wyszukanych pozycji: 21
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
ISBN: 9780142000939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Meet fourteen-year-old Gary. A self-described "tree-toad,"a sly and endearing geek, Gary has many unwieldy passions, chief among them his cousin Kate, his Underwood typewriter and the soft-porn masterpiece, High School Orgies. The folks of Lake Wobegon don't have much patience for a kid's ungodly obsessions, and so Gary manages to filter the hormonal earthquake that is puberty and his hopeless devotion to glamorous, rebellious Kate through his fantastic yarns. With every marvellous story he moves a few steps closer to becoming a writer. And when Kate gets herself into trouble with the...
Meet fourteen-year-old Gary. A self-described "tree-toad,"a sly and endearing geek, Gary has many unwieldy passions, chief among them his cousin Kate,...
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93,32 zł |
That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life
ISBN: 9781951627683 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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127,26 zł |
We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters
ISBN: 9780140131567 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. GarrisonKeillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor to be both funny "and" nice, hip "and" winsome, scathing "and" loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip The Washington Post Book World
Keillor sliterary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you re never quite sure where you are . His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it s hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in... GarrisonKeillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor to be both funny "and" nice, hip "and" winsome, scathing "and" loving, all in the ...
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93,32 zł |
That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life
ISBN: 9781956763171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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84,80 zł |
Living with Limericks
ISBN: 9781733074513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,31 zł |
A Christmas Blizzard
ISBN: 9780143119883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The inimitable Garrison Keillor spins "a Christmas tale that makes Dickens seem unimaginative by comparison" (Charlotte Creative Loafing)
Snow is falling all across the Midwest as James Sparrow, a country- bumpkin-turned-energy-drink-tycoon, and his wife awaken in their sky- rise apartment overlooking Chicago. Even down with the stomach bug, Mrs. Sparrow yearns to see The Nutcracker while James yearns only to escape-the faux-cheer, the bitter cold, the whole Christmas season. An urgent phone call from his hometown of Looseleaf, North Dakota, sends James into the midst... The inimitable Garrison Keillor spins "a Christmas tale that makes Dickens seem unimaginative by comparison" (Charlotte Creative Loafing)
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93,32 zł |
Good Poems for Hard Times
ISBN: 9780143037675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Chosen by Garison Keillor for his readings on public radio's The Writer's Almanac, the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed anthology Good Poems are perfect for our troubled times. Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant headings as "Such As It Is More or Less" and "Let It Spill." From William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman to R. S. Gwynn and Jennifer Michael Hecht, the voices gathered in this collection will be more than welcome to those who've been struck by bad news, who are burdened by stress, or...
Chosen by Garison Keillor for his readings on public radio's The Writer's Almanac, the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed antholog...
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89,08 zł |
Happy to Be Here
ISBN: 9780140131826 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Keillor's best stuff is clean (in the sense that lines are clean), down to earth, exquisitely good-hearted, highly ludicrous, and as labored as nitrous oxide.... This book will either leave you dumbfounded or happy--almost deservedly happy--to be anywhere" --The New York Times Book Review
"His humor is cerebral and complex, a blend of romance and nostalgia; it sparklingly parodies the American (and human) condition.... His stories and satires glow with a sense of time and place." --The Washington Post "Keillor's best stuff is clean (in the sense that lines are clean), down to earth, exquisitely good-hearted, highly ludicrous, and as labored as nitro...
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93,32 zł |
Boom Town: A Lake Wobegon Novel
ISBN: 9781733074551 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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144,26 zł |
Liberty
ISBN: 9780143116110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Just in time for the Fourth of July, a firecracker of a Lake Wobegon novel from bestselling author and radio storyteller Garrison Keillor
Published to wide and enthusiastic acclaim, Liberty is Garrison Keillor's most ribald Lake Wobegon novel yet, set in a spectacular Fourth of July celebration amid marching bands and circus wagons drawn by teams of Percherons. The Chairman of the Fourth, Clint Bunsen, is in the midst of an identity crisis brought on by a DNA test just as he turns sixty, and he finds solace in the arms of Angelica Pflame, the young beauty who marched as Liberty in... Just in time for the Fourth of July, a firecracker of a Lake Wobegon novel from bestselling author and radio storyteller Garrison Keillor
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93,32 zł |
Love Me
ISBN: 9780142004999 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. n this charming departure from Lake Wobegon, bestselling author Garrison Keillor tells a hilarious and heartwarming tale of ambition, success and failure, and the virtues of real love. Aspiring writer Larry Wyler leads a quiet, decent life with his do-gooder wife, Iris, in St. Paul, Minnesota, but he wants more. When his literary debut becomes a hit, he departs for a Manhattan apartment, a job at the New Yorker, and three- martini lunches with the great editor, William Shawn.
