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Lemon Swamp and Other Places : A CAROLINA MEMOIR
ISBN: 9780029105504 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Synopsis coming soon.......
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97,02 zł |
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C Wright Mills An American Utopia
ISBN: 9780029150108 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Synopsis coming soon.......
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97,87 zł |
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Ridin' High, Livin' Free: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories
ISBN: 9780060006037 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. An angel spreads his wings. . . .
Sonny Barger is the number-one spokesman for the motorcycle experience. His New York Times bestseller, Hell's Angel, was an exhilarating history of his adventures with the world's most notorious motorcycle club. Now he brings us rousing, moving, and wildly entertaining true stories of his renegade brothers and sisters in the relentless pursuit of liberty, individuality, and the "ultimate ride." And what stories he has to tell -- freewheeling, bare-knuckle tales of brawls and battles, brotherhood, breathtaking adventures, crazy... An angel spreads his wings. . . .
Sonny Barger is the number-one spokesman for the motorcycle experience. His New York Times bestseller, <... |
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69,73 zł |
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Shattered Love : A Memoir
ISBN: 9780060087449 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. One of the most beloved actors of our time shares the New York Times bestselling story of how he learned to live with an open heart. Early in his career, shortly after rising to fame as television's Dr. James Kildare, Richard Chamberlain took on the role of Hamlet on the English stage. The play contained a lesson the actor has remembered throughout his life: "To thine own self be true." But for Chamberlain these were not always easy words to live by. Even as he won the adoration of millions of fans, this handsome, charming, debonair leading man seriously... One of the most beloved actors of our time shares the New York Times bestselling story of how he learned to live with an open hea... |
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69,73 zł |
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The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr., and the Reign of American Taste
ISBN: 9780060093693 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. This is the story of how an American lawyer raised on Coca-Cola caused a revolution in the way wines around the globe are made, sold, and talked about. The world's most influential wine critic, Robert M. Parker, Jr., has dominated the international wine community for the last quarter century, embodying the triumph of American taste. Using Parker's story as a springboard, author Elin McCoy offers an authoritative and unparalleled insider's view of the eccentric personalities, bitter feuds, controversies, and secrets of the wine world. She explains how reputations are made and how and... This is the story of how an American lawyer raised on Coca-Cola caused a revolution in the way wines around the globe are made, sold, and talked ab... |
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69,73 zł |
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Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom
ISBN: 9780060097837 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Kabul was always more beautiful in the snow. Even the piles of rotting rubbish in my street, the only source of food for the scrawny chickens and goats that our neighbors kept outside their mud houses, looked beautiful to me after the snow had covered them in white during the long night.
Though she is only twenty-three, Zoya has witnessed and endured more tragedy and terror than most people experience in a lifetime. Born in a land ravaged by war, she was robbed of her parents when they were murdered by Muslim fundamentalists. Devastated, she fled Kabul with her... Kabul was always more beautiful in the snow. Even the piles of rotting rubbish in my street, the only source of food for the scrawny chicke...
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57,60 zł |
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Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
ISBN: 9780060505776 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With a timely new chapter on immigration in the current age of globalization, a new Preface, and new appendixes with the most recent statistics, this revised edition is an engrossing study of immigration to the United States from the colonial era to the present. With a timely new chapter on immigration in the current age of globalization, a new Preface, and new appendixes with the most recent statistics, th... |
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77,82 zł |
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The Rabbi of 84th Street: The Extraordinary Life of Haskel Besser
ISBN: 9780060511029 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Always wearing an easy smile, Hasidic rabbi Haskel Besser spreads joy wherever he goes, enriching the lives of his many friends and congregants with his profound understanding of both Orthodox Judaism and humannature. With warmth and admiration, journalist Warren Kozak writes about the rabbi's extraordinary life--from his family's escape to Palestine in the late 1930s to his witnessing of Israel's rebirth in 1948, to his move to New York City, where he lives today. A rare window into the normally closed world of Hasidic Jews, The Rabbi of 84th Street is also the story... Always wearing an easy smile, Hasidic rabbi Haskel Besser spreads joy wherever he goes, enriching the lives of his many friends and congregants wit... |
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61,65 zł |
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Burro Genius: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780060526139 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Standing at the podium, Victor Villasenor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. When he was through, to his great disbelief he received a standing ovation. Many in the audience could not contain their own tears. So begins the passionate, touching memoir of Victor Villasenor. Highly gifted and imaginative as a child, Villasenor coped with an untreated learning disability (he was finally... Standing at the podium, Victor Villasenor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humi... |
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65,69 zł |
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The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
ISBN: 9780060555252 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros. In a brilliant, wry, and provocative book, National Book Award finalist Francine Prose explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. In so doing, she illuminates with great sensitivity and intelligence the elusive emotional wellsprings of the creative process. All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros. In a brilliant, wry, and provocativ... |
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57,60 zł |
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Be Pretty, Get Married, and Always Drink Tab: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780060563707 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. According to her colorful Mami Dearest, the life of young Gigi Anders will be simple if she can remember three maxims--be pretty, get married, and always drink TaB. Thus begins her instruction in the art of being a lady and the side effects of falling in love. As the granddaughter of Eastern European and Russian shtetl-reared grandparents who immigrated as teenagers in the early 1920s to the fierce tropical beauty of Cuba, Anders is heir apparent to a legacy of transatlantic alienation. With dazzling wit and hilarity mined from the depths of loss and yearning, Anders chronicles her... According to her colorful Mami Dearest, the life of young Gigi Anders will be simple if she can remember three maxims--be pretty, get married, and ... |
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68,92 zł |
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The Last Season
ISBN: 9780060583019 / Angielski / Miękka / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada--mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy M...
