wyszukanych pozycji: 140
Grona gniewu
ISBN: 9788382343687 / Polski / twarda / 2022 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 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 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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51,82 zł |
Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780142000670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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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72,29 zł |
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
ISBN: 9780141186078 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In 1940 John Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his friend the biologist Edward F. Ricketts to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the gulf of California. The day-to-day story of the trip is given in the log which combines science, philosophy and high-spirited adventure. This edition also includes Steinbeck's profile of his fellow traveller.
In 1940 John Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his friend the biologist Edward F. Ricketts to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of t...
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88,12 zł |
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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67,37 zł |
East of Eden
ISBN: 9789390354764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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180,94 zł |
Zapata
ISBN: 9780141186283 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the author that was found in the UCLA Research Library.
Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the aut...
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71,75 zł |
The Red Pony
ISBN: 9780141185095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults.
Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody i...
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The Red Pony
ISBN: 9780241980378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780140177398 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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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55,28 zł |
Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9781410407856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 907 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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152,65 zł |
Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780141396033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 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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46,63 zł |
The Grapes of Wrath : Textbook
ISBN: 9783425049809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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76,52 zł |
Zagubiony autobus
ISBN: 9788383523347 / Polski / twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Przemierzając Kalifornię autobusem, Steinbeck poznaje setki pasażerów, z których każdy ma do opowiedzenia inną historię. A podróżują wszyscy: skąpi i hojni, mądrzy i głupi, piękni, brzydcy, towarzyscy, samotni… Łączy ich jedno: potrzeba bycia wysłuchanym. Steinbeck zbiera więc te opowieści, by stworzyć z nich kronikę ludzkich namiętności. W Zagubionym autobusie uwiecznia przedstawicieli amerykańskiego społeczeństwa swojej epoki, nieustannie goniących za lepszą przyszłością.
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) – amerykański powieściopisarz, laureat... Przemierzając Kalifornię autobusem, Steinbeck poznaje setki pasażerów, z których każdy ma do opowiedzenia inną historię. A podróżują wszysc...
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48,88 zł |
Na wschód od Edenu Audiobook QES
ISBN: 9788361593089 / Polski / Plastikowa / 2009 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Opowieść o losach dwóch braci: jednego wrażliwego, odrzuconego, trochę niepoczytalnego buntownika i drugiego uroczego, kochanego, lubianego przez wszystkich. Przedstawia walkę o akceptację i zrozumienie. Opisuje potrzebę ojcowskiej miłości i prawdziwie złą kobietę.
Czyta Mieczysław Morański Opowieść o losach dwóch braci: jednego wrażliwego, odrzuconego, trochę niepoczytalnego buntownika i drugiego uroczego, kochanego, lubianego przez...
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37,59 zł |
East of Eden: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002)
ISBN: 9780670033041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 601 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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: 9780142000694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon." One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife Juana cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. This classic novella from Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck examines the fallacy of the American dream, and illustrates the...
"There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon." One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican di...
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72,29 zł |
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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51,82 zł |
The Moon is Down
ISBN: 9780141185538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit community. This book explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors.
Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit commun...
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51,82 zł |
Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780881030372 / Angielski / Prebound / 1993 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For use in schools and libraries only. The Ribald men yearn for land of their own.
For use in schools and libraries only. The Ribald men yearn for land of their own.
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118,65 zł |