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The Dacian Stones Speak
ISBN: 9780807849392 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. With this exciting introduction to the ancient province of Dacia, noted classicist and archaeologist MacKendrick turns his attention to an old area little known to the English-speaking world. He examines its history from the Neolithic culture to the 165 years of urban culture under Roman rule. Also examined is the durability of the Greco-Roman heritage that is reflected in the religious and cultural orientation of present-day Romania.
With this exciting introduction to the ancient province of Dacia, noted classicist and archaeologist MacKendrick turns his attention to an old area li...
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Gumboots, Lesson Plans And Hot Rugby Nights : New Beginnings in New Zealand
ISBN: 9781418426583 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This tale recounts the development of a strategic plan that propels the author into the next stage of her working life - teaching ESL. By implementing the plan, she finds a job via the Internet and accepts a position in Auckland, New Zealand to teach English and accounting to Asians. During those six months, she experiences a thrilling and unexpected transition in her life as she gains a new perspective about life, love and happiness from her ambitious students and the Kiwis who thrive in their small island country. winter. As the story unfolds, she becomes enveloped in teaching and in...
This tale recounts the development of a strategic plan that propels the author into the next stage of her working life - teaching ESL. By implementing...
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The Colour of Courage
ISBN: 9781590481158 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Go into a bookstore and what do you see? Row upon row of soon-to-be-forgotten titles. Thats not the case with this book. It is a classic!
"The Colour of Courage" is the remarkable true story of the epic horse trip made by famed Australian equestrian explorers Sharon Muir Watson and Ken Roberts. During the course of their mounted journey the young friends discovered enough adventures to satisfy even the most jaded reader, ranging from riding through leech-infested jungles to trying to herd their horses through some of the toughest terrain on earth. Yet, if many of these pages are testaments... Go into a bookstore and what do you see? Row upon row of soon-to-be-forgotten titles. Thats not the case with this book. It is a classic!
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93,46 zł |
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Americans' Survival Guide to Australia and Australian-American Dictionary
ISBN: 9781602640740 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This resource covers the basic and essential information the author and his family learned in order to survive their first few years living in Australia. It can help readers avoid making the same embarrassing mistakes and asking the same dumb questions they did. Included is a 1,500-word Australian-American dictionary. (Foreign Travel)
This resource covers the basic and essential information the author and his family learned in order to survive their first few years living in Austral...
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85,91 zł |
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The Judas Sect
ISBN: 9781514115251 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Prophet Sparrows is a woman ready for change. After months of intense scrutiny by federal agents, Prophet wants to get her life on track. When she is offered a temp job at a large financial institution she takes it hoping now will be the time things work out in her favor. She is ready to leave the past behind. However, Prophet quickly learns her past isn't behind her. It is waiting for her.
Prophet Sparrows is a woman ready for change. After months of intense scrutiny by federal agents, Prophet wants to get her life on track. When she is ...
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34,65 zł |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Kiwis
ISBN: 9781906042417 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-10 dni roboczych. "Straight laced and straight faced""A good Kiwi bloke plays things down and does not stand on ceremony. The rugby player who scores a try is no longer expected to look as if he is bravely accepting a death sentence but, other than in sport, emotion is not something to be shown in public, and not much in private either. A blokess is allowed more latitude. She is even expected by men to carry on a bit. """"Optimists one and all""Whether or not there is a need to worry about something, the obliging Kiwis tell one another that it will be good as gold, right as rain, and no prob (short for...
"Straight laced and straight faced""A good Kiwi bloke plays things down and does not stand on ceremony. The rugby player who scores a try is no longer...
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Indian Ocean Crusing Guide
ISBN: 9780852889725 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-10 dni roboczych. A good general cruising guide covering the routes from Europe to Australia and points in between. The 'Indian Ocean Cruising Guide' covers all the usual points of interest for cruising yachtsmen, from history to climate, weather patterns, formalities, route planning and so on. The general sections are followed by a country-by-country round-up in which key ports are described in detail with the aid of harbour plans and photographs. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and contains a lot of additional information on Malaysia and Thailand, the Seychelles and the Chagos archipelago....
A good general cruising guide covering the routes from Europe to Australia and points in between. The 'Indian Ocean Cruising Guide' covers all the usu...
