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Pierwszy tom porywającej sagi historycznej porównywanej do Stulecia winnych. Powieść o zwykłych ludziach, którzy w przededniu Powstania Wielkopolskiego, żyli, cierpieli, kochali i budowali podwaliny rodzącej się Drugiej Rzeczpospolitej. Luty 1916 roku. Dwudziestoletnia Irena Kałuża wyjeżdża na zawsze z rodzinnego Pleschen do Westfalii, za chlebem. Zostawia córkę, trzyletnią Helenę, która jest owocem zakazanego związku z pruskim oficerem. Dziewczynkę wychowuje babcia oraz cała kamienica, którą zamieszkująosoby stanowiące przekrój ówczesnego społeczeństwa wielkopolskiego - bogaci właściciele kamienicy, zubożała ziemianka, rodzina żydowska, aspirujący aplikant radcowski i szewc z rodziną. Na świecie toczy się krwawa wojna, a w kamienicy na Gnieźnieńskiej 10 normalne życie, w której walka o byt, sprzeciw wobec germanizacji, dramaty rozstań i choroby przeplatają się z małym codziennym szczęściem, miłością, przyjaźniami i ludzką życzliwością.
Dalsze losy bohaterów porywającej sagi i mieszkańców niewielkiej kamienicy na tle dwudziestolecia międzywojennego. Helena wkracza w dorosłe życie, podejmuje pierwszą pracę, rozpoczyna pierwszy poważny związek i żegna przyjaciółkę Ryfkę Gellert, która wyjeżdża na studia do Poznania. Losy dziewczyny nierozerwalnie splecione są z pozostałymi mieszkańcami: Feliksem i jego rodzicami, Żydem ateistą Fridmanem, ciotką Stefanią, która jest szanowaną nauczycielką języka polskiego w Koedukacyjnej Szkole Powszechnej. W Pleszewie, mimo światowego kryzysu oraz problemów, z którymi borykała się ówczesna Druga Rzeczpospolita, życie toczy się swoim rytmem. Helena spotyka...
'IT WASN'T BY ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU GOT AT THE TRUTH, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE; IT WAS BY THE MUCH HARDER PROCESS OF ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITIES.' Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is used to trouble. There's always trouble in Ankh-Morpork. But this is new: people are being brutally murdered and there's no evidence of anything alive having been at the crime scene. At the same time, the most powerful man in the city has been poisoned and is clinging on to life by a thread. It's a conundrum of a case. With the help of Captain Carrot, the only watchman who knows the law inside-out; Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, an unconventional dwarf with an eye for forensics; and Constable Angua, a werewolf with an excellent sense of smell, Vimes tries to solve the mystery. But time is of the essence, for something extremely dangerous is loose in the city, its red eyes glowing in the night ... 'Fantastical, inventive . . . laughter waiting to be uncovered on each page' Observer Feet Of Clay is the third book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.
He marches to freedom - or to bloody war. The epic story of Spartacus the legendary gladiator. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hannibal: Enemy of Rome and Spartacus: The Gladiator. The mighty slave army, led by Spartacus, has crushed all before it, scattering the legions of Rome. Now invincible, he marches towards the Alps and freedom. But storm clouds are growing on the horizon. Crassus, the richest man in Rome, has raised an army to rival Spartacus, and there are murmurings of rebellion in Spartacus’ own army. Spartacus, on the brink of glory, must make a crucial decision - to go forward over the Alps to freedom, or back to face the might of Rome and try to break its power forever. 'Compulsive, relentless ... vividly recounted in muscular prose' Daily Telegraph 'A brutal, blood-spattered novel' BBC History Magazine
As Rome's war with Carthage continues, two friends - now on opposing sides - confront each other in one of the most brutal sieges of all time. A new Hannibal novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Legion series. 213 BC. Syracuse. Under the merciless Sicilian sun, a city is at war. Outside the walls, a vast Roman army waits. Yet the city’s incredible defences, designed by Archimedes, mean that Syracuse will not be taken easily. A veteran of the bitter war since its beginning, Quintus is ready to give his life in the service of the Republic. But dangers face him from within his own ranks as well as from the enemy - who include his former friend, the Carthaginian, Hanno. Hanno has been sent by his general Hannibal to aid Syracuse in its fight against Rome. Pledged to bring death to all Romans, he is diverted from his mission by the discovery of Quintus’ sister Aurelia, a captive within the city. Two friends on opposing sides. A woman caught between them. They are about to meet in one of the most brutal sieges of all time. Who will survive?
Drawing on the collections of the Skarby Museum and the National Museum of Warsaw, this album presents Poland's richest and most diversified collections of medieval painting and sculpture, including the Panel altars, the Beautiful Madonna series, and other rare religious artworks. Many of these artworks were lost for long time, a consequence of the many wars and partitions of Poland. This collection is astonishing proof of significant art development in Poland and of the determination of the Polish people to bring their treasures home.
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Heroism, intrigue, love and honour in France in the days of the all powerful Cardinal Richelieu. A duellist and gambler, Gil de Berault, is saved from the gallows by Cardinal Richelieu and sent on a mission to capture a Huguenot rebel causing trouble in the south of France.
A novel tracing the enduring power of love and commitment against the forces of war and the equally dangerous forces of keeping the peace
A powerful story of grief, hope and an epic love, from the Russian-born author of internationally bestselling novels, TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE.