A Letter from Mr. Richard Smith to Dr. Henry Hammond, Concerning the Sence of That Article in the Creed, He Descended Into Hell, Together with Dr. Ham

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Letter from America Penguin

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When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening in Cooke's wry, liberal and humane style. This selection, made largely by Cooke himself and supplemented by his literary executor, gives us the very best of these legendary broadcasts. Over half have never appeared in print before. It is a remarkable portrait of a continent - and a man. Fred Astaire 26 June 1987 Movie stars don't make it. Nor statesmen. Not Prime Ministers, or dictators unless they die in office. Not even a world-famous rock star, unless he's assassinated. But last Monday, none of the three national television networks hesitated about the story that would lead the evening news. On millions of little screens in this country and I don't doubt in many other countries around the world, the first shots were of an imp, a graceful wraith, a firefly in impeccable white tie and tails. And for much longer than the lead story usually runs, for a full five minutes on NBC, we were given a loving retrospective of the dead man, ending with the firm declaration by Nureyev that 'He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time.' And the newsmen were right to remind us of the immortal comment of the Hollywood mogul, who, with the no-nonsense directness of an expert, reported on Fred Astaire's first film test: 'Has enormous ears, can't act, can't sing, dances a little.' That Hollywood mogul, long gone, spent his life ducking round corners, to avoid being identified as the oaf who looked in the sky and never saw the brightest star. However, that expert opinion was, as the lawyers say, controlling at the time and in Astaire's first movies, there was no thought of allowing him to act or sing. But not for long. And thanks to the invention of television, and the need to fill vast stretches of the afternoon and night with old movies, it has been possible for my daughter, for instance, to claim Fred Astaire as her favourite film star from the evidence of all the movies he made fifteen, ten, five, three years before she was born. When I got the news on Monday evening here, and realized with immediate professional satisfaction that the BBC had smartly on hand a musical obituary tribute to him I put together eight years ago, I couldn't help recalling the casual, comic way this and similar radio obituaries came about. I was in London at the end of 1979, and Richard Rodgers - one of the two or three greatest of American songwriters - had just died, I believe on New Year's Eve or the night before. Britons, by then, were getting accustomed, without pain, to making what used to be a two-day Christmas holiday into a ten-day much-needed rest. For all laborious research purposes, the BBC was shut up. And there was no retrospective programme on the life and music of Richard Rodgers in the BBC's archives. Of course, in a gramophone library that looks like an annex to the Pentagon, there were hundreds, perhaps thousands, of recordings of his songs. The SOS went out to a writer, a producer, and - I presume - a man who had the key to the gramophone library. The silent place was unlocked, and the three of them laboured through the day to put together an hour's tribute to Richard Rodgers. It was done. It was competent enough, but rushed to an impossible deadline. This hasty improvisation happened just when my own music producer and I, who had enjoyed working together for six years or so on American popular music, were wondering what we could offer next. We'd done a sketch history of jazz, through individuals. We'd gone through all the popular music of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and were stumped for a new series, at which point I asked if we mightn't go and talk to the head of the channel, network or whatever. We went in, and the genial boss asked me what we had in mind. 'A morgue,' I said. A what? 'Where', I asked, 'is your morgue?' He was not familiar with the word, a newspaper term. 'Well,' I said, 'all newspapers have them.' 'How d'you mean?' 'If, I explained, 'Mrs Thatcher died tonight and you woke up and read a two-sentence obituary, you'd be rightly outraged. But if you saw a two-page obituary, you'd take it for granted. When d'you suppose it was written?' 'That's right,' he said thoughtfully. What I was proposing was a morgue of the Americans eminent in popular music and jazz, so they'd not get caught short again. A splendid idea, the man said; pick your stars. We made a list and were commissioned to return to America and finish all of them. Naturally, we looked at a calendar, and birthdates of Hoagy Carmichael, Earl Hines, Harold Arlen, Ethel Merman, Stephane Grappelli, Ella Fitzgerald. But then, in a spasm of panic, we thought of two giants - if the word can be used about two comparative midgets: Irving Berlin and Fred Astaire. Berlin was then 91. And Fred Astaire was just crowding 80. The boss man, to whom the idea of a morgue had been, only a few minutes before, quaint if not morbid, wondered what we were waiting for. Better get busy, at once, on Berlin and then on Astaire. I remember doing the Astaire obit, then and there, while I was still in London. Meanwhile, we'd simply pray every night that the Lord would keep Irving Berlin breathing till I could get home and get busy. I remember being picked up in a car by a charming young girl to get to the BBC and record my Astaire narration - there wasn't a moment to lose. She asked me, in the car, what the script was that I was clutching. 'It's an obituary', I said, 'of Fred Astaire.' 'Fred Astaire,' she shrieked, 'dead?' and almost swerved into a bus. 'Of course, he's not dead,' I said, 'but he's going to be one day.' She, too, was new to the institution of a morgue. I recalled that when I was a correspondent for a British paper in the United States, and when for example. Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State, the first cable I had from my editor said, 'Welcome Acheson obituary soonest.' How ghoulish, she said. I imagine that to two generations at least, it's assumed that Fred Astaire, this slim, pop-eyed newcomer to Hollywood who couldn't act, couldn't sing, danced a little, only made a fool of the mogul through the movies he made, with Ginger Rogers, in the mid- and late 1930s. But long before then, from the mid-1920s on, he was already an incomparable star - as a dancer - to theatre audiences both in New York and in London. Perhaps more in London than anywhere, certainly in the 1920s, with the early Gershwin hits, Funny Face and Lady Be Good, and lastly, in 1933, in Cole Porter's Gay Divorce (which was the title of the theatre show; Hollywood would not then allow so shocking a title and called the movie version, The Gay Divorcee). Of all the thousands of words that have been written this week, and will be written, there is a passage I went back to on Tuesday night which, I think, as well as anything I know, sums up Astaire's overall appeal - the appeal that takes in but transcends one's admiration for his dancing and for his inimitably intimate singing style. This was written in November 1933, by a theatre critic who had so little feel for dancing that he marvelled why London should go on about 'Mr Astaire's doing well enough what the Tiller Girls at Blackpool do superbly'. The critic, the writer, was James Agate, the irascible, dogmatic, opinionated but brilliant journalist, and I believe the best critic of acting we have had this century. He is writing his review of Gay Divorce, after declaring yet again his contempt for musical comedy as an entertainment for idiots, deploring the play's plot and the acting and hoping 'Micawberishly, for something to turn up'. 'Presently,' he wrote, 'Mr Fred Astaire obliged, and there is really no more to be said.' Except