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163,78 zł |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies
ISBN: 9781906042202 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-10 dni roboczych. "Appearances are deceptive""Never make the error of underestimating the Aussies. They love to portray a casual disregard for everything around them, but no-one accidentally achieves a lifestyle as relaxed as theirs.""""Logic down under""Aussies will twist any statistics to their own ends. One statistic doing the rounds was that 40% of drivers in accidents had been drinking. Since this left 60% of drivers who hadn't had a drop, but who still had accidents, it must obviously be safer to drink and drive.""""Let's talk strine ""The Aussies are not subtle and neither is their language. They will...
"Appearances are deceptive""Never make the error of underestimating the Aussies. They love to portray a casual disregard for everything around them, b...
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33,55 zł |
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Beneath the Winter Sycamores
ISBN: 9781449917685 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is a creative non-fiction book about the kidnapping of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh's twenty month-old son, Charles Jr. Using new information from Arthur Jones who served on death row with Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the man convicted and executed for the crime, this tragic event has been re-created. Jones claimed Hauptmann had him swear not to say anything about the kidnapping until after his death in 1936. For forty years, Jones attempted to disseminate the information but was unsuccessful in getting anyone to listen, including three New Jersey governors. Using this new information,...
This is a creative non-fiction book about the kidnapping of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh's twenty month-old son, Charles Jr. Using new information ...
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68,26 zł |
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The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies
ISBN: 9780762442713 / Angielski / Miękka / 607 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies uncovers 100 cover-ups "they" really don't want you to know about. This collection delves into some of the biggest lies in history.
The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies uncovers 100 cover-ups "they" really don't want you to know about. This collection delves into some of the bigg...
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Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library
ISBN: 9781682301487 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Like many aspiring writers, David Breithaupt had money problems. But what he also had was unsupervised access to one of the finest special collections libraries in the country. In October 1990 Kenyon College hired David Breithaupt as its library's part-time evening supervisor. In April 2000 he was fired after a Georgia librarian discovered him selling a letter by Flannery O'Connor on eBay, but that was only the tip of the iceberg: for the past ten years, Breithaupt had been browsing the collection, taking from it whatever rare books, manuscripts, and documents caught his eye--Flannery...
Like many aspiring writers, David Breithaupt had money problems. But what he also had was unsupervised access to one of the finest special collections...
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53,01 zł |
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Fads, Fakes, Freaks, Frauds, and Fools
ISBN: 9781614270355 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 2011 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The author seeks to expose every conceivable type of human fad and fraud. The subject matter is divided into five chapters: one each for Fads, Fakes, Freaks, Frauds and Fools. Including the obvious manias chronicled elsewhere, the author treats such exotic subjects as "manufacturing Egyptian mummies," "gypsy charms," "the criminal diploma," and many varieties of fools. An encyclopedia of the human penchant for delusion and gullibility.
2011 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The author seeks to expose eve...
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107,89 zł |
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Princess Caraboo
ISBN: 9781434103246 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Bristol, England, 1817. A beautiful young stranger speaking an unknown language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it becomes understood that the woman is a princess from an exotic foreign land. She is welcomed by a family of aristocrats interested in using her to increase their prestige. But is Caraboo really a princess? This true story was the basis of the 1994 film Princess Caraboo, starring Phoebe Cates in the title role. A fascinating look at one of the greatest hoaxes of all time.
Bristol, England, 1817. A beautiful young stranger speaking an unknown language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can t...
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45,81 zł |
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Cold a Long Time: An Alpine Mystery
ISBN: 9781467975919 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In August of 1989, Duncan MacPherson-a pro hockey player from Saskatoon, Canada-vanished without a trace in Europe. With no help from the police, his parents, Lynda and Bob, drove all over the Alps looking for him, and finally found his car at the Stubai Glacier, a popular ski resort near Innsbruck, Austria. Thus began their twenty-year struggle to discover why their son had disappeared after snowboarding on a beginner slope. Had he, as the local police suggested, wandered off the beaten track and died in a remote area, or had he (as certain signs indicated) been the victim of something...
