A Tropical Frontier: The Hermit
ISBN: 9781522747109 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Three men in a boat, a tiny boat on a raging sea.
Three men in a boat, a tiny boat on a raging sea.
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Moby Dick.
ISBN: 9781522933120 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the 20th century. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D....
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor cal...
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67,92 zł |
South Sea Tales
ISBN: 9781523279401 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, "When London's stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance."...
Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conve...
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41,87 zł |
Treasure Island
ISBN: 9781522890447 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North." It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co. Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is also noted as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality-as...
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." It was originally s...
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36,20 zł |
Charity's Cross
ISBN: 9780997167115 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Winner of 2015's Inspirational Readers Choice Award for The Ransom comes a new romantic adventure Suspected of killing her husband, Charity Westcott flees on the first ship out of Portsmouth, England heading for the colonies. Loathing all men after her abusive marriage, she hopes to reunite with her family in Charles Towne, but she ends up in Nassau. When she spots her husband's brother, who is intent on seeing her hang, boarding her ship, she jumps overboard. Elias Dutton, pirate turned preacher and son of the famous pirate, Rowan Dutton, must get to Barbados as soon as possible....
From the Winner of 2015's Inspirational Readers Choice Award for The Ransom comes a new romantic adventure Suspected of killing her husband, Charity ...
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57,77 zł |
West of Spencer
ISBN: 9780615748450 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rough seas, biting spray in the wind, fractious salmon in abundance one day and impossible to find the next---to Bo, these offshore challenges are way better than those he faces on land. The sudden end of a love affair has left a deep wound, and his cure of choice, massive infusions of Canadian whisky, offers an interesting perspective but little in the way of positive results. The long Alaska winter approaches its end. Increasing daylight, new romantic prospects, old friendships, and the accelerating salmon season begin to effect some healing. Then, a deadly error out on an offshore bank...
Rough seas, biting spray in the wind, fractious salmon in abundance one day and impossible to find the next---to Bo, these offshore challenges are way...
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54,15 zł |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
ISBN: 9781509827879 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science and adventure are electrifying accomplices in Jules Verne's classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. This epic and enduring tale anticipates not just wonders such as electric light and submarine navigation, but the obsession with technology and travel that today so shapes our lives. It is Verne's inspired foresight, combined with his extraordinary talent for storytelling, that continue to make this novel such a compelling read. The excitement this adventure caused around the world when it was first published 150 years ago can still be very easily imagined indeed in the... Science and adventure are electrifying accomplices in Jules Verne's classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. This epic and enduring ta... |
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56,87 zł |
The North Water
ISBN: 9781250118141 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the RSL Encore Award Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, New Statesman, Publishers Weekly, and Chicago Public... One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year |
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77,64 zł |
The Pirate
ISBN: 9780007122998 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The third novel from the acclaimed author of The Pied Piper's Poison and The Resurrection Club Leaving behind a dowdy northern winter for the warming delights of the French Riviera, Martin and his three student friends soon find their feet, turning a tidy profit as beach-bum salesmen and taking to the joys of life by the Mediterranean with relish. Martin soon gets addicted to those delights, jacks in his degree and goes down deeper into a life less ordinary - scuba-diving, bed-hopping and bar-keeping his way into corners and out again. Out on the high seas, on board the laden... The third novel from the acclaimed author of The Pied Piper's Poison and The Resurrection Club Leaving behind a dowdy northern winter for the... |
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51,74 zł |
First Class Passage: Another Jack Sterling Novel
ISBN: 9781927755440 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Retired Mountie John C. Smith has written a credible and captivating mix of life aboard a cruise ship and a mid-Atlantic murder investigation. His characters method of conducting an investigation is unique, interesting and accurately portrayed. Highly recommended reading." After 35 years of service, Jack Sterling has retired as Chief of Detectives of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service. To celebrate, he and his wife are taking a well-earned vacation aboard the luxury cruise ship, M.V.... "Retired Mountie John C. Smith has written a credible and captivating mix of life aboard a cruise ship and a mid-Atlantic murder investigation. ... |
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86,76 zł |
First Class Passage: Another Jack Sterling Novel (hard cover)
ISBN: 9781927755457 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,09 zł |
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
ISBN: 9781523974160 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deep moral consciousness and masterful narrative technique are at their best in this, one of his greatest works. For many one of best English-language novels of the 20th century. Nostromo is often regarded as Conrad's best novel.
