wyszukanych pozycji: 146
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Grona gniewu
ISBN: 9788382343687 / Polski / twarda / 2022 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 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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The Pastures of Heaven
ISBN: 9780141186092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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55,31 |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780241670859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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46,25 |
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East of Eden
ISBN: 9780141185071 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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 masterpiece of... A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition
In his journa... |
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The Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9780791093054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", was published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows failed farmer Tom Joad and his family as they head from Oklahoma's Dust Bowl to the promised land of the West. "Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations" presents the reader with a collection of important critical essays that set the scene for an amplified study of this American classic. This fully updated resource also contains supplementary introductions, a chronology, background information on the contributors, and a bibliography, and is an...
John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", was published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows failed...
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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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45,24 |
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Once There Was a War
ISBN: 9780141186320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of Steinbeck's dispatches filed for the New York Herald Times at the height of World War II. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special-operations unit off the coast of Italy. Eating, drinking, talking and fighting alongside the soldiers, Steinbeck's empathy for the common man is always in evidence in these pieces, as he evokes the human side of an inhuman war.
A collection of Steinbeck's dispatches filed for the New York Herald Times at the height of World War II. He begins in England, recounting the courage...
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66,83 |
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Von Mäusen und Menschen, 3 Audio-CDs : Ungekürzte Lesung
ISBN: 9783869522159 / Niemiecki / Audio (mc/cd) / 2014 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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58,11 |
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The Pearl
ISBN: 9780140177374 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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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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75,44 |
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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
ISBN: 9780486852942 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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30,24 |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780141185101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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
Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck s tale ... |
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Of Mice and Men
ISBN: 9780142000670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression, in a deluxe centennial edition 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...
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression, in a deluxe centennial edition Over seventy-five years since i...
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Las Uvas de la IRA: (Spanish Language Edition of the Grapes of Wrath) = Grapes of Wrath
ISBN: 9780142002537 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2002 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Las uvas de la ira es un hito en la literatura norteamericana que explora el conflicto entre ricos y pobres, analiza la reaccion feroz de un hombre contra la injusticia y el estoicismo de una mujer igualmente heroica, y refleja los horrores de la Gran Depresion. Aunque sigue la migracion de miles personas del Dust Bowl, Las uvas de la ira se enfoca en la historia de una familia de Oklahoma, los Joads, echados de su hogar y forzados a viajar rumbo a esa Tierra Prometida que era por ese entonces--y que de algun modo sigue siendo--California. De sus desventurasen un...
Las uvas de la ira es un hito en la literatura norteamericana que explora el conflicto entre ricos y pobres, analiza la reaccion feroz de un ho...
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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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66,83 |
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The Grapes of Wrath : Textbook
ISBN: 9783425049809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Cannery Row
ISBN: 9780140187373 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 224 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
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... 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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68,04 |
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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
ISBN: 9781684229437 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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60,83 |
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To a God Unknown
ISBN: 9780141185507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 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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66,83 |
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La Perla: En Español (Spanish Language Edition of the Pearl)
ISBN: 9780143121381 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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