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The Book of Frank: ISIS and the Archangel Platoon
ISBN: 9781517077471 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring ISIS captured a town in Iraq, trapping Catholic children and their caregiving nuns. Western governments were unable or unwilling to help. The children's enslavement or death was certain unless Frank and a band of ex-military warriors could bring them back. Frank Martel, an ex-Marine, had finished his first year as a Jesuit novitiate. His path to the church was littered with doubt, anger and a failed relationship. Maggie and Frank were inseparable at first, but his loss of passion...
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring ISIS captured a town in Iraq, trapp...
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Prospect Hill
ISBN: 9780007141104 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fans of Jonathan Coe will love this extraordinary panoramic novel, which turns upon the whirligig of life that is Costford, a North Western town, in 1970. Costford, a brash north of England town. It's 1970 and young Trevor Morgan has a magical smile and large ambitions. But his marriage is in crisis, and he seeks help from an unexpected quarter: feisty middle-aged May Rollins. May is feeling the stress of living with the demented mother she has always hated. Strange things start happening: she spots a lollipop lady at eight o'clock on an August evening; her TV converts to colour of... Fans of Jonathan Coe will love this extraordinary panoramic novel, which turns upon the whirligig of life that is Costford, a North Western town, i... |
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45,57 |
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Interface
ISBN: 9780099427759 / Angielski / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This satirical thriller follows the fortunes of a shadowy cabal of wealthy investors who plan to rule America by putting a radio-controlled president into the White House.
This satirical thriller follows the fortunes of a shadowy cabal of wealthy investors who plan to rule America by putting a radio-controlled president ...
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91,80 |
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Seven Lies
ISBN: 9780099483687 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part political thriller, part meditation on the nature of desire and betrayal, this book tells the story of Stefan Vogel, a young man growing up in the former East Germany, whose yearnings for love, glory and freedom express themselves in a lifelong fantas
Part political thriller, part meditation on the nature of desire and betrayal, this book tells the story of Stefan Vogel, a young man growing up in th...
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66,29 |
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The Deceptive American
ISBN: 9780393332834 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many tens of thousands of copies of Sarkhan were in the bookstores on publication day. Suddenly it seemed to vanish. Mr. Lederer and the late Mr. Burdick were convinced that the book had been suppressed by agencies of the government, and certainly it contains much that might make such agencies unhappy. In a highly dramatic narrative, it tells of blundering by our intelligence community in Southeast Asia, of error and incompetence as well as heroics by Americans who understood Asia. Today, brought back to life after twelve years in limbo, ironically retitled The Deceptive American, and given a...
Many tens of thousands of copies of Sarkhan were in the bookstores on publication day. Suddenly it seemed to vanish. Mr. Lederer and the late Mr. Burd...
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94,84 |
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Drift
ISBN: 9781425790806 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,78 |
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In the City of Fear
ISBN: 9780393307221 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this novel of political intrigue, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ward Just captures the best and brightest of Washington amid turmoil of the sixties and its repercussions twenty years later. In the City of Fear follows the intersecting lives of a good congressman, his good wife, and the good wife's lover, an infantry colonel whose memories of the war, and a secret plot concocted by the Washington power brokers to win it, are more than he can bear.
In this novel of political intrigue, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ward Just captures the best and brightest of Washington amid turmoil of the sixties and i...
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87,23 |
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Blood Kin
ISBN: 9780143114826 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin. Shortlisted for two prestigious awards, this tale centers around a military coup in an unnamed country, with characters who have no names or any identifying physical characteristics. Known simply as the ex-President's chef, barber, and portrait painter, these three men perform their mundane tasks and appear unaware of the atrocities of their employer's regime. But when the President is deposed, the trio are revealed as less than innocent. A deeply chilling yet sensual novel, Blood Kin...
Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin. Shortlisted for two prestigious awards, this tal...
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83,62 |
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My Evil Twin and I
ISBN: 9780595513543 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since mankind has existed, he has had an evil twin. Today, evil twins call themselves Othro-Americans and seek the same rights as their counterparts, or good twins. "My Evil Twin and I" is the story of four Othro friends-Drake, Steve, Mickey and Quincy-who are unwillingly thrust into a watershed period for Othro rights. As New Jersey and the rest of the country marches toward the 2006 midterm congressional elections, a young Republican congressman drafts legislation that could force them to move out of the state, when all the 20-somethings want to do is hang out at their local chain...
