ilość książek w kategorii: 220094
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Bartolome de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas
ISBN: 9781405194273 / Twarda / 2011 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolome de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after Columbus.
This is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolome de las Casas, a Dominican ...
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330,83 zł |
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Barry Goldwater
ISBN: 9780300072570 / Miękka / 1997 / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Barry Goldwater is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of our century, a man whose influence on American conservatism led President Ronald Reagan to honor him with the title "Mr. Conservative" when he retired after thirty years in the Senate. A populist from Arizona, Goldwater helped change the complexion of the Republican Party both ideologically and geographically and planted the seeds for the future growth of the New Right.
This biography is the most up-to-date and balanced account of Goldwater ever written. Drawing on interviews with Goldwater and... Barry Goldwater is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of our century, a man whose influence on American conser...
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256,74 zł |
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Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance Floor and in Life
ISBN: 9780470640005 / Twarda / 2011 / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The inside story of the life of Cheryl Burke, TV star, dancer, choreographer, and two-time champion on the top-rated TV hit series Dancing with the Stars
Cheryl Burke has been dancing since the age of four and competing since she was thirteen years old. Over several exciting seasons, she has captivated audiences of Dancing with the Stars with her incredible dance performances, Emmy-nominated choreography, high energy, and bright smile. In Dancing Lessons, she takes you from her childhood years into the world of competitive ballroom dancing and on to Dancing... The inside story of the life of Cheryl Burke, TV star, dancer, choreographer, and two-time champion on the top-rated TV hit series Dancing with ...
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99,81 zł |
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British Autobiography in the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: 9781138942004 / Miękka / 2017 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1969. In the seventeenth century neither the literary genre nor the term ‘autobiography’ existed but we see in seventeenth-century literature many kinds of autobiographical writings, to which their authors gave such titles as ‘Journal of the Life of Me, Confessions, etc. This work is a study of nearly two hundred of these, published and unpublished, which together represent a very varied group of writings. The book begins with an examination of the rise of autobiography as a genre during the Renaissance. It discusses seventeenth-century... Originally published in 1969. In the seventeenth century neither the literary genre nor the term ‘autobiography’ existed but we see in seventee... |
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191,81 zł |
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Autobiographics in Freud and Derrida
ISBN: 9781138941977 / Miękka / 2017 / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1990. This uniquely fascinating study approaches the problem of autobiography from two directions: first assessing theories of the self, consciousness and language developed by both Freud and Derrida; second through the reading of the autobiographical aspects of their writings. The book begins with looking at the issue of making sense of a life by means of representation, through autobiography, within the field of psychological phenomena – screen memories, mourning, obsession, hysteria, transference. Part 1 focuses on Freud’s case histories and psychoanalysis... Originally published in 1990. This uniquely fascinating study approaches the problem of autobiography from two directions: first assessing theories... |
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145,39 zł |
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V. S. Naipaul: Displacement and Autobiography
ISBN: 9781138942042 / Miękka / 2017 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1995. V. S. Naipaul, a Trinidadian of Indian descent living in the West, has written in many forms. Through an analysis of five works by Naipaul written in different modes and periods of his life, this study posits a relationship between a cultural condition and a choice of genre and narrative, or more specifically between cultural displacement and the writing of autobiography. Examining an aspect of Naipaul’s development as a post-colonial writer, this book is of interest in exploring the way that concepts of self determine the writing of texts. It considers... Originally published in 1995. V. S. Naipaul, a Trinidadian of Indian descent living in the West, has written in many forms. Through an analysis of ... |
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145,39 zł |
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Autobiography and Imagination: Studies in Self-Scrutiny
ISBN: 9781138941984 / Miękka / 2017 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1981. This book looks at the autobiographical work of nine twentieth-century writers – Henry Adams, Henry James, W. B. Yeats, Boris Pasternak, Leiris, Jean-Paul Sartre, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Green and Adrian Stokes. The author argues that often the writer has shaped his life through his craft, coming to understand the pattern of his own existence through the formalism of language. In each case the writer stamps his personality on the work by mean of a distinctive verbal surface whose discipline enables him to evade narrow egotism and forces both reader and... Originally published in 1981. This book looks at the autobiographical work of nine twentieth-century writers – Henry Adams, Henry James, W. B. Ye... |
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150,55 zł |
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Design and Truth in Autobiography
ISBN: 9781138942011 / Miękka / 2017 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For what does the autobiographer seek, and why should it be so popular? This study suggests some of the answers to these questions. It takes the view that autobiography is one of the dominant and characteristic forms of literary self-expression and deserves examination for its own sake. This book outlines a definition of the form and traces its historical origins and development, analyses its ‘truth’ and talks about what sort of self-knowledge it... Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For wha... |
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145,39 zł |
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The Grifters' Club
ISBN: 9781529362732 / Miękka / 2020 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A revealing look at President Trump's behaviour at his Palm Beach resort - and the national security risks, financial graft, and other scandals that result from it.
A revealing look at President Trump's behaviour at his Palm Beach resort - and the national security risks, financial graft, and other scandals that r...
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74,29 zł |
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The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury
ISBN: 9781471132728 / Miękka / 2020 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Adultery, alcoholism, drugs and murder on the suburban streets of Bournemouth.
Adultery, alcoholism, drugs and murder on the suburban streets of Bournemouth.
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49,85 zł |
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MBS : The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman
ISBN: 9780008340551 / Twarda / 2020 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power.
The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power.
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98,76 zł |
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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
ISBN: 9781743119914 / CD-Audio / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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93,78 zł |
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A Dog Named Beautiful : The true story of the Labrador who taught a Marine to love life again
ISBN: 9780593079546 / Twarda / 2019 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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84,05 zł |
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Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
ISBN: 9781474605137 / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Revealed for the first time, the astonishing story of the MI5 agent at the heart of Operation Fifth Column, the secret wartime operation to flush out traitors and Nazi sympathisers on British soil.
Revealed for the first time, the astonishing story of the MI5 agent at the heart of Operation Fifth Column, the secret wartime operation to flush out ...
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49,85 zł |
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An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers, Etc. : With Some Proposals For Remedying This Growing Evil (1751)
ISBN: 9781104020262 / Miękka / 2009 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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113,06 zł |
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Foster's Book of Irish Murder
ISBN: 9781848407435 / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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54,75 zł |
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone : the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist
ISBN: 9781911617044 / Miękka / 2019 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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84,05 zł |
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What Doesn't Kill Us : the bestselling guide to transforming your body by unlocking your lost evolutionary strength
ISBN: 9781911617549 / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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49,85 zł |
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Hitler's Scapegoat : The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust
ISBN: 9781445699103 / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. New B-format paperback edition. How Hitler used the murder of a Nazi diplomat to blame the Jews for WW2, based on new archive sources.
New B-format paperback edition. How Hitler used the murder of a Nazi diplomat to blame the Jews for WW2, based on new archive sources.
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49,85 zł |
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The Dog Rescuers : Heartwarming true tails of rescue, recovery and re-homing
ISBN: 9780552175487 / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 5 Heartwarming true stories from Channel 5's The Dog Rescuers, the RSPCA's tireless team of expert officers who save the lives of dogs in peril, return them to health and help them to find their forever homes. As a nation, we're big fans of man's best friend.
AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 5 Heartwarming true stories from Channel 5's The Dog Rescuers, the RSPCA's tireless team of expert officers who save the lives of ...
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44,97 zł |