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Silas Marner
ISBN: 9781605124414 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Silas Marner is George Eliot's tale of one man's journey from bitterness to contentment, thanks to a surprise visit from an orphan girl. Silas Marner lives alone outside the village of Raveloe. An outcast from a religious community, he shuns company and devotes himself to his work. When his precious hoard of gold is stolen, Silas sinks further into misery. But then the unexpected happens - a little girl wanders into his house in the middle of a cold night. When her mother is found dead outside, Silas adopts the girl, naming her Eppie after his beloved sister. Through Eppie, Silas finds a new...
Silas Marner is George Eliot's tale of one man's journey from bitterness to contentment, thanks to a surprise visit from an orphan girl. Silas Marner ...
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Across The Plains
ISBN: 9781605124827 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you've only read Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novels, you may be surprised to find he was also an accomplished travel writer and essayist. In this collection, first published in book form in 1882, Stevenson takes us on a series of journeys based on events in the author's own short but memorable life. "Across the Plains" is an account of crossing North America via the New York-San Francisco railway. "The Old Pacific Capitol" takes the reader to the old Mexican town of Monterrey, California. Stevenson transports us to an artists' colony in France and the wild Scottish coast of Fife;...
If you've only read Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novels, you may be surprised to find he was also an accomplished travel writer and essayist. In...
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Catriona
ISBN: 9781605124834 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Catriona is a stirring tale of love, danger, and political intrigue set amidst the stately grandeur of old Edinburgh. David Balfour is an orphaned young gentleman who has recently managed to claim his inheritance from a miserly (and murderous) uncle. Now he and his friends James Stewart and Alan Breck are implicated in a sensational killing, and David must fight to clear their names. In the process he meets the beautiful and daring Catriona MacGregor Drummond, and finds that nothing will ever be the same again. Interwoven with real-life people and events, this sequel to the immensely popular...
Catriona is a stirring tale of love, danger, and political intrigue set amidst the stately grandeur of old Edinburgh. David Balfour is an orphaned you...
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Random Thoughts
ISBN: 9781440136900 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Facets of life. Throughout life we are faced with many situations. Some break us down to the point where we cannot fall to our knees because they have already been swept from underneath us. Others touch us so deeply, move us so sincerely, we are humbled by our own tears of joy. Emotions. Strong and fierce they almost seem to control themselves. Poetry. Strong and fierce it almost seems to speak aloud. Words. The language of the soul is how I see poetry. Letting my emotions run freely. No boundaries in poetry. No right, no wrong. Just poetry. Like emotions. Like Life. This is not a book of...
Facets of life. Throughout life we are faced with many situations. Some break us down to the point where we cannot fall to our knees because they have...
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Elements of Glass and Glass Making - A Treatise Designed for the Practical Glassmakers, Comprising Facts, Figures, Recipes, and Formulas for the Manuf
ISBN: 9781444628531 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 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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L´amie
ISBN: 9781535553308 / Francuski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I Monsieur Paul Brecart a l'honneur de vous faire part de son mariage avec mademoiselle Claire Lange. Saint-Martin-les-Mines, 15 juillet 1872. Depuis un bon moment, la feuille de papier satine qui portait ces quatre lignes ne formait plus qu'une tache indistincte aux yeux de Camille; la jeune fille avait entrouvert les doigts, la lettre de faire part s'etait derobee doucement en glissant sur la robe... Camille n'appartenait plus au monde present: se reportant de plusieurs annees en arriere, elle revivait les quelques semaines qui avaient suivi l'annonce de ce mariage."
I Monsieur Paul Brecart a l'honneur de vous faire part de son mariage avec mademoiselle Claire Lange. Saint-Martin-les-Mines, 15 juillet 1872. Depuis ...
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Moby Dick
ISBN: 9781535553209 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the 20th century. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D....
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor cal...
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El Corsario
ISBN: 9781535553186 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Gordon Byron, sexto baron de Byron (Londres, 22 de enero de 1788-Mesolongi, Grecia, 19 de abril de 1824), fue un poeta ingles considerado uno de los escritores mas versatiles e importantes del Romanticismo. Se involucro en revoluciones en Italia y en Grecia. Alli, un dia yendo a caballo bajo la lluvia, se resfrio y los medicos, para su curacion, le pusieron dos sanguijuelas en la sien para remediar la fiebre. Viendo que no funcionaba, le colocaron mas sanguijuelas alrededor de todo el cuerpo. Asi perdio dos litros de sangre y murio en menos de veinticuatro horas."
George Gordon Byron, sexto baron de Byron (Londres, 22 de enero de 1788-Mesolongi, Grecia, 19 de abril de 1824), fue un poeta ingles considerado uno d...
