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29 reviews
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Penguin Books / Granta, 1995

So much information!
Reading Ryszard Kapuscinski is like sitting at the knee of a master storyteller! The tales he tells are amazing, horrific, informative, fabulous--all the things a great storyteller weaves into a tale. The only thing is that Kapuscinski does not make up his stories. He boarded (he is deceased) trains and planes for far-flung places--all in the name of news gathering. However, what Kapuscinski ...

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II

55 reviews
Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud

Knopf, 2003

"A Question of Honor" for Poles, "A Question of Guilt" for Western leaders
An excellent book. The 1st half details the history of the Kosciuszko squadron in WW2, including their defense of London in the Battle of Britain. The 2nd half, though not what I expected, shows in frustrating detail how Churchill and Roosevelt were rolled over by Stalin, setting the stage for what was to become the Cold War. This book, quite convincingly, paints Churchill as someone who did ...

The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45

110 reviews
Wladyslaw Szpilman

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1999

A Remarkable Book
The story of this man's life is truly remarkable. He makes history come alive. His word pictures are so realistic you will almost live it yourself.

A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska

89 reviews
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Scholastic Inc., 2000

Every Young Girl Should Read this Book
Unlike most books, this books weaves the more likely realities of life: disappointments, hardships. It portrays a young girl who evolves into a beautiful, loving, STRONG woman. I LOVED THIS BOOK! Do youself a favor, Mothers, and get this book for your daughters. It shows how life presents unexpected events, bad and good. How stoicism, perseverance and faith prevail. Yet it is also ...

In My Hands

99 reviews
Jennifer Armstrong

Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2004

One of Many
This is just one of many narratives of how Polish Christians risked & in many cases lost their & entire families' lives for harbouring jews,for Poland was the only country in nazi occupied Europe where the death penalty was implemented for helping jews.But nowadays people are still unfamiliar with not only Gutowna,but Irena Sendler,Henryk Slawik,Ulma family(of Rzseszow) the entire organization of ...

When God Looked the Other Way: An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption

17 reviews
Wesley Adamczyk

University Of Chicago Press, 2004

Thank You
I am sitting here struggling to find the words to begin to express my love for this book. I have just spent the past twenty-six hours not putting this book down. Now, I don't know if it is the fact that my family had delt with these similar circumstances and moved to the same area of Chicago, but i have never felt so connected/transported to individuals in a book as I did with this one. The ...

A Day of Small Beginnings: A Novel

16 reviews
Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum

Little, Brown and Company, 2006

Excellent multi-generational Jewish historic novel
If you like reading multi-generational historic novels, you will love A Day of Small Beginnings. Set in Poland and the United States, the story begins with a heroic act by a young teenager. The results of this act change the lives of generations past and present. The plot unfolds as a beautiful song's refrain hangs in the background binding the characters together. I recommend this book to ...

In the Beginning

16 reviews
Chaim Potok

Ballantine Books, 1997

My Favourite Book
This is a beautiful story; it is my very favourite book. I love it with all my heart.

I Took the Moon for a Walk (Polish Edition)

23 reviews
Carolyn Curtis

Mantra Lingua, 2008

Profound
Love this book--it stirred my heart! Michael Emerson of "Lost" asked me if I had read it when I assisted him looking for a book in a NYC store I worked in back in 2006. Even though I had looked at it since it had arrived & I am a "moonchild" by zodiac, I never had had time to open it. I am a huge fan of this great actor so I read it after he left and it gave me chills---not the kind he ...

The Street of Crocodiles (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

15 reviews
Bruno Schulz

Penguin Classics, 1992

"A fabric of nightmares and hashish"
Only in the last 25 years or so has Bruno Schulz become recognized in the English-speaking world as one of the leading European writers of the first half of the 20th Century. His recent rise to acclaim in this country mirrors, with a lag of only a few years, that of Joseph Roth. By one of those strange quirks of coincidence, Schulz and Roth have some very similar biographical facts. They both ...

