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Technology is our new life partner. No longer confined to the sidelines, new interactive technologies like AI therapists, avatar friends, and robot assistants are ready to transform technology's role from basic tools of convenience to intimate elements of our social and emotional lives. This turn towards human-like technology signals the beginning of a new epoch in human history, a change already facing both excitement and resistance.

While many are still wary of human-technology companionship, Relationships 5.0 reveals that these novel interactions aren't as risky as we'd once thought, but can instead make our social and emotional lives richer and more diverse. Still, we must What will the age of Relationships 5.0 look like? How should we prepare for such an age? Who might already be ready to embrace these changes, and why?

Guiding readers away from fear and toward a new reality, Relationships 5.0 exposes the fundamental questions behind such essentials as companionship, trust, and love---and offers fascinating and revealing ideas about what the coming years will look like.]]> 304 Elyakim Kislev 0197588255 Marcin 0 to-read 3.97
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]]> 60843750 91 Andrzej J. Sarwa Marcin 0 0.0
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The historical figure of the dandy has commonly been described as an upper-class gentleman, often exemplified by well-known men such as Beau Brummell, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, and Max Beerbohm. But there is a broader history to be told about the dandy - one that incorporates unknown men from the lower strata of society.

The A People's History constitutes the first ever history of those dandies who emanated from the less privileged layers of the populace - the lowly clerks, shop assistants, domestic servants, and labourers who increasingly during the modern age have emerged as style-conscious men about town. Peter Andersson shows that dandyism is far from just an elite phenomenon represented by famous poets and artists. He shows how dandyism as a popular youth subculture grew into an influential cultural movement, from the days of Beau Brummell in the early 19th century to the age of mods in the 1960s.

A series of fascinating in-depth studies of the wide variety of dandy subcultures that have surfaced around the world in the last two centuries tell the story of how the shaping of fashions and the image of men became increasingly democratized, with the arbiters of taste increasingly coming from the other end of the social spectrum. Along the way, we encounter such long-forgotten groups as the mashers, the knuts, the Paris gandins and the Berlin transgender dandies, alongside more well-known but unexplored figures like the zoot suiter, the teddy boy, and the New Romantic.

Above all, this is a story of how fundamental aspects of modern culture such as fashion, style, and conduct have been shaped from below just as much as from above. It is a story that shows how the problematic business of young men trying to find an identity is an enduring phenomenon - and one sadly often accompanied by innocent victims along the way.]]> 352 Peter K. Andersson 0198882432 Marcin 0 to-read 0.0
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The concept of freedom is deceptively simple. We think we understand it, but the moment we try and define it we encounter contradictions. In this new philosophical exploration, Slavoj 沤i啪ek argues that the experience of true, radical freedom is transient and fragile. Countering the idea of libertarian individualism, 沤i啪ek draws on philosophers Hegel, Kierkegaard and Heidegger, as well as the work of Kandinsky and Agatha Christie to examine the many facets of freedom and what we can learn from each of them.

Today, with the latest advances in digital control, our social activity can be controlled and regulated to such a degree that the liberal notion of a free individual becomes obsolete and even meaningless. How will we be obliged to reinvent (or limit) the contours of our freedom?

Tracing its connection to everything from capitalism and war to the state and environmental breakdown, 沤i啪ek takes us on an illuminating and entertaining journey that shows how a deeper understanding of freedom can offer hope in dark times.]]> 328 Slavoj 沤i啪ek 135035712X Marcin 0 to-read 3.90
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Philosopher and psychotherapist Mark Vernon provides a fresh route into Blake, one that takes him at his word. Bringing together Blake鈥檚 poetry, his arresting images and his passionate writings, alongside lively biographical sketches, Vernon shines a new light on this brilliant thinker鈥檚 vivid worldview. Like us, Blake lived in a tumultuous era of warfare, discontent, rapid technological change, and a deepening estrangement of humanity from nature. He exposed the dark sides of political fervour and social moralising, while unashamedly celebrating love and liberty. But he also conversed with prophets and angels, and was powerfully, if unconventionally, religious. If we take this seriously鈥攏ot easy, in secular times鈥攖hen Blake can help us to unlock the transformative power of imagination, key to his importance in today鈥檚 world.

Written both for longstanding Blake-lovers and for those unfamiliar with his work,听Awake!reveals Blake鈥檚 potential as an invigorating and hopeful guide for our modern age]]> 272 Mark Vernon 1805263773 Marcin 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 42185750 Islandia albo Kr贸tkie opisanie wyspy Islandyji. Wie艣膰 o pierwszym opisie wyspy wydanym w j臋zyku polskim roznosi si臋 lotem b艂yskawicy po Europie.

Wydany przez Towarzystwo Przyja藕ni Polsko-Islandzkiej reprint dzie艂a Daniela Vettera wpad艂 mi w r臋ce, gdy szuka艂em inspiracji do podr贸偶y. Przeczyta艂em 滨蝉濒补苍诲颈臋... w jeden wiecz贸r. Przerzucaj膮c ostatni膮 stron臋, wiedzia艂em, 偶e opisuje ona dok艂adnie miejsce, kt贸re chc臋 odwiedzi膰.

Zapakowa艂em ksi膮偶k臋 Morawianina do plecaka i pojecha艂em na Islandi臋.]]> 256 Piotr Milewski 8381390281 Marcin 4 iceland, travel
Owszem, dowiadujemy si臋 wiele o licznych miejscach, ludziach i zwierz臋tach je zamieszkuj膮cych. Poznajemy historie niekt贸rych wsi, czy miast a nawet formowania si臋 samego islandzkiego l膮du. Ale najwa偶niejsza i najbardziej dominuj膮ca jest wspomniana strona autorefleksyjna. Tego przecie偶 oczekujemy od wykonawcy g艂贸wnej roli. To przez pryzmat jego do艣wiadcze艅, uczu膰 i my艣li jest nam dane zbli偶y膰 si臋, cho膰by tylko wewn臋trznie, do przedmiotu opisu.

艢miech i politowanie wzbudzaj膮 we mnie komentarze do ksi膮偶ki, w kt贸rych dominuje zaw贸d. Niezaspokojenie pragnienia otrzymania gar艣ci wskaz贸wek praktycznych dla w艂asnych przysz艂ych podr贸偶y, czy raczej wakacyjnych wycieczek. Litetatura podr贸偶nicza to nie przewodniki Pascala...

Polecam wszystkim, kt贸rzy ceni膮 sobie perspektyw臋 indywidualn膮, subiektywizm i wymiar ludzki, tak podr贸偶owania jak i 偶ycia w og贸le.

P.S. D艂ugo trzyma艂em t臋 ksi膮偶k臋 w swoich r臋kach. Nie dlatego, 偶e by艂a trudna w odbiorze ale ze wzgl臋du na pewn膮 w艂asn膮 przypad艂o艣膰. W wielu momentach zatrzymywa艂em si臋, szuka艂em w sieci zdj臋膰 opisywanych lub tylko wzmiankowanych miejsc, zamyka艂em oczy i... udawa艂em si臋 w d艂ug膮 podr贸偶.]]> 2.82 2018
author: Piotr Milewski
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rating: 4
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Opowie艣膰 o tym jak ma艂a 56-stronicowa publikacja z 1638 roku przywiod艂a podr贸偶nika i bywalca miejsc wielu, m.in. autora znanych ksi膮偶ek o Japonii i relacji z podr贸偶y Kolej膮 Transyberyjsk膮, Piotra Milewskiego na wysp臋 ognia i lodu. Jest to opowie艣膰 na wskro艣 osobista, w kt贸rej niezwykle pi臋kny acz wymagaj膮cy krajobraz wulkanicznego kraju jest tak naprawd臋 lustrem samego podr贸偶nika. W nim przyl膮da si臋 swoim l臋kom, s艂abo艣ciom, odkrywa swoje mocne strony, bogactwo w艂asnych prze偶y膰 lub te偶 po prostu prozaiczno艣膰 偶ycia... i dzi臋ki temu wszystkiemu uczy si臋 pokory.

Owszem, dowiadujemy si臋 wiele o licznych miejscach, ludziach i zwierz臋tach je zamieszkuj膮cych. Poznajemy historie niekt贸rych wsi, czy miast a nawet formowania si臋 samego islandzkiego l膮du. Ale najwa偶niejsza i najbardziej dominuj膮ca jest wspomniana strona autorefleksyjna. Tego przecie偶 oczekujemy od wykonawcy g艂贸wnej roli. To przez pryzmat jego do艣wiadcze艅, uczu膰 i my艣li jest nam dane zbli偶y膰 si臋, cho膰by tylko wewn臋trznie, do przedmiotu opisu.

艢miech i politowanie wzbudzaj膮 we mnie komentarze do ksi膮偶ki, w kt贸rych dominuje zaw贸d. Niezaspokojenie pragnienia otrzymania gar艣ci wskaz贸wek praktycznych dla w艂asnych przysz艂ych podr贸偶y, czy raczej wakacyjnych wycieczek. Litetatura podr贸偶nicza to nie przewodniki Pascala...

Polecam wszystkim, kt贸rzy ceni膮 sobie perspektyw臋 indywidualn膮, subiektywizm i wymiar ludzki, tak podr贸偶owania jak i 偶ycia w og贸le.

P.S. D艂ugo trzyma艂em t臋 ksi膮偶k臋 w swoich r臋kach. Nie dlatego, 偶e by艂a trudna w odbiorze ale ze wzgl臋du na pewn膮 w艂asn膮 przypad艂o艣膰. W wielu momentach zatrzymywa艂em si臋, szuka艂em w sieci zdj臋膰 opisywanych lub tylko wzmiankowanych miejsc, zamyka艂em oczy i... udawa艂em si臋 w d艂ug膮 podr贸偶.
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Mark Alizart dispenses with the well-worn clich锟絪 concerning dogs and their masters, seeing them not as submissive pets but rather as unexpected life coaches, ready to teach us the elusive recipes for contentment and joy. Dogs have faced their fate in life with a certain detachment that is not easy to understand. Unlike other animals in a similar situation, they have not become hardened, nor have they let themselves die a little inside. On the contrary, they seem to have softened. This book is devoted to understanding this miracle, the miracle of the joy of dogs - to understanding it and, if at all possible, to learning how it's done.

Weaving elegantly and eruditely between historical myth and pop-culture anecdote, between the peculiar views of philosophers and the even more bizarre findings of science, Alizart offers us a surprising new portrait of the dog as thinker--a thinker who may perhaps know the true secret of our humanity.]]> 288 Mark Alizart 1509537295 Marcin 0 to-read 2.50
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]]> 199014760 Alchemia, psychodelia i buddyzm w artystycznej enklawie na G贸rnym 艢l膮sku.

Ezoteryczna historia polskiej inteligencji.

Co to jest 艢nialnia? To miejsce, w kt贸rym si臋 艣ni, i przestrze艅, gdzie sny si臋 urzeczywistnia. Ich sen by艂 snem o wolno艣ci.

Malarze Urszula Broll, Antoni Halor, Zygmunt Stuchlik, Andrzej Urbanowicz i Henryk Waniek wymkn臋li si臋 do 艢nialni z reali贸w PRL-u. W latach sze艣膰dziesi膮tych XX wieku stworzyli przy ulicy Piastowskiej 1 w Katowicach legendarn膮 Pracowni臋, kt贸ra przetrwa艂a sze艣膰 dekad. Najpierw kusi艂a duchowo艣ci膮, a po 1989 roku 鈥� ekscesem, testuj膮c granice odzyskanej wolno艣ci.

W kr臋gu oddzia艂ywania Pracowni znalaz艂y si臋 wa偶ne dla polskiej kultury postacie, m. in.: Zdzis艂aw Beksi艅ski, Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki, Jerzy Illg, Ryszard Krynicki, Mieczys艂aw Litwi艅ski, Jaros艂aw Markiewicz, Jacek Ostaszewski, Tadeusz S艂awek, Olga Tokarczuk czy Ingmar Villqist.

