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1984 George’a Orwella jest porażającą wizją totalitarnej przyszłości, w której wszyscy są niewolnikami despotycznego reżimu. Wydanie w nowym tłumaczeniu (pierwszy polski przekład wykonany po 1990 roku).

"To był kwiecień, zimny bezchmurny dzień, zegary biły trzynastą”.

Pierwsze zdanie słynnej antyutopii George’a Orwella rozpoczyna opis totalitarne go świata, w którym miłość nie istnieje, myślozbrodnię karze się śmiercią, historię przepisuje wciąż od nowa, a język pozbawia znaczenia. Świata po Rewolucji, gdzie nad zdewastowanym Londynem górują budzące grozę gmachy Ministerstw Miłości, Prawdy, Pokoju i Dostatku i gdzie brakuje wszystkiego poza syntetycznym ginem. Świata, w którym zakazano zmysłowości, dzieci zwrócono przeciw rodzicom, a całą gorycz i nienawiść obywateli wymierzono we wrogów ludu i obce mocarstwa. Świata, w którym przeszłość jest martwa, przyszłość niewyobrażalna, Partia może wszystko, a zwykły człowiek nie ma żadnych szans.

W tym świecie Winston Smith, szeregowy pracownik Wydziału Archiwów Mi nisterstwa Prawdy, wymyka się pewnego dnia z pracy w porze lunchu, wyjmuje z szufldy nabyty nielegalnie czysty zeszyt i choć nad miastem latają helikoptery szpie gujące mieszkańców przez okna, zaczyna prowadzić dziennik, którego pierwszy wpis umieszcza pod datą 4 kwietnia 1984. Dziennik, który zaprowadzi go do kazamatów Ministerstwa Miłości.

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back.

Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: she possesses a drop of a goddess's blood, which gives her magic capable of repelling any attack. A
magic that was foretold would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath a king-the one who controls the shield maiden's fate.

Believing he's destined to rule Skaland, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders his son, Bjorn, to protect Freya from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. Except the greatest test of all may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.

An authoritative and concise history of witchcraft from the ancient world up to the present day. Witchcraft has always been a fluid and intriguing belief system that has enchanted and sometimes terrified humanity. For over forty years, A History of Witchcraft has provided the authoritative history of witchery and the occult. Beginning with magic in the ancient world, Jeffrey Russell explores the definition of witchcraft in its many diverse forms, from the worship of the Greek goddess of magic, Hecate, through the witch-crazes of the 15th and 16th centuries to the development of modern witchcraft by Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner in the early 20th century. Brooks Alexander analyses the development of witchcraft and neopaganism in the present day, charting the dissemination of modern witchcraft through modern media and the tensions that arise when a secretive cult becomes an open and recognized religion. This updated edition features a new chapter exploring the challenges that witchcraft has faced in the past decade, including the rise of social media platforms like Instagram and Tik Tok, the coronavirus pandemic and new neopagan groups.

This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty.

For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel - or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last long.

13-year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them - the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations.

When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leandro takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever could have imagined - far from a simple banishment, his consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone and left to fend on its own. But beyond the walls of Pocatel lie other alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world - as well as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth.

Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up and insist on reciting poems.

Some of these poems, such as 'The Walrus and The Carpenter' and 'Jabberwocky', are as famous as the Alice stories themselves. Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. Every bit as iconic are Sir John Tenniel's remarkable black line illustrations, perfectly capturing the combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary at the heart of Wonderland.

This beautiful, celebratory, edition of Through the Looking-Glass has a gorgeous cover with a shiny silver foiled looking-glass, and is packed full of fun bonus material, including a quiz, wordsearch and a glossary. Lewis Carroll's classic children's book is brought to life like never before!

„Bestiariuszek słowiański. Niewidzialni pomocnicy” to znakomita propozycja dla tych milusińskich, których pasjonują historie o mitycznych stworzeniach, krasnoludach i słowiańskich stworach. Tym razem autor i rysownik Witold Vagas zaprasza do lektury najmłodszych, dla których stworzył specjalne, dziecięce wydanie bestsellerowego „Bestiariusza słowiańskiego”. Pierwsza część z nowego cyklu w serii Legendarz poświęcona będzie karzełkom.