wyszukanych pozycji: 27
The Buddha of Brewer Street
ISBN: 9780006497981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Backbench MP Tom Goodfellowe is caught up in the search for the new Dalai Lama in this highly original and compelling thriller from the author of GOODFELLOWE MP and HOUSE OF CARDS - now reissued in new cover style. Tom Goodfellowe is the unlikeliest of political heroes. An MP whose career has already been consigned to the scrapheap of history, with a private life that staggers between confusion and chaos... And it's all about to get worse. A new Dalai Lama is born. The infant god-king of Tibet. And around the child explodes an international conspiracy that will carve a trail of... Backbench MP Tom Goodfellowe is caught up in the search for the new Dalai Lama in this highly original and compelling thriller from the author of G... |
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50,99 zł |
Dům z karet
ISBN: 9788025720615 / Czeski / 2017 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Dům z karet patří k nejlepším politickým thrillerům historie. Vydán byl v roce 1989 a okamžitě se dočkal obrovského úspěchu u čtenářů i u kritiků. Pojednává o machiavellistickém a bezskrupulózním politikovi Francisi Urquhartovi, jemuž přestane jeho úloha v britském parlamentu stačit a rozhodne se zamířit výš: až úplně nahoru, tedy do křesla premiéra. Přestože je to vážený a alespoň navenek slušný člověk, za svým cílem jde přes mrtvoly. Kniha se dočkala dvou pokračování a do širšího povědomí se dostala i díky dvěma seriálům....
Dům z karet patří k nejlepším politickým thrillerům historie. Vydán byl v roce 1989 a okamžitě se dočkal obrovského úspěchu u čtenář...
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71,41 zł |
House of Cards
ISBN: 9781492606611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 391 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The USA Today Bestseller from the Executive Producer of the hit Netflix series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey.
A dark tale of greed, corruption, and unquenchable ambition, House of Cards reveals that no matter the country, politics, intrigue and passion reign in the corridors of power. Francis Urquhart has his hand on every secret in politics-and is willing to betray them all to become prime minister. Mattie Storin is a tenacious young reporter who has a knack for finding the real stories... The USA Today Bestseller from the Executive Producer of the hit Netflix series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey.
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68,00 zł |
Whispers of Betrayal
ISBN: 9780006497998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 455 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the new novel of treachery at the highest levels from the bestselling author of House of Cards, backbench MP Tom Goodfellowe is caught up in a national crisis as the capital is held to ransom by one angry man. Colonel Peter Amadeus is an old soldier with a grievance. He wants an apology from the Prime Minister. But this Prime Minister does not believe in apologizing for anything. For Amadeus it becomes a matter of honour - and retribution. Soon London is a city under siege, its lifelines cut. Then comes his ultimatum: the Prime Minister must resign - or London will be... In the new novel of treachery at the highest levels from the bestselling author of House of Cards, backbench MP Tom Goodfellowe is caught up in a n... |
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63,75 zł |
Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman – from World War to Cold War
ISBN: 9780099574873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When FDR, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered outside the Crimean city of Yalta in February 1945, they had Hitler's armies on the run, and victory was just a matter of time. Their mission was to forge the decisions that would shape the postwar world, and above all to divide up Europe between Soviet and Western influence.
When FDR, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered outside the Crimean city of Yalta in February 1945, they had Hitler's armies on the run, and vic...
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93,84 zł |
To Play the King
ISBN: 9780007385171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The second book in the trilogy that inspired the hit Netflix series House of Cards After scheming his way to power in House of Cards, newly elected Prime Minister Francis Urquhart takes on the new King, The role of the monarchy in modern Britain comes under scrutiny as Prime Minister Francis Urquhart threatens to expose Royal secrets when his plans are blocked by the idealistic new King. Their differences of opinion quickly degenerate into open hostility. The battlefield ranges from architecture to the underprivileged; the battle is fought with rigged opinion polls, manipulated... The second book in the trilogy that inspired the hit Netflix series House of Cards After scheming his way to power in House of Cards, newly elect... |
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57,00 zł |
King Richard: Nixon and Watergate: an American tragedy
ISBN: 9781913348731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account — told from inside the White House — of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president. In January 1973, Richard Nixon was inaugurated after winning re-election in a historic landslide. But by April his presidency had fallen apart as the Watergate scandal metastasised into what White House counsel John Dean called ‘a full-blown cancer’. King Richard is the intimate, utterly absorbing narrative of the tension-packed hundred days when the Watergate...
