Libros a Descargar Gratis

Moi qui suis née à Varsovie

Autor: Anna Prucnal , Jean Mailland

Número de Páginas: 169

Depuis dix ans, Anna Prucnal, sollicitée pour écrire ses mémoires, s'y refusait. Grâce à l'aide de son mari, l'écrivain et metteur en scène Jean Mailland, elle a accepté de pencher sur un passé douloureux souvent, exaltant parfois, qu'elle restitue avec l'authenticité de ses mots. Un récit impressionniste qui est à son image : sur le fil de l'émotion, bâti par plans-séquences. C'est un père, gravement blessé par les Allemands à Varsovie au début de la guerre, qui vient mourir chez lui, dans les bras de sa femme et de ses deux petites filles. Ce sont les années d'orphelinat, le joug russe qui oblige les enfants à apprendre la langue honnie. Les années où, starlette, elle fait la couverture des magazines polonais ou est-allemands. La fuite à l'Ouest, l'immersion dans une autre culture, française, ses rencontres (Montand, Mitterrand...), la découverte d'un talent qu'elle ignorait : sa capacité à enthousiasmer les salles par la vibration de sa voix...

Bibliography of Semiotics, 1975–1985

Número de Páginas: 950

This bibliography of semiotic studies covering the years 1975-1985 impressively reveals the world-wide intensification in the field. During this decade, national semiotic societies have been founded allover the world; a great number of international, national, and local semiotic conferences have taken place; the number of periodicals and book series devoted to semiotics has increased as has the number of books and dissertations in the field. This bibliography is the result of a dedicated effort to approach complete coverage.

Colloquial Polish

Autor: Bolesław Mazur

Número de Páginas: 391

Colloquial Polish: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Polish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Polish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Polish is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural...

Dissident Legacies of Samizdat Social Media Activism

Autor: Piotr Wciślik

Número de Páginas: 258

This book tells the story of the dissident imaginary of samizdat activists, the political culture they created, and the pivotal role that culture had in sustaining the resilience of the oppositional movement in Poland between 1976 and 1990. This unlicensed print culture has been seen as one of the most emblematic social worlds of dissent. Since the Cold War, the audacity of harnessing obsolete print technology known as samizdat to break the modern monopoly of information of the party-state has fascinated many, yet this book looks beyond the Cold War frame to reappraise its historical novelty and significance. What made that culture resilient and rewarding, this book argues, was the correspondence between certain set of ideas and media practices: namely, the form of samizdat social media, which both embodied and projected the prefigurative philosophy of political action, asserting that small forms of collective agency can have a transformative effect on public life here and now, and are uniquely capable of achieving a democratic new beginning. This prefigurative vision of the transition from communism had a fundamental impact on the broader oppositional movement. Yet, while both...

Viajes de cosmovisión

Autor: Aceituno Bocanegra, Francisco Javier , Iriarte Mugica, José , Morcote Ríos, Gaspar

Número de Páginas: 336

Viajes de cosmovisión: La selva pintada reúne las memorias del II Simposio Internacional de Arte Rupestre. La obra articula doce contribuciones de especialistas nacionales e internacionales que dialogan sobre el arte rupestre en distintas regiones del mundo —desde Altamira en España hasta sitios arqueológicos en Siberia, Suráfrica, Patagonia, Brasil y la Amazonia colombiana— explorando su antigüedad, significado simbólico, contextos paisajísticos y roles sociales en comunidades pasadas.

Mon siècle

Autor: Aleksander Wat

Número de Páginas: 744

En mémoire de la forêt

Autor: Charles T. Powers

Número de Páginas: 338

" Un roman d'une rare intensité, d'une puissance ahurissante, aussi bien sur le fond que sur la forme. Ce livre extraordinaire restera hélas, mille fois hélas, le seul ouvrage de son auteur, mais c'est un chef-d'oeuvre, et en tant que tel, je suis sûr qu'il marquera durablement l'esprit de ses lecteurs. Il le mérite. " R. J. Ellory Élu meilleur thriller de l'année par le New York Times. En Pologne, quelques années après la chute du communisme. Lorsqu'on retrouve le cadavre d'un homme dans la forêt qui entoure le petit bourg de Jadowia, Leszek, un ami de la famille du disparu, décide de faire la lumière sur cette affaire. Il comprend vite que cet assassinat est lié à l'histoire trouble du village. Mais dans cette petite communauté soudée par le silence, beaucoup ont intérêt à avoir la mémoire courte et sont prêts à tout pour ne pas réveiller les fantômes du passé. L'ère communiste a en effet laissé derrière elle bien des séquelles et personne n'a rien à gagner à évoquer cette période où la dénonciation était encouragée, la paranoïa et la corruption omniprésentes, les comportements souvent veules. Sans parler de secrets plus profondément...

