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Grona gniewu
ISBN: 9788382343687 / Polski / twarda / 2022 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Porywająca lekcja historii Amerykańska klasyka w najlepszym tego słowa znaczeniu!Stany Zjednoczone, lata 30. XX wieku. Wielki kryzys zbiera tragiczne żniwo. Rodzina Joadów decyduje się opuścić rodzinną Oklahomę i w poszukiwaniu pracy przenieść się do Kalifornii. Po dotarciu na miejsce okazuje się jednak, że nie ma ono nic wspólnego z krainą mlekiem i miodem płynącą znaną z reklamowych folderów. Zamieszkujący ją farmerzy - sami dotknięci bezrobociem i ledwo wiążący koniec z końcem - są do przybywających do ich stanu nastawieni wręcz wrogo. Czy w takich...
Porywająca lekcja historii Amerykańska klasyka w najlepszym tego słowa znaczeniu!Stany Zjednoczone, lata 30. XX wieku. Wielki kryzys zbiera tragicz...
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The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9781890771614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California. Here he found once strong, independent farmers so reduced in dignity, sick, sullen, and defeated that they had been cast down to a kind of subhumanity. He contrasts their misery with the hope offered by government resettlement camps, where self-help communities were restoring dignity and indeed saving lives. The Harvest Gypsies gives us an eyewitness account of the horrendous Dust Bowl migration and provides the factual...
With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Ho...
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The Winter of Our Discontent
ISBN: 9780143039488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The final novel of one of America's most beloved writers--a tale of degeneration, corruption, and spiritual crisis In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had "resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American." Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck's last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Island's aristocratic class, his wife is...
The final novel of one of America's most beloved writers--a tale of degeneration, corruption, and spiritual crisis In awarding John Steinb...
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
ISBN: 9780141186108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In 1960, when he was almost 60 years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover his native land. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of its people. Accompanied only by a distinguished French poodle named Charley, he travelled all across the United States in a three-quarter-ton pick-up truck equipped with miniature ship's cabin and named Rocinante. His course took him through almost 40 states. He saw things that made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated, all of which is related with remarkable honesty and insight. The book was was first published in...
In 1960, when he was almost 60 years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover his native land. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights,...
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Dziennik z Morza Corteza
ISBN: 9788383913216 / Polski / twarda / 2025 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Dziennik z Morza Corteza to niezwykła relacja z wyprawy Johna Steinbecka i biologa morskiego Eda Rickettsa, jaką odbyli w 1940 roku po wodach Zatoki Kalifornijskiej, nazywanej też Morzem Corteza. Jednak nie jest to tylko zapis podróży, ale przede wszystkim głęboka medytacja nad naturą, życiem i ludzką egzystencją. Steinbeck łączy obserwacje przyrody z filozoficzną refleksją i zadumą nad niezwykłością świata. Dziennik z Morza Corteza to także zapis pięknej przyjaźni, zachwytu barwnością życia i poszukiwania sensu poza zgiełkiem cywilizacji. To opowieść o podróży...
Dziennik z Morza Corteza to niezwykła relacja z wyprawy Johna Steinbecka i biologa morskiego Eda Rickettsa, jaką odbyli w 1940 roku po wodach Zatoki...
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780141185088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival
Published in 1945, "Cannery Row"" "focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of... Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival
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Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9781410407856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 907 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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East of Eden: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002)
ISBN: 9780670033041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 601 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The...
A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his...
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The Pearl
ISBN: 9780141394909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed.
This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impover...
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In Dubious Battle
ISBN: 9780141186023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Explores the line between principled defiance and blind fanaticism. This book follows the fortunes of Jim Nolan, disenfranchised and alone, his family destroyed by the system. It is an observation of social and political turmoil and a moving story of a young man's struggle for identity.
Explores the line between principled defiance and blind fanaticism. This book follows the fortunes of Jim Nolan, disenfranchised and alone, his family...
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Pearl
ISBN: 9780881030402 / Angielski / Prebound / 1993 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For use in schools and libraries only. A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
For use in schools and libraries only. A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
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The Pearl
ISBN: 9780141394688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed.
This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impover...
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780142000670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression, in a deluxe centennial edition Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America's most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land...
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression, in a deluxe centennial edition Over seventy-five years since i...
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The Winter of Our Discontent
ISBN: 9780141186313 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide. Then a series of unusual events reignites Ethan's ambition, and he is pitched on to a bold course, where all scruples are put aside. Steinbeck's searing examination of the evil influences of money, immorality, greed and ambition on America drew...
Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgri...
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Of Mice And Men And Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780140177398 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the...
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark o...
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Dziennik z podróży do Rosji
ISBN: 9788383521688 / Polski / twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Tuż po tym jak Europę podzieliła żelazna kurtyna, John Steinbeck i słynny fotograf wojenny Robert Capa wyruszyli na śmiałą wyprawę do Związku Radzieckiego, by napisać reportaż dla „New York Herald Tribune”. Podróżnicy odwiedzili nie tylko Moskwę i Stalingrad, ale także ukraińskie wsie czy Gruzję. „Dziennik z podróży do Rosji” zaraz po wydaniu w 1948 r. został uznany przez „New York Times” za „dzieło znakomite”. Zawarta w nim opowieść pozostaje unikatowym dokumentem historycznym opisującym życie zwykłych Rosjan, w którym Steinbeck i Capa uwiecznili...
Tuż po tym jak Europę podzieliła żelazna kurtyna, John Steinbeck i słynny fotograf wojenny Robert Capa wyruszyli na śmiałą wyprawę do Związk...
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Tortilla Flat
ISBN: 9780141185118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so when he suddenly inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road.
Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above mon...
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Der Winter unseres Missvergnügens : Roman. Mit Nachwort
ISBN: 9783717524328 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2018 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780141023571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Streetwise George and his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American
Streetwise George and his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except t...
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