wyszukanych pozycji: 87
How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey Into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
ISBN: 9780812987737 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. For anyone who has ever identified with a hero or heroine, been seduced by a strong opening sentence, or been powerfully moved by a story s end, How to Write Like Tolstoyis a thought-provoking journeyinside the minds of the world s most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen King.
I have tried, as far as possible using the words of the authors themselves, to explain their craft, aiming to take readers on a journey into the concerns, techniques, tricks, flaws, and, occasionally, obsessions of our most luminous writers. from the Preface Behind every... For anyone who has ever identified with a hero or heroine, been seduced by a strong opening sentence, or been powerfully moved by a story s end, Ho...
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112,62 zł |
Sanando la Heterosexualidad: Tiempo, Tacto y Trato
ISBN: 9781733846912 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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84,42 zł |
She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron
ISBN: 9781476796130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "A very personal remembrance of Nora Ephron's life and loves, and her ups and downs" (USA TODAY) by her long-time and dear friend Richard Cohen in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship. Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and movie director (Sleepless in Seattle; You've Got Mail; When Harry Met Sally; Heartburn; Julie & Julia). She wrote a slew of bestsellers (I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts...
"A very personal remembrance of Nora Ephron's life and loves, and her ups and downs" (USA TODAY) by her long-time and dear friend Richard Cohen...
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71,94 zł |
The Splendid Vision: Reading a Buddhist Sutra
ISBN: 9780231156691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value, cosmic truth, and existential meaning. The ancient author of the "Splendid Vision Sutra" promises every imaginable reward to those who heed its words and rites, whether one's desire is to become king, enjoy heavenly pleasures for thousands of millennia, or attain the spiritual summit of advanced...
Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich rit...
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121,04 zł |
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
ISBN: 9781474615785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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87,52 zł |
Beyond Enlightenment: Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
ISBN: 9780415544443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha's enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion,... The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism bec... |
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229,93 zł |
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780812969665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting--a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since. With wit and insight, Richard Cohen gives us an engrossing history of the world via the sword.
"By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting--a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egy...
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101,56 zł |
Understanding Our LGBTQ+ Loved Ones
ISBN: 9781733846981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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63,26 zł |
The Splendid Vision: Reading a Buddhist Sutra
ISBN: 9780231156684 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value, cosmic truth, and existential meaning. The ancient author of the "Splendid Vision Sutra" promises every imaginable reward to those who heed its words and rites, whether one's desire is to become king, enjoy heavenly pleasures for thousands of millennia, or attain the spiritual summit of advanced...
Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich rit...
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440,16 zł |
Gay Children, Straight Parents: A Plan for Family Healing
ISBN: 9781530156641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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111,04 zł |
Running: The Best Cure For the Worst Relationship
ISBN: 9781533118264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Estranged twins Brian and Amy are sixty years old when chance throws them together at a party. A blow-up on Amy's part sets them on a course that leads to the reconciliation of their love, friendship, and emotional attachment. Years of no communication, petty differences and pent up anger, wiped away their comfort, friendship and love. A tragedy for twins who were inseparable as children. In the midst of a wedding reception Amy makes a public spectacle of herself and becomes enraged at her brother and throws down the gauntlet that she can run a marathon, as her brother had done eighteen times...
Estranged twins Brian and Amy are sixty years old when chance throws them together at a party. A blow-up on Amy's part sets them on a course that lead...
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56,34 zł |
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
ISBN: 9781474615792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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97,82 zł |
Gay Children, Straight Parents: A Plan for Family Healing
ISBN: 9780963705860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Hope and Healing for Families. Out of his own experience and the experience of many of those he has served in his counseling practice, Richard Cohen sets out a step-by-step plan that offers a path toward renewed family relationships grounded in love, faith and mutual respect. "Richard is movingly candid about the brokenness in his own family life, and he's not afraid to get down in the trenches and cry, mourn and laugh with everyone else who struggles. This book offers sound practical advice for healing family relationships." Hope and Healing for Families. Out of his own experience and the experience of many of those he has served in his counselin... |
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105,75 zł |
Beyond Enlightenment: Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
ISBN: 9780415372947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha's enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion,... The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism bec... |
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784,04 zł |
Sanando la Humanidad: Tiempo, Tacto y Trato
ISBN: 9781733846974 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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84,42 zł |
Rostenkowski: The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics
ISBN: 9781566633109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American legislators of the twentieth century. As chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the representative from Illinois influenced the nation s tax laws, international trade, Social Security, health care, welfare, and a good many other areas policies that affected most Americans. Richard Cohen s scrupulous political biography of Rostenkowski follows his rise to power from modest origins in the Democratic ward politics of Chicago s...
For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American le...
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84,42 zł |
Anus: Surgical Treatment and Pathology
ISBN: 9781447168706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. There is an increase in specialisation within general surgery and now even within its sub specialties. Colorectal surgery is probably the largest of the subspecialties of general surgery, and one of the areas where trainees and consultant general /colorectal surgeons are least confident is in their understanding of the anatomy, physiological pathology and management of the anal canal and pelvis. Currently available there are books on the market centred around the general management of colorectal disease, but the time is now right for a definitive text on the anal canal and pelvis... There is an increase in specialisation within general surgery and now even within its sub specialties. Colorectal surgery is probably the largest o... |
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544,74 zł |
The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line.
ISBN: 9781737503408 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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63,43 zł |
The Run That Changed the World: : It Was Meant To Be
ISBN: 9781981605774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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71,04 zł |
Healing Humanity: Time, Touch & Talk
ISBN: 9781733846967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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63,26 zł |