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Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and Other Quinceanera Stories
ISBN: 9780061241925 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the uninitiated, the quinceanera celebrates the passage of a fifteen-year-old girl into adulthood: It's a bit bat mitzvah with a dash of debutante ball, and loaded with the same potential for hilarity and adolescent angst. In this original anthology, fifteen of the brightest and funniest Latino writers, men and women alike, share their own memories of these moving and often absurd extravaganzas--tales of that unique form of familial humiliation that is borne of the best intentions, fierce love, and the infectious joy of parents finally allowing their little girl to grow up. For the uninitiated, the quinceanera celebrates the passage of a fifteen-year-old girl into adulthood: It's a bit bat mitzvah with a dash of debuta... |
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80,66 zł |
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The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes
ISBN: 9780061252273 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You know who you are: you're one of the one billion adults who takes pleasure in smoking cigarettes. This one-of-a-kind treasure trove of memories, meditations, fascinating facts, tantalizing trivia, wit, and wisdom about smoking will only enhance the unparalleled pleasure of lighting up Did you know: Nearly 15 billion cigarettes are sold worldwide daily--about 10 million cigarettes every minute. . . . A single tablespoon of tobacco seeds can sow six acres of land. . . . Lucky Strike was originally the name of a chewing tobacco sold during the Gold Rush? Gone are the... You know who you are: you're one of the one billion adults who takes pleasure in smoking cigarettes. This one-of-a-kind treasure trove of memories,... |
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61,45 zł |
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Quinceañeras: 15 Relatos de Coronas, Tafetán, Tíos Borrachos Y Más
ISBN: 9780061470752 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Para aquellos ajenos a este ritual, la fiesta de quinceanera celebra a la nina que al cumplir estos dichosos quince anos pasa a ser mujer. Es una mezcla de bat mitzvah con una pizca de baile de debutantes, repleto de momentos graciosisimos y recargado de toda la angustia adolescente que viene con esa edad intermedia. En esta antologia original, quince de los mas brillantes y graciosos escritores latinos, tanto mujeres como hombres, comparten sus memorias sobre esta celebracion espectacular, conmovedora y por momentos absurda, y esa forma unica de humillacion familiar que nace con las mejores...
Para aquellos ajenos a este ritual, la fiesta de quinceanera celebra a la nina que al cumplir estos dichosos quince anos pasa a ser mujer. Es una mezc...
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57,46 zł |
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How to Be Irish: (Even If You Already Are)
ISBN: 9780375752360 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Luck has nothing to do with it Of course you want to be Irish. Look what it did for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sinead, Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, JFK, Seamus Heaney, Angela's Ashes, and all those Riverdancers. But until now, the secrets of how to be Irish have been hidden in a Celtic Twilight of blather and blarney. Now this easy-to-read (with plenty o' pictures) handbook dares to tell you: How to have an Irish name
How to talk, look, and act Irish How to vote Irish How to have thin skin, a terrible temper, and the gift of gab Whether you're proudly Irish, anti-Irish,... Luck has nothing to do with it Of course you want to be Irish. Look what it did for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sinead, Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, JFK, Sea...
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65,33 zł |
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Coping with Texas and Other Staggering Feets
ISBN: 9780865341692 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This humorous guide to Texas offers a description of the many splendors of Texas: ambling along uncrowded beaches, azaleas and dogwoods in the spring, distinctive epicurean cuisine (grits), songs to help ya'll get chronically depressed, sprinting along those uncrowded beaches chased by seven trillion mosquitoes, and other delights such as boiled okra. Here you'll find out about things that will try to kill you like weather and gar. You'll also be warned about places where you might get trampled to death like rodeos and dances. And then there are odious insects like love bugs and roaches.... This humorous guide to Texas offers a description of the many splendors of Texas: ambling along uncrowded beaches, azaleas and dogwoods in the spri... |
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65,14 zł |
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Hechinger's Field Guide to Ethnic Stereotypes
ISBN: 9781416577829 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can you differentiate between the Amish and the Hasidic Jew? Do you know the single, shocking difference between the Redneck and the Appalachian? Can you successfully identify -- and avoid -- the Charismatic, Verbose Nigerian Cabdriver or the Honda-Driving UCLA Korean Gangster Wannabe? If the answer is "no" to any of the above, then Hechinger's Field Guide to Ethnic Stereotypes is the book for you. Home to people from over 168 nations, the bourgeoning ethnic melting pot we call America can be a frightening and disorienting place for the uninitiated. In order to...
