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On Liberty – ebook
John Stuart Mill
Readers are invited to a book by an outstanding English philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and economist John Stuart Mill, which explores the problem of civil liberty of the individual. According to the author himself, the subject of the work is „not the so-called free will”, namely civil, or social, freedom, that is, „the properties and limits of that power, by the power of which society fully...Data dostępności:
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Stella Fregelius – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
This is another of Haggard’s eternal love stories. This novel tells of intersecting fates, the triangle: scholarly Morris Monk, inventor; his first cousin, Mary Porson; and the daughter of the new church rector, Stella Fregelius. The story at one point plays with the idea that love cannot exist between man and woman without lust, which implies a rare power to Morris and Stella’s bond. The moral of...Data dostępności:
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History of King Richard the Second of England – ebook
Jacob Abbott
This book covers the whole history of England after the death of Richard 1. Great emphasis is placed on the coming to power of Richard 2. His overthrow and death are also described in detail by the author. Jacob Abbott offers a more complete picture as is possible, within such limits, of the ideas and principles, the manners and customs.Data dostępności:
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Eugenie Grandet – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Depicting the fatal clash between material desires and the liberating power of human passions, Honoré de Balzac’s „Eugénie Grandet” (1833) is one of the earliest and most famous novels in his „Comedie humaine” cycle, which portrays a society consumed by the struggle to amass wealth and achieve power. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently...Data dostępności:
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The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In The Great Stone Face, Hawthorne compares different types of human activity. Most of them are aimed at finding success in society. But Hawthorne believes that the success of the Finnish businessman or general, who turned military affairs into a means of his personal career, or a clever politician who is uncleanly making his way to power, is an imaginary success. Even the poet, the creator of beautiful...Data dostępności:
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The Prince – ebook
Niccolò Machiavelli
”The Prince” is a treatise by statesman Niccolo Machiavelli. It was written in the Middle Ages, and published only after the death of the author. In it, Niccolo Machiavelli combines all the experience of managing the state, sharing his thoughts with readers. Although this book is largely instructive, it is not perceived as such. When you read, there is no feeling of boredom or the fact that an opinion...Data dostępności:
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Crime and Punishment – ebook
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Is murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose? Meet Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. His struggle with himself and those around him becomes a battle of the individual...Data dostępności:
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Wiecznie młodzi, czyli pokolenie mocy – ebook
Joanna Pogorzelska
Power Generation. Pokolenie mocy. To właśnie oni - polscy pięćdziesięciolatkowie. Silni, energiczni, optymistyczni. Z apetytem na życie i wielkimi planami. Wbrew stereotypom. To ludzie, którzy mają prawdziwy power i udowadniają, że życie jest piękne bez względu na wiek. Bohaterami rozmów, przeprowadzonych przez Joannę Pogorzelską, są ludzie z różnych światów. Jerzy Górski - sportowiec, mistrz...Data dostępności:
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The Country Doctor – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
„The Country Doctor” („Le Médecin de Campagne”), by Honoré de Balzac, belongs to the series known as „Scenes from Country Life”; a part of his great cycle of fiction, „The Comedy of Human Life”. It is one of Balzac’s noblest pieces of fiction, presenting beautiful traits of human nature with sympathy and power. The scene is laid in a village near Grenoble in France, and the story begins with the year...Data dostępności:
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Strącona bobini. Rzecz o Marii Komornickiej – ebook
Brigitta Helbig-Miszewski
Książka ta to kulturoznawcze, genderowe i psychologicznie pogłębione spojrzenie na Komornicką i jej spektakularną "zmianę" płci. Badaczka podejmuje próbę odczytania ukrytych sensów szaleństwa Komornickiej, powołując się na niemieckie teorie psychologiczne. Jednocześnie podnosi kwestię odpowiedzialności społeczeństwa za los skrzywdzonej pisarki. Praca tropi ślady kulturowego przestępstwa, które młodą...Data dostępności:
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