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The text is a review of the history and civics textbook titled "Historia i teraźniejszość, 1945–1979: Podręcznik dla liceów i techników" (History and the present: A textbook for senior high and trade schools) by Wojciech Roszkowski. The textbook, written by a leading historian of contemporary Poland, focuses on understanding the causes of events rather than presenting facts chronologically. It covers a wide range of topics, including the Soviet takeover of Poland, the Cold War, the Cuban crisis, Polish revolts, and attempts at détente. The review praises the book for its student-friendly approach, use of photographs, and attempts to instill patriotism in Polish youth. However, it also criticizes the book for its chaotic organization and lack of focus on Poland's economic relations with non-European countries. [Extracted from the article]

Thus, in Karlowicz's view, the air catastrophe at Smole'nsk revealed that the Polish state, as ruled by the Civic Platform party with Tusk at its head, was like the eighteenth-century Russian "Potyomkin villages" - unable to respond, nonexistent in fact. Karlowicz compares the mob that tried to ridicule those who stood there in prayer to the mob in Zygmunt Krasi'nski's I The Undivine Comedy. i The comparison is right on target: revolutionary mobs destroy but are unable to build. Karlowicz argues that for most of its written history Poland regarded itself, and was regarded by others, as a country whose roots go back to Latin Rome. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Between the Brown and the Red: Nationalism, Catholicism, and Communism in 20th-Century Poland: The Politics of Bolesław Piasecki," by Mikołaj Stanisław Kunicki.

The article reviews the art and painting exhibition "Us and Them: An Intricate History of Otherness" at the International Cultural Centre (ICC) in Krakow, Poland from March 16, 2011 to June 5, 2011.

The article reviews the book "Sociology and the Unintended: Robert Merton Revisited," edited by Adriana Mica, Arkadiusz Peisert and Jan Winczorek.

This article is a review of the book "Emigracyjne listy generała Jana Komarzewskiego do króla Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego," written by Katarzyna Bucholc-Srogosz. The work is volume 3 of the series "Biblioteczka Źródłoznawcy."

The article reviews the book "The Stranger at Hand, Antisemitic Prejudices in Post-Communist Hungary," by András Kovács, part of the Jewish Identities in a Changing World book series.

The article reviews the book "Le Premier Nome de Haute-Égypte du IIIe siècle avant J.-C. au VIIe siècle après J.-C. d'après les sources hiéroglyphiques des temples ptolémaïques et romains," by Gihane Zaki, book 13 in the Monographies Reine Élisabeth series.

This article is a review of the book, "Метафорология: Теоретические аспекты. Часть I и Часть II," written by Olga Nikolaevna Laguta. It is part of the series, "Моногрaфии."

The reviewed book concentrates on the issue of qualitative data analysis. It primarily provides practical information for students and social researchers on how to deal with textual data starting with data preparation until writing the actual report. The book proposes coding as a convenient and effective way to process data. But, what is additionally valuable, it suggests multiple comparative analysis techniques which would allow a researcher to go beyond simple "coding and retrieving" in order to achieve more plausible and in-depth interpretations. Apart from this, it introduces a reader to the analysis of biographies and narratives, as well as to computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). The book is full of practical advice, with a lot of how-to-do suggestions and useful examples, as well as indications of the possible difficulties in the analysis. Still, even if the book seems to be kept on an elementary level, it would have helped readers to better apply proposed practical advice to their research, if, before reading the book, they had acquired more general knowledge about the specificity of qualitative analysis and the various approaches used within it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is a review of the book "Francuzi Północy: Obraz Polski i Polaków w niemieckich leksykonach konwersacyjnych XIX wieku," written by Anna Kochanowska-Nieborak.

The article reviews the book " (Nie)obecnoś c. Pominięcia i przemilczenia w narracjach XX wieku" (Presence/Absence: Erasures and Omissions in Twentieth-Century Narrations) edited by Hanna Gosk and Božena Karwowska.

The article reviews the exhibition featuring the works of Jan Smaga and Aneta Grzeszykowska at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York City.

Reviews the book 'See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism,' by Robert Baer.

The article reviews the exhibition that feature the tablet-woven silk curtain at the Museum of Mankind in London, England.

The article reviews the book "Remembering Katyn," by Alexander Etkind, Rory Finnin, Uilleam Blacker, Julie Fedor, Simon Lewis, Maria Malksoo, and Matilda Mroz.

The article reviews the book "Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France," edited by Martha Wolff.

The article reviews the book "Building-in-Time: From Giotto to Alberti and Modern Oblivion," by Marvin Trachtenberg.

The article reviews the book ''Metropolis Burning,'' by Karen Kovacik.

The article reviews the book "Chrétien Continued: A Study of the Conte du Graal and its Verse Continuations," by Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner.

The article reviews the book "The Street of Crocodiles & Other Stories," by Bruno Schulz.

The article reviews the book "The Changing Map of Europe: The Trajectory Berlin- Poznań-Warsaw: A Tribute to Antoni Kuklinski," edited by Ryszard Domański.

The article reviews the art exhibition "Titian, Prince of Painters" organized by the Palazzo Ducale at the National Gallery of Art in Washington from October 28, 1990 to January 27, 1991.

Reviews the book "Hutnik i jego rodzina. Badania nad srodowiskiem zawodowym hutnika oraz skladem i typem rodziny hutniczej [The Steelworker and His Family. Investigation Into the Occupational Milieu of the Steelworker and the Composition and Type of His Family]," vol. III, by Franciszek Adamski.

The article reviews two books by Wojciech Albiński, which include "Królestwo potrzebuie kata/The Kingdom Needs an Executioner" and "Lidia z Kamerunu/Lidia from Cameron."

Reviews the book "House of Day, House of Night," by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.

Reviews the book "The Polish Issue of the International Journal of Sociology."

The article reviews the books "Aberrations: An Essay on the Legend of Forms," by Jurgis Baltrusaitis and translated by Richard Miller, and "Fantasy Furniture," by Bruce M. Newman and Alastair Duncan.