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A Fever in the Heartland : The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them / Timothy Egan. - Wydanie I. - New York : Viking, copyright 2023. - XXIV, 404 strony : fotografie ; 24 cm.

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Egan, Timothy (1954- ).

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Oberholzer, Madge (1896-1925). Stephenson, David Curtis (1891-1966). Ku-Klux-Klan Kobieta Relacje międzyludzkie Rasizm Nienawiść Organizacje terorystyczne Indiana (Stany Zjednoczone ; stan)

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Dziedzina i ujęcie

Socjologia i społeczeństwo Prawo i wymiar sprawiedliwości Historia

Index na stronach 389-404.

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties--the Jazz Age--has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson. Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana, he’d become the Grand Dragon of the state and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows – their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches, spread at family picnics and town celebrations. Judges, prosecutors, ministers, governors and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence, it was a seemingly powerless woman – Madge Oberholtzer – who would reveal his secret cruelties, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees.

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The Pigeon Tunnel : Stories from My Life / John Le Carré. - London : Viking, 2016. - VII, 310 stron ; 24 cm.

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Le Carré, John (1931-2020).

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Pisarze angielscy

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine gun fire or the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth, visiting Rwanda's museums of the unburied dead in the aftermath of the genocide, celebrating New Year's Eve 1982 with Yasser Arafat and his high command, interviewing a German woman terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, listening to the wisdoms of the great physicist, dissident, and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, meeting with two former heads of the KGB, watching Alec Guinness prepare for his role as George Smiley in the legendary BBC TV adaptations, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in The Constant Gardener, le Carré endows each happening with vividness and humor, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. Best of all, le Carré gives us a glimpse of a writer's journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for the human spark that has given so much life and heart to his fictional characters.

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From Here to There : The Story of How We Transport Ourselves and Everything Else / by HP Newquist. - New York : Viking, 2017. - 123, [1] strona : ilustracje kolorowe ; 25x25 cm.

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Newquist, HP.

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Książki Publikacje popularnonaukowe

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Młodzież 9-13 lat

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Język angielski Transport

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Na górze okladki: Smithsonian.

Na dole okładki: Invention & Impact.

Index na stronach 119-123.

This lively history of transportation follows our fascinating route from primitive technology like sandals to driverless cars and beyond! Since humans first stood upright, we've been on the move. Need food? Water? Land? A place to live? Survival depends upon motion. For thousands of years, people have devised ways to move faster, farther, and more comfortably. Their inventions-shoes, skis, the rudder, the wheel, engines, rockets-have had an enormous impact on how and where human beings live and thrive. Award-winning author HP Newquist explores the transportation inventions and technologies that have transformed the way we experience the world around us. It’s a fascinating journey!

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The Bullet That Missed / Richard Osman. - London : Viking, 2022. - 412, [2] strony ; 24 cm.

(Thursday Murder Club / Richard Osman ; 3)

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Osman, Richard (1970- ). Osman, Richard (1970- ). Thursday Murder Club (ang.)

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Emeryci i renciści Osoby w wieku starszym Kluby Przyjaźń Śledztwo i dochodzenie Pranie pieniędzy Zabójstwo Humor

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It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then, a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill... or be killed. As the cold case turns red hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?

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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World / Elif Shafak. - London : Viking, 2019. - [4], 311, [1] strona : ilustracje ; 21 cm.

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Şafak, Elif (1971- ).

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Na górze okładki: Shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2019.

For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her. . .

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The Prize of All the Oceans : Commodore Anson's Voyage Around the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon / Glyn Williams. - New York : Viking, 2000. - XXI, 264 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm.

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Williams, Glyn (1932- ).

