wyszukanych pozycji: 20
From Rocket Boys to October Sky: How the Classic Memoir Rocket Boys Was Written and the Hit Movie October Sky Was Made
ISBN: 9781492746591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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32,14 zł |
Albert jede domů
ISBN: 9788025721957 / Czeski / 2017 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Román Albert jede domů, inspirovaný životy autorových rodičů, vypráví laskavý, zábavný a dojemný příběh mladého manželského páru, jenž v doprovodu poněkud zarážejícího domácího mazlíčka – aligátora jménem Albert – vyrazí na zdánlivě pošetilou cestu napříč Amerikou třicátých let. Tato cesta se stává barvitou alegorií životní poutě a zároveň s notnou dávkou fantazie vypovídá o onom podivném a zázračném citu zvaném láska. Milostný příběh, který autor nabízí svým čtenářům, je přitom poněkud komplikovanějšího rázu....
Román Albert jede domů, inspirovaný životy autorových rodičů, vypráví laskavý, zábavný a dojemný příběh mladého manželského páru, ...
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75,04 zł |
Albert Vuelve a Casa: La Historia, En Cierto Modo Real, de Un Hombre, Su Esposa Y Su Caimán.
ISBN: 9780718080297 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2016 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Una historia emocionalmente evocadora acerca de un hombre, una mujer y un caiman es un emotivo tributo al amor, del autor best seller del New York Times de las galardonadas memorias Rocket Boys: la base de la pelicula Cielo de Octubre. Elsie Lavender y Homer Hickam (el padre del autor) eran companeros de clase en la secundaria en los campos de carbon de West Virginia, graduandose justo cuando comenzaba la Gran depresion. Cuando Homer pidio le propuso matrimonio, Elsie partio para Orlando donde congenio con un actor bailarin llamado Buddy Ebsen (si, ese Buddy Ebsen). Pero cuando Buddy se mudo...
Una historia emocionalmente evocadora acerca de un hombre, una mujer y un caiman es un emotivo tributo al amor, del autor best seller del New York Tim...
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74,39 zł |
Sky of Stone: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780440240921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Homer Hickam won the praise of critics and the devotion of readers with his first two memoirs set in the hardscrabble mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. The New York Times crowned his first book, the #1 national bestseller October Sky, "an eloquent evocation ... a thoroughly charming memoir." And People called The Coalwood Way, Hickam's follow-up to October Sky, "a heartwarmer ... truly beautiful and haunting." Now Homer Hickam continues his extraordinary story with Sky of Stone, dazzling us with exquisite storytelling as he takes us back to...
Homer Hickam won the praise of critics and the devotion of readers with his first two memoirs set in the hardscrabble mining town of Coalwood, West Vi...
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39,36 zł |
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife and Her Alligator
ISBN: 9780008154240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 'Must-read... A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife's car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.' Marie Claire A journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger. This is a tale where everything is true,except the bits that are made up.
'Must-read... A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife's car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.' Marie Claire ...
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41,44 zł |
Crescent
ISBN: 9781595546630 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) She was born to kill, born to die. Crescent is a crowhopper--a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she's taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it's a disaster. Crater is weary of war. He's a miner, not a soldier. He'd rather be mining Helium-3 than battling the infernal crowhoppers. But after he captures Crescent and brings her to Moontown, he's surprised how much he enjoys her company. When she's falsely accused of murder, he becomes an outlaw to help her escape. The unlikely... She was born to kill, born to die. Crescent is a crowhopper--a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfar... |
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43,74 zł |
Cielo de Octubre (Rocket Boys)
ISBN: 9780718074128 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Uno de los best seller mas apreciados de los ultimos anos, es una memoria americana unica. Una historia poderosa y llena de luz sobre como era crecer a finales de la decada de 1950, es tambien la historia acerca del amor de una madre y de los temores de un padre, de lo que es crecer y marcharse. Con la gracia de un narrador por naturaleza, Homer Hickman recuerda su vida despues de una distinguida carrera en la NASA para relatar su propia historia sobre como se crio en un agonizante pueblo minero de carbon, y de como, contra todas las posibilidades, convirtio en realidad sus suenos de lanzar...
Uno de los best seller mas apreciados de los ultimos anos, es una memoria americana unica. Una historia poderosa y llena de luz sobre como era crecer ...
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65,64 zł |
Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company
ISBN: 9781595546623 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Hickam has a wild imagination and a keen eye for the science behind the fiction." --JAVIER GRILLO-MARXUACH, writer & producer on Lost and Helix, creator of The Middleman Crater Trueblood has to rescue his ex-girlfriend . . . and the entire human race. Maria Medaris is the 21-year-old matriarch of the most powerful family on the moon--gorgeous, powerful, and high-maintenance. When she is kidnapped by green-lipped, gene-splicing scientists, Maria's only hope turns out to be the very man she once spurned: Crater Trueblood. Crater... "Hickam has a wild imagination and a keen eye for the science behind the fiction." --JAVIER GRILLO-MARXUACH, writer & producer on Lost and... |
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65,64 zł |
Crater
ISBN: 9781401686963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A MINING COLONY ON THE MOON. A DEADLY MISSION. AND A SECRET BIGGER THAN TWO WORLDS. It's the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth. Sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood loves his job as a Helium-3 miner. But when he saves a fellow miner, his life changes forever. Impressed by his heroism, the owner of the mine orders Crater to undertake a dangerous mission. Crater doubts himself, but has no choice. He must go. With the help of Maria, the mine owner's frustrating but gorgeous... A MINING COLONY ON THE MOON. A DEADLY MISSION. AND A SECRET BIGGER THAN TWO WORLDS. It's the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneer... |
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74,39 zł |
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
ISBN: 9780062325907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys--the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen... Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute t... |
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87,53 zł |
Paco: The Cat Who Meowed in Space
ISBN: 9781479124817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Homer Hickam, author of the memoir Rocket Boys (made into the movie October Sky), recalls his first years as a NASA engineer while also telling the story of his fluffy black and white cat Paco who had the magic ability to make people smile and give them hope. But when Paco was struck down by a disease that left him unable to walk, Hickam was faced with a terrible decision, let his beloved cat live in misery or put him to sleep. Before that decision could be made, the space mission Hickam was working on needed to be rescued and there was only one sure way to save it: Paco's magic meow This is...
