71,75 zł

Book of Two Ways: The stunning bestseller about life, death and missed opportunities Hodder & Stoughton

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Dawn thinks she knows everything there is to know about dying. As a death doula she helps her clients fix what is left undone so they can peacefully make the final transition. But when her plane plummets from the sky and she thinks she is experiencing the last moments of her life, she is shocked to find that she isn't thinking of her husband or teenage daughter - but of a road she strayed from 15 years earlier, when she turned her back on her PhD studies. Against all odds, Dawn survives, and the airline gives her a free ticket to wherever she needs to get to. in alternating chapters, we see possible choices: Land - returning to her husband, a quantum physicist who studies the possibilities of parallel universes, she is faced with a test to her marriage and a daughter who is struggling with self-image issues. And Water: returning to her studies and the archaeological site she worked on 15 years earlier, where the man she abandoned is about to make the discovery of a lifetime. But time may not be as straightforward as we think. As Dawn explores her possible futures, she is finding out what a well-lived life means, what we leave behind of ourselves when we leave the earth, and who she might have been...

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107,42 zł

Firefly - The Magnificent Nine Titan Books

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An old flame of Jayne Cobbs, Temperance McCloud, sends a message to Serenity, begging him for help. She lives on the arid, far-flung world of Tethys, and bandits are trying to overrun her town to gain control of their water supply: the only thing standing between its people and dustbowl ruin. Jayne tries to persuade the Serenity crew to join the fight, but it is only when he offers Vera, his favourite gun, as collateral that Mal realises hes serious. When the Serenity crew land at a hardscrabble desert outpost called Coogans Bluff, they discover two things: an outlaw gang with an almost fanatical devotion to their leader who will stop at nothing to get what they want, and that Temperance is singlehandedly raising a teenage daughter, born less than a year after Temperance and Jayne broke up. A daughter by the name of Jane McCloud

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82,40 zł

New Wilderness Oneworld Publications

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Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away. The smog and pollution of the overdeveloped, overpopulated metropolis they call home is ravaging her lungs. Bea knows she cannot stay in the City, but there is only one alternative: The Wilderness State. Mankind has never been allowed to venture into this vast expanse of untamed land. Until now. Bea and Agnes join eighteen other volunteers who agree to take part in a radical experiment. They must slowly learn how to live in the unpredictable, often dangerous Wilderness, leaving no trace on their surroundings in their quest to survive. But as Agnes embraces this new existence, Bea realises that saving her daughter's life might mean losing her in ways she hadn't foreseen. At once a blazing lament of our contempt for nature and a deeply humane portrayal of motherhood, The New Wilderness is an extraordinary, urgent novel from a celebrated new literary voice.

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764,39 zł

THE PERFECT ELVIS PRESLEY SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION 20CD WYDAWCA

