wyszukanych pozycji: 8
We Are What We Ate: 24 Memories of Food, a Share Our Strength Book
ISBN: 9780156006231 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From Paul Auster on a Provencal onion tart to Lorrie Moore on a Chinese take-out Christmas dinner, these delectable essays by well-known american writers explore the meaning of food in our lives and our culture. With contributions by Julia Alvarez, Madison Smartt Bell, Gish Jen, Bobby Ann Mason, Richard Russo, Lee Smith, and many others.
" From Paul Auster on a Provencal onion tart to Lorrie Moore on a Chinese take-out Christmas dinner, these delectable essays by well-known american writ...
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82,75 zł |
The Godfather: The Lost Years
ISBN: 9780099465478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Takes place in the years 1955-65, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political manoeuvring' - and how, in winning the battle of that year, Michael Corleone set the stage to lose the war. This novel traces the nexus of ambitious, audacious decisions that Michael Corleone implements, and their ultimate failure.
Takes place in the years 1955-65, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political manoeuvring' - and how, in winning the battle of ...
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66,30 zł |
That's True of Everybody
ISBN: 9780156027366 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The proprietor of a bowling alley whose artist daughter paints only phalluses. A ninth-grade girl who marries in haste only to be faced with her husband's impotence. A libidinous poet who learns the meaning of harassment. The life and loves of a professional lawn-mower. These are just a few of the distinctive stories that make up Mark Winegardner's remarkable debut short-story collection.
Winegardner, whose rich and epic novel Crooked River Burning gave the much-maligned city of Cleveland a fresh and vibrant aspect, now returns to the Midwest that he knows so intimately and casts a... The proprietor of a bowling alley whose artist daughter paints only phalluses. A ninth-grade girl who marries in haste only to be faced with her husba...
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60,12 zł |
The Godfather's Revenge
ISBN: 9780099499480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. It is 1963 in New York, and things have never been better for the Corleones. They've taken out their Mafia rivals, and legitimised the Family. Outside the fortified building owned by Michael Corleone, newly undisputed Boss of Bosses, a parade of people wai
It is 1963 in New York, and things have never been better for the Corleones. They've taken out their Mafia rivals, and legitimised the Family. Outside...
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50,99 zł |
Crooked River Burning
ISBN: 9780156014229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The critically acclaimed novel of a compelling love affair and the decline of a once prosperous city .
The birthplace of rock 'n' roll, Cleveland was an economic powerhouse and America's sixth-largest city in the late 1940s. By 1969, it had dropped to twelfth. In the summer of 1948, fourteen-year-old David Zielinsky can look forward to a job at the docks, the only way to make a living on his side of the city. Across the river is twelve-year-old Anne O'Connor, daughter of the reigning political boss of Cuyahoga County. In this richly entertaining novel, the two will meet and fall in love,... The critically acclaimed novel of a compelling love affair and the decline of a once prosperous city .
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134,86 zł |
The Godfather Returns
ISBN: 9780345478986 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2005 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME
Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo's great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story-the years not covered in Puzo's bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola's classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York's crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. To... THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME
Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo's great American tale, The Godfather, was publ... |
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39,18 zł |
Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio
ISBN: 9780821417287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "A good place to be from." That's how some people might characterize the Buckeye State. The writings in Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio, are testimony to the truth of that statement. By prominent writers such as P. J. O'Rourke, Susan Orlean, and Alix Kates Shulman, these contributions are alternately nostalgic, irreverent, and sincere, and offer us a personal sense of place. Their childhoods are as varied as their work. Some were raised in urban Cleveland, Akron, and Cincinnati, others in the small Ohio towns that typify the Midwest, and still others in the countryside. Yet...
"A good place to be from." That's how some people might characterize the Buckeye State. The writings in Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in O...
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155,86 zł |
Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio
ISBN: 9780821417294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner of the Ohioana Library s 2008 Ohio Legacy Citation 2014-2015 Choose to Read Ohio selection
A good place to be from. That s how some people might characterize the Buckeye State. The writings in Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio, are testimony to the truth of that statement. By prominent writers such as P. J. O Rourke, SusanOrlean, and Alix Kates Shulman, these contributions are alternately nostalgic, irreverent, and sincere, and offer us a personal sense of place. Their childhoodsare as varied as their work. Some were raised in urban Cleveland, Akron, and Cincinnati,... Winner of the Ohioana Library s 2008 Ohio Legacy Citation 2014-2015 Choose to Read Ohio selection
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82,01 zł |