wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Return of the Thin Man
ISBN: 9780802121561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and "The Thin Man" was Hammett's last--and most successful--novel. Following the enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas, for the films that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man." Bringing back his classic characters, retired private investigator Nick Charles and his former debutante wife Nora, who return home to find Nora s family gardener murdered, pulling the couple back into another deadly...
Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and "The Thin Man" was Hammett's last--and most successful--novel. Foll...
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74,66 |
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The Paintings and Drawings of John DOS Passos: A Collection and Study
ISBN: 9781942954217 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In addition to being a major twentieth-century author, John Dos Passos painted, principally in watercolor, throughout his career. This book reproduces 68 examples of Dos Passos's art, almost all in full color, presented in two parts containing 13 sections. In Part One, each section is devoted to a similar kind of art work produced within a specific time frame; in Part Two, each section consists of work in a specific genre.
The book also includes essays devoted to the history and nature of Dos Passos' work as a pictorial artist and to the relationship of this work to his novels. It... In addition to being a major twentieth-century author, John Dos Passos painted, principally in watercolor, throughout his career. This book reproduces...
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975,99 |
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Pages from the Ages, Volume Two: A Collection of Writings by the Scribblers Group at Ohio Living Breckenridge Village
ISBN: 9798267720748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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52,26 |
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Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960
ISBN: 9781582432106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is a selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction. Here is Hammett the family man, distant but devoted; Hammett the student of politics, scanning the headlines from a Marxist perspective; and Hammett the lover of Lillian Hellman, delighting in her style, humour, accomplishments, but maintaining his independence. Celebrity, soldier, activist, survivor - these letters show how Hammett was each of these in turn, but was always, above all, a writer.
This is a selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction. Here is Hammett the family man, distant but devoted; H...
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124,22 |
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The Big Book of the Continental Op
ISBN: 9780525432951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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111,98 |
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The Professions of Authorship: Essays in Honor of Matthew J.Bruccoli
ISBN: 9781570031441 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A tribute to a man whose life's work has centered on the study of authorship and who is a scholar and book collector of the first magnitude, The Professions of Authorship examines the business of writing, publishing, and selling books - or what George V. Higgins describes in this volume as a "perplexing, disorganized, chameleonic enterprise". Twenty-three authors, publishing professionals, and scholars who share Matthew J. Bruccoli's love and knowledge of books offer candid observations and opinions about the past, present, and future of publishing. In doing so, they unravel many of the...
A tribute to a man whose life's work has centered on the study of authorship and who is a scholar and book collector of the first magnitude, The Profe...
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148,53 |