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Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London
ISBN: 9780547447339 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homage to Catalonia is both a memoir ofOrwell s experience at the front in the Spanish Civil War and a tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. Down and Out in Paris and London chronicles theadventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European cities. This edition brings together two powerful works from one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. "
Homage to Catalonia is both a memoir ofOrwell s experience at the front in the Spanish Civil War and a tribute to those who died in what he cal...
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95,17 zł |
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Von Ostpreußen bis in Mecklenburgs Nossentiner Heide: Gefangen in Ostpreußen - Staatsjäger bei Honecker
ISBN: 9783837042856 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In der Nahe von Insterburg in Ostpreussen geboren, erlebte ich bis 1945 eine gluckliche Kindheit. Nachdem uns die Front auf der Flucht uberrollt hatte, mussten wir dann bis 1948 in unserer Heimat unter sowjetischer Herrschaft unser Leben fristen. Wir wurden nach Eppendorf ins Erzgebirge ubersiedelt. Hier konnte ich die Verwirklichung meines Kindheitstraumes in Angriff nehmen, indem ich mich zum Forstfacharbeiter ausbilden liess. Als meine Mutter eine Neubauernsiedlung in Mecklenburg ubernahm, konnte ich uber den Forst von Dargun die Zulassung fur die Ingenieurschule fur Forstwirtschaft Raben...
In der Nahe von Insterburg in Ostpreussen geboren, erlebte ich bis 1945 eine gluckliche Kindheit. Nachdem uns die Front auf der Flucht uberrollt hatte...
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90,39 zł |
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Findelstrasse 66....oder EIN HOCH AUF DIE DEUTSCHE RECHTSPRECHUNG: Wie Mieter zum Albtraum werden
ISBN: 9783837077308 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dies ist die Geschichte, wie Mieter in meinem 2-Familienhaus unser Leben fast ruiniert haben. Uber funf Jahre hinweg haben wir die schlimmste Sorte von Mietern beherbergt. Ein Kampf, den ein Vermieter praktisch alleine fuhren muss....
Dies ist die Geschichte, wie Mieter in meinem 2-Familienhaus unser Leben fast ruiniert haben. Uber funf Jahre hinweg haben wir die schlimmste Sorte vo...
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74,95 zł |
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Ohne Brot nichts los
ISBN: 9783837079296 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 'Ohne Brot nichts los' taucht die Autorin in die Kindheit ihres Vaters ein, der zwischen 1936 und 1947 in Westfalen auf dem 'platten' Land aufwuchs. Ein Leben im Mikrokosmos von Grossfamilie und Dorf, bestimmt vom Rhythmus der Jahreszeiten. Der bewusst eingesetzte schlichte Sprachstil spiegelt dieses Leben wider, hin und wieder erganzt durch einen augenzwinkernden Kommentar der Autorin aus dem 'Jetzt'.
In 'Ohne Brot nichts los' taucht die Autorin in die Kindheit ihres Vaters ein, der zwischen 1936 und 1947 in Westfalen auf dem 'platten' Land aufwuchs...
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74,95 zł |
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Muhammad LP: A Story of the Last Prophet
ISBN: 9780062002518 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Compassionate and clear...a courageous undertaking." --Greg Mortenson, New York Times bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools
"As a scholar and storyteller extraordinaire, Deepak Chopra portrays a morally courageous yet highly human messenger of God." --Irshad Manji, Director, Moral Courage Project, New York University From the New York Times bestselling author of Buddha and Jesus comes the page-turning and soul-stirring story of Muhammad. Deepak Chopra--easily one of the most influential... "Compassionate and clear...a courageous undertaking." --Greg Mortenson, New York Times bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea and <...
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112,43 zł |
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Heaven On Earth
ISBN: 9781438225074 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This novel documents the idealistic passage of a young couple from WWII-era Brooklyn into a bleak terrain in upstate New York, where they establish a family farm. Within a span of twenty years, they raise five boys and watch them leave their dreams behind, one by one. As alcohol and disillusionment begin to cast their long shadows over the succeeding generation, each of the family's sons develops a suite of defensive behaviors; until, at last, the youngest son, Zeekie, finds redemption in becoming the family's storyteller.
This novel documents the idealistic passage of a young couple from WWII-era Brooklyn into a bleak terrain in upstate New York, where they establish a ...
