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James Joyce first wrote Portrait as a one-thousand page novel, full of well-developed scenes and long explanations of Stephen’s motives, but he decided to trim it into a short book with a new sort of style. The novel tells the story of the first twenty years of Stephen Dedalus – a young Catholic boy growing up in late 19th century Ireland. As the title suggests, this is the story not just of a young...

Let me take you to the jungle in Belize. This is not by any means a safe location. Sweaty, stifling green hell is around. Anything that flies is trying to get to your blood. Anything that crawls and hisses can get at you. You will learn the secrets of stalking the enemy in a jungle, and the art of survival in extreme conditions where even one minor mistake can cost you life. Three weeks...

Detroit – niegdyś w amerykańskiej awangardzie, słynące z wielkiego przemysłu, nowatorskich rozwiązań, śmiałych biznesmenów i znanych na całym świecie samochodów – dziś jest stolicą bezrobocia, nędzy i przestępczości. Charlie LeDuff, zdobywca Nagrody Pulitzera, porzuca pracę w „New York Timesie” i wraca do miasta, w którym się urodził. Puka do drzwi wpływowych polityków, wędruje przez squaty, rozmawia...