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Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss
ISBN: 9780156010702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Double Down is a true story, a terrifying roller-coaster ride deep into the heart of two men, and into the world of floating Gulf Coast casinos. When both of their parents died within a short time of each other, the writers Frederick and Steven Barthelme, both professors of English in Mississippi, inherited a goodly sum of money. What followed was a binge during which they gambled away their entire fortune-and more. And then, in a cruel twist of fate, they were charged with cheating at the tables.
Told with a mixture of sadness and wry humor, and with a compelling look at the... Double Down is a true story, a terrifying roller-coaster ride deep into the heart of two men, and into the world of floating Gulf Coast casinos...
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82,35 zł |
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The Law of Averages: New and Selected Stories
ISBN: 9781582431574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The landscape of networking has changed so that network services have now become one of the most important factors to the success of many third generation networks. It has become a feature of the designer's job to define the problems that exist in his network, choose and analyse several optimization parameters during the analysis process, and then prioritize and evaluate these parameters in the architecture and design of the system.
The landscape of networking has changed so that network services have now become one of the most important factors to the success of many third genera...
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73,50 zł |
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Waveland
ISBN: 9780307390936 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Set amidst the tatters of post-Katrina Gulf Coast Mississippi, "Waveland" is a brilliantly observed portrait of our times from one of the most incisive novelists at work today.
Partially retired architect Vaughn Williams does what he can to remain "viable." Battling the doldrums of midlife, he teaches an occasional class, reads the newspapers, scours the Internet, and thinks obsessively about his late father. When his ex-wife seeks refuge from her hotheaded boyfriend, Vaughn and his girlfriend, Greta, agree to let her move in, perhaps a little too cavalierly. Add in Vaughan's annoyingly... Set amidst the tatters of post-Katrina Gulf Coast Mississippi, "Waveland" is a brilliantly observed portrait of our times from one of the most incisiv...
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73,72 zł |
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Natural Selection
ISBN: 9781582431314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Peter Wexler is 40 and obsessed with what's wrong in the world, including his marriage. Deciding that a change of scenery might help, Peter leaves his wife and their son in search of a resolution to the confusion, estrangement, fatigue, and adultery that have confounded his life.
Peter Wexler is 40 and obsessed with what's wrong in the world, including his marriage. Deciding that a change of scenery might help, Peter leaves his...
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73,50 zł |
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Elroy Nights
ISBN: 9781582433196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Elroy Nights is a reasonably successful artist and professor, fifty-something, who is caught between the midlife crisis of his forties and the "eagerly anticipated sublime decay" of his sixties. Elroy and his wife, Clare, elect to try living separately, a choice characteristic of their relationship-fond, thoughtful, generous to a fault, and more than a little cracked. So Elroy leases a high-rise beach condo, begins hanging out with his twenty-something students, and experiences a splendid reenchantment with the world. With his trademark precision and pitch-perfect dialogue, Barthelme...
Elroy Nights is a reasonably successful artist and professor, fifty-something, who is caught between the midlife crisis of his forties and the "eagerl...
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69,16 zł |
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Tracer
ISBN: 9781582431291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This novel, a chronicle of the divorces and recouplings of the author's own generation, is a terse, surrealistic, and moving portrait of life in America . Martin, in the middle of a divorce, is seeking solace. But settles in for some rest and rehabilitation with his soon-to-be ex-sister-in-law.
This novel, a chronicle of the divorces and recouplings of the author's own generation, is a terse, surrealistic, and moving portrait of life in Ameri...
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69,16 zł |
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A fictional trip through America, the images and the accompanying texts in this book play against each other juxtaposing ideas and sensations. It reappropriates the documentary tradition to create an American narrative that casts the reader adrift in a world of vernacular objects.
A fictional trip through America, the images and the accompanying texts in this book play against each other juxtaposing ideas and sensations. It reap...
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136,50 zł |
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