The Crocodile
ISBN: 9781502365873 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Crocodile is a classic Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale with a serious message about economics and communism.
The Crocodile is a classic Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale with a serious messa...
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26,38 zł |
Tales of Unrest
ISBN: 9781502455185 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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35,40 zł |
Impossible Lives of Basher Thomas
ISBN: 9780692243497 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An ambitious novel ...] told in sharp prose ...] layering various methods of storytelling to create a fresh and intriguing work." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Documentary filmmaker Harry Ogletree lives in the shadow of his friend Basher Thomas, who gained fame as an internationally renowned photojournalist. Two decades on from Basher's disappearance in the jungles of Guatemala, Harry sifts through an archive of Basher's documents, crafting a narrative about his friend's life. Reconstructing Basher's dangerous assignations, from obscure African kraals to Middle East war zones, Harry investigates...
"An ambitious novel ...] told in sharp prose ...] layering various methods of storytelling to create a fresh and intriguing work." -PUBLISHERS WEEKL...
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68,71 zł |
The Stone Woman
ISBN: 9781781680049 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year, when the weather in Istanbul becomes unbearable, the family of Iskender Pasha, a retired Ottoman notable, retires to its summer palace overlooking the Sea of Marmara. It is 1899 and the last great Islamic empire is in serious trouble. A former tutor poses a question which the family has been refusing to confront for almost a century: 'Your Ottoman Empire is like a drunken prostitute, neither knowing nor caring who will take her next. Do I exaggerate, Memed?' The history of Iskender Pasha's family mirrors the growing degeneration of the Empire they have served for the last five...
Each year, when the weather in Istanbul becomes unbearable, the family of Iskender Pasha, a retired Ottoman notable, retires to its summer palace over...
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53,39 zł |
The Ever After of Ashwin Rao
ISBN: 9781593766139 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From internationally acclaimed New Face of Fiction author Padma Viswanathan, a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, registering the unexpected reverberations of this tragedy in the lives of its survivors. A book of post-9/11 life, The Ever After demonstrates that violent politics are all-too-often homegrown in North America but ignored at our peril.
In 2004, almost 20 years after the fatal bombing of Air India Flight 182 from Vancouver, two suspects arefinallyon trial for the crime. Ashwin Rao, an Indian psychologist trained in... From internationally acclaimed New Face of Fiction author Padma Viswanathan, a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in th...
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77,09 zł |
Martin Eden
ISBN: 9781500210465 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jack London (1878-1918) was an American author who earned renown across the globe for his fictional work, at a time when commercial magazine fiction was a market on the rise. Although he is known for fictional stories set in the Klondike Gold Rush, including White Fang and The Call of the Wild, London practiced what he wrote. On July 12, 1897, London and his brother in law, Captain Shepard, sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush. London earned more illnesses than gold, suffering from scurvy and malnutrition, but the experience gave him the ability to very vividly depict stories in the terrain...
Jack London (1878-1918) was an American author who earned renown across the globe for his fictional work, at a time when commercial magazine fiction w...
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45,05 zł |
Twitter Girl
ISBN: 9780008113124 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet America's Tweet-Heart. She's network reporter Cassidy Shea, better known as @TwitterGirl, with more than a million followers thanks to her sarcastic tweets. One hundred forty characters that can take anyone down a notch. But while brevity may be the soul of wit, it can also get you fired. When a controversial tweet goes viral the snarky redhead finds herself locked out of the career she loves... and watches her boyfriend take a hike. Alas, no industry values sarcasm more than politics, and Cassidy becomes a marketable commodity for Presidential candidate Will... Meet America's Tweet-Heart. She's network reporter Cassidy Shea, better known as @TwitterGirl, with more than a million followers thanks to h... |
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48,05 zł |
Know Your Enemy
ISBN: 9780994187130 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Know Your Enemy is the sequel to Irregular Safari and follows the same family through two world wars and the Great Depression. Renewed terrorist activity, reprisal attacks and political pressure force the sale of the family interests in South Africa and after much difficulty, a gun battle and tragedy they are able to consolidate back in Britain. On the outbreak of WW I the family become involved and some are posted to the Western Front in France. The horrors of trench warfare and a field hospital are experienced. (Based on a diary written in the trenches by the author's father.) The countries...
