wyszukanych pozycji: 82
The Captain and the Enemy
ISBN: 9780099529149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat. The stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a twisting thriller of smuggling, jewel theft and international espionage which culminates in a dramatic showdown in Panama.
A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat. The stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's...
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53,60 zł |
The Man Within
ISBN: 9780099286158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'The Man Within' tells the story of a man who betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he takes refuge in a woman's house who persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices.
'The Man Within' tells the story of a man who betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salv...
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53,60 zł |
Travels with My Aunt: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143039006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..."
Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it," Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her way--winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a... "I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..."
Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the ... |
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77,68 zł |
A Sort of Life
ISBN: 9780099282570 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. "Writing "A Sort of Life."..was in the nature of a psychoanalysis. I made a long journey through time, and I was one of my characters." - Graham Greene in conversation with Marie-Francoise Allain
"Writing "A Sort of Life."..was in the nature of a psychoanalysis. I made a long journey through time, and I was one of my characters." - Graham Green...
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51,58 zł |
The Confidential Agent
ISBN: 9780099286196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, D becomes a hunted man.
Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at ...
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56,74 zł |
Loser Takes All
ISBN: 9780140185423 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bertram had no belief in luck. He was not superstitious. A conspicuously unsuccessful assistant accountant, he was planning to get married for the second time. Quite quietly: St Luke's, Maida Hill, and then two weeks in Bournemouth. But Dreuther, a director of Bertram's firm, whimsically switches wedding and honeymoon to Monte Carlo. Inevitably Bertram visits the Casino. Inevitably he loses. Then suddenly his system starts working . . . For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles,...
Bertram had no belief in luck. He was not superstitious. A conspicuously unsuccessful assistant accountant, he was planning to get married for the sec...
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94,94 zł |
The Third Man
ISBN: 9783150141458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext - ungekürzt und unbearbeitet mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Rollo Martins folgt der Einladung seines alten Freundes Harry Lime in das korrupte Wien der Nachkriegsjahre. Doch das geplante Treffen platzt - stattdessen findet er sich auf Harrys Beerdigung wieder. Aber ist dieser wirklich tragisch verunglückt? Aus der Suche nach der Wahrheit und dem dritten Mann wird schnell eine nervenaufreibende Hetzjagd. Graham Greenes viel beachteter Klassiker erscheint nun mit Nachwort...
Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext - ungekürzt und unbearbeitet mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite,...
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32,12 zł |
The Power and the Glory
ISBN: 9780099286097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the whisky priest, is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him."
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the whisky priest, is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of es...
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51,58 zł |
Brighton Rock
ISBN: 9781509828029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Graham Greene's powerful novel of good, evil and adolescent rebellion.
Graham Greene's powerful novel of good, evil and adolescent rebellion.
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61,91 zł |
Der dritte Mann : Roman. Nachw. v. Hanns Zischler
ISBN: 9783552057678 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2016 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Graham Greenes faszinierender Thriller, kongenial verfilmt mit Orson Welles, gibt es jetzt in exzellenter Neuübersetzung von Nikolaus Stingl.
Graham Greenes faszinierender Thriller, kongenial verfilmt mit Orson Welles, gibt es jetzt in exzellenter Neuübersetzung von Nikolaus Stingl.
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86,72 zł |
The Quiet American: Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece
ISBN: 9780099478393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. With a new introduction by Zadie Smith Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious "Third Force." As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love?
With a new introduction by Zadie Smith Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democr...
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51,58 zł |
Ways Of Escape
ISBN: 9780099282594 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc, Vietnam in the last days of the French, Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion. With ironic delight he recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa, and his brief involvement in Hollywood. He writes, as only he can, about people and places, about faith, doubt, fear and, not least, the trials and craft of writing.
With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if s...
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58,97 zł |
Dr Fischer of Geneva
ISBN: 9780099288497 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Doctor Fischer despises the human race. The notorious toothpaste millionaire decides to hold the last of his famous parties.
Doctor Fischer despises the human race. The notorious toothpaste millionaire decides to hold the last of his famous parties.
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53,60 zł |
Vyhaslý případ
ISBN: 9788070170656 / Czeski / 2007 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Greenovo „srdce temnoty“ z roku 1961 rozehrává věčná témata svatosti, povolání, lásky, víry a zoufalství s mistrovstvím, pro něž bývá právem nazýván Dostojevským dvacátého století. V autobiografické knize Úniky (Kalich 2006) Greene v souvislosti s Vyhaslým případem píše: „Představa víry jako poklidného moře byla navždy tatam – víra byla spíše jako bouře, ve které byli ti šťastní pohlceni a ztraceni, zatímco ti, co neměli štěstí, přežili a byli s ranami a krvácejícími šrámy vyvrženi na břeh. Lepší člověk si na okraji tohoto...
Greenovo „srdce temnoty“ z roku 1961 rozehrává věčná témata svatosti, povolání, lásky, víry a zoufalství s mistrovstvím, pro něž bý...
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49,92 zł |
The Third Man and the Fallen Idol
ISBN: 9780140185331 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the very least, dubious. Graham Greene said of The Third Man that he "wanted to entertain people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh" and the result is both a compelling narrative and a haunting thriller. The Fallen Idol is...
The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-...
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94,94 zł |
Brighton Rock
ISBN: 9781857151466 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. From the author of THE POWER AND THE GLORY. A story of gang war in the underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, only seventeen, has already brutally killed a man. Now believing he has escaped retribution, he is unprepared for Ida Arnold, who is determined to avenge the death.
From the author of THE POWER AND THE GLORY. A story of gang war in the underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, only seventeen, has already brutally killed a m...
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56,74 zł |
Mornings in the Dark: The Graham Greene Film Reader
ISBN: 9781784109998 / Miękka / 2021 / 776 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Carcanet's Graham Greene Film Reader reissued as a Carcanet Classic, the only book to collect his written contributions to the world of cinema.
Carcanet's Graham Greene Film Reader reissued as a Carcanet Classic, the only book to collect his written contributions to the world of cinema.
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134,14 zł |
Our Man in Havana
ISBN: 9781509828043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Graham Greene's blackly comic espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana.
Graham Greene's blackly comic espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana.
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56,74 zł |
A Burnt-out Case
ISBN: 9780099478430 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation.
Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving ...
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53,60 zł |
A Gun for Sale
ISBN: 9780099286141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. The money he receives in payment for the killing of the Minister of War is made up of stolen notes. When the first of these is traced, Raven is a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent, who has been double-crossing him and attempts to elude the police, he becomes both hunter and hunted.
Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. The money he receives in payment for the killing of the Minister of War is made up of stolen notes. When...
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53,60 zł |