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Eines Menschen Herz
ISBN: 9783311150657 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Logan Mountstuart ist ein Lebemann mit vielen Talenten und ebenso vielen Schwächen. 1906 in Uruguay geboren, wird er Schriftsteller, heiratet in den englischen Landadel ein, trifft Berühmtheiten, wird Kunsthändler, dann Berichterstatter im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, schließlich Spion. Ein ungewöhnliches Leben und dennoch typisch, denn auf der Suche nach Liebe und Glück macht er die gleichen Fehler wie wir alle. Irgendwann landet er in einem Schweizer Gefängnis, arm und verbittert. Schließlich, als alter Mann, wird er glücklich - beinahe. Das Leben ist eine Achterbahn mit Höhen und...
Logan Mountstuart ist ein Lebemann mit vielen Talenten und ebenso vielen Schwächen. 1906 in Uruguay geboren, wird er Schriftsteller, heiratet in den ...
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72,07 zł |
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The Blue Afternoon, Volume 1
ISBN: 9780679772606 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times), Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrative traditions of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham. In 1936 Los angeles, as her long-estranged father tells architect Kay Fischer the story behind her secret parentage, he plunges readers into a tale of grisly murders and an illicit passion that still obsseses him 30 years later.
"A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times), Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrati...
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82,39 zł |
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Stars und Bars
ISBN: 9783311150305 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2021 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der schüchterne britische Kunsthistoriker Henderson Dores reist nach New York. Alles, was er will, ist dazugehören, Teil der amerikanischen Gesellschaft werden, denn amerikanisch sein, so denkt er, heißt, ein unbeschwertes Leben führen. Keine leichte Aufgabe für einen steifen Briten, wie Dores einer ist, verloren in einem Land voller extrovertierter Sonderlinge, wie ihm scheint. Seine Reise führt ihn von New York City bis in den Süden Atlantas. Seine Versuche, die kulturellen Unterschiede zu begreifen - zwischen seiner englischen Heimat und den USA, zwischen New York und den...
Der schüchterne britische Kunsthistoriker Henderson Dores reist nach New York. Alles, was er will, ist dazugehören, Teil der amerikanischen Gesellsc...
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63,06 zł |
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The Dream Lover: Short Stories
ISBN: 9780747592297 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood.
A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood.
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55,70 zł |
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The New Confessions: A rich exploration into one man’s life from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart
ISBN: 9780141046914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The New Confessions is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. 'An often magnificent feat of story-telling and panoramic reconstruction ... John James Todd's reminiscences carry us through the ups and downs of a long and lively career that begins in genteel Edinburgh, devastatingly detours out to the Western Front, forks off, after a period of cosy family life in London, to the electric excitements of the Berlin film-world of the...
The New Confessions is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of...
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50,63 zł |
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Any Human Heart: A BBC Two Between the Covers pick
ISBN: 9780141044170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is the story of Logan Mountstuart, told through his journals. His travels take the reader from Uruguay to Oxford, Paris, the Bahamas, New York and Africa. This is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart.
This is the story of Logan Mountstuart, told through his journals. His travels take the reader from Uruguay to Oxford, Paris, the Bahamas, New York an...
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50,63 zł |
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Die neuen Bekenntnisse : Roman
ISBN: 9783311100089 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2019 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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85,59 zł |
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The Slain Wood: Papermaking and Its Environmental Consequences in the American South
ISBN: 9781421418780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When the paper industry moved into the South in the 1930s, it confronted a region in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. Entrenched poverty, stunted labor markets, vast stretches of cutover lands, and severe soil erosion prevailed across the southern states. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, pine trees had become the region's number one cash crop, and the South dominated national and international production of pulp and paper based on the intensive cultivation of timber. In The Slain Wood, William Boyd chronicles the dramatic growth of the pulp... When the paper industry moved into the South in the 1930s, it confronted a region in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. Entrenched ... |
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252,87 zł |
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Unser Mann in Afrika
ISBN: 9783311150947 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der Brite Morgan Leafy ist Botschaftssekretär Ihrer Majestät im westafrikanischen Kinjanja. Er soll die kulturelle Souveränität der ehemaligen Kolonialherren repräsentieren, ist allerdings nicht gerade ein diplomatisches Naturtalent. Seine Schwäche für schöne Frauen, übermäßiger Alkoholkonsum und die Abneigung dem Land gegenüber erschweren ihm den Job. Hoffnungslos verfängt er sich in den Fallstricken der korrupten Lokalpolitik, und die zarte Romanze mit Priscilla, der Tochter seines Chefs, endet, bevor sie angefangen hat. Als dann noch eine Leiche auftaucht, die er partout nicht...
