wyszukanych pozycji: 93
Brighton Rock: Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel.
ISBN: 9780099478478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) With a new introduction by J.M. Coetzee
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous Ida Arnold, who is determined to avenge a death. With a new introduction by J.M. Coetzee
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a ma... |
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51,70 zł |
The Ministry of Fear
ISBN: 9780099286189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For Arthur Rowe, the charity fair was a trip back to childhood, to innocence, a welcome chance to escape the terror of the Blitz, to forget twenty years of his past and a murder.
For Arthur Rowe, the charity fair was a trip back to childhood, to innocence, a welcome chance to escape the terror of the Blitz, to forget twenty yea...
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51,70 zł |
Travels with My Aunt
ISBN: 9781412807418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Greene's fine sense of humor is displayed in this warm and far-reaching comic novel, Travels with My Aunt, a bestseller when it appeared originally. At his mother's funeral, Henry Pulling, a stuffy, retired bank manager with an interest in dahlias, meets his Aunt Augusta. The indomitable Aunt Augusta pulls Henry along on a whirlwind adventure traveling with an old lover, Wordsworth; Curran, the founder of a doggies' church; O'Toole, the C.I.A. man obsessed by statistics and his counterculture daughter; and old Mr. Visconti, who has been wanted by Interpol for twenty years.... Greene's fine sense of humor is displayed in this warm and far-reaching comic novel, Travels with My Aunt, a bestseller when it appeared o... |
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146,86 zł |
The Tenth Man
ISBN: 9780099284147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In a prison in Occupied France one in every ten men is to be shot. The prisoners draw lots among themselves - and for rich lawyer Louis Chavel, it seems that his whole life has been leading up to an agonizing and crucial failure of nerve. Hysterical with a sense of injustice, he offers to barter everything he owns for someone to take his place.
In a prison in Occupied France one in every ten men is to be shot. The prisoners draw lots among themselves - and for rich lawyer Louis Chavel, it see...
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51,70 zł |
The Ministry of Fear
ISBN: 9781509828036 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Graham Greene's gripping WWII thriller about a man who knew too much.
Graham Greene's gripping WWII thriller about a man who knew too much.
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62,04 zł |
Reflections
ISBN: 9780099582878 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Whether reporting from the London cinema, Cotswolds villages, second-hand bookshops, war zones or political trouble spots, Graham Greene's novelistic gifts for detail, drama and compassionate curiosity provide unique and resonant insights into his life and times. 'Reflections' provides an extraordinary mirror on the 20th century from one of its greatest observers.
Whether reporting from the London cinema, Cotswolds villages, second-hand bookshops, war zones or political trouble spots, Graham Greene's novelistic ...
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93,84 zł |
The Heart of the Matter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780142437995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Wilson sat on the balcony of the Bedford Hotel with his bald pink knees thrust against the ironwork..." Graham Greene's masterpiece, The Heart of the Matter, tells the story of a good man enmeshed in love, intrigue, and evil in a West African coastal town. Scobie is bound by strict integrity to his role as assistant police commissioner and by severe responsibility to his wife, Louise, for whom he cares with a fatal pity. When Scobie falls in love with the young widow Helen, he finds vital passion again yielding to pity, integrity giving way to deceit and...
"Wilson sat on the balcony of the Bedford Hotel with his bald pink knees thrust against the ironwork..." Graham Greene's masterpiece, |
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78,62 zł |
In Search Of a Character : Two African Journals: Congo Journey and Convoy to West Africa
ISBN: 9780099529026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'In Search of Character' contains two African notebooks. 'Congo Journal' records Graham Greene's travels in 1959, and his stay at the Yonda leper colony in the jungle which inspired the story for A Burnt-Out Case. 'Convoy to West Africa' describes Greene's voyage in a cargo boat during the Second World War.
'In Search of Character' contains two African notebooks. 'Congo Journal' records Graham Greene's travels in 1959, and his stay at the Yonda leper colo...
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71,75 zł |
It's A Battlefield
ISBN: 9780099282228 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; pretty, promiscuous Kay - all have a part to play in his fate.
Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve wi...
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71,75 zł |
The Power and the Glory
ISBN: 9780099286097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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51,70 zł |
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol
ISBN: 9780099286233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates. The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games adults play. Left in the care of the butler and his wife while his parents go on holiday, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier.
The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend...
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46,53 zł |
The Man Within
ISBN: 9780099286158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) '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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51,70 zł |
Mornings in the Dark: The Graham Greene Film Reader
ISBN: 9781784109998 / Miękka / 2021 / 776 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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129,35 zł |
The Third Man and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781509828050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An anthology of Graham Greene's masterful short stories, including Cold War classic novella, The Third Man.
An anthology of Graham Greene's masterful short stories, including Cold War classic novella, The Third Man.
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56,87 zł |
A Sort of Life
ISBN: 9780099282570 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "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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51,70 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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49,90 zł |
Travels with My Aunt: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143039006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "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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78,62 zł |
The Power and the Glory
ISBN: 9780099540960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly 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.
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut ...
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88,32 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 (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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51,70 zł |
Loser Takes All
ISBN: 9780140185423 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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74,26 zł |