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The Plan
ISBN: 9781517531331 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Awful Destiny of Physalia Gorgon: Here We Come Gathering NUTS in May
ISBN: 9781517322854 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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49,02 |
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Roads and Circuses
ISBN: 9781516822027 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Roads and Circuses Some Civil Servants are not so civil. Marcus O'Malley is the brown-nosing suck-up everyone despised in school. He also happens to be Ireland's best known barrister who truly has it all: a beautiful runway-model wife, two perfect children, prestige, power and wealth. When he refuses a dangerous villain's request to defend him of heinous crimes, Marcus is rightly intimidated. A seemingly random opportunity to run for political office pops up and only as means to save him from the threats does he decide to dive in. With his reputation as a do-gooder, Marcus takes like a duck...
Roads and Circuses Some Civil Servants are not so civil. Marcus O'Malley is the brown-nosing suck-up everyone despised in school. He also happens to b...
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Still Life with Strangled Porcupines: Le Pain de la Solitude
ISBN: 9781517385088 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not just fantasy, but a unique blend of 'clear-minded surrealism' and mischievous earthy satire, directed to achieve a powerful end... Philip Goddard wrote five novels from 1990 to 1993, and Still Life with Strangled Porcupines is the fourth of these. He was at that time gestating as a significant symphonic composer, and he approached his literary works as though they were music compositions, indeed all five novels and some of his short stories and poems actually being the literary equivalent of complex, organically structured symphonies, in which ideas, phrases and even individual words... Not just fantasy, but a unique blend of 'clear-minded surrealism' and mischievous earthy satire, directed to achieve a powerful end... Philip God... |
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49,02 |
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Three Blind Executioners: Betrayal and Crucifixion of Climber on Mount Everest Just 174 Metres Short of the Summit, Without Oxygen
ISBN: 9781517489793 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not just fantasy, but a unique blend of 'clear-minded surrealism' and mischievous earthy satire, directed to achieve a powerful end... Philip Goddard wrote five novels from 1990 to 1993, and Three Blind Executioners is the last of these. He was at that time gestating as a significant symphonic composer, and he approached his literary works as though they were music compositions, indeed all five novels and some of his short stories and poems actually being the literary equivalent of complex, organically structured symphonies, in which ideas, phrases and even individual words are treated... Not just fantasy, but a unique blend of 'clear-minded surrealism' and mischievous earthy satire, directed to achieve a powerful end... Philip God... |
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49,02 |
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Pimpinan
ISBN: 9781517673529 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I really liked this ... there's a lot of information packed in ... this works because the language is simple and there's a strong narrative hook. James Joyce used the same technique in his short stories. It comes down to a confidence of tone, a prose style that jumps straight into the story" - Louise Doughty, The Daily Telegraph A killer is loose on the streets of London, and the general public secretly hopes the Metropolitan Police don't catch him. Meanwhile, Special Commander Bryant is struggling to finish the novel he has spent thirty years writing, on Force time. What could possibly go...
"I really liked this ... there's a lot of information packed in ... this works because the language is simple and there's a strong narrative hook. Jam...
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59,99 |
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The Wrong Sort of Stories
ISBN: 9781940778327 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stories and satires for a world gone mad. When right and wrong have been turned upside down, it's time to tell the wrong sort of stories.
Stories and satires for a world gone mad. When right and wrong have been turned upside down, it's time to tell the wrong sort of stories.
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93,91 |
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The Crowd and the Merrimack
ISBN: 9781508451839 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conrad O'Connor has created a careful regimen to guarantee his social status and not make any waves at his small town high school. However, when an old friend calls him out to the bridge one night, Conrad's routine is forever shaken. As his friend's decision ripples throughout their community, it becomes the catalyst for a deadly new trend.
Conrad O'Connor has created a careful regimen to guarantee his social status and not make any waves at his small town high school. However, when an ol...
