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"You'll find legends, cautionary tales, and love potions, as well as a chapter devoted to wedding plants and herbs. There are home remedies for everything that ailed the people of Poland, from acne to arthritis, relaxants to rejuvenators, and heartache to heartburn. Gleaned from old Polish herbals, Knab provides recipes for balms to treat ailments such as stress, insomnia, slow metabolism, perspiring feet, limp hair and oily skin. Also included are...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Polish can be a difficult language to master. It is pronounced phonetically and has several unique characters in its alphabet, but with Polish For Dummies in hand, you'll find yourself speaking like a local in no time. Packed with practical lessons, handy cultural facts, and essential references (including a Polish-English mini-dictionary and lists of common verbs), this guide is specially designed to get you speaking Polish with confidence. With...
4) Aladdin
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English
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Aladdin is an orphan living on the streets of the city of Agrabah, continually outwitting and avoiding local law enforcement. One day he meets a young girl--also hiding from the guards--who is actually Princess Jasmine, seeking to escape from a disagreement with her father the Sultan about her marriage. He gallantly conceals her, and promptly falls in love. Soon, the Grand Vizier Jafar divines that Aladdin represents the key to his plans, and tricks...
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Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga
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Polish
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Elena i Lila, przyjaciolki znane czytelnikom z Genialnej przyjaciolki i Historii nowego nazwiska, to mlode kobiety. Bardzo szybko musialy dorosnac. Lila wyszla za maz w wieku szesnastu lat, ma malego synka, porzucila meza i dostatnie zycie, pracuje w fabryce w bardzo ciezkich warunkach. Elena opuscila Neapol, ukonczyla studia w Pizie i wydala dobrze sprzedajaca sie ksiazke, ktora otworzyla jej drzwi do swiata ludzi zamoznych i wyksztalconych. Obie...
6) Housegirl
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2018.
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English
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A moving and unexpectedly funny exploration of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness, Michael Donkor's debut novel follows three adolescent girls grappling with a shared experience: the joys and sorrows of growing up. Belinda knows how to follow the rules. As a housegirl, she has learned the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs, and to keep a tight lid on memories of the village she left behind when she...
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The New Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Mikolaj Grynberg is a psychologist and photographer who has spent years collecting and publishing oral histories of Polish Jews. In his first work of fiction--a book that has been widely praised by critics and was shortlisted for Poland's top literary prize--Grynberg recrafts those histories into little jewels, fictionalized short stories with the ring of truth. Both biting and knowing, I'd Like to Say Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry To takes...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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When the secret organization headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads the agents to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that's becoming...
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"When Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree left behind her high-powered, high-risk career on Wall Street for the charming town of Eastport, Maine, she expected a quiet life spent fixing up her 1823 Federal-style house. But there are skeletons in her closet that may prove beyond repair...Suddenly the perils of the stock market pale in comparison to the murder, mayhem, and mystery of remodeling." -- Amazon.com
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In the early hours of July 13, 1942, the men of Reserve Police Battalion 101, a unit of the German Order Police, entered the Polish Village of Jozefow. They had arrived in Poland less than three weeks before, most of them recently drafted family men too old for combat service -- workers, artisans, salesmen, and clerks. By nightfall, they had rounded up Jozefow's 1,800 Jews, selected several hundred men as "work Jews," and shot the rest -- that is,...
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Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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In Marie Curie, learn how the Polish chemist and physicist chose to pursue a career in science and discovered radium, earning the Nobel Prize twice. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Hippocrene Books
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English
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Arranged according to the cycle of the seasons, this cookbook explores life in the Polish country-side through the year, giving readers priceless historical information such as the type of utensils used in Poland at the turn of the century, the meaning behind the Pascal butter lamb, and many other questions commonly asked by descendants of Polish immigrants.
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Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Terrified of speaking in front of a group? Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the tools you need to get results. Learn how to wIn over tough crows, organize a coherent narrative, create powerful messages and visuals, connect with and engage your audience, show people why your ideas matter to them, and strike the right tone, in any situation.
17) Lalka
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Polish
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Lalka jest literackim obrazem Polski i trzech pokoleń Polaków końca XIX wieku. Dotyczy przemian dokonujących się w obyczajach i przekonaniach arystokracji, mieszczaństwa, ale także studentów, polskich Żydów czy niższych warst społecznych. Glównym tematem jest nieodwzajemniona miłość bogatego kupca Stanisława Wokulskiego do zubożałej arystokratki Izabeli Łęckiej.
In 1872 Warsaw, middle-aged and wealthy Stanislaw Wokulski returns...
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"How do you turn your social media accounts into viable business opportunities? Michael Hyatt has the blueprint. Michael Hyatt learned to use his social media platform as the foundation for his own successful writing, speaking, and business coaching practice. In this straightforward how-to, he offers down-to-earth guidance on crafting an effective and meaningful online platform. In Platform, you will learn how to: Extend your influence, monetize it,...
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Wydawnictwo Świat Książki
Pub. Date
2021.
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Polish
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"Przejmujące losy dwóch sióstr, które po latach odnajdują łączącą je niegdyś więź. Claire kocha i jest kochana; Meghann boi się bliskości, nie pozwala, by jej życiem kierowały emocje. Claire żyje skromnie, otoczona rodziną i przyjaciółmi; Meghann mieszka w luksusowym apartamencie, ale czuje się w nim obco i samotnie. Nieoczekiwane wydarzenia w życiu Claire radykalnie zmieniają postępowanie Meghann i ułatwiają jej rozliczenie...
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