wyszukanych pozycji: 1902
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The Lion And The Unicorn: (Richard Harding Davis Classics Collection)
ISBN: 9781508699545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Prentiss stood on the sidewalk and said: "I wish you good luck, sir." And the Captain said: "I'm coming back a Major, Prentiss." But he never came back. And one day-the Lion remembered the day very well, for on that same day the newsboys ran up and down Jermyn Street shouting out the news of "a 'orrible disaster" to the British arms. It was then that a young lady came to the door in a hansom, and Prentiss went out to meet her and led her upstairs. They heard him unlock the Captain's door and say, "This is his room, miss," and after he had gone they watched her standing quite still by the...
Prentiss stood on the sidewalk and said: "I wish you good luck, sir." And the Captain said: "I'm coming back a Major, Prentiss." But he never came bac...
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28,90 |
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Alt-ernate: A Collection of 37 Stories
ISBN: 9780473570897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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78,71 |
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The White Mice (1909) by Richard Harding Davis (Classics)
ISBN: 9781530466108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 - April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.
Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 - April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war cor...
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The Lost House
ISBN: 9781517604547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It was a dull day at the chancellery. His Excellency the American Ambassador was absent in Scotland, unveiling a bust to Bobby Burns, paid for by the numerous lovers of that poet in Pittsburg; the First Secretary was absent at Aldershot, observing a sham battle; the Military Attache was absent at the Crystal Palace, watching a foot-ball match; the Naval Attache was absent at the Duke of Deptford's, shooting pheasants; and at the Embassy, the Second Secretary, having lunched leisurely at the Artz, was now alone, but prepared with his life to protect American interests. Accordingly, on the...
It was a dull day at the chancellery. His Excellency the American Ambassador was absent in Scotland, unveiling a bust to Bobby Burns, paid for by the ...
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28,90 |
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Rebecca Harding Davis's Stories of the Civil War Era
ISBN: 9780820334356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The ten stories gathered here show Rebecca Harding Davis to be an acute observer of the conflicts and ambiguities of a divided nation and position her as a major transitional writer between romanticism and realism. Capturing the fluctuating cultural environment of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, the stories explore such issues as racial prejudice and slavery, the loneliness and powerlessness of women, and the effects of postwar market capitalism on the working classes. Davis s characters include soldiers and civilians, men and women, young and old, blacks and whites. Instead of... The ten stories gathered here show Rebecca Harding Davis to be an acute observer of the conflicts and ambiguities of a divided nation and position ... |
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193,24 |
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Wolf and Coyote Trapping
ISBN: 9781986169585 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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33,03 |
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The Peach Genealogies: Volume 2
ISBN: 9781420812961 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Peach Genealogies is the latest series of books written by John H. Peach. His writing about the Peach surname began in 1983, resulting in seven published books. Volume I of the series focused on those who descended from Joseph Peach, the founding father of "The Southern Maryland Branch." The second volume seeks to identify all the known descendants of John and William Peach. While many of this "South Carolina Branch" of Peaches continue to live in the Kershaw County area of this palmetto state, others spread throughout other areas of the south. As a result, sub-branches of these Peaches...
The Peach Genealogies is the latest series of books written by John H. Peach. His writing about the Peach surname began in 1983, resulting in seven pu...
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191,88 |
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Real Soldiers of Fortune
ISBN: 9781421809861 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
118,85 |
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With The Allies
ISBN: 9781517217464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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33,03 |
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The Princess Aline
ISBN: 9781517217105 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Princess Aline by Richard Harding Davis, 1895. Morton Carlton, portrait-painter international reputation, is unlucky in love. It's not that he never meets the right women. When the right "one" comes along, he changes his mind. Indeed, it seems he is destined to forever wander like a lost votary through Venus's domains. But one day a change appears on the horizon. He sees a portrait of the Princess Aline of Hohenwald in an illustrated newspaper, and falls madly in love with his artist's conception of her. Throwing all to the winds, he resolves to go to Europe and look her up. The quest...
The Princess Aline by Richard Harding Davis, 1895. Morton Carlton, portrait-painter international reputation, is unlucky in love. It's not that he nev...
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33,03 |
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The Other Woman
ISBN: 9781517217624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
24,77 |
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Real Soldiers of Fortune illustrated
ISBN: 9798462845666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
53,71 |
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Grandson of Essie: The Oswald Harding Story
ISBN: 9789768245649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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105,62 |
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The Man Who Could Not Lose
ISBN: 9781023019262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,52 |
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Cinderella, and other stories. By: Richard Harding Davis: Historical drama
ISBN: 9781541265257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The servants of the Hotel Salisbury, which is so called because it is located on Broadway and conducted on the American plan by a man named Riggs, had agreed upon a date for their annual ball and volunteer concert, and had announced that it would eclipse every Other annual ball in the history of the hotel. As the Hotel Salisbury had been only two years in existence, this was not an idle boast, and it had the effect of inducing many people to buy the tickets, which sold at a dollar apiece, and were good for "those gent and a lady, "and entitled the bearer to a hat-check without extra...
The servants of the Hotel Salisbury, which is so called because it is located on Broadway and conducted on the American plan by a man named Riggs, had...
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36,79 |
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The Exiles and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781517216757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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41,31 |
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Episodes in Van Bibber's Life
ISBN: 9781517606305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, who would have had to work if his mother lost her place, was sick with anxiety.
It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down t...
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28,90 |
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Captain Macklin
ISBN: 9781517210816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Excerpt from Captain Macklin: His Memoirs
It may seem presumptuous that so young a man as myself should propose to write life and memoirs, for, as a rule, one waits until he has accomplished something in the world, or until he has reached old age, before he ventures to tell of the times in which he has lived, and of his part in them. But the profession to which I belong, which is that of a soldier, and which is the noblest profession a man can follow, is a hazardous one, and were I to delay until to-morrow to write down what I have seen and done, these memoirs might never be written, for,... Excerpt from Captain Macklin: His Memoirs
It may seem presumptuous that so young a man as myself should propose to write life and memoirs, for, as... |
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41,31 |
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Journey To The Centre Of The Youniverse
ISBN: 9781908774460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
74,42 |
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Gallegher and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781023048149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
70,34 |