Der Brite Morgan Leafy ist Botschaftssekretär Ihrer Majestät im westafrikanischen Kinjanja. Er soll die kulturelle Souveränität der ehemaligen Kol...
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67,57 zł |
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Ruhelos
ISBN: 9783311150299 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. »Eines Tages kommt jemand und bringt mich um«, hat Sally Gilmartin ihrer Tochter schon vor Jahrzehnten gesagt. Nun, da sie alt ist, macht Ruth sich ernsthaft Sorgen und fragt sich, ob ihre Mutter unter Wahnvorstellungen leidet. Schließlich offenbart Sally ihrer Tochter, dass sie in Wahrheit nicht Sally Gilmartin heißt, sondern Eva Delektorskaja, und dass sie als russische Emigrantin 1939 in Paris vom britischen Geheimdienst angeworben wurde. Wahrend alles, was Ruth je meinte, über ihre Mutter gewusst zu haben, langsam in sich zusammenfallt, spürt sie schon bald, dass ihre Mutter ihr...
»Eines Tages kommt jemand und bringt mich um«, hat Sally Gilmartin ihrer Tochter schon vor Jahrzehnten gesagt. Nun, da sie alt ist, macht Ruth sich ...
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63,06 zł |
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Armadillo
ISBN: 9780375702167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the award-winning author of A Good Man Africa and An Ice-Cream War comes Armadillo, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London.
To his colleagues, Lorimer Black, the handsome, mild-mannered insurance adjuster rising through the ranks of his London firm, is known as the guy who has it all: the sleek suits, the enviable status. But when Lorimer arrives at a routine business appointment and finds his client hanging from a water pipe, his life spirals out of control. His company car is blowtorched after he investigates a fire at a luxury hotel. He becomes the fall guy of a new... From the award-winning author of A Good Man Africa and An Ice-Cream War comes Armadillo, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London.
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86,73 zł |
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An Ice-cream War
ISBN: 9780241953563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An Ice-Cream War was the debut novel of William Boyd who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastian Faulks). It follows the fortunes of several wildly different characters - including an expat farmer and a young English aristocrat - as they are swept up in the fighting in German East Africa during the First World War, their lives converging amid battle, betrayal, love, comedy and tragedy.
An Ice-Cream War was the debut novel of William Boyd who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastian Faulks)...
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55,70 zł |
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Brazzaville Beach
ISBN: 9780141044194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'I live on Brazzaville Beach ... I am here because two sets of strange and extraordinary events happened to me ... One in England, first, and then one in Africa.' On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Sifting the details for evidence of her own innocence or guilt, she tells her engrossing story with a blunt and beguiling honesty that not only intrigues and disturbs but is also completely enthralling.
'I live on Brazzaville Beach ... I am here because two sets of strange and extraordinary events happened to me ... One in England, first, and then one...
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50,63 zł |
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The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
ISBN: 9780241979761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A dazzling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best novelists. The collection depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations that wickedly complicate it. The funny, surprising and moving stories are a confirmation of Boyd's powers as one of our most original storytellers.
A dazzling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best novelists. The collection depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling...
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50,63 zł |
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Ordinary Thunderstorms
ISBN: 9780061876752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrifying speed, this chance encounter leads to a series of malign accidents, through which Adam loses everything--home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, cell phone--never to get them back. William Boyd's electrifying follow-up to the Costa Award-winning Restless,... One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a ... |
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69,34 zł |
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The Argument
ISBN: 9781474236508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. That's why we shout and scream at each other. Clears the air. A kind of truth begins to emerge. We see clearer. As their families and friends become embroiled in Pip and Meredith's separation, past prejudices, harsh judgements and painful truths come to light. The arguments that... That's why we shout and scream at each other. Clears the air. A kind of truth begins to emerge. We see clearer. |
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63,83 zł |
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An Ice-cream War
ISBN: 9780241970751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Primarily a gripping story of the men and women swept up by the passions of love and battle, William Boyd's magnificently entertaining novel also elicits the cruel futility and tragedy of it all.
Primarily a gripping story of the men and women swept up by the passions of love and battle, William Boyd's magnificently entertaining novel also elic...
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47,86 zł |
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Gabriel's Moon
ISBN: 9780241542057 / Twarda / 2024 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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101,36 zł |
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The Mirror and the Road: Conversations with William Boyd
ISBN: 9780241987339 / Miękka / 2023 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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55,70 zł |
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The Destiny of Nathalie X
ISBN: 9780679767848 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World War I in Vienna, introducing an unforgettable cast of characters. Artful, witty, moving, The Destiny of Nathalie X is a confirmation of Boyd's standing as a master storyteller. 208 pp. Author tour. 15,000 print.
"From the Hardcover edition. This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World...
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65,05 zł |
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