30 Years of Cold Coffee: Reflections and Recipes of a Working Chef
ISBN: 9781664118355 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War
ISBN: 9780813144368 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judith Brockenbrough McGuire's Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War is among the first of such works published after the Civil War. Although it is one of the most-quoted memoirs by a Confederate woman, James I. Robertson's edition is the first to present vital details not given in the original text. His meticulous annotations furnish references for poems and quotations, supply the names of individuals whom McGuire identifies by their initials alone, and provide an in-depth account of McGuire's extraordinary life. Throughout the war years, McGuire made poignant entries in... Judith Brockenbrough McGuire's Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War is among the first of such works published after the Civil War. Al... |
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324,27 zł |
Camp Life Is Paradise for Freddy: A Childhood in the Dutch East Indies, 1933-1946
ISBN: 9780896803077 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Children see and hear what is there; adults see and hear what they are expected to and mainly remember what they think they ought to remember, David Lowenthal wrote in "The Past is a Foreign Country." It is on this fraught foundation that Fred Lanzing builds his memoir of his childhood in a Japanese internment camp for Dutch colonialists in the East Indies during the World War II. Children see and hear what is there; adults see and hear what they are expected to and mainly remember what they think they ought to remember, Davi... |
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Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years
ISBN: 9780896803053 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the 1960s to the 1990s, seven members of the Quimpo family dedicated themselves to the anti-Marcos resistance in the Philippines, sometimes at profound personal cost. In this unprecedented memoir, eight siblings (plus one by marriage) tell their remarkable stories in individually authored chapters that comprise a family saga of revolution, persistence, and, ultimately, vindication, even as easy resolution eluded their struggles. From the 1960s to the 1990s, seven members of the Quimpo family dedicated themselves to the anti-Marcos resistance in the Philippines, sometimes at... |
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324,27 zł |
Barry Bingham: A Man of His Word
ISBN: 9780813118352 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Barry Bingham, Sr., was one of this country's most influential journalists. Under his half-century of leadership, the Louisville Courier-Journal became one of America's leading newspapers, as attested by six Pulitzer Prizes. In this illuminating oral history, Samuel Thomas weaves together excerpts from more than a dozen interviews with Bingham, along with selections from his writings and comments by his wife, Mary Caperton Bingham. Barry Bingham's influence was voiced principally through newspaper journalism, but, besides owning the Courier-Journal and its evening... Barry Bingham, Sr., was one of this country's most influential journalists. Under his half-century of leadership, the Louisville Courier-Journal... |
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The Evil That Surrounds Us: The WWII Memoir of Erna Becker-Kohen
ISBN: 9780253029577 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1931, Gustav Becker and Erna Kohen married. He was Catholic and she was Jewish. Erna and Gustav had no idea their religious affiliations, which mattered so little to them, would define their marriage under the Nazis. As one of the more than 20,000 German Jews married to an "Aryan" spouse, Erna was initially exempt from the most radical anti-Jewish measures. However, even after Erna willingly converted to Catholicism, the persecution, isolation, and hatred leveled against them by the Nazi regime and their Christian neighbors intensified, and she and their son Silvan were forced to flee... In 1931, Gustav Becker and Erna Kohen married. He was Catholic and she was Jewish. Erna and Gustav had no idea their religious affiliations, which ... |
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324,27 zł |
Revoir Alger
ISBN: 9782322084791 / Francuski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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326,12 zł |
Around Town with Carol on Whitebriar Farm: Book 2
ISBN: 9781664110007 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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326,21 zł |
The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation: A Review of My Life on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations
ISBN: 9780761848257 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book recalls the author's early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations. Davis assesses the policies of the United States government regarding the status of Indians in society, and relates the Indian struggle for survival, self-governance, and sovereignty.
This book recalls the author's early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations. Davis assesses the policies of the United States government ...
