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Missing / Karin Alvtegen ; English Translation by Anna Paterson. - Edinburgh ; London ; New York ; Melbourne : Canongate, 2011. - 347 s. ; 20 cm.

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Alvtegen, Karin (1965- ). Paterson, Anna. Tł.

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Język angielski Powieść szwedzka

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Kryminał

Tyt. oryg.: Sarnad.

Sybilla ucieka z rodzinnego bogatego domu, po tym jak jej mezalians z robotnikiem kończy się ciążą. Przez następnych piętnaście lat egzystuje poza społeczeństwem. Jednak pewnej nocy orientuje się, że jest najbardziej poszukiwaną osobą w Szwecji. Musi uciekać...

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Shadow / Karin Alvtegen ; English Translation by Burnett McKinley. - Edinburgh ; London ; New York ; Melbourne : Canongate, 2010. - [2], 311 s. ; 20 cm.

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Alvtegen, Karin (1965- ). McKinley, Burnett. Tł.

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Tyt. oryg.: Skugga.

Nowy thriller psychologiczny znanej szwedzkiej autorki. Co i dlaczego ukrywa słynny pisarz-noblista Axel Ragnerfeldt, wielbiony przez cały naród? O wizerunek literackiego geniusza starannie dbają jego najbliżsi. Śmierć pewnej starej, opuszczonej kobiety, uruchamia lawinę zdarzeń, której nie da się powstrzymać. Okazuje się, że za promiennym pasmem sukcesów noblisty kryją się straszliwe tajemnice, zdrada, kłamstwo i śmierć... Niepokojąca opowieść o ädrugiej stronie medaluö i cenie, jaką niektórzy są gotowi zapłacić za nieśmiertelność.

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Shame / Karin Alvtegen ; Translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray. - Edinburgh ; New York ; Melbourne : Canongate, 2007. - [4], 343 s. ; 20 cm.

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Alvtegen, Karin (1965- ). McKinley, Burnett. Tł.

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Język angielski Powieść szwedzka

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Tyt. oryg.: Skam.

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Beatlebone / Kevin Barry. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2015. - 268, [1] strona ; 23 cm.

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Barry, Kevin (1950- ). Autor

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Literatura irlandzka

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He will spend three days alone on his island. That is all that he asks ...John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip. John owns a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland. Maybe it is there that he can at last outrun the shadows of his past. The tale of a wild journey into the world and a wild journey within, Beatlebone is a mystery box of a novel. It's a portrait of an artist at a time of creative strife. It is most of all a sad and beautiful comedy from one of the most gifted stylists now at work.

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Jamrach's Menagerie / Carol Birch. - Wydanie 1. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2011. - 348 stron ; 20 cm.

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Birch, Carol (1951- ). Autor

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Literatura angielska

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Young Jaffy Brown never expects to escape the slums of Victorian London. Then, aged eight, a chance encounter with Mr Jamrach changes Jaffy's stars. And before he knows it, he finds himself at the docks waving goodbye to his beloved Ishbel and boarding a ship bound for the Indian Ocean. With his friend Tim at his side, Jaffy's journey will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits.

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Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi / Geoff Dyer. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2010. - 296 stron ; 20 cm.

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Dyer, Geoff (1958- ). Autor

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Literatura angielska

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Every two years, the international art world descends on Venice for the opening of the Biennale. Among them is Jeff Atman, a jaded and dissolute journalist whose dedication to the cause of Bellini-fuelled partygoing is only intermittently disturbed by the obligation to file a story. When he meets the spellbinding Laura, he is rejuvenated, ecstatic. Their romance blossoms quickly, but is it destined to disappear just as rapidly?

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The Apple : Crimson Petal Stories / Michel Faber. - Edinburgh ; London ; New York ; Melbourne : Canongate, 2011. - XIX, 199 s. ; 20 cm.

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Faber, Michel (1960- ).

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Język angielski

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Opowiadanie angielskie

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The Crimson Petal and the White / Michel Faber. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2011. - [4], 845 s. ; 20 cm.

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Faber, Michel (1960- ).

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Język angielski

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Powieść angielska Powieść historyczna.

So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low-lifes, physicians, businessmen and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can. Be prepared for a mesmerising tale of passion, intrigue, ambition and revenge.

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The Fire Gospel / Michel Faber. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2009. - [6], 213 s. ; 20 cm.

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Faber, Michel (1960- ).

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Język angielski

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Powieść angielska

When Theo Griepenkerl happens upon the fifth Gospel in a war-torn Iraqi museum, he can't believe his luck. Driven by greed and a lust for fame, he capitalises on his find by publishing it. His book is a sensation. But he can hardly imagine the incendiary consequences his discovery will have for Christians, Arabs, homicidal maniacs and Amazon customers alike. The "Fire Gospel" is a brilliant piece of storytelling, dazzlingly outrageous and utterly gripping.

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Sarah Thornhill / Kate Grenville. - Wyd. 3. - Edinburgh ; London : Canongate, 2012. - [4], 310 s. ; 20 cm.

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Grenville, Kate (1950- ).

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Język angielski

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Powieść australijska

Sarah Thornhill is the youngest child of William Thornhill, convict-turned-landowner on the Hawkesbury River. Her stepmother calls her willful, but handsome Jack Langland loves her and she loves him. Me and Jack, she thinks, how could it go wrong? But there's an ugly secret in Sarah's family. That secret takes her into the darkness of the past, and across the ocean to the wild coasts of New Zealand. Among the strangers of that other place, she can begin to understand. Kate Grenville takes us back to the early Australia of The Secret River and the Thornhill family. This is Sarah's story. It's a story of love lost and found, tangled histories and how it matters to keep stories alive.

