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A Peach Tree in the Projects: A Work in Poetry, a Work in Pictures, a Work in Life, My Work, My Signature
ISBN: 9781491799178 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life of author Geneva K. Olowoeshin began during the time when civil rights were still new, and African Americans were still referred to as Negroes and colored. In A Peach Tree in the Projects, Olowoeshin examines her life and emotions from the angle of one of the last in the baby boomer era She explains how she coped with being adopted and growing up with parents old enough to be her grandparents, but with the stamina and wit to not only keep up, but leave lifelong lessons necessary in today's unpredictable society. Through poetry dating back to the early 1980s,... The life of author Geneva K. Olowoeshin began during the time when civil rights were still new, and African Americans were still referred to as Neg... |
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63,11 zł |
A Peach Tree in the Projects: A Work in Poetry, a Work in Pictures, a Work in Life, My Work, My Signature
ISBN: 9781491799185 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life of author Geneva K. Olowoeshin began during the time when civil rights were still new, and African Americans were still referred to as Negroes and colored. In A Peach Tree in the Projects, Olowoeshin examines her life and emotions from the angle of one of the last in the baby boomer era She explains how she coped with being adopted and growing up with parents old enough to be her grandparents, but with the stamina and wit to not only keep up, but leave lifelong lessons necessary in today's unpredictable society. Through poetry dating back to the early 1980s,... The life of author Geneva K. Olowoeshin began during the time when civil rights were still new, and African Americans were still referred to as Neg... |
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105,32 zł |
Flight Risk: Memoirs of a New Orleans Bad Boy
ISBN: 9781496811271 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -James Nolan looks back unsparingly on a time few writers have faced with such clarity and compassion. There's suspense and beauty on every page . . .- --Andrei Codrescu Flight Risk takes off as a page-turning narrative with deep roots and a wide wingspan. James Nolan, a fifth-generation New Orleans native, offers up an intimate portrait both of his insular hometown and his generation's counterculture. Flight runs as a theme throughout the book, which begins with Nolan's escape from the gothic mental hospital to which his parents committed the teenaged poet during the... -James Nolan looks back unsparingly on a time few writers have faced with such clarity and compassion. There's suspense and beauty on every page... |
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132,83 zł |
Chosen One: Tiger Woods and the Dilemma of Greatness
ISBN: 9781501169724 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,27 zł |
Free To Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law
ISBN: 9780998425702 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An informative, simply written account of the impressive arc of Ginsburg's life." "An informative, simply written account of the impressive arc of Ginsburg's life." |
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84,16 zł |
Snowflake Coloring Book Dark Edition Vol.2: The Cross & Mandala Patterns Stress Relief Relaxation
ISBN: 9781540871749 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Free your mind with these enlightening mandala designs on black paper
For centuries, mandalas have provided an elevated level of guidance to those seeking peace, inspiration, and a deeper connection to the world around them. Now, with The Mandala Coloring Book, you can use these sacred circles to help you find tranquility and balance in your life. Featuring 100 customizable mandala drawings, this book encourages you to use your imagination to create vibrant patterns that reveal your hidden creative potential and bring you closer to your true self. Each intricate design will draw... Free your mind with these enlightening mandala designs on black paper
For centuries, mandalas have provided an elevated level of guidance to thos... |
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36,08 zł |
Free To Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law
ISBN: 9780998425719 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An informative, simply written account of the impressive arc of Ginsburg's life." "An informative, simply written account of the impressive arc of Ginsburg's life." |
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80,16 zł |
Arthur Roberts: A Teacher's Journey
ISBN: 9781925416374 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthur Roberts was a schoolmaster in country NSW (1861 to 1894) and it was education and the changing educational system that shaped his life. Born in the hop-growing region of Kent, England, his life and prospects were transformed by a wave of educational reform that carried him far from family, class and country. Roberts found himself on the frontier of attempts to establish a national school system in Australia. With a swiftly growing family - one with a severe disability - he was moved from one struggling district to another, fighting insolvency, ignorance, natural disaster and bitter... Arthur Roberts was a schoolmaster in country NSW (1861 to 1894) and it was education and the changing educational system that shaped his life. Born... |
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61,41 zł |
Gold Experience: Following Prince in the '90s
ISBN: 9781517902582 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout the 1990s, Prince feuded with his record label, Warner Bros., over his rights as an independent recording artist--and made some of the most brilliant music of his career. During that time, Jim Walsh covered Prince for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and wrote about him passionately, thoughtfully, exhaustively. Here, in real time, is that coverage: a clip-by-clip look back at Prince in the '90s. Walsh's newly unearthed interviews, essays, columns, and reviews make Gold Experience an essential slice of history for fans, scholars, and latecomers to the Minneapolis-born... Throughout the 1990s, Prince feuded with his record label, Warner Bros., over his rights as an independent recording artist--and made some of the m... |
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75,81 zł |
Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof
ISBN: 9780874869538 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eberhard Arnold was not afraid of the truth. A man for today's seekers, he faced life's essential questions head on. When he found answers, he lived them. His contemporaries dubbed him a "modern-day St. Francis." He renounced private property and the conventional church, choosing the early Christians as his role models. A man of unwavering conviction, Arnold walked resolutely against the prevailing winds, even as Nazism engulfed Germany. Eberhard Arnold was not afraid of the truth. A man for today's seekers, he faced life's essential questions head on. When he found... |
