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- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- Five families living on two continents: from the Welsh mining settlement, through the salons of London and the White House - From the trenches of the Great War, through the offices of Versailles, where its fate was decided, to St. on the coronation day of George V, and ends in the 1920s, in a world completely different from the one that ended with the First World War .
- 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.
- In Eastern Europe, communism is coming to an end, and the mafia begins to rule the streets of Russia. Tima, an unfulfilled musician, begins to act for one of the criminal groups of Leningrad, where he quickly becomes an extremely ruthless and effective executor. The real challenge, however, awaits him in Poland, to which he flees from law enforcement agencies and rival gangs - Tim finds himself in the middle of a mafia war .
- 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.
- 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.
- Humans have destroyed and poisoned the Earth completely. So they set out on the Great Journey, scouring the galaxy for other habitable planets. At a distance of 14 light years, they found, conquered and colonized the planet Terce. It came easily to them because the Tertias are completely free from aggression. A handful of people remained on Earth, reversing the effects of its long-term destruction over the years. Climate balance has been restored. Reclamation was carried out. There are only one million people on earth. They form the Areopagus, the council that decides the fate of Tercja. Every three years, a person is selected to join the Council. It is an absolute honor. The draw is won by a Tertiary Borg and he is sent to Earth. Instead of paradise, there are piles of corpses and aliens, and behind a great wall - a society divided into the Outstanding and the Poor. He also meets Aurora - Has the Borg really hit where it should be? And is he sure as a Tertian he is devoid of aggression?
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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?
- Do you still believe that in a corporation, every one in the world, from Google through Amazon to the PKO bank and Jureczek-Woreczek, the management board, president or other CEO rules? Or that the real power is in marketing or HR? And that you have to keep the line and give the boss from IT high fives? No, no, no and no more. He has the power who governs the three Ca's, that is coffee, couriers and communications. And the fourth Ka, that is, the keys. He has the power, who allocates paper to the printers, decides on the purchase of toners, little yellow cards and paper clips. And it has binders. And keeps an attendance list ... Get to know the chilling stories that are happening here and now. Know the price of power. Meet the RECEPTION DESK and its crew: three wonderful, how different, women. Let's see if they realize that for such a small wage they have so much, almost absolute power.
- "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.
- 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.
- England. XIV century. The fate of King Edward III's subjects is shaped by the wind of history and great politics. The country is ravaged by wars, epidemics and witch hunts. However, the greatest threat to the foundations of the world seems to be ... the development of science. The action of The Endless World takes place two hundred years after the construction of Kingsbridge Cathedral began. The cathedral and monastery are once again at the center of a web of intrigue, lies, hatred, pride and greed. In a world where traditionalists, fearing change like fire, fight against advocates of broadly understood progress, tension in the blink of an eye reaches a boiling point. And as if that were not enough, in fourteenth-century Europe the harvest is being reaped by the Black Death, which can knock on the door at any moment .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The struggle for power, conflicts between the monarchy, the clergy and the nation, passion, love, dark secrets and bloody crimes ... Heroes who, thanks to unimaginable determination and willpower, touched the impossible. Though civil war rages around, people starve to death, intricate plans bogged down in webs of intrigue, and each character struggles to win their favor, the stone walls of Kingsbridge Cathedral are steadfastly climbing to reach heaven.
- 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.
- A comedy of manners about contemporary society based on Jiru Havelka's play. Nothing shows true human character like trying to accept billing, choosing a reporter, scrutineer, controller and ... a water consumption list that never corresponds to the number of people registered. The meeting of the housing community is an opportunity to hear the whole cross-section of modern society, with its complexes, discords, arrangements and anxieties.
- "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.
- 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 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.
- This is Antek's last holiday in Masuria, at the house of his recently deceased grandmother, Ela. No more adventures and treasure hunts that his grandmother organized every year for him and his local friends - Jagoda and Karol. "This year will be the most boring holiday of my life," Antek thinks, at least until he finds a mysterious message in the mailbox from... Grandma Ela. This is the beginning of the last adventure together, which Grandma Ela planned before her death. Antek, his step-sister Maja, Jagoda and Karol throw themselves into the vortex of surprising events, not expecting that this time they are not the only ones looking for the treasure hidden by Grandma Ela.
- 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?
- A charming story about a family of four who are going on holiday to the Baltic Sea. Eight-year-old Matilda and thirteen-year-old Janek discover that a goldfish swimming in an aquarium can talk. Unfortunately, Rybka does not want to fulfill the children's wishes. Only at Mrs. Basia's persuasion, she agrees to fulfill only one thing, provided that... the children fulfill three wishes of the fish. Closed in a water bottle, Janka, a fish, experiences various adventures with the children. The children, hiding the magical properties of Rybka from their parents, try to spend their holidays normally: they visit the horse farm, sunbathe and go on a cruise. At the same time, they strive to fulfill Rybka's wishes: they are to find her beloved and find out who the mysterious man who is following all three of them is. At the end, the children are to release both fish into the sea and ... choose their wish.
- Former law student Rodion Raskolnikov questions the order of the world - he believes that an outstanding individual has the right to kill, and genius is an excuse for crime. The boy claims the right to be such an individual: he robs and kills the old moneylender and her sister. From the moment of the crime, however, his life becomes a series of torments and waiting for punishment that must come .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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 .
- The Gierek's decade of the 1970s is underway. David Bowie, traveling from Moscow to Berlin, stops for a short while in Warsaw. His seemingly insignificant stay in the Polish capital became a legend as the embodiment of what is unattainable and inaccessible, a streak of color and brilliance in the universal dullness. Meanwhile, platoon leader Wojciech Kretek cannot sleep in one of the stuffy and cramped apartments in Warsaw. A sensitive and emotional policeman tries to solve the case of a man named Dusidamek from Mokotów. The fear-mongering torturer, however, seems to be only a symbol of lesser violence and oppression that the inhabitants of Warsaw experience at every step from the world and each other.
- 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.
- Jacek is a copywriter who is forced to divide his time between work in Warsaw and family life in a small town in the Opole region. One night, returning home after a week of work, he saves a silent girl on the road, chased by a mysterious figure in a black off-road car. Soon after, strange, terrifying things begin to happen around him, all of which lead to a mysterious tragedy from years ago that still weighs Jack on his conscience. He knows he must act, and fast, because the recurring visions he has learned not to underestimate tell him that his loved ones are in mortal danger. Will he and his brother, a local journalist, be able to solve the mystery and prevent another tragedy? And how does the local legend about the terrible Blackpaw, which his son became interested in as part of his summer adventure, have to do with it?
- 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.
- The tragic death of the most popular horror writer in Poland warms up the public opinion. His accident raises as much controversy as before the lifestyle and harsh language of the author's novel. In the atmosphere of scandal, the writer's family appears in a quarrel in Krakow. Above the coffin, in an extraordinary funeral home, a liberated anthropologist and a traveler meet, and Tomasz's ex-wife; a sister who served the writer as the prototype of the cruel witch, cult figure in Polish literature; a son who wants to stand out in his father's fame and an enterprising daughter who runs a morally questionable business. Seeing the unflagging interest in the deceased, two political forces begin to take an interest in his ashes. The thought of organizing a funeral of the century springs in the minds of their representatives, which will help them gain recognition in the eyes of a divided society. Especially since the elections are approaching.
- 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.
- "Invincible" is one of the most famous novels by Stanislaw Lem and a science-fiction classic. Go with us to the planet Regis III and with the ship's crew set out in search of the Condor - a twin unit with which communication was lost after it landed. Using the greatest precautions, investigate a great mystery hidden on an alien planet.