ilość książek w kategorii: 640
Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing
ISBN: 9780060958725 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this "equally beguiling sequel to his acclaimed memoir, Colors of the Mountain" (Kirkus Reviews), teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles, and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and "all things Western," he competes to win a chance to study in America -- a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of the almighty professors. Poetic,... In this "equally beguiling sequel to his acclaimed memoir, Colors of the Mountain" (Kirkus Reviews), teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride aw... |
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65,01 zł |
Nisei Memories: My Parents Talk about the War Years
ISBN: 9780295985855 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Outstanding Title, University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 2007 Edition Nisei Memories is an extraordinarily moving account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. Based on Paul Takemoto's interviews with his parents, in which they finally divulge their past, Nisei Memories follows their lives before, during, and after the war -- his father serving his country, his mother imprisoned by it. At the start of the war, twenty-one-year-old Kaname (Ken) Takemoto... Outstanding Title, University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 2007 Edition Nisei Memories is an extrao... |
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124,44 zł |
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
ISBN: 9780312267179 / Angielski / Inna / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey--a solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam--made by a young Vietnamese-American man in pursuit of both his adopted homeland and his forsaken fatherland. Andrew X. Pham was born in Vietnam and raised in California. His father had been a POW of the Vietcong; his family came to... Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize |
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95,40 zł |
Lives of the Nuns
ISBN: 9780824815417 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains the biographies of 65 Chinese women who were Buddhist monks in early China. It is a great read for anyone interested in Buddhism or women in religion.
This book contains the biographies of 65 Chinese women who were Buddhist monks in early China. It is a great read for anyone interested in Buddhism or...
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224,93 zł |
Across Many Mountains
ISBN: 9781250012036 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao's Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. One of the country's youngest Buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery. Though simple, Kunsang's life gave her all she needed: a oneness with nature and a sense of the... A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao'... |
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82,35 zł |
Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
ISBN: 9780871404473 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With wry humor, Shakespearean profundity, and trenchant insight, Yunte Huang brings to life the story of America's most famous nineteenth-century Siamese twins.
With wry humor, Shakespearean profundity, and trenchant insight, Yunte Huang brings to life the story of America's most famous nineteenth-century Siam...
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125,53 zł |
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
ISBN: 9780374537821 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,06 zł |
We Have Not Stopped Trembling Yet: Letters to My Filipino-Athabascan Family
ISBN: 9781438469522 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,19 zł |
Toppled World: A Political and Spiritual Trek through India, Tibet and Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781945805806 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,16 zł |
But He Just Couldn't Breathe: Becoming a Doctor in Canada in the '60s
ISBN: 9780692889015 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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157,90 zł |
Buhay Ko, Pananalig Ko Ⅰ: My Life, My Faith 1 (Tagalog)
ISBN: 9788975575341 / Tagalog / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,75 zł |
Mit Liv, Min Tro Ⅰ: My Life, My Faith 1
ISBN: 9788975577222 / Duński / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
Мојот Живот, Мојата Вера ͖
ISBN: 9788975577475 / Macedoński / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
Mein Leben, Mein Glaube Ⅰ: My Life, My Faith 1
ISBN: 9788975577581 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
Moje Zivljenje, Moja Vera I: My Life, My Faith Ⅰ(Slovenian
ISBN: 9791126302864 / Słoweński / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,75 zł |
Hidup Saya Iman Saya I: My Life, My Faith Ⅰ(Malay)
ISBN: 9791126300372 / Malay / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
Mit Liv, Min Tro 2: My Life, My Faith 2 (Danish)
ISBN: 9788975577536 / Duński / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
Buhay Ko, Pananalig Ko 2: My Life, My Faith 2 (Tagalog)
ISBN: 9788975577925 / Tagalog / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
Mein Leben, Mein Glaube 2
ISBN: 9788975578267 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,00 zł |
The Grave on the Wall
ISBN: 9780872867901 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,84 zł |