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Books about history of Poland in the 20th century.


alex90s 1 | 3  
24 Jun 2009 /  #1
hello, can you please tell me where I can find God's Playground (the 2nd volume) by Norman Davies in electronic format and free. Or other books about the history of Poland and especially about the WWII period, about the Warsaw Uprising, and about the communist regime in Poland. thanks.

p.s.: and, of course, if you could possibly tell me how to get these books free and in electronic format.

oh, I forgot to mention that I do not speak Polish (I'm not Polish). if you know links for these books translated in English, it would be great. thanks again.
michal_857 2 | 17  
24 Jun 2009 /  #2
You are asking on public forum for illegal thing? ;o
Torq  
24 Jun 2009 /  #3
According to Polish law it is not illegal if you don't distribute it and download
only for educational purposes.
OP alex90s 1 | 3  
24 Jun 2009 /  #4
I want these only for educational purposes. It's for my paper.
Torq  
24 Jun 2009 /  #5
I deleted the links for Polish books as you have no use for them.
I'll search for English versions and let you know if I find anything.
OP alex90s 1 | 3  
24 Jun 2009 /  #6
thank you very much.
jump_bunny 5 | 237  
24 Jun 2009 /  #7
Did you ever hear about the library?
OP alex90s 1 | 3  
24 Jun 2009 /  #8
This is why I asked. I live in Romania and I cannot find these books in the library of my university.
Torq  
24 Jun 2009 /  #9
Did you ever hear about the library?

Maybe his local library in Romania doesn't have books about POLISH
history in ENGLISH language. He's looking for info about Polish history
and he came to a right forum :)
George8600 10 | 632  
27 Jun 2009 /  #10
https://books.google.com/books?id=6GuDke8L1lEC&dq=God%27s+Playground&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=J2FFSsXBIpOqNsCG_acB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result

Here, 'Google Books' uploaded the entire thing online for free and the volume your looking for. As for the books themselves, the God's Playground are probably the best books availalbe on Polish history as a whole; I recommend for anyone whom has an interest in the subject or just beginning to buy both of them

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