wyszukanych pozycji: 40
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Abducted by Circumstance
ISBN: 9781572337015 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Abducted by Circumstance is a thrilling crime story, a dark and complex psychological study, a rich contemplation on contemporary life. It is also a masterful moral drama about the centuries-old conflicts that arise from the juxtaposition of the flesh and spirit." --Allen Wier, author of Tehano "David Madden continues to push the envelope of literary fiction in subtle and profoundly sophisticated ways. Abducted by Circumstance is a quirky, utterly compelling novel in pieces that in its very structure speaks to the work's twenty-first-century theme: how do we find connection in a fragmented...
"Abducted by Circumstance is a thrilling crime story, a dark and complex psychological study, a rich contemplation on contemporary life. It is also a ...
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102,39 zł |
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The Voice of James M. Cain: A Biography
ISBN: 9781493048120 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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102,64 zł |
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The Last Bizarre Tale: Stories
ISBN: 9781621900528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Though he has authored more than eleven novels including, "Cassandra Singing, The Suicide's
Wife, Abducted by Circumstance," and the recent "London Bridge in Plague and Fire," David Madden has been publishing short stories for all six decades of his active career. "The Last Bizarre Tale" consists of works that appeared in journals but that have not appeared together as a collection. Madden used two stories, "The Singer" and "Second Look Presents: the Rape of an Indian Brave," as chapters in his 1980 novel "On the Big Wind." "The Headless Girl's Mother" was first... Though he has authored more than eleven novels including, "Cassandra Singing, The Suicide's
Wife, Abducted by Circumstance," and the recent "Londo... |
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95,89 zł |
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Cassandra Singing
ISBN: 9781572330351 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Madden has a lyric, a magical tone . . . and he is at his best with dialogue. The words in this novel are very nearly musical. . . . Eastern Kentucky is perhaps not all beautiful, but it is beautifully felt in this novel. Joyce Carol Oates, The Southern Review
Cassandra Singing successfully combines crude animal vigor with intellectual force. Maintaining a sure, steady hold on its subject, it takes us into a strange world and brings that world to life. Peter Wolfe, New York Times Book Review Set in the exotic coal country of eastern Kentucky s mountains, Cassandra Singing centers on... Madden has a lyric, a magical tone . . . and he is at his best with dialogue. The words in this novel are very nearly musical. . . . Eastern Kentucky ...
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73,12 zł |
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James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker
ISBN: 9780810881181 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Cain's impact on and importance in 20th-century culture, film in particular.
Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Ca...
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401,90 zł |
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London Bridge in Plague and Fire
ISBN: 9781572338708 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Like Dr. Frankenstein s invented creature, the larger-than-life, flesh-and-blood characters of London Bridge in Plague and Fireare made from pieces of the dead past that are forged in the consciousness of an historian himself a creation of history and of David Madden s literary magic. Struck by the lightning bolt of the co-joined imaginations of Madden and his reader, the fabricated beings rise up and walk on London Bridge, and they have the audacity to speak for themselves in completely convincing and haunting voices. Allen Wier, author of Tehano
For more than two thousand years, Old... Like Dr. Frankenstein s invented creature, the larger-than-life, flesh-and-blood characters of London Bridge in Plague and Fireare made from pieces of...
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115,10 zł |
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Brothers in Confidence
ISBN: 9780595004041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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45,93 zł |
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Marble Goddesses and Mortal Flesh
ISBN: 9781621903390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The novella is the perfect medium for this wide-ranging author to explore the power of the imagination and of oral storytelling in the lives of his characters. Madden's unmatched scope in this collection could draw comparisons to Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Thomas Wolfe, and James M. Cain equally well.
The novella is the perfect medium for this wide-ranging author to explore the power of the imagination and of oral storytelling in the lives of his ch...
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102,39 zł |
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Perfectly Black
ISBN: 9798442654899 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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74,45 zł |
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A Primer of the Novel: For Readers and Writers
ISBN: 9780810857087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) When the first edition of David Madden's A Primer of the Novel: For Readers and Writers was published more than twenty-five years ago, there were no other books of its kind available. Since then, many authors and editors have produced works that attempt the same comprehensive coverage of the genre. However, these works tend to be either written solely for writers or solely for readers. More often than not, those written for readers tend to be aimed at advanced students or critics of the novel. In this revised edition, David Madden, Charles Bane and Sean Flory have produced an updated work...
