wyszukanych pozycji: 220
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The Testament of Mary
ISBN: 9781451692389 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Toibin is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work" (The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity--shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel, who are her keepers. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was "worth it"; nor that the...
"Toibin is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work" (The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman...
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58,36 zł |
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The Empty Family
ISBN: 9781439195963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On the heels of his bestselling and award-winning novel Brooklyn, Colm Toibin returns with a stunning collection of stories--now available in paperback--"a book that's both a perfect introduction to Toibin and, for longtime fans, a bracing pleasure" ( The Seattle Times ). Critics praised Brooklyn as a "beautifully rendered portrait of Brooklyn and provincial Ireland in the 1950s." In The Empty Family, Toibin has extended his imagination further, offering an incredible range of periods and characters--people linked by love, loneliness, desire--"the unvarying...
On the heels of his bestselling and award-winning novel Brooklyn, Colm Toibin returns with a stunning collection of stories--now available in p...
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70,82 zł |
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The South
ISBN: 9781476704487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The first highly acclaimed novel from an "immensely gifted and accomplished writer" (The Washington Post), about an Irishwoman who creates a new life in post-war Spain. In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland for Barcelona, determined to escape her family and become a painter. There she meets Miguel, an anarchist veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and begins to build a life with him. But Katherine cannot escape her past, as Michael Graves, a fellow Irish emigre in Spain, forces her to reexamine all her relationships: to her lover, her art, and the homeland she only thought...
The first highly acclaimed novel from an "immensely gifted and accomplished writer" (The Washington Post), about an Irishwoman who creates a...
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66,70 zł |
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Haus der Namen
ISBN: 9783423148061 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Im geheimnisvollen Haus der Namen findet Orestes Zuflucht vor dem neuen Mann seiner Mutter. Diese hat nach der Opferung ihrer Tochter ihren Ehemann ermordet. Deswegen wird sie nun von ihrem Sohn Orestes und seiner Schwester Elektra angefeindet. Es beginnt ein blutiges Rachespiel zwischen Mutter, Tochter und zurückgekehrtem Sohn. Immer tiefer gerät Orestes zwischen die Fronten. Und dann ist da noch seine Liebe zu Leandros, die ihn vor eine Zerreißprobe stellt. »Grausam und quälend glaubhaft« (The Guardian) zeichnet Tóibín das Porträt einer zerrissenen Familie und einer... Im geheimnisvollen Haus der Namen findet Orestes Zuflucht vor dem neuen Mann seiner Mutter. Diese hat nach der Opferung ihrer Tochter ihren Ehemann... |
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54,56 zł |
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Teachers and Football: Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915
ISBN: 9780713002430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the elementary school football association, introduced boys to organized football as an out-of-school activity. The influence and significance of this work, insofar as it relates to the elementary school curriculum and the growth of professional and amateur football are explored in detail, including:
* How ideological commitments and contemporary concerns for the physical welfare of children in cities may have led teachers to... The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers,...
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770,57 zł |
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The Heather Blazing
ISBN: 9781035029877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,10 zł |
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Ann Devine: Handle With Care
ISBN: 9781848272484 / Miękka / 2020 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Just once, Ann Devine would like life to be straightforward. It's all far from simple. Now Rory, her youngest, has set his sights on a future as a local TD and it's all Ann can do not to box him up and post him off to the backend of wherever is furthest away from his local 'mentor', politician, and all-round chancer Patsy Duggan.
Just once, Ann Devine would like life to be straightforward. It's all far from simple. Now Rory, her youngest, has set his sights on a future as a l...
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66,45 zł |
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Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers
ISBN: 9781526641748 / Miękka / 2023 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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35,76 zł |
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Love as a Way of Knowing
ISBN: 9781947995758 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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98,00 zł |
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The Secret of the Alchemist: Uncovering the Secret in Paulo Coelho's Bestselling Novel 'The Alchemist'
ISBN: 9781789044348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Colm Holland reveals the story of his encounter with Paulo Coelho and his bestselling book The Alchemist, and how discovering the secret in Paulo's novel gave him the insights to achieve true empowerment in his life.
Colm Holland reveals the story of his encounter with Paulo Coelho and his bestselling book The Alchemist, and how discovering the secret in Paulo's no...
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54,02 zł |
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Long Island
ISBN: 9781035029440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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102,30 zł |
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The Wake: And What Jeremiah Did Next
ISBN: 9781079260816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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43,72 zł |
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Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite’s Guide to Saving the Planet
ISBN: 9780008534905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,10 zł |
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Mothers and Sons
ISBN: 9781416534662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Each of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power between mother and son, or changes the way they perceive one another. With exquisite grace and eloquence, Toibin writes of men and women bound by convention, by unspoken emotions, by the stronghold of the past. Many are trapped in lives they would not choose again, if they ever chose at all. A man buries his mother and converts his grief to desire in one night. A famous singer captivates an audience, yet cannot beguile her own...
Each of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balanc...
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83,33 zł |
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Nora Webster
ISBN: 9781439170939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From one of contemporary literature's bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a "luminous" novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice--"heartrendingly transcendant" (The New York Times, Janet Maslin). Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Toibin's magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who...
From one of contemporary literature's bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a "luminous" novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times...
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75,03 zł |
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Man of the House: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781643148939 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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55,98 zł |
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James Clyde and the Tomb of Salvation
ISBN: 9781527229563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,98 zł |
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The Blackwater Lightship
ISBN: 9780743203319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Blackwater Lightship is a deeply resonant story about three generations of an estranged family reuniting to mourn an untimely death. In spare, luminous prose, Colm Toibin explores the nature of love and the complex emotions inside a family at war with... It is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dyi...
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70,86 zł |
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A Guest at the Feast
ISBN: 9780241004630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
86,91 zł |