The Way to Christ: Spiritual Exercises

10 reviews
Pope John Paul II

HarperOne, 1994

The Pope in person
This book presents retreat talks for university students by Karol Wojty³a while he was still a cardinal. He doesn't speak as a pope but as an ordinary person and at the same time a great spiritual master. His words are very clear and lucid, even comonsensical but at the same time his message and vision is very deep. He appeals to our deepest yearnings and spiritual intuitions. I'm not a Catholic ...

301 Polish Verbs (Barron's)

12 reviews
Klara Janecki

Barron's Educational Series, 2000

great help for Polish class!
This book has been a great help in allowing me to keep up with the more advanced students in my class. It arrived earlier than anticipated and in great condition!

Cat's Eye (Polish Edition)

9 reviews
Andre Norton

Harcourt Children's Books, 1961

Young Adult SF Classic
I won't go too much into the plot, as another reviewer here has done so quite excellently. However, I want to point out that Catseye was published for the Young Adult market and so can be read by both children, young adults and adults. I originally read this novel as a child and it still remains one of my favourite Andre Norton books. Far, far into mankind's future, when humankind has spread out ...

Word by Word Picture Dictionary English/Polish Edition (2nd Edition)

13 reviews
Bill Bliss, Steven J. Molinsky

Pearson ESL, 2008

helpful
The book is very good,I still remenber the moment that i got the book.It help my daughter enjoy English.

View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems

14 reviews
Wislawa Szymborska

Harcourt, 1995

Lost in Translation!
The Nobel Laureate in Literature of 1996 was proudly bestowed on Wislawa Szymborska, the first Polish woman to receive the prize for literature. While they are other Polish recipients like poet Czeslaw Milosz, Wladyslaw Reymont, and Henry Sienkiewicz to have received the honor, Wislawa is the first woman. While she writes poetry mostly, she has written prose. My biggest problem with poetry is ...

The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940

11 reviews
Rulka Langer

Aquila Polonica, 2009

A most rewarding read
This book was eminently readable and a fascinating look into the life of a brilliant woman living through a dreadful and important time in the history of World War II. The writing is immediate, informative, and gives insight into what it was actually like to live in Warsaw at the beginning of the war. She writes beautifully and one only wishes that is were a longer book so that we could know ...

New and Collected Poems, 1931-2001

11 reviews
Czeslaw Milosz

Ecco Press, 2001

To see from soaring above and down to the last detail A great Poet describes the world
It is difficult often to take to heart a poet in translation. It is difficult too for the modern reader to focus on a Poet who does not dwell in his own subjective consciousness, and does not have 'I' at the heart of his world of perception. For these reasons it took me time to 'get into' these poems but once I did I felt in the presence of a specially wonderful world of poetry, an especially ...

Polish Re-Enactors Handbook: A Guide To 17Th Century Living History In The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

12 reviews
Eryk Stefan Jadaszewski

CreateSpace, 2008

Vivat Eryk!
I have know Eryk for several years and can attest first hand to his knowledge and passion for 17th century Living History, in particular Polish-Lithuanian Renenactment. Eryk lives and studies his passion as a sword, armor and period-costume maker. He brings his experience as a long time re-enactor and consultant on period historical novels to this Handbook. Those wishing to be guided by someone ...

A Pebble To Polish

10 reviews
Janet Lord Leszl

BookSurge Publishing, 2007

The story of one mother coping with the birth of her autistic child
Autistic children can be blessings of their own, but few parents truly understand this at first. "A Pebble to Polish" is the story of one mother coping with the birth of her autistic child. Following the road from pondered infanticide to renewed hope for the future, "A Pebble to Polish" is a story that will warm hearts as well as inspire mothers of autistic children to cherish the gift they may ...

The Forgotten Few: The Polish Air Force in the Second World War

9 reviews
Adam Zamoyski

Hippocrene Books, 1995

Polish Heroism and Allied Ingratitude
This book recounts the role of Polish pilots in the Allied war effort. It discusses how the Poles accounted for a disproportionate share of German planes downed over England. It also discusses the personal lives of the pilots, including the homesickness felt every Christmas. The all-but-forgotten sufferings of the Poles under both German Nazis and Soviet Communists is recounted in some detail. ...

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