wyszukanych pozycji: 85
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An Ice-cream War
ISBN: 9780241970751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Primarily a gripping story of the men and women swept up by the passions of love and battle, William Boyd's magnificently entertaining novel also elicits the cruel futility and tragedy of it all.
Primarily a gripping story of the men and women swept up by the passions of love and battle, William Boyd's magnificently entertaining novel also elic...
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48,43 zł |
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Armadillo
ISBN: 9780375702167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the award-winning author of A Good Man Africa and An Ice-Cream War comes Armadillo, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London.
To his colleagues, Lorimer Black, the handsome, mild-mannered insurance adjuster rising through the ranks of his London firm, is known as the guy who has it all: the sleek suits, the enviable status. But when Lorimer arrives at a routine business appointment and finds his client hanging from a water pipe, his life spirals out of control. His company car is blowtorched after he investigates a fire at a luxury hotel. He becomes the fall guy of a new... From the award-winning author of A Good Man Africa and An Ice-Cream War comes Armadillo, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London.
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84,63 zł |
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Fascination
ISBN: 9780241957264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In William Boyd's array of styles and narratives, readers are moved from 1930s Germany to Los Angeles in the Second World War, from contemporary Oxford to 19th century Russia.
In William Boyd's array of styles and narratives, readers are moved from 1930s Germany to Los Angeles in the Second World War, from contemporary Oxfor...
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53,81 zł |
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A Good Man in Africa
ISBN: 9780141046891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Escapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed ... Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery. Nor was it exactly oiling his way up the ladder to hunt down the improbably pointed breasts of his boss's daughter when officially banned from horizontal delights by a nasty dose ... Falling back on his deep-laid reserves of misanthropy and guile, Morgan has to fight off the sea of humiliation,...
Escapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed ... Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But ...
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51,23 zł |
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Ordinary Thunderstorms
ISBN: 9780061876752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrifying speed, this chance encounter leads to a series of malign accidents, through which Adam loses everything--home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, cell phone--never to get them back. William Boyd's electrifying follow-up to the Costa Award-winning Restless,... One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a ... |
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67,66 zł |
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Sweet Caress
ISBN: 9781408867990 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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55,08 zł |
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The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
ISBN: 9780241979761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. A dazzling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best novelists. The collection depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations that wickedly complicate it. The funny, surprising and moving stories are a confirmation of Boyd's powers as one of our most original storytellers.
A dazzling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best novelists. The collection depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling...
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53,32 zł |
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The Destiny of Nathalie X
ISBN: 9780679767848 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World War I in Vienna, introducing an unforgettable cast of characters. Artful, witty, moving, The Destiny of Nathalie X is a confirmation of Boyd's standing as a master storyteller. 208 pp. Author tour. 15,000 print.
"From the Hardcover edition. This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World...
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63,47 zł |
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The Dream Lover: Short Stories
ISBN: 9780747592297 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood.
A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood.
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59,20 zł |
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Trio
ISBN: 9783311100720 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2021 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Es ist der Sommer 1968: In Paris gehen die Studenten auf die Straße, in Vietnam wütet der Krieg, Martin Luther King wird ermordet. Wahrend die Welt in Aufruhr ist, wird im sonnigen Brighton ein aparter Kinofilm gedreht. Hier kreuzen sich die Wege eines Filmproduzenten, einer Schriftstellerin und einer Schauspielerin. Alle drei führen ein Doppelleben: Elfrida, der keine Zeile mehr einfallt und deren Ehe zerrüttet ist, ertrankt ihren Frust in Wodka. Talbot, der Filmproduzent, hat ein geheimes Hobby und macht gute Miene zum bosem Spiel, denn er weiß, dass sein Geschaftspartner versucht ihn...
Es ist der Sommer 1968: In Paris gehen die Studenten auf die Straße, in Vietnam wütet der Krieg, Martin Luther King wird ermordet. Wahrend die Welt ...
