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The Millstone
ISBN: 9780141041728 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Rosamund Stacey is a young woman with a vast knowledge of literature and very little knowledge of life. When she finds herself pregnant after her only sexual encounter, she takes the brave decision to risk social stigma as an unmarried mother.
Rosamund Stacey is a young woman with a vast knowledge of literature and very little knowledge of life. When she finds herself pregnant after her only...
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71,75 zł |
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The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
ISBN: 9780547386096 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws is an original and brilliant work. Margaret Drabble weaves her own story into a history of games, in particular jigsaws, which have offered her and many others relief from melancholy and depression. Alongside curious facts and discoveries about jigsaw puzzles -- did you know that the 1929 stock market crash was followed by a boom in puzzle sales? -- Drabble introduces us to her beloved Auntie Phyl, and describes childhood visits to the house in Long Bennington on the Great North Road, their first trip to...
The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws is an original and brilliant work. Margaret Drabble weaves her ...
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78,58 zł |
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The Peppered Moth
ISBN: 9780156007191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In the early 1900s, Bessie Bawtry, a small child with big notions, lives in a South Yorkshire mining town in England. Precocious and refined in a land of little ambition and much mining grime, Bessie waits for the day she can escape the bleak, coarse existence her ancestors had seldom questioned.
Nearly a century later Bessie's granddaughter, Faro Gaulden, is listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance. She has returned to the depressed little town in which Bessie grew up and wonders at the families who never left. Confronted with what would have been her life had her grandmother... In the early 1900s, Bessie Bawtry, a small child with big notions, lives in a South Yorkshire mining town in England. Precocious and refined in a land...
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78,58 zł |
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Mühlstein
ISBN: 9783038201366 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2024 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Rosamunde macht sich nicht viel aus der Liebe. Die wohl einzige Jungfrau im London der Swinging Sixties hätte zwar mehr als genug Gelegenheiten für heiße Affären, sitzt aber lieber über den Büchern. Und ausgerechnet sie wird nach einem mäßigen One-Night-Stand schwanger. Im ersten Schreck versucht sie die Angelegenheit mit Gin und einem heißen Bad zu beenden. Doch alles geht schief, und der Abend endet in einem großen Besäufnis.Rosamunde schafft es nicht, sich gegen das Kind zu entscheiden. Na gut, dann zieht sie es eben allein auf. Auch wenn das Leben als ledige Mutter wohl nicht...
Rosamunde macht sich nicht viel aus der Liebe. Die wohl einzige Jungfrau im London der Swinging Sixties hätte zwar mehr als genug Gelegenheiten für ...
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114,98 zł |
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The Millstone
ISBN: 9781838857134 / Miękka / 2022 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An award-winning novel about the perils of motherhood in a failing healthcare system and a woman's fight against the social stigma of the Sixties
An award-winning novel about the perils of motherhood in a failing healthcare system and a woman's fight against the social stigma of the Sixties
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51,70 zł |
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Pure Gold Baby
ISBN: 9780544228030 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Achingly wise . . . Admirers of Marilynne Robinson will find themselves very much at home in this book." Wall Street Journal
Jessica Speight, an anthropologist in 1960s London, is at the beginning of a promising academic career when an affair leaves her a single mother. Anna is delightful a pure gold baby. But as it becomes clear that Anna is not a normal child, the book circles questions of responsibility, potential, even age, with Margaret Drabble s characteristic intelligence and wit. Told from the point of view of Jess's fellow mothers, The Pure Gold Baby is a... "Achingly wise . . . Admirers of Marilynne Robinson will find themselves very much at home in this book." Wall Street Journal
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78,58 zł |
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The Red Queen
ISBN: 9780156032704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed for her impending trip to Seoul, but Barbara doesn't know who sent it. On the plane, she avidly reads the memoir, a story of great intrigue as well as tragedy. The Crown Princess Hyegyong recounts in extraordinary detail the ways of the Korean court and confesses the family dramas that left her childless and her husband dead by his own hand. When a Korean man Barbara meets at her hotel offers to guide her to some of the haunts of the crown...
Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed ...
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78,58 zł |
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The Needle's Eye
ISBN: 9780156029353 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 427 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Simon Camish, an embittered, diffident lawyer in a loveless marriage, would not have particularly noticed Rose Vassiliou had he not been asked to drive her home one night after a dinner party. Yet at one time she had been notorious-her name constantly in the news.
