Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America
208 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016, tel: 212.686.4164, fax: 212.545.1130, e-mail: piasany@verizon.net
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The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America announces the resumption of scholarly book publishing via PIASA Books. The editors are currently seeking the submission of scholarly books dealing with Polish Literature Polish Art, Music and Culture Polish History Polish Sociology and Political Science and other submissions in res polonica broadly conceived. Translations are also welcome and the literary works of our members prominent in the literary establishments of Poland and the United States will be greeted warmly. Initial queries may be sent to the Series Editor, Charles S. Kraszewski at cskrasze@kings.edu or by mailing him at the above address.
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His Holiness Pope John Paul II A Commemorative Volume of Essays from the Members of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America ISBN - 0-940962-67-5 $19.95 shipping and handling: $3.50 per book (USPS media rate); Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 |
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Articles of several distinguished members and friends of PIASA, many of whom were fortunate enough to have met the Holy Father both before and after his election to the Holy See, are compiled in this special work. They include Piotr S. Wandycz, PIASA President and Bradford Durfee Professor of History at Yale University Emeritus, Thaddeus V. Gromada, PIASA Executive Director and Professor Emeritus of European History and coordinator of Multi-Ethnic and Immigrant Studies at New Jersey City University, Kazimierz Braun, Professor of Theater at State University of New York of Buffalo, Richard J. Hunter, Jr. and Hector R. Lozada , faculty fellows of the Institute for International Business at the W. Paul Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, Rev. Janusz A. Ihnatowicz , Professor Emeritus of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, and Harold D. Segel, Professor Emeritus of Slavic Literatures and of Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Likewise, the pride of the present collection written especially for this book includes articles by Krzysztof Zanussi , one of the most important film directors in Europe and a personal friend of Pope John Paul II, His Excellency Archbishop Józef Zycinski of Lublin, Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Lublin, the poet Boleslaw Taborski, one of the Pope's major translators, and author of an important study of Karol Wojtyla as an artist of the word, Rev. George Huntston Williams , formerly Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, Joseph Lichten, a tireless proponent of respectful Jewish-Catholic relations, and finally, the prophetic poem of Juliusz Slowacki , one of the leading poets of Romantic Polish literature. |
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Listy Adama Mickiewicza (Lata 1817-1833) ISBN - 0-940962-65-9 $16.95 shipping and handling: $3.50 per book (USPS media rate); Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 |
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Opis i interpretacja czesci korespondencji Mickiewicza która byla w jego zyciu czyms waznym. "Te chwile, pisaniu poswiecone, sa cala moja zabawa i rozkosza..." |
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Evening on the Hudson An Anthology of Jan Lechon's American Writings Selected, Introduced, and Annotated by: Beata Dorosz Translations by Various Hands ISBN - 0-940962-66-7 $20 shipping and handling: $2.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS media rate); $3.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS priority) Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 Revised and Corrected Index - Click here for PDF |
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Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest Polish poets of the modern era, Evening on the Hudson constitutes the most comprehensive anthology of Jan Lechoń's work in English. A generous sampling of his American verse is provided in facing-page format, with the original Polish versions accompanied by English verse translations, many of them printed here for the first time. These are followed by selections from his New York journal, and the full text of the essay "American Transformations," both of which startle the contemporary reader with their continuing resonance in the America of the twenty-first century. Jan Lechoń was one of the most distinguished members of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. He regularly published articles in the Institute's Bulletin (the precursor of The Polish Review). Many of these articles, on both literary and political themes, are brought together to round out the present volume. Judiciously edited, introduced and annotated by Beata Dorosz of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Instytut Badań Literackich), Jan Lechoń's Evening on the Hudson is an important addition to Polish literary studies in English. |
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Poland: a Transitional Analysis ISBN: 0-940962-63-2 $15 shipping and handling: $2.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS media rate); $3.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS priority) Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 |
