48,83 zł

Kniha Flames Transworld

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

'Fascinating & compelling. I loved all four women' ELODIE HARPER, author of THE WOLF DEN'MAGNIFICENT...It's simply too good' KATIE LOWE, author of THE FURIES'Utterly compelling' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, author of THE MERCIES___________________________________________Vienna at the dawn of the 20th century. An opulent, extravagant city teeming with art, music and radical ideas. A place where the social elite attend glamorous balls in the city's palaces whilst young intellectuals decry the empire across the tables of crowded cafes. It is a city where anything seems possible - if you are a man.Edith and Adele are sisters, the daughters of a wealthy bourgeois industrialist. They are expected to follow the rules, to marry well, and produce children. Gertrude is in thrall to her flamboyant older brother. Marked by a traumatic childhood, she envies the freedom he so readily commands. Vally was born into poverty but is making her way in the world as a model for the eminent artist Gustav Klimt.None of these women is quite what they seem. Fierce, passionate and determined, they want to defy convention and forge their own path. But their lives are set on a collision course when they become entangled with the controversial young artist Egon Schiele whose work - and private life - are sending shockwaves through Vienna's elite. All it will take is a single act of betrayal to change everything for them all. Because just as a flame has the power to mesmerize, it can also destroy everything in its path..._______________________________'Glorious' Guardian'Intoxicating and evocative...full of controversy and drama. We loved it' Woman & Home'Thought provoking and illuminating - I so enjoyed discovering the world and the women behind works of art I adore' KATE SAWYER, author of THE STRANDING'An exquisite sense of place and era with a passion and sensuality that transcend time altogether.' ISABEL COSTELLO, author of SCENT'Confident...urgent...illuminating' Sunday Times'Impressive' The Times'A stunning story of love, art and betrayal' RED magazine'Full of scandal, love, betrayal, and heartache' Cosmopolitan'Mesmerising' Good Housekeeping'A drama of love, loss, rivalry and betrayal. A terrific debut, brilliantly imagined' Saga Debut of the Month'An unforgettable book about wanting more for ourselves than we are told we are allowed' Ericka Waller, author of Dog Days

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129,80 zł

Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess: Seize the Moment to Get the Advantage

Szachy > Książki New In Chess

Best Books of 2013 - CHESS Magazine English Chess Federation Book of the Year Finalist Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess  is an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice and sparkling examples The sacrifice is one of themost beautiful and complex elements of chess. Giving up material in order to get an advantage is often the most difficult decision a player has to take during a game. It can also be the most rewarding. Ivan Sokolov, a true grandmaster of attack, presents a set of practical tools that will help you to master the art of the sacrifice. He concentrates on the aim you are trying to achieve, and he teaches you how to develop your intuition and how to arrive at a reasonable risk assessment.A sacrifice, Sokolov argues, is the natural product of the initiative. This explains why the author devotes a substantial part of the book to this most elusive element of our game. With great clarity he teaches when the initiative is at stake and how you should grab it. Ivan Sokolov  is an International Grandmaster who was born in Bosnia in 1968 and rose to the number 12 spot in the FIDE world rankings. He was Yugoslav champion in 1988 and Dutch champion in 1995 and 1998.  In his rich career Sokolov has beaten world chess champions Garry Kasparov,Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. His previous books The Strategic Nimzo-Indian, The Ruy Lopez Revisitedand Winning Chess Middlegames were widely acclaimed bestsellers. At the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw Ivan Sokolov won the Gold Medal for the overall best performing player, with a TPR of 2941. Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation: "The material this book contains will make it a classic (..) Studying it is fun. Sokolov convinces because he does not simply dish out a parade of examples of sacrifices, but presents complete view on initiative, sacrifice and other elements."  Dennis Monokroussos, The Chess Mind: "Ivan Sokolov may be the strongest active player writing books on middlegame theory, and the quality shows (..) He writes and analyses with great enthusiasm and expertise and the attentive reader will not just be entertained by the great games, he'll be educated as well." British Chess Magazine: "One of the best practical guides ever written." Sam Collins, Chess Today: "The structure is well thought out and makes the material easier to digest (..) The book shines in Sokolov's constant attempts to explain rules and principles (in particular the 'attacking ratio', which dominates most examples) coupled with stories about particular games or concepts." The Judges of the ECF Book of the Year Award: "A delightful book that both instructs and entertains at the same time." Klaus Kreuzer, Rochade Europa Magazine: "Sokolov does an extremely remarkable job (..) His explanations are always convincing and instructive." Hans Ree, NRC Handelsblad: "Presents not just rules of thumb but also specific insights that had never crossed my mind." Sean Marsh, CHESS Magazine: "One of the reasons I like this book is Sokolov's use of firsthand anecdotes (..) A very well-written and highly instructive book." John D. Warth,Chess Club of Southern Indiana: "One of the book#8217;s strongest chapters deals with ignoring our opponents#8217; threats by creating counter-threats of our own (..) 'Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess' is a thought-provoking a nd mature study of great importance." Joe Petrolito, Australasian Chess Magazine: "Sokolov writes clearly and instructively, and once again he has produced an excellent book that is a pleasure to read." Martin Rieger, SchachWelt: "The book offers useful ideas, presents wonderful attacking games and motivates to play creatively. The explanations by this exper