Rafa艂 Ksi臋偶yk powraca z polifoniczn膮, osadzon膮 w 艣l膮skich realiach opowie艣ci膮 o tym, co wydawa艂o si臋 eskapizmem, a zmieni艂o rzeczywisto艣膰. W Pracowni publikowano jedne z pierwszych w Polsce Ludowej samizdat贸w, st膮d wyruszano w pionierskie psychodeliczne tripy, tutaj zacz膮艂 si臋 polski buddyzm zen. Rozwin臋艂a si臋 wra偶liwo艣膰, kt贸ra pozwoli艂a spojrze膰 na 艢l膮sk i na Polsk臋 w nowy spos贸b.]]> 544 Rafa艂 Ksi臋偶yk 8308081886 Marcin 5 4.42 2023
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]]> 859270 416 Jake Chapman 8881584042 Marcin 0 to-read 4.10 2003
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]]> 574931 568 Hillel Schwartz 0942299361 Marcin 0 to-read 3.73 1996
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]]> 3109 What should we have for dinner? For omnivore like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma. When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the foods on offer might shorten your life. Today, buffered by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. The omnivore鈥檚 dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a bewildering and treacherous food landscape. What鈥檚 at stake in our eating choices is not only our own and our children鈥檚 health, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.
The Omnivore's Dilemma is groundbreaking book, in which one of America鈥檚 most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or perhaps something we hunt, gather, or grow ourselves?
To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us鈥攊ndustrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves鈥攆rom the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. His absorbing narrative takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants to organic farms and hunting grounds, always emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the handful of plant and animal species we depend on. Each time Pollan sits down to a meal, he deploys his unique blend of personal and investigative journalism to trace the origins of everything consumed, revealing what we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods and flavors reflects our evolutionary inheritance.
The surprising answers Pollan offers to the simple question posed by this book have profound political, economic, psychological, and even moral implications for all of us. Ultimately, this is a book as much about visionary solutions as it is about problems, and Pollan contends that, when it comes to food, doing the right thing often turns out to be the tastiest thing an eater can do. Beautifully written and thrillingly argued, The Omnivore鈥檚 Dilemma promises to change the way we think about the politics and pleasure of eating. For anyone who reads it, dinner will never again look, or taste, quite the same.]]> 450 Michael Pollan 1594200823 Marcin 0 to-read 4.18 2006
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]]> 61683894 From Cleopatra to Chaos A Vibrant, Epic History of Occultism in Thought and Practice

In his most sweeping historical work, occult scholar and widely known voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz presents a lively, intellectually serious historical exploration of modern occultism, from astrology and alchemy to the dawn of Theosophy and modern witchcraft鈥攁nd the spiritual revolutions that followed.



In this lively, full-circle history, Mitch



Preservation of 鈥渉idden wisdom鈥� in late-ancient Hermeticism.Rebirth of esoterica during the Renaissance, including Kabbalah, ceremonial magick, alchemy, Gnosticism鈥攁nd the backlash culminating in the Thirty Years鈥� War.Rise of the modern 鈥渟ecret society,鈥� such as Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and Illuminati.Migration of religious radicalism to the New World, including how enslaved people devised the magickal system of hoodoo.Wave of occultism ignited by John Dee, the Romantics, Franz Anton Mesmer, Eliphas L茅vi, and P.B. Randolph.The revolution brought by occult explorer Madame H.P. Blavatsky.Growth of New Thought and mind metaphysics.How fin de si猫cle scientists devised clinical protocols to study the supernatural.Occult influences in a delicate topic weighed maturely.Heterodox movements and figures such as The Process Church, TOPY, Michael Aquino, and Anton LaVey.Pioneering voices including Manly P. Hall, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Edgar Cayce, Carl Jung, Gerald Gardner, Jack Parsons, Annie Besant, G.I. Gurdjieff, Alice Bailey, Austin Osman Spare, and Carlos Castaneda.Surprising occult influences on wide-ranging modern icons such as Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, and Isaac Newton.How models of interdimensionality are loosening the hold of materialism on modern thought.
]]> 434 Mitch Horowitz 1722527587 Marcin 0 4.22
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]]> 42769627 77 Karl Ker茅nyi 8390017644 Marcin 0 to-read 0.0 1944
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]]> 227498397
Kostucha w maryjnych szatach i nieformalni 艣wi臋ci, do kt贸rych mo偶na si臋 modli膰 w grzesznych intencjach.

Andyjskie zio艂a, kt贸re lecz膮 cia艂o, oraz rytua艂 z u偶yciem 艣winki morskiej, kt贸ry leczy dusz臋.

Obdarzani czci膮 politycy, celebryci i kowboje oraz tajemniczy 艣wi臋ty wyrze藕biony z ludzkiej ko艣ci.

Z spraw膮 艢mierci i innych 艣wi臋tych czytelnik trafi najpierw na Kub臋, do wyznawc贸w pochodz膮cej z Afryki santer铆i, potem do Meksyku, gdzie w latach kryzysu rozkwitaj膮 kulty 艣wi臋tych nieuznawanych, a czasem wr臋cz zwalczanych przez katolicki Ko艣ci贸艂, nast臋pnie w peruwia艅skie Andy, gdzie ludzie skutecznie lecz膮 si臋 metodami odziedziczonymi po przodkach, a na ko艅cu do Buenos Aires, czyli miasta oferuj膮cego szeroki wachlarz kult贸w, i na argenty艅sko-paragwajskie pogranicze, na kt贸rym religijne wp艂ywy europejskie 艂膮cz膮 si臋 z rdzennymi wierzeniami Guaran贸w. I znajdzie tu opowie艣ci o bardzo r贸偶nych wierzeniach ludzi z Ameryki 艁aci艅skiej, kt贸re ods艂aniaj膮 fascynuj膮ce oblicza tego regionu i uzmys艂awiaj膮, 偶e to, w co ludzie wierz膮, ca艂kiem sporo mo偶e powiedzie膰 o tym, kim s膮 i jak 偶yj膮.]]> 352 Tomasz Pindel 8383874529 Marcin 0 to-read 4.02 2025
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]]> 13725482 198 Lukas Thommen 0521174651 Marcin 0 to-read 3.44 2012
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]]> 224101155 560 Tom Holland 8381967694 Marcin 0 to-read 4.00 2019
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]]> 259699 312 Moshe Halbertal 0674443136 Marcin 0 to-read 3.76 1992
author: Moshe Halbertal
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Among the questions What are the internal justifications that esoteric traditions provide for their own existence, especially in the Jewish world, in which the spread of knowledge was of great importance? How do esoteric teachings coexist with the revealed tradition, and what is the relationship between the various esoteric teachings that compete with that revealed tradition?


Halbertal concludes that, through the medium of the concealed, Jewish thinkers integrated into the heart of the Jewish tradition diverse cultural influences such as Aristotelianism, Neoplatonism, and Hermeticisims. And the creation of an added concealed layer, unregulated and open-ended, became the source of the most daring and radical interpretations of the tradition.]]> 208 Moshe Halbertal 0691125716 Marcin 0 to-read 3.90 2007
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]]> 230590767 106 Enzo Traverso 8366615278 Marcin 0 to-read 4.00 2024
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]]> 231469733 "Na pocz膮tku by艂y boja藕艅 i zachwyt. Tak narodzi艂o si臋 poczucie sacrum. Z tych podstawowych emocji wyros艂o zdumienie, a nast臋pnie pytania. Rozpocz臋艂a si臋 wielka filozoficzna i duchowa przygoda ludzko艣ci."

Tak d艂ugo, jak Homo sapiens st膮pa po ziemi, tak d艂ugo poszukuje: Prawdy, Odpowiedzi, Sensu. Tak d艂ugo wierzy, 偶e istnieje inny 艣wiat i 偶e nie wszystko da si臋 dostrzec go艂ym okiem.

Od pierwszych 艣ciennych malowide艂 po nowoczesne formy duchowo艣ci 鈥� w co wierzyli艣my? Jak ewoluowa艂a nasza wiara? Jak na przestrzeni dziej贸w t艂umaczyli j膮 filozofowie? I dlaczego zawierzamy 偶ycie niewidzialnym b贸stwom? Dlaczego rytualizujemy 艣mier膰? Co w naszym m贸zgu sprawia, 偶e akt wiary jest mo偶liwy? I czy epoka sztucznej inteligencji przyniesie kolejny wielki religijny prze艂om?

Fr茅d茅ric Lenoir szuka odpowiedzi 鈥� jak my wszyscy. Bo wielka duchowa przygoda ludzko艣ci trwa do dzi艣.]]> 528 Fr茅d茅ric Lenoir 8383678134 Marcin 0 to-read 0.0 2023
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]]> 42552390 338 Joseph McMoneagle 1941408192 Marcin 0 to-read 4.25 2002
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name: Marcin
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]]> 506145 384 Ernst J眉nger 0941419975 Marcin 0 to-read 4.26 1977
author: Ernst J眉nger
name: Marcin
average rating: 4.26
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Recepcja by艂a funkcj膮 zar贸wno zmiennej historii, jak i jego rozleg艂ej tw贸rczo艣ci. Zdj臋to z niego fa艂szywe odium zwolennika nazizmu, a na pierwszy plan zacz臋艂y wychodzi膰 inne w膮tki jego dzie艂a. Uprawiania publicystyki politycznej, z kt贸rej zawsze by艂 najlepiej znany, zaprzesta艂 ju偶 w latach trzydziestych XX wieku (cho膰 powr贸ci艂 do niej jeszcze na pewien czas po wojnie), za to przybra艂 na sile nurt jego tw贸rczo艣ci literackiej i filozoficznej. Zadziwi艂 艣wiat relacjami z eksperyment贸w narkotycznych, obfita jest te偶 jego literatura podr贸偶nicza. Niniejszy wyb贸r ukazuje go jako filozofa, a wi臋c od strony polskiemu czytelnikowi dot膮d nieznanej. Zebrane tu teksty z okresu od lat trzydziestych po lata siedemdziesi膮te XX wieku prezentuj膮 zawrotne wizje metafizyki j臋zyka, jego potencjalno艣ci, narodzin z milczenia, z cia艂a, ze sfery przeds艂ownej. Znajdziemy tu echa XX-wiecznej filozofii fundamentalnej, ale w wersji w艂a艣nie wizyjnej, literackiej, aforystycznej 鈥� trudnej, cho膰 jak偶e odkrywczej i inspiruj膮cej.

Dofinansowano ze 艣rodk贸w Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego]]> 324 Ernst J眉nger 8365680246 Marcin 0 to-read 3.00 2017
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In the late nineteenth century, anthropologists, linguists, archaeologists, and other chroniclers began amassing Indigenous cultural objects鈥昪rafts, clothing, images, song recordings鈥昩y the millions. Convinced that Indigenous peoples were doomed to disappear, collectors donated these objects to museums and universities that would preserve and exhibit them. Samuel Redman dives into the archive to understand what the collectors deemed the tradition of the 鈥渧anishing Indian鈥� and what we can learn from the complex legacy of salvage anthropology.

The salvage catalog betrays a vision of Native cultures clouded by racist assumptions鈥昦 vision that had lasting consequences. The collecting practice became an engine of the American museum and significantly shaped public education and preservation, as well as popular ideas about Indigenous cultures. Prophets and Ghosts teases out the moral challenges inherent in the salvage project. Preservationists successfully maintained an important human inheritance, sometimes through collaboration with Indigenous people, but collectors鈥� methods also included outright theft. The resulting portrait of Indigenous culture reinforced the public鈥檚 confidence in the hierarchies of superiority and inferiority invented by 鈥渟cientific鈥� racism.

Today the same salvaged objects are sources of invaluable knowledge for researchers and museum visitors. But the question of what should be done with such collections is nonetheless urgent. Redman interviews Indigenous artists and curators, who offer fresh perspectives on the history and impact of cultural salvage, pointing to new ideas on how we might contend with a challenging inheritance.]]> 328 Samuel J. Redman 0674979575 Marcin 0 to-read 4.22
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]]> 42618581
鈥淐ivilization鈥� is a hard term to define. But while every society has a distinctive culture, authentic civilizations must offer those they subjugate an attractive way of life. Their imprint outlasts their imperium.

A century ago, Debray argues, there was a European civilisation of which America was an outlying culture; but today the relationship is reversed. 鈥淚n 1900, an American of taste was a European in exile; in 2000, a trendy European is a frustrated American鈥攐r one waiting for a visa.鈥� Characteristic of American civilization are its three overarching fetishes: space, image and happiness. America is a civilisation of space and image, whereas Europe was one of time and writing. And its kitsch infantilism blinds itself to the tragic complexities of human life. A measure of America鈥檚 success is how its 鈥済lobish鈥� jargon has so successfully infiltrated European languages.

