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In the Loyal Mountains
ISBN: 9780395877470 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this luminous collection, Rick Bass firmly establishes himself as a master of the short story, with tales that embrace vibrant images and ordinary human life and exuberant descriptions of the natural world. "Impelled by a profound love of the land, the ten stories of "In the Loyal Mountains" are a reminder that American literature draws its unique strength from a powerful sense of place".--"Los Angeles Times".
In this luminous collection, Rick Bass firmly establishes himself as a master of the short story, with tales that embrace vibrant images and ordinary ...
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68,84 zł |
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A Thousand Deer: Four Generations of Hunting and the Hill Country
ISBN: 9780292756281 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In November, countless families across Texas head out for the annual deer hunt, a ritual that spans generations, ethnicities, socioeconomics, and gender as perhaps no other cultural experience in the state. Rick Bass's family has returned to the same hardscrabble piece of land in the Hill Country--"the Deer Pasture"--for more than seventy-five years. In A Thousand Deer, Bass walks the Deer Pasture again in memory and stories, tallying up what hunting there has taught him about our need for wildness and wilderness, about cycles in nature and in the life of a family, and... In November, countless families across Texas head out for the annual deer hunt, a ritual that spans generations, ethnicities, socioeconomics, and g... |
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67,50 zł |
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Where the Sea Used to Be
ISBN: 9780395957813 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This first full-length novel by one of our finest fiction writers tells the story of a struggle between a father and his daughter for the souls of two men, Matthew and Wallis--his proteges, her lovers.
This first full-length novel by one of our finest fiction writers tells the story of a struggle between a father and his daughter for the souls of two...
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107,58 zł |
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With Every Great Breath: New and Selected Essays, 1995-2023
ISBN: 9781640096936 / Angielski / 11-02-2025 Książka dostępna od: 11-02-2025 |
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82,18 zł |
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Nashville Chrome
ISBN: 9780547577463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Bass creates a slice of music history from the ground up, from the backwoods and front porches all the way to Elvis." --Los Angeles Times1959: the Brown siblings are the biggest thing in country music. Their inimitable harmony will give rise to the polished sound of the multibillion-dollar country music industry we know today. But when the bonds of family begin to fray, the flame of their celebrity proves as brilliant as it is fleeting. In this arresting novel, acclaimed author Rick Bass draws poignant portraits of their lives, lived both in and out of the...
"Bass creates a slice of music history from the ground up, from the backwoods and front porches all the way to Elvis." --Los A...
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77,45 zł |
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Platte River
ISBN: 9780803259737 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Rick Bass is one of the foremost writers of his generation, charging headlong past the hard surface of modern life to illuminate human beings and their relationship to the natural world. Platte River is a collection of three novellas, each a singular exploration of the human heart set against the backdrop of God's creation. Filled with arresting images-chinook winds flying through a valley, couples skating in the dark on thin ice, tools made from animal bones, a delicate shape frozen in a river-"Mahatma Joe" is about an evangelist who settles in Grass Valley, Montana, and the woman who...
Rick Bass is one of the foremost writers of his generation, charging headlong past the hard surface of modern life to illuminate human beings and thei...
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77,90 zł |
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Fortunate Son: Selected Essays from the Lone Star State
ISBN: 9780826362452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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85,89 zł |
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The Hermit's Story
ISBN: 9780618380442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the author of Colter and Where the Sea Used to Be comes a new and diverse collection of short stories.
From the author of Colter and Where the Sea Used to Be comes a new and diverse collection of short stories.
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81,75 zł |
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The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness
ISBN: 9780395924754 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Three novellas make up a trilogy that focuses on the land, whether it be the dry, difficult world of a Texas range, a winter wilderness, or an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.
Three novellas make up a trilogy that focuses on the land, whether it be the dry, difficult world of a Texas range, a winter wilderness, or an ancient...
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77,45 zł |
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The Watch
ISBN: 9780393311358 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. These quirky, brilliant stories launched Rick Bass on his literary career.
These quirky, brilliant stories launched Rick Bass on his literary career.
