wyszukanych pozycji: 26
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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
ISBN: 9781400049479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler s dream fulfilled, the Key West Railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Standiford brings the full force and fury of 1935 s deadly Storm of the Century and...
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and...
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cena:
73,82 |
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Miami Noir
ISBN: 9781933354132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "For different reasons these stories cultivate a little something special, a radiance, a humanity, even a grace, In the midst of the noir gloom, and thereby set themselves apart. Variety, familiarity, mood and tone, and the occasional gem of a story make "Miami Noir" a collection to savor."
--"Miami Herald" "For such a sun-stoked place. Miami sure is shady. Shadowy, too. Even at highest noon. Maybe it's the heat. Maybe it's the humidity. And maybe, just maybe, it's our destiny...With echoes of Charles Willeford's Hoke Mosely series, the Miami books of Elmore Leonard, the quirk of Carl... "For different reasons these stories cultivate a little something special, a radiance, a humanity, even a grace, In the midst of the noir gloom, and t...
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cena:
77,51 |
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
ISBN: 9780062251459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created--William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct--a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man who's vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today. In 1907, Irish immigrant William Mulholland conceived and built one of the greatest civil engineering feats in history: the aqueduct that carried water 223 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains to Los Angeles--allowing this small, resource-challenged desert city to grow into a modern global... The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created--William Mulholland's Los Angeles aq... |
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77,66 |
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Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
ISBN: 9781400047680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire to dominate business at any price.
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the riveting story of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, Meet You in Hell captures the majesty and danger of steel manufacturing, the rough-and-tumble of the business world, and the fraught relationship between the world s richest man and the ruthless coke magnate to whom he entrusted his companies. The... Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire to dominate business at any price.
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the rive... |
cena:
77,70 |
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The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
ISBN: 9780307405791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world. Soon to be a major motion picture.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen... As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world. Soon to be a ...
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66,05 |
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The Dating Game #5: Speed Dating
ISBN: 9780316115308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Meet sophomores Madison, Holly and Lina. When the Dating Game website that they create for class becomes a campus hit, they become the match-making masters of their school and, they hope, their lives.
Meet sophomores Madison, Holly and Lina. When the Dating Game website that they create for class becomes a campus hit, they become the match-making ma...
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cena:
54,35 |
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Step into Reading Bravest Dog Ever
ISBN: 9780394896953 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is one of the worst storms ever - the snow has not stopped for days and it is 30 degrees below zero. But somehow Balto must get through. He is the lead dog of his sled team. And he is carrying medicine to sick children miles away in Nome, Alaska. He is their only hope. Can Balto find his way through the terrible storm? Find out in this exciting true story
It is one of the worst storms ever - the snow has not stopped for days and it is 30 degrees below zero. But somehow Balto must get through. He is the ...
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cena:
23,27 |
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Dating Game #2: Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do
ISBN: 9780316110419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The continuing story of three high school sophomores, Holly, Madison, and Lina, as their love lives and those of their friends take unexpected turns, assisted by the girls' matchmaking services.
The continuing story of three high school sophomores, Holly, Madison, and Lina, as their love lives and those of their friends take unexpected turns, ...
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cena:
54,35 |
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Astrid Sees All
ISBN: 9781982153663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
66,05 |
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Dating Game #4: Ex-Rating
ISBN: 9780316158763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Madison, Lina and Holly created 'The Dating Game' as a way to get credit for their interpersonal Human Dynamics course. Now they've become sought-after online matchmakers for their whole school.
Madison, Lina and Holly created 'The Dating Game' as a way to get credit for their interpersonal Human Dynamics course. Now they've become sought-afte...
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cena:
54,35 |
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The Dating Game #1
ISBN: 9780316110402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When three high school sophomores set up a weblog as a class project to research whether girls or boys are more sex-crazed--and to play matchmaker, their own messy love lives become even more complicated.
When three high school sophomores set up a weblog as a class project to research whether girls or boys are more sex-crazed--and to play matchmaker, th...
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cena:
54,35 |
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Parallel Parking
ISBN: 9780316115315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A humorous and sexy new series about romance and high school.
A humorous and sexy new series about romance and high school.
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cena:
54,35 |
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Coral Gables: From Bankruptcy to Beauty
ISBN: 9781467170772 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
104,85 |
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Bury Me With Soldiers: One Grunt's Honest Story About Vietnam
ISBN: 9781403395245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
67,03 |
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Center of Dreams: Building a World-Class Performing Arts Complex in Miami
ISBN: 9780813056722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Discover how one spectacular building project transformed Miami from a fractious tropical city to a cultural capital of the Americas. In Center of Dreams, New York Times bestselling author Les Standiford tells the inspiring story of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
Discover how one spectacular building project transformed Miami from a fractious tropical city to a cultural capital of the Americas. In Center of Dre...
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cena:
96,94 |
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Bury Me With Soldiers: One Grunt's Honest Story About Vietnam
ISBN: 9781410706577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
117,66 |
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Miami Noir: The Classics
ISBN: 9781617758065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
75,98 |
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Diversity and Function in Mangrove Ecosystems: Proceedings of Mangrove Symposia Held in Toulouse, France, 9-10 July 1997 and 8-10 July 1998
ISBN: 9789401057929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Mangroves are salt-adapted plants that are found along many of the world's tropical and sub-tropical coastlines. Regrettably, these plants are being lost due to over-exploitation, pollution, conversion to agriculture and aquaculture and other causes. This is having important consequences for local human populations that traditionally rely on this resource, and is upsetting the fine balance needed to maintain this highly productive ecosystem.
This text brings together some papers from two recent international symposia on the mangrove ecosystem. It provides an outline of future directions... Mangroves are salt-adapted plants that are found along many of the world's tropical and sub-tropical coastlines. Regrettably, these plants are being l...
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cena:
810,77 |
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The Putt at the End of the World
ISBN: 9780446676991 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Alfonso Zamora is an aging Mexican senior tour player who has discovered he's going blind. Rita Shaugnessy is a lusty, hard-drinking, down-on-her-luck golfer on the women's pro tour. Billy Sprague is a country club pro with the most beautiful golf swing - except when there's money on the line. All three receive an invitation from Philip Bates, the richest man in the world and the founder of Macrodyne Software, to play in a mysterious golf tounament held on a never-before-seen course in Scotland. There the three will play in what will be the golf match of all time and upon whose results rests...
Alfonso Zamora is an aging Mexican senior tour player who has discovered he's going blind. Rita Shaugnessy is a lusty, hard-drinking, down-on-her-luck...
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cena:
77,66 |
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First-Time Homebuyer's Ultimate Guide
ISBN: 9798870446325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
40,75 |