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Algospeak : how social media is transforming the future of language / Adam Aleksic. - Londyn : Ebury Press, 2025. - 246, [2] strony ; 23 cm.

Author

Aleksic Adam Autor

Form of Work

Książki Publikacje popularnonaukowe

Demographic Group

Literatura amerykańska

Subject

Język Etymologia Media społecznościowe Zmiany językowe Językoznawstwo Algorytmy Internet Kultura Kultura języka

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Publikacje popularnonaukowe Opracowanie

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Językoznawstwo Media i komunikacja społeczna

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Penguin Random House UK

Author also known as @Etymologynerd.

Bibliografia na stronach [225]-229. Indeks.

The Etymologicon for the social media generation: from the @etymologynerd of Instagram and TikTok (aka Adam Aleksic), comes a deep dive into how algorithms, social media and the internet are changing the way we communicate and think.

Online etymologist Adam Aleksic shines a light on the roots of words that we don’t realise have come from unexpected places – from incel culture, from the innovation of users trying to get around content moderation algorithms, from the marketing speak that has invaded our personal lives.

An energetic, astonishing journey into language and the internet, "Algospeak" reveals the bigger social story of how language shapes us, just as much as we shape it.

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The Diary of a CEO : the 33 laws of business & life / Steven Bartlett. - First published. - London : Ebury Edge, 2023. - 358 stron : ilustracje ; 23 cm.

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Bartlett Steven (1992- ) Autor

Form of Work

Książki Poradniki i przewodniki

Subject

Kariera Komunikacja werbalna Samorealizacja Sukces System wartości Zarządzanie sobą Przedsiębiorcy i przedsiębiorczynie

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Poradnik

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Praca, kariera, pieniądze Rozwój osobisty Zarządzanie i marketing

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Penguin Random House UK

Bibliografia, netografia na stronach [335]-358.

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepreneurs and the host of the No. 1 podcast The Diary of a CEO.

These fundamental laws underpinned his meteoric rise, and they will fuel yours too, whether you want to build something great or become someone great.

The laws are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, in Bartlett's own experiences, and those of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, entertainers, artists, writers, and athletes, who he interviewed on my podcast.

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On Leadership : Lessons for the 21st Century / Tony Blair. - London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024. - 341 stron ; 23 cm.

Author

Blair Tony (1953- ) Autor

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura angielska

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Blair, Tony (1953- ) Polityka Politycy Przywództwo Demokracja Ekonomia Prawo Technologia Polityka zagraniczna Media i komunikacja społeczna

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Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka Opracowanie

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Gospodarka, ekonomia, finanse Media i komunikacja społeczna Polityka, politologia, administracja publiczna

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Penguin Random House UK

Indeks.

Tony Blair's major new book on the art and science of leadership.

Blair has written the manual on political leadership that he would have wanted when he first took office in 1997, sharing the insights he has gained from his personal experience and from observing other world leaders at first hand, both while he was prime minister and since, through his Institute’s work with political leaders and governments globally.

This is a masterclass on leadership in general, and political leadership in particular, from a master statesman.

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Charlotte Gray / Sebastian Faulks. - London : Vintage, 1999. - 497 stron ; 20 cm.

(French Trilogy / Sebastian Faulks ; [3])

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Faulks Sebastian (1953- ) Autor Faulks Sebastian (1953- ). French Trilogy

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Literatura angielska

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II wojna światowa (1939-1945) Ruch oporu Okupacja Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Francja Londyn (Wielka Brytania)

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Powieść Powieść historyczna

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Penguin Random House UK

Stanowi część trzecią cyklu. Cz.1 "The Girl at the Lion d'Or", cz.2 "Birdsong".

From the bestselling author of "Birdsong" comes "Charlotte Gray", the remarkable story of a young Scottish woman who becomes caught up in the effort to liberate Occupied France from the Nazis while pursuing a perilous mission of her own.

Vividly rendered, tremendously moving, and with a narrative sweep and power reminiscent of his novel "Birdsong", "Charlotte Gray" confirms Sebastian Faulks as one of the finest novelists working today.

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The Collector / John Fowles. - London : Vintage, 2004. - 282, [1] strona ; 20 cm.

(Vintage Classics)

Author

Fowles John (1926-2005) Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura angielska

Subject

Kolekcjonerzy Uprowadzenie Bezprawna izolacja Obsesje seksualne Artyści

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Tytuł serii

Vintage Classics

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Penguin Random House UK

Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs.

He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda.

When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time.

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The Magus / John Fowles ; a revised version with a foreword by the author. - A revised version with a foreword by the author - London : Vintage, 2007. - 656 stron ; 20 cm.

(Vintage Classics)

Author

Fowles John (1926-2005) Autor

Form of Work

Książki Proza

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Literatura angielska

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Nauczyciele Milionerzy Decepcja Manipulacja (psychologia) Tajemnica Przemoc Sytuacja zagrożenia Grecja

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Powieść Thriller

Tytuł serii

Vintage Classics

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Penguin Random House UK

At the center of "The Magus" is Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching position on a remote Greek island, where he befriends a local millionaire.

The friendship soon evolves into a deadly game, in which reality and fantasy are deliberately manipulated, and Nicholas finds that he must fight not only for his sanity but for his very survival.

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I who have never known men / Jacqueline Harpman ; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz ; with an introduction by Sophie Mackintosh. - London : Vintage, 2019. - 188 stron ; 20 cm.

