wyszukanych pozycji: 10
The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War
ISBN: 9781503635494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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57,33 zł |
On or about December 1910: Early Bloomsbury and Its Intimate World
ISBN: 9780674636064 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "On or about December 1910" human character changed, Virginia Woolf remarked, and well she might have. The company she kept, the Bloomsbury circle, took shape before the coming of World War I, and would have a lasting impact on English society and culture after the war. This book captures the dazzling world of Bloomsbury at the end of an era, and on the eve of modernism. Peter Stansky depicts the vanguard of a rising generation seizing its moment. He shows us Woolf in that fateful year, in the midst of an emotional breakdown, reaching a turning point with her first novel, The... "On or about December 1910" human character changed, Virginia Woolf remarked, and well she might have. The company she kept, the Bloomsbury circle,... |
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213,90 zł |
Julian Bell: From Bloomsbury to the Spanish Civil War
ISBN: 9780804774130 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Julian Bell explores the life of a younger member, and sole poet, of the Bloomsbury Group, the most important community of British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century, which includes Virginia Woolf (Julian's aunt), E. M. Forster, the economist John Maynard Keynes, and the art critic Roger Fry. This biography draws upon the expanding archives on Bloomsbury to present Julian's life more completely and more personally than has been done previously. It is an intense and profound exploration of personal, sexual, intellectual, political, and literary life in England between...
Julian Bell explores the life of a younger member, and sole poet, of the Bloomsbury Group, the most important community of British writers and ...
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260,85 zł |
Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil
ISBN: 9780300186765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), a glamorous and well-known figure in Britain for the first four decades of the twentieth century, was the most eligible bachelor and the greatest host of his time. He attained prominence in the art world, high society, and politics. In contrast, his sister Sybil (1894-1989) lived a much more private life. Yet she was fascinating in her own right, marrying into the grandest level of the English aristocracy, restoring Houghton--formerly the house of Sir Robert Walpole--to magnificence, and serving in the high command of the Women's Royal Naval Service during both...
Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), a glamorous and well-known figure in Britain for the first four decades of the twentieth century, was the most eligibl...
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299,83 zł |
Twenty Years On: Views and Reviews of Modern Britain
ISBN: 9780578700960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,14 zł |
The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940
ISBN: 9780300143355 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the German Luftwaffe plunged London into a cauldron of fire and devastation. This compelling book recreates that day in all its horror, using rich archival sources and first-hand accounts, many never before published. Eminent historian Peter Stansky weaves together the stories of people who recorded their experiences of the opening hours of the Blitz. Then, exploring more deeply, the author examines what that critical day meant to the nation at the time, and what it came to mean in following years. Much of the future of...
On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the German Luftwaffe plunged London into a cauldron of fire and devastation. This comp...
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60,35 zł |
Leonard Woolf: Bloomsbury Socialist
ISBN: 9780198814146 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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245,95 zł |
The Unknown Orwell and Orwell: The Transformation: The Transformation
ISBN: 9780804723428 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For the first time, these two essential books on George Orwell have been brought together under one cover. The Unknown Orwell describes the first thirty years of Orwell's life--his childhood, the years at Eton and in Burma, and the struggles to become a writer. Orwell: The Transformation carries us forward into the crucial years 1933 to 1937 in which Eric Blair, minor novelist, became George Orwell, a powerful writer with a view, a mission, and a message.
For the first time, these two essential books on George Orwell have been brought together under one cover. The Unknown Orwell describes the fir...
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166,94 zł |
The Strange Death of Liberal England
ISBN: 9780804729307 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. At the beginning of the twentieth century England's empire spanned the globe, its economy was strong, and its political system seemed immune to the ills that inflicted so many other countries. After a resounding electoral triumph in 1906, the Liberals formed the government of the most powerful nation on earth, yet within a few years the House of Lords lost its absolute veto over legislation, the Home Rule crisis brought Ireland to the brink of civil war and led to an army mutiny, the campaign for woman's suffrage created widespread civil disorder and discredited the legal and penal systems,...
At the beginning of the twentieth century England's empire spanned the globe, its economy was strong, and its political system seemed immune to the il...
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125,15 zł |
Milton Place
ISBN: 9781910263211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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102,39 zł |