wyszukanych pozycji: 1200
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The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective
ISBN: 9780822318606 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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428,06 |
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The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective
ISBN: 9780822318651 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this second edition of "The Repeating Island," Antonio Benitez-Rojo, a master of the historical novel, short story, and critical essay, continues to confront the legacy and myths of colonialism. This co-winner of the 1993 MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize has been expanded to include three entirely new chapters that add a Lacanian perspective and a view of the carnivalesque to an already brilliant interpretive study of Caribbean culture. As he did in the first edition, Benitez-Rojo redefines the Caribbean by drawing on history, economics, sociology, cultural anthropology, psychoanalysis,...
In this second edition of "The Repeating Island," Antonio Benitez-Rojo, a master of the historical novel, short story, and critical essay, continues t...
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114,43 |
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Sea of Lentils
ISBN: 9780870237546 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'Benitez-Rojo 'plays upon Spanish-American history rousingly, with an incessant hail of luminous, violent imagery and an unmistakable indignation...He writes wonderfully, with life, edge, and the density of a poem...With the semi-millennial anniversary of Columbus's landfall almost upon us, this novel makes us sorry that America was discovered.' --John Updike, New Yorker
'Benitez-Rojo 'plays upon Spanish-American history rousingly, with an incessant hail of luminous, violent imagery and an unmistakable indignation...He...
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104,48 |
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Lady Mechanika 5
ISBN: 9788025740163 / Czeski / 2023 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Nejznámější steampunková hrdina se vydává do Španělska, aby vyřešila případ ještě podivnější než všechny předchozí. Mladého dědice panství totiž posedl démon a při jeho vymítání upadl do kómatu. Vše je ale ještě podezřelejší, než to na první pohled vypadá. Lady Mechanika musí z jednotlivých dílků sestavit celou skládanku, v níž má svou roli prastará magie jižní Ameriky, nadpřirození krvesajové, předsudky a hlavně láska. Lady Mechanika ale musí zachovat chladnou hlavu a rozhodnout se, na čí stranu se postaví. A když bude mít...
Nejznámější steampunková hrdina se vydává do Španělska, aby vyřešila případ ještě podivnější než všechny předchozí. Mladého dě...
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134,70 |
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Lady Mechanika
ISBN: 9788025734704 / Czeski / 2021 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Nejslavnější komiksová hrdinka steampunku se představuje českým čtenářům. Británie nabrala v 19. století ve vývoji poněkud jiný kurz a věda vládne celému společenství. Vzduch brázdí nejpodivnější letouny, nejmodernější města oplývají úchvatnou hromadnou dopravou a všichni znají krásnou a nebezpečnou Lady Mechaniku – napůl ženu, napůl stroj. Jinou takovou hříčku vědy a přírody svět neviděl. Až do chvíle, kdy se na nádraží objeví další napůl mechanická dívka v naprosto zuboženém stavu. Lady Mechanika se okamžitě pouští do...
Nejslavnější komiksová hrdinka steampunku se představuje českým čtenářům. Británie nabrala v 19. století ve vývoji poněkud jiný kurz a...
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125,51 |
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Petal Storm
ISBN: 9781539413769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
41,19 |
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë
ISBN: 9781540374288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bronte. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontes' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication. The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events leading to his meeting his wife. A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son...
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bronte. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton ...
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The Weight of All Things
ISBN: 9780786887033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Bentez's third novel seamlessly blends fact with imagination, evoking the trauma of war more vividly than any newspaper account . . . beautifully illuminating." (Publishers Weekly starred review)
Sandra Bentez received international acclaim for her first two novels: A Place Where the Sea Remembers ("A quietly stunning work that leaves soft tracks in the heart" --Washington Post Book World) and Bitter Grounds ("The kind of book that fills your dreams for weeks" --Isabel Allende). Now she returns with an unforgettable tale of life in war-torn El... "Bentez's third novel seamlessly blends fact with imagination, evoking the trauma of war more vividly than any newspaper account . . . beautifully ill...