From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account — told from inside the White House — of the crucial days, hours, and moments...
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98,49 zł |
Winston's War
ISBN: 9780006498001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill's remarkable journey from the wilderness to No 10 Downing Street at the beginning of World War II. Saturday 1 October 1938. Two men meet. One is elderly, the other in his twenties. One will become the most revered man of his time, and the other known as the greatest of traitors. Winston Churchill met Guy Burgess at a moment when the world was about to explode. Now in is astonishing new novel, Michael Dobbs throws brilliant fresh light upon Churchill's...
From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill's remarkabl...
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93,51 zł |
Churchill's Triumph: An explosive thriller to set your pulse racing
ISBN: 9780755332007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This brilliant new novel traces the human side of the leaders who held the future of the world in their hands, showing the delusions, paranoia, compromises and betrayal that come with statesmanship in times of crisis.
This brilliant new novel traces the human side of the leaders who held the future of the world in their hands, showing the delusions, paranoia, compro...
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77,74 zł |
15 Minutes With...Forty Years of Interviews
ISBN: 9781593935924 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Perhaps the first question any journalist has when they land an interview is "How much time do I have?" Chances are you will have 10 to 20 minutes to speak with someone well known. That's not much time and it requires writers not only to prepare to use those few minutes wisely but also to be able to improvise, Journalist G. Michael Dobbs has been fortunate to have spoken with dozens of newsmakers and celebrities during his almost 40 year career. This volume of interviews includes conversations with people such as Vincent Price, Ray Bradbury, Dave Attell, Maureen O'Hara, Don McLean, Leonard...
Perhaps the first question any journalist has when they land an interview is "How much time do I have?" Chances are you will have 10 to 20 minutes to ...
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118,83 zł |
The Lords' Day
ISBN: 9780857208064 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 437 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Once a year, Britain's most powerful figures gather together in the House of Lords for the State Opening of Parliament. But this year they are all about to be taken hostage. It will lead some to selfless sacrifice, others to lose the respect of those they love most dearly.
Once a year, Britain's most powerful figures gather together in the House of Lords for the State Opening of Parliament. But this year they are all abo...
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51,82 zł |
Frontiers in Clinical Neurotoxicology, an Issue of Neurologic Clinics: Volume 29-3
ISBN: 9781455711116 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This issue of Neurologic Clinics addresses the neurologic consequences of exposure to environmental toxins. This issue of Neurologic Clinics addresses the neurologic consequences of exposure to environmental toxins. |
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382,97 zł |
Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America
ISBN: 9781400030422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1942, Hitler's Nazi regime trained eight operatives for a mission to infiltrate America and do devastating damage to its infrastructure. It was a plot that proved historically remarkable for two reasons: the surprising extent of its success and the astounding nature of its failure. Soon after two U-Boats packed with explosives arrived on America's shores-one on Long Island, one in Florida-it became clear that the incompetence of the eight saboteurs was matched only by that of American authorities. In fact, had one of the saboteurs not tipped them off, the FBI might never have... In 1942, Hitler's Nazi regime trained eight operatives for a mission to infiltrate America and do devastating damage to its infrastructure.... |
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85,05 zł |
The Final Cut
ISBN: 9781492606673 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The final book in the Internationally Bestselling trilogy that inspired the hit Netflix series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey.
