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Roman Catholics and Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, and Politics
ISBN: 9780807854990 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. i"
This timely work explores two influential religious traditions that might seem to have little in common: Twelver Shi'i Islam and Roman Catholicism. With the worldwide rise of religious fundamentalism, it is imperative that religious movements such as Christianity and Islam begin working harder to understand one another's history and beliefs. Myths and misunderstandings continue to prevail, and observers tend to focus on the differences between the two faith systems. Without denying these differences, the authors of this book reveal a number of interesting linkages between... i"
This timely work explores two influential religious traditions that might seem to have little in common: Twelver Shi'i Islam and Roman Catholi... |
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Halo Parade: A Harpur & Iles Mystery
ISBN: 9780393318319 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First time in U.S. paperback, the third in Bill James's "standout," "witty," "well above the ordinary" series (starred reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist). When Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur places young policeman Ray Street undercover in a vicious drug gang, the entire department knows the risks. If Street is found out, he will take his place in "the halo parade." Then the killing of a fellow officer will have to be avenged, by whatever means . . .
First time in U.S. paperback, the third in Bill James's "standout," "witty," "well above the ordinary" series (starred reviews, Publishers Weekly, Boo...
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Hotbed
ISBN: 9780881509502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For years drug baron Ralph Ember has run his crooked enterprises peacefully enough alongside those of his rival, Mansel Shale. Their empires have been tolerated by Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles as a way of keeping violence off the streets. But are things changing? Karl Marx s bleak theory that all capitalists including drug tycoons lust for monopoly seems to be coming true. Do Ember and Shale long for sole control of the trade and the profits? Ember fears that Shale now wants to kill him and take over his firm. Shale, on the other hand, is about to get remarried and believing in...
For years drug baron Ralph Ember has run his crooked enterprises peacefully enough alongside those of his rival, Mansel Shale. Their empires have been...
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185,02 |
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Lovely Mover
ISBN: 9780393320343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Rivals ACC Desmond Iles and DCI Colin Harpur are confronted with a murder that threatens to tip the dangerous balance among the drug barons and the police.
Rivals ACC Desmond Iles and DCI Colin Harpur are confronted with a murder that threatens to tip the dangerous balance among the drug barons and the po...
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90,52 |
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In Good Hands: A Harpur & Iles Mystery
ISBN: 9780393322453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Fear grips the drug underworld after two principals in the trade are murdered, and even ACC Desmond Iles is under a cloud of suspicion. Now the chief players start closing in on a fortune, while Iles, Chief Constable Mark Lane, and Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur plunge into their own fierce struggle to control the game.
Fear grips the drug underworld after two principals in the trade are murdered, and even ACC Desmond Iles is under a cloud of suspicion. Now the chief ...
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Financial Metrics: What are the key financial metrics for your business
ISBN: 9798849762654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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23,98 |
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The Lolita Man
ISBN: 9780393317824 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Five teenage girls have been raped and murdered, and the criminal is still at large. Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur, assigned to the case, is a tough hunter, but so is "the Lolita man", watching the schoolyards. Virtually obsessed with the urgency of the matter and hampered by bitter policy rivalry jeopardizing the case, Harpur decides to go it alone.
Five teenage girls have been raped and murdered, and the criminal is still at large. Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur, assigned to the case...
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74,77 |
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First Fix Your Alibi
ISBN: 9781780295664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. "This is another entertaining, laugh-out-loud, mesmerizing, and completely original installment in an excellent series"
Booklist Starred Review When a major drugs dealer seeks vengeance for the death of his family, policemen Harpur and Iles must do all they can to prevent a bloodbath Following the murder of his wife and son, tycoon drugs dealer Mansel Shale is determined to get vengeance and he wants another drugs baron, Ralph Ember, to help him. Having heard of the movie Strangers on a Train, in which two men agree to undertake each other s... "This is another entertaining, laugh-out-loud, mesmerizing, and completely original installment in an excellent series"
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71,57 |
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Easy Streets
ISBN: 9780881507041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. After a small-time criminal's house is firebombed, leaving the owner and his daughter dead, mistrust and uncertainty pervade the formerly well-managed streets: more drug dealers emerge and competition grows. With the failure of a once mutually beneficial relationship between cops and criminals, a battle for survival ensues. Bill James is a pointripe with humor, fast dialogue, and incisive wit, he offers entrance into the shocking and fascinating underbelly of a city and its inherent mysteries.
After a small-time criminal's house is firebombed, leaving the owner and his daughter dead, mistrust and uncertainty pervade the formerly well-managed...
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Top Banana
ISBN: 9780393319699 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When thirteen-year-old drug runner Mandy Walsh is killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs, the police at first think she was accidentally caught in the crossfire. But soon they learn that someone shot her intentionally, and as Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur looks deeper the case only gets more dangerous. For Chief Constable Mark Lane, a man almost paralyzed by the collapse of civilization he sees in the relentless drug wars, the only solution to the evil is for someone to infiltrate the gangs. His sardonic assistant chief, Desmond Iles, has another solution: let the...
When thirteen-year-old drug runner Mandy Walsh is killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs, the police at first think she was accidentally caught...
