LIBROS DEL AUTOR: darvin babiuk

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  • Blue Horde
    Darvin Babiuk
    The Blue Horde’s soldier, Murat, reminded Naz of an obese Caspian seal with mange, a delipidated upright freezer with a patchy beard, Brutus’ stupider and eviler twin brother. His head was shaved into a crew cut like a dog’s chewed-up and spit upon tennis ball. He had eyes liked stewed teabags, skin the colour of old newspaper, ears like the handles of a rugby trophy, distended...
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    22,27 €

  • Indigo
    Darvin Babiuk
    A small band of friends inhabiting the margins of Vancouver society go about their lives, helping each other cope with the trials that come with living in a city that doesn’t seem have much room for them. Book 2 has the group combing the city for the indigenous niece of one of their band. She has run away from her northern community to the city, where not one but two serial kil...
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    22,15 €

  • Paint It Black
    Darvin Babiuk
    Mired in a pit of depression so deep that he doubts he’ll ever pull himself out, Matt Hoveling finds himself pushed up against the farthest edge of the North American continent possible, where a group of marginalised Vancouverites take him in as one of their own as they work to improve their own lives and the city around them. (345 pages) ------------- 'What is wrong with you p...
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    21,94 €

  • Baba’s Kitchen
    Darvin Babiuk
    Welcome to the rich and flavorful world of Ukrainian cuisine! Ukraine, a country steeped in history and culture, boasts a culinary tradition that reflects the diverse landscapes and bountiful harvests of its vast territory. Its culinary traditions reflect its rich tapestry of influences over the centuries, reflecting the country’s geographical location, climate, and historical ...
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    25,27 €

  • The Traitor Brothers
    Darvin Babiuk
    Similar in family background and education, from different cultures but the same generation, working at comparable levels for their respective governments, one born in Soviet Russia, the other in Imperialist Japan, two iconoclasts dedicate their lives to improving life in their countries and not just following orders or improving their personal positions. They come together a...
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    21,86 €

  • Crucifixion? Yes! A Sourcer-er’s Tale of Travel and Cultural Exploration from the Sitting-Next-to-the-Window Tribe
    Darvin Babiuk
    People’s lives can change by the smallest of circumstances, turning left at an intersection instead of right, sitting beside an unknown person in a crowded lecture hall, filling in at work for a colleague while they go on vacation. My life changed when in my last semester of Graduate study, I saw an ad posted by the Japanese government  to come work in the Land of the Rising Su...
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    21,86 €

  • The Love of a Silver Fox
    Darvin Babiuk
    The collection of Seki City folktales called "The Love of a Silver Fox" became very popular in Seki when originally published in Japanese. Readership and popularity have since spread. This collection was created by local writers who have studied the legends, old tales and fairy tales about and relating to Seki. The writers wrote down the stories which have passed from generatio...
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    22,42 €

  • WASHOKU
    Darvin Babiuk
    A collection of traditional Japanese recipes from the author’s time in Japan ...
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    22,62 €

  • Nobunaga World
    Darvin Babiuk
    A collection of short stories dealing with Japan, from both the native and outsider’s perspectives. ...
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    18,02 €

  • Pax Pox Nipponica
    Darvin Babiuk
    The Emperor is dying ... and needs his secret to die with him. (PAX) POX NIPPONICA is an alternate history novel set in a 1980s’ Japan. The world is a very different place than the one we know. At the same time it is dealing with the Great Depression, the U.S.A. has been decimated by a devastating coronavirus that leaves it a shell of itself. Nazi Germany, the U.S.S.R. and a mu...
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    21,73 €

  • PIG
    Darvin Babiuk
    Snowden Nastiuk has gone to Russia after the time of the fall of Communism to bury himself, a loser in a loser nation in a world that wants only winners.Buried in a job working as a Document Controller in a Russian oil camp near Noyabrsk, Snow is - not happy, but at least content sitting out his life in a setting where he thinks he won’t have to feel any more pain. He has a job...
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    22,25 €

  • Most Secret Source
    Darvin Babiuk
    How did ULTRA shape the course of the war? At times, it played a major role in the turning of battle, at other times did not, at still others was fatally misused, and at still others was beneficial but not necessary to bring about victory in any case. Unfortunately, good intelligence is often badly used by its masters. ULTRA was no different. Did ULTRA win the war? No, men and ...
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    17,70 €

  • British Intelligence and the Formation Of a Policy Toward Russia, 1917-18
    Darvin Babiuk
    Internal collapse and a succession of varying Russian governments in 1917 necessitated the need for British policy makers to re-evaluate their attitudes toward Russia. It is well-known that this ultimately evolved into hostility towards Bolshevism. What is not so evident is how this decision was arrived at. Nor was it as clear-cut as one might believe. This book makes use of bo...
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    29,36 €