Know Your Enemy is the sequel to Irregular Safari and follows the same family through two world wars and the Great Depression. Renewed terrorist activ...
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108,22 zł |
Rome Is Burning
ISBN: 9780988702561 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rome Is Burning" is secret government code for a potential terrorist attack in the U.S. The City of Los Angeles is in danger, and no one knows it. Special Agent John Swenson, aka The Iron Eagle, and Sheriff's Homicide Detective Jim O'Brian have been in search of a serial killer with a twist: a terrorist plot of tremendous proportions. A disgraced Marine Corps Colonel has hatched a plan with her subordinates to destroy the city of Los Angeles and kill millions of its citizens. John Swenson, also a highly decorated former Marine Corps MARSOC black operative, must step out of his role as FBI...
"Rome Is Burning" is secret government code for a potential terrorist attack in the U.S. The City of Los Angeles is in danger, and no one knows it. Sp...
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64,21 zł |
The Ambassador's Daughter
ISBN: 9781491742198 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is 1993. Apartheid--the oppression of South Africa--has ended, but the dawn of peace is far from near. Terrorist attacks, bombings, and random shootings continue throughout the land as warring factions, both black and white, resist a new democratic regime, determined to maintain a separation of the races. RenEe Davis is looking forward to spending her summer vacation in South Africa with her father, the United States Ambassador, her mother, and three of her friends. With plans to attend the inauguration of President Mandela and see as much of South Africa as possible, RenEe... It is 1993. Apartheid--the oppression of South Africa--has ended, but the dawn of peace is far from near. Terrorist attacks, bombings, and random s... |
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55,62 zł |
The Ambassador's Daughter
ISBN: 9781491742204 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is 1993. Apartheid--the oppression of South Africa--has ended, but the dawn of peace is far from near. Terrorist attacks, bombings, and random shootings continue throughout the land as warring factions, both black and white, resist a new democratic regime, determined to maintain a separation of the races. RenEe Davis is looking forward to spending her summer vacation in South Africa with her father, the United States Ambassador, her mother, and three of her friends. With plans to attend the inauguration of President Mandela and see as much of South Africa as possible, RenEe... It is 1993. Apartheid--the oppression of South Africa--has ended, but the dawn of peace is far from near. Terrorist attacks, bombings, and random s... |
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98,56 zł |
A Crack In The Union
ISBN: 9780984650286 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The western states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas have informed the state governors, President Obama and Congress that they are seceding from the fifty-state union as of today, July first. They broke this earth shattering news at the annual Governors conference held in Washington, D.C. The four western states want to break away from President Obama's socialistic government and form a new nation with a conservative government where the voices of the people are heard loud and clear. Since the Obama administration won't stop the flow of illegals from crossing their border, the four...
The western states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas have informed the state governors, President Obama and Congress that they are seceding...
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120,19 zł |
Lest Evil Prevail
ISBN: 9781505672886 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. June Wilson knows first-hand that all is not well. A stolen document threatens to destroy her life. Her quiet, tidy, comfortable 1950s Canberra is no longer safe. With her government appointed guide, Detective Chris Foster, she flees, leaving behind her identity to live in the small town of Palmwoods. Violent murders soon rock the town and suspicious characters with agendas of their own appear. June and Chris soon find themselves involved more deeply than ever imagined. Will June's past come back to haunt her? Can Chris and his small team of police save her? And what of treachery much closer...
June Wilson knows first-hand that all is not well. A stolen document threatens to destroy her life. Her quiet, tidy, comfortable 1950s Canberra is no ...
