wyszukanych pozycji: 33
Emerald in the Eye of the Skull
ISBN: 9781494967291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jeb, a lecturer at Harvard, meets a mysterious pilot with a map who is murdered, the eyes sucked out of his skull while he is still alive. Jeb, shaken by the horror and wanting no more of it, is asked by the faculty at Harvard to travel to Colombia in search of ancient emeralds. In an Indian dialect, the map tells of their secret location. A Monster guards this secret for which the eyes of humans are sacrificed. General Junco, his contact person, finds refuge with an obscure woman, while his red-headed wife Lourdes, once a great beauty, is served nightly by a shadow lover. Jeb is provided a...
Jeb, a lecturer at Harvard, meets a mysterious pilot with a map who is murdered, the eyes sucked out of his skull while he is still alive. Jeb, shaken...
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66,31 zł |
Childhood
ISBN: 9781452825212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A true story The world in which the child finds himself is one of vivid and wondrous beauty, and horrifying ugliness, too, that thrills with its suggestion of evil. The father, old enough to be a granddaddy, prides himself a self-made man, likes to dress well and doesn't take crap. The younger mother, a former school teacher, can be teasingly friendly: at other times, as coldly indifferent as ice. School proves difficult. Neither parent is ever satisfied, not even with passing. By the fourth grade, the boy is confined to the principal's office every afternoon. And on the bus, required to sit...
A true story The world in which the child finds himself is one of vivid and wondrous beauty, and horrifying ugliness, too, that thrills with its sugge...
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Delta in the Web of Death
ISBN: 9781503194069 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Along the Mississippi River lies a swampy island, haunted by an old plantation that was abandoned during the 1800s. An asylum was later built onto the house where bizarre experiments were performed. The asylum, too, was abandoned after the 1940s. Even so, weird tales remain of men being made into monkeys. A Russian mail-order bride lands in the Mississippi Delta. Kat has secret reasons for coming to America. But she has no intention of staying with her prospective husband, Joe Leigh, a pilot. Politicians are regularly flown from the Delta to a secret location in Arkansas, a motel where they...
Along the Mississippi River lies a swampy island, haunted by an old plantation that was abandoned during the 1800s. An asylum was later built onto the...
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66,31 zł |
MossBackDragon
ISBN: 9781467902007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book tells a true story. An airplane crash sends a dying pilot to the hospital. From death and darkness, he rises to brilliant colour, entering upon a Romantic passion that may only be described as profound. He defies injury, surviving, always surviving, winning the companionship of ladies, until he meets one who gives him an offer he can't refuse The narrative includes the crafting of poems, too, for we cannot have love without poems.
This book tells a true story. An airplane crash sends a dying pilot to the hospital. From death and darkness, he rises to brilliant colour, entering u...
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55,09 zł |
Bits of Bob: Tales from the Muskingum River
ISBN: 9780595525461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,84 zł |
The Royal Road to Thebes
ISBN: 9781492259701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Haunted by the horror of death, Kiltie Hartley emerges from a troubled past. He is sent to an Episcopalian school in the tidewater of eastern Virginia. Into the conventional society celebrated by prep school he does not fit. His final year at a public high school is darkened by deepening alienation. The shadow of death which swallowed him up during his early life catches up with him again the following year in college. Like a snake, the darkness of death coils itself around him, suffocating him in its grip. Resistance-not wanting to be forced to do anything by anyone-pitches him into another...
Haunted by the horror of death, Kiltie Hartley emerges from a troubled past. He is sent to an Episcopalian school in the tidewater of eastern Virginia...
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74,87 zł |
The Oxen Are Slow
ISBN: 9781517052850 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Oxen Are Slow is a story of taboo love. Cary, an American writer newly arrived in 1958 Malaya, encounters four sisters, who are each unique in a provocative way. "A handsome stranger appears and no one can find a decent dress to wear," laments Noor. Noor, their mother, is married to her fourth husband, the owner of a eucalyptus plantation who is murdered. The murder mystery may be solved, but what of the four daughters? Down what forbidden path, winding into the dark unknown-for their love is forbidden-do Cary and his lover tumble?
The Oxen Are Slow is a story of taboo love. Cary, an American writer newly arrived in 1958 Malaya, encounters four sisters, who are each unique in a p...
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66,31 zł |
The Girl with the Hairy Legs
ISBN: 9781500612764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Haunting the Baltic nation of Latvia is a creeping monster. The Creeper is a sadist. The victims are women in their twenties who share two physical characteristics, a secret tattoo and another unmentionable. Into the forest the creeping monster drags each captive to perform his cruel ritual. A matchbook cover is found at a crime scene that says "Sioux Falls, South Dakota." A Lutheran missionary, Samantha Norlunder, is missing. Her brother Luke does postgraduate work at a Lutheran college near Sioux Falls, where he also teaches. His girlfriend, Constance, has begun a prison ministry at the...
Haunting the Baltic nation of Latvia is a creeping monster. The Creeper is a sadist. The victims are women in their twenties who share two physical ch...
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66,31 zł |
Surface Impoundments: Design, Construction and Operation
ISBN: 9780815513025 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This technical resource document describes current information on the design, construction and operation of surface impoundments used for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Pertinent regulations under RCRA are summarized. Surface impoundment structures that will meet the regulatory requirements are described, as are methods for closing surface impoundments, either in-place or by waste removal. Cover technology is also discussed.
