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A Charge to Keep - I Have: A Promise Kept
ISBN: 9781432751159 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Charge to Keep - I Have
A Colored, Negro, Black man's remarkable works of growing up in and out of the deep south and the discrimination he experienced from whites and others within his own race. He works through the perils of racism by joining the military to escape the cotton mills of his hometown and using the military as a spring board to gain the college education denied him upon graduation from high school. He moves through the military and afterwards searching for ways to keep the promise made to his dying illiterate father, to erase the X his father used in signing his name.... A Charge to Keep - I Have
A Colored, Negro, Black man's remarkable works of growing up in and out of the deep south and the discrimination he expe... |
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93,44 |
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Shackleton: Leadership Lessons from Antarctica
ISBN: 9781450215381 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,80 |
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Flight to Ouagadougou: And Other Places I Never Imagined
ISBN: 9781452816258 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a series of short stories about an aviation drifter traveling around the world and the troubles he got into as well as the wonderful experiences that he had. Sometimes funny and sometimes sad this book will appeal to those who love airplanes or who love travel to exotic places.
This is a series of short stories about an aviation drifter traveling around the world and the troubles he got into as well as the wonderful experienc...
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83,81 |
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Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson & the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company
ISBN: 9780062026651 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestseller from James Raffan, Emperor of the North tells the story of Sir George Simpson, whose extraordinary life coincided with the success of one of the greatest commercial empires in history: the Hudson's Bay Company, a vast trading venture that became the world's oldest continuous commercial enterprise.
The bestseller from James Raffan, Emperor of the North tells the story of Sir George Simpson, whose extraordinary life coincided with the suc...
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83,58 |
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Travels of Dursmirg
ISBN: 9781451512953 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who hasn't daydreamed about chucking it all and sailing away on a boat to warmer climes, "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." John and Jane did just that. This true sailing adventure is told in the first person. It began as an idea and unfolded into a rich and fulfilling dream come true. A lifelong obsession of escape materialized in 1972 with the building and launching of their dreamboat Dursmirg. John and Jane went over the horizon and out to sea on a voyage of escape. Departing Duluth-Superior on the western terminus of the St. Lawrence, they crossed the Great Lakes, the Erie...
Who hasn't daydreamed about chucking it all and sailing away on a boat to warmer climes, "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." John and Jane ...
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40,87 |
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Travels of Dursmirg: Summers at Daufuskie
ISBN: 9781451545913 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travels of Dursmirg: Summers at Daufuskie: This was not a fling. Jane and John got out of life's busy trap. Gone fishin' instead of just a wishin' became a reality. Cruise with John and Jane aboard their 46-foot sailboat to the Sea Islands of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Meet the people of Daufuskie Island, a place where there are more ox carts than automobiles. Discover the riches and history of the Golden Isles of Georgia: Amelia Island, Cumberland Island, Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, Sapelo Island, St. Catherines Island, and the coastal cities that are part of these special...
Travels of Dursmirg: Summers at Daufuskie: This was not a fling. Jane and John got out of life's busy trap. Gone fishin' instead of just a wishin' bec...
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40,87 |
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Untamed Spirit: Around the World on a Motorcycle
ISBN: 9781450228510 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,23 |
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Travels of Dursmirg V-3: Down in the Florida Keys, Swinging in a Summer Breeze
ISBN: 9781451588972 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "We are going where the wind blows, when the spirit moves us, and the price is right." These were the driving forces that would be fulfilled beyond Jane and John's wildest expectations. Using St. Augustine, Florida, as a home base, winter sailing sojourns south always included the Indian River where lifelong friendships were cemented, bountiful seafood harvested, and anchorages were a slice of paradise. Biscayne Bay was a cruising sail boater's dream come true with bountiful seafood, neat anchorages and magical Miami there when your desires were tempted. Dinner Key, Coconut Grove, and Miami...
"We are going where the wind blows, when the spirit moves us, and the price is right." These were the driving forces that would be fulfilled beyond Ja...
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40,87 |
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William Clark: Indian Diplomat
ISBN: 9780806141459 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For three decades following the expedition with Meriwether Lewis for which he is best known, William Clark forged a meritorious public career that contributed even more to the opening of the West: from 1807 to 1838 he served as the U.S. government's most important representative to western Indians. This biography focuses on Clark's tenure as Indian agent, territorial governor, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. Jay H. Buckley shows that Clark had immense influence on Indian-white relations in the trans-Mississippi region specifically and on federal Indian policy generally. As...
For three decades following the expedition with Meriwether Lewis for which he is best known, William Clark forged a meritorious public career that con...
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82,53 |
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Backcountry Pilot: Flying Adventures with Ike Russell
ISBN: 9780816529384 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When people get together around southern Arizona, there's a good chance that somebody will say, "That reminds me of the time I flew with Ike Russell. . . . " A backcountry pilot famous for his jaunts into the wildest, most remote regions of the borderlands, Alexander "Ike" Russell has become something of a legend since his death in 1980, and the stories surrounding his flights never fail to amaze.
This book combines biography and oral history by offering a wide range of anecdotes and remembrances about Ike by friends and family. Many describe the great adventures and gut-wrenching close... When people get together around southern Arizona, there's a good chance that somebody will say, "That reminds me of the time I flew with Ike Russell. ...
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82,53 |
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Mon Second Voyage Autour de Monde
ISBN: 9781148557335 / Angielski / Miękka / 650 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and...
