wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock
ISBN: 9780807865934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Long celebrated as a symbol of the country's origins, Plymouth Rock no longer receives much national attention. In fact, historians now generally agree that the Pilgrims' storied landing on the Rock never actually took place--the tradition having emerged more than a century after the arrival of the Mayflower.
In Memory's Nation, however, John Seelye is not interested in the factual truth of the landing. He argues that what truly gives Plymouth Rock its significance is more than two centuries of oratorical, literary, and artistic celebrations of the Pilgrims' arrival. Seelye... Long celebrated as a symbol of the country's origins, Plymouth Rock no longer receives much national attention. In fact, historians now generally agre...
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461,07 zł |
The Kid
ISBN: 9780803291317 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 119 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory: rustlers, hangings, shoot-outs, cattle standing frozen stiff in the snow. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute.
They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Fiddler was no stranger to trouble, but the trouble he found in the kid and the mute took everyone by surprise. It just kept coming, like nothing Winky had ever seen... Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory: rustlers, hangings, shoot-outs, cattle standing frozen stiff in the snow. Then into town one ...
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55,36 zł |
Stories of the Old West: Tales of the Mining Camp, Cavalry Troop, and Cattle Ranch
ISBN: 9780806132839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This collection of stories portrays an Old West that is both fact and fiction. The fifty narratives are written by some of America's finest writers, including Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Jack London, Mary Austin, Ambrose Bierce, Owen Wister, Frederic Remington, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, O. Henry, and Stewart Edward White. The reader will delight in comic tales about California charlatans, prostitutes with hearts of gold, tough, taciturn, and honorable cowboys, and heroic cavalrymen. There are razor-sharp stories of settlers struggling to survive in an unforgiving and unknown land and... This collection of stories portrays an Old West that is both fact and fiction. The fifty narratives are written by some of America's finest writers... |
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156,67 zł |
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
ISBN: 9780140390650 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The epic novel of the American West and the heroic cowboy
Owen Wister's powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil has become an enduring part of American mythology. Set in Wyoming Territory, The Virginiandepicts the loneliness and challenge of an unknown land where the whistle of a freight train sounds across great miles of silence, where easy camaraderie and sudden violence are found around the campfire, and where the rough honesty of "frontier justice" is just beginning to impose a sense of society on an... The epic novel of the American West and the heroic cowboy
Owen Wister's powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the unci... |
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60,27 zł |
Treasure Island
ISBN: 9780141192451 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A tale told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself.
A tale told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Amon...
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87,52 zł |
Kidnapped
ISBN: 9780451531438 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2009 / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Robert Louis Stevenson's glorious passport to romance and high adventure.
Here is the story of young David Balfour, whose miserly uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery. But justice triumphs after a spirited odyssey that includes a shipwreck, a hazardous journey across Scotland with a daredevil companion, intrigues, narrow escapes, and desperate fighting. Rich in action and characterization, this exhilarating novel was considered by Stevenson to be his finest work of fiction. With an Introduction by John... Robert Louis Stevenson's glorious passport to romance and high adventure.
Here is the story of young David Balfour, whose miserly uncle ch... |
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29,93 zł |
The Red Pony
ISBN: 9780140187397 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming-of-age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero "matured" by circumstances. As John Seelye writes in his introduction, reversing common interpretations, The Red Pony is imbued with a sense of loss. Jody's encounters with birth and death express a common theme in Steinbeck's fiction:...
Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in the...
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60,27 zł |
The Call of the Wild and White Fang
ISBN: 9780451531599 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2010 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Timeless tales of wolves, dogs, men, and the Wild, The Call of the Wild and White Fang are two of the world s greatest adventure stories.
The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London s vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness classics. The Call of the Wild features a gentle domestic dog driven by the cruelty of man to abandon civilization and return to the wilderness. By contrast, White Fang tells the story of a magnificent wolf dog born wild and free who struggles to survive and is... Timeless tales of wolves, dogs, men, and the Wild, The Call of the Wild and White Fang are two of the world s greatest adventure stor...
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25,62 zł |
Etchings of a Whaling Cruise
ISBN: 9780674732520 / Angielski / Twarda / 1968 / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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291,38 zł |