Now, separated from her Greek husband, she lives alone with her three children. Despite all the efforts and sneers of her friends, she refuses to move from her slum house in a decaying neighborhood to which she has become attached. Gradually, Simon becomes aware that Rose is a woman of remarkable integrity and courage. He is... Simon Camish, an embittered, diffident lawyer in a loveless marriage, would not have particularly noticed Rose Vassiliou had he not been asked to driv...
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82,95 zł |
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The Sea Lady
ISBN: 9781838859725 / Miękka / 2023 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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51,70 zł |
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The Peppered Moth
ISBN: 9781838857165 / Miękka / 2022 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Loosely based on Drabble's own experiences, a compelling, beautifully written novel following three generations of women in one family
Loosely based on Drabble's own experiences, a compelling, beautifully written novel following three generations of women in one family
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56,87 zł |
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The Millstone
ISBN: 9780241979174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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46,53 zł |
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The Sea Lady
ISBN: 9780141027456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Humphrey and Ailsa meet as children by a grey, northern sea. Humphrey is quiet, serious - and will in time explore the sea's mysteries; Ailsa is angry, a freckled cobra ready to strike. Yet they fascinate one another and when they meet again years later they fall briefly - and disastrously - in love.
Humphrey and Ailsa meet as children by a grey, northern sea. Humphrey is quiet, serious - and will in time explore the sea's mysteries; Ailsa is angry...
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88,32 zł |
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The Millstone
ISBN: 9780156006194 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Margaret Drabble s affecting novel, set in London during the 1960s, about a casual love affair, an unplanned pregnancy, and one young woman s decision to become a mother.
" Margaret Drabble s affecting novel, set in London during the 1960s, about a casual love affair, an unplanned pregnancy, and one young woman s decision...
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69,85 zł |
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The Red Queen
ISBN: 9781838859749 / Miękka / 2023 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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51,70 zł |
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Jerusalem the Golden
ISBN: 9781838857141 / Miękka / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, an intimate novel about human desire against the backdrop of the sexual liberation movement of the Sixties
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, an intimate novel about human desire against the backdrop of the sexual liberation movement of the Sixt...
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51,70 zł |
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A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories
ISBN: 9780141196435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades, sheexamines the intense private worlds and passions of everyday people. From one man's honeymooning epiphany in Hassan's Tower to the journeying fantasies of A Voyage to Cythera, and from the sharp joy of The Merry Widow to the bloody reality of the collection's title story, these are moving, witty and provocative tales, exploring cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions, and confirming her status as a leading...
Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades, sh...
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51,70 zł |
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The Sea Lady
ISBN: 9780156034265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman spent a summer together as children in Ornemouth, a town by the gray North Sea. Now, as they journey back toreceive honorary degrees from a new university thereHumphrey on the train, Ailsa flyingthey take stock of their lives, their careers, and their shared personal entanglements, romantic and otherwise. Humphrey is a successful marine biologist, happiest under water, but now retired; Ailsa, scholar and feminist, is celebrated for her pioneering studies of gender. Their mutual pasts unfold in an exquisite portrait of English social life in thelatter half of...
Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman spent a summer together as children in Ornemouth, a town by the gray North Sea. Now, as they journey back toreceive ho...
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78,58 zł |
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The Seven Sisters
ISBN: 9780156028752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) When circumstances compel her to start over late in her life, Candida Wilton moves from a beautiful Georgian house in lovely Suffolk to a two-room, walk-up flat in a run-down building in central London--and begins to pour her soul into a diary. Candida is not exactly destitute. So, is the move perversity, she wonders, a survival test, or is she punishing herself? How will she adjust to this shabby, menacing, but curiously appealing city? What can happen, at her age, to change her life?
In a voice that is pitch-perfect, Candida describes her health club, her social circle, and her attempts... When circumstances compel her to start over late in her life, Candida Wilton moves from a beautiful Georgian house in lovely Suffolk to a two-room, wa...
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78,58 zł |
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A Summer Bird-Cage
ISBN: 9781838857110 / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Witty and compassionate, the extraordinary debut from one of our greatest novelists, about lies and deceit, love and forgiveness
Witty and compassionate, the extraordinary debut from one of our greatest novelists, about lies and deceit, love and forgiveness
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51,70 zł |
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The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
ISBN: 9781786899712 / Miękka / 2020 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A beautifully written and deeply personal book on the jigsaw and the part it plays in the patchwork of its distinguished author's life. A mix of memoir, jigsaw history and the strange delights of puzzling
A beautifully written and deeply personal book on the jigsaw and the part it plays in the patchwork of its distinguished author's life. A mix of memoi...
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56,87 zł |
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