 | God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795 by Norman Davies
Buy new: $25.68 / Used from: $19.95 The very finest history of Poland in the English language. See also God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 2: 1795 to the Present
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 | The Polish Way: A Thousand-Year History of the Poles and Their Culture by Adam Zamoyski
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.00 An excellent single-volume history of Poland. An updated revision, "Poland: A History," will soon be available in the U.S. so it's not wise to purchase this edition.
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 | Poland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $9.96 An excellent Polish travel guide.
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 | Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present by Joanna Beata Michlic
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $17.00 A masterful treatment of the rise of ethno-nationalism and anti-Semitism in Poland.
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 | With Fire and Sword (The Trilogy, Book I) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Buy used from: $54.92 The first book of Henryk Sienkiewicz's mammoth "Trilogy" epic depicting the end of Poland's Golden Age. The second book is "The Deluge" followed by "Fire in the Steppe" (Pan Wolodyjowski).
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 | A History of the Polish Americans by John Bukowczyk
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $24.92 Probably the finest history of American Polonia.
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 | Polish Americans by Helena Z. Lopata
Buy new: $39.95 An outstanding sociological study of American Polonia.
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 | The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution by Alex Storozynski
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $15.99 A very readable history of an American and Polish hero.
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 | Shoulder to shoulder: Polish Americans in Rochester, New York, 1890-2000 by Kathleen Urbanic
Buy used from: $27.95 A fantastic history of a typical "Rust Belt" Polish American community.
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 | A Polish Son in the Motherland: An American's Journey Home by Leonard Kniffel
Buy new: $24.26 / Used from: $16.99 A Polish American visits the country of his ancestors.
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 | Polish-American Folklore (Folklore and Society) by Deborah Silverman
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $18.00 Silverman captures all of the customs and rituals of Polish Americana.
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 | Polka Happiness (Visual Studies) by Charles Keil
Buy used from: $67.73 Polka was an essential element of American Polonia. This volume is a wonderful history of Polish American polka music.
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 | The Clarinet Polka: A Novel by Keith Maillard
Buy used from: $4.90 Perhaps the finest novel of the fading golden years of Polish Americana.
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 | Polonaise: Stories by Anthony Bukoski
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $8.00 Anthony Bukoski's short story collections are among the very finest examples of Polish American literature. His books include "Time Bewteen Trains," "Polonaise," Children of Strangers," and "North of the Port."
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| Sarmatian Review
Buy new: $21.00 The Sarmatian Review is a scholarly, triannual publication of the Polish Institute of Houston.
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/
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| Polish-American Studies. Volume I. by Constantin, ed. Symonolewicz
Polish American Studies is a scholarly journal published biannually by the Polish American Historical Association.
http://www.polishamericanstudies.org/
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| The Polish Review: Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 by Joseph W. Wieczerzak
Buy used from: $15.00 The Polish Review is a scholarly journal published quarterly by the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.
http://www.piasa.org/pr.html
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 | Andrzej Wajda - Three War Films (A Generation, Kanal, and Ashes & Diamonds) - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $71.99 / Used from: $43.50 Wajda's Three War Films are must-see's for students of Poland.
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 | The Decalogue (Special Edition Complete Set)
Buy new: $79.95 / Used from: $47.00 Anything by Poland's master film director, Krzysztof Kieslowski, is worth seeing. Start with the Decalogue, ten hour-length films that go to the very core of the Polish soul.
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 | The Polish Americans
Buy used from: $6.66 A fine, general overview of American Polonia, also available on DVD from PolArt:
http://www.polandbymail.com/get_item_dv680_polish-americans-the-dvd.htm
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| In Heaven There Is No Beer? - Les Blank
Buy used from: $35.49 A documentary of the Polish American polka scene. The DVD version can be ordered directly from Flower Films:
http://www.lesblank.com/
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 | Monster's Ball
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.49 Polish American Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton) starts out as the meanest SOB around. By the end of the film, Hank is the happiest and luckiest SOB this side of the Vistula. Must be something to do with his new girlfriend, Leticia "Can you make me feel good?" Musgrove (Halle Berry in her Oscar winning role).
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 | Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.95 The glorious and sorrowful history of Poland put to symphony. Magnificent!
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 | Cambridge Klett Concise Polish-English Dictionary (English and Polish Edition)
Buy new: $17.00 / Used from: $2.78 A good Polish-English dictionary is a must for any Polonian scholar.
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