Jabłonna - ty morderco mojej młodości!
ISBN: 9788393089772 / Polski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Publikacja jest połączeniem monografii historycznej z albumem fotograficznym. Autor przez 20 lat gromadził fotografie z garnizonu Jabłonna, które przedstawiają żołnierzy niemieckich stacjonujących w tej miejscowości w latach 1915-1918.
Oprócz zdjęć i ich interesujących opisów w książce znajdziemy fragmenty korespondencji. Książka stanowi także doskonałe źródło poznania dla badaczy ziem polskich w okresie I wojny światowej. Publikacja jest połączeniem monografii historycznej z albumem fotograficznym. Autor przez 20 lat gromadził fotografie z garnizonu Jabłonna, które...
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59,22 zł |
Poets and the Peacock Dinner: The Literary History of a Meal
ISBN: 9780198788331 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On January 18, 1914, seven male poets gathered to eat a peacock. W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound, the celebrities of the group, led four lesser-known poets to the Sussex manor house of the man they were honouring, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt: the poet, horse-breeder, Arabist, and anti-imperialist married to Byron's only granddaughter. In this story of the curious occasion that came to be known as the 'peacock dinner, ' immortalized in the famous photograph of the poets standing in a row, Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history derived from intimacies rather than 'isms.' The dinner evolved...
On January 18, 1914, seven male poets gathered to eat a peacock. W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound, the celebrities of the group, led four lesser-known poets...
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The First Englishmen in India: Letters and Narratives of Sundry Elizabethans Written by Themselves
ISBN: 9781138867673 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1930. This volume contains letters and narratives of some of the Elizabethans who went to India. Here the beginnings of the British Indian Empire can be seen, arising out of the trading operations of the East India Company.
First published in 1930. This volume contains letters and narratives of some of the Elizabethans who went to India. Here the beginnings of the British...
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Women of Letters, Manuscript Circulation, and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century: Elizabeth Rowe, Catharine Cockburn and Elizabeth Carter
ISBN: 9781349441549 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using unpublished manuscript writings, this book reinterprets material, social, literary, philosophical and religious contexts of women's letter-writing in the long 18th century. It shows how letter-writing functions as a form of literary manuscript exchange and argues for manuscript circulation as a method of engaging with the republic of letters.
Using unpublished manuscript writings, this book reinterprets material, social, literary, philosophical and religious contexts of women's letter-writi...
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109,42 zł |
Lettres d'un voyageur
ISBN: 9781535091831 / Francuski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En 1834, George Sand entame un periple de trois ans a travers la France, l'Italie, et la Suisse. De la correspondance qu'elle entretient alors avec ses proches naitront Lettres d'un voyageur. Une uvre inclassable rassemblant des lettres, fragments de journal intime, recits de voyage, essais d'esthetique, de politique et de morale..."
En 1834, George Sand entame un periple de trois ans a travers la France, l'Italie, et la Suisse. De la correspondance qu'elle entretient alors avec se...
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73,41 zł |
Nobel Lectures in Literature, Vol 5 (1996-2000)
ISBN: 9789810249625 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners in the area of literature during the period 1996-2000. The prizewinners during these years include: W. Szymborska, D. Fo, J. Saramago, G. Grass and X.-J. Gao.
A collection of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners in the area of literature during the period 1996-2000. The prizewinners during these ...
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235,39 zł |
Oscar Wilde's Historical Criticism Notebook
ISBN: 9780199688012 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text for the composition of Wilde's first post-graduate essay, Historical Criticism, written in 1879 as an entry for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize at Oxford. Attempting to win a fellowship at Oxford as a serious scholar, Wilde used the notebook to record his research into modern and classical historians and to formulate language that appears, often in revised form, in the essay. The notebook shows us his practices of research and...
This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text for t...
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563,81 zł |
En écoutant Tolstoï: entretiens sur la guerre et quelques autres sujets
ISBN: 9781535316309 / Francuski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " A cette relation des heures passees dans la familiarite du comte Tolstoi, ou le sujet principal de nos entretiens fut, entre beaucoup d'autres, la guerre japonaise, j'ai joint les fortes pages qu'il meditait alors sur ce tragique evenement. Publiees depuis en Angleterre, traduites en francais, elles figurent ici, pour la premiere fois en France, dans leur integralite originale. On se convaincra a la lecture que la pathetique adjuration de Tolstoi ne repete pas les conversations que j'ai recueillies et que ces documents, au contraire, se completent en une vigoureuse harmonie. J'ai en outre...
" A cette relation des heures passees dans la familiarite du comte Tolstoi, ou le sujet principal de nos entretiens fut, entre beaucoup d'autres, la g...
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Alice in France: The World War I Letters of Alice M. O'Brien
ISBN: 9781681340265 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. July 19, 1918: The wounded were pouring into the four Hospitals of the town. . . . We have decided to double up for a few days--half of us work at the Canteen and half at the Hospitals, taking turns. It will be hard work for awhile but everyone feels that you can't work hard enough these days.
In March 1918, twenty-six-year-old Alice O'Brien and three close friends set off from New York harbor, bound for wartime France. Unlike the soldiers aboard their ship, they were unpaid volunteers. As the daughter of a wealthy family, Alice had no need to work--no need to go to war. But she... July 19, 1918: The wounded were pouring into the four Hospitals of the town. . . . We have decided to double up for a few days--half of us work at the...