Homer Hickam, author of the memoir Rocket Boys (made into the movie October Sky), recalls his first years as a NASA engineer while also telling the st...
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25,28 zł |
The Dinosaur Hunter
ISBN: 9781250001962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "A fascinating thriller, well crafted and relentless ... A cross between Tony Hillerman and Larry McMurtry, this is one hell of a good read."--Douglas Preston, author of Tyrannosaur Canyon and Blasphemy The cowboys who work on the ranchlands of Montana expect more than their fair share of trouble. One of them is Mike Wire, a former homicide detective. Mike is about to learn murder and mayhem can happen under Motnana's big skies, too. Beneath the earth lie enough dinosaur fossils to fill several museum collections---and make a fortune for whoever claims them... "A fascinating thriller, well crafted and relentless ... A cross between Tony Hillerman and Larry McMurtry, this is one hell of a good read.... |
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100,66 zł |
October Sky
ISBN: 9780440235507 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1999 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film.
It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Homer Hickam nurtured a dream: to send rockets into outer space. The introspective son of the mine's superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood forever, Homer fell in with a group of misfits who learned not only how to turn scraps of metal into sophisticated rockets but how to sustain their... The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film.
It was 1957, the year Sputnik rac... |
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43,74 zł |
The Keeper's Son
ISBN: 9781250037374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In 1941, Killakeet Island of the wind-swept Outer Banks of North Carolina is home to a tiny, peaceful population of fishermen, clam stompers, oyster rakers, and a few lonely sailors of the Coast Guard. Dominating the glorious, raw beauty of the little island is the majestic Killakeet Lighthouse, which for generations has been the responsibility of one family, the Thurlows. However, Josh Thurlow, the Keeper's son, has forsworn his heritage to become the commander of the Maudie Jane, a small Coast Guard patrol boat operating off Killakeet. Josh is still tortured by guilt, seventeen... In 1941, Killakeet Island of the wind-swept Outer Banks of North Carolina is home to a tiny, peaceful population of fishermen, clam stompers, oyste... |
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100,66 zł |
Red Helmet
ISBN: 9781595546258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Song Hawkins is a beautiful, tough, but lonely New York City businesswoman who thinks she's met the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the superintendent of a West Virginia coal mine. But soon after they impulsively marry, Song realizes they're in big trouble. She can't imagine life outside of New York, and Cable has no intention of leaving his beloved town of Highcoal. Song's visit to the little mining community only makes things worse. It looks like the marriage is over. But in a shocking turn of events, Song realizes it's up to her to put on the red helmet of the new coal miner... Song Hawkins is a beautiful, tough, but lonely New York City businesswoman who thinks she's met the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the superint... |
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65,64 zł |
Rocket Boys: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780385333214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir--a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even...
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir--a powerf...
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87,57 zł |
The Coalwood Way
ISBN: 9780440237167 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2001 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From the #1 bestselling author of October Sky comes this rich, unforgettable tale. With the same dazzling storytelling that distinguished his first memoir, Homer Hickam takes us deeper into the soul of his West Virginia hometown at a moment when its unique way of life is buffeted by forces of time and change. It is fall 1959. Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, and the town of Coalwood finds itself at a painful crossroads. The strains can be felt within the Hickam home, where Homer Sr. struggles to save the mine, and his...
From the #1 bestselling author of October Sky comes this rich, unforgettable tale. With the same dazzling storytelling that distinguished his f...
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39,36 zł |
Back to the Moon
ISBN: 9780440235385 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2000 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky, real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America's first space ventures. Now, in this no-holds-barred joyride of a thriller, he straps us into the cockpit of the space shuttle Columbia as a renegade rocket man hijacks the shuttle -- and blasts off on a Mach-speed chase into space....
Jack Medaris is a man haunted by his past and driven by a dream: He's risking everything to "borrow" the Columbia -- and pilot it to the moon. He didn't plan on an unexpected passenger, beautiful celebrity daredevil and scientist... In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky, real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America's first space ventur...
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43,74 zł |
Rocket Boys
ISBN: 9780008166083 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket.
Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik sat...
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67,37 zł |
The Far Reaches
ISBN: 9780312383053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow is on hand at the invasion of Tarawa, as the United States Navy begins throwing her Marines at island after bloody island across the Pacific. But nothing goes as planned, and young Americans go up against fanatical defenders. As blood colors the waters around Tarawa, Josh flounders ashore through a floating graveyard of dead men and joins the survivors. Critically wounded, Josh expects to die. Instead, Sister Mary Kathleen,... The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain... |
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100,66 zł |