wyszukanych pozycji: 17
William S. Burroughs: A Life
ISBN: 9781780221205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It has been 50 years since Norman Mailer asserted, 'I think that William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.' This assessment holds true today. No-one since then has taken such risks in their writing, developed such individual radical political ideas, or spanned such a wide range of media - Burroughs has written novels, memoirs, technical manuals and poetry, he has painted, made collages, taken thousands of photographs, made visual scrapbooks, produced hundreds of hours of experimental tapes, acted in movies and recorded more CDs...
It has been 50 years since Norman Mailer asserted, 'I think that William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be p...
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92,95 zł |
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
ISBN: 9780805052497 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 696 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. During the past year Paul McCartney has been in the public's eye more than at any time since the peak of Beatlemania over thirty years ago. His fans have been treated to the best-selling Flaming Pie and Standing Stone albums, a full hour of Paul on "Oprah," and this thoughtful and comprehensive biography that brings us closer to the man than ever before. Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews over a period of five years, and with complete access to Paul's own archives, Barry Miles has succeeded in letting Paul tell the story of his life as a Beatle in his own words. It includes... During the past year Paul McCartney has been in the public's eye more than at any time since the peak of Beatlemania over thirty years ago. His fan... |
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163,55 zł |
Charles Bukowski
ISBN: 9780753518182 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Thelife story of theliterary iconTime magazine called the"laureate of American low-life"
In this definitive biography celebratedBeathistorianBarry Miles turns his attention to the exploits ofthehard-drinking, belligerent wild man of literature. Having spoken with people close to Bukowski, he offers a full examination of Bukowski's extensive writings, which chronicled the seedy underside of the city in which he spent most of his life, Los Angeles. Miles discusses his influences and writing life. Bukowski's heroes were the panhandlers, hustlers, drunks, and hookers; his... Thelife story of theliterary iconTime magazine called the"laureate of American low-life"
In this definitive biography celebratedB... |
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87,48 zł |
Cemeteries of the City of Hampton, Virginia, Formerly Elizabeth City County
ISBN: 9780788444623 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Edited by James H. Mero and Joseph A. Atkins. The first settlement of Kecoughtan, now Hampton, was established in 1610. The earliest names in this work are contained in "A List of the Dead in Virginia since April Last (April 1622) Feby 16th 1623 At Eliz
Edited by James H. Mero and Joseph A. Atkins. The first settlement of Kecoughtan, now Hampton, was established in 1610. The earliest names in this wor...
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173,58 zł |
William Burroughs : El Hombre Invisible
ISBN: 9780753507070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Miles familiarizes even old close readers with a fine map of Burroughs' mind." --Allen Ginsberg Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher and elder statesman to Jack Kracouac, Allen Ginsberg, and the Beats; anti-hero guru to each successive counter-culture generation--this is a portait of a man who remains one of the most complex and controversial American writers of the 20th century. After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, he moved to Tangier where he lived in male brothel and wrote his celebrated bestseller Naked Lunch--in...
"Miles familiarizes even old close readers with a fine map of Burroughs' mind." --Allen Ginsberg Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crus...
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87,48 zł |
Allen Ginsberg : Beat Poet
ISBN: 9780753522523 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A new preface by the author updates this reissue of a seminal biography of the counter culture icon, by a luminary of the 1960s underground Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. Following Ginsberg's death in 1997, Barry Miles has drawn on both his long friendship with the poet and on Ginsberg's journals and correspondence to produce an immensely detailed and fascinating account of one of the 20th century's most extraordinary poets.
A new preface by the author updates this reissue of a seminal biography of the counter culture icon, by a luminary of the 1960s underground All...
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98,42 zł |
Jack Kerouac : King Of The Beats
ISBN: 9780753500590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In conformist 1950s America, Jack Kerouac's On the Road was greeted with dismay by the traditionalists and with delirium by those who craved the freedom he symbolized and the universe he created. Ever since, his hunt for the big experience and his longing for greatness have turned him into an icon. Barry Miles, a friend of Kerouac's, provides a portrait of this complex figure whose joyous incoherence, drug-induced ecstasy, genuine mysticism and constant craving has inspired many to take to the road.
In conformist 1950s America, Jack Kerouac's On the Road was greeted with dismay by the traditionalists and with delirium by those who craved the freed...
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92,95 zł |
Cemeteries of the City of Newport News, Formerly Warwick County, Virginia
ISBN: 9780788443961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Prepared under the direction of the Hugh S. Watson Jr. Genealogical Society of Virginia, a priceless collection of rapidly vanishing tombstone inscriptions which date from the 1600s to the present. In addition to the inscriptions, this work provides histo
Prepared under the direction of the Hugh S. Watson Jr. Genealogical Society of Virginia, a priceless collection of rapidly vanishing tombstone inscrip...
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130,18 zł |
On the Confessions as 'Confessio': A Reader's Guide
ISBN: 9781350203242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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135,07 zł |
Winter War: Aftermath of Disaster Book 4
ISBN: 9781950550029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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54,20 zł |
Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia, 1854-1895 (Recorded in Licenses & Ministers' Returns)
ISBN: 9780788406805 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book contains the 6,225 marriages listed in the Accomack County, Virginia, Marriage Register No. 3, labeled 1854-1896. Marriage dates range from 8 July 1852 to 29 December 1895 with certificate return dates from 30 January 1854 to 31 December 1895. T
This book contains the 6,225 marriages listed in the Accomack County, Virginia, Marriage Register No. 3, labeled 1854-1896. Marriage dates range from ...
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192,86 zł |
Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Volume 1
ISBN: 9781680347333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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115,72 zł |
Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Volume 2
ISBN: 9781680347340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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135,01 zł |
Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspond
ISBN: 9780061137457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece—an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century. This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process—as well as a treasure trove of anecdotes, an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques, and a veritable social history of the 1950s. First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece—an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame c... |
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98,97 zł |
Tombstone Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia
ISBN: 9780788414466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Gives almost 15,000 inscriptions from 333 grave sites, which are believed to be all that still exist in the upper half of the county. Death dates range from 1709 to 1994. Entries include Caucasian and African American burials. All inscriptions give birth
Gives almost 15,000 inscriptions from 333 grave sites, which are believed to be all that still exist in the upper half of the county. Death dates rang...
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156,70 zł |
Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1800-1860
ISBN: 9780788415074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book starts where Stratton Nottingham left off in his Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800. It ends with an administration recorded 30 January 1860 and a will probated 28 January 1861. It also contains a listing of the administrations contained in County Order Book, 1786-1787, which was omitted from Nottingham's book. In addition to the wills and administrations, as contained in Nottingham's book, this compilation also contains brief abstracts of the estate inventories, sales, audits and settlements recorded in the higher court (district, superior and circuit...
This book starts where Stratton Nottingham left off in his Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800. It ends with an administ...
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327,87 zł |
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
ISBN: 9780802122070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volumethat contains final-draft typescripts, numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by Burroughs, his own later introductions to the book, and his essay on psychoactive drugsis a valuable and fresh experience of a novel that has lost none of its relevance or...
Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influe...
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73,19 zł |