Can you differentiate between the Amish and the Hasidic Jew? Do you know the single, shocking difference between the Redneck and the Appal...
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57,65 zł |
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More Very British Problems
ISBN: 9780751558517 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you . . .
Carry emergency teabags in your backpack? Quietly tut at badly formed 'queues'? Cleverly avoid blisters by wearing socks with your sandals? . . . then you may be suffering from (more) VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS. In this sequel to the original and quite-funny-if-you-like-that-sort-of-thing Very British Problems book, Rob Temple is taking us out of our comfort zone. We're going to that worrying place where crisps don't taste quite the same - and where ordering chips gets you . . . well, crisps. We're going abroad.... Do you . . .
Carry emergency teabags in your backpack? Quietly tut at badly formed 'queues'? Cleverly avoi... |
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45,36 zł |
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Scratch & Sniff Book of Weed
ISBN: 9781419724527 / Angielski / Kartonowa (Board Books) / 22 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Legal in all 50 states, this entertaining, informative, and whimsically illustrated guide covers 4,000 years of weed and its significance--psychoactive, cultural, medical, sexual, and more--in just 22 pages and with 20 scratch-&-sniff scents. From the science behind the munchies to the botanical link between weed and beer; from weed's sexual upsides to its (literal) sexual downsides; from Tupac to Shakespeare to why weed makes music sound better: This book may just be the greatest-ever gift for anyone from the cannabis connoisseur to the cannabis curious.
Legal in all 50 states, this entertaining, informative, and whimsically illustrated guide covers 4,000 years of weed and its significance--psychoactiv...
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80,66 zł |
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Absurd Tales from Africa
ISBN: 9780995760165 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his book A Night in Buganda, Tales from Post-Colonial Africa (2014), consisting of one hundred and forty-four tales, the author struggled to make sense of the years he spent in Uganda in the nineteen-sixties. Democracy in that newly independent country was moving inexorably towards dictatorship. You could feel it happening. He and his fellow aid workers were told they were doing a good job but doubts assailed him. Things were falling apart. Was the effort invested about to be wasted? In his book A Night in Buganda, Tales from Post-Colonial Africa (2014), consisting of one hundred and forty-four tales, t... |
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36,28 zł |
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Canadabis: The Canadian Weed Reader
ISBN: 9781507205846 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the greens of Nova Scotia to the leafier buds of British Columbia, marijuana will soon be legal across Canada. Now you can weed all about it in this fun, irreverent guide to everyone's favorite (soon-to-be) legal drug Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau--a politician who definitely has inhaled--made history by signing legislation that will legalize marijuana use in Canada. Now that's something to toke about Canadabis brings all things cannabis-related to weed-lovers everywhere. Featuring tons of entertaining and useful information--from hemp strains specific to...
From the greens of Nova Scotia to the leafier buds of British Columbia, marijuana will soon be legal across Canada. Now you can weed all about it in t...
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61,45 zł |
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Open MIC Night in Moscow: And Other Stories from My Search for Black Markets, Soviet Architecture, and Emotionally Unavailable Russian Men
ISBN: 9780062909848 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,82 zł |
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Nappy-Headed Negro Syndrome: A Handbook to Social Etiquette in the Racially Charged 21st Century
ISBN: 9781943290505 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,99 zł |
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Tribespotting: Undercover Cult(ure) Stories
ISBN: 9781946358196 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,39 zł |
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Tribespotting: Undercover Cult(ure) Stories
ISBN: 9781946358202 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,65 zł |
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How to Be Really Annoying: Master the Art of Aggravation
ISBN: 9781912983179 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 150 ways to master the art of being incredibly irritating.
Over 150 ways to master the art of being incredibly irritating.
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35,27 zł |
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How Not to Be Old (Even If You Are)
ISBN: 9781945551932 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,29 zł |
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Through the Channel
ISBN: 9781732163065 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,48 zł |
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Humor, Psyche, and Society: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis
ISBN: 9781622738083 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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216,93 zł |
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Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life Volume 12
ISBN: 9780520331259 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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221,24 zł |
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Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life Volume 12
ISBN: 9780520369962 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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409,92 zł |