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Bartleby, el escribiente
ISBN: 9781535553155 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bartleby, el escribiente de Herman Melville
Bartleby, el escribiente de Herman Melville
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Un viiollon russe
ISBN: 9781535553001 / Francuski / Miękka / 662 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Greville, de son vrai nom Alice Marie Celeste Durand nee Fleury, nee le 12 octobre 1842, a Paris, et morte le 26 mai 1902, a Boulogne-Billancourt, est une femme de lettres francaise. Elle commence a ecrire dans le Journal de Saint-Petersbourg, puis, de retour en France, en 1872, elle prend le nom de plume d'Henry Greville, en reference au village de ses parents. Elle ecrit des romans sur la societe russe et publie dans la Revue des Deux Mondes, le Figaro, la Nouvelle Revue, le Journal des debats, le Temps..."
Henry Greville, de son vrai nom Alice Marie Celeste Durand nee Fleury, nee le 12 octobre 1842, a Paris, et morte le 26 mai 1902, a Boulogne-Billancour...
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An Old-fashioned Girl
ISBN: 9781535552943 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Old-fashioned Girl By Louisa May Alcott
An Old-fashioned Girl By Louisa May Alcott
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Agnes Grey
ISBN: 9781535552929 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agnes Grey is the daughter of Mr. Grey, a minister of modest means, and Mrs. Grey, a woman who left her wealthy family and married purely out of love. Mr. Grey tries to increase the family's financial standing, but the merchant he entrusts his money to dies in a wreck, and the lost investment plunges the family into debt.
Agnes, her sister Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and bring in extra money, but Agnes is frustrated that everyone treats her like a child. To prove herself and to earn money, she is determined to get a position as a governess. Eventually, she obtains... Agnes Grey is the daughter of Mr. Grey, a minister of modest means, and Mrs. Grey, a woman who left her wealthy family and married purely out of love....
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First Love
ISBN: 9781535552899 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Beasts, Men and Gods
ISBN: 9781444621518 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 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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Finding Our Way back to Eden
ISBN: 9781440131745 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eden or paradise is not a place, nor has it even been a place, but rather is a metaphor for an inner experience of a paradisaical state of inner unity. It is the home we miss and long for, and yet it is the home we have never left, nor has 'It' ever left us..
Eden or paradise is not a place, nor has it even been a place, but rather is a metaphor for an inner experience of a paradisaical state of inner unity...
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Advice to Young Men
ISBN: 9781438516301 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Cobbett was an English political pamphleteer, farmer and prolific journalist. Throughout his life he opposed authority and had a suspicion of novelty. In 1829, he published Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. The letters make up an interesting retrospective of the time.
William Cobbett was an English political pamphleteer, farmer and prolific journalist. Throughout his life he opposed authority and had a suspicion of ...
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories
ISBN: 9781438516431 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ghosts have always haunted the pages of literature and the more man knows about the natural world the more he seems to crave stories about the supernatural. Ghosts sweep, flutter haunt and scare. They come in all shapes sizes and temperaments. This collection contains the following stories. The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, The Shadows on the Wall by Mary Freeman, The Messenger by Robert Chambers, Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev, The Beast with the Five fingers by W F Harvey, The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France, What Was It? By Fits-James O'Brien, The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambroise...
Ghosts have always haunted the pages of literature and the more man knows about the natural world the more he seems to crave stories about the superna...
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Letters of John Cheever
ISBN: 9781439164648 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - A revealing self-portrait: In addition to his novels and short stories, John Cheever wrote a prodigious number of letters--sometimes thirty in a week. In The Letters of John Cheever, edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever reveals his most private thoughts to friends, famous writers, family, and lovers--all of whom he encouraged to discard what he wrote. "Saving letters is like trying to preserve a kiss," he said. As a result, these letters form a story that is even more candid than his journals, and as vivid and human as any he ever invented.. - An intriguing literary...
- A revealing self-portrait: In addition to his novels and short stories, John Cheever wrote a prodigious number of letters--sometimes thirty in a wee...
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The Best British Short Stories Of 1922
ISBN: 9781444624403 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 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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Spectacular Blackness: The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic
ISBN: 9780813928593 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the interface between the cultural politics of the Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African American popular culture, Amy Ongiri shows how the reliance of Black politics on an oppositional image of African Americans was the formative moment in the construction of -authentic blackness- as a cultural identity. While other books have adopted either a literary approach to the language, poetry, and arts of these movements or a historical analysis of them, Ongiri's captures the cultural and political interconnections of the postwar period by using... Exploring the interface between the cultural politics of the Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African America... |
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