Antipodes: Stories
ISBN: 9780312424381 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These lively and eclectic narratives, by the author of Shadow Without a Name, move from the scorching heat of the Gobi desert to the glacial heights of Mount Everest: here, among others, are the stories of a Scottish engineer who builds an exact replica of the city of Edinburgh in the dunes; of a dying, cross-dressing pilot who allegedly climbs Mount Everest and then mysteriously disappears; and of a monk who conjures the devil to prove the devil's existence. These lively and eclectic narratives, by the author of Shadow Without a Name, move from the scorching heat of the Gobi desert to the glacial... |
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74,84 zł |
Aura
ISBN: 9780374511715 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece, Aura. His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between the young woman and her aunt propel the story to its extraordinary conclusion. Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece,... |
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70,69 zł |
The Death of Artemio Cruz
ISBN: 9780374531805 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the novel opens, Artemio Cruz, the all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed and, in dreamlike flashes, recalls the pivotal episodes of his life. Carlos Fuentes manipulates the ensuing kaleidoscope of images with dazzling inventiveness, layering memory upon memory, from Cruz's heroic campaigns during the Mexican Revolution, through his relentless climb from poverty to wealth, to his uneasy death. Perhaps Fuentes's masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico. As the novel opens, Artemio Cruz, the all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed and, in dreamlike flashes, recalls th... |
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79,00 zł |
No Habrá Final Feliz: La Serie Completa de Héctor Belascoarán Shayne
ISBN: 9780061826160 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hector Belascoaran Shayne es un hijo de la mas vibrante ciudad de este planeta, la Ciudad de Mexico, un monstruo urbano que esta a caballo entre el primer y tercer mundo, donde la violencia politica y social llama a la puerta con demasiada frecuencia, donde la corrupcion y los abusos del poder se cruzan con los absurdos de la vida cotidiana, todo ello bajo la luz mas maravillosa del mundo, a la que no le molesta la contaminacion. Como detective independiente, en una sociedad donde la honestidad y la curiosidad se encuentran bajo sospecha, las historias en las que se involucra van desde la...
Hector Belascoaran Shayne es un hijo de la mas vibrante ciudad de este planeta, la Ciudad de Mexico, un monstruo urbano que esta a caballo entre el pr...
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102,41 zł |
Confabulario and Other Inventions
ISBN: 9780292710306 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This biting commentary on the follies of mankind by a noted Mexican author cuts deeply yet leaves readers laughing--at themselves as well as at others. With his surgical intelligence, Juan Jose Arreola exposes the shams and hypocrisies, the false values and vices, the hidden diseases of society. Confabulario total, 1941-1961, of which this book is a translation, combines three earlier books--Varia invencion (1949), Confabulario (1952), Punta de plata (1958)--and numerous later pieces. Although some of the pieces have a noticeably... This biting commentary on the follies of mankind by a noted Mexican author cuts deeply yet leaves readers laughing--at themselves as well as at oth... |
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110,33 zł |
The Artichoke Queen
ISBN: 9781604891584 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fiction. California Interest. Very few know the role women played in the early years of car racing. THE ARTICHOKE QUEEN tells the story of a beautiful driver and her dizzying career and relationships. It combines 1950's Americana and the thrill of racing with a groundbreaking woman's struggle for identity, love, and ultimately, redemption.
Fiction. California Interest. Very few know the role women played in the early years of car racing. THE ARTICHOKE QUEEN tells the story of a beautiful...
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92,90 zł |
The Taiga Syndrome
ISBN: 9780997366679 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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70,48 zł |
Invasion of the Spirit People
ISBN: 9781913505363 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,63 zł |
New and Selected Stories
ISBN: 9781948980098 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,53 zł |
Y Al Polvo Regresaremos / And to Dust We Will Return
ISBN: 9786073805957 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,63 zł |
Not Even the Dead
ISBN: 9781948830676 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,79 zł |
Los Años Sabandijas / The Scoundrel Years
ISBN: 9786073821179 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,42 zł |
Samovar (Spanish Edition)
ISBN: 9786073824217 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,79 zł |
Reckoning Waves
ISBN: 9781959770206 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,96 zł |
Lo Que Los Monstruos Nos Hicieron / What the Monsters Did to Us
ISBN: 9786073834582 / Hiszpański Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,95 zł |
Dime Que No Es Cierto / Tell Me It Isn't True
ISBN: 9786073837415 / Hiszpański Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,42 zł |
Sangre Nueva / New Blood
ISBN: 9786073830485 / Hiszpański Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,79 zł |