wyszukanych pozycji: 95
Setting Free the Bears
ISBN: 9780345417985 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller. From the Paperback edition.
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both c...
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86,94 zł |
In One Person
ISBN: 9781451664133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "His most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" (Vanity Fair). Winner of a 2013 Lambda Literary Award A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love--tormented, funny, and affecting--and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a "sexual suspect," a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978...
"His most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" (Vanity Fair). Winner of a 2013 Lambda Litera...
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73,90 zł |
The Last Chairlift
ISBN: 9781471179112 / Miękka / 2023 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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65,47 zł |
The Last Chairlift - audiobook
ISBN: 9781797111223 / Angielski / Compact Disc / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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347,72 zł |
Mongol Rally - Three weeks into the unknown
ISBN: 9781445259307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) It was a gruelling adventure and an epic challenge. On the face of it, all we had to do was get from London to Mongolia. But looking deeper it was going to be a lot less simple than it had first appeared. We had minimal planning, bought a horribly underpowered car that was fit for scrap, had no external support, no prior expedition experience or survival knowledge and decided to do it all in the name of charity. We only allowed ourselves three weeks to complete the adventure. I hadn't even heard of half of the countries we were intending to cross and certainly didn't speak the languages but...
It was a gruelling adventure and an epic challenge. On the face of it, all we had to do was get from London to Mongolia. But looking deeper it was goi...
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108,37 zł |
Straße der Wunder : Roman
ISBN: 9783257244120 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2017 / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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73,25 zł |
The Hotel New Hampshire
ISBN: 9780552992091 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Berry family are different. Love abounds - both healthy and incestuous. It is the overwhelming desire of the Berry father to run a hotel, which he does, with dubious success, in both a former girls' school in New Hampshire, and in Vienna.
The Berry family are different. Love abounds - both healthy and incestuous. It is the overwhelming desire of the Berry father to run a hotel, which he...
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61,76 zł |
Last Night in Twisted River
ISBN: 9780552776578 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious 12-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the 12-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County to Boston to southern Vermont to Toronto, pursued by the implacable constable.
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious 12-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's gir...
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66,92 zł |
Avenue of Mysteries
ISBN: 9780552778640 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 768 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Juan Diego's little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. What might a young girl be driven to do if she thought she had the power to change what lies ahead? This is the story of what happens when the future collides with the past.
Juan Diego's little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his...
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66,92 zł |
My Movie Business: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780345441300 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) After two producers, four directors, thirteen years, and uncounted rewrites, the movie version of John Irving's acclaimed novel, The Cider House Rules, at last made it to the big screen. Here is the author's account of the novel-to-film process. Anecdotal, affectionate, and delightfully candid, My Movie Business dazzles with Irving's incomparable wit and style.
After two producers, four directors, thirteen years, and uncounted rewrites, the movie version of John Irving's acclaimed novel, The Cider House Ru...
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82,59 zł |
Der letzte Sessellift
ISBN: 9783257072228 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 1088 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. 1941 in Aspen, Colorado. Die 18-jährige Rachel tritt bei den Skimeisterschaften an. Eine Medaille gibt es nicht, dafür ist sie schwanger, als sie in ihre Heimat New Hampshire zurückkehrt. Ihr Sohn Adam wächst in einer unkonventionellen Familie auf, die allen Fragen über die bewegte Vergangenheit ausweicht. Jahre später macht er sich deshalb auf die Suche nach Antworten in Aspen. Im Hotel Jerome, in dem er gezeugt wurde, trifft Adam auf einige Geister. Doch werden sie weder die ersten noch die letzten sein, die er sieht.
1941 in Aspen, Colorado. Die 18-jährige Rachel tritt bei den Skimeisterschaften an. Eine Medaille gibt es nicht, dafür ist sie schwanger, als sie in...
