wyszukanych pozycji: 147
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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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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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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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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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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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75,44 |
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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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49,28 |
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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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55,31 |
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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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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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Cup Of Gold : A Life Of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, With Occasional Reference To History
ISBN: 9780141186122 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Steinbeck's sole work of historical fiction, this tale recounts the story of Henry Morgan, who ruled the Spanish Main in the 1670s. He was consumed by two passions, to possess the mysterious woman known as La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama and wrest the cup of gold from Spanish hands.
Steinbeck's sole work of historical fiction, this tale recounts the story of Henry Morgan, who ruled the Spanish Main in the 1670s. He was consumed by...
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67,38 |
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America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780142437414 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. More than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last published book, America and Americans, this volume brings together for the first time more than fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces on Salinas, Sag Harbor, Arthur Miller, Woody...
More than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist wh...
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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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45,24 |
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The Grapes of Wrath : Textbook
ISBN: 9783425049809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780140187373 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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... 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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68,23 |
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The Portable Steinbeck
ISBN: 9780143106975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A selection of essential writings by one of the greatest writers in American history
It would be impossible to overstate John Steinbeck's enduring influence on American letters. Profuse with a richness of language, sly humor, and empathy for even his most flawed characters, Steinbeck's books are still widely read and deeply relevant today. The Portable Steinbeck is a grand sampling of his most important and popular works. Here are the complete novels Of Mice and Men and The Red Pony, together with self-contained excerpts from several longer novels, the text of... A selection of essential writings by one of the greatest writers in American history
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Była raz wojna. Bomby poszły
ISBN: 9788383910079 / Polski / twarda / 2024 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Dwie opowieści prosto z frontu, w których Steinbeck oczami jednostek ukazuje wojenne piekłoWByła raz wojnaSteinbeck opisuje nie bitwy, ale ludzi. Reportaże zamówione przez ,,New York Herald Tribune" poświęca odmalowaniu ludzkiego wymiaru drugowojennego konfliktu, którego losy wtedy nie były jeszcze przesądzone. Pisarz jadł i pił razem z żołnierzami, walczył z nimi ramię w ramię. Przebywając na pierwszej linii frontu, widział zarówno heroizm, jak i tchórzostwo. Jego teksty poruszają bardziej niż jakiekolwiek ogólne opisy batalistyczne, poznajemy w nich losy zwykłych...
Dwie opowieści prosto z frontu, w których Steinbeck oczami jednostek ukazuje wojenne piekłoWByła raz wojnaSteinbeck opisuje nie bitwy, ale ludzi....
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The Long Valley
ISBN: 9780141185514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums.
A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for the...
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La Perla: En Español (Spanish Language Edition of the Pearl)
ISBN: 9780143121381 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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