wyszukanych pozycji: 69
Donkeys' Years
ISBN: 9780573110979 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At a reunion dinner are a number of graduates now in their early forties and mostly in responsible, influential positions. All starts smoothly with conventional greetings and old boy reminiscences. A slightly discordant note is struck by Snell, a man of such insignificance that everyone has forgotten him, and continues to forget him from one moment to the next. As the night goes on, the college port causes behaviour surprising in those in positions of political, academic or spiritual authority. Into the resulting bear garden stumbles Lady Driver, the Master's wife who is short sightedly...
At a reunion dinner are a number of graduates now in their early forties and mostly in responsible, influential positions. All starts smoothly with co...
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90,99 zł |
The Tin Men (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147924 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The William Morris Institute of Automation Research is working hard to simplify our lives by programming computers to carry out life's routine tasks. Whether it's resolving ethical dilemmas, writing pornographic novels, saying prayers, or watching sports, these automation experts are developing machines to handle it all, enabling us to enjoy more free time. But when it's announced that the Queen will be paying a royal visit and the Institute's madcap bunch of researchers decide to program the computers to receive her, what could possibly go wrong?
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award,... The William Morris Institute of Automation Research is working hard to simplify our lives by programming computers to carry out life's routine tasks. ...
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103,76 zł |
Spies: With IGCSE and A Level study guide
ISBN: 9780571335794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examination of the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; and, key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom.
Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examin...
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50,63 zł |
Among Others: Friendships and Encounters
ISBN: 9780571378616 / Miękka / 2024 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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65,84 zł |
Michael Frayn Collected Columns
ISBN: 9780413776488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. One of the funniest writers of his generation, Michael Frayn has been writing humorous newspaper columns since 1959, principally for the "Guardian" and "Observer". This volume brings together 110 of his finest and funniest pieces from over the years.
One of the funniest writers of his generation, Michael Frayn has been writing humorous newspaper columns since 1959, principally for the "Guardian" an...
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50,63 zł |
Towards the End of the Morning (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Set in the waning years of London's Fleet Street, this is the story of John Dyson and his colleagues in the crossword and nature-notes section of an obscure London newspaper. The ambitious young Dyson dreams wistfully of trading his dead-end job for the fame and fortune to be found in a career in television. But when he finally gets his big break - an invitation to appear on a TV program - it turns out instead to be the beginning of a series of hilarious disasters ...
Regarded by many as the best novel ever written about journalists, Michael Frayn's brilliantly funny "Towards the End of... Set in the waning years of London's Fleet Street, this is the story of John Dyson and his colleagues in the crossword and nature-notes section of an o...
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103,76 zł |
A Landing on the Sun
ISBN: 9780571315901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. For fifteen years, ever since the taciturn civil servant Stephen Summerchild fell to his death from a window, there have been rumours. So Brian Jessel, a young member of the Cabinet Office, is diverted from his routine work and asked to prepare an internal report. Slowly, from the archives, Jessel begins to reconstruct Summerchild's last months.
For fifteen years, ever since the taciturn civil servant Stephen Summerchild fell to his death from a window, there have been rumours. So Brian Jessel...
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50,63 zł |
Democracy
ISBN: 9780413773821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Three political parties, in and out of bed with each other like drunken intellectuals, fifteen warring cabinet ministers, and sixty million separate egos. All making deals with each other and breaking them. All looking round at every moment to see the expression on everyone else's face. All trying to guess which way everyone else will jump. All out for themselves and all totally dependent on everyone else. Not one Germany. Sixty million separate Germanies. The tower of Babel Set in West Germany in 1969, Democracy follows Willy Brandt as he begins his brief but remarkable career as the first...
Three political parties, in and out of bed with each other like drunken intellectuals, fifteen warring cabinet ministers, and sixty million separate e...
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62,19 zł |
A Very Private Life (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147955 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 'Once upon a time there will be a little girl called Uncumber ...'
Uncumber lives in the distant future, in a world sharply divided between 'Insiders' and 'Outsiders'. The Insiders lead a privileged existence: never having to leave their homes, they enjoy a vastly prolonged lifespan, a regular supply of food and mind-altering drugs, and holographic entertainment at the push of a button. Meanwhile, the Outsiders, half-savage, inhabit a polluted wilderness of ruins and industrial waste, struggling for survival. Uncumber has been warned never to go outside. But when she meets an... 'Once upon a time there will be a little girl called Uncumber ...'