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154,96 zł

George VI Bloomsbury Publishing

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

George VI was the man not born to be king. He nonetheless rescued the British monarchy in the aftermath of the abdication crisis and cemented its prestige with his well-judged performance during World War II and the Blitz. In this acclaimed biography, Denis Judd tells the story of Prince Bertie s transformation into King George VI including his struggle with a crippling shyness and sense of inadequacy, exacerbated by the stammer which was the focus of the Oscar-winning film The King s Speech. His marriage to the self-assured and supportive Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons and his unexpected accession to the throne in 1936 changed the direction of the young prince s life for good. Once on the throne, it was he who bore the weighty responsibility for restoring the nation s confidence in their monarchy following his elder brother s abdication, and for maintaining morale during the darkest days of World War II, when, together with Winston Churchill, his dignified presence functioned as a beacon of reassurance to civilians and military alike. Denis Judd provides a fascinating, if sometimes controversial, reassessment of the man who, quite unexpectedly, came to occupy an extraordinary position in a time of unprecedented change.

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29,70 zł

VERY BEST OF,THE - Cher (Płyta CD)

Książki & Multimedia > Muzyka

Lista utworów - Płyta 1 CD1: 1. Believe 2. Strong Enough 3. If I Could Turn Back Time 4. I Found Someone 5. Song For The Lonely 6. Walking In Memphis 7. Just Like Jesse James 8. One By One 9. Live And Understanding 10. Save Up All Your Tears CD2: 1. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) 2. Heart Of Stone 3. Dov'e L'amore 4. The Music's No Good Without You 5. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves 6. Half-Breed 7. Dark Lady 8. I Got You Babe 9. The Beat Goes On 10. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Opis - Multiplatynowa kompilacja przebojów jedynej w swoim rodzaju artystki, jaką jest Cher. Składanka ukazała się w 2003 roku i zawiera przekrój przez całą muzyczną karierę Amerykanki, która zaczęła się w połowie lat 60. XX wieku! Podwójny zestaw obejmuje nagrania Cher z lat 1965-2002. Są więc zarówno hity napisane przez Sonny'ego Bono, jak "Bang Bang" i "I Got You Babe", kawałki w stylu disco (Take Me Home"), rockowe piosenki z okresu romansu z Richiem Samborą z Bon Jovi ("Heart Of Stone", "If I Could Turn Back Time"), jak i współczesne taneczne hity - "Believe" i "Strong Enough". Kompilacja znalazła się w pierwszej dziesiątce "Billboardu". Na całym świecie sprzedało się ponad 3 mln egzemplarzy wydawnictwa. "The Very Best Of Cher" to idealnie wyciągnięta esencja twórczości Bogini Popu, jak określa się Cher. Spis utworów: CD 1 Strona 1 1. Believe 2. Strong Enough 3. If I Could Turn Back Time 4. I Found Someone 5. Song For The Lonely (Edit) 6. Walking In Memphis 7. Just Like Jesse James 8. One By One (LP Version) 9. Love And Understanding 10. Save Up All Your Tears 11. Piu Che Puoi 12. Love Can Build A Bridge 13. Take Me Home 14. Rudy 15. Bad Love (from the movie "Foxes") 16. When The Money's Gone 17. All Or Nothing 18. Alive Again 19. Different Kind Of Love Song CD 2 Strona 1 1. The Shoop Shoop Song (Its In His Kiss) 2. Heart Of Stone 3. Dov'? L'amore (Radio Edit) 4. The Music's No Good Without You (album version) 5. Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves 6. Half Breed 7. Dark Lady 8. I Got You Babe (LP/Single Version) 9. The Beat Goes On (Single Version) 10. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (1990 Digital Remaster) 11. The Way Of Love 12. All I Really Want To Do (1990 Digital Remaster) 13. Train Of Thought 14. A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done 15. We All Sleep Alone 16. Love Hurts 17. Not Enough Love In The World 18. Born With The Hunger 19. After All (Love Theme from "Chances Are") 20. All I Ever Need Is You 21. Baby Don't Go (LP Version) 22. Dead Ringer For Love 23. Bang Bang Nazwa - VERY BEST OF,THE Autor - Cher Wydawca - Rhino US Kod EAN - 0825646086450 Rok wydania - 2003 Nośnik - Płyta CD Ilość elementów - 2 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2003-09-01