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78,50 |
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The God of His Fathers: : Tales of the Klondyke
ISBN: 9781981291137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
62,88 |
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How To Become A God For Beginners
ISBN: 9781477419342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Are you still trying to manifest things out of thin air using metaphysics without positive results? Are you trying to make money in this lousy economy and don't have time for an education? Are you tired of not having things go your way? Are you tired of always dealing with bad luck? Then look no further. It's taken me 10 years of trial and error to figure out a way to be able to manifest things 100% of the time guaranteed. And the best part is you don't have to change what you're doing, just change the way you LOOK at what you're doing
Are you still trying to manifest things out of thin air using metaphysics without positive results? Are you trying to make money in this lousy economy...
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32,78 |
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La Reunión de Los Dioses
ISBN: 9781500686017 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2014 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Si bien La reunion de los dioses retorna personajes y situaciones de un libro de cuentos del ano 1991, la proyeccion es mucho mas amplia y universal. Novela engendrada con una estructura sinaptica, donde cada capitulo adquiere la jerarquia de un relato independiente; el sentido general se sintetiza en una faena estricta de la memoria testimonial; circunstancia en un grupo de individuos en una Cuba que, desde mediados de 1959, cambio todos los ejes sociales y politicos. Cada persona constituye un paralelogramo de conductas que tienen como resultante todas las interrogantes sabidas de la...
Si bien La reunion de los dioses retorna personajes y situaciones de un libro de cuentos del ano 1991, la proyeccion es mucho mas amplia y universal. ...
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Villette Charlotte Brontë
ISBN: 9781540362377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Bronte. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Bronte's fourth novel; it was preceded by and is a reworking of the posthumously published The Professor, her first novel, and then by Jane Eyre and Shirley."
is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Bronte. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native ...
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186,59 |
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Night of the Radishes
ISBN: 9781401307820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Annie Rush has it all. A loving husband, adoring sons, an interesting job. But tragedy haunts her. Her identical twin sister died in a horrifying farm accident when the girls were nine years old, and in the wake of the grief and guilt that followed, her older brother left home for good. The death of her mother prompts Annie to seek her brother and revisit her long-lost past. Her search takes her to Oaxaca, where her brother was last seen, during the vibrant Christmas celebrations and the colorful Night of the Radishes festival; and ultimately, deep within herself.
Annie Rush has it all. A loving husband, adoring sons, an interesting job. But tragedy haunts her. Her identical twin sister died in a horrifying farm...
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86,35 |
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Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty Charles Dickens
ISBN: 9781540736505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels (the other was The Old Curiosity Shop) that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840-1841) weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock. Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. Barnaby Rudge was the fifth of Dickens' novels to be published. It had originally been planned to appear as his first, but changes of publisher led to many delays, and it first appeared in serial form in the Clock from February to...
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudg...
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120,60 |
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Miracles Of Our Lord George MacDonald
ISBN: 9781548598037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
62,88 |
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Unplugged: 30 Days to Digital Detox
ISBN: 9798345138250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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41,19 |
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Adventures of a Telegraph Boy or 'Number 91' Horatio Alger, Jr.
ISBN: 9781540338341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 1909. Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves in order to achieve the American Dream. This theme resonates throughout his numerous writings. When his father dies suddenly, Frank Kavanaugh is forced to live with his uncle and aunt. Unwilling to support Frank, his uncle urges him to move out. Frank decides to move to New York City where he works in a variety of positions, eventually becoming a Telegraph Boy. On one of his assignments he is asked to work as an errand boy for an...
1909. Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advanc...
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Theo. A Sprightly Love Story Frances Hodgson Burnett
ISBN: 9781540651907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A heavy curtain of yellow fog rolled and drifted over the waste of beach, and rolled and drifted over the sea, and beneath the curtain the tide was coming in at Downport, and two pair of eyes were watching it. Both pair of eyes watched it from the same place, namely, from the shabby sitting-room of the shabby residence of David North, Esq., lawyer, and both watched it without any motive, it seemed, unless that the dull gray waves and their dull moaning were not out of accord with the watchers' feelings. One pair of eyes-a youthful, discontented black pair-watched it steadily, never turning...
A heavy curtain of yellow fog rolled and drifted over the waste of beach, and rolled and drifted over the sea, and beneath the curtain the tide was co...
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The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare Gilbert Keith Chesterton
ISBN: 9781542576215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
67,00 |
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The Art of Surveillance: A Complete Worldwide Guide for Everyone
ISBN: 9798326835864 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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96,56 |