wyszukanych pozycji: 10
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She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray'
ISBN: 9781444724622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 421 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks' heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: to fight for her beloved, broken France and to find her lost love. Pearl's lover was a Parisian parfumier turned soldier, Henri Cornioley, who had been taken prisoner while serving in the French Logistics Corps and subsequently escaped from his German POW camp.
Agent Pearl Witherington's wartime record is... On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)...
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71,40 |
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The Long Goodbye
ISBN: 9780595513888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A poignant first-person account about two things many women fear the most: breast cancer and the tragic loss of a spouse. It's a story that raises the age-old question: How does a person hold on to faith when terrible things happen, one after another?
Carole Jones gives an answer-not a simple formula or pat response-but a wisdom refined in the crucible of pain. Her story, "The Long Goodbye," is a graceful memoir of her struggle with breast cancer, her husband's tragic bicycling accident, and the saga that followed as he slowly slipped away in a persistent coma. How Carole and her family... A poignant first-person account about two things many women fear the most: breast cancer and the tragic loss of a spouse. It's a story that raises the...
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62,63 |
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Disappearing Men: Gender Disorientation in Scottish Fiction 1979-1999
ISBN: 9789042026988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Disappearing Men examines the complex and rebellious representations of gender in the work of several writers of 'devolutionary' Scottish fiction in the period 1979 to 1999. The study focuses on the context of a 'crisis in masculinity' accompanying the rapidly changing male role in the period, concluding that men often disappear from sight in this writing, highlighting issues of male insecurity and female disorientation in a new gender landscape. Hence the novels examined here by authors James Kelman, Jancie Galloway, Jackie Kay, A.L. Kennedy and Alan Warner, strongly challenge the stereotype...
Disappearing Men examines the complex and rebellious representations of gender in the work of several writers of 'devolutionary' Scottish fiction in t...
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cena:
271,48 |
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A Dangerous Liaison
ISBN: 9780099481690 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'A Dangerous Liaison' tells the intense, passionate & sometimes painful story of how two brilliant free-thinkers, & rivals, came to share a relationship that was to last over 50 years.
'A Dangerous Liaison' tells the intense, passionate & sometimes painful story of how two brilliant free-thinkers, & rivals, came to share a relationsh...
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cena:
94,26 |
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Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements
ISBN: 9781523836659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
28,82 |
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Understand The Cold War: Teach Yourself
ISBN: 9781444105254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. All the important aspects of the war are explained and explored, from what JFK and his assassin had in common to a discussion of whether the tension ended after the fall of the Berlin WallWithextensive discussion of the global effects of the Cold War as well as the role of individuals, this book provides readersthe opportunity to understand the global reach of the 45-year-long conflict that shaped the latter half of the 20th century. From the definition of the term "cold war" and an explanation of the conflicting ideologies of communism and capitalism, through to the rise of Yeltsin and the...
All the important aspects of the war are explained and explored, from what JFK and his assassin had in common to a discussion of whether the tension e...
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cena:
89,02 |
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The High-Flying, Water-Skiing, Magician Named Worm
ISBN: 9798989329106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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54,00 |
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Writers Under Siege: Voices of Freedom from Around the World
ISBN: 9780814767436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The freedom to write is under threat today throughout the world, with more than 1,000 writers, journalists, and publishers known to be imprisoned or persecuted in more than 100 countries. Writers Under Siege bears witness to the power and danger of the pen, and to the powerful longing for the right to use it without fear. Collected here are fifty contributions by writers who have paid dearly for the privilege of writing. Some have been tortured; some have been killed. All understand the cost of speaking up and speaking out. This book was prepared by PEN, which is both the... The freedom to write is under threat today throughout the world, with more than 1,000 writers, journalists, and publishers known to be imprisoned o... |
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188,02 |
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Writers Under Siege: Voices of Freedom from Around the World
ISBN: 9780814767429 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The freedom to write is under threat today throughout the world, with more than 1,000 writers, journalists, and publishers known to be imprisoned or persecuted in more than 100 countries. Writers Under Siege bears witness to the power and danger of the pen, and to the powerful longing for the right to use it without fear. Collected here are fifty contributions by writers who have paid dearly for the privilege of writing. Some have been tortured; some have been killed. All understand the cost of speaking up and speaking out. This book was prepared by PEN, which is... The freedom to write is under threat today throughout the world, with more than 1,000 writers, journalists, and publishers known to be imprisoned o... |
cena:
594,56 |
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Whole School Character and Virtue Education: A Pioneering Approach Helping All Children to Flourish
ISBN: 9781785928758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
115,22 |