Muzyka > Płyty kompaktowe > Rock'n'roll

Elvis Presley: The Perfect Elvis Presley Soundtrack Collection [20CD] 1. Mean Woman Blues - Elvis Presley 2. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley 3. Loving You - Elvis Presley 4. Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do! - Elvis Presley 5. Lonesome Cowboy - Elvis Presley 6. Hot Dog - Elvis Presley 7. Party - Elvis Presley 8. Blueberry Hill - Elvis Presley 9. True Love - Elvis Presley 10. Don't Leave Me Now - Elvis Presley 11. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Elvis Presley 12. I Need You So - Elvis Presley 13. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 14. Young and Beautiful - Elvis Presley 15. I Want to Be Free - Elvis Presley 16. Don't Leave Me Now - Elvis Presley 17. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care - Elvis Presley 18. Treat Me Nice - Elvis Presley 19. I Beg of You - Elvis Presley 20. Don't - Elvis Presley 21. Playing for Keeps - Elvis Presley 22. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Elvis Presley 23. Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley 24. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine - Elvis Presley 25. King Creole - Elvis Presley 26. As Long As I Have You - Elvis Presley 27. Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley 28. Trouble - Elvis Presley 29. Dixieland Rock - Elvis Presley 30. Don't Ask Me Why - Elvis Presley 31. Lover Doll - Elvis Presley 32. Crawfish - Elvis Presley 33. Young Dreams - Elvis Presley 34. Steadfast, Loyal and True - Elvis Presley 35. New Orleans - Elvis Presley 36. Tonight Is So Right for Love - Elvis Presley 37. What's She Really Like - Elvis Presley 38. Frankfort Special - Elvis Presley 39. Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley 40. G.I. Blues - Elvis Presley 41. Pocketful of Rainbows - Elvis Presley 42. Shoppin' Around - Elvis Presley 43. Big Boots - Elvis Presley 44. Didja' Ever - Elvis Presley 45. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 46. Doin' the Best I Can - Elvis Presley 47. Follow That Dream - Elvis Presley 48. What a Wonderful World - Elvis Presley 49. I'm Not the Marrying Kind - Elvis Presley 50. Sound Advice - Elvis Presley 51. Angel - Elvis Presley 52. King of the Whole Wide World - Elvis Presley 53. This Is Living - Elvis Presley 54. Riding the Rainbow - Elvis Presley 55. Home Is Where the Heart Is - Elvis Presley 56. I Got Lucky - Elvis Presley 57. A Whistling Tune - Elvis Presley 58. Flaming Star - Elvis Presley 59. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears - Elvis Presley 60. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley 61. Almost Always True - Elvis Presley 62. Aloha Oe - Elvis Presley 63. No More - Elvis Presley 64. Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley 65. Rock-a-hula Baby - Elvis Presley & Hula Baby 66. Moonlight Swim - Elvis Presley 67. Ku-u-i-po - Elvis Presley & Po 68. Ito Eats - Elvis Presley 69. Slicin' Sand - Elvis Presley 70. Hawaiian Sunset - Elvis Presley 71. Beach Boy Blues - Elvis Presley 72. Island of Love - Elvis Presley 73. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Elvis Presley 74. Girls! Girls! Girls! - Elvis Presley 75. I Don't Wanna Be Tied - Elvis Presley 76. Where Do You Come From - Elvis Presley 77. I Don't Want To - Elvis Presley 78. We'll Be Together - Elvis Presley 79. A Boy Like Me, a Girl Like You - Elvis Presley 80. Earth Boy - Elvis Presley 81. Return to Sender - Elvis Presley 82. Because of Love - Elvis Presley 83. Thanks to the Rolling Sea - Elvis Presley 84. Song of the Shrimp - Elvis Presley 85. The Walls Have Ears - Elvis Presley 86. We're Coming in Loaded - Elvis Presley 87. Beyond the Bend - Elvis Presley 88. Relax - Elvis Presley 89. Take Me to the Fair - Elvis Presley 90. They Remind Me Too Much of You - Elvis Presley 91. One Broken Heart for Sale - Elvis Presley 92. I'm Falling in Love Tonight - Elvis Presley 93. Cotton Candy Land - Elvis Presley 94. A World of Our Own - Elvis Presley 95. How Would You Like to Be - Elvis Presley 96. Happy Ending - Elvis Presley 97. Fun in Acapulco - Elvis Presley 98. Vino, Dinero Y Amor - Elvis Presley 99. Mexico - Elvis Presley 100. El Toro - Elvis Presley 101. Marguerita - Elvis Presley 102. The Bullfighter Was a Lady - Elvis Presley 103. (There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car - Elvis Presley 104. I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here - Elvis Presley 105. Bossa Nova Baby - Elvis Presley 106. You Can't Say No in Acapulco - Elvis Presley 107. Guadalajara - Elvis Presley 108. Love Me Tonight - Elvis Presley 109. Slowly But Surely - Elvis Presley 110. Kissin' Cousins (Number 2) - Elvis Presley 111. Smokey Mountain Boy - Elvis Presley 112. There's Gold in the Mountains - Elvis Presley 113. One Boy Two Little Girls - Elvis Presley 114. Catchin' On Fast - Elvis Presley 115. Tender Feeling - Elvis Presley 116. Anyone (Could Fall in Love With You) - Elvis Presley 117. Barefoot Ballad - Elvis Presley 118. Once Is Enough - Elvis Presley 119. Kissin' Cousins - Elvis Presley 120. Echoes of Love - Elvis Presley 121. (It's A) Long, Lonely Highway - Elvis Presley 122. Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley 123. I Need Somebody to Lean On - Elvis Presley 124. You're the Boss - Elvis Presley 125. If You Think I Don't Need You - Elvis Presley 126. What'd I Say - Elvis Presley 127. Today, Tomorrow and Forever - Elvis Presley 128. C'mon Everybody - Elvis Presley 129. Do the Vega - Elvis Presley 130. Night Life - Elvis Presley 131. The Lady Loves Me - Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret - Elvis Presley & Margret 132. The Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas - Elvis Presley 133. Santa Lucia - Elvis Presley 134. Roustabout - Elvis Presley 135. Little Egypt - Elvis Presley 136. Poison Ivy League - Elvis Presley 137. Hard Knocks - Elvis Presley 138. It's a Wonderful World - Elvis Presley 139. Big Love, Big Heartache - Elvis Presley 140. One Track Heart - Elvis Presley 141. It's Carnival Time - Elvis Presley 142. Carny Town - Elvis Presley 143. There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon - Elvis Presley 144. Wheels On My Heels - Elvis Presley 145. Girl Happy - Elvis Presley 146. Spring Fever - Elvis Presley 147. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce - Elvis Presley 148. Startin' Tonight - Elvis Presley 149. Wolf Call - Elvis Presley 150. Do Not Disturb - Elvis Presley 151. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die - Elvis Presley 152. The Meanest Girl in Town - Elvis Presley 153. Do the Clam - Elvis Presley 154. Puppet On a String - Elvis Presley 155. I've Got to Find My Baby - Elvis Presley 156. You'll Be Gone - Elvis Presley 157. Harem Holiday - Elvis Presley 158. My Desert Serenade - Elvis Presley 159. Go East Young Man - Elvis Presley 160. Mirage - Elvis Presley 161. Kismet - Elvis Presley 162. Shake That Tambourine - Elvis Presley 163. Hey Little Girl - Elvis Presley 164. Golden Coins - Elvis Presley 165. So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) - Elvis Presley 166. Animal Instinct - Elvis Presley 167. Wisdom of the Ages - Elvis Presley 168. Frankie and Johnny - Elvis Presley 169. Come Along - Elvis Presley 170. Petunia, the Gardener's Daughter - Elvis Presley 171. Chesay - Elvis Presley 172. What Every Woman Lives For - Elvis Presley 173. Look Out, Broadway - Elvis Presley 174. Beginner's Luck - Elvis Presley 175. Down By the Riverside/When the Saints Go Marching In - Elvis Presley 176. Shout It Out - Elvis Presley 177. Hard Luck - Elvis Presley 178. Please Don't Stop Loving Me - Elvis Presley 179. Everybody Come Aboard - Elvis Presley 180. Paradise, Hawaiian Style - Elvis Presley 181. Queenie Wahine's Papaya - Elvis Presley 182. Scratch My Back - Elvis Presley 183. Drums of the Islands - Elvis Presley 184. Datin' - Elvis Presley 185. A Dog's Life - Elvis Presley 186. House of Sand - Elvis Presley 187. Stop Where You Are - Elvis Presley 188. This Is My Heaven - Elvis Presley 189. Sand Castles - Elvis Presley 190. Stop, Look and Listen - Elvis Presley 191. Adam and Evil - Elvis Presley 192. All That I Am - Elvis Presley 193. Never Say Yes - Elvis Presley 194. Am I Ready - Elvis Presley 195. Beach Shack - Elvis Presley 196. Spinout - Elvis Presley 197. Smorgasbord - Elvis Presley 198. I'll Be Back - Elvis Presley 199. Tomorrow Is a Long Time - Elvis Presley 200. Down in the Alley - Elvis Presley 201. I'll Remember You - Elvis Presley 202. Double Trouble - Elvis Presley 203. Baby, If You'll Give Me All of Your Love - Elvis Presley 204. Could I Fall in Love - Elvis Presley 205. Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On) - Elvis Presley 206. City By Night - Elvis Presley 207. Old MacDonald - Elvis Presley 208. I Love Only One Girl - Elvis Presley 209. There Is So Much World to See - Elvis Presley 210. It Won't Be Long - Elvis Presley 211. Never Ending - Elvis Presley 212. Blue River - Elvis Presley 213. What Now, What Next, Where To - Elvis Presley 214. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley 215. Clambake - Elvis Presley 216. Who Needs Money? - Elvis Presley 217. A House That Has Everything - Elvis Presley 218. Confidence - Elvis Presley 219. Hey, Hey, Hey - Elvis Presley 220. You Don't Know Me - Elvis Presley 221. The Girl I Never Loved - Elvis Presley 222. How Can You Lose What You Never Had - Elvis Presley 223. Big Boss Man - Elvis Presley 224. Singing Tree - Elvis Presley 225. Just Call Me Lonesome - Elvis Presley 226. Speedway - Elvis Presley 227. There Ain't Nothing Like a Song - Elvis Presley 228. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby - Elvis Presley 229. Who Are You? (Who Am I?) - Elvis Presley 230. He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad - Elvis Presley 231. Let Yourself Go - Elvis Presley 232. Your Groovy Self - Elvis Presley 233. Five Sleepy Heads - Elvis Presley 234. Western Union - Elvis Presley 235. Mine - Elvis Presley 236. Goin' Home - Elvis Presley 237. Suppose - Elvis Presley

