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For Selina
ISBN: 9780595752942 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of an ordinary English family--a factual account of six generations of the four branches of a close-knit working class family who all lived in North London by the beginning of the twentieth century. One hundred and fifty years of their lives, loves and family secrets that were never supposed to be uncovered. A true story based on family anecdotes and unstinting research.
The history of an ordinary English family--a factual account of six generations of the four branches of a close-knit working class family who all live...
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106,53 |
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Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death: A Holocaust Childhood
ISBN: 9780595773558 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This is a beautifully written, insightful chronicle of a young girl's Holocaust survival. Though very private and personal, it nevertheless captures the common torments of children living through this disastrous civilizational breakdown.
What makes this book unique is that the author pulls the reader into the story. We get to know her parents and other memorable characters for the kind of people they were. There is an immediacy in the writing that almost makes the reader a participant in the daily struggles to keep alive. We get an honest look at the relationships between men and women on... "This is a beautifully written, insightful chronicle of a young girl's Holocaust survival. Though very private and personal, it nevertheless captures ...
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102,72 |
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To Defy the Monster
ISBN: 9780595781928 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. July 8, 1932, 11 PM. East Austin, an African-American district in Jim Crow Texas. Sixty-year-old Charles Johnson is driving home from Bible study when a car full of young white men swerves in front of him. A brief altercation ensues. Convinced that his life is threatened, Johnson fires his pistol and drives away. Johnson's shot kills the unarmed, eighteen-year-old son of Albert Allison, a prominent cotton landlord, influential in politics, and an advocate for racial justice. Although devastated, Allison personally thwarts a lynch mob and then insists that Austin's courts treat Johnson fairly....
July 8, 1932, 11 PM. East Austin, an African-American district in Jim Crow Texas. Sixty-year-old Charles Johnson is driving home from Bible study when...
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117,97 |
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Subway Music
ISBN: 9780595815784 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Subway Music" is about finding things Reinhold Junker thought he had lost forever: his subway music and his name.
"Subway Music" begins in a Manhattan hotel room the day after he and his wife celebrated their Christmas anniversary. She coaxes him into taking her to Brooklyn to see where "all those stories you tell all of the time about growing up" took place. As a certified Californian, that's the last thing he wants to do. Subways were then. Freeways are now. But they go. At Prospect Park he "finds" his father and learns about both courage and reverse prejudice-prejudice against his... "Subway Music" is about finding things Reinhold Junker thought he had lost forever: his subway music and his name.
"Subway Music" begins in a Manh... |
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98,91 |
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Sweetwater: Branch of Dreams
ISBN: 9780595831944 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In most towns there are unsung heroes that are rarely remembered, especially when rough and hard times are nearly forgotten. This true story covers the early part of my life from the time I can remember up to my seventeenth birthday (1932-48). Just an average, curious youth growing up in a small town who could always find things to entertain his curiosity. Sometimes doing what was forbidden, bending the rules and at times being totally different. In this account I've tried to be honest to the kid I was, to look and see with the same eyes of wonder.
My story includes most of the people... In most towns there are unsung heroes that are rarely remembered, especially when rough and hard times are nearly forgotten. This true story covers th...
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129,40 |
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Taken: A Lament for a Lost Ethnicity
ISBN: 9780595832873 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Donauschwaben, a mostly unknown ethnic group of Germans, migrated to Yugoslavia in the late 1700s. Endless boundary conflicts varyingly defined their land as Hungary, Yugoslavia, or Serbia. During World War II their ethnicity unfairly marked them as Nazi sympathizers despite their noncombatant status. They found themselves on the wrong side of every border as a wave of anti-German resentment legitimized their persecution and eradication.
"TAKEN: A Lament for a Lost Ethnicity" relates the intimate memoirs of Joseph Schaeffer, an ethnic Donauschwaben. Joseph's childhood is stolen the day... The Donauschwaben, a mostly unknown ethnic group of Germans, migrated to Yugoslavia in the late 1700s. Endless boundary conflicts varyingly defined th...
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87,48 |
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Angel of the East Indies: Biography of the Van Dooremolen Family
ISBN: 9780595860944 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Angel of the East Indies" is about two young people growing up in the simplicity of the Dutch farming community prior to World War II that fall in love only to get separated when one of them joins the military. Their reunion in the Dutch East Indies is unforgettably romantic.
Their world is torn apart when the war breaks out. Hendrika's courage and faith aids her family through their arduous imprisonment at the hands of their ruthless captors. This historically accurate drama is full of suspense, romance and action that introduce you to the customs of living on a Dutch farm and life in... "Angel of the East Indies" is about two young people growing up in the simplicity of the Dutch farming community prior to World War II that fall in lo...
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102,72 |
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An Ordinary Life
ISBN: 9780595863495 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this engaging autobiography, Pittsburgh lawyer and banker Robert F. Patton tells the captivating story of his life and career. Beginning with his boyhood on a western Pennsylvania farm, "An Ordinary Life" follows Patton through his distinguished career to his retirement. In April of 1945, he enlists in the US Army, only to miss the big adventure of his life: World War II. Patton attends college at Westminster College, Pennsylvania, and meets his future wife and love of his life, Virginia. Patton is accepted into Harvard Law School, where he becomes an editor of the Harvard Law Review... In this engaging autobiography, Pittsburgh lawyer and banker Robert F. Patton tells the captivating story of his life and career. Beginning with hi... |
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98,91 |
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One Man In His Time: A Biography of Herbert Lorance McCullough of Tipton, Oklahoma
ISBN: 9780595894703 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""One Man In His Time"" is the biography of Herbert Lorance McCullough of Tipton, Oklahoma. Although this record was primarily intended to be handed down through the McCullough family, this story is for anyone interested in the early history of rural Oklahoma.""One Man In His Time"" contains descriptions of living in a typical, small Oklahoma farming community during the period 1920-1970, and tells the life experiences of a farm boy who was a member of that group of Americans known as "The Greatest Generation." A family tragedy leaves Lorance without a father at age nine, and by age twelve,...