A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashba...
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71,14 zł |
Shelty the Seashell's First Adventure
ISBN: 9780692277348 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A transitional chapter book for the early reader. Fully illustrated, it provides a link between picture books and chapter books. The story exposes the reader to short chapters and can also be a great book for a big brother or sister to read to a younger child. Shelty the Seashell wrote to his friend Dottie the dragonfly. He tells her and the reader all about his adventure to rescue his friend, Mick Mussel. The Mussel Colony Leader believes he is at MUM's cave, the home of the feared sea monster. Shelty encounters an angry starfish and then an angry squid before he comes face-to-face with the...
A transitional chapter book for the early reader. Fully illustrated, it provides a link between picture books and chapter books. The story exposes the...
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62,76 zł |
Le Peuple de la mer
ISBN: 9781530378708 / Francuski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A la fois peinture sociale d'une epoque et d'un milieu, cet ouvrage nous fait decouvrir le monde simple du petit peuple de la mer. Il y a dans ce texte une poesie crue qui nous emporte au rythme des tempetes de suroit et l'on sent l'auteur amoureux de l'ocean. C'est d'ailleurs les vastes etendues oceanes qui demeurent le personnage principal. C'est la mer qui nourrit les passions, tisse les destinees, donne et preleve selon son gre. Les hommes passent, la mer demeure, eternelle, attirant a elle leur force vive, les arrachant aux bras qui les aiment."
A la fois peinture sociale d'une epoque et d'un milieu, cet ouvrage nous fait decouvrir le monde simple du petit peuple de la mer. Il y a dans ce text...
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59,81 zł |
Ghost of White Island
ISBN: 9781590951200 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ghost of White Island" by Jeff Lovell A young woman's spirit walks in the moonlight, intent on preserving the lost treasures of a nation.
In 1715, a ship's carpenter, Sandy Gordon, tried to rape the 14 year old daughter of the captain of a British warship, Martha Herring, and was flogged almost to death. Sandy mutinied and captured the ship, killing the captain and forcing Martha into marriage. After falling in with Blackbeard, he abandoned his young wife on a cold, bitter rock called White Island, off the coast of New Hampshire. When he was caught and hanged by the British Navy, his... "Ghost of White Island" by Jeff Lovell A young woman's spirit walks in the moonlight, intent on preserving the lost treasures of a nation.
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81,92 zł |
Le Cratère: ou le Robinson américain
ISBN: 9781534908543 / Francuski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,94 zł |
Love Me Now; Kill Me Later
ISBN: 9781491796771 / Angielski / Miękka / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Danny Shepard isn’t a typical sailor. Smart, skilled, scheming, the femme-fatale entices men and collects mementos. Love Me Now; Kill Me Later depicts the evolution of a serial killer, a thirty-year voyage that takes an unlikely mariner from fertile wheat fields of Washington State’s Palouse to seaports on every continent, from deckhand to captain—perfect venues for fortuitous encounters and untraceable murders. Danny Shepard isn’t a ... |
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125,11 zł |
Frankie Jones
ISBN: 9781532782466 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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58,68 zł |
Redburn
ISBN: 9781533474704 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,71 zł |
The Last Of The Legions: And Other Tales of Long Ago
ISBN: 9781535264570 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pontus, the Roman viceroy, sat in the atrium of his palatial villa by the Thames, and he looked with perplexity at the scroll of papyrus which he had just unrolled. Before him stood the messenger who had brought it, a swarthy little Italian, whose black eyes were glazed with want of sleep, and his olive features darker still from dust and sweat. The viceroy was looking fixedly at him, yet he saw him not, so full was his mind of this sudden and most unexpected order. To him it seemed as if the solid earth had given way beneath his feet. His life and the work of his life had come to...
Pontus, the Roman viceroy, sat in the atrium of his palatial villa by the Thames, and he looked with perplexity at the scroll of papyrus which he had ...
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59,55 zł |