wyszukanych pozycji: 139
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Grona gniewu
ISBN: 9788382343687 / Polski / twarda / 2022 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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 Red Pony
ISBN: 9780141368962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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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 (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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72,22 |
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The Grapes of Wrath: 75th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780670016907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) April 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the first Viking hardcover publication of Steinbeck's crowning literary achievement
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have-nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic... April 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the first Viking hardcover publication of Steinbeck's crowning literary achievement
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780140187373 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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68,42 |
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The Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9780141394886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. It tells of the Joad family who travel West in search of the promised land, and find only broken dreams.
Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. It tells o...
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50,28 |
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
ISBN: 9780141186108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780241670859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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45,24 |
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780141185088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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Tortilla Flat
ISBN: 9780141185118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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La Perla: En Español (Spanish Language Edition of the Pearl)
ISBN: 9780143121381 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780141396033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The childlike Lennie is lost without his guardian, George, who feels his slow-witted friend has been delivered into his keeping. Bound by their fragile dream of owning land where they will 'belong', their paradisial future is soon shattered.
The childlike Lennie is lost without his guardian, George, who feels his slow-witted friend has been delivered into his keeping. Bound by their fragil...
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The Winter of Our Discontent
ISBN: 9780141186313 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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Das Tal des Himmels
ISBN: 9783552075528 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Abseits des Großstadtbetriebes und des schematisierten gesellschaftlichen Lebens im Süden Kaliforniens gelegen, beschreibt John Steinbeck 'Das Tal des Himmels' und das Schicksal einer Reihe von Menschen, die es bewohnen. In zwölf Episoden, die durch einzelne Figuren miteinander verknüpft sind, schildert er den Zustand einer Idylle, auf die ein drohender Schatten fällt. Hinter dem Dasein der Obstfarmer und der friedlichen Siedler tun sich Abgründe auf, spielen sich Tragödien ab - je stiller, desto unheimlicher. Und letztendlich erweist sich dieser von sanften Hügeln umgebene Landstrich...
Abseits des Großstadtbetriebes und des schematisierten gesellschaftlichen Lebens im Süden Kaliforniens gelegen, beschreibt John Steinbeck 'Das Tal d...
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The Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9780791093054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", was published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows failed farmer Tom Joad and his family as they head from Oklahoma's Dust Bowl to the promised land of the West. "Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations" presents the reader with a collection of important critical essays that set the scene for an amplified study of this American classic. This fully updated resource also contains supplementary introductions, a chronology, background information on the contributors, and a bibliography, and is an...
John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", was published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows failed...
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The Long Valley
ISBN: 9780141185514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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65,37 |
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O myších a lidech
ISBN: 8594072270505 / Czeski / audio (mc/cd) / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) George a Lennie spolu putují za prací od jednoho kalifornského ranče k druhému. Ačkoli se píší 30. léta 20. století a chudý zemědělský dělník by si toho neměl od života příliš slibovat, spřádají sny a plány, jak si za ušetřené peníze koupí malé hospodářství. Prozíravý George bude mít na starost všechno podstatné a slaboduchý hromotluk Lennie bude chovat králíky. Když se na statku seznámí s mrzákem Candym, který se k nim chce přidat, zdá se, že jsou od skutečného života jen krůček. Hubené časy však v málokom probouzí to lepší a na...
George a Lennie spolu putují za prací od jednoho kalifornského ranče k druhému. Ačkoli se píší 30. léta 20. století a chudý zemědělský ...
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In Dubious Battle
ISBN: 9780141186023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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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East of Eden: (Penguin Orange Collection)
ISBN: 9780143129486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps,...
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a ...
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The Portable Steinbeck
ISBN: 9780143106975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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
It would be impossible to overstate John Steinbeck's e... |
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