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74,95 zł |
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How Sweet The Mango, No?: The Journey of a Hispanic Amerasian
ISBN: 9781439224724 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in the Philippines, in a coconut farm in Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao, this "autobiographical fiction" takes the reader into a time shortly before WW II to the late nineties. Written with the sole purpose to heal personal wounds of passage and transitions, the story depicts the universal struggles of a man, his land, conflicting identities and true heritage. The book weaves through family, social and political struggles, taking the option of finding heartbreaking rest in leaving the "mother land."
Set in the Philippines, in a coconut farm in Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao, this "autobiographical fiction" takes the reader into a time shortly befor...
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68,09 zł |
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The Crazy Cat Lady: Selections from the Holding Patterns blog
ISBN: 9781440464805 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is not an autobiography, it is the author's take on everyday life, short essays to feed the soul and a testament to her motto: Life is a gift, open it You'll find no political icons to bash in here, only a crazy siamese cat who once ran for president, with a dog as his Veep... The Crazy Cat Lady is a collection of essay and anecdotes from Sandi McBride's popular blog, Holding Patterns.
This is not an autobiography, it is the author's take on everyday life, short essays to feed the soul and a testament to her motto: Life is a gift, op...
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54,29 zł |
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Royal Blue
ISBN: 9781450554084 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maria Moses has always felt like an outsider in her family. Her mother, a princess from a deposed royal European family, is absorbed in herself and her social life. Her older sister, Miranda, busy with the seduction of older men and the trappings of luxury, alternatively ignores and despises her. And her well-intentioned father is too busy playing tennis to notice his younger daughter's growing dislocation. Maria is further removed from her family when a childhood friend dies in an accident and she is sent to boarding school for emotionally disturbed children. There, she is the victim of...
Maria Moses has always felt like an outsider in her family. Her mother, a princess from a deposed royal European family, is absorbed in herself and he...
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81,71 zł |
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Onyx is Better than You: 10 Steps to Become a Manager of Champions
ISBN: 9781535483568 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever yearned to be a wrestling manager? Do you want to manage champions? Onyx Manager of Champions is giving you ten steps do so
Have you ever yearned to be a wrestling manager? Do you want to manage champions? Onyx Manager of Champions is giving you ten steps do so
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45,42 zł |
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Blame It On The Broker
ISBN: 9781450521277 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine loosing over $100 million of other people's money in the 2000 stock market crash due to circumstances beyond your control. The feeling of helplessness, guilt, frustration, anger, and the ensuing legal battles. Blame it on the Broker chronicles the insider's experience of Joe DiDomenico, a young broker with Merrill Lynch, entrusted with the fortunes of 40 burgeoning Microsoft millionaires. The story follows the loss of over $100 million of his clients' money, and the ensuing court battles over who was going to pay. Through attorney correspondence, Joe's unique insight into the daily...
Imagine loosing over $100 million of other people's money in the 2000 stock market crash due to circumstances beyond your control. The feeling of help...
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54,46 zł |
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Rivers Flow
ISBN: 9780865347571 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As events push the family into a downward spiral of economic and emotional disaster, Jake fears that the flow has turned against them. But a woman who has lost an infant child, an evangelical preacher, and a young boy who loves baseball but can't play the game help Jake discover the secret.
As events push the family into a downward spiral of economic and emotional disaster, Jake fears that the flow has turned against them. But a woman who...
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86,30 zł |
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Autobiography of Fidel Castro
ISBN: 9780393339031 / Angielski / Miękka / 594 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An audacious biography of the ex-president of Cuba told in Castro s own outrageous, bombastic voice. Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuentes was once a revolutionary: a writer with privileged access to Fidel Castro s inner circle during some the most challenging years of the revolution. But in the late 1990s, as the regime began sending its oldest comrades to the firing squad, he became A Man Who Knew Too Much. Escaping a death sentence and now living in exile, Fuentes has written a brilliant, satirical, and utterly captivating autobiography of the Cuban leader in Fidel s own...
An audacious biography of the ex-president of Cuba told in Castro s own outrageous, bombastic voice. Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuen...
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151,41 zł |
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The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson
ISBN: 9780393339178 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jerome Charyn, "one of the most important writers in American literature" (Michael Chabon), continues his exploration of American history through fiction with The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, hailed by prize-winning literary historian Brenda Wineapple as a "breathtaking high-wire act of ventriloquism." Channeling the devilish rhythms and ghosts of a seemingly buried literary past, Charyn removes the mysterious veils that have long enshrouded Dickinson, revealing her passions, inner turmoil, and powerful sexuality. The novel, daringly written in first person, begins in the snow. It's 1848,...