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94,46 |
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Low Pastures
ISBN: 9781448305728 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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107,37 |
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I Am Gold: A Harpur & Iles Mystery
ISBN: 9780881509519 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A woman and her stepson are gunned down while driving to school on a quiet residential street. An former bodyguard kills himself by firing two pistols simultaneously. Was the killer really aft er the woman s husband, the notorious drug baron Mansel Shale? And what possible connection could Shale s collection of pre-Raphaelite works of art have to the killings? Nothing in Bill James s latest Harpur & Iles thriller is as it seems. When the police chase the shooting suspect into a busy second-hand shop the action quickly turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse standoff . As the siege unfolds, with...
A woman and her stepson are gunned down while driving to school on a quiet residential street. An former bodyguard kills himself by firing two pistols...
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Wolves of Memory
ISBN: 9780881507812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A large, carefully plotted "cash-in-transit" raid goes hopelessly awry when armed policemen intervene to seize the perpetrators. Relatives and friends of the incarcerated are convinced that information the date, the time was leaked by the only man to escape before his arrest. Deputy Constable Colin Harpur and Assistant Constable Desmond Iles are delegated the job of hiding and protecting the informant and his family."
A large, carefully plotted "cash-in-transit" raid goes hopelessly awry when armed policemen intervene to seize the perpetrators. Relatives and friends...
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Kill Me
ISBN: 9780393321661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "One of the most exquisitely sardonic stylists writing crime fiction today."--Richard Lopez, Washington Post Book World " A] black and zestful police series.... Matchless stuff by the genre's finest stylist."--Literary Review "One of the most exquisitely sardonic stylists writing crime fiction today."--Richard Lopez, Washington Post Book World "A tremendous writer. . . . Where else can you find a mystery series with as many layers of gorgeous stuff?"--Chicago Tribune "Bill James's Harpur and Iles books are deliciously unsavory.--John Harvey, "The Crime...
"One of the most exquisitely sardonic stylists writing crime fiction today."--Richard Lopez, Washington Post Book World " A] black and zestfu...
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Panicking Ralph
ISBN: 9780393323061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ralph Ember, owner of the shady drinking club The Monty, longs to be respectable. The trouble is, his money comes from big-time drug dealing, where reputations are dubious and the risks are truly murderous. No wonder he's nicknamed "Panicking Ralph," because of the terrors that seize him at times of high danger. Right now Ember is out to get his hands on the syndicate of the late Oliphant Kenward Knapp, who ruled what envious competitors called the best cocaine, crack, Ecstasy, and grass operation in Britain. Whom does he dare approach as a partner? In this city, alliances shift quickly, but...
Ralph Ember, owner of the shady drinking club The Monty, longs to be respectable. The trouble is, his money comes from big-time drug dealing, where re...
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Pay Days
ISBN: 9780393337853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles face a dilemma that's both political and personal when they suspect a police officer of taking bribes from underworld criminals Panicking Ralph Ember and Top Banana Mansel Shale. Is Nivette doing some unauthorized undercover work--as Harpur himself often does--or is he really bent? It's a question of intense interest not only to Harpur and Iles but also to Ember and Shale, and searching for the answer entails several break-ins to Nivette's house to look for, take, or plant the evidence.
Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles face a dilemma that's both political and personal when...
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George Ball: Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9780300076462 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Diplomat and "wise man" George Ball wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than forty years. Best known for his dissent from U.S. Vietnam policy when he was under secretary of state during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, he also helped those administrations formulate policy concerning the European Community, the Congo, the Cuban missile crisis, and Cyprus. His last formal appointment was in 1968 as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, but he continued to advise and unofficially assist presidents and members of the American political elite for another...
Diplomat and "wise man" George Ball wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than forty years. Best known for his dissent from U...
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Gospel
ISBN: 9780393317817 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. At 19 years old, Colin Harpur's girlfriend Denise knows little about criminals, and even less about the law. When Denise drifts into the social circle of Harpur's number-one informant and one of the criminals is shot to death during a robbery, Denise's life is suddenly in danger, and Harpur must solve a new crime--before it happens.
At 19 years old, Colin Harpur's girlfriend Denise knows little about criminals, and even less about the law. When Denise drifts into the social circle...
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In the Absence of Iles
ISBN: 9780881508833 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles s absence from a police undercover conference sets the stage for the moral and practical dilemmas faced by one of his colleagues, ACC Esther Davidson, as she works to bring down the largest gang operating in her sector. The role of undercover agents or out-located officers is brought into sharp focus as James masterfully unfolds the story of Davidson s decision to infiltrate the gang against the events of the resulting court case."
Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles s absence from a police undercover conference sets the stage for the moral and practical dilemmas faced by one ...
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Roses, Roses
ISBN: 9780393319255 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Bill James's Harpur and Iles books are deliciously unsavoury: a brilliant combination of almost Jacobean savagery and sexual betrayal with a tart comedy of contemporary manners. A stylised world that is several moves from reality, and about as real as you can get." -- John Harvey, "The Crime Writer's Crime Writer,"Guardian "There is nothing else quite like this series of police procedurals. James is concerned with the dilemmas and difficulties of policing Britain's inner cities, and he addresses these in hard-edged narratives that leave readers gasping and flinching, praying the...
"Bill James's Harpur and Iles books are deliciously unsavoury: a brilliant combination of almost Jacobean savagery and sexual betrayal with a tart com...
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