wyszukanych pozycji: 10
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On the Waterfront
ISBN: 9781844570720 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody." So speaks the haunted former boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) to his brother Charley (Rod Steiger) in a scene from On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) that is one of the most famous in all cinema. Set among unionised New York longshoremen, Kazan's film (from a screenplay by Budd Schulberg) recounts Terry's struggle against corruption and his ultimate, hard-won victory. The marvellous performances of Brando, Steiger and Eva Marie Saint (as well as Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb), Boris Kaufman's photography and Leonard...
"I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody." So speaks the haunted former boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) to his brother Charley (R...
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65,44 zł |
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Who Killed Sal Mineo?
ISBN: 9780743237703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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92,19 zł |
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Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left
ISBN: 9781400077489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Kathy Boudin was arrested in 1981 after a botched armed robbery and shootout that left a Brinks guard and two policemen dead, she ended a decade living underground as part of the radical Weathermen underground; she would spend the next 22 years in Bedford Hills prison. In Family Circle, ""Boudin's former classmate Susan Braudy vividly re-creates the radicalization of this intelligent, privileged young woman who came from one of the most prominent liberal intellectual families in America. She illuminates Boudin's relationship with her parents --and particularly with her father Leonard, a...
When Kathy Boudin was arrested in 1981 after a botched armed robbery and shootout that left a Brinks guard and two policemen dead, she ended a decade ...
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113,40 zł |
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Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
ISBN: 9780300239997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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100,70 zł |
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The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History
ISBN: 9780679776307 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Remarkably ambitious . . . an impressive tour de force."
--Washington Post Book World For Alexander the Great, fame meant accomplishing what no mortal had ever accomplished before. For Julius Caesar, personal glory was indistinguishable from that of Rome. The early Christians devalued public recognition, believing that the only true audience was God. And Marilyn Monroe owed much of her fame to the fragility that led to self-destruction. These are only some of the dozens of figures that populate Leo Braudy's panoramic history of fame, a book that tells us as much about vast cultural... "Remarkably ambitious . . . an impressive tour de force."
--Washington Post Book World For Alexander the Great, fame meant accomplishing what... |
cena:
105,00 zł |
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From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
ISBN: 9780679768302 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 613 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout time. In this magisterial excursion through literature, history, warfare, and sociology, one of our most prominent scholars tracks the complex relationship between the changing methods and goals of warfare and shifting models of manhood. This journey takes us from the citizen soldiers of ancient Greece to the medieval knights to the misogynistic terrorists of Al Qaeda. As he chronicles these transformations, Leo Braudy weighs the significance...
Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout t...
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121,80 zł |
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The Person with Alzheimer's Disease: Pathways to Understanding the Experience
ISBN: 9780801868771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Few families are untouched by Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Moving accounts of what it is like to care for someone with this disease have already been published, as well as how-to books that offer caregivers advice and information on coping. But this book is the first to provide a comprehensive report of what it is like to have dementia oneself--the subjective experience of living with progressive memory loss. Each chapter discusses a different aspect of having dementia, from the initial assessment and diagnosis through placement in a nursing home. The discussions are... Few families are untouched by Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Moving accounts of what it is like to care for someone with this disease h... |
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148,47 zł |
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Men Giving Care: Reflections of Husbands and Sons
ISBN: 9780815317920 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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554,12 zł |
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Play It Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes
ISBN: 9780520356924 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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564,90 zł |
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Play It Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes
ISBN: 9780520301252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
300,01 zł |