Jerome Charyn, "one of the most important writers in American literature" (Michael Chabon), continues his exploration of American history through fict...
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65,72 zł |
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The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe
ISBN: 9780547520285 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. His name was Mafia Honey, or Maf for short. He had an instinct for celebrity. For politics. For psychoanalysis. For literature. For interior decoration. For Liver Treat with a side order of National Biscuits. Maf was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life, first in New York, where she mixed with everyone who was anyone the art dealer Leo Castelli, Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio crowd, Upper West Side emigres then back to Los Angeles. She took him to meet President Kennedy and to Hollywood restaurants,... In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. His name was Mafia Honey, or Maf for short. He had an instinct for celebrity. For politi... |
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73,50 zł |
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Satan's Authorized Biography
ISBN: 9781442173552 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fictionalized, (tongue in cheek ) life of Satan, as told by Satan. His creation, his life story. Plus Satan's own final, chilling warning to mankind. This is the first book in the Writer Don book series.
The fictionalized, (tongue in cheek ) life of Satan, as told by Satan. His creation, his life story. Plus Satan's own final, chilling warning to manki...
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59,00 zł |
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Daddy's Favorite Pop
ISBN: 9781607436973 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tonae was a little girl just trying to be a little girl until she began having the most unusual relationship any child could have with her daddy. She tried to understand her daddy, but he was too complicated and already set in his ways. She had to become a woman at an early age, knowing all along her mama knew about her and her dad's relationship. Tonae had to find out what was up with her mama, and she had to put up with her daddy until she figured out the family's history. So get ready to read and understand that we all have pain inside. For Antoinette Smith, Daddy's Favorite Pop helped to...
Tonae was a little girl just trying to be a little girl until she began having the most unusual relationship any child could have with her daddy. She ...
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72,44 zł |
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Meine Erlebnisse nach der Gehirnoperation
ISBN: 9783837009729 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im vorliegenden Buch informiert der Autor uber die Zeit mit Hirntumor, die Operation und die Ruckkehr ins Leben danach. Es informiert und ermutigt Betroffene und Interessierte.
Im vorliegenden Buch informiert der Autor uber die Zeit mit Hirntumor, die Operation und die Ruckkehr ins Leben danach. Es informiert und ermutigt Bet...
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58,60 zł |
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Ich weiß von gar nichts / Erinnerungen: Kindheit und Jugend mit deutsch-deutschem Riß
ISBN: 9783837026207 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 20 Jahre nach Mauerfall kommt der ANFANG deutscher Teilung in den Blick, indem Gisela Raddatz ihre eigene Geschichte erzahlt, die am Kriegsende beginnt. Erinnerungsfacetten und Blicke aus der Langzeitperspektive ergeben ein Geflecht von hochst Privatem und Allgemein-Zeittypischem. Verfolgt werden die fruhen Pragungen, die sehr ambivalent sind und bis heute weiterwirken. Der Text wird bildlich erganzt von privaten Fotos und Aquarellen der Autorin.
20 Jahre nach Mauerfall kommt der ANFANG deutscher Teilung in den Blick, indem Gisela Raddatz ihre eigene Geschichte erzahlt, die am Kriegsende beginn...
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94,93 zł |
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Ich will endlich ein Baby!: Vom Kinderwunsch zum Wunschkind - ein Erfahrungsbericht
ISBN: 9783833423574 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ich war 38 Jahre alt und meine biologische Uhr tickte mittlerweile ohrenbetaubend laut. Also beschloss ich, mein Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen und meldete mich fur eine kunstliche Befuchtung an. Ich nahm in Kauf, dass fremde Arzte ofter zwischen meinen Beinen zu tun hatten als mein eigener Mann. Und dass die Horrorgeschichten uber Nebenwirkungen von Hormonbehandlungen womoglich zutreffen wurden. Wenn man einen Wunsch hat, der so gross ist, dass er die ganze Seele, das ganze Denken und den ganzen Korper ausfullt, muss man alles, wirklich alles tun, damit er Wirklichkeit wird.Die...
"Ich war 38 Jahre alt und meine biologische Uhr tickte mittlerweile ohrenbetaubend laut. Also beschloss ich, mein Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehm...
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93,11 zł |
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