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Conversations with Graham Greene
ISBN: 9780878055500 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of seventeen interviews covers fifty years. Here the eminent author of The Power and the Glory, The Third Man, and The Heart of the Matter speaks of himself, his life, and his works.
In all the interviews Greene granted over the years, the reader hears very clearly the voice of a man whose conversation is as painfully honest and unpretentious as is his written prose. The interviews here are divided chronologically into four periods, loosely related to his subject matter or to his reputation at the time of the interview. Thus the reader sees the... This collection of seventeen interviews covers fifty years. Here the eminent author of The Power and the Glory, The Third Man, and Th...
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117,50 |
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Order and Surprise
ISBN: 9780879752194 / Angielski / Twarda / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays by America's foremost polymath delves into some of the many fascinating subjects in which Martin Gardner has had an abiding interest. Focusing primarily on literary and philosophical subjects, Order and Surprise is the sequel to the widely acclaimed Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. Some of Gardner's best essays and reviews are included in this volume, such as:
"Why Librarians Dislike Oz" "The Strange Case of Robert Maynard Hutchins" "H.G. Wells, 'Premature' Anti-Communist" "Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four" "Is Nature Ambidextrous?" "Beyond Cultural... This collection of essays by America's foremost polymath delves into some of the many fascinating subjects in which Martin Gardner has had an abiding ...
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150,24 |
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Upcountry
ISBN: 9780892726813 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kimber shares his adventures, misadventures, and reflections as a part-time farmer and fetcher of firewood, his struggles with recalcitrant sheep and aging tractors, the joys of roaming the hills with his dog, plunking for pickerel in the lily pads, savoring the echoes of silence in a sleeping Maine village. Like a good apple pie, these essays are a blend of the sweet and the tart, the aromatic and the astringent, seasoned with a dash of wit and self irony, these love letters to life upcountry are as crisp, fresh, and bracing as they are affectionate.
Kimber shares his adventures, misadventures, and reflections as a part-time farmer and fetcher of firewood, his struggles with recalcitrant sheep and ...
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61,81 |
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Hi Lo to Hollywood: A Max Evans Reader
ISBN: 9780896724044 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From among his numerous publications, award-winning author Max Evans has selected his personal favorites. The more than thirty pieces include short novels, essays, short stories, introductions to other works, and magazine articles spanning several genres and most of his writing career. Through them all runs a common thread: the understanding of and love Evans has for the West and its peoples, and his ability to convey that understanding with humor and compassion.Included works: Short novelsXavier's FollyOne Eyed SkyThe Wild OneOld Bum My PardnerEssays"Sam Peckinpah: A Very Personal...
From among his numerous publications, award-winning author Max Evans has selected his personal favorites. The more than thirty pieces include short no...
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76,88 |
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O Dammit!: A Lexicon and a Lecture from William Cowper Brann, the Iconoclast
ISBN: 9780896724051 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why am I an Iconoclast? . . . Sir, I am a seeker of Truth. . . . W]hen you get an idea, put it on the anvil and bid the world hit it with the heaviest sledge. The more you hammer Truth the brighter it becomes."When an enraged reader gunned him down in Waco, April Fool's Day 1898, William Cowper Brann had published The Iconoclast, the nation's most controversial magazine, for some forty months. It was the only American journal to claim a quarter-of-a-million monthly circulation, owing largely to Brann's gusto for offering up his "truths." Though his circulation was international, his favorite...
Why am I an Iconoclast? . . . Sir, I am a seeker of Truth. . . . W]hen you get an idea, put it on the anvil and bid the world hit it with the heavies...
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107,71 |
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Writing on the Wind: An Anthology of West Texas Women Writers
ISBN: 9780896725409 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Stories about family, legacy, marriage, divorce, religion, all of them played out in relentless weather and under an all-encompassing sky. . . . These female writers come from a storied place most often described from the perspective of the men credited with shaping it. . . . This collection adds insightful dimension to a surprisingly inspiring place." Fort Worth Star-Telegram"A moving and engaging collection of short stories often set in demanding rural conditions. . . . We learn how the seemingly blank, barren expanse that is West Texas is really a landscape of sublime and subtle opulence....
"Stories about family, legacy, marriage, divorce, religion, all of them played out in relentless weather and under an all-encompassing sky. . . . Thes...
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154,14 |
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Writing on the Wind: An Anthology of West Texas Women Writers
ISBN: 9780896725485 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Stories about family, legacy, marriage, divorce, religion, all of them played out in relentless weather and under an all-encompassing sky. . . . These female writers come from a storied place most often described from the perspective of the men credited with shaping it. . . . This collection adds insightful dimension to a surprisingly inspiring place." Fort Worth Star-Telegram"A moving and engaging collection of short stories often set in demanding rural conditions. . . . We learn how the seemingly blank, barren expanse that is West Texas is really a landscape of sublime and subtle opulence....
"Stories about family, legacy, marriage, divorce, religion, all of them played out in relentless weather and under an all-encompassing sky. . . . Thes...
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83,21 |
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Sierra Songs & Descants
ISBN: 9780917658327 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An anthology of poetry and prose of the Sierras. Includes diverse work from such writers as Gary Snyder, Jane Hirshfield, Utah Phillips, Alicia Ostriker, Steve Sanfield, Sands Hall, Molly Fisk, Karen Joy Fowler, Jeff Kane, Molly Giles, and many others.