This technical resource document describes current information on the design, construction and operation of surface impoundments used for treatment, s...
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422,37 zł |
Bits of Bob: Tales from the Muskingum River
ISBN: 9780595514892 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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97,58 zł |
Business Ethics: Mistakes and Successes
ISBN: 9780471663737 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In today's business climate, firms need to be wary of practices that may provoke criticism and scandals. Investigative reporters, eager lawyers, and zealous governmental agencies are lurking in the wings. These lessons of the past give you an inside look at some of the biggest mistakes of recent history. You can ponder not only how they might have been avoided, but also how their resolution might have been better handled. Robert Hartley, author of the popular Marketing and Management Mistakes and Successes books, brings you face-to-face with major players and the temptations, crises, and...
In today's business climate, firms need to be wary of practices that may provoke criticism and scandals. Investigative reporters, eager lawyers, and z...
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784,62 zł |
The Dealmakers of Downstate Illinois: Paul Powell, Clyde L. Choate, John H. Stelle
ISBN: 9780809334742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Many people are unaware that from 1945 to 1975, downstate lawmakers dominated the Illinois political arena. In TheDealmakers of Downstate Illinois, Robert E. Hartley details the lives and contributions of three influential southern Illinois politicians, Paul Powell, Clyde Choate, and John Stelle. He describes how these dealmakers were able to work with Democrats and Republicans throughout the state to bring jobs and facilities to their region. Using a variety of coalitions, they maintained downstate political strength in the face of growing Chicago influence.
Hartley traces... Many people are unaware that from 1945 to 1975, downstate lawmakers dominated the Illinois political arena. In TheDealmakers of Downstate Il...
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161,01 zł |
Saving Yellowstone
ISBN: 9781425771218 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. FOR MOST OF August 1883 a military expedition headed by President Chester A. Arthur and guided by Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan crossed 500 miles of lightly settled Wyoming Territory. The goal was to reach Yellowstone National Park and tour it before returning to civilization. Arthur was the first president to visit the park, and the only president to make an extensive overland march, mostly on horseback. A primary objective of the expedition was to raise the awareness of U.S. citizens to the attractions along the route, and the need for preservation of the park, which was threatened by vandalism,...
FOR MOST OF August 1883 a military expedition headed by President Chester A. Arthur and guided by Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan crossed 500 miles of lightl...
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132,56 zł |
Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters
ISBN: 9780809327065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. In two southern Illinois towns only forty miles apart, explosions killed 111 men at the Centralia No. 5 mine in 1947 and 119 men at the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort in 1951. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney explain the causes of the accidents, identify who was to blame, and detail the emotional impact the disasters had on the survivors, their families, and their communities.Politics at the highest level...
Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United S...
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134,13 zł |
Purpose, Power and Prison: Stories About Former Illinois Governors
ISBN: 9781796084511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,21 zł |
Lewis and Clark in the Illinois Country: The Little-Told Story
ISBN: 9781401057930 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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89,59 zł |
Business Ethics: Violations of the Public Trust
ISBN: 9780471545910 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This collection of case studies covers a number of contemporary issues in business ethics, and can be used either on its own or as a supplement to a core text on the principles of management or organizational behaviour. Its use of international companies makes situations instantly recognizable.
This collection of case studies covers a number of contemporary issues in business ethics, and can be used either on its own or as a supplement to a c...
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806,13 zł |
Gunship Pilot: An Attack Helicopter Warrior Remembers Vietnam
ISBN: 9781489703941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. What would you expect from a girl named Malice? At twelve, her definition of family is nixed when her father, Rick, reveals that he is gay and leaves home. Ruth, her emotionally distant mother, punishes Rick by delivering Malice at midnight ("like some ding-dong ditch it game") on the doorstep of the house he shares with his lover, Grey. Disillusioned by her parents' separation, and her religion, Malice sculpts a private world, out of-of all things-chewed gum. How does Malice deal with becoming a woman in a household of men?
What would you expect from a girl named Malice? At twelve, her definition of family is nixed when her father, Rick, reveals that he is gay and leaves ...
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111,46 zł |
Saving Yellowstone
ISBN: 9781425771171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. FOR MOST OF August 1883 a military expedition headed by President Chester A. Arthur and guided by Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan crossed 500 miles of lightly settled Wyoming Territory. The goal was to reach Yellowstone National Park and tour it before returning to civilization. Arthur was the first president to visit the park, and the only president to make an extensive overland march, mostly on horseback. A primary objective of the expedition was to raise the awareness of U.S. citizens to the attractions along the route, and the need for preservation of the park, which was threatened by vandalism,...
FOR MOST OF August 1883 a military expedition headed by President Chester A. Arthur and guided by Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan crossed 500 miles of lightl...
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85,51 zł |
Battleground 1948: Truman, Stevenson, Douglas, and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History
ISBN: 9780809332663 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments for change. As the battle for the nation s highest office came to a head in Illinois, the state was embroiled in its own partisan showdowns elections that would prove critical in the course of state and national history.
In "Battleground 1948," Robert E. Hartley offers the first comprehensive chronicle of this historic election year and its consequences, which still resonate today. Focusing on the... The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World Wa...
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230,90 zł |