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15 produkter
Palavers, and a Nocturnal Journal
Av Christopher Middleton, Marius Kociejowski
Häftad, 2004
217 kr
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Christopher Middleton, long a resident of the USA, is one of Britain's finest poets. He was writing (not for publication) his 'Nocturnal Journal' during the two years prior to his retirement from the University of Texas at Austin, where he had taught German and Comparative Literature since 1966. …
Syria
Häftad, 2006
187 kr
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This exciting new series will bring together both classic texts and the writing of the leading Travel writers working today, which will inform and inspire the inquisitive traveller. It is an essential companion for anyone travelling to Syria. Selected authors include: Edward Gibbon, William …
Zoroaster's Children
and Other Travels
E-bok, 2015
242 kr
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Longlisted for the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize Zoroaster''s Children brings together the best of Marius Kociejowski''s travel writing. A companion volume to last year''s critically acclaimed The Pebble Chance , these essays, conceived somewhere between "a waning moon and the nerves behind a flayed man''s …
Factotum in the Book Trade
Häftad, 2022
179 kr
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The bookshop is, and will always be, the soul of the trade. What happens there does not happen elsewhere. The multifariousness of human nature is more on show there than anywhere else, and I think it’s because of books, what they are, what they release in ourselves, and what they become when we …
Factotum in the Book Trade
E-bok, 2022
225 kr
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The bookshop is, and will always be, the soul of the trade. What happens there does not happen elsewhere. The multifariousness of human nature is more on show there than anywhere else, and I think it’s because of books, what they are, what they release in ourselves, and what they become when we …
Quantum of Happiness
Two Scottish Islands: The Isle of Lewis and South Uist
Häftad, 2027
276 kr
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Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool
A Syrian Journey
Häftad, 2016
277 kr
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The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool presents the unexpected face of Syria. Based on five journeys, undertaken over as many years, Kociejowski's book is entirely concerned with the slow journey towards friendship. So we learn nothing about coups or conspiracies, iconic monuments or historic …
Serpent Coiled in Naples
Häftad, 2023
156 kr
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In recent years Naples has become, for better or worse, the new ‘destination’ in Italy. While many of its more esoteric features are on display for all to see the stories behind them remain largely hidden.In Marius Kociejowski’s portrait of this baffling city, the serpent can be many things ― …
Quantum of Happiness
Two Scottish Islands: the Isle of Lewis and South Uist
Inbunden, 2026
287 kr
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What happened a few thousand years ago no longer seems quite so far away in time. It is what islands induce in one, a sense of simultaneity, as well as the old penchant a fool might have for occupying several dimensions at once. And the people who inhabited those ancient places seem more and more …
Pigeon Wars of Damascus
E-bok, 2011
238 kr
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Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus . A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society—for the …
Pebble Chance
Feuilletons and Other Prose
E-bok, 2014
289 kr
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"Kociejowski draws on all these aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays ... [that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm." — Michael Dirda, The Washington Post In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world''s …
Zoroaster's Children
and Other Travels
Häftad, 2016
179 kr
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Longlisted for the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize Zoroaster's Children brings together the best of Marius Kociejowski's travel writing. A companion volume to last year's critically acclaimed The Pebble Chance, these essays, conceived somewhere between "a waning moon and the nerves behind a flayed man's …
Pigeon Wars of Damascus
Inbunden, 2011
228 kr
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Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society--for the …
Pigeon Wars of Damascus
Häftad, 2011
156 kr
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Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society--for the …
Pebble Chance
Feuilletons and Other Prose
Häftad, 2015
192 kr
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"Kociejowski draws on all the aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays ...[that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's …
