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A Lean Year, and Other Stories
ISBN: 9780874172416 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In this collection of sixteen short stories, Robert Laxalt illuminates the Nevada of the 1950s. Written when Laxalt was in his twenties, the stories are as fresh as if they were penned yesterday. Humanity good and bad, humor and cruelty, satire and adventure are found in these early stories of a Nevada poised on the brink of change.
In the lead story, Cowboy Clint Hamilton laments that the town is getting more like a big city every day as the traditional gambling joints of earlier times give way to the gaudy casinos that will soon become modern glitz. Sobering experiences from his... In this collection of sixteen short stories, Robert Laxalt illuminates the Nevada of the 1950s. Written when Laxalt was in his twenties, the stories a...
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82,19 |
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A Private War: An American Code Officer in the Belgian Congo
ISBN: 9780874173246 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This memoir recalls Robert Laxalt's services in a remote jungle outpost, in the Belgian Congo. The Allies and the Germans were struggling to control a mine, it lay deep in the Congo and produced a little-known mineral called uranium. It is also shows Laxalt's personal battle with himself.
This memoir recalls Robert Laxalt's services in a remote jungle outpost, in the Belgian Congo. The Allies and the Germans were struggling to control a...
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53,17 |
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Child of the Holy Ghost
ISBN: 9780874173079 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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77,35 |
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In a Hundred Graves; A Basque Portrait
ISBN: 9780874170351 / Angielski / Twarda / 1972 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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67,68 |
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The Basque Hotel
ISBN: 9780874172164 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The first volume in Laxalt's Basque family trilogy, is the coming of age story of a boy named Pete. Too prone to dreams, Pete undergoes his rites of passage - cruelty and kindness, disillusionment, love and terror, pathos and hilarious adventure - and finally, a cautious understanding of his world.
The first volume in Laxalt's Basque family trilogy, is the coming of age story of a boy named Pete. Too prone to dreams, Pete undergoes his rites of p...
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67,68 |
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Dust Devils: A Novella
ISBN: 9780874173000 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An action-packed story set during the violent and conflict-ridden days of the early 20th century, Dust Devilstakes place in the rugged mountains and deserts of Eastern California and Northern Nevada. Ira Hamilton, the teenage son of rugged Indian-hating rancher John D. Hamilton, wins the bronc-riding competition at a local rodeo and comes away with a special prize: a beautiful Arabian colt. But the horse is soon stolen by Hawkeye, a notorious local rustler. Accompanied by Cricket, a young Paiute who has been his closest companion since infancy, Ira vows to retrieve his prize. On the...
An action-packed story set during the violent and conflict-ridden days of the early 20th century, Dust Devilstakes place in the rugged mountain...
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62,84 |
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Sweet Promised Land, 50th Ed.
ISBN: 9780874177060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Dominique Laxalt was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert and nearby hills of the Sierra. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, Dominique dreamed of someday returning to the land of his beginnings. Most Basques never made the journey back, but Dominique finally did return for a visit with family and friends. Sweet Promised Land is the story of that trip, told by his son Robert, who accompanied him to the pastoral mountain village in France. Dominique came home victorious, the adventurer who had conquered the unknown and found his...
Dominique Laxalt was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert and nearby hills of the Sierra...
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67,68 |
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In a Hundred Graves: A Basque Portrait
ISBN: 9781943859092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Basques of Europe are legendary for the curtain of privacy they have always drawn around their world, shielding it from visitors from the outside. As a result, accounts of the inner workings of Basque village life are almost nonexistent. In this unique book, author Robert Laxalt has managed to penetrate the deep reserve of Basque village folk. Shepherds, troubadours, merchants, and smugglers, caught up in the panorama of daily life, parade before the reader. They are portrayed against a backdrop of green rugged mountains and stone buildings, typical of the Basque provinces in France... The Basques of Europe are legendary for the curtain of privacy they have always drawn around their world, shielding it from visitors from the outsi... |
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The Governor's Mansion
ISBN: 9780874172515 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The third volume of Robert Laxalt's trilogy, concluding the story from The Basque Hotel and Child of the Holy Ghost. Leon - the eldest son of immigrant parents - ponders the decision to enter American politics.
The third volume of Robert Laxalt's trilogy, concluding the story from The Basque Hotel and Child of the Holy Ghost. Leon - the eldest son of immigran...