In August of 1989, Duncan MacPherson-a pro hockey player from Saskatoon, Canada-vanished without a trace in Europe. With no help from the police, his ...
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68,05 zł |
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Conversations with Crystal the Woman Who Fell Off the Bridge
ISBN: 9781469986357 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Crystal Manning tells her story of that fateful day, August 1, 2007, the day the I-35W Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, MN. In her book, Conversations With Crystal The Woman Who Fell Off the Bridge, co-authored with B.P. Storm, she tells how she was saved from death in the Mississippi River by her fiancee', Michael Stoner, Jr., only to see him immediately charged with child abuse of her daughter. The book reveals the events that unfolded as her life was shattered that day in 2007. Conversations With Crystal tells not only a personal memoir of tragedy, it also tells a national story of a...
Crystal Manning tells her story of that fateful day, August 1, 2007, the day the I-35W Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, MN. In her book, Conversations...
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63,85 zł |
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Hello Sweaty.
ISBN: 9781460960523 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Welcome to the third official romancescam.com book. Prepare yourself for more humour at the expense of the romance scammers, in this follow up to "Your profile has very much liked me." This time we go bigger, better, badder, dirtier, uglier and sillier than before. Find out what dating site tried to bribe us, then threaten us when that didn't work. See what happens when scammers get angry at finding themselves on our forum. Learn the results of using bad translation software. Packed with funny quotes from scammers and even more brilliant illustrations by FrumpyBB, this book is guaranteed to...
Welcome to the third official romancescam.com book. Prepare yourself for more humour at the expense of the romance scammers, in this follow up to "You...
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64,02 zł |
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Forever Missing: The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway
ISBN: 9781542887373 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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A Question of Credibility: A Conflict of Interest
ISBN: 9781475128024 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A riveting expose about FRAUD, FORGERY and INTRIGUE. The real life story of the events that shaped the investigation of the Maricopa County Cold Case Posse. A firsthand look at the facts and the fiction. "A Question of Credibility" will hold your attention to the very end Background Photo by: (Master isolated images)"
A riveting expose about FRAUD, FORGERY and INTRIGUE. The real life story of the events that shaped the investigation of the Maricopa County Cold Case ...
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73,51 zł |
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Asian Persuasion: The X-Files Series
ISBN: 9780615639062 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. CHEN IS THE DAUGHTER OF BIG TIME MOB KING MR. CHANG, AND THE WIFE OF HIS INHERITED SUCCESSOR GUN. ON THE OUTSIDE SHE IS THE WOMAN TO BE, AS SHE IS FIRST LADY TO THE KING. THOUGH INSIDE..., CHEN FIND'S HERSELF LOCKED IN THE CONFINES OF LOYALTY AND FREEDOM. CHEN'S FATHER HAS DIED. WITH HIS DEATH CAME RICHES BUT VERY LITTLE POWER OVER HER LIFE'S DIRECTION. THE FAMILY CYCLE CONTINUES AS GUN, HER ONCE SWEET PRINCE TAKES OVER HER FATHERS DEALINGS AND HER LIVELIHOOD. WHEN CHEN SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY IN RELATION TO HER FATHERS DEATH, CHEN MAKES A DECISION THAT MAY END TWO LIVES THAT MEAN THE MOST TO HER....
CHEN IS THE DAUGHTER OF BIG TIME MOB KING MR. CHANG, AND THE WIFE OF HIS INHERITED SUCCESSOR GUN. ON THE OUTSIDE SHE IS THE WOMAN TO BE, AS SHE IS FIR...
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Comfort Soup for the Mind
ISBN: 9780983883920 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A string of coincidences that nevertheless lead to seeing the Light at the end of the Tunnel, even for the reader The True Story of a woman who becomes the focus of an insidious stalker, despite police efforts the stalker continues to haunt three generations of the family. Handbook for the Dead follows the life of Suzanna Terrell and includes the process regarding the creation of her Scientific Theories. The story comes to a climax as the stalker turns his attention to Suzanna's own daughter, and with the help of detectives and the F.B.I. he is finally brought to justice with a magnificent...
A string of coincidences that nevertheless lead to seeing the Light at the end of the Tunnel, even for the reader The True Story of a woman who becom...
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57,55 zł |
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