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- An epic blockbuster that will take you to the darkest period of the 20th century - to Germany after World War I, where Nazism is on the rise; to the Soviet Union, where communism tries to maintain the "gains of the revolution" through terror; to the offices of power, where they try to prevent a war that could bleed the world, and finally - to the war front, where people die, sometimes as a result of senseless cruelty. Against the background of great history, the fate of ordinary people takes place: five interconnected families - American, German, Russian, English and Welsh - previously known from "The Fall of the Giants". Their emotions clash with each other and with ruthless destiny.
- Is it possible to commit the perfect crime thanks to astrology? This question must be answered by Olgierd Paderborn, a ruthless prosecutor known from the series about Joanna Chylka. Together with Karolina Siarkowska, he undertakes an investigation into the case of the Butcher of the Oder - a brutal serial killer who escapes from justice using... astrology.
- Sixty years have passed since the Monolith left by representatives of the highly developed cosmic civilization was found on the moon. Professor Heywood Floyd is the last surviving member of an expedition that was sent to the moon in 2001 to investigate this mysterious find. Years later, he once again goes to the vicinity of Jupiter to face the power of aliens again. Will he learn more about the future fate of man this time?
- "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin is a novel that needs no introduction. The epic story in which the years of peace have passed and the nobles begin the game for the iron throne of the Seven Kingdoms has captivated audiences all over the world. On its basis, among other things, the HBO series, breaking records of popularity, was created, and the book itself has the status of a bestseller and has been published in several dozen languages. It fascinates even those who have not yet reached for the fantasy genre. The fate of the Stark family from Winterfell, the Lannisters from Casterly Rock, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow took millions of people around the world.
- After three decades of emigration, a shy engineer returns to Poland. Within two years, he will be drawn into the vortex of brutal politics, going through a rapid path from an unknown specialist, through a minister, to the highest office in the country. How did Gabriel Narutowicz achieve all this in such a short time? Narutowicz's life is a fascinating story about an undiscovered hero who was surrounded by the most colorful figures of the interwar period. Pilsudski and Haller, Witos and Daszynski, Tuwim and Illakowiczówna, in whose roles you can hear the best Polish voices. It is also an extremely current story about public investments, the pursuit of the West and political polarization. Narutowicz's life is a fascinating story about an undiscovered hero who surrounds the most colorful figures of the interwar period. Pilsudski and Haller, Witos and Daszynski, Tuwim and Illakowiczówna, in roles in which you can listen to the best Polish voices. It is also an extremely current story about public investment, the pursuit of income and political polarization.
- Much changed in 3001. Religion is considered quirky, and most people live aboard an installation around the world. Lightning-fast travel and a direct connection of the human brain to a computer are also possible. This is the reality that Frank Poole, the astronaut killed by HALA 9000 during a space walk in 2001: A Space Odyssey, learns about this reality. With the help of technology, it is brought back to life. Frank decides to solve the mystery of a monolith, which once allowed prehumans to develop, and now can be a big threat to her.
- Don Vito Corleone is the Godfather of one of six New York City mafia families. Tyrant and blackmailer, and at the same time a man of honor, rules with an iron fist. His decisions are final. He arouses respect and fear among his enemies, and deserved, though not completely disinterested, respect among his friends. When he refuses to participate in a lucrative new business - drug trafficking, he comes into a sharp, bloody conflict with Cosa Nostra. The honor of the family can only be saved by the youngest, beloved son of Vita Michael, a war hero. Will he prove to be a worthy successor to the Godfather?
- A fearless star explorer, a descendant of Gulliver and Baron Münchausen, a captain of distant galactic navigation, a hunter of meteors and comets, a tireless explorer and discoverer of eighty thousand three globes, an honorary doctor. universities of the Two Bears, member of the Society for the Protection of Small Planets, knight of the Milky and Nebular Orders. This is Captain Ijon Tichy.
