wyszukanych pozycji: 29
My Life and Hard Times
ISBN: 9780060933081 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Widely hailed as one of the finest humorist of the twentieth century, James Thurber looks back at his own life growing up in Columbus, Ohio, with the same humor and sharp wit that defined his famous sketches and writings. In My Life and Hard times, first published in 1933, he recounts the delightful chaos and frustrations of family, boyhood, youth odd dogs, recalcitrant machinery, and the foibles of human nature. Widely hailed as one of the finest humorist of the twentieth century, James Thurber looks back at his own life growing up in Columbus, Ohio, with ... |
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69,85 zł |
The Wonderful O: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143130420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Great American humorist James Thurber's beloved, madcap, and eerily timely fairy tale about an island society robbed of the wonders of the letter O--in a stunning Deluxe Edition featuring flaps, deckle-edged paper, and the original, full-color illustrations Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island, and Black has a ship to get there. So the two bad men team up and sail off on Black's vessel, the Aeiu. The name, Black explains, is all the vowels except for O--which he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole: They...
Great American humorist James Thurber's beloved, madcap, and eerily timely fairy tale about an island society robbed of the wonders of the letter O...
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87,36 zł |
James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (LOA #90)
ISBN: 9781883011222 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 1024 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) James Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern citydweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged with anxiety, remains hilarious, subtly disturbing, and instantly recognizable. Here, in over 1000 pages, editor Garrison Keillor presents the best and most extensive collection ever assembled. Over 100 pieces include "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "The Catbird Seat," the brilliantly satirical Fables for Our Time, the classic My Life and Hard Times, and...
James Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a ...
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219,41 zł |
The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143110149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A giant of American humor makes his Penguin Classics debut with "probably the best book in the world" (Neil Gaiman, from the Introduction), in a stunning Deluxe Edition featuring the original, full-color illustrations The hands of all thirteen clocks stand still in the gloomy castle on a lonely hill where a wicked Duke lives with his niece, the beautiful Princess Saralinda. The Duke fancies he has frozen time, for he is afraid that one day a Prince may come and win away the hand of the Princess--the only warm hand in the castle. To thwart that fate, he sets impossible tasks for...
A giant of American humor makes his Penguin Classics debut with "probably the best book in the world" (Neil Gaiman, from the Introduction), in a st...
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69,89 zł |
The Years with Ross
ISBN: 9780060959715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius more affectionately or more critically than James Thurber -- an American icon in his own right -- whose portrait of Ross captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well. "If you get Ross down on paper," warned Wolcott... At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting ... |
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74,21 zł |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
ISBN: 9780241282618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own story. A man can dream, can't he? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is just one of the brilliant humorous and witty stories written by James Thurber and collected here.
Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of ex...
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49,37 zł |
Fables of Our Time
ISBN: 9780060909994 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) James Thurber has been called "one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker), "a magnificent satirist (Boston Transcript), and "a Joyce in false-face" (New York Times). The New York Herald Tribune submits that he is "as blithe as Benchley...as savage as Swift...surprisingly wise and witty," while the Times of London, out of enthusiasm and a profound regard for truth, proclaims that "Thurber is Thurber."
In Fables for Our Time, Thurber the Moralist is in the ascendancy. Here are a score or more lessons-in-prose dedicated to... James Thurber has been called "one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker), "a magnificent satirist (Boston Transcript), and "a ...
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67,06 zł |
The Tiger Who Would Be King
ISBN: 9781592701827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Gorgeously illustratedand includingtwo gatefoldsthat give us a panoramicjungle at war, "The Tiger Who Would Be King "is as entertaining as it is wise, as wry as it is passionate. Yoon's humorous images support this beautifully written text with wit and insight. Her final portrait of the tiger in a sea of silence will stay with the reader for a long, long time. JooHee Yoon is an illustrator and printmaker. She strives to create picture books that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. James Thurber joined the staff of the "New Yorker "in 1927. His contributions to that magazine, both as... Gorgeously illustratedand includingtwo gatefoldsthat give us a panoramicjungle at war, "The Tiger Who Would Be King "is as entertaining as it is wi... |
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72,23 zł |
A Thurber Carnival
ISBN: 9780573616686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,67 zł |
The Thurber Carnival
ISBN: 9780141395975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A collection of stories and drawings by the American humorist celebrated for his subtle satires of modern marriage, morals, and manners.
