wyszukanych pozycji: 66
Frankenstein In Love: The Marriage of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9781484909492 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,28 zł |
Hemingway In Paris: A Biography of Ernest Hemingway's Formative Paris Years
ISBN: 9781500345006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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35,32 zł |
Breaking the Color Barrier: The Story of the First African American NFL Head Coach, Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard
ISBN: 9781500553364 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The history of sports and race is messy. In baseball Jackie Robinson is universally touted as the first black major league player, which conveniently forgets Moses Fleetwood Walker and other players of color who appeared on 19th century diamonds. Football deals with the messiness a different way. The sport employs the term "modern era" instead. So Kenny Washington is the first black player of the "modern era." James Harris was the first black quarterback to start an NFL game in the "modern era." Art Shell was the first black head coach of the "modern era." The reason football has to append...
The history of sports and race is messy. In baseball Jackie Robinson is universally touted as the first black major league player, which conveniently ...
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57,42 zł |
Brontë: A Biography of the Literary Family
ISBN: 9781494734145 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From humble beginnings, the Bronte family of Haworth, England reached a degree of literary fame that has seldom been replicated. Specifically, Charlotte, Emily and, to a lesser extent, Anne all made significant contributions to world literature. The great tragedy of the Bronte family is that all were taken away by illness before the prime of their lives. Anne died aged 28 year; Emily died at age 30; and Charlotte lived the longest, dying in 1855 at age 38. Each of the sisters struggled to make their way in a world that was not built with female independence in mind. Thus, they had do work for...
From humble beginnings, the Bronte family of Haworth, England reached a degree of literary fame that has seldom been replicated. Specifically, Charlot...
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39,74 zł |
Pelé: A Biography of Edson Arantes do Nascimento
ISBN: 9781500213985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Pele Pele Pele It was a familiar chant, a chant which had been screamed from the terraces for nearly thirty years. It was October 1977 and the final game of Pele's hugely successful career had just finished. As Pele looked around the stadium, tears were streaming down his face, his emotions running wild. But what an amazing journey it had been. It was all a far cry from the scene that Pele was born into, some thirty-seven years earlier. This book looks into that incredible career, and also Pele's post-playing career."
Pele Pele Pele It was a familiar chant, a chant which had been screamed from the terraces for nearly thirty years. It was October 1977 and the fina...
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44,16 zł |
The Dirty Old Man Of American Literature: A Biography of Charles Bukowski
ISBN: 9781492745273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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35,32 zł |
Sweetwater: A Biography of Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
ISBN: 9781500420864 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey decided to break the "color line" and integrate major league baseball in the 1940s, he spent years doing exhaustive background research and interviewing players. This role could not just go to an extraordinary athlete, but one of immense character as well Things went down with integration in the National Basketball Association a bit differently. The NBA had only formed in 1946, and was still sorting out franchises and struggling for recognition on April 25, 1950 when the basketball owners sat down for the annual player draft. When the second...
When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey decided to break the "color line" and integrate major league baseball in the 1940s, he spent years...
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66,28 zł |
Jimi Hendrix: A Biography
ISBN: 9781500272807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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44,16 zł |
Murder in Motion: The Strange Life of Photographer (and Murderer) Eadweard Muybridge
ISBN: 9781629174501 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the field of the movie picture--it's because of him that we have movies today. He also got away with murder literally. In 1874, he shot and killed his wife's lover and got away with it for essentially saying the guy had it coming. Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the field of the movie picture--it's because of him that we have movies today. He also got away with murder literally.... |
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42,06 zł |
Selfridge: The Life and Times of Harry Gordon Selfridge
ISBN: 9781500106577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Just for a moment try to put every shopping trip you've ever made out of your head. Imagine a different world. Imagine that all the goods for sale are locked away in cabinets and to handle them, or even to examine them closely, you need to ask a shop assistant to open it up for you. Imagine that within seconds of entering a store a floorwalker approaches you and asks if you're planning to buy something - then, when you say "I'm just looking," rudely tells you to leave. Imagine any attempt to return faulty or unsuitable goods being met with ridicule, obstruction or a flat refusal to help you....
Just for a moment try to put every shopping trip you've ever made out of your head. Imagine a different world. Imagine that all the goods for sale are...
