wyszukanych pozycji: 212
Olivia de Havilland: Gone With the Wind
ISBN: 9798473848663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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78,53 zł |
Steichen: A Biography
ISBN: 9781590910269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 770 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Not since 1929 has there been a biography of Edward Steichen, photographer, painter, and a pivotal yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century art and culture on two continents. Steichen, who died just short of his ninety-fourth birthday, was fifty and internationally famous when Steichen the Photographer was written by his brother-in-law, the poet and biographer Carl Sandburg. Now Penelope Niven, whose highly acclaimed biography of Sandburg appeared in 1991, has written the first comprehensive biography of Steichen. Here, she illuminates the full story of Steichen's avant-garde life in Paris...
Not since 1929 has there been a biography of Edward Steichen, photographer, painter, and a pivotal yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century art and c...
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147,58 zł |
The Sunshine Cruise Company
ISBN: 9780099592341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Susan Frobisher and Julie Wickham are turning sixty. On the surface Susan has it all - a lovely house and a long marriage to accountant Barry. But life has not been so kind to Julie. Then Susan's world is ripped apart when Barry is found dead in a secret flat - or rather, a porn dungeon.
Susan Frobisher and Julie Wickham are turning sixty. On the surface Susan has it all - a lovely house and a long marriage to accountant Barry. But lif...
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47,06 zł |
This Brutal House: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2019
ISBN: 9780349700694 / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A timely queer protest novel set in the drag ball community of New York City, from a Green Carnation Prize-shortlisted author
A timely queer protest novel set in the drag ball community of New York City, from a Green Carnation Prize-shortlisted author
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50,87 zł |
Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
ISBN: 9780195016932 / Angielski / Twarda / 1973 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A full-scale life and times biography of an important Civil War figure.
A full-scale life and times biography of an important Civil War figure.
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310,97 zł |
Take Me With You When You Go
ISBN: 9780525580997 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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96,69 zł |
This Brutal House: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2019
ISBN: 9780349700700 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019 iNews BEST NEW FICTION 2019 'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their own' DAZED BOOKS TO READ IN 2019 'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' JENNI FAGAN 'Fearless, authentic, vivid - necessary in a world that's running out of tolerance' PANOS KARNEZIS 'A vital book' ANDREW MCMILLAN 'A novel of rare intensity and sustained passion, This Brutal House shines a light on lives marginalised and...
GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019 iNews BEST NEW FICTION 2019 'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their...
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76,32 zł |
Simple Secrets for Becoming Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It
ISBN: 9780060858810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of health, success, and happiness, but their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals seen only by other experts. Now David Niven, the international bestselling author of the Simple Secrets series, has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on three of the most important aspects of our daily lives. Niven has boiled these findings down to sound, succinct advice for each day of the year,... Sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of health, success, and happiness, but their f... |
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70,17 zł |
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
ISBN: 9780786884469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned in ice, and the expedition was abandoned by its leader. Hundreds of miles from civilization, the castaways had no choice but to find solid ground as they struggled against starvation, snow blindness, disease, exposure--and each other. After almost twelve months battling the elements, twelve survivors were rescued, thanks to the heroic efforts of their captain,...
The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had...
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109,95 zł |
O Brother
ISBN: 9781805300588 / Twarda / 2023 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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96,69 zł |
Pride of the Jocks: The untold story of the men and women who made the greatest Scottish football managers
ISBN: 9780993555145 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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48,35 zł |
100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It
ISBN: 9780060564728 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Simple Science of a Healthy Life From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what do people who feel and look healthy do differently than those who are overtired, depressed, or out of shape? Every day we face an avalanche of studies and statistics that tell us what we should or shouldn't eat, how long we need to exercise, or how to protect ourselves from secondhand smoke and the harmful rays from the sun. Not only are these studies often contradictory, but the actual scientific information is usually inaccessible. Moving beyond the myths and... The Simple Science of a Healthy Life From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what do people who feel and lo... |
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52,57 zł |
The Second Coming
ISBN: 9780099592136 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The Son of God is back on Earth and starring on American Pop Star.
God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything looks pretty good - so he takes a holiday. In Heaven-time this is just a week's fishing trip, but on Earth several hundred years go by. When God returns, he finds all hell has broken loose: world wars, holocausts, famine, capitalism and Christians. Everywhere. There's only one thing for it. They're sending the kid back. JC, reborn, is a struggling musician in New York City, trying to teach the one true commandment: Be Nice His best chance... The Son of God is back on Earth and starring on American Pop Star.
God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything... |
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50,87 zł |
All the Bright Places
ISBN: 9780385755917 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The beloved New York Times bestseller that Entertainment Weekly described as "sparkling" and says "get s] under your skin." You won't soon forget this heart-wrenching, unflinching story of love shared, life lived, and two teens who find each other while standing on the edge.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for--and manages to find--something to keep him here, and alive, and awake.... The beloved New York Times bestseller that Entertainment Weekly described as "sparkling" and says "get s] under your skin." You won't...
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45,78 zł |
The Lost Cabin Mine
ISBN: 9788027299102 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The Lost Cabin Mine is a story by Frederick Niven. Niven was a Canadian novelist who produced over thirty works of fiction, an autobiography, poetry, essays, and pieces of journalism. Excerpt: "I hung my head and studied the planking of the verandah, then looked upward and gazed at the far-off glacier glittering under the blue sky, tried to wear the appearance of a deaf man who had not heard this altercation. Really I took the matter too seriously."
The Lost Cabin Mine is a story by Frederick Niven. Niven was a Canadian novelist who produced over thirty works of fiction, an autobiography, poetry, ...
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47,52 zł |
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
ISBN: 9780786868636 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 431 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island
In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman--who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband--conquered the seemingly unconquerable... From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhab...
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131,99 zł |
Breathless
ISBN: 9780241502204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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45,78 zł |
The Ice Master
ISBN: 9780230768352 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Based on the unpublished letters of journals of the crew of The Karluk, their descendants, and survivors, this is an account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever mounted.
Based on the unpublished letters of journals of the crew of The Karluk, their descendants, and survivors, this is an account of one of the most ambiti...
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103,69 zł |
100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It
ISBN: 9780061157912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. Now the bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series distills the scientific findings of over a thousand of the most important studies on happiness into easy-to-digest nuggets of advice. Each of the hundred practices is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into... Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, the... |
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61,55 zł |
John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography
ISBN: 9780807118580 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fifty years, John Niven presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South. Skillfully blending Calhoun's public career with important elements of his private life, Niven shows Calhoun to have been at once a more consistent politician and a more complex human being than previous historians have portrayed. This masterly retelling of John C. Calhoun's eventful life is a model biography.
In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fifty years, John Niven presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old S...
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166,30 zł |