Polish English

Did you know that learning the 1,000 most frequently used words will familiarize you with 87.8 percent of all vocabulary used in every day conversation? That is almost 88 percent of all conversations that you’ll have. If you can master the pronunciation of these frequently used words, then you will sound like a native speaker in no time! Instead of concentrating on the countless rules (and exceptions to those rules) of the English language, you will be focusing on the essentials that will get you up to speed and speaking in a polished manner - and having fun while doing it.

A lifetime of plans and dreams are packed into a container and shipped from Los Angeles to a Caribbean island; but for a writer and immigrant from post-WWII Europe, the past is hard to forget and even harder to leave behind. Passage From England is the emotional journey of a man's search for home that interweaves the adventures and tragedies of his childhood in America's 50s and 60s with the experiences of early retirement in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The journey begins in 1956, crossing the Atlantic by ocean liner, arriving in New York Harbor, then traveling by train to the paper-thin ...

Hannah and Rachel are two young Jewish girls growing up during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Fearing for their lives, they promise to find each other after the war if they both survive. Can their love and friendship endure through the horrors of the war and the Jewish holocaust? Will they meet again?

Reaching back to the Gilded Age, when that legacy first began to come undone, Alexandra has written an unflinching, mordantly funny account of neglect and class anxiety amid the ruins of a once prominent family. More than an insider's look at a decaying American institution, The Astor Orphan is the debut of a thrilling new voice able to render the secret pains and glories of childhood afresh.

Perhaps you have a family member from Poland or Polish friends you'd like to converse with. Maybe you've tried online apps and found them burdensome, one-size-fits-all, or just too fast or slow to enjoy.

On Christmas Eve, the Hardy Family are once again in a predicament on their horse farm. Someone or something has been stealing from them in the night. Was it human, or was it a ghostly presence who took all the coal? Or could it be Father Christmas, also known Santa Claus, Saint Nick, or Sinterclaas? And what was that giant beast that the farm workers saw galloping past? In a story that glances at Christmas myths from different countries, most of them scary, Sergeant Frank Hardy and his friend Hop Li search in the darkness to find out what's going on. Meanwhile, Mette gets to know Grace, ...

Learn Conversational Polish Vol. 1 & 2 is an audio course for beginners or for anyone who struggles with becoming fluent in Polish. The focus of this course is to practice speaking conversational Polish from the very first lesson. Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic.

A young man whose family immigrated to the United States from Taiwan disappears right after his father's death. He was to inherit his father's martial arts school as is the tradition and the lineage sword was to be passed on to him. It to has disappeared and the Polish Dragon P. I. is called in to help find them both. It will not be an easy task as his investigation takes him to Taiwan and into the realm of the Guard Corp who were the protectors of the Chinese Emperor. As of now known only as the Waiting Warriors.

In the winter of 1996, more than 100 women and men of diverse nationality, background, and belief gather at the site of a former concentration camp for an unprecedented purpose: a weeklong retreat during which they will offer prayer and witness at the crematoria and meditate in all weathers on the selection platform, while eating and sleeping in the quarters of the Nazi officers who, half a century before, sent more than a million Jews to their deaths.

Start speaking Polish in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Survival Phrases - Polish, a completely new way to travel with confidence! Survival Phrases - Polish will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your friends travel companions and people you meet along the way.

Welcome to Everyday Polish for Beginners - 400 Actions & Activities by Innovative Language. This audiobook is a new way to learn and speak a language fast. Start speaking in minutes with powerful learning methods that you'll learn inside. Using this audiobook is simple. You'll learn practical phrases for over 400 daily activities through 10 easy chapters. The phrases were chosen by a panel of professional language teachers and are some of the most frequently used phrases in daily conversation.

As the wife of Don Massimo Torricelli, one of the most dangerous Mafia bosses in Sicily, Laura’s life is a roller coaster. She is often at risk, the potential target of Massimo’s unscrupulous enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy the powerful man. And when Laura is seriously injured in an attack, pregnant and fighting to survive, Massimo faces the toughest decision of his life. What will his life be without Laura? Will he be able to raise their child alone? What will the fate of his family be, and whose 365 days may come to a close?

A Picture Perfect Summer is a collection of eight short stories that each feature the same characters in different settings. The stories take place on the beaches of the Mediterranean, the streets of London, and even in a Parisian bookstore. The protagonists are in a different place every time, but they are all trying to find peace and contentment in their lives. The book ends with the narrator's thoughts about the reader, and how it would be nice to share a conversation about a book they have read. The book takes readers on a tour of sun-filled destinations, from Greece to the Caribbean, ...

Easy Learning Polish teaches you key words for the most important situations and lets you expand your language through a variety of activities. You choose whether to focus on learning the essentials or to progress to some more challenging activities – so whether you’re a beginner, or you want to refresh and build upon your existing knowledge, you can become confident in Polish without even having to pick up a pen.

Welcome to the world of pierogies, a beloved dish that originated in Eastern Europe and has captured the hearts and taste buds of people all over the world. Pierogies are a comfort food that can be filled with an array of ingredients, from savory potatoes and cheese to sweet fruit and chocolate. They can be boiled, fried, baked, grilled, or sautéed, making them a versatile dish for any occasion. In this cookbook, we'll take you on a culinary journey through the world of pierogies. You'll learn how to make traditional pierogies with classic fillings, as well as modern twists on the dish ...

Make learning Polish fun with some scary stories—no more boring, generic tales you find in school books! Dive into "Peculiar Polish Perils", a unique collection designed to make language learning an exciting and spine-chilling experience.

Committed in utmost secrecy in April-May 1940 by the NKVD on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, for nearly 50 years the Soviet regime succeeded in maintaining the fiction that Katyn was a Nazi crime, their story unchallenged by Western governments fearful of upsetting a powerful wartime ally and Cold War adversary. Surviving Katyn explores the decades-long search for answers, focusing on the experience of those individuals with the most at stake.

A top “must-have” for any listener of Holocaust and World War II survival accounts. This incredible true story is both a witness to the Holocaust through Polish eyes and the story of how Henry Zguda, a Polish Catholic swimmer, survives Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

The ‘Polish Jazz’ series consists of 76 LP’s released by Poland’s state-controlled Polskie Nagrania Muza label between the years 1965 and 1989. 76 Records assesses each album and provides a list of 21 of the very best. The series was reactivated in 2016 and Muza, now owned by Warner Brothers, has added further volumes which are considered in the ‘Postludium’. Polish Jazz is a remarkably diverse collection of jazz-related musics, ranging from New Orleans revivalism to fairly approachable free jazz. As well as providing an account of the music itself, 76 Records looks briefly at ...

Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position enmeshed her in high politics and close encounters with Frederick the Great, Benjamin Franklin, Rousseau, Joseph II, Marie-Antoinette and Tsar Alexander I, and earned her the enmity of Catherine the Great.