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30,02 |
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The Sawdust Festival
ISBN: 9780692566978 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Benjamin, after enjoying a life-time of the sawdust festival, finally gets a job at the mill Happier than a child on Christmas morning, he comes to find out the mill is not what he expects. Very soon, after personal tragedy arises, and misgivings gradually become more apparent, apprehensions that run very deep concerning his new employment; now, he is set on a strange journey. And he begins to question whether grinding up trees for pleasure is really all everyone is claiming? Here, the stage is set for a satire worth the attention of the great modern classics. Talking snails, robots, and a...
Benjamin, after enjoying a life-time of the sawdust festival, finally gets a job at the mill Happier than a child on Christmas morning, he comes to f...
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55,99 |
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The Mouse On Wall Street
ISBN: 9781518741630 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gloriana XII-The Original Wolf of Wall Street. Grand Fenwick is at it again, this time upsetting the world's economy. The tiny country's secret weapon this time is its Grand Pinot chewing gum. When sales boom during an anti-smoking campaign, Grand Fenwick's investment is suddenly worth millions. In an attempt to rid Grand Fenwick of its crippling budget surplus, Duchess Gloriana XII decides the stock market is the perfect place to lose it all. Instead, she makes millions more and ends up wreaking havoc on the world economy. Never has "the money game" been more deliciously exposed than in this...
Gloriana XII-The Original Wolf of Wall Street. Grand Fenwick is at it again, this time upsetting the world's economy. The tiny country's secret weapon...
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40,98 |
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The Mouse On The Moon
ISBN: 9781518785009 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wonderfully funny sequel to The Mouse That Roared. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the world's smallest country, whose army of 20 longbow men defeated the United States in The Mouse that Roared is back again. While the Americans and the Soviets are racing to claim the moon, Grand Fenwick's famous physicist makes the perfect rocket fuel from the zingiest wine in the world and the SPACE RACE IS ON "Wibberley for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff " -Los Angeles Times "Wibberley is in a class by himself in satiric narrative, and this...is brilliant." -Richmond Time Dispatch ..".an absolute,...
A wonderfully funny sequel to The Mouse That Roared. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the world's smallest country, whose army of 20 longbow men defeated t...
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40,98 |
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The Abysmal Brute
ISBN: 9781518786303 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A breezy tale showing the crookedness of the methods of prize-ring managers specially in fleecing the prize-ring public in betting. The hero is a successful young giant who has been trained by his father in the mountains, and who thinks the game is played square until enlightened by a young woman reporter. Then follows a whirlwind wooing, exposing of the frauds and retirement.
A breezy tale showing the crookedness of the methods of prize-ring managers specially in fleecing the prize-ring public in betting. The hero is a succ...
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28,01 |
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Any Resemblance to a Coincidence is Accidental
ISBN: 9780692347775 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experimental, interconnected short stories blend realism, surrealism, humour and horror. Interwoven themes and archetypes manifest in the form of satirical fantasy. Superficial silliness within the text betrays deeper, darker sociological and philosophical commentary. Characters often become emotionally disconnected and navigate a tightrope between their waking and dreaming lives.
Experimental, interconnected short stories blend realism, surrealism, humour and horror. Interwoven themes and archetypes manifest in the form of sati...
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44,03 |
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Seven Will Out: A Renaissance Revel
ISBN: 9781514775899 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,84 |
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A Cold Day In Hell: Circles In Hell, Book Two
ISBN: 9781518612633 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Madcap lunacy " Steve and Orson are back in this cracked sequel to Hell's Super, book two in the new satire and humor series, Circles In Hell. This time, the guys must fix Hell's heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system, which has failed. Hell is getting progressively colder, and things are a lot more serious than devils and demons needing to put on some sweaters. If you've ever used the expression, "It will be a cold day in Hell before ..." then you know that there are metaphysical ramifications involved. The HVAC system must be fixed before all Hell freezes over, which is an even worse...
"Madcap lunacy " Steve and Orson are back in this cracked sequel to Hell's Super, book two in the new satire and humor series, Circles In Hell. This t...
