Call Me the Breeze
ISBN: 9780060523893 / Angielski / Miękka / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With T. S. Eliot's words as his guide, Joey Tallon embarks on a journey toward enlightenment in the troubling psychedelic-gone-wrong atmosphere of the late 1970s. A man deranged by desire, and longing for belonging, Tallon searches for his"place of peace" -- a spiritual landscape located somewhere between his small town in Northern Ireland and Iowa ... and maybe between heaven and hell. With T. S. Eliot's words as his guide, Joey Tallon embarks on a journey toward enlightenment in the troubling psychedelic-gone-wrong atmosphere of ... |
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59,77 zł |
Little Boy Blue
ISBN: 9780312195045 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Raised within the confines of a system that has done nothing but provide him with pain, Alex Hamilton's frustration and anger are completely natural--and inherently dangerous. Raised within the confines of a system that has done nothing but provide him with pain, Alex Hamilton's frustration and anger are completely natura... |
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98,49 zł |
Winter's Bone
ISBN: 9780316066419 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn't show up, her family will lose their home. Her goal had been to leave her life of poverty and join the Army, but first she must find her father, teach her little brothers to fend for themselves, and escape a downward spiral of misery.
When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn't show up, her family will lose their home. Her goal had been to leave her life o...
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72,79 zł |
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
ISBN: 9780316111744 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was a big bestseller when it was originally published in 1969. It became a major motion picture that provided Robert DeNiro with his first film role. Its title has entered into the language as a catch phrase. And it's terrific fun The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is the story of Papa Baccala, a Brooklyn Mafia boss, and Kid Sally Palumbo, a would-be capo who "couldn't run a gas station at a profit even if he stole the customers' cars." There's also Kid Sally's grandmother, who will go to extravagant lengths to see her boy make his mark. A love interest? Sure. Kid Sally's sister...
It was a big bestseller when it was originally published in 1969. It became a major motion picture that provided Robert DeNiro with his first film rol...
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85,64 zł |
Until Philosophers Become Kings: Book One
ISBN: 9780996560702 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They call him El Condor de Muerte-the Condor of Death-but few know the true identity of Mexico's most powerful cartel leader nor the extent of his power and influence. Fewer still are privy to his plans for the future of Mexico, and the destructive drug trade. Undercover DEA agent Ray Cruz has spent months in a maximum-security federal prison, slowly earning the trust of a drug kingpin known as Carlo. When the DEA arranges an "escape" for Ray and Carlo, the young agent discovers that Carlo holds a high rank in the Condor's well-organized and powerful cartel-an organization unknown to... They call him El Condor de Muerte-the Condor of Death-but few know the true identity of Mexico's most powerful cartel leader nor the extent of his ... |
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89,74 zł |
He Died with His Eyes Open
ISBN: 9780345342898 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme. Guardian
In the three police procedurals that comprise the Factory Series, Derek Raymond has created a narrator who threatens to become a cult figure while preserving his anonymity. A loner and cynic, undervalued and underpaid, our hero is a nameless detective sergeant in the Department of Unexplained Deaths, a catch-all unit that investigates low-life crimes and is shunned by the blokes in the Serious Crimes Division of the Metropolitan Police. But our narrator, working... A unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme. Guardian
In the three police proce... |
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77,11 zł |
Scene of Crime
ISBN: 9780345485120 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Real-life crime has engulfed the domestic life of the Riverside Theatre players. For starters, there's the violent death of Estelle Bignall, the beautiful, neurotic wife of a well-to-do doctor (and aspiring resident playwright). In truth, suicide seemed more Estelle's line--especially during the Christmas holidays--but a thief saved her the trouble, stealing all the presents and leaving her bound, gagged, and suffocated.
Instinct tells Detective Chief Inspectors Lloyd and Judy Hill that Estelle's murder is far more complicated. At the crime scene there are too many footprints, too many... Real-life crime has engulfed the domestic life of the Riverside Theatre players. For starters, there's the violent death of Estelle Bignall, the beaut...
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81,40 zł |
Who Is Lou Sciortino?: A Novel about Murder, the Movies, and Mafia Family Values
ISBN: 9780374289812 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ottavio Cappellani's wildly entertaining Mafia comedy takes us into the unhinged world of a family that makes the Sopranos look like the Waltons. As blood-red as a good bottle of Sicilian wine, Who Is Lou Sciortino? is an exhilarating debut from one of Italy's brightest young talents. Growing up on the streets of New York, young Lou Sciortino learned many lessons from his grandfather, Don Lou: that whiners are fools; that in order to get respect from other people, you sometimes have to whack a guy; and that the movie business is a perfect place to make dirty money clean. So... Ottavio Cappellani's wildly entertaining Mafia comedy takes us into the unhinged world of a family that makes the Sopranos look like the Waltons. A... |
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89,96 zł |
Forged Coupon
ISBN: 9780393303001 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Out of the initial act of counterfeiting a ruble note grows a series of evil deeds, in this, Tolstoy's last short novel. His theme is the consequences of every human action, for both good and ill: our responsibilities run deep. The escalation of evil can be stopped only by one who humbly absorbs it, without passing it on.
