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On Liberty – ebook
John Stuart Mill
Readers are invited to a book by an outstanding English philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and economist John Stuart Mill, which explores the problem of civil liberty of the individual. According to the author himself, the subject of the work is „not the so-called free will”, namely civil, or social, freedom, that is, „the properties and limits of that power, by the power of which society fully...Data dostępności:
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The New Adam – ebook
Stanley G. Weinbaum
Edmund Hall, born a mutant with too many joints in his fingers and a double mind, tries to find a purpose in a society of humans. This superman is no caped crusader fighting for justice though. Rather, he is a dual-brained super-intellect with an IQ so far off the charts that normal human beings appear as Neanderthals next to him. In this story, our evolved human is born into modern society without...Data dostępności:
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Nineteen Eighty-Four – ebook
George Orwell
George Orwell’s novel 1984 is one of the best dystopian novels. Winston Smith, male, 39, works for the Ministry of Truth. Smith’s job is to change the facts. If a person objectionable to the party appears, then you need to erase information about him, and rewrite some facts properly. Society must follow the laws of the Party and support its policy. The main character only pretends that his ideals coincide...Data dostępności:
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Looking Backward – ebook
Edward Bellamy
This is a book about a man of 1887, who turned out to be in 2000. It was actually written in 1887, and author Edward Bellamy predicts certain things, such as radio and credit cards. The main character discovered that all social class differences were erased, and there is a utopian society. He wonders how in the twenty-first century all kinds of music are available at the touch of a button. Credit card...Data dostępności:
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The Sleeper Awakes – ebook
Herbert George Wells
This is a short novel about a nineteen century Englishman who falls in a deep sleep only to awake over two hundred years later. The World has changed beyond recognition, and „The Sleeper” finds himself in a remarkable predicament – he has become the owner of the entire planet. However, his awakening profoundly shakes this state of affairs, and he suddenly finds himself at the very center of revolutionary...Data dostępności:
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When the Sleeper Wakes – ebook
Herbert George Wells
This book was written in 1899, and is one of the last science-fiction books Wells wrote before his turn towards social realism in his writing. In this dystopian novel, Graham falls into a coma-like sleep, a sleep that he wakes from some 203 years in the future. But times have changed. Due to the wise investments of a board of trustees, Graham’s money has compounded into the greatest fortune the world...Data dostępności:
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Na ścieżkach nauki: Lęk przed czarnym wszechświatem – ebook
Stephon Alexander
Żeby odkryć, czym naprawdę jest fizyka, trzeba podjąć ryzyko, przestać się bać nawet pozornie najbardziej szalonych pomysłów. W „Lęku przed czarnym Wszechświatem” Stephon Alexander dowodzi, że wielkie teorie zawsze rodzą się poza głównym nurtem, a ich rodzicami są intuicja i improwizacja. Podążając właśnie tym tropem, mierzy się z największymi wyzwaniami współczesnej fizyki – od pytania, co było przed...Data dostępności:
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The Divine Lady – ebook
Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
This is the story of England’s greatest admiral and his beautiful mistress, Lady Hamilton. Introduced to high society as a host and maid figure Emily Hart is wild and rebels against her violent master. Soon she is taken on by a new man, yet he struggles to reconcile his cool nature and expectation of restraint with her irrational outbursts. Emily is educated in the arts and painted by her beloved Romney...Data dostępności:
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A Modern Utopia – ebook
Herbert George Wells
H.G Wells wrote many tales of adventure and exploration, which were fascinating to early twentieth century readers as transportation to faraway lands was so difficult back then. Wells’ „Modern Utopia” was first published in 1905. It set the scene for many modern, scientific utopias and dystopias. The story is set on a planet very like earth. The Utopian Planet differs from earth in that the inhabitants...Data dostępności:
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Emocje w interakcjach współczesnego społeczeństwa polskiego – ebook
Maja Sawicka
Celem książki jest próba określenia, jak uczucia i ich ekspresja wykorzystywane są przez członków współczesnego społeczeństwa polskiego do kształtowania wzajemnych relacji i uzgadniania przebiegu interakcji. Z perspektywy socjologii emocji Autorka opowiada, jaki użytek robią ludzie z przyrodzonej zdolności do odczuwania i wyrażania emocji wtedy, gdy poruszają się w przestrzeni wielkiego miasta, kontaktują...Data dostępności:
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