For Debray, the dominance of American civilisation is a historical fait accompli, yet he sees a model for Europe in Vienna after its exclusion from the German Reich. For decades to come, Europe still offer a rich cultural seedbed. 鈥淪ome will call it decadence, others liberation. Why not both?鈥漖]> 192 R茅gis Debray 1788734033 Marcin 0 to-read 3.37 2017
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]]> 222280442
Autor 骋膮蝉颈别苍颈肠测, zainspirowany tw贸rczo艣ci膮 Edgara Allana Poego i 贸wczesn膮 popularno艣ci膮 teatr贸w osobliwo艣ci, stworzy艂 powie艣膰 zaskakuj膮c膮, momentami szokuj膮c膮, a na pewno testuj膮c膮 nasz膮 wsp贸艂czesn膮 wra偶liwo艣膰. W Demonie z samotnej wyspy (1929鈥�1930) wielbiciele Ranpo Edogawy, ojca japo艅skiego krymina艂u, znajd膮 wszystko, za co pokochali jego opowiadania: atmosfer臋 dziewi臋tnastowiecznej gotyckiej powie艣ci, zagadk臋 morderstwa w zamkni臋tym pokoju, w膮tki przygodowe i erotyczn膮 grotesk臋.]]> 320 Edogawa Rampo 8367034252 Marcin 5 crime, japan 3.80 1929
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]]> 210181271 240 Achim Szepanski 9925798477 Marcin 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 8538146 costringendola fra angoscia e soggezione.
La vergogna prometeica 猫 legata anche a un senso di 芦dislivello禄, di non sincronicit脿, tra l鈥檜omo e i suoi prodotti meccanici che, sempre pi霉 nuovi ed efficienti, lo oltrepassano, facendo s矛 che egli si senta 芦antiquato禄. Oltre che perfetta, la macchina 猫 ripetibile, standardizzata, riproducibile in esemplari sempre identici; quindi possiede una specie di eternit脿 che all鈥檌ndividuo umano 猫 negata. Donde una rivalit脿, una impari gara dell鈥檜omo, una inversione dei mezzi con
i fini, di cui Anders in questo libro analizza con straordinaria anticipazione tutta la portata. In particolare l脿 dove tratta delle tecniche di persuasione, soprattutto radiofoniche e televisive che ci assediano con immaginifantasmi, sostanzialmente irreali, di fronte a cui diventiamo passivi, maniaci, incapaci di pensare e di comportarci liberamente.]]> 353 G眉nther Anders 3406601715 Marcin 0 to-read 4.39 1956
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]]> 223876463 176 Th茅ophile Gautier 8382411045 Marcin 0 2.30 1858
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]]> 186826519 92 Aymeric Monville 1088188044 Marcin 0 to-read 3.67
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]]> 222752631 208 Colin Jenkins Marcin 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 220234244 The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism is the latest work from renowned revolutionary Torkil Lauesen, whose decades of activism and scholarship have made him a leading voice in global anti-imperialist movements. Drawing on his deep involvement in revolutionary struggles, Lauesen offers a comprehensive analysis of socialism's long, unfolding transition. By examining pivotal moments-from the 1848 revolutions to China's market reforms-Lauesen reframes these struggles not as isolated failures but as integral steps in the global shift away from the capitalist world-system. For those committed to socialist theory and anti-imperialism, The Long Transition provides essential insights into how the decline of capitalism and the rise of a global counter-hegemonies offer new opportunities for socialist transformation.]]> 418 Torkil Lauesen Marcin 0 to-read 4.58 2024
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]]> 228532158 The Guerrilla Feminist: A Search for Belonging Online & Offline is a raw, deeply personal, and sharply insightful journey through the intersections of digital activism, feminism, and the relentless pursuit of belonging. Lachrista Greco, the powerhouse behind Guerrilla Feminism, takes readers on an unflinching exploration of her life online and off, weaving together memoir and cultural critique.

From the creation of groundbreaking digital feminist spaces to grappling with trauma, intersectionality, and the contradictions of virtual community, Greco's essays shine a light on the complexities of seeking solidarity in a fractured world. With fierce honesty and keen analysis, she reflects on the power and pitfalls of digital activism, the politics of identity, and the enduring search for connection amidst resistance.
At once a love letter and a call to action, The Guerrilla Feminist is essential reading for anyone navigating the intersections of social justice, online spaces, and the messy, beautiful realities of modern feminism.]]> 224 Lachrista Greco Marcin 0 to-read 4.20
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]]> 230110798
Originally published in 1927 by the Soviet Commissariat for Nationalities, "Haggadah for Believers and Heretics" is a biting political reimagining of the Passover ritual. Moyshe Altshuler, a Jewish Communist organizer, takes the form of the traditional Haggadah and repurposes it as a powerful weapon for revolutionary consciousness, transforming the Exodus story into a lesson on class struggle, socialist internationalism, and the fight against all forms of reaction--including Zionism.

This first-ever English translation, complete with its original Yiddish text, appears at a time when the contradictions of Zionism have reached a breaking point, and as the Palestinian resistance fights for liberation against the Israeli settler-colonial project. In a world where the language of liberation is so often co-opted to justify occupation and apartheid, Altshuler鈥檚 Haggadah stands as a reminder that Jewish radicalism has always been anti-Zionist, always been internationalist, and has always placed its faith in solidarity, not nationalism. With a new introduction by Noah Leininger situating the text in its historical and political context, this edition is essential reading for those seeking to understand the deep historical roots of Jewish resistance to Zionism, and the necessity of a truly internationalist struggle against imperialism today.]]> 112 Moyshe Altshuler Marcin 0 4.50
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]]> 199458188
So begins the life of John the a matchless scholar and scribe of Fulda, then a charismatic heretic in an Athens commune and, by her middle years, a celebrated teacher in Rome. There, Agnes (as John) dazzles the Church hierarchy with her knowledge of the old and new languages of Europe, theology and Church law - and finds herself at the heart of political intrigue in a city where gossip is a powerful (and deadly) currency.

And when the only person who knows her identity arrives in Rome, she will risk everything to once again feel what it is to be known - and loved.]]> 234 Emily Maguire Marcin 0 to-read 3.92 2024
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]]> 217286383 'Eye-opening, thought-provoking and deeply enjoyable, What is Free Speech? is a work of great profundity and brilliance鈥� William Dalrymple

A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time

鈥楩ree Speech!鈥� is a clarion call all over the world, yet what it means today is more contested than ever. Many cultures regard it as in China, India, and across the Islamic world, unorthodox views about politics, sex, and religion are repressed and people are often punished for expressing them. Even in the western world, where it is held up as a core value, there is widespread discord and disagreement about what freedom of expression means. Amidst perennial imbalances of power, continually evolving cultural taboos, dramatic new technologies and a fast-changing global media landscape, where free speech comes from 鈥� and how we might think about it 鈥� are critical questions.

Through the lens of history, What Is Free Speech? shows us that freedom of speech is not an absolute from which societies and regimes have drifted or dissented at different times, but something more complicated and interesting.

Our modern conceptions of press and speech liberty, Dabhoiwala shows, were invented in Britain around 1700. The real history of freedom of expression is a story of countless fascinating men and women whose lives have shaped its principles and practices over the past 300 years 鈥� slaves and imperialists, poets and philosophers, plutocrats and revolutionaries. Ranging across Europe, North America and South Asia, and not neglecting other parts of the world, Dabhoiwala rejects celebratory platitudes about the past and present of free expression. Instead, his book explains how to think more deeply about free speech as a global as well as a local question 鈥� by tracing how we got into our current predicaments, showing that history complicates our contemporary presumptions, and suggesting fresh possibilities for the future.]]> 469 Fara Dabhoiwala 0241347483 Marcin 0 to-read 3.82 2025
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]]> 36137570 Like Dreamers听directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes.

I call you "neighbor" because I don鈥檛 know your name, or anything personal about you. Given our circumstances, "neighbor" might be too casual a word to describe our relationship. We are intruders into each other鈥檚 dream, violators of each other鈥檚 sense of home. We are incarnations of each other鈥檚 worst historical nightmares. Neighbors?

Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor听is one Israeli鈥檚 powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of "the enemy." In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East.

This is the first attempt by an Israeli author to directly address his Palestinian neighbors and describe how the conflict appears through Israeli eyes. Halevi untangles the ideological and emotional knot that has defined the conflict for nearly a century. In lyrical, evocative language, he unravels the complex strands of faith, pride, anger and anguish he feels as a Jew living in Israel, using history and personal experience as his guide.

Halevi鈥檚 letters speak not only to his Palestinian neighbor, but to all concerned global citizens, helping us understand the painful choices confronting Israelis and Palestinians that will ultimately help determine the fate of the region.]]> 229 Yossi Klein Halevi 0062844938 Marcin 0 to-read 4.09 2019
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]]> 11379335
Lerner emphasizes that this new approach to the issue requires giving primacy to love, kindness, and generosity. It calls for challenging the master narratives in both Israel and Palestine as well as the false idea that 鈥渉omeland security鈥� can be achieved through military, political, economic, or media domination. Lerner makes the case that a lasting peace must prioritize helping people on all sides (including Europe and the U.S.) and that real security is best achieved through an ethos of caring and generosity toward 鈥渢he other.鈥� As many spiritual leaders have taught, problems like these cannot be solved at the same level at which they originated鈥攐ne must seek higher ground, and that becomes a central task for anyone who wants a sustainable peace. Embracing Israel/Palestine is written for those looking for positive, practical听solutions to this ongoing dilemma.]]> 448 Michael Lerner 1583943072 Marcin 0 to-read 4.24 2011
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]]> 1180695 The second essay is an attempt to give a logical basis for transfinite numbers and properties of the natural numbers. It examines the notion of natural numbers, the distinction between finite and transfinite (infinite) whole numbers, and the logical validity of the type of proof called mathematical or complete induction.
The contents of these essays belong to the foundations of mathematics and will be welcomed by those who are prepared to look into the somewhat subtle meanings of the elements of our number system. As a major work of an important mathematician, the book deserves a place in the personal library of every practicing mathematician and every teacher and historian of mathematics. Authorized translations by "Vooster " V. Beman.]]> 128 Richard Dedekind 0486210103 Marcin 0 to-read 4.13 1901
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]]> 23129811 On Palestine is the sequel to their acclaimed book Gaza in Crisis.]]> 220 Noam Chomsky 1608464709 Marcin 0 to-read 4.28 2015
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]]> 61680070
In this completely original set of interviews between the legendary duo of Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, the two confront topics such as the pandemic, the wealth gap (made worse because of the pandemic), climate destruction, the increasing power of the corporate owned media, systematic racism,听 Big Tech, and more.听

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in human history. He ranks right up there with Aristotle and Marx, and this book reaffirms his esteemed reputation. Notes on听 Resistance 听will听inspire all those struggling听for human liberation.]]> 200 Noam Chomsky 1642596981 Marcin 0 to-read 4.31 2022
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]]> 204930441 Reportage from the frontline of the crisis in the Middle East from a leading Israeli journalistGideon Levy is one of the most respected critics of Israel's apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. He is the outspoken award-winning journalist who has been writing on the conflict for decades.In The Killing of Gaza he brings together his on-the-ground perspectives of the events leading up to the October 7th attack and the ensuing devastation of Gaza.His clear-eyed analysis is a vital aperture into current events but he also brings essential historical and political context to the moment. He is unafraid to speak truth to power, and his work is an urgent rebuttal to the propaganda that is distributed through the mainstream press throughout the world.Levy's words should be read by anyone who wants to get the heart of this most brutal conflict and see for themselves that silence is no longer possible in the face of such atrocity.]]> 320 Gideon Levy 180429750X Marcin 0 to-read 4.27
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]]> 213877810 A short primer unravelling the Israel鈥揚alestine conflict from the nineteenth century to today

The devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel鈥揚alestine conflict didn鈥檛 start on 7 October. It didn鈥檛 start in 1967 either, when Israel occupied the West Bank, or in 1948 when the state of Israel was declared. It started in 1882, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in what was then Ottoman Palestine. Ilan Pappe untangles the history of two peoples, now sharing one land. Going back to the founding fathers of Zionism, Pappe expertly takes us through the twists and turns of international policy towards Israel鈥揚alestine, Palestinian resistance to occupation, and the changes taking place in Israel itself. This is an indispensable guide to understanding the present conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it.]]> 160 Ilan Papp茅 0861549716 Marcin 0 to-read 4.35 2024
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]]> 207675122 The gripping true story of how leading Israeli journalist Amir Tibon, along with his wife and their two young children, were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023 by Tibon鈥檚 own father鈥攁n incredible tale of survival that also reveals the deep tensions and systemic failures that led to Hamas鈥檚 attacks that day.
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On the morning of听October 7, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli community听less than a mile from Gaza City. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the family鈥檚 reinforced safe room, urging them not to cry as gunfire听echoed just outside the door. With his cell phone battery running low, Amir texted his 鈥淭he girls are behaving really well, but I鈥檓 worried they鈥檒l lose patience soon and Hamas will hear us.鈥�
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Some 45 miles north, Amir鈥檚 parents听had just cut short an early morning swim along the shores of Tel Aviv. Now, they jumped in their Jeep and sped toward Nahal Oz,听armed only with a pistol but intent on saving their family at all costs.
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In听The Gates of Gaza, Amir Tibon tells this harrowing story in full for the first time. He describes his family's ordeal鈥攁nd the bravery that ultimately led to their rescue鈥攁longside the histories of the place they call home and the systems of power that have kept them and their neighbors in Gaza in harm鈥檚 way for decades.听
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Woven throughout is Tibon's own expertise as a longtime international correspondent, as well as more than thirty original with residents of his kibbutz, with the Israeli soldiers who helped to wrest it from the hands of Hamas, and with experts on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the failed peace process. More than one family's odyssey,听The Gates of Gaza听is the intimate story of a tight-knit community and the broader saga of war, occupation, and hostility between two national movements鈥攁 conflict that has not yet extinguished the enduring hope for peace.]]> 352 Amir Tibon 0316580961 Marcin 0 to-read 4.63 2024
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]]> 217453544 From one of our foremost public intellectuals, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza that reframes our understanding of the ongoing conflict, its historical roots, and the fractured global response

The postwar global order was in many ways shaped in response to the Holocaust. That event听became the benchmark for atrocity, and, in the Western imagination, the paradigmatic genocide. Its memory orients so much of our thinking, and crucially, forms the basic justification for Israel鈥檚 right first to establish itself and then to defend itself. But in many parts of the world, ravaged by other conflicts and experiences of mass slaughter, the Holocaust鈥檚 singularity is not always taken for granted, even when its hideous atrocity is. Outside of the West, Pankaj Mishra argues, the dominant story of the twentieth century is that of decolonization.听

The World After Gaza takes the current war, and the polarized reaction to it, as the starting point for a broad reevaluation of two competing narratives of the last the Global North鈥檚 triumphant account of victory over totalitarianism and the spread of liberal capitalism, and the Global South鈥檚 hopeful vision of racial equality and freedom from colonial rule. At a moment when the world鈥檚 balance of power is shifting, and the Global North no longer commands ultimate authority, it is critically important that we understand how and why the two halves of the world are failing to talk to each other.听

As old touchstones and landmarks crumble, only a new history with a sharply different emphasis can reorient us to the world and worldviews now emerging into the light. In this concise, powerful, and pointed treatise, Mishra reckons with the fundamental questions posed by our present crisis 鈥� about whether some lives matter more than others, how identity is constructed, and what the role of the nation-state ought to be. The World After Gaza is an indispensable moral guide to our past, present, and future.]]> 300 Pankaj Mishra Marcin 0 to-read 4.03 2025
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]]> 213702691 Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal鈥昦n ode to the steadfastness of a nation.

Palestine is a microcosm of the on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured鈥攖he perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial.

Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task? With fearless prose and lyrical precision, Mohammed El-Kurd refuses a life spent in cross-examination. Rather than asking the oppressed to perform a perfect victimhood, El-Kurd asks friends and foes alike to look Palestinians in the eye, forgoing both deference and condemnation.

How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple dignity for the Palestinian.]]> 256 Mohammed El-Kurd Marcin 0 to-read 4.86 2025
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]]> 214490421 A bold, urgent appeal from the acclaimed columnist and political commentator, addressing one of the most important issues of our time

In Peter Beinart鈥檚 view, one story has long dominated Jewish communal that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of sacred Jewish tradition and history, and also warps our understanding of modern history. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, he argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the What does it mean to be a Jew?

Beinart imagines an alternate story that would draw on other nations鈥� efforts at moral reconstruction and a different reading of Jewish history. A story in which Jews have the right to equality, not supremacy, and in which Jewish and Palestinian safety is not mutually exclusive but intertwined. One in which we inhabit a world that recognizes the infinite value of all human life, beginning in the Gaza Strip.

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza is a provocative and fearless argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral nuance, and a clear vision for the future.]]> 192 Peter Beinart 0593803892 Marcin 0 to-read 4.43 2025
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From these vastly different lives Nathan Englander has woven a powerful, intensely suspenseful portrait of a nation riven by insoluble conflict, even as the lives of its citizens become fatefully and inextricably entwined--a political thriller of the highest order that interrogates the anguished, violent division between Israelis and Palestinians, and dramatizes the immense moral ambiguities haunting both sides. Who is right, who is wrong--who is the guard, who is truly the prisoner?]]> 254 Nathan Englander 1524732737 Marcin 0 to-read 3.61 2017
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As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early twentieth century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field.

Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she had to face not only sexism but life-threatening anti-Semitism as well. Nevertheless, she persevered and one day made a discovery that rocked the the splitting of the atom. While her male lab partner was awarded a Nobel Prize for the achievement, the committee refused to credit her.

Suddenly, the race to build the atomic bomb was on--although Meitner, a pacifist, was horrified to be associated with such a weapon. A physicist who never lost her humanity, Meitner wanted only to figure out how the world works.

The Woman Who Split the Atom is a fascinating look at Meitner's fierce passion, integrity, and her lifelong struggle to have her contributions to physics recognized.]]> 264 Marissa Moss 1419758535 Marcin 0 to-read 4.12 2022
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]]> 205360222 From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and hatred of the past to our current complicated moment. For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noa responds, 鈥淲hy are Jewish people history鈥檚 favorite scapegoat?鈥� They unpack Judaism Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? Are you antisemitic if you鈥檙e anti-Zionist? The questions鈥攁nd answers鈥攎ight make you squirm, but together, they explain the tropes, stereotypes, and catalysts of antisemitism in America today. The topics are complicated and Acho and Tishby bring vastly different perspectives. Tishby is an outspoken Israeli American. Acho is a mild-mannered son of a Nigerian American pastor. But they share a an uncanny ability to make complicated ideas easy to understand so anyone can follow the straight line from the past to our immediate moment鈥攁nd then see around corners. Acho and Tishby are united by the core belief that hatred toward one group is never if you see the smoke of bigotry in one place, expect that we will all be in the fire. Informative and accessible, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew has a unique Acho asks questions and Tishby answers them with deeply personal, historical, and political responses. This book will enable anyone to explain鈥攁nd identify鈥攚hat Jewish hatred looks like. It is a much-needed lexicon for this fraught moment in Jewish history. As Acho says, 鈥淧roximity breeds care and distance breeds fear.鈥漖]> 320 Emmanuel Acho 1668057859 Marcin 0 to-read 4.43
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]]> 60091374 320 Emily Tamkin 006307401X Marcin 0 to-read 3.91 2022
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]]> 176028633 A timely, progressive collection of essays on the Jewish relationship to Zionism and exile.

What is exile? What is diaspora? What is Zionism? Jewish identity today has been shaped by prior generations鈥� answers to these questions, and the future of Jewish life will depend on how we respond to them in our own time. In The Necessity of Essays from a Distance, celebrated rabbi and scholar Shaul Magid offers an essential contribution to this intergenerational process, inviting us to rethink our current moment through religious and political resources from the Jewish tradition.

On many levels, Zionism was conceived as an attempt to 鈥渆nd the exile鈥� of the Jewish people, both politically and theologically. In a series of incisive essays, Magid challenges us to consider the price of diminishing or even erasing the exilic character of Jewish life. A thought-provoking work of political imagination, The Necessity of Exile reclaims exile as a positive stance for constructive Jewish engagement with Israel|Palestine, antisemitism, diaspora, and a broken world in need of repair.]]> 295 Shaul Magid Marcin 0 to-read 4.19
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]]> 56646767
In this, the first major history of its kind, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of fashions and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanours committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts.]]> 518 Andrew Pettegree 1788163427 Marcin 0 to-read 3.82 2021
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]]> 506138 709 Joachim Neugroschel 0517060051 Marcin 0 to-read 3.67 1991
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]]> 17495285 The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals.

In the powerfully affecting opening story, 鈥淭ikkun,鈥� a chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. In 鈥淐asualties,鈥� Tsabari takes us into the military鈥攁 world every Israeli knows all too well鈥攚ith a brusque, sexy young female soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet. Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent), whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, The Best Place on Earth explores Israeli history as it illuminates the tenuous connections鈥攆orged, frayed and occasionally destroyed鈥攂etween cultures, between generations and across the gulf of transformation and loss.]]> 224 Ayelet Tsabari 1443411957 Marcin 0 to-read 4.16 2013
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]]> 1331119 The Magic Touch explores the mystery and majesty of touch - leading up to, and within the context of marriage - all from a traditional Jewish perspective. Judaism embraces a holistic approach to physical intimacy and the marriage relationship, viewing the whole person body and soul while recognizing the essential differences between a man and woman s nature.
Here is a book that is upbeat, personal, entertaining and insightful, written with candor and humor, yet designed for men and women seeking clarity over confusion, motivation, meaning, and a spiritual dimension to their relationship.
The Magic Touch discusses the power of restraint, and how sexual self-control is the best form of marriage preparation, giving single adults the best chance to find true love.
In a culture that is all too often superficial, cynical, vulgar, and demeaning when it comes to relationships, this refreshing title taps into age-old wisdom to help you reclaim your individuality, your identity, dignity, self-worth, and sacred worth.



Noted author Gila Manolson is a teacher and popular lecturer. Her other important titles dealing with human relationships include Head to Heart , Outside Inside, and Choosing To Love.]]> 110 Gila Manolson 1568711859 Marcin 0 to-read 3.71 1992
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]]> 210047034 A surprising history of how the pig has influenced Jewish identity. Jews do not eat pig. This (not always true) observation has been made by both Jews and non-Jews for more than three thousand years and is rooted in biblical law. Though the Torah prohibits eating pig meat, it is not singled out more than other food prohibitions. Horses, rabbits, squirrels, and even vultures, while also not kosher, do not inspire the same level of revulsion for Jews as the pig. The pig has become an iconic symbol for people to signal their Jewishness, non-Jewishness, or rebellion from Judaism. There is nothing in the Bible that suggests Jews are meant to embrace this level of pig-phobia. Starting with the Hebrew Bible, Jordan D. Rosenblum historicizes the emergence of the pig as a key symbol of Jewish identity, from the Roman persecution of ancient rabbis, to the Spanish Inquisition, when so-called Marranos (鈥淧igs鈥�) converted to Catholicism, to Shakespeare鈥檚 writings, to modern memoirs of those leaving Orthodox Judaism. The pig appears in debates about Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century England and in vaccine conspiracies; in World War II rallying cries, when many American Jewish soldiers were 鈥渆ating ham for Uncle Sam;鈥� in conversations about pig sandwiches reportedly consumed by Karl Marx; and in recent deliberations about the kosher status of Impossible Pork. All told, there is a rich and varied story about the associations of Jews and pigs over time, both emerging from within Judaism and imposed on Jews by others. Expansive yet accessible, Forbidden offers a captivating look into Jewish history and identity through the lens of the pig.]]> 272 Jordan D. Rosenblum 1479831492 Marcin 0 to-read 4.04
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]]> 675258
In The Book of Margins, his most critical as well as most accessible book, Jab猫s is again concerned with the questions that inform all of his the nature of writing, of silence, of God and the Book. Jab猫s considers the work of several of his contemporaries, including Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Roger Caillois, Paul Celan, Jacques Derrida, Michel Leiris, Emmanuel L茅vinas, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and his translator, Rosmarie Waldrop. This book will be important reading for students of Jewish literature, French literature, and literature of the modern and postmodern ages.

Born in Cairo in 1912, Edmond Jab猫s lived in France from 1956 until his death in 1991. His extensively translated and widely honored works include The Book of Questions and The Book of Shares . Both of these were translated into English by Rosmarie Waldrop, who is also a poet.

