wyszukanych pozycji: 146
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Blix
ISBN: 9781481075725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,68 zł |
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The Octopus: A Story of California
ISBN: 9781515249412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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37,16 zł |
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The octopus: a story of California (1901). by Frank Norris, A NOVEL: (World's Classics)
ISBN: 9781537537993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was meant to be the first part of an uncompleted trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat. It describes the wheat industry in California, and the conflicts between wheat growers and a railway company. Norris was inspired to write the novel by the Central Pacific Railroad and the Mussel Slough Tragedy. In the novel he depicts the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers and the ranchers' League. The book emphasized the control of "forces"-such as the power of railroad monopolies-over individuals. Some editions of the work give the...
The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was meant to be the first part of an uncompleted trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat...
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59,08 zł |
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Yvernelle: a legend of feudal France(1892), by Frank Norris
ISBN: 9781530848591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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33,93 zł |
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9781545067482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,55 zł |
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9781612032986 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Pit: A Story Of Chicago is Frank Norris' novel detailing wheat speculation and the trading pits at the Chicago Board of Trade Building. It was the second book in what was to be the Epic of Wheat trilogy, the first book being The Octopus. The third book, Wolf, was never completed. The Pit follows a businessman who begins speculating in the commodities market on a small scale then, overcome by greed and addicted to the art of the deal power, gambles recklessly in the market while the fortunes of farmers and small investors hang in the balance. His independent-minded young wife becomes bored...
The Pit: A Story Of Chicago is Frank Norris' novel detailing wheat speculation and the trading pits at the Chicago Board of Trade Building. It was the...
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69,98 zł |
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A deal in wheat, and other stories of the new and old West, by Frank Norris
ISBN: 9781530852000 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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33,93 zł |
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The Essential Frank Norris: The Octopus, a Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, a Story of San Francisco
ISBN: 9781515432067 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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193,99 zł |
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The Octopus: A Story of California and the Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9781617200793 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Collected in one binding are The Octopus and its sequel The Pit. The Octopus is a story of cooperate greed, power, and abuse. A group of wheat farmers agree to work a railway company's land in exchange for assurances that after a ten year period they will be able to purchase the land at a reasonable price. When it comes time for the purchase of the land the railway company decides to go back on its promise and brings all of their power to bear against the farmers in a deceitful and bloody confrontation. Inspired by Southern Pacific Railroad's action in the Mussel Slough Tragedy. The Pit: a...
Collected in one binding are The Octopus and its sequel The Pit. The Octopus is a story of cooperate greed, power, and abuse. A group of wheat farmers...
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127,46 zł |
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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
ISBN: 9781511420891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. McTeague is a simple dentist who becomes infatuated with Trina, the cousin of his friend Marcus. Trina then buys a winning lottery ticket worth $5,000, and McTeague announces his plans to marry her. But their marriage quickly falls apart as greed consumes them both, and Marcus' jealousy toward McTeague boils over.
McTeague is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899. It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty, violence and finally murder as the result of jealousy and greed. The book was the basis for the films McTeague... McTeague is a simple dentist who becomes infatuated with Trina, the cousin of his friend Marcus. Trina then buys a winning lottery ticket worth $5,000...
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39,34 zł |
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A Man's Woman
ISBN: 9781517153908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A Man's Woman by Frank Norris. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1902 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
A Man's Woman by Frank Norris. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1902 and may have some imperfections such as marks or han...
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117,74 zł |
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A Deal in Wheat
ISBN: 9781438534626 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Frank Norris was a late 19th century American novelist writing in the naturalist genre. His most famous works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A California Story (1901), and The Pit (1903). His works show socialistic tendencies and were influenced by Darwin and Huxley. His work often includes depictions of suffering caused by corrupt and greedy turn-of-the-century corporate monopolies. Stories in this collection are A Deal in Wheat The Wife of Chino A Bargain with Peg-Leg The Passing of Cock-Eye Blacklock A Memorandum of Sudden Death Two Hearts That Beat as One The Dual Personality of...
Frank Norris was a late 19th century American novelist writing in the naturalist genre. His most famous works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A ...
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79,14 zł |
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The Essential Frank Norris
ISBN: 9798880915231 / Miękka / 2024 / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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181,31 zł |
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9781515328063 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At eight o'clock in the inner vestibule of the Auditorium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister Page, and their aunt-Aunt Wess'-were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in evening dress filled the vestibule from one wall to another. A confused murmur of talk and the shuffling of many feet arose on all sides, while from time to time, when the outside and inside doors of the entrance chanced to be open simultaneously, a sudden draught of air gushed in, damp, glacial, and edged with the...
At eight o'clock in the inner vestibule of the Auditorium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister Page, and their ...
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52,48 zł |
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9781975884642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,85 zł |
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The Octopus
ISBN: 9798880918775 / Miękka / 2024 / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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140,47 zł |
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The Surrender of Santiago
ISBN: 9781515250975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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30,60 zł |
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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
ISBN: 9781546568148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1899, this novel by best-selling author Frank Norris tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty, violence and finally murder as the result of jealousy and greed. The book was the basis for the films McTeague (1916), Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1924), and Slow Burn (2000). It was also adapted as an opera by William Bolcom in 1992.
First published in 1899, this novel by best-selling author Frank Norris tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent des...
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62,15 zł |
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9781983424298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,85 zł |
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A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West
ISBN: 9781481075800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,68 zł |