wyszukanych pozycji: 62
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The Philosopher's Pupil
ISBN: 9780099283591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In the healing waters of Ennistone the townspeople seek health and regeneration, righteousness and ritual cleansing. To this town of subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. And there he exerts an almost magical influence, especially over George McCaffrey, his old pupil.
In the healing waters of Ennistone the townspeople seek health and regeneration, righteousness and ritual cleansing. To this town of subterranean insp...
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55,19 |
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The Good Apprentice
ISBN: 9780141186689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: He has fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a hallucinogenic drug and the young man has fallen out of a window to his death. Edward searches for redemption through a reunion with his famous father, the reclusive painter Jesse Baltram. Funny and compelling, The Good Apprentice is at once a supremely sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the spiritual crises that afflict the modern world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic...
Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: He has fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a halluc...
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95,55 |
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The Italian Girl
ISBN: 9780099285236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems together with some new ones.
Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems togethe...
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50,16 |
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The Sovereignty of Good
ISBN: 9780415253994 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Iris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of finding occasions on which to say the obvious'. What was obvious to Murdoch, and to all those who read her work, is that Good transcends everything - even God. Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of Good and Bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found here.
Iris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of finding occasions on which to say the obvious'. What was obvious to Murdoch, and to all t...
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68,52 |
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Under the Net
ISBN: 9780140014457 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuously dared to interpret. These meetings involve Jake and his eccentric servant-companion, Finn, in a series of adventures that include the kidnapping of a film-star dog and a political riot on a film set of ancient Rome. Jake,...
A comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, h...
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The Unicorn
ISBN: 9780099285342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. When Marion Taylor takes a post as governess at Gaze Castle, a remote house upon a coast, she finds herself confronted with weird mysteries. Some crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a spell.
When Marion Taylor takes a post as governess at Gaze Castle, a remote house upon a coast, she finds herself confronted with weird mysteries. Some crim...
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50,16 |
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An Unofficial Rose
ISBN: 9780099285380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A complex Shakespearean comedy of intertwined relationships, as nine closely linked characters search for love.
After his wife's death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect partner. Randall's young daughter, Miranda, is adored by her Australian cousin Penn, but has attachments elsewhere. Her mother Ann has her own private dream, while taking upon herself the strains and pains of all the others. Impelled by affection, lust and illusion, these characters search for love within a tightly woven web. A complex Shakespearean comedy of intertwined relationships, as nine closely linked characters search for love.
After his wife's death, Hugh cont... |
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An Accidental Man
ISBN: 9780099433569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder brothers, Matthew, and the women who, one after the other, are so touchingly convinced that they can 'save' him. This is the story of the relentless struggle for survival of Austin, the accidental man.
Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder broth...
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56,66 |
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The Unicorn
ISBN: 9780140024760 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A brilliant mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces
Marian Taylor, who has come as a companion to a lovely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her obsessions, but of an unforgiving husband. Hannah, the Unicorn, seemingly an image of persecuted virtue, fascinates those who surround her, some of whom plan to rescue her from her dream of redemptive suffering. But is she an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a mad woman, or a witch? Is her spiritual life really some evil enchantment? If she is... A brilliant mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces
Marian Taylor, who has come as a companion to a l... |
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84,08 |
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
ISBN: 9780140041118 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two. Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion and--for the spectators at any rate--a morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between sacred and profane love.
Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the p...
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The Time Of The Angels
ISBN: 9780099429098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Carel Fisher is a priest who is experiencing doubt and beginning to feel hate for God. The novel explores the forces of good and evil, and studies a religious man transferring his faith from one force to the other.
Carel Fisher is a priest who is experiencing doubt and beginning to feel hate for God. The novel explores the forces of good and evil, and studies a r...
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50,16 |
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The Bell
ISBN: 9780099470489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disasterous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercies discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved whatever that may mean...Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil...
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of reli...
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56,66 |
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The Black Prince
ISBN: 9780142180112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,15 |
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A Word Child
ISBN: 9781453201152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A brilliant but deeply flawed man struggles to earn absolution Hilary Burde was a rising star in academia until a tragic accident plunged him and his mentor and rival, Gunnar Jopling, into two decades of depression and guilt. Hilary, unable to overcome his pain, abandoned his promising career for an unfulfilling job as a civil servant. But at age forty-one, Hilary crosses paths again with Gunnar--initiating a series of events that will change their lives forever. Set against a richly drawn backdrop of post-war London, A Word Child is a gripping story of passion and the...A brilliant but deeply flawed man struggles to earn absolution Hilary Burde was a rising star in academia until a tragic accident plunged... |
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110,80 |
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Living on Paper : Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995
ISBN: 9780701187057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Offers a portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. This title reveals author's personal life, the subject of much speculation, in all its intriguing complexity: her emotional hunger and her tendency to live on the edge of what was socially acceptable.
Offers a portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. This title reveals author's personal life, the subject of much spec...
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The Sea, The Sea
ISBN: 9780099284093 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. When Charles Arrowby, a 60+ demi-god of the theatre, retires from his glittering London world in order to become a hermit, it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from the women. He unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago.
When Charles Arrowby, a 60+ demi-god of the theatre, retires from his glittering London world in order to become a hermit, it is to the sea that he tu...
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55,19 |
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The Italian Girl
ISBN: 9781504049221 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
ISBN: 9780099285335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. With a new introduction by Susan Hill.
In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly." With a new introduction by Susan Hill.
In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual... |
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55,19 |
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The Sandcastle (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)
ISBN: 9781784875176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA'It's all dry sand running through the fingers.'When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings.
To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA'It's al...
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