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64,51 zł

Kniha Glory Random House

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly. A long time ago, in a bountiful land not so far away, the animal denizens lived quite happily. Then the colonisers arrived. After nearly a hundred years, a bloody War of Liberation brought new hope for the animals - along with a new leader. A charismatic horse who commanded the sun and ruled and ruled and kept on ruling. For forty years he ruled, with the help of his elite band of Chosen Ones, a scandalously violent pack of Defenders and, as he aged, his beloved and ambitious young donkey wife, Marvellous.But even the sticks and stones know there is no night ever so long it does not end with dawn. And so it did for the Old Horse, one day as he sat down to his Earl Grey tea and favorite radio programme. A new regime, a new leader. Or apparently so. And once again, the animals were full of hope . . .Glory tells the story of a country seemingly trapped in a cycle as old as time. And yet, as it unveils the myriad tricks required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, it reminds us that the glory of tyranny only lasts as long as its victims are willing to let it. History can be stopped in a moment. With the return of a long-lost daughter, a #freefairncredibleelection, a turning tide - even a single bullet.

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48,83 zł

Kniha Glory Vintage Publishing

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022**'You thought you were getting a novel as good as We Need New Names, tholukuthi Bulawayo's second is even more dazzling' Sarah Ladipo Manyika, GuardianGlory is an energy burst, an exhilarating joyride. It is the story of an uprising, told by a bold, vivid chorus of animal voices that helps us see our human world more clearlyA long time ago, in a bountiful land not so far away, the animal denizens lived quite happily. Then the colonisers arrived. After nearly a hundred years, a bloody War of Liberation brought new hope for the animals -- along with a new leader. A charismatic horse who commanded the sun and ruled and ruled and kept on ruling. For forty years he ruled, with the help of his elite band of Chosen Ones, a scandalously violent pack of Defenders and, as he aged, his beloved and ambitious young donkey wife, Marvellous.But even the sticks and stones know there is no night ever so long it does not end with dawn. And so it did for the Old Horse, one day as he sat down to his Earl Grey tea and favourite radio programme. A new regime, a new leader. Or apparently so. And once again, the animals were full of hope . . .Glory tells the story of a country seemingly trapped in a cycle as old as time. And yet, as it unveils the myriad tricks required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, it reminds us that the glory of tyranny only lasts as long as its victims are willing to let it. History can be stopped in a moment. With the return of a long-lost daughter, a #freefairncredibleelection, a turning tide -- even a single bullet.Best Summer Book of 2022 in the Financial Times

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52,25 zł

Fairy Tellers John Murray Press

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'His cornucopia of tellers and tales is a delight, a riveting celebration of a genre that revels in its own hybridity and the imaginative riches produced by the crossing of cultural and literary borders' Financial Times'Like a child after the Pied Piper I pursued Jubber into a world both human and full of magic. A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life' Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain'Magical tales about magical tales and tellers. Jubber, congenially and fascinatingly, explores the land from which the great fairy stories seeped, making the stories more resonant, powerful and important than ever' Charles Foster, author of Being a Human and Being a BeastThe surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them.Who were the Fairy Tellers?In this far-ranging quest, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy tales: inventors, thieves, rebels and forgotten geniuses who gave us classic tales such as 'Cinderella', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Baba Yaga'. From the Middle Ages to the birth of modern children's literature, they include a German apothecary's daughter, a Syrian youth running away from a career in the souk and a Russian dissident embroiled in a plot to kill the tsar. Following these and other unlikely protagonists, we travel from the steaming cities of Italy and the Levant, under the dark branches of the Black Forest, deep into the tundra of Siberia and across the snowy fells of Lapland.In the process, we discover a fresh perspective on some of our most frequently told stories. Filled with adventure, tragedy and real-world magic, this bewitching book uncovers the stranger lives behind the strangest of tales.