- Welcome to the Republic of Arna in 2036, where armed groups fight for power and water, the country is ruled by a failing Coalition government, and the upcoming elections threaten civil war. Josi lives in this world, unable to cope with the recent death of his sister. This event decided his life - Josi decides to join the Peace Front, a new, radical group declaring a violent crackdown on lawlessness and a fair distribution of water. However, he does not expect that he will quickly become entangled in a network of secret connections of political conflict, and that the current government, a religious-terrorist organization called the Cult and the Vesna Cartel will soon reach out for him. The dystopian vision in "Scorched Earth" is a timely commentary on contemporary problems, such as the erosion of democratic political systems or the inexorably approaching climate catastrophe. How will we behave in the face of a lack of raw materials necessary for life? Will weakened state bodies be able to face real challenges?
- In Pakistan, a Polish businessman is kidnapped by the Taliban. He is in danger of death. A super-secret unit of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, known as the "Section", starts the rescue operation. It quickly turns out, however, that the kidnapping is only part of a broader plan, in which interviews from various countries are involved, and becomes the reason for ruthless political games in Poland. Under the direction of the eccentric Roman "Section", that is Monika - a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Dima - former illegal, Ela and Witek, risking their lives, try to expose the traitor and, traveling through Greece, Russia, Pakistan and South Africa, solve a difficult spy mystery.
- 1991. Two daredevils - Maks and Albert - undergo the hibernation experiment. The epochal event attracts the attention of the whole world and is broadcast by television. Upon waking, both men expect flashes of cameras and welcoming handshakes. They are welcomed by - an unknown world inhabited only by women. Their caretaker, Dr. Lamia, explains that they were not awakened until 2044 because a nuclear war broke out while they were asleep, completely destroying the male genes. Albercik and Maksio are the only men on the planet, or at least the only ones in the underground city of women, where the fate of future generations will depend only on their cleverness and determination. But before the gentlemen can achieve their sex mission goal, they just have to - survive.
- Blade Runner is an attempt to answer the question about the essence of humanity. The title character tries to track down robots incapable of human feelings: compassion, remorse, guilt. He tests them and ruthlessly eliminates those that fail. This seems to be the only right solution. Hear what happens to the hunter himself, Rick Deckard? How will this occupation affect him? And wouldn't the androids try to outsmart him?
- Piotr Langer needs no introduction. He also needs no introduction to Nina Pokora, whom he meets at the banquet of his new foundation. A beautiful woman, well dressed, perfect to... become the new victim. However, there is something about her that makes Langer start to open up... And for the first time someone learns the story of how evil is born.
- Martin Williams, a Hollywood screenwriter, writes a musical based on the life of a young actor in the 1930s, Boofuls. The tragic story of a boy who was killed by his own grandmother becomes his obsession. One day, Williams comes across a mirror that once hung in the home of a young star. He's spending his last money on them. With time it turns out that it was not a dream purchase, but the worst of nightmares .
- Karolina has a stable job and a husband, Kuba, whom she loves very much. Together, they are awaiting the birth of a child - it is a happy time for both of them, and Karolina finds herself in her well-organized life. One night she dreams that she leads a completely different life, has two children, a house near the forest and her husband Miron. A dream like a dream - there would be nothing disturbing about it. The problem is that everything is very real here. This alternative reality entertains the protagonist at first. It quickly turns out, however, that it is difficult to just wake up from a real dream .
- Fifteen-year-old Iga dies under the wheels of a car, and the investigation into her case is to be discontinued. When her friend Joanna Bator finds out about this, she is convinced that the girl's killer was a member of the sect in which they both grew up. The woman knows that Iga was mortally afraid of someone from the Karkonosze Settlement. Joanna returns to the Children of the Day of the Apocalypse to solve the mystery of her friend's death together with the recently met commissioner, Tymon Hanter.
- A new tenant, Mr. Lockwood, arrives at Wuthering Heights. It is met with extreme resentment by all the inhabitants - the surly host Heathcliff, his son Hareton, the mysterious girlfriend Cathy and the quarrelsome servant Joseph. The only friendly person is Mrs. Dean, with whom Lockwood soon becomes friends and thanks to her he discovers the mysterious past of his new host: the tragic story of forbidden love, the consequences of which have forever determined the fate of the Earnshaw and Linton families.
