wyszukanych pozycji: 96
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Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
ISBN: 9780486256375 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Here's a bonanza of 93 stimulating brainteasers, ideal for limbering and strengthening young mental muscles. Many of the puzzles are classics, while others are presented here for the first time. Ridiculous riddles, tantalizing teasers, intricate mazes, deceptive illusions, tricky questions, and a host of unusual word and picture puzzles offer young readers hours of challenging fun. Here's a bonanza of 93 stimulating brainteasers, ideal for limbering and strengthening young mental muscles. Many of the puzzles are classics, whil... |
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56,29 zł |
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The SPRIGHTLY LADY and her Hurricane and Short Stories from Capt. Gardner M. Kelley
ISBN: 9781504924832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The "SPRIGHTLY LADY" and her Hurricane and Short Stories from Capt. Gardner M. Kelley Thelma a rich, "SPRIGHTLY LADY" with a nice yacht named for herself. She was very disappointed. She had been planning for a cruise to the Abaco's, in the Bahamas before going north for the summer. She was looking at a picture of a body in a dingy, behind a sailing yacht. The body was not mentioned in the news. Probably was dumped overboard to save trouble for the officials, just another Bermuda Triangle mystery. The lady decided that she would have to put off going there, until she had some protection...
The "SPRIGHTLY LADY" and her Hurricane and Short Stories from Capt. Gardner M. Kelley Thelma a rich, "SPRIGHTLY LADY" with a nice yacht named for hers...
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170,66 zł |
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The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
ISBN: 9780312206826 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener showcases Martin Gardner as the consummate philosopher, thinker, and great mathematician that he is. Exploring issues that range from faith to prayer to evil to immortality, and far beyond, Garnder challenges the discerning reader with fundamental questions of classical philosophy and life's greater meanings. The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener showcases Martin Gardner as the consummate philosopher, thinker, and great mathematician that he is. E... |
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130,37 zł |
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The Sea Trees
ISBN: 9781492905660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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38,80 zł |
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Copperopolis
ISBN: 9781492908562 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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54,77 zł |
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The Man Who Was Thursday
ISBN: 9781586170424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This edition of Chesterton's masterpiece and most famous novel, The Man Who Was Thursday, explicates and enriches the complete text with extensive footnotes, together with an introductory essay on the metaphysical meaning of Chesterton's profound allegory. Martin Gardner sees the novel's anarchists as symbols of our God-given free will, and the mysterious Sunday as representing Nature, with its strange mixture of good and evil when considered as distinct from God, as a mask hiding the transcendental face of the creator. The book also includes a bibliography listing the novel's... This edition of Chesterton's masterpiece and most famous novel, The Man Who Was Thursday, explicates and enriches the complete text with e... |
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82,64 zł |
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An Introduction to Modern Japanese Orthography
ISBN: 9780887100390 / Angielski / Miękka / 1952 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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103,68 zł |
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A Bouquet for the Gardener: Martin Gardner Remembered
ISBN: 9780930326173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Martin Gardner, the "Mathematical Games" columnist for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, was also a philosopher, polymath, magician, religious thinker, and the author of more than 70 books, including The Annotated Alice, The Ambidextrous Universe, and Visitors from Oz. Here his life and works are celebrated in a bouquet of essays about him or in his honor. Introduced by his son Jim, the book includes reminiscences by Douglas Hofstadter, Morton N. Cohen, Scott Kim, David Singmaster, Michael Patrick Hearn, and many others; a festschrift contains essays by such writers as Raymond Smullyan...
Martin Gardner, the "Mathematical Games" columnist for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, was also a philosopher, polymath, magician, religious th...
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97,13 zł |
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Magician's Magic
ISBN: 9780486431765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "No recent book on magic ... reveals so many inside secrets." -- Martin Gardner.
Among veteran magicians, Paul Curry was known for his invention of many new tricks and the imaginative twists he gave old ones. But this charming book is much more than just a compendium of classic legerdemain. It's a page-turning commentary on the history of magic, along with descriptions of illusions that anyone can master. Presenting thoroughly engrossing material in a truly elegant style, the "magician's magician" discloses the secrets behind more than 25 close-up marvels -- including his own "Out of... "No recent book on magic ... reveals so many inside secrets." -- Martin Gardner.
Among veteran magicians, Paul Curry was known for his invention of... |
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73,68 zł |
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Blackbeard, the Pirate Vs the Outer Banks Boy from Nowhere
ISBN: 9781468500363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This story happened between 1714 and 1718. In this story of mine, I have changed the way that Blackbeard was supposed to be killed and the story I have written just might be the way Blackbeard died.
I have tried to put together a story from what I have read and what I have learned on the waterways from my adventures and experiences of living and traveling on the water. The Outer Banks are filled with the fruits of God's larder. One had only to use skill and daring moves to survive in these days on the waterways. The story starts as Blackbeard the pirate glared across the campfire.... This story happened between 1714 and 1718. In this story of mine, I have changed the way that Blackbeard was supposed to be killed and the story I hav...
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103,40 zł |
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Escape from the Atomic Fallout
ISBN: 9781481756990 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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134,44 zł |
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Cruising with Fred and His Unsinkable Molly Brown: Adventures of a Man Past Sixty
ISBN: 9781463434786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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149,96 zł |
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Escape from the Atomic Fallout
ISBN: 9781481756983 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The author along with his wife and two young grandsons are stranded at his (almost bomb proof) hunting camp in Marion, Maine after a severe snow storm blocks the roads. Unknown to the fact that there has been a disaster and all are dead, the captain travels by snowshoes to investigate. Rather than join his neighbors in death he must get himself, his wife, and the two boys on a long and dangerous cruise. The spindrift spray slashed across the windows of the pilot house. The rugged boat built for such weather dove into the waves and up she rose higher and higher, then down to stop with a crash...
