Reilly and Mary O'Donoghue

Katarzyna Poloczek

This monographic study analyses in depth the poetry written by four most significant Irish authors born in the 1970s. Together with insightful interpretations of the explored poetry, it offers a new reading of philosophy, social and cultural studies, and psychology connected with the subject matter of women’s empowerment. The poetry of Vona Groarke studies resistance articulated in historical terms, as resistance against political domination (colonisation). Sinéad Morrissey questions the expressions of political violence in the North, even those that might directly result from the reaction against the officially sanctioned system of domination. Caitríona O’Reilly analyses the fears that may be considered as existential (the passage of time, death, loss) that contribute to the sense of women’s incapacity. Here O’Reilly’s poetry seems to work like an empowering catharsis: imagining the least desired course of action and facing up to these vision. The poetry of Mary O’Donoghue probes two correlated though not synonymous phenomena: women being the actual victims of masculine violence, and the social mechanism of victimisation of women that ascribes to the female gender the “natural” and “established” role of a Victim. The book constitutes a thought-provoking debate on the up-to-date issues that need to be critically re-examined and re-thought these days. It is an inspiring reading for people interested not only in Irish poetry but in modern literature in general. 

Wesołe kumoszki z Windsoru

William Shakespeare

Wesołe kumoszki z Windsoru to jedyne dzieło dramatyczne Szekspira osadzone we współczesności autora w Anglii przełomu XVI i XVII wieku, stanowiące przy tym znakomity obraz obyczajowości epoki. Dwie zamężne mieszczki padają ofiarami zalotów pewnego szlachcica. Jako że szybko odkrywają jego niecne zamiary, postanawiają zabawić się jego kosztem i zrobić sobie z niego niewybredne żarty.

The Innocence of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

Father Brown is one of the Hounds greatest crime fighters and his creator, Chesterton, one of the masters of the short crime story. Father Brown is the second among the Great literary detectives, right after Sherlock Holmes. In some ways, Father Brown was a continuation of what Chesterton wrote in his classic Orthodoxy.The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Browns ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery continually surpasses that of the experts around him, who are fooled into underestimation by the priests unimpressive outward appearance and, often, by their own prejudices about Christianity.

Practical Internet of Things with JavaScript. Build standalone exciting IoT projects with Raspberry Pi 3 and JavaScript (ES5/ES6)

Arvind Ravulavaru

In this world of technology upgrades, IoT is currently leading with its promise to make the world a more smarter and efficient place.This book will show you how to build simple IoT solutions that will help you to understand how this technology works. We would not only explore the IoT solution stack, but we will also see how to do it with the world’s most misunderstood programming language - JavaScript. Using Raspberry Pi 3 and JavaScript (ES5/ES6) as the base to build all the projects, you will begin with learning about the fundamentals of IoT and then build a standard framework for developing all the applications covered in this book. You will then move on to build a weather station with temperature, humidity and moisture sensors and further integrate Alexa with it. Further, you will build a smart wearable for understanding the concept of fall detection. You will then extend it with the 'If This Then That' (IFTTT) rules engine to send an email on fall detection. Finally, you will be working with the Raspberry Pi 3 camera module and surveillance with a bit of facial detection using Amazon Rekognition platform.At the end of the book, you will not only be able to build standalone exciting IoT applications but also learn how you can extend your projects to another level.

Królewicz i żebrak

Mark Twain

Wzruszająca historia niezwykłej zamiany W odwiecznym mieście Londynie pewnego jesiennego dnia w drugiej ćwierci szesnastego stulecia w ubogiej rodzinie nazwiskiem Canty przyszedł na świat chłopiec, którego rodzina ta wcale nie pragnęła. Tego samego dnia w bogatej rodzinie Tudorów przyszło na świat inne angielskie dziecko, gorąco upragnione przez tę rodzinę. Pragnęła go również cała Anglia i tak doń tęskniła, tak go oczekiwała, tak korne zasyłała oń modły do Boga, że gdy narodziło się wreszcie, ludzie bliscy byli radosnego szaleństwa. (fragment książki) Tom i Edward są do siebie bardzo podobni, a jednocześnie zupełnie różni. Tom pochodzi z bardzo biednej rodziny, Edward z królewskiej. Pewnego dnia chłopcy niespodziewanie zamieniają się rolami. Jak sobie poradzą w nowych sytuacjach? Który powinien zostać prawdziwym królem? Ta historia podobno naprawdę wydarzyła się w XVI-wiecznym Londynie. Spisana przez Marka Twaina weszła do klasyki literatury dziecięcej i do dziś wciąga dużych oraz małych czytelników. Nowe wydanie z pięknymi ilustracjami bawi dowcipem Twaina i wzrusza losami chłopców, a także skłania do refleksji nad tym, czym właściwie jest sprawiedliwość.

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

"The Metamorphosis" is a masterpiece by Franz Kafka. "One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes."

Córka cieni cz.1 Siedem szmacianych dat

Ewa Cielesz

Tytułowa Córka Cieni to Juliana, której losy poznajemy dzięki odnalezionemu pamiętnikowi, z którego wyłania się wstrząsająca historia jej niezwykłych losów na tle historii Polski.

Strictly Business. More Stories of the Four Million

O. Henry

Written by famed author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) in 1910, these are 25 more short stories of the Four Million, including the titled story Strictly Business, The Things the Play, The Call of the Tame, Psyche and the Pskyscraper and others. This collection of short stories brings together a motley cast of characters from all walks of life stage actors, blackmailers, soldiers, waitresses, and average citizens and adds in an array of unexpected plot twists and other surprises. O. Henry uses powerful language, themes speaking of the social classes in New York during this era, and often vivid imagery. The setting of the early 1900s New York provides an interesting backdrop for the stories. Overall, O. Henrys work is fascinating and provides quick relief from stresses in everyday life. For fans of short fiction, it doesnt get much better than this.