Out of the initial act of counterfeiting a ruble note grows a series of evil deeds, in this, Tolstoy's last short novel. His theme is the consequences...
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72,62 zł |
The Greeks Have a Word for It
ISBN: 9780393321487 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kennedy, an opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved family tragedy awakens again, along with his need to avenge his parents' deaths. With utterly convincing characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underbelly of the forge of Western civilization.
Kennedy, an opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved famil...
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85,47 zł |
The Godfather
ISBN: 9780399103421 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Godfather--the classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. A number-one New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo's epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for...
The Godfather--the classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal...
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128,52 zł |
Shadow Prey
ISBN: 9780425208847 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The #1 New York Times bestselling series. Lucas Davenport goes on a city-to-city search for a bizarre ritualistic killer.
"Ice-pick chills...a double-pumped roundhouse of a thriller." --Kirkus Reviews The #1 New York Times bestselling series. Lucas Davenport goes on a city-to-city search for a bizarre ritualistic killer.
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42,80 zł |
A Shilling for Candles
ISBN: 9780684842387 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise.
A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a ...
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68,50 zł |
Madame Maigret's Friend: Inspector Maigret #34
ISBN: 9780241240168 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maigret steps in when an anonymous note to the police reports that a body has been burned in a bookbinder's furnace. The thirty-fourth book in the new Penguin Maigret series. An anonymous note to the police reports that a body has been burned in the furnace of a bookbinder on the Rue de Turenne. Preliminary investigations turn up suspicious details--and two human teeth of a man who'd been alive not long before. Meanwhile, Madame Maigret has had a strange experience while waiting for her dentist appointment. A woman she had often met on the bench while waiting suddenly leaves her...
Maigret steps in when an anonymous note to the police reports that a body has been burned in a bookbinder's furnace. The thirty-fourth book in the ...
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48,71 zł |
Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal from Organized Crime
ISBN: 9781560253242 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Readers are taken into the heart of organized crime in this anthology of writings from some of the masters of the genre, ranging from Peter Massand and E. L. Doctorow to Mario Puzo and Nicholas Pileggi, and from law enforcement insiders and mobsters such as Sam Giancana. Photos.
Readers are taken into the heart of organized crime in this anthology of writings from some of the masters of the genre, ranging from Peter Massand an...
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138,19 zł |
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
ISBN: 9781583483275 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,20 zł |
The Truth, It Lies
ISBN: 9781847285409 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A lawyer on the brink of ruin, a paranoid director, a dead movie star, and a picture no one will ever see. It is 1952 and showbusiness lawyer Robert L Harvey is on the brink of financial ruin. The Hollywood witch-hunt is putting him out of business. That is, until, he receives a call from movie director, and constant paranoid, Michael Bloom. The big shot has misplaced the film reels of his latest project, the star of which has recently died. Harvey thinks it's a job for the police but the director is adamant he doesn't want his employer, Mayor Studios, to know their investment is lost....
A lawyer on the brink of ruin, a paranoid director, a dead movie star, and a picture no one will ever see. It is 1952 and showbusiness lawyer Robert L...
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101,70 zł |
Thara]se Raquin
ISBN: 9781854599582 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. National Theatre production of this intense dramatization of Zola's steamy novel by a reputable adaptor.
National Theatre production of this intense dramatization of Zola's steamy novel by a reputable adaptor.
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59,55 zł |
Night Rituals
ISBN: 9780393334135 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who killed them? Before long, Bill Donovan, commander of the West Side Major Crimes Unit, has reason to suspect the habitues of Riley's Saloon, the Broadway tavern where he and his drinking buddies hang out. Especially since the third victim is the sister of Donovan's new girlfriend, Rosie, the night bartender at Riley's. Gradually Donovan realizes that the bizarre killing spree is directed at him. Enlisting the aid of Marcie Barnes, a glamorous black undercover police detective who is also his on-again, off-again lover, Donovan sets a trap. Marcie, suited up, will jog in the park... Who killed them? Before long, Bill Donovan, commander of the West Side Major Crimes Unit, has reason to suspect the habitues of Riley's Saloon, the... |
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85,68 zł |
Follow You Home: A Sidekick to the Mark Edwards Novel
ISBN: 9781517221232 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can't get enough of Mark Edwards's "Follow You Home"? Dive a little deeper into his world, discover hidden treasures, and hang out with Daniel and Laura just a little longer with this "Sidekick." Warning: This is an independent companion to "Follow You Home," meant to enhance your experience of the novel. If you have not yet bought Mark Edwards's novel, make sure to purchase it before buying this unofficial "Sidekick." Daniel and Laura had planned the perfect trip: a whirlwind tour of Europe before heading back to England to settle down and start a family. But a single mistake leads them off...
Can't get enough of Mark Edwards's "Follow You Home"? Dive a little deeper into his world, discover hidden treasures, and hang out with Daniel and Lau...
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44,94 zł |