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Książka Tajemnice Pigalonii autorstwa J. J. Renerta to pełna absurdalnego humoru historia Stanleya McPiga, prezydenta krainy świń, funkcjonującej przez wieki za Wielką Zasłoną w całkowitej izolacji od świata ludzi. Wskutek intrygi swojej sekretarki Stanley traci stanowisko w sex-aferze, a rządy jego następcy - Wielkiego Kapłana Ni Czi doprowadzają...

In this thoughtful and moving novel, four men find themselves inextricably bound together by their past histories. The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice, especially when he finds out the truth...

Pan na ogrodach to kobieca opowieść o miłości Ewy, filigranowej blondynki w wieku dojrzałym, do sporo młodszego od siebie mężczyzny, w scenerii kwitnących ogrodów Budapesztu. Optymistyczna historia dla wszystkich, którzy chcą znaleźć choćby na krótko swoje szczęście, poczuć jego smak i zapach oraz zachować je w pamięci do końca. Ewa, siedząc na...

Its Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Then the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been...

In Kingsley Amis' "Difficulties With Girls", Jenny Bunn and Patrick Standish have settled into London life with their troubled courtship long behind them. Patrick works in publishing and Jenny teaches sick children in a hospital. They have reached a certain level of maturity, or so they think. It is not long before they realize their respectability...

In 1929 Robert Graves went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This is his superb account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his...