wyszukanych pozycji: 18
From Albania to Sicily
ISBN: 9781291980684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Albanian communities have been in existence in Sicily for over 500 years. Albanians have been living in Sicily since the 15th century. They have preserved their language and and traditions that pre-date the arrival of the Ottomans in the Balkans. This volume is about the descendants of the Albanians who left their Balkan homelands when they were invaded by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th century. Known as the Arbereshe in Sicily and the other parts of Italy where they settled, many of the descendants of these refugees have managed to continue their Albanian traditions, culture, and language...
Albanian communities have been in existence in Sicily for over 500 years. Albanians have been living in Sicily since the 15th century. They have prese...
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94,51 zł |
SCRABBLE WITH SLIVOVITZ - Once upon a time in Yugoslavia
ISBN: 9781291457599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Adam Yamey visited Yugoslavia frequently over a period of more than 20 years. He criss-crossed the country from north to south and east to west. During his travels, he stood in the footsteps of Archduke Ferdinand's assassin in Sarajevo and those of Emperor Diocletian in Split, ate Chinese food in Novi Sad and offal at Rtanj, and also played Scrabble with Yugoslavs all over Serbia. In this profusely illustrated, trail of memories, the author describes the friendships that he made with Yugoslavs all over the country, and how these led to his deeper understanding of, and love for their country....
Adam Yamey visited Yugoslavia frequently over a period of more than 20 years. He criss-crossed the country from north to south and east to west. Durin...
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78,19 zł |
Beneath a Wide Sky: Hampstead and Its Environs
ISBN: 9798407539520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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62,01 zł |
Rediscovering Albania
ISBN: 9781326807108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Adam YameyOs informative travelogue offers a new and interesting look at Albania: its valiant people, its intriguing history, its wonderful landscapes, and its myriad attractions. The author, who first visited the country in 1984 when it was ruled by a Stalinist dictatorship, rediscovers Albania now that it has become a democracy. Profusely illustrated, Rediscovering Albania introduces one of EuropeOs lesser-known countries.
Adam YameyOs informative travelogue offers a new and interesting look at Albania: its valiant people, its intriguing history, its wonderful landscapes...
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95,49 zł |
Rogue of Rouxville
ISBN: 9781471790317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Jakob Klein, who is desperately trying to earn enough to look after his young family, gets into bad trouble with the law and is thrown into jail, awaiting trial by the highest court in the land. His family have been forced to flee from their home in Rouxville, leaving him to an uncertain fate. Set in the wilds of southern Africa in the 1870s, this adventure is inspired by reality. Follow Jakob's fortunes and misfortunes in this exciting tale of debt and deception.
Jakob Klein, who is desperately trying to earn enough to look after his young family, gets into bad trouble with the law and is thrown into jail, awai...
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95,63 zł |
Going Without the Flow: Prostrate with a prostate
ISBN: 9781326894948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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31,82 zł |
Travels Through Gujarat, Daman, and Diu
ISBN: 9780244407988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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127,69 zł |
Between Olympus and Aegean
ISBN: 9781291882681 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Ants, bacon, collagen, and chlorine. These are not the first words that usually spring to mind when thinking about summers in Greece. The holidays that Adam Yamey spent in this country in the 1970s and 1980s with the professor and his wife were far from ordinary. This book provides an affectionate portrait of two remarkable people with whom the author spent many unconventional vacations. It also describes how the author travelled with them through a Europe which has undergone many transformations since these trips were made. Adam's book is richly illustrated with his own photographs, many of...
Ants, bacon, collagen, and chlorine. These are not the first words that usually spring to mind when thinking about summers in Greece. The holidays tha...
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69,11 zł |
Albania on My Mind
ISBN: 9781291111477 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The people of Albania achieved independence in 1912, having endured several centuries of Ottoman domination. After the First World War, they lived under a series of dictatorships beginning with that of King Zog. He was followed by Mussolini, and then by Hitler. They were 'liberated' by the Communist partisans at the end of the Second World War, only to be subjected to yet another dictatorship. This was led by Enver Hoxha. During his 30 year 'reign' Albania became even more impenetrable to outside observers than North Korea is today. In this book about Albania, published to celebrate 100 years...
The people of Albania achieved independence in 1912, having endured several centuries of Ottoman domination. After the First World War, they lived und...
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39,88 zł |
Aliwal
ISBN: 9781446183229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Bergmann (c1830-1866) was the earliest of my blood relatives to reach what is now South Africa, and one of the first Jews to settle there. He arrived in Cape Town in 1849, having set out from his birthplace in revolution-torn Bavaria several months earlier. Despite becoming very successful as a merchant in the frontier town of Aliwal North and his happy marriage to Jenny, the daughter of a Frankfurt banker, his life ended in tragedy. Fact and fiction are woven together in my historical adventure "ALIWAL" the story of the life of a pioneer in Africa.
Henry Bergmann (c1830-1866) was the earliest of my blood relatives to reach what is now South Africa, and one of the first Jews to settle there. He ar...
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84,06 zł |
Charlie Chaplin Waved to Me
ISBN: 9781291845051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) ONLY read this book if nostalgia and fascinating tales of travel appeal to you.
Adam Yameys coming-of-age stories are set in three continents during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. They explore a wide selection of topics ranging from St John the Baptists index finger to John F Kennedys untimely death, from Archimedes bath to Pearl Harbor, from Mozart to Mussolini, and much more. The reader will encounter many celebrities including artists, economists, musicians, philosophers, and millionaires, as well as a US politician and a judge. Join the author on a series of memorable and sometimes unusual... ONLY read this book if nostalgia and fascinating tales of travel appeal to you.
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100,87 zł |
IDEAS, BOMBS, and BULLETS
ISBN: 9780244203870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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79,60 zł |
Indian Freedom Fighters in London (1905-1910)
ISBN: 9780244270711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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52,69 zł |
Exodus to Africa
ISBN: 9781326302429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From Mosenthal to Mandela ... ... a FRESH look at the story of the Jews in South Africa . Jewish migration to South Africa began as a trickle at the beginning of the 19th century and became an exodus by its end. Always a minority in the European population of what eventually became South Africa, the Jews who emigrated there from Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries have played a disproportionately large role in the country's development. Often escaping from repression and hostility in Europe, they arrived in a country which was no stranger to oppression. From the jail-breaker to the...
From Mosenthal to Mandela ... ... a FRESH look at the story of the Jews in South Africa . Jewish migration to South Africa began as a trickle at the b...
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111,42 zł |
Golders Green & Hampstead Garden Suburb: Visions of Arcadia
ISBN: 9798356367137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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59,15 zł |
Born in Breslau: A Jewish Scholar in Prussia
ISBN: 9780244660666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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47,69 zł |
Soap to Senate: A German Jew at the Dawn of Apartheid
ISBN: 9781326617127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) **A new insight into the genesis of apartheid** Franz Ginsberg left Germany in 1880. He settled in South Africa as an 18-year-old photographer, escaping the restrictions on Jews, only to adopt a homeland with escalating restrictions on 'black' and other
**A new insight into the genesis of apartheid** Franz Ginsberg left Germany in 1880. He settled in South Africa as an 18-year-old photographer, escapi...
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175,72 zł |
Between Two Islands: Julia Margaret Cameron and Her Circle
ISBN: 9798389071070 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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38,06 zł |