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The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour
ISBN: 9780224100267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) What happens when a weekend athlete - of average skill at best - joins the professional golf circuit? The author spent a month of self-imposed torture on the PGA tour to find out. In this book, we find golf legends, adventurers, stroke-saving theories, superstitions, and other golfing lore, and best of all, the author's thoughts and experiences.
What happens when a weekend athlete - of average skill at best - joins the professional golf circuit? The author spent a month of self-imposed torture...
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66,92 zł |
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Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback
ISBN: 9780224100229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions' pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. In this book, he recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team - getting to know the pressures rookies confront, the hijinks, and taking behind the scenes snaps.
In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions' pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports...
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60,47 zł |
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Shadow Box
ISBN: 9780224100236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, the author documents what it truly means to be a boxer.
Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory jo...
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71,47 zł |
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Out of My League
ISBN: 9780224100410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. This book chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea - to get on the mound and pitch a few innings to the All-Stars of the American and National Leagues - got seriously out of hand.
It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. This book chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea - to...
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71,47 zł |
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Open Net
ISBN: 9780224100397 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, the author accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as goalie for his beloved National Hockey League team, the Boston Bruins. This book is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice.
After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, the author accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as g...
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87,98 zł |
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Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career
ISBN: 9780385491730 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) He was the most social of writers, and at the height of his career, he was the very nexus of the glamorous worlds of the arts, politics and society, a position best exemplified by his still legendary Black and White Ball. Truman truly knew everyone, and now the people who knew him best tell his remarkable story to bestselling author and literary lion, George Plimpton.
Using the oral-biography style that made his Edie (edited with Jean Stein) a bestseller, George Plimpton has blended the voices of Capote's friends, lovers, and colleagues into a captivating and narrative. Here we see... He was the most social of writers, and at the height of his career, he was the very nexus of the glamorous worlds of the arts, politics and society, a...
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86,94 zł |
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Edie: American Girl
ISBN: 9781529110715 / Miękka / 2020 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A brilliant and unique biography of Andy Warhol's tragic muse, the 60s icon Edie Sedgwick'Exceptionally seductive... You can't put it down' LA TimesOutrageous, vulnerable and strikingly beautiful - in the 1960s Edie Sedgwick became both an emblem of, and a memorial to, the doomed world spawned by Andy Warhol.
A brilliant and unique biography of Andy Warhol's tragic muse, the 60s icon Edie Sedgwick'Exceptionally seductive... You can't put it down' LA TimesOu...
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66,92 zł |
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Mad Ducks and Bears
ISBN: 9780224100403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Deals with American football and focuses on the careers of the author's Lions teammates, Alex 'Mad Duck' Karras and John 'the Bear' Gordy. This book offers a behind the scene look at the football team and its companion.
Deals with American football and focuses on the careers of the author's Lions teammates, Alex 'Mad Duck' Karras and John 'the Bear' Gordy. This book o...
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87,98 zł |
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Truman Capotes turbulentes Leben : Kolportiert von Freunden, Feinden, Bewunderern und Konkurrenten. Inkl.Download
ISBN: 9783954030668 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2014 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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137,34 zł |
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Norton Book of Sports
ISBN: 9780393030402 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men and boys--and, increasingly, women--has sprung a vast literature that moves across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men...
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230,17 zł |
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110,04 zł |
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One for the Record: The Inside Story of Hank Aaron's Chase for the Home Run Record
ISBN: 9780316326933 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives.
In ONE FOR THE RECORD, George Plimpton recounts Hank Aaron's thrilling race to become the new home run champion. Amidst media frenzy and death threats, Aaron sought to beat Babe Ruth's record. In 1974, he finally succeeded. A fascinating examination of the psychology of baseball players, ONE FOR THE RECORD gives an absorbing account of the men on the mound who had to face Aaron. But the book's true genius lies in the portrait... The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Arc...
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143,45 zł |
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Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
ISBN: 9780316284509 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The book that made a legend--and capture's America's sport in detail that's never been matched, now featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff a and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.
George Plimpton was perhaps best known for PAPER LION, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the... The book that made a legend--and capture's America's sport in detail that's never been matched, now featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff a
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130,41 zł |
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Mad Ducks and Bears: Football Revisited
ISBN: 9780316326445 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books--now repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives.
In MAD DUCKS AND BEARS, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates--Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, MAD... George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books--now repackaged and including a foreword fr...
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152,15 zł |
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The Paris Review Anthology
ISBN: 9780393027693 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
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269,51 zł |
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The Paris Review Book: Of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseba
ISBN: 9780312422394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 907 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. To commemorate the anniversary, a breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology has been assembled. The greatest writers here write and speak upon the greatest subjects of our time: For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. To commemorate the annive... |
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169,53 zł |
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Latin American Writers at Work
ISBN: 9780679773498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The fourth book in the Modern Library's Paris Review Writers at Work series, Latin American Writers at Work is a thundering collection of interviews with some of the most important and acclaimed Latin American writers of our time. These fascinating conversations were compiled from the annals of The Paris Review and include a new, lyrical Introduction by Nobel Prize-winning author Derek Walcott.
The fourth book in the Modern Library's Paris Review Writers at Work series, Latin American Writers at Work is a thundering collection o...
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95,63 zł |
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Beat Writers at Work: The Paris Review
ISBN: 9780375752155 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From the pages of The Paris Review, a collection of interviews with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and more Edited by Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton, and with an introduction by Rick Moody, this anthology of "Writers at Work" interviews featuring the great figures of the Beat and Black Mountain movements is an in-depth look into one of the most famous literary tribes of the century. The Beats, with their mix of talent, bravado, and insight into the social and political climes of their time, continue to...
From the pages of The Paris Review, a collection of interviews with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Lawrence Fer...
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82,59 zł |
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Women Writer's at Work
ISBN: 9780679771296 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Sixteen of the world's great women writers speak about their work, their colleagues, and their lives. For More Than Forty Years, the acclaimed Paris Review interviews have been collected in the Writers at Work series. The Modern Library relaunches the series with the first of its specialized collections -- interviews with sixteen women novelists, poets, and playwrights, all offering rich commentary on the art of writing and on the opportunities and challenges a woman writer faces in contemporary society.
Sixteen of the world's great women writers speak about their work, their colleagues, and their lives. For More Than Forty Years, the acclaimed Par...
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99,98 zł |
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Playwrights at Work: Interviews with Albee, Beckett, Guare, Hellman, Ionesco, Mamet, Miller, Pinter, Shepard, Simon, Stoppard, Wasserstein,
ISBN: 9780679640219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The third installment in the Modern Library's Paris Review "Writers at Work" series, this is an all-new gathering of interviews with the most important and compelling playwrights of our time. Their singular takes on their craft, their influences, their lives, the state of contemporary theater, and the tricks of the trade create an illuminating and unparalleled record of the life of the theater itself. "At its best, theater is an antidote to the whiff of barbarity in the millennial air. 'My feeling is that people in a group, en masse, watching something, react differently, and perhaps more...
The third installment in the Modern Library's Paris Review "Writers at Work" series, this is an all-new gathering of interviews with the most importan...
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99,98 zł |
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