Religion and Postmodernism series]]> 222 Edmond Jab猫s 0226388891 Marcin 0 to-read 4.50 1975
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]]> 41720140
Told in vignettes that flash between the U.S. and the Middle East--from New York to Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine--Zaina Arafat's debut novel traces her protagonist's progress from blushing teen to sought-after DJ and aspiring writer. In Brooklyn, she moves into an apartment with her first serious girlfriend and tries to content herself with their comfortable relationship. But soon her longings, so closely hidden during her teenage years, explode out into reckless romantic encounters and obsessions with other people.

Her desire to thwart her own destructive impulses will eventually lead her to The Ledge, an unconventional treatment center that identifies her affliction as "love addiction." In this strange, enclosed society she will start to consider the unnerving similarities between her own internal traumas and divisions and those of the places that have formed her.

Opening up the fantasies and desires of one young woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities, You Exist Too Much is a captivating story charting two of our most intense longings: for love, and a place to call home.]]> 263 Zaina Arafat 1948226502 Marcin 0 to-read 3.62 2020
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]]> 21413827 Goliath, New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society under the siege of increasingly authoritarian politics as the occupation of the Palestinians deepens.

Beginning with the national elections carried out during Israel's war on Gaza in 2008-09, which brought into power the country's most right-wing government to date, Blumenthal tells the story of Israel in the wake of the collapse of the Oslo peace process.

As Blumenthal reveals, Israel has become a country where right-wing leaders like Avigdor Lieberman and Bibi Netanyahu are sacrificing democracy on the altar of their power politics; where the loyal opposition largely and passively stands aside and watches the organized assault on civil liberties; where state-funded Orthodox rabbis publish books that provide instructions on how and when to kill Gentiles; where half of Jewish youth declare their refusal to sit in a classroom with an Arab; and where mob violence targets Palestinians and African asylum seekers scapegoated by leading government officials as "demographic threats."

Immersing himself like few other journalists inside the world of hardline political leaders and movements, Blumenthal interviews the demagogues and divas in their homes, in the Knesset, and in the watering holes where their young acolytes hang out, and speaks with those political leaders behind the organized assault on civil liberties. As his journey deepens, he painstakingly reports on the occupied Palestinians challenging schemes of demographic separation through unarmed protest. He talks at length to the leaders and youth of Palestinian society inside Israel now targeted by security service dragnets and legislation suppressing their speech, and provides in-depth reporting on the small band of Jewish Israeli dissidents who have shaken off a conformist mindset that permeates the media, schools, and the military.

Through his far-ranging travels, Blumenthal illuminates the present by uncovering the ghosts of the past鈥攖he histories of Palestinian neighborhoods and villages now gone and forgotten; how that history has set the stage for the current crisis of Israeli society; and how the Holocaust has been turned into justification for occupation.

A brave and unflinching account of the real facts on the ground, Goliath is an unprecedented and compelling work of journalism.
]]> 496 Max Blumenthal 1568589514 Marcin 0 to-read 4.74 2012
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]]> 109395 Faggots has been in print since its original publication in 1978 and has become one of the best-selling novels about gay life ever written. The book is a fierce satire of the gay ghetto and a touching story of one man's desperate search for love there, and reading it today is a fascinating look at how much, and how little, has changed.]]> 363 Larry Kramer 0802136915 Marcin 0 to-read 3.64 1978
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]]> 209352748 240 Leora Fridman 081435159X Marcin 0 to-read 4.18
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]]> 107214412 352 Marcus McCann 1487011784 Marcin 0 to-read 4.25
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]]> 2962276
JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is the entertaining saga of a hidden chapter in Jewish history and of the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery. Readers will meet such daring figures as 鈥渢he Great Jewish Pirate鈥� Sinan, Barbarossa鈥檚 second-in-command; the pirate rabbi Samuel Palache, who founded Holland's Jewish community; Abraham Cohen Henriques, an arms dealer who used his cunning and economic muscle to find safe havens for other Jews; and his pirate brother Moses, who is credited with the capture of the Spanish silver fleet in 1628--the largest heist in pirate history.

Filled with high-sea adventures鈥攊ncluding encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates鈥攁nd detailed portraits of cities stacked high with plunder, such as Port Royal, Jamaica, JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN captures a gritty and glorious era of history from an unusual and eye-opening perspective.]]> 336 Edward Kritzler 0385513984 Marcin 0 to-read 3.46 2008
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]]> 33598223 The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF鈥檚 targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as 鈥渁rguably [Israel鈥檚] best investigative reporter鈥�

The Talmud says: 鈥淚f someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.鈥� This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel鈥檚 DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the most serious threats: Targeted assassinations have been used countless times, on enemies large and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and sometimes preemptively. In this page-turning, eye-opening book, journalist and military analyst Ronen Bergman offers a riveting inside account of the targeted killing programs鈥攖heir successes, their failures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and carried out the missions.

Bergman has gained the exceedingly rare cooperation of many current and former members of the Israeli government, including Prime Ministers Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as high-level figures in the country鈥檚 military and intelligence services: the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), the Mossad (the world鈥檚 most feared intelligence agency), Caesarea (a 鈥淢ossad within the Mossad鈥� that carries out attacks on the highest-value targets), and the Shin Bet (an internal security service that implemented the largest targeted assassination campaign ever, in order to stop what had once appeared to be unstoppable: suicide terrorism).

Including never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, and based on hundreds of on-the-record interviews and thousands of files to which Bergman has gotten exclusive access over his decades of reporting, Rise and Kill First brings us deep into the heart of Israel鈥檚 most secret activities. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israel鈥檚 targeted killing campaign, which has shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the entire world.]]> 784 Ronen Bergman 1400069718 Marcin 0 to-read 4.40 2018
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]]> 750042 What is Mathematics, Really? reflects an insider's view of mathematical life, and will be hotly debated by anyone with an interest in mathematics or the philosophy of science.]]> 368 Reuben Hersh 0195130871 Marcin 0 to-read 3.85 1997
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]]> 48890489 384 Jonathan Kaufman 0735224412 Marcin 0 to-read 4.21 2020
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]]> 211077642
Since Hamas鈥檚 attack on Israel last October 7, the term 鈥渟ettler colonialism鈥� has become a center of political debate in the United States. Many progressives, academics, and student organizations justified the attack on the grounds that Israel is a settler colonial state, meaning that it was created on land taken from an indigenous people, and so can never be legitimate. The phrase was new to most Americans, and leading publications like the New York Times and the Atlantic have published articles explaining what it means. But the concept has been influential in academic and activist circles for years, shaping the way many young people think鈥攏ot just about Israel and Palestine, but about the history of the United States and a host of political issues.

Building on Adam Kirsch鈥檚 October 2023 Wall Street Journal article on the topic, this short book is the first to examine the idea critically for a general readership. By exploring the most important writers, texts, and ideas in the field of settler colonial studies, Kirsch shows that it is really a new political ideology, aimed at delegitimizing not only Israel but also the United States, Canada, and Australia. He examines the sources of its appeal, which are spiritual as much as political, and how it turns indignation at past injustices into a source of new injustices today. As a compact and accessible introduction to one of the crucial political ideas of our moment, the book will speak to readers interested in the Middle East, American history, and today鈥檚 most urgent cultural-political debates.]]> 160 Adam Kirsch 1324105348 Marcin 0 to-read 3.90 2024
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]]> 50695164 A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting, and recovering from the ravages of our tumultuous times.

In the run-up to the 2016 election, Masha Gessen stood out from other journalists for the ability to convey the ominous significance of Donald Trump's speech and behavior, unprecedented in a national candidate. Within forty-eight hours of his victory, the essay "Autocracy: Rules for Survival" had gone viral, and Gessen's coverage of his norm-smashing presidency became essential reading for a citizenry struggling to wrap their heads around the unimaginable. Thanks to the special perspective that is the legacy of a Soviet childhood and two decades covering the resurgence of totalitarianism in Russia, Gessen has a sixth sense for signs of autocracy--and the unique cross-cultural fluency to delineate its emergence to Americans. This incisive book provides an indispensable overview of the calamitous trajectory of the past few years. Gessen not only highlights the corrosion of the media, the judiciary, and the cultural norms we hoped would save us but also tells us the story of how a short few years have changed us, from a people who saw ourselves as a nation of immigrants to a populace haggling over a border wall, heirs to a degraded sense of truth, meaning, and possibility. Surviving Autocracy is an inventory of ravages but also a beacon to recovery--or to enduring, and resisting, an ongoing assault.]]> 288 Masha Gessen 0593188934 Marcin 0 4.14 2020
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]]> 59617109
Przeciek w prasie informuje obywateli o tajnej inwazji USA na Haiti, wyspy, kt贸rej broni panteon b贸stw voodoo.

Papa LaBas, astro-detektyw, szaman, kierownik Kattedry Mambo D偶ambo wyczuwa zmiany front贸w si艂 paranormalnych w Nowym Jorku podejmuje 艣ledztwo, kt贸re obna偶a spisek w celu wdro偶enia linii elokwentnych android贸w obni偶aj膮cych morale Czarnych.

Staro偶ytna Ksi臋ga Totha, kt贸ra mog艂aby uratowa膰 Ameryk臋, ginie w tajemniczych okoliczno艣ciach. Z obrotowego tronu Walter 鈥濻finks鈥� Mellon odpala Wielki Kryzys. Freud mdleje.



笔辞飞颈别艣膰 Mambo D偶ambo Ishmaela Reeda z jej kapry艣n膮 interpunkcj膮 i wierno艣ci膮 prawdzie historycznej, zalicza si臋 do kamieni w臋gielnych kanonu afrofuturyzmu. George Clinton, jedna z ikon estetyki afrofuturystycznej, utworom Reeda przypisuje natchnienie dla pionierskiego wizerunku scenicznego zespo艂u Parliament Funcadelic. Mambo D偶ambo uchodzi te偶 za inspiracj臋 utwor贸w bia艂ych pisarzy, kt贸re powsta艂y w stosunkowo nied艂ugim czasie: trylogii Illuminatus! Shei I Wilsona, Staro偶ytnych Wieczor贸w Mailera, Zachodniej Krainy Burroughsa.]]> 304 Ishmael Reed 8366571513 Marcin 0 to-read 3.72 1972
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]]> 17993121 Otto Gross' work in English 358 Otto Gross 0970423675 Marcin 0 to-read 4.27 2000
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]]> 217898314 Podobno ka偶dy jest kowalem w艂asnego losu. Ale czy na pewno?

Wbrew temu, co sugeruj膮 wszechobecne samorozwojowe narracje, cz臋艣膰 ludzkiego do艣wiadczenia zawsze pozostanie poza nasz膮 kontrol膮. Czy jednak jeste艣my zdani tylko na siebie? Czy raczej co艣 lub kto艣 dyskretnie nad nami czuwa? A mo偶e wszystko, co wydarza si臋 w naszym 偶yciu, zosta艂o z g贸ry przes膮dzone?

Bior膮c na warsztat obrazy 艣wiata ukszta艂towane przez racjonalizm, chrze艣cija艅stwo i ezoteryk臋, zastanawia si臋, czy w obliczu wyzwa艅 naszych czas贸w, na kt贸re nauka i religia nie potrafi膮 udzieli膰 ju偶 satysfakcjonuj膮cych odpowiedzi, powr贸t fatum jest czym艣 nieuchronnym. Z rzadko spotykan膮 艣mia艂o艣ci膮 zach臋ca do podwa偶ania tego, co uchodzi za pewnik, szuka nieoczywistych 艣cie偶ek i 鈥� jak zwykle 鈥� nie unika niewygodnych pyta艅.

Brawurowa podr贸偶 przez opowie艣ci, ku kt贸rym zwracamy si臋, chc膮c uporz膮dkowa膰 nasz膮 rzeczywisto艣膰.]]> 352 Tomasz Stawiszy艅ski 8383670265 Marcin 4 philosophy, social-studies 3.73 2024
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]]> 228317438 Tybeta艅ska saga o wygnaniu.

Uciekaj膮c z zaj臋tego przez Chiny Tybetu, po tragicznej 艣mier颅ci rodzic贸w dwie siostry, Tenkji i Lhamo, znajduj膮 schronienie w nepalskim obozie dla uchod藕c贸w. W ci臋偶kich chwilach 藕r贸d艂em otuchy staje si臋 pos膮偶ek Bezimiennego 艢wi臋tego, kt贸ry czasem znika, ale pojawia si臋, gdy jest najbardziej potrzebny. Ta cenna dla dziewcz膮t i ca艂ej spo艂eczno艣ci relikwia jest symbolem prawa do w艂asnej to偶samo艣ci oraz dziedzictwa.

