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Lori Rave
Piękna historia miłosna z hokejem w tle Życie Hope w żadnej mierze nie przypomina bajki. Dziesięć lat temu została porzucona przez ojca i od tej pory mieszka z chorą matką, która wymaga wsparcia i opieki. Dzielna córka w ciągu dnia pracuje w restauracji, wieczorami zaś dorabia jako kelnerka w nocnym klubie. Mimo starań Hope każdego dnia się martwi, czy nie zabraknie jej pieniędzy na jedzenie, ogrzewanie i leki. O pójściu na studia czy kupieniu sobie lepszych ubrań już dawno przestała marzyć... Osią świata Logana Matthewsa od zawsze jest hokej. Treningi, mecze, wygrane i porażki są dla niego ważniejsze od związku. Choć stara się być dla Tary mężczyzną, na jakiego ta kobieta zasługuje, zawodzi raz za razem. Narodziny ich nieplanowanego dziecka nie poprawiają sytuacji. Ostatecznie Logan zostaje samotnym ojcem małej Ruby. I choć na razie w opiece nad córeczką pomagają mu rodzice, jeden z najlepszych zawodników ligi NHL wkrótce będzie musiał zatrudnić opiekunkę. Przypadkowe spotkanie w lokalu, w którym pracuje Hope, staje się początkiem znajomości zwykłej dziewczyny i znanego hokeisty. Znajomości... a może czegoś dużo poważniejszego? Uniwersum Cup of Coffee
White Death - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Vicary, Tim
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary. Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?
White Death Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Vicary, Tim
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?
Edgar Wallace
A man ends up stabbed to death on a street in Londons Tidal Basin, victim of the almost mythical murderer roaming the streets of London, the Devil of Tidal Basin. But why is another bandit suddenly sighted in Tidal Basin as well? What connection had the Devil with White Face? Superintendent Mason, one of the Yards Big Five wanted to know, and what Superintendent Mason wanted to know he generally found out. Criminals knew him as Sympathetic Mason, because of his curious methods of cross-examination. This is Edgar Wallace at his best and Edgar Wallace is known the world over as the king of mystery writers. White Face involves more mystery than a number of his novels and recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle.
Jack London
“White Fang” 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. White Fang is the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.
Jack London
The main conflict of the story is dog-nature vs. wolf-nature, or nature vs. man. What happens to White fang, and how he goes through the many troubles that he has to. Growing up in the Yukon territory of Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush, he learned the law of the Wild at an early age: kill, or be killed, eat, or be eaten. Separated from his mother and traded from master to master, White Fang never grasped the concept of love, and violence was all that he knew. Having no teacher, he learned the rules of survival by experience. Then, a cruel man buys White Fang and turns him into a pit dog forced to fight for money. He save one day, a mixed dogwolf from the hands of a cruel man, and a brave friendship develops between the two. With beautifully realistic details of the harsh realities of life in the Yukon, White Fang is a grippingly original tale about morality and redemption that still stands as an American classic.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Nights - a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. Like many of Dostoyevsky's stories, "White Nights" is told in the first person by a nameless narrator. The narrator is a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited.
WHITE NOISE Strategic Decision Game
Marzena Żakowska, Lech Drab, Marek Klasa
WHITE NOISE: A strategy game for Diplomats in a new era of competition WHITE NOISE is a revolutionary strategy game designed to equip diplomats and foreign service personnel with the skills they need to succeed in today's complex and challenging 21st century world. This innovative game goes beyond traditional war games to include a critical information operations component. Players will gain knowledge of how: - Identify and combat disinformation, - Develop effective diplomatic strategies, - Navigate the "gray area" of international relations, - Use diplomatic and information tools, - Promote a consistent narrative in the international arena. WHITE NOISE is not just a game, but a comprehensive training program that includes: - Real world scenarios based on contemporary events, - Detailed educational materials on diplomatic protocol, - Practical exercises to improve key skills, - Scenarios for working dinners and official diplomatic ceremonies. WHITE NOISE is an extremely valuable source for: - Students of international relations. - Diplomats who want to improve themselves in the profession. - Diplomatic training institutions. - Anyone who wants to develop their diplomatic skills. Don't fall behind in light of 21st century challenges. Develop your interpersonal and negotiation skills. Learn how to build a team based on effective performance. Develop your strategic thinking skills and make effective decisions. (...) the game calls upon players to exercise diplomatic and informational instruments of power, both unilaterally and through intergovernmental organisations, such as the ONZ, NATO and the EU. Byron HARPER - Ph.D., Deputy, Partnership Division NATO Special Operations Headquarters The very well written Poland based Scenario can easily be adopted to the needs and political structures of other countries. SOnke MARAHRENS - Colonel (GS), Director COI Strategy and Defense The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats Żakowska, Drab and Klasa highlight the key insight that aggressor nations around the world are employing information-centric warfare and information operations to overwhelm intelligence analysis, sub- vert national decision-making processes, and clutter international venues for dispute resolution. James G. BRECKENRIDGE - Provost U.S. Army War College Marzena ŻAKOWSKA is an Associate Professor and lecturer at the Faculty of National Security at the War Studies University. She holds a Ph.D. in Security Science from the National Defence University, Warsaw, Poland.Currently, she is Director of the Global Affairs and Diplomacy Studies and Chair of War Studies Working Group at the International Society of Military Sciences. Professional associations include the Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, and the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. She cooperate as the Research Fellow with the Royal Military College of Canada and US Army War College. As editor and author, she has published books and articles on armed conflict, hybrid threats, Balkan's security, and social security issues. Lech DRAB, Associate Professor at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa with practical international experience in the security and defence areas. He is graduated from the NATO Defense College in Rome (Italy), the Geneva Center for Security Policy and the Wrocław University of Technology. He completed a number of specialist courses in the Nether-lands, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. Former Associate Professor of the National Security Department at War Studies University in Warsaw and Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. Director of the Department of Military Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of National Defense, military advisor to the Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU and the Polish Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee in Brussels (Belgium). As a member of the Athena training team, he lectured in Brussels, Helsinki, Potsdam, Florence and Montpellier. He chaired the Athena Special Committee during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Author and editor of monographs, book chapters and articles. He specializes in defense diplomacy, international security, NATO and EU security policy and peace operations. Marek KLASA is a senior lecturer at War Studies University in Warsaw in the Institute of State Security. He holds a Ph.D in Security Sciences. Since 2007 volunteer in pro-defence non-governmental organizations, including Związek Strzelecki "Strzelec" Organizacja Społeczno-Wychowawcza and Jednostka Strzelecka 1313, which are referring to tradition of the polish pre-war "Strzelec" [Rifleman] movement. His research interests include a wide array of subjects including defensive preparations of the territory, security infrastructure, classic military strategy and history of warfare. Co-author of a handful of decision games scenarios.