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72,52 |
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The Governor's Mansion
ISBN: 9780874173086 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In the dramatic third volume of Robert Laxalt s trilogy, Leon the eldest son of immigrant parents becomes the governor of Nevada during the 1960s. An able lawyer in his own right, he is a neophyte when it comes to dealing with the political ploys of the entrenched officeholders who dominate in Nevada. Leon faces the crisis of his budding political career when he is caught between J. Edgar Hoover s FBI, bent on cleaning out the Mafia, and his own need to protect the autonomy of his native state. An unexpected ally appears when the only man rich enough to solve the governor s dilemma comes to...
In the dramatic third volume of Robert Laxalt s trilogy, Leon the eldest son of immigrant parents becomes the governor of Nevada during the 1960s. An ...
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77,35 |
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A Lean Year and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781647791568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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82,19 |
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Nevada: A Bicentennial History
ISBN: 9780393334067 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Through a turbulent history, Nevada has searched for an identity to call its own. How well it has succeeded is the subject of Robert Laxalt's evocative portrait of the state and its people.
Through a turbulent history, Nevada has searched for an identity to call its own. How well it has succeeded is the subject of Robert Laxalt's evocativ...
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75,83 |
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Time of the Rabies: A Novella
ISBN: 9780874173505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) During the 1920s, a rabies epidemic swept across northern Nevada, decimating wildlife and livestock herds. This historic event is the background for acclaimed writer Robert Laxalt s brilliant new novella. Set on a sheep ranch in the desert foothills near Carson City, Time of the Rabiesfollows owner Pete Lorda and his family and ranch hands as the epidemic swirls around them, pulling humans and animals into a battle against an invisible but deadly foe. Beginning when a roving coyote is bitten by a rabid bat, the epidemic spreads like wildfire through the local coyote population, and...
During the 1920s, a rabies epidemic swept across northern Nevada, decimating wildlife and livestock herds. This historic event is the background for a...
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62,84 |
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The Land of My Fathers: A Son's Return to the Basque Country
ISBN: 9781647791544 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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77,35 |
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Nevada: A History
ISBN: 9780874171792 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An evocative portrait of the state that "didn't deserve to be" but became one anyway. First published in 1977, this edition includes a new preface that reexamines Laxalt's predictions for Nevada made almost 20 years ago and reflects on the changes that have occurred in the state: the urban plight of Las Vegas and Reno, the renewed appreciation of the land by conservationists and opportunists, and the explosive growth of tourism and gaming.
An evocative portrait of the state that "didn't deserve to be" but became one anyway. First published in 1977, this edition includes a new preface tha...
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77,35 |
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The Land of My Fathers: A Son's Return to the Basque Country
ISBN: 9780874173383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The son of a Basque emigrant, Robert Laxalt moved himself and his family to a Basque village in the French Pyrenees in 1960. Based on this visit and a later sojourn in 1965, this is a record of a people, their homeland and culture, seen through Laxalt's text and his wife's photographs.
The son of a Basque emigrant, Robert Laxalt moved himself and his family to a Basque village in the French Pyrenees in 1960. Based on this visit and a...
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82,19 |
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Travels with My Royal: A Memoir of the Writing Life
ISBN: 9780874174854 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Renowned Nevada writer Robert Laxalt has embraced a wide range of subjects in his nearly half-century career. In this candid memoir, he explores what is perhaps his most difficult subject ever himself and his life as a writer.
The book opens with a series of vignettes about his youth in Carson City as the second son of an immigrant Basque family and his later experiences as a student at the University of Nevada in Reno. The second part of the book tells of Laxalt's career as a writer his early days as a reporter when his assignments included interviews with gangsters and obligatory... Renowned Nevada writer Robert Laxalt has embraced a wide range of subjects in his nearly half-century career. In this candid memoir, he explores what ...
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87,03 |
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A Man in the Wheatfield
ISBN: 9780874175219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Set in a small Nevada town of Italian immigrants, this allegorical tale illustrates the human traits of evil and fear. Laxalt relays his shocking story simply and concisely. Father Savio Lazzaroni is obsessed with a vision of evil. Mayor Manuel Cafferata is only concerned with his own standing in a tiny village peopled with Italian immigrants. Into their isolated town comes Smale Calder, the first outsider to set up business in the tightly knit society. The events that befall these three men and the villagers reveal the chilling ways in which people deal with fear and prejudice. When Calder s...
Set in a small Nevada town of Italian immigrants, this allegorical tale illustrates the human traits of evil and fear. Laxalt relays his shocking stor...
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The City of Trembling Leaves
ISBN: 9780874171808 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 690 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book is American in all its implications - big, full of beauty and of hope. It is the record of an American boy's torments and thrills, his slow maturing, his inhibitions, his aspirations. It is a story of adolescent love and of creative activity in America.
This book is American in all its implications - big, full of beauty and of hope. It is the record of an American boy's torments and thrills, his slow ...
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101,55 |
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