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The misadventures of Saucy and her mama
ISBN: 9781467968614 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,43 |
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The World Is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village
ISBN: 9781594632679 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war.
In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan desert, in a village so remote that Google can t find it, a woman squats on top of a loom, making flowers bloom in the thousand threads she knots by hand. Here, where heroin is cheaper than rice, every day is a fast day. B-52s pass overhead a sign of America s omnipotence or its vulnerability, the villagers are unsure. They know, though, that the earth is flat like a carpet. Anna Badkhen first traveled to this country in 2001, as a war... An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war.
In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan dese... |
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92,48 |
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Black Boss
ISBN: 9780820341095 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John McCown was a black civil rights worker who achieved great political power and whose career, and life, ended in a swirl of controversy. In 1968, Georgia s Hancock County became the first county in the United States since Reconstruction to come under black political control, in large part because of the charismatic leadership of McCown, who secured millions in grants from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Ford Foundation, and the East Central Committee for Opportunity. Eight years later, McCown s regime ended with his dramatic death and indictments against McCown and his... John McCown was a black civil rights worker who achieved great political power and whose career, and life, ended in a swirl of controversy. In 1968... |
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159,99 |
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Earl Warren's Masonic Lodge: Herbert Phillips' Fifty Year History of Sequoia Lodge
ISBN: 9780944285930 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,37 |
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Eye Unlocked: Poems, Short Stories and Illustrations
ISBN: 9780982387641 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Linda Washington is a story stalker.
Employed as a court security officer, she travels on her own time throughout Washington, DC to observe, report, and reflect on what she sees and thinks about. Her ponderings are collected here in her first publication consisting of prose, poetry, and illustrations. Readers will welcome her sincere personal reminiscences. By appreciating her observations about residents, co-workers, sports teams and even philosophies found in the nation's Capitol, readers come to value the spiritual and material moments in their own lives. She invites you to... Linda Washington is a story stalker.
Employed as a court security officer, she travels on her own time throughout Washington, DC to observe, repor... |
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66,37 |
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By the Grace of God
ISBN: 9780984418725 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,41 |
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West of Goose Island: A Chicago Story
ISBN: 9780989560801 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in Chicago's immigrant neighborhoods west of Goose Island, these lighthearted coming-of-age adventures recount growing up on rough and tumble Division Street. Inspired by a series of short stories that morphed into something much more, Post delivers a warm and humorous coming-of-age memoir that captures an era of Americana with heart and honesty. As seen through the eyes of three young boys, Chicago becomes a sort of full-contact playground where the realities of life, the love of family, and a world of adventure wait around every corner. Marked by a keen eye for detail, West of Goose...
Set in Chicago's immigrant neighborhoods west of Goose Island, these lighthearted coming-of-age adventures recount growing up on rough and tumble Divi...
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52,40 |
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Legacy of the Lone Sentinel
ISBN: 9781941713372 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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36,37 |
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Wild Ride: The Rise and Fall of Cobb & Co
ISBN: 9781925281736 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1853, a young American arrived in the new colony of Victoria hoping to make his fortune from the world's greatest gold rush. He soon realised where the real money was to be made, and established a coach company that would eventually carry his name into every household in the land: Cobb & Co. But Freeman Cobb himself was long gone by the time the company bearing his name became an Australian legend. Wild Ride is the story of the two extraordinary men, James Rutherford and Frank Whitney, who along with their business partners took Freeman Cobb's humble company and made into an Australian...
In 1853, a young American arrived in the new colony of Victoria hoping to make his fortune from the world's greatest gold rush. He soon realised where...
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86,28 |
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Black Autonomy: Race, Gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan Activism
ISBN: 9781503600546 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Decades after the first multicultural reforms were introduced in Latin America, Afrodescendant people from the region are still disproportionately impoverished, underserved, policed, and incarcerated. In Nicaragua, Afrodescendants have mobilized to confront this state of siege through the politics of black autonomy. For women and men grappling with postwar violence, black autonomy has its own cultural meanings as a political aspiration and a way of crafting selfhood and solidarity. Jennifer Goett's ethnography examines the race and gender politics of activism for autonomous rights in an...
Decades after the first multicultural reforms were introduced in Latin America, Afrodescendant people from the region are still disproportionately imp...