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82,00 zł

Jadwiga Paja-Stach POLISH MUSIC FROM PADEREWSKI TO PENDERECKI MI-Musica Iagellonica

MIKsiążki/Muzyka i taniecKsiążki/Książki angielskojęzyczne

This book contains a review of the most important movements in 20th-century Polish music. It also presents profiles of those composers who are judged to have made valuable contributions to both Polish and world musical culture. Part 1 provides a context to the themes explored in Part 2. Chapter 1 contains a sketch of the development of Polish musical culture in the context of historical changes, an area which still requires thorough research, preferably conducted using a cross-disciplinary approach including sociology, political science and history of music. The present outline refers the reader to works describing some areas of this field of knowledge, but these should be treated rather as possible directions to be followed in further research. Chapter 2 presents the major musical ideas operating in the

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24,46 zł

White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Zadie Smith"s White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first timeOne of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book."Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read" Independent "An astonishingly assured debut, funny and serious ... I was delighted" Salman Rushdie"The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages" Julian Barnes, Guardian"Quirky, sassy and wise ... a big, splashy, populous production reminiscent of books by Dickens and Salman Rushdie ... demonstrates both an instinctive storytelling talent and a fully fashioned voice that"s street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time" New York Times"Smith writes like an old hand, and, sometimes, like a dream" New Yorker"Outstanding ... A strikingly clever and funny book with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life" Sunday Telegraph"Do believe the hype" The Times"Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt" GuardianZadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. Her debut novel, White Teeth, won the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers? First Book Prize, and was included in TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Her second novel, On Beauty, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written two further novels, The Autograph Man and NW, a collection of essays, Changing My Mind, and also edited a short-story anthology, The Book of Other People. Nazwa - White Teeth Autor - Zadie Smith Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9780241981399 Kod EAN - 9780241981399 Rok wydania - 2017 Język - angielski Format - 11.1x18.1cm Ilość stron - 560 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2017-07-21

