The Financial Lives of the Poets
ISBN: 9780061916052 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Financial Lives of the Poets is a comic and heartfelt novel from National Book Award nominee Jess Walter, author of Citizen Vince and The Zero, about how we get to the edge of ruin--and how we begin to make our way back. Walter tells the story of Matt Prior, who's losing his job, his wife, his house, and his mind--until, all of a sudden, he discovers a way that he might just possibly be able to save it all . . . and have a pretty damn great time doing it. The cover of this paperback edition comes in three different colors: green, blue, and... The Financial Lives of the Poets is a comic and heartfelt novel from National Book Award nominee Jess Walter, author of Citizen Vince<... |
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71,89 zł |
My Canadian Exile
ISBN: 9780692744833 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Possessed of the four "Cs"-right Color, right Class and right aCCent-attorney Bob McKenzie has lived comfortably in the States for so long he has to remind himself he's still Canadian. But when taken briefly into custody on an immigration technicality his destiny intersects with that of a nine-year old girl of the "tinted persuasion," and life unexpectedly goes sideways. Troubled by her plight - her illegal Quebecois mother to be deported, the girl, Annie, a natural born American citizen, placed in foster care, too late McKenzie learns their fates have been braided together, and lax...
Possessed of the four "Cs"-right Color, right Class and right aCCent-attorney Bob McKenzie has lived comfortably in the States for so long he has to r...
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56,11 zł |
Quantum Roots II: Worm Holes
ISBN: 9780986437496 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this sequel to Quantum Roots, the meekish Olan Chapman faces danger as vigilante Samuel Leroy McCoy, a US deputy marshal who upheld law and order in 1876, Dodge City. The metamorphous holds an eerie transformation, cloaked with rolling sagebrush and horse whinnies from yesteryear, which causes DPA Director, Alexis Grumman to rethink the validity of worm holes. -Basic creation is a worm hole, - replies Dr Norman Daly, -Atoms require hadrons to form a nucleus, and each hadron comes through it's own worm hole. Two quarks form the bi-dimensional plane needed to support the hole. The remaining...
In this sequel to Quantum Roots, the meekish Olan Chapman faces danger as vigilante Samuel Leroy McCoy, a US deputy marshal who upheld law and order i...
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53,10 zł |
Washed Up
ISBN: 9781453667637 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brent, Ned, Andrew, and Mickey become fast friends in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. When Brent seduces Ned's wife, and Ned retaliates by tricking him into a relapse, the bond connecting them is irrevocably torn. This single, spiteful act triggers a long succession of transformative events altering the lives of everyone involved. Andrew and Mickey, intent on unraveling this ingenious deception, must navigate a bizarre labyrinth to rescue their lost, languishing friend before he drinks himself to death. In the process, they encounter Cat, peripatetic country girl; Spook, a blind private...
Brent, Ned, Andrew, and Mickey become fast friends in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. When Brent seduces Ned's wife, and Ned retaliates by tricking...
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71,04 zł |
Blow-Off
ISBN: 9781439154137 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monster Stalks NYC When a local drunk is mugged near the toxic Gowanus Canal by "a hulking, hairy beast who smells really bad," Hank Kalabander thinks nothing of blaming the assault on the legendary Bigfoot. His sardonic crime blotter for The Hornet, a local Brooklyn rag, often gleefully recounts the tragedies that befall the borough's dimmer residents. But when an upstart reporter from The Eagle, a tabloid paper, lifts his piece and implicates Bigfoot in two more attacks, the crimes become local news fodder and the hunt for the "Gowanus Beast" takes off....
Monster Stalks NYC When a local drunk is mugged near the toxic Gowanus Canal by "a hulking, hairy beast who smells really bad," Hank Kalaba...
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88,82 zł |
A Tale from Tailsville
ISBN: 9781453653418 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tailsville didn't go to the dogs. It was founded by them If you think politics can get tricky in Washington imagine what they are like in a town where all the residents have a vast repertoire of tricks in their bag. Worse yet, Tailsville has an election EVERY year; although it seems more like seven years to the residents. Mayor Pinochle "Pig Tail" Pug's term is winding down and there are four pooches lined up hoping to succeed him. There hasn't been a major political scandal in Tailsville since the infamous 1972 Tailgate but things are about to change. What's about to happen to the residents...
Tailsville didn't go to the dogs. It was founded by them If you think politics can get tricky in Washington imagine what they are like in a town wher...
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44,21 zł |
Sustenance Through Starvation
ISBN: 9780988824256 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is it acceptable for a non-profit organization to direct the first million dollars it collects to the pockets of its CEO?
Do well-connected corporations and universities respect justice and strive to make the world better for everyone? Should government serve the population or exploit it to benefit the powerful? 'Sustenance Through Starvation' is satire-but only if Franz Kafka wrote satire. It is fiction-but only if George Orwell wrote fiction. Judge for yourself. Gwendolyn is a student at Stambridge University, and all she wants to do with her life is help people. As the... Is it acceptable for a non-profit organization to direct the first million dollars it collects to the pockets of its CEO?