- Can a friendship arise between a hospice resident and a convict? Why not. The crazy twist of events makes Henry, who hides dark secrets from the past, and Janek, who is serving a sentence for a crime that he may not have committed at all, become unusual allies. They start a journey through Poland, run away from the police, get into a conflict with a dangerous gangster from Bydgoszcz and, above all, try to decipher each other. In addition, they meet a galaxy of picturesque characters, including the widow of a former mafia boss and a disguised priest. Rapid action and reflections about life, and the whole thing is richly seasoned with black humor.
- An anti-utopian story about the world of the future, in which individualism is completely suppressed, knowledge is unnecessary to anyone, and illiteracy is welcome. Books are evil, punishments are made for having them, and firefighters are burning them in huge piles. 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper starts to burn. Ray Bradbury's most famous novel continues to shock and evoke positive emotions. Once perceived as a voice against totalitarianism, now it shows the other bottom and forces us to reflect on the fate of civilization.
- "Attention. The nuclear attack on Poland has begun. If you can, go down to the shelter immediately." The terrifying alert sowed panic among millions of Poles. However, it was not given by the Government Security Center. The news came from hackers who launched a massive attack on the country. They paralyzed state-owned energy companies, banks, and even the stadium where the Poland-Germany match was about to start.
- London. The beginning of the 21st century. The steam engine sets the course for the development of civilization, and the fossil fuel tycoons secretly rule the city. The metropolis is drowning in clouds of smoke and the sounds of thumping engines. The ocean of dense fog is pierced by the mighty, neo-Gothic towers that make up the city's skyline since its wealthy inhabitants rushed into a mad pursuit of clean air. The lowest levels, separated from the rest of the city by closely guarded locks, are inhabited by the poor, criminals pursuing shady business and immigrants trading exotic plants. Social divisions and hostile moods are growing. On the eve of a giant revolution, Sherlock and Watson find a trace of an international conspiracy. The game is about the highest stakes, and the truth will turn the lives of the inhabitants of the capital upside down. No one can be trusted, nothing is as it seems. Holmes, exhausted by the years spent on the lowest levels of the juggernaut, loses the ground under his feet. Together with Watson, he traverses the next floors of the city, trying to unravel a complicated plot. Their weapons are only deduction and - muscle strength.
- A nuclear submarine goes to the aid of a destroyed research station at the North Pole. A fire has decimated the Zebra Arctic Station, and people trapped in the snow are waiting for help. However, a series of mysterious accidents stands in the way of the rescue team.
- A political spectacle about the fragility of democracy, political involvement and responsibility for choices that can change history. In a country ruled by a right-wing government led by President Alatar, political parties are preparing for the upcoming presidential elections. Jean Vampel is an honest, hard-working, but anonymous and unambitious MP. Pushed by those around him planning his career, he takes advantage of the set of circumstances to take part in the primaries of his party, the Left Union. He knows he won't win, but he wants to use the campaign to "be known" in the media. Was it his own decision? Or maybe he was unaware of the intrigue and got involved in it? Six months later, France will begin the darkest chapter in its history.
- A runner is killed at Lake Rusalka in Poznan. Anka, a journalist from a small town, decides to take up the case. He goes to Poznan to keep up to date with all the findings of the investigation. He accidentally contacts a policewoman, Lidka, who has a theory about the crime, but her voice is downplayed at the police station. Rusalka's case quickly turns out to be not only investigative material, but also a strong trigger of social, women's agitation. How does the myth of the Slavic demon come to life in the modern world? Can murders have noble motives? Or are they a sign of the decline of modern society?
- "The Karamazov Brothers" are the dramatic fate of Fyodor Pavlovich's four sons, who are reunited by a tragedy: the murder of their father. Each of the brothers represents a different character and radically different worldviews. Dymitry, Ivan, Alexei and Pavel - through their creations, Dostoevsky masterfully shows the darkest recesses of the soul and passions tormenting man. The brothers, burdened each with their own guilt, emotions and desire, try to find a place in the dark Karamazov family.
