wyszukanych pozycji: 93
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 |
May We Borrow Your Husband?
ISBN: 9780099283843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A widow and a divorcee tipsily discuss the inadequacy of men, deciding that women have much more to offer each other by way of variety in sexual love. Affairs, obsessions, grand passions and tiny ardours, this collection contains some of the author's saddest observations on the hilarity of sex.
A widow and a divorcee tipsily discuss the inadequacy of men, deciding that women have much more to offer each other by way of variety in sexual love....
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71,75 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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55,18 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 |
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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32,19 zł |
A Sense Of Reality
ISBN: 9780099282563 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of four stories comprising Under The Garden (A short novel); A Visit to the Morin; Dream of a Strange Land and, A Discovery in the Woods.
A collection of four stories comprising Under The Garden (A short novel); A Visit to the Morin; Dream of a Strange Land and, A Discovery in the Woods....
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71,75 zł |
England Made Me
ISBN: 9780099286172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Anthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin sister Kate persuades him to move and sets him up with a job as a bodyguard to Krogh, which has drastic results.
Anthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin sister Kate persuad...
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46,53 zł |
Ways Of Escape
ISBN: 9780099282594 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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56,87 zł |
Brighton Rock
ISBN: 9781509828029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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62,04 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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86,92 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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55,18 zł |
The Collected Plays
ISBN: 9780099286257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Living Room. The Potting Shed. The Complaisant Lover. Carving a Statue. The Return of A. J. Raffles. The Great Jowett. Yes and No. For Whom the Bell Chimes In these eight plays Graham Greene, one of the great writers of the twentieth century, demonstrates his considerable skills as a dramatist. Each of them explores themes that were of fundamental importance to Greene, and together they exhibit a daring wit and an exhilarating sense of experiment.
The Living Room. The Potting Shed. The Complaisant Lover. Carving a Statue. The Return of A. J. Raffles. The Great Jowett. Yes and No. For Whom the Be...
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93,84 zł |
Stamboul Train
ISBN: 9780099478362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Centenary edition with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens: a gripping spy thriller, which unfolds aboard the majestic Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople, weaving a web of subterfuge, murder, politics and passion along the way.
Centenary edition with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens: a gripping spy thriller, which unfolds aboard the majestic Orient Express as it crosse...
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51,70 zł |
The Confidential Agent
ISBN: 9780099286196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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56,87 zł |
The Third Man and the Fallen Idol
ISBN: 9780140185331 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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69,89 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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55,18 zł |
Our Man in Havana
ISBN: 9781509828043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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56,87 zł |