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152,87 zł

BARBRA STREISAND BACK TO BROOKLYN DVD+CD WYDAWCA

Muzyka > Płyty kompaktowe > Pop > Zagraniczny

BARBRA STREISAND BACK TO BROOKLYN DVD+CD CD: 1. I Remember Barbra 1 - Barbra Streisand 2. As If We Never Said Goodbye - Barbra Streisand 3. Nice 'n' Easy / That Face - Barbra Streisand 4. The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand 5. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Barbra Streisand 6. Didn't We - Barbra Streisand 7. Marvin Hamlisch intro - Barbra Streisand 8. The Way We Were / Through The Eyes Of Love - Barbra Streisand 9. Jule Styne intro - Barbra Streisand 10. Being Good Isn't Good Enough - Barbra Streisand 11. Rose's Turn / Some People / Don't Rain On My Parade - Barbra Streisand 12. I Remember Barbra 2 - Barbra Streisand 13. You're The Top - Barbra Streisand 14. What'll I Do / My Funny Valentine - Barbra Streisand & Chris Botti 15. Lost Inside Of You - Barbra Streisand & Chris Botti 16. Evergreen / Love Theme from A Star Is Born - Barbra Streisand & Chris Botti 17. Jason Gould intro - Barbra Streisand 18. How Deep Is The Ocean - Barbra Streisand & Jason Gould 19. People - Barbra Streisand 20. Here's To Life intro - Barbra Streisand 21. Here's To Life - Barbra Streisand 22. Make Our Garden Grow - Barbra Streisand 23. Some Other Time intro - Barbra Streisand 24. Some Other Time - Barbra Streisand DVD: 1. Back to Brooklyn - Barbra Streisand 3. I Remember Brooklyn (Dialogue) - Barbra Streisand 4. Nice 'n' Easy / That Face - Barbra Streisand 5. The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand 6. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Barbra Streisand 7. Didn't We - Barbra Streisand 8. Smile - Barbra Streisand & Il Volo 9. Q & A - Barbra Streisand 10. Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long - Barbra Streisand 11. No More Tears / Enough Is Enough - Barbra Streisand 12. The Way We Were / Through The Eyes Of Love - Barbra Streisand 13. Being Good Isn't Good Enough - Barbra Streisand 14. Rose's Turn / Some People / Don't Rain On My Parade - Barbra Streisand 15. I Remember Barbra - Barbra Streisand 16. You're The Top - Barbra Streisand 17. What'll I Do / My Funny Valentine - Barbra Streisand & Chris Botti 18. Lost Inside Of You - Barbra Streisand & Chris Botti 19. Evergreen / Love Theme from A Star Is Born - Barbra Streisand & Chris Botti 20. Nature Boy (Birthday video performed by Jason Gould) - Barbra Streisand 21. How Deep Is The Ocean - Barbra Streisand & Jason Gould 22. People - Barbra Streisand 23. Here's To Life - Barbra Streisand 24. Make Our Garden Grow / Somewhere - Barbra Streisand 25. Some Other Time - Barbra Streisand 26. Happy Days Are Here Again - Barbra Streisand 27. "This Masquerade" (Performed by Jason Gould) (Includes Additional Bonus Material) - Barbra Streisand 28. I Remember Barbra Documentary Film (Includes Additional Bonus Material) - Barbra Streisand

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156,20 zł

The Life Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Vol. 1: Uncrowned King

Szachy > Inne wydawnictwa

Akiva Rubinstein occupies a unique position in chess history. One of the greatest artists ever to sit down at a chessboard, Rubinstein was also the strongest player never to get a shot at the title of World Champion.   This book focuses on the years 1882-1920, covering Rubinstein#8217;s rise from a modest upbringing to his emergence as Emanuel Lasker#8217;s chief challenger in the last years leading up to World War I. It also examines the effects this conflict had on his sensitive psyche and the way it influenced his play in the post-War years.   The most definitive work ever done on the first part of Rubinstein#8217;s career, this  revised and expanded edition  of The Life Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Volume 1: Uncrowned King offers almost 500 games, many of them deeply annotated with notes translated from top players of the pre-World War I era, including Lasker, Tarrasch, Schlechter and Rubinstein.  The authors have also made many new annotations to the games and uncovered quite a bit of interesting material, including recent discoveries on Rubinstein#8217;s stay in Sweden after World War I.    The second edition of The Life Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Volume 1: Uncrowned King is 20 percent larger than its predecessor and with its wealth of crosstables, archival photos, multiple indexes and through bibliography it offers a treasure trove for the Rubinstein fan.   International Master  Nikolay Minev  was three times champion of his native Bulgaria and represented his country six times in Chess Olympiads, several times on top board. An expert on endings, Minev was one of the principal contributors to Chess Informant#8217;s mammoth Encyclopedia of Chess Endings series. He served for many years as editor of the Bulgarian national chess magazine Shakhmatna misl and was a regular columnist for Inside Chess for over ten years. Since 1983 Minev has made his home in Seattle.   International Master  John Donaldson  has served nine times as Captain for the US national chess team, most recently at the Olympiad in Turin 2006 where the Americans placed third. The author of more than thirty books covering all aspects of the game, Donaldson also has two Grandmaster norms. He has served since 1998 as the Director of the Mechanics#8217; Institute Chess Club in San Francisco and makes his home across the Bay in Berkeley. John Watson, The Week in Chess: "A book that belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the all-time great players." Paul Kane, The Compulsive Reader: "A wonderful tribute to a sophisticated, subtle chess player. A splendid volume of record, deserving full praise and recommendation." Dr. W. Schweitzer, Rochade Europa: "A great achievement." Johannes Fischer, KARL Magazine: "Also because of the many pictures and the nicely readable lay-out this is a very good book." British Chess Magazine: "This is an enlarged second edition (...) and includes a number of newly-discovered games (...) Anyone who failed to get the first edition now have a quite undeserved opportunity to remedy their omission with profit." Thomas Beherens, Chess-International: "If you are intersted in chess history, then this book offers quite a lot of reading material on an almost academic level (...) Moreover, it also is a big trainining book (...) recommended to learn to play real strategic chess."

