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Download or read book A Treasury of Polish Aphorisms written by and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection comprises 225 aphorisms by eighty Polish writers, many of them well known in their native land. A selection of 30 Polish proverbs is included representing some uniquely Polish expressions of universal wisdom. Twenty pen and ink drawings by a talented Polish illustrator Barbara Swidzinska complete this remarkable exploration of true Polish wit and wisdom.
Book Synopsis A Treasury of English Aphorisms by : Logan Pearsall Smith
Download or read book A Treasury of English Aphorisms written by Logan Pearsall Smith and published by London : Constable. This book was released on 1928 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists by : James Geary
Download or read book Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists written by James Geary and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both an expert and a collector, James Geary has devoted his life to aphorisms-and the last few years to organizing, indexing, and even translating them. The result is Geary's Guide, featuring aphorists like Voltaire, Twain, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Emily Dickinson, and Mae West, as well as international practitioners appearing in English for the first time. But it is more than just a conventional anthology. It is also an encyclopedia, containing brief biographies of each author in addition to a selection of his or her aphorisms. The book is a field guide, too, with aphorists organized into eight different "species," such as Comics, Critics & Satirists; Icons & Iconoclasts; and Painters & Poets. The book's two indexes-by author and by subject-make it easily searchable, while its unique organizational structure and Geary's lively biographical entries set it apart from all previous reference works. A perfect follow-up to Geary's New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase, Geary's Guide is eminently suitable for browsing or for sustained reading. A comprehensive guide to our most intimate, idiosyncratic literary form, the book is an indispensable tool for writers and public speakers as well as essential reading for all language lovers.
Book Synopsis The World in a Phrase by : James Geary
Download or read book The World in a Phrase written by James Geary and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the ancient Chinese and ending with contemporary Europeans and Americans, The World in a Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through spirited and amusing biographies of some of its greatest practitioners, including Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker; great French aphorists like Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, and Chamfort; philosophers like Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein; as well as prophets and sages like the Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Jesus. In our modern age, The World in a Phrase explores how aphorisms still retain the power to instigate and inspire, enlighten and enrage, entertain and edify. James Geary is the author of The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses. He lives in London with his wife and three children. "James Geary's celebration of the smallest-and sometimes wisest-of literary forms. Geary defines the characteristics of aphorisms and discusses their history and their role in his life, and shares the work of renowned aphorists from Buddha to Dr. Seuss."-Associated Press
Download or read book 222 written by Steven Carter and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 222: Aphorisms & Reflections is an attempt to breathe new life into the art of the aphorism and the brief reflection (or meditation), brought to near-perfection in Western culture over the last five centuries by Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, Lichtenberg, Nietzsche, Kafka, E.M. Cioran, Karl Kraus, Fernando Pessoa, and many others. About four in ten of the entries in 222 consist of "conversations" between Steven Carter and aphorists of the past, including many of the above. In publishing this initial volume of a projected multi-volume work, Carter hopes to join the ranks of current aphorists and anthologists--James Richardson and James Geary, to name two--whose recent works help to further the grand tradition of the aphorism, which began in ancient Greece with Hippocrates, the West's first known aphorist. While 222 is primarily intended for a general college-educated audience, everyone can enjoy a good aphorism-as the Americans Josh Billings, Will Rogers, and especially Mark Twain have shown.
Book Synopsis The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature by : Tomasz Bilczewski
Download or read book The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature written by Tomasz Bilczewski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature offers an introduction to Polish literature through thirty-three case studies, covering works from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Each chapter draws on a text or body of work, examining its historical context, as well as its international reception and position within world literature. The book presents a dual perspective on Polish literature, combining original readings of key texts with discussions of their two-way connections with other literatures across the globe. With a detailed introduction offering a narrative overview, the book is divided into six sections offering a chronological pathway through the material. Contributors from around the world examine the various cultural exchanges at play, with each chapter including: Definitions of key terms and brief overviews of historical and political events, literary eras, trends, movements, groups, and institutions for those new to the area Analysis and notes on translations, including their hidden dimensions and potential Textual focus on poetics, such as strategies of composition, style, and genre A range of historical, sociological, political, and economic contexts From medieval song through to the contemporary novel, this book offers an interpretive history of Polish literature, while also positioning its significance within world literature. The detailed introductions make it accessible to beginners in the area, while the original analysis and focused case studies will also be of interest to researchers.
Book Synopsis The Polish American Encyclopedia by : James S. Pula
Download or read book The Polish American Encyclopedia written by James S. Pula and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least nine million Americans trace their roots to Poland, and Polish Americans have contributed greatly to American history and society. During the largest period of immigration to the United States, between 1870 and 1920, more Poles came to the United States than any other national group except Italians. Additional large-scale Polish migration occurred in the wake of World War II and during the period of Solidarity's rise to prominence. This encyclopedia features three types of entries: thematic essays, topical entries, and biographical profiles. The essays synthesize existing work to provide interpretations of, and insight into, important aspects of the Polish American experience. The topical entries discuss in detail specific places, events or organizations such as the Polish National Alliance, Polish American Saturday Schools, and the Latimer Massacre, among others. The biographical entries identify Polish Americans who have made significant contributions at the regional or national level either to the history and culture of the United States, or to the development of American Polonia.
