wyszukanych pozycji: 34
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Derek Walcott: A Caribbean Life
ISBN: 9780198711315 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 760 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is the first full-scale literary biography of Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist Derek Walcott. It traces the creative contradictions in his life from colonial St. Lucia, where he was part of a tiny English-speaking Protestant mulatto elite in an overwhelmingly French-Creole Roman Catholic black society, to 1999 when, a star of international literature and a symbol of cultural decolonization, he wanted to be Poet Laureate of England. The author had had access to letters, diaries, uncollected and unpublished writings, and conducted numerous interviews in the Caribbean, North America,...
This is the first full-scale literary biography of Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist Derek Walcott. It traces the creative contradictions in his ...
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611,10 zł |
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The Later Fiction of Nadine Gordimer
ISBN: 9781349226849 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Nobel Prizewinner Nadine Gordimer's novels and short stories from The Conservationist to Jump have been her best and most controversial work. This new book examine such topics as the autobiographical basis of her fiction, her relationship to feminism, the place of the white woman in black Africa, the ambiguity of revolutionary politics, her ambivalent relationship to Judaism, her use of irony, the symbolism of landscape, and the ways in which she has revised recurring topics throughout her career as a writer.
Nobel Prizewinner Nadine Gordimer's novels and short stories from The Conservationist to Jump have been her best and most controversial work. This new...
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580,98 zł |
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Derek Walcott & West Indian Drama: Not Only a Playwright But a Company the Trinidad Theatre Workshop 1959-1993
ISBN: 9780198184645 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Written at Derek Walcott's suggestion, and based on interviews with the playwright, this is the first detailed study of a post-colonial theatre company and the problems of creating "serious" theatre in the former British colonies. The book shows how the Nobel Prize winner strove to create a world class theatre ensemble in the West Indies--a Trinidadian Brecht Berliner ensemble--and traces his life and career in West Indian theatre and the history of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. A major contribution to West Indian history and theatre, Bruce King's study reveals the heroic will of Derek...
Written at Derek Walcott's suggestion, and based on interviews with the playwright, this is the first detailed study of a post-colonial theatre compan...
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146,57 zł |
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How To Make A Hole In One
ISBN: 9781518802034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Simple and proven effective techniques to program the mind to be able to make a hole in one, even if you are just an average golfer.
Simple and proven effective techniques to program the mind to be able to make a hole in one, even if you are just an average golfer.
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31,17 zł |
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Three Indian Poets: Ezekiel, Moraes, and Ramanujan
ISBN: 9780195695298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Three Indian Poets introduces the poetry of Nissim Ezekiel, Dom Moraes, and A.K. Ramanujan--three of the best-known and most significant of modern Indian poets who wrote in English--to students and teachers of Indian literature. Considered to be the founders of modern Indian poetry in English, they became the first post-colonial poets writing in English who commanded international attention. This updated edition of Three Indian Poets was brought out after the deaths of Ezekiel and Moraes in 2005.
Beginning with a valuable critical introduction, the book then discusses Ezekiel, whose... Three Indian Poets introduces the poetry of Nissim Ezekiel, Dom Moraes, and A.K. Ramanujan--three of the best-known and most significant of modern Ind...
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59,47 zł |
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The Internationalization of English Literature: 1948-2000
ISBN: 9780198184287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more.
Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers. In the future will there be a literary history of England, or will it be an English-language... The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millenni...
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599,00 zł |
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Modern Indian Poetry in English
ISBN: 9780195671971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book, now in a revised edition, is a comprehensive study of modern Indian poetry in English. It is a history and analysis of the most important poets (such as Nissim Ezekial, A.K. Ramanujan and Dom Moraes), books and journals, along with an analysis of the social basis of Indian English-language poetry. This edition includes an updated chronology, an extended essay on Agha Shahid Ali, and two chapters on significant new, younger poets.
This book, now in a revised edition, is a comprehensive study of modern Indian poetry in English. It is a history and analysis of the most important p...
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54,63 zł |
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The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 13: 1948-2000: The Internationalization of English Literature
ISBN: 9780199288366 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more.
Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers. In the future will there be a literary history of England, or will it be an English-language... The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millenni...
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245,75 zł |
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Rewriting India: Eight Writers
ISBN: 9780198099161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A study of eight major contemporary Indian authors who write in English -- Arun Kolatkar, Keki N. Daruwalla, Amit Chaudhuri, Pankaj Mishra, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Tabish Khair, Susan Visvanathan, and Jeet Thayil -- this book offers a reading of their works with a focus on themes, formal characteristics, influences, etc. As Bruce King analyses aesthetic, social, psychological, and metaphysical dimensions of the work of these writers, certain recurring topics knit the chapters together: how modern Indian poetry in English differs from that of nationalist writers; the role modern Indian poetry...
A study of eight major contemporary Indian authors who write in English -- Arun Kolatkar, Keki N. Daruwalla, Amit Chaudhuri, Pankaj Mishra, Upamanyu C...