Since mankind has existed, he has had an evil twin. Today, evil twins call themselves Othro-Americans and seek the same rights as their counterparts, ...
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56,83 |
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I, Che Guevara
ISBN: 9780061718571 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Cuba, Castro has finally relinquished power. . . . now a mysterious exile (Che Guevara?) returns to finish the revolution. When a strange man appears in rural towns around Cuba quietly advocating a new kind of politics he calls "the True Republic," old-timers begin to suspect that the elderly stranger, who calls himself Ernesto Blanco, may actually be the martyr Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Shortly after Blanco's appearance, Fidel Castro steps down from power in exchange for a commitment from the United States to recognize Cuba and lift the crippling embargo. Two traditional parties... In Cuba, Castro has finally relinquished power. . . . now a mysterious exile (Che Guevara?) returns to finish the revolution. When a strange ... |
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60,77 |
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The Energy Caper, or Nixon in the Sky with Diamonds
ISBN: 9780929150260 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Energy Caper, or Nixon in the Sky with Diamonds takes you on a merry romp with a band of idealistic twenty-somethings looking for love and hoping to change the world in an luckier universe in which the Kennedys were not assassinated and the Vietnam War ended before it began. Joining in the fun are President Richard Nixon and Dr. Timothy Leary, the escaped convict Nixon calls "the most dangerous man in the world" for turning America's youth into no-good hippies. Nixon is the same profane, venal S-O-B that made him such a hit in our universe, but here he is unleashed in a world where there...
The Energy Caper, or Nixon in the Sky with Diamonds takes you on a merry romp with a band of idealistic twenty-somethings looking for love and hoping ...
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75,83 |
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A Nook Under the Bridge
ISBN: 9780759652927 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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89,32 |
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Murphy's Other Law
ISBN: 9781434388230 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,56 |
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Gatekeepers
ISBN: 9780615241845 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retired professor Walter Rubin inherits the diaries of his late friend Harry Rosenberg, and finds himself fascinated by hints of a 30-year-old conspiracy to ruin a promising student's career.
Retired professor Walter Rubin inherits the diaries of his late friend Harry Rosenberg, and finds himself fascinated by hints of a 30-year-old conspir...
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115,54 |
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A Gilded Shadow
ISBN: 9781847483829 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tim Mercier grows up in the 1970s, while Britain is enduring an intractable economic recession, dreaming of the independence that would be afforded to him were he to start and run a successful company. He pours his energies into starting a greetings-card business, using artwork by his friend Terry. He falls in love with and marries Judy, a woman from a middle-class background with disapproving parents, whose entrepreneur father Tim wishes to emulate. While their married life is at first happy, albeit poor, Tim's dedication to his business means he slowly grows apart from his family,...
Tim Mercier grows up in the 1970s, while Britain is enduring an intractable economic recession, dreaming of the independence that would be afforded to...
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72,32 |
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Concentric Circles
ISBN: 9781847482136 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The final of the Nigerian National Under-twenty Chess Tournament is being fiercely contested by two local boys: Chinda Onyemere and Daniel Oke Junior. The result will shape their futures in a way neither of them could have predicted. Set against a backdrop of civil unrest, abused authority and corrupt government and social systems, Concentric Circles is the story of these two young men and their families as they struggle to make their way in a world that rewards cunning, greed and violence at the expense of honesty and hard work. Christopher Okonkwo studied bio- chemistry in Nigeria. A former...
The final of the Nigerian National Under-twenty Chess Tournament is being fiercely contested by two local boys: Chinda Onyemere and Daniel Oke Junior....
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72,32 |
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First Tuesday in November
ISBN: 9781436357166 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,78 |
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First Tuesday in November
ISBN: 9781436357173 / Angielski / Twarda / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,63 |
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The Retriever
ISBN: 9781436339308 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,78 |
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The Retriever
ISBN: 9781436339315 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,63 |
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