wyszukanych pozycji: 33
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Exercises in Style
ISBN: 9780811207898 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "A work of genius in a brilliant translation by Barbara Wright....Endlessly fascinating and very funny." --Philip Pullman
"A work of genius in a brilliant translation by Barbara Wright....Endlessly fascinating and very funny." --Philip Pullman
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62,19 |
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The Blue Flowers
ISBN: 9780811227926 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Blue Flowers follows two unlikely characters: Cidrolin, who alternates between drinking and napping on a barge parked along the Seine in the 1960s, and the Duke d’Auge as he rages through history—about 700 years of it—refusing to crusade, clobbering his king with a cannon, and dabbling in alchemy. But is it just a coincidence that the Duke appears only when Cidrolin is dozing? And vice versa? As Raymond Queneau explains: “There is an old Chinese saying: ‘I dream that I am a butterfly and pray there is a butterfly dreaming he is me.’ The same can be said of the characters in...
The Blue Flowers follows two unlikely characters: Cidrolin, who alternates between drinking and napping on a barge parked along the Seine in the 1960s...
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65,14 |
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The Flight of Icarus: Novel
ISBN: 9780811204835 / Angielski / Miękka / 1973 / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau's work in fiction continues to defy strict categorization. The Flight of Icarus (Le Vol d'lcare) is his only novel written in the form of a play: seventy-four short scenes, complete with stage directions. Consciously parodying Pirandello and Robbe-Grillet, it begins with a novelist's discovery that his principal character, Icarus by name, has vanished. This, in turn, sets off a rash of other such disappearances. Before long, a number of desperate authors are found in...
Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau's work in fiction continue...
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49,22 |
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First Book of Grabinoulor
ISBN: 9781564782458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. -- First paperback edition.
-- Formally inventive and utterly joyous, Grabinoulor recounts the fantastic adventures of its light-hearted, satyric, eponymous hero as he visits other planets, time travels, and finds poetry everywhere he goes. -- Grabinoulor has been praised highly by authors as diverse as Apollinaire, Celine, and Queneau. -- Albert-Birot founded and edited one of the first avant-garde book reviews, SIC, which published the futurists, the Dadaists, and the Surrealists. Grabinoulor was first published in its pages. -- First U.S. edition by Dalkey Archive ('87). -- First paperback edition.
-- Formally inventive and utterly joyous, Grabinoulor recounts the fantastic adventures of its light-hearted, satyric, ... |
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42,08 |
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The Pyramid Waltz
ISBN: 9781602827417 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To most, Princess Katya Nar Umbriel is a rogue and a layabout; she parties, she hunts and she breaks women's hearts. But when the festival lights go down and the palace slumbers, Katya chases traitors to the crown and protects the kingdom's greatest secret: the royal Umbriels are part Fiend. When Katya thwarts an attempt to expose the king's monstrous side, she uncovers a plot to let the Fiends out to play.
Starbride has no interest in being a courtier. Ignoring her mother's order to snare an influential spouse, she comes to court only to study law. But a flirtatious rake of a princess... To most, Princess Katya Nar Umbriel is a rogue and a layabout; she parties, she hunts and she breaks women's hearts. But when the festival lights go d...
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76,67 |
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Anna's Song
ISBN: 9781466302464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. ANNA EBBESSEN grew up in a soddy her father homesteaded after the 1893 Cherokee Strip land-run. At barely seventeen, her mother insists that she leave home to seek a better life. Anna feels guilty about leaving her mother with her abusive, drunken father, but when given the opportunity to work as a hired girl for the Muellers, she decides to go even though it is many miles from her home. The Muellers' modern farm has many conveniences and their lifestyle is vastly different from what Anna has experienced. In their home for the first time she hears the Bible read, she learns about salvation...
ANNA EBBESSEN grew up in a soddy her father homesteaded after the 1893 Cherokee Strip land-run. At barely seventeen, her mother insists that she leave...
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60,49 |
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Growing Toward God: Life Lessons Inspired by the Wonderful Words of Kids
ISBN: 9780825441868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." (Mark 10:14 NIV)
Four-year-old Benjamin pressed his nose against the airplane window and searched the sky. "What are you looking for?" his mom asked back. Without glancing up he answered, "For heaven, where God lives." This unique devotional takes its inspiration from the innocent and earnest words of children. Pairing heartwarming anecdotes with Scripture, Growing Towards God is a wonderful reflection for mothers and grandmothers, reminding readers of the wisdom we hear... "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." (Mark 10:14 NIV)
Four-year-old Benj... |
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51,82 |
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Everything Beautiful: Perspectives for Your Daily Life
ISBN: 9781480846968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
63,80 |
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Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practices
ISBN: 9780784414811 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Sponsored by the Committee on Sustainability of the American Society of Civil Engineers.Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practices is a comprehensive resource for sustainable engineering methods throughout the lifecycle of infrastructure projects and systems. As stewards of the nation's infrastructure, civil engineers are called to lead and advocate for sustainable design, programs, and development. This book provides the tools to support engineers in this effort.Drawing on the expertise of more than 40 authors, this book is divided in to four topic areas. First,...
Sponsored by the Committee on Sustainability of the American Society of Civil Engineers.Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practi...
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473,06 |
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Party Everywhere
ISBN: 9780976079392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
57,65 |
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How Dictatorships Work: Power, Personalization, and Collapse
ISBN: 9781107535954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.
This book explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.
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113,67 |
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How Dictatorships Work: Power, Personalization, and Collapse
ISBN: 9781107115828 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.
This book explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.
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417,11 |
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Gazing on the Deep: Near Eastern and Other Studies in Honor of Tzvi Abusch
ISBN: 9781934309261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 684 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
231,55 |