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Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays(2009) SYNGE, J.M.,O'CASEY, SEAN,YEATS, W BA murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitanVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Neutral Buoyancy(2002) ECOTT, TIMHistorical diving bells, Greek sponge divers, world war two frogmen and record-setting breath hold divers compete for space with sharks, turtles, dolphins and sea slugs. From Ireland to Florida, Papua New Guinea to Vienna and the Bahamas to Seychelles, thVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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India in Slow Motion(2003) TULLY, MARKCovering subjects as diverse as Hindu extremism, bonded child labour, Sufi mysticism, the crisis in agriculture, the persistence of political corruption and the problem of Kashmir, the athor presents a picture of India that is at once poignant, funny, staVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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History of the Italian People(1991) PROCACCI, GIULIANOFrom the early years, when its cities and towns were self-governing, to the national rise to power of fascism, Italy has undergone many upheavals. Pinpointing the year A.D. 1000 as a time when European supremacy began to take root, the author traces ItalyVezava: Mehka25,22 €
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How Poetry Works(2000) ROBERTS, PHILAsserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as wellVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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Gentleman from San Francisco(1992) RICHARDS, DAVID,BUNIN, IVAN,LUND, SOPHIEPresents stories which are set in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russia.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Willehalm(1984) ESCHENBACH, WOLFRAMThis epic poem of military prowess and courtly love tells the story of the love of Willehalm for Giburc, a Saracen woman converted to Christianity, and its consequences. Seeking revenge for the insult to their faith, her relatives initiate a religious warVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Devil's Larder(2002) CRACE, JIMA cumulative novel in 64 parts, all on the subject of food. Readers learn that little is to be trusted about food from these subversive ingredients, but there is also a touching patchwork portrait of a community where meals are served with passion and recVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Three Plays(1975) WEBSTER, JOHNIncludes the plays "The White Devil", "The Duchess of Malfi", and "The Devil's Law-Case".Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Churchill(2002) BEST, GEOFFREYWinston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. This book makes sense of this extraordinary man and his controversial and heroic career. It brings out Churchill's strengths and weaknesses, looking at the manyVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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Love, Life, Goethe(2007) ARMSTRONG, JOHNProvides a look at the life of the renowned writer Goethe to show the surprising ways in which we can learn from him, whether in love, suffering, friendship or family. This book shows how relevant Goethe is to the way we live, and how he wanted to live liVezava: Mehka25,22 €
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Mary and Maria, Matilda(1992) WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY,SHELLEY, MARYIncludes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman whoVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Jacques the Fatalist(1986) DIDEROT, DENISRiding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though he is truly free in a world of dizzying variety and unpredictability. Characters emerge and disappear as the pair travel across the country. This work challenges the artifVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Blood and Oil(2005) KLARE, MICHAELTraces oil's impact on international affairs since World War II, revealing its influence on the Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon and Carter governments. This work shows how America's own wells are drying up as demand increases and warns that by 2010 the US willVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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Echo Chamber(2011) WILLIAMS, LUKEIn coming into the world Evie Steppman pushed her mother out of it. Born two months late but with an extraordinary gift of hearing, Evie has an impression of the world vastly different to the experiences of other people. This title tells us the strange stVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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Love Visions(1983) CHAUCER, GEOFFREYSpanning Chaucer's working life, these four poems build on the medieval convention of love visions' - poems inspired by dreams, woven into rich allegories about the rituals and emotions of courtly love. Together, the four create a witty and humane self-poVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Mozart's Journey to Prague and Selected Poems(2003) MORIKE, EDUARDThis is a novella based on imaginary incidents that befall Mozart on his journey to Prague for a performance of Don Giovanni. The text also offers selected poems by Morike, combining classicism, romanticism and fairy tale.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Life Decoded(2008) VENTER, J. CRAIGCraig Venter is no ordinary scientist, and no ordinary man. He is the first human being ever to read their own DNA - and see the key to life itself. This book tells the story of his life: from teenage rebel and Vietnam medic, to sailor and maverick researVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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East End Chronicles(2006) GLINERT, EDAlways a rum place, the industrial revolution replaced rose bushes and hedgerows with metallic roads and iron railways, mud banks gave way to deep-water docks and sweatshops. This book tells the story of this part of London. It reveals the underbelly of tVezava: Mehka22,42 €
