wyszukanych pozycji: 166
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Both Flesh and Not: Essays
ISBN: 9780316182386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction writings by "one of America's most daring and talented writers." (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Both Flesh and Not gathers fifteen of Wallace's seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time. Never has Wallace's seemingly endless curiosity been more evident than in this compilation of work spanning nearly 20 years of writing. Here, Wallace turns his critical eye with equal enthusiasm toward Roger Federer and Jorge Luis Borges; Terminator 2 and The Best of the Prose... Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction writings by "one of America's most daring and talented writers." (Los Angeles Times...
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78,71 |
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Der Spaß an der Sache : Alle Essays
ISBN: 9783462049893 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2018 / 1088 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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163,67 |
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace On Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
ISBN: 9781598534801 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An instant classic of American sportswriting the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, the best mind of his generation (A. O. Scott) and the best tennis-writer of all time (New York Times)
Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers a wickedly witty disection of... An instant classic of American sportswriting the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, the best mind of his generation (A. O. Scott) and the best ...
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86,43 |
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The Pale King
ISBN: 9780141046730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, 1985. Here the workers fight a never-ending war against the urgency of their own boredom. Here then, squeezed between the trivial and the quotidian, lies all human life.
The Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, 1985. Here the workers fight a never-ending war against the urgency of t...
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66,45 |
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Puppets Win Today: A Humorous Fantasy Novel
ISBN: 9780989124751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
66,77 |
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Night's End: Urban Rain III
ISBN: 9781491786710 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. NIGHTS END. As David Dane is whisked away to the morgue a stranger appears out of nowhere to shadow Kate Shamrocks every move.Nights End, the final installment in The Urban Rain Trilogy that witnesses the finality of a legend. Now, a hooded stranger has emerged from the twilight to watch over Von "The Icons" niece prior to one of the greatest betrayals ever witnessed by a man who was once thought of as a hero. In the seedy alley walls off of Ontario Street, one fighter must face his greatest fears as he comes face to face with his toughest challenge ever. NIGHTS END, as a seasoned fighter...
NIGHTS END. As David Dane is whisked away to the morgue a stranger appears out of nowhere to shadow Kate Shamrocks every move.Nights End, the final in...
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54,93 |
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La Broma Infinita / Infinite Jest
ISBN: 9788499892474 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2026 / 1212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
98,24 |
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
ISBN: 9780316156110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays is offered by the award-winning author of the bestselling "Infinite Jest."
This brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays is offered by the award-winning author of the bestselling "Infinite Jest."
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153,56 |
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
ISBN: 9780316925280 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner - David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the fil...
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78,71 |
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Girl With Curious Hair
ISBN: 9780349111025 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily real, almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism.
In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily real, almost holographic evocations of historical fi...
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56,22 |
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Urban Rain: An Odyssey Through the Darkness of Night
ISBN: 9781462071821 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Twenty-five-year-old bodybuilder David Dane has never had an interest in drugs. When he arrives in a new town to begin a job as a personal trainer, David heads to Ontario Street to buy a raincoat. Little does he know that a dark shadow hangs over Ontario Street and that the woman in fishnet stockings who walks past him is about to introduce him to the dangerous world of drug addiction. After David invites Lilly Chicoine to have a drink with him, he soon realizes that he has unintentionally stepped into a place where dreams become nightmares and where the regulars roam in search of their... Twenty-five-year-old bodybuilder David Dane has never had an interest in drugs. When he arrives in a new town to begin a job as a personal trainer,... |
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129,74 |
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Girl with Curious Hair
ISBN: 9780393313963 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Girl with Curious Hair is replete with David Foster Wallace's remarkable and unsettling reimaginations of reality. From the eerily "real," almost holographic evocations of historical figures like Lyndon Johnson and overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians to the title story, where terminal punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism, Wallace renders the incredible comprehensible, the bizarre normal, the absurd hilarious, the familiar strange.
Girl with Curious Hair is replete with David Foster Wallace's remarkable and unsettling reimaginations of reality. From the eerily "real," al...
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69,22 |
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Infinite Jest
ISBN: 9780349121086 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 1104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. * The cult novel by one of America's most acclaimed authors, reissued with a fresh new jacket look
* The cult novel by one of America's most acclaimed authors, reissued with a fresh new jacket look
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86,91 |
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The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
ISBN: 9780141988870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
66,45 |
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Zapomnění
ISBN: 9788087705865 / Czeski / Miękka / 2022 / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Svůj poslední soubor povídek Zapomnění psal David Foster Wallace paralelně s již nedokončeným románem Bledý král. Kniha vyšla roku 2004. Témata osobní identity a možností porozumění i sebeporozumění se ve Wallaceových textech prolínají s nejsoučasnějšími technikami ovlivňování a vnější prezentace a kladou – nevyslovenou, snad i nevyslovitelnou? – otázku, na co jsme vlastně zapomněli.
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) patřil k nejoriginálnějším anglicky píšícím autorům přelomu tisíciletí. Proslul především románem Nekonečný... Svůj poslední soubor povídek Zapomnění psal David Foster Wallace paralelně s již nedokončeným románem Bledý král. Kniha vyšla roku 2004. ...
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cena:
78,50 |
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Growing up Wired
ISBN: 9780989124713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. How will relationships change in the age of the internet? Victor likes to admire his girlfriends' online pictures. These girls can't seem to stop posting self shots to Facebook and all the social sites. Soon all the young men in his fraternity are competing for the attention of these online, amateur pinups. The classic problems of maturity are complicated for Victor by a set of new challenges. He struggles with smartphones, text-games, recreational pharmaceuticals, porn addiction, reversed gender roles and a motley crew of well-meaning yet misguided mentors. The technological... How will relationships change in the age of the internet? Victor likes to admire his girlfriends' online pictures. These girls can't seem to sto... |
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49,16 |
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The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
ISBN: 9780316074230 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The Pale King" remained unfinished at the time of Wallace's death, but it is a deeply intriguing and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with questions of life's meaning and of the ultimate value of work and family.
"The Pale King" remained unfinished at the time of Wallace's death, but it is a deeply intriguing and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as ...
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185,06 |
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The David Foster Wallace Reader
ISBN: 9780241961964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 976 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
98,90 |
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The Broom of the System: A Novel (Penguin Orange Collection)
ISBN: 9780143129448 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps,...
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a ...
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78,75 |
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Eclipse
ISBN: 9781491732595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Cameron Mills was an American Icon. He had it all, a Family with money, a beautiful girl friend and a talent for Martial Arts that most Legends could only dream of. He was world renowned, idolized and feared by his enemies. He was a monarch, and someone that the masses respected, until one day, that all changed with the stroke of a knife. Now, Cameron Pony Boy Mills has been charged with the murder of his girl friend and another man whose lives were taken by a shadowy figure that is thought to be him. People loved him, idolized him and respected him. He was revered, and now amidst a... Cameron Mills was an American Icon. He had it all, a Family with money, a beautiful girl friend and a talent for Martial Arts that most Legends cou... |
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66,74 |