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107,70 |
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Black Autonomy: Race, Gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan Activism
ISBN: 9780804799560 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Decades after the first multicultural reforms were introduced in Latin America, Afrodescendant people from the region are still disproportionately impoverished, underserved, policed, and incarcerated. In Nicaragua, Afrodescendants have mobilized to confront this state of siege through the politics of black autonomy. For women and men grappling with postwar violence, black autonomy has its own cultural meanings as a political aspiration and a way of crafting selfhood and solidarity. Jennifer Goett's ethnography examines the race and gender politics of activism for autonomous rights in an...
Decades after the first multicultural reforms were introduced in Latin America, Afrodescendant people from the region are still disproportionately imp...
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347,74 |
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The Story of Pedro
ISBN: 9781530756018 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,40 |
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IRON BLOOD--300 Years of the Dmitri Kantemir Dynasty: Updated and Revised
ISBN: 9781940784519 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the course of history, Prince Dmitri Kantemir-also the Prince of Moldavia, Prince of the Russian Empire, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Imperial Chancellor to Peter the Great of Russia-lived in forced exile for 22 years. He became a great writer, statesman, scientist, and composer of Ottoman music. His children were prominent in Russian history: Antioch Kantemir became Russia's first satirist and Maria Kantemir was the last love of Peter the Great. Centuries later, American Ella Kantemir, researching her ancestry, makes a startling discovery: her father was hunted by the KGB; a number...
In the course of history, Prince Dmitri Kantemir-also the Prince of Moldavia, Prince of the Russian Empire, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Imperi...
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92,30 |
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Milburn: The Birth of a Pioneer Town and the Love Story That Began There
ISBN: 9781512133325 / Angielski / Miękka / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1890, Indian Territory (today's Oklahoma) was rough, rowdy and full of pioneers hoping to start a new life full of promise by using hard work and clever thinking. The railroad was creeping across the new nation and many a young man saw opportunities for new towns, fame and fortune. The Chickasaw Indians were neighbors and held great power in the area but one man, Williamson J. Milburn used both his wits and his gun to birth a new town along the Blue River. This book is the story of that young man and his family as they began a new life in the lawless country of Milburn, Indian Territory....
In 1890, Indian Territory (today's Oklahoma) was rough, rowdy and full of pioneers hoping to start a new life full of promise by using hard work and c...
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100,95 |
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Conversations with Augusta
ISBN: 9781491772461 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On a pleasant May weekend in 1978, Augusta Pflug Thorp celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday with her family at her home on Black Creek in Clay County, Florida, where she had lived since the spring of 1911. Shortly after that, author Alice Marie Thorp Duxbury interviewed Augusta about her life in Florida and her family history. In "Conversations with Augusta," Duxbury shares the history of a German family who adapted to a new lifestyle in rural northeast Florida in the 1900s while dealing with the effects of two world wars and the Great Depression. This memoir shares some of the lessons... On a pleasant May weekend in 1978, Augusta Pflug Thorp celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday with her family at her home on Black Creek in Clay Coun... |
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111,56 |
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Conversations with Augusta
ISBN: 9781491772447 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On a pleasant May weekend in 1978, Augusta Pflug Thorp celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday with her family at her home on Black Creek in Clay County, Florida, where she had lived since the spring of 1911. Shortly after that, author Alice Marie Thorp Duxbury interviewed Augusta about her life in Florida and her family history. In "Conversations with Augusta," Duxbury shares the history of a German family who adapted to a new lifestyle in rural northeast Florida in the 1900s while dealing with the effects of two world wars and the Great Depression. This memoir shares some of the lessons... On a pleasant May weekend in 1978, Augusta Pflug Thorp celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday with her family at her home on Black Creek in Clay Coun... |
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73,03 |
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Behind the Scenes
ISBN: 9781443755689 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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112,17 |
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Twelve Years a Slave
ISBN: 9781476767345 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery. The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery. Solomon Northup was an entrepreneur and dedicated family man, father to three young children,...
The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Year...
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77,07 |
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An Immigrant's Life, The American Dream
ISBN: 9781481972161 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,61 |
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Ithaka on the Horizon: A Greek-American Journey
ISBN: 9781482507706 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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37,99 |
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