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The Serpent and the Pearl
ISBN: 9780425259467 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A gripping novel about history's most infamous family--The Borgias--and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network. Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuous--or the most ruthless. The Borgia family begins its legendary rise, chronicled by an innocent girl who finds herself drawn into their dangerous web... Vivacious Giulia Farnese has floor-length...
A gripping novel about history's most infamous family--The Borgias--and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the U...
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69,55 zł |
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The Water of the Wondrous Isles (1897)
ISBN: 9781447470588 / Angielski / Miękka / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decoration of churches and homes during the early 20th century. However, he is also considered an important Romantic writer and pioneer of the modern fantasy genre, being a direct influence on authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien. As well as fiction, Morris penned poetry and essays. We are republishing these...
This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Mor...
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165,48 zł |
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The World of Romance
ISBN: 9781447470618 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decoration of churches and homes during the early 20th century. However, he is also considered an important Romantic writer and pioneer of the modern fantasy genre, being a direct influence on authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien. As well as fiction, Morris penned poetry and essays. We are republishing these...
This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Mor...
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87,59 zł |
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The King Arthur Trilogy Book Two: Warrior of the West
ISBN: 9781476715209 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Could all that King Arthur fought for be lost? From the author of The Merlin Prophecy, a trilogy that Kirkus Reviews proclaimed, will "appeal to those who thrill to Game of Thrones," the second installment in the action-packed historical trilogy is the epic tale of Arthur's efforts to save the heart of his kingdom. Warrior of the West - King Arthur's Journey Continues. Twelve years have passed since Arthur was crowned High King. Against all odds, he has united Celtic Britain and banished the Saxons. Although he's succeeded in defeating all...
Could all that King Arthur fought for be lost? From the author of The Merlin Prophecy, a trilogy that Kirkus Reviews proclaimed, will...
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134,72 zł |
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Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath
ISBN: 9780143124856 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes... From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische
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101,55 zł |
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Seduction of a Highland Lass
ISBN: 9780345519498 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maya Banks, the New York Times bestselling author of romance and romantic suspense has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Seduction of a Highland Lass, an indomitable Highland warrior is caught between loyalty and forbidden love.
Fiercely loyal to his elder brother, Alaric McCabe leads his clan in the fight for their birthright. Now he is prepared to wed for duty, as well. But on his way to claim the hand of Rionna McDonald, daughter of a neighboring chieftain, he is ambushed and left for... Maya Banks, the New York Times bestselling author of romance and romantic suspense has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish histor...
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43,43 zł |
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Gift of Magic
ISBN: 9780425245200 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gift of Magic is the latest installment in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland's breathtaking Nine Kingdoms saga, which follows the daughter of a dreamweaver and the son of a mage as they struggle to save the realm from a magic as dark as it is powerful.
Sarah of Doire knows the pattern of spells is no accident. With each page, each powerful rune, she and Ruith are being led somewhere, to someone-but by whom, she cannot tell. Sarah's gift of sight only allows her to see the spells themselves, not the person behind them. A reluctant sorcerer still... Gift of Magic is the latest installment in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland's breathtaking Nine Kingdoms saga, which fo...
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95,63 zł |
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Daughters of the Silk Road
ISBN: 9781786810106 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. She crossed over to the shelf where her father kept the dragon vase. He had placed it there when they first arrived in Venice. She took it down carefully, feeling it cool and comforting under her shaking fingers. Venice 1441: Maria and her brother Daniele arrive in the birthplace of their father, Niccolo dei Conti. An Italian merchant who has travelled far and wide, Niccolo has brought spices from India, lengths of silk and damask from the lands east of India and porcelain; a vase of pure white, its surface decorated with a cobalt blue dragon, the Chinese symbol of... She crossed over to the shelf where her father kept the dragon vase. He had placed it there when they first arrived in Venice. She took it down ... |
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58,38 zł |
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The White Company
ISBN: 9781517391133 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set during the Hundred Years War, the protagonist of The White Company is a cloister-raised young nobleman who discovers that his father's will stipulated he travelled for a year before taking his vows. Setting off on his adventures, he finds himself part of the White Company - a group of mercenary archers en route to France.The horror of fighting awaits him - but so does the promise of valour. This is a lively and action-packed account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers, realistic and incredibly atmospheric in its depictions of medieval life, with a satisfying and compelling...
Set during the Hundred Years War, the protagonist of The White Company is a cloister-raised young nobleman who discovers that his father's will stipul...
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67,10 zł |
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The White Company
ISBN: 9781470015824 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,93 zł |
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La Coscienza di Zeno
ISBN: 9781495285790 / Włoski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La coscienza di Zeno e un romanzo di Italo Svevo, pubblicato nel 1923 a Trieste. Nella prefazione del libro il sedicente psicoanalista Dottor S. dichiara di voler pubblicare "per vendetta" alcune memorie, redatte in forma autobiografica di un suo paziente, Zeno Cosini, che si e sottratto alla cura. Gli appunti dell'ex-paziente costituiscono il contenuto del libro. Il romanzo non e altro che l'analisi della psicologia di Zeno, un individuo che si sente "malato" o "inetto" ed e continuamente in cerca di una guarigione dal suo malessere attraverso molteplici tentativi a volte assurdi o che...
La coscienza di Zeno e un romanzo di Italo Svevo, pubblicato nel 1923 a Trieste. Nella prefazione del libro il sedicente psicoanalista Dottor S. dichi...
