wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Self-Deliverance: The Death and Life of Arthur Koestler
ISBN: 9780990674719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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63,83 zł |
American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
ISBN: 9780745326702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. George W. Bush calls them an "alternative set of procedures": forcing victims to stand for forty hours; depriving them of sleep for weeks on end; and strapping prisoners to inclined boards, then flooding their mouths with water. These techniques are torture, and they are legal in the United States. Michael Otterman reveals the long history of U.S. torture. He shows how these procedures became standard practice in today's war on terror. Initially, the CIA based their techniques on the tactics of their enemies, the Nazis, Soviets, and Chinese. Billions of dollars were spent studying,... George W. Bush calls them an "alternative set of procedures": forcing victims to stand for forty hours; depriving them of sleep for weeks on end; a... |
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109,15 zł |
Inmate 1818 and Other Stories
ISBN: 9780990674702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The release of Inmate 1818 and Other Stories, a collection of twelve short stories inspired by the Holocaust and its aftermath, marks a new milestone for a celebrated writer with unusual skill and vision. The stories of Bernard Otterman, a Holocaust survivor born in Lodz, Poland, are set in the ghettos and camps of World War II and in the difficult days following Hitler's war against the Jews. The Shoah defines the lives of all characters in the stories-survivors as well as their children. In the title story, "Inmate 1818," a young boy is smuggled into a labor camp and befriended by an...
The release of Inmate 1818 and Other Stories, a collection of twelve short stories inspired by the Holocaust and its aftermath, marks a new milestone ...
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54,67 zł |
Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage
ISBN: 9780745328973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted war and aggression in Iraq. Erasing Iraq shows in unparalleled detail the devastating human cost. For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted war and aggression in Iraq. Erasing Iraq shows in unparalleled detail the devastating... |
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136,45 zł |
John Campbell & Charlotte Dawson: Trials of Life and Law
ISBN: 9780994195005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of two people who came to Australia in the 1820s. John Campbell, a victim of the Highland clearances in Sutherland, Scotland, emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in search of a better life. Charlotte Dawson, a petty thief from Lincolnshire, England, was tried, convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation to New South Wales. The story follows John and Charlotte from cradle to grave, giving us a view of the conditions under which they lived, and consequently the trials and tribulations they endured. Their lives are influenced both beneficially and adversely by...
This book tells the story of two people who came to Australia in the 1820s. John Campbell, a victim of the Highland clearances in Sutherland, Scotland...
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134,98 zł |
Shiloh Season
ISBN: 9780689806476 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated, but since shiloh was the one who ran away and came to him, Shiloh was the one he loved.
Judd, however, has other problems. Anyone who cheats and swears and lies and kicks his dogs has troubles inside himself, and when the man starts drinking, Marty realizes that Shiloh is in danger once again. As hunting season approaches and Judd begins hunting on their land, the Prestos know that something is bound to happen.... After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dog...
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78,39 zł |