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65,21 zł

Rackham's Fairy Tale Illustrations Dover Publications Inc.

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

List of PlatesLITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM1 "She took off her golden garter and put it round the roe-buck's neck ("Little Brother and Little Sister")"2 "The end of his beard was caught in a crack in the tree ("Snow-White and Rose-Red)"3 "The third time she wore the star-dress which sparkled at every step ("The True Sweetheart")"4 "Suddenly the branches twined round her and turned into two arms ("The Old Woman in the Wood")"5 "He played until the room was entirely full of gnomes ("The Gnomes")"6 "What did she find there but real ripe strawberries ("The Three Little Men in the Wood")"7 "The waiting maid sprang down first and Maid Maleen followed ("Maid Maleen")"8 "She begged quite prettily to be allowed to spend the night there ("The Hut in the Forest")"SNOWDROP AND OTHER TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM9 "The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground ("Snowdrop")"10 "The King could not contain himslef for joy ("Briar Rose")"11 "The young Prince said, "I am not afraid; I am determined to go and look upon the lovely Briar Rose" ("Briar Rose")"12 "Ashenputtel goes to the ball ("Ashenputtel")"13 "The fishes, in their joy, stretched up their head above the water, and promised to reward him ("The White Snake")"14 "So the four brothers took their sticks in their hands, bade their father good-bye, and passed out of the town gate ("The Four Clever Brothers")"15 "The King's only daughter had been carried off by a dragon ("The Four Clever Brothers")"16 "She went away accompanied by the lions ("The Lady and the Lion")"17 "Alas! Dear Falada, there thou hangest ("The Goosegirl")"18 "Bow, blow, little breeze, And Conrad's hat seize ("The Goosegirl")"19 "Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are? ("The Water of Life")"20 "The son made a circle, and his father and he took their places within it, and the little black Manniken appeared ("The King of the Golden Mountain")"21 "But they said one after another: "Halloa! Who has been eating off my plate? Who has been drinking out of my cup?" ("The Seven Ravens")"22 "The beggar took her by the hand and led her away ("King Thrushbeard")"HANSEL AND GRETHEL AND OTHER TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM23 "All at once the door opened and an old, old woman, supporting herself on a crutch, came hobbling out ("Hansel and Grethel")"24 "Hansel put out a knuckle-bone, and the old woman, whose eyes were dim, could not see it, and thought it was his finger, and she was much astonished that he did not get fat ("Hansel and Grethel")"25 "Once there was a poor old woman who lived in a village ("The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean") "26 "So she seized him with two fingers, and carried him upstairs ("The Frog Prince")"27 "The cat stole away behind the city walls to the church ("The Cat and Mouse in Partnership")"28 "The witch climbed up ("Rapunzel")"29 "When she got to the wood, she met a wolf ("Red Riding Hood")"30 "O Grandmother, what big ears you have got" she said ("Red Riding Hood")"31 "The old man had to sit by himself, and ate his food from a wooden bowl ("The Old Man and His Grandson")"THE ALLIES' FAIRY BOOK32 "In a twinkling the giant put each garden, and orchard, and castle in the bundle as they were before ("The Battle of the Birds")"33 "If thou wilt give me this pretty little one," says the king's son. "I will take thee at they word" ('"The Battle of the Birds")"34 "Now, Guleesh, what good will she be to you when she'll be dumb? It's time for us to go-but you'll remember us, Guleesh")"35 "The sleeping Princess ("The Sleeping Beauty")"36 "So valiantly did they grapple with him that they bore him to the ground and slew him ("Cesarino and the Dragon")"37 "The birds showed the young man the white dove's nest ("What Came of Picking Flowers")"38 "Art thou warm, maiden? Art thou warm, pretty one? Art thou warm, my darling?" ("Frost")"39 "Nine peahens flew towards the tree, and eight of them settled on its branches, but the ninth alighted near him and turned instantly into a beautiful girl ("The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens")"40 "The dragon flew out and caught the queen on the road and carried her away ("The Golden Apple Tree and the Nine Peahens")"ENGLISH FAIRY TALES41 "Mr. And Mrs. Vinegar at home ("Mr. And Mrs. Vinegar")"42 "Somebody has been at my porriedge, and has eaten it all up!" ("The Story of the Three Bears")"43 "The giant Cormoran was the terror of all the country-side ("Jack the Giant-Killer")"44 "Tree of mine! O tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid?" ("The Two Sisters")"45 "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman" ("Jack and the Beanstalk")"46 "She went along, and went along, and went along ("Catskin")"47 "They thanked her and said good-bye, and she went on her journey ("The Three Heads of the Well")"48 "Many's the beating he had from the broomstick or the ladle ("Dick Whittington and his Cat")"49 "When Puss saw the rats and mice she didn't want to be told ("Dick Whittington and his Cat")"50 "She sat down and plaited herself an overall of rushes and a cap to match ("Caporushes")"IRISH FAIRY TALES51 "In a forked glen into which he slipped at night-fall he was surrounded by giant toads ("Becuma of the White Skin")"52 "My life became a ceaseless scurry and wound and escape, a burden and anguish of watchfullness" ("The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill")"53 "She looked angry woe at the straining and snarling horde below ("The Wooing of Becfola")"Headpiece [on title page] By day she made herself into a cat . . .Tailpiece [following Plate 53] . . . or a screech owl