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69,60 zł |
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The King and the Widow: One Thousand and One Camels
ISBN: 9780991448807 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A short poem, transmitted by the author's great-grandfather to his grandfather, then to his father, and in turn to him, inspired Emile Tubiana to write this account of a king's love at first sight for a beautiful and virtuous widow. The story is set in Baghdad, during the reign of Harun Al-Rashid, in the time that followed the battles between the caliphate and the Byzantines. A victorious general helps the widow outwit the king without acceding to his demand and emerge with results delightful to all.
A short poem, transmitted by the author's great-grandfather to his grandfather, then to his father, and in turn to him, inspired Emile Tubiana to writ...
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69,55 zł |
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The Shining City
ISBN: 9780957689169 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of a city, a city that is now in ruins: Madinat al Zahra. The year is 947 AD, a time when southern Spain is under the rule of the Moors. The ruler, Caliph al Rahman III is rich, powerful and cultured. His lands are, at long last, at peace and the capital, COrdoba, is considered to be not only the most beautiful city in the civilised world but also the seat of learning and culture. Against this background we meet the artisan Qasim - he and his family have moved to Madinat al Zahra to make their fortune as potters. Qasim is a good husband and father. He works hard, says his... This is the story of a city, a city that is now in ruins: Madinat al Zahra. The year is 947 AD, a time when southern Spain is under the rule of the... |
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91,25 zł |
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La coscienza di Zeno
ISBN: 9781499330199 / Włoski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. L'ultimo e il piu famoso romanzo di Svevo, una lunga canzonatura dell'allora nuovissima psico-analisi, ambientato nella Trieste austriaca degli anni immediatamente precedenti la prima guerra mondiale. "Io sono il dottore di cui in questa novella si parla talvolta con parole poco lusinghiere. Chi di psico-analisi s'intende, sa dove piazzare l'antipatia che il paziente mi dedica. Di psico-analisi non parlero perche qui entro se ne parla gia a sufficienza. Debbo scusarmi di aver indotto il mio paziente a scrivere la sua autobiografia; gli studiosi di psico-analisi arricceranno il naso a tanta...
L'ultimo e il piu famoso romanzo di Svevo, una lunga canzonatura dell'allora nuovissima psico-analisi, ambientato nella Trieste austriaca degli anni i...
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63,90 zł |
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Beguiled
ISBN: 9781927477410 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,90 zł |
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Lucianna
ISBN: 9780451413772 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Border Chronicles, comes her novel of Florentine historical romance, and the continuing saga of The Silk Merchant's Daughters...
After her sisters become the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro d'Angelo finds that the only wealthy man who'll have her for his wife is an aging bookseller whom Lucianna comforts in his final years. When he passes away, she inherits his shop--and a sizable fortune affording Lucianna comfort in widowhood. Then Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle, visits her bookshop. The Englishman is not only dashing and... From the New York Times bestselling author of the Border Chronicles, comes her novel of Florentine historical romance, and the continuing saga ...
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34,73 zł |
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The Book of Saladin
ISBN: 9781781680032 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Book of Saladin is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem, as dictated to a Jewish scribe, Ibn Yakub. Saladin grants Ibn Yakub permission to talk to his wife and retainers so that he might present a full portrait in the Sultan's memoirs. A series of interconnected stories follows, tales brimming over with warmth, earthy humor and passions in which ideals clash with realities and dreams are confounded by desires. At the heart of the novel is an affecting love affair between the Sultan's favored wife, Jamila, and the beautiful Halina, a later addition...
The Book of Saladin is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem, as dictated to a Jewish scribe, Ibn Yakub. Saladin ...
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130,48 zł |
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A Sultan in Palermo
ISBN: 9781781689301 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fourth novel in Tariq Ali's 'Islam Quintet' charts the life and loves of the medieval cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi. Torn between his close friendship with the sultan and his friends who are leaving the island or plotting a resistance to Norman rule, Idrisi finds temporary solace in the harem; but his conscience is troubled... A Sultan in Palermo is a mythic novel in which pride, greed, and lust intermingle with resistance and greatness. It echoes a past that can still be heard today. Praise for the Islam Quintet: "A richly woven tapestry that even before its...
The fourth novel in Tariq Ali's 'Islam Quintet' charts the life and loves of the medieval cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi. Torn between his close frie...
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97,85 zł |
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For All of Ever
ISBN: 9780990546238 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sometimes to find your future, you must look to the past... Katherine Wakefield has dreamed and written of her knight in shining armor all her life. Never finding a man to measure up to the one of her imagination, she and her three closest friends take a dream vacation to England. Yet, strange things begin happening while visiting Bamburgh Castle, but how could they have known they'd find themselves thrown back more than eight hundred years into the past? Riorden de Deveraux travels to Bamburgh answering the summons of King Henry II knowing his past life is about to catch up... Sometimes to find your future, you must look to the past... Katherine Wakefield has dreamed and written of her knight in shining armor all h... |
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82,55 zł |
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Risen
ISBN: 9780990706106 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ravan, has been given a chance at a new life. His first task?
...journey to save Nicolette from the tyrant who has taken her. Believing it will be a venture against all odds-a death mission-he discovers, instead, a world of happiness hed never imagined possible. But old enemies lurk in unforgiving shadows, turning his newfound joy into the most unspeakable terror of his life. Now he must learn to depend on those most loyal to him while embarking on a flight like no other. The Turkish empire is his final destination as Ravan tries desperately to save his son. Little does he know Nicolette... Ravan, has been given a chance at a new life. His first task?
...journey to save Nicolette from the tyrant who has taken her. Believing ... |
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64,98 zł |
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