""One Man In His Time"" is the biography of Herbert Lorance McCullough of Tipton, Oklahoma. Although this record was primarily intended to be handed d...
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113,17 |
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Farewell Marienburg
ISBN: 9780595895892 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life in Marienburg, Germany, in November 1929 was traumatic. The stock market and banks of Germany collapsed, the Berlin soup kitchens could not keep up with the hungry, and unemployment skyrocketed. In this town of 30,000, during this defining moment in history, Claus Neumann was born. Neumann captures his fascinating story in a candid memoir that first details his idyllic childhood and then charts his progress as he grows from enthusiastic student, patriot, and member of Hitler Youth, to a disillusioned teen defending his homeland. He inevitably becomes a refugee who flees the... Life in Marienburg, Germany, in November 1929 was traumatic. The stock market and banks of Germany collapsed, the Berlin soup kitchens could not ke... |
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117,71 |
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The Violinist
ISBN: 9780615149844 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE VIOLINIST counterpoises the universe of childhood on a background of the Jewish Holocaust in Romania. It tells the story of Calmo (Lica), whose family is banned from Bucharest due to their Jewishness, as he bears witness to a world that has lost its humanity during the Second World War. In it he falls in love with a pianist, a Jewish girl named Luta; he also recounts how his own artistry playing the violin charms both enemies and friends, Romanians, Germans, and Jews. Lica's violin is today transformed into the author's pen, remastering these early experiences with maturity, yet somehow...
THE VIOLINIST counterpoises the universe of childhood on a background of the Jewish Holocaust in Romania. It tells the story of Calmo (Lica), whose fa...
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63,27 |
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived in
ISBN: 9780618001941 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vivid account of the life and times of Paul Revere was first published in 1942 to great acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize. An elegant storyteller and expert historian, Edith Forbes paints a memorable portrait of American colonial history and of this most legendary of revolutionary heroes -- "not merely one man riding one horse on a certain lonely night of long ago, but a symbol to which his countrymen can yet turn."
This vivid account of the life and times of Paul Revere was first published in 1942 to great acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize. An elegant storyteller and ...
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121,93 |
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Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage
ISBN: 9780618267323 / Angielski / Miękka / 621 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman, her character, intelligence, and good looks won the attention of the impetuous Winston Churchill. Their courtship was swift, but their marriage proved immensely strong, spanning many of the major events of the twentieth century. Written with affection and candor by the Churchills' daughter Mary Soames, this revised and updated biography of a lionhearted couple's life together is not only of historic interest but deeply moving.
Clementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman, he...
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152,46 |
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A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
ISBN: 9780618446599 / Angielski / Miękka / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Human Being Died That Night recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid. Gobodo-Madikizela met with de Kock in Pretoria's maximum-security prison, where he is serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. In profoundly arresting scenes, Gobodo-Madikizela conveys her struggle with contradictory internal impulses to hold him accountable and to forgive. Ultimately, as she allows us to...
A Human Being Died That Night recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African townshi...
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60,94 |
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The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism
ISBN: 9780618711697 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways our American Brontes. The story of these remarkable sisters -- and their central role in shaping the thinking of their day -- has never before been fully told. Twenty years in the making, Megan Marshall's monumental biograpy brings the era of creative ferment known as American Romanticism to new life. Elizabeth, the oldest sister, was a mind-on-fire thinker. A powerful influence on the great writers of the era -- Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau among them -- she also published some of their earliest works. It was Elizabeth who prodded...
Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways our American Brontes. The story of these remarkable sisters -- and their central role in shaping...
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91,43 |
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Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
ISBN: 9780618773442 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles. Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy reveals how this illness influenced both the president's character and his leadership. Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health from the time he was a young man. Shenk draws from historical record, interviews with Lincoln scholars, and contemporary research on depression to understand the nature of his... A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles. |
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68,57 |
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Warwick the Kingmaker
ISBN: 9780631162599 / Angielski / Twarda / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It is the first full study of this compelling figure within the context of political life in late medieval England.
This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family lo...
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569,68 |
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Genghis Khan
ISBN: 9780631189497 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paul Ratchnevsky, one of the foremost historians of the Mongol period, draws upon Mongol, Chinese, Persian and European sources to provide a penetrating, balanced and highly readable account of the life of one of the greatest conquerers in world history. He begins with Genghis Khan's youth in the harsh environment of the 12th-century steppe, and describes his rise to power as a young nomad warrior. The author shows how although Genghis was at times as merciless as his reputation suggests, he could also be magnanimous and just. He promoted his followers on merit alone and was even-handed in...
Paul Ratchnevsky, one of the foremost historians of the Mongol period, draws upon Mongol, Chinese, Persian and European sources to provide a penetrati...
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174,32 |
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Oliver Cromwell
ISBN: 9780631204800 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An assessment of the man and myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell and the differing interpretations.
An assessment of the man and myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell and the differing interpretations.
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174,32 |
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Pompey the Great
ISBN: 9780631227212 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its d... |
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179,46 |
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