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For Polish Immigrants only - Wyfruneli - competition

Wyfruneli - immigration story competition Konkurs Pamietnikarski „Wyfruneli”
Wyjechales na Zachód po wejsciu Polski do Unii Europejskiej, sam lub z rodzina.
Zostales tam, a moze wróciles do kraju. Podziel sie emigracyjnym doswiadczeniem. Przeslij swoje dzienniki, wspomnienia, relacje, refleksje – spróbujemy zbudowac prawdziwy obraz wielkiej fali polskich wyjazdów po 2004 roku.
Napisz, niezaleznie od tego, czy odniosles sukces, czy doznales zawodu i wróciles do Polski rozczarowany. Co spotkalo Cie po przyjezdzie? Zostaniesz czy znowu wyjedziesz?
Dlaczego?

The Legend of the Ice People

Margit Sandemo is Europe’s bestselling author. Her 172 novels have sold over 39 million copies in Europe, and are so popular that they have their own cult following with people dressing in character - just as The Sound of Music and Star Trek fans do in this country. The saga was extremely popular in Poland and for that reason, we would like to help promoting it also in the UK. It is a great read for long winter evenings...
Real events in her life are woven into the gripping Scandinavian saga The Legend of the Ice People, whose first volume, Spellbound, begins in the plague-ravaged Norwegian town of Trondheim in the winter of 1581.

The Black Madonna of Derby - COMPETITION

"The Black Madonna of Derby" Competition is closed now! All copies have found a new, lucky owner. Books with Joanna Czechowska's autoghraph have now been sent to the winners: Anne Hooper, Marta Mechula, Emma Chester. We hope you will enjoy reading it.
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Poles Apart by Polly Courtney

Poles Apart by Polly Courtney “You’re lucky, being a girl. You can always get au pair work. Or a job in a Polish bakery – apparently they’re springing up all over London.”
Marta grits her teeth and nods. She is used to this now: the assumption that she has come to England to abandon her career and make a fortune changing nappies and cleaning floors. It couldn’t be further from the truth.

Poles Apart tells the story of an ambitious young graduate from the outskirts of Warsaw who moves to London in search of fresh challenges and the opportunity to make a name for herself.

THE BLACK MADONNA OF DERBY (GOODBYE POLSKO)

Goodbye Polsko is now available in English. Under the title The Black Madonna of Derby, this novel about Polish immigration to Britain tells the heartbreaking story of the Baran family during the 1960s and 1970s. Now your British friends can share the joy and tragedy, hope and reconciliation that made Goodbye Polsko a runaway success.
As novelist Debi Alper says, ‘intelligently written, with a wry and gentle humour, the Black Madonna of Derby provides a vivid and topical insight into three generations of a Polish immigrant family as they struggle to find a balance between two cultures.’

Voytek the Soldier Bear by Garry Paulin

Voytek the Soldier Bear by Garry Paulin Polish Culture would like to introduce everyone interested in Polish Second World War history to yet another fascinating story about Polish Army and its incredible soldiers.
"Voytek the Soldier Bear" is an informative book for adults and also contains an entertaining story for young children. Each book contains both English and Polish languages. This is a story of the Iranian Bear named Voytek (Wojtek), mascot of the Polish Army (The Polish bear). This book will be coming out in February.

Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wisniewski

A more contemporary story would be impossible: the Internet, pagers, airline e-tickets, genome decoding, text messages. And it’s a classic love story. A story of love on the Internet. The ultimate love, the one of dreams. Wisniewski tells the story superbly and analytically taking his reader from near celebratory tenderness only to amaze a few lines later with daring eroticism.
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Marek Hlasko

Marek Hlasko - Writer. Born 1934 in Warsaw, died 1969 in Wiesbaden.

It is a long-time observation that the brevity of Marek Hlasko's life is no help to his biographers. Indeed, Hlasko's life, with its tragic course and mysterious end at 26, Hauberisserstrasse in Wiesbaden on the night of 14th June 1969, can be divided into a few parallel biographies which bear so little resemblance to one another and are so different and self-contradictory as if they were some multiple choice alternatives.

The ambivalent and often mutually exclusive "eye witness" accounts - by those who spent time and drank with Hlasko - create a tangle which is hardly undone by literary critics, who either remain too involved and partial or, in contrast, make no allowances, challenge the idol, focus on the details, and accuse the Hlasko biographers and acolytes of imperfection and erring.

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