wyszukanych pozycji: 11
The Blind Man's Garden
ISBN: 9780571287949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Love is not consolation, it is light.' From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes a searing, exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11 - a story of war, of one family's losses, and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses. Jeo and Mikal, foster-brothers from a small Pakistani city, secretly enter Afghanistan: not to fight with the Taliban, but to help and care for wounded civilians. But it soon becomes apparent that good intentions can't keep them out of harm's way...From the wilds of Afghanistan to the heart of the family left behind -...
Love is not consolation, it is light.' From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes a searing, exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanis...
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40,69 zł |
The Wasted Vigil
ISBN: 9780307388742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In The Wasted Vigil, Nadeem Aslam, the award-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, brilliantly knits together five seemingly unconnected lives to create a luminous story set in contemporary Afghanistan.There s Marcus, an English expat who was married to an outspoken Afghani doctor; David, a former American spy; Lara, from St. Petersburg, looking for traces of her brother, a Russian soldier who disappeared years before; Casa, a young Afghani whose hatred of the Americans has plunged him into the blinding depths of zealotry; and James, an American Special Forces soldier....
In The Wasted Vigil, Nadeem Aslam, the award-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, brilliantly knits together five seemingly unconnec...
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100,22 zł |
The Golden Legend
ISBN: 9780571330744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis' life begins to crumble around her. Her husband is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can confess to him her secret. The author reflects on Pakistan's past and present in a single mirror - a story of corruption, resilience, and the hope that only love and the human spirit can offer.
When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis' life begins to crumble around her. Her husband is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can...
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64,71 zł |
The Wasted Vigil
ISBN: 9780571238804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A Russian woman named Lara arrives in Afghanistan at the house of Marcus Caldwell, an Englishman and widower living in the shadow of the Tora Bora mountains. Marcus' daughter, Zameen, may have known Lara's brother, a Soviet soldier who disappeared in the area many years previously.
A Russian woman named Lara arrives in Afghanistan at the house of Marcus Caldwell, an Englishman and widower living in the shadow of the Tora Bora mou...
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55,97 zł |
Maps for Lost Lovers
ISBN: 9781400076970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. If Gabriel Garcia Marquez had chosen to write about Pakistani immigrants in England, he might have produced a novel as beautiful and devastating as Maps for Lost Lovers. Jugnu and Chanda have disappeared. Like thousands of people all over Enland, they were lovers and living together out of wedlock. To Chanda's family, however, the disgrace was unforgivable. Perhaps enough so as to warrant murder.As he explores the disappearance and its aftermath through the eyes of Jugnu's worldly older brother, Shamas, and his devout wife, Kaukab, Nadeem Aslam creates a closely observed and affecting...
If Gabriel Garcia Marquez had chosen to write about Pakistani immigrants in England, he might have produced a novel as beautiful and devastating as |
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82,79 zł |
Season of the Rainbirds
ISBN: 9780571313303 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A sack of letters lost in a train crash nineteen years previously has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a small town in Pakistan are waiting anxiously to see what long buried secrets will come to light. Could the letters have any bearing on Judge Anwar's murder?
A sack of letters lost in a train crash nineteen years previously has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a small town in Pakistan are wai...
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45,78 zł |
The Blind Man's Garden
ISBN: 9780345802859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A Publishers Weekly andKirkus Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly andKirkus Best Book of the Year |
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91,51 zł |
The Golden Legend
ISBN: 9780571330751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018For weeks, someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques, striking fear into the hearts of Christians and Muslims alike.
LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018For weeks, someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques, striking fear i...
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45,78 zł |
Environmental Impact Assesment for Dam Project
ISBN: 9783846557402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Study has revealed that proposed dam at Kachnauda, in District Lalitpur UP is more dominant over other aspects considered for correlation without causing any harm to the environment. The proposed Kachnauda Dam in District Lalitpur, which lies under semi-arid region, is a positive step by the state government as it would increase the Irrigation potential and Culturable Command Area (CCA) of this area. Results indicate that there will not be any adverse impact on ecology and environment following the construction of dam. It is also concluded that the construction of dam increases the regional...
Study has revealed that proposed dam at Kachnauda, in District Lalitpur UP is more dominant over other aspects considered for correlation without caus...
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221,75 zł |
Interferon Alpha and Ribavirin Induced Thyroid Dysfunction
ISBN: 9783847375135 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. According to WHO studies, approximately 170 million individuals of the world population are diagnosed to be infected with Hepatitis C virus. Unfortunately around 20 % of these patients experience progressive liver disease leading to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma over 20 to 40 years. Interferon-alpha and ribavirin combination therapy is the standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C. These drugs may trigger production of different types of non-specific and specific autoantibodies. Thyroid dysfunction, which has been reported to occur from 3.9-33.33%, is the most common autoimmune...
According to WHO studies, approximately 170 million individuals of the world population are diagnosed to be infected with Hepatitis C virus. Unfortuna...
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267,00 zł |
Socio-Economic Determinants of FDI - A Quantitative Analysis
ISBN: 9783659125911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral part of an open and effective international economic system and a major catalyst to development. Besides of being a pivotal part of an open and effective international economic system, the benefits of FDI are not distributed equally across different regions due to several reasons. Several problems, among which lies also the temporary ones like Militancy, extremism etc, have washed out the basin of FDI in Pakistan's economy.The current study aims at ascertaining the effect of social and economic indicators on FDI in Pakistan.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral part of an open and effective international economic system and a major catalyst to development. Beside...
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221,75 zł |