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75,98 zł |
Our House Is Certainly Not in Paris
ISBN: 9781922129482 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sequel to the bestselling 'Our House is Not in Paris'. Join for the first time, or continue to share in this sequel, the French renovee trials and triumphs of Susan and Stuart Cutsforth, an 'ordinary' Australian couple. Our House is Certainly Not in Paris is a magical memoir about their renovation of an old farmhouse in France. They devote their holidays to breathing life back into its ancient stone walls. It is so charmingly written that the reader is transported to their petite village and the people in this book become like old friends. This is a story about... Sequel to the bestselling 'Our House is Not in Paris'. Join for the first time, or continue to share in this sequel, the French ren... |
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89,78 zł |
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
ISBN: 9781568589770 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing... New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming ... |
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75,94 zł |
Translation as Transhumance
ISBN: 9781558614444 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mireille Gansel grew up in the traumatic aftermath of her family losing everything--including their native languages--to Nazi Germany. In the 1960s and 70s, she translated poets from East Berlin and Vietnam to help broadcast their defiance to the rest of the world. Winner of a French Voices Award, Gansel's debut illustrates the estrangement every translator experiences for the privilege of moving between tongues and muses on how translation becomes an exercise of empathy between those in exile. Mireille Gansel grew up in the traumatic aftermath of her family losing everything--including their native languages--to Nazi Germany. In the 1960s... |
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63,11 zł |
German Marietta and Washington County
ISBN: 9781531699864 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revolutionary War officers and soldiers of Anglo-Saxon descent founded Marietta, Ohio, in 1788 with the goal of establishing a New England style town in the frontier of the Northwest Territory. The town developed slowly until a great influx of immigrants, particularly German pioneers, flooded into Washington County during the decades after 1830. The landscape s rolling hills, creeks, and forests drew German farmers to rural areas, while others settled in the cities as shoemakers, brick-makers, leather workers, bakers, brewers, grocers, butchers, carpenters, and dry goods retailers. Between...
Revolutionary War officers and soldiers of Anglo-Saxon descent founded Marietta, Ohio, in 1788 with the goal of establishing a New England style town ...
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135,03 zł |
Greeks in San Francisco
ISBN: 9781531699703 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,03 zł |
A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World
ISBN: 9780226338866 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start up the first full-time China bureau for "Marketplace," the daily business and economics program on public radio stations across the United States. But for Tong the move became much more--it offered the opportunity to reconnect with members of his extended family who had remained in China after his parents fled the communists six decades prior. By uncovering the stories of his family's history, Tong discovered a new way to understand the defining moments of modern China and its long, interrupted quest to go global. ...
When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start up the first full-time China bureau for "Marketplace," the daily business an...
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127,76 zł |
I Am a New Creation: An Autobiography
ISBN: 9781921589966 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How easy is it to forgive those who cause you so much pain? Uong Nguyen's journey from atheism, under the North Vietnamese Communist regime, to Christ is not an easy journey. Anger, bitterness, trauma, brutality and despair can destroy a man, yet the love of God can turn anyone around. Growing up during the Vietnam War made a lasting impact on Uong's life. Conscripted into the Vietnamese army at 18, he saw firsthand the horrors of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields' and the brutality of the Khmer Rouge. He also experienced the despair of languishing in a Thai refugee camp for... How easy is it to forgive those who cause you so much pain? Uong Nguyen's journey from atheism, under the North Vietnamese Communist regime, to... |
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66,14 zł |
Going Beyond: Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2
ISBN: 9783319571645 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volumes looks at sustainable protection and sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage particularly in view of the current challenges of the 21st century. For more than 40 years the protection of the cultural and natural heritage of humankind has been regulated according to the World Heritage Convention, particularly in that heritage shall be protected if it is threatened by modern development. With this, sustainability and sustainable development are objectives that have also been adopted by the international community to facilitate the protection of... This volumes looks at sustainable protection and sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage particularly in view of the current challenges of... |
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582,32 zł |
So Okay...: Treasured Stories from the Life of James M. Robinson, Sr.
ISBN: 9780988668966 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young high school graduate from modest Dalton, MO, embarks on an expedition to find his way in this big, beautiful world. More than 75 years later, his granddaughter is deployed on her own mission; capturing the unimaginable stories of his incredible life. The adventures and anecdotes shared by this war veteran and Buffalo Soldier, quickly morphed the mission into something much greater. Author C. L. Fails, now sought to find the secrets to a life well lived. His stories hold all the candor you would expect from a 94 year old, with a twist of wit and wisdom inherited from his... A young high school graduate from modest Dalton, MO, embarks on an expedition to find his way in this big, beautiful world. More than 75 years late... |
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89,78 zł |
South Philadelphia's Little Italy and 9th Street Italian Market
ISBN: 9781540200426 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,03 zł |