wyszukanych pozycji: 97
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The Captain and the Enemy
ISBN: 9780099529149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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 The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world.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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50,28 |
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Orient Express: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780142437919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The purser took the last landing-card in his hand and watched the passengers cross the wet quay, over a wilderness of rails and points, round the corners of abandoned trucks."
As the Orient Express hurtles across Europe on its three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople, its voyage binds together the lives of several of its passengers in a fateful interlock. The menagerie of characters includes Coral Musker, a beautiful chorus girl; Carleton Myatt, a rich Jewish businessman; Richard John, a mysterious and kind doctor returning to his native Belgrade; the spiteful journalist... "The purser took the last landing-card in his hand and watched the passengers cross the wet quay, over a wilderness of rails and points, round the ...
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68,23 |
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Twenty-One Stories
ISBN: 9780099286165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The stories in this text, all written between 1929 and 1954, share the themes that feature so strongly in Graham Greene's novels; humour and violence, pity and hatred, betrayal and pursuit.
The stories in this text, all written between 1929 and 1954, share the themes that feature so strongly in Graham Greene's novels; humour and violence,...
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55,31 |
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Duel Duet: Selected Stories
ISBN: 9781529946512 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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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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84,54 |
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The Heart of the Matter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780142437995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "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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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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Getting To Know The General
ISBN: 9780099529033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This Graham Greene classic outlines his friendship with General Torrijos and his bodyguard, Sergeant Chuchu. It is also an introduction to the political complexities of Central America.
This Graham Greene classic outlines his friendship with General Torrijos and his bodyguard, Sergeant Chuchu. It is also an introduction to the politic...
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82,10 |
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Paradox křesťanství
ISBN: 9788073253998 / Czeski / Miękka / 2016 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Tento soubor podnětných esejů vynikajícího anglického prozaika Grahama Greena vyšel česky již v roce 1970 péčí nakladatelství Vyšehrad. Naše nové vydání dávno nedostupného titulu zpřístupňuje i původně vynechané texty: proslov Ctnost neloajálnosti přednesený na univerzitě v Hamburku, rozhovor z publikace Ten druhý a jeho dvojník a medailon G. K. Chestertona. Texty jsou také doplněny o cenzurované pasáže.
Jádro knihy tvoří stati oddílu nazvaného Křesťan a svět, v nichž poznáváme Greenovo paradoxní chápání světa a jeho názor na podstatu... Tento soubor podnětných esejů vynikajícího anglického prozaika Grahama Greena vyšel česky již v roce 1970 péčí nakladatelství Vyšehrad. ...
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42,72 |
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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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55,31 |
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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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The Little Train
ISBN: 9781782952817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Early one morning the little train wakes up in his home town, Little Snoreing, and decides to go on an adventure. He chugs and puffs his way through villages, past castles and over bridges. But soon he gets tired, and the big city is a bit scary . . . there's only one thing to do; he'll have to head back The Little Train, Graham Greene's first children's book, was originally published in 1946 with Ardizzone's illustrations commissioned 28 year later. First published in 1974, this new edition brings the classic little train back to life for a whole new generation. Early one morning the little train wakes up in his home town, Little Snoreing, and decides to go on an adventure. He chugs and puffs his way throug... |
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The Quiet American
ISBN: 9780143039020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission to Saigon, where the French Army struggles against the Vietminh guerrillas. As young Pyle's well-intentioned policies blunder into bloodshed, Fowler, a seasoned and cynical British reporter, finds it...
Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the tro...
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68,23 |
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Dr Fischer of Geneva
ISBN: 9780099288497 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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Úniky
ISBN: 9788070170526 / Czeski / 2006 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Mistrně sepsané paměti pokrývají období let 1929 až 1978. Greene se v nich věnuje především literární tvorbě a cestám, okolnostem a motivům, které vedly k napsání jeho románů, povídek a divadelních her. Obšírně se rozepisuje o cestách a zážitcích, které ho inspirovaly k jeho dílům, a nabízí postřehy, úsudky a myšlenky, a také záznamy ze svých deníků. Greene vzpomíná mimo jiné na Vietnam, Haiti, Paraguay, Malajsko, Keňu, ale i na Polsko za stalinismu v padesátých letech nebo na Prahu, kterou navštívil v době komunistického puče v únoru...
Mistrně sepsané paměti pokrývají období let 1929 až 1978. Greene se v nich věnuje především literární tvorbě a cestám, okolnostem a mot...
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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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The Portable Graham Greene
ISBN: 9780143039181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In his essays, criticism, screenplays, autobiography, and novels, Graham Greene explored a territory located somewhere on the border between despair and faith, treachery and love.
This cross-section of Greene s work was originally selected with the author s help in 1973 and has now been extensively revised and updated. It includes the complete novels The Heart of the Matter and The Third Man, along with excerpts from ten other novels; short stories; selections from Greene s memoirs and travel writings; essays on English and American literature; and public... In his essays, criticism, screenplays, autobiography, and novels, Graham Greene explored a territory located somewhere on the border between despair a...
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94,76 |
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Ways Of Escape
ISBN: 9780099282594 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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The Tenth Man
ISBN: 9781982199128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by the Germans during World War II. The lawyer is chosen by the soldiers to die, but instead he makes a cowardly trade for his life--one that he will have to pay for even as a free man.
An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by the Germans during World War II. The lawyer is chosen by the soldiers to d...
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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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65,37 |