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Anatol France
Rewolucja francuska, epoka terroru. Główny bohater Ewaryst Gamelin zdobywa pracę jako prawnik. Jego początkowa sprawiedliwość wraz z kolejnymi awansami i zmianą statusu społecznego ustępuje miejsca tyranii. Ewaryst skazuje niewinnych ludzi na śmierć.
Stanisław Wyspiański
Monolog wierszowany ukazuje konflikt między Bolesławem Śmiałym a biskupem Stanisławem, zabitym przez króla. Autor przedstawił konflikt z perspektywy Bolesława, ukazał przy tym liczne szczegóły z historii Polski. Wyspiański stosuje całą gamę aluzji i nawiązań, przeplata fakty własnymi sądami. W jego interpretacji konflikt został potraktowany symbolicznie, jako wciąż aktualny problem pomiędzy państwem a Kościołem.
Roy Rockwood
Separated from his parents since childhood, Bomba lived far back in the jungles of the Amazon with a half-demented naturalist who told the lad nothing of his past. The jungle boy was a lover of birds, and hunted animals with a bow and arrow and his trusty machete. He had a primitive education in some things, and his daring adventures will be followed with breathless interest by thousands. Bomba the Jungle Boy is a series of American boys adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. There are 20 books in the series. The first ten are set in South America, where Bomba, who grew up in the jungle, tries to discover his origin. The second set of ten books shift the scene to Africa, where a slightly older Bomba has jungle adventures. A highly entertaining literature being written for young readers in post-dime-novel America.
Bomba, the Jungle Boy Among the Slaves
Roy Rockwood
Years of tough jungle living made Bomba the most powerful hunter around. At 14, he possessed the strength of three men, and could fight the most powerful jungle beasts with little more than a knife. With his extraordinary throwing arm, he could bury a knife up to its hilt in any enemy within fifty yards. His phenomenally strong arms allow him to send an arrow over impossibly long distances while still striking his targets with perfect accuracy. Bomba the Jungle Boy Among The Slaves continues the exciting adventures of Bomba as he seeks to learn the details of his family and heritage. Tarzan wasnt the only fellow out there in the jungle. Bomba the Jungle Boy attracted readers for his various adventures that featured authentic jungle lore and swift-moving plots.
Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Abandoned City
Roy Rockwood
Bomba the Jungle Boy in the Abandoned City is the fifth book in a series of American boys adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood, published in the first half of the 20th century. Various sources say the author was Howard R. Garis, or John William Duffield. Roy Rockwood is a pen name. Bomba and his native-Indian companion must descend into the bowels of a buried Inca citadel; through pitch-blackness they must negotiate steep cliffs and volcanic fumes to track down a babbling medicine-man and his army of minions. The worst hazard is navigating a huge pit swarming with snakes; by edging their way along a parapet only inches wide; at any moment a snake may dart its head out of a crevice and sink its fangs into their flesh!
Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Moving Mountain
Roy Rockwood
This is the second book in the Bomba the Jungle Boy series following Bomba the Jungle Boy. It is a series of adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate between 1926 and 1938 in a youthful imitation of the highly successful Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Bomba is kind of a mixture of Tarzan and Mowgli. He is an orphaned boy who lives in the jungle. A common theme of the Bomba books is that Bomba, because he is white, has a soul that is awake, while his friends, the dark-skinned natives, have souls that are sleeping. In this case he has to rescue some white travelers from a band of headhunters and other dangers, and at the same time try to investigate his heritage and discover who his parents were. Strongly recommended this book for every teenager who wants to discover the exciting world of reading adventure fiction and for their parents!
Bomba, the Jungle Boy at the Giant Cataract
Roy Rockwood
In this volume the reader is taken into the depth of the jungle where he meets Bomba in a life replete with thrilling situations. You meet Cody Casson, the old naturalist, and the White Hunters, Jake Dorn and Ralph Gillis who gives Bomba a Harmonica, matches, and revolver for saving their lives. The old naturalist gives him a hint of his father and his mother, and Bomba sets off to solve the mystery of his identity. He treks through the Amazon jungle to the Island of Snakes to find an old witch who may know the secret of his origins. From Moving Mountain Bomba travels to the Giant Cataract, still searching out his parentage. Among the Pilati Indians he finds some white captives. He finds, too, an aged woman who had at one time been a great operatic singer, and she is the first to give Bomba real news of his forebears.
Bomba, the Jungle Boy in the Swamp of Death
Roy Rockwood
The ongoing adventures of the courageous Bomba the Jungle Boy! In Swamp of Death, Bomba wants to return to Gonibobos camp to reclaim the pages of Japazys notebook that were torn out there. Bomba and Gibo had barely escaped the cannibals but Bomba is determined to retrieve the torn pages. Swamp of Death is a fast-moving read, an exciting narrative of Bombas many heroic exploits. It moves and reads like a comic book. Lacking the visual element, the book focuses on vivid descriptions of Bombas rippling muscles and superior strength. With such amazing strength, it is no wonder that Bomba was willing to embark on a mission that would have been certain death for anyone else. The Bomba books always include cheerleader characters who rapturously voice their astonishment and amazement every time Bomba performs a feat of strength and courage.
Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Jaguar Island
Roy Rockwood
After escaping from the headhunters village, Bomba brings Casson and Sobrinini to stay at his friend Pipinas after which Sobrinini reveals vital information to Bomba about his family and tells of a man, Japazy, who hated Bombas father as well as Cody Casson. She tells Bomba to seek out Japazy on Jaguar Island to learn more. He begins his journey to find Japazy... Lacking the visual element, the book focuses on vivid descriptions of Bombas rippling muscles and superior strength. Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Jaguar Island? 4 in the Bomba series, by Roy Rockwood, was published in 1927. Roy Rockwood, the author, was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boys adventure books, many of the Bomba books being ghostwritten by John William Duffield (1859 1946).
Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Terror Trail
Roy Rockwood
Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Terror Trail? 6 in the Bomba series, by Roy Rockwood, was published in 1928. Bomba is making the treacherous journey back to his home with the Araos tribe. On the way, he encounters poisonous plant life and battles snakes and alligators. Surviving these natural enemies, he is attacked by cannibals but is rescued by Spaniards in a plane. Bombas luck doesnt hold out, though; he is soon recaptured and now faces a terrible death at the hands of cannibals and their blood-thirsty chief Gonibobo. It is an exciting story of a journey filled with dangers: human, beast, and even plant life. The fearless jungle boy takes them all on and emerges the victor every time. A highly entertaining literature being written for young readers in post-dime-novel America.
Bomba, the Jungle Boy on the Underground River
Roy Rockwood
The ongoing adventures of the courageous Bomba the Jungle Boy! In Bomba, the Jungle Boy on the Underground River, Sobrinini, the snake woman that Bomba rescued from Snake Island, is also undergoing treatment. During her more lucid moments, she has told Bomba of a chest that she buried in the banks of an underground river. It contains documents and records related to Bombas parents. Sobrininis disordered mind prevents her from sharing the document information herself, but she is able to give Bomba crude directions to the chest. Bomba and Sobrinini, along with the natives Gibo and Neram, are now on their way to find the Underground River and retrieve the chest. Underground River is filled with adventures that challenge Bombas great strength and fortitude, making for another exciting volume in the Bomba series.
Edgar Wallace
This collection of episodes in the Commissioner Sanders series continues Wallaces subtly humorous look at colonial Africa. In Bones, Wallace spins an engaging yarn about the adventures of an intrepid lieutenant as he travels through Africa on a series of life-or-death missions. When Commissioner Sanders goes on leave, the trusty Lieutenant Hamilton takes over administration of the African territories. However, yet again, the trouble-prone Francis Augustus Tibbetts, known as Bones, while meaning to assist, only manages to spread his own unique style of innocent and endearing mischief. A richly detailed document of the colonial period, Bones is sure to spark the imagination of action-adventure fans.
Edgar Wallace
Bones is back in the second story of The Lieutenant Bones series. After a tour of duty overseas, the eccentric character Augustus Tibbetts (known as Bones to his associates) returns to London to embark on civilian life. A mischievous businessman, he seems to have every financial schemer in London coming after him, but somehow he always comes out on top. In a series of loosely connected but consistently hilarious tales and vignettes, Bones inadvertently stumbles into a series of improbable but exciting adventures and too-good-to-be-true business ventures. Humor and romance follow Bones as well, as he makes his way through the underworld of London moneymakers.
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era. For his series set in the highly evocative world of West Africa he created two of his most beloved and enduring characters, Colonial Administrator Sanders and his eccentric companion Lieutenant Tibbetts, known to all as Bones. It is a time when the worlds most powerful nations are vying for colonial honor, a time of trading steamers and tribal chiefs. In the mysterious African territories administered by Commissioner Sanders, Bones persistently manages to create his own unique style of innocent and endearing mischief.
Herbert George Wells
Wellss satire on literature, Boon was originally published under the pseudonym Reginald Bliss; a follow-up to the Fabian-savaging The New Machiavelli. It purports, however, to be by the fictional character Reginald Bliss, and for some time after publication Wells denied authorship. Boon is best known for its part in Wellss debate on the nature of literature with Henry James, who is caricatured in the book. But in Boon Wells also mocks himself, calling into question and ridiculing a notion he held dear that of humanitys collective consciousness. Among these pieces is the infamous parody of the late style of Henry James, all the more effective for being so distinctive a target. Describing James as the culmination of the superficial type, it is not surprising that the indiscreet, ill-advised content of Boon, as Wells describes it in his Introduction, put a serious strain on the relationship between the two authors.
Robert E. Howard
San Leon lay as if slumbering in the desert heat as the five brothers rode up to the doors of the Cattlemens Bank. None noted their coming; the Red Lode saloon, favorite rendezvous for the masculine element of San Leon, stood at the other end of the town, and out of sight around a slight bend in the street.
