wyszukanych pozycji: 8
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The East Haven Register: in Three Parts
ISBN: 9781556138454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Part I, containing a history of the town of East Haven, from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800. Also an account of its boundaries, iron works and mills, division of lands, controversies with New Haven and Branford, town charters, ecclesiastical affairs, schools, population and taxes, losses by war, natural history and curiosities, roads and public lands. Part II, containing an account of the names, marriages, and births, of the families which first settled, or which have resided in East-Haven, from its settlement in 1644 to 1800. Part III, containing an account of the deaths in...
"Part I, containing a history of the town of East Haven, from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800. Also an account of its boundaries, iron ...
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105,48 zł |
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Writing Home: Representations of the Native Place in Modern Japanese Literature
ISBN: 9780674016521 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This book examines the development of Japanese literature depicting the native place ("furusato") from the mid-Meiji period through the late 1930s as a way of articulating the uprootedness and sense of loss many experienced as Japan modernized. The 1890s witnessed the appearance of fictional works describing a city dweller who returns to his native place, where he reflects on the evils of urban life and the idyllic past of his childhood home. The book concentrates on four authors who typify this trend: Kunikida Doppo, Shimazaki T'son, Sat' Haruo, and Shiga Naoya.
All four writers may be... This book examines the development of Japanese literature depicting the native place ("furusato") from the mid-Meiji period through the late 1930s as...
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180,38 zł |
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The Youth of Things: Life and Death in the Age of Kajii Monojiro
ISBN: 9780824838409 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When he died from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one, Kajii Motojiro had written only twenty short stories. Yet his life and work, it is argued here, sheds light on a significant moment in Japanese history and, ultimately, adds to our understanding of how modern Japanese identity developed. By the time Kajii began to write in the mid-1920s there was heated debate among his peers over "legitimate" forms of literary expression: Japanese Romantics questioned the value of a western-inspired version of modernity; others were influenced by Marxist proletarian literature or modernist... When he died from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one, Kajii Motojiro had written only twenty short stories. Yet his life and work, it is argued ... |
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425,04 zł |
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The Youth of Things: Life and Death in the Age of Kajii Motojiro
ISBN: 9780824867683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When he died from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one, Kajii Motojiro had written only twenty short stories. Yet his life and work, it is argued here, sheds light on a significant moment in Japanese history and, ultimately, adds to our understanding of how modern Japanese identity developed. By the time Kajii began to write in the mid-1920s there was heated debate among his peers over "legitimate" forms of literary expression: Japanese Romantics questioned the value of a western-inspired version of modernity; others were influenced by Marxist proletarian literature or modernist... When he died from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one, Kajii Motojiro had written only twenty short stories. Yet his life and work, it is argued ... |
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148,50 zł |
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Life for Sale
ISBN: 9780241333150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'The best book I've read this year ... darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise' Marina Abramovic 'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.' When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero. Is...
'The best book I've read this year ... darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise' Marina Abramovic 'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am ...
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50,87 zł |
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Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids
ISBN: 9780800729394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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58,39 zł |
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Broken Contract? : Changing Relationships Between Americans And Their Government
ISBN: 9780813322636 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1992, it was Bill Clinton's New Covenant. In 1994, it was the Republicans' Contract with America. In 1996, it is likely to be a whole new set of circumstances. Nonetheless, one theme will prevail: Citizens and their government distrust one another, and it will take major changes on both sides to restore confidence in the relationship.Broken Contract? describes the elements of voter disaffection, party decline, mass mediation, social conflict, and government by referendum so prevalent in the politics of the 1990s. Original essays by leading scholars provide a unique perspective on...
In 1992, it was Bill Clinton's New Covenant. In 1994, it was the Republicans' Contract with America. In 1996, it is likely to be a whole new set of ci...
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277,56 zł |
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The Archaeology of Oxford in the 21st Century: Investigations in the City by Oxford Archaeology, 2006-16
ISBN: 9781783276134 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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151,42 zł |