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Salt of the Earth
The classic pacifist novel by a major Polish writer, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize 'Only the villages are asleep, the eternal reservoir of all kinds of soldiery, the inexhaustible source of physical strength' The villagers of the Carpathian mountains lead a simple life at the beginning of the twentieth century - much as they have always done. They are isolated and remote, and the advances of the outside world have not touched them. Among them - Piotr, a bandy-legged peasant, whose 'entire life involved carrying things'. A notional subject of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all he wants in life is an official railway cap, a cottage with a mouse-trap and cheese, and a bride with a dowry. But then the First World War comes to the mountains, and Piotr is drafted into the army. Unwilling, uncomprehending, the bewildered Piotr is forced to fight a war he does not understand - against his national as well as his personal interest. In a new translation, authorised by the author's daughter, Salt of the Earth is a strongly pacifist novel inspired by the Odyssey, about the consequences of war on ordinary men.
My Guardian Demon
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Naturally Nude in Nature
One of the revelations with photography is that monochrome images often enable us to see the world and people in new, and often deeper, ways. Colour is such a dominant part of our vision that we often overlook more subtle variations in tones and textures.This book is a companion volume to the colour book "Rewilding the Human Spirit", but instead of repeating the contemporary narrative contained in that book, this work includes a range of directly relevant quotations which show and help to explain humans' deep and intrinsic connection to our natural world.The importance of landscape, nature and our natural world is shown both through these quotations and through just over 130 monochrome fine art nude images, involving 15 different women aged 24 to 43. The works have been shot in a range of natural locations around Europe.
Dress and Cultural Difference in Early Modern Europe
Dress is a key marker of difference. It is closely attached to the body, part of the daily routine, and an unavoidable means of communication. The clothes people wear tell stories about their allegiances and identities but also about their exclusion and stigmatization. They allow for the display of wealth and can mercilessly display poverty and indigence. Clothes also enable people to play with identities and affinities: for instance, individuals can claim higher social status via their clothes. In many ways, dress is thus open to manipulation by the wearer and misinterpretation by the observer. Authorities—whether religious or secular, local or regional—have always aimed at imposing ord...
Competitiveness, Technology and Skills
Bringing together the recent papers of economist Lall (U. of Oxford, UK), this work looks at the ability of third world economies to remain competitive, with a focus on technology policy. After detailing the conceptual underpinnings of competitiveness and trade liberalization, Lall looks at recent export performance be developing countries, the impact of skill needs and indices of skill creation, and the ability of various Asian and African countries (including India, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, and Tanzania) to develop technological capabilities. Seven of the 11 chapter have been previously published in journals such as World Development and Development and Change. c. Book News Inc.
The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
The edited collection is the first attempt to take a more coherent look at the Russian perception of the Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. The publication is therefore a collection of interviews, memoirs and academic studies focusing on Russian soldiers, dissidents and journalists involved in and affected by the Soviet invasion. The book begins with a focus on the Soviet soldiers who came to Czechoslovakia. It depicts their inner world and the mighty machinery of the Soviet propaganda to which they were exposed. The Archive supplement offers a fresh look at the role of KGB and the Soviet embassy in the Czechoslovak events of August 1968 by Russian...
Herbarz Polski; Volume 8
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Selected Studies
English, Latin or German. "Ernst H. Kantorowicz: bibliography of writings": p. xi-xiv. Bibliographical footnotes.
Rocznik Ziem Zachodnich
Czasopismo naukowe Rocznik Ziem Zachodnich jest rocznikiem wydawanym online przez Ośrodek „Pamięć i Przyszłość” we Wrocławiu, począwszy od 2017 roku. Funkcję redaktora naczelnego pełni w nim prof. Grzegorz Strauchold. Czasopismo jest miejscem prezentacji wieloaspektowych badań naukowych poświęconych przeszłości i współczesności ziem przyłączonych do Polski po II wojnie światowej oraz przestrzenią do dyskusji naukowej na ten temat. Struktura czasopisma składa się z następujących części: artykuły i studia, materiały źródłowe, recenzje i omówienia, raporty i ekspertyzy, przeglądy badań i sprawozdania, a także Biblioteka Myśli Zachodniej, w której, z na...