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60,83 |
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Deal With The Devil: Circles In Hell, Book Three
ISBN: 9781518622199 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A kidnapping, a dangerous new devil: Steve and Orson confront another mystery, involving their closest friends, while Satan tries to recruit Steve to the Demon Corps. Steve, Hell's Super, and Orson, his trusty assistant, are back in another comic romp through the Underworld The Lord of Hell has a staffing shortage; there aren't enough devils and demons to torment the ever-swelling ranks of the eternally damned. Satan thinks Steve is an ideal candidate for the Demon Corps. He's smart, tenacious and able to dish out punishment when the need arises. But as Old Nick tries to recruit Hell's...
A kidnapping, a dangerous new devil: Steve and Orson confront another mystery, involving their closest friends, while Satan tries to recruit Steve to ...
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Our Leaders Are Stupid: The Political Speeches Donald J. Trump Wishes He'd Made
ISBN: 9781939879219 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A biting satire of Donald Trump's spectacular oratory skill (or lack thereof ), here is a hilarious send-up. The author re-imagines the political speeches Donald Trump WOULD give if he used a TelePrompTer. But, as we know, Trump doesn't use a TelePrompTer-resulting in a disconnect between what's in his mind and what comes out of his mouth. That is, until now Arranged by topic, the faux speeches, in all their glorious stream of consciousness, examine why Trump believes: - Hillary Clinton cannot be president - The media are not to be trusted - America must defend its "world-class" brand - A...
A biting satire of Donald Trump's spectacular oratory skill (or lack thereof ), here is a hilarious send-up. The author re-imagines the political spee...
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64,61 |
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Boon: The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump
ISBN: 9781519469984 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boon is a 1915 work of literary satire by H. G. Wells. It purports, however, to be by the fictional character Reginald Bliss, and for some time after publication Wells denied authorship. Boon is best known for its part in Wells's debate on the nature of literature with Henry James, who is caricatured in the book. But in Boon Wells also mocks himself, calling into question and ridiculing a notion he held dear-that of humanity's collective consciousness.
Boon is a 1915 work of literary satire by H. G. Wells. It purports, however, to be by the fictional character Reginald Bliss, and for some time after ...
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27,97 |
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Die Laubbläserkriege
ISBN: 9781519484284 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 562 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fur den erfolglosen Schriftsteller Fabian ist Objektivitat das hochste Ideal. Ein einseitiger, ideologisch motivierter Autor ist fur ihn eine Tippse mit Parteibuch," schlimmstenfalls ein Hetzer" oder Volksverdummer." Seine Freundin Hilde, eine Krankenschwester und erfolgreiche Autorin von Liebesromanen versuchte jahrelang, ihn vom ersten Gebot des Mediengeschafts zu uberzeugen: Objektivitat verkauft sich nicht. Doch die jahrelange Erfolglosigkeit hatte um Fabian eine Mauer aus Arroganz und Starrsinn wachsen lassen, die fur niemanden mehr zu durchbrechen war. Er verzichtete auf die Ratschlage...
Fur den erfolglosen Schriftsteller Fabian ist Objektivitat das hochste Ideal. Ein einseitiger, ideologisch motivierter Autor ist fur ihn eine Tippse m...
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79,84 |
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Leaving Auburndale
ISBN: 9781517360603 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Playing bluegrass music in the deep south can be an intoxicating, entrancing experience full of strange people and situations...particularly the Florida peninsula. In a place where people amputate their own limbs for insurance money, a hapless bluegrass band finds itself at a festival in Auburndale, Florida. It's there they encounter a herd of bison, a one-armed elderly woman, a dance troupe leader and a living legend in the country music world among others. Leaving Auburndale is a glimpse into life on the road in a band and what can happen when fifty years of discarded American culture...
Playing bluegrass music in the deep south can be an intoxicating, entrancing experience full of strange people and situations...particularly the Flori...
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48,03 |
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