Download or read book Polish Fables written by Ignacy Krasicki and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801) was hailed as 'The Prince of Poets' by his contemporaries. In 1779, sixty-five of his fables, which used contemporary events and human relations to show a course to guide human conduct, were published. These fables present a world where reason is valued over sentiment, true to the enlightenment ideal. But the rhymes also sugar coar a bitter message: depicting a world where the strong continually take advantage of the weak. Many of the fables, which were published after the first partition of Poland in which Russia, Prussia and Austria took their first bites of their weaker neighbour, should also be read for their political implications. This bilingual edition includes English translation by Gerard Kapolka and twenty-two illustrations by well-known Polish artist Barbara Swidinska.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of 1000 Russian Proverbs by : Peter Mertvago
Download or read book Dictionary of 1000 Russian Proverbs written by Peter Mertvago and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of the most commonly used and understood proverbs is designed for a broad readership comprised of students of both language and culture. An approximate or literal translation is provided.
Book Synopsis Polish Heritage Cookery by : Robert Strybel
Download or read book Polish Heritage Cookery written by Robert Strybel and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 2,200 recipes in 29 categories, Polish Heritage Cookery is the most extensive and varied Polish cookbook ever published. This illustrated edition of the bestseller includes 20 color photographs. "A encyclopedia of Polish cookery and a wonderful thing to have!"--Julia Child, Good Morning America
Book Synopsis My Name is Million by : W. S. Kuniczak
Download or read book My Name is Million written by W. S. Kuniczak and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story of those millions of Polish Americans whose quest for the American dream began in the blast furnaces, forges, quarries, and coal pits of the American Midwest-those whose dreams of and whose role in American life have, until now gone unrecognised.
Book Synopsis Thaddeus Kościuszko by : James S. Pula
Download or read book Thaddeus Kościuszko written by James S. Pula and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, hero of the American Revolution and the Polish revolt against Russian control in the 1790s.
Download or read book The Polish Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Polish Studies Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Poems Adam Mickiewicz by : Adam Mickiewicz
Download or read book Poems Adam Mickiewicz written by Adam Mickiewicz and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume marks the bicentennial of the birth of a poet who is second to none in Polish literature. As a full blooded Romantic, Mickiewicz left a treasure of unforgettable love poems. With over 50 poems, this beautiful bilingual gift edition contains poems addressed to Maryla (his Beatrice), as well as sonnets and verses of sensual and spiritual love in all shades of Romantic passion -- "To -- (In the Alps at Splugen)", "Romanticism", "Resignation", "The Nixie", and "The Akkerman Steppes", along with the editor's informative introduction, are all included in this collection.
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Poland by : George Sanford
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Poland written by George Sanford and published by Globe Pequot Publishing Group Incorporated/Bloomsbury. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poland has had an exceptionally turbulent thousand-year history marked by extremes of national greatness and decline including patrition and foreign occupation. Currently undergoing another dramatic transformation, Poland has been building a democratic and market system since the fall of communism. The largest and most important nation in Eastern Europe, outside the ex-Soviet Union, is now returning to the European mainstream from which she was for long periods isolated politically and economically, although not culturally. Although Poland has been widely popularized in journalistic clich s in recent years because of Solidarity, the "Polish Pope" and the like, there is still much to be learned about the particular individuals and specific factors which have shaped her history in the past and which are molding her present development. The dictionary strikes a judicious balance in covering past and contemporary figures as well as Poland's richly-textured political, social, and cultural dimensions. The Dictionary has more than four hundred entries and a most comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography. It provides a stimulating and knowledgeable introduction for students, scholars, and librarians as well as a helpful overview-guide for tourists and for those involved in teaching, business, politics, journalism, and public service.
Book Synopsis On the Field of Glory by : Henryk Sienkiewicz
Download or read book On the Field of Glory written by Henryk Sienkiewicz and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sienkiewicz, one of the greatest storytellers in world literature, introduces a memorable cast of characters, ready for battle, duelling, or love in this last completed historical novel of the Nobel Prize winner. Breathing with life, gusto and passion, this book is set in one of the most turbulent and critical periods of European history. Above all it is the story of the tumultuous love between Anulka and Jacek, in what is the most lyrical of all Sienkiewicz love stories. This groundbreaking new translation also includes a new epilogue, narrating the events leading up to the glorious victory of the Christian forces led by King John Sobieski III. This epilogue has been carefully constructed by Miroslaw Lipinski, the translator, using seasonal historical accounts by Count John Sobieski (a distant relative of the king) and Count A J Orchowski.