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40,19 zł

Bubble in the Bathtub Aladdin

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The Fart Powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa couldn't stop there. Next up: a time-travelling bathtub. You just hop in, lather up the Time Soap, and wish for where you'd like to go. Doctor Proctor has plans for this new invention. You see, he lost his true love years ago, when Juliette Margarine married an evil count. The good Doctor has never quite gotten over this, and he's going back to change it. But when things go wrong, it's up to Nilly and Lisa to travel back in time to right all wrongs and reunite the two lovebirds. Nothing is quite so simple in a Jo Nesbo book. Enter a herd of hippos, a scheming assistant, and Time Soap that keeps going awry, sending Nilly and Lisa to the storming of the Bastille! Fortunately, as in every Jo Nesbo book, the Fart Powder solves everything.

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73,18 zł

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Ballantine Books

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is thenow-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story toEvelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of theirrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place inWhistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present--for Evelyn and for us--will never be quite the same again... "Airplanes and television have removed the Threadgoodes from the Southern scene. Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved a whole community of them in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure. Idgie Threadgoode is a true original: Huckleberry Finn would have tried to marry her!" --Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird "A real novel and a good one... [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller." --"The New York Times "It's very good, in fact, just wonderful." --"Los Angeles Times "Funny and macabre." --"The Washington Post "Courageous and wise." --"Houston Chronicle

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81,29 zł

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Ballantine Books

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is thenow-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story toEvelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of theirrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place inWhistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present--for Evelyn and for us--will never be quite the same again... "Airplanes and television have removed the Threadgoodes from the Southern scene. Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved a whole community of them in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure. Idgie Threadgoode is a true original: Huckleberry Finn would have tried to marry her!" --Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird "A real novel and a good one... [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller." --"The New York Times "It's very good, in fact, just wonderful." --"Los Angeles Times "Funny and macabre." --"The Washington Post "Courageous and wise." --"Houston Chronicle

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171,60 zł

The Life Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Vol. 2: The Later Years

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Akiva Rubinstein  occupies a unique position in chess history. One of the greatest artists ever to sit down at a chessboard, Rubinstein was also the strongest player never to get an opportunity to play for the title of World Champion. This greatly enlarged second edition chronicles the second half (1921-1961) of the Polish grandmaster#8217;s life. Dozens of archival photographs, photographs and approximately 40% more material finish off this splendid work, completing the journey begun in volume 1.   International Master  John Donaldson  is one of America's most popular chess authors. His most recent release is the second edition of "A Legend on the Road", about Bobby Fischer's 1964 transatlantic exhibition tour. International Master and three-time champion of Bulgaria  Nikolay Minev  is well-known for his books and articles, although his most recent work,"A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames", has been well received by chessplayers worldwide. Acclaim for "The Life and Games of Akiva Rubinstein Vol. 1" John Watson, The Week in Chess: "A book that belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the all-time great players." Paul Kane, The Compulsive Reader: "A wonderful tribute to a sophisticated, subtle chess player. A splendid volume of record, deserving full praise and recommendation." Dr. W. Schweitzer, Rochade Europa: "A great achievement." Johannes Fischer, KARL Magazine: "Also because of the many pictures and the nicely readable lay-out this is a very good book." British Chess Magazine: "This is an enlarged second edition (...) and includes a number of newly-discovered games (...) Anyone who failed to get the first edition now have a quite undeserved opportunity to remedy their omission with profit." Thomas Beherens, Chess-International: "If you are intersted in chess history, then this book offers quite a lot of reading material on an almost academic level (...) Moreover, it also is a big trainining book (...) recommended to learn to play real strategic chess."

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Opus Dei Penguin

Literatura faktu

Opus Dei is the most controversial - and unknown - force in the Catholic Church.  Here, John L. Allen uncovers its real nature.  Accused of promoting a right-wing political agenda, of cult-like practices, and immortalized forever in the pages of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, Opus Dei is the most notorious, most talked about - but least known - religious organization of our time.  Granted unlimited access to those within its ranks, and with an investigative eye intent on uncovering closely guarded secrets, John L. Allen finally separates the myths from the facts:  the actual use of the cilice; the reason men and women remain separate; the true extent of Opus Dei's funds.  Built around a wealth of interviews with the heads of Opus Dei in the Vatican and in centres around the world, comparing the attitudes of current members with those of highly critical members and outsiders, Opus Dei is a portrait of a remarkably powerful organization, both inside and outside the Church. One of the most mysterious and controversial religious forces today, and immortalized in Dan Brown

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Seasons in the Sun Penguin Books

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Dominic Sandbrook's magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain - the book behind the major BB2 series "The Seventies". The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. Dominic Sandbrook recreates this extraordinary period in all its chaos and contradiction, revealing it as a turning point in our recent history, where, in everything from families and schools to punk and Doctor Who, the future of the nation was being decided. Reviews: "Magnificent ...if you lived through the late Seventies - or, for that matter, even if you didn't - don't miss this book". ("Mail on Sunday"). "Sandbrook has created a specific style of narrative history, blending high politics, social change and popular culture ...always readable and assured ...[A] splendid book". (Stephen Robinson, "Sunday Times"). "[Sandbrook] has a remarkable ability to turn a sow's ear into a sulk purse. His subject is depressing, but the book itself is a joy...Sandbrook is, without doubt, superb..."Seasons in the Sun" is a familiar story, yet seldom has it been told with such verve". (Gerard DeGroot, "Seven"). "A brilliant historian...I had never fully appreciated what a truly horrible period it was until reading Sandbrook". (A. N. Wilson, "Spectator"). "Nuanced...Sandbrook has rummaged deep into the cultural life of the era to remind us how rich it was, from Bowie to Dennis Potter, Martin Amis to William Golding". (Damian Whitworth, "The Times"). "Sharply and fluently written ...entertaining...By making you quite nostalgic for the present, Sandbrook has done a public service". ("Evening Standard"). About the author: Born in Shropshire ten days before the October 1974 election, Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Oxford, St Andrews and Cambridge. He is the author of three hugely acclaimed books on post-war Britain: "Never Had It So Good", "White Heat" and "State of Emergency", and two books on modern American history, "Eugene McCarthy" and "Mad as Hell". A prolific reviewer and columnist, he writes regularly for the "Sunday Times", "Daily Mail", "New Statesman" and "BBC History.

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