wyszukanych pozycji: 22
A Drinking Life: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780316341080 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A journalist and author of Loving Women recreates the hard-drinking Brooklyn-Irish lifestyle that informed every aspect of his childhood and early career and that eventually destroyed his marriage.
A journalist and author of Loving Women recreates the hard-drinking Brooklyn-Irish lifestyle that informed every aspect of his childhood and ea...
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113,30 zł |
Snow in August
ISBN: 9780316242820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague.
Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their... Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an ele...
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87,11 zł |
Why Sinatra Matters
ISBN: 9780316347174 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday, Pete Hamill's classic tribute returns with a new introduction by the author.
In honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday, Pete Hamill's classic tribute returns with a new introduction by the author.
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117,65 zł |
Tabloid City
ISBN: 9780316178082 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In a stately West Village town house, a wealthy socialite and her secretary are murdered. In the 24 hours that follow, a flurry of activity surrounds their shocking deaths:
The head of one of the city's last tabloids stops the presses. A cop investigates the killing. A reporter chases the story. A disgraced hedge fund manager flees the country. An Iraq War vet seeks revenge. And an angry young extremist plots a major catastrophe. The City is many things: a proving ground, a decadent carnival, or a palimpsest of memories--a historic metropolis eclipsed by modern times. As much a... In a stately West Village town house, a wealthy socialite and her secretary are murdered. In the 24 hours that follow, a flurry of activity surrounds ...
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174,30 zł |
The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories
ISBN: 9780316232746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Hamill, a master raconteur, mines his own roots in this enchanting new anthology." ---"New York Times"
Pete Hamill's collected stories about Brooklyn present a New York almost lost but not forgotten. They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming with nostalgia---for the world after the war, the days of the Dodgers and Giants, and even, for some, the years of Prohibition and the Depression. THE CHRISTMAS KID is vintage Hamill. Set in the borough where he was born and raised, it is a must-read for his many fans, for all who love New York, and for anyone who seeks to understand... "Hamill, a master raconteur, mines his own roots in this enchanting new anthology." ---"New York Times"
Pete Hamill's collected stories about Broo... |
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65,36 zł |
Embodied Leadership: The Somatic Approach to Developing Your Leadership
ISBN: 9780749465643 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Leaders don't just need to know about leadership -- leaders need to embody the capacity to lead in the midst of ambiguity and complexity. Developed by the Strozzi Institute in Northern California, the concept of embodied leadership is derived from somatic coaching, a unique approach that brings the body forward as an advocate in creating a place for change and transformation. It brings together language, action, feeling and meaning and is based on the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked: to develop one, a person must cultivate the other. Embodied Leadership... Leaders don't just need to know about leadership -- leaders need to embody the capacity to lead in the midst of ambiguity and complexity. Develope... |
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218,77 zł |
North River
ISBN: 9780316007993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One snowy New Year's Day, in the midst of the Great Depression, Dr. James Delaney--haunted by the slaughters of the Great War, and abandoned by his wife and daughter--returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep, left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with this unexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decent Sicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose and the boy begin to care for the good doctor, the numbness in Delaney begins to melt. Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves... One snowy New Year's Day, in the midst of the Great Depression, Dr. James Delaney--haunted by the slaughters of the Great War, and abandoned by ... |
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74,04 zł |
A Drinking Life
ISBN: 9780316341028 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 20 years after his last drink Pete Hamill looks back on his early life. As a child during the depression and World War II he learnt that drinking was to be an essential part of being a man, it was only later he discovered its ability to destroy lives.
20 years after his last drink Pete Hamill looks back on his early life. As a child during the depression and World War II he learnt that drinking was ...
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82,75 zł |
Tabloid City
ISBN: 9780316020763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The city is many things: a proving ground, a decadent carnival, or a palimpsest of memories--a historic metropolis eclipsed by modern times. As much a thriller as it is a gripping portrait of the city of today, "Tabloid City" is a new fiction classic.
The city is many things: a proving ground, a decadent carnival, or a palimpsest of memories--a historic metropolis eclipsed by modern times. As much a...
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74,04 zł |
News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780345425287 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
"When screaming headlines turn out to be based on stories that don't support them, the tale of the boy who cried wolf gets new life. When the newspaper is filled with stupid features about celebrities at the expense of hard news, the reader feels patronized. In the process, the critical relationship of reader to newspaper is slowly undermined." --from NEWS IS A VERB NEWS IS A VERB Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century "With the usual honorable exceptions, newspapers are getting dumber. They are increasingly filled with sensation,... LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
"When screaming headlines turn out to be based on stories that don't support them, the tale of the boy who cried wo... |
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52,29 zł |
Forever
ISBN: 9780316735698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 613 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This widely acclaimed bestseller is the magical, epic tale of an extraordinary man who arrives in New York in 1740 and remains... forever.
