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The House of Broken Angels
ISBN: 9780316154895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a powerful and unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American family and the American dream.
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a powerful and unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American family and the American dream.
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73,17 |
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
ISBN: 9781529305050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) An epic mystical drama of a young woman's sudden sainthood in late nineteenth-century Mexico
An epic mystical drama of a young woman's sudden sainthood in late nineteenth-century Mexico
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65,53 |
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Rumbo Al Hermoso Norte: Una Novela
ISBN: 9780316054867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Nayeli es una chica de diecinueve anos que trabaja en una taqueria de tres Camarones, un poblado mexicano. Ve en suenos a su padre, que emigro al norte cuando era nina. Recientemente se ha dado cuenta de que su padre no es el unico hombre que se ha ido del pueblo, de hecho ya casi no quedan hombres, todos se han ido al otro lado, a los Estados Unidos. Un grupo de narcotraficantes tambien se ha percatado de ese hecho y ven la oportunidad para apoderarse.
Pero una noche, durante la exhibicion de la pelicula Los Siete Magnificos, Nayeli tiene una revelacion: Debe dirigirse... Nayeli es una chica de diecinueve anos que trabaja en una taqueria de tres Camarones, un poblado mexicano. Ve en suenos a su padre, que emigro al nort...
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65,47 |
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The Water Museum: Stories
ISBN: 9780316334396 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by "Washington Post," BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: "Kirkus Reviews," NPR, "Men's Journal"
A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of "The Hummingbird's Daughter "and "The Devil's Highway." From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called "wickedly good" ("Kansas City Star"), "cinematic and charged" ("Cleveland Plain Dealer)," " "and "studded with delights" ("Chicago Tribune)." Examining the borders between one nation and... NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by "Washington Post," BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: "Kirkus Reviews," NPR, "Men's Journal"
A new short story collection f... |
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69,32 |
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Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life
ISBN: 9780816522705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Here's a story about a family that comes from Tijuana and settles into the 'hood, hoping for the American Dream.
. . . I'm not saying it's our story. I'm not saying it isn't. It might be yours. -How do you tell a story that cannot be told?- writes Luis Alberto Urrea in this potent memoir of a childhood divided. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and an Anglo mother from Staten Island, Urrea moved to San Diego when he was three. His childhood was a mix of opposites, a clash of cultures and languages. In prose that seethes with energy and crackles with dark humor, Urrea tells... Here's a story about a family that comes from Tijuana and settles into the 'hood, hoping for the American Dream.
. . . I'm not saying it'... |
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76,97 |
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Wandering Time: Western Notebooks
ISBN: 9780816502820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Fleeing a failed marriage and haunted by ghosts of his past, Luis Alberto Urrea jumped into his car several years ago and headed west. Driving cross-country with a cat named Rest Stop, Urrea wandered the West from one year's spring through the next.
Hiking into aspen forests where leaves "shiver and tinkle like bells" and poking alongside creeks in the Rockies, he sought solace and wisdom. In the forested mountains he learned not only the names of trees--he learned how to live. As nature opened Urrea's eyes, writing opened his heart. In journal entries that sparkle with discovery,... Fleeing a failed marriage and haunted by ghosts of his past, Luis Alberto Urrea jumped into his car several years ago and headed west. Driving ...
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68,24 |
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In Search of Snow
ISBN: 9780816520152 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, riotous gush. Trapped pumping gas at a desolate roadstop, he yearns for things he has never known: love, hope, and the soft, white calmness of snow. Mike's world is filled with a menagerie of quirky characters, who cope with the weight of their unfulfilled dreams with bravado, humor, and violence. Mike trades snappy insults with his macho father, Texaco Turk McGurk, a moustachioed amateur boxer and self-proclaimed war hero who is unable to talk about love. Mike lusts after Lily, his seductive,...
In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, riotous gush. Trapped pumping gas at a desolate roadstop, he ...
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77,99 |
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Into the Beautiful North
ISBN: 9780316025270 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magnificos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, INTO THE...
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it h...
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189,36 |
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The Water Museum: Stories
ISBN: 9780316334372 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by "Washington Post," BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: "Kirkus Reviews," NPR, "Men's Journal"
A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of "The Hummingbird's Daughter "and "The Devil's Highway." From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called "wickedly good" ("Kansas City Star"), "cinematic and charged" ("Cleveland Plain Dealer)," " "and "studded with delights" ("Chicago Tribune)." Examining the borders between one nation and... NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by "Washington Post," BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: "Kirkus Reviews," NPR, "Men's Journal"
A new short story collection f... |
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174,79 |
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Hija de la Chuparrosa, La
ISBN: 9780316014342 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2006 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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126,19 |
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Queen of America
ISBN: 9780316154871 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world. Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, QUEEN OF AMERICA finds young Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and "Saint of Cabora," with her father in 1892 Arizona. But, besieged by pilgrims in desperate need of her healing powers, and pursued by assassins, she has no choice but to flee the borderlands and embark on an extraordinary journey into the heart of...
At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of a...
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77,03 |
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Into the Beautiful North
ISBN: 9780316025263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magnificos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun,...
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently...
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65,47 |
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The House of Broken Angels
ISBN: 9781529359305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In this 'raucous, moving, and necessary' (San Francisco Chronicle) story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the de La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend
In this 'raucous, moving, and necessary' (San Francisco Chronicle) story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the de La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-Ameri...
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50,40 |
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
ISBN: 9780316154529 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Miracles and passion abound in this mesmerizing novel--hailed everywhere as a masterwork--the story of a remarkable young woman's sudden sainthood in the revolutionary-era Mexico of the late 19th century.
Miracles and passion abound in this mesmerizing novel--hailed everywhere as a masterwork--the story of a remarkable young woman's sudden sainthood in ...
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77,03 |
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Good Night, Irene
ISBN: 9780316265850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, this is a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of courageous Red Cross women.
In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, this is a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of courageous Red Cross women.
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115,61 |
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The Red Caddy: Into the Unknown with Edward Abbey
ISBN: 9781477322338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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76,88 |
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Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
ISBN: 9780385425308 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Luis Alberto Urrea's Across the Wire offers a compelling and unprecedented look atwhat life is like forthose refugees living on theMexicanside of the border a world that is only some twenty miles from San Diego, but that few have seen.Urrea gives us a compassionate and candid account of his work as a member and "official translator" of a crew of relief workers that provided aid to the many refugees hidden just behind the flashy tourist spots of Tijuana. His account of the struggle of these people to survive amid abject poverty, unsanitary living conditions, and the legal and... Luis Alberto Urrea's Across the Wire offers a compelling and unprecedented look atwhat life is like forthose refugees living on theMexicansi... |
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73,22 |
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The Voices of Hope: Poems, Stories, and Drawings by the Children of La Esperanza, Guatemala
ISBN: 9780809324767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Collected and translated by Carolyn Alessio, this bilingual anthology of poems, stories, memories, and philosophies was written and illustrated by the children of La Esperanza, Guatemala. Drawing upon the fortitude of their mothers, who began hand-sewing crafts to sell in the United States in order to survive the hardships of this war-torn impoverished country, Alessio s students, aged four to sixteen, reveal amazing survival skills, fertile imaginations, and dreams of attaining better lives. The resulting work is a collection of poems and drawings that are terse, funny, sometimes sad, but...
Collected and translated by Carolyn Alessio, this bilingual anthology of poems, stories, memories, and philosophies was written and illustrated by the...
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53,60 |
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