Kilka dekad p贸藕niej siostry 偶yj膮 z dala od siebie. Do Tenkji miesz颅kaj膮cej w Toronto do艂膮cza c贸rka Lhamo, kt贸ra marzy o studiowa颅niu nauk o Tybecie. Kiedy jednak dziewczyna odnajduje figurk臋 艢wi臋tego w domu kolekcjonerki sztuki, staje przed dylematem: czy zaanga偶owa膰 si臋 w spraw臋 wa偶n膮 dla swojej wsp贸lnoty, cho膰by mia艂o to zagra偶a膰 jej osobistym planom?

W艂asnymi cia艂ami mierzymy t臋 ziemi臋 to poruszaj膮ca refleksja nad 偶yciem na wygnaniu. To tak偶e pe艂na j臋zykowej subtelno艣ci opowie艣膰 o tybeta艅skiej emigracji, w kt贸rej duchowo艣膰, kontakt z przodkami i tradycje odgrywaj膮 wci膮偶 kluczow膮 rol臋.]]> 432 Tsering Yangzom Lama 8323354979 Marcin 0 to-read, tibet 4.27 2022
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]]> 57316398 120 Thomas Nagel Marcin 0 to-read 4.00 2012
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]]> 29455486 Remembering Akbar weaves together the stories of a group of characters who share a crowded death row cell in Tehran鈥檚 notorious Evin prison. A teeming world is evoked vividly through the relationships, memories, and inner lives of these political prisoners, many of whom were eventually executed.

Told through a series of linked memories by the narrator, Akbar, whose striking candor is infused with a mordant sense of humor, the story takes the reader beyond mere political struggles and revelations, to a vibrant alternative history, written, as it were, by the losers.

The characters whose stories Akbar recounts are brought to life within the mundane rhythms of a bleak institution, in its simple pleasures as well as its frequent horrors, and in the unexpected connections that emerge between the world inside and a past before imprisonment.

Rather than exalting the heroic, or choosing to focus merely on despair or redemption, Remembering Akbar reveals eloquently how life unfolds when death is starkly imminent. It is a deeply moving story of great camaraderie, biting humor, and soulful remembrance.]]> 266 Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 1682190544 Marcin 0 to-read 4.17
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]]> 61770319 With his dying breath, Lena's father asks his family a cryptic question: "You couldn't tell, could you?" After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes her life forever.




As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina suspects that she's the Kremlin's next target. Under cover of the night, she flees from her parents' communal apartment in 1930s Moscow to the 20th century's first Jewish state, Birobidzhan, on the border between Russia and China. Once there, Regina has to grapple with her preconceived notions of socialism and Judaism while asking herself the eternal question: What do we owe each other? How can we best help one another? While she contends with these queries and struggles to help Birobidzhan establish itself, love and war are on the horizon.




New York Times Bestselling author Alina Adams draws on her own experiences as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR as she provides readers a rare glimpse into the world's first Jewish Autonomous Region. My Mother's Secret is rooted in detailed research about a little known chapter of Soviet and Jewish history while exploring universal themes of identity, love, loss, war, and parenthood. Readers can expect a whirlwind journey as Regina finds herself and her courage within one of the century's most tumultuous eras.





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]]> 7265437 265 Alina Centkiewicz Marcin 4 travel, geography
Oczywi艣cie, zwa偶ywszy na to, 偶e ksi膮偶ka by艂a pisana na prze艂omie lat 50. i 60., nie brakuje w niej stereotyp贸w, np. dotycz膮cych s艂abo艣ci kobiet i ich zale偶no艣ci od silniejszych i bardziej do艣wiadczonych m臋偶czyzn (norma kulturowa wyra藕nie zinternalizowana przez p. Alin臋) czy licznych pochwa艂 radzieckich ludzi nauki. Niemniej jednak, w przypadku tej drugiej kwestii jest to te偶 - moim zdaniem - zaleta. Jak wiadomo, histori臋 pisz膮 zwyci臋zcy, a po upadku ZSRR wraz z nierzadko bezkrytycznym przej臋ciem narracji Zachodu wiele dokona艅 i odkry膰 Rosjan wrzucono w otch艂a艅 zapomnienia. Dobrze, 偶e istniej膮 pozycje, kt贸re s膮 艣wiadectwem po艣wi臋cenia i oddania nauce wielu znamienitych specjalist贸w. Kilka z opisanych scen pokazuje tak偶e, 偶e - by膰 mo偶e wbrew powszechnemu przekonaniu - w warunkach polarnych wsp贸艂praca mi臋dzy zespo艂ami zza przeciwnych stron 呕elaznej Kurtyny by艂a nie tylko konieczna ale i te偶 ochoczo podejmowana.

Z wielu stron tego swoistego pami臋tnika emanuje du偶a doza serdeczno艣ci, solidarno艣ci, badawczej wnikliwo艣ci, poczucie odpowiedzialno艣ci, a tak偶e 艣wiadomo艣膰 niezwyk艂o艣ci tego, co uda艂o si臋 dokona膰 ludzko艣ci w zderzeniu z surowym 偶ywio艂em polarnym, nie bez szacunku dla jego majestatu i pot臋gi. Niezwyk艂e jak w czasach pozbawionych stories, reels贸w, live'贸w ksi膮偶ka by艂a w stanie przenie艣膰 czytelnika w 艣wiat tak odleg艂y od jego codziennej rzeczywisto艣ci. Alina i Czes艂aw Centkiewiczowie uczynili to znakomicie. Wszystkich ciekawych 艣wiata zach臋cam do zatopienia si臋 w tej prawie trzysta-stronicowej lekturze. Zapewniam, 偶e nie b臋dzie to czas stracony.]]> 3.35 1964
author: Alina Centkiewicz
name: Marcin
average rating: 3.35
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rating: 4
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To moja pierwsza ksi膮偶ka Centkiewicz贸w, kultowego ma艂偶e艅stwa podr贸偶nik贸w, kt贸re od 1934 roku przybli偶a艂o polskim czytelnikom cuda i dziwy 艣wiat贸w polarnych. Chyba to, co najbardziej uj臋艂o mnie w tej pozycji to bardzo zgrabne po艂膮czenie indywidualnej perspektywy z niema艂膮 ilo艣ci膮 fakt贸w historycznych, geologicznych i technologicznych. Ksi膮偶ka zawiera wiele anegdot i bezpo艣rednich relacji obojga ma艂偶onk贸w, kt贸rzy przez du偶膮 cz臋艣膰 wyprawy poznawali "sz贸sty kontynent" oddzielnie.

Oczywi艣cie, zwa偶ywszy na to, 偶e ksi膮偶ka by艂a pisana na prze艂omie lat 50. i 60., nie brakuje w niej stereotyp贸w, np. dotycz膮cych s艂abo艣ci kobiet i ich zale偶no艣ci od silniejszych i bardziej do艣wiadczonych m臋偶czyzn (norma kulturowa wyra藕nie zinternalizowana przez p. Alin臋) czy licznych pochwa艂 radzieckich ludzi nauki. Niemniej jednak, w przypadku tej drugiej kwestii jest to te偶 - moim zdaniem - zaleta. Jak wiadomo, histori臋 pisz膮 zwyci臋zcy, a po upadku ZSRR wraz z nierzadko bezkrytycznym przej臋ciem narracji Zachodu wiele dokona艅 i odkry膰 Rosjan wrzucono w otch艂a艅 zapomnienia. Dobrze, 偶e istniej膮 pozycje, kt贸re s膮 艣wiadectwem po艣wi臋cenia i oddania nauce wielu znamienitych specjalist贸w. Kilka z opisanych scen pokazuje tak偶e, 偶e - by膰 mo偶e wbrew powszechnemu przekonaniu - w warunkach polarnych wsp贸艂praca mi臋dzy zespo艂ami zza przeciwnych stron 呕elaznej Kurtyny by艂a nie tylko konieczna ale i te偶 ochoczo podejmowana.

Z wielu stron tego swoistego pami臋tnika emanuje du偶a doza serdeczno艣ci, solidarno艣ci, badawczej wnikliwo艣ci, poczucie odpowiedzialno艣ci, a tak偶e 艣wiadomo艣膰 niezwyk艂o艣ci tego, co uda艂o si臋 dokona膰 ludzko艣ci w zderzeniu z surowym 偶ywio艂em polarnym, nie bez szacunku dla jego majestatu i pot臋gi. Niezwyk艂e jak w czasach pozbawionych stories, reels贸w, live'贸w ksi膮偶ka by艂a w stanie przenie艣膰 czytelnika w 艣wiat tak odleg艂y od jego codziennej rzeczywisto艣ci. Alina i Czes艂aw Centkiewiczowie uczynili to znakomicie. Wszystkich ciekawych 艣wiata zach臋cam do zatopienia si臋 w tej prawie trzysta-stronicowej lekturze. Zapewniam, 偶e nie b臋dzie to czas stracony.
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W czasach Karola Marksa nic nie wskazywa艂o na to, 偶e to w艂a艣nie on stanie si臋 symbolem idei, kt贸re porusz膮 miliony i zainspiruj膮 zar贸wno utopijne wizje socjalizmu i komunizmu, jak i mroczne re偶imy nazizmu i faszyzmu.

Niemiecki filozof, kt贸ry po艣wi臋ci艂 偶ycie krytyce kapitalizmu, by艂 cz艂owiekiem pe艂nym sprzeczno艣ci 鈥� idealist膮, kt贸ry wi贸d艂 hulaszcze 偶ycie, rewolucjonist膮 o bur偶uazyjnych korzeniach i prze艂omowym my艣licielem, kt贸ry zdoby艂 doktorat po linii najmniejszego oporu.

Jak to mo偶liwe, 偶e cz艂owiek pisz膮cy w londy艅skiej bibliotece i 偶yj膮cy na garnuszku rodziny i przyjaci贸艂 sta艂 si臋 ikon膮 walki klas? Dlaczego spowodowa艂 upadek w艂asnej organizacji w chwili jej najwi臋kszego triumfu? Czemu chcia艂 przekona膰 religijnych robotnik贸w do ateizmu? Czy jego ch臋膰 rozp臋tania rewolucji wynika艂a z odrzucenia przez chrze艣cija艅ski niemiecki mainstream? I kto uczyni艂 go Idolem?

Autor b艂yskotliwie i z lekko艣ci膮 艂膮czy anegdoty z 偶ycia Marksa z analiz膮 jego idei, pokazuj膮c, jak osobiste do艣wiadczenia filozofa wp艂yn臋艂y na jego teori臋. Dostajemy te偶 fascynuj膮cy portret epoki pocz膮tk贸w uprzemys艂owienia Europy i globalizacji oraz ideowych spor贸w tamtych czas贸w, poznajemy 藕r贸d艂a poj臋膰 takich jak stosunki pracy, alienacja pracy czy 艣wiadomo艣膰 spo艂eczna. A nade wszystko, niczym u Harariego, jeste艣my 艣wiadkami narodzin idei maj膮cych moc zmieniania 艣wiata.]]> 488 Krzysztof Iszkowski 8383801831 Marcin 0 to-read 3.27 2025
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]]> 197055873
For too long, Africa's history has been neglected. Dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, its past has been fragmented, overlooked and denied its rightful place in our global story.

Now, Zeinab Badawi guides us through Africa's spectacular history, from the origins of humanity, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires with powerful queens and kings, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence.

Seeking out occluded histories from across the continent, meeting with countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, and travelling through more than thirty countries, Badawi weaves together a fascinating new account of an epic, sweeping history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet, told through the voices of Africans themselves.]]> 531 Zeinab Badawi 0753560151 Marcin 0 to-read 4.03 2024
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> 51831197
Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, Spark is about art and friendship, about what it means to be committed to our own ambitions and to each other. A novel about comedy that's as moving and thoughtful as it is funny, it's already been a sensation in Japan.]]> 160 Naoki Matayoshi 1782275908 Marcin 0 to-read 2.92 2015
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]]> 218234916 Rare Tongues are the most eccentric... extremely interesting.' - The Scotsman


'Any book such as this ... is to be welcomed with sobbing gratitude.' - The Spectator

An enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world.


From the whistling languages of La Gomera in the Canary Islands and the Hmong people in East and Southeast Asia, to the wars and clashes in Sri Lanka and the conservation efforts in Hawaii and New Zealand, Rare Tongues draws attention to how language and culture are becoming increasingly homogenous, and what we risk losing as a result.


