wyszukanych pozycji: 39
When I Lived In Modern Times
ISBN: 9781847082619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Evelyn Sert journeys to Tel Aviv, where Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany are determined to forge a modern consciousness in the heart of the Middle East. Her story weaves together national identity, terrorism, love and the art of hairdressing.
Evelyn Sert journeys to Tel Aviv, where Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany are determined to forge a modern consciousness in the heart of the Middle Ea...
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48,90 zł |
Timewatch
ISBN: 9781401943233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In a tale rife with adventure, romance, and intrigue, the Morgan family travels across lifetimes fighting a powerful force that's seeking to limit humanity and destroy the world as we know it.
Brought together by circumstance and destiny, distant relatives must travel back to certain critical points in time to prevent the ruthless Max Hauptman and his son, Carlo, from changing the past and causing catastrophic changes to the present. After consuming a specialized herb concoction prepared by a long-dead ancestor, the consciousness of each member of the Morgan family is... In a tale rife with adventure, romance, and intrigue, the Morgan family travels across lifetimes fighting a powerful force that's seeking to limit ...
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104,29 zł |
The Thoughtful Dresser
ISBN: 9781844085569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A fascinating investigation into the relationship between people and clothes, on a human rather than design level.
A fascinating investigation into the relationship between people and clothes, on a human rather than design level.
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50,76 zł |
Die trotzige Schönheit der Welt
ISBN: 9783737101899 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Mina Mendel geht zum Pilzesammeln in den Wald und trifft dort einen hübschen jungen Bolschewiken, der eine Revolution plant. Wir schreiben das Jahr 1913 in Lettland. Sie ahnt nicht, dass diese zufällige Begegnung sie über das Meer und in eine neue Welt führen wird - sie bricht nach Amerika auf und landet in Liverpool. Auch dort nimmt ihr Schicksal unerwartete Wendungen: Ihr Bruder kämpft im Ersten Weltkrieg und rettet einem Mann das Leben, den sie später heiratet; sie bekommt eine Tochter, die wie eine Prinzessin aus dem Hause Windsor zu sprechen lernt und versucht, ihre Herkunft... Mina Mendel geht zum Pilzesammeln in den Wald und trifft dort einen hübschen jungen Bolschewiken, der eine Revolution plant. Wir schreiben das Jah... |
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108,36 zł |
The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023
ISBN: 9780349014098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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76,15 zł |
We Had It So Good
ISBN: 9781844086399 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. * Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (FT)- the thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present, out now in paperback
* Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (FT)- the thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present, out now in paperback
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40,59 zł |
Remind Me Who I Am, Again
ISBN: 9781847082695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In 1993 Linda Grant's mother, Rose, was diagnosed with multi-infarct dementia. With Rose's memory deteriorating, a whole world was in the process of being lost. This book looks at the issues of identity, memory & autonomy that dementia raises.
In 1993 Linda Grant's mother, Rose, was diagnosed with multi-infarct dementia. With Rose's memory deteriorating, a whole world was in the process of b...
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45,68 zł |
We Had It So Good
ISBN: 9781451617450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Now in paperback from the acclaimed author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel The Clothes on Their Backs--a hugely satisfying, exuberant novel about the generation that came of age during the 1970s. Stephen Newman's children find it hard to believe that their father once dressed up in Marilyn Monroe's furs, cooked acid at Oxford and lived with their mother, Andrea, in an anarchist collective. Quite often, Stephen finds it hard to believe himself. Born to immigrant parents in sunny Los Angeles, Stephen never imagined that he would spend his adult life under the...
Now in paperback from the acclaimed author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel The Clothes on Their Backs--a hugely satisfying, exuber...
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95,59 zł |
The Clothes on Their Backs
ISBN: 9781439142363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Orange Prize Winner and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008, Llinda Grant has created an enchanting portrait of a woman who, having endured unbearable loss, finds solace in the family secrets her estranged uncle reveals. Vivien Kovacs, sensitive and bookish, grows up sealed off from the world by her timid Hungarian refugee parents. She loses herself in books and reinvents herself according to her favorite characters, but it is through clothes that she ultimately defines herself. Against her father's wishes, she forges a relationship with her estranged uncle, a notorious...
Orange Prize Winner and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008, Llinda Grant has created an enchanting portrait of a woman who, having endur...
