wyszukanych pozycji: 134
Grona gniewu
ISBN: 9788382343687 / Polski / twarda / 2022 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Porywająca lekcja historii Amerykańska klasyka w najlepszym tego słowa znaczeniu!Stany Zjednoczone, lata 30. XX wieku. Wielki kryzys zbiera tragiczne żniwo. Rodzina Joadów decyduje się opuścić rodzinną Oklahomę i w poszukiwaniu pracy przenieść się do Kalifornii. Po dotarciu na miejsce okazuje się jednak, że nie ma ono nic wspólnego z krainą mlekiem i miodem płynącą znaną z reklamowych folderów. Zamieszkujący ją farmerzy - sami dotknięci bezrobociem i ledwo wiążący koniec z końcem - są do przybywających do ich stanu nastawieni wręcz wrogo. Czy w takich...
Porywająca lekcja historii Amerykańska klasyka w najlepszym tego słowa znaczeniu!Stany Zjednoczone, lata 30. XX wieku. Wielki kryzys zbiera tragicz...
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65,00 zł |
To a God Unknown
ISBN: 9780141185507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree.
While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the far...
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76,32 zł |
Zapata
ISBN: 9780141186283 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the author that was found in the UCLA Research Library.
Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the aut...
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70,93 zł |
O myších a lidech
ISBN: 8594072270505 / Czeski / audio (mc/cd) / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. George a Lennie spolu putují za prací od jednoho kalifornského ranče k druhému. Ačkoli se píší 30. léta 20. století a chudý zemědělský dělník by si toho neměl od života příliš slibovat, spřádají sny a plány, jak si za ušetřené peníze koupí malé hospodářství. Prozíravý George bude mít na starost všechno podstatné a slaboduchý hromotluk Lennie bude chovat králíky. Když se na statku seznámí s mrzákem Candym, který se k nim chce přidat, zdá se, že jsou od skutečného života jen krůček. Hubené časy však v málokom probouzí to lepší a na...
George a Lennie spolu putují za prací od jednoho kalifornského ranče k druhému. Ačkoli se píší 30. léta 20. století a chudý zemědělský ...
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69,18 zł |
East of Eden: (Penguin Orange Collection)
ISBN: 9780143129486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps,...
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a ...
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82,79 zł |
Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780141185088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival
Published in 1945, "Cannery Row"" "focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of... Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival
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50,87 zł |
The Red Pony
ISBN: 9780241980378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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45,78 zł |
Von Mäusen und Menschen : Roman
ISBN: 9783423142113 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2012 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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54,31 zł |
The Moon is Down
ISBN: 9780141395371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors.
Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors.
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45,78 zł |
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
ISBN: 9781684229437 / Angielski / 01-01-2025 Książka dostępna od: 01-01-2025 |
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55,40 zł |
Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143107002 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe edition featuring an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of Steinbeck's route by Don Freeman
In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity, accompanied by a distinguished French poodle named Charley; and riding in a... A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe edition featuring an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of S...
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74,08 zł |
The Red Pony
ISBN: 9780141368962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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45,78 zł |
America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780142437414 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. More than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last published book, America and Americans, this volume brings together for the first time more than fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces on Salinas, Sag Harbor, Arthur Miller, Woody...
More than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist wh...
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82,79 zł |
Dziennik z podróży do Rosji
ISBN: 9788383521688 / Polski / twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Tuż po tym jak Europę podzieliła żelazna kurtyna, John Steinbeck i słynny fotograf wojenny Robert Capa wyruszyli na śmiałą wyprawę do Związku Radzieckiego, by napisać reportaż dla „New York Herald Tribune”. Podróżnicy odwiedzili nie tylko Moskwę i Stalingrad, ale także ukraińskie wsie czy Gruzję. „Dziennik z podróży do Rosji” zaraz po wydaniu w 1948 r. został uznany przez „New York Times” za „dzieło znakomite”. Zawarta w nim opowieść pozostaje unikatowym dokumentem historycznym opisującym życie zwykłych Rosjan, w którym Steinbeck i Capa uwiecznili...
Tuż po tym jak Europę podzieliła żelazna kurtyna, John Steinbeck i słynny fotograf wojenny Robert Capa wyruszyli na śmiałą wyprawę do Związk...
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49,99 zł |
A Russian Journal
ISBN: 9780141186337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Just as the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Steinbeck and Capa began a remarkable journey through the Soviet Union. Their travels took them to Moscow and Stalingrad. What they saw and recorded was what Steinbeck called the great other side, the ordinary lives of Russian men and women. Combining Steinbeck's compassion, humour and eye for detail with Capa's photographic studies, this text is a unique potrait of Russia and its people as they emerged from the ravages of war. Here too is an intimate glimpse of two great artists at work.
Just as the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Steinbeck and Capa began a remarkable journey through the Soviet Union. Their travels took them to Mo...
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66,14 zł |
The Pastures of Heaven
ISBN: 9780141186092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A collection of interconnected tales devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all.
A collection of interconnected tales devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one...
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76,32 zł |
Sweet Thursday
ISBN: 9780141185521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears from Doc, based on Steinbeck s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Robert DeMott....
In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just natural...
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50,87 zł |
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143105459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Steinbeck's only work of fantasy literature--in a deluxe edition with a foreword by Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur was the first book that John Steinbeck truly enjoyed reading as a child. Fascinated by Arthurian tales of adventure, knighthood, honor and friendship, in addition to the challenging nuances of the original Anglo-Saxon language, Steinbeck set out to render these stories faithfully and with keen animation for a modern audience. Here then is Steinbeck's...
Steinbeck's only work of fantasy literature--in a deluxe edition with a foreword by Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Er...
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95,87 zł |
Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780141185101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America s most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley,... A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
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45,78 zł |
The Pearl
ISBN: 9780140177374 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon." Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of...
"There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon." Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls fr...
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56,65 zł |