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85,07 zł |
Submarine
ISBN: 9780812978391 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world, and a budding, hormone-driven emotional explorer, Oliver Tate is stealthily nosing his way forward through the murky and uniquely perilous waters of adolescence. His objectives? Uncovering the secrets behind his parents' teetering marriage, unraveling the mystery that is his alluring and equally quirky classmate Jordana Bevan, and understanding where he fits in among the mystifying beings in his orbit. Struggling to buoy his parents' wedded bliss, deep-six his own virginity, and sound the depths of heartache,... At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world, and a budding, hormone-driven emotional explorer, Oliver Tate is stealth... |
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71,94 zł |
Flatland
ISBN: 9781447402978 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,00 zł |
American Slave
ISBN: 9780989259309 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Slave is an assault to corporate America. This is a story that cuts to the core of the American Dream, and makes no apologies as it lays on the ground gurgling for mercy. Richard Wright is a regular working stiff in middle America on the brink of insanity because of his place in the world as a cashier in a maternity clothing store. Richard and his porn aspiring director roommate Markus find a autobiography of a slave from the eighteen hundreds and see the parallels between the slaves life, and their life as minimum wage workers. Richard soon sets out on a mission that he hopes will...
American Slave is an assault to corporate America. This is a story that cuts to the core of the American Dream, and makes no apologies as it lays on t...
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60,87 zł |
Delayed Reaction
ISBN: 9781492213642 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jacob Wherly, an aging Vietnam veteran, shocked out of his staid existence as an Illinois highway patrolman, begins to live his life as he sees fit outside the established norms of his rural community. This self-styled buffoon befriends a teenage boy who is steeped in religious fundamentalism. Each seeks to convert the other to his world view-young Lenny to lead Jacob toward acceptance of Jesus as his savior and Jacob to nudge Lenny through humor toward an awareness that the unexamined life is not worth living. This comedic novel's protagonist exemplifies what it means to be a baby boomer in...
Jacob Wherly, an aging Vietnam veteran, shocked out of his staid existence as an Illinois highway patrolman, begins to live his life as he sees fit ou...
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53,32 zł |
Tom's Job
ISBN: 9781439211892 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tom Howell, an editor at a struggling publishing company, travels to New York to lead a panel discussion. There, he copes with a crazy boss, flirtatious colleagues, a corporate weasel, and a scheduling disaster, while experiencing serendipitous adventure in the Big Apple. On his trip, Tom also struggles with the themes and preoccupations of his life. These include the demands of his maddening but involving job, his determination to be a good father, and the nagging possibilities of his literary talents, which are captured in a novel he has started but nearly forsaken. As an unappreciated...
Tom Howell, an editor at a struggling publishing company, travels to New York to lead a panel discussion. There, he copes with a crazy boss, flirtatio...
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61,98 zł |
Three Lives: Stories of the Good Anna, Melanctha, and the Gentle Lena
ISBN: 9781614272137 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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28,09 zł |
A Bayard from Bengal - Being Some Account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh
ISBN: 9781446086810 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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142,13 zł |
The New Republic
ISBN: 9780062107190 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver--author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the vivid psychological novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, now a major motion picture--probes the mystery of charisma in a razor-sharp new novel that teases out the intimate relationship between terrorism and cults of personality, explores what makes certain people so magnetic, and reveals the deep frustrations of feeling overshadowed by a life-of-the-party who may not even be present.
"Shriver is a master of the misanthrope. . . .... Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver--author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the vivid...
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114,21 zł |
Whirlwind
ISBN: 9780393336825 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Newly divorced and muddling through his late thirties, Lucas Prouty is tired of forecasting weather in small town on the coast of North Carolina. But, everything changes when he becomes the lone meteorologist covering a monstrous hurricane.
Newly divorced and muddling through his late thirties, Lucas Prouty is tired of forecasting weather in small town on the coast of North Carolina. But,...
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101,35 zł |
Flatland
ISBN: 9781463541200 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim's Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have ...
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39,94 zł |
Moonlit Tours
ISBN: 9781439213476 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moonlit Tours is the story of three metropolitan cab drivers with diverse backgrounds that pool their resources to create a get-rich-quick scheme of questionable legality. Their enterprise, Moonlit Tours, offers deluxe, safari-like excursions into the city's soft underbelly where decadence, moral oblivion, and depravity are close enough for their jaded, affluent patrons to witness in vivid detail. Despite careful planning, however, the three are unable to insulate their clients from this spectacle of sin. By providing a bridge between cultural poles the naive trio inadvertently sets a...
Moonlit Tours is the story of three metropolitan cab drivers with diverse backgrounds that pool their resources to create a get-rich-quick scheme of q...
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71,04 zł |
They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
ISBN: 9781455513475 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic reason to slander the nation, he and Angel put the Washington media machine to work, spreading a rumor that the Chinese secret service is working to assassinate the Dalai Lama.
Meanwhile in China, mild-mannered President Fa Mengyao and his devoted aide Gang are maneuvering desperately against sinister party hard-liners Minister Lo and... In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon...
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186,19 zł |
My Life on Craigslist: Finalist of USA Book Awards
ISBN: 9781460985823 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Craigslist can be a real sharkfest But it's a mirror of who we are. Alexandra Ares takes these two statements to their darkest and funniest place in this page turner satire of today's wildest mores shamelessly unleashed on America's largest free online dating website. A zany and original New Yorker trolls Craigslist for fun, love, sex, relationships and everything else, but she's doomed to run from trouble to trouble. Meet Emily Thompson, 25, quirky, wholesome, with a keen eye for contemporary art. One year after she moves from Buffalo to the trendy East Village, where she lands a job in an...
Craigslist can be a real sharkfest But it's a mirror of who we are. Alexandra Ares takes these two statements to their darkest and funniest place in ...
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62,16 zł |