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Leaving Earth
ISBN: 9780747542292 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Set in 1930s Canada, this novel tells the story of Willa and Grace, two female pilots attempting to break the world record for non-stop flight.
Set in 1930s Canada, this novel tells the story of Willa and Grace, two female pilots attempting to break the world record for non-stop flight.
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38,17 zł |
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Writing at Wintergreen
ISBN: 9780986547386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This anthology of poetry and prose represents the writing of a community of workshop participants who took part in guided writing sessions with Helen Humphreys. The sessions were held at Wintergreen Studios, an off-grid educational retreat centre in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve. All of the writing-in one way or another-derives from the land surrounding Wintergreen.
This anthology of poetry and prose represents the writing of a community of workshop participants who took part in guided writing sessions with Helen ...
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81,96 zł |
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The Lost Garden
ISBN: 9780747568131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The second novel from the acclaimed Canadian writer Helen Humphreys, author of the prize-winning Leaving Earth and a bestseller in Canada A beautifully crafted and bittersweet coming-of-age story
The second novel from the acclaimed Canadian writer Helen Humphreys, author of the prize-winning Leaving Earth and a bestseller in Canada A beautifull...
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70,93 zł |
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Wild Dogs
ISBN: 9780393328424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Alice's boyfriend abandons her dog, which joins a feral pack. Every evening, Alice and five others gather at the forest's edge, trying to call their dogs back. Most have similar tales of jealousy or vengeance enacted upon them through their dogs: Jamie is rebelling against his stepfather; Lily, who has suffered brain damage, is considered irresponsible. Becoming more deeply involved, Alice moves out to a cabin on land owned by Malcolm, one of the group, whose motives in having her there are suspicious. As she falls in love with the wildlife biologist whose wolf has gained lead of the pack,... Alice's boyfriend abandons her dog, which joins a feral pack. Every evening, Alice and five others gather at the forest's edge, trying to call thei... |
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86,51 zł |
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The Evening Chorus
ISBN: 9780544348691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "The Evening Chorus serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live -- and relish -- the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose -- exquisitely limpid -- Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless." -- Emma Donoghue
Downed during his first mission, James Hunter is taken captive as a German POW. To bide the time, he studies a nest of redstarts at the edge of camp. Some prisoners plot escape; some are shot. And then, one day, James is called to the Kommandant's office. Meanwhile, back home, James's new wife,... "The Evening Chorus serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live -- and relish -- the tiny pleasures of another day. With her ...
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64,83 zł |
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And a Dog Called Fig: Solitude, Connection, the Writing Life
ISBN: 9781250863065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,39 zł |
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Leaving Earth
ISBN: 9780393326758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Leaving Earth was Helen Humphreys's debut, and it brought the beauty of her poetry into the story of two women's love of flight and dream to excel, even if it took all their courage and strength and even their lives. Novice flyer Willa joins Grace, heroine of the skies, in what becomes an intimate journey of friendship. Yet the clouds that gather above are echoed by lurking dangers below for Maddy, a young fan of Grace's, and her Jewish mother and uncle. Anti-Semitism is spreading. Maddy's mother, a true fortune-teller, is beat up by thugs, and the swirl of events reverberates on earth...
Leaving Earth was Helen Humphreys's debut, and it brought the beauty of her poetry into the story of two women's love of flight and dream to ex...
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95,18 zł |
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Reinvention of Love
ISBN: 9781846687990 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When Charles Sainte-Beuve, a French journalist, met Victor Hugo, an ambitious young writer, he was swept into a world of grand emotions, a world where words can become swords. But Charles' attraction moves on from Victor, to his wife Adele. Soon the two lovers are on the edge of a scandal and a wounded Victor must exact his price for betrayal.
When Charles Sainte-Beuve, a French journalist, met Victor Hugo, an ambitious young writer, he was swept into a world of grand emotions, a world where...
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54,55 zł |
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Afterimage
ISBN: 9780747553014 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An exploration of the search for identity and meaning, capturing the tension between the intellectual yearnings and repressed sexuality of the Victorian age.
An exploration of the search for identity and meaning, capturing the tension between the intellectual yearnings and repressed sexuality of the Victori...
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81,85 zł |
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Field Study
ISBN: 9781770415348 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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112,53 zł |
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Coventry
ISBN: 9780393337556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet Marsh stands on the roof of the historic Coventry cathedral and marvels at the frost glittering beneath a full moon. But it is a bomber s moon, and the Luftwaffe is coming to unleash destruction on the city. For Harriet; for the young fire watcher, Jeremy, standing beside her; and for his artist mother, Maeve, hiding in a cellar, this single night of horror will resonate for the rest of their lives. Coventry is a testament to the power of the human spirit, an honest and ultimately uplifting account of heartache transformed into compassion and...
On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet Marsh stands on the roof of the historic Coventry cathedral and marvels at the frost glittering beneath a...
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86,73 zł |
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The Lost Garden
ISBN: 9780393324914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This word-perfect, heartbreaking novel is set in early 1941 in Britain when the war seems endless and, perhaps, hopeless. London is on fire from the Blitz, and a young woman gardener named Gwen Davis flees from the burning city for the Devon countryside. She has volunteered for the Land Army, and is to be in charge of a group of young girls who will be trained to plant food crops on an old country estate where the gardens have fallen into ruin. Also on the estate, waiting to be posted, is a regiment of Canadian soldiers. For three months, the young women and men will form attachments, living...
This word-perfect, heartbreaking novel is set in early 1941 in Britain when the war seems endless and, perhaps, hopeless. London is on fire from the B...
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82,39 zł |
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