wyszukanych pozycji: 138
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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 |
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John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (Loa #72): The Pastures of Heaven / To a God Unknown / Tortilla Flat / In Dubious Battle / Of Mice and Me
ISBN: 9781883011017 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Deep down it's mine, right to the center of the world", says a Salinas Valley farmer about his land in John Steinbeck's To a God Unknown, and Steinbeck the writer could have said the same. From the very start of his career he evoked the landscapes and people of central California with lyrical intensity and unflinching frankness. Through his intimate rendering of that place and those people, he expressed his abiding concerns: community, social justice, and the elemental connection between nature and human society. Here for the first time in one volume are Steinbeck's early California...
"Deep down it's mine, right to the center of the world", says a Salinas Valley farmer about his land in John Steinbeck's To a God Unknown, and Steinbe...
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170,10 zł |
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East of Eden: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002)
ISBN: 9780670033041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 601 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The...
A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his...
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165,85 zł |
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Tortilla Flat Audiobook QES
ISBN: 9788361593157 / Polski / Plastikowa / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Czyta Krzysztof Strużycki
Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w kalifornijskim miasteczku Monterey, tuż po zakończeniu I wojny światowej. Bohaterowie to kloszardzi zamieszkujący mały domek i tworzący coś w rodzaju komuny. Ich myśli zaprząta głównie troska o zachowanie wolności, niezależności oraz o zdobycie szklaneczki wina. Mają własną filozofię życiową i własny kodeks honorowy. Mimo, że nie chcielibyśmy wydawać za nich swoich córek, budzą naszą sympatię. Czyta Krzysztof Strużycki
Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w kalifornijskim miasteczku Monterey, tuż po zakończeniu I wojny światowej. Bohat... |
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29,99 zł |
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La Perla
ISBN: 9789706274311 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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33,81 zł |
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Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War
ISBN: 9780813934037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely associated with his Depression-era works of social struggle. But from Pearl Harbor on, he often wrote passionate accounts of America's wars based on his own firsthand experience. Vietnam was no exception. Thomas E. Barden's Steinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive,... Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely asso... |
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72,08 zł |
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780241980385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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44,72 zł |
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Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)
ISBN: 9780142000687 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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
Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Flood's bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young... 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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76,55 zł |
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The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights
ISBN: 9780141186306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Presents the author's reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
Presents the author's reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
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74,56 zł |
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Była raz wojna. Bomby poszły
ISBN: 9788383910079 / Polski / twarda / 2024 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Dwie opowieści prosto z frontu, w których Steinbeck oczami jednostek ukazuje wojenne piekłoWByła raz wojnaSteinbeck opisuje nie bitwy, ale ludzi. Reportaże zamówione przez ,,New York Herald Tribune" poświęca odmalowaniu ludzkiego wymiaru drugowojennego konfliktu, którego losy wtedy nie były jeszcze przesądzone. Pisarz jadł i pił razem z żołnierzami, walczył z nimi ramię w ramię. Przebywając na pierwszej linii frontu, widział zarówno heroizm, jak i tchórzostwo. Jego teksty poruszają bardziej niż jakiekolwiek ogólne opisy batalistyczne, poznajemy w nich losy zwykłych...
Dwie opowieści prosto z frontu, w których Steinbeck oczami jednostek ukazuje wojenne piekłoWByła raz wojnaSteinbeck opisuje nie bitwy, ale ludzi....
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55,00 zł |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780141023571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Streetwise George and his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American
Streetwise George and his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except t...
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44,72 zł |
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To a God Unknown
ISBN: 9780141185507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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74,56 zł |
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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
ISBN: 9780143039457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold." Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction, Cup of Gold is a lush, lyrical swashbuckling pirate fantasy, and sure to add new dimensions to readers' perceptions of this all-American writer. This edition features an introduction by...
From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cub...
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68,04 zł |
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780141185088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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49,69 zł |
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The Pearl
ISBN: 9780141394688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed.
This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impover...
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74,56 zł |
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Von Mäusen und Menschen : Roman
ISBN: 9783423142113 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2012 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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53,05 zł |
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East of Eden
ISBN: 9780141394893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this powerful, often shocking, story follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons.
Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this powerful, often shocking, story follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the ...
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44,72 zł |
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Study guide The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (in-depth literary analysis and complete summary)
ISBN: 9782759307067 / Staroangielski / Miękka / 2025 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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44,21 zł |
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Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143107002 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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72,29 zł |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9781781125939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A superb story of power and beauty, critically acclaimed across the world and now available in an accessible, super-readable format with dyslexia-friendly features, for all readers.
A superb story of power and beauty, critically acclaimed across the world and now available in an accessible, super-readable format with dyslexia-frie...
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44,72 zł |