wyszukanych pozycji: 481
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Nobody's Empire
ISBN: 9780063383456 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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122,98 |
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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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72,98 |
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The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe: Vernacular Translations and Adaptations of the Vita Adae Et Evae
ISBN: 9780199564149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What happened to Adam and Eve after their expulsion from paradise?
Where the biblical narrative fell silent apocryphal writings took up this intriguing question, notably including the Early Christian Latin text, the Life of Adam and Eve. This account describes the (failed) attempt of the couple to return to paradise by fasting whilst immersed in a river, and explores how they coped with new experiences such as childbirth and death. Brian Murdoch guides the reader through the many variant versions of the Life, demonstrating how it was also adapted into most western and some eastern... What happened to Adam and Eve after their expulsion from paradise?
Where the biblical narrative fell silent apocryphal writings took up this intri... |
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624,86 |
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Captives: Hearts Rule Kingdoms
ISBN: 9781505627343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Normandy. 1067. England has been brought to its knees by the invasion of William the Conqueror and his Norman troops. Lady Catheryn, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, is taken against her will to Normandy after the invasion. She arrives, a prisoner, at the castle of Lord Geffrei, a ruthless invader who hopes to gain a ransom for her. Her husband Selwyn is dead, slain in the Conquest, and her daughter Annis has been left behind in England at the mercy of the invaders. Catheryn is treated like an animal, and left in a cell until she begins to despair. When Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife,...
Normandy. 1067. England has been brought to its knees by the invasion of William the Conqueror and his Norman troops. Lady Catheryn, an Anglo-Saxon no...
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64,52 |
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An Unofficial Rose
ISBN: 9780099285380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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The Magic Scales
ISBN: 9781908898722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,29 |
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My First Words: French: Teach Your Kids Their First Words in French
ISBN: 9781791764036 / Francuski / Miękka / 2019 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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52,42 |
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Dream Seeds
ISBN: 9781563941498 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. God Begins Every Miracle In Your Life With A Seed-Picture-The Invisible Idea That Gives Birth To A Visible Blessing. In this teaching, you will discover how to concentrate on watering and nurturing the growth of your Dream Seeds until you attain your God-given goals / How To Release The Powerful Forces That Guarantee Blessing / 3 Steps To Increasing Your Faith. Wake up the greatness within you!
God Begins Every Miracle In Your Life With A Seed-Picture-The Invisible Idea That Gives Birth To A Visible Blessing. In this teaching, you will discov...
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Under the Net
ISBN: 9780140014457 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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Jackson's Dilemma
ISBN: 9780701188474 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Fox. At Penndean, a nearby house, preparations are under way for the wedding, overseen by the anxious Benet. Family and friends gather together for a celebratory dinner on the eve of the ceremony.
Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Fox. At Penndean, a nearby house, preparations are under way for the weddin...
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82,94 |
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The Black Prince
ISBN: 9780099589259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. "It is witty and wise and provocative... brilliantly good." --"Evening Standard"
" The Black Prince" is both a remarkable thriller and a story about being in love. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations -- his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter -- Bradley attempts to escape. His failure to do so and its aftermath lead to a violent climax and a most unexpected conclusion. "It is witty and wise and provocative... brilliantly good." --"Evening Standard"
" The Black Prince" is both a remarkable thriller and a story ... |
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55,58 |
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Victor Bewley's Memoirs (New Edition)
ISBN: 9781847309914 / Miękka / 2021 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Revised edition of Victor Bewley's Memoirs, which includes a new foreword.
Revised edition of Victor Bewley's Memoirs, which includes a new foreword.
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The Bell
ISBN: 9780099470489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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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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Gregorius: An Incestuous Saint in Medieval Europe and Beyond
ISBN: 9780199596409 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The story of the apocryphal pope and saint Gregorius was extremely popular throughout the middle ages and later in Europe and beyond. In a memorable narrative Gregorius is born from an incestuous relationship between a noble brother and sister, and is set out to sea with (unspecific) details of his origin. He is found and brought up by an abbot, but when revealed as a foundling leaves as a knight to seek his origins; he rescues his mother's land from attack, and marries her. On discovering his sin he undertakes years of penance on a rocky islet, which he survives miraculously. An angel sends...
The story of the apocryphal pope and saint Gregorius was extremely popular throughout the middle ages and later in Europe and beyond. In a memorable n...
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The Sovereignty of Good
ISBN: 9780415253994 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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My First Words: Spanish: Teach Your Kids Their First Words in Spanish
ISBN: 9781793020765 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Leadership Secrets of Jesus
ISBN: 9781563941733 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Possibly The Greatest Leadership Book Ever Written-Powerful "Leadership Secrets" That Build True, Lasting Achievement. Included are...5 Power Keys For Effective Delegation / The Secret of Handling Rejection / How To Deal With The Mistakes of Others...Plus Many More.
Possibly The Greatest Leadership Book Ever Written-Powerful "Leadership Secrets" That Build True, Lasting Achievement. Included are...5 Power Keys For...
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The Nice and the Good
ISBN: 9780140030341 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea comes a story about revenge and reconciliation, and the difference between being nice and being good.
John Ducane, a respected Whitehall civil servant, is asked to investigate the suicide of a colleague. As he pursues his inquiry, he uncovers a shabby, evil world of murder, blackmail, and black magic. He begins to feel more trapped than trapping. In contrast to a stagnant summer in London, Octavian and Kate Gray s adoring community on the Dorset coast seems to offer Ducane refuge, but even here the after-effects of... From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea comes a story about revenge and reconciliation, and the difference between being nice ...
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Four Years on St Helena
ISBN: 9781452000275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is a combination of a travelogue, a brief history of the island and a truncated autobiography of that part of the author's life. With over one hundred colour photographs, the book will bring back many happy memories to exiled Saints, to former ex-Pat "experts," and to those who have simply visited the island via the RMS St Helena or some passing cruise ship. For those readers who have never yet visited the island, it will give a brief insight into the people, the place itself and its colourful history - and its present and possible future!
This book is a combination of a travelogue, a brief history of the island and a truncated autobiography of that part of the author's life. With over o...
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