Through the eyes of Cormac O'Connor--granted immortality as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan--we watch New York grow from a tiny settlement on the tip of an untamed wilderness to the thriving metropolis of today. And through Cormac's remarkable adventures in both love and war, we come to know the city's buried secrets--the way it has been shaped by greed, race, and waves of immigration, by the unleashing of enormous human... This widely acclaimed bestseller is the magical, epic tale of an extraordinary man who arrives in New York in 1740 and remains... forever.
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87,11 zł |
Downtown: My Manhattan
ISBN: 9780316010689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Downtown, Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the island's southern tip to Times Square, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in New York with a passionate history of its most enduring places and people.
In Downtown, Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the island's southern tip to Times Square, combi...
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87,11 zł |
Under the Influence: The Literature of Addiction
ISBN: 9780375757167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on two centuries of important literary and historical writings, Rebecca Shannonhouse has shaped a remarkable collection of works that are, in turn, tragic, compelling, hilarious, and enlightening. Together, these selections comprise a profound and truthful portrait of the life experience known as addiction. Under the Influence offers classic selections from fiction, memoirs, and essays by authors such as Tolstoy, Cheever, Parker, and Poe. Also included are topical gems by writers who illuminate the causes, dangers, pleasures, and public perceptions surrounding people...
Drawing on two centuries of important literary and historical writings, Rebecca Shannonhouse has shaped a remarkable collection of works that are, in ...
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95,87 zł |
Guys and Dolls and Other Writings
ISBN: 9780141186726 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From Dave the Dude to Al Capone: a defining collection from the world of Damon Runyon
Damon Runyon grew up in the West, moved to New York City, and became one of the leading voices of American popular culture. From sports writing to short fiction, this unique collection offers an eclectic sampling of his extraordinary talent. Here are newspaper pieces, stories- including the last one he ever composed-poetry, and, of course, the Broadway tales for which he is chiefly remembered: Guys and Dolls, Blood Pressure, The Bloodhounds of Broadway, and others. Featuring works that are... From Dave the Dude to Al Capone: a defining collection from the world of Damon Runyon
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113,30 zł |
John Barleycorn
ISBN: 9780375757921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life-from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned socialist, and celebrated writer-he retained a predilection for drinking on a prodigious scale. London's classic -alcoholic memoirs--the closest thing to an autobiography he ever wrote-are a startlingly honest and vivid account of his life not only as a drinker, but also as a storied adventurer....
Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life-from his teenage years ...
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100,22 zł |
Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City
ISBN: 9780823281077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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72,70 zł |
Meyer Berger's New York
ISBN: 9780823223282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Meyer (Mike) Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. A reporter and columnist for The New York Times for thirty years, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for his account of the murder of thirteen people by a deranged war veteran in Camden, New Jersey. Berger is best known for his About New York column, which appeared regularly in the Times from 1939 to 1940 and from 1953 until his death in 1959. Through lovingly detailed snapshots of ordinary New Yorkers and far corners of the city, Berger's writing deeply influenced the next generation of writers, including Gay Talese and...
Meyer (Mike) Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. A reporter and columnist for The New York Times for thirty years, he won a Pu...
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161,10 zł |
Piecework: Writings on Men and Women, Fools and Heroes, Lost Cities, Vanished Friends, Small Pleasures, Large Calamities, and How the Weather Was
ISBN: 9780316340984 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Journalistic essays offer commentary on American immigration policy toward Mexico, Mike Tyson, television, crack, Northern Ireland, and Octavio Paz.
Journalistic essays offer commentary on American immigration policy toward Mexico, Mike Tyson, television, crack, Northern Ireland, and Octavio Paz.
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108,90 zł |
Piecework: Writings on Men & Women, Fools & Heroes, Lost Cities, Vanished Friends..
ISBN: 9780316341042 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In a new volume of journalistic essays, the eclectic author of A Drinking Life offers sharp commentary on diverse subjects, such as American immigration policy toward Mexico, Mike Tyson, television, crack, Northern Ireland and Octavio Paz.
In a new volume of journalistic essays, the eclectic author of A Drinking Life offers sharp commentary on diverse subjects, such as American im...
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178,66 zł |
The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780812971187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This unique collection of Twain s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius."
This unique collection of Twain s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author s vast imagination. Featuri...
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104,58 zł |