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Harpman Jacqueline (1929-2012) Autor Schwartz Ros Tłumaczenie Mackintosh Sophie (1988- ) Wstęp

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura belgijska

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Kobieta Przyjaźń Samotność Więźniowie Wolność

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Dystopia Powieść

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Penguin Random House UK

Deep underground, forty women live imprisoned in a cage.

Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before.

As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner.

Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

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Scarcely English : an A-Z of assaults on our language / Simon Heffer. - London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024. - XXX, 236 stron ; 22 cm.

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Heffer Simon Autor

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Książki Publikacje dydaktyczne Publikacje fachowe Publikacje popularnonaukowe

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Językoznawcy Szkoły wyższe

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Literatura angielska

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Język angielski Błędy językowe Gramatyka Neologizmy Puryzm (językoznawstwo) Świadomość językowa Krytyka naukowa

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Opracowanie

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Edukacja i pedagogika Językoznawstwo

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Penguin Random House UK

U góry okładki: "Heffer takes no linguistic prisoners" - The Spectator.

The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults.

There appear no longer to be any rules, in an era when, thanks to the web (another word to have changed its meaning) everyone can be a published author, completely unedited and unregulated. This often has dire consequences for the English tongue...

...Trenchant and sprinkled with dry wit, Scarcely English is both a chamber of horrors of bad and lazy English and a plea for accuracy, clear thinking and elegance.

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House of Hunger / Alexis Henderson. - London : Penguin Random House, 2022. - 290, [1] strona ; 23 cm.

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Henderson Alexis Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura amerykańska

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Wampir (stworzenie fantastyczne) Kobieta Mniejszości seksualne Ludzie bogaci

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Powieść Powieść gotycka Horror

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Penguin Random House UK

Nominee for Best Horror (2022)

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of "The Year of the Witching"...

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf / Marlon James. - UK : Penguin Random House, 2020. - 620 stron : ilustracje, 20 cm.

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James Marlon (1970- ) Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura jamajska

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Mitologia afrykańska Molestowanie seksualne Okrucieństwo Poszukiwania zaginionych Tajemnica Mniejszości seksualne

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Fantasy Powieść

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Penguin Random House UK

In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard.

Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf explores the fundamentals of truths, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.

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Saturday / Ian McEwan. - London : Vintage, 2006. - 279, [2] strony ; 18 cm.

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McEwan Ian (1948- ) Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura angielska

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Chirurdzy Mężczyzna Rodzina Agresywność Przemoc

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Penguin Random House UK

Henry Perowne is a contented man - a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind, and proud father of two grown-up children.

As he makes his way through London streets filled with hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors, a minor car accident brings him into a confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive young man, on the edge of violence.

It is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance as the Perowne family gathers for a reunion, that Henry's fears seem about to be realised.

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Sputnik Sweetheart / Haruki Murakami ; translated by Philip Gabriel. - London : Vintage, 2007. - 229 stron ; 20 cm.

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Murakami Haruki (1949- ) Autor Gabriel Philip (1953- ) Tłumaczenie

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Książki Proza

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Literatura japońska

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Zakochanie Przyjaźń Osoby homoseksualne Bliskie związki międzyludzkie Realizm magiczny Trójkąt miłosny Osoby zaginione Japonia Grecja

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Penguin Random House UK

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior.

She spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her?

Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...

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Sonny Boy : a memoir / Al Pacino. - London : Century, 2024. - 370 stron, [32] strony tablic : fotografie ; 24 cm.

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Pacino Al (1940- ). Autor

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Demographic Group

Literatura amerykańska

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Pacino, Al (1940- ) Aktorzy amerykańscy Reżyserzy Kino kultowe Kultura popularna Aktorstwo Hollywood (Los Angeles ; część miasta) Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

Genre/Form

Autobiografia

Domain

Kultura i sztuka

Instytucja

Penguin Random House UK

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full.

"Sonny Boy" is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide.

All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels.

Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love.

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Lucy by the sea / Elizabeth Strout. - Dublin : Penguin Books, 2022. - 288 stron ; 21 cm.

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Strout Elizabeth (1956- ) Autor

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura amerykańska

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Rozwód Lockdown Relacje międzyludzkie Uczucia Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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Powieść obyczajowa

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Penguin Random House UK

As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William.

For the next several months, it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the moody, swirling sea.

Rich with empathy and emotion, Lucy by the Sea vividly captures the fear and struggles that come with isolation, as well as the hope, peace, and possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire.

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My name is Lucy Barton / Elizabeth Strout. - London : Penguin Books, 2016. - 193 strony ; 19,7 cm.

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Strout Elizabeth (1956- ) Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura amerykańska

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Matki i córki Przebaczenie Relacje międzyludzkie Uczucia Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone)

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Powieść obyczajowa

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Penguin Random House UK

Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of her life: her impoverished childhood in Amgash, Illinois, her escape to New York and her desire to become a writer, her faltering marriage, her love for her two daughters.

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Languages of Truth : essays 2003-2020 / Salman Rushdie. - Dublin : Vintage : Penguin Random House UK, 2023. - 354 strony ; 20 cm.

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Rushdie Salman (1947- ) Autor

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura angielska

Genre/Form

Szkic literacki

Domain

Literaturoznawstwo Kultura i sztuka

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Vintage Penguin Random House UK

Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, "Languages of Truth" chronicles Rushdie's intellectual engagement with a period of momentous cultural shifts.

Immersing the reader in a wide variety of subjects, he delves into the nature of storytelling as a human need, and what emerges is, in myriad ways, a love letter to literature itself.

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