- "With Fire and Sword" is the first part of the famous trilogy, which has been accompanying successive generations of Poles continuously since 1884. The superproduction takes you straight to the 17th century, to the Wild Fields and steppes of Ukraine, to the very center of the Cossack uprising led by Khmelnytsky. But above all, it allows you to learn about the love story of Jan Skrzetuski, the beautiful Helena Kurcewiczówna and the dangerous Jurko Bohun. Rediscover the history of Zagloba, Skrzetuski, Wolodyjowski and Podbipieta in a completely new adaptation, with the best Polish voices and the original soundtrack by Percival Schuttenbach.
- New York, 1970s. After three hundred years, the spirit of the greatest Indian shaman, Misquamacus, returns to the world of the living to take revenge for the souls of his brothers. Reborn in the body of a young girl, Karen Tandy, tries to bring in other demons from the opposite side of being. A duel is approaching in which humanity may fail. Only the occultist Harry Erskine, with the help of the Indian shaman Singing Rock, takes the fight against ancient magic and supernatural forces.
- Thirty years of playing the same song can get bored of even the biggest rock star. But isn't it too late to leave your comfort zone and change your life? Berger, the legendary vocalist of the cult band Kathmandu, has only problems. His daughter hates him, the manager wants to remove him from the team, and to make matters worse, a young girl is reportedly pregnant with him. Despite the difficulties, the old rocker does not give up. He tries to create something completely new, something big. Is this attempt likely to be successful?
- Parker wakes up in another world unknown to him, with no idea how he got there. The local Natalia does not resemble his Natasha, and he is thrown into the life of another version of himself - a life he does not know and with which he wants nothing to do. He begins to look for a way back to the reality he knows, while Natalia does everything to find him. However, he encounters people in the tunnels of the Riese Complex who shouldn't be there. And then the whole world turns into entropic chaos.
- 1901 St. Petersburg. Wladyslaw Mazurkiewicz has just graduated from medical studies and intends to leave the tsarist capital forever. Kidnapped unexpectedly from the train, he is forced to return to the hated St. Petersburg and find employment in the local insane asylum. The kidnappers make it clear that they have high expectations of him. Mazurkiewicz, however, does not know what he would actually do. And when? Why is the tsarist secret police suddenly becoming interested in him? The key to solving the puzzle seems to be the patient who has just been brought to the hospital. Suspended between two powerful forces, Mazurkiewicz begins a difficult game, which is to restore him the freedom to decide about his own life.
- On Christmas Eve, Michal escapes death. She is then two years old. He loses his parents and sister in inhuman circumstances. He grows up under the care of a silent aunt Anna, cut off from the past. He lives colorfully, sensually, among friends and infatuations. By the time - Aunt Anna, from whom everything, even love, was taken, receives a troublesome gift - the foster son of Bear. She is the daughter of displaced people from the Dnieper who survived the flooding of their village. With a two-year-old boy in his arms, he goes on a wander. The past overwhelms her and toughens her so that she can endure almost anything. By the time.
- The body of an old woman was found in a small town. Stray dogs had kicked her out of a shallow grave in the forest. The life of investigator Jacek Burchot turns upside down. On the one hand, the task of uncovering the secret of the crime stimulates the ambition after years of escorting drunk people to their cells and lost elderly people home. On the other hand, it is so irritatingly ruining his daily routine, shopping in the market, taking his daughter to school, filling out paperwork and chatting with his colleagues at the police station. And when the young and full of life Justyna, who has only recently moved, disappears - These are crimes that do not fit this town at all .
- The book you are about to read is undoubtedly much more complex than you might expect from the proverbial sequel to an earlier novel or film. Where the first part and the movie differed, I usually stayed true to the movie version; however, my main goal was to make the present novel as compact and as accurate as possible in describing the facts in the light of today's knowledge.
- Meet The Nowaks - a family full of individuality. Mom - Lodelia Psychodelia, is an extremely intelligent head of the family who, in one word, can solve any problem. Dad - Peter Pank, is only a little irresponsible, but a very happy element of musical energy. Uncle - Johnny Philosophy, is so heroic that even legends about him have their legends. And Sofia's sister Riot is the force of revolution, it undermines the questioned, it is totally conceptual and does not allow itself to be confined to any framework. Even within the confines of peace. Because there is no door. Finally - our main character - Wiktor... Just Wiktor. He is thirteen years old and thinks he is the most ordinary person in the world. You know that feeling? You know why he decides to start a podcast - Wiktor decides to go on a quest and get his own nickname that distinguishes him from this crazy family. Unfortunately, it will not be such an easy task, because Wiktor's path will be blocked by the sinister Mr. Zbigniew, who wants to become the most powerful businessman in Poland - and will stop at nothing to achieve it.
