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62) Kocia kołyska
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Polish
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"Kocia kołyska to przypowiastka filozoficzna o współczesnym świecie i jego końcu, to Kurt Vonnegut w swojej mistrzowskiej formie. I właśnie po ukazaniu się tej powieści Graham Green nazwał go jednym z największych pisarzy amerykańskich. Narrator zamierza napisać książkę o wybuchu pierwszej bomby atomowej i życiu jej twórcy, doktora Feliksa Hoenikera. Tymczasem trafia na wyimaginowaną wyspę San Lorenzo, skąd obserwuje rzeczywistą...
65) World War I
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English
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Examines World War I, its beginning, its effect on the countries involved, life in the trenches, the major battles and incidents, and the aftermath of the war.
69) Vincent van Gogh
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English
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A biography of the Dutch painter who was a strange and difficult child, a tortured adult, and whose genius for expressing his artistic vision was not appreciated until after his death.
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English
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In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice:...
76) The Berlin Wall
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English
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Examines the history of the Berlin Wall and how it reflected the realities of life in a politically divided city.
80) Watergate
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English
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Analyzes events in the scandal known as Watergate, which paralyzed American politics and led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.
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