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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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46,40 zł |
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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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138,92 zł |
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The Scribe of the Place of Truth: The Biography of Egyptologist Jaroslav Cerny
ISBN: 9788072774654 / Czeski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. V životopise je Jaroslav Černý představen v mnoha různých rolích. Tou nejdůležitější je bezesporu jeho přední místo mezi světovými egyptology. Černý se stal věhlasným expertem na hieratické texty Nové říše ve 20. století. Vedle působení na univerzitě v Londýně a Oxfordu a vykopávek v Egyptě (s francouzskými expedicemi) učil i v USA či SRN. Svou soukromou egyptologickou knihovnu (patřila k největším na světě) odkázal Egyptologickému ústavu UK v Praze.
V životopise je Jaroslav Černý představen v mnoha různých rolích. Tou nejdůležitější je bezesporu jeho přední místo mezi světovými eg...
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51,40 zł |
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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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55,88 zł |
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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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45,27 zł |
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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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203,91 zł |
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Resucitada: Asesinato vivido
ISBN: 9781453607749 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Resucitada es un libro que te llevara a viajar al mundo de tinieblas, al de luz, y por el terrenal, con un mensaje espiritual, historico, y cultural en 43 relatos reales, con mas de 100 fotografias de los lugares mas interesantes del mundo occidental."
Resucitada es un libro que te llevara a viajar al mundo de tinieblas, al de luz, y por el terrenal, con un mensaje espiritual, historico, y cultural e...
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63,44 zł |
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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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77,29 zł |
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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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94,72 zł |
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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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536,32 zł |
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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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83,83 zł |
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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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41,69 zł |
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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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81,33 zł |
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Malka's Story
ISBN: 9781432763633 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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106,09 zł |
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Me Gook
ISBN: 9781450249805 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning in 1994, Brian Hartenstein dropped out of graduate school and accepted an English teaching position in the rural South Korean city of ChonJu, seeking adventure and meaning. Ten years later in 2004, after six years living and teaching abroad and experiencing every culture shock imaginable, Korea suddenly came to him in the form of his in laws surprisingly showing up on his doorstep with the birth of his first child and never leaving. Me Gook explores the dark and humorous side of multi culturalism, what it means to be an American from a foreign and expatriate perspective, and how our...
Beginning in 1994, Brian Hartenstein dropped out of graduate school and accepted an English teaching position in the rural South Korean city of ChonJu...
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137,88 zł |
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The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance
ISBN: 9780547521985 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late 1880s, Frank Lenz of Pittsburgh, a renowned high-wheel racer and long-distance tourist, dreamed of cycling around the world. He finally got his chance by recasting himself as a champion of the downsized safety-bicycle with inflatable tires, the forerunner of the modern road bike that was about to become wildly popular. In the spring of 1892 he quit his accounting job and gamely set out west to cover twenty thousand miles over three continents as a correspondent for Outing magazine. Two years later, after having survived countless near disasters and unimaginable... In the late 1880s, Frank Lenz of Pittsburgh, a renowned high-wheel racer and long-distance tourist, dreamed of cycling around the world. He finally... |
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94,90 zł |
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Unknown Mexico (Paperback)
ISBN: 9781849029063 / Angielski / Miękka / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,73 zł |
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A Voyage to the South Seas (Hardback)
ISBN: 9781849028752 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,26 zł |
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A Story about a Real Man (Hardback)
ISBN: 9781849028622 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,21 zł |
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Abel Janzoon Tasman's Journal and His Life and Labours (Paperback)
ISBN: 9781849028226 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,51 zł |
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