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Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe - Souad

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Opis - Pierwsze na świecie świadectwo ofiary zbrodni honorowej. Miała siedemnaście lat i zakochała się: zhańbiła rodzinę. Więc rodzina wydała na nią wyrok śmierci... Pokochała go pierwszą miłością. Myślała, że się z nią ożeni. Ale ukochany zniknął, a ona odkryła, że jest w ciąży. A w jej świecie to najcięższa zbrodnia... W zapomnianej przez Boga wiosce w Cisjordanii kobiety są warte mniej niż zwierzęta domowe. Tu mężczyzna jest panem życia i śmierci żony, córki, siostry. Brat może bezkarnie zabić siostrę, matka - córkę, kolejną bezużyteczną dziewczynkę, jaka się urodzi. Tu kobiecie odbiera się godność, a nawet życie zgodnie z odwiecznym obyczajem i uświęconą tradycją. A śmierć jest karą dla dziewczyny, która zhańbi rodzinę. Tak jak Souad. Wyrok wydaje jej ojciec. Szwagier dokonuje egzekucji. Oblewa Souad benzyną i podpala... SOUAD przeżyła - cudem, ale rodzina usiłowała zabić ją nawet w szpitalu. Na zawsze jednak pozostanie straszliwie okaleczona - na ciele i duszy. I wciąż musi się ukrywać; dopóki żyje, jej rodzinę okrywa hańba. Spalona żywcem, opublikowana pod pseudonimem szokująca opowieść o piekle, jakim było jej dzieciństwo i młodość, stała się międzynarodowym bestsellerem. Wydana w 37 w krajach książka przerywa tabu milczenia wobec istniejącej nadal w krajach muzułmańskich barbarzyńskiej tradycji. Nieludzkiego obyczaju, prawa mężczyzn, na mocy którego co najmniej pięć tysięcy kobiet pada co roku ofiarą zbrodni honorowej. Nazwa - Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe Autor - Souad Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Amber Kod ISBN - 9788324159406 Kod EAN - 9788324159406 Wydanie - 1 Rok wydania - 2016 Tłumacz - 31182,maria rostworowska; Format - 110 x 175 x 14 Ilość stron - 224 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2016-06-23