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67,59 zł |
Operation Escaping the Abyss
ISBN: 9781491754610 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,39 zł |
The New Atlantis
ISBN: 9781502324672 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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25,92 zł |
Siódemka
ISBN: 9788364057526 / Polski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Znów w drodze. Dziennikarz przemierza mizerny, rozpadający się „krajobraz kulturowy”, jednak tym razem zdobywca Paszportu „Polityki” nie pisze o Ukrainie, a o Polsce – choć tak naprawdę pisze o niej zawsze. W Siódemce poddaje wiwisekcji „Polskę najpolstszą”, samo jej serce, gdzie biją źródła wszystkich jej bolączek i frustracji, matecznik polskiego marazmu, bylejakości i magmy, rdzeń pełen szyldozy i płotów odlanych z betonu, gdzie winy za chaos i syf nie można zrzucić na nikogo prócz nas samych. Opisuje Polskę leżącą przy drodze krajowej numer 7.
Jak... Znów w drodze. Dziennikarz przemierza mizerny, rozpadający się „krajobraz kulturowy”, jednak tym razem zdobywca Paszportu „Polityki” nie pi...
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27,55 zł |
100%: The Story Of A Patriot
ISBN: 9781507581018 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 100%: The Story Of A Patriot tells the story of Peter Gudge, a poor young man who becomes embroiled in industrial spying and sabotage. Said to be based upon a real case of a bombing in San Francisco, Peter's tale is compelling reading. Originally published by the author himself, this is the story of a young man's descent into fear and corruption, and eventual happy redemption. excerpt: -Now and then it occurs to one to reflect upon what slender threads of accident depend the most important circumstances of his life; to look back and shudder, realizing how close to the edge of nothingness his...
100%: The Story Of A Patriot tells the story of Peter Gudge, a poor young man who becomes embroiled in industrial spying and sabotage. Said to be base...
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55,60 zł |
Utwory zebrane T.12 Proza stojąca, proza lecąca
ISBN: 9788364822049 / Polski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nowy tom Utworów zebranych Mirona Białoszewskiego zawiera kilkadziesiąt większych i mniejszych tekstów rozproszonych oraz nigdy niepublikowanych. Część utworów rozproszonych była drukowana w prasie literackiej za życia autora, część pośmiertnie, spora liczba tekstów jest udostępniona czytelnikom po raz pierwszy. Niektóre opowiadania wyeliminowano z Donosów rzeczywistości i Szumów, zlepów, ciągów podczas redakcji, inne usunęła cenzura (np. Obóz ZMP, Stalin umarł), jeszcze innych nie dawał do druku sam Autor, przekonany, że nie mają szans na akceptację urzędu...
Nowy tom Utworów zebranych Mirona Białoszewskiego zawiera kilkadziesiąt większych i mniejszych tekstów rozproszonych oraz nigdy niepublikowanych....
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37,60 zł |
Tram 83
ISBN: 9781941920046 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An exuberantly dark first novel." -- NPR's Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross **Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize 2016** **Winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Debut African Fiction** Two friends, one a budding writer home from abroad, the other an ambitious racketeer, meet in the most notorious nightclub--Tram 83--in a war-torn city-state in secession, surrounded by profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities. Tram 83 plunges the reader into the modern African gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colorfully exotic,... "An exuberantly dark first novel." -- NPR's Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross **Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize 2016... |
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64,21 zł |
A Lion . . . A Fox: The Alternate Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
ISBN: 9781625166456 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This intriguing book poses many "what if" questions about former President Richard Nixon.
Journey to an alternate history of the presidency that takes place after Nixon wins a close victory in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy. Nixon is exposed as the real Nixon, the man behind the image. Follow his team as it seeks victory during the primaries, campaign, and election. In this gripping new reality, learn how Nixon might have dealt with the cold war, Cuba, foreign relations, civil rights, organized crime, involvement in Vietnam, and other issues of the day. Join in the... This intriguing book poses many "what if" questions about former President Richard Nixon.
Journey to an alternate history of the presidency t... |
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72,80 zł |