Self-Help: ‘One of America’s most brilliant writers.’ Stylist
ISBN: 9780571260850 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This ironic, bittersweet collection of nine stories marked Lorrie Moore's talented debut. Sharp, cruel and funny, the stories are presented as a highly idiosyncratic guide to female existence.
This ironic, bittersweet collection of nine stories marked Lorrie Moore's talented debut. Sharp, cruel and funny, the stories are presented as a highl...
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51,46 zł |
Help Me, Jacques Cousteau
ISBN: 9781408811467 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life and times of Hazel and her brother Andrew, who are born into an extraordinary family of modern-day eccentrics. It is through Hazel's observant but detached eyes that we watch the family's goings-on, her unflinching vision informed by the precocious perception that however bad things may be they are only likely to get worse.
The life and times of Hazel and her brother Andrew, who are born into an extraordinary family of modern-day eccentrics. It is through Hazel's observan...
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42,70 zł |
Heroes and Villains
ISBN: 9780141192383 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, 'Heroes and Villains' is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy, literary allusion and twisted romance.
Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, 'Heroes and Villains' is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy,...
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53,39 zł |
Censoring An Iranian Love Story: A novel
ISBN: 9780349121451 / Angielski / Miękka / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Censoring an Iranian Love Story' is an imaginative yet always charming love story set in contemporary Iran that crackles with wit, verve and social comment: Sara falls in love with Dara through secret messages hidden in code in the pages of books that have been outlawed. Then something extraordinary and unexpected happens.
'Censoring an Iranian Love Story' is an imaginative yet always charming love story set in contemporary Iran that crackles with wit, verve and social c...
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51,46 zł |
55 Stories 4 Kids: In Arabic
ISBN: 9781440418754 / Arabski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 55 stories, from Arabic Folklore collected in one book for parents to narrate for children Ages 2 - 12 years old. I heard it from Grandmother in my childhood, at the 1950s. The wisdom in these tales still wandering in my imaginative side of my brain all my life. The author is an Arab American writer, scholar and scientist. He authored tens of books in almost all fields. This book may be highly recommended for families with kids 3 to 12.
55 stories, from Arabic Folklore collected in one book for parents to narrate for children Ages 2 - 12 years old. I heard it from Grandmother in my ch...
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90,14 zł |
Beasts and Beauties
ISBN: 9780571226696 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,62 zł |
Requiem for a Nun
ISBN: 9780099585916 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason for Nancy's crime. The law takes its course, but justice has been done.
Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason ...
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53,39 zł |
The Story of Us
ISBN: 9780099553694 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Felicity Everett - the author of more than 20 books for children, here making her debut in adult fiction - treads familiar territory: the friendship that grows between five women while at university, and the strain placed on it by the passing years. In 1982, Stella, Bridget, Vinnie, Maxine and Nell are at Sussex University, where they share a house, step out on feminist demos, and allow a succession of unsuitable men - and, in one case, women - into their rarely made beds. Twenty years later, they are managing marriages, children and careers, with varying degrees of success; and it takes a...
Felicity Everett - the author of more than 20 books for children, here making her debut in adult fiction - treads familiar territory: the friendship t...
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53,39 zł |
Today
ISBN: 9781848876057 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A profoundly moving debut novel about the fragility of family love, the resilience of the living, the durability of memory and the experience of bereavement.
A profoundly moving debut novel about the fragility of family love, the resilience of the living, the durability of memory and the experience of berea...
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69,43 zł |
The Chase: Isaac Bell #1
ISBN: 9780241956427 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1906: For two years banks across the western United States have been living in terror of the 'Butcher Bandit'. This cold-blooded bank robber empties safes and murders all witnesses, vanishing without trace. In desperation, the US Government calls in Isaac Bell, the best detective in the country.
1906: For two years banks across the western United States have been living in terror of the 'Butcher Bandit'. This cold-blooded bank robber empties s...
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58,74 zł |
The British Museum Is Falling Down
ISBN: 9780099554226 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted -- not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the late 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child.
The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the st...
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53,39 zł |
Small World
ISBN: 9780099554165 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge s satirical Small World. It is a world of glamorous travel and high excitement, where stuffy lecture rooms are swapped for lush corners of the globe, and romance is in the air."
Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make...
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58,74 zł |
Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780857283931 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger' is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Britain's involvement in the Middle East. The anthology contains extracts from many of the canonical travel texts of the period, including passages by T. E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell and Robert Byron, as well as many more extracts from both female and male writers. The anthology is also enlivened by the broad geographical span covered, including descriptions of territories in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Arabia and Persia. Geoffrey Nash's... 'Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger' is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Brit... |
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171,78 zł |
Tender is the Night / The Last Tycoon
ISBN: 9781840226638 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the 'Roaring Twenties'. Even in its incomplete state The Last Tycoon remains the greatest American novel about Hollywood and contains some of Fitzgerald's most brilliant writing.
Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the 'Roaring Twenties'. Even in its incomplete state The Last Tycoo...
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20,56 zł |
Three Elegies For Kosovo
ISBN: 9780099560951 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 600 years ago a Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians was defeated by an Ottoman army. Part fiction, part history, this book comprises three short narratives focusing on the original Battle of Kosovo.
600 years ago a Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians was defeated by an Ottoman army. Part fiction, part history, this b...
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46,32 zł |
Poetics and Politics of Iran's National Epic, the Sh?hn?meh
ISBN: 9780230113459 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book considers some of the Western interpretations of The Shahnameh - Iran's national epic, and argues that these interpretations are not only methodologically flawed, but are also more revealing of Western concerns and anxieties about Iran than they are about the Shahnameh.
This book considers some of the Western interpretations of The Shahnameh - Iran's national epic, and argues that these interpretations are not only me...
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194,52 zł |
Claudine At School
ISBN: 9780099422471 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Claudine is a head strong, clever and extremely mischievous schoolgirl. Along with her friends the lanky Anais, the cheerful Marie and the prim Joubert twins Claudine wreaks havoc on her small school. Always clever, witty and charming Claudine is more than a match for her formidable headmistress as they fight for the attention of the pretty assistant Aimee. The horrors of examinations and good-humoured bullying are the backdrops in this immensely funny and delightful novel with which Colette established the captivating character of Claudine. Through the games, the fun and the intricacies of...
Claudine is a head strong, clever and extremely mischievous schoolgirl. Along with her friends the lanky Anais, the cheerful Marie and the prim Jouber...
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51,46 zł |
The Storyteller
ISBN: 9780571161348 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unravelling the life and career of the Peruvian Jew, Saul Zurates, this book tells the story of his transformation from conscience-stricken liberal, obsessed with the survival of the pre-modern peoples of the Amazon, into a member of the tribe itself, their chronicler and finally their voice.
Unravelling the life and career of the Peruvian Jew, Saul Zurates, this book tells the story of his transformation from conscience-stricken liberal, o...
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The Scarlet Letter
ISBN: 9781908533333 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne's masterpiece of dark romanticism and one of the most widely taught early American novels, is now presented in a stunning teen edition.
"The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne's masterpiece of dark romanticism and one of the most widely taught early American novels, is now presented in a stunn...
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36,02 zł |
Greenbanks
ISBN: 9781903155851 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,14 zł |