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44,16 zł |
Mfaa: The History of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Program (Also Known as Monuments Men)
ISBN: 9781621075516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Holocaust was the systematic murder of six million European Jews by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. The horrors of the Holocaust have documented been many times. Even those that were not killed, mutilated, or starved in concentration camps were stripped of their citizenship and their identities. The Nazis did not stop there, though. Hitler, in his quest to build an empire, planned and executed the most extensive theft of art and cultural treasures in history. The Holocaust was the systematic murder of six million European Jews by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. The horrors of the Holocaust have documented bee... |
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42,06 zł |
Underdogs: How Two Indian Athletes Beat the Million Dollar Arm and Became Professional Baseball Players
ISBN: 9781493758197 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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35,32 zł |
42: A Biography of Jack Jackie Robinson
ISBN: 9781621073604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of all time--MLB Rookie of the Year, World Series Champion, six-time all-star, MVP, and a lifetime batting average of .311. But he is most remembered for breaking racial barriers by becoming the first African American to play in the major leagues since the 1880s. Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of all time--MLB Rookie of the Year, World Series Champion, six-time all-star, MVP, and a ... |
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37,85 zł |
Brownie Wise, Tupperware Queen: A Biography
ISBN: 9781505302967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1950 a saleswoman living in Florida decided to find a fun new way to market an unexciting product - reusable food containers. She already had plenty of experience selling household goods but now she wanted to try something different, and she was after a quirky, lively way to sell things. The solution she chose was being used to sell brushes in the USA by the late 1930s, but now it's spread throughout the entire world and been adapted to a wide range of different products. Mostly that's because it was made famous by Brownie Wise and Tupperware. Yes, Tupperware isn't very exciting, but what...
In 1950 a saleswoman living in Florida decided to find a fun new way to market an unexciting product - reusable food containers. She already had plent...
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57,42 zł |
Blacklisted: A Biography of Dalton Trumbo
ISBN: 9781629173030 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Dalton Trumbo was the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood when he was investigated as a Communist during America's Red Scare of the 1940s. He was ultimately sent to jail and placed on an industry blacklist that would make him unhirable. Dalton Trumbo was the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood when he was investigated as a Communist during America's Red Scare of the 1940s. He wa... |
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42,06 zł |
The Road to El Dorado: Percy Fawcett and the Lost World of Z
ISBN: 9781501059254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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35,32 zł |
Mister Rogers: A Biography of the Wonderful Life of Fred Rogers
ISBN: 9781629170466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At it's peak, over 8% of every household in America was tuned into "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Mister Rogers wholesome message inspired millions of kids to do better. At it's peak, over 8% of every household in America was tuned into "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Mister Rogers wholesome message inspired millions... |
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42,06 zł |
First: Three African-American Athletes That Changed the Game
ISBN: 9781500554255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For change to happen, there has to be someone daring enough to suffer through the negativity of being first. The three players profiled here, beat the odds and changed the game. Profiled in this book: Jackie Robinson - The first African-American baseball player Fritz Pollard - The first African-American coaches in the NFL and one of the first African-American players in the NFL Nathaniel Clifton - One of the first African-American NBA players These biographies may also be purchased separately.
For change to happen, there has to be someone daring enough to suffer through the negativity of being first. The three players profiled here, beat the...
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61,85 zł |
Blacklisted: A Biography of Dalton Trumbo
ISBN: 9781500205379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Dalton Trumbo was the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood when he was investigated as a Communist during America's Red Scare of the 1940s. He was ultimately sent to jail and placed on an industry blacklist that would make him unhirable. His exile lasted 13 years during which time he was forced to write screenplays under assumed names. While on the Hollywood blacklist Trumbo's writing won two Academy Awards, Oscars the public would never know about. This book tells the incredible, and often forgotten, life of Dalton Trumbo.
Dalton Trumbo was the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood when he was investigated as a Communist during America's Red Scare of the 1940s. He was u...
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39,74 zł |
Young Abraham Lincoln: The Childhood and Early Life of Abraham Lincoln
ISBN: 9781629172774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Few famous humans came into the world under such humble circumstances as Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809. But it may very well be that the humble and unassuming life he lived actually served to shape him into the solid, moral, honest, decent, hard-working adult that he became. What were those circumstances, the formula so to speak, that molded this future president? Few famous humans came into the world under such humble circumstances as Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809. But it may very well be that the hum... |
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42,06 zł |