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I Bless You in My Heart: Selected Correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill
ISBN: 9781442651616 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill's interests, experiences, and contacts were broad and various. Her contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Canadian life, from a literary, historical, and scientific perspective, was significant. Chosen from her nearly 500 extant letters, the 136 presented here vividly reflect typical aspects of social and family life, attachments to the Old World, health and medical conditions, travel, religious faith and practice, the stresses of settlement in... Though her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill's interests, experiences,... |
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The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780062262271 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics--from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories--observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's probing, amusing, and distinctive style. An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagination that informs his bestselling fiction. Now, The View from the Cheap Seats brings together for the first time ever more than sixty pieces of his outstanding nonfiction. Analytical yet... An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics--from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories--observed in #1 New Y... |
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From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780814342657 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi Germany. His departure allegedly came at the insistence of a close friend who later joined the Party. Schwab eventually arrived in South Africa, one of the few countries left where Jews could seek refuge, and years later, resumed a relationship in letters with the Nazi who in many ways saved his life. From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust is a story of displacement, survival, and an unlikely friendship in the wake of the Holocaust via an extraordinary collection of letters discovered in a forgotten... In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi Germany. His departure allegedly came at the insistence of a close friend who later joined t... |
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Letters to Limbo
ISBN: 9781442652118 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, was born in the village of Grand PrE, Nova Scotia, in 1854. He practiced law in the province before entering politics. In 1896 he was elected to the House of Commons, and in 1901 was chosen leader of the Liberal-Conservative party. After his retirement in 1920, Sir Robert kept on the sidelines of the political debate, although he was often consulted by those in power and was frequently tempted to express his views on current issues. During the last four years of his life, 1933 to 1937, he recorded some of his thoughts... Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, was born in the village of Grand PrE, Nova Scotia, in 1854. He practiced law in th... |
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Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791: Correspondence: Third Session, Novembe
ISBN: 9781421416069 / Angielski / Twarda / 1128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the publication of volumes 21 and 22, Johns Hopkins University Press completes the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791, a comprehensive edition that presents the official records (volumes 1-8) and the unofficially reported debates (volumes 9-14) of this essential congress, as well as eight volumes of correspondence. These letters and other documents bring the official record to life, illustrating the often informal political negotiations of a young nation's earliest leaders and revealing the world they lived in. Volume 21 begins with a section... With the publication of volumes 21 and 22, Johns Hopkins University Press completes the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-... |
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Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791: Correspondence: Supplement
ISBN: 9781421420196 / Angielski / Twarda / 1136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the publication of volumes 21 and 22, Johns Hopkins University Press completes the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791, a comprehensive edition that presents the official records (volumes 1-8) and the unofficially reported debates (volumes 9-14) of this essential congress, as well as eight volumes of correspondence. These letters and other documents bring the official record to life, illustrating the often informal political negotiations of a young nation's earliest leaders and revealing the world they lived in. Volume 21 begins with a section... With the publication of volumes 21 and 22, Johns Hopkins University Press completes the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-... |
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568,28 zł |
Briefe aus dem Gefängnis
ISBN: 9781539416548 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rosa Luxemburg: Briefe aus dem Gefangnis Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2016 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger
Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. "Rosa Luxemburg: Briefe aus dem Gefangnis Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2016 Durchgese... |
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31,27 zł |
God's Little Daughters: Catholic Women in Nineteenth-Century Manchuria
ISBN: 9780295741758 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. God's Little Daughters examines a set of letters written by Chinese Catholic women from a small village in Manchuria to their French missionary, "Father Lin," or Dominique Maurice Pourquie, who in 1870 had returned to France in poor health after spending twenty-three years at the local mission of the Societe des Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP). The letters were from three sisters of the Du family, who had taken religious vows and committed themselves to a life of contemplation and worship that allowed them rare privacy and the opportunity to learn to read and write.... God's Little Daughters examines a set of letters written by Chinese Catholic women from a small village in Manchuria to their French mission... |
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Reading Vincent Van Gogh: A Thematic Guide to the Letters
ISBN: 9781771991872 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh's reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings and letters. However, the sheer bulk and complexity of Van Gogh's complete surviving correspondence presents a formidable challenge to those who wish to read and analyze the whole text as a literary work. Reading Vincent van Gogh is at once an interpretive guide to Van Gogh's letters and a distillation of the key themes that reoccur throughout his collected letters ? foremost among them the motifs of suffering, love, imagination,... Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh's reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings ... |
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112,53 zł |
From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780814343982 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi Germany. His departure allegedly came at the insistence of a close friend who later joined the Party. Schwab eventually arrived in South Africa, one of the few countries left where Jews could seek refuge, and years later, resumed a relationship in letters with the Nazi who in many ways saved his life. From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust is a story of displacement, survival, and an unlikely friendship in the wake of the Holocaust via an extraordinary collection of letters discovered in a forgotten... In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi Germany. His departure allegedly came at the insistence of a close friend who later joined t... |
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290,20 zł |
In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885
ISBN: 9780824857837 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonalani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of the Queen's life and makes available an important record of royal social life and customs in nineteenth-century Hawai'i. Much of her earlier correspondence has been published in two books by the late Alfons L. Korn: The Victorian Visitors: An Account of the Hawaiian Kingdom, 1861-1866 and News... This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from... |
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263,67 zł |