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86,90 zł |
The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023
ISBN: 9780349014081 / Miękka / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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50,76 zł |
A Stranger City: Winner of the Wingate Literary Prize 2020
ISBN: 9780349010489 / Miękka / 2020 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A brilliant novel about the London of today - a shifting, exciting, dangerous place where people search for the meaning of home. Peopled with wonderful characters and, as is usual for this author, a provocative story about our times.
A brilliant novel about the London of today - a shifting, exciting, dangerous place where people search for the meaning of home. Peopled with wonderfu...
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50,76 zł |
The Dark Circle: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017
ISBN: 9780349006789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The highly acclaimed new novel by the acclaimed author of Upstairs at the Party and the Booker-shortlisted The Clothes on Their Backs.
The highly acclaimed new novel by the acclaimed author of Upstairs at the Party and the Booker-shortlisted The Clothes on Their Backs.
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50,76 zł |
Upstairs at the Party
ISBN: 9781844087518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. 'If you go back and look at your life there are certain scenes, acts, or maybe just incidents on which everything that follows seems to depend. If only you could narrate them, then you might be understood. I mean the part of yourself that you don't know how to explain.' In the early seventies, a glamorous and androgynous couple known as Evie/Stevie appear out of nowhere on the isolated concrete campus of a new university. To a group of teenagers experimenting with radical ideas, they seem blown back from the future, unsettling everything and uncovering covert desires. But their mesmerising...
'If you go back and look at your life there are certain scenes, acts, or maybe just incidents on which everything that follows seems to depend. If onl...
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50,76 zł |
Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter
ISBN: 9781439158814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "You can't have depths without surfaces," says Linda Grant in her lively and provocative new book, The thoughtful Dresser, a thinking woman's guide to what we wear. For centuries, an interest in clothes has been dismissed as the trivial pursuit of vain, empty-headed women. Yet, clothes matter, whether you are interested in fashion or not, because how we choose to dress defines who we are. How we look and what we wear tells a story. Some stories are simple, like the teenager trying to fit in, or the woman turning fifty renouncing invisibility. Some are profound, like that of the...
"You can't have depths without surfaces," says Linda Grant in her lively and provocative new book, The thoughtful Dresser, a thinking woman's g...
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65,21 zł |
The Story of the Forest
ISBN: 9781638931683 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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121,72 zł |
The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023
ISBN: 9780349014104 / Twarda / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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96,46 zł |
Founding Mothers: Women of America in the Revolutionary Era
ISBN: 9780395701096 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Describes the daily lives, social roles, and contributions of women living during the Revolutionary period.
Describes the daily lives, social roles, and contributions of women living during the Revolutionary period.
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60,64 zł |
Colours of Out of the Ice
ISBN: 9781460283752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Beauty of the North is breathtaking, from the Sea ice to the Tundra. Art images are in abundance in the land of Snow and Ice, Polar Bears, and the Inuit. One only has to open their eyes to see it. As a writer I shared my words and thoughts of the north woven in a story "Out Of The Ice: Birth of a Shaman." Now as an Artist, in this book Colours of "Out Of The Ice" I share my images and abstract creations based on the magic of the North. So Relax, Breath, Enjoy and Create
The Beauty of the North is breathtaking, from the Sea ice to the Tundra. Art images are in abundance in the land of Snow and Ice, Polar Bears, and the...
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65,16 zł |
Latin Erotic Elegy and the Shaping of Sixteenth-Century English Love Poetry: Lascivious Poets
ISBN: 9781108493864 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A dedicated study of how classical Latin erotic elegy was read in the Renaissance and helped shape the emergence of English love poetry. This book will be of interest to scholars of early modern literature and classical literature, in particular love, gender, sex and the body.
A dedicated study of how classical Latin erotic elegy was read in the Renaissance and helped shape the emergence of English love poetry. This book wil...
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446,86 zł |
The People on the Street
ISBN: 9781844082544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The further away anyone was from that block of Ben Yehuda street, the easier it seemed to find a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, that stubborn mess in the centre of the Middle East and the more I studied these solutions, the more I thought that they depended for their implementation on a population of table football men, painted in the colours of the two teams: blue and white for the Israelis, green, red and black for the Palestinians. All the international community had to do was to twist the levers and the little players would kick and swing and send the ball...
The further away anyone was from that block of Ben Yehuda street, the easier it seemed to find a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palesti...
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134,04 zł |