When the first edition of David Madden's A Primer of the Novel: For Readers and Writers was published more than twenty-five years ago, there were no o...
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300,22 zł |
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Sharpshooter: A Novel of the Civil War
ISBN: 9780870499487 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A gripping and thought-provoking work that is unlike any Civil War novel previously written, Sharpshooter takes us into the mind of one of the war's veterans as he attempts, years after the conflict, to reconstruct his experiences and to find some measure of meaning in them. A child of the divided East Tennessee mountain region, Willis Carr left home at age thirteen to follow his father and brothers on a bridge-burning mission for the Union cause. Imprisoned at Knoxville, he agreed to join the Confederate army to avoid being hanged and became a sharpshooter serving under General Longstreet....
A gripping and thought-provoking work that is unlike any Civil War novel previously written, Sharpshooter takes us into the mind of one of the war's v...
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82,88 zł |
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Tales of Sheringham's Level Crossing
ISBN: 9781449003548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The North Norfolk Railway is a heritage steam railway which has been in operation for over 40 years. The railway is separated from the national railway system by a tantalising 300 yards where it crosses a busy main road. For many years the railway company has had aspirations to link up to the main line by re-opening the level crossing thus allowing tourist and charter trains to reach the heritage railway from all over the UK. It is now going to happen. This book however describes the occasions when the crossing was used and in one particular case after the level crossing had been removed. The...
The North Norfolk Railway is a heritage steam railway which has been in operation for over 40 years. The railway is separated from the national railwa...
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47,97 zł |
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Critical Insights: Absalom, Absalom!: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781587658341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The purpose of this collection of essays is to provide the reader who has read or is about to read William Faulkner's novel with as much of a multi-faceted perspective as space will allow. Original essays include a close reading of the novel from the critical standpoint of feminist theory, an analysis of the novel's cultural and historical context and a discussion of the critical reception of Absalom, Absalom! The carefully chosen previously published essays provide a wide range of perspectives on such subjects as theme, protagonists, feminism, storytelling, race, style, Civil War, and time,...
The purpose of this collection of essays is to provide the reader who has read or is about to read William Faulkner's novel with as much of a multi-fa...
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424,37 zł |
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The Poetic Image in 6 Genres
ISBN: 9780809303939 / Angielski / Twarda / 1969 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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82,88 zł |
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In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis
ISBN: 9781804294949 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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87,23 zł |
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London Bridge in Plague and Fire
ISBN: 9781621902348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) David Madden creates his own fictive historical tapestry in this novel, bringing to life the complex medieval world of Old England. Madden filters his vision through the voice and eyes of a seventeenth-century poet-chronicler. The result is a deep, rich narrative.
David Madden creates his own fictive historical tapestry in this novel, bringing to life the complex medieval world of Old England. Madden filters his...
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117,02 zł |
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Touching the Web of Southern Novelists
ISBN: 9781572334632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) David Madden is one of the South's most notable contemporary writers. His interests are remarkably vast. He has published award-winning fiction, poetry, plays, critical works, and essays on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from history to popular culture. This collection represents Madden's essays on various other southern writers and his own struggle to come to terms with how the works and lives of these writers have influenced his own life and work. By analyzing the charged image of the spider web, as described in chapter four of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, Madden shows that...
David Madden is one of the South's most notable contemporary writers. His interests are remarkably vast. He has published award-winning fiction, poetr...
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151,21 zł |
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Abducted by Circumstance
ISBN: 9781621902331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) David Madden has created a thrilling crime story, a dark and complex psychological study, a rich contemplation on contemporary, and a masterful moral drama.
David Madden has created a thrilling crime story, a dark and complex psychological study, a rich contemplation on contemporary, and a masterful moral ...
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95,89 zł |
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Sharpshooter: A Novel of the Civil War
ISBN: 9781572334502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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95,89 zł |
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An Unknown Soldier
ISBN: 9780984311934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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49,92 zł |