Donegal: From Waves to Wilderness
ISBN: 9781788494762 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,00 zł |
Connacht Coastal Run A running and sometimes walking adventure around the western coastline of Ireland
ISBN: 9781915502872 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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176,85 zł |
Son of a Nun: An East to West Side Story
ISBN: 9781977258281 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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142,54 zł |
Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island
ISBN: 9781399741002 / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,17 zł |
The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
ISBN: 9780618658954 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is a candid, funny, perceptive, and opinionated travelogue of his journey and his findings.
It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise t...
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69,00 zł |
Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Paperback)
ISBN: 9780762431816 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present-from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Charles Parnell to Sinead O'Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial-each influenced the course of Irish and world history. While McCourt vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural...
New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian ...
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86,48 zł |
The Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland
ISBN: 9780765309846 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on foot--and with a donkey and cart no less? But Kevin had promised his homesick Irish mother that he would explore the whole of the Old Country and bring back the sights and the stories to their home in Massachusetts. Determined to reach his grandmother's village by Christmas Eve, Kevin and his stubborn but endearing donkey, Missie, set off on 1800-mile trek along the entire jagged coast of a divided Ireland. Their rollicking... Kevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on fo... |
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90,80 zł |
The Tourist's Gaze: Travellers to Ireland, 1800 - 2000
ISBN: 9781859183236 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel literature has been described by Jonathan Raban as -literature's red-light district-. It defies peoples' beliefs, confuses expectations, crosses disciplinary boundaries and is linked to ethnography, journalism and biography. Yet for all that has managed to remain not only a visible but also an increasingly popular literary genre. This anthology makes an entertaining and insightful contribution to this engaging field. It includes extracts from well known writers, such as Thackeray, Boll and Chesterton, but also presents less familiar figures from the nineteenth and twentieth...
Travel literature has been described by Jonathan Raban as -literature's red-light district-. It defies peoples' beliefs, confuses expectations, crosse...
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190,77 zł |
The Wild Places
ISBN: 9780143113935 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ?An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we?re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surface.?
?Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelago's most remarkable landscapes. He climbs, walks, and swims by day and spends his nights sleeping on cliff-tops and in ancient meadows and wildwoods. With elegance and passion he entwines history, memory, and... ?An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we?re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surfa...
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69,22 zł |
Barefoot in Mullyneeny: A Boy's Journey Towards Belonging
ISBN: 9780007220885 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, playground politics and the confusion of growing up in a land that is every bit as magical and captivating as the stories he has to tell. Barefoot in Mullyneeny is Bryan Gallagher's evocative tale of a childhood remembered through the people and landscape of Fermanagh, near the beautiful shores of Lough Erne in Ireland. Bryan chronicles a time when all the big boys went to school in bare feet and secretly watched the Saturday night bands and... Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, pl... |
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43,22 zł |
Newgrange
ISBN: 9781859184318 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * Designed for the general reader and visitor to Newgrange
* A guided tour of the best example of a passage tomb in Western Europe Newgrange is the most visited archaeological site in Ireland. Every year around 250,000 people come to the see this Neolithic passage tomb. Designed for the general reader with an interest in Irish prehistory, this book explains the results of decades of excavation and analysis in one volume. It is written in a lively style that seeks at the same time to be authoritative and thorough. Aside from its accessibility and... * Designed for the general reader and visitor to Newgrange
* A guided tour of the best example of a passage tomb in Western Europe <... |
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115,10 zł |
Celtic Crosses of Britain and Ireland
ISBN: 9780747800033 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ring-headed crosses of impressive height and intricate design were first erected in Iona and Ireland from the eighth century onwards. This book deals with these but also shows how they were the culmination of a long period of development during the early Christian period. The early sculpture of Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland is examined against the background of the spread of Christian beliefs and practices. Examples selected from the whole of the Celtic west between the fifth and eleventh centuries are fully discussed and illustrated. A bibliography and list of places...
Ring-headed crosses of impressive height and intricate design were first erected in Iona and Ireland from the eighth century onwards. This book deals ...
