wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs, 1250 B.C. to A.D. 1903
ISBN: 9780786448487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Telling the story of the Maya peoples from their earliest beginnings to the start of the 20th century, this book divides the 3,000 year time span into seven distinct sections. Each provides a detailed vignette of the events, explorers, and people of a particular Maya era, starting with the tropical lowlands' Olmec civilization. Among the topics covered are the shamanistic rites by which Mesoamerican monarchs based their power to rule; the Preclassic megacity of El Mirador and its near neighbor Nakbe; the Maya creation myth of the Hero Twins and its role in organizing Maya society; and the...
Telling the story of the Maya peoples from their earliest beginnings to the start of the 20th century, this book divides the 3,000 year time span into...
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220,33 zł |
Blood on the Moon: A Novel of Old Florida
ISBN: 9780595226368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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100,24 zł |
Florida in the Popular Imagination: Essays on the Cultural Landscape of the Sunshine State
ISBN: 9780786439645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Discusses the popular culture in one of the United States' most distinctive states, Florida, which boasts of millions of visitors annually. This book explores many facets of Florida's culture.
Discusses the popular culture in one of the United States' most distinctive states, Florida, which boasts of millions of visitors annually. This book ...
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189,45 zł |
Florida Crime Writers: 24 Interviews
ISBN: 9780786430833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This book examines Florida crime novelists through interviews with several contemporary mystery writers, all of whom have based many of their stories in the Keys, Miami, the Everglades, or other locations throughout the state. Included are The Mango Opera s Tom Corcoran, Florida Roadkill s Tim Dorsey, and Wreckers Key s Christine Kling, among 21 others. Organized alphabetically, separate entries give a biographical sketch of each author before a transcript of each interview.
This book examines Florida crime novelists through interviews with several contemporary mystery writers, all of whom have based many of their stories ...
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189,45 zł |
Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest: Bad Boys and Bad Girls in the Badlands
ISBN: 9780879728465 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart's tough hood in The Petrified Forest to Russell Crowe's... When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, th... |
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87,14 zł |
Zora in Florida
ISBN: 9780813010618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "By linking Hurston s work to her Florida experiences, the authors explicate her love of black culture and her attitude toward the lot of women in a man s world. An important contribution to the Hurston revival."--Booklist Following years of neglect, Zora Neale Hurston s status in American letters is restored: she is now recognized as one of the foremost African-American writers of the twentieth century an artist of the Harlem Renaissance and a native Florida writer. Zora in Florida focuses on the place that nurtured and inspired her work, the frontier wilderness of... "By linking Hurston s work to her Florida experiences, the authors explicate her love of black culture and her attitude toward the lot of women in ... |
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128,30 zł |