wyszukanych pozycji: 12
The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and the Ones You Do
ISBN: 9780316133654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A hard-hitting, critically acclaimed trilogy of crime novels from an author about whom New York magazine has written, "What people say about Cormac McCarthy ... goes double for Woodrell]. Possibly more."
In the parish of St. Bruno, sex is easy, corruption festers, and double-dealing is a way of life. Rene Shade is an uncompromising detective swimming in a sea of filth. As Shade takes on hit men, porn kings, a gang of ex-cons, and the ghosts of his own checkered past, Woodrell's three seminal novels pit long-entrenched criminals against the hard line of the law,... A hard-hitting, critically acclaimed trilogy of crime novels from an author about whom New York magazine has written, "What people say ab...
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74,04 zł |
The Outlaw Album
ISBN: 9781444735789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. From the author of WINTER'S BONE, twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by the 'least known major writer in the country today' (Denis Lehane, USA Today)
From the author of WINTER'S BONE, twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by the 'least known major writer in the country t...
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50,99 zł |
The Death of Sweet Mister
ISBN: 9780316206143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him--she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart. "This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set...
Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him--she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts...
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87,11 zł |
Give Us a Kiss
ISBN: 9780316206204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "My imagination is always skulking about in a wrong place." And now Doyle Redmond, thirty-five-year-old nowhere writer, has crossed the line between imagination and real live trouble. On the lam in his soon-to-be ex-wife's Volvo, he's running a family errand back in his boyhood home of West Table, Missouri--the heart of the red-dirt Ozarks. The law wants his big brother, Smoke, on a felony warrant, and Doyle's supposed to talk him into giving up. But Smoke is hunkered down in the hills with his partner, Big Annie, and her nineteen-year-old daughter, Niagra, making other plans:...
"My imagination is always skulking about in a wrong place." And now Doyle Redmond, thirty-five-year-old nowhere writer, has crossed the line ...
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87,11 zł |
Winter's Bone
ISBN: 9780316066419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn't show up, her family will lose their home. Her goal had been to leave her life of poverty and join the Army, but first she must find her father, teach her little brothers to fend for themselves, and escape a downward spiral of misery.
When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn't show up, her family will lose their home. Her goal had been to leave her life o...
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78,39 zł |
The Outlaw Album: Stories (Large Print Edition)
ISBN: 9780316232494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a "stunningly original" (Associated Press) American master.
Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in this wrenching collection of stories. Desperation-both material and psychological--motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the killing of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches her breaking point; a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behavior; an outsider's house is set on fire by an angry... Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a "stunningly original" (Associated Press) American master.
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87,11 zł |
A Single Shot
ISBN: 9780316196703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. John Moon lives alone in a trailer on the land that was his family's farm until the bank foreclosed on it. Out hunting deer one morning, he hears the rustle of branches and fires a single shot--only to discover that he has killed a teenage girl. Horrified, Moon tries to cover up his tragic mistake, and find out who the girl was. Fear, guilt, and obsession leads him to unearth a shocking pattern of evil involving the residents of the town--and before long all the plots have converged on him.Rich with regional echoes and raw emotion, "A Single Shot" is that rare thriller that not only makes the...
John Moon lives alone in a trailer on the land that was his family's farm until the bank foreclosed on it. Out hunting deer one morning, he hears the ...
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120,74 zł |
The Maid's Version
ISBN: 9780316205887 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The American master's first novel since Winter's Bone (2006) tells of a deadly dance hall fire and its impact over several generations.
Alma DeGeer Dunahew, the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent family in West Table, Missouri. Her husband is mostly absent, and, in 1929, her scandalous, beloved younger sister is one of the 42 killed in an explosion at the local dance hall. Who is to blame? Mobsters from St. Louis? The embittered local gypsies? The preacher who railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it have been a colossal accident?... The American master's first novel since Winter's Bone (2006) tells of a deadly dance hall fire and its impact over several generations.
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65,36 zł |
Winter's Bone, 1 DVD : Ausgezeichnet bei den Sundance Film Festival 2010. USA
ISBN: 7613059801615 / Angielski / DVD video / 2011 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Die 17-jährige Ree Dolly begibt sich auf die Suche nach ihrem Vater, der das Haus seiner Familie als Kaution eingesetzt hat und spurlos verschwunden ist. Um ihr Zuhause nicht zu verlieren stellt sich Ree gegen den Schweigekodex ihrer am Rande der Gesellschaft lebenden Verwandtschaft und riskiert ihr Leben, um ihre Familie zu retten.
Die 17-jährige Ree Dolly begibt sich auf die Suche nach ihrem Vater, der das Haus seiner Familie als Kaution eingesetzt hat und spurlos verschwunden ...
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38,33 zł |
The Outlaw Album
ISBN: 9780316019002 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,11 zł |
The Maid's Version
ISBN: 9781444732856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In 1929, an explosion in a Missouri dance hall killed forty-two people. Who was to blame? Mobsters from St Louis? Embittered gypsies? The preacher who cursed the waltzing couples for their sins? Or could it just have been a colossal accident? Alma Dunahew, whose scandalous younger sister was among the dead, believes the answer lies in a dangerous love affair, but no one will listen to a maid from the wrong side of the tracks. It is only decades later that her grandson hears her version of events - and must decide if it is the right one.
In 1929, an explosion in a Missouri dance hall killed forty-two people. Who was to blame? Mobsters from St Louis? Embittered gypsies? The preacher who...
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50,99 zł |
Woe to Live on
ISBN: 9780316206167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1861, sixteen-year-old Jake joins the secessionist group known as the First Kansas Irregulars, and partakes in brutality excused in the name of retribution.
In 1861, sixteen-year-old Jake joins the secessionist group known as the First Kansas Irregulars, and partakes in brutality excused in the name of ret...
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78,39 zł |