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145,21 zł

Emperor and the Saint Cornell University Press

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"The Emperor and the Saint" is a vivid place-by-place telling of the life and times of the most enlightened, creative, and dynamic ruler of Medieval Europe, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. St. Francis, who shared with Frederick a love of the natural world and was baptized in the same cathedral in Assisi, is a parallel and contrasting presence. Cassady enthusiastically guides the reader through the history and legends, pausing to describe the architecture of a cathedral, to marvel at the atmosphere of a town, to recommend the best place for a quiet picnic of local fare.Frederick's mother, Constance, was the daughter of the Norman Sicilian king, Roger II; Frederick's father, Henry VI, was the scion of the German imperial family, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. When three-year-old Frederick was orphaned in 1198 he came under the guardianship of Pope Innocent III, marking the beginning of a conflict with the Papacy that was to last for the rest of his life--he was excommunicated twice. As a young boy he wandered freely through the streets of Palermo, a crossroad of Eastern and Western cultures. A man of insatiable curiosity, Frederick spent hours developing his knowledge of science and religion, art and philosophy. He traveled the length and breadth of Europe, even going to the Holy Land where, as commander of a Crusade, he negotiated a treaty with Sultan al-Kamil of Egypt, nephew of the great Saladin. Both respected and reviled, Frederick achieved great heights and faced grave disappointments. One failure was his dream to bring Italy and Sicily together in a united empire with a capital at Rome. When Frederick died in December 1250, he was robed in the white habit of a Cistercian monk to demonstrate his connection to both personal/political and religious worlds.This engaging book is richly illustrated with photographs. Armchair historians, general readers of popular biography, and fans of travel literature will delight in Cassady's lively presentation.

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86,32 zł

Boy Who Wanted Wings James F Martin

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"A poor archer in medieval Poland takes aim at the love of his life in this epic novel from Martin. The anxious Aleksy Gazdecki, a young farmhand, embodies the ethnic and political tensions of Europe during the reign of the Ottoman Empire. The believability of this novel, which is sprinkled with period-specific details, is never in question. Martin sets the stage so tidily that the plight of Aleksy and Krystyna, who desire to move beyond the social classes that keep them apart, transcends the historical moment. Sprawling but never slow, the plot moves naturally from battle to intimacy and back again. "A gripping, transporting story of self-determination set against fate." ~Kirkus Reviews Aleksy, a dark-complexioned Tatar raised by a Polish peasant family, holds in his heart the wish is to become a Polish hussar, a lancer who carries into battle a device attached to his back that holds dozens of eagle feathers. As a Tatar and as a peasant, this is an unlikely quest. When he meets Krystyna, the daughter of the noble who owns the land that his parents work, he falls hopelessly in love. But even though she returns his love, race and class differences make this quest as impossible as that of becoming a hussar. Under the most harrowing and unlikely circumstances, one day Aleksy must choose between his dreams.

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46,92 zł

She Who Became the Sun Pan Macmillan

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The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller. An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates.For a family's eighth-born son, there's greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule.And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny.So she takes her dead brother's identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what's written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother's greatness - and rise as high as she can dream?This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice.'As brilliant as Circe .. . a deft and dazzling triumph' - Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne'Epic, tragic and gorgeous' - Alix E.Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January'This audacious, brilliant debut is a vivid, original reimagining . . .immersive storytelling at its finest' - Daily Mail'Magnificent in every way. War, desire, vengeance, politics - Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient' - Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange TreeShe Who Became the Sun is a reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

