wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Nashville Burning
ISBN: 9780875657103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A novel set in three Aprils, those of 1967, '68, and'69, in Music City. Nashville Burning presents characters caught up in the events and the time - events ranging from the thoughtful and sincerely well-meaning to the truly felonious and certifiably insane. The novel is humorous, yet serious. Its fire is literal and emotional, and it is not to be stoked.
A novel set in three Aprils, those of 1967, '68, and'69, in Music City. Nashville Burning presents characters caught up in the events and the time - e...
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99,76 zł |
Decoration Day and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781936205561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Decoration Day and Other Stories" ranges in locale from the piney woods of Deep East Texas, to the mean streets of Memphis, to the suburbs of Washington, DC. Highly comic and deeply serious, the collection reaches from the late 19th century to the present day. The title story centers on elderly sisters striving to save an unjustly accused man from a lynch mob, while at the same time fetch home a wagonload of flowering bushes to commemorate their dead in the family cemetery. Captive to private delusions and bound to dreams of what ought to be, each character in Duff's eleven stories struggles...
"Decoration Day and Other Stories" ranges in locale from the piney woods of Deep East Texas, to the mean streets of Memphis, to the suburbs of Washing...
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92,26 zł |
That's All Right, Mama
ISBN: 9781942531173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Did Elvis's identical twin, Jesse Garon Presley, really die at birth? Not according to Lance Lee, the hero of Gerald Duff's darkly comic dissection of fame and rock 'n' roll. Lee, who makes his living as an Elvis imitator, claims to be the long-presumed dead twin. In a style that faithfully reproduces Elvis's plaintive bravado, Lance-Jesse recounts being hidden away and passed off as Elvis's "cousin" until he needs to impersonate Elvis to stave off bullies at school; later, he is obliged to "play Elvis" every time The King has an attack of nerves. As performing substitute, Jesse has had a...
Did Elvis's identical twin, Jesse Garon Presley, really die at birth? Not according to Lance Lee, the hero of Gerald Duff's darkly comic dissection of...
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95,41 zł |
Home Truths: A Deep East Texas Memory
ISBN: 9780875654355 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Novelist Gerald Duff grew up both in Polk County, in Deep East Texas, and in Nederland, near the Gulf Coast, two drastically different areas in terms of social and economic status, and the way they interact. These communities shaped the way Duff thought and lived, causing him to build up certain false personae to fit in with the crowd. These changes and more are described within the pages of Duff's new memoir, Home Truths: A Deep East Texas Memory . From dealing with intrusive family members to judgmental classmates to marital bliss and misery, Duff's memoir describes situations familiar to...
Novelist Gerald Duff grew up both in Polk County, in Deep East Texas, and in Nederland, near the Gulf Coast, two drastically different areas in terms ...
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95,41 zł |
Blood Tells
ISBN: 9781942956914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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86,72 zł |
Playing Custer
ISBN: 9780875656069 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Playing Custer" is a novel narrated from varying points of view and time, illuminating personal and political events leading up to the death of General George Armstrong Custer. The historic events are framed by the story of two men from the late twentieth century--one white and one Native American--who travel together to the annual reenactment of the battle at the Little Bighorn National Monument battlefield.
Chatting during their journey, the two reenactors discuss their obsessions, personal ambitions, and failures of nerve. Interwoven with their progress toward the battle are... "Playing Custer" is a novel narrated from varying points of view and time, illuminating personal and political events leading up to the death of Gener...
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99,76 zł |
Memphis Bluff
ISBN: 9780875657455 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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99,76 zł |
Memphis Mojo
ISBN: 9780991107421 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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78,03 zł |
Legends of Lost Man Marsh
ISBN: 9781942956662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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73,86 zł |
It Is What It Is: Systematic Incarceration / Disguised Racism - The Autobiography of Gerald H. Duffy, Jr.
ISBN: 9781467965323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The most explosive, dynamic, and compelling autobiography ever written from behind the walls of the United States Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Now, after continuously serving more than 20 years inside some of the most violent, dangerous, and drug infested Federal penitentiaries throughout this nation, Gerald Hawthorne Duffy, Jr. finally tells his story. As an African-American, Duffy was raised in Southern Mississippi (by far one of the most racist and poverty stricken regions in this nation); reared in private Catholic institutions; ran away from home at the age of 15 after...
The most explosive, dynamic, and compelling autobiography ever written from behind the walls of the United States Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth,...
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91,25 zł |
Philosophy and the Law of Torts
ISBN: 9780521622820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law offers a complex set of rules to answer this question, but up to now philosophers have offered little by way of analysis of these rules. In eight essays commissioned for this volume, leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law. This collection will be of interest to professionals and advanced students working in philosophy of law, social theory, political theory, and law, as well as anyone seeking a better understanding of tort law.
When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law offers a complex set of rules to answer this question, but up to...
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486,57 zł |