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Haiku for the Single Girl / Beth Griffenhagen ; Illystrations by Cynthia Vehslage Meyers. - Wydanie 2. - Edinburgh ; London : Canongate, 2012. - [150] stron ; 20 cm.

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Griffenhagen, Beth Autor Meyers, Cynthia Vehslage Ilustracje

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Książki Poezja

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Literatura amerykańska

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Poezja Haiku

Unsolicited relationship advice from relatives, disastrous dates, men who wear thumb rings, and the moments of deep satisfaction when a single girl realizes that (unlike her smug married friends) she can do whatever she wants with her time - it's all here in this brilliantly incisive and witty collection of haikus. Every woman - whether single or not - will laugh until she cries, and then start laughing all over again.

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When They Call You a Terrorist : A Black Lives Matter Memoir / Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele ; Forewoed by Angela Davis. - Wydanie 3. - London : Canongate, 2019. - XIV, 257 stron ; 20 cm.

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Khan-Cullors, Patrisse. Autor Bandele, Asha . Autor Davis, Anela. Wstęp

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura amerykańska

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Język angielski Afroamerykanie Policja Rasizm Los Angeles (Stany Zjednoczone ; okolice)

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

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Prawo i wymiar sprawiedliwości

A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America-and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free. Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For Patrisse, the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda, Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. In 2013, when Trayvon Martin’s killer went free, Patrisse’s outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America, these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin.

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Redeployment / Phil Klay. - Wyd. 3. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2015. - [1], 291 s. ; 20 cm.

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Klay, Phil.

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Język angielski

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Opowiadanie amerykańskie

This Book is The Winner Of The National Book Award. Short-listed For The Frank O'Connor Prize Longlisted For The Warwick Prize. How do you comfort a man who has just lost his best friend? How does it feel to see fear in your wife's eyes? How does it feel to come home? Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned.

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Life of Pi / Yann Martel. - Wydanie 2. - Edinburgh ; London ; New York ; Melbourne : Canongate, 2003. - XIV, 319 stron ; 20 cm.

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Martel, Yann (1963- ). Autor

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Literatura kanadyjska

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Powieść przygodowa

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God.

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The Girl Who Married a Lion / Alexander McCall Smith. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2005. - 174 strony ; 20 cm.

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McCall Smith, Alexander (1948- ). Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura angielska

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Opowiadania i nowele

How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tree growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? The stories in this collection make these questions seem simple, everyday ones – then deftly supplies simple, everyday answers. Surprising and humorous, these beautifully rendered tales demonstrate McCall Smith's renowned storytelling skills.

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The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream / Barack Obama. - Wydanie 3. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2008. - [4], 375 stron ; 20 cm.

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Obama, Barack (1961- ). Autor

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura amerykańska

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Przywódcy i głowy państw Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

Indeks na stronach 265-375.

If Barack Obama is successful in his quest to become President of the United States, he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world. This book discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed.

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A Tale for the Time Being / Ruth Ozeki. - Edinburgh : London : Canongate, 2013. - 422 s. ; 20 cm.

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Ozeki, Ruth (1956- ).

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Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you.' Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. She suspects it might have arrived on a drift of debris from the 2011 tsunami. With every turn of the page, she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery. In a small cafe in Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyberbullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary she hopes will find a reader and friend who finally understands her. Weaving across continents and decades, and exploring the relationship between reader and writer, fact and fiction, A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and the search for home.

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Night Boat to Tangier / Kevin Barry. - Wydanie 2. - Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2020. - [4], 214 stron ; 20 cm.

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Barry, Kevin (1969- ). Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura irlandzka

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Język angielski Przyjaźń Hiszpania Irlandia

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Powieść obyczajowa

In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen — Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs — sit at night, none too patiently. It is October 23, 2018, and they are expecting Maurice’s estranged daughter (or is she?), Dilly, to either arrive on a boat coming from Tangier or depart on one heading there. This nocturnal vigil will initiate an extraordinary journey back in time to excavate their shared history of violence, romance, mutual betrayals and serial exiles, rendered with the dark humor and the hardboiled Hibernian lyricism that have made Kevin Barry one of the most striking and admired fiction writers at work today.

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At the Water's Edge : A Walk in the Wild / John Lister-Kaye. - Edinburgh ; London ; New York ; Melbourne : Canongate Books, 2011. - 309 stron ; 20 cm.

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Lister-Kaye, John Autor

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura angielska Literatura szkocka

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Obserwacja (metoda badawcza) Spacer Fauna Flora Ekosystem Ekologia Szkocja (Wielka Brytania)

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

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Biologia Ochrona środowiska

For the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small hill loch. Each day brings a new observation or an unexpected encounter – a fragile spider's web, an osprey struggling to lift a trout from the water or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on her nest – and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in a journal. Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, this volume encourages us to look again at the nature around us, to discover its wildness for ourselves and to respect and protect it.

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Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance / Barack Obama. - Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2008. - XVII, 442 strony ; 20 cm.

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Obama, Barack (1961- ). Autor

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura amerykańska

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Przywódcy i głowy państw Politycy

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Autobiografia Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer. This volume is his masterpiece: a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking the big questions about identity and belonging. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama recounts an emotional odyssey. He retraces the migration of his mother's family from Kansas to Hawaii, then to his childhood home in Indonesia. Finally he travels to Kenya, where he confronts the bitter truth of his father's life and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.

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