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49,28 zł |
Pilgrimage with the Leprechauns: A True Story of a Mystical Tour of Ireland
ISBN: 9780980903324 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In addition to being an amusing story, Helliwell's work is filled with information about nature spirits or elementals. For anyone planning a trip to the sacred sites of Ireland, the text offers nuggets as precious as the pot of gold that the Leprechaun holds at the end of the rainbow.
In addition to being an amusing story, Helliwell's work is filled with information about nature spirits or elementals. For anyone planning a trip to t...
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64,89 zł |
The Pilgrim's Way to St. Patrick's Purgatory
ISBN: 9781599101675 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itinerary through Ireland's medieval past with its surviving, but fragmentary, riches, as it crosses the Irish borders and landscape, its rivers and lakes"--Provided by publisher.
"Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itiner...
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84,79 zł |
The Pilgrim's Way to St. Patrick's Purgatory
ISBN: 9781599101873 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itinerary through Ireland's medieval past with its surviving, but fragmentary, riches, as it crosses the Irish borders and landscape, its rivers and lakes"--Provided by publisher.
"Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itiner...
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145,35 zł |
Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq: Begun by Himself and Concluded by His Daughter, Maria Edgeworth
ISBN: 9781108026567 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume autobiography, begun in 1808, was completed by his novelist daughter Maria, and published in 1820. Edgeworth's interest in education is evidenced by his reflections about how his childhood shaped his character and later life. Volume 1, written by Edgeworth himself and covering the period to 1781, reveals that his interest in science began early; he was shown an orrery (a moving model of the solar system) at the age of seven. As a young man, Edgeworth attended university in Dublin and...
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume autobiography, begun in 1808, was comple...
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281,87 zł |
Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq: Begun by Himself and Concluded by his Daughter, Maria Edgeworth
ISBN: 9781108026574 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume autobiography, begun in 1808, was published in 1820. Edgeworth had abandoned the project in 1809, having covered the period to 1781, and it was completed after his death by his eldest daughter, a successful novelist. Maria Edgeworth and her father had co-authored educational works, and the experience of helping her father run their estate during her teens had provided material for her novels. Volume 2 of these memoirs was wholly written by her, though it contains excerpts from...
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume autobiography, begun in 1808, was publis...
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379,68 zł |
TRAVELS with ERNEST
ISBN: 9780956061881 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Keith chronicles his ride around the northern part of Ireland on a Vespa named Ernest. The author seeks to experience the changes in Ireland as the population adjusts to the tangible prospect of a lasting peace. He does this with a mix of serious deliberation, a sense of fun, and a toolkit.
Keith chronicles his ride around the northern part of Ireland on a Vespa named Ernest. The author seeks to experience the changes in Ireland as the po...
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114,79 zł |
I Never Knew That About London Illustrated
ISBN: 9780091943196 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this lavishly illustrated book bestselling author Christopher Winn takes you on a captivating journey around London. Traveling through the villages and districts that made up the world's most dynamic metropolis, I Never Knew That About London unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures, and birthplaces that shape the city's sometimes turbulent past. See the Chelsea river views that inspired Turner in his final years, explore London's finest country house in Charlton, unearth the secrets of the mother of Parliaments, and discover the village that gave its name...
In this lavishly illustrated book bestselling author Christopher Winn takes you on a captivating journey around London. Traveling through the villages...
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137,03 zł |
Ireland
ISBN: 9780192880574 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ireland is a country notably rich in archaeological sites and this guide is the ultimate handbook to its heritage. Covering the entire island from Antrim to Wexford, Dublin to Sligo, this latest volume in the acclaimed Oxford Archaeoological Guides series provides over 250 plans and illustrations of Ireland's major archaeological treasures and covers sites dating from the time of the first settlers in rephistoric times right up to the seventeenth century. Begining with a concise and readable introduction to the history of Ireland, the book offers an unparalleled journey through the major...
Ireland is a country notably rich in archaeological sites and this guide is the ultimate handbook to its heritage. Covering the entire island from Ant...
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191,24 zł |