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THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Ackerman, Diane
The book "paints a richly textured portrait of a natural world that few of us would recognize. The similarities end there, however, as Ackerman explores how the sense of natural order imploded under the Nazi occupation of Poland. Jan and Antonina Zabinski - keepers of the Warsaw Zoo who sheltered Jews from the Warsaw ghetto - serve as Ackerman's lens to this moment in time so seamlessly into the story that it would be easy to read the book as Antonina's own miraculous memoir. Jan and Antonina's passion for life in all its diversity illustrates ever more powerfully just how narrow the Nazi worldview was, and what tragedy it wreaked." - Anne Bartholomew. After their zoo bombed, Polish zookepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages.
Price: $14.95
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OD I DO (2 vols.)
Davies, Norman
" Polska historia nigdy wczesniej nie zostala tak zilustrowana. Norman Davies zaskakuje po raz kolejny. W OD i DO wykazal instynkt detektywa historii. Najnowsze dzieje Polski zaklete sa w mikroskopijnych elementach przezyc narodu. Profesor koszysta z historycznych swiadectw ludzkich emocji i doswiadczen zawartych w listach i kartach pocztowych. Norman Davies z pasja wyszukiwal ich od ponad 20 lat na pchlich targach i w antykwariatach na calym swiecie aby podzielic się swymi odkryciami i przemysleniami w swoim najnowszym albumie. Kazdy z nas nawet poprzez pisanie i wysylanie pocztowki ma wkład w opisywanie tego co za chwile bedzie historia – zobacz co pisali nasi przodkowie w XIX i XX wieku."
Price: $115.00
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*LEGENDA LEGIONOW Opowiesc o legionach oraz ludziach J. Pilsudskiego
Collective
" Ksiazka Legenda legionow jest barwna panorama czynu legionowego czasow pierwszej wojny swiatowej. Opowiada nie tylko historie walki zbrojnej polskich zolnierzy, ale i droge powstania tej niezwyklej formacji. Przegladajac spis tresci, czytelnik moze odnalezc rozdzialy dotyczace poglądow i autorytetow pokolenia Jozefa Pilsudskiego, niezwyklych kobiet w Legionach, a takze opisujace dzien powszedni legionistow. Kolejne dotyczace sztuki i literatury pozwalaja lepiej zrozumiec fenomen idei legionow, ukazuja zarazem znaczacy dorobek kulturalny artystow-legionistow ,badz osob z legionami zwiazanych. Tak szerokie spojrzenie ukazuje role jaka w swiadomosci owczesnych Polakow odegraly legiony i skad wziela sie ich szczegolna slawa w kraju i za granica. Wydanie ksiazki zaplanowano na czas obchodow 90 rocznicy odzyskania przez Polske niepodleglosci!"
Price: $72.00
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BASNIE POLSKIE DLA NAJMLODSZYCH
Collection
W bardzo kolorowej szacie graficznej Kasi Kolodziej szesc najpopularniejszych polskich basni z przeznaczeniem dla najmlodszych czytelnikow, ktorym na pewno podobac sie beda wyraziste barwne ilustracje. Znajdujemy tu: ‘Szewczyka Dratewke’, ‘O smoku wawelskim’, ‘O krplu Popielu’, ‘Zlota kaczke’, ‘Spiacego rycerza’ i ‘Kwiat paproci’.
Price: $16.00
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POLAND INVITATION FOR A JOURNEY/POLSKA ZAPROSZENIE DO PODROZY
Bilinski, Agnieszka; Bilinski, Wlodek
“An accurate collection of passing impressions that present what is most precious in Poland. From the mountains towards the sea: the tour begins in the south, in Little Poland and its capital Cracow, the once capital of Poland, which in its best times radiated its greatness almost all across Europe and today is regaining its past grandeur. Incomparable mountain landscapes, especially Tatras, present one of the most distinguished marks of this country. Passing through other landscapes, one can see castles and palaces of Lower Silesia – tracks of its rebellious history. In Great Poland one may visit places where Polish statehood was born, in Mazovia you can brood among back roads and windswept willows, which were one of the sources of inspiration for Frederic Chopin. In Warmia and Mazuria, amid thousands of picturesquely situated lakes, rise Teutonic Knights’ castles and fortresses, which still recall the times of noble knighthood, great history and fierce battles. Finally, the seacoast offers relaxation in the famous spa resorts, amid golden beaches and rustling pinewoods.” This publication is written in three languages: Englisj, Polish, and German.
Price: $34.00
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*CALENDAR 2009 POLAND POLSKA POLEN POLOGNE
Collective
Calendar 2009 - size 11 3/4'' x 11 3/4''. Months, dates and descriptions beneath the photographs are given in Polish, English, French and German, The Polish name dates are included. January: Podhale Region - View of the High Tatras from Glodowka Meadow, February: Little Poland Region - Lopuszna, a wooden manor house. now the Museum of Culture of Nobility, March: West Pomerania Region - Dziwnowek, sunset on the Baltic Sea, April: Warmia region - Frombork, the Gothic Cathedral built between 1329 and 1388, May: Cracow - The Main Market Square, a Cracovian band in traditional folk costumes, June: Cuiavia Region - Farmland near Chelmno, July: Pomerania Region, Tri-City Landscape Park in the vicinity of Rumia, August: Gdansk, View of Long Riverside Street and the Motlawa from the Museum of Archeology, September: Warsaw, Dmowski Roundabout with the Palace of Culture and Science in the background, October: The High Tatras, Lake 'Morskie Oko' seen from Black lake below Mt. Rysy, November: Little Poland Region - Wygielzow, the Vistula Ethnographic Park, December: Little Poland Region - Zab, the Podhale village on the northern slope of Gubalowka Hill.
Price: $12.50
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