The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy

The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy
Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2022-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy" (Historical Romance) by Henryk Sienkiewicz. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Mayfair Bookshop

The Mayfair Bookshop
Author: Eliza Knight
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0063070596

One of Hasty Booklist's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels! USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight brings together a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford—one of 1930s London’s hottest socialites, authors, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sisters—and a modern American desperate for change, connected through time by a little London bookshop. “An absolute must-read!”—Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author The Last Bookshop in London 1938: She was one of the six sparkling Mitford sisters, known for her stinging quips, stylish dress, and bright green eyes. But Nancy Mitford’s seemingly dazzling life was really one of turmoil: with a perpetually unfaithful and broke husband, two Nazi sympathizer sisters, and her hopes of motherhood dashed forever. With war imminent, Nancy finds respite by taking a job at the Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair, hoping to make ends meet, and discovers a new life. Present Day: When book curator Lucy St. Clair lands a gig working at Heywood Hill she can’t get on the plane fast enough. Not only can she start the healing process from the loss of her mother, it’s a dream come true to set foot in the legendary store. Doubly exciting: she brings with her a first edition of Nancy’s work, one with a somewhat mysterious inscription from the author. Soon, she discovers her life and Nancy’s are intertwined, and it all comes back to the little London bookshop—a place that changes the lives of two women from different eras in the most surprising ways.

Men of Iron Illustrated

Men of Iron Illustrated
Author: Howard Pyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre:
ISBN:

Men of Iron is an 1891 novel by the American author Howard Pyle, who also illustrated it. Set in the 15th century, it is a juvenile "coming of age" work in which a young squire, Myles Falworth, seeks not only to become a knight but to eventually redeem his father's honor.In Chapter 24 the knighthood ceremony is presented and described as it would be in a non-fiction work concerning knighthood and chivalry. Descriptions of training equipment are also given throughout.

The Knights of the Cross Or Krzyzacy

The Knights of the Cross Or Krzyzacy
Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781717360281

The Knights of the Cross or The Teutonic Knights is a 1900 historical novel written by the eminent Polish Positivist writer and the 1905 Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Its first English translation was published in the same year as the original. The book was serialized by the magazine Tygodnik Illustrowany between 1897-1899 before its first complete printed edition appeared in 1900. The book was first translated into English by Jeremiah Curtin, a contemporary of Henryk Sienkiewicz. The Teutonic Knights had since been translated into 25 languages. It was the first book to be printed in Poland at the end of the Second World War in 1945, due to its relevance in the context of Nazi German destruction of Poland followed by mass population transfers. The book was made into a movie in 1960 by Aleksander Ford.

The Kommandant's Mistress

The Kommandant's Mistress
Author: Sherri Szeman
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781559705424

A chilling look into the complex power struggle between a Nazi kommandant & the beautiful Jewish prisoner he forces to live as his mistress.

Bodies in Flux

Bodies in Flux
Author: Barbara Braid
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2019-08-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004408762

This volume offers an insight into a selection of current issues of embodiment and other related aspects, such as identity, gender, disability, or sexuality, discussed on the basis of examples from contemporary culture and social life. Inspired by Donna Haraway’s concept of the cyborg as a transgressor of boundaries, the book examines fluidity of post-human bodies – from cyber relations to others and to self, enabled by the latest technologies, through fragmented, prostheticised, monstrous or augmented body of popular culture and lifestyles, to the dis/utopian fantasies offered by literary texts – showing how difficult it still is in current culture to let go of the stable boundaries towards the post-gender world Haraway imagines. Contributors are Dawn Woolley, Anna Pilińska, Barbara Braid, Jana Reynolds, Julio Ernesto Guerrero Mondaca, Ana Gabriela Magallanes Rodríguez, Katharina Vester, Wojciech Śmieja and Hanan Muzaffar.