wyszukanych pozycji: 4
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Swimming Lessons: Life Lessons from the Pool, from Diving in to Treading Water
ISBN: 9780156027076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) At age forty-four, Penelope Niven was at a turning point in her life. In need of a change for both body and spirit, she decided to learn how to swim. While discovering the restorative effect of the water, she also began to notice that the lessons she was learning in the pool drew remarkable parallels with the lessons of life. The way in which you first get into the water, for example, is similar to trying anything new-you can jump in feet first, or dive in headfirst, but first you have to have some idea of what you're actually getting into. From floating to treading water, forward strokes to...
At age forty-four, Penelope Niven was at a turning point in her life. In need of a change for both body and spirit, she decided to learn how to swim. ...
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65,47 zł |
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Thornton Wilder: A Life
ISBN: 9780060831370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 864 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Thornton Wilder: A Life brings readers face to face with the extraordinary man who made words come alive around the world, on the stage and on the page." "Comprehensive and wisely fashioned....This book is a splendid and long needed work." Thornton Wilder--three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and beloved novels like Bridge of San Luis Ray and Theophilus North--was much more than a pivotal figure in... "Thornton Wilder: A Life brings readers face to face with the extraordinary man who made words come alive around the world, on the stage a... |
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96,30 zł |
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Steichen: A Biography
ISBN: 9781590910269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 770 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Not since 1929 has there been a biography of Edward Steichen, photographer, painter, and a pivotal yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century art and culture on two continents. Steichen, who died just short of his ninety-fourth birthday, was fifty and internationally famous when Steichen the Photographer was written by his brother-in-law, the poet and biographer Carl Sandburg. Now Penelope Niven, whose highly acclaimed biography of Sandburg appeared in 1991, has written the first comprehensive biography of Steichen. Here, she illuminates the full story of Steichen's avant-garde life in Paris...
Not since 1929 has there been a biography of Edward Steichen, photographer, painter, and a pivotal yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century art and c...
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129,27 zł |
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The Poet and the Sailor: The Story of My Friendship with Carl Sandburg
ISBN: 9780252031274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Two friends, a lifetime of letters, and an intimate look at a literary icon
Carl Sandburg first encountered Kenneth Dodson through a letter written at sea during World War II. Though Dodson wrote the letter to his wife, Letha, Sandburg read it in tears and told her, "I've got to meet this man." Composed primarily of their correspondence that continued until Sandburg's death in 1967, "The Poet and the Sailor" is a chronicle of the deep friendship that followed. Ranging over anything they found important, from writing to health and humor, the letters are arranged by Richard Dodson and are... Two friends, a lifetime of letters, and an intimate look at a literary icon
Carl Sandburg first encountered Kenneth Dodson through a letter written ... |
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161,30 zł |