Polish History

In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn't have to board the orphan train in Chicago. But she has no home, no family, and no choice. Rodzina doesn't believe the orphans are on their way out West to be adopted by good families. She's sure they will become slaves to strangers. Anyway, who would ever adopt a large, tough, stubborn girl of Polish origin? As the train heads west, all Rodzina has is a small suitcase and her family memories from the past.

No longer war, but not yet peace. A fascinating journey through 12 months of fear, hope, euphoria, and disappointment. A journalistic story about the most dramatic year of the 20th century. Grzebałkowska examines the fate of the last living witnesses of that time. She gives voices to the victims, but also the oppressors, especially when she can use them to show the post-war blending of roles and fates. 1945: War and Peace won the 2016 Nike Literary Audience Award.

Dzieło życia Jacka Komudy, znanego popularyzatora historii i autora kilkudziesięciu bestsellerów książkowych. Tym razem pisarz wziął na warsztat wojska I Rzeczypospolitej. Na temat powstań kozackich napisano bardzo wiele prac naukowych, rozwikłano wiele problemów politycznych, gospodarczych i społecznych, nie mamy jednak pełnego obrazu jak wyglądała wojskowość kozacka. Niniejsza książka jest – o dziwo – pierwszą rozprawą omawiającą kozacką ars militaris. Piechota zaporoska, jej uzbrojenie i sposób walki.

A millioner and a self-made businessman, Marek Zmysłowski, built African Amazon and became one of the most famous people in IT in Africa. One day it turned out that he's also a fugitive wanted by the Interpol. How did this happen? In his autobiography, Zmysłowski doesn't take himself too seriously and with humor shows the backstage of doing business, which was sometimes dangerous. With his journalistic verve, he draws a colorful picture of Africa, which became his favorite continent.

Many Americans labor under the misconception that the nation’s colonial and national heritage was almost wholly accomplished by an English migration, and the notion of early American diversity ends at an acknowledgment of the slave trade conducted between Southern buyers, Northern shippers, the African continent, and the Caribbean region. However, early America witnessed the development of New York by the Dutch, the southernmost regions by Spain, and what would become eastern Canada by the French after lengthy battles with Britain.

1968: The New Times Are Coming is a big journalistic story about the most rebellious year of the 20th century.

At the time of the Revolutionary War, nations such as France undoubtedly had an elevating effect on America’s capacity to make formal war, and Lafayette is the most famous foreigner to serve in the Continental Army, but some of the most important individuals who fought for the colonists came from Poland. One of the most important individuals who arrived at George Washington’s door was Polish aristocrat Kazimierz Michal Wladyslaw Wiktor Pulaski, known to future generations as the “Father of the American Cavalry”, while Tadeusz Kosciuszko perceived the American conflict as the test of a new universal paradigm.

Inspirująca, intymna prawdziwa historia, która pomoże ci w drodze po marzenia. Poczujesz się tak, jakbyś sam przeżył to wszystko, z czym autorka musiała się zmierzyć, a na końcu odkryjesz wraz z nią, jak można się na nowo duchowo odrodzić i spojrzeć na świat z nadzieją i wiarą. Odkryjesz w sobie ukrytą mądrość, siłę i pokochasz własną duszę, aby móc stać się tym, kim powinieneś być. Miłością.