A collection of stories and drawings by the American humorist celebrated for his subtle satires of modern marriage, morals, and manners.
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51,58 zł |
My World-And Welcome to It
ISBN: 9780156623445 / Angielski / Miękka / 1969 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business of murder. Animal courtship, maids, Macbeth, baseball, sailing, marriage-all fall within Thurber s scope. Drawings by the Author.
" The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business ...
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82,95 zł |
Many Moons
ISBN: 9780156569804 / Angielski / Miękka / 1973 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A wise tale of a little princess who wanted the moon and got it. "Grown-ups themselves will find the book hilariously funny. . . . The lovely, squiggly illustrations in color are exactly right."--The New Yorker
A wise tale of a little princess who wanted the moon and got it. "Grown-ups themselves will find the book hilariously funny. . . . The lovely, squiggl...
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43,64 zł |
Obama in Office: The First Two Years
ISBN: 9781594519864 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four more years? Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office. This book covers the range of policy tests which the administration has faced during this period, including the recession and its jobless recovery, health care reform, financial regulation, the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ongoing war in...
Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four mo...
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808,63 zł |
Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections
ISBN: 9780815784531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These essays present original data and analysis on the world of election-campaign consultants. They aim to illuminate the work of professional political consultants and their growing influence on the electoral process and American democracy.
These essays present original data and analysis on the world of election-campaign consultants. They aim to illuminate the work of professional politic...
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104,29 zł |
Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations
ISBN: 9781538100776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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488,74 zł |
American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization
ISBN: 9781107534698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. American Gridlock brings together the country's preeminent experts on the causes, characteristics, and consequences of partisan polarization in US politics and government, with each chapter presenting original scholarship and novel data. This book is the first to combine research on all facets of polarization, among the public (both voters and activists), in our federal institutions (Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court), at the state level, and in the media. Each chapter includes a bullet-point summary of its main argument and conclusions, and is written in clear prose that...
American Gridlock brings together the country's preeminent experts on the causes, characteristics, and consequences of partisan polarization in US pol...
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159,46 zł |
The Battle for Congress: Consultants, Candidates, and Voters
ISBN: 9780815784630 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Examines six political campaigns waged during the competitive 1998 races for the US House of Representatives. The case studies evaluate the professional political consultants who managed each campaign, their interaction with the candidates and the impact of the campaigns on the voters.
Examines six political campaigns waged during the competitive 1998 races for the US House of Representatives. The case studies evaluate the profession...
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109,78 zł |
Congress and Diaspora Politics
ISBN: 9781438470887 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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140,09 zł |
American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization
ISBN: 9781107114166 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. American Gridlock brings together the country's preeminent experts on the causes, characteristics, and consequences of partisan polarization in US politics and government, with each chapter presenting original scholarship and novel data. This book is the first to combine research on all facets of polarization, among the public (both voters and activists), in our federal institutions (Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court), at the state level, and in the media. Each chapter includes a bullet-point summary of its main argument and conclusions, and is written in clear prose that...
American Gridlock brings together the country's preeminent experts on the causes, characteristics, and consequences of partisan polarization in US pol...
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426,41 zł |
Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections
ISBN: 9780815784555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These essays provide an analysis of political advertising - its causes, its growth and its consequences for elections in the United States. The contributors focus, in particular, on the effects and consequences of negative advertising.
These essays provide an analysis of political advertising - its causes, its growth and its consequences for elections in the United States. The contri...
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104,29 zł |