author Jan Dobraczyński August 26, 1982, marked 600 years – as tradition has it – since the Miraculous Image of Our Lady arrived at Jasna Gora. It is said to have been donated by the Byzantine Emperor to the Ruthenian Duke Lev as a reward for the latter’s services, and for 500 years adorned the

Author Edmund S. Urbański United States Literature is enriched with a new and interesting book on the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural blending of civilizations, so typical in the Western Hemisphere. In this case it refers to Latin America, where Creoles, Mestizos, Amerindians and Negroes live side by side with European settlers some of whom are from

author Arthur L. Waldo True Heroes of Jamestown by Arthur L. Waldo is a brilliant and controversial record of historical incidents that led to the creation of the U.S.A. What were the true relations for the British coming to America, and why did their two previous expeditions fail? A Waldo’s research reveals significant information undiscovered

Author Laurence Grimald Gozliski Laurence Grimald Gozliski, born in Poland 1530 died 1607, polish nobelman, Bishop of Poznań. The Accomplished Senator book was dedicated to Polish King Zygmunt August. The book proved immensely important in Britain among forces opposed to the Tudor monarchy; it was widely quoted and cited in opposition pamphlets and leaflets during

Author Joseph Kasperek-Obst As the eight-century-old Polish Republic was entering into its hundred-twenty-three-year eclipse as a political entity, on the other side of the ocean there was springing to independent life a young people, the bulk of them settled there for no more than a few generations. A joint consideration of these two historical events,

Author Henryk Sienkiewicz translated by H. E. Kennedy, Z. Uminska, Monica M. Gardner, S.C. DE Soissons, J. Curtin, E. Blackett Henryk Sienkiewicz ( 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish author, novelist and the Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo

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Author Joseph H. Retinger Illustrated by Feliks Topolski Probably few of his contemporaries had as intimate a relationship with Joseph Conrad as his fellow Pole and lifelong friend, Joseph H. Retinger. Retinger’s life paralleled closely that of Conrad. They were both born in Poland and came as young men to England, where they met when

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