Months from taking his place as the longest-serving Prime Minister this century, Francis Urquhart's country is tiring of him. But he's not about to be driven from office. If the public demands new blood, that is precisely what he will give them... This is a different Francis Urquhart more vulnerable, more loving, and more ruthless than ever. He will risk everything, but one thing is certain: whatever the outcome of this, his greatest gamble, the name of... The final book in the Internationally Bestselling trilogy that inspired the hit Netflix series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey.
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85,01 zł |
Escape
ISBN: 9781593931100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It doesnt seem so odd nowadays that people in their 20s through 60s quote Bugs Bunny or collect animation art or look forward to a new animated DVD chock full of extras. Growing up in the 1950s and 60s, cartoons were definitely kids stuff.
Oh sure, adults watched The Flintstones, which was shown during prime time. And Rocky and Bullwinkle had jokes I didnt get but my parents did. Generally, though cartoons were thought of as the programs children watched on Saturday morning or feature films that were deemed suitable entertainment. By the late 1980s the status of animation had begun to... It doesnt seem so odd nowadays that people in their 20s through 60s quote Bugs Bunny or collect animation art or look forward to a new animated DVD ch...
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119,07 zł |
Twelve Terribly Active Princesses who were not Exactly Dancing
ISBN: 9781532401985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. You Won't Catch These Girls Dancing
Twelve Terribly Active Princesses who were not Exactly Dancing is a -fractured fairy tale- that imagines what would happen in the twelve dancing princesses were actually sneaking into a fairy world in order to play baseball. In this fun and beautifully illustrated story, the 12 Princesses take their baseball skills to the next level when an unassuming young field manager stumbles on to their secret. This fairy tale retelling is a short chapter book suitable as a read aloud or for young, advanced readers. It's perfect for fans of Ursula... You Won't Catch These Girls Dancing
Twelve Terribly Active Princesses who were not Exactly Dancing is a -fractured fairy tale- that imagi... |
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71,39 zł |
Old Enemies
ISBN: 9781847393241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In the Swiss Alps a teenage girl is thrown from a helicopter and her boyfriend is brutally abducted to Trieste, a city filled with undercurrents of past hatreds. Ruari, son of Irish media owner J J Breslin, is in desperate danger, at the mercy of ruthless kidnappers making impossible demands. His terrified mother contacts the only person she knows can help her son: Harry Jones, her former lover, who she walked out on many years ago. Now memories of their passionate affair, the guilt, hurt, anger and humiliation, come flooding back. Time is running out for Ruari and Harry, torn between...
In the Swiss Alps a teenage girl is thrown from a helicopter and her boyfriend is brutally abducted to Trieste, a city filled with undercurrents of pa...
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41,44 zł |
Psychiatric Manifestations of Neurotoxins, an Issue of Psychiatric Clinics: Volume 36-2
ISBN: 9781455771462 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Personality disorders, depression, mania, psychosis, behavioral problems, anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder, dementia, hyperactivity, insomnia, panic disorder, suicide, ? sleep disorder, all the purview of psychiatrity, can be the result of neurotoxicity from chemicals capable of damaging the brain or nervous system. The ambiguity of such outcomes is acknowledged, at the same time emphasizing the value in considering the effects of chemicals on the brain. In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, some of the topics related to neurotoxicity outcomes are: Review of Cognitive Assessment...
Personality disorders, depression, mania, psychosis, behavioral problems, anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder, dementia, hyperactivity, insom...
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330,50 zł |
Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire
ISBN: 9780679751519 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "One of the great stories of our time . . . a wonderful anecdotal history of a great drama."
--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review As Washington Post correspondent in Moscow, Warsaw, and Yugoslavia in the final decade of the Soviet empire, Michael Dobbs had a ringside seat to the extraordinary events that led to the unraveling of the Bolshevik Revolution. From Tito's funeral to the birth of Solidarity in the Gdansk shipyard, from the tragedy of Tiananmen Square to Boris Yeltsin standing on a tank in the center of Moscow, Dobbs saw it all. The fall of communism was one of the great... "One of the great stories of our time . . . a wonderful anecdotal history of a great drama."
--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review As Washingto... |
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106,31 zł |