But when his second novel bombs and he finds himself in the grip of writer's block, Wyler discovers that... n this charming departure from Lake Wobegon, bestselling author Garrison Keillor tells a hilarious and heartwarming tale of ambition, success and fail...
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93,32 zł |
Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny
ISBN: 9780143120810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Famous radio private eye Guy Noir leaps from A Prairie Home Companion to the page
On the 12th floor of the Acme Building, on a cold February day in St. Paul, Guy Noir looks down the barrel of a loaded revolver in the hands of geezer gangster Joey Roast Beef who is demanding to hear what lucrative scheme Guy is cooking up with stripper-turned-women's-studies-professor Naomi Fallopian. Everyone wants to know-Joey, Lieutenant McCafferty, reporter Gene Williker, Guy s ex-girlfriend Sugar O'Toole, the despicable Larry B. Larry, the dreamboat Scarlett Anderson, Mr. Kress of the FDA... Famous radio private eye Guy Noir leaps from A Prairie Home Companion to the page
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93,32 zł |
Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America
ISBN: 9780143037682 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this thoughtful, deeply personal work, one of the nation's best-loved voices takes the plunge into politics and comes up with a book that has had all of America talking. Here, with great heart, supple wit, and a dash of anger, Garrison Keillor describes the simple democratic values-the Golden Rule, the obligation to defend the weak against the powerful, and others- that define his hard-working Midwestern neighbors and that today's Republicans seem determined to subvert. A reminiscence, a political tract, and a humorous meditation, Homegrown Democrat is an entertaining, refreshing...
In this thoughtful, deeply personal work, one of the nation's best-loved voices takes the plunge into politics and comes up with a book that has had a...
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101,81 zł |
Wobegon Boy
ISBN: 9780140274783 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Garrison Keillor returns to Lake Wobegon in "a masterful portrait of the sort of small-town world that many of us Americans believe we grew up in, or would have liked to. . . . A wonderfully readable tale".--"The Washington Post Book World". NPR sponsorships.
Garrison Keillor returns to Lake Wobegon in "a masterful portrait of the sort of small-town world that many of us Americans believe we grew up in, or ...
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WLT: A Radio Romance
ISBN: 9780140103809 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and launch station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) to rescuer their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. For the next quarter century, the Friendly Neighbor station produces a dazzling array of shows and stars, including Leo LaValley, Dad Benson, Wingo Beals, Slim Graves and Little Buddy, chain-smoking child star Marjery Moore, and blind baseball announcer Buck Steller.
Francis With, a shy young man from North Dakota, entranced by radio, gets into WLT through his uncle Art and... In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and launch station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) to rescuer their faili...
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Against the Grain: The Literary Life of a Poet - stan bdb 9781928755098
ISBN: A781928755098 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych Stan bardzo dobry - książka była czytana, ale jeszcze długo posłuży innym czytelnikom. Ma ślady używania - otwierania i kartkowania, rysy, zabrudzenia. Wygląda jak książka, którą wypożyczasz w bibliotece.
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Poetry History & Criticism. Foreword by Garrison Keillor. In this literary memoir, Reed Whittemore a self-considered bourgeois anarchist gives us marvelous glimpses into his wide-ranging life as poet, little magazine editor, critic and essayist, journalist, biographer, and teacher. Writing in third person about his alter ego R, Whittemore looks back... Stan bardzo dobry - książka była czytana, ale jeszcze długo posłuży innym czytelnikom. Ma ślady używania - otwierania i kartkowania, rysy, zab...
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45,36 zł |
Good Poems
ISBN: 9780142003442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. America's beloved author, humorist, and storyteller offers a selection of meaningful and enjoyable poems
Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by Keillor for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their -utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m.- Good Poems includes verse about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendance. It features the work of classic... America's beloved author, humorist, and storyteller offers a selection of meaningful and enjoyable poems
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110,29 zł |
The American Songbag
ISBN: 9780544309784 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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169,68 zł |
The American Songbag
ISBN: 9780156056502 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the Author; Index.
Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs tha...
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135,74 zł |