ilość książek w kategorii: 1929
Culture and Science in the Nineteenth-Century Media
ISBN: 9780754635741 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 22 essays that comprise this volume are some of the first to explore the intriguing and multifaceted interrelationship between science and culture throughout the period of the 19th-century. Scholars from a number of different disciplines contributed to this study.
The 22 essays that comprise this volume are some of the first to explore the intriguing and multifaceted interrelationship between science and culture...
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635,91 zł |
Handbuch P.E.N. : Geschichte und Gegenwart der deutschsprachigen Zentren
ISBN: 9783110260670 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 625 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der P.E.N. (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) besteht seit 1921 und ist die weltweit grosste Schriftstellervereinigung, die sich fur die Rechte und freie Meinungsausserung von Schriftstellern einsetzt. Das Handbuch bietet neben grundlegenden Informationen zum Internationalen P.E.N. umfassende Einblicke in die Geschichte und Gegenwart der deutschsprachigen Zentren und beschreibt die zahlreichen (politischen) Aktivitaten. "Der P.E.N. (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) besteht seit 1921 und ist die weltweit grosste Schriftstellervereinigung, die sich fur die Rechte und frei... |
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610,05 zł |
The Boy Detective: A New York Childhood
ISBN: 9780062277190 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Resisting the deadening silence of his family home in the elegant yet stiflingly safe neighborhood of Gramercy Park, nine-year-old Roger Rosenblatt imagines himself a private eye in pursuit of criminals. With the dreamlike mystery of the city before him, he sets off alone into the streets of Manhattan, thrilling to a life of unsolved cases. Six decades later, Rosenblatt finds himself again patrolling the territory of his youth. He investigates the lives of the writers who walked these streets before him, such as Poe and Melville; the great detectives of fiction and the essence of... Resisting the deadening silence of his family home in the elegant yet stiflingly safe neighborhood of Gramercy Park, nine-year-old Roger Rosenblatt... |
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77,26 zł |
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War
ISBN: 9781250062444 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Whether or not you're a history buff, you'll be fully immersed in Vaill's chronicle of the band of journalists--including Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn--who covered the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War."--Entertainment Weekly "Whether or not you're a history buff, you'll be fully immersed in Vaill's chronicle of the band of journalists--including Ernest Hemingway and Mar... |
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107,36 zł |
Walter Fuller: The Man Who Had Ideas
ISBN: 9782970065425 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is no ordinary biography. Using unpublished sources, Peter Winnington reveals the life of Walter Fuller, whom the BBC chose to edit its Radio Times. Covering the first quarter of the 20th century, the unfolding story takes us from the birth of student representation and the revival of folksong (first as entertainment, then as social protest) to the anti-war movement in America, for which Fuller produced innovative propaganda. The US harshly repressed its pacifists and conscientious objectors. To defend them, Fuller imported from Britain the concept of civil liberties, and his wife...
This is no ordinary biography. Using unpublished sources, Peter Winnington reveals the life of Walter Fuller, whom the BBC chose to edit its Radio Tim...
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227,61 zł |
Walter Fuller: The Man Who Had Ideas
ISBN: 9782970065432 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is no ordinary biography. Using unpublished sources, Peter Winnington reveals the life of Walter Fuller, whom the BBC chose to edit its Radio Times. Covering the first quarter of the 20th century, the unfolding story takes us from the birth of student representation and the revival of folksong (first as entertainment, then as social protest) to the anti-war movement in America, for which Fuller produced innovative propaganda. The US harshly repressed its pacifists and conscientious objectors. To defend them, Fuller imported from Britain the concept of civil liberties, and his wife...
This is no ordinary biography. Using unpublished sources, Peter Winnington reveals the life of Walter Fuller, whom the BBC chose to edit its Radio Tim...
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180,37 zł |
Swagger, the Life and Times of Rick Whitlow
ISBN: 9781478732136 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Style And Grace Under Pressure ... Although it has a sports backdrop, this book goes far beyond athletic accomplishments and achievements. Rick takes an up close and personal look at the broadcast journalism industry, politics, personal relationships, cancer diagnosis, and last but certainly not least race in America and how it affects those areas and others. Throughout the book you will probably recognize many people places and situations. Perhaps learn something about someone you thought you knew.
Style And Grace Under Pressure ... Although it has a sports backdrop, this book goes far beyond athletic accomplishments and achievements. Rick takes ...
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95,96 zł |
Gravel on the Side of the Road: True Stories from a Broad Who Has Been There
ISBN: 9781940716435 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A woman who worries about carrying a .38 special in her purse, nearly drowns in a desert canyon, flies into the war in Bosnia, dances with the FBI, tells Geraldo he shouldn't put guests in hotel rooms with rats and spends time with murderers, has more than a few stories to tell. "Gravel on the Side of the Road: True Stories From a Broad Who Has Been There" is a daring and revealing adventure itself. Beloved novelist Kris Radish returns to her non-fiction beginnings with her first book of autobiographical essays.
