Third part of the London StoriesBoxing was all Alex had ever known, his entire being now shattered beyond repair. One night and four years in jail changed everything. These days, Alex prefers the shadows and dreams of nightmares. Will he find rainbows and glitters in the run-down flat he's moving into?Chris has been selling their looks and body for too long. It may be time for a life change, but one thing is clear. The fairest of them all will make a lousy lover until they ...

Our days were numbered but precious.Courting Light is the story of Josie, an eighteen-year-old about to leave home to start university in London. She volunteers at a summer camp for disabled children. When Josie is paired with the autistic teenager Lucian, she faces intense experiences that are truly eye-opening. To her surprise, Lucian is not the only one who captures her attention. Over the weeks, Josie develops powerful desires evoked by the camp's enigmatic young leader with a ...

Liam Murphy has kicked his drug habit and now pays for the high living costs in London as an escort. His life is finally in balance. His only problem is that he obsesses about the minimum number of times he has to bend over to make ends meet. As long as he has his emotions under control, it'll be fine. That's what Liam keeps telling himself until he meets the young widower Alastair, also known as Ali, whose emerald eyes remind him of Ireland.Featuring Liam from The Boy Who Fell to ...

I stared at the photographs, mesmerised by the mystery of the two women. Their bodies and skin have been frozen in time, turned porcelain white and uncovered on the north face of Mont Blanc. They were once lost to the eternal silence of the snowy peaks, waiting to tell their stories. Who were these two unknown mountaineers to each other, and why were they summiting unaided, alone at the pinnacle of wilderness? My search unfolds as a love affair in early twentieth-century England comes to l...

Spiritual themes are common in movies: The unconventional savior. The hero’s journey. The redemption tale. The balance of creation. Journalist John A. Zukowski reflects on twelve major spiritual themes in the world of cinema, discussing films from Dead Man Walking to Bruce Almighty, from Groundhog Dayto Chariots of Fire, and many more. See them all—read them all—before you die!

“Christmas movies are revealing windows into religion, consumerism, family, and American pop culture, and Zukowski offers a compelling, highly readable guide to this long-flourishing genre. Exploring classics as well as flops, he illuminates both the resilience and the limitations of the holiday’s celebration on screen.” —Leigh E. Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis, author of Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American HolidaysHow the G...

Love follows no rules. Like sun in winter and rain in summer, love can blossom in the most unexpected places. This richly diverse collection of stories proves that love is as universal and as varied as the seasons.The Stories:Tourist Season – Deven BalsamMachete Betty and the Office Sharks – Neptune FlowersOnce Around Seven – Ofelia GrändWinter Blossoms – Paul IasevoliYear of the Guilty Soul – A.M. LeibowitzThe Great Village Bun Fight – Deb...

Nie jest łatwo odnaleźć właściwe słowa, by przy ich pomocy przekazać uczucia, które mi towarzyszyły podczas czytania poematu „Undyna”. Była to wersja w języku rosyjskim. Od początku nie dawała spokoju myśl, by przetłumaczyć utwór na język polski. Zadanie wydawało się wyjątkowo trudne, głównie ze względu na specyficzny styl języka, który zastosowano w powieści.Wraz z bohaterami poematu czytelnik przenosi się do dawno minionych czasów rycerstwa, którzy na turniejach „…starannie łamal...

During the Holocaust, Polish bystanders were witnesses not only to Nazi crimes but also to their own collective violence toward Jewish neighbors. This book shows how these memories continue to be distorted and silenced in the Polish culture.Considering the ways in which Polish culture displays symptoms of a suppressed and violent memory while obstinately refusing to see the meaning of such symptoms, the author shows how the narrative of the Holocaust, in threatening the self-image ...

Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives addresses the growing popularity of philo-Semitic violence in Poland between the 2000 revelation of Polish participation in the Holocaust and the 2015 authoritarian turn.Elzbieta Janicka and Tomasz Zukowski examine phenomena termed a “new opening in Polish-Jewish relations,” thought to stem from sociocultural change and the posthumous inclusion of those subjected to anti-Semitic violence. The authors inv...

Interesowały nas zjawiska komentowane w polskiej i zagranicznej debacie publicznej jako znak przemiany świadomości społecznej i „nowe otwarcie w stosunkach polsko-żydowskich” na przełomie pierwszego i drugiego dziesięciolecia XXI wieku. Pytaliśmy, czy istotnie mamy do czynienia z nową narracją o przeszłości. Czy i jak dalece przekształciły się warunki opowieści, a wraz z nimi zbiorowe imaginarium współtworzące społeczno-kulturową ramę porządkującą wiedzę rzeczową, której dostarczają badani...

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