The Works of Max Beerbohm
ISBN: 9781478336891 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How very delightful Grego's drawings are For all their mad perspective and crude colour, they have indeed the sentiment of style, and they reveal, with surer delicacy than does any other record, the spirit of Mr. Brummell's day. Grego guides me, as Virgil Dante, through all the mysteries of that other world. He shows me those stiff-necked, over-hatted, wasp-waisted gentlemen, drinking Burgundy in the Cafe des Milles Colonnes or riding through the village of Newmarket upon their fat cobs or gambling at Crockford's. Grego's Green Room of the Opera House always delights me. The formal way in...
How very delightful Grego's drawings are For all their mad perspective and crude colour, they have indeed the sentiment of style, and they reveal, wi...
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The Foreign Circus: Why Foreign Policy Should Not Be Left in the Hands of Diplomats, Spies and Political Hacks
ISBN: 9780983764281 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read." Karl Kraus. An ambassador orders his staff into the lawless interior of a civil war-torn country as guerrillas are targeting foreigners for assassination. Hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S.-bought weaponry are channeled to Afghan religious fanatics, the future Taliban. White House players leak classified information to the media, then blame the leaks on career civil servants. Diplomats succumb to the temptations of exotic overseas sexual playgrounds. Political hacks and...
How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read." Karl Kraus. An ambassador orders hi...
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Dickie: Memoirs of a Mad Scientist
ISBN: 9781628575743 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mad Scientist? Growing up in the '50s and '60s in a small suburb of Chicago, a nerdy kid like Dickie could experiment to his heart's content. No one batted an eye when he took off for parts unknown after a hearty breakfast. Read how he almost burned down his school with a science fair project, turned on neighbors' lights with high-powered radio gear, violated top-secret security procedures, stuffed monkeys into small race cars, built a one-armed robot that drank too much, and other antics while on his way to earning his "mad scientist" moniker. Richard has written articles for electronics and...
Mad Scientist? Growing up in the '50s and '60s in a small suburb of Chicago, a nerdy kid like Dickie could experiment to his heart's content. No one b...
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Swiss Life: 30 Things I Wish I'd Known
ISBN: 9780990315506 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life in Switzerland. The not-made-for-TV version. In 2006, American Chantal Panozzo moved to a spa town near Zurich ready for a glamorous life as an expatriate. She would eat chocolate. She would climb mountains. And she would order cheese in four languages. Instead, she lived a life more in tune with reality than fantasy. Contrary to popular American belief, Switzerland isn't just a setting in a storybook called Heidi. It's a real place where someone with a master's degree in communications can't make a phone call, where you can be hired in one language and fired in another, and where small...
Life in Switzerland. The not-made-for-TV version. In 2006, American Chantal Panozzo moved to a spa town near Zurich ready for a glamorous life as an e...
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72,50 zł |
But Enough about You: Essays
ISBN: 9781476749525 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An extraordinary wide-ranging collection of essays with "distinctive wordplay and quirky opinions...Christopher Buckley is good company whether you're looking for two quick pages and a smile, or want to linger" (The New York Times Book Review). Christopher Buckley, like his terrific volume But Enough About You, contains multitudes. Tackling subjects ranging from "How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski" to "A Short History of the Bug Zapper," and "The Art of Sacking" to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller,...
An extraordinary wide-ranging collection of essays with "distinctive wordplay and quirky opinions...Christopher Buckley is good company whether you're...
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86,31 zł |
Has Anyone Seen My Pants?
ISBN: 9781476771922 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times bestselling author of Life as I Blow It Sarah Colonna is back with a hilarious, honest look at life in her late thirties--in all its messy, pants-missing glory. How does a gal with a successful career, great friends, and a razor-sharp wit find herself wandering pants-less through the hallways of a casino hotel in Iowa on New Year's Eve? Ask Sarah Colonna. Has Anyone Seen My Pants? is a laugh-out-loud trip around America (and Mexico ) with Sarah as she braves crying in nail salons, mother-daughter road trips, Iowan casinos, and single-shaming...