A woman who worries about carrying a .38 special in her purse, nearly drowns in a desert canyon, flies into the war in Bosnia, dances with the FBI, te...
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64,42 zł |
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott Bart: Volume V
ISBN: 9781502451408 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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36,03 zł |
Conversations With Capote
ISBN: 9781502328021 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Six months after Truman Capote died in 1984, Conversations with Capote was published and reached the top of best-seller lists in both New York and San Francisco. The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "A gossip's delight...full of scandalous comments about the rich and the famous." Parade called it "An engrossing read. Bitchy, high-camp opinions...from a tiny terror who wore brass knuckles on his tongue." People found it "Juicy stuff... provocative and entertaining...vintage Capote." The Denver Post called it "A wonderfully outrageous read...fearless candor about practically everything-and...
Six months after Truman Capote died in 1984, Conversations with Capote was published and reached the top of best-seller lists in both New York and San...
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73,05 zł |
Memorias de cocina y bodega
ISBN: 9781502709486 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Tambien yo he pagado mi tributo al arte de cocina y bodega: ya un poema sobre la confiteria de Toledo o una rapida alusion a las sevillanas y murillescas yemas de San Leandro; y hasta he dejado noticia de mis andanzas en busca de caracoles borgonones. En fin, este no es un libro de tesis ni de disertaciones. Este libro solo se destina a gente de honrada naturaleza capaz de apreciar el arte del buen comer.""
"Tambien yo he pagado mi tributo al arte de cocina y bodega: ya un poema sobre la confiteria de Toledo o una rapida alusion a las sevillanas y murille...
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36,03 zł |
The Extraordinary Life of Rebecca West: A Biography
ISBN: 9781619025455 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rebecca West was a leading figure in the twentieth century literary scene. A passionate suffragist, socialist, fiercely intelligent, Rebecca West began her career as a writer with articles in The Freewoman and The Clarion. Her first book, a biography of Henry James, was published when she was only twenty-four, and her first novel followed just two years later. She had a notorious affair with H.G. Wells, and their illegitimate son, Anthony, was born at the beginning of the First World War. The author of several novels, she is perhaps best remembered for her classic account of...
Rebecca West was a leading figure in the twentieth century literary scene. A passionate suffragist, socialist, fiercely intelligent, Rebecca West bega...
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77,09 zł |
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
ISBN: 9781495229893 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nellie Bly was an American reporter best known for a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days. Bly also undertook an assignment to fake insanity in order to be placed in an asylum. Bly wrote popular accounts of both experiences.
Nellie Bly was an American reporter best known for a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days. Bly also undertook an assignment to fake insani...
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27,01 zł |
You Wake Me Each Morning: The Final Chapter
ISBN: 9781491753279 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "You Wake Me Each Morning" That is what listeners around the world have said to Connie for years, as they heard her radio broadcasts in this country and around the world. The first time she heard the phrase was from Sam Lewis, America's long - time Ambassador to Israel.
Some listeners have called the voice sexy, authoritative, funny, snobby, or sophisticated. Connie tries to incorporate it all, as she tells the stories that make the news or change history. Of the many compliments she has received, the most important came from Nelson Mandela. The former South African President said he... "You Wake Me Each Morning" That is what listeners around the world have said to Connie for years, as they heard her radio broadcasts in this country a...
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102,86 zł |
No Hurry to Get Home: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781497638280 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1970, under the title Times and Places, this book is a collection of twenty-three of her articles from the New Yorker, published between 1937 and 1970. Well reviewed upon first publication, the book was re-published under the current title in 2000 with a foreword by Sheila McGrath, a longtime colleague of hers at the New Yorker, and an introduction by Ken Cuthbertson, author of Nobody Said Not to Go: The Life, Loves and Adventures of Emily Hahn. One of the pieces in the book starts with the line, "Though I had always wanted to be an opium...
Originally published in 1970, under the title Times and Places, this book is a collection of twenty-three of her articles from the New Yorke...
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103,03 zł |
Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with the Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces...
ISBN: 9780147516572 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fantastic romp through the pages of Rock and Roll history. Sir Paul McCartney
In 2012, legendary producer and sound engineer Glyn Johns was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Over the course of his incredible career, Johns helped create some of rock s most iconic albums, including those by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, the Who, the Clash, and, more recently, Ryan Adams and Band of Horses. In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Johns shares incredible stories about the musicians he s worked with from the freewheeling sixties to the present. Sound... A fantastic romp through the pages of Rock and Roll history. Sir Paul McCartney
In 2012, legendary producer and sound engineer Glyn Johns ... |
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77,30 zł |
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume I
ISBN: 9781512069150 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume I" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
"Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume I" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
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80,71 zł |
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume IV
ISBN: 9781512069211 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume IV" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
"Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume IV" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
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80,71 zł |
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume V
ISBN: 9781512069563 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume V" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
"Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume V" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
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80,71 zł |
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume VI
ISBN: 9781512069631 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume VI" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
"Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Volume VI" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).
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85,23 zł |