Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz: An Essay in Historical Interpretation
By: Jan Tomasz Gross
3.92
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Poland suffered an exceedingly brutal Nazi occupation during the Second World War. Close to five mi…
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1. The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 - 1999
By: Timothy Snyder
4.30
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of four rival modern nationalist ideologies from common medieva… read more
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- world war ii
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- european history
2. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
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"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
3. Prześniona rewolucja
By: Andrzej Leder
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
W Polsce w latach 1939-1956 dokonala sie rewolucja spoleczna. Okrutna, brutalna, narzucona z zewnat… read more
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4. Gulag
By: Anne Applebaum
4.01
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal … read more
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5. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
6. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
By: Christopher R. Browning
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more
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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
7. Inny świat
By: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
3.97
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
Wspomnienia Gustawa Herlinga - Grudzińskiego z sowieckiego łagru w Jercewie pod Archagielskiem. Ksi… read more
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"Myślę z przerażeniem i głębokim wstydem o Europie przedzielonej na pół Bugiem, w której po jednej stronie miliony niewolników sowieckich modliły się o wyzwolenie z rąk armii hitlerowskiej, a po drugi…"-Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Inny świat
8. The Origins of Totalitarianism
By: Hannah Arendt
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism and an essential component of any study of twent… read more
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9. Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
By: Anne Applebaum
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag, acclaimed journalist Anne Appleb… read more
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10. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more
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11. Jews Don't Count
By: David Baddiel
4.21
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Jews Don’t Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight … read more
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12. 27 śmierci Toby'ego Obeda
By: Joanna Gierak-Onoszko
4.64
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
To też jest Kanada: siedem zapałek w słoiku, sny o czubkach drzew, powiewające na wietrze czerwone … read more
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"Przydaje się wtedy formuła mająca wszystkie wątpliwości rozwiać, a wszelkie winy unieważnić. Cudowne zaklęcie, trzy słowa, które dobrze brzmią w każdej epoce i pod każdą szerokością geograficzną. Ta-…"-Joanna Gierak-Onoszko, 27 śmierci Toby'ego Obeda
13. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
By: Ethan Kross
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
AN AWARD-WINNING PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS THE HIDDEN POWER OF OUR INNER VOICE AND SHOWS HOW WE CAN HARN… read more
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"When supporting others, we need to offer the comfort of Kirk and the intellect of Spock."-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"The same brain circuitry that becomes active when we are attracted to someone or consume desirable substances (everything from cocaine to chocolate) also activates when we share information about our…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"We often think of fight or flight as the main defensive reaction human beings turn to when faced with a threat. When under stress, we flee or hunker down for the impending battle. While this reaction…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
14. Kajś. Opowieść o Górnym Śląsku
By: Zbigniew Rokita
4.45
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Przez większość życia uważałem Ślązaków za jaskiniowców z kilofem i roladą. Swoją śląskość wypierał… read more
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15. Ball Lightning
By: Liu Cixin
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A new standalone military SF adventure from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-B… read more
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"I realized that beauty for most people is characterized by fragility and powerlessness. True beauty needs to be supported by an internal strength, and develop itself through sensations like terror an…"-Liu Cixin, Ball Lightning
16. Ludowa historia Polski
By: Adam Leszczyński
4.22
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
Opowieść o tym, co zostało w polskiej pamięci zakłamane, albo z niej wyparte. To historia 90 proc. … read more
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17. Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz: An Essay in Historical Interpretation
By: Jan Tomasz Gross
3.92
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Poland suffered an exceedingly brutal Nazi occupation during the Second World War. Close to five mi… read more
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- poland
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
- 20th century
- antisemitism
- holocaust
18. Dwunaste: Nie myśl, że uciekniesz
By: Filip Springer
3.57
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Jante to miasteczko, w którym życie reguluje jedenaście opresyjnych zasad określających miejsce jed… read more
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19. Fantomowe ciało króla. Peryferyjne zmagania z nowoczesną formą
By: Jan Sowa
4.42
Format: 584 pages, Paperback
Książka jest propozycją przepisania historii Polski oraz opisania jej społeczno-kulturowej tożsamoś… read more
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20. Mies
By: Agustín Ferrer Casas
3.80
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
En el transcurso del vuelo a Berlín Occidental para acudir a la colocación de la primera piedra de … read more
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21. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more
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"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