New York Times bestselling author of Life as I Blow It Sarah Colonna is back with a hilarious, honest look at life in her late thirties-...
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69,05 zł |
Dear Daughter: The Best of the Dear Leta Letters
ISBN: 9781501109164 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of It Sucked and Then I Cried, creator of Dooce.com, and "Queen of the Mommy Bloggers" (The New York Times)--a collection of disarmingly honest, irreverent, and heartwarming letters that Heather wrote to her daughter, Leta, every month for the first seven years of her life. A mother's love is unconditional: There are quiet snuggles, off-key sing-alongs, un-controllable belly laughs, and daily miracles that only a parent can understand. Heather Armstrong first wrote to her daughter when Leta was just eight weeks old. For the next five years, Heather wrote...
From the author of It Sucked and Then I Cried, creator of Dooce.com, and "Queen of the Mommy Bloggers" (The New York Times)--a collectio...
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60,38 zł |
John Ingerfield and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781502922564 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic text from Jerome K. Jerome is a collection of short stories containing, In Remembrance of John Ingerfield, and of Anne, His Wife, The Woman of the Soeter, Variety Patter, Silhouettes and The Lease of the Cross Keys.
This classic text from Jerome K. Jerome is a collection of short stories containing, In Remembrance of John Ingerfield, and of Anne, His Wife, The Wom...
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29,41 zł |
Mary Mary Quite: On Raising Children (And Other Mind-Altering Substances)
ISBN: 9780990707103 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With family-friendly, award-winning comedy and premium color layout, this hardbound book is perfect for the coffee table. Winner of 7 international awards for Humor, Illustration, and Design, MARY MARY QUITE delivers full-page, detailed, delightful illustrations with each of its 22 chapters. These are the stories of Mary and hubby, Old Hunk -- who raised five kids, assorted grandkids, three dogs, two cats, rodents galore, a bevy of reptiles, a boatload of fish, and a Mexican tarantula named Mad Max. It was crazy. But their drug of choice has always been laughter. A freelance... With family-friendly, award-winning comedy and premium color layout, this hardbound book is perfect for the coffee table. Winner of 7 international... |
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200,68 zł |
Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
ISBN: 9780812984767 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself--no matter what anyone else thinks.
Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, she shares the wisdom she's accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write--a... NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting ...
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77,68 zł |
My Misspent Youth: Essays
ISBN: 9781250067654 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now back in print, author of The Unspeakable Meghan Daum's acclaimed cult classic that revitalized the personal essay for a new generation of writers Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers working today, widely recognized for the fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths hidden fault lines in the American landscape. From her well-remembered New Yorker essays about the financial demands of big-city ambition and the ethereal, strangely old-fashioned allure of cyber relationships to her dazzlingly hilarious riff in Harper's... Now back in print, author of The Unspeakable Meghan Daum's acclaimed cult classic that revitalized the personal essay for a new generatio... |
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View From The Pier, Stories From San Clemente
ISBN: 9781889379371 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This great gift book combines wonderful stories and paintings from a writer/lawyer/artist and San Clemente resident/fisherman who loves its pier. His stories get better each time you read them. This outstanding gift book has six sections: 1. Pier and Pier Pals: pier incidents and pals; 2. The Search: observations of life by an old fisherman; 3. Politics: reflections of a politically savvy former public official; 4. Changing Times: noted changes by the passage of time; 5. Family: its importance; 6. Among Anglers: memorable fishing tales. Each section reveals the extraordinary talents of the...
This great gift book combines wonderful stories and paintings from a writer/lawyer/artist and San Clemente resident/fisherman who loves its pier. His ...