- The action of "The Cockroaches" begins when a Norwegian policeman, Harry Hole, travels to Thailand, where the body of a Norwegian ambassador has been found in one of the motels. Harry gets on the plane hungover, with a supply of vitamin B12 injections, and soon begins to wander the alleys of Bangkok: among temples, opium smokers, child prostitutes and go-go bars. He discovers that there is more to this case than murder: something crawls behind the walls that hates the light of day .
- Virion - the inspired swordsman who had defeated the Moy Legion along with twenty other descendants - only a thousand seasoned veterans. How did the Boy from the Good House become a ruthless killing machine? Murder, imprisonment and escaping from a gang of hunters is probably not yet a reason for this to happen. Or perhaps someone upstairs had planned that his destiny was the way of the sword and the piles of corpses.
- It is known that children like to dress up, and if any of the adults say that they would not like to change places with a famous actor or sportsman for a moment - do not believe them. After all, it's great fun to be someone else for a moment. That's what Dennis thinks, who not only is interested in fashion, but also, persuaded by his friend from school, puts on one of her creations and pretends to be a girl from France. Unfortunately, the whole intrigue comes to light, and the boy is expelled from school. Just before the most important match of the season, in which he has to play, because he is the best striker of his team. Without it, they will face a disastrous defeat. Will Dennis play in this match? Who will win the cup? You will find out if you come to the school playground ... there the game is played according to slightly different rules. But sometimes you have to break the rules.
- Two New York couples meet and seem to have everything in common: impeccable manners, high living standards, and satisfaction with children studying in the best schools. All four consider themselves the elite of American society. When their children start a fight, a seemingly-innocent meeting of parents organized to clarify the matter turns into an avalanche of skirmishes and mutual malice. In this hellishly fun duel, the stake will be the good name and status of each of the participants.
- Jack Torrance, a former teacher and now a writer seeking inspiration, gets a job as a caretaker at the Panorama Mountain Hotel, which has been abandoned for the winter. When a snowstorm cuts the Torrance family out of the world, Jack's telepathic Danny, five-year-old son of Jack, discovers that the hotel is haunted and the ghosts slowly drive his father insane. The situation becomes more and more tense, until one day the man loses his temper .
- Mmm - And if you could, even for a moment, be in the land flowing with chocolate? Listen, it's possible. Hurry up, Willy Wonka is just opening the doors of her famous chocolate factory. If you sneak quietly, you can go in there with Charlie and the other four lucky kids - the kids who won the Golden Fortune. What awaits inside a mysterious factory? Fluffy, bubble waterfalls, sweets from the TV or the healthiest vitamin chocolate in the world - It's drooling. But is it really a gourmands' paradise? See for yourself. One thing's for sure - this trip will disenchant Charlie's life forever.
- A fairy-tale, allegorical story about the journey of an Andalusian shepherd is a background for meditation on how to avoid life's traps in order to reach yourself. The "Alchemist" opens those doors in our soul that we would prefer to forget exist. It makes you dream, follow your calling, take risks and come back bold enough to face any obstacles.
- During Christmas Eve dinner, Antonio and Maria present their plan to the children: they want to move to Italy within a year, and before that, as part of a competition, they want to determine who will take over their restaurant "Bella Italia". Despite initial controversy, children take up the challenge set by their parents. The rules are simple: each of the three siblings will run a restaurant for a month, and after that time their parents will give their verdict. The siblings compete with each other using all kinds of tricks, and the arrangements with the Polish-Italian restaurant staff and the independent plan of the grandchildren who do not want to let their grandparents leave are also important. Months pass, the competition continues, everyone is spying and spying on each other. When the moment comes to announce the results, the parents' decision is surprising.