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LAO Alphabet Book for Kids: LAO CONSONANTS Letter Tracing Workbook with English Translations and Pictures - Lao alphabet handwriting - LAO alphabe Independently Published

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A perfect Workbook For Children To Learn How To Write LAO CONSONANTS/Alphabets This is a beautiful 111 Page book for children of ages 4+ to learn LAO CONSONANTS/ Alphabets through practicing letter tracing. The Book Contains:The book details each of the 27 LAO CONSONANTS (Alphabets/Letters), the English phonetics, the commonly used word in LAO, its associated English word for easy understanding and reference with pictures.This picture book details all 27 LAO CONSONANTS with 4 page per Alphabet for practicing letter tracing and writing.111 Black and White pages, providing amble space for kids to practice letter tracing .The book features total 4 pages per LAO CONSONANTS/ alphabet providing amble space for practice, along with guiding directions on how to trace them. .The book is created to help teach the alphabet to beginners. Arrows and dots are included to help teach the stroke order.Premium color cover design .Printed on high quality perfectly sized pages at 8.5x11 inches Black and White pages . Grab a copy for a friend, and start the journey together, Don't forget to provide reviews and suggestions of improvement. Other Books in the series of "Learn LAO Language from the author are:Learn to Write LAO VOWELS: LAO VOWELS Letter Tracing Workbook with English Translations and PicturesLAO Alphabet Picture BOOKLAO CONSONANTS Letter Tracing BookLAO Alphabet Book for Kids History and some background:The Lao alphabet consists of 27 Lao consonants with 6 extra compound consonants and 28 vowel sounds.Lao is closely related to ThaiLao is a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in Laos, and also in Cambodia and VietnamWritten Lao is based on the dialect of the Lao capital, Vientiene.Lao is a tonal language with 6 tones. The tone of a syllable is determined by a combination of the class of consonant, the type of syllable (open or closed), the tone marker and the length of the vowel li>Help us out - We are a small business, and your brief review could really help us.Bilingual Early Learning & Easy Teaching LAO Books for KidsLAO Language Learning book.>Checkout more books from the author

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The Fifth Letter - Nicola Moriarty

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Opis - Four friends. Five Letters. One Secret. A scandalous breakthrough novel from Nicola Moriarty that will leave you asking, how well do I really know my friends" Joni, Trina, Deb and Eden. Best friends since the first day of school. Best friends, they liked to say, forever. But now they are in their thirties and real life - husbands, children, work - has got in the way. So, resurrecting their annual trip away, Joni has an idea, something to help them reconnect. Each woman will write an anonymous letter, sharing with their friends the things that are really going on in their lives. But as the confessions come tumbling out, Joni starts to feel the certainty of their decades-long friendships slip from her fingers. Anger. Accusations. Desires. Deceit. And then she finds another letter. One that was never supposed to be read. A fifth letter. Containing a secret so big that its writer had tried to destroy it. And now Joni is starting to wonder, did she ever really know her friends at all" Nazwa - The Fifth Letter Autor - Nicola Moriarty Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9781405927079 Kod EAN - 9781405927079 Rok wydania - 2016 Język - angielski Format - 12.9x19.8cm Ilość stron - 368 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2017-03-03

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Last Letter Transworld Publ. Ltd UK

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One final letter. His last wish. Go and be with her... Beckett, If you're reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn't. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have. I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride. My little sister Ella's raising the twins alone. She's too independent and won't accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It's too much for anyone to endure. It's not fair. So if I'm gone, that means I can't be there for Ella. I can't help them through this. But you can. So I'm begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family. Please don't make her go through it alone. Ryan

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The Fifth Letter Penguin Books

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Four friends. Five Letters. One Secret. A scandalous breakthrough novel from Nicola Moriarty that will leave you asking, how well do I really know my friends? Joni, Trina, Deb and Eden. Best friends since the first day of school. Best friends, they liked to say, forever. But now they are in their thirties and real life - husbands, children, work - has got in the way. So, resurrecting their annual trip away, Joni has an idea, something to help them reconnect. Each woman will write an anonymous letter, sharing with their friends the things that are really going on in their lives. But as the confessions come tumbling out, Joni starts to feel the certainty of their decades-long friendships slip from her fingers. Anger. Accusations. Desires. Deceit. And then she finds another letter. One that was never supposed to be read. A fifth letter. Containing a secret so big that its writer had tried to destroy it. And now Joni is starting to wonder, did she ever really know her friends at all?