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Anson, Georg (1697-1762). Język angielski Żeglarstwo morskie Podróżnictwo morskie

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In September 1740 Commodore George Anson set sail from Spithead with a six-vessel British warship expedition. His orders were to sail around the world, rout the Spanish fleet, and seize "the great galleon that made the annual voyage from Acapulco to Manila...laden with Peruvian silver, the prize of all the oceans". Anson did achieve this goal, but at a great price: only one of his squadron, the flagship Centurion, completed its mission. The other vessels were wrecked, scuttled, or forced back in shattered condition. And of the 1900 men with whom Anson set sail, almost 1400 died, most from disease or starvation. But Commodore Anson's expedition was considered a success, and the true and disastrous facts were covered up. The voyage was Britain's first to combine a maritime expedition with commercial enterprise, and represented the beginning of the nation's ambitious designs in the Pacific. Glyn Williams tells a compelling tale of adventure and tragedy, combined with thoughtful analysis and commentary, and gives us a vivid portrait of a commander who hauled ropes alongside his men and tended them when they were ill -- but never wavered in his determination to return home triumphant.

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Happy Place / Emily Henry. - London : Viking an imprint Penguin Books, 2023. - 388 stron ; 24 cm.

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Henry, Emily.

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Relacja romantyczna Rozstanie Urlopy Kłamstwo Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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Powieść obyczajowa Romans

Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Except, now they don't. They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone. Which is how they end up sharing a bedroom at the cottage that has been their yearly getaway with their best friends for the past decade. For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth. The cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be together here and they can't bear to break their friends' hearts. So, they'll fake it for one more week. It's a flawless plan (if you look at it through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). But how can you pretend to be in love with someone - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best? Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry's best novel yet.

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The Collected Regrets of Clover / Mikki Brammer. - London : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023. - [4], 314 stron ; 24 cm.

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Brammer, Mikki.

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Doula Śmierć Umieranie Przemijanie Marzenia Podróże Miłość Przyjaźń Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone)

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Powieść obyczajowa Romans

Clover Brooks has forgotten how to live. It might be because she spends her time caring for people in their final days, working as a death doula in New York City. Or it might be because Clover has a regret of her own – one she can't bring herself to let go of. But then she meets Claudia: a feisty old woman who has one last wish... As Clover begins a new adventure, will she remember how to live her own big, beautiful life?

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Hello Beautiful : A Novel / Ann Napolitano. - London : Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023. - 387 stron ; 24 cm.

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Napolitano, Ann.

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Rodzina Siostry Wybory życiowe Zaufanie Zdrada Chicago (Stany Zjednoczone)

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Meet the Padvano girls. Best friends and sisters, they are thought of as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Chicago neighbourhood. Julia, the eldest, is the "rocket" of the family - she always has a destination in mind and clear plans for how to get there. Sylvie, the dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book and imagines a life for herself other than the expected path of wife and mother. Cecelia and Emmeline, the twins, are the artist and the caregiver. From childhood, the four sisters complete each other, expecting that their family will always be intact. When Julia falls in love with William Walters, a history student and college sports star, she's delighted by the way her plans for adulthood are coming together. A husband, a house, a family. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who steps in to help. Suddenly, things shift. Dynamics and relationships, priorities and secrets - everything that was once a given no longer is. Rich and vivid, heartbreaking and heart-mending, Hello Beautiful captures the joy, tragedy, trust, and betrayal to ask: what does it mean to be a family? And once shattered, can it be pieced back together?

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The Light We Carry : Overcoming in Uncertain Times / Michelle Obama. - Wydanie 2. - London : Viking, an imprint for Penguin Books, 2022. - XII, 318, [3] strony : fotografie ; 25 cm.

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Obama, Michelle (1964- ).

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Obama, Michelle (1964- ) Aspiracje Postawy Rozwój osobowości Samorealizacja Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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Rozwój osobisty Socjologia i społeczeństwo

Her life. Her learnings. Her toolkit to live boldly. How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama believes that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. In The Light We Carry, the former First Lady shares her practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. A mother, daughter, spouse and friend, she shares fresh stories, her insightful reflections on change and the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become." With her trademark humour, candour, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. The Light We Carry will inspire readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.

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The Last Devil to Die / Richard Osman. - London : Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023. - 412, [2] strony ; 24 cm.

(Thursday Murder Club / Richard Osman ; 4)

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Osman, Richard (1970- ). Osman, Richard (1970- ). Thursday Murder Club (ang.)

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Emeryci i renciści Osoby w wieku starszym Kluby Przyjaźń Śledztwo i dochodzenie Narkotyki Zabójstwo Antyki Humor

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Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die?

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