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132,05 zł |
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The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Climate
ISBN: 9780865718685 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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148,43 zł |
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Cold Calling: Everything You Need To Know To Become World Class At Tele-Sales And Appointment Setting - Made Easy
ISBN: 9781518891007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The complete step-by-step training book on how to become world class at Telephone Sales and Appointment Setting. Chapter Headings: Introduction Chapter 1: What is cold calling? Chapter 2: Getting in the right frame of mind Chapter 3: Equipment & environment Chapter 4: Time management techniques for cold calling Chapter 5: Researching your prospects Chapter 6: Preparing your approach Chapter 7: The conversation Chapter 8: How to handle gatekeepers Chapter 9: Handling objections Chapter 10: Asking for the appointment & closing the sale Summary... The complete step-by-step training book on how to become world class at Telephone Sales and Appointment Setting. Chapter Headings: Introducti... |
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71,26 zł |
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Psycho-Selling: Double Your Income From Sales In 8 Weeks
ISBN: 9781511877428 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. First published by BBC Books, this book rapidly became an international best seller and has helped tens of thousands of salespeople around the world to double their income from sales and often in less than 8 weeks. Bruce King, salesman extraordinaire, shares his secrets and years of experience in this realistic eight week guide to successful selling. His revolutionary approach earned him the title of King Of The UK Salesman and here, for the first time, he shows you how you, too, can maximise your performance and double your income from sales. He starts with his basics: programming... First published by BBC Books, this book rapidly became an international best seller and has helped tens of thousands of salespeople around the worl... |
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80,18 zł |
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New National Post-Colonial Literatures - An Introduction
ISBN: 9780198184843 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The range of literature written in English but produced outside Britain and America has expanded considerably in recent years. This book provides a comparative and up-to-date survey of colonial, new national and post-colonial literatures, and related criticism. At the same time, the essays address the problem of establishing such politicized categories of literature; they recognize that, in a time of massive migration, rapid international communication, and increased demands by minorities, national cultures and national identities are less stable than ever before. Intended as an introduction...
The range of literature written in English but produced outside Britain and America has expanded considerably in recent years. This book provides a co...
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170,76 zł |
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Post-Colonial English Drama: Commonwealth Drama Since 1960
ISBN: 9780333534175 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Post-Colonial English Drama is the first critical survey of contemporary Commonwealth drama. Besides essays on such individual dramatists as Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, David Williamson, Louis Nowra, Athol Fugard, George Walker, Sharon Pollock and Judith Thompson there are surveys of the dramatic literature and developments in the theatre in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad. Canadian woman dramatists and the new radical South African theatre are also among the topics.
Post-Colonial English Drama is the first critical survey of contemporary Commonwealth drama. Besides essays on such individual dramatists as Wole Soyi...
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580,98 zł |
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Post-Colonial English Drama: Commonwealth Drama Since 1960
ISBN: 9781349224388 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Post-Colonial English Drama is the first critical survey of contemporary Commonwealth drama. Besides essays on such individual dramatists as Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, David Williamson, Louis Nowra, Athol Fugard, George Walker, Sharon Pollock and Judith Thompson there are surveys of the dramatic literature and developments in the theatre in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad. Canadian woman dramatists and the new radical South African theatre are also among the topics.
Post-Colonial English Drama is the first critical survey of contemporary Commonwealth drama. Besides essays on such individual dramatists as Wole Soyi...
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580,98 zł |
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V.S. Naipaul, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781403904560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This revised and updated introduction to the novels and non-fiction of V.S. Naipaul will be of interest to students, specialists and general readers. Chronological chapters examine the structure, significance and development of Naipaul's writing, setting the texts in their autobiographical, philosophical, social and political, colonial and post-colonial contexts. New chapters in the second edition include an expanded biographical introduction, and discussion of the recent novels A Way in the World and Half a Life, Naipaul's writings on Islam, and the criticism of Naipaul by writers and...
This revised and updated introduction to the novels and non-fiction of V.S. Naipaul will be of interest to students, specialists and general readers. ...
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188,92 zł |
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Orphans of the Secret War: A provocative tale of an Udontani bargirl and her illegitimate son in the aftermath of the Americans leaving the Kingd
ISBN: 9781517349035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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62,32 zł |
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Grandpa Super Bear - The Five Good Deeds: More Stories to Inspire Children to Grow Up to Be the Very Best They Can Be
ISBN: 9781512019063 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The second in the series of the adventures of Grandpa Super Bear, this book is all about how Grandpa Super Bear earned his amazing magic flying cape and fun stripy socks. Another six magical stories to inspire children to grow up to be the very best they can be with beautiful and fun full color illustrations. For children from three to eight - and parents love these stories too. Chapter headings: How It All Started Grandpa Super Bear Meets The Very Wise One Day 1 - Good Deed 1: The Field Of Fresh Vegetables Day 2 - Good Deed 2: Cleaning Up Bear Fun Park Day 3 - Good... The second in the series of the adventures of Grandpa Super Bear, this book is all about how Grandpa Super Bear earned his amazing magic flying cap... |
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68,72 zł |
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Cowboy in the Roundhouse
ISBN: 9781632930835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bruce King towered over the political landscape of New Mexico in the last half of the twentieth century. Born the son of a homesteader in the tiny Santa Fe County farm-and-ranch community of Stanley, King decided in seventh grade to be governor of New Mexico. The story of how he accomplished that goal-three times -plays out against the tremendous transformations occurring in the society, culture, politics, and business of New Mexico since World War II. When King won his first Santa Fe County Commission seat in 1954 at age 29, running for office was a down-home affair. Politics was personal....
Bruce King towered over the political landscape of New Mexico in the last half of the twentieth century. Born the son of a homesteader in the tiny San...
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105,84 zł |
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How To Be A Super Bear: Seven stories to inspire children to grow up to be the very best they can be
ISBN: 9781511989381 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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89,08 zł |