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"Eleanor Estes's The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been out of print since. At the heart of the story is Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn't and bullies her mercilessly. The class feels terrible when Wanda is pulled out of the school, but...
2) Silverview
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"In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years--the secret world itself. Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian's evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems...
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For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil.As the threat of war hangs over the land...
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Readers say it best: "A great assortment of recipes from my Polish heritage and new ones to try" & "Recipes easy to follow, ingredients readily available"
* Polish cuisine is hearty and filling, and it is is not all meat and potatoes. This truly authentic cookbook makes a fantastic addition to any kitchen.
* Organized by course, this cookbook features 120 recipes, including beet soup, cucumber salad, potato pancakes, Hunter's Stew, pork and rice...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2016.
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In 1943 a group of 1434 Polish refugees from the Soviet Russia, including a few hundred orphans, arrived in an abandoned ranch of Santa Rosa at the invitation of the Mexican President. Santa Rosa, near Leon, Mexico became their home for the few years to come. Earlier in December 1942, Prime Minister of Polish Government in Exile - General Władysław Sikorski arrived in Mexico to sign an agreement with President of Mexico Avila Camacho to set up such...
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This is the story of Jacob Kalinsky, born in Koretz, Poland, in 1904 to a mean-tempered tyrant of a father and a sweet and loving mother. At the age of twelve, Jacob's mother, Sarah, dies, and Jacob, along with his nine-year-old brother, is sent to live in the care of a brothel run by a loving madam named Jordanna.
It takes Jacob's father three long years to send for his sons. During that time, Jacob suffers many indignities, but when he was raped...
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A biography of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist includes an account of the discovery of his last artworks--murals painted on the walls of a villa occuppied by a Nazi officer--sixty years after his death and the complicated political dispute over the ownership of the murals.
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""Reading Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones is like being swung heart first into history. A brave and mesmerizing debut, and a truly tremendous accomplishment."--Paula McLain, New York Timesbestselling author of The Paris Wife. An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who scatter at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive, and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939, and three generations...
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English Polish Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Polish as their second language.
This children's book can motivate the kids to take responsibility and keep their room organized. Follow along as little bunny Jimmy and his brothers learn their lesson in this picture book. They learn to work together, clean up their room, and organize their toys.
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English Polish Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Polish as their second language. Fun bedtime story with important message.
Jimmy the little bunny doesn't start off knowing how to ride a two-wheeler bike like his big brothers. In fact, sometimes he gets teased for it. When Dad shows Jimmy how not to be afraid to try something new, that's when the fun begins.
Króliczek Jimmy nie umie jeździć na dwukołowym rowerku,...
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English Polish Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Polish as their second language.
Alex finds it hard to go to sleep, so he starts making up excuses. After reading a bedtime story, his father suggests planning a dream that he would like to see when he falls asleep. Find out where their imagination takes them as they plan his dream together. This bedtime story will help kids feel loved and relaxed, preparing them for a...
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English Polish Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Polish as their second language. Fun bedtime story with important message. Jimmy the little bunny is in trouble. Accidently, he ruined his mother favourite flowers. Will it help if he lies? Or is it better to tell the truth and try to solve the problem in different way? Help your children to learn to be more honest with this fun children's book.
20) The Usborne internet-linked first thousand words in Polish: with internet-linked pronunciation guide
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Published in the USA by EDC Pub
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c2008
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Polish
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Presents Polish vocabulary grouped by subject, such as foods, the park, school, and pets. Internet link includes all of the words pronounced by a native speaker, as well as links to related information. There is also an alphabetical glossary with phonetic pronunciation in the book.
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