wyszukanych pozycji: 12
The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein
ISBN: 9780316066402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One murky night in 1816, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron, famed English poet, challenged his friends to a contest--to write a ghost story. The assembled group
included the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley; his lover (and future wife) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; Mary's stepsister Claire Claremont; and Byron's physician, John William Polidori. The famous result was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a work that has retained its hold on the popular imagination for almost two centuries. Less well-known was the curious Polidori's contribution: the first vampire novel. And the evening begat a... One murky night in 1816, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron, famed English poet, challenged his friends to a contest--to write a ghost story. Th...
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158,75 zł |
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
ISBN: 9780142405413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A priceless ruby has been stolen and an innocent family framed for the crime. Can Seikei prove himself a worthy samurai by uncovering the real thief?- Nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young-Adult Mystery- Named to five State Award Lists- An ALA Best Book for Young Adults- An IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice- "Parent's Choice Silver Medal recipient- A "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon selection
A priceless ruby has been stolen and an innocent family framed for the crime. Can Seikei prove himself a worthy samurai by uncovering the real thief?-...
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39,18 zł |
In Darkness, Death
ISBN: 9781480039247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Edgar award winner for Best YA mystery novel of 2004. In this third book of the Samurai Detective series, Seikei faces his most dangerous opponent: a shape-shifting ninja whose lair is a sacred mountain.
Edgar award winner for Best YA mystery novel of 2004. In this third book of the Samurai Detective series, Seikei faces his most dangerous opponent: a ...
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50,10 zł |
Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream
ISBN: 9780470128206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who were drawn by the dream that opportunity was here for anyone who dared seize it . . . Smith founded more than a colony. He gave birth to the American dream.
--from Captain John Smith Captain John Smith tells the real story behind the swashbuckling character who founded the Jamestown colony, wrote the first book in English in America, and... America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. H...
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69,50 zł |
Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?: Letters of Love and Lust from the White House
ISBN: 9781668014844 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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126,33 zł |
Real American Girls Tell Their Own Stories: Messages from the Heart and Heartland
ISBN: 9781442460430 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Open this book to all the joys and troubles, the triumphs and disappointments, of being an American girl. Here is the chance to read selections from private diaries and look at the portraits of real girls across two centuries. From best friends to boyfriends, hair problems to homework problems, it seems there will always be some things only girls can understand. Maybe you'll be surprised at how similar these girls' diaries are to your own. They took walks in the woods and read novels, had trouble learning English as a second language, wrote essays about George Washington for history...
Open this book to all the joys and troubles, the triumphs and disappointments, of being an American girl. Here is the chance to read selections from p...
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30,46 zł |
Where Are the Great Pyramids?
ISBN: 9780448484099 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made. Easy to read and scrupulously researched, this explores the mysteries that have attracted countless visitors to the pyramids for...
The Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still ...
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26,10 zł |
Where Is the Taj Mahal?
ISBN: 9780399542145 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal may look like a palace, but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal. It had been love at first sight and for nineteen years they were so inseparable that Mumtaz even accompanied Shah Jahan to battlefields. When she died suddenly giving birth to their fourteenth child, the emperor set about building a magnificent memorial to his wife. Everything about the Taj...
Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal may look like ...
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34,82 zł |
What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?
ISBN: 9780399541599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than 500 city blocks were destroyed and over 200,000 people were left homeless. But the city quickly managed to rebuild, rising from the...
In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, ...
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26,10 zł |
Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream
ISBN: 9780471485841 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who were drawn by the dream that opportunity was here for anyone who dared seize it . . . Smith founded more than a colony. He gave birth to the American dream.
--from Captain John Smith Captain John Smith tells the real story behind the swashbuckling character who founded the Jamestown colony, wrote the first book in English in America, and... America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. H...
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134,86 zł |
The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection
ISBN: 9780803234321 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. But the City of Light was also a violent place. Criminals eagerly took advantage of the inventive nature of the age the first getaway car, increasingly dangerous weapons, more creative disguises. The police battled back with a weapon of their own: Alphonse Bertillon, the world s greatest detective, the inventor of the mug shot and the crime-scene photo, and a brilliant innovator who pioneered the new science of criminal investigation. Then on August 21, 1911, came a crime like none other: Leonardo da Vinci s Mona...
Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. But the City of Light was also a violent place. Criminals eagerly took ad...
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98,50 zł |
The Hunters
ISBN: 9780595148547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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52,07 zł |