wyszukanych pozycji: 9
The Eagle's Throne
ISBN: 9780747579373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A dazzling political novel of high artifice and intelligent comedy to make Machiavelli blush
A dazzling political novel of high artifice and intelligent comedy to make Machiavelli blush
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43,88 zł |
This I Believe: An A-Z of a Writer's Life
ISBN: 9780747573388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An A-Z of the things that Carlos Fuentes loves and passionately believes in: it is a kind of manifesto, but one that also draws on key moments in his life
An A-Z of the things that Carlos Fuentes loves and passionately believes in: it is a kind of manifesto, but one that also draws on key moments in his ...
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93,30 zł |
Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 Days in Captivity
ISBN: 9780743291316 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "It all happened so fast that even now, a month later, I still have trouble believing it, and I have to tell myself over and over again: Leszli, you have been kidnapped." On April 12, 1999, Leszli Kalli boarded a plane in Colombia to work on a kibbutz in Israel, but she never made it. The plane was hijacked by a leftist guerrilla group and forced to land on an abandoned runway in the jungle. Leszli, along with her father and the other passengers, were held hostage for 373 days. Her diary reveals her innermost thoughts, darkest fears, and visions of hope. Leszli vividly...
"It all happened so fast that even now, a month later, I still have trouble believing it, and I have to tell myself over and over again: Leszli, y...
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87,32 zł |
This I Believe: An A to Z of a Life
ISBN: 9780812972542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this masterly, deeply personal, and provocative book, the internationally renowned Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, whose work has been called "a combination of Poe, Baudelaire, and Isak Dinesen" (Newsweek), steps back to survey the wellsprings of art and ideology, the events that have shaped our time, and his extraordinary life and fiercest passions.
Arranged alphabetically from "Amore" to "Zurich," This I Believe takes us on a marvelous inner journey with a great writer. Fuentes ranges wide, from contradictions inherent in Latin American culture and politics to his long... In this masterly, deeply personal, and provocative book, the internationally renowned Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, whose work has been called "a com...
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91,73 zł |
Jackson Heights Chronicles: When Crossing the Border Isn't Enough
ISBN: 9780743286589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From his small travel agency tucked away in an area of New York City known as Little Colombia, the "Godfather of Jackson Heights" does far more than make travel arrangements. Fernando Padron is a social service fixer to many of the tens of thousands of Latino immigrants living in his neighborhood. Tax accountant, job hunter, fund-raiser, and missing persons detective are just some of his roles. Fernando also earned the title of Undertaker for the Mules after helping families repatriate the remains of the dozens who die every year smuggling drugs into New York when drug-filled capsules in...
From his small travel agency tucked away in an area of New York City known as Little Colombia, the "Godfather of Jackson Heights" does far more than m...
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78,58 zł |
The Eagle's Throne
ISBN: 9780812972559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Here is a true literary event-the long-awaited new novel by Carlos Fuentes, one of the world's great writers. By turns a tragedy and a farce, an acidic black comedy and an indictment of modern politics, The Eagle's Throne is a seriously entertaining and perceptive story of international intrigue, sexual deception, naked ambition, and treacherous betrayal.
In the near future, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Mexico's idealistic president has dared to vote against the U.S. occupation of Colombia and Washington's refusal to pay OPEC prices for oil. Retaliation is swift.... Here is a true literary event-the long-awaited new novel by Carlos Fuentes, one of the world's great writers. By turns a tragedy and a farce, an acidi...
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78,62 zł |
Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History
ISBN: 9780060789459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On May 14, 2003, a familiar risk-filled journey, taken by hopeful Mexican immigrants attempting to illegally cross into the United States, took a tragic turn. Inside a sweltering truck abandoned in Texas, authorities found at least 74 people packed into a "human heap of desperation." After months of investigation, a 25-year-old Honduran-born woman named Karla Chavez was found responsible for leading the human trafficking cell that led to this grisly tragedy in which 19 people died. Through interviews with survivors who had the courage to share their stories and conversations with the... On May 14, 2003, a familiar risk-filled journey, taken by hopeful Mexican immigrants attempting to illegally cross into the United States, took a t... |
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69,85 zł |
In Search of Klingsor
ISBN: 9781416575139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In his international bestseller In Search of Klingsor, Jorge Volpi takes us from the Institute of Advanced Study to the heart of Hitler's Germany, where the line between truth and lies is all but dissolved.Mysterious, seductive, and immediately engrossing, this startlingly accomplished thriller explores the nexus between science and human nature and how they shaped the world in the aftermath of World War II. In 1940, Francis Bacon, a brilliant young American physicist, is invited to join the prestigious institute at Princeton, the world's foremost physics research facility. But a...
In his international bestseller In Search of Klingsor, Jorge Volpi takes us from the Institute of Advanced Study to the heart of Hitler's Germ...
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117,72 zł |
Your Name Written on Water: An Erotic Novel
ISBN: 9780802136480 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An award-winning bestseller in Spain, "Your Name Written on Water" is about Sofia, who meets her doppelganger, Marina, and sees the perfect exit from a marriage that has become tyranny. And so they go, twin fugitives after desire--but pursued as well by the specter of danger.
An award-winning bestseller in Spain, "Your Name Written on Water" is about Sofia, who meets her doppelganger, Marina, and sees the perfect exit from ...
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74,26 zł |