Edgar Wallace
Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. Bosambo, who had other views on the matter, was given an axe and a saw in the penal settlement and told to cut down and trim certain mahogany trees in company with other unfortunate men similarly circumstanced. Those who love classic adventure especially set against an African backdrop will discover a rich vein of reading pleasure in Bosambo of the River. Another exciting title in the Sanders of the River adventure series, featuring Commissioner Sanders.
Boscobel, or, The Royal Oak. A Tale of the Year 1651
William Harrison Ainsworth
The novel clearly includes a huge amount of historical research. And then there is the geography associated with it Charles always stops in the middle of his flight to admire this or that beautiful prospect. The author also gives us the latest news about what happened to all these places. The author uses Boscobel as a guide to follow Charles steps.
Dante Alighieri
Poemat Dantego Alighieri Boska komedia powstawał w latach 13081321. Jako arcydzieło literatury włoskiej należy do klasyki światowej i wywarł ogromny wpływ na całą kulturę europejską. Boska komedia jest tryptykiem. Składa się z trzech ksiąg zatytułowanych: Piekło, Czyściec i Raj. Każdą z części poematu tworzą 33 pieśni, co wraz z pieśnią wstępną daje 100 utworów. Każdy z nich pisany jest strofą trzywersową tercyną. Liczba 3, kluczowa dla budowy utworu, jest symbolem Trójcy Świętej, a liczba 100 symbolizuje doskonałość. Tematem utworu jest wędrówka alter ego autora po zaświatach. Podróż trwa trzy dni i trzy noce, począwszy od Wielkiego Piątku do Wielkanocy 1300 r. Po zaświatach oprowadzają poetę inne osoby: Wergiliusz (symbol rozumu), święty Bernard z Clairvaux i ukochana Dantego, zmarła Beatrycze (alegoria miłości). Wizja świata pozagrobowego jest tu jednocześnie krytyką świata doczesnego.
Leo Tolstoy
The narration is conducted on behalf of the boy Nikolenka. He grows up, learns to forget grievances, experiences the first adult attraction to a young woman. The teenager is trying to convince himself that the appearance of a person is secondary, and most importantly this is the spiritual component. For people, Nikolenka prefers solitude.
Karol May
Czy Indianie obchodzą święta Bożego Narodzenia? Pewnie zwykle nie, ale jeśli mają europejskiego przyjaciela w osobie Old Shatterhanda, mogą spotkać się z tą piękną tradycją. Powieść rozpoczyna się w czasie Bożego Narodzenia, jeszcze w Europie, w młodości Old Shatterhanda. Po przybyciu na Dziki Zachód Old Shatterhand przywozi ze sobą swoją kulturę i kolejne święta obchodzi wśród Indian na Dzikim Zachodzie.
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Dwaj bracia Krzysztof i Paweł Dalczowie walczą o spadek, jakim są zakłady przemysłowe Dalcz i S-ka. Krzysztof jest inżynierem, został wykształcony, aby pokierować fabryką. Paweł to ekonomista samouk, czarna owca rodziny. Dopuszcza się fałszerstw i staje na czele rodzinnego przedsiębiorstwa. Pod jego zarządem zyskuje ono międzynarodową renomę. Zbliża się jednak wielki kryzys gospodarczy... Czy firma Dalcz i S-ka go przetrwa? Jak potoczą się losy braci po ujawnieniu pewnej pilnie skrywanej rodzinnej tajemnicy? Wciągająca opowieść o bezwzględnej rywalizacji braci, których dzieli niemal wszystko, a łączy jedynie miejsce pracy, ambicje zawodowe i... wspólna kochanka.
Brand. Poemat dramatyczny w pięciu aktach
Henryk Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen to norweski dramatopisarz żyjący w latach 18281906. Początkowo jego twórczość zaliczyć można do nurtu narodowego romantyzmu. Jednak po rozczarowaniu, jakie przyniosła mu postawa Norwegów w konflikcie Danii z Prusami, porzucił tematykę narodową i skupił się na bardziej uniwersalnych tematach. Brand to historia księdza, nieprzystosowanego do świata indywidualisty, który podejmuje nierówną, często kontrowersyjną walkę o uratowanie ludzkich dusz.
Brandenburg. Kraina słowiańskich mogił
Ludwik Stasiak
Ludwik Stasiak karierę artystyczną rozpoczął jako malarz. Tworzył w kręgu młodopolskiej bohemy artystycznej Małopolski, a także w ośrodkach europejskich. Po licznych podróżach powrócił jednak do rodzinnej Bochni. Z czasem jego zainteresowanie malarstwem ustąpiło miejsca literaturze, na którym to polu dał się poznać jako autor płodny i dociekliwy. Zasłynął jako badacz życia i twórczości wybitnego rzeźbiarza Wita Stwosza. Powieść historyczna Brandenburg należy do jego najpopularniejszych utworów.