What To Read About Poland
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What To Read About Poland
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Author : James Houston Baxter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1942
What To Read About Poland written by James Houston Baxter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with Poland categories.
A Memoir Of The Warsaw Uprising
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Author : Miron Bialoszewski
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2015-10-27
A Memoir Of The Warsaw Uprising written by Miron Bialoszewski and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with History categories.
A blow-by-blow, ground-level account of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the 2-month Polish Resistance effort to liberate Warsaw from Nazi occupation. Poland’s most famous post-war poet offers “the finest book about the insurrection of 1944”—an essential read for fans of WW2 history (John Carpenter). On August 1, 1944, Miron Białoszewski, later to gain renown as one of Poland’s most innovative poets, went out to run an errand for his mother and ran into history. With Soviet forces on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Polish capital revolted against 5 years of Nazi occupation, an uprising that began in a spirit of heroic optimism. 63 days later it came to a tragic end. The Nazis suppressed the insurgents ruthlessly, reducing Warsaw to rubble while slaughtering some 200,000 people, mostly through mass executions. The Red Army simply looked on. First written over 25 years after the uprising, Białoszewski’s account gives readers an unforgettable sense of the chaos and immediacy of the final days of World War II. He tells of slipping back and forth under German fire, dodging sniper bullets, collapsing with exhaustion, rescuing the wounded, and burying the dead. This unusual memoir is a major work of literature and a reflection on memory that resists the terrible destruction it records. Madeline G. Levine has extensively revised her 1977 translation, and passages that were unpublishable in Communist Poland have been restored.
Shortcuts To Poland
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Author : Laura Klos Sokol
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Shortcuts To Poland written by Laura Klos Sokol and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Social Science categories.
Here All Is Poland
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Author : Petro Andreas Nungovitch
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2018-12-13
Here All Is Poland written by Petro Andreas Nungovitch and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-13 with History categories.
On 10 April 2010, Polish President Lech Kaczyński and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska were killed in an airplane crash outside the city of Smolensk in western Russia, where they were flying to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet massacre of over twenty-one thousand Polish prisoners during the Second World War. Eight days later, the president and his wife were laid to rest beneath the Krakow Cathedral on Wawel Hill, an ancient necropolis of Polish kings and queens and the most prestigious burial site in all of Poland, where only six other meritorious, non-royal national figures have been enshrined since the demise of the Polish monarchy in the late eighteenth century. The decision to bury Lech and Maria Kaczyński in Poland’s highest national pantheon sparked an emotional debate about its symbolic appropriateness and underscored the question of how such burial decisions are actually made. It also raised a whole host of questions about the historical significance and pantheonic function of Wawel—the “bedrock of sacred memory for the Polish nation,” as Stanisław Staszic put it in the early nineteenth century—in modern Polish consciousness. Until now, these questions have received surprisingly little attention beyond Polish historians of Krakow. Here All Is Poland excavates and builds upon the extant scholarly discourse of Wawel to plot the evolution of a pantheonic funeral tradition over two hundred years, thus providing a context and a clue for interpreting the historical significance of the 2010 burial.
Our Man In Warszawa
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Author : Jo Harper
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-15
Our Man In Warszawa written by Jo Harper and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-15 with Political Science categories.
Written by a Brit who has lived in Poland for more than twenty years, this book challenges some accepted thinking in the West about Poland and about the rise of Law and Justice (PiS) as the ruling party in 2015. It is a remarkable account of the Polish post-1989 transition and contemporary politics, combining personal views and experience with careful fact and material collections. The result is a vivid description of the events and scrupulous explanations of the political processes, and all this with an interesting twist – a perspective of a foreigner and insider at the same time. Settled in the position of participant observer, Jo Harper combines the methods of macro and micro analysis with CDA, critical discourse analysis. He presents and interprets the constituent elements and issues of contemporary Poland: the main political forces, the Church, the media, issues of gender, the Russian connection, the much-disputed judicial reform and many others. A special feature of the book is the detailed examination of the coverage of the Poland’s latest two elections, one in 2019 (parliamentary) and the other in 2020 (presidential) in the British media, an insightful and witty specimen of comparative cultural and political analysis.
A Chip Shop In Pozna
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Author : Ben Aitken
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2019-07-04
A Chip Shop In Pozna written by Ben Aitken and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-04 with Travel categories.
'One of the funniest books of the year' - Paul Ross, talkRADIO WARNING: CONTAINS AN UNLIKELY IMMIGRANT, AN UNSUNG COUNTRY, A BUMPY ROMANCE, SEVERAL SHATTERED PRECONCEPTIONS, TRACES OF INSIGHT, A DOZEN NUNS AND A REFERENDUM. Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop. Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament. In 2016 Ben Aitken moved to Poland while he still could. It wasn't love that took him but curiosity: he wanted to know what the Poles in the UK had left behind. He flew to a place he'd never heard of and then accepted a job in a chip shop on the minimum wage. When he wasn't peeling potatoes he was on the road scratching the country's surface: he milked cows with a Eurosceptic farmer; missed the bus to Auschwitz; spent Christmas with complete strangers and went to Gdansk to learn how communism got the chop. By the year's end he had a better sense of what the Poles had turned their backs on - southern mountains, northern beaches, dumplings! - and an uncanny ability to bone cod. This is a candid, funny and offbeat tale of a year as an unlikely immigrant.
Poland In Pictures
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Author : Jeffrey Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2005-12-15
Poland In Pictures written by Jeffrey Zuehlke and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Poland.
Kaleidoscope Of Poland
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Author : Oscar E. Swan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Kaleidoscope Of Poland written by Oscar E. Swan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Foreword by Adam Zamoyski Kaleidoscope of Poland is a highly readable volume containing short articles on major personalities, places, events, and accomplishments from the thousand-year record of Polish history and culture. Featuring approximately 900 compact text entries and 600 illustrations, it will be a handy reference at home, a perfect supplement to traditional guide books when traveling, an aid to language study, or simply browsed with enjoyment from cover to cover by anyone with an interest in Poland. The entries describe essential features of Poland from the mundane to the sublime. Whether it is bagels or the Bug River, Chopin or Madame Curie, the authors offer colorful and often witty snapshots of significant individuals, customs, folklore, historic events, phrases, places, geography, and much, much more. Beginning with the emergence of the Polish state in 966 under Mieszko I, to the resurrection of present-day Poland within the European Union, it's also a sweeping account of the tumult and triumphs the nation has witnessed through much of its history. This highly entertaining yet informative book is essentially a "cultural dictionary"--offering a knowledge base that can be referred to time and time again. Kaleidoscope of Poland will be welcomed by readers of Polish descent, students of Polish, or anyone planning to visit Poland--anyone seeking a greater insight into this fascinating land.
A Concise History Of Poland
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Author : Jerzy Lukowski
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-06
A Concise History Of Poland written by Jerzy Lukowski and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-06 with History categories.
An updated and expanded second edition covering Polish history from medieval times to the present day.
Vodka And Apple Juice
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Author : Jay Martin
language : en
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Release Date : 2018-09-01
Vodka And Apple Juice written by Jay Martin and has been published by Fremantle Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Jay's husband lands a diplomatic job in Warsaw, she jumps at the chance to escape a predictable life in Canberra for adventure in the heart of central Europe. From glamorous cocktail parties and dining with presidents, to snowy sleigh rides and drinking vodka in smoky bars, Jay is thrown into all that embassy life has to offer. She comes to realize that three things in Poland are certain: death, taxes, and that shop assistants won't have any change. What is less certain is whether her marriage will survive its third Polish winter.