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164,81 zł |
The Navigation of Small Yachts
ISBN: 9781447411185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This book is a detailed and profusely illustrated guide to navigating small yachts, with information on reading tides and tidal streams, navigating at night, correcting bearings, and many other related aspects. The Navigation of Small Yachts has been carefully selected for a modern readership, and will be of considerable utility to novice yachtsmen. Contents include: Position, Direction and Distance, The Chart, Elementary Chart Work, Selecting the Safe Track to Follow, The Magnetic Compass, Variation, Deviation, and the Correction of Courses and Bearings, Leeway and Current, The Compass...
This book is a detailed and profusely illustrated guide to navigating small yachts, with information on reading tides and tidal streams, navigating at...
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150,87 zł |
The World According to Garp
ISBN: 9780593186879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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86,94 zł |
The World According To Garp
ISBN: 9781474614405 / Miękka / 2019 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author 'BRILLIANT' Cosmpolitan; 'ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY' L A Times
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author 'BRILLIANT' Cosmpolitan;...
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51,46 zł |
How to conquer a mountain: Kilimanjaro lessons
ISBN: 9781502719201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Sometimes the mountains we have to climb are different from the mountain we expected to climb. This is just one of many life lessons John and Sue learned when they were climbing Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho route. The travel memoir is told from both the point of view of the sporty, adventurous husband and his cautious, but determined wife. Accompany them on a physical, emotional and spiritual journey to the Roof of Africa. This is a book for all those who have already attempted to climb Kili, are still preparing for the climb or are facing a mountain not of their choosing. All proceeds from...
Sometimes the mountains we have to climb are different from the mountain we expected to climb. This is just one of many life lessons John and Sue lear...
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41,03 zł |
The Cider House Rules
ISBN: 9780552992046 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Set in the rural town of Maine, this tale follows the bizarre story of Homer Wells, from his apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to his adult life running a cider-making factory and his relationship with the wife of his closest friend.
Set in the rural town of Maine, this tale follows the bizarre story of Homer Wells, from his apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to his adult lif...
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56,62 zł |
Garp und wie er die Welt sah
ISBN: 9783499014499 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. John Irvings Durchbruchroman - mit einem neuen Vorwort des Autors Kraftvoll und politisch, mit unvergesslichen Charakteren und zeitlosen Themen: Irvings moderner Klassiker ist ein herausragender Roman. Er erzählt die Geschichte von Jenny, einer unverheirateten Krankenschwester, die zur alleinerziehenden Mutter und feministischen Anführerin wird. Und von ihrem Sohn Garp, der Schriftsteller wird, weil er geliebt werden will, der seinen Platz sucht und der polarisiert - wie seine Mutter. Ein Roman voller Freundschaft und Akzeptanz, Diskriminierung und... John Irvings Durchbruchroman - mit einem neuen Vorwort des Autors Kraftvoll und politisch, mit unvergesslichen Charakteren u... |
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73,25 zł |
Gottes Werk Und Teufels Beitrag
ISBN: 9783257218374 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2000 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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82,40 zł |
Jednoroczna wdowa
ISBN: 9788380694781 / Polski / Miękka / 2016 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Ruth Cole, opuszczona w wieku czterech lat przez matkę, robi zawrotną karierę literacką. Jej sukcesy zawodowe nie idą jednak w parze ze szczęściem osobistym. Kolejne nieudane związki potęgują tylko uczucie goryczy i samotności, towarzyszące wziętej autorce od wczesnego dzieciństwa. Wybawienie może przynieść tylko książę z bajki, zdolny zatriumfować nad przeszłością...
Powieść Irvinga to przede wszystkim pełna śmiałej erotyki i brawurowego komizmu historia miłosna, po raz pierwszy u tego pisarza opowiedziana głównie z perspektywy kobiety. To również... Ruth Cole, opuszczona w wieku czterech lat przez matkę, robi zawrotną karierę literacką. Jej sukcesy zawodowe nie idą jednak w parze ze szczęśc...
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45,12 zł |
A Prayer for Owen Meany
ISBN: 9780062299567 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A deluxe collector's edition of John Irving's beloved A Prayer for Owen Meany--a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball... A deluxe collector's edition of John Irving's beloved A Prayer for Owen Meany--a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished Am... |
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139,10 zł |