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61,09 zł

Either/Or Vintage Publishing

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In 1996, Selin, the bookish, language-obsessed daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives at Harvard University for her second year. Having spent the summer teaching English in the Hungarian countryside while obsessing over her crush, Ivan, Selin is determined to untangle from her unrequited infatuation, and shed her first year innocence. With her English syllabus as a rough guide, and her more worldly and confident peers as instructors, she resolves to become her own main character and throws herself into undergrad life: joining the literary magazine, attending house parties, and taking it into her own hands to spark her sexual awakening. A Russophile at heart and set on getting herself - and her improving Russian-language skills - to the motherland, Selin takes a paying summer job with the student-run guidebook, but is sent not to a different or exotic locale, but, disappointingly, Turkey. But the Turkey of her childhood trips quickly takes on new and rich meaning, as Selin travels from city to city, absorbing the land of her ancestors. She meets people on her way, men who reveal new parts of herself and others who heighten the contradictions she sees in the world around her. Every moment becomes an opportunity to seize the day, to move away from others' expectations and towards a life of her own making. With great observation, wit, and empathy, Elif Batuman perfectly captures the mystifying uncertainties to be found at the cusp of adulthood. Filled with the mundanities alongside the comedy of youth, and as entertaining as it is intellectual, Either/Or captures a forging of a self, and is a wonderfully complex illustration of a woman finding the freedom to step outside the script.

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51,75 zł

Thief's Magic Little, Brown Book Group

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International No.1 bestselling author Trudi Canavan returns with her most powerful and thrilling adventure yet. In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen's world faces. Elsewhere, in a land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer's daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it - should she dare to risk the Angels' wrath. But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, nor the laws of their lands. Not even the people they trust.

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52,25 zł

Beautiful Country Penguin Books

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BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, OBAMA 2021 BOOK PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.' In China she was the daughter of professors. In Brooklyn her family is 'illegal.' Qian is just seven when she moves to America, the 'Beautiful Country', where she and her parents find that the roads of New York City are not paved with gold, but crushing fear and scarcity. Unable to speak English at first, Qian and her parents must work wherever they can to survive, all while she battles hunger and loneliness at school. Thus begins an extraordinary story that describes, in vivid colours, days labouring in sweatshops and sushi factories, nights scavenging the streets for furniture, and the terrifying moment when the family emerges from the shadows to seek emergency medical treatment for Qian's mother. Qian Julie Wang's memoir is an unforgettable account of what it means to live under the perpetual threat of deportation and the small joys and sheer determination that kept her family afloat in a new land. Told from a child's perspective, in a voice that is intimate, poignant and startlingly lyrical, Beautiful Country is the story of a girl who learns first to live - and then escape - an invisible life.'A powerful, gripping insight into the world of an undocumented migrant in New York . . . beautifully written, with vivid scenes that linger in the mind long after finishing it' Helena Merriman'A story that needs to be heard. Moving, beautiful, heartbreaking and even funny . . . I never wanted it to end' Philippa Perry'Deeply compelling . . . I was moved by the love and resilience of this family thrust into darkness. The book casts an urgent light on a reality that extends way beyond America's borders' Hisham Matar, author of A Month in Siena and The Return'Astonishing . . . In restrained but beautiful prose, Wang honours her family's sacrifices, but alerts us to the urgent realisation that they should not be necessary' Nesrine Malik

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56,37 zł

Elder Race St Martin's Press

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"A Ursula Le Guin-like grace... Ten out of 10." -New York TimesIn Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe.Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it). But Elder Nyr isn't a sorcerer, and he is forbidden to help, and his knowledge of science tells him the threat cannot possibly be a demon...

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81,29 zł

Eucalyptus Picador

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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best BookA "New York Times Book Review" Notable Book of the Year On a property in New South Wales, a widower named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. Over the years as she grows into a beautiful woman, Holland plants hundreds of different eucalyptus trees on his land, filling the landscape, making a virtual outdoor museum of trees. When Ellen is nineteen, Holland announces that she may only marry the man who can correctly name the species of each and every gum tree on his property. A strange contest begins, and Ellen is left unmoved by her suitors until she chances on a strange young man resting under the Coolibah tree whose stories will amaze and dazzle her. A modern fairy tale, and an unforgettable love story, that bristles with spiky truths and unexpected wisdom about art, feminine beauty, landscape, and language. "Eucalyptus" affirms the seductive power of storytelling itself.

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