- A quiet town. People who know each other well. Soothing nature. But are you sure? Szczepan comes to Zwierzyniec for a psychological consultation. His charge is a boy who suddenly closed himself in his world, and his worried parents do not know how to reach him. The psychologist starts observing the family and expects no surprises in a sleepy and quiet town. Meanwhile, each day brings a new, disturbing discovery. Old things and wrongs are revived. Szczepan is no longer sure who he should be watching, especially when Ula - a resident of the city - starts telling him local stories, and the boy insists more and more often that he saw a scary aquarius by the lake.
- Behind every man alive today there are thirty spirits, for this is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living. Since the dawn of time, there have been approximately one hundred billion people on Earth. This is an interesting number. In a strange twist of fate, our galaxy, which is the Milky Way, contains about one hundred billion stars. So, for every person who has ever walked the Earth, one star of our Galaxy shines. Each of these stars is a sun, often much brighter and more magnificent than our closest little star we call the sun. Many - perhaps most - of these alien suns have planets orbiting them. Surely, then, there are enough "Earths" in the sky for each member of the human race - including the first humanoids - to have their own paradise or a world-sized hell. How many of these potential havens or hells are inhabited or by what kind of beings is not for us to guess. The closest of these is a million times farther than Mars or Venus, which are still distant targets for generations to come. But we break the barriers of distance, and perhaps one day we will meet among equal, if not more powerful, stars. Humanity is very slowly realizing this possibility because, as some believe, it will never become a reality. However, more and more people are asking the question: Why hasn't such a meeting happened yet, since we ourselves are about to conquer the cosmos? Why? Here is one possible answer to that very sane question. But please remember that it is only a fiction. The truth - as it happens - will turn out to be much more extraordinary.
- "Marysia has Lynx", but Rysio also has Marysia, because this playful girl and a prudent algae eater are a pair of unusual, best friends. During their underwater adventures in the aquarium and with the help of singing together, they help each other better understand everything that may not be fully understood by them yet.
- A moving reconstruction of the last 23 days of the life of Alexander Litvinenko - a man who tried to solve the mystery of his own murder. Alexander Litvinenko was a former Russian agent who worked for the KGB and FSB. In 2000, he emigrated to Great Britain, where he was granted asylum and later British citizenship. In early November 2006, he was poisoned with radioactive polonium and died three weeks later. In his latest statement, he blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death. But what happened between the day Litvinenko entered the Millennium Hotel and the day the doctors pronounced him dead...? Here is a mosaic of events from the last twenty-three days of Litvinenko's life. Doctors looking for a diagnosis, detectives looking for a killer, Sasha looking for justice and Marina looking for love. The journey from the world of the living to the world of shadows begins. An emotional and impressive tale of a withering body and a disappearing mind.
- Mordimer Madderdin is back in a new version. Leszek Lichota as a cult inquisitor, a servant of God who fights to save the innocent, to punish criminals, and above all - to maintain at least a remnant of justice. The city of Weilburg slammed its gates shut and declared a quarantine. Within the closely guarded walls, people who were sick and dying of the plague were locked up. But even for those who have escaped the epidemic, death is ready to reach out for other reasons. Because in a city soured by weeks of drought, shackled by fear of the future, terrorized by external enemies and native fanatics, a spark is enough to turn the houses into ruins and the streets to be littered with corpses.
- Julek and Franek are on their way to holiday when the family receives new that Grandpa Leon had an accident. They immediately arrive at an old, neglected manor house where their cousins - Pola and Maria - are already there. Grandpa fells terrible, but he releases himself from the hospital at his own request. He ask his grandchildren for help, but emphasizes that their parents cannot find out anything. His request is a dangerous and unlikely mission, on the success of which his grandfather's health depends. The matter is difficult because the cousins are not on the best of terms, and the success of the plan requires close cooperation. Will the children be able to save their grandfather from an accindent?
- Ada and Tymon, characters known from the first season of the CANAL+ series WILK, set out on a journey to save their relationship and free them from toxic relationships with their parents. However, the stay at Ada's father's house by the lake quickly ceases to resemble an idyll. A message asking for help from Ada's best friend becomes an excuse for the couple to leave their safe haven and face the changes that have taken place not only in themselves, but also in the country controlled by the National Council.