Roman Polanski

Autor: Julia Ain-krupa

Número de Páginas: 196

This book offers an examination of the films of Roman Polanski, focusing on the impact that his life as an exile has had upon his work. Roman Polanski: A Life in Exile is a revealing look at this acclaimed filmmaker whose life in exile seems to have made his films all the more personal and powerful. Written by a film critic, this insightful book follows Polanski's story from his childhood in a World War II Jewish ghetto to his early films in Poland; from his American breakout, Rosemary's Baby, to his wife's murder by the Manson family; from the spectacular return of Chinatown, to his exile as a convicted sex criminal, to the monumental career peak, The Pianist. The Holocaust, the oppression of communism, the shattering of the swinging 60s, the decadence of Hollywood, the life of a fugitive—Polanski experienced all of these firsthand, and understanding those experiences provides a fascinating pathway through his work.

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Autor: Florentin Smarandache

Número de Páginas: 117

Very experimental literary texts.

Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth General Assembly Prague 2006

Autor: International Astronomical Union. General Assembly

Número de Páginas: 530

IAU Transactions XXVIB contains the Proceedings of the IAU XXVII General Assembly held in Prague, 14-25 August 2006, hosting a total of 2412 participants from 73 countries. The Assembly featured a rich scientific program, comprising 6 Symposia, 17 Joint Discussions and 7 Special Sessions. During the program about 650 papers were presented and more than 1550 posters displayed. The Proceedings of the 6 Symposia have been published in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposia Series, and the proceedings of the Joint Discussions and Special Sessions feature in IAU Highlights of Astronomy, 14. Together with those 7 volumes, these Transactions cover the entire General Assembly. In addition to the scientific program, the XXVI General Assembly hosted the regular Business Meetings of the EC, the 12 Divisions, 40 Commissions and 75 Working Groups. This volume records the organizational and administrative business of the XXVI General Assembly and the status of the IAU membership.

Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema

Autor: Marek Haltof

Número de Páginas: 385

In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Prószynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow. Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse body of work, ranging from patriotic melodramas and epic adaptations of the national literary canon to Yiddish cinema and films portraying the corrupt side of communism. Poland has produced several internationally known films, including Andrzej Wajda’s war trilogy, A Generation (1955), Kanal (1957), and Ashes and Diamonds (1958); Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water (1962); and Andrzej Munk’s The Passenger (1963). Often performing specific political and cultural duties for their nation, Polish filmmakers were well aware of their role as educators, entertainers, social activists, and political leaders. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema fills the gap in film scholarship, presenting an extensive factual survey of Polish film. Through a chronology; an introductory essay; appendixes, a bibliography; and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on films, directors, actors, producers, and film institutions, a balanced picture of the richness of Polish cinema is presented....

Samotny podróżny. Opowieść o Mikołaju Koperniku

Autor: Jerzy Broszkiewicz

Número de Páginas: 125

Mikołaj Kopernik był – jak powszechnie wiadomo – wielkim uczonym, który dokonał przełomowego odkrycia w dziedzinie astronomii. Miał też znaczące osiągnięcia jako prawnik, urzędnik, dyplomata, lekarz, kartograf, ekonomista i filolog. Mało znane jest jednak jego życie prywatne czy pozanaukowe. I temu właśnie tematowi poświęcona jest ta książka. Jest ona napisana w formie powieści. Powieści interesującej, o wartkiej akcji, dobrze napisanej. Ze wstępu. Bieg naszych dziejów ukształcił w polskiej świadomości określony wzór bohaterstwa. Za jego miarę uznaliśmy przede wszystkim czyn militarny. Ale chyba czas po temu, by w powszechnej świadomości przywrócić właściwe, a nawet główne miejsce innemu wzorowi bohaterstwa i innej niż żołnierska odwadze. Czas przypomnieć bohaterów myśli ludzkiej i odwagę uczonych, dzięki którym naród uczył się myśleć. Myślał, więc istniał. Pojmował sens i wartość swego istnienia — i jeśli umiał o nie walczyć, to przede wszystkim dlatego, że nauczył się myśleć.