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100,25 zł |
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The New Confessions: A rich exploration into one man’s life from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart
ISBN: 9780141046914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The New Confessions is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. 'An often magnificent feat of story-telling and panoramic reconstruction ... John James Todd's reminiscences carry us through the ups and downs of a long and lively career that begins in genteel Edinburgh, devastatingly detours out to the Western Front, forks off, after a period of cosy family life in London, to the electric excitements of the Berlin film-world of the...
The New Confessions is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of...
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53,81 zł |
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Any Human Heart: A BBC Two Between the Covers pick
ISBN: 9780141044170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is the story of Logan Mountstuart, told through his journals. His travels take the reader from Uruguay to Oxford, Paris, the Bahamas, New York and Africa. This is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart.
This is the story of Logan Mountstuart, told through his journals. His travels take the reader from Uruguay to Oxford, Paris, the Bahamas, New York an...
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51,23 zł |
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Any Human Heart: A BBC Two Between the Covers pick
ISBN: 9780241981450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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46,10 zł |
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Love is Blind, Audio-CD : Ungekürzte Ausgabe, Lesung
ISBN: 9780241979808 / Angielski / CD-Audio / 2018 / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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107,73 zł |
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Brazzaville Beach
ISBN: 9780061956317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Utterly engaging....A novel of ideas, of big themes....William Boyd is a champion storyteller." - New York Times Book Review William Boyd's classic Brazzaville Beach has been called as a "bold seamless blend of philosophy and suspense... that] nevertheless remains accessible to general readers on a level of pure entertainment." (Boston Globe). Released to coincide with Boyd's latest novel, Ordinary Thunderstorms, Brazzaville Beach tells the story of a British primate-researcher who relocates to war-torn Africa in the wake of her... "Utterly engaging....A novel of ideas, of big themes....William Boyd is a champion storyteller." - New York Times Book Review Willi... |
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63,43 zł |
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The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
ISBN: 9780241295885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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77,47 zł |
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Unser Mann in Afrika
ISBN: 9783311150947 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der Brite Morgan Leafy ist Botschaftssekretär Ihrer Majestät im westafrikanischen Kinjanja. Er soll die kulturelle Souveränität der ehemaligen Kolonialherren repräsentieren, ist allerdings nicht gerade ein diplomatisches Naturtalent. Seine Schwäche für schöne Frauen, übermäßiger Alkoholkonsum und die Abneigung dem Land gegenüber erschweren ihm den Job. Hoffnungslos verfängt er sich in den Fallstricken der korrupten Lokalpolitik, und die zarte Romanze mit Priscilla, der Tochter seines Chefs, endet, bevor sie angefangen hat. Als dann noch eine Leiche auftaucht, die er partout nicht...
Der Brite Morgan Leafy ist Botschaftssekretär Ihrer Majestät im westafrikanischen Kinjanja. Er soll die kulturelle Souveränität der ehemaligen Kol...
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68,36 zł |
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An Ice-cream War
ISBN: 9780241953563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An Ice-Cream War was the debut novel of William Boyd who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastian Faulks). It follows the fortunes of several wildly different characters - including an expat farmer and a young English aristocrat - as they are swept up in the fighting in German East Africa during the First World War, their lives converging amid battle, betrayal, love, comedy and tragedy.
An Ice-Cream War was the debut novel of William Boyd who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastian Faulks)...
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51,23 zł |
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The Romantic
ISBN: 9780241994078 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,23 zł |
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Stars und Bars
ISBN: 9783311150305 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2021 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der schüchterne britische Kunsthistoriker Henderson Dores reist nach New York. Alles, was er will, ist dazugehören, Teil der amerikanischen Gesellschaft werden, denn amerikanisch sein, so denkt er, heißt, ein unbeschwertes Leben führen. Keine leichte Aufgabe für einen steifen Briten, wie Dores einer ist, verloren in einem Land voller extrovertierter Sonderlinge, wie ihm scheint. Seine Reise führt ihn von New York City bis in den Süden Atlantas. Seine Versuche, die kulturellen Unterschiede zu begreifen - zwischen seiner englischen Heimat und den USA, zwischen New York und den...
Der schüchterne britische Kunsthistoriker Henderson Dores reist nach New York. Alles, was er will, ist dazugehören, Teil der amerikanischen Gesellsc...
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cena:
63,80 zł |