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My Papa Murdered Mikhoels
ISBN: 9780761865346 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author's father, when he was a senior Communist Party member in Belorussia, could have been implicated in the assassination of Mikhoels, the popular director of the State Jewish Theatre in the Soviet Union. This was carried out on the orders of Stalin in 1948 when Vladimir was twenty three years old. His own life is headed towards the theatre rather than politics--and subsequently, 'shaming his father's grey hairs, ' into the Moscow dissident movement. Early years are sheltered and privileged, but a psychotic outburst in a restaurant against the tyranny of Stalinism results in him being...
The author's father, when he was a senior Communist Party member in Belorussia, could have been implicated in the assassination of Mikhoels, the popul...
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On Call to the Animal Kingdom: A Vet's Worldly Travel Despatches
ISBN: 9781426935169 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Join the extraordinary 'walkabout' of a zoologist/veterinarian whose attentions are turned to some of the most pressing humanitarian and conservation issues of our time. As a blend of adventure travelogue, veterinary anecdote and stateof-the-planet wake-up call, this unique 'ambassadorship' towards such causes provides an inimitably fresh take in contemporary journalism. The narrative is beautifully complemented with pencil drawings and capture-themoment photographs.
Besides bringing to light what it means to work in such an involved manner with people and their animals, the very essence... Join the extraordinary 'walkabout' of a zoologist/veterinarian whose attentions are turned to some of the most pressing humanitarian and conservation ...
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331,37 zł |
Sable in the Dust and Tales to be Told: Tales to be told.
ISBN: 9780648095507 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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332,87 zł |
Our Adventurous Times in Antarctica
ISBN: 9781922920300 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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334,11 zł |
Apollonia on My Mind: The Memoir of a Paraplegic Ocean Scientist
ISBN: 9789464260328 / Angielski / Miękka / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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334,56 zł |
Holding on and Holding Out: Jewish Diaries from Wartime France
ISBN: 9781487507534 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Nominated Member of Parliament Scheme, The: Are Unelected Voices Still Necessary in Parliament? - A Collection of Perspectives and Personal Reflection
ISBN: 9789811258428 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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I am a Linguist: With a foreword by Peter Matthews
ISBN: 9789004194052 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I am a Linguist provides a fascinating account of the academic adventures of multi-faceted linguist, R.M.W. (Bob) Dixon. There is fieldwork (and lengthy grammars) on Dyirbal, Yidin and other Aboriginal languages of Australia, the Boumaa dialect of Fijian, and Jarawara from the dense jungles of Amazonia. Theoretical studies include adjective classes, ergativity and complement clauses. There are also detective novels, science fiction stories, and pioneering work on blues and gospel discography. Interspersed with the autobiographical narrative are explanations of how linguistics is a...
I am a Linguist provides a fascinating account of the academic adventures of multi-faceted linguist, R.M.W. (Bob) Dixon. There is fieldwork (an...
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Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Volume 3: Statesman, 1953-1964
ISBN: 9780271029351 / Angielski / Twarda / 1126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the third and last volume of the only complete and fully reliable English-language version of the memoirs of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In the first two volumes, published by Pennsylvania State University Press in 2005 and 2006, respectively, Khrushchev tells the story of his rise to power and his part in the fight against Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. He also discusses agriculture, the housing problem, and other issues of domestic policy, as well as defense and disarmament. This volume is devoted to international affairs. Khrushchev describes his dealings... This is the third and last volume of the only complete and fully reliable English-language version of the memoirs of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrus... |
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335,64 zł |
In Sunshine and in Shadow: A Daughter's View of Homesteading and Beyond
ISBN: 9780995801400 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow In 2015, at the age of 95, Cathie Smith decided to get serious about finishing a memoir she had started years earlier about her parents’ homesteading in Alberta. Her daughter, Jean, offered to help, and the result is In Sunshine and in Shadow—a lively, informative book that records the history of two families, the... But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow |
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335,86 zł |
Admissions to Independent Elite Boarding & Day Schools and Oxbridge & St. Andrews in the United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781917306867 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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335,86 zł |