wyszukanych pozycji: 22
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Zoot-Suit Murders
ISBN: 9780679733966 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It's the tumultuous days of World War II and from the mean streets of the Los Angeles barrio to the mansions of the Hollywood Hills the atmosphere is choked with tension. Nathan Younger, an undercover agent, is investigating the brutal murder of two FBI men and the infiltration of zoot-suit gangs by fascists when he crosses paths with Kathleen La Rue, a beautiful apostle of a bizarre religious cult. The search for the killers leads these two improbable lovers along a dangerous trail of heroin pushers, movie stars, and fanatical politicians.
Like his lavishly praised novels "Rabbit Boss"... It's the tumultuous days of World War II and from the mean streets of the Los Angeles barrio to the mansions of the Hollywood Hills the atmosphere is ...
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cena:
72,42 |
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Mile Zero
ISBN: 9780679732600 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Mile zero" marks the location of Key West -- the island that defines the end of the American road, the cultural junction where Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Afro worlds collide. On this island, with its cruel legacy of slave trade and Latin revolution, and its turbulent present of marijuana millionaires, threadbare illegal immigrants, and hard-luck treasure hunters, lives St. Cloud, an American expatriated in his own country, a fugitive from the unresolved anguish of his generation. Chronicling St. Cloud's dangerous reawakening, Mile Zero illuminates the inward and outward tumult of our time in a...
"Mile zero" marks the location of Key West -- the island that defines the end of the American road, the cultural junction where Anglo-Saxon, Latin, an...
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cena:
99,10 |
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The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity
ISBN: 9781932364293 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Does transportation affect the lives of minority, low-income, elderly, and physically disabled citizens? The answer is yes and those effects can be profound, according to The Right to Transportation. The authors argue that transportation policies can limit access to education, jobs, and services for some individuals while undermining the economy and social cohesion of entire communities. Policies that have nurtured the U.S. highway system and let public transportation wither have also led to ghettos and social isolation. More and more communities are recognizing the problem. This book...
Does transportation affect the lives of minority, low-income, elderly, and physically disabled citizens? The answer is yes and those effects can be pr...
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cena:
288,92 |
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The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity
ISBN: 9781138373914 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Does transportation affect the lives of minority, low-income, elderly, and physically disabled citizens? The answer is yes, and those effects can be profound, according to The Right to Transportation. The authors argue that transportation policies can limit access to education, jobs, and services for some individuals while undermining the economy and social cohesion of entire communities. Policies that have nurtured the U.S. highway system and let public transportation wither have also led to ghettos and social isolation.
More and more communities are recognizing the problem. This book... Does transportation affect the lives of minority, low-income, elderly, and physically disabled citizens? The answer is yes, and those effects can be p...
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cena:
783,64 |
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King Bongo: A Novel of Havana
ISBN: 9780679737469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Havana, New Year's Eve 1957, a terrorist bomb rips through the Tropicana nightclub. King Bongo, a rogue Cuban-American, tortured by a mysterious past and possessed of a mythic musical talent, goes on the hunt for the culprits, and for his sister, Cuba's most exotic showgirl, who disappeared in the explosion.
Navigating Havana's maze of Colonial backstreets, red-light districts, swank country clubs, and opulent casinos, Bongo encounters an outrageous cast of characters--American hit men, decadent movie stars, prophetic shoeshine boys, and a beautiful American socialite. At the center of... Havana, New Year's Eve 1957, a terrorist bomb rips through the Tropicana nightclub. King Bongo, a rogue Cuban-American, tortured by a mysterious past ...
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cena:
76,23 |
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Day of the Bees
ISBN: 9780375701771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Day of the Bees""celebrates passion and creativity as it explores the links between love and violence, art and war, and reveals the sacrifices made for love?of person and country.
An American art historian is seeking to discover why the famous painter Zermano abandoned his beautiful muse Louise during World War II. Visiting Louise's cottage in Provence after her death, the scholar finds letters that carry across a panoramic landscape of fifty years and piece together a tempestuous affair with tragic conclusions. Day of the Bees""celebrates passion and creativity as it explores the links between love and violence, art and war, and reveals the sacrifices made fo...
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cena:
76,23 |
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Rabbit Boss
ISBN: 9780679726210 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This legendary, epic novel tells the story of four generations of the Washo in Nevada and Eastern California a story of dreams, dying, the loss of power, death and apotheosis."
This legendary, epic novel tells the story of four generations of the Washo in Nevada and Eastern California a story of dreams, dying, the loss of pow...
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cena:
80,04 |
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American Tropic: A Thriller
ISBN: 9781400076901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Key West is being terrorized by a series of bizarre murders committed by a mysterious voodoo assassin. With each new kill, it becomes clearer that the skeleton-clad executioner has an ecological agenda. Everyone dreads becoming the killer's next victim: the rapacious developers, the ruthless scammers, and the common folk undertaking heroic acts to save their community. As the clock counts down to the end of hurricane season, the town will come together in a final dramatic explosion of fear, rage, and striking revelations. With canny perception, Thomas Sanchez illuminates a world of...Key West is being terrorized by a series of bizarre murders committed by a mysterious voodoo assassin. With each new kill, it becomes clearer that ... |
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95,29 |
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Underground Dance Masters: Final History of a Forgotten Era
ISBN: 9780313386923 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 169 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Urban street dance--which is now referred to across the globe as "break dance" or "hip-hop dance"--was born 15 years prior to the hip hop movement. In today's pop culture, the dance innovators from "back in the day" have been forgotten, except when choreographic echoes of their groundbreaking dance forms are repeatedly recycled in today's media. Sadly, this is still the case when dance moves that were engendered from 1965 through the 1970s on the streets of Reseda, South Central Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, and Fresno, CA; or in the Bronx in New York City, are utilized by modern... Urban street dance--which is now referred to across the globe as "break dance" or "hip-hop dance"--was born 15 years prior to the hip hop movement.... |
cena:
257,78 |
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Planning Knowledge and Research
ISBN: 9781138233768 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The field of urban planning is far reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. The knowledge domain of planning includes social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems that continue to evolve and expand rapidly. Understanding these systems requires extensive inter-disciplinary knowledge at the scale of several academic fields, not generally integrated within the literature. The debate about the wide range of topics considered by planning educators and practitioners are often based on varying... The field of urban planning is far reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. ... |
cena:
288,92 |
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Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning
ISBN: 9781032760476 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
759,15 |
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Planning Knowledge and Research
ISBN: 9781138233751 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The field of urban planning is far reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. The knowledge domain of planning includes social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems that continue to evolve and expand rapidly. Understanding these systems requires extensive inter-disciplinary knowledge at the scale of several academic fields, not generally integrated within the literature. The debate about the wide range of topics considered by planning educators and practitioners are often based on varying... The field of urban planning is far reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. ... |
cena:
930,57 |
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Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning
ISBN: 9781032760469 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
186,06 |
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A flor de mar: Poemario
ISBN: 9798513111962 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2021 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
21,54 |
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On the Give
ISBN: 9798739972019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
39,82 |
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Time Grunts - Volume Two: Last Call
ISBN: 9781635298840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
76,19 |
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Knowledge Networks
ISBN: 9781839829499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
407,23 |
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Culture and the State in Spain: 1550-1850
ISBN: 9781138967113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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cena:
200,76 |
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Imaging and Focal Therapy of Early Prostate Cancer
ISBN: 9783031667534 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
806,99 |
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Marine Glycosides
ISBN: 9783038979029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
276,34 |