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Letter of Marque W W NORTON & CO

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Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.

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The Fifth Letter PENGUIN BOOKS LTD (UK)

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Four friends. Five Letters. One Secret. A scandalous breakthrough novel from Nicola Moriarty that will leave you asking, how well do I really know my friends? Joni, Trina, Deb and Eden. Best friends since the first day of school. Best friends, they liked to say, forever. But now they are in their thirties and real life - husbands, children, work - has got in the way. So, resurrecting their annual trip away, Joni has an idea, something to help them reconnect. Each woman will write an anonymous letter, sharing with their friends the things that are really going on in their lives. But as the confessions come tumbling out, Joni starts to feel the certainty of their decades-long friendships slip from her fingers. Anger. Accusations. Desires. Deceit. And then she finds another letter. One that was never supposed to be read. A fifth letter. Containing a secret so big that its writer had tried to destroy it. And now Joni is starting to wonder, did she ever really know her friends at all?

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CSB Everyday Study Bible, Black Leathertouch: Black Letter, Study Notes, Illustrations, Aricles, Easy-To-Carry, Ribbon Marker, Easy-To-Read Bible Seri HOLMAN A J

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The CSB Everyday Study Bible is an accessible and easy-to-carry study Bible featuring concise study notes crafted from the award-winning Holman Study Bible, as well as features and foundational study helps to help in Christians to grow in their f

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Letters from Whitechapel (Revised Edition) Fantasy Flight Games

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Letter of Wchitechapel jest grą w klimacie zbrodni i śledztwa, została stworzona przez tego samego twórcę jak gry Garibaldi oraz Mister X-Flight through Europe- Giandaluca Santopietro i Gabriele Mari, jest grą inspirowaną morderstwami Kuby Rozpruwacza i akcjami Scotland Yardu by powstrzymać ciąg brutalnych mordów. Noc w noc, gracz który kontroluje Kubę popełnia kolejne morderstwa starając się również pozostać w ukryciu, w tym samym czasie gracz wchodzący w rolę brytyjskich detektywów próbuje go złapać, zdobywając poszlaki które pozwolą na przyspieszenie aresztowania. Wszystkie te morderstwa i pościgi są reprezentowane na planszy przedstawiającej Whitechapel w Londynie pod koniec 19 wieku. Noc za nocą policjanci starają się zacieśnić krąg podejrzeń wokół seryjnego mordercy, odrywając ślady mogące doprowadzić do schwytania Kuby Rozpruwacza, skłaniając gracza do łączenia faktów i dedukcji. Lettres from Whitechapel jest osobliwą grą osadzoną w czasach historycznych, posiadającą niezwykłe grafiki i klimat rozgrywki. {wib} {zpg} instrukcja plansza do gry zasłonka dla Jacka 6 kart pomocy 4 listy Jacka( Dear Boss, Saucy Jacky, From Hell, and Goulston Street ) 5 żetonów przestawiających szefów wydziałów śledczych (po 1 w każdym z kolorów: niebieskim, żółtym, brązowym,czerwonym i zielonym)  5 specjalnych żetonów ruchu 16 drewnianych znaczników 12 drewnianych pionków 27 plastikowych znaczników

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The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003 - Joe Cocker (Płyta CD)

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Opis - Spis utworów: CD 1 Strona 1 1. Unchain My Heart 2. Feelin' Alright 3. Summer In The City 4. You Can Leave Your Hat On 5. Up Where We Belong (with Jennifer Warnes) 6. You Are So Beautiful 7. With A Little Help From My Friends 8. Cry Me A River (live) 9. The Letter (live) 10. Delta Lady 11. Many Rivers To Cross 12. When The Night Comes 13. Night Calls 14. Don't You Love Me Anymore 15. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window CD 2 Strona 1 1. Could You Be Loved 2. Civilized Man 3. First We Take Manhattan 4. The Simple Things 5. N'Oubliez Jamais 6. That's All I Need To Know 7. Have A Little Faith 8. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 9. Now That The Magic Has Gone 10. Sweet Lil' Woman 11. Feels Like Forever 12. My Father's Son 13. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 14. Never Tear Us Apart Lista utworów - Płyta CD 1 1. Unchain My Heart 2. Feelin' Alright 3. Summer In The City 4. You Can Leave Your Hat On 5. Up Where We Belong 6. You Are So Beautiful 7. With A Little Help From My Friends 8. Cry Me A River 9. The Letter 10. Delta Lady 11. Many Rivers To Cross 12. When The Night Comes 13. Night Falls 14. Don't You Love Me Anymore 15. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Płyta CD 2 1. Could You Be Loved 2. Civilized Man 3. First We Take Manhattan 4. The Simple Things 5. N'oubliez Jamias 6. That's All I Need To Know 7. Have A Little Faith In Me 8. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 9. Now That The Magic Has Gone 10. Sweet Lil' Woman 11. (all I Know) Feels Like Forever 12. My Father's Son 13. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 14. Never Tear Us Apart 15. Ruby Lee Nazwa - The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003 Autor - Joe Cocker Wydawca - Warner Music Kod EAN - 0724359642420 Rok wydania - 2003 Nośnik - Płyta CD Ilość elementów - 2 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2003-12-01