The author along with his wife and two young grandsons are stranded at his (almost bomb proof) hunting camp in Marion, Maine after a severe snow storm...
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170,66 zł |
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Murder on Liberty Ship Hull # 13: Life of a Liberty Ship Rigger's Extra Activities
ISBN: 9781477223741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Synopsis
The Liberty Ship Murder on Hull # 13, it will not be remembered for the murder which was of no importance except to the participants. What will be remembered are the antics of the shipyard stud by many of the young women on their lonely nights? My job was as an agent sent to the ship yard to investigate the demise of a woman worker. My interest was soon diverted to this brawny and horny young rigger named Kelley. Kelley worked hard at getting the ships ready for war. He also was very interested in helping as many girls and young women as possible from going man... Synopsis
The Liberty Ship Murder on Hull # 13, it will not be remembered for the murder which was of no importance except to the participants. ... |
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149,96 zł |
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Kathleen of the Outer Banks
ISBN: 9781468532296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Kathleen Olsen called Svenska Flicker by her grandmother is of Swedish stock. The old grandmother wants better than a shack on these beautiful Outer Banks Sea Shores; she wants her to have the whole world, as she did sailing with her husband.
Kathleen is guarded well, not allowed to run loose as are many of the young girls of the Outer Banks. She is pure and innocent when a young captain flaunts his skill and daring to bring his schooner, white sails full into the inlet. Kathleen sees the captain and his ship, as her prince charming on his white charger. It was love at first sight and... Kathleen Olsen called Svenska Flicker by her grandmother is of Swedish stock. The old grandmother wants better than a shack on these beautiful Outer B...
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103,40 zł |
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The Search for the Molly Brown: Sequel to Cruising with Fred and His Unsinkable Molly Brown
ISBN: 9781463436841 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Fred did not die on his island, another heart attack did not happen. He had plenty of money and maybe, even some life time left. Fred made up his mind; he would go up and down the waterway searching for his lost boat, the "MOLLY BROWN." She had to be hidden very well, no one has seen her.
With his old skiff he uses the current to drift south to a town. He rides a bus to Charleston, has a shootout with a black dope peddler that leaves him with drugs and a lot of cash. He buys a boat that he can maneuver by himself, yet big enough to live comfortable aboard. With a new young "boat bum"... Fred did not die on his island, another heart attack did not happen. He had plenty of money and maybe, even some life time left. Fred made up his mind...
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149,96 zł |
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Blackbeard, the Pirate Vs the Outer Banks Boy from Nowhere
ISBN: 9781468500356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This story happened between 1714 and 1718. In this story of mine, I have changed the way that Blackbeard was supposed to be killed and the story I have written just might be the way Blackbeard died.
I have tried to put together a story from what I have read and what I have learned on the waterways from my adventures and experiences of living and traveling on the water. The Outer Banks are filled with the fruits of God's larder. One had only to use skill and daring moves to survive in these days on the waterways. The story starts as Blackbeard the pirate glared across the campfire.... This story happened between 1714 and 1718. In this story of mine, I have changed the way that Blackbeard was supposed to be killed and the story I hav...
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cena:
149,96 zł |
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The Outer Banks Sea Gypsies
ISBN: 9781463430139 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This story of adventure is of the last days of the cargo sailing schooners that carried freight to all ports of the world. Captain Fickett's son, Ron is swept overboard, to drift ashore on the desolate Outer Banks of North Carolina. The ship is wrecked, later several miles below Cape Hatteras (The Graveyard of the Atlantic). The captain is murdered as he tries to get ashore. Johnny Mapp, one of the many squatters, remnants of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony, sees the murder. He was worried of being implicated should an investigation begin. He uses the ship tool chest loot and his share of...
This story of adventure is of the last days of the cargo sailing schooners that carried freight to all ports of the world. Captain Fickett's son, Ron ...
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165,48 zł |
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Murder on Liberty Ship Hull # 13: Life of a Liberty Ship Rigger's Extra Activities
ISBN: 9781477223734 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Synopsis
The Liberty Ship Murder on Hull # 13, it will not be remembered for the murder which was of no importance except to the participants. What will be remembered are the antics of the shipyard stud by many of the young women on their lonely nights? My job was as an agent sent to the ship yard to investigate the demise of a woman worker. My interest was soon diverted to this brawny and horny young rigger named Kelley. Kelley worked hard at getting the ships ready for war. He also was very interested in helping as many girls and young women as possible from going man... Synopsis
The Liberty Ship Murder on Hull # 13, it will not be remembered for the murder which was of no importance except to the participants. ... |
cena:
103,40 zł |
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Kathleen of the Outer Banks
ISBN: 9781468532289 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Kathleen Olsen called Svenska Flicker by her grandmother is of Swedish stock. The old grandmother wants better than a shack on these beautiful Outer Banks Sea Shores; she wants her to have the whole world, as she did sailing with her husband.
Kathleen is guarded well, not allowed to run loose as are many of the young girls of the Outer Banks. She is pure and innocent when a young captain flaunts his skill and daring to bring his schooner, white sails full into the inlet. Kathleen sees the captain and his ship, as her prince charming on his white charger. It was love at first sight and... Kathleen Olsen called Svenska Flicker by her grandmother is of Swedish stock. The old grandmother wants better than a shack on these beautiful Outer B...
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cena:
149,96 zł |