In Rare Tongues, linguist and writer Lorna Gibb explores the history of these languages, the cultures they belong to and the tales they tell. The languages, and the efforts being made to preserve them, offer us a glimpse into what we can learn from each of them, and what they teach us about our planet, about medicine, about indigenous culture and tradition, even the history of all mankind.


At once entertaining and informative, Lorna Gibb makes a compelling case for the preservation of the rich linguistic diversity of our world, and expertly shows why it matters for us all.]]> 305 Lorna Gibb 1838951792 Marcin 0 to-read 3.47 2025
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]]> 195644142
A girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can鈥檛 get out.

In Berlin鈥檚 artistic underground, where techno and drugs fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan parents, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist.

Then in the haze of Berlin鈥檚 legendary nightlife, Nila meets Marlowe, an American writer whose fading literary celebrity opens her eyes to a life of personal and artistic freedom. But as Nila finds herself pulled further into Marlowe鈥檚 controlling orbit, ugly, barely submerged racial tensions begin to roil Germany鈥攁nd Nila鈥檚 family and community. After a year of running from her future, Nila stops to ask herself the most important question: Who does she want to be?

A story of love and family, raves and Kafka, staying up all night and surviving the mistakes of youth, Good Girl is the virtuosic debut novel by a celebrated young poet and, now, a major new voice in fiction.]]> 368 Aria Aber Marcin 0 to-read 3.69 2025
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> 222109333
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan nie jest zainteresowana prze艂amywaniem stereotyp贸w ani udowadnianiem, 偶e jest t膮 鈥渄obr膮鈥� muzu艂mank膮. Nie 艂agodzi przekazu ani nie dopasowuje go do komfortu zachodnich odbiorc贸w i odbiorczy艅. W swojej analizie skupia si臋 g艂贸wnie na Wielkiej Brytanii, ale mechanizmy, o kt贸rych pisze 鈥� gloryfikowanie sekularyzmu, wybielanie kolonialnej historii, systemowy rasizm 鈥� dotycz膮 ca艂ego Zachodu.

"Sterroryzowani. W pu艂apce islamofobii" to bezkompromisowe rozliczenie si臋 z systemem, kt贸ry pod pretekstem dbania o nasze bezpiecze艅stwo , zacie艣nia nad nami kontrol臋. Ale jak pokazuje Manzoor-Khan, ten zbudowany na fundamentach strachu przed 鈥淚nnym鈥� nadz贸r 鈥� ze strony rz膮dz膮cych, policji, stra偶y granicznej 鈥� wp艂ywa na 偶ycie nie tylko muzu艂man贸w i muzu艂manek, ale ka偶dego i ka偶dej z nas.]]> 304 Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan 8367034422 Marcin 0 to-read 4.52
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]]> 34665522 Co zostaje po 艣mierci bliskiej osoby? Przedmioty, wspomnienia, urywki zda艅? Narrator porz膮dkuje ksi膮偶ki i rzeczy pozostawione przez zmar艂膮 matk臋. Jednocze艣nie rekonstruuje jej obraz 鈥� mocnej kobiety, kt贸ra w peerelowskiej, a potem kapitalistycznej rzeczywisto艣ci umia艂a 偶y膰 wedle w艂asnych zasad. Wyczulona na s艂owa, nie pozwala艂a sob膮 manipulowa膰, w codziennej walce o szacunek 鈥� nie poddawa艂a si臋. By艂a trudna. By艂a odwa偶na.

W tej ksi膮偶ce nie ma sentymentalizmu 鈥� matka go nie znosi艂a 鈥� s膮 za to czu艂o艣膰, u艣miech i pr贸ba zrozumienia losu najbli偶szej osoby. Jest te偶 opowie艣膰 o tym, jak zaczyna odchodzi膰 pierwsze powojenne pokolenie, kt贸remu obiecywano pi臋kne 偶ycie.

W艂a艣nie tak gorszy艂a zacne panie. Warcza艂a na nauczycielki. Pacyfikowa艂a sprzedawc贸w. Kaza艂a milcze膰 antysemickim taks贸wkarzom. Nie reagowa艂a na nasze: "Po co to robisz?". [fragment ksi膮偶ki]]]> 184 Marcin Wicha 8365271389 Marcin 0 to-read 4.08 2017
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> 60145297 Joan Didion rozpoczyna B艂臋kitne noce 26 lipca 2010 roku, w si贸dm膮 rocznic臋 艣lubu jedynej c贸rki Quintany, kt贸ra zmar艂a 26 sierpnia 2005, zaledwie p贸艂tora roku po nag艂ej 艣mierci swojego ojca, Johna Gregory鈥檈go Dunne鈥檃.
Pisarka, wychodz膮c od wspomnie艅 ze 艣lubu c贸rki, wraca do czas贸w jej dzieci艅stwa, przygl膮da si臋 swoim my艣lom, analizuje l臋ki i w膮tpliwo艣ci dotycz膮ce ma艂偶e艅stwa, adopcji i rodzicielstwa, chor贸b i starzenia si臋. Nie unika bolesnych pyta艅. Czy zawiod艂a jako matka? Czy co艣 przegapi艂a? Czy cokolwiek mog艂a zrobi膰 inaczej?
B艂臋kitne noce, podobnie jak poprzedzaj膮cy j膮 Rok magicznego my艣lenia, to niebywale przenikliwe zapiski zmar艂ej niedawno wybitnej ameryka艅skiej pisarki, kt贸ra w swoich tekstach drobiazgowo analizuje nie tylko wydarzenia, ale i towarzysz膮ce im my艣li i emocje.]]> 256 Joan Didion 8367216040 Marcin 0 to-read 3.87 2011
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]]> 2666 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344.

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.

The novel was originally conceived as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings: It ran in 27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. Wolfe heavily revised it before it was published in book form. The novel was a bestseller and a phenomenal success, even in comparison with Wolfe's other books. It has often been called the quintessential novel of the 1980s.]]> 690 Tom Wolfe Marcin 0 to-read 3.89 1987
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name: Marcin
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]]> 15209 144 Tom Wolfe 0553380621 Marcin 0 to-read 3.81 1970
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]]> 141420 The Need for Roots was the direct result. In it she seized the opportunity to denounce the false values of contemporary civilisation. In the cult of materials she witnessed a devastating loss of spirit and consequently of human values. To counteract this she sets out a radical vision for spiritual and political renewal with a passion for truth which sweeps through these pages. The book has become a lasting spiritual testament for our age, where we are confronted, as T.S. Eliot comments, by a 'genius akin to that of the saints'.]]> 320 Simone Weil 0415271029 Marcin 0 to-read 4.07 1949
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name: Marcin
average rating: 4.07
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What can be done at a time of deep political instability and environmental crisis? Piketty and Sandel agree on much: more inclusive investment in health and education, higher progressive taxation, curbing the political power of the rich and the overreach of markets. But how far and how fast can we push? Should we prioritize material or social change? What are the prospects for any change at all with nationalist forces resurgent? How should the left relate to values like patriotism and local solidarity where they collide with the challenges of mass migration and global climate change?

To see Piketty and Sandel grapple with these and other problems is to glimpse new possibilities for change and justice but also the stubborn truth that progress towards greater equality never comes quickly or without deep social conflict and political struggle.]]> 128 Thomas Piketty 1509565507 Marcin 0 3.89 2025
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]]> 1877742 96 Paul Sorvino 0688012205 Marcin 0 health, currently-reading 5.00 1986
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name: Marcin
average rating: 5.00
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]]> 105584138
Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major motion picture. In My Name Is Barbra, she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl (musical and film) to the long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed. The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming. She recounts her early struggles to become an actress, eventually turning to singing to earn a living; the recording of some of her acclaimed albums; the years of effort involved in making Yentl; her direction of The Prince of Tides; her friendships with figures ranging from Marlon Brando to Madeleine Albright; her political advocacy; and the fulfillment she鈥檚 found in her marriage to James Brolin.

No entertainer鈥檚 memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand鈥檚, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans.

Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most iconic figures in music and film, the only recording artist in history to have earned #1 albums over six consecutive decades. She has received the American Film Institute鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, the National Medal of Arts, France鈥檚 L茅gion d鈥橦onneur, and America鈥檚 highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She founded The Barbra Streisand Women鈥檚 Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai, helping to raise awareness and push for more research into women鈥檚 heart disease, the leading cause of death among women. Through the Streisand Foundation, which she established in 1986, she has supported national organizations working on preservation of the environment, voter education, the protection of civil liberties and civil rights, women鈥檚 issues, and nuclear disarmament. In 2021 she launched the Barbra Streisand Institute at UCLA, a forward-thinking institution dedicated to finding solutions to the most vital social issues.]]> 1040 Barbra Streisand 0525429522 Marcin 0 4.12 2023
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]]> 212364050 Zora Neale Hurston's unpublished novel revealing the historical Herod the Great鈥攏ot the demon the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of adventure.

In the 1950s, after the publication of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston set out to write a novel that would set the record straight about one of history's most maligned figures. If Hurston's Moses challenges the Old Testament version of the ancient Hebrew leader by suggesting that Moses was actually an Egyptian, Hurston's Herod challenges the New Testament version of the tyrant who supposedly ordered the deaths of many children in order to save the Christ-child, as recorded in the book of Matthew, by suggesting that he was actually a forerunner of Christ.

From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod "seemed to have been singled out by some deity and especially endowed to attract the zigzag lightning of fate." The intimate friend of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, Herod lived in times of war and expansion, where political assassinations and bribery were commonplace as the old world gave way to the new. Breaking his legacy out of a single paragraph in the Bible and into the vivid, breathing world he lived in, Hurston's unfinished manuscript brings a full person with an adventurous life into view for the first time.

Scholar and literary critic Deborah Plant brings this bold, spirited novel to readers for the first time with a new introduction and editorial additions that demonstrate Hurston's point about how reimagining figures from the past addresses the troubles we experience today.]]> 368 Zora Neale Hurston 0063161001 Marcin 0 to-read 3.35 2025
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]]> 84030 336 Zora Neale Hurston 0060919949 Marcin 0 to-read 3.96 1939
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]]> 38465 Tell My Horse is an invaluable resource and fascinating guide. Based on Zora Neale Hurston鈥檚 personal experience in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of ceremonies and customs and superstitions of great cultural interest.]]> 311 Zora Neale Hurston 0060916494 Marcin 0 to-read 3.99 1938
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]]> 61409261
Czy ludzi mo偶na opu艣ci膰 j臋zykowo? Nie da膰 im prawa do j臋zyka? Albo za wszelk膮 cen臋 nak艂ania膰 do nauczenia si臋 innego j臋zyka, kt贸rym pos艂uguje si臋 wi臋kszo艣膰, chocia偶 dla wielu z nich to zadanie niewykonalne?

Jedno z pierwszych pyta艅, kt贸re zadaj膮 s艂ysz膮cy: g艂usi nie s艂ysz膮, ale przecie偶 chyba mog膮 nauczy膰 si臋 czyta膰? Gdy dowiaduj膮 si臋, 偶e nie 鈥� nie wszyscy g艂usi w Polsce potrafi膮 czyta膰 ze zrozumieniem po polsku 鈥� s艂ysz膮cy dziwi膮 si臋 jeszcze bardziej: przecie偶 to Polacy, ko艅cz膮 polskie szko艂y, 偶yj膮 w kraju, w kt贸rym wiadomo艣ci, pisma urz臋dowe, diagnozy i wyroki s膮 po polsku. Jak to mo偶liwe, 偶e nie znaj膮 j臋zyka ojczystego?

鈥� Jeste艣my niepe艂nosprawni tylko mi臋dzy wami, s艂ysz膮cymi 鈥� m贸wi jeden z bohater贸w G艂uszy. 鈥� Gdy jeste艣my sami ze sob膮, g艂usi z g艂uchymi, mo偶emy u偶ywa膰 naszego j臋zyka i nie czujemy si臋 inni.

Dot膮d o g艂uchych wypowiadali si臋 g艂贸wnie ci, kt贸rzy s艂ysz膮. Teraz g艂usi chc膮 opowiedzie膰 o sobie sami.

Wychowawca z internatu dla g艂uchych dzieci bi艂 je i zn臋ca艂 si臋 nad nimi psychicznie. G艂ucha kobieta miga, 偶e wychowankowie nie mogli o tym nikomu powiedzie膰, bo wi臋kszo艣膰 z nich nie potrafi艂a m贸wi膰, a ich matki nie nauczy艂y si臋 j臋zyka migowego.