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69,73 zł |
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Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
ISBN: 9780060595647 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, -perfect Paul- earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret--from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream of -the thing I'd never even seen: two men in love and laughing.- Searingly honest, witty, and humane, Becoming a Man is the definitive coming-out story in the... A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, -perfect Paul- earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while kee... |
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61,65 zł |
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Mere Christianity
ISBN: 9780060652920 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis' legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality, Mere Christianity provides an unequaled opportunity for believers and nonbelievers alike to hear this powerful apologetic for the Christian faith. In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of ... |
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65,69 zł |
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Gregory Of Nyssa : The Life Of Moses
ISBN: 9780060754648 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 CE), who came from an illustrious Christian family of Capadocia, became bishop of the small town of Nyssa in 371 and is known as one of the founders of mystical theology in the Church. In The Life of Moses, one of the most important books in the study of Christian mysticism, Gregory retells the story of Moses's life from the biblical account in Exodus and Numbers and then refers back to these stories as the basis for profound spiritual lessons. The ultimate goal of Gregory's spirituality is to strive for infinite progress in the never-completed... St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 CE), who came from an illustrious Christian family of Capadocia, became bishop of the small town of Nyssa in 371 and ... |
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61,65 zł |
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365 Meditaciones Con la Virgen Maria
ISBN: 9780060845414 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Una guia de sabiduria inspiracional que nos ayudara a acercarnos a la gracia y el amor de la Virgen Maria Conocida en todo el mundo bajo diferentes nombres, la Virgen Maria siempre ha sido la traedora de consuelo, esperanza y fe a la Tierra. Esta obra nos presenta a la Maria de la Biblia y de las escrituras de los santos, a la Maria de las leyendas y los estudios academicos, la Maria de los Angeles y Apariciones, la Santa Virgen, la Madre de Dios, la Reina de los Cielos, la Madre de Ayuda Perpetua, la Reina de la Paz y la Madre de la Misericordia. 365 Meditaciones con la Virgen Maria nos...
Una guia de sabiduria inspiracional que nos ayudara a acercarnos a la gracia y el amor de la Virgen Maria Conocida en todo el mundo bajo diferentes no...
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61,49 zł |
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Emotional Blackmail : When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You
ISBN: 9780060928971 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. "If you really loved me..."
"After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..." Do any of the above sound familiar? They're all examples of emotional blackmail, a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten to punish us for not doing what they want. Emotional blackmailers know how much we value our relationships with them. They know our vulnerabilities and our deepest secrets. They are our mothers, our partners, our bosses and coworkers, our friends and our lovers. And no matter how much they care about us, they use this intimate knowledge to... "If you really loved me..."
"After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..." Do any of the above sound familiar? They're al... |
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69,73 zł |
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Firebird: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780060931971 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. In Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Garland's "Get Happy" by his alarmed mother at the bedroom door, exclaiming, "Son, you're a boy " Firebird presents us with a heroic little boy who has quite enough worries without discovering that his dawning sexuality is the Wrong One. A self-confessed "chubby smart bookish sissy with glasses and a Southern accent," Doty grew up on the move, the family following his father's engineering work across America-from Tennessee to... In Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Ga... |
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64,39 zł |
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French Spirits: A House, a Village, and a Love Affair in Burgundy
ISBN: 9780060934101 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. When Jeffrey Greene, a prize-winning American poet, and Mary, a molecular biologist and his wife-to-be, discover a moss-covered stone presbytery in a lovely village in the Puisaye region of Burgundy, they know they have to live there. In lush, lyrical prose, Greene recalls their experiences turning the 300-year-old stone building -- a "chateau in miniature" that the locals believe houses numerous spirits-into a habitable refuge. He brings to life their adventures in finding wonderful bargains with which to furnish their new space, including a firm mattress and some rather suspicious... When Jeffrey Greene, a prize-winning American poet, and Mary, a molecular biologist and his wife-to-be, discover a moss-covered stone presbytery in... |
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69,73 zł |
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One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner
ISBN: 9780060935559 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. William Faulkner was a literary genius, and one of America's most important and influential writers. Drawing on previously unavailable sources -- including letters, memoirs, and interviews with Faulkner's daughter and lovers -- Jay Parini has crafted a biography that delves into the mystery of this gifted and troubled writer. His Faulkner is an extremely talented, obsessive artist plagued by alcoholism and a bad marriage who somehow transcends his limitations. Parini weaves the tragedies and triumphs of Faulkner's life in with his novels, serving up a biography that's as engaging as it is... William Faulkner was a literary genius, and one of America's most important and influential writers. Drawing on previously unavailable sources -- i... |
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73,77 zł |