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Tami Bear and the Tomato Mystery Promero Dariusz Setlak

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Audiobook Tami Bear and the Tomato Mystery - a fun, educational and adventurous book with rhymes about healthy eating and benefits from eating veggies, ideal for preschoolers and picky eaters. Tami Bear is a world-famous vegetable and fruit expert. Early morning he receives a letter from Gardenia. The letter was written by Grando, the chief of the gobics, little people who are famous for their juicy and healthy crops. There is a great unrest in the land of the gobics. For some time now, a thief has been prowling their gardens, stealing the most beautiful tomatoes! Without them, gobics are unable to prepare their signature dishes: soups, ketchups, salads and sauces! Detective Tami carefully listens to all the witnesses, collects the evidence and conducts an investigation to find the culprit of this dastardly theft. Will he be able to solve the mystery of the disappearing tomatoes? During the journey through the beautiful Gardenia, little readers find out what impact tomatoes have on their bodies? Why is it worth eating them and what dishes can be prepared from those delicious veggies? Invite your children to the wonderful world of Tami Bear, a world full of humor, surprising adventures, cheerful rhymes and delicious, healthy dishes. Books from Eating Well with Tami Bear series:   Show how healthy eating and exercises affect our body Teach children how important it is to eat healthy Support parents in changing bad eating habits of their children Educate children about the nutritional value of particular vegetables Care about children

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Wake Up! - Chris Barez-Brown

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Opis - We all know the feeling of driving a long distance and arriving at our destination with little memory of the journey. That's because when we are doing routine activities our subconscious takes over to save energy: we are on autopilot. This doesn't just happen when we drive. It happens every day when we are at work, with our loved ones, or simply living our lives. Wake Up! is a series of experiments designed to help you break free from this trap. From climbing a tree to writing a letter, here are a year's worth of balanced, playful experiences that will engage your imagination and stimulate your senses. By escaping autopilot more often you'll feel tuned in, tap in to who you really are, and make every day count. Nazwa - Wake Up! Autor - Chris Barez-Brown Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9780241977422 Kod EAN - 9780241977422 Rok wydania - 2016 Język - angielski Format - 14.0x21.0cm Ilość stron - 298 Podatek VAT - 5%

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The Mighty Angel - Jerzy Pilch

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Opis - "Pilch"s prose is masterful, and the bulk of The Mighty Angel evokes the same numb, floating sensation as a bottle of Zloldkowa Gorzka." "L Magazine The Mighty Angel concerns the alcoholic misadventures of a writer named Jerzy. Eighteen times he's woken up in rehab. Eighteen times he's been released"a sober and, more or less, healthy man"after treatment at the hands of the stern therapist Moses Alias I Alcohol. And eighteen times he's stopped off at the liquor store on the way home, to pick up the supplies that are necessary to help him face his return to a ruined apartment. While he's in rehab, Jerzy collects the stories of his fellow alcoholics"Don Juan the Rib, The Most Wanted Terrorist in the World, the Sugar King, the Queen of Kent, the Hero of Socialist Labor"in an effort to tell the universal, and particular, story of the alcoholic, and to discover the motivations and drives that underlie the alcoholic's behavior. A simultaneously tragic, comic, and touching novel, The Mighty Angel displays Pilch?s caustic humor, ferocious intelligence, and unparalleled mastery of storytelling. Translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston Nazwa - The Mighty Angel Autor - Jerzy Pilch Oprawa - Twarda Wydawca - Open Letter Kod ISBN - 9781934824085 Kod EAN - 9781934824085 Rok wydania - 2009 Język - angielski Format - 15.0x22.0cm Ilość stron - 156 Podatek VAT - 5%

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