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The Former World
ISBN: 9780988356757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A novel about love and independence in 19th century Denmark by award-winning author Barbara Sjoholm. The story of the sisters, Nik and Maj, begun in Fossil Island, continues in this equally engaging sequel. Now sixteen, Nik resumes her relationship with the passionate musician Carl Nielsen, who returns once more for a summer visit to her provincial village. Maj finds a teaching job, but her mother hasn't given up the idea her eldest daughter will marry and forget about her close friend Eva Sandstrom. Taking place over the course of two dramatic years, the sisters' lives will be utterly...
A novel about love and independence in 19th century Denmark by award-winning author Barbara Sjoholm. The story of the sisters, Nik and Maj, begun in F...
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77,87 zł |
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Fossil Island
ISBN: 9780988356740 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the award-winning author of The Palace of the Snow Queen comes a novel about love and independence in 19th century Denmark. Inspired by the relationship between the composer Carl Nielsen and the artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt, Fossil Island tells the story of two sisters: Nik is a fourteen-year-old tomboy who spends her time fossilizing on the nearby island of Fur. Her older sister Maj is studying to be a teacher, along with her best friend, the fiery Eva Sandstrom. During the summer of 1887, their Aunt Marie introduces into the family a handsome young musician of twenty-two....
From the award-winning author of The Palace of the Snow Queen comes a novel about love and independence in 19th century Denmark. Inspired by the relat...
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77,87 zł |
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Black Fox: A Life of Emilie Demant Hatt, Artist and Ethnographer
ISBN: 9780299315504 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1904 a young Danish woman met a Sami wolf hunter on a train in Sweden. This chance encounter transformed the lives of artist Emilie Demant and the hunter, Johan Turi. In 1907-8 Demant went to live with Sami families in their tents and on migrations, later writing a lively account of her experiences. She collaborated with Turi on his book about his people. On her own and later with her husband Gudmund Hatt, she roamed on foot through Sami regions as an ethnographer and folklorist. As an artist, she created many striking paintings with Sami motifs. Her exceptional life and relationships come...
In 1904 a young Danish woman met a Sami wolf hunter on a train in Sweden. This chance encounter transformed the lives of artist Emilie Demant and the ...
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151,19 zł |
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The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea
ISBN: 9781580051095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the notorious Grace O'Malley, a scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish clan chieftain and pirate queen was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, and a figure whose life is the stuff of myth. Regularly raiding English ships caught off Ireland's west coast, O'Malley purportedly fought off fierce Algerian pirates just hours after giving birth to her son. She commanded two hundred men (and a couple of husbands), and acquired lands and castles that still dot the Irish coastline today. But O'Malley was not alone, especially in...
The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the notorious Grace O'Malley, a scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish cl...
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119,86 zł |
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The Palace of the Snow Queen
ISBN: 9781517915148 / Miękka / 2023 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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78,06 zł |
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Steady as She Goes: Women's Adventures at Sea
ISBN: 9781580050944 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Veteran seafarers and anyone who has dreamed of running away to sea in her very own boat or simply savored the smell of the salty air on the water's edge will be inspired by this well-crafted and varied collection. Steady as She Goes is both a testament to women's enduring relationship with the sea and a gripping and illuminating read. Whether commercial fishing in Alaska's unforgiving waters, racing tall ships off the coast of Australia, kayaking in the enchanting Sea of Cortez, or learning the antiquated mechanics of a New York City fireboat, these women work and play at sea, spinning...
Veteran seafarers and anyone who has dreamed of running away to sea in her very own boat or simply savored the smell of the salty air on the water's e...
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95,13 zł |
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From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture
ISBN: 9781517911973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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145,74 zł |
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Incognito Street: How Travel Made Me a Writer
ISBN: 9781580051729 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Barbara Sjoholm arrived in London in the winter of 1970 at the age of twenty. Like countless young Americans in that tumultuous time, she wanted to leave a country at war and explore Europe; a small inheritance from her grandmother gave her the opportunity.Over the next three years, she lived in Barcelona, hitchhiked around Spain, and studied at the University of Granada. She managed a sourvenir shop in the Norwegian mountains and worked as a dishwasher on the Norwegian Coastal Steamer.Set on becoming a writer, she read everything from Colette to Dickens to Borges, changing her style and her...
Barbara Sjoholm arrived in London in the winter of 1970 at the age of twenty. Like countless young Americans in that tumultuous time, she wanted to le...
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95,13 zł |
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67,64 zł |
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Clearing Out
ISBN: 9781517906528 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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104,09 zł |
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By the Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends
ISBN: 9781517904579 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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93,67 zł |
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By the Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends
ISBN: 9781517904586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The first English publication of Sami folktales from Scandinavia collected and illustrated in the early twentieth century Although versions of tales about wizards and magical reindeer from northern Scandinavia are found in European folk and fairytale collections, stories told by the indigenous Nordic Sami themselves are rare in English translation. The stories in By the Fire, collected by the Danish artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt (1873-1958) during her travels in the early twentieth century among the nomadic Sami in Swedish Sapmi, are the exception-and a matchless pleasure,...
The first English publication of Sami folktales from Scandinavia collected and illustrated in the early twentieth century Although versions of t...
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72,85 zł |
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So Much to Be Done: The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner
ISBN: 9780816699438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "What kind of cancer is it?" was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His answer: "You don't need to know that." Wrong response. Brenner, who was already an activist, made knowing her business and spreading knowledge her mission. The power behind Breast Cancer Action(R) and its transformative Think Before You Pink campaign, Barbara Brenner brought an abundance of wit, courage, and clarity to the cause and forever changed the conversation. What had been construed as an individual crisis could now be seen for what it... "What kind of cancer is it?" was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His a... |
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348,86 zł |
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So Much to Be Done: The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner
ISBN: 9780816699445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "What kind of cancer is it?" was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His answer: "You don't need to know that." Wrong response. Brenner, who was already an activist, made knowing her business and spreading knowledge her mission. The power behind Breast Cancer Action(R) and its transformative Think Before You Pink campaign, Barbara Brenner brought an abundance of wit, courage, and clarity to the cause and forever changed the conversation. What had been construed as an individual crisis could now be seen for what it... "What kind of cancer is it?" was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His a... |
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93,67 zł |
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Pictures of Longing: Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration
ISBN: 9781517901998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Originally published: Oslo: SAP, c2009 under title: Lengselens bilder.
Originally published: Oslo: SAP, c2009 under title: Lengselens bilder.
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124,92 zł |
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