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Typee, a Romance of the South Seas
ISBN: 9781612032870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Typee is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. In Typee the hero and his shipmate, Toby, stumble into the cannibal kingdom. When the friendly Typees force the pair to stay, they must decide whether to remain in luxury with their captors or escape to American civilization.
Typee is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas...
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73,48 zł |
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The Piazza Tales
ISBN: 9781535364249 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Included in this Herman Melville collection are six tales that range considerably - from "The Encantadas" (an allegorical travelogue) to the haunting "Bartleby, the Scrivener." Opening the volume is "The Piazza," a pastoral sketch that frames the collection. "Benito Cereno" - a subversive satire - of grows out of a true story of mutiny among the enslaved.
Included in this Herman Melville collection are six tales that range considerably - from "The Encantadas" (an allegorical travelogue) to the haunting ...
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72,22 zł |
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Moby Dick (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
ISBN: 9781774378502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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233,21 zł |
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The Piazza Tales
ISBN: 9781483703909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Piazza Tales is a collection of Herman Melville short stories including: The Piazza, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles, The Bell-Tower. Herman Melville was an American writer of novels, short stories and poetry. Melville was a schoolteacher for a short time and a seaman. On his first voyage he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. His first book, Typee, was an account of that time and became a bestseller and Melville became known as the "man who lived among the cannibals." Public indifference to Moby-Dick put an end to his...
The Piazza Tales is a collection of Herman Melville short stories including: The Piazza, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man...
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74,66 zł |
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Israel Potter (Esprios Classics): His Fifty Years of Exile
ISBN: 9798210488770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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112,51 zł |
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Moby Dick
ISBN: 9781540380067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 798 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler the Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the previous whaling voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. The novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, but during the 20th century, its reputation as a Great American Novel was established. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D. H....
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmae...
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135,68 zł |
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Moby Dick
ISBN: 9781548084868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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43,68 zł |
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Moby Dick Part 1: Chapters 1-30
ISBN: 9781502518699 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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43,94 zł |
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Israel Potter: his fifty years of exile(1885), by: Herman Melville
ISBN: 9781530624386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Based on the life of an actual soldier who claimed to have fought at Bunker Hill, Israel Potter is unique among Herman Melville's books: a novel in the guise of a biography. In telling the story of Israel Potter's fall from Revolutionary War hero to peddler on the streets of London, where he obtained a livelihood by crying "Old Chairs to Mend," Melville alternated between invented scenes and historical episodes, granting cameos to such famous men of the era as Benjamin Franklin (Potter may have been his secret courier) and John Paul Jones, and providing a portrait of the American Revolution...
Based on the life of an actual soldier who claimed to have fought at Bunker Hill, Israel Potter is unique among Herman Melville's books: a novel in th...
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28,01 zł |
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Moby Dick Or, the Whale
ISBN: 9780520043541 / Angielski / Twarda / 1981 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick, which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies and has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and christened "Leviathan." The illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist...
This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick, which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of ...
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218,63 zł |
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Redburn, His First Voyage
ISBN: 9781983965241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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32,78 zł |
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The Piazza Tales
ISBN: 9781490933122 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,44 zł |
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Bartleby, The Scrivener - A Story of Wall-Street
ISBN: 9781438508986 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Herman Melville was an 18th century American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer. He is best known for his works Moby Dick and Typee. During his lifetime he was considered a failure, but after his death his worth as a writer was recognized. Bartleby is a novella, which first appeared in Putnam's Magazine. The narrator is an elderly lawyer who helps his clients with mortgages, titles and bonds. The lawyer's office has two employees Nippers and Turkey. Turkey is a drunk and Nippers has indigestion. The office is able to function because Nippers indigestion is at a time when Turkey...
Herman Melville was an 18th century American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer. He is best known for his works Moby Dick and Typee. Duri...
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65,13 zł |
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Redburn. His First Voyage: (Herman Melville Classics Collection)
ISBN: 9781512348897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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52,48 zł |
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Moby Dick
ISBN: 9781494316648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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88,67 zł |
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Moby Dick; or, The Whale
ISBN: 9781988297576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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121,34 zł |
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Typee
ISBN: 9781539380801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and action & adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title is taken from the province Tai Pi Vai. Typee was Herman Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. He is also the author...
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, ...
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61,28 zł |
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Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9781387771455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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111,77 zł |
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Moby Dick; or the whale
ISBN: 9781500634889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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179,24 zł |
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Moby Dick.
ISBN: 9781522933120 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the 20th century. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D....
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor cal...
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65,61 zł |