culture

The purpose of the book is to present culture of the English speaking countries by means of original, stimulating and diversified exercises. For teachers the book provides numerous activities suitable for students of different levels, i.e. from pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate. Among the tasks there are, for instance, role-play, quizzes, board games, crosswords, puns and discussion panels, reading...

Misternie skonstruowana, inspirowana poezją Kobayashiego Issy opowieść o metamorfozie Rose, młodej francuskiej botaniczki. Wędrując po Kioto śladami swojego zmarłego ojca, japońskiego marszanda, pozna jego testament na końcu starannie zaplanowanej trasy prowadzącej przez ogrody, świątynie, herbaciarnie. W otoczeniu kwiatów, drzew, kamieni, poezji Rilkego i miejscowych legend oraz przyjaciół i współpracowników...

„Night and Day” by Virginia Woolf is her second novel and was published in 1919. But the novel is very forward-looking in its examination of relationships under the stress of the culture shift was occurring in the early 20th century. The story takes place in pre-war England and involves four characters and their relationships. Kathryn Hillbery the „middle class” privileged girl whose idea of success...

Since the initial arrival of Spanish, French and English explorers, North America has stirred controversies, discussions and conflicting interpretations. A source of fascination for explorers, settlers and those in the Old World, the continent has, not surprisingly, generated many myths, fictions and stereotypes. The United States of America, the first independent country established on the continent,...