G艂ucha kobieta w ci膮偶y trafi艂a do szpitala, ale nikt nie wezwa艂 t艂umacza. Jej syn, ucze艅 podstaw贸wki, kt贸ry umia艂 miga膰, musia艂 przekaza膰 matce, 偶e noworodka nie uda艂o si臋 uratowa膰.

W czasie pandemii g艂ucha matka zobaczy艂a, 偶e nauczycielka ze szko艂y dla g艂uchych m贸wi do jej syna podczas lekcji online. 鈥濪laczego ona to robi? 鈥� zastanawia艂a si臋. 鈥� Przecie偶 on nic nie s艂yszy鈥�.

"Jeszcze Porsy nie zd臋艂a,/ lea my 偶eczamy,/ Co tam obca przemoc wzi膮艂a,/ Szabl膮 odbierzemy. Marsz, marsz, D膮brows,/ Z ziemi f艂oskie do Borsy./ Zam twog przewodem/ Z艂oczym si臋 z narodem" 鈥� czyta na g艂os g艂uchy Daniel Kotowski.

鈥� Tego oczekuje ode mnie Rzeczpospolita Polska 鈥� miga. 鈥� Artyku艂 dwudziesty si贸dmy Konstytucji RP m贸wi, 偶e "W Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej j臋zykiem urz臋dowym jest j臋zyk polski". A wi臋c ja, obywatel g艂uchy od urodzenia, powinienem m贸wi膰. Nawet je艣li nie potrafi臋, cho膰 przez kilkana艣cie lat pr贸bowa艂em si臋 nauczy膰. Nawet je艣li nie s艂ysz臋 swojego g艂osu. Mam konstytucyjny obowi膮zek m贸wi膰 po polsku.]]> 248 Anna Goc 8365970090 Marcin 0 to-read 4.60 2022
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]]> 216514285 Literacki pocisk, j臋zykowa bomba, powie艣膰 totalna.

Welcome to Copperfield! Wje偶d偶acie do miasta wirtuoz贸w stolarki, mistrzy艅 ciasta z wi艣niami i zachwycaj膮cych daglezji.

W pozornie sennym miasteczku stoj膮cym hartem ducha i si艂膮 drwalskich mi臋艣ni powstaje Jeffrey Waters. Z prowincjonalnych las贸w trafia na pierwsze strony gazet i do kartotek FBI. Jego istnienie i nag艂a popularno艣膰 budz膮 gor膮ce emocje w ameryka艅skim spo艂ecze艅stwie, a do matecznika Watersa zje偶d偶aj膮 dziennikarze z ca艂ego kraju, ciekawscy fani i uduchowieni wyznawcy drzew. Szukaj膮 jego korzeni, za wszelk膮 cen臋 staraj膮c si臋 dociec, kim tak naprawd臋 jest on i jego stw贸rca oraz co to znaczy dla przysz艂o艣ci 艣wiata. Ale to przecie偶 Ameryka, sny si臋 tu spe艂niaj膮, a niewiarygodne historie staj膮 si臋 rzeczywisto艣ci膮.

Szalony i odwa偶ny debiut Jula 艁yskawy jest groteskow膮 sag膮 o przedziwnych mieszka艅cach pewnej mie艣ciny 鈥� rodzinach drwali i stolarzy, ukrywaj膮cym si臋 przed 艣wiatem rze藕biarzu czy tajemniczym irlandzkim ksi臋dzu, kt贸remu Matka Boska objawi艂a si臋 pod postaci膮 foki. To polifoniczna, pe艂na literackiej werwy powie艣膰 i przewrotna pr贸ba znalezienia odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy 艣wiadome istnienie jest darem, czy brzemieniem?]]> 520 Jul 艁yskawa 8381919649 Marcin 0 to-read 4.10 2024
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]]> 43501356 Jedyne w swoim rodzaju wprowadzenie do kultury japo艅skiej.

Autor mia艂 dwana艣cie lat, gdy w 1964 roku zamieszka艂 z rodzicami w Japonii i sp臋dzi艂 tam niemal ca艂e swoje 偶ycie. Jak si臋 okaza艂o, rok ten by艂 punktem zwrotnym w historii kraju organizuj膮cego w艂a艣nie letnie igrzyska olimpijskie. Rozpocz膮艂 si臋 wtedy okres boomu ekonomicznego i gwa艂townej modernizacji. Kerr, zafascynowany tradycyjn膮 kultur膮 japo艅sk膮, pr贸buje w ksi膮偶ce pokaza膰 to, co na jego oczach ulega艂o g艂臋bokim przeobra偶eniom. Z zaanga偶owaniem opowiada o dawnej architekturze i wn臋trzach, obyczajach, religii, teatrze kabuki, kolekcjonerstwie i kaligrafii. Ksi膮偶k臋 pisa艂 po japo艅sku, dla Japo艅czyk贸w i jako pierwszy obcokrajowiec otrzyma艂 za ni膮 nagrod臋 literack膮 Shincho Gakugei.]]> 288 Alex Kerr 8366147037 Marcin 0 to-read 3.78 1993
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]]> 12842 Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time and explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don Juan, sharing with us what it is like to truly 鈥渟top the world鈥� and perceive reality on his own terms.

Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of mind-altering plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda immersed himself in the sorcerer鈥檚 magical world entirely. Ten years after his first encounter with the shaman, Castaneda examines his field notes and comes to understand what don Juan knew all along鈥攖hat these plants are merely a means to understanding the alternative realities that one cannot fully embrace on one鈥檚 own.]]> 288 Carlos Castaneda 0671732463 Marcin 5
Trzecia ksi膮偶ka ameryka艅skiego antropologa, kt贸ra zreszt膮 by艂a jego prac膮 doktorsk膮 na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim, ma by膰 zapisem do艣wiadczonego przez niego procesu szama艅skiej inicjacji pod czujnym okiem Indianina z plemienia Yaqui, don Juana Matusa. 艢ledzimy 艣cie偶k臋 powolnego przeistaczania si臋 narratora ze zwyczajnego cz艂owieka w "my艣liwego", "wojownika" i wreszcie w "wiedz膮cego" ("czarownika"). Katalizatorem zmian s膮 nie same s艂owa, pouczenia, dyskursy, co sytuacje dyskretnie i misternie aran偶owane przez don Juana oraz jego przyjaciela, don Genaro Floresa, wybijaj膮ce g艂贸wnego bohatera z pogr膮偶enia w zwyczajnym stanie umys艂u i indukuj膮ce odmienne stany 艣wiadomo艣ci.

W pewnym momencie kluczow膮 staje si臋 praktyka "zatrzymania 艣wiata", kt贸rej realizacja kompletnie zmienia pozycj臋 cz艂owieka w uk艂adzie wszystkich rzeczy, obiekt贸w o偶ywionych lub nieo偶ywionych i odwraca wszystkie znane relacje. Jeden z moich ulubionych cytat贸w z ksi膮偶ki jest w艂a艣nie zwi膮zany z tym do艣wiadczeniem, a bardziej z tym, co ono implikuje:

"Kiedy 艣wiat jest do g贸ry nogami, wtedy my jeste艣my we w艂a艣ciwej pozycji, ale kiedy 艣wiat jest we w艂a艣ciwej pozycji, wtedy my jeste艣my do g贸ry nogami. Teraz, kiedy i my, i 艣wiat jeste艣my we w艂a艣ciwej pozycji, my艣limy, 偶e jeste艣my do g贸ry nogami..."

"Podr贸偶 do Ixtlan" jest przede wszystkim spotkaniem z nieznanym, z tym co na pierwszy rzut oka jawi si臋 jako niezrozumia艂e, niekiedy absurdalne, opieraj膮ce si臋 mechanizmowi logiki. To tak偶e spotkanie z przyrodzon膮 nam spontaniczno艣ci膮, swobod膮 i otwarto艣ci膮, kt贸re mo偶na odkry膰 i piel臋gnowa膰 w sobie tylko wtedy gdy zachowujemy szacunek wzgl臋dem tajemnicy. Wreszcie, jest zapisem wyj膮tkowej relacji nauczyciel-ucze艅, kt贸rej wi臋kszo艣膰 ludzi jest pozbawiona we wsp贸艂czesnym, zindywidualizowanym 艣wiecie.

Wydaje mi si臋, 偶e wr贸c臋 do tej ksi膮偶ki nie jeden raz i w nieco kr贸tszych odst臋pach czasu.]]> 4.11 1972
author: Carlos Castaneda
name: Marcin
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Po latach wr贸ci艂em do ksi膮偶ki, kt贸r膮 pierwszy raz mia艂em w r臋kach w wieku 14 czy 15 lat. Ju偶 w贸wczas zrobi艂a na mnie ogromne wra偶enie - tak jak i zreszt膮 ca艂a seria tekst贸w, kt贸re wysz艂y spod pi贸ra Castanedy. Niemniej jednak zupe艂nie inaczej 偶yje si臋 ni膮 po niespe艂na 30 latach, z du偶ym baga偶em do艣wiadcze艅, przemy艣le艅, dozna艅, prze偶y膰 (tak偶e transgresywnych). Wielo艣膰 punkt贸w odniesie艅, wspomnie艅 umo偶liwia wydobycie z tekstu zupe艂nie inn膮 ilo艣膰 oraz g艂臋bi臋 znacze艅.

Trzecia ksi膮偶ka ameryka艅skiego antropologa, kt贸ra zreszt膮 by艂a jego prac膮 doktorsk膮 na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim, ma by膰 zapisem do艣wiadczonego przez niego procesu szama艅skiej inicjacji pod czujnym okiem Indianina z plemienia Yaqui, don Juana Matusa. 艢ledzimy 艣cie偶k臋 powolnego przeistaczania si臋 narratora ze zwyczajnego cz艂owieka w "my艣liwego", "wojownika" i wreszcie w "wiedz膮cego" ("czarownika"). Katalizatorem zmian s膮 nie same s艂owa, pouczenia, dyskursy, co sytuacje dyskretnie i misternie aran偶owane przez don Juana oraz jego przyjaciela, don Genaro Floresa, wybijaj膮ce g艂贸wnego bohatera z pogr膮偶enia w zwyczajnym stanie umys艂u i indukuj膮ce odmienne stany 艣wiadomo艣ci.

W pewnym momencie kluczow膮 staje si臋 praktyka "zatrzymania 艣wiata", kt贸rej realizacja kompletnie zmienia pozycj臋 cz艂owieka w uk艂adzie wszystkich rzeczy, obiekt贸w o偶ywionych lub nieo偶ywionych i odwraca wszystkie znane relacje. Jeden z moich ulubionych cytat贸w z ksi膮偶ki jest w艂a艣nie zwi膮zany z tym do艣wiadczeniem, a bardziej z tym, co ono implikuje:

"Kiedy 艣wiat jest do g贸ry nogami, wtedy my jeste艣my we w艂a艣ciwej pozycji, ale kiedy 艣wiat jest we w艂a艣ciwej pozycji, wtedy my jeste艣my do g贸ry nogami. Teraz, kiedy i my, i 艣wiat jeste艣my we w艂a艣ciwej pozycji, my艣limy, 偶e jeste艣my do g贸ry nogami..."

"Podr贸偶 do Ixtlan" jest przede wszystkim spotkaniem z nieznanym, z tym co na pierwszy rzut oka jawi si臋 jako niezrozumia艂e, niekiedy absurdalne, opieraj膮ce si臋 mechanizmowi logiki. To tak偶e spotkanie z przyrodzon膮 nam spontaniczno艣ci膮, swobod膮 i otwarto艣ci膮, kt贸re mo偶na odkry膰 i piel臋gnowa膰 w sobie tylko wtedy gdy zachowujemy szacunek wzgl臋dem tajemnicy. Wreszcie, jest zapisem wyj膮tkowej relacji nauczyciel-ucze艅, kt贸rej wi臋kszo艣膰 ludzi jest pozbawiona we wsp贸艂czesnym, zindywidualizowanym 艣wiecie.

Wydaje mi si臋, 偶e wr贸c臋 do tej ksi膮偶ki nie jeden raz i w nieco kr贸tszych odst臋pach czasu.
]]> 50269766 92 Ango Sakaguchi 8395243383 Marcin 0 to-read 3.74 1947
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]]> 123282203 300 Kazuo Umezu 8382642144 Marcin 0 to-read 3.87 1972
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