An anthology of poetry and prose of the Sierras. Includes diverse work from such writers as Gary Snyder, Jane Hirshfield, Utah Phillips, Alicia Ostrik...
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38,35 |
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Backcountry: Contemporary Writing in West Virginia
ISBN: 9780937058718 / Angielski / Twarda / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of contemporary short stories, essays, and poems addresses the powerful effect the Mountain State has had on its native sons and daughters. With contributions by such noted West Virginia writers as Jayne Anne Phillips, Maggie Anderson, Mary Lee Settle, Davis Grubb, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Louise McNeill, Richard Currey, and Irene McKinney (West Virginia's Poet Laureate, who also edited this anthology), the selections in Backcountry paint a picture of the Mountain State that is at once haunting, hilarious, and magical.
This collection of contemporary short stories, essays, and poems addresses the powerful effect the Mountain State has had on its native sons and daugh...
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406,51 |
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Backcountry: Contemporary Writing in West Virginia
ISBN: 9780937058725 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of contemporary short stories, essays, and poems addresses the powerful effect the Mountain State has had on its native sons and daughters. With contributions by such noted West Virginia writers as Jayne Anne Phillips, Maggie Anderson, Mary Lee Settle, Davis Grubb, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Louise McNeill, Richard Currey, and Irene McKinney (West Virginia's Poet Laureate, who also edited this anthology), the selections in Backcountry paint a picture of the Mountain State that is at once haunting, hilarious, and magical.
This collection of contemporary short stories, essays, and poems addresses the powerful effect the Mountain State has had on its native sons and daugh...
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96,15 |
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Best Foot Forward: Stories to Build Positive Character Traits by Gainesville Middle School Students
ISBN: 9780965047876 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of original positive character development stories written by students of Gainesville Middle School in 2004 in celebration of the Character Through the Arts Program funded by a Georgia Character Through the Arts Grant. Includes poems, songs, essays, short stories, reflections and dramatic scenes derived from interviews students conducted with parents, grandparents, family friends and community members in Gainesville, Georgia.
A collection of original positive character development stories written by students of Gainesville Middle School in 2004 in celebration of the Charact...
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51,25 |
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Another America
ISBN: 9780974504209 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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47,47 |
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Stone Canoe : A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York
ISBN: 9780979194405 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stone Canoe is a new Syracuse University arts journal that showcases the work of a broad spectrum of writers and visual artists with connections to Upstate New York.
Stone Canoe is a new Syracuse University arts journal that showcases the work of a broad spectrum of writers and visual artists with connections to Up...
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58,73 |
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Paris in Mind: From Mark Twain to Langston Hughes, from Saul Bellow to David Sedaris: Three Centuries of Americans Writing about Thei
ISBN: 9781400031023 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paris is a moveable feast, Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, and in this captivating anthology, American writers share their pleasures, obsessions, and quibbles with the great city and its denizens. Mark Twain celebrates the unbridled energy of the Can-Can. Sylvia Beach recalls the excitement of opening Shakespeare & Company on the Rue Dupuytren. David Sedaris praises Parisians for keeping quiet at the movies. These are just a few of the writers assembled here, and each selection is as surprising and rewarding as the next.
Including essays, book excerpts, letters, articles, and journal... Paris is a moveable feast, Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, and in this captivating anthology, American writers share their pleasures, obsessions, and...
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77,07 |
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Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town
ISBN: 9781400052363 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Years ago, Chris Bohjalian and his wife traded their Brooklyn co-op for a century-old Victorian house in Lincoln, Vermont (population 975). Bohjalian, a bestselling novelist, began chronicling life in that gloriously quirky little village with a wide variety of magazine essays and his newspaper column, "Idyll Banter." These pieces, written over the course of twelve years, are honest, funny, and deeply affecting reflections on the unique idiosyncrasies of small-town life (annual outhouse races) and the universal experiences (our hunger for neighborliness) that unite us all.
Years ago, Chris Bohjalian and his wife traded their Brooklyn co-op for a century-old Victorian house in Lincoln, Vermont (population 975). Bohjalian,...
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84,78 |
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The Last Resort
ISBN: 9781403313102 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,62 |
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Voices from Appalachia
ISBN: 9781403357717 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,62 |
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Tales from a New England Neighborhood
ISBN: 9781403375612 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,50 |
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The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke
ISBN: 9781406793772 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the complete poetical works of Rupert Brooke. Brooke's beautifully haunting poetry will appeal to all keen poetry lovers, but will be of special value to those with an interest in war poetry, and specifically poetry relating to the First World War. This wonderful volume makes for a worthy addition to any bookshelf, and is not to be missed by collectors of Brooke's seminal work. The poems contained herein include: 'Second Best', 'Day that I have Loved', 'Sleeping Out - Full Moon', 'In Examination', 'Pine-Trees and the Sky: Evening', 'Wagne'r, 'The Vision of the...
This volume contains the complete poetical works of Rupert Brooke. Brooke's beautifully haunting poetry will appeal to all keen poetry lovers, but wil...
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107,86 |
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Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, and Journals
ISBN: 9781410102652 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Excerpts from Alcott's journals and letters, in which she ruminates on both her personal life and her literary career. Includes poetry, conversations with her sisters, and negotiations with editors. Alcott destroyed material she thought too personal in her journals and many of her letters, but sufficient content remains to show the talent and influences which produced some of America's favorite stories.
Excerpts from Alcott's journals and letters, in which she ruminates on both her personal life and her literary career. Includes poetry, conversations ...
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129,27 |
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