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Goat Lips: Tales of a Lapsed Englishman
ISBN: 9781939919021 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Goat Lips delivers a thought-provoking romp through a lapsed Englishman's life who-after a quarter century of living in the United States-realized he'd neglected to renew his subscription to England. Matthew's relentless wit and insight is front and center as we bounce between England and the United States, experiencing one hilarious, and sometimes poignant, tale after another-from escaping the clutches of the law to the pain and joy of parenthood, discovering the dangers of real ale and the agony of not being heard, whilst savoring a fiery dessert, the glamour of show business, the...
Goat Lips delivers a thought-provoking romp through a lapsed Englishman's life who-after a quarter century of living in the United States-realized he'...
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72,26 zł |
Ayoade on Ayoade
ISBN: 9780571316533 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines Ayoade fully and without mercy, leading a breathless investigation into this once-in-a-generation visionary. They have called their book Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey. Take the journey, and your life will never be the same again.
Only Ayoade can appreciate Ayoade's unique methodology. Only Ayoade can recognize Ayoade's talent. Only Ayoade can... In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with h...
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56,87 zł |
Eulogies and Dead Horses: Adventures and Interesting Situations in the Life of a Traveling Geologist
ISBN: 9780692600887 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. INTRODUCTION As a geologist, I travel to remote regions of the world. "Eulogies and Dead Horses" is a collection of some of my travel adventures. The stories focus on the beauty that surrounds us during poignant moments when life is in a fragile state. An underlying theme in this book is the presence of Mortality as an almost sentient, omnipotent being. The situations are described with humor and, in some cases, a bit of geological observation as well. Each story is either about people or about animals experiencing some stressful condition and the subsequent resolution of... INTRODUCTION As a geologist, I travel to remote regions of the world. "Eulogies and Dead Horses" is a collection of some of my trav... |
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112,16 zł |
The David Foster Wallace Reader
ISBN: 9780316182409 / Angielski / Miękka / 976 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here--with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work--essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," excerpts from his novels "The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, "and "The Pale King, "and legendary stories like "The Depressed Person."
Wallace's explorations of morality,... Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here--with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary b...
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107,85 zł |
The Ali Files: On the Town with Ali Akbar
ISBN: 9780990594567 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,79 zł |
Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me, and Other Trials from My Queer Life
ISBN: 9781590211908 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An irreverent, insightful, and wickedly funny humor collection that shows just how queer life really is by one of the more charming voices in contemporary gay prose. Oh, wait, we're talking about Michael Thomas Ford. Well, he's still a good guy, kind to dogs, donates to homeless porn stars, and has stopped sending Mr. Baldwin selfies. Buy this book. He needs a new smart phone to take pictures. This new edition of the book, a winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Humor, features a new introduction by Ford as well as a reproduction of the letter Alec Baldwin sent in response to the book....
An irreverent, insightful, and wickedly funny humor collection that shows just how queer life really is by one of the more charming voices in contempo...
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72,50 zł |
There's No Room for Fear in a Burley Trailer: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780996923606 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pam Moore moved halfway across the country (after giving away many possessions), found a new job (it didn't last), finished two Ironman races (and lived), dated (looking for the proverbial Jewish doctor), met her WASP husband (at a bar), settled down (bought a house), and had two children (at home). And wrote about it all. This collection of personal essays and reflections covers the ups and downs of life, the joys and fears of parenting, and how hard it is to have bangs (it really is). Pam Moore moved halfway across the country (after giving away many possessions), found a new job (it didn't last), finished two Ironman races (and ... |
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116,30 zł |
Dame Perkins and Her Grey Mare or, The Mount for Market
ISBN: 9781473327160 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a poem written by Lindon Meadows on the subject of horse racing. Thought-provoking and masterfully-composed, "Dame Perkins and Her Grey Mare" will appeal to those with a love of horses and horse racing, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on horse racing. This volume was first published in 1866.
This vintage book contains a poem written by Lindon Meadows on the subject of horse racing. Thought-provoking and masterfully-composed, "Dame Perkins ...
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67,62 zł |