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Destination: Roadblock
ISBN: 9781619967885 / Angielski / Twarda / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Gumboot Cowboy
ISBN: 9781469909820 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author hopes the reader is peering over his shoulder as he writes. He narrates the trials, tribulations, thrills and joys of growing up during the great depression on the plains of the Texas Panhandle. He touches on his time in Oregon. His adventures take him up the primitive AlCan Highway in 1948. While working for the Alaska Railroad he gathers information on his search for a site for the cattle ranch of his dreams. The journey includes dealings with the colorful characters of the Alaska frontier. He eventually settles in the Fox River country of Kachemak Bay near Homer, Alaska. The...
The author hopes the reader is peering over his shoulder as he writes. He narrates the trials, tribulations, thrills and joys of growing up during the...
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Innocence and War: Mark Twain's Holy Land Revisited
ISBN: 9780486490403 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1867, a California newspaper commissioned Mark Twain to accompany a group of travelers to the Holy Land and report on his experiences. The trip provided the humorist with an abundance of material for his satiric classic The Innocents Abroad. A century and a half later, author Ian Strathcarron scrupulously retraces Twain's footsteps, recounting the history of his predecessor's journeys and his own impressions of the region and its people.
A travel book as well as a unique literary history, Innocence and War is the first complete book devoted to this particular episode in... In 1867, a California newspaper commissioned Mark Twain to accompany a group of travelers to the Holy Land and report on his experiences. The trip pro...
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Men in Eden: William Drummond Stewart and Same-Sex Desire in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade
ISBN: 9780803237780 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American West of the nineteenth century was a world of freedom and adventure for men of every stripe not least also those who admired and desired other men. Among these sojourners was William Drummond Stewart, a flamboyant Scottish nobleman who found in American culture of the 1830s and 1840s a cultural milieu of openness in which men could pursue same-sex relationships.This book traces Stewart s travels from his arrival in America in 1832 to his return to Murthly Castle in Perthshire, Scotland, with his French Canadian Cree Indian companion, Antoine Clement, one of the most skilled...
The American West of the nineteenth century was a world of freedom and adventure for men of every stripe not least also those who admired and desired ...
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There Must Have Been an Angel: The Cross-country Odyssey from Badwater, Death Valley, to the Summit of Mount Whitney
ISBN: 9781463765118 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ...an epic 125 mile cross-country trek-280 degree direct route compass heading-that took two men from Badwater, Death Valley (282 feet below sea level) to the summit of Mt. Whitney (14,495 feet). It was October, 1989, with temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to 50 degrees below (windchill); across some of the most hostile, treacherous and desolate terrain in the land....
...an epic 125 mile cross-country trek-280 degree direct route compass heading-that took two men from Badwater, Death Valley (282 feet below sea level...
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Voyages with a Merchant Prince: Secrets of the Ripley Diary
ISBN: 9781475238426 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'If it should be a pirate, we had a fine ship, well armed and plenty of men to use the arms, what had we to fear? Accordingly, all hands were set to make preparations for defence against an enemy. The bosun got ready the great guns, the arms chest was unlocked - muskets, swords, handspikes, pistols, all in demand ...' The Ripley Diary, 12th July 1830. A sailing ship on a voyage that would make a fortune. On board - an ambitious shipowner, his flirtatious young wife, and a crew on the verge of mutiny. Smuggling, piracy and shipwreck are all encountered on this amazing journey. For the first...
'If it should be a pirate, we had a fine ship, well armed and plenty of men to use the arms, what had we to fear? Accordingly, all hands were set to m...
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The hummus maker
ISBN: 9781475220896 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Come and journey with me to old Palestine to a little village called Burin, and hold hands with the two boys who lived there, and see the world through their eyes as they saw it. I promise you're going to laugh so hard, until your sides hurt
Come and journey with me to old Palestine to a little village called Burin, and hold hands with the two boys who lived there, and see the world throug...
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Afternoon Light
ISBN: 9780997322125 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,83 |
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Undercover: My Five Years Fighting for Animals at the Humane Society of the United States (Hsus): My Five Years Fighting for Anima
ISBN: 9780983230915 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David K Wills risked his life for animals before, during and after his five years with The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Investigating ivory and rhino horn poaching in Africa, parrot smuggling in Honduras and the illegal trade in monkey's taken from the wild, Wills delved into the deep dark underworld of international criminal trade in wildlife. His successful ventures met with an ironic and surprising response from the organization that depended upon his work.
David K Wills risked his life for animals before, during and after his five years with The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Investigating i...
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121,98 |
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High Wind: Memoirs of a Marijuana Mule
ISBN: 9781466298897 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. High Wind takes the reader on a counter-cultural trip around the world. From the 1960's to the 1970's and 1980's the author chronicles his adventures in the early days days of pot smuggling, before the more deadly era of today's cocaine wars. Following his first discovery of hashish in Germany in 1969 to his final voyage across the Pacific he recounts 20 years of misadventures in the underground world of THC. Not merely a book about marijuana and hashish smuggling, High Wind is also a travel book, a historical account, and an affectionate look at some of the last working sailboats in the...
High Wind takes the reader on a counter-cultural trip around the world. From the 1960's to the 1970's and 1980's the author chronicles his adventures ...
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In The Eye Of The Goddess: The 13th Crystal Skull On Assignment In England
ISBN: 9781477448700 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 13th Crystal Skull Merlin Arthur's Round Table The Biggest Blackout in USA History... What do they all have in common? Susan Isabelle and The 13th Crystal Skull On Assignment In England In 2003 Susan Isabelle, Keeper of the 13th Crystal Skull, was summoned by the Goddess to go to England . There Susan was to release the Stone Of Birthing, a meridian line that brings the higher consciousness to planet Earth, by using the Crystal Skull. t had been bound during WWII by sinister forces attempting to block the elevation of consciousness for the planet. Read how Merlin, yes, The Merlin,...