Uncumber lives in the distant future, in a world sharply divided between 'Insi... |
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103,76 zł |
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts
ISBN: 9781400031603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage drama that develops during Nothing On s final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing On only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare going on backstage. In the end, at the disastrous final performance, the two plots can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into a single collective nervous...
Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a tradition...
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95,40 zł |
Willkommen auf Skios : Roman
ISBN: 9783423143301 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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54,05 zł |
My Father's Fortune: A Life
ISBN: 9780571270590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. This is above all the story of Michael Frayn's father, the quick-witted boy from a poor and struggling family, who overcame so many disadvantages and shouldered so many burdens to make a go of his life; who found happiness, had it snatched away from him in a single instant, and in the end, after many difficulties, found it again.
This is above all the story of Michael Frayn's father, the quick-witted boy from a poor and struggling family, who overcame so many disadvantages and ...
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60,77 zł |
Here
ISBN: 9780573694080 / Miękka / 2015 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,17 zł |
Skios
ISBN: 9781250032140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world-renowned foundation prepare for the annual keynote address, to be given this year by Dr. Norman Wilfred, an aging and ponderous authority on the scientific organization of science. He turns out to be surprisingly youthful and charming, and everyone is soon eating out of his hand. Meanwhile, in a remote villa at the other end of the island, the ravishing Georgie has agreed to spend a furtive horizontal weekend with a... Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-payi... |
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78,06 zł |
Spies
ISBN: 9780571268856 / Miękka / 2011 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. There is very little evidence of the war where Keith and Stephen live. But the friends suspect the inhabitants of the close aren't what they seem. As Keith informs his trusting friend, the district is riddled with secret passages. They find themselves engulfed in mysteries deeper than they had imagined.
There is very little evidence of the war where Keith and Stephen live. But the friends suspect the inhabitants of the close aren't what they seem. As ...
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50,63 zł |
The Tin Men
ISBN: 9780571315895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Why not program computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to do - such as praying and behaving morally? This book explores computers, technology and automation with customary humour and wit.
Why not program computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to do - such as praying and behaving morally? This book explores co...
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50,63 zł |
Spies
ISBN: 9780312421175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The National Bestseller The sudden trace of a disturbing, forgotten aroma compels Stephen Wheatley to return to the site of a dimly remembered but troubling childhood summer in wartime London. As he pieces together his scattered memories, we are brought back to a quiet, suburban street where two boys--Keith and his sidekick, Stephen--are engaged in their own version of the war effort: spying on the neighbors, recording their movements, and ferreting out their secrets. But when Keith utters six shocking words, the boy's game of espionage takes a sinister and unintended turn,... The National Bestseller The sudden trace of a disturbing, forgotten aroma compels Stephen Wheatley to return to the site of a dimly re... |
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78,06 zł |
Headlong
ISBN: 9780571283484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. When a local down-on-his-luck landowner asks Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, to value some paintings, Clay suddenly sees the chance of a lifetime: the opportunity to perform a great public service, and at the same time to make his professional reputation - perhaps even rather a lot of money as well.
When a local down-on-his-luck landowner asks Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, to value some paintings, Clay suddenly sees the chance of a ...
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50,63 zł |
My Father's Fortune: A Life
ISBN: 9781250002341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Winner of the PEN/Ackerley Prize Award-winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn "makes the family memoir his own" (The Daily Telegraph) as he tells the story of his father, Tom Frayn. A clever lad, an asbestos salesman with a winning smile and a racetrack vocabulary, Tom Frayn emerged undaunted from a childhood spent in two rooms with six other people, all of them deaf. And undaunted he stayed, through German rockets, feckless in-laws, and his own increasing deafness; through the setback of a son as bafflingly slow-witted as the father was quick on his feet;... Winner of the PEN/Ackerley Prize Award-winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn "makes the family memoir his own" (The Daily T... |
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91,07 zł |
Noises Off
ISBN: 9781474261173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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233,42 zł |