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86,10 zł |
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For a Little While
ISBN: 9780316381147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2016 Story Prize
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice 100 Recommended Books of 2016 -- San Francisco Chronicle -A literary titan...Bass is, hands down, a master of the short form, creating in a few pages a natural world of mythic proportions.- -- New York Times Book Review Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories, new and old, from the... Winner of the 2016 Story Prize
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice 100 Recommended Books of 2016 -- San Francisco Chronicl... |
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107,58 zł |
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Why I Came West
ISBN: 9780547237718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this searching memoir, Rick Bass describes how he first fell in love with theWest -- as a landscape, an idea, and a way of life. Bass grew up in the suburban sprawl of Houston, attended college in Utah, and spent eight years working as a geologist in Mississippi before packing up and heading west in pursuit of something visceral and true. He found it in the remote Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana, where despite extensive logging, not a single species has gone extinct since the last Ice Age. Bass has lived in the Yaak ever since, a place of mountains, outlaws, and continual rebirth that...
In this searching memoir, Rick Bass describes how he first fell in love with theWest -- as a landscape, an idea, and a way of life. Bass grew up in th...
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76,53 zł |
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The Lives of Rocks
ISBN: 9780618919666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Rocky Mountain News Best Book of the Year Finalist for the Story Prize
At once expertly crafted and undeniably moving, these ten stories deftly explore our immutable connection with nature. The centerpiece of the collection is the arresting title story, in which a woman alone in her mountain cabin confronts a terminal illness. In the equally remarkable "Her First Elk," the same character recalls her most memorable and significant hunting experience. Set in locations ranging from Montana to Texas to Mississippi, the remaining stories further... A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Rocky Mountain News Best Book of the Year Finalist for the Story Prize
At once expertly crafted and... |
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77,45 zł |
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Wild to the Heart
ISBN: 9781462027026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,37 zł |
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The Ninemile Wolves
ISBN: 9780618263028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Heralded by Science Fiction Chronicle as one of the Best Books of 2001. Across the waterworld of Aquasilva, change is being fought and ruthlessly suppressed by the Domain and its ferocious holy warriors, the Sacri. When Cathan, a count's son, inadvertently stumbles across a terrifying Domain plot to wipe out the rising discontent, he is thrust headlong into a fight beyond his control.
Heralded by Science Fiction Chronicle as one of the Best Books of 2001. Across the waterworld of Aquasilva, change is being fought and ruthlessly supp...
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73,14 zł |
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The Diezmo
ISBN: 9780618710508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Diezmo tells the incredible story of the Mier Expedition, one of the most absurd and tragic military adventures in the history of Texas -- a country and a state, as Rick Bass writes, that was "born in blood." In the early days of the Republic of Texas, two young men, wild for glory, impulsively volunteer for an expedition Sam Houston has ordered to patrol the Mexican border. But their dreams of triumph soon fade into prayers for survival, and all that is on their minds is getting home and having a cool drink of water. After being captured in a raid on the Mexican village of Mier,... The Diezmo tells the incredible story of the Mier Expedition, one of the most absurd and tragic military adventures in the history of Texas -- a co... |
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64,53 zł |
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Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had
ISBN: 9780618127368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The author shares his memories of his favorite dog, Colter, and the diverse ways in which he transformed the author's life, in a look at the dynamic relationship between humans and dogs.
The author shares his memories of his favorite dog, Colter, and the diverse ways in which he transformed the author's life, in a look at the dynamic r...
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73,14 zł |
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The Book of Yaak
ISBN: 9780395877463 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, and even a handful of humans. In "The Book of Yaak", Rick Bass captures the soul of the valley itself and shows how if places like the Yaak are lost, so too will be the human riches of mystery and imagination.
The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coy...
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73,14 zł |
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Black Rhinos of Namibia: Searching for Survivors in the African Desert
ISBN: 9780544002333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "An extraordinary exploration and meditation . . . Bass] transports us along on this wonder-filled tour, full of hardness and hope, into an otherworldly place that mirrors our own." --National Geographic Traveler
Black rhinos are not actually black. They are, however, giant animals with tiny eyes, feet the diameter of laundry baskets, and horns that are prized for both their aesthetic and medicinal qualities. Until recently, these creatures were perched on the edge of extinction, their numbers dwindling as they succumbed to poachers and the ravages of civil war. Now their numbers... "An extraordinary exploration and meditation . . . Bass] transports us along on this wonder-filled tour, full of hardness and hope, into an otherworl...
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86,06 zł |
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With Every Great Breath: New and Selected Essays, 1995-2023
ISBN: 9781640096301 / Twarda / 2024 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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120,54 zł |
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