The 13th Crystal Skull Merlin Arthur's Round Table The Biggest Blackout in USA History... What do they all have in common? Susan Isabelle and The 13th...
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Becoming Ordinary: My Year in The Refugee Camps of Somalia
ISBN: 9780615619293 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the age of 40, John Gentry was the classic "self-made man." He had traveled from the projects to the penthouse. However, despite his outward success, John knew he stood at a crossroads. The call of his soul could no longer be ignored. It seemed his only choice was to turn toward the emptiness he felt inside and to turn away from the safety of the life he had created. There was no going back. Thus began an unimaginable journey to find the true meaning of his life in a most unlikely place--the refugee camps in Somalia, Africa.
At the age of 40, John Gentry was the classic "self-made man." He had traveled from the projects to the penthouse. However, despite his outward succes...
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Love At The Speed Of Email
ISBN: 9780985480905 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lisa looks as if she has it made. She has turned her nomadic childhood and forensic psychology training into a successful career as a stress management trainer for humanitarian aid workers. She lives in Los Angeles, travels the world, and her first novel has just been published to some acclaim. But as she turns 31, Lisa realizes that she is still single, constantly on airplanes, and increasingly wondering where home is and what it really means to commit to a person, place, or career. When an intriguing stranger living on the other side of the world emails her out of the blue, she must decide...
Lisa looks as if she has it made. She has turned her nomadic childhood and forensic psychology training into a successful career as a stress managemen...
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Palace of Yawns
ISBN: 9781477667422 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bangkok diplomatic nightlife, Soviet spies, tranquil Buddhist monks, Thai princesses, Khmer Rouge, cave temples, cobras, a Nobel Prize and more fill the pages of Palace of Yawns. When a 29-year-old advisor was posted to Korea by an American foundation to advise the Ministry of Health on management of the national family planning program, he developed a breakthrough method allowing governments to reduce birth rates as rapidly as possible from fixed budgets. Based on his discovery, the United Nations recruited him, and from Bangkok he directed a UN program to assist Asian governments in...
Bangkok diplomatic nightlife, Soviet spies, tranquil Buddhist monks, Thai princesses, Khmer Rouge, cave temples, cobras, a Nobel Prize and more fill t...
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Wine to Water: How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World
ISBN: 9781583335079 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The captivating story of an ordinary bartender turned humanitarian who s changing the world through clean water.
Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. A small-town bartender, Doc loved his Harley, music, and booze. Then he learned about the world s water crisis, and decided to help by hosting fundraisers. But he wanted to do more and soon found himself traveling to one of the world s most dangerous hot spots: Darfur, Sudan. Doc was immediately cast into a crisis zone. The Sudanese government was wiping out entire villages through horrific state-sponsored genocide and one of the... The captivating story of an ordinary bartender turned humanitarian who s changing the world through clean water.
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Aviation at the Edge: 42 Years of Comradeship, Tragedy and Adrenaline Fuelled Life in the Clouds
ISBN: 9781909020351 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Three thousand feet above the Zambian bush, the DHC2 Beaver had only ten minutes' fuel remaining. Night was drawing in; ground features were indiscernible. I could not raise anyone on the radio. Would this be the end? John Flexman knew he wanted to be a pilot from the moment he saw an RAF flypast as a boy of eight. At sixteen he joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, getting his 'wings' in 1961 at the age of 18. From there on he never looked back. His flying career took him around the world, from the Far East to Africa and back again. John came within seconds of disaster on several...
Three thousand feet above the Zambian bush, the DHC2 Beaver had only ten minutes' fuel remaining. Night was drawing in; ground features were indiscern...
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What I Would Leave for My Family: What I leave for my family
ISBN: 9781419654282 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An opportunity to say thank you to the Almighty because I am blessed. An opportunity to say thank you to my family for their love. An opportunity to say thank you to America for being there for me.
An opportunity to say thank you to the Almighty because I am blessed. An opportunity to say thank you to my family for their love. An opportunity to s...
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Visions of Venezuela
ISBN: 9781432793401 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,24 |
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The Terrible Loyalty
ISBN: 9781477651551 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true story of two men, already life-long friends, who ventured into the heart of the endless ocean at its loneliest point in a 20-foot sailboat. Embarking on a trip across the Pacific Ocean from southern California, to Hilo, Hawaii, they navigated by means of only a sextant and the stars. It was meant to be their "Great Adventure." The men had planned for an uneventful sail, but encountered a treacherous storm that threatened their lives, threw them dangerously off course, and sealed their fate irrevocably together as they battled to survive. Readers will come to know these two...
The true story of two men, already life-long friends, who ventured into the heart of the endless ocean at its loneliest point in a 20-foot sailboat. E...
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Nueve Semanas
ISBN: 9781463333560 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nueve semanas es la cronica de un viaje a Europa que se hizo en Familia por diferentes Pais como Francia, Espana, Suiza e Italia. El viaje comienza un dia primero de Junio, desde Denver, USA el papa con sus dos hijos Luis Umberto e Idemar quienes se encuentran en Niza con Carolina, para completar la familia en la septima semana del viaje y continuar juntos hasta el regreso a casa el cuatro de Agosto. Sucesos, historia y diferencia anecdotas son relatadas en tal forma que convierten a esta narracion es un libro ligero y con muchos puntos interesantes de conocer sobre el viejo continente."
Nueve semanas es la cronica de un viaje a Europa que se hizo en Familia por diferentes Pais como Francia, Espana, Suiza e Italia. El viaje comienza un...
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