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131,75 |
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Against All Odds: The Journey Through
ISBN: 9781432757045 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Were you ostracized as a child, abandoned or even raped? Did you have the opportunity to become famous and robbed of the opportunity? Or maybe you're secretly suffering from rejection, insecurity, hatred or low self-esteem? Have you had a near death experience and miraculously recovered? Are you a single parent who was abandoned by the non-custodial parent and you're unsure of how you're going to survive? Subsequently, many seem to suffer from the curves that come with the trial called life. Many are in foster care, single parents, homeless, suffer from rejection, isolation, rape,...
Were you ostracized as a child, abandoned or even raped? Did you have the opportunity to become famous and robbed of the opportunity? Or maybe you're ...
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53,03 |
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My Chinese Wedding
ISBN: 9781452829456 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I am so happy that one day it finally occurred to me that I am the perfect person to create the foundation for Fun Learning Chinese Language because time and time again I have traveled to China and actually struggled to communicate with local people there. I know from experience which words are vitally important for foreigners to know. I built a language seminar which emphasizes the words which should be given first priority for new Chinese Mandarin speakers . Before you do anything significant in China such as: getting married, starting a business, or buying a home you would be wise to first...
I am so happy that one day it finally occurred to me that I am the perfect person to create the foundation for Fun Learning Chinese Language because t...
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39,87 |
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Into The Deepest And Darkest: Deep Diving Adventures In South Africa And The Gulf Of Aqaba
ISBN: 9781448656097 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever wondered what it's like to dive to 100 meters, to be waiting alone in the dark, your only way back to safety a thin nylon line snaking away from you, up and up and up into the darkness and down and down and down into the blackness. Not a sound but your own breathing. Minutes ticking away how long you can wait for your friend. This book tells the story of more than 12 years of extreme deep cave diving, culminating in the setting of four Guinness Book of records for deep diving around the world.
Ever wondered what it's like to dive to 100 meters, to be waiting alone in the dark, your only way back to safety a thin nylon line snaking away from ...
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179,60 |
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Home Keeps Moving: A Glimpse Into the Extraordinary Life of a Third Culture Kid
ISBN: 9781581581713 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Home Keeps Moving follows Heidi and her missionary family on their many moves through the eyes of a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and the unique phenomena of having four very different home countries to relate to. It tells the true story of being catapulted from continent to continent constantly: leaving friends and starting all over again, her unquenchable search for a home and sense of belonging in this world, her desire for a life-partner with the odds all but against her due to constantly relocating (even into adulthood). You will laugh and cry along with Heidi as she recounts hilarious and...
Home Keeps Moving follows Heidi and her missionary family on their many moves through the eyes of a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and the unique phenomena o...
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68,07 |
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Confessions of an Ex-Gun Dealer
ISBN: 9781432758394 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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98,64 |
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Robert J. Flaherty: A Biography
ISBN: 9780812278873 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 an d1940, Robert J. Flaherty was America's first independent film artist. Popular conceptions of Flaherty have led many either to worship his work and regard him in mythical terms or to debunk him as a fraud and castigate him for lack of a social consciousness. Rarely has the attempt been made to understand him in the context of his times. This captivating study presents Flaherty through the eyes of someone who knew him personally--the brilliant British filmmaker and...
Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 an d1940, Robert J. Flaherty...
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466,35 |
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Chasing the Horizon: Alaska in Territorial Days
ISBN: 9781439267257 / Angielski / Miękka / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1940s an adventurous youth flees New England for Los Angeles, a city vibrating with wartime energy and sex. Beach culture and a pretty girl captivate him, but he leaves to tramp alone far into Mexico and climb Paricutin, an exploding volcano. Back in L.A., he drives across the country with his mother in pursuit of her escaping lover. Alone again, he pedals an overloaded bicycle to Canada and hitches a ride on the Alaska Highway with a short-tempered sourdough. The old-timer has bet a quart of whisky on the driving time, and a dangerous washout lies ahead. In Fairbanks, Territory of...
In the 1940s an adventurous youth flees New England for Los Angeles, a city vibrating with wartime energy and sex. Beach culture and a pretty girl cap...
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73,84 |
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Only Bees Die: Peace Corps Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9781452860343 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most useful and practical books about the Peace Corps in print. Keller takes the time to talk about each and every step of his journey through the Peace Corps using easy language and advice for future Volunteers. This is an excellent primer for anyone considering service abroad in the Peace Corps, anyone already involved with the application process for service, and for new Volunteers starting their field work. It is a resource everyone can use.
One of the most useful and practical books about the Peace Corps in print. Keller takes the time to talk about each and every step of his journey thro...
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36,72 |
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Beyond Courage: Tales of a Country Cop in Africa
ISBN: 9781453635759 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A fascinating peek inside the mind of one seeking to rescue the world from its own insanity." Following a career in domestic law enforcement, the author traveled to Liberia in West Africa to run US Embassy diplomatic security operations. Before he could get his bearings he found himself engulfed in bloody civil war in Liberia that exposed him to horrors that would stretch the boundaries of believability to the limits. His struggles to adapt and survive the revolution in Liberia and the two that awaited him in Gambia and Sierra Leone altered the way he viewed the world forever. He shares that...
"A fascinating peek inside the mind of one seeking to rescue the world from its own insanity." Following a career in domestic law enforcement, the aut...
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103,57 |
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