Advances in Representation Theory of Algebras

Autor: Ibrahim Assem , Christof Geiß , Sonia Trepode

Número de Páginas: 274

The Seventh ARTA (“Advances in Representation Theory of Algebras VII”) conference took place at the Instituto de Matemáticas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, in Mexico City, from September 24–28, 2018, in honor of José Antonio de la Peña's 60th birthday. Papers in this volume cover topics Professor de la Peña worked on, such as covering theory, tame algebras, and the use of quadratic forms in representation theory. Also included are papers on the categorical approach to representations of algebras and relations to Lie theory, Cohen–Macaulay modules, quantum groups and other algebraic structures.

Between East and West

Autor: Piotr Pranke

Número de Páginas: 263

The memory of the living and the dead was part of the functioning of monastic and secular communities, dynasties and aristocratic families. The relationship of debitores and fundatores is key to understanding the “mentality” of the era of the formation of Imperium Christianum. The donations made “pro remedio animae nostre et genitoris nostris” indicate the memorial function of transferring the prayer duties of the power elites (or whole groups and communities) to the clergy and illustrate the belief of medieval people in the importance of intercessory prayer. This volume is a memoir of the Piasts and Boleslaw the Brave on the 1000th anniversary of his coronation. It symbolically closes the study of the millennium of the baptism of Poland (966–1966) and opens the study of the early Middle Ages in Poland and Central Europe.

The Silver Library of Duke Albrecht of Prussia and his wife Anna Maria

Autor: Janusz Tondel , Arkadiusz Wagner

Número de Páginas: 326

The Silver Library ( Silber Bibliothek) of Albrecht, Duke of Prussia, and his wife Anna Maria is an absolutely unique collection of volumes bound in richly decorated precious metal. It was founded between the end of the 1540s and the beginning of the 1560s as a manifestation of the splendor of the ducal court and a deep reverence for the Word of God and Lutheran thought. Originally it consisted of twenty items mainly created in goldsmith workshops in Königsberg, Nuremberg and probably Münden. This monograph gives a historical overview of the Silver Library against the background of the ducal couple’s lives as well as the culture of the 16th-century Prussia. It also presents an analysis of the bindings as examples of the Renaissance and Mannerist art of goldsmithing.

Plunder

Autor: Menachem Kaiser

Número de Páginas: 291

From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family's apartment building in Poland--and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that follows

Unbowed

Autor: Julian S. Schlusberg

Número de Páginas: 445

Have you ever stood next to people who live on the other side of Nalibok, that place where Jews aren’t welcome? Did you notice how they subtly took a step away from you? How their eyes glance at you with barely disguised suspicion? This is the story of what happens when the lives of four people—two brothers, the wife of one of them, and their truest friend—are uprooted by the insanity and hatred of the Holocaust. It is fiction based on fact; a journey Homeric in nature, an odyssey of their travels and trials as they seek to survive the demonic Nazi scourge. But it is not a dark tale; quite the contrary, it is a story of courage, resilience, ingenuity, defiance, and a relentlessly optimistic belief in the human ability to overcome staggering odds. That the characters are based on real people and real events begs description; it makes their survival nothing less than miraculous. A character in the book, Oren Paweek, says, “Sometimes faith alone isn’t enough. Sometimes faith needs a little help.” And that is precisely what these characters must do to escape the Nazis, elude Poland’s brutish Blue Police, and stave off prevalent anti-Semitism. They craftily and cunningly...

The Lvov-Warsaw School. Past and Present

Autor: Ángel Garrido , Urszula Wybraniec-skardowska

Número de Páginas: 802

This is a collection of new investigations and discoveries on the history of a great tradition, the Lvov-Warsaw School of logic and mathematics, by the best specialists from all over the world. The papers range from historical considerations to new philosophical, logical and mathematical developments of this impressive School, including applications to Computer Science, Mathematics, Metalogic, Scientific and Analytic Philosophy, Theory of Models and Linguistics.

The Alex Crow

Autor: Andrew Smith

Número de Páginas: 338

“Andrew Smith is the Kurt Vonnegut of YA . . . [Smith’s novels] are the freshest, richest, and weirdest books to hit the YA world in years.” —Entertainment Weekly Skillfully blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, award-winning Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith chronicles the story of Ariel, a refugee who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel's story is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century . . . and a depressed, bionic reincarnated crow.

Grasshopper Jungle

Autor: Andrew Smith

Número de Páginas: 418

A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction "Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone “Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.