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Poland's modern history, including the first few years of the transition begun in 1989, was the main focus of Richard J. Hunter, Jr. and Leo V. Ryan's (1998) From Autarchy to Market: Polish Economics and Politics, 1945-1995. Professor Hunter and Brother Ryan provided some conclusions regarding the early reforms and also raised three fundamental questions: How can a nation build a capitalist system where there is neither capital nor capitalists; Is there a role for post-communists in the new system; and What would the system do about workers and those affected negatively by the transition? In this volume, the authors follow up their 1998 work with an exploration of what has happened to Poland and its Economic Transformation Program almost 15 years after the transition. In this project, Professor Hunter and Brother Ryan are joined by Professor Robert Shapiro to evaluate the impact of foreign direct investment and international trade on the development of Poland's post-communist market system, to assess the evolution of the Polish taxation system, and to appraise Poland's readiness for accession into the EU. |
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Richard J. Hunter, Jr. is Professor of Legal Studies in the Stillman School of Business and Adjunct Professor of Law in the Seton Hall University School of Law. Professor Hunter is a fellow of the Institute for International Business, a frequent presenter at numerous international conferences and symposia, including the annual UNITAR Conference on Investment and Development at the United Nations. Professor Hunter is the author or co-author of more than 30 research articles on aspects of political and economic transformation in Poland. Along with Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V, Professor Hunter co-authored From Autarchy to Market: Polish Economics and Politics, 1945-1995 , published by Praeger. Professor Hunter serves as Treasurer of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. |
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Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V ., is Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University. Professor Ryan has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor and Fulbright Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, the Warsaw School of Business and Law, and the Poznan University of Economics. He has authored or co-authored numerous books, including Human Action in Business and Etyka Biznesu , From Autarchy to Market: Polish Economics and Politics, 1945-1995 , along with more than twenty research articles on Polish economics and politics. Professor Ryan is a member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America along with more than a dozen professional and academic associations and organizations, and is past president of the Society for Business Ethics. |
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Robert E. Shapiro is Associate Professor of Accounting and Taxation at the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University. Professor Shapiro is a specialist in international taxation and former Director of the Institute for Tax Research at Seton Hall University. Professor Shapiro is the author of numerous research articles on Polish taxation and investment, including articles appearing in the Business Law Review, The Polish Review, and the International Journal of Taxation . |
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Political Thought in Renaissance Poland: An Anthology in English An translated, introduced and annotated by Harold B. Segel ISBN: 0-940962-61-6 $18 ($15.30 for PIASA members) shipping and handling: $2.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS media rate); $3.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS priority) Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 |
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Praise for Political Thought in Renaissance Poland: This is a collection of important yet virtually inaccessible monuments in the political history of Poland from the most dynamic era in that country's long history. English speaking students are in Harold Segel's debt for introducing them with such grace and insight into this great era in the political thought of Poland. - M. B. Biskupski, S. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish History, Central Connecticut State University |
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Fraulein Doktor ISBN: 0-940962-64-0 $12 shipping and handling: $2.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS media rate); $3.50 for first book, .50 for each additional book (USPS priority) Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 |
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"A sensational spy story..a theatrical sensation" that broke all previous records for continuous theater performances.. Stanislaw Marczak-Oborski |
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Brain Researcher: The Dramatic Biography of Noted Neuroscientist Dr. Henryk Wisniewski ISBN: 0-940962-62-4 OUT OF PRINT Make checks out to PIASA; credit card orders also accepted at (212) 686-4164 |
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This book presents the dramatic biography of a Polish-American scientist who during the era of the Iron Curtain escaped to the West to conduct research. He hated Nazism and the Communist system in his country, for their denial of freedom and the prospect of a decent life. His early school-age memories included his struggle to survive in a Catholic convent after his father was arrested by the Gestapo and incarcerated as a political dissident against the Third Reich. Between 1945 and 1967, during the Communist regime, Prof. Wisniewski had difficulty pursuing and advancing his scientific career. He worked in prominent research institutions and achieved national and international recognition as